The beacon of youth

Three days later, the spy company set foot on the way home. When they came, there were more than 400 people and ten donkeys. When they came back, there were more than 800 people, each with a horse. Li Yong asked Sun Quanhou to give the ten donkeys to the people in the small village where he lived. The local people left part of the food, and the secret agent stayed for such a long time without revealing that it was the credit of these local people.

The special agent company, which bid farewell to the local people, left Qingyang County and headed all the way to the northeast. The soldiers of the special agent company on the return journey traveled much faster than when they came, and it took less than three days to return. The big forest that I walked through when I arrived.

The forest is still the same forest, and the road is still the same, but the soldiers are much happier than when they came. When they came, the troops had never fought, and most of them were recruits. After more than two months of training , The combat skills of the troops have been greatly improved, and their mentality has also changed, from new fighters to veteran fighters who have experienced the test of war.

Although horses are used instead of walking, horses cannot walk in the big forest, and they are not much faster than walking. When it was dark, Li Yong ordered the troops to camp in place in the big forest. This time there were twice as many people. The tents were not enough, Li Yong and the instructor Wang Chengde asked the old soldiers to show off their style and give up the tents to the new comrades.

The veterans have no opinion at all about the decisions made by the company commanders and instructors. Li Yong and Wang Chengde will do the same if they don't give orders. This is the difference between the ** troops and the Kuomintang.

After inspecting the team, Li Yong sneaked into Hu Xiaolian's tent again. As soon as Hu Xiaolian saw Li Yong, she said, "You scoundrel, you can't mess around. There are too many soldiers outside, and there are still many soldiers who don't have tents. Sleeping under the big tree around my tent, they can hear you if there is any movement."

Li Yong said with a smile, "I'm here to inspect the work. Who said I'm going to do something bad? Does someone always think so? It's okay not to let me do anything, you have to be honest and let me hug you."

Hu Xiaolian had no other choice but let Li Yong hug her, Li Yong hugged Hu Xiaolian's limp body and whispered: "Xiaolian, do you remember what we did in this big forest when we came here? I haven't forgotten." Hu Xiaolian whispered in Li Yong's arms: "Bastard, you are so powerful, so fierce, how could I forget."

Li Yong, who stayed in Hu Xiaolian's tent for a while, was also afraid of being laughed at by the soldiers. He didn't make any big moves, and the tents were not enough. Many soldiers camped under the big trees around Hu Xiaolian's tent, and they all saw Li Yong. Got into Hu Xiaolian's tent.

Even though little Li Yong supported Lao Gao again, he could only put his hands under his clothes and rub Hu Xiaolian's chest back and forth. He couldn't help doing something to make the soldiers laugh, and hurriedly got up and walked out back to the tent where he and Wang Chengde lived. At this time, Li Yuming had already prepared dinner.

The food was pretty good, but Li Yong didn't have much appetite when he ate it. Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to have no place to vent the fire that Hu Xiaolian hooked up?When we came here, the soldiers all had tents and no one was in the way. This time, half of the soldiers were camping in the open air, and Li Yong really didn't dare to make too much of a fuss.

After continuous marching, the secret service company finally returned to the station when it came. This is the place where the secret service company started, and it is also the hometown of the first batch of soldiers who joined the army. Everyone is very happy to return to a familiar place, and the nearby villagers are also running to tell each other. The Secret Service is back.

On the night of returning to the station, Li Yong asked the instructor Wang Chengde to take control of the troops. He and the more than 20 veterans who formed the special agent company, who are now the chief and deputy platoon leaders of each platoon, borrowed several carriages from the homes of fellow villagers and went to the big cave where the weapons were hidden. Some of the weapons, ammunition and supplies seized in Panlong Town were transported out, and all the small artillery and heavy machine guns were pulled out.

In the morning of the next day, Li Yong took another group of soldiers to pack more than 1000 sets of the yellow army uniforms of the Kuomintang soldiers and took them to the column quilt factory, and brought some food to the quilt factory with the car. , Director Liu and Li Yong are already very familiar, and when they met, they shouted: "Dayong, do you want us to help again? Is there any benefit?"

Li Yong greeted Director Liu with a smile: "I still have to trouble you, of course there are benefits, just look at it."

