At the headquarters of the 717th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Cheng Qian, the commander of the regiment, was looking at the military map on the wall, frowning, seeing that it would be the Chinese New Year in half a month, and he was worried about the New Year.

After all, although the Eighth Route Army is the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Lao Jiang has never given a penny to the 18th Group Army, and there is no way, the Eighth Route Army can only rely on itself to solve the problem of weapons and equipment.

Looking at the soldiers standing guard outside the door, wearing thin and shabby clothes, and their cheeks flushed from the cold, Cheng Qian felt a burst of guilt. The guard company of his regimental headquarters was still not warmly dressed, and he didn't know what happened to the three battalions scattered outside.

At present, the Eighth Route Army is only equipped with radio stations at the division and brigade levels, and the battalion and regimental communications are all transmitted orally by the communication cavalry.

Just when Cheng Qian was worried, the guards came over to report that Zhang Yunfei, the commander of the 3rd battalion, had come to the regiment headquarters.

Good guy, I haven't seen this kid for two or three months, I almost can't recognize anyone, wearing a new and clean cotton military uniform, and a dozen powerful and strong soldiers straddle the submachine gun behind him, exuding a murderous aura.

The head of the regiment, Cheng Qian, happily hammered Zhang Yunfei's chest and said: "Good boy, I don't see you for three days, it's impressive." ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled: "Regiment leader, I recently won a small battle and captured a little equipment from the little devil. ”

"Oh, tell me more about what a small victory." The head of the regiment, Cheng Qian, said with interest.

"Regiment commander, a few days ago, we attacked Xin'an County, annihilated more than 500 devils, and captured a large number of weapons and equipment, but at that time, fighter planes were rare, and our communications were backward, so we didn't have time to ask the regiment headquarters, and I hope the regiment commander will forgive me."

"Annihilate more than 500 devils? What about the casualties in your battalion? The head of the regiment, Cheng Qian, asked nervously.

If the casualties of the troops are too large, although more than 500 devils have been annihilated, I am afraid that one of the regiment commanders will not be able to take responsibility.

"Thanks to the regiment commander's concern, our 3rd battalion only sacrificed a dozen fighters, and more than 30 others were injured." Zhang Yunfei said lightly.

"My good man, annihilated more than 500 little devils, we only sacrificed a dozen soldiers, this is a great victory, no, I have to report to the division headquarters and brigade headquarters." The head of the regiment, Cheng Qian, said in surprise.

Regiment commander Cheng Qian turned around and said loudly to the guards: "Quickly send cavalry communication soldiers to report the victory of Xin'an County to the division headquarters and brigade headquarters." ”

Zhang Yunlong hurriedly said: "Regiment commander, don't work hard for the cavalry communication soldiers, look at what I brought you." After saying that, with a wave of his hand, the special combat team members behind hurriedly put the two quadrangular packages on the table of the regiment headquarters, slowly opened the packages of the packages, and two ** new radio stations appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Regiment commander Cheng Qian saw the radio station and said excitedly: "Radio, this is a radio station, our regiment will also have a radio station in the future, this is the first one in the Eighth Route Army Battalion regiment." ”

In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, radio was absolutely a luxury for the Eighth Route Army, due to the limited number of radio stations in the whole army, the regimental level was only equipped with telegraph operators, and there was no radio station.

The head of the group, Cheng Qian, gently stroked the radio station forward, like stroking an art treasure, and his fingers trembled slightly.

Zhang Yunlong saw the big reaction of the regiment commander Cheng Qian, and wondered in his heart, our three battalions have seized a total of 6 radio stations, and we have kept 4 for ourselves, is it a bit too inauthentic.

Zhang Yunlong gritted his teeth and continued to say to Cheng Qian: "Regiment commander, in fact, our battalion has also captured a large amount of weapons and equipment, but according to what the division commander said, whoever has the ability will seize it, and whoever captures it belongs to whomever principle, you can't look at it and ask our battalion for it." ”

"Good boy, you don't think the big head has told me yet, tell me how much equipment your battalion has captured?" The head of the regiment is a diving channel.

Zhang Yunfei thought about it for a while, and decided to hide most of the equipment, so he said: "Regiment commander, we have captured more than 1,000 Type 38 fast guns, more than 100 crooked machine guns, more than 50 Type 92 heavy machine guns, more than 100,000 rounds of various bullets, and in addition, we have also captured some oceans and 100 kilograms of gold. ”

When Cheng Qian heard that more than one devil infantry brigade had been seized, as well as 100 kilograms of gold, he immediately said to the guards: "Hurry up and notify the confidential correspondent, use the radio to send a report to the division headquarters and brigade headquarters, and report the victory of the 3rd Battalion in Xin'an County." ”

As soon as Cheng Qian finished speaking, the guard immediately turned around and went to notify the confidential correspondent to send a report.

After the guards left, Cheng Qian solemnly said to Zhang Yunfei: "Third battalion commander, the whole regiment is currently in a difficult period, and the New Year will be celebrated in half a month." After speaking, Cheng Qian looked at Zhang Yunfei with eyes that I mean, you know.

