Lei Jian is now facing these two thorny problems, one is whether to fight the villages and towns of Ming, and the other is that suddenly there are one or two hundred young people who enthusiastically and strongly request to join the Eighth Route Army, which makes him difficult to decide for a while. Pinshu.com

Wang Xiaoliang said with some excitement: "Commander Lei, our team has expanded again, and we will continue to fight all the way like this, and when we reach the designated assembly site of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, our independent regiment will develop into a detachment. ”

Li Gang looked at Lei Jian and frowned, he leaned in and asked, "Captain Lei, you're in trouble again, aren't you?" Say it and listen to it, the old man often says, 'Three stinkers are Zhuge Liang', maybe you can help you with a word. ”

Lei Jian nodded and said, "Ma convened an emergency military meeting. ”

The deputy company commanders of the nine cavalry battalions and the cadres got together, and Lei Jian got straight to the point, and simply said the two questions that he was embarrassed about, wanting to hear everyone's thoughts, and said: "Everyone should not be verbose, just say their own opinions. ”

Wang Xiaoliang took the lead and said: "There are not many devils in Mingcun Town, and it is five miles away from here, and it doesn't take ten minutes to rush into the town on horseback. ”

He saw that Lei Jian didn't speak, and then said: "Commander Lei, as for these young and middle-aged people who are actively asking to join the army, I think it is better to cut through the mess quickly and accept them all, so that our team will expand, and once we encounter a strong enemy on the marching road, we can still have more manpower, right?" ”

When several people heard Wang Xiaoliang say this, they all nodded in agreement, but Li Gang said: "The two methods proposed by Deputy Regiment Commander Wang are good, but the troops are suddenly expanded, and the goal will definitely be very large. This completely exposed the marching route of our large army under the noses of the enemy, which was not conducive to the covert actions of the troops. ”

Li Gang looked at several people looking at him with strange eyes, he didn't explain too much, and then said: "As for proposing a cavalry battalion to attack Mingcun Town, I think we should not lose a big one because of a small loss, it is easy to take this town, but it also exposes the weaponry and firepower deployment of our troops. ”

Lei Jian waited for everyone to finish speaking, he gathered everyone's opinions and analyzed: "Accepting so many new soldiers into the army, to put it mildly, will bring great trouble to the march, and it will also slow down the marching speed of the troops. ”

He saw that the people around him were staring at him with a puzzled look when he heard him say this, and Lei Jian continued: "I know that you are very dissatisfied with my rhetoric, and you have always advocated that you should strive to 'expand guns, expand people, and expand propaganda' whenever and wherever you want, but now there are so many young and middle-aged people who are enthusiastically asking to join the Eighth Route Army, but I have not agreed, and I have used the excuse of marching to the west to refuse to agree to their requests. ”

Lei Jian looked at the few people around him not only didn't understand what he said, but frowned and looked at him with contempt.

He continued: "In order not to hurt the fiery hearts of these young and middle-aged men who carry guns and kill devils, I have decided to temporarily set up a new company and a second company, leaving six cadres, and bring this newly formed company back to the base area of the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army's Mountain Column, and hand it over to the detachment to strengthen training, and strive to kill the battlefield as soon as possible." ”

When several people heard Lei Jian say this, they felt comforted in their hearts, but one by one, they were like a rabbit in their arms, and they were uneasy, afraid that they would leave themselves to lead the two companies.

Lei Jian did not determine who would stay for the time being, and put forward his own views on whether to attack Mingcun Town, he said after careful analysis: "Mingcun Town is four or five miles away from here, it is necessary to fight, and it is impossible to use war horses, only rely on two legs, with the fastest speed of a small force, to raid Mingcun Town, take advantage of the emptiness of Mingcun Town, after taking this village and town, find a way to take away the captured enemy military supplies, in order to supplement the independent regiment's supplies on the road." ”

Several cadres unanimously agreed to Lei Jian's two plans, and Wang Xiaoliang took the initiative to lead a company of cavalry soldiers to run and raid Mingcun Town.

At this time, in Mingcun Town, there was only one squad of devils and a platoon of puppet troops left, and the troops of a cavalry company of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army were raided, so it shouldn't be much trouble, and it would take half an hour at most to solve the battle.

Wang Xiaoliang got the consent of Lei Jian and led the soldiers of the first company of cavalry to pounce on Mingcun Town with the fastest raid speed.