Director Liu laughed and said, "Dayong, I'm just joking with you. We are the quilt factory of the People's Liberation Army. If there is no benefit, we have to do it. Of course, if there is benefit, we also want it."

The efficiency of the quilt factory is very fast, and it doesn’t take much trouble to color the clothes. In a few days, more than 1000 sets of clothes were all dyed gray. Seeing the soldiers put on the gray uniforms of their own army, Li Yong’s heartfelt feeling much better.

Since returning to the old station, the training of the secret service company has returned to the previous level. Every morning, it is still 6000 meters unshakeable. All companies have to participate, even Hu Xiaolian. The only special treatment is that she can not bear weight. Other fighters have to carry out weight training.

At this time, I can see that the ability is different. The old soldiers of the Eighth Route Army ran for six kilometers with full armor and ran like nothing. I was a little out of breath, and I couldn't keep up with the veteran's speed.

The captured soldiers were unconvinced and wanted to compete with the old soldiers. They gritted their teeth and persisted. If it was too bad, they threw their backpacks and ran, and if they couldn't, they put down their weapons and ran. In the end, they couldn't run empty-handed. The veterans who are fully armed, these soldiers admire from the bottom of their hearts. They also said that it is no wonder that they could not catch up with the Eighth Route Army in the past. Now they finally know the Eighth Route Army's ability to run. Now that I am also an Eighth Route Army, I have to use this skill learn well.

In terms of running ability alone, no army in the world can compete with the Eighth Route Army. This is also the old Eighth Route's special skill.

In this way, more than half a month passed. Li Yong and his instructor Wang Chengde went to the recruit platoon to give lectures to the soldiers every day. The new improvement, of course, is due to the credit of a hundred veterans, one veteran leads two, and teaches them hand in hand.

This morning, the soldiers of the secret service company were very excited, because the company commander said that the whole company will carry out a new combination, and all the more than 200 recruits in the platoon will be organized into each combat platoon, and some new weapons and ammunition will be replaced. equipment.

A troop of more than 800 soldiers in brand-new gray uniforms and high-spirited soldiers looked at the soldiers standing neatly and Li Yong announced:

One or five infantry platoons have been expanded from the original four squads in each row, with 14 people in each squad, a total of 58 people, to 20 people in each squad, and a total of 82 people including the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader.

Each squad is equipped with four Czech-style light machine guns, two [-]-style rifles, and fourteen submachine guns.Each squad is equipped with two [-]-type rifles because although the [-]-type shoots slowly and can only hold five bullets in the magazine, it is very accurate and can be used as a long-range sniper rifle if there is no alternative firearm.

The double machine gun platoon has been expanded from the original 50 to 82 people, with a total of four squads. Each squad has 20 people equipped with three Maxim heavy machine guns. The whole platoon is equipped with a total of twelve Maxim heavy machine guns. The heavy machine gun is temporarily sealed.

Except for the main equipment of the artillery, the mortar is the main equipment. The staffing is the same as that of the machine gun platoon, which is 82 people and twelve mortars.

The third platoon has expanded from 60 people to 81 people. The platoon has never had a deputy platoon leader, so it has one less person than the other platoons. All weapons are submachine guns, and it is equipped with more than 100 horses. Horse pack.

The fourth reconnaissance platoon has expanded from the original 40 to 82 people, and all weapons are submachine guns and a small number of shell guns. Li Yong's plan is that the fighters in the reconnaissance platoon should each have a submachine gun and a shell gun, but this is not yet possible. The number of shell guns that came was too small.

The fifth cooking class was expanded from the original 30 to 40 people. Except for the three squad leaders who were equipped with three shell guns, others were not equipped with weapons.

The number of members of the health team remained unchanged at 22, and the number of police officers was expanded from 20 to [-].

After reorganization, the total strength of the special agent company has reached an unprecedented 820 five people. In the entire Northwest Field Army, not to mention the company's first-level troops, even the battalion first-level troops are the most. Li Yong's second regiment is not counted as a special agent company. There are more than 300 people, and this is also because the second regiment is the main force of the whole column, and there are slightly more people, and some regiments are not as large as the second regiment.