Zhang Yunfei, who was riding in an off-road vehicle, saw that there were more than a dozen soldiers of the Eighth Route Army standing guard at the intersection in front of him, so Zhang Yunfei immediately said to the driver: "Stop at the intersection in front, Xiao Tan, you go and explain our identity and intention." ”

As Zhang Yunfei's off-road vehicle slowly stopped, a guard named Xiao Tan beside Zhang Yunfei pushed the door and got out of the car, walked a few steps to the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army a few meters away, saluted, and said with a straight face: "Hello! ”

The squad leader of the Eighth Route Army, who was in the lead, saw that the convoy had stopped in front of him, and a soldier wearing a beautiful and generous military uniform came down, and when he saw the soldier's uniform, the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army was now 100% sure that these convoys belonged to the 36th Group Army.

Thinking of this, the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, returned a military salute, and then took the initiative to hold the guard's hands, and said happily: "Hello, is there anything you need our help with?" ”

This guard named Xiao Tan, seeing that these soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were so enthusiastic, couldn't help but smile slightly: "We belong to the 36th Group Army, and there are our commander-in-chief and director of the General Political Department in the car. ”

Hearing this, the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army was very excited, and thought in his heart, Commander-in-Chief Zhang is here in person, and I don't know if I can catch a glimpse of Commander-in-Chief Zhang's demeanor later.

Just as the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army was distracted there, more than a dozen Eighth Route Army soldiers in the distance were hurrying over, led by a tall Eighth Route Army in his thirties, with a pen in the pocket of his jacket, obviously an officer of the Eighth Route Army.

This officer of the Eighth Route Army is Wang Xinyou, head of the New Third Regiment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army stationed in Dalinkou Town, and several people around Wang Xinyou are the political commissar, chief of staff, and deputy head of the New Third Regiment.

Although Wang Xinyou was very surprised to learn that a convoy of the 36th Group Army had come from outside the town, he was more surprised, and guessed that it might be the military observation and exchange group of the 36th Group Army, which went to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and has now reached Dalinkou Town, where his troops are stationed.

This morning, the regimental headquarters of the New Third Regiment received a telegram from the General Headquarters, saying that the 36 th Group Army's military observation and exchange group might pass through Dalinkou Town today, and that if it encounters this military observation and exchange group of the 36 th Group Army, it must be warmly welcomed and reported to the General Headquarters as soon as possible.

Just now, a soldier standing guard at the intersection outside the town came to report that a convoy had come, and several senior commanders of the New Third Regiment knew that it should be this military observation and exchange group of the 36th Group Army that had arrived outside the town.

Wang Xinyou walked over quickly with a few high-ranking members of the New Third Regiment, and the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army, who had just come to his senses, saw that his regiment commander and several other people were coming, and immediately reported upright: "Regiment commander, this is the convoy of the 36th Group Army, and there is Commander-in-Chief Zhang and them in it, passing through our Dalinkou Town, heading to the headquarters of our Eighth Route Army. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xinyou and the others were very excited, but they didn't expect that Commander-in-Chief Zhang would come in person for this observation and exchange, but they didn't know which other leaders came.

Thinking of this, Wang Xinyou took the political commissar, chief of staff and deputy head of the new third regiment and a few other people, and walked to the front of the convoy excitedly, and said loudly: "Hello leaders, I am Wang Xinyou of the new third regiment of the rear guard of the 129th Division, welcome the leaders to our Dalinkou Town." ”

Zhang Yunfei and Deng Wenping saw that they were coming to greet them in person, and they didn't put on a show, they pushed the car door in person, got out of the car one after the other, and slowly walked towards Wang Xinyou and the others with kind smiles on their faces.

Seeing the front door open, several people came down, and the front was a heroic young man, with a straight military uniform, looking very spiritual and majestic, and the three gold stars on his shoulders were shining, Wang Xinyou and others felt very familiar.

Although a few people have not seen Zhang Yunfei in person, they have seen Zhang Yunfei's photos in the newspaper before, so now they will feel very familiar when they see Zhang Yunfei, and suddenly, Wang Xinyou's heart jumped a few times, remembering who this person is, this heroic young man is the famous Commander-in-Chief Zhang.

At this time, Comrade Deng Wenping followed closely behind Zhang Yunfei, and Comrade Deng Wenping, who was dressed in a straight lieutenant general's uniform, although his current image was very different from that of his previous time in the Eighth Route Army, many people in the New Third Regiment still recognized it at a glance, the New Third Regiment used to be an expansion of a guard company at the headquarters, and Wang Xinyou used to be a guard company commander, and he could see Comrade Deng Wenping almost every day.

