No one likes to lose, let alone war, but it is still exciting enough to achieve a little victory in this war, and the victory of the new 33rd Army at least makes the people of Taihang Mountain see hope, because the new 33rd Army has the ability to ensure that the little devils will no longer attack Taihang Mountain, and they no longer have to worry about the little devils breaking into the mountains to kill their families and snatch their things.

After the First Battle of Jindong, the anti-Japanese upsurge of the people of Taihang Mountain reached unprecedented unity, and a trace of the dawn of the Anti-Japanese War shone on Taihang Mountain.

In the end, after Hu Guoshan's counting, the total number of prisoners of war rescued by the special combat team from behind enemy lines reached 38,000, which was comparable to the strength of one army of the New 33 rd Army. However, what made Liao Fan even happier was that this time they also rescued a seriously injured lieutenant general commander, two division commanders and brigade commanders, and five regiment commanders from the hands of the little devils.

But when Liao Fan was celebrating several situations in Jindong, he still had a small matter to deal with, because tomorrow was the time for Chu Pengtian to leave. Although Chu Pengtian has been expelled from the army by him in accordance with military law, the two of them still have a private relationship.

"Brother Fan, let's ......" Liao Fan was driven away by the soldiers of the first squad of the spy company.

"Chu Pengtian, I will hand over the brothers of this class to you, you have to promise me that they can't have any problems!" Liao Fan said to Chu Pengtian, "Are all the things you need to leave tomorrow ready?" ”

Chu Pengtian nodded and did not speak.

"If you encounter any difficulties outside, you can send someone to find this place, after you leave Taihang Mountain, you can no longer use the banner of the New 33rd Army, and use your brains more when encountering things!" Liao Fan handed Chu Pengtian a note, chattering endlessly to all the brothers in the room like an old gentleman.

"And Yingzi I've seen, it's a good girl, after you complete the task, I will personally officiate the wedding for you, Yingzi is in the station, you can rest assured, no one dares to bully her with me!" Liao Fan said.

Chu Pengtian didn't speak, he was very clear about his responsibility, Liao Fan had already told him about this matter, obviously the plan was not as good as changing, it was not yet the time agreed with Liao Fan, he was going to have nothing to do with Taihang Mountain now, and he was inevitably a little sad in his heart.

"Brother Fan, I won't embarrass you outside!" Chu Pengtian assured Liao Fan.

"Do you still need to say goodbye to Yingzi?"

"I've already told him, I didn't tell her a word about the mission!"

"It's hard for the brothers, there are some things that can't always be done by the special combat team, from the day your special service company was established, it is destined to have such a mission, and when the whole country is stable, I will restore your reputation!" Liao Fan patted Chu Pengtian on the shoulder and said.

After Liao Fan left the room, the room fell silent, and their current identities were expelled because they had violated military discipline.

"Fanzi, isn't it a little too cruel to do this?" Liao Jundong and Huang Changsheng are the only two people besides the parties who know about Liao Fan's plan.

"There's no way, in this era, the heart of defense is indispensable, and the composition of our soldiers is becoming more and more complex, who can guarantee that everyone is really following us, they are all planning for the next war, if we don't prepare in advance, it will be our people who will die the most in the future!"

Liao Fan let out a long sigh, from the bottom of his heart, he really didn't want to play this move, but the situation forced him, the little devil will always finish the game one day.

"Brother Fan, do you really plan to keep those senior officers in the national army? Aren't you afraid that in the future they will one day return to Chongqing with our troops? ”

Nearly 40,000 prisoners were rescued, and if all of them could be replenished into their troops, then the strength of the entire Taihang Mountain could compete with the Japanese army in Shanxi.

But Liao Fan had to face a reality, how many of the 38,000 people were willing to stay in Taihang Mountain? And how many of those who remain are genuinely willing to follow them?

"Brother, I need your help!" Liao Fan said to Liao Jundong, "It may be difficult for us to keep these officers of the national army, but we must try our best to keep these soldiers!" ”

Liao Fan didn't want to work hard to rescue them, and then their hard work was all in vain.

"You mean to let us create an advantage in public opinion?" Liao Jundong asked what Liao Fan meant.

"Yes, no matter what the method, as long as they believe that it is better to stay in Taihang Mountain than to go back!"

Since you want to keep these soldiers, you must use some means, although these means are really not authentic, but Liao Fan can't take care of it, if the new 33rd Army wants to develop, of course, it needs a large number of soldiers, and the soldiers recruited now must be trained, and these captive soldiers have already been on the battlefield, as long as a little training can be immediately replenished to various troops, there is no need to worry that they will have the reaction time of new recruits when they go to the battlefield.

Nearly 40,000 veterans are a very formidable force on the battlefield.

"And this matter must be fast, I estimate that the news here will soon spread to Chongqing, and I am afraid that Chairman Jiang will ask us for someone at that time!" Huang Changsheng reminded.

Now that we have a Chongqing office in Taihang Mountain, it is really too difficult to hide such a big matter from Chongqing and Chairman Chiang, and the only way now is to speed up the action.

"Okay, I'll arrange it now, and I'll let you see the effect in three days!" Liao Jundong immediately had his own idea.

"Brother Fan, can I discuss something with you?" Huang Changsheng looked at Liao Fan, his eyes full of hope.

