Xu Erhei, whose real name is Xu Yaping, is in his early Chinese New Year's Eve, a native of Beixi Village, Shenxian County (now Shenzhou City) during the Republic of China, and has a high primary culture. Because of his blue-black face, he ranks second in the family, and people call him Xu Erhei. His father, Xu Changshan, was a well-known bandit, who was appeased by the imperial court and became the head of the Shenzhou Yamen and changed his name to Xu Hualiang. However, his banditry has not changed, and he often runs rampant in the countryside by handling cases.

Xu Erhei was influenced by his bandit father, and he was polite on the surface, but he was ruthless in trouble. He was wanted by the Nationalist Government for reselling guns, and fled to the Xiheshan Warehouse in Xian County to hide, and then sneaked back to his hometown. The police chief of Wuqiang County led people to arrest him, but only his fourth brother was captured, and he was redeemed by the four hundred oceans in the village.

In this regard, Xu Erhei has always held a grudge. On the second day of the first month of the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), a big opera was sung in the county. This police chief maintains law and order on the one hand, and watches the drama on the other. With two minds, you can't concentrate your energy. Xu Erhei disguised himself and blended into the crowd, beat the police chief to death under the stage of Wuqiang County, and then fled to Zhengzhou to join the Kuomintang army.

In the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930), Xu Erhei broke away from the army and defected to the bandit Wang San in Dayin Village, Raoyang County. Once, Wang San passed by Beiwu Village, Shenxian County, fell in love with the daughter of a rich man, and agreed to come to marry someone ten days later.

The rich man was a distant relative of Xu Erhei, and learned that Xu Erhei was under Wang San, so he secretly found Xu Erhei and encouraged him to get rid of Wang San and take charge of his own house. Xu Erhei took refuge in Wang San, and he was originally uneasy and kind. Now that I have this opportunity, I will naturally not let it go. After some conspiracy, the rich man "happily" found Wang San, saying that he wanted to invite the "new son-in-law" to come through the door to confess his relatives, and the accompanying guest was naturally Xu Erhei.

In the process of drinking tea before eating, Xu Erhei and Wang San talked nonsense for a long time, and finally completely dispelled Wang San's vigilance. Only then did he kill Wang San, and wiped out Wang San's "four beams and eight pillars" in the original bandits, and pulled up his own bandit team.

At the end of the previous year, the Northeast Army had just retreated here, and it was unfamiliar with the place. As a result, in less than two months, the two battalions that went out to collect food were ambushed one after another, and the whole army was annihilated. After obtaining the weapons and equipment of these two battalions, Xu Erhei's shili swelled again, and now there are more than two thousand people.

Cao Renhou explained the "Legend of the Bandits", which opened the eyes of Bai Shujie and others, but at the same time, he was very puzzled: "Battalion Commander Cao, your 129th Division lost two battalions, so forget it?" Pressed by a gang of bandits and unable to raise their heads, is that still a regular army? ”

"Sir, we all want to destroy these eight calves, but we can't!" Cao Renhou shook his head helplessly: "You don't know, Xu Erhei, the king of the eight calves, is now on the big tree!" He is now very close to Zhao Dengyu, the commander of the 132nd Division of the 29th Army of the Northwest Army, and it is said that he is ready to accept the reorganization. ”

"Commander Zhao Dengyu is so majestic on the Great Wall, and the troops have suffered heavy losses, and they urgently need these bandits to expand their strength. Because of this, Xu Erhei posted it upside down. Sure enough, isn't it Song Zheyuan who has the final say with Hebei now, so Zhao Dengyu is a phone call, Xu Erhei is now the joint defense commander of Raoyang County and Anping County, and it is said that he enjoys the treatment of the deputy head of the lieutenant colonel. Sir, you say, can our 129th Division only stare dryly? ”

"I see!" Bai Shujie was a little unimpressed, and he had a headache!

It turned out that Anping County was only more than 100 kilometers away from Shimen (Shijiazhuang) in the west and only more than 20 kilometers away from Raoyang County in the east. In other words, these two counties are actually a dumbbell connected together. Once you want to attack Xu Erhei, you must deal with two county towns at the same time, and you must guard against Zhao Dengyu's 132nd Division coming from Shimen (Shijiazhuang) to reinforce!

In the event of a conflict with any other troops, Bai Shujie did not have the slightest psychological burden. But if he were to go to war with Division Commander Zhao Dengyu's troops, the psychological burden would not be ordinarily large. Because after all, this is the heroic force of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, and it is also the main force of the "77 Incident" in the future. Let them break their muscles and bones, and it is the little devil who takes advantage of Zuihou.

However, no matter how big the burden in my heart is, it is not as great as the love of brothers! Bai Shujie encouraged himself in the depths of his heart: "Even if the king of heaven Lao Tzu comes, he can't keep Xu Erhei's dog head!" If Master Zhao Dengyu is quite unreasonable, then what should he do! Even if it's a live-fire exercise, you have to deal with it. ”

Thinking of this, Bai Shujie said to Cao Renhou: "After you went back yesterday, what did the brothers think of you?" ”

Cao Renhou said with some embarrassment: "There are 384 people in our three companies, and 175 people are determined to follow me. These people are all recruits who have been replenished after coming here, and they are all young and have no bad habits. More than 200 others, I'm going to let them go. I wonder if the chief can take us in? I really don't want to go to Shaanxi to fight a civil war. When he quit from Ling Yuan without firing a shot, to be honest, it was really annoying. ”

"What I'm worried about is that your 129th Division won't let you go!" Bai Shujie still doesn't want others to say that he is digging into the wall, and it is not worth it to have this kind of friction with the southern army.

