Chapter seven hundred and seventh old acquaintance
After Yang Ling and the others arranged everything in the regiment, the three of them packed their bags and prepared to leave Changsha to report to the Nanyue Guerrilla Cadre Training Course.
Liu Yidao and his brothers prepared a table of delicious food the night before and put it into practice for Yang Ling and others. Before dawn the next day, Yang Ling and others got up and prepared to set off.
"Members of the group, take care of yourself along the way. If you don't have enough money, send a message to the group and I'll send someone to deliver it." Liu Yidao and the others also got up early to see them off.
Seeing these old brothers, Yang Ling was also uneasy and asked again: "In the past few months when I am away, you take good care of your family. If you encounter something that cannot be solved, discuss it more...
"Yes!" Liu Yidao and the others all agreed.
This group of people had been fighting against the Japs together in a hail of bullets since the Battle of Songhu. Their feelings of life and death and togetherness were incomprehensible to others.
"Okay, let's all go back."
Although they were reluctant to leave and worried about it, they had to have their own time. Yang Ling and others climbed into the car that came to pick them up, waved to Liu Yidao and others, and left.
As Liu Yidao and the others watched, the car stirred up smoke and dust and quickly disappeared at the end of the road.
This time, there were more than ten people selected by the 74th Army to be sent to the Nanyue Guerrilla Cadre Training Course. After Yang Ling and others met in the division, they went all the way south and took a bus straight to their destination.
The condition of the highway was not very good, and many sections of the road had been blown up by the Japanese bombing planes deep into Hunan. Yang Ling and the others stopped and went until they arrived at Nanyue Town on February 10th.
The guerrilla cadre training class is located in a Bible school previously run by Americans in Nanyue Town. However, the school has limited capacity, so Nanyue Temple and Huangting Temple were temporarily requisitioned and became classrooms.
In early spring, Nanyue Town still looked yellow and desolate, but since a training class was about to be held here, there were already troops on the periphery responsible for security work.
Many roadblocks for inspections were set up along the way, and four anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns were set up on the commanding heights of the mountain to provide air defense and were heavily guarded.
After all, many of the people who can come here to participate in the training class are school-level officers and can be regarded as elites in the army. If it is the little devil who causes trouble, unnecessary losses will definitely be caused.
Because Yang Ling and the others had letters of recommendation from the war zone, they easily passed various checkpoints along the way and arrived at school smoothly.
The entire Nanyue Town is already bustling with activity. The students from various units who arrived early and the vendors who came after hearing the news made the place bustling and unusually prosperous.
Because the school was scheduled to start on February 15th, most of the students who arrived early had nothing to do and were just wandering around.
The vendors also knew that most of the people who came here for training were school-level officers, and knew that they were not short of money, so they all tried their best to sell some weird gadgets, and the sounds of bargaining filled the streets and alleys.
"Hey, I thought it was some kind of place where birds don't poop, but I didn't expect it to be more lively than our station."
When Wang Huzi and the others saw the lively town, they also beamed with joy.
Yang Ling also repeatedly told Wang Huzi and the blacksmith: "When we go out, we are not as good as in our regiment. The people who come here are all school-level officers. Don't cause trouble and be expelled. That would be embarrassing."
"Yes!" Seeing those lieutenant colonels and colonels, Wang Huzi and the others also calmed down.
Although he was a colonel, Wang Huzi and Blacksmith were both majors. Just a moment after getting out of the car, Yang Ling saw at least a dozen colonel officers.
In their regiment, school-level officers are the commanders, but here, they are worthless at all, so they have to keep a low profile.
After inquiring, Yang Ling and the others found the place where the report was being reported and submitted their letters of recommendation and proof of identity.
The receptionist was also very polite, and quickly helped Yang Ling and the others get their student ID cards and a note to collect their uniforms.
"Your residence is in the second room of the third courtyard over there. Take the note and go there to collect it." The receptionist pointed to Yang Ling and the others a private house not far away.
"Thank you very much." Yang Ling and the others thanked them, and then went to get their blankets and find a place to stay.
Their accommodation was borrowed from the courtyard of a common people's house. After all, there were more than a thousand students in the first phase of the guerrilla cadre training class this time. In addition to the instructors, there were a lot of guard troops, so only some common people could be freed up.
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Yang Ling and the others were tired from the journey. After receiving their blankets, they followed the directions directly into the courtyard of their residence.
The yard is not very big, but it is clean and tidy. A few plum trees and a well make the whole yard look very clean.
Although it was daytime in the brick-and-tile house, the light was not very good. Yang Ling and the others pushed the door open and found that someone had already lived in the house and was sleeping with their heads covered.
Perhaps the sound of the door opening disturbed the sleeping person, who also lifted the quilt and stuck his head out.
"Hey, Brother Yang, why are you here too?" Seeing the three of Yang Ling and the others, the sleeping man shouted in surprise.
Yang Ling also recognized him. Wasn't this Zhao Wenbin, who had fought alongside him before? Later he became a battalion commander in the Military Police.
"It seems that we are really destined to meet each other here." Yang Ling was in a good mood when he saw an old acquaintance.
Zhao Wenbin also got up in a hurry, walked to the table, picked up the kettle and poured water for Yang Ling and the others: "Isn't that right? We haven't seen each other for more than half a year."
It was natural for old acquaintances to meet each other and exchange warm greetings. Each of them talked about their own experiences. Zhao Wenbin was also sighing after hearing about the dangers Yang Ling and the others encountered in the Battle of Wanjialing.
"I only saw in the newspapers that you won the war. Everyone was very excited and thought of ways to transfer to your 74th Army. I never thought that you had to pay such heavy casualties."
The 74th Army became famous in the Battle of Wanjialing, so the Military Commission naturally publicized it vigorously, but during the publicity, it reported good news but not bad news, and did not mention a word about casualties.
"The little devil knew that he was about to be doomed, so he went crazy when he broke out. He charged at our Changling position no less than fifteen times in one day. Almost as soon as he was defeated, another wave came up again. In this life, he was still
I have never fought such a dangerous battle..." Wang Huzi and the others also added on the side.
The blacksmith said fiercely: "However, no matter how fiercely they attacked and how fiercely they charged, we still wiped them out!"
"That's true, but the Japanese have suffered a big loss this time. I'm afraid they won't let it go." Zhao Wenbin's face was full of worry.
Yang Ling comforted him and said: "Don't worry, the Japs have a long front now, and our brothers have grown up in a year of bloody battles. If the Japs try to fight again, they won't be able to gain much advantage.
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Yang Ling and the others were tidying up the beds while chatting. The conditions here were very simple. The beds were not separate, but made up of large wooden boards nailed together. Apart from that, there were only a few tables left in the room.
However, it is common for Yang Ling and others to have to sleep in the open on the battlefield. The country is in a difficult situation now, and there are not so many requirements. As long as they can have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, it will be great.
"Come on, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's go out and have a drink and chat while drinking." Zhao Wenbin enthusiastically invited Yang Ling and the others to go out for a drink: "I know a restaurant on the street that tastes good."
Zhao Wenbin arrived earlier than Yang Ling and others, so he was naturally familiar with Nanyue Town. Yang Ling and others also had nothing to do, closed the door, and followed Zhao Wenbin on the street, preparing to familiarize themselves with the local conditions.