Lei Jian ordered Ma Ming, deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, to select five cadres and bring the two recruit companies that had just been formed back to the base area of the five detachments in concealment, so as to supplement the temporary shortage of troops in the five detachments due to the westward advance of the independent regiment.

Ma Ming pleaded again and again: "Commander Lei, I don't want to leave the big army, and I don't want to leave the cavalry battalion of the Independent Regiment, you see ......." ”

At this moment, a group of young men who asked to join the army surrounded Lei Jian, and shouted in unison: "Commander Lei, we already know that you are the devil shouting 'Devil who killed the imperial army' and the 'Thunder General' Lei Jian spread in the eastern base area. ”

A young man in his twenties rushed to Lei Jian and said very unceremoniously: "I see that you are not the head of the independent regiment Lei Jian, hmph, a half-haired child, you don't count what you said, don't delay our business, if you are sensible, take us to find your head Lei, Captain Lei will definitely not be like you, pushing back and hurting our hearts." ”

When Ma Ming saw these young and middle-aged people, he was very enthusiastic about joining the Eighth Route Army, but if he led the two recruit companies that had just been formed to pass through the enemy's blockade line and return to the base area of the Fifth Detachment, he was afraid in his heart, afraid that he would really not be able to complete this task.

Another young man grabbed Li Gang and asked, "This little brother, I think you should be a petty official, tell me quickly, where is your head Lei?" ”

"Don't look for it, I am the thunder sword you are looking for, since you strongly want to join the Eighth Route Army, and you have to follow the independent regiment to the western front to fight the little devils, then I am not difficult for you, but, let's first put the ugly words to the end, our rapid march has great secrecy and mobility, and you, as new soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, must be guaranteed with your lives, and resolutely carry out orders all the way."

Lei Jian looked at the more and more young adults coming around, he jumped to a pile of firewood, and said very seriously: "If you can promise me, I promise you to join the Eighth Route Army, and I also promise you to follow the independent regiment to the west to kill devils." ”

"Are you really Captain Lei? Tsk, I didn't expect a half-grown child to lead such a large army, haha, it seems that on the battlefield of killing devils, it must be very powerful, grandma's, killing little devils with such a person, Lao Tzu is convinced. ”

Lei Jian listened to the half-grown child in front of him, who was about his age, speaking rudely, he frowned and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Lao Tzu's name is Qu Jiaming, Captain Lei, you can't see me and want to stay by your side, right?"

Lei Jian said with a smile: "I don't dare to accept a soldier like you, open your mouth to scold, shut your mouth is Lao Tzu, I don't know who you want to be Lao Tzu when you join the Eighth Route Army, and besides, the Eighth Route Army doesn't need Lao Tzu like you, I think you should stay in the village and take care of your family's land." ”

"Hahaha, hahaha, Qu Jiaming, this bastard, opened his mouth to scold, he also said that who can change his problem, call him father, hahaha, you better go home and farm, and shout Lao Tzu to the heifer, hahaha."

Qu Jiaming was laughed at by so many young and middle-aged people in nearby villages who actively asked to join the Eighth Route Army, and scolded with a little unbearable face: "**** Your grandma, in which life did I Qu Jiaming offend your ancestors, you actually ruined my good deeds in front of Commander Lei, believe it or not, believe it or not, let's compete individually, see who is the special grass chicken." ”

Lei Jian saw that Qu Jia Mingye was a little wild, if he trained well, he should be a good soldier, the scale in his heart, the more naughty and thoughtful recruits are, as long as they are guided correctly, they will definitely become a good soldier who can be put down.

He made an exception and shouted: "Qu Jiaming, you can stay by my side, but once you join the army and don't follow the right path, it is a trivial matter to drive you out of the army, and maybe you will be punished, do you dare to agree?" ”

"it, Lao Tzu ......."

"From now on, if you dare to scold a dirty word in front of me again, my independent regiment of Lei Jian can't afford to raise a 'Lao Tzu' soldier like you, hurry up and go where to go." Lei Jian looked at Qu Jiaming and deliberately stimulated.

"Captain Lei, my parents can't change this problem, ......, no, no, no, can I tell me to change slowly?"

At this moment, a soldier ran back from the direction of Mingcun Town, and shouted before he arrived: "Commander Lei, it's not good, Deputy Commander Wang led a company of cavalry soldiers, and just entered Mingcun Town, he was ...... by an enemy puppet army from Pingdu County." ”