Chapter 40: The Old Village Chief

At the regiment headquarters, Ding Wei came to the communication room, where there was a new radio station seized from the devils.

Looking at this radio station, it is still brand new, and the new group is very well protected.

Ding Wei admired Li Yunlong a little, when he was in the 28th Regiment, he tried every possible way to get a radio station from the devil, but he never gained anything. In the battle with the devils, once all the devils cannot be solved in time, otherwise the devils will definitely destroy the military radio station. Unless the devil is eliminated in a short period of time, the devil will do everything possible to destroy the radio station. This made Ding Wei try many times, but he also failed to seize a radio station.

"Send a report to headquarters." Ding Wei commanded.

The telegraph operator who was preparing acted quickly, and soon he was in contact with the radio station at headquarters. Looking at all this, Ding Wei was a little satisfied, this telegrapher's speed was still very fast. Can the new regiment have a telegraph operator, or Li Yunlong, the regiment commander, personally got it from the brigade headquarters, otherwise how could the new regiment have such a talent as a telegraph operator?

After reporting Liu Gen's proposal to let the soldiers reclaim wasteland, Ding Wei left the communication room, walked around the regiment headquarters, and after watching the training of the soldiers of the security company, Ding Wei left the regiment headquarters and walked towards the position of the first battalion. As the regiment commander, Ding Wei was going to go to the battalions to see their training and the mental outlook of the soldiers. The political commissar of the