"Company commander, we just won a big battle this time, are there any serious problems?" Hu Chengwen, the leader of the platoon, was very puzzled by Han Feng's suddenly serious words.

Han Feng said: "This victory, we also paid a lot of price, more than a hundred soldiers sacrificed because of this, most of them are still recruits, Lao Wu, the follow-up burial of the sacrificed comrades and the notification of their families, I have to trouble you to do it, we must explain clearly to the villagers, although our Eighth Route Army is poor, we still have to scrape together more money, if it is not good, go to the traitors in the city to rob it, and we must settle the families of the sacrificed comrades." ”

"Yes!"

Han Feng then said to the four: "Besides, the situation is not as optimistic as you imagined, think about it, the first time the Japanese army entered the mountain to encircle and suppress the devils sent by a squadron and a squadron of puppet troops, and the second time it entered the mountain, it was a brigade, so what about the third time?" Even if we rely on Independence Mountain to fight guerrillas with the Japanese army, once the Japanese army has too many troops, our situation will be in crisis, not only that, what if the devil sets fire to the mountain? What if the devils can't encircle and suppress us, they will sprinkle their anger on the common people and use Baijia Village as a threat to force us to go down the mountain for a decisive battle?

If the devil slaughters the village, what should we do? Wouldn't it hurt the villagers of Baijia Village? ”

"This ......"

The four of Lao Wu were speechless when asked, and the little joy that was originally born because of a big victory was completely wiped out before it had time to spread.

"Company commander, I was quite happy to win the battle, but when I heard you say this, I suddenly have no bottom in my heart, what you said is right, a few years ago, in guerrilla warfare, as soon as the little devils couldn't find us, they took the people out of anger, we can't guard against this kind of thing, but what should we do?" Lao Wu became worried.

The three platoon commanders, Hu Chengwen, Deng Pang, and Sun Desheng are all fierce generals who fight in the war, and they are at a loss for this kind of thing, and they can only rely on the company commander Han Feng to make an idea.

Han Feng thought for a while and said, "It's not like there's no way. ”

"What's the solution?"

"Drills."

"Drills?"

"Yes, to give you a simple example, one of the very important reasons why our village is often slaughtered by devils is because the village is closed and the news is not available, and the devils have been entering the village, and the people still don't know anything about it, so naturally they can't avoid the disaster.

As a result, many villages in our base area will set up a lot of guards and checkpoints, once the little devils appear, the people at the checkpoints will use various local methods to pass the news back as soon as possible, cutting down trees, lighting bonfires, burning pine velvet, etc.

In addition to delivering news, I think our people should also have that sense of urgency, and can do some emergency drills before the arrival of the devils, that is, all the people should be transferred from the village in the shortest possible time, even including carrying livestock, food, money, etc.

Through this kind of exercise pretending that the Japanese army is coming, once the Japanese army really arrives in the future, the people of Baijia Village can be transferred in a very short time, so as to avoid the Japanese army's sweeping and massacre. ”

Lao Wu exclaimed: "Good idea, company commander!" ”

Hu Chengwen sighed with emotion: "This is really a good way, I think not only can we try, but we should also tell the political commissar, let the political commissar tell the headquarters, many villages in our base area can carry out this kind of exercise!" ”

Lao Wu said: "Company commander, you also leave this matter to me, I will take Comrade Hao Fang with me, they are all members of Baijia Village, they are easy to talk to, in order to survive, I think the villagers will support us." ”

"Okay, then those who can work harder, Lao Wu will work harder."

"Company commander, what are you saying this? They are all revolutionary comrades, as they should be. ”

"Besides, bury these little devils too! Just put their corpses in this barren mountains and mountains, the smell of decay is bad enough, let's complain with grace, the little devil has arrived at the king of Hades, I'm afraid that he won't have the face to see the ghost! ”

Lao Wu and the four laughed when they heard this, and Han Feng suddenly thought of something, "Old Wu, have we counted all the equipment we seized this time?" ”

"Company commander, it's all clear, although our casualties this time are large, the gain is really not small, it is the equipment of a Japanese brigade! Our independent company is divided into two guns per person, and it can't be finished, not to mention the captured ammunition, it is the two infantry guns and three heavy machine guns, if the regiment commander knows, it is estimated that he will have to kill us overnight to rob us! ”

Hahahaha –

Deng Pang said: "Company commander, we have so much equipment now, this is nothing to worry about, we used to have no guns and no ammunition, even if there were many people, several soldiers could not share a gun, but now it is the other way around, should we recruit some more soldiers?" Let the deputy company commander go, he recruited more than 300 recruits last time he went down the mountain, and this time he will be okay! ”

Lao Wu thought of the trust and enthusiasm of the people around him for the independent company, and hurriedly said: "That's right! The company commander, the second platoon commander said it makes sense, we are not bad at equipment now, but we are poor at people, as long as there are people, our troops are enough, and the devils will go into the mountains again to encircle and suppress, and we are not afraid. ”

Han Feng smiled bitterly: "We are the Eighth Route Army, not bandits. The last time more than 300 villagers joined us, nearly half of them were sacrificed in a blink of an eye, and many of their families even just received the news of their relatives' sacrifices, and they are grieving! Let's recruit again? Think for yourselves, is it appropriate? ”

Lao Wu and the four were silent, Han Feng was so right, although it was inevitable to die in battle, they couldn't demand the people with their own standards! The Eighth Route Army is the people's soldiers, but it is not sacrificed by the people.

"Company commander, you're right, hearing you say that, I have no face to recruit again." Old Wu smiled bitterly.

"What then?"

Han Feng said: "Recruiting troops is naturally not good, let's change the way!" All people are soldiers. ”

"All soldiers?"

"Yes, let's start with Baijia Village, don't recruit soldiers, that is, distribute all the guns and ammunition, and give some young and strong villagers, so that they can have their own weapons to protect themselves, and then we will take time to go to the village to conduct some simple military training for the villagers who are assigned guns, so that when the Japanese soldiers press the border, every citizen will be our soldiers, and the problem of surplus guns will also be successfully solved, and by the way, the retreat drill when the Japanese army comes, The hidden danger left by the annihilation of the Japanese brigade in this battle should be solved. ”

Lao Wu and the four of them were stunned when they heard this, and Hu Chengwen suddenly asked: "You say, is it difficult for our company commander to be difficult for any difficulties?" ”

Lao Wu felt the same way: "Platoon Commander Hu is too right, I think so too." ”

"Yes."

"I think so."

Han Feng: ......

"Don't talk nonsense, if you understand, let's discuss and do things! Oh, and remember to dismantle all the mines, and don't go back and blow up the people who went into the mountains. ”

"Yes!"

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