Li Changshun shook his head with a wry smile and turned back to look at the soldiers and said: "If any of you want to act alone, I won't stop you, but I hope that everyone can unite together and help each other. Even if you act alone, I suggest you do it." Form a group of three. You decide this for yourself. Let’s move now to prevent the group leader from trying to counterattack.”
If Xie Tian made a comeback now, the three-day assessment would be over early. The dozen or so soldiers in the mobile platoon are just rookies in his eyes, but they are already the best ones he selected from the existing soldiers. .
What else can be done?
Now that we only have so few people under our command, we can only choose generals from within.
Moreover, the training time is seriously insufficient. In just a few days, it is impossible to train these soldiers into kings of soldiers.
But the enemy won't give him time, and trouble may come at some point.
Xie Tian returned to the regiment headquarters and fell asleep. He was also tired. Those boys just trained every day. Not only did he have to accompany them to train, but he also had to find ways to plot against these boys. He also had to inspect and dig tunnels when he spared time. I have worked so hard to understand the progress of the project and have not even been able to go back to my home so close to home for two days.
Fortunately, Xie Tian never stopped working hard. If it were someone else's body, it would really be too much for him.
In the early morning, Xie Tian washed his face and ran to the kitchen, grabbed a steamed bun, picked up some pickles and ate them before walking out of Gushan Temple. Soldiers had already begun training in the square outside the temple.
Qin Fen saw Xie Tian coming out of the temple and hurriedly ran to him and stood at attention and asked, "What are the instructions from the leader?"
Xie Tian ate the steamed buns and said vaguely: "Go and call the first and second company commanders over."
Qin Fen responded and hurriedly turned around. Xie Tian sat on the chair behind the table used for recruiting soldiers, devouring steamed buns in one hand and pickles in the other.
After a while, Qin Fen ran over with First Company Commander Guo Kaiming and Second Company Commander Ma Dong. Xie Tian raised his head and looked at the three of them and said, "Stop your training for a moment today. Qin Fen, those guys from the mobile platoon are doing assessment training. I guess. They should be hiding in some corner of Dagushan now. You personally lead the team and the first company to catch them. If you catch them, they will be escorted back to the regiment headquarters. If those guys dare to fight back, you will beat them, but you are not allowed to use guns. Ah, you can use rocks and sticks as you wish, as long as I don't get killed."
A smile appeared on Qin Fen's face: "Captain, are you testing them or us? I have nearly a hundred people in a company and arresting 12 of them, why do I need to use guns? Each of them beat them down with one punch."
Xie Tian laughed: "It's not twelve, it's thirteen. That kid Tiedan is also with them. Don't show mercy to him. If he dares to fight back, I'll beat him. Go ahead."
Ma Dong was anxious: "Captain, what about our second company?"
Xie Tian smiled and said: "You seize the time to dig tunnels during the day. Your task today is to open up areas A and C, and then let me have a good sleep. The first company operates during the day, and your second company operates at night. Don't let the mobile platoon Those boys have a chance to breathe. I will look at the performance of your two companies and see which company captures more people. Each of them will be rewarded with three taels of sweet potato roasting. Which company captures less people?"
Qin Fen chuckled: "Commander, please prepare the sweet potato roasting. First company commander, take your first company and follow me."
Xie Tian's independent group had good food, with meat available every day, but not a drop of wine was provided. Those guys who liked a sip would have already developed alcohol cravings.
Ma Dong pursed his lips unconvinced and muttered: "Why should they be allowed to act first?"
Xie Tianyi smiled and patted Ma Dong on the shoulder: "You are so stupid that you let them chase them like rabbits for a day. Why don't you go and get a bargain at night? Go and execute the order quickly and dig a tunnel for me."
Ma Dong watched Xie Tian turn around and walk back to Gushan Temple. He scratched his head and felt that something was still wrong.
If the first company captured all the guys from the mobile platoon, wouldn't their second company have no sweet potatoes to cook and drink?
However, the twelve guys in the mobile platoon are not easy to deal with. They have all fought against these guys behind their backs. Two or three people can't hold down one of them with their bare hands.
Xie Tian returned to the regiment headquarters and continued to draw up his blueprint. He originally thought that the Japs in the Zhangzhuang stronghold would take retaliatory actions soon after teaching the Imperial Alliance Army a lesson. However, after waiting for several days, there was no movement from the Zhangzhuang stronghold.
Gao Ernao sent back the news and reported an important situation.
The commander-in-chief of the Japanese First Army in North China, Yoshio Shinozuka, deployed two divisions from the Kwantung Army to support northwest Shanxi. The Japs from these two divisions should arrive in about ten days.
Xie Tian realized that the Zhangzhuang stronghold was probably waiting for reinforcements from these two divisions.
Once the reinforcements arrive, I am afraid that northwest Shanxi will face an unprecedented battle.
And he thanked Baoqing for being nothing more than a shrimp in the eyes of the Japanese. The Japanese's primary goal must be to recapture the Eighth Route Army in Ping'an County.
There are more than 50,000 Japs in the two divisions, plus the hundreds of thousands of Japs currently in northwest Shanxi, which is enough for the Eighth Route Army.
Xie Tian frowned and sat behind the table, tapping the pencil on the table, thinking about how to inform the Eighth Route Army of the news.
The Eighth Route Army has a grudge against Xie Baoqing, but not against Xie Tian. What's more, Xie Tian served in the army for six years before he traveled here. He is close to the Eighth Route Army, the predecessor of the People's Liberation Army, and even regards himself as an Eighth Route Army at all. a member of.
