"Uncle Tomo, it's been so many years, don't get excited."

Hu Fei comforted the old man around him. This old man with a white beard had found the barracks at noon yesterday, and there were dozens of people with him. As soon as they met, these people were very affectionate, and they cried, laughed, and burst into tears when they held the hands of the Einsatzgruppen soldiers. This old man named Tomo is their patriarch, after coming yesterday afternoon, this old Tomo went to the barracks to look for Hu Fei again early this morning.

The old man is here to find Hu Fei to catch up! When the old man Tomo met for the first time, he told Hu Fei that he was a member of the Xibe tribe, and Hu Fei was a fellow countryman, and all the soldiers of the Volunteer Army were fellow villagers! The old man came here to listen to the local voice and see the people from his hometown!

The hometown of the Xibe people is in the Songhua River and Nenjiang Plain in Northeast China, and is located in the three provinces of Liaoning, Jiji and Heihei. During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong sent more than 3,000 Xibe officers and soldiers from the northeast to the border of Xinjiang. At that time, Qianlong promised the Xibe patriarch that he would allow the Xibe people who had migrated west to return to their homeland in the northeast after 70 years, and give them rich rewards and fiefs.

Seventy years! The Xibe people checked the year with their fingers, and they never waited for the emperor's order to move back. Now that the Qing Dynasty has been destroyed for 30 years, the Xibe people are still defending the frontier for China in the bitter cold land of the northwest. Young people have a weak sense of their homeland and nation, but older people have never forgotten their homeland in the Northeast.

Old Tomo is getting older and older, and he thought that he would never hear from his hometown again until he died, but he didn't expect that the heroic volunteers came down from the sky to Xinjiang as if they were specifically to fulfill his wishes! The Volunteer Army is the anti-Japanese volunteer army in the Northeast; Tomo is the patriarch of the contemporary Xibe tribe. When he heard the volunteer soldier say the pure Northeast accent, the old man who was over seventy years old burst into tears with excitement, and he was reluctant to let go of Hu Fei's hand.

As soon as he returned to China, he met his fellow countrymen, which not only surprised Hu Fei but also all the volunteers. Listening to the old patriarch of the Xibe tribe tell about the old past, the strong volunteer soldiers couldn't help but sigh.

When he met the villagers in a foreign country, he should have enthusiastically let him enter the barracks to serve tea and wine and give him warm hospitality, but the Xibe patriarch was so excited that he didn't go to the wine table at all. The old patriarch of Tomo is willing to talk and chat with Hu Fei and the soldiers of the Volunteer Army, and in his lifetime, he can listen to young people talk about the changes in the climate and the sophistication of his hometown, which is much more meaningful than having a meal and a glass of wine in the eyes of the old man.

Under the repeated requests of old Tomo, Hu Fei had no choice but to take the old man to visit the barracks. Although some of the materials have been donated by the local government and residents, the lack of food and clothing for the volunteers has not been completely resolved. The uniforms, quilts, food, and baggage of the more than 20,000 volunteers were not fully equipped so quickly.

Seeing the current situation of the soldiers in his hometown, the Xibe patriarch wiped away his tears and told Hu Fei: He will go back to raise grain and grass now, and seeing the heroes of his hometown in shabby clothes and suffering from hunger and cold is not the hospitality of the Xibe people!

The old man was still an anxious man, and he said that he would leave and not stay for a moment. Hu Fei couldn't stop him, and the Tomo patriarch went out of the barracks to find the Xibe people who came with him to go back to raise food and grass.

The old patriarch of Xibe had just been sent away here, and someone outside the camp gate asked to see him. It's not just a person, it's a convoy!

The surname of the person who came was Shi Liming. The Shi family is the richest family in Yumin County, south of Tacheng. After Shi Liming heard that the volunteers were coming to Tacheng, he was afraid that the volunteers would not pass through Yumin County, so he took out all the cash that his family could mobilize to buy food and send it to Tacheng!

Hu Fei, a kind-hearted man who did not hesitate to spend thousands of dollars to support the volunteers, naturally wanted to receive him warmly. Not only did he receive him personally, Hu Fei also brought Shi Liming to introduce him to Zheng Runcheng, who was the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army. Shi Liming, a model of supporting the army who fought for righteousness and squandered money, deserved to be personally commended by the supreme commander of the Volunteer Army.

Commander-in-Chief Zheng is naturally familiar with this kind of thing. After gathering the main generals of the Volunteer Army, they found a band to play an anti-Japanese song next to them, and gathered 20 cavalrymen of the Einsatzgruppen with the most neat uniforms at that time, and held a small military parade.

This time, the foundation, face, and lining are all there.

Shi Liming was received so ceremoniously by the volunteers, and he couldn't help himself with excitement. When the welcome ceremony was over, Shi Liming took the initiative to promise Zheng Runcheng that this was only the first batch of food for him to support the volunteers, and there would be several batches of food in the future! Shi Liming is planning to go bankrupt to support this anti-Japanese army.

For Shi Liming's righteous deeds, the volunteers are naturally grateful from top to bottom. On behalf of the Anti-Japanese Volunteers, Zheng Runcheng issued Shi Liming a pennant, on which were eight glittering golden characters: Anti-Japanese Righteous Soldiers, Model of Supporting the Army!

is not just a Shi Liming, during the time when the volunteers were resting in Tacheng, countless Xinjiang people donated money and materials. Although the people in the Tacheng area are not rich, they still have all their support for this anti-Japanese army, so the number of bankrupts has exceeded double digits!

Can't stay in Tacheng! That night, the generals of the Volunteer Army held a military meeting. After the generals told their respective troops about the donations, Zheng Runcheng immediately discovered that something was wrong. More than 20,000 volunteers are not something that a Tacheng area can afford!

Although the people here are very enthusiastic, the Volunteers are an anti-Japanese army, not an army that disturbs the people! If you stay here for a long time, the people in the nearby counties and towns will be implicated. If a large number of people fall into poverty because they want to support the volunteers, how can the leaders of this heroic army bear it?

Go, the volunteers must leave Tacheng as much as possible! Go to Dihua! Dihua is the capital of Xinjiang Province, and all the dignitaries, wealth and taxes of Xinjiang are concentrated in Dihua, and only that place can afford to support more than 20,000 volunteers!

If the volunteers want to resist Japan in the interior, they must also go through the approval of the Dihua Provincial Government. It is inconceivable for an army to cross the border armed without the approval of the local government. Besides, Dihua can also get in touch with the Nanjing government, and maybe get some instructions from the young marshal. At the same time, Dihua is also a traffic artery, from Tacheng to the mainland, Dihua is also a must-pass place!

After resting in Tacheng for several days, if you add the three days spent at the border, it has been more than ten days since the volunteers returned to China, and it is indeed time to report to the Xinjiang provincial capital.

The Volunteer Army is an army, and he does not lack anything in the vigor and resoluteness that an army should have. After the meeting made the decision to leave Tacheng and go to Dihua, the opening time was directly given, and the next day! The next day, after saying goodbye to the Tacheng County Government and the Tacheng garrison, go directly!

When I arrived in Dihua, it was closer to the mainland and closer to the battlefield of resistance against Japan! The soldiers of the Volunteer Army are looking forward to returning to the battlefield as soon as possible to fight the Japanese invaders, and the hatred of the country and the family is still waiting for them to revenge!

The volunteers have only been here for less than ten days, and they have already made the Tacheng County government busy. Countless people asked for donations, countless young people wanted to sign up for the army, and the more than 20,000 volunteers had to be contacted by the county government every day.