Zhang Yunfei blushed when he was seen by the old man, and said to Cheng Qian: "Regiment commander, our 3rd battalion supports the regiment headquarters with 500 Type 38 fast guns, 50 crooked machine guns, 20 Type 92 heavy machine guns, and 100,000 rounds of various bullets, in addition, we will support the regiment headquarters with 1,000 sets of new cotton clothes and pants, 1,000 quilts, and 2,000 oceans, how about it." ”

Cheng Qian happily said "yes" three times in a row......

At the headquarters of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Division Commander Liu was holding a military meeting with everyone, and the correspondent came in with a telegram and reported to Division Commander Liu: "Chief, the 717th Regiment sent a telegram saying that the 3rd Battalion had won a great victory in Xin'an County, annihilating more than 500 devils, and the 3rd Battalion had only sacrificed more than a dozen soldiers, and more than 30 others were wounded, and more than 1,000 Type 38 fast guns, more than 100 crooked machine guns, more than 50 Type 92 heavy machine guns, more than 100,000 rounds of various bullets, and 100 kilograms of gold were also captured. ”

After listening to the correspondent's report, Division Commander Liu took the telegram and read it carefully, saying: "This third battalion is stubborn, and it will annihilate more than 500 little devils with the strength of one battalion. ”

He also told the correspondent that he would send the war report to the headquarters.

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy commander-in-chief read the battle report forwarded by the 120th Division and said to the deputy chief of staff: "Do you want to commend this third battalion?" ”

The deputy chief of the general staff said: "Now the third battalion wants money and money, guns and guns, and we can't reward him for anything." ”

The deputy commander-in-chief paced back and forth, and said after a while: "This third battalion commander is a good hand at fighting, and they are not short of weapons and equipment now, how about expanding the third battalion into the 359th Brigade and the 719th Regiment?" “

The deputy chief of the general staff pondered for a while and said: "I'm afraid that Lao Jiang will not agree, Lao Jiang originally gave me the establishment of the 18th Group Army is 3 divisions, each division has two brigades, and each brigade has two regiments. ”

"That's the political means played by Lao Jiang, I'm afraid that our Eighth Route Army will develop and grow, according to the current form, our Eighth Route Army will inevitably develop and grow, this is the trend, let the three battalions be expanded into the 359 Brigade and 719 Regiment, so it's decided." The deputy commander-in-chief said firmly.

"Boss, the 3rd Battalion has seized a lot this time, and we don't want him to hand over the weapons and equipment, but 100 kilograms of gold is not a small amount, I see if the 3rd Battalion will hand over 100 kilograms of gold to the headquarters?"

"Yes, we are not rich now, with this 100 kilograms of gold we can buy a lot of grain and cloth, then let the 3rd battalion hand over the gold to the headquarters." The deputy commander-in-chief said with emotion......

After returning from the regiment headquarters, Zhang Yunfei brought back a confidential officer, and several literate soldiers from the unit were transferred to form a confidential room, which was responsible for using the radio to communicate with the superiors.

In addition, Zhang Yunfei sent three special combat team members to disguise themselves as ordinary people to Xin'an County to spy on the enemy.

In the next few days, Zhang Yunfei devoted his main energy to the training of the recruit company, since the last annihilation of more than 500 little devils in the Watanabe Brigade, the reputation of the 3rd Battalion has spread in this 100-mile place, and the common people know that the 3rd Battalion is a team of the Eighth Route Army that can fight devils.

This recruitment is unprecedentedly hot, many people came from all over the world to ask to participate in the Eighth Road, after repeated selection or recruited 1,500 people, Zhang Yunlong organized these recruits into 40 recruit platoons, fortunately in Xiaowangzhuang is spacious, or it really can't accommodate the training of so many people.

During the day, Zhang Yunfei would go to the training ground to inspect and promptly correct any mistakes in the training, and at night he would give lectures to more than 40 instructors of the recruit company to explain the contents of the training program in detail.

As usual, Zhang Yunfei was guiding the training of recruits, and the deputy battalion commander Liu Dazhu rushed over quickly, and shouted loudly from a few meters away: "Battalion commander, congratulations, the headquarters is calling." ”

After receiving the telegram in Liu Dazhu's hand, Zhang Yunfei looked at it seriously, and it turned out to be a commendation telegram, in which he said that the headquarters had expanded the 3rd Battalion into the 719th Regiment.

This is a good thing, at present, I still have a lot of equipment in the warehouse, and I have just recruited 1,500 new soldiers, and the time is fully ripe for the expansion of the army.

Subsequently, Zhang Yunfei convened a military meeting at and above the company level to convey the commendation message from the headquarters, and the company commanders immediately cheered when they heard the content of the commendation message.

Zhang Yunfei immediately reorganized each company into a battalion, the company commander was promoted to battalion commander, and the platoon commander was promoted to company commander.

However, there is no change in personnel for the time being, and it will be replenished to battalions and companies after the new recruits have been trained for a month.

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