On December 12, 1936, the "Xi'an Incident" broke out, and on December 25, Chiang Kai-shek agreed to "stop the civil war and unite to resist Japan", and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated again.

In 1937, on July 7, the "77 Incident" broke out, and the 29th Army fired the first shot of resistance against Japan, and the Sino-Japanese War of Resistance broke out in an all-round way.

In August of the same year, the 120 Division was formed. In late September, the headquarters of the 120th Division led the 358th Brigade to advance to the northwest area of Shanxi Province, which was based on the Guanshui Mountains, and the 359th Brigade advanced to the Wutai and Pingshan areas to mobilize the masses to carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines and create an anti-Japanese base area.

At the end of September, the 120th Division, based on the 2nd Battalion of the 716th Regiment, formed the Yanbei Detachment, penetrated deep into the Japanese-occupied area north of Yanmen Pass and west of the Tongpu Railway, carried out guerrilla warfare, attacked Jingping and Pinglu, and approached Datong.

Zhao Fei's company was sent to garrison the area around Shimen Village, mobilize the masses, expand the troops, and establish their own base area.

When the troops entered Shimen Village, the villagers saw that some troops were coming and quickly dodged away, lest they be unable to avoid it.

Shao Fei and Zhao Fei walked at the front of the team, seeing this scene, Shao Fei smiled helplessly, they had seen this kind of thing twice during the Long March.

Shao Fei turned his head and asked Zhao Fei with a smile: "Is this meeting familiar?" ”

"Sort of."

Zhao Fei walked away, looked at the expressions of the surrounding villagers, and said to Shao Fei: "No, they are just afraid of being soldiers, and they are not familiar with our Eighth Route Army." ”

The troops came to the open space in the center of the village, and Zhao Fei ordered the troops to stop advancing.

The company stood in a formation in the clearing. The brand-new military uniforms and neat queues give people a feeling of vitality.

This is the military appearance that Shao Fei pays the most attention to, only with a good military appearance, the people will have confidence in them.

At this time, a middle-aged man in his fifties bent over and walked over.

"Boss, boss. On behalf of Shimen Village, I welcome your army, and I am the village head. ”

The man nodded, as if he was used to such movements.

Zhao Fei had a kind face, saluted the man with a very standard military salute, and said politely: "Hello fellow, I am not the boss, my name is Zhao Fei, I am their company commander, you can call me Company Commander Zhao." ”

Seeing that Zhao Fei was so polite to him, the village chief almost frightened himself, and said in a panic: "Don't dare!" Can't! ”

Such a vigorous troop, such a polite commander, the village chief has never seen it. He didn't believe that a commander who was a soldier would treat him so well, and the only explanation was that they had other plans.

Without waiting for Zhao Fei to explain, the village hurriedly said: "There is really no food in our village to feed your army, and we really can't afford it when the troops come and go." ”

Zhao Fei and Shao Fei looked at each other, and Shao Fei said, "It should be the Jin Sui Army, or the Central Army." ”

Zhao Fei was helpless, so he could only patiently explain: "Fellow countrymen, don't be afraid, we are different from them, we are the team of poor people, and we are the Eighth Route Army." ”

"The Eighth Route Army?" The village chief shook his head: "I haven't heard of it, I only know about the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army, and the local security regiment." I heard that the devil is about to come over. ”

The village chief said, as if he had become bolder, he couldn't help sneering, and sighed: "That army is not all said to be the people's team, but in the end, it is still ......."

The village chief shook his head helplessly.

Zhao Fei wanted to step forward to explain, but was stopped by Shao Fei, Shao Fei walked up to the fellow and said politely: "Fellow, we don't levy food ,......"

Without waiting for Shao Fei to finish speaking, Zhao Fei looked surprised: "Shao Fei, you ......"

Shao Fei waved his hand and told Zhao Fei not to speak first, and then said to the village chief: "We just want to find a place to live and settle down first, is this okay?" Moreover, we have no offence against the people, we have iron discipline, and if there is any robbery of grain or harm to the people, we will punish them severely. ”

Shao Fei's words made the village chief start to believe a little, and the village chief turned to look at the soldiers of this army, their military uniforms were indeed a little different from other troops, and they were all kind when they saw their expressions.

After sighing, the village chief said, "Okay, we have a lot of empty houses, all of which were left by the Jin Suijun last month, and we are vacating a few for you,"

"Thank you, fellow!"

Shao Fei excitedly took the village chief's hand and shook it.

The village chief seemed to be very unaccustomed to it, and his face was stunned, and then he said: "My name is Li Dashun, and I will arrange it for you." ”

Zhao Fei smiled and thanked, "Thank you so much, Village Chief Li." ”

Under the arrangement of the village chief Li Dashun, the troops were stationed in Shimen Village. But the people are still very afraid of them, and they can avoid them as much as possible, and they can not speak without speaking.

Shao Fei and Zhao Fei lived in a mud house with a courtyard, one used as a combat conference room, and the other lived together.

After everything was settled, Zhao Fei was still angry about Shao Fei's words just now, if they didn't levy grain, what would they eat. Before coming, the detachment commander had already agreed with them in three chapters: no food, no bullets, and no logistics.

The two were in the room, but Zhao Fei still couldn't help it, and asked: "If we don't levy food, the troops will run out of food in ten days." ”

"If I don't say that, will I be able to stay smoothly?" Shao Fei pouted on the bed, and then said seriously: "When they understand what kind of troops we are, it will naturally come to fruition." ”

Zhao Fei was still a little anxious, and walked up to Shao Fei: "Ten days later, what should I do if your 'water comes naturally' hasn't appeared?" ”

Shao Fei still had an unhurried and impatient expression, and said calmly: "I want to find a way, now our main task is to do a good job in the relations between the masses, develop the masses, mobilize the masses, and let the devils fall into the torrent of the people's war." ”

"And." Shao Fei stood up and added: "It's not as good as the south, it's already October, and we still have to find a way to find clothes to spend the winter." ”

Zhao Fei smiled helplessly: "You kid, you know that there is a problem for me." ”

Shao Fei patted Zhao Fei on the shoulder and smiled softly: "Brother, be soft, everything is under control." I'm leaving. ”

"Where are you going?"

"Look at my sister Liu Ying,"

"Don't forget to have a meeting in the evening!"

"Yes."

Shao Fei waved his hand with his back to Zhao Fei and walked out of the courtyard. Looking at Shao Fei's soft expression just now, Zhao Fei was not worried about anything, feeling that there was nothing in this world that could be difficult for Shao Fei.