What Huang Yu wants is that Wei Dayong doesn't believe him.
The more the independent regiment's combat effectiveness exceeds his imagination, the more useful his next generals will be.
He immediately showed an unhappy expression: "Since you think I'm bragging, let's see it as it is. Do you dare to take a gamble with me!"
Before Wei Dayong realized that he had jumped into Huang Yu's trap, he said with an unconvinced expression: "I really think you are bragging!"
"I have never seen the Japanese special forces you mentioned, but I have seen their reserve members. The real special forces must be stronger than the reserve members!"
"My old army, the 27th Division, has no chance of winning against them, and your Eighth Route Army has no chance of defeating them... I'll make a bet with you!"
"But what if I win the bet? I can't have no luck at all!"
Huang Yu was afraid that Wei Dayong would regret it at the moment, so he quickly answered: "If you win, I will cancel the incident of rescuing you just now, and give you a rifle and fifty rounds of ammunition, and go find the old army by yourself!"
"If you lose, you will become a member of the Independent Regiment and follow our Eighth Route Army to continue fighting the Japanese!"
"Sure, I accept this bet!" Wei Dayong answered confidently.
Huang Yu felt happy immediately.
Wei Dayong is a man who sticks to his word. As long as he nods, he will definitely fulfill his promise, which means that it is a certainty that he will be taken under his command.
Looking at him, he continued to ask: "Brother Wei!"
"It should be a big deal for you to escape from the stronghold, but the Japanese army only sent two squads of puppet troops to hunt you down, and not a single Japs... This is too abnormal. Is it because the Japs in the stronghold are not strong enough to escape?
Extra troops are here to hunt you down!"
"Sir, there are indeed not many Japs in the Zhuma Village stronghold!" Wei Dayong thought for a while and confirmed.
"There are only two squads of over 100 Japanese soldiers stationed there, and they are not even equipped with heavy machine guns!"
"Dozens of the special forces reserve members you mentioned came here a few days ago, and the total strength does not exceed 170 people!"
"There are a lot of Japanese soldiers, more than two companies scattered here and there!"
After hearing this, Huang Yu felt confident and immediately began to give orders: "Vice Platoon Commander Zhong will lead the first and second squads to stay and keep an eye on the Zhuma Village stronghold. If the Japanese special forces want to run away, follow them directly and find out where their next training ground will be."
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"Others follow me back to the regiment headquarters, and Brother Wei also goes back with me!"
"Since you don't believe that we defeated the Japanese special forces, let me show you the strength of the Eighth Route Army today to see if it is as you say, even worse than a small army!"
"One, two, one... one, two, three, four..."
As soon as Huang Yu and Wei Dayong entered the boundary of Yangcun, the loud shouts of slogans reached Wei Dayong's ears.
The steps under his feet suddenly quickened, wanting to see Huang Yu and the independent group he was bragging about quickly, to make sure that the bet he made with him had a 10% chance of winning.
"Stand at attention...turn left...walk in unison...one, two, one..."
When I entered the training ground, I saw a company of the Eighth Route Army conducting formation training.
The unified homespun military uniform, the unified 38 cover, the unified armed belt and bullet belt, and the uniform movements are completely different from the miscellaneous army in my impression.
Wei Dayong also saw a row of machine gunners in front of the team, carrying crooked light machine guns captured from the Japanese army on their shoulders. There were four in total.
You must know that the main company of the 27th Division where he was captured before he was captured was only equipped with three light machine guns.
The Eighth Route Army, which he despised from the bottom of his heart, was actually equipped with four light machine guns. This was so shocking that it completely subverted his imagination.
Seeing that Wei Zhongxian was shocked by the team on the training ground, Huang Yu introduced him as he walked.
"This is the first battalion and company of the Independent Regiment..."
"Have you seen the rifles on the soldiers? They are all three-eight rifles, and they were all seized from the Japanese!"
"What do you think now? If you go to the 27th Division and recruit an infantry company, you may not be as strong as them!"
Wei Dayong was a veteran who had been on the battlefield and had also been a squad leader. He had more knowledge than ordinary soldiers. He could tell at a glance that the unit in front of him had real abilities and was not just trying to show off to himself.
Faced with the facts, he couldn't find a reason to refute Huang Yu's words, so he could only shake his head and reply: "An ordinary company randomly pulled out by the 27th Division does not have as good a military appearance and equipment as a battalion and a company. I admit this!"
"But this does not mean that your independent group has the strength to fight against the Japanese special forces!"
"Who knows if the first company is an infantry company that you deliberately use to prop up the appearance? If other companies in the independent regiment have such strong combat effectiveness, then I will really be convinced!"
"Okay, then I will convince Brother Wei today and let's move forward..."
There were no slogans at the Second Company training ground. More than a hundred soldiers squatted on the ground for gun-holding training. Many soldiers had beads of sweat on their foreheads and remained motionless...
What surprised Wei Dayong the most was that the more than a hundred soldiers in front of him also had a 38-meter cap and four crooked weapons...
The third company of the first battalion was conducting bomb-dropping training. A group of ten rifles were placed on the ground. They were also all 38-type caps...
The number of recruits in the company was nearly half that of the main company, and the equipment was also very messy, but they still managed to do it with one rifle.
We are undergoing the most basic formation training. Compared with the previous three companies, the movements are obviously much more unfamiliar.
"This is a battalion of recruits. Almost all the soldiers in it are recruits who have just joined the Eighth Route Army for more than two months and have not experienced the baptism of war." Huang Yu saw Wei Dayong frown and explained immediately.
"When they complete the recruit training, they will be assigned to the main companies and let the veterans take them to the battlefield..."
"You can become a veteran after two or three battles!"
"Ahead is the artillery company station, equipped with an infantry cannon and four mortars!"
"Originally, the artillery company was equipped with two infantry guns and six mortars. However, the new second regiment just established by our superiors was short of artillery, so our regiment commander sent three artillery pieces!"
"But I believe that the regiment commander will soon be able to seize new artillery from the Japanese and restore the artillery battery to full strength."
"So, do you still think that the Eighth Route Army is a miscellaneous force?
Wei Dayong shook his head dully: "If such a strong army is all a miscellaneous army, then my old army, the 27th Division, will be a miscellaneous army!"
"Sir, I've made you laugh again."
"The Eighth Route Army is poorly equipped and is a miscellaneous army. I heard these things from others and have never seen it with my own eyes!"
"Today I saw with my own eyes how powerful the Eighth Route Army is. If I hear someone say that the Eighth Route Army is a miscellaneous force in the future, I will definitely slap them twice!"
Huang Yu decided to strike while the iron was hot and decided to let Wei Dayong join the independent group at once.
Staring at him, he continued to ask: "Then do you now believe that our independent group has the strength to severely damage the Japanese special forces?"
"Almost all the 38-gai equipped by the independent regiment were seized from the Japanese. The number of 38-gai equipped with them means how many Japs we have killed, just a lot more!"
"There are countless little devils following us."
"If you choose to go back to the 27th Division, they will definitely use your status as a prisoner of war as an excuse. You may not be able to beat the little Japanese even once in several months!"
