The newspapers brought by Ge Kunshan were read by Tang Cheng to Liu Goat, and now not only Liu Goat felt that the war was not good, but even Tang Cheng, who was not very familiar with the war of the national army, noticed that something was wrong. Although the Fifth Theater gathered heavy troops to repel the Japanese army at Taierzhuang and inflicted a large number of casualties on the Japanese army, the Nationalist Army itself also suffered heavy casualties, and the defense line was precarious.

"Tell Lao Xu and Jiujin to be ready to go to Hubei at any time, and the things used on the road must be prepared in advance, if the momentum is not right, let's go." Liu Goat doesn't want to be called a coward by others, but he knows that he has to go to the mantis arm to block the car, such a stupid thing, he Liu Goat will not do it. Tang Cheng didn't think about it so much, he was originally going to flee to Sichuan away from the war, if he hadn't been forcibly pulled into the second company by Xie Bo and had this friendship, maybe he would have taken root in Sichuan by now.

The news published in the newspaper made Liu Goat sullen for several days, and there was no news from the 88th Division that made Liu Goat worried, but now he was suddenly made the commander of the garrison regiment by Ge Kunshan, which made Liu Goat's last hope ruined. Lao Xu and Jiujin, who didn't know what to do, also tried to comfort Liu Goat, but they were stopped by Tang Cheng, who knew the reason, only Tang Cheng knew that Liu Goat's silence was not for the sake of the regiments who died in the militia, he was worried about the current war situation.

But it is a foregone conclusion that they will stay in Mengcheng, and now is not a good time to leave, whether Liu Shangyang wants to or not, what he has to do now is to recruit new soldiers to form the Mengcheng Guard Regiment as soon as possible according to the intention of the Fifth War Zone. Ge Kunshan in the provincial capital for the garrison regiment to come to the establishment of 800 people, so relieved Liu Goat confidently ran to the county government of Ge Kunshan to ask for supplies and soldiers, Ge Kunshan brought back from the provincial capital The arms brought back by Ge Kunshan were only enough for Liu Goat's armed 300 people, plus the previous weapons and equipment of the militia group, the garrison regiment still has a gap of 200 people.

"Brother Liu, I am here every day to reach out and ask for money, you have to be considerate of me, brother. The establishment of the garrison regiment is 800 people, can you recruit 500 people first, I have calculated for you, there is no problem with the current weapons and ammunition equipment of the garrison regiment of 500 people. The treacherous and cunning Ge Kunshan is obviously a standard officialdom veteran, but he sent Liu Goat, who was holding back his anger, back to the barracks with a bitter move, and when Liu Goat came back to his strength, Ge Kunshan had already set off and went to the provincial capital.

The cunning Ge Kunshan went to the provincial capital and handed over the recruitment of new recruits to Liu Goat, although the previous militia was a winner, but the 300-member militia was killed and wounded more than 70 people at once, and the current Mengcheng people will not send the men of their families to the garrison as soldiers. "What else can be done, it's still to catch Ding Bei, it was like this in the early years, and it has to be like this now." Li Linge, who voluntarily came to the door to accept this matter, thought of a way to catch strong men, and catching strong men was almost a common method used by the army to recruit new soldiers.

"Start with those homeless people, deserters and single men are preferred, as long as I am an adult." With the development of the war situation, more and more homeless people fled to Mengcheng, Liu Goat got the news from the casino, and the number of deserters who went to the casino to mortgage weapons and bullets has increased one after another in the past few days, maybe recruiting these deserters will be a shortcut. Compared with the ordinary people who didn't understand the trees, Liu Goat was more willing to recruit those deserters, at least they knew how to load bullets into the chamber of the gun and shoot them out.

The checkpoint set up by the Zhou brothers was reactivated by Liu Goat, but this time the soldiers of the garrison regiment guarding the checkpoint did not charge tolls, but asked the old and weak women and children among the refugees to identify their families, and those adult men who were not identified were left alone by the garrison and pulled into the barracks, including some deserters wearing civilian clothes. "You are all people who have no home and no mouth, and now there are wars everywhere to kill little devils, we are all old men, so naturally we should do something that old men should do, so you must enter Lao Tzu's garrison as soldiers."

Liu Shangoat, who was dressed in a standard national army uniform, stood in front of people with his legs crossed and shouted, and Tang Cheng, who was riding a big green horse, scanned the crowd straight, this group of more than 60 people, was the result of three days since the garrison set up the checkpoint. Liu Goat didn't care whether they were willing to join the garrison regiment or not, as long as they were pulled into his barracks, they would have been stamped with the mark of the garrison regiment. The deserters all knew that they had encountered a strong man, but the means of catching a strong man here in Mengcheng were not the same as what they encountered back then.

The 60 people who were gathered together did not dare to shout in front of Liu Goat, because no matter whether they had been soldiers or not, they could see that Liu Goat's national army uniform was not a fake, and since the officers were genuine, then this garrison regiment would not be a place like a militia group. "Everyone will get a rifle and enough ammunition, and although it is not a big fish, I have enough to feed you here." There are not too many grandiose words, Liu Goat just uses the most direct stuffing and weapons and ammunition to talk about things.

