Du Aiguo knew that the Eighth Route Army cadre who spoke in front of him was probably joking, but he was still startled by Wang Leihu's words.
"Please rest assured, Commander Eighth Route Army, we sincerely surrender!" Du Aiguo quickly added.
Lei Dasheng smiled and said: "Old Wang, please stop scaring them. By the way, where is the leader, why didn't you come over?"
Wang Leihu said: "If you don't tell me, I almost forgot about business. The regiment leader asked me to come over first to deal with the puppet troops in front of me."
With that said, Wang Leihu stood in front of Du Aiguo and other puppet soldiers and shouted: "Brothers of the puppet army, our regiment leader said that many soldiers of your North China Security Army were forcibly recruited by the little devils.
, our Eighth Route Army has always treated prisoners favorably, and we will not make things difficult for the Chinese."
"For those of you who were forced by the Japs to join the puppet army and are willing to leave, you want to go home and live a good life. After the Japs squadron collects the seized coins, they will give you travel expenses and leave."
"Anyone who is willing to stay in our independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army to fight against the Japanese has been given a warm welcome by our regiment leader. As long as he stays, he will be his comrade and brother from now on."
"In addition, I have to remind those of you who still have illusions about the Japanese army. The little devils won't be able to survive for long. Sooner or later, we will drive them out of China. If you still think about escaping back and working for the little devils, feel free.
With your own conscience, are you still considered Chinese?"
……
At this point, Wang Leihu was too lazy to waste any more words and said directly to Du Aiguo: "Are you the leader of this puppet army?"
"Yes, Chief of the Eighth Route Army, Du Aiguo, a humble official."
"Du Aiguo?" Wang Leihu said happily: "Interesting, you are really embarrassed to name it, and I don't know which country you love."
"Sir, of course you love me, the Republic of China!"
"That's not what you said in front of the little devil, right?" Wang Leihu asked.
Du Aiguo's face froze.
"Okay, I don't care which country you love. Since you are the leader of this puppet army, you should make it clear to your subordinates that you are truly willing to stay and join the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese. We warmly welcome those who are not willing to stay.
Yes, it is not difficult for our Eighth Route Army to pay them travel expenses and leave on their own, but we just don’t want to join the camp of traitors in the future and let our independent regiment run into them." Wang Leihu ordered.
"You have to hurry up. After you have arranged the screening, I still have questions to ask you."
"Yes, sir!"
Du Aiguo responded, turned around and arranged his battalion, and the company commanders quickly divided their teams.
Those who really wanted to stay and join the Eighth Route Army in fighting the Japanese were forced to join the security army. Now they want to leave the puppet army and return to their hometown.
Du Aiguo's efficiency was quite good. The entire puppet army, which consisted of nearly two thousand people, was quickly divided into two groups.
During this period, the puppet troops behaved very disciplinedly and there was no disturbance.
It's easy to understand, after all, the weapons have been surrendered. In addition, the soldiers from the third and fourth battalions of the independent regiment are fully armed and watching from the side.
After a while, Du Aiguo reported to Wang Leihu:
"Sir, all the soldiers have been divided. Those standing on the left are the soldiers who are willing to join the Eighth Route Army to kill the Japanese. There are 521 soldiers standing on the right. Those standing on the right are the soldiers who want to leave the puppet army and go home. There are 1,110 soldiers in total.
One hundred and fifty-seven people."
"The efficiency is pretty good." Wang Leihu nodded.
The soldier on the side said: "Batalion Commander, the regiment commander is here."
Hearing that the leader of the independent group was coming, Du Aiguo looked up and saw a man with a calm face striding over not far away.
Du Aiguo asked: "Sir of the Eighth Route Army, is that commander Kong Jiekong of the Independent Regiment?"
Wang Leihu was a little surprised and said: "You guys still know about our leader?"
Du Aiguo said: "Captain Kong led the independent regiment to kill the Bantian regiment headquarters in Cangyunling with one shot, killed the Japs regiment leader Bantian, and broke out of the encirclement from the front. Not long ago, he used a cavalry company to surprise Qu County and killed
The Japanese were caught off guard.
In our Imperial Association... and the puppet army, Commander Kong's name is also well known.
In addition, I heard that the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan City issued a reward of 50,000 yuan for Commander Kong's head."
Kong Jie strode over and happened to hear the last sentence Du Aiguo said.
Fourth Battalion Commander Lei Dasheng smiled and said: "Captain, your head is so valuable now. One head can be exchanged for 50,000 oceans! My God, this is a sky-high price."
