In the early winter, it was cold, but the guerrillas' recruitment points in various villages were crowded, as if they were celebrating a festival, and they enthusiastically signed up to join the army.

The young people of each village were able to actively respond to the call to join the guerrillas, and in addition to the experience of being bullied, the guerrillas' actions won the support of the people.

"Join the guerrillas to protect their loved ones, protect their crops, protect their property!"

"If you join the guerrillas, you won't be bullied!"

"Stand up bravely and fight, you can't be a turtle with a shrunken head!"

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The newly formed propaganda teams of the guerrillas also took active action, painting slogans and banners in various villages, holding anti-Japanese performances to kill devils, and actively mobilizing the people to join the guerrillas.

Yang Ling's propaganda slogans are not so empty, but easy to understand and easy for the people to understand, and have won unanimous praise.

Wang Huzi and Wu Changqing, their two combat companies, still took turns to attack and harass the Devil's Fort, outpost and stronghold near Qinghe Town.

The main force of the county devils has been transferred to the northern region to encircle and suppress the guerrillas, although the commander of the garrison squadron, Sadao Kasai, has sent telegrams asking for reinforcements several times, but they have all ended in vain.

In desperation, Sadao Kasai, the leader of the devil garrison squadron stationed in Qinghe Town, could only order to shrink the defense, abandon some strongholds on the periphery, and retreat to the villages around Qinghe Town.

In this way, most of the more than 20 villages under the jurisdiction of Qinghe Town were recovered by the Third Guerrilla Detachment, and Yang Ling and they also completely gained a firm foothold in this area.

Of course, Yang Ling also knew that the little devils were now overstretched to allow them to recover so many villages, and if the main force of the little devils was freed up, they would definitely turn around and clean them up.

Therefore, he did not dare to be careless, on the one hand, he sent intelligence personnel to actively pay attention to the movements of the little devils, and on the other hand, he actively expanded the armament and warfare to enhance the strength of the Third Guerrilla Detachment.

Now the headquarters of the Third Guerrilla Detachment has all been moved to Xiaowangzhuang, and the plaque of the Liu family's compound has been taken off and replaced with the signboard of the headquarters of the Third Guerrilla Detachment.

The original Yangjiawan camp has now been transformed into a secret training camp, ready to be used for military training.

The guard platoon subordinate to the detachment was also transferred to Xiaowangzhuang to take charge of security work, and Wang Dongming, the former guard platoon commander, was promoted to the chief instructor of the recruit training camp, and the platoon commander was replaced by Huzi.

Huzi first served as Yang Ling's orderly, and later managed to be the squad leader and platoon leader, and he was also very familiar with the guard platoon.

It's just that the last time the guerrilla detachment was insufficient, and when the team was downsized, it was demoted to the head of the guard squad, and now the return to the helm of the guard platoon can be regarded as a reinstatement of the officer.

Huzi attached great importance to the guard work of the guerrilla detachment, and under his personal arrangement, the entire headquarters was heavily guarded with five steps, one sentry, three steps and one post, and it can be said that it was difficult for even a fly to fly in.

"Report!"

Wang Dongming, the chief instructor of the recruit training camp, finally arrived at the door of Yang Ling's office after passing through the checkpoints of the officers and soldiers of the guard platoon.

"Come in."

After Yang Ling frightened away the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Brigade, he also listed the expansion of armaments as the first priority, and personally guided the advancement of various tasks.

"Tuanza!" After Wang Dongming entered the house, he stood up and saluted Yang Ling.

As the saying goes, people are in good spirits when they are happy, and now that he has been promoted to the chief instructor of the recruit training camp, Wang Dongming is also in a particularly good mood.

"How's the recruitment going?" Yang Ling motioned for Wang Dongming to sit down and asked.

Wang Dongming has also been a veteran who has followed Yang Ling for a long time, so naturally he was not restrained, and he dragged a bench and sat down.

"Tuanzao, so far, we have recruited 815 recruits, and there is still an endless stream of people from various villages who have signed up, and it is expected that more than 1,000 people can be recruited." Wang Dongming said excitedly.

The original strength of their Third Guerrilla Detachment was two battalions, but most of the Qinghe Town was lost in the first battle, so that after Yang Ling's arrival, it had to be downsized to optimize its combat effectiveness.

"So much?" Yang Ling was also surprised to hear that so many people from several villages had signed up to join the guerrillas.

Wang Dongming said with a smile: "Thanks to the vigorous propaganda of the military propaganda team, many recruits were inspired by the propaganda, and they said that joining the guerrillas was to defend their own homes and crops, so they all came." ”

Wang Dongming felt that Yang Ling's new establishment of this propaganda team was too much at first, but he didn't expect it to have such a big effect, and he also admired Yang Ling.

"They do a good job of promoting their work, and it looks like I need to praise them." Yang Ling also laughed and teased.

Yang Ling knew very well in his heart that in addition to the efforts of the propaganda team, the image of strict military discipline and real fighting devils that they had recently established still played a very good role.

If they are a team with loose discipline and horizontal townships, I am afraid that no matter how powerful the propaganda team is, the people will not come to join them, so a good image is very important.

"In this way, after you go back, you will suspend the recruitment of new recruits, reorganize them and bring them back to Yangjiawan for training." Yang Ling pondered for a moment and then instructed Wang Dongming.

"Tuanza, didn't you say that the more the merrier? Why don't you recruit it? Wang Dongming was also puzzled by Yang Ling's order.

Yang Ling explained with a smile: "At the beginning, I thought that if I could recruit three or four hundred people, the more the better, but now there are nearly a thousand people, and if there are more, our weapons, ammunition and food will not be enough." ”

Although Yang Ling and the others seized a batch of weapons and ammunition from the Japanese puppet army, the two combat companies have been going out to fight these days, and the consumption of bullets is very large.

The captured guns were stored in the warehouse, but the rifles without bullets were no different from burning sticks, and the recruits should not be allowed to fight with empty guns.

Most importantly, these recruits are recruited from nearby villages, and the recruits are young and strong laborers from all over the world.

All of these are recruited into the troops, which will inevitably lead to a shortage of labor in the villages, so whether they go to the fields to tend to the crops or work, they will not be able to do without young and strong laborers.

It is precisely based on the above reasons that Yang Ling decided to suspend the recruitment of new recruits, and let this first batch of recruits complete military training to improve their combat effectiveness.

As the saying goes, it is easy to recruit soldiers and difficult to raise soldiers, and nearly 1,000 recruits have been recruited, and people have to consume a lot of food a day to eat horses and chew, and now they are behind enemy lines, but there are not so many supplies, so they can only stop in moderation.

Wang Dongming didn't understand why Yang Ling wanted to stop recruiting new recruits at first, but now when he heard such an explanation, he suddenly realized.

"Tuanza, then I'll go and order a moratorium on recruiting new soldiers." Wang Dongming said that he was about to stand up and walk out.

"Don't worry, wait until I'm done." Yang Ling also smiled bitterly when he saw Wang Dongming so anxious, and stopped him.