After making arrangements for military production, Chu Xiong decided to go to the 78th Division a year ago to inspect the situation in Zhongtiao Mountain and obtain first-hand information, which would facilitate him to make better decisions in the future;
Without investigation, there is no right to speak. Chu Xiong's understanding of the Zhongtiao Mountain area only comes from some memories of later generations, and the intelligence is even more limited. This is completely insufficient for launching a grand strategy!
This time Chu Dapeng's Preliminary Fourth Regiment was about to escort a large amount of equipment and supplies to the 78th Division at Langtou Mountain. Chu Xiong took the Siberian Tigers Squadron with him to go with the Preliminary Fourth Regiment to get a real feel for the Nationalist Army's weapons in Zhongtiao Mountain. end.
The Siberian Tiger Squadron happened to be the pioneer for the Preliminary Fourth Regiment, escorting a large amount of equipment and supplies, as well as more than 100 political cadres supported by Yanzhou. Safety came first.
Since Chu Xiong became the commander of the regiment, he rarely personally led the troops in action, and even more so after he became the brigade commander. Let alone the special forces on the battlefield, those in the front of the command post would be opposed by Lao Gao, and he would complain to the boss at every turn. ;
The division commander was directly ignored by him. This time he came to the 78th Division and had to talk a lot before convincing him to allow Chu Xiong to go to Zhongtiao Mountain for investigation and research. The premise was that he could only stay within the jurisdiction of the 78th Division.
The road from Liuzhen to Zhongtiao Mountain happens to be in the opposite direction to Chenjialing, which is another exit of Feilongxing;
Since Zhongtiao Mountain, a guerrilla zone adjacent to the national government to the north, is surrounded by mountains that are not suitable for large-scale use of troops, the Japanese have not sent troops to attack Liuzhen from this direction.
Troops have been stationed since the time of the Independent Regiment. Previously, Chu Dapeng led four battalions of the Second Company to garrison, and later it was replaced by one battalion of the garrison regiment. Business travelers from the Central Plains Province entered Liuzhen from here.
From Liuzhen to Wangjiawa, they belong to part of Feilongxing, but not all of them. After leaving Liuzhen, Feilongxing is still there to the south, about ten kilometers away. The terrain here is dangerous, with mountains and mountains. There are only a few villages, each of which is only a few. Villages with ten people or hundreds of people are rare large villages.
After leaving Feilongxing, they entered the Zhongtiao Mountains. Chu Xiong no longer acted with Chu Dapeng's large army, and began to let himself go, operating with the Siberian Tiger Squadron. Chu Dapeng would not care about him.
Chu Xiong, who was letting himself go, was in a great mood. Chen Yan led the first team to search and advance in front, and he led Li Guoping's team in the middle;
After the expansion of the Tiger Brigade, Li Guoping was promoted to the captain of the second team due to his merit, which corresponds to a full company rank.
"Guoping, it's almost the Chinese New Year and I'm dragging you out on a mission. Erni won't scold me, Brother Chu, behind my back."
Chu Xiong was in a good mood and joked about Li Guoping. He had seen Li Guoping's progress over the past year and had grown into a qualified special operations commander. It is estimated that few people still remember his previous name, Li Er. Stupid.
"Reporting to the brigade commander, Comrade Li Erni is now a squad leader of the Lijia Village Soldier Company. She knows what organizational discipline is and will never scold the leader behind his back."
"Guoping, can you stop being so formal and just like before, let's talk about home affairs?"
Li Guoping was about to say that this was organizational discipline, but Chu Xiong blocked his words before he could say anything:
"Guoping, our Eighth Route Army has always been united between officers and soldiers, and the army and the people are united. We are not fighting, so we can just chat!
Uncle Qi, when do they plan to get you married? "
Chu Xiong started to gossip, which made Li Guoping very embarrassed. Uncle Qi and his wife had hinted to them several times, and even said they wanted to find Chu Xiong.
"Brigadier, Erni and I don't comply with our Eighth Route Army's marriage policy. It's still early. We will wait until the Japanese are driven away before we return to Lijiacun to get married."
After being reminded by Li Guoping, Chu Xiong remembered that the Eighth Route Army also had a "258th Regiment" that tightened the spell. Erni was better, she was a militia;
Li Guoping was different. He was in the Eighth Route Army, and now he was just a squad leader, belonging to the company level. It was still early for him to reach the regiment level. He, Chu Xiong, couldn't do anything about policy matters.
"Guoping, our special forces are one level higher than ordinary forces. I will apply to the headquarters specifically for this in the future. If the commander of the special forces wants to get married, he only needs to be the squadron leader!
So if you work hard, there is hope, and do a good job in the ideological work of Uncle Qi and the others;
If the Japanese want to fight, they can get married and start a career! "
Li Guoping immediately became excited when he heard this. The special operations brigade was small-minded, and the captains were all deputy regiments. If they wanted to get stuck, the entire special operations brigade would have to be single.
It's fine now. Even if the squadron leader meets the standard, he is still one level behind. There is hope!
Of course, that's what I think in my heart, but I can't say it out loud. If I'm too impatient, I'll be laughed at by the brigade commander.
"Brigadier, we are not in a hurry, let's fight the Japanese first!"
Li Guoping said sarcastically, but at first glance it seemed that he didn't mean what he said. Chu Xiong pursed his lips and said:
"Hypocrisy, I don't believe you don't think in your heart that we revolutionaries should fight the devils when we should, and we should have a family when we should;
We are fighting the Japanese and throwing our lives and blood just so that our descendants will no longer fight. Revolutionary successors are also needed, as long as they meet the conditions.
Keep up the good work, boy! "
Li Guoping nodded solemnly, the brigade commander's words were just a boost.
Chu Xiong and others arrived at the 78th Division smoothly. Seeing the endless supplies and equipment lined up in a long queue, everyone couldn't help but cheer;
You can have a prosperous New Year. In war years, food and equipment are the most important things to boost morale!
For other Central Military officers, let alone the Chinese New Year, they can't even guarantee two meals of rice porridge a day.
Now the 78th Division cooks three meals a day and eats pork stewed with vermicelli once every half month. Although there is no pork, at least you can see the oil star seeds. Each person can still get a small piece.
"Old Zhao, long time no see, you still look good!"
Chu Xiong took the lead in greeting Zhao Sihu. This old Zhao warmed his heart. It was more cordial than calling him comrade. The brigade commander regarded him as one of his own.
"Hello, brigadier! I'm ashamed of my humble position and took a wrong turn——"
"Old Zhao, we are all comrades, so don't hold down your position. If our Eighth Route Army doesn't get promoted, I will treat it as a slip of the tongue. We fought together in Zezhou City against Chaoxiang Palace. That old Japanese guy is here. You are here for the revolution." People who have made great contributions!
Now we are eating from the same pot again, we are all comrades, we have different positions, but politically we are equal. You should not accuse yourself of being too opinionated in the future.
Many of our leaders came from there, including the boss, Mr. He, and Commander Ye, etc. The revolution is in no particular order, as long as they come here, have the same beliefs as us, and devote their whole life to their beliefs. , then there is no difference between us, we are just comrades, do you understand? "