Battalion Commander Wang Leihu showed special envy, turned around and asked: "What about me, Du? Taiyuan City has put a bounty on my head. How many oceans has it cost?"
"Sir, may I ask your name?"
"Wang Leihu."
"Sorry, sir, I haven't heard of it," Du Aiguo said honestly.
Wang Leihu: "..."
Fourth Battalion Commander Lei Dasheng had already covered his stomach with laughter.
Seeing Wang Leihu's pale face, Du Aiguo quickly explained: "Sir, Taiyuan City's bounty target is very high. The generals of the national army who often offer bounties are at least division level or above, and the generals of your Eighth Route Army who offer bounties are at least brigade level."
Above level."
It turns out that this is the case, and the first battalion commander feels balanced.
"What about our leader? What's going on?"
"I don't know, but Commander Kong's bounty has reached the division level of the national army. This is why Commander Kong is also very famous in our puppet army."
"Captain, you are really awesome!" Wang Leihu gave a thumbs up in admiration.
Kong Jie smiled and scolded: "You kid, what is there to envy? Fifty thousand dollars, how many people are thinking about my head? I can't even sleep well."
"Okay, let's get down to business. How did things go?"
Wang Leihu replied: "Report to the leader, it has been done. This is Du Aiguo, the leader of the third puppet army regiment. This man is quite cooperative. After we used artillery fire to sound the alarm for them, this Du Aiguo
The regiment commander directly led his troops to surrender en masse."
"Hello, Commander Kong, Du Aiguo, commander of the Third Regiment of the Third Group Army of the North China Security Army, is reporting to you!" Du Aiguo straightened his back quickly and saluted Kong Jie.
Kong Jie laughed and said: "Captain Du is a man who knows current affairs. I like it very much. From what I heard earlier, after the battle broke out, you didn't seem to have much help for the little devil."
Du Aiguo said: "Sir, we also hate the little Japs. The Eighth Route Army officers kill the Japs, so naturally we will not help them.
When we passed the Daqingshan Mountain Road before, I also specifically ordered the reconnaissance team to conduct a brief investigation to deceive the little devils. I would never dare to expose the positions of the Eighth Route Army officers."
It turns out that’s what happened. No wonder those puppet army scouts deliberately did errands.
Kong Jie nodded and asked: "But how did I hear that you seem to be an officer who graduated from the Army Officer School established within the puppet army?"
Hearing this, Du Aiguo's face was full of shame and he replied: "Sir, you are right. I did graduate there. These hateful Japanese also instilled brainwashing education into us in that school.
, especially those young students who are not very old and whose minds are not yet sound, are even more deceived by them."
"But as far as I can see, they are trampling on our country's mountains and rivers, and they are harming our Chinese compatriots."
"The so-called teaching by words and deeds is indispensable, but the little devils say one thing and do another. I have long seen through their hypocritical militaristic ideas."
"But what can I do? I just hate that I am in a bandit camp and have never been able to find a chance."
"But it's different now, sir. Now that I've met you, I don't care whether I live or die in the future. Now there are 521 brothers in our regiment who want to join the Eighth Route Army. Counting me, there are 521 brothers in total.
The two of them are willing to follow the commander wholeheartedly to kill the Japanese."
Seeing Du Aiguo's decisive words, Kong Jie laughed and his eyes passed over the faces of the puppet soldiers standing in front of him who were willing to stay and join the independent regiment.
"That's right. Let me tell you, once we Chinese people unite, the whole world will have to make way for us."
"Aren't they just Japanese pirates? Just follow me and I will lead you to kill them all."
"It's just ugly things that I have to tell you in advance. Our Eighth Route Army is a team that is dedicated to faith, to the people, and to organization and discipline. This is very different from when you were in the puppet army."
"You can either leave, and I will pay you travel expenses. Those who want to stay, we have agreed, just one sentence, if you live, you are a soldier of my independent regiment, if you die, you are also the ghost of my independent regiment! If you continue to act like a fake
It was like that during the military days. Surrender this today and surrender that tomorrow. I can’t spare you.”
After Kong Jie finished speaking, Du Aiguo was shocked. He slapped himself twice in front of Kong Jie and a group of puppet soldiers, and then said loudly:
"Before this, I, Du Aiguo, lived like a dog, humble, cowardly, stupid, and numb. But from this moment on, I used these two slaps to wake myself up. The Eighth Route Commander was right, or don't come,
Now that you have decided to join the Eighth Route Army, you should show some military integrity and make a difference in the rest of your life!"
"Sir, I, Du Aiguo, am willing to join the Eighth Route Army!"
"I will tell the world with practical actions that what I love is my motherland. She will always have only one name, and that is China!"