Regarding Yang Zhen's inquiry, Guo Bingxun did not answer him immediately, but pondered for a long time before saying: "Your requirements are very high, although there are many of us at this level, there are no more than fifteen people who meet your requirements. This is the number of people in the Sichuan army who can meet your standard who can obey my orders, and the five Gui soldiers who don't know if they can obey it. I'm afraid I'll have to find another way. ”

"To meet your standards, it takes at least three years, and you need to be a veteran who has experienced more than three tough battles. Although there were many civil wars between our Sichuan troops, there were really not many bitter and vicious battles fought in the civil wars of the Sichuan army. ”

"Except for the time when you suppressed the Communist Party in Sichuan, there were a few tough battles with your Red Army at that time, especially after the big battle like Baizhang Pass, the rest were far better than fighting each other on the battlefield. Most of the civil war of the Sichuan army is about who can dig into the opponent's wall, rather than whose troops are more combative. In the midst of a civil war, it is common to fight a friendly army to become an enemy army, and the enemy army to become a friendly army. ”

"Since the Anti-Japanese War in Sichuan, due to equipment and other reasons, those veterans with enough experience have suffered heavy losses. Therefore, there are not many people in our Sichuan army who can meet your conditions, at least not many of these dozens of people in this level. ”

"Although these people have survived the battlefield and can be called veterans, they can all be psychological. But your requirements are also a bit too high, and the chances of a veteran who can really meet your requirements are not too good to be captured. ”

"Large-scale capture is possible unless the entire force is broken down in formation and surrounded by airtightness. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the kind of veteran who can meet your requirements can stand out according to his own experience. ”

"Just like when Nanjing fell, as far as I know, most of those who were captured and slaughtered were recruits who had not been replenished for a long time, and the most of them were recruited while fighting on the Songhu battlefield, and even replenished after Nanjing."

"Those recruits will never be called veterans until they have gone through a few tough battles. Once the form shì is in danger, it is difficult for them to escape. And many of the veterans have ideas to run out, or to burst out. Those who can meet your requirements, as long as there is the slightest gap, they can get out. ”

"The little devil is too greedy, too greedy every time. Although they have surrounded us countless times, they have always opened the mesh very wide because of the lack of troops. Since the 26th year of the Republic of China last year, the all-out war of resistance against Japanese aggression has emerged, although the devils have conquered the city, they have gained the upper hand in the battle situation and defeated many of our troops. But there is no one who can be regarded as a total annihilation so far.

Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun paused and said: "Lao Yang, the dozen or so prisoners of war of your Eighteenth Army are also locked up on this floor, do you see if there are any people who can meet your requirements, can't you also choose a few from among them?" Besides, you and they are both formed units of the Eighteenth Army. They can also be regarded as your descendants, and they will definitely be more handy in commanding. ”

Regarding Guo Bingxun's words, Yang Zhen shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Most of our dozen or so prisoners of war are recruits for about half a year, and veterans don't say no, but they are very few. It would be nice if there were really veterans, most of our veterans have gone through the test of the Long March, whether it is military or mental, I think it is absolutely first-class. Do you think that people who can survive the long march of almost every day and do not become deserters will be weak? ”

After hearing that Guo Bingxun had selected people from among the captured personnel of the Eighteenth Group Army, Yang Zhen could only shake his head and smile bitterly. At this time, the Eighteenth Group Army, that is, the Eighth Route Army, expanded rapidly, and most of the veterans who had gone through the Long March were already company and platoon commanders. Most of the soldiers who were replenished were recruits who advanced behind enemy lines and expanded their backs. And the Eighteenth Army, which had always lacked the necessary equipment, even the necessary ammunition and rifles and bayonets, the training process of these recruits can be imagined.

The quality of these recruits is far from being comparable to that of those veterans who have gone through the Long March. Just like Guo Bingxun said, no matter how long he has been in the army, without going through a few big battles and vicious battles, a recruit will always be a recruit. What can only be learned on the battlefield is not something that can be practiced in peacetime training.

At a time when the army is developing greatly, all units are expanding, and new units are constantly being formed, one of these prisoners of war is a cadre, and the identity of the others should not be even considered.

Moreover, after the Eighteenth Army advanced behind enemy lines, most of it was ambush warfare, and there were not many head-to-head battles with the Japanese army. Although the devils launched a siege on the Nine Roads in the southeast of Jin this year, the frequency of the sweeps was far less frequent than a few years later. The situation of the units of the Eighteenth Army was far less difficult than it was 40 years later. At this time, the devil still put most of his energy on attacking the city.

With the military qualities of those veterans who have experienced the Long March and survived the situation of fighting almost every day, they should not be able to be captured, although it should not be said that there are none, but they should be very few.

Just when Yang Zhen shook his head in his heart and secretly sighed that there was no one under him available, the little tiger next to him said: "Company commander, not all of our comrades are recruits. It is true that the captured comrades of our division are basically those who have been in the army for less than half a year, and there are even a few recruits who have been in the army for less than two or three months. However, one of the few people captured by the 115th Division was the former platoon commander of the 115th Division, and I heard that he was a pistol regiment of the Red 25th Army before the reorganization, and he was definitely a veteran who participated in the Long March. ”

"What? Why didn't you say it earlier? Hearing that among his comrades there was actually a veteran who had participated in the Long March as a platoon commander in the 115th Division, Yang Zhen couldn't help but be stunned. I still have such talents under my own hands, why don't I know.

