A battalion commander and two company commanders under Zhao Jingting used to be artillery soldiers of Wu Peifu's troops, and they also studied in the Hubei Army's Accelerated Artillery Academy or Wu Peifu's Military Academy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, Zhao Jingting volunteered to send instructors and artillery to assist political commissar Li Zhao. Li Zhao naturally welcomed the arrival and set up the first artillery company of the division before the division commander Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi naturally strongly agreed with this, and he sincerely hoped that the political cadres in the army would also have solid military knowledge and command experience, just like the military commanders, and only in this way would the army be more cohesive and combative.

Li Zhao, who was acting alone for the first time, was quite excited, but he did not forget another important matter:

"There's something that everybody has to be involved in...... Among the more than 300 regimental soldiers captured in Youxian County, more than 70 people were inspired by our heroic soldiers and took the initiative to ask to join my instructor, and I have already agreed! ”

"The second is the 43 people in the Red Guards who took the initiative to help us carry the wounded off the battlefield, and they greatly admired the fighting spirit and superb military skills of our officers and men who regarded death as home, and felt that they could not learn real things in the Red Guards, and repeatedly asked to join the army and join our instructors."

"For the sake of prudence, I didn't promise them, I will follow the main force to Yuxian early tomorrow morning, and it seems that this matter will have to trouble the division commander and Lianshan."

"Hey, you guy premeditated...... Well, it must be that you don't want to offend the responsible comrades in the local area, and you want to take in more than forty active Red Guards, so it's too cunning for me to stand up and sing this big black face! ”

Zheng Yi's half-true joke caused everyone to laugh.

Li Zhao explained with an embarrassed smile: "You definitely have a better effect than me, I guess you don't know, how much those Red Guards worship you, even the captured Youxian Tuanding is extremely in awe of you!" ”

Zheng Yi thought about it for a while, and immediately took over the task: "Since this is the case, then leave it to me, as long as you are politically qualified and pass the physical examination, I will accept it all." ”

"In addition, we will also post notices outside the city, recruit a large number of soldiers throughout the county, and strive to bring more than 500 qualified recruits to Jinggang Mountain!"

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At six o'clock in the morning of the next day, as soon as the sky was dark, Zhao Jingting led 400 soldiers to set off on horseback, including 50 pack horses to transport heavy machine guns and ammunition.

Nearly half of the soldiers who participated in the war have never ridden a horse since they were young, only ridden a bull, and they have also enthusiastically signed up to participate in the battle in Yuxian County, and when they got on horseback, many people moved stiffly and looked nervous, but fortunately, no one fell off the horse, and under the care of the skilled brothers, the marching formation could basically be maintained, and the marching speed was indeed much faster than walking.

After the departure of the 400 soldiers, only one company of Li Lianshan was left among the officers and soldiers who could move around in the entire Chaling City.

For this reason, Zheng Yi immediately recruited 43 Red Guards and 80 Youxian regimental soldiers who took the initiative to enlist in the army, and after a short period of concentrated instruction, they were handed over to Li Lianshan to be scattered and incorporated into the veterans, barely scraping together two companies to take charge of the defense of the whole city.

Zheng Yi toured the city and returned to the county government compound, visited more than 400 wounded brothers who were being treated, and returned to the flower hall behind the main hall to immediately write a report, report in detail to the former enemy committee and Mao Committee members on the whole process of the battle of Chaling, and summarize the lessons and lessons of this battle.

It wasn't until two o'clock in the afternoon that Zheng Yi finished writing the report and was about to have a belated lunch, when Xu Maofu, the commander of the spy company who accompanied Zhao Jingting, came back on horseback with his brothers.

When Xu Maofu entered the door and saw Zheng Yi, he complained listlessly: "Hey, what do you say is this?" As soon as the horse team walked 18 kilometers, they encountered a liaison team sent by Commissar Mao, and more than a dozen people were riding horses, one of whom was a brother of our special service company ten days ago......"

"Only then did we know that the defenders of Yuxian County abandoned the city and fled before dawn in the morning, including several landlords in the city, and the whole family fled completely."

"Under the guidance of the local party organization, the brothers of the first division occupied Yuxian without blood...... Big brother, what are you laughing at? Did you know this would be the result? ”

Zheng Yi picked up his teacup and handed it to Xu Maofu: "Let's take a sip of tea first, haha!" In fact, if you use your brain, you will understand that Chaling is less than 50 kilometers away from Youxian, and the day before yesterday we just wiped out the first division of the new Hunan Army. ”

"In the case of being attacked from the north and south, if the two thousand defenders of Yuxian County do not flee, will they have to wait for our soldiers to come to the city and fight to the death?"

Xu Maofu sat down, drank the tea in the cup a few times, and let out a long sigh: "I guessed the same way, but my brain didn't turn as fast as you, alas! No wonder Lao Zhao was happy after receiving the report, and continued to lead the five hundred brothers to Youxian County, and then we all have to return to Jinggangshan to rest? ”

Zheng Yi nodded: "What kind of situation do you see now?" There are too many attrition, too many wounded, it's time to go back and recuperate! Besides, we need to send people to Jinhua Mountain as soon as possible, and we can't let the more than 100 brothers left behind be anxious! ”

Xu Maofu nodded again and again: "It's time to send someone to take a look, Jinhua Mountain has the number of the four regiments, I don't know what it has become now, if it really doesn't work, we will strengthen the conscription, quickly expand the scope of activities, no matter how hard it is, we must support the number of the four regiments." ”

"How about you go to Jinhua Mountain after you go back?" Zheng Yi asked.

Xu Maofu hurriedly refused: "Let's say okay first, I won't go!" More than 100 brothers of our spy company were scattered by you, some of them were given to Commissar Mao, some stayed in the mountains, and some followed the regiments...... It is estimated that even seventy percent of the previous combat strength is gone, and there is an urgent need to concentrate on training. ”

"This time, I felt very deeply, I encountered a lot of dangers that I had never encountered before, and I also understood many problems that I couldn't figure out before, and the brothers couldn't be proud, they all knew that they were still far away from the real king of soldiers, and they couldn't work hard!"

Zheng Yi was very happy to hear Xu Maofu's emotion: "It's rare that you have such an awareness and progress!" Okay, if you don't go, don't go, I'll send someone else, but ......"

Speaking of this, Zheng Yi hesitated for a moment, but still truthfully said his thoughts: "After I go back, I want you to go to Hong Kong, report our situation in detail to the Nanchang Uprising Former Enemy Committee and Director Zhou, and then go to Huddle of the German Lu Phosphorus Foreign Company to buy a batch of weapons and equipment for special operations, and by the way, visit your father, mother and your son again to see how your new home in Hong Kong is." ”

Xu Maofu was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, then hesitated, frowned and said, "What should I do if I leave the whole training of the spy company?" Duan Xuan's kid is now the head of the regiment, and more than a thousand recruits under his command need him to train, I'm afraid he doesn't have time! ”

"Come on, I will personally be in charge of the training of the special agent company, and I will also hold a military skills competition for the whole division, select more than 100 people to enrich the special service company, and gradually eliminate it after three months of training, and you should also come back by then." Zheng Yi said with a smile.

Xu Maofu showed a bright smile: "So I can rest assured...... Hey, big brother, don't say it, I really miss my son, haha! (To be continued.) )