The beacon of youth

Li Jia and Hu Xiaolian were confused by this He Cuihua. From her tone of voice, the battalion commander seemed to be her personal item. I don't know if this girl is trying to persuade Li Jia or to get rid of Hu Xiaolian, maybe both. There are, no one can guess a woman's heart.

Now He Cuihua's affection for Li Yong is very obvious. Hu Xiaolian is a woman who has had two men. How can she not understand He Cuihua's thoughts, especially Li Jia. He Cuihua said that she would give him the battalion commander. Her heart was beating wildly, this girl really dared to speak, she still wanted to give up the battalion commander to me, hum, if you really gave me up, would you be willing?

The next morning, after thinking about it all night, Li Jia told Hu Xiaolian and He Cuihua that she had made up her mind and decided to join the People's Liberation Army with them to fight for the common people and liberate the whole of China.

Li Jia had two considerations for joining the army. First, Li Yong's words really moved her and overturned her previously held views; As said, do it big business.

He Cuihua happily led Li Jia to the battalion headquarters and reported to Li Yong and Wang Chengde that her task was completed.

Li Yong happily held Li Jia's hand: "Welcome, Comrade Li Jia, your participation in our People's Liberation Army is a timely gift. The radio stations in our battalion used to be decorations. This time it will be all right. You take care of it."

Wang Chengde was also very happy. This old soldier, Lao Balu, of course knew the importance of the radio station, and poured a bowl of water for Li Jia: "Say out any difficulties and requests, and we will try our best to solve them. If we can't solve them in the camp, we will report them to our superiors." Ask for a solution."

Li Jia was a little moved. These cadres of the Eighth Route Army are reasonable in their words. No matter what they say or do, they make you feel warm: "There is nothing to ask for, but I need to have a few assistants. The hand-crank motor needs two soldiers. There are also some subsidy equipment that I can’t get by myself.”

"It's easy to solve. I'll give you four soldiers and a jeep. You will march by car in the future. What do you think?" Li Yong said happily.

Li Yong then selected four soldiers from Li Yuming's police squad. The radio station was the most critical part of the army. These four were very familiar to Li Yong, and they were politically and ideologically reliable little soldiers.

Li Yong's request to them is to fully cooperate with Li Jia's work and protect Li Jia and the radio station from loss with his own life.

Li Yong, who solved the problem of the radio operator and the radio station, was in a good mood, and organized the soldiers to train with all his strength. What did they practice?Practice the housekeeping skills of our army, hard work within 200 meters.

The cadres and soldiers in the secret service battalion felt very strange about Li Jia's joining the army. This Li Jia's stubbornness was obvious to all. She was usually ignored by others, so how could she be allowed to join the army as an eight-way officer.

Except for Hu Xiaolian and He Cuihua, even the trainer Wang Chengde didn't know what method Li Yong used to persuade Li Jia. Some soldiers asked San Niu and Xiao Cheng who were always by Li Yong's side. Even more strange.

San Niu said: "What's the matter? Who is our battalion commander? He is almost the same as Zhuge Liang. You don't know what our battalion commander is capable of. Haven't you mentioned what Zhuge Liang is capable of? Every time our battalion Before the battle, the battalion commander's calculations will make the enemy's situation clear.

Don't look at Captain Hu and He Cuihua, they can't persuade Li Jia, but it's nothing in the hands of our battalion commander. When our battalion commander went that day, Xiao Cheng and I also went with him. Our battalion commander yelled at Li Jia. The truth is, Li Jia was dumbfounded at the time, her little face was red and white, and then she agreed after a while. It's a very simple question, it seems so amazing to be told by you. "

The soldiers sneered at San Niu's answer: "San Niu, just talk about it, according to what you say, our battalion commander is not a god yet."

Asking Sanniu if he didn't understand, he had to ask Xiaocheng again, Xiaocheng's answer was even more strange: "It's very simple, Li Jia, Captain Hu, and He Cuihua are all in the same situation, and they all fell in love with our battalion commander. So the battalion commander agreed as soon as she persuaded her, but she pretended not to agree at first, and waited for our battalion commander to persuade her, isn’t that right? The battalion commander will solve the problem as soon as he goes.”

The answers of Sanniu and Xiaocheng made the soldiers even more curious. There have been several versions of the story of Li Jia being a soldier, and the more it spreads, the more suspenseful it becomes.

Seeing Sanniu and Xiaocheng talking nonsense, monitor Li Yuming kicked Sanniu and Xiaocheng one by one: "Go, teach me how to drive, if you don't learn how to deal with you two." Sanniu and Xiaocheng who were kicked by each had to Amidst the laughter of the soldiers, I ran to learn to drive.

About half a month later, the soldiers reported that the clothing factory had sent us military uniforms. Li Yong, Wang Chengde and others went out to have a look, didn’t they? A large carriage was parked outside. It was Director Liu of the column quilt factory.

Li Yong hugged Director Liu happily: "Old Liu, you have solved a big problem for me. Look, two-thirds of our soldiers still wear the clothes of the Kuomintang. If there is a war What should I do? Don’t mess up the condoms? Thank you very much.”

"Thank you, I am the factory director of our People's Liberation Army, not the Kuomintang. The commander gave me an order before we fought the 36th Division. He asked me to get rid of your uniforms. I heard that they were your uniforms. I told the comrades to work overtime to complete the work. The raw materials are still very tight, but if there is an order from the commander, you can come first. The other troops have to stay back a little. "

Li Yong: "Don't worry, you can't let the comrades be busy in vain. When you go back, bring some food before you go."

Director Liu smiled and gave Li Yong a fist: "Dayong, I'm just joking with you. I can't read the old Huangli in the past. Now we are not short of food. Boss He brought us a lot of millet from Shanxi, and we can solve it ourselves. part of it.

You also know that before our army took down Panlong Town, our quilt factory had no raw materials, and the machines couldn’t start working. I think hundreds of people can’t stare at food and not work, so they open up wasteland together with comrades. I also planted a lot of vegetables. If it weren’t for too many clothes, the carriage would not be able to pull it down. I would also like to bring you some vegetables. The food will be harvested in a month or so. We have enough food. "

Director Liu took a sip of the water poured by Li Yong and continued: "I also heard from the commander that your troops have expanded to one regiment now, good guy, in a few months, your boy will be the regiment leader." Yes, the level is higher than my old Eighth Road, but I can tell you, even if you are the head of the regiment, I will not salute you when I meet you."

Li Yong also gave Director Liu a fist: "What salute is not salute, why not I salute you next time we meet? You will always be our big brother."

After sending off Factory Manager Liu and the comrades in the clothing factory, Li Yong asked the platoon to quickly take off the clothes, especially the more than 2000 captive soldiers. I don't know which old man summed up the creative name, but it is very popular among the new liberation fighters anyway.

The problem of clothing was solved, and Li Yong and Wang Chengde had a problem. In an army of more than 3000 people, more than 2000 soldiers wore the uniforms of the Kuomintang. How can the troops be pulled out if they have missions?The war years were not as good as usual, and you could take your time. After changing the clothes, Li Yong and Wang Chengde organized a meeting of cadres above the battalion and platoon that afternoon.

Finally, I would like to thank the book friend Bing Cheng for his valuable advice. The author would like to explain here that the Battle of Waterloo mentioned in Chapter 44 is wrong. Sorry.