Xiaohuzi heard Yang Zhen's slightly unhappy tone, but said with some grievances: "You didn't ask, I always thought you knew that." In addition, it is true that he is the platoon commander of the 115th Division, but he is the platoon commander who has been removed. He made some mistakes before the siege of the Nine Roads in the southeast of Jin and was dismissed, and the reason for this capture was also a little humiliating. ”

After listening to Xiaohuzi's words, Yang Zhen was a little incomprehensible. Forty years ago, the 18th Group Army was developing at its fastest pace, and it was the time when a large number of military cadres were needed. This person is an old Red Army who participated in the Long March, and it stands to reason that he should not be removed from his post for a small mistake? Thinking of this, Yang Zhen said to Xiaohuzi: "You tell me the details of his situation." ”

"The company commander said that it was okay, but I didn't listen to him about him. I also heard those things about him from others, and I don't know if it's true or not. If it's not true, don't blame me. I heard that he is still a bit of a person, and the reason why he made a mistake and was removed was because he didn't control his belt. Company commander, what does it have to do with making mistakes if you don't control your belt? ”

"Also, when he was captured, he was cheating with a widow in the neighboring village where he was stationed, and the devil who was attacked by the sneak attack blocked him in the bed. When he was caught, he didn't wear anything, so he was brought out naked. If it weren't for the military uniform that turned out of his bed, the devil would have thought that it was an ordinary person who was caught. Company commander, what is cheating? ”

The folk customs of this era are still quite simple, not like an open and borderless later generation. Fifteen or sixteen children don't know anything, even if they directly kill people, there are a lot of them. Although Xiaohuzi happily answered Yang Zhen's words, he still didn't know much about some things.

Hearing Xiaohuzi say that the guy made a mistake, Yang Zhen secretly laughed in his heart. Hearing the reason why he was captured, Yang Zhen took a lot of effort to not laugh. This mistake made by that man was dealt with very harshly in later generations, especially in the age when this army was still close to Puritanism? You must know that in this army, it has always been the situation of the army and the people, rather than the clouds and rain of the army and the people. Since his inception, he has always been extremely strict in dealing with the problem of life style. As for the reason for being captured, it can only be said that this guy deserves to be unlucky.

Yang Zhen didn't pay attention to Xiaohuzi's question, and was thinking about the problem, how could he have the time to explain to Xiaohuzi, a half-old child, what does it have to do with whether he controls his belt or not, and whether he makes mistakes.

Yang Zhen didn't pay attention to the little tiger who was full of questions, but Guo Bingxun over there spoke for him: "What do you children do when they ask these adults about things?" There are some things that you will understand when you grow up. ”

"I'm not small, I'm sixteen this year. Staying in our countryside, if it weren't for the war, many of us at our age would have been married. Xiaohuzi was obviously very unconvinced by Guo Bingxun's words.

After a few days of contact, Xiaohuzi's impression of Guo Bingxun has changed a lot. He felt that the White Army officer in front of him was not as bad as he thought, and his company commander still attached great importance to this person. So when I speak, although I can't talk about respect, I don't speak in the same tone as before. It's just that after saying this, I thought of my parents who died in the war, and I couldn't help but feel gloomy in my heart.

No matter what kind of experience you have, you are still a child at this age, and there is no city. What Xiaohuzi thought in his heart, which couldn't hide too many things in his heart, naturally appeared on his face.

Looking at the gloomy little tiger, Guo Bingxun, who vaguely guessed what was on his mind, couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "But no, if his parents are still alive, he has reached the age of marriage in many places in the countryside at his age." It's just that in this world? ”

"Think about the fact that he was still studying at his age, and although his mother died early, he still had his father's meticulous care. And this child lost his parents at a young age, not to mention, and he had to fight on the battlefield for the rest of his life. Now that he has entered this demon cave, it is difficult to say whether he can get out alive. Maybe his life will end forever in this place, and he will never know what it has to do with whether he can control his belt or not. ”

Thinking of this, Guo Bingxun turned to look at Yang Zhen, who was squatting on the ground at the moment, with a pensive expression, but his fingers didn't know what was scratching on the ground, and said in his heart: "Old Yang, can you really take the brothers out of this demon cave alive?" ”

At this moment, Yang Zhen, who was thinking about the number of Japanese guards and how to use the more than ten manpower provided by Guo Bingxun and Xiaohuzi to kill these guards without alarming most of the devils, was thinking about the conversation between Guo Bingxun and Xiaohuzi.

The words that Yang Zhen just discussed with Guo Bingxun and Peng Dingjie were just a preliminary idea of his, and as for what kind of action, he still needs to think about it. Yang Zhen knew that the guarding situation revealed by that devil Zhongzuo could only be a part.

At the very least, in and around this secret prison, it is impossible for the devil not to arrange patrols. Relying solely on those guards who were born as irregular soldiers, it is absolutely impossible for the little devils to rest assured. And the number of patrols, weapons and equipment, patrol intervals, and routes are now in the dark.

Although Yang Zhen from later generations knew the general layout of this prison and the surrounding buildings, and even the location of the watchtower. Yang Zhen, who had seen the structural drawings drawn by those devils who had worked here in later generations, even knew that there was an arsenal of devils on the first floor of this secret prison.

Although he didn't know how many weapons and ammunition there were in it, Yang Zhen knew that as long as he could take this arsenal, his people would no longer be lambs to be slaughtered. It's just that before he figured out the specific situation of the devil patrol, Yang Zhen didn't dare to act rashly.

If you alarm the devil's patrol before you get the weapon, all your efforts will be in vain, and you will also take the lives of all your brothers. Be cautious, you must be cautious, Yang Zhen once again warned himself in his heart.