The old course of the Yellow River breaks out of the fertile plain, with blockade ditches criss-crossing from north to south, east to west, and a cannon tower every two miles.
Fifty miles northeast of Huaxian County, Huangdongzhuang is located in the headquarters of the First Army of the North China Public Security Army.
Next to the ancient river, the saline-alkali land is covered with fluffy grass, which is as tall as half a person and is not eaten by livestock.
A few people dressed as ordinary people were quietly hiding in the grass outside the blocked ditch.
He looked through the cracks in the grass and stared at the north, because there was a large village similar to a small town over there, and groups of troops were arriving from all over the area to gather here.
A figure took advantage of the opportunity to break away from the team and walked into the bushes.
The person hiding in the grass, after careful confirmation, quietly watched the target slowly approach, and finally squatted in the grass.
After a while, the visitor got up and returned to the team. Nothing was out of the ordinary.
After the man left, a figure who had been hiding before crawled forward from the grass towards the place where the man had stayed...
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On the day the military division entered Hua County.
The sun had just set.
In the Chengnan Grand Theater, commanders and soldiers from all departments of the Eighth Route Army gathered together to decorate the area with lights and decorations. The division was about to hold a summary, commendation, and mobilization meeting...
On the rostrum, the commander was speaking.
"… In April of this year, more than 10,000 people from the Japanese 35th Division, the First Independent Mixed Brigade and other units secretly entered the sandy Zaolin area between Neihuang, Puyang and Huaxian, together with the North China Puppet Second Li Ying and other troops of the army set up an ambush just like this time. Each of our divisions formed a second column and broke through with great difficulty and suffered heavy losses.
After the Japanese and puppet troops entered the sandy base area, they burned, killed and looted everywhere. They burned more than a hundred villages including Yan, Nanzhangbao and Xuecun into rubble. They massacred more than 3,000 people collectively. Fifteen villages including Nanzhangbao were killed. The crowd was 1,872 people.
Six of the seven wells in Yansu Village were filled with corpses, and all the jujube trees that people in the sandy area depended on for their livelihoods were cut down.
The small teams remaining on the inside carried out guerrilla attacks on the Japanese and puppet troops in Pochekou, Xuecun and other places. The district team and militiamen fought bravely against the enemy to cover the transfer of the masses. In this counter-mopping operation, more than 700 Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out.
But this time, we not only completed the tasks assigned to us by our superiors and destroyed the Japs Railway, but also regained Hua County. Facing the ferocious enemies, we annihilated more than a hundred Japs and more than 200 puppet troops. The most important thing is that we fought with the Japs. In frontal combat, never fall behind..."
Every time the commander paused, there were slogans of defeating Japan's host next to him, and then there was another burst of warm applause, and the crowd was excited.
The commander took a sip of water and continued to summarize: "In this battle, all our units performed very bravely, especially our special agent regiment, cavalry regiment, supplementary regiment, friendly independent regiment, and the twelve units responsible for blocking the rear. The district team, the 44th district team, and all units suffered heavy casualties.
However, the final victory belongs to us.
Now, commanders and fighters from various ministries are invited to come on stage..."
Regiment-level cadres, in principle, do not appear in public. Those who come to the stage to receive awards are the platoon leaders of each squad.
When the commendation went to the Ninth Company of the Independent Regiment, a man with pigtails covering his face appeared in front of the stairs going up to the rostrum.
"Hey, girl, what are you doing here with your face covered? Why are you here to join in the fun of the combat heroes commended above?" The guard looked at the little girl looking around warily.
"Hey, if I don't go up, this commendation meeting won't be able to go on!" The girl with the braid of her military cap on her head smiled proudly.
"Hey, you little toad yawned so loudly!" The guard was amused and stretched out his hand to stop her.
Xiao Hongying stared wide-eyed: "You really don't want me to go up?"
"You little girl, hurry up and start the movie. Stay where you want to cool off."
"Don't beg me for a while!"
"Hey, I beg you? I beg you to leave quickly without even looking at what the occasion is!"
"Independent Regiment Ninth Company!" The host called the name again: "Please come up quickly."
The crowd at the venue had already begun to boo. I had long heard that the 9th Company of the Independent Regiment was fighting an extraordinary battle. It even had tanks and artillery, and could fool enemy planes away. I stretched my neck to see who the master was, but he didn't show up for a long time. .
This shelf is really not small! However, no one felt dissatisfied. The ninth company's armored vehicles cleared the way and fired large and small artillery fire. Thinking about that scene made people's blood boil.
After a while, the protagonist still did not appear.
Finally, the host pressed his hands down and called the name again: "The Ninth Company of the Independent Regiment!"
The sound below the stage became much quieter, and the quarrel next to the podium finally spread.
The soldiers of the Second Company who came up to the stage first looked at the steps to the stage next to them with wide eyes and were stunned.
