Tell me why the comrades who recruited the soldiers didn't want you? Before recruiting, Li Yong and instructor Wang Chengde discussed several conditions, one family is an only child, the second family is a military martyr's family, and the third is too old and too young, and the health is not good, and the age control is between 18 and 28. I saw this young man say: "Your recruiting comrades said that my family is a military martyr, my family is a martyr's family, my second brother died in the army, but our eldest brother is still at home, the family is not an only son, the old man is in charge, I didn't marry a daughter-in-law and didn't care, why can't I?" ”

Li Yong liked this young man from the bottom of his heart, northern Shaanxi is really a place where heroes come out, the early common people and Liu Zhidan, Xie Zichang made a revolution together, and after the Central Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, the people resolutely supported the Red Expansion Movement, and many people had military martyrs in their families, which was also a reason why Li Yong's spy company was slow to recruit soldiers.

After listening to this, Li Yong said: "Fellow countryman, being a soldier is to fight, and if you fight, you will die. When the young man heard this, he was anxious: "I don't care what your regulations are, anyway, I want to be a soldier, I won't leave today, I will follow you wherever you go in the future, see what you do?" When Li Yong heard this, the good guy was stubborn, thought for a while and said to the young man: "If you don't do this, I will go to your house with you, and I will nag with your parents, if the old people agree to you to be a soldier, I will accept it?" ”

The young man said, "All right, let's go." It turned out that this young man was in the village where the spy company was stationed, and his home was very close to the army, and the two soon arrived at the young man's house, and when they arrived at the door, the young man shouted: "Dad, the leader of our army is here" An old man walked out in response and let Li Yong into the house, Li Yong went to the house and said to the old man: "Uncle, let me talk to you about something." ”

The old man laughed: "You don't need to say it, I know everything, don't you want this kid to be a soldier?" I know that you are the company commander Li Yong of the company that lives in our village, I said Dayong, if we poor people are afraid of death and don't go to the army, then how can we make a revolution? Because of the Eighth Route Army, our people really live like people, we now have houses and land, cattle, horses, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese, that is not counted, the food can not be eaten, do you say that if there is no our troops, can we do it? Can the enemy let us live like this? Let him go. ”

Li Yong was very moved when he heard this, and after chatting with the old man for a while, he learned that the old man was an old Red Guard member in Liu Zhidan's period, and he had fought for many years, and he was an old-timer, and many leaders of the Northwest Field Army knew each other. ”

The next day, Li Yuming came to the company, Li Yong liked Li Yuming very much, liked this new soldier who was completely loyal to the party and the troops, and asked him to join the normal training of the army and then become a correspondent in the company headquarters and take over Li Jiangguo's position. Li Jiangguo is a veteran with rich combat experience, and it is a pity to let him be a correspondent, since there is a suitable candidate, of course he must be replaced. The veterans sent out after more than ten days came back one after another, and when the last one came back, it was almost half a month, these veterans not only brought back a large number of personnel but also brought back a lot of food, Li Jiangguo and Wang Laohu brought back the most people, each brought back less than twenty soldiers, Li Jiangguo's group of people came back when there were many soldiers still carrying things on their shoulders, Li Yong took a closer look at the original wolf, and hurriedly asked what was going on, there was a new soldier sued Li Yong, they met a wolf when they came back, Li Jiangguo said, Since they have encountered it, let them also serve the people and make some efforts, and these five wolves have been killed by five shots.

At this time, Li Jiangguo stood next to him and said: "Company commander, I also brought back a lot of food, these wolves should be used to add food to our company, but it's a pity that my five bullets are gone, I am the most bullets in our company, a total of more than 30 rounds, which is not less than five rounds." ”

At this time, Li Jiangguo already admired Li Yong very much, and thought in his heart that this company commander was powerful and a good material, although he was captured, he was indeed smarter than him, and he also realized that the decision of the regiment party committee was correct, and the relationship between the two was also very good. Li Yong looked at Li Jiangguo and said: "Jiangguo, what is a few bullets, in the future, we will not only have enough bullets, but also artillery shells." When Li Jiangguo heard Li Yong say this, he smiled and said, "Company commander, if only when I could equip 200 rounds of ammunition, I won't have to worry when I fight." Li Yong said: "There will be soon, but now our task is to train new soldiers, these people you bring back can't be called soldiers, or ordinary people, we must hurry up and train out, you also know the time given to us by the regiment commander, it has been a month, you have brought back more than 170 people this time, we have recruited more than 50 people near the station, we must hurry up, you old soldiers are responsible for ten each, you must be responsible for bringing them out, you don't have to do it, there are already people." ”

