Li Yong saw that the prisoner's mood was relaxed, and asked, "Brothers, which of you is poor?" When the captives heard Li Yong's question, they replied: "Sir, we are all poor, who will be the soldiers from the rich family?" Li Yong asked again, "Do you know why you are poor?" ”

The captives listened to Li Yong's words and didn't squeak because they didn't know how to answer, Li Yong continued: "You may have answers and thoughts of one kind or another, but what I want to tell you is that the reason why we are poor is because this society and the country are unfair, we ordinary people do not work in black and white, and our ancestors have worked hard for others from generation to generation, but we ourselves don't even have enough to eat, why is this?" Because this country is not for our people, this country is for those big landlords, big capitalists, big bureaucrats, the government is the government of others, the police is the police of others, the army is the army of others, and we people have nothing, only generation after generation of poverty, you are all arrested, but none of our soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are arrested, because our ideal is to eliminate these big landlords, big capitalists, big bureaucrats and this cannibalistic society. In the rural areas, the landlords' land was distributed to the peasants, and in the cities the factories were distributed to the workers, and a new China was established in which everyone had food, clothing, and housing, and children could afford to go to school. Is it a good day like this? ”

The captives, along with the fighters of the reconnaissance platoon, were stunned and shouted hello together.

Only Zhang Jinsong and the nine veterans did not shout, because these things have already dissolved into the blood of these ** members, Li Yong said again: "Our ** People's Liberation Army is a team that fights the world for the people, even if you die, you are willing, if you are willing to join the People's Liberation Army in a few days, we are welcome, if you don't want to be a soldier, we will pay the passage home, rest assured that we will never force everyone, okay, I won't say more, you think about it yourself." ”

Li Yong, who had made a big call, turned to Zhang Jinsong: "I'm hungry, Zhang Jinsong, do you have anything to eat for me?" ”

Zhang Jinsong hurriedly brought over a baked brown cake: "It's already baked for you, I want to get some education when I see you speak like a big chief, isn't this all ready." Li Yong picked up the big cake and ate it, and said while eating: "Brothers, the ranks of our People's Liberation Army are equal to officers and soldiers, and you don't call the commander comrade, you can call me Li Yong or Dayong, or you can call me the company commander, but don't call the commander, we don't have a commander." ”

The troops rested by the fire that night, and continued to set off the next day, and these prisoners who had been educated by Li Yong yesterday all said that they wanted to join the Eighth Route Army to fight the world together, and they were no longer called commanders, but also called Li Yong company commander like the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon, and Li Yong did not care that they called brothers but called them comrades.

Li Yong asked Zhang Jinsong to return all the firing pins on the guns, and said to them: "New comrades, everyone thinks that we are poor in the Eighth Road, and when you get to the station of our company, you have changed all the rifles, and you will change the American submachine gun on the back of the old comrades. ”

These new soldiers are very happy, the company commander really believes in us, and even the firing pin on the gun has been pressed, this is really treating us as his own people, it is not easy to meet such a good company commander, and the people are all flesh chiefs, so they are determined to work with the company commander.

In the morning, more than 30 were arrested one after another, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon were very happy, and the unit was expanded to more than 100 people. Are you still called captives? The first to be arrested said: "We were still prisoners yesterday, but not now, today we are soldiers of the Eighth Route Army." ”

Then he told Li Yong's experience and what he said to these prisoners who were arrested later, although it was not as good as Li Yong, but it was also very convincing compared to his own situation, and the people who were arrested later were suspicious, but at least they were not afraid, and they honestly walked with the troops.

Zhang Jinsong said secretly: "Company commander, I can be regarded as obeying you, let the prisoners educate the prisoners, I have been a soldier for so many years, but it is the first time I have seen it, and it is no problem to be a political commissar at your level." Li Yong said: "It's not that I'm smart, it's because I said what everyone was thinking, so that everyone understood a truth, and when they understood the truth, they spontaneously worked hard, so the effect was much better." ”

The troops were moving forward, the reconnaissance platoon in front suddenly shouted to stop there was a situation, Zhang Jinsong told Li Yong that there was a Kuomintang unit in front, the number was not clear, Li Yong let the troops hide, and he and Zhang Jinsong hid behind a big tree to observe the situation, at this time I saw someone from the Kuomintang troops on the opposite side shouting: "Don't misunderstand that it's your own people, which part of you are?" ”

As soon as Li Yong heard the shouts of the Kuomintang troops on the opposite side, he understood that his unit only had the civilian clothes worn by the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon, and the rest of the more than 70 prisoners were all Kuomintang military uniforms, and the troops on the opposite side must have thought that this was also a team that had been broken up like them.

Immediately shouted loudly: "We are directly under the brigade headquarters, which part of you are?" The person on the opposite side also immediately shouted: "We are from the third regiment and eight battalions, do you know the whereabouts of the brigade commander?" Li Yong replied: "The brigade commander was caught, most of the brothers in the guard company were killed, and we people ran away when they saw that the situation was not good, how many of you still have them?" ”

The Kuomintang soldiers on the opposite side replied as they walked out: "There are only more than 100 people left, and the rest were either killed by the communist army or ran away." Li Yong shouted: "We also have more than 100 people, do you still have dry food?" The Kuomintang deserters on the opposite side suddenly pulled out a large group, and one of the officials said as he walked: "There's a fart, we still want to take care of your points." ”

Li Yong commanded the troops to quietly surround them, and when the group of deserters approached, they suddenly jumped out and shouted: "Don't move, we are the People's Liberation Army, and you are surrounded." More than 30 people from the reconnaissance platoon surrounded the more than 40 Kuomintang soldiers who were arrested first, and those who were captured later did not move to watch the excitement.

The Kuomintang deserters on the opposite side immediately messed up, and an official shouted: "When did you *** become the Eighth Road?" He also saw that Li Yong was head, and when he turned around, he took out his gun and fired a shot at Li Yong.

Zhang Jinsong and the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon next to him saw that Li Yong was wounded, and their eyes were red, and more than 30 Tom guns opened fire together.

Zhang Jinsong hurriedly came over to see Li Yong's injury, only to see a close-range pistol bullet hit Li Yong's shoulder, and the blood that flowed out had stained his clothes red. ”

Zhang Jinsong and several veteran soldiers were very experienced, and immediately tore Li Yong's clothes, Zhang Jinsong asked the soldiers to light a fire and roast the bayonets on the fire.

Wei Gang came over with a pistol and bullet belt, and said to Li Yong and Zhang Jinsong: "It's an American-style revolver, and the one who shot was the battalion commander of that battalion, who is already dead, and we have suddenly died more than 60 people this time, and now there are more than 110 people kneeling there, Li Yuming, Sanniu and Xiaocheng, these three boys are going crazy, and they want to break through the more than 100 people, let me stop them." ”