Chapter 542: A Month Later
Longqiu finally packed up his things, and then waited for Liao Fan to speak, and when he came out, Old Man Pei told him to listen to the opinion of the masked man no matter how big or small, of course, Old Man Pei didn't know if he told Longqiu Liao Fan's identity, so this problem was handed over to Liao Fan to solve.
"You three go back with that box, and tell you to take care of Longqiu!"
Of course, Liao Fan knew that when the child went away, the parents were the most worried, and he could only say something to reassure Long Shengjie and Old Man Pei.
"Come in, rest for a while, we'll be on our way in an hour!"
Longqiu was already busy sweating profusely, although he was young and had good physical strength, but the distance was long, and he couldn't be consumed all at once, so he needed to allocate his physical strength reasonably.
And Yingzi is not ready, mainly because Chu Pengtian has also prepared a lot of things for Yingzi, which are also two big boxes, Liao Fan refuses to bring them, he is begging Xiao Zhou for help.
"Xiao Zhou, the two of us brothers, we've known each other for so long, it's always okay to help, this is not an easy thing for you!" Chu Pengtian was trying his best to get close to Xiao Zhou.
"Company Commander Chu, it's not that I don't help you, Brother Fan specially explained, it's not safe on the road, try to reduce the load, if there is nothing but the problem, so many things may be lost!"
"You don't know Brother Fan, if you bring something with you, he won't say anything, as long as you don't throw things away on purpose, I will definitely treat it as if nothing happened!" Chu Pengtian said.
"Okay, okay, if you take out half of the things inside, I'm willing to help you carry them, so many things are too heavy, maybe Brother Fan will send me to inquire about the situation on the way, so much weight, even Brother Fan can't stand it!"
Xiao Zhou was so discouraged by Chu Pengtian that he had no choice but to promise Chu Pengtian, but he had to pick out half of the things.
There are not many rituals, there are a few pieces of jewelry, and a few heavy clothes, after all, the way back to Taihang Mountain is very long, and the weather is also very cold, Chu Pengtian is worried about Yingzi's body, so he put a few more thick clothes.
The good time of getting together is always so short, and in a blink of an eye, it was time to leave, and Chu Pengtian was still grinding.
"Chu Pengtian! What are you still grinding! Liao Fan yelled at Chu Pengtian.
Chu Pengtian immediately became honest, didn't dare to look up at Liao Fan's gaze, and then handed the things in his hand to Xiao Zhou, and asked Xiao Zhou to help Yingzi carry his luggage.
"We go out of the mountain by ourselves, you don't have to send it, take your brothers with you!"
Liao Fan didn't want Chu Pengtian to send it, because when it was time to part, it would be separated after all, and no matter how far it was sent, it would still have to be separated.
When they set off, the wind was not strong, and the sun was shining warmly on people's bodies, and it was just right to rush at this time, Yingzi and Longqiu were in the middle of the team, and then they left Lotus Mountain like this.
The entire Taihang Mountain ushered in winter after a heavy snowfall, and the troops had begun to withdraw from the Jingcheng area one after another, and Ma Wanzhong's division gradually took charge of the defense of the Jingcheng area.
After fighting the Japanese army in Jingcheng, the troops also entered normal repair and training, and Shen Zhengwen also successfully became the captain of the mine protection team, and under his initiation, the mine protection team increased the strength of more than 700 people in a short period of time.
The news that the mine protection team was expanding its strength soon reached Ma Wanzhong's ears, and Ma Wanzhong thought that the mine protection team was competing with them for soldiers, so Ma Wanzhong didn't say a word, and immediately organized each company to recruit troops on its own.
In just one month, Ma Wanzhong's troops lost in battle were quickly replenished.
In fact, Shen Zhengwen did not rob Ma Wanzhong of the soldiers, and when he first became the captain of the mine protection team, Shen Zhengwen did encounter trouble. A scholar is in charge of nearly 3,000 people, and those veteran oils will definitely not be convinced.
In terms of the experience of fighting, these veterans have experienced a hundred battles, and of course they look down on a scholar who can only read.
But Shen Zhengwen didn't refute these veterans, because they were telling the truth, he was really a scholar, but Shen Zhengwen didn't want to be just a scholar.
After arriving at the mine protection team, Shen Zhengwen relied on the disabled officers he brought to issue military orders for the New 33rd Army, and Shen Zhengwen also deliberately added a few military orders that the New 33rd Army did not have to restrain the troops.
From the next day onwards, he led by example, getting up with the soldiers, eating together, training together, and leaving nothing behind. At the beginning, these veterans thought that Shen Zhengwen would only have a day or two of enthusiasm, and after two days, he would be too tired to get up.
But what I didn't expect was that Shen Zhengwen hadn't fallen for a day in the past month, and at this time, these veteran soldiers no longer dared to underestimate this white-faced scholar.
Although Shen Zhengwen shocked these veterans with his actions, it does not mean that these veterans must obey his orders, admiration is a matter of a while, obedience is another matter, Shen Zhengwen wants absolute obedience, and only obeys his orders when necessary, even Liao Fan's orders can not be obeyed.
In order to achieve his goal, Shen Zhengwen selected 700 soldiers to form a reinforced battalion, of which more than 500 were newly recruited from the local government, and the rest were veterans.
In addition to their lack of training and combat, recruits have the advantage of being more obedient to orders than veterans.