Li Jiangguo: "Don't worry, company commander, there are more than 20 of us, it's no problem to bring ten each, and I guarantee that we will teach them all." Then Li Yong arranged for people to arrange the residence of these recruits, and after the political study in the evening, the department meeting was held, and more than 20 veterans all participated. Li Yong explained the current situation: "Last year, that is, in 1946, the Kuomintang relied on its 4.5 million troops and economic superiority to ignore the 1.2 million People's Liberation Army, which had no planes, tanks, and few artillery. In June last year, with the Central Plains Liberated Area as a miraculous one, launched a full-scale attack on our liberated area, and threatened to solve the problem in three months, in order to maintain the initiative position, we gave up more than 100 cities that were exchanged for blood, but we fought more than 100 times, and wiped out more than 700,000 of them, and the enemy had to give up the all-out offensive from March, and launched the so-called key offensive, and the enemy mobilized more than 300,000 troops in our northwest, and more than 200,000 were used in the first line, and there was Hu Zhongnan on the southern front. On the western front, Ma Bufang, Ma Hongkui, and on the northern front, the enemy in Yulin and Suide is preparing to attack us, in a word, the enemy is coming at us from all directions, comrades, there is a greater test ahead. ”

At this time, I saw Ma Changsheng standing up: "Company commander, instructor, in order to fight the enemy, we gave up Yan'an, what kind of place is Yan'an?" It's where our Party Central Committee and ** live, I cried on the day I gave up Yan'an, we weren't afraid of anything, and now I beg us to fight with the enemy. ”

The soldier Ma Quanyou also stood up: "Company commander, it's not fun to deal with these robbers with a gun, it's better to stab them with a bayonet and stab them all back to their hometown." Li Yong knew the weight of Yan'an in the hearts of these brave and loyal veterans, and also understood their mood at this time, he said to his comrades: "The decision of the Party Central Committee is very wise, we will carry the burden on our backs when we defend Yan'an, and if we give up Yan'an, the enemy will carry the burden, don't be in a hurry, there are many opportunities to fight, and the enemy will never take advantage of us, this has been the case in the past, this is the case now, and it will still be the case in the future, as long as we fight the war well and destroy the enemy's living force, Yan'an will be able to recover sooner or later." But now is not the time to fight with the enemy, comrades, look at our company, our company now has more than 200 people, but there are only 20 rifles, a shell gun, and only 20 rounds of ammunition for each person, which is still a lot, some only a dozen rounds, and I, the company commander, do not have a gun, how can we fight with the enemy? What to take and fight with the enemy? What we need to do now is to step up the training of new recruits so that they can develop combat effectiveness one day earlier, so my instructor and I have decided that we will increase the training process from tomorrow morning, and we will allocate personnel well this evening. ”

Then Li Yong announced that the whole company would set up six platoons, with Li Jiangguo as the first platoon leader, Ma Quanyou as the second platoon leader, Ma Changsheng as the third platoon leader, Ning Jinshan as the fourth platoon leader, Wang Laohu as the fifth platoon leader, and Zhang Jinsong as the reconnaissance and communications platoon leader, and then six veterans as deputy platoon leaders, each platoon has three squads, and each squad has 12 people, and the whole platoon includes the platoon commander and deputy platoon leader, a total of 38 people. The cooking squad was expanded to 14 people, Sun Quanhou was the company secretary and the head of the cooking squad, the three original old cooks were the deputy squad leaders, and the remaining 23 were the reconnaissance and communication platoons. Finally, Li Yong emphasized that Li Yuming among the recruits is not in the scope of your selection, and I have other uses.

After Li Yong announced the order, Zhang Jinsong, the platoon commander of the reconnaissance and communications platoon, first said: "Company commander, instructor, why do we platoon pick the rest?" Li Yong smiled and said: "Jinsong, what are you anxious about, give you these young soldiers because their bodies have not yet grown up, some of them are not yet eighteen years old, it is not good for them to go directly to the combat platoon, and it will also affect the combat effectiveness of our company, but they are all locals, they are very familiar with the geography of our area, and they are the best reconnaissance and communication soldiers after training, and it will be better if their bodies grow for another two years, you and the deputy platoon commander must train them, understand?" ”

After listening to Li Yong's explanation, Zhang Jinsong and the deputy platoon commander also sat down happily, and at this time, someone was in a hurry, and Li Yong also knew that they would be in a hurry, only to see the eight veterans who had not been assigned the task stood up: "Company commander, what are we doing?" ”