It's just that Xie Tian's current identity as Xie Baoqing is a bit embarrassing. I'm afraid that if he takes the initiative to join the Eighth Route Army, he will be tied up by the Eighth Route Army, especially Li Yunlong. If that guy is really impulsive, he might really be killed.
At this time, Tang Haoer walked into the regiment headquarters with a porcelain bowl. When he saw Xie Tian frowning and thinking hard, he couldn't help but said: "Why didn't you go back last night? I heard from Squad Leader Wang that you had a cold steamed bun in the morning. I'll give it to you." I cooked a bowl of noodles and ate them while they were hot."
Xie Tian smiled and took the porcelain bowl: "I came back too late last night. I was worried that I would wake you up when I went home, so I didn't go back."
Tang Haoer rolled his eyes at Xie Tian: "You might as well go back and wake me up. I waited for you for half the night and didn't sleep well all night."
Seeing the bloodshot eyes on Tang Haoer's eyes, Xie Tian apologetically held Tang Haoer's little hand: "So
y, I will go back no matter how late it is from now on. "
Tang Haoer smiled slightly: "You are taking it seriously, I didn't wait for you. You can arrange the time yourself. Go home when you can. If you can't make it in time, sleep outside. Just don't sleep in the wrong bed."
Xie Tian laughed loudly: "What more can a husband ask for when he has such a wife? Don't worry, I won't climb on someone else's kang no matter how warm it is."
Tang Haoer blushed and smiled: "Eat it while it's hot, there are so many words."
As he spoke, Tang Haoer lowered his head to help Xie Tian clean up the things on the table. Xie Tian lowered his head to eat some noodles and said, "I'm afraid the Japs are going to conduct a large-scale raid soon. I want to go to Taiyuan to purchase more supplies before the Japs raid. The sewing machine will be pulled back for you.”
Tang Haoer was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time before a wry smile appeared on his lips: "Okay, it just so happens that our cotton cloth and cotton are almost used up, and we need to prepare more medicine. I will accompany you then. If everything goes well, we should be able to do it in four or five days." Come back quickly."
Xie Tian looked at Tang Haoer and said, "Why don't you go? Write to me what you need, and I will definitely bring it back for you."
Tang Haoer smiled: "I want to go back and have a look, let's just settle it, I won't hold you back."
Xie Tian smiled bitterly: "We'll talk about it later, maybe I won't be able to get away, so I'll arrange for Qin Fen to make a trip. He studied in Taiyuan and is familiar with Taiyuan."
Xie Tian was worried about taking Tang Haoer to Taiyuan. Taiyuan was now the base camp of the Japanese invaders in northwest Shanxi. The First Army Headquarters, Aviation Brigade, Gendarmerie Brigade, and a security brigade were all stationed in Taiyuan. It was like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. It's too dangerous to take Tang Hao'er with you.
Except for Dagu Town, Tang Haoer would not worry about Xie Tian wherever he went.
Even in Dagu Town, Xie Tian also arranged two guards for the Silk Satin Shop. They were nominally responsible for guarding the Women's Rescue Society. In fact, everyone knew that these two guards were dedicated to protecting Tang Haoer.
After eating the love noodles with poached eggs, Xie Tian figured it out and called a soldier from the reconnaissance squad to give these instructions. The soldier from the reconnaissance squad took the order and went out to execute it.
Tang Haoer looked at Xie Tian with eyes full of stars and said: "You are repaying evil with kindness. Li Yunlong wiped out your Black Cloud Village, and you still passed on such important information to him. Your heart is really admirable."
Xie Tian smiled slightly: "It's not that great. We are all Chinese. In order to resist Japan, we can't have internal strife. If the Eighth Route Army is wiped out by the devils, then we won't be able to bear it. Let's stay together."
Tang Haoer smiled: "It would be great if Li Yunlong could think like this."
At this time, there was a sudden noise in the yard. Looking through the window, I saw four soldiers with bruises and swollen faces carrying a tied man in like a pig. Although the man was tied like this, he was still struggling desperately: "Let go I’m coming down here, I’m not going back to Gushan Temple, if you have the ability, you can challenge me to a duel, what’s the point of fighting against a dozen of us.”
The man was carried directly into the regiment headquarters. Seeing the man being carried in, Xie Tian couldn't help but smile.
The four soldiers angrily threw the man who had been brought in to the ground. One soldier reported to Xie Tian: "Report to the commander, we have captured the mobile platoon leader Li Changshun."
"Why are you still tied up?" Xie Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The soldier replied with a grimace: "If we don't tie him up, he will run away. There's nothing we can do about it."
Xie Tian Xiaoxiao walked over and squatted in front of Li Changshun. He gestured with a gun with his finger and shot Li Changshun in the head. He said with a smile: "You are dead now. You were the first one to be caught. It really makes me feel a little bit." Accident, tell me, how did you get caught by them?"
Li Changshun lay straight on the ground and stopped struggling, but he said to Xie Tian: "Report to the leader, dead people cannot speak."
Xie Tian laughed loudly and reached out to help Li Changshun untie him. Four soldiers hurriedly helped to untie him.
Xie Tian helped Li Changshun up from the ground, stretched out a finger and said with a smile: "Since you don't want to say it, forget it. There is one more chance. Now you can go. There is food in the cafeteria. You can go and eat something first. I approve it." of."
Li Changshun asked: "Can I take it away?"
"No." Xie Tian replied.
Li Changshun frowned: "Then I won't eat it. If you want to eat it, I will eat it with my soldiers."