"Hey, you bastard who looks down on others, if you don't let my aunt go up, you'll cry later!" A clear and tender voice in the stage of voice change came, and the scene was immediately silent.
Finally, the commander sitting above also heard the noise. He couldn't help but turn his head and glanced, stunned for a moment: Isn't this the girl from the Independent Regiment? It's not uncommon to go to the division for meetings.
Do you think I don’t recognize you when you are masked?
Seeing that she was playing tricks with the guards and seemed to be coming to the rostrum, she immediately raised her hand to wave.
The guard was helpless. When he saw the commander's gesture, he was a little dumbfounded. This girl...could she know the commander?
The key point is that the commander can recognize this girl even with her face covered. How familiar does she have to be with the commander?
"When did you become the commander?" This was the first question the shy girl asked when she walked onto the stage, which shocked people.
In her impression, the last time she saw the commander, he seemed to be the commander of the Eighth Route Army.
"What are you doing here?" The commander ignored him, but smiled slightly. He didn't expect that the Independent Regiment would send this ceremonial thing up to receive the award.
"Aren't you going to commend the Ninth Company? Should I come up to receive the award?" the little girl said sincerely with wide eyes.
"Then why are you covering your face?" the commander asked pleasantly.
"Well, I am currently holding a concurrent position in the armed working force, so it is not appropriate for me to appear in public." The girl replied seriously.
It caused a roar of laughter below.
"Since it's not appropriate to show your face? Then why are you here?" The commander said with a black line.
"Don't you still have to talk after receiving the award? We mountain people don't know how to talk. Anyway, I'm young and it doesn't matter if I'm embarrassed, so Lianli asked me to come." The girl looked very lonely when she said this.
The soldiers of the Second Company who came to the stage first looked at this wicked girl with contempt on their faces: You are so shameless. In order to get on stage, I don’t know how many benefits were promised to the soldiers of the Ninth Company who could not support me on the wall. I was listening on the wall. It must be clear and clear!
The little girl walked directly in front of the host: "I represent the Jiulian Company on stage to accept the commendation!"
"Uh...then what do you want to say?" The host handed a medal to the girl and looked at the cute girl with a smile.
The girl took it and took a look at it. It should be a bronze medal made of bullet casings. Although it was not as exquisite as the one made by the teacher, it felt good!
"Thanks to the wise leadership of the superior organization, and to the soldiers who bravely killed the enemy and were not afraid of sacrifice. Our Ninth Company will definitely keep up its efforts and achieve the next victory. The people I want to thank are: Ma Liang, the commander of the first platoon, Tian Sanqi, the commander of the second platoon, Third platoon leader Chen Chong, fourth platoon leader Luo Fugui, fifth platoon leader Li Xiang, sixth platoon leader Tang Dagou...Soldier Hou Zhi...
After reading the names of more than a hundred people in succession, the host stared at this incredible scene.
The key is, I just finished reciting a row of Ma Liang’s poems!
The commander was not displeased at all, he seemed to be deep in thought...
No one spoke to interrupt the girl's name reading...
The sitting staff officer was surprised. It seemed like they hadn't seen each other for two years. This little girl actually knew so many words?
The leader and political commissar sitting below had a black line on his face and said to himself, this is a conference, okay, you, a girl, come on stage to read the list of your ninth company?
Is this called disturbing the order of the venue?
Captain Lu glanced at the political commissar. The political commissar looked up and looked back at the captain helplessly, meaning that it had nothing to do with me.
Captain Lu said bitterly: "Among the people this girl is thanking, I am not the one!"
"Are you jealous? He hasn't thanked me yet!"
"No, Ma Liang's platoon sounds like there are only one or two hundred people? What is the Ninth Company doing?"
"Six platoons, don't they have six to seven hundred people?" The political commissar was also dumbfounded.
"Oh my god, we haven't seen each other for only two months. You, the political commissar, seem to have gone to the Ninth Company Headquarters, right? Why, you haven't even figured out what's going on under your nose." The regiment leader muttered softly.
"Hu Yi led the work team to the enemy-occupied area. We received an order from our superiors for reinforcements. We heard from Hu Yi that the security group that had been working as a supplementary group in the north had been recruited. I didn't even have time to ask in detail about the situation. Who was it? Do you know what happened?" The political commissar frowned.
Half an hour later, the girl finally finished reading the list. Regardless of whether they participated in the battle or not, no one from the company was left behind. Finally, the militia was added...
Everyone sitting here has a dark line. The Nine Company, the protagonist of this commendation meeting, has overshadowed all the participating troops in the division...
Next, we commend the siege troops. Of course, the first achievement was to capture a certain unit in the county in advance...
When a certain little figure appeared again, the jaws of the audience immediately dropped...