Liu Goat has been arrested by Zhuang Ding, so he naturally knows what these people who have been arrested Zhuang Ding are thinking in their hearts, as long as they can be fed, clothed, and receive their military salaries on time, I believe that these children who have no home and no mouth will be very willing to stay in the garrison regiment. Liu Goat set up checkpoints to bring more than 80 recruits to the garrison regiment, of which one-third were trained deserters, Li Linge's family team captured more than 130 strong men from Shili Eight Townships for the garrison regiment, and counting the remaining more than 200 people of the original militia group, Liu Goat's guard regiment now has a scale of nearly 500 people.

"Don't remove the checkpoint, add another carriage and three horses to the brothers at the checkpoint, and tell them to move the checkpoint three miles outward, check all the refugees and caravans who come to and pass through Mongolia, and beware of Japanese soldiers mixing inside." In the simple war room, Liu Goat, whose hands were full of mud, was taking Tang Cheng to build a sand table, and Tang Cheng, who had the rank of sergeant, was also promoted to a second lieutenant officer by the Fifth War Zone at the same time that Liu Goat became a major, and being familiar with sand table operations is a necessary skill for officers, so Liu Goat, who was idle, was teaching Tang Cheng about sand table operations.

Tang Cheng took two small horses and placed them on the road leading to Banqiao Town and Shuangjian Town, and wrote down the number of troops and weapon configuration of the checkpoint on the record board on the wall of the war room. Dividing the plan into specific categories for each person is the first thing that Professor Liu Shanyang gave to Tang Cheng that needs to be paid attention to, and the rank of second lieutenant is already a platoon commander in the regular troops of the national army. Since Tang Cheng is already the platoon commander, he must think about the lives of the dozens of brothers in his platoon, and refine all the plans, that is, he is responsible for his brothers.

"Remember the tunnels and ring positions of those bandits in Beishan? I want you to be here, here, all arrange for people to dig tunnels and positions, the time for digging can only be after nightfall, stop digging to cover the positions and tunnels to do protection, can you not leak the wind to irrelevant people, can you do it? "Liu Shanyang is now teaching Tang Cheng as a real junior officer, even if he doesn't know much about it, but for the current Tang Cheng, it is enough.

The changes in the war have made Liu Goat, a veteran ruffian, smell the smell of danger, Ge Kunshan said that there would be reinforcements to garrison Mengcheng, but every time Liu Goat asked this question, Ge Kunshan always talked about the topic of being bored, watching him run to the provincial capital for three days and two days, Liu Goat knew that this matter was probably just Ge Kunshan's wishful thinking. Now there are troops gathering everywhere to prepare for the Japanese army, where will there be extra troops sent to Mengcheng, so it is better to ask for others than for yourself, Liu Goat no longer expects reinforcements from the Gekun Pass.

In the appointment of officers of the garrison regiment, Liu Shangyang had to compromise with Ge Kunshan and Li Linge, and installed two company commanders recommended by them in the garrison regiment, and as a condition for compromise, Tang Cheng, the second lieutenant, became the company commander of the first company of the garrison regiment. While Ge Kunshan and Li Linge were busy mixing sand into the garrison regiment to plant people, Liu Goat was busy screening those deserters and defeated soldiers who had fought in battles, these people were people who were not easily convinced of others, but once they could endure the temperament and were willing to stay, the combat effectiveness of these people should not be underestimated.

Tang Cheng's company was the most chaotic company in the entire garrison regiment, but it was also one of the strongest in combat effectiveness, because his company had the most deserters. Tang Cheng listened to Liu Goat's words and did not treat those deserters and routs strictly, but just treated the people of the original second company as he did it. "It's a good thing that they gave you a nickname, it shows that they already care about you, if they don't even want to deal with you, then you, the company commander, will be considered to be the first."

Tang Cheng has been pondering what Liu Goat said to himself, in fact, he is not useless, at least in the face of the Japanese army, Tang Cheng has never taken the initiative to retreat, and Tang Cheng's marksmanship is much better now. The soldiers are also watching people cook, knowing that Tang Cheng is the nephew of their own regiment leader, they are just making some painless jokes with Tang Cheng in private, if they really do something to Tang Cheng that can't get off the stage, they don't have the courage, Liu Goat is a person who is not easy to provoke.

"You can read and write, you can speak Japanese and some Japanese characters, that's what you do. Compared to the strongest of these deserters, you have killed no fewer little devils than them, so don't underestimate yourself, and remember that you are a second lieutenant officer. "Liu Goat has the opportunity to instill some ways to lead troops in Tang Cheng, although Tang Cheng can't play the role of Dinghai Shenzhu in the garrison like Liu Goat, but Tang Cheng's tenacity and combat effectiveness are highly valued by Liu Goat.