Seeing Zhang Yunfei and others coming with a smile on their faces, Wang Xinyou and the others immediately took a few steps forward, saluted in front of Zhang Yunfei, and then excitedly stretched out his hands, held Zhang Yunfei's right hand tightly, and said excitedly: "Good chief!" I was so excited to see the chief. ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly and said kindly: "Hello! ”

After shaking hands with Zhang Yunfei, Wang Xinyou and others shook hands with Deng Wenping, Comrade Deng Wenping knew Wang Xinyou, held Wang Xinyou's hand, Comrade Deng Wenping smiled and said: "Xiao Wang, yes, I became the head of the regiment so soon." ”

Wang Xinyou smiled embarrassedly, and then said to Zhang Yunfei and Deng Wenping: "The chiefs haven't eaten lunch yet!" The cooking class of our regiment headquarters has prepared lunch, so let's go to our regiment headquarters with me. ”

Originally, Zhang Yunfei didn't want to disturb the Eighth Route Army, but just wanted to eat a little in a restaurant in the town, and then hit the road, striving to reach Guojiayu, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, at about 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

But now it seems that the new third regiment obviously received an order from above, knowing that it would pass by here, and preparing the lunch, it seems that it is a little bad not to go to the new third regiment to eat.

It's just that all the people in his party are combined, there are almost nearly 200 people, and now it is the early winter season, and the food of the Eighth Route Army is not very sufficient.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunfei was a little hesitant, but Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department next to him, was very happy when he saw his subordinates, and said to Zhang Yunfei with a smile: "Commander-in-chief, let's go to the New Third Regiment for dinner." ”

Seeing that Comrade Deng Wenping was very interested, Zhang Yunfei nodded lightly and said, "Old Deng, then let's go to the headquarters of the New Third Regiment!" Anyway, we are here to observe and exchange with the Eighth Route Army, and now, we are equivalent to learning about our Eighth Route Army in advance. ”

After speaking, Zhang Yunfei also smiled, and thought in his heart, the situation of the Eighth Route Army is much better than before, but it is far better than many of his own 36th Group Army, after eating, he still has to leave some money for the New Third Regiment, and his nearly 200 people can't add a burden to the New Third Regiment.

Seeing Zhang Yunfei nodding in agreement, Wang Xinyou, the commander of the new Third Regiment, looked extremely happy, think about it, Commander-in-Chief Zhang of the 36th Group Army came to his regimental headquarters, it is strange if he is not happy.

Wang Xinyou, who was in a very happy mood, immediately invited: "Leaders, please, our regiment headquarters has prepared hot meals for everyone." After speaking, Wang Xinyou was half a position behind Zhang Yunfei and Deng Wenping, and took Zhang Yunfei and his party to his regiment headquarters.

Liu Xing, the leader of the special operations team, immediately said to the soldiers in the car: "Let's all get out of the car, go to eat together, hurry up and eat, we have to hurry after eating." ”

The fighters got out of the car one after another, and only 20 special combat personnel in the entire convoy remained in the car, and these special combat personnel all carried dry food and water bottles, even if they stayed outside for a few days, let alone just a lunch meal.

Regiment Commander Wang and his entourage took Zhang Yunfei and his entourage to the headquarters of the New Third Regiment not far away, while the special combat team members stayed in the car, meaning that the convoy would stay outside the town for the time being and not enter the town, so as not to stop in the town and block the road.

The dozen or so soldiers of the Eighth Route Army standing guard outside the town watched Zhang Yunfei and his party gradually move away, at this moment, every soldier of the Eighth Route Army who saw Zhang Yunfei just now was excited, everyone did not expect that they would be fortunate to see the famous anti-Japanese hero, the commander-in-chief of the 36th Group Army today.

Until Zhang Yunfei and his entourage gradually moved away, these soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were reluctant to withdraw their gaze, and it was not until Zhang Yunfei and their figures disappeared at the corner of the street in front of them that everyone reluctantly withdrew their gaze.

It didn't take long for everyone to carefully look at the convoy parked on the road in front of them, especially the several special combat team members standing straight next to the car attracted everyone's attention.

A young soldier of the Eighth Route Army looked at several special combat personnel more than ten meters away in front of him with envy on his face, and then said to his squad leader: "Old squad leader, you see, their military uniforms are really good-looking, much better than the military uniforms of the Kuomintang Central Army, if only we could wear such good-looking and powerful military uniforms." ”

The squad leader of the Eighth Route Army also said with envy on his face: "This is the new military uniform of the 36th Group Army, designed and produced by itself, and the military uniform of the Kuomintang Central Army cannot be compared with other people's at all." ”

Another brave soldier of the Eighth Route Army, with the courage to step forward, came to the front of the off-road vehicle painted with camouflage, two or three meters away, looked left and right, and wanted to reach out and touch it several times, but he still didn't dare to do it.

A special combat member standing next to this off-road vehicle felt very proud and proud in his heart when he saw the actions of this Eighth Route Army soldier, and saw that this Eighth Route Army soldier wanted to step forward and touch it, so the special combat team member smiled slightly and said generously: "Comrade, you touch it!" It doesn't matter, it can't be touched. ”

"Really?" The soldier of the Eighth Route Army was surprised and asked in disbelief.

The special operator nodded slightly.

(To be continued)