"Sir, rest assured!" Cao Renhou smiled and said: "Actually, I heard that we are going to the northwest to fight the Red Army, and our division commander and deputy division commander have already taken sick leave, and now it is Chief of Staff Zhang Wenqing who is in charge of the overall situation. Our hometowns are all in the northeast, where is there a reason to let the little devils in our hometown not fight, and go to the northwest to fight their own people? ”

"I'm not the first to ask for secession, there are already several battalions in front of me who have been pulled directly to Shandong to raise the dreadlocks! The current 129th Division is an empty shelf, and even two regiments cannot be put together, less than 3,000 people. Zhang Wenqing and I made it clear before leaving, that was already benevolent and righteous. And my brothers and I have agreed that people can go, and all the weapons and ammunition will be left. ”

Bai Shujie was still ready to exonerate Cao Renhou's guilt, so he said: "In this case, you can send a telegram to Chief of Staff Zhang Wenqing, saying that Xiongxian and its surroundings have been taken over by the Rehe Front, and you can't resist all the captures." ”

"No!" Cao Renhou shook his head and said, "In this case, it will be very bad for the reputation of the Rehe Front. I am a personal act, officially announcing my departure from the 129th Division and being a handkerchief! Of course, I had no experience as a lockman, and I was captured alive by the Rehe Front in less than a day and forced to surrender! ”

Haha-Cao Renhou's remarks amused all the people in the conference room.

"Fuck me!" Bai Shujie also laughed to tears, and blurted out foul words: "Where did you learn this trick from this?" ”

"Hey! These are all routines learned in the Central Plains War! Cao Renhou said with a smile: "At that time, as soon as I saw that I couldn't win the battle, I simply surrendered." However, if you surrender directly, it will have a bad reputation for the original troops. Therefore, when I was a senior official, I sent a telegram, like I was still a platoon commander at that time, so I naturally immediately announced my separation from the Northeast Army. Then just find an opportunity to sneak back with the troops. ”

Bai Shujie nodded and smiled: "I know that at the time of the melee in the Central Plains, not many people were really killed. Generally, the cannons of both sides bombarded each other and weighed each other to see if they could win. Then the retreat of the retreat, the surrender of the surrender. ”

"Not really, I heard that the battle with the Southern Revolutionary Army was fierce enough at the beginning." Cao Renhou shook his head and said: "The Southern Army was able to win the Northern Expedition because it was completely made up of people. Turf battles between local armies and wars are like games. ”

"Okay, no kidding, let's get down to business." Bai Shujie looked around, and then said, "The situation here is complicated, and it is necessary for our two teams to merge and reorganize. Since Battalion Commander Cao Renhou is willing to join our camp without a name, this time we will reorganize together. ”

"However, Battalion Commander Cao wants to make it clear to his brothers that not only can we not be promoted, but also demoted. In addition, our combat mode is different, and we will need unified training at that time, so I hope that the new brothers will not have any ideas. ”

Cao Renhou shook his head and said, "It's because I'm worried about this kind of thing, I didn't leave any of the original officers, and the rest are all recruits." At present, the highest position is only the squad leader. ”

"That couldn't be better!" Only then did Bai Shujie stand up and say, "Since this is the case, let's make it clear and honest." My name is Bai Shujie, this one is the commander of this army, his name is Wei Chong, and the other is Wang Sanju. Other brothers, you can get to know each other slowly in the future. Anyway, stir the horse spoon in a pot, don't worry about not being able to tell who is who. ”

"So you are the commander-in-chief of the Rehe Front?" Cao Renhou hurriedly stood up and saluted again: "Commander-in-chief, I have offended many times before, please forgive me!" ”

Bai Shujie waved his hand; "I want to correct two things: First, you have not offended me. Even if you offend me, it's nothing. Second, our unit has no ranks, no high or low positions, only different division of labor. In everyday life and in battle, we are all brothers. ”

"The special detachment to the south turned out to be 1972 people, 19 people were sacrificed, and now there are 1953 people. When the advance battalion came out, it was 585 people, 113 people were killed, and now there are 472 people. There are 175 people under Battalion Commander Cao, for a total of 176 people. Now the total number of three troops is 2601, which is barely enough for the establishment of a regiment and a guard battalion. ”

"Wei Chong was appointed as the head of the independent regiment, and Wang Sanju was appointed as the deputy commander; Zhang Erleng, commander of the first battalion, and Qiu Wanyou, deputy commander of the first battalion; Zou Baoyin, commander of the second battalion, and Zhao Qinglin, deputy commander of the second battalion; Cao Renhou, commander of the third battalion, and Chang Bikuan, deputy battalion commander; Guard battalion commander Xiao Lamei, deputy battalion commander Zhong Guitang. As for how the personnel are put in place, that's your own business. My request is only one, seven days to form combat effectiveness. Next, Xiao Lamei will talk about our weapons and equipment. ”

Xiao Lamei took out a small notebook and spread it out, and then read according to the book: "The original task force detachment had three Czech-style light machine guns and one mortar in each combat squad, but later lost three, and the rest were complete. The later advance battalion, although it lost some of it, captured more. In addition to making up for their own war losses, there is also a large surplus, which will not affect this reorganization. ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.