"Don't look at me with such a dumb look, I know your careful thoughts, this time the special combat team has worked hard, I promise you, after this group of captives settles down, you can pick two thousand people from among them, and then choose from these two thousand!"

The news of the defeat of Zhongtiao Mountain and the great victory of Jindong spread throughout the country at the same time, and of course it could not be concealed from the remaining two division commanders of the New 33rd Army, so many prisoners of war were simply combat effectiveness, how could they let go of such a good opportunity.

When he got the news, Ma Wanzhong rushed to the headquarters as soon as possible, and even Hu Guoshan, who had already known the news, was one step later than Ma Wanzhong.

"Don't think I don't know what you guys think one by one, these 38,000 prisoners of war are not weapons and ammunition, they are living people, you say you want to leave, even if I agree, are they willing to stay?" Liao Fan scolded his four division commanders.

"Brother Fan, look at it, we didn't come empty-handed, and you can't let us go back empty-handed, the four mountain cannons outside are all the belongings of our division!" Ma Wanzhong relentlessly said to Liao Fan that their division had suffered a great injury in the last battle, and this time they finally had the opportunity to add viciously, how could he easily let go of this opportunity.

"That's right, Brother Fan, I also brought eight heavy mortars and four heavy machine guns, and I brought them all with me, and it doesn't look good to go back empty-handed!" Li Weimin also learned badly from them, and every soldier with combat experience was willing to rush to ask for it, and no unit could be an exception.

"Brother Fan, it doesn't matter if they agree or not, as long as you agree, I'll pull them into our troops to have a look, I promise they won't want to leave within two days!" Hu Guoshan didn't care if these people wanted to stay or not, he got these people first, and then found a way to do the rest, otherwise he might not be able to drink the soup in the end.

Liao Fan looked at the four division commanders, and after thinking about it, maybe Liao Jundong might not need to make a noise, I'm afraid that these four division commanders will have a way to digest these soldiers.

But Liao Fan still has his own plan, his military department is just a military department, there are not many defensive troops around, there was originally a reconnaissance battalion and a special service company, and now the reconnaissance battalion has let Ma Wanzhong go to the pit, and the spy company has no company commander with Chu Pengtian's departure, and Liao Fan's military headquarters is also in urgent need of a troop to support the scene.

"Are you four done?" Liao Fan looked at the four and said.

The four of them nodded, waiting for Liao Fan's order.

"Hmm...... There are two rules for you, the first is that these soldiers are allowed to stay and stay voluntarily, and second, if these soldiers are willing to stay in our army, you must not discriminate against them, beat or abuse them, and treat them as your own brothers. Liao Fan said.

"Let's go!" Ma Wanzhong was the first to rush outside the headquarters.

"Wait! What are you doing here? Liao Fan asked with a glare.

"Brother Fan, didn't you promise to let us choose soldiers?" Ma Wanzhong asked in wonder, didn't Liao Fan's two conditions just now be to agree to them.

"I agreed, but I didn't promise to let you pick someone now! I haven't chosen anyone in this command yet, so you should pick the rest first and give me the rest? Liao Fan said.

"Hey, hey, Brother Fan, you pick first, you're done picking, we'll choose the rest!" Ma Wanzhong said with a smile.

"Okay, you go to the next door to rest first, and I'll let you know tomorrow!"

After the four division commanders left the headquarters, Liao Fan hurriedly called Lu Liming and Li Lingfei to his side.

"Lu Liming, you go and inform my brother and Brigade Commander Huang, tell my brother to stop the plan he has at hand first, go and pick out all the artillery among the captives, and then tell Brigade Commander Huang to let them pick people overnight, and originally set 2,000 people for him to pick 4,000! No, pick up six thousand! Liao Fan thought for a while and said.

"Li Lingfei, you also take people to pick people quickly, remember that we only need to pick two thousand people!" Liao Fan turned to Li Lingfei and said.

"Brother Fan, are there a few people we pick?" Li Lingfei asked.

With only 2,000 people, how can they form various units such as guard regiments directly under the military headquarters?

"Don't forget, I asked Huang Changsheng to pick up 6,000 people, his elimination rate there is amazingly high, even if Changsheng selects 2,000 people from 6,000 people, the remaining 4,000 people are not going to be sent back to me!" Liao Fan said to Li Lingfei with a smile.

"High, it's too high!"

"Okay, don't be a sycophant, do things neatly, and pick according to the good ones, this is the façade of our military department!"

Liao Fan thought about it for a while, regardless of whether people wanted to stay or not, such a big piece of cake, even if he picked up some scraps, not to mention that the initiative was in his hands, after all, the official university still had a bit of an advantage, otherwise they would be killed sooner or later.

At first, Liao Jundong felt a little unbelievable when he received Liao Fan's order, wasn't he discussing the matter of creating public opinion two hours ago, why did he suddenly change his painting style, and he was going to rob people first.

But when Liao Jundong heard that the four division commanders had arrived at the headquarters, he knew why Liao Fan suddenly changed his plan, it turned out that the four division commanders came to Liao Fan to divide the family property.

That night, Liao Jundong and Huang Changsheng began to slowly pick people among the 38,000 people, of course, there were many people who didn't know so they were fooled away by Liao Jundong and Huang Changsheng, and they didn't understand what happened in the middle until the end.