So these recruits have become the benchmark in the mine protection team, as long as these recruits have achieved results in training and are willing to obey orders, Shen Zhengwen is willing to promote them, which makes those veterans red-eyed.
Everyone is willing to be an officer, and when they see that one by one recruits have become their squad and platoon leaders, these veterans are really willing to obey Shen Zhengwen's orders.
Shen Zhengwen's first speech to them was that we are not a mine protection team, we are a real army, no matter how difficult the task is, if others can't complete it, we must complete it.
In the Jingcheng mining area, Shen Zhengwen's every move infected every soldier, and the mine protection team completely changed its appearance in just one month. Even those officers who followed Shen Zhengwen to the mine protection team admired Shen Zhengwen.
These officers were also appointed by Shen Zhengwen as his staff officers, of course, their scope of work was in Shen Zhengwen's office, and they didn't have to run around, even if they were physically disabled, they wouldn't get in the way.
Ma Wanzhong heard about the recent prosperity of the mine protection team, which made him unable to resist his curiosity for a while, and felt the location of the mine protection team in Jiazhuang Town from Jingcheng.
"Hello Master Ma!" Shen Zhengwen gave Ma Wanzhong a standard military salute.
"Congratulations to Captain Shen for becoming one of us!"
Ma Wanzhong looked at Shen Zhengwen happily, he didn't have much affection for Shen Zhengwen, after all, the two of them didn't have any communication before. Although it has been a month since he became a peer, Ma Wanzhong is busy with the defense of the Jingcheng area, and he has no time to come to Jiazhuang Town.
However, Ma Wanzhong also knew that the new 33 rd Army was able to achieve the current situation, all of which relied on the unity of the upper and lower levels, and they had to assist them regardless of whether they had the ability to lead a good army or not.
"I'm just here to see what you need, you've been here for a month, and I haven't come to see you, it's really a little unreasonable!"
"Master Ma won't be here because of my recruitment problem, right?" Shen Zhengwen asked seriously.
"Of course...... Of course not! Ma Wanzhong didn't expect this scholar to be so direct, so he almost said his true thoughts, "We are all troops of the New 33rd Army, and it is their freedom for the local people to go to which unit they want to be soldiers, and we have no right to interfere!" ”
Shen Zhengwen looked at Master Ma very seriously, and then he concluded that Ma Wanzhong really came for the matter of recruitment.
"Master Ma, I really should say hello to you about this matter!"
"It's okay, it's really okay, if you don't have enough soldiers here, even tell me, I can still replenish you with a few hundred people!" Ma Wanzhong patted his chest and said to Shen Zhengwen that intellectuals should not be allowed to underestimate him for being stingy, although Ma Wanzhong is not a stingy person.
"What Master Ma said is true?" After Shen Zhengwen heard Ma Wanzhong's words, his eyes began to glow with golden light.
"That...... That one...... Of course, manly words count! ”
Ma Wanzhong didn't expect that Shen Zhengwen would really want his soldiers, what should I do, Ma Wanzhong was so nervous that he was almost speechless, the soldiers of each division were treasures, and letting out hundreds of people was obviously cutting meat.
Shen Zhengwen looked at Ma Wanzhong's nervous appearance and smiled.
"Master Ma, three thousand five hundred people in the mine protection team is enough, and no matter how many people there are, I may not be able to manage them well! As for why I want to recruit more than 700 recruits, because I am afraid that those veteran soldiers will not listen to my orders, and those recruits will be much more obedient! ”
Of course, Shen Zhengwen can't ask Ma Wanzhong to ask for soldiers, after all, when he first arrived, he asked Ma Wanzhong to ask for soldiers, this is not a deliberate estrangement between the two people, maybe in the future, Ma Wanzhong will not dare to come to Jiazhuang Town.
Ma Wanzhong finally realized that he had lost his temper and lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
"I heard that Captain Shen has recently trained soldiers, and I am here today to learn some experience in leading soldiers from Captain Shen!" Ma Wanzhong hurriedly shifted the topic to other aspects.
And he said that he came to study sincerely, and he didn't mean to make Shen Zhengwen ugly.
"Master Ma said with a smile, I have just been in the army for a month, and I lack ability in all aspects, and I still need more guidance from Master Ma!" Shen Zhengwen said modestly.
In terms of military rank, he is a colonel, Ma Wanzhong is a major general, in terms of experience in fighting, he has not participated in a single large-scale battle, Ma Wanzhong has been fighting since he was in the Northeast Army, and has experienced several large-scale battles......
No matter from all aspects, Ma Wanzhong does have more experience in the army than Shen Zhengwen, after all, there are some things that cannot be learned from books.
But this is not to say that books are useless, books convey knowledge, and knowledge can be understood in all directions, once practiced, Shen Zhengwen will definitely learn faster than Ma Wanzhong. Ma Wanzhong was also aware of this problem, so he said that he came to learn from Shen Zhengwen.
"Captain Shen, don't hide it, I've heard that in just one month, the mine protection team has been sorted out in a good way, I really came to learn from you, after all, there are some aspects that I lack."
ps:Apologize again.,I've been too busy with some things in my hand lately.,I've been a little injured in my hand.,The code word is not good.,Can't update it on time.,I'll try my best to code out the second chapter.,Thank you for your continued support.