Ren Laifeng didn't know why Han Fuqu asked his opinion, but he almost took the risk of speaking just now, and now that the chairman is not ashamed to ask, the battalion commander Ren is certainly not afraid to say his true opinion to his face, "I think that personal grievances are small, and the security of the country is big." Since the chairman has already erected the banner of resistance against Japan, why should he give up halfway? ”

"You say I should stick to Jinan and continue the war of resistance?" Han Fuqu's face was a little unsightly. In his mind, the commander of the guard battalion is his close confidant, and he should consider the problem from his point of view at all times. Ren Laifeng, the newly appointed commander of the guard battalion, actually talked to him about the country and the individual, is this what you should say?

"Yes, that's what the lowly thinks." Ren Laifeng replied neither humbly nor arrogantly. He felt that his attitude was quite upright, but when these words fell into Han Fuqu's ears, the chairman became even more angry.

"Well, you have a point. In this way, you go out first, I still have something to discuss with Li Gao. Han Fuqu waved his hand, and Ren Laifeng hurriedly said goodbye.

"What do you think of Ren Laifeng?" As soon as the door of the office was closed, Han Fuqu asked Li Gaoshen what he thought of Ren Laifeng, and was stunned when he asked Major General Gao Shen.

However, after all, Li Gaoshen is not an upstart in the officialdom who has jumped up from the bottom like Ren Laifeng, but he is a veteran of the military for more than 20 years, and he was a little stunned and immediately followed Han Fuqu's meaning, "The battalion commander is still young, and it is normal to have the momentum of young people." Where would he have known about the presidency's difficulties? ”

"Are you still young? Hehe, young man, it's hard to become a great tool if you don't hone and hone after all. Okay, so tell me the details of the heavy artillery brigade. ”

Ren Laifeng didn't know what Li Gaoshen was saying about him behind his back, in fact, even if he knew, he would laugh it off. People are right, he is indeed too young, and he is already a major battalion commander before he is even seventeen, can he not be young?

The Flying Tiger Battalion is equipped with three companies, the first company commander is Wei Yanqiang, the second company commander Fu Erchong, and the third company commander is Qin Junbao, a company commander transferred from elsewhere. It is said that this person once followed Han Fuqu all the way to the north to the city of Beijing, and was a fierce general.

As soon as Ren Laifeng returned to the unit, he called the three company commanders together and announced Chairman Han's instructions: The Flying Tiger Battalion must be ready to go to the battlefield at any time! As soon as he said this, he was stunned for a moment. The smoking gun hesitated for a long time before Ai Ai asked, "Battalion commander, aren't we Chairman Han's guard battalion?" Why do we still have to go to war? ”

"Nonsense!" Ren Laifeng glared at the cigarette gun fiercely, if Qin Junbao said it was okay, it would make him a little more dissatisfied from the mouth of the cigarette gun, "When will we meet Chairman Han?" What did Chairman Han's guard battalion do at that time? It's not like you're fighting devils. How? The pistol battalion can fight a bloody battle with the devil and be loyal to the country, so our Flying Tiger Battalion can only stay at the headquarters as a soldier who does not fight? ”

His words made the three backbone generals of the Flying Tiger Battalion all bow their heads. Ren Laifeng took advantage of the situation to preach some advanced remarks on serving the country during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and then discussed with the three of them how to run in with the troops as soon as possible and how to improve combat effectiveness.

Sun Xuefa, commander of the 60th Brigade of the 20th Division, set up his headquarters on an armored car, but the armored car was concentrated by the devil's armor-piercing shells, and Sun Xuefa himself was seriously injured and died after being rescued. On November 14, 1937, the 20th Division finally failed to stop the powerful ground-to-air firepower of the Japanese army and retreated from Jiyang.

Subsequently, Han Fuqu ordered the engineer units of the Third Army to dismantle the iron bridge over the Yellow River, withdraw all troops to the south of the Yellow River for defense, and appointed Sun Tongxuan as the commander of martial law on the south bank of the Yellow River. Han Fuqu moved the headquarters of the group army from the city of Jinan to Qianfo Mountain.

The Yellow River is not a joke, the Third Army demolished the Yellow River Iron Bridge, and it was not so easy for the devil to think about crossing the Yellow River for a while. Let's take a pontoon bridge, the Yellow River is so wide, how to build a pontoon bridge? Let's row across the river, the big and small boats have already let Han Fuqu's troops rush to the south bank of the river, and there is not even a small wall left north of the Yellow River, and the devil must find another way to cross the river.

During this period, the devil's air superiority was further demonstrated. Not only do planes come to the south bank of the Yellow River every day to carry out bombing crimes, but they also take advantage of the convenience of the air to carry out propaganda offensives. Distribute leaflets to persuade you to surrender, drop Japanese cigarettes, pamphlets and leaflets with beautiful women's designs.

Of course, Japanese cigarettes are a condolence to the officers and soldiers of the country who are addicted to smoking, and the beauty pattern adds a lot of fun to the tense combat life. As for surrender, few people think about it. A person who was a soldier did not dare to surrender, the official was not forced to that step, and Han Fuqu himself was resolutely unwilling to bear the infamy of a traitor. So, things came to a stalemate.

On this day, Ren Laifeng came to the headquarters again to ask Han Fuqu for equipment. The Flying Tiger Battalion had enough ammunition for each of the two box guns, but there were no artillery, not even a mortar. As a battalion-level unit, how can it be equipped with several artillery pieces, right? Even if it's just a small cannon squad, it's fine.

The former came to the wind to go to the chief of the quartermaster department to ask for equipment, that is what to give and what to give, open the door of the armory and pick at will. But this time, Ren Laifeng just wanted five or six mortars, but he didn't even give one, and said that the group army guard battalion was not equipped with artillery according to convention. How can there be such a convention?

Ren was not angry, so he came to Han Fuqu to explain, but as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the headquarters, he was attracted by something hanging on the door. At the door of Han Fuqu's office hangs a rolled-up piece of paper. Ren Laifeng didn't know what it was, so he leaned over and asked the guard at the door, "What is that thing hanging on?" ”

"What's that? It was a letter of surrender dropped by a Japanese plane. In order to show that he would never surrender, Chairman Han hung the devil's letter of persuasion at the door and displayed it for public display. "The guard knows Ren Laifeng, don't look at it and don't say much, but he introduces the reasons before and after clearly.

I see. While Ren Laifeng suddenly realized, he also admired Han Fuqu's refusal to surrender.

This time it's not bad. I didn't ask for anything that I didn't want to come after all the good things I said to the quartermaster, but not only did I come here with Chairman Han, but I also asked for a few more. Han Fuqu allocated eight mortars to the Flying Tiger Battalion in one sentence. There is no large-caliber artillery, the heavy artillery brigade has been pulled away, and the artillery in Chairman Han's hand is mainly light mortars.

Eight mortars and corresponding shells were brought back, and Ren Laifeng immediately formed an artillery platoon on this basis. Just when Ren Laifeng was complacent about the growing strength of the Flying Tiger Battalion, the winter solstice of 1937 quietly came.