The sun flag hanging on the roof of the town hall in Qinghe Town was torn into rags and fell to the ground in the wind. A blue sky and white sun flag was raised along the flagpole. The cold wind howled and made a hunting sound.
"salute!"
Dozens of guerrilla officers and soldiers in dirty and torn uniforms, with faces as hard as steel, stood at attention and raised their hands in a standard military salute facing the flag fluttering in the wind.
In just a few months, they eliminated the Japs in Qinghe Town and liberated Qinghe Town. They will not forget those brothers who shed their blood and sacrificed their lives to liberate Qinghe Town.
A group of pseudo-policemen with drooping heads and ashen faces walked out with their heads in their hands under the cold and stern gazes of their brothers with guns.
The Japanese are the backers of these pseudo-policemen. Now that their backers have been eliminated by the guerrillas, they have become like rats on the street. Everyone shouts to beat them. Who allows them to do all kinds of evil on weekdays.
Yang Ling led the guerrilla headquarters staff into the town hall. He looked up and saw the blue sky and white sun flag whistling in the wind. He paused for a moment and then stepped into the house.
The guerrillas did not encounter fierce resistance at the town hall. These pseudo-policemen knew that they were no match for the guerrillas, so when they saw the Japs being eliminated, they threw away their guns and surrendered, so the town hall was basically intact.
In the past, when Zhang Liechen was in charge of the guerrillas, he showed no mercy to puppet soldiers, puppet policemen, traitors, etc. He would kill every one he saw with ruthless tactics.
This approach led to serious consequences, so much so that the puppet army and the police were all determined to follow the Japanese and fight against the guerrillas, because they knew that once they fell into the hands of the guerrillas, there would be absolutely no good end.
Yang Ling changed his policy of killing, and instead chose to treat them differently. Those who followed the Japanese and committed evil will naturally be severely punished and shot.
But for those who were forced to become puppet soldiers and policemen to support their families, Yang Ling mainly focused on warning and education, instilling patriotism in them, allowing them to realize their mistakes and turn their guns to fight the Japanese.
Now there are many brothers in the Third Guerrilla Detachment who were puppet soldiers at first. Later, they were captured by the guerrillas and after some education, they became brave guerrillas.
Because of the lessons learned from the past, the puppet soldiers and police now no longer fight to the death with the guerrillas. Seeing that the situation is over, they have raised their hands to surrender.
"Quickly post notices to calm the people, restore order in Qinghe Town, and announce to the townspeople that our guerrillas have regained Qinghe Town."
"Call the squires in the town to come over for a meeting and set up a temporary management committee."
"Send a company of brothers to take charge of security patrols in the town and severely crack down on the gangsters who take advantage of the chaos to rob the townspeople."
"Send someone to guard the warehouse ammunition that receives the Japanese and puppet troops. No one is allowed to move it without my order."
"Sent people to arrest key members of the Qinghe Town Maintenance Committee and imprison them pending trial."
"Send two companies to guard in the direction of Huaiyin County to prevent Japanese reinforcements. At the same time, we send people to contact the commander of the Ninth Guerrilla Column to inform us that our unit has successfully recovered Qinghe Town and will immediately attack in the direction of the county after resting."
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Yang Ling set up his temporary headquarters in the courtyard of the town hall in Qinghe Town, and issued a series of orders for stability maintenance and settlement before he even sat down.
The staff of the detachment headquarters also quickly became busy. Groups of guerrilla officers and soldiers with impressive weapons drove onto the streets. The order after the Qinghe Town was quickly settled down.
The citizens of Qinghe Town were hiding in their homes in fear. Whenever there was a war, they were particularly worried because it meant that their lives and property would not be protected in any way.
Because war will lead to chaos, rioters and local ruffians will take advantage of the chaos to cause chaos and rob money.
But this time, Yang Ling and the others directly blocked the Japanese soldiers in the camp and eliminated them. They acted very quickly. When many people wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rob shops and break into houses to steal money, the guerrilla officers and soldiers had already taken to the streets.
Yang Ling and the others were ruthless in dealing with these bullies who took advantage of the chaos to loot property. If they refused to listen to warning shots, they would be shot on the spot.
Many gangsters and bullies robbed the property and wanted to run away, but when facing the guerrilla officers and soldiers with guns, their legs could not outrun the bullets. After a burst of shooting, they fell into a pool of blood.
Yang Ling's iron-blooded skills quickly restored order in Qinghe Town. Except for a few residents who were frightened by looting, no large-scale looting incidents occurred.
The officers and soldiers of the guerrillas are bound by strict military discipline on weekdays, and the guard platoon directly under Yang Ling is still patrolling, so they are all well-behaved and dare not mess around.
The Third Guerrilla Detachment recovered Qinghe Town, restored order, took over the house, set up security, contacted friendly forces... There were so many things going on, and the staff were busy coming in and out.
Just as Yang Ling was listening to the report on the restoration of order, staff officer Lei Xiong walked into the room from outside with great enthusiasm.
"Sir Yang, Second Battalion Commander Wu Changqing is paying less and less attention to you now."
Yang Ling looked at the livid-faced staff officer Lei Xiong and waved the other combat staff officer to go ahead.
"Commander Lei, what's going on? Tell me?"
"A few brothers fell into old habits and wanted to make some money. Wu Changqing actually ordered them to be shot without asking for instructions. This simply means that he did not take us or you seriously...
...." Lei Xiong said indignantly.
"These brothers are all old brothers who follow me. They rush to the front every time to fight the Japanese. Even if they don't get credit, they still have hard work. Just make mistakes and correct them. Wu Changqing is too cold-blooded and ruthless. He orders to be shot at the slightest disagreement.
, then who of the brothers will be willing to rush to the front..."
After Yang Ling heard Lei Xiong's words, he understood a little bit about the ins and outs of the matter. He pondered and nodded: "Okay, you go ahead and go ahead. I know this."
Lei Xiong was originally the battalion commander, but after Yang Ling arrived at the Third Guerrilla Detachment, in order to gain control over the troops, he promoted them to the position of staff officer.
Now that the battalion-level troops have been restored again, Lei Xiong was eager to lead the troops, but unexpectedly Yang Ling promoted several young people, and he was still a staff officer without power, which made him feel uncomfortable.
This time some of his old brothers made a mistake, and he happened to be operating with the Second Battalion. When he heard that the Second Battalion Commander Wu Changqing wanted to shoot them, he begged for mercy.
Who knew that Wu Changqing had refuted his face, which made him very dissatisfied and ran back directly to complain to Yang Ling.
But who knew that after he had been talking nonchalantly for a long time, Yang Ling showed no reaction at all, which made him even more uncomfortable.
"Sir Yang, we can't just let this matter go. Wu Changqing is good at killing his own brothers, which will chill the hearts of his brothers." Staff officer Lei Xiong walked a few steps, but couldn't think of anything better, so he turned back.
Yang Ling raised his head and looked at Lei Xiong and said, "Then what do you think we should do about this matter?"
Staff officer Lei Xiong said without hesitation: "In my opinion, the Second Battalion Commander Wu Changqing should be dismissed from his post and investigated to comfort the brothers who died."
Looking at the angry Staff Officer Lei Xiong, Yang Ling shook his head and said: "Staff Officer Lei, let me ask you which military rules and regulations did Battalion Commander Wu violate?"
After thinking for a while, Staff Officer Lei Xiong shook his head, but he still said unwillingly: "But he went too far by ordering the shooting of several erring brothers without authorization."
"No, Battalion Commander Wu did nothing wrong. Violations of discipline must be punished. Otherwise, what's the use of military discipline?!" Yang Ling said seriously: "If everyone takes the opportunity to loot the people like those brothers, how can we win over the local people?
With support, how can we gain a firm foothold?”
Yang Ling reminded: "Don't forget, everything we eat and drink is given by the common people. If we randomly loot and loot the common people, how are we any different from the Japanese?"
What Yang Ling said made the staff officer Lei Xiong speechless. Although he felt uncomfortable, he felt that what Yang Ling said was reasonable.
"But......"
"There is nothing wrong with it. Even a hero who has killed Japanese soldiers cannot ignore military law and bully the people wantonly!" Yang Ling's face became serious and he spoke loudly.
Staff officer Lei Xiong came in an aggressive manner, but finally had to leave in despair.
Looking at Lei Xiong's leaving figure, Yang Ling shook his head helplessly. The brothers' awareness of military discipline was weak, and it seemed that there was a long way to go.
However, he strictly enforced military discipline and hoped that this army could survive here instead of becoming a street rat that everyone yelled at.
Many troops stationed behind enemy lines have a weak sense of military discipline and do not pay attention to building good relations with local residents, causing everyone to hate them.
Not only could he not collect enough food to fill his stomach, but he also could not get help from the people during the Japanese encirclement and suppression. In the end, he was defeated by the Japanese one by one. Yang Ling did not want to make the same mistake again.
"Tiger."
"have!"
"Go back and send more death benefits to the families of the brothers who died in the Second Battalion."