Because the battle was imminent, Wang Xuexin followed Li Yunlong back to the army after the meeting.
This time Su Xin could not come to see him off.
Zhang Wanhe explained for Su Xin: "They are busy, working overtime 24 hours a day, hoping to assemble these three cannons before the battle starts!"
Wang Xuexin just smiled.
This is an almost impossible task, mainly because the speed of drilling holes for the wheel axle is too slow. As the hardware said, it will take at least ten days, but now it only takes seven or eight days in total.
Moreover, after drilling the holes, you still need to assemble, test the gun, etc., and you never know what problems may occur.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin did not take this to heart. After saying goodbye to Zhang Wanhe, he rode on an extra horse brought by the monk and went straight to Zhaojiayu.
When I returned to Zhaojiayu, I found that it was different from before.
Many houses were demolished by artillery fire, and the loess walls turned black. The roofs were almost all newly built with bundled thatch.
Li Yunlong explained: "The Japanese set fire to the village before they withdrew, so we can only temporarily build some to live in. The Seventh Company's headquarters is still in the same place, so it's not hard to find!"
Wang Xuexin responded, jumped off the horse, handed the reins to the monk, and walked toward the east of the village with his rifle on his back.
When I arrived to the east, I saw that the old house had become a pile of ruins. There were more than a dozen simple wooden houses built next to the river. Some even had the entire roof leaning against the mountain. They didn't even have a windproof wall.
Car metal sheets formed a random circle around the place.
Needless to say, where did the car's iron sheet come from? There were still quite a few cars left behind when the Japanese were surrounded. I took a few pieces off and used them temporarily.
The first person to see Wang Xuexin was Xie Baoqing.
At this time, Xie Baoqing was walking into the house carrying water. When he saw Wang Xuexin, he said "yo": "The platoon leader is back?"
As he spoke, he quickly put down the bucket in his hand and shook hands with Wang Xuexin.
Wang Xuexin looked at Xie Baoqing and then at the bucket, feeling a little surprised.
Xie Baoqing should have returned to Jian at this time, that is, to Kong Jie's New Second Regiment. Why is he still in the Independent Regiment?
In addition, this Xie Baoqing is the captain of the independent brigade... Although the Eighth Route Army does not follow bureaucracy and all officers and soldiers have to work, Xie Baoqing's independent brigade is different. He is still the leader. It is his turn to do things like carrying water!
So Wang Xuexin asked doubtfully: "Captain Xie, what are you..."
"Hey, I'm no longer the captain!" Xie Baoqing came up and said, "I'm also a member of the Seventh Company now, the deputy company commander!"
"What?" Wang Xuexin was a little confused. Why don't you let the captain quit and become the deputy company commander of the seventh company?
It turned out that Xie Baoqing figured it out after the last experience.
Even the third master would betray him, and it was later found out that there were quite a few who had joined the third master and defected to the Japanese. There were about fifty of them in total... This did not include some who had not been found out.
So the usual idea that only those who are under my command have a say in the Eighth Route Army seems to be nonsense.
If a spy is found today and a spy is found tomorrow, do you still want to have a say?
Even if they don't remove you, you'll still be blushing as a captain!
Then Xie Baoqing thought again, and now there are only two ways in front of him:
One is to take the troops back to the village and continue to be bandits.
But I'm afraid this road will no longer work. After the integration, we will become the Eighth Route Army. If we are the Eighth Route Army, we must adhere to Eighth Route disciplines.
If he goes back to be a bandit, his nature will become "being a deserter" and "harming the common people".
When the time comes, the Eighth Route Army will clean up and destroy Heiyun Village no matter how much it pays!
So there was only one way left, to follow the Eighth Route Army in a down-to-earth manner.
At this time, the only subordinate Xie Baoqing could trust was Ergou, so he asked Ergou to put wine on the Kang table and discuss it while drinking.
Ergou only replied: "I listen to the boss, and I will go wherever the boss goes! I have no problem!"
After thinking for a while, Ergou added: "But if we are determined to be the Eighth Route Army, I think we have to follow the Independent Group. If nothing else, just look at the independent group's enthusiasm for fighting Japanese invaders. You will be shocked later.
It’s fun to lose a brigade and block another one later! If we want to do it, we have to do it as hard as an independent group!"
When Ergou said this, Xie Baoqing suddenly felt the arrogance of his youth. He slapped the table and said, "That's it, follow the Independent Group! We haven't done anything good in this life, and we must leave a good legacy to our descendants after we die."
reputation!"
With that said, he went to find Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong actually wanted Xie Baoqing and the others.
The main reason is that people like Xie Baoqing have been bandits for so many years, and they all have some skills in their hands. It is better to fight in this war than those new recruits who have never even touched a gun, right?
Especially now that all units have suffered losses and the guerrilla zone is still blocked, there are not even many recruits left.
More importantly, he found that Xie Baoqing was a man of loyalty, trustworthiness, and repaying kindness, which suited Li Yunlong well.
What's more, those bandits who have taken refuge with the Japanese have been eliminated. Even if there are still a few who have not been exposed, they will not cause any big trouble.
Isn't this stupid?
The problem is that this is Kong Jie's soldier. They spent a lot of effort talking about this and that for a long time before they finally finished talking. I just brought it with such a big wave of my hand. Isn't that offending someone?
So Li Yunlong said with a "hehe" smile: "Brother, it's not that I, Li Yunlong, don't want to accept you. It's just that this Eighth Route Army is different from traveling around the world to worship the mountains. We don't just follow whoever we say, we have to be disciplined!"
Xie Baoqing was a little disappointed when he heard this, and replied angrily: "Since that's the case, then I have no choice but to..."
Li Yunlong added at this time: "However, if you are willing to disband the independent brigade as a condition, your superiors will probably agree. It depends on whether you want to let it go, brother!"
Xie Baoqing was immediately enlightened by what Li Yunlong said. He excitedly raised his hands to Li Yunlong and said, "Thank you, Captain Li!"
With that said, he turned around and went to find the brigade commander.
When the brigade commander heard this, he thought it was such a good thing?
He was still worried about how to rectify this independent brigade of bandits! Unexpectedly, Xie Baoqing came to ask for disbandment.
It's good to be disbanded, isn't it just to follow Li Yunlong? Whoever you follow is your own soldier!
So the brigade commander made a phone call to Kong Jie: "Captain Kong, the situation is like this. The Independent Regiment suffered heavy casualties in the last battle and could not find new recruits for a while. However, he seized a lot of equipment.
So... I plan to add the Independent Brigade to the Independent Regiment, what do you think?"
Kong Jie was very angry when he heard this. After struggling for a long time, he decided to make wedding clothes for the independent group?
But he didn't dare to lose his temper with the brigade commander, so he could only reply in a sullen voice: "Since it's the brigade commander's wish, what else can I say? Let the brigade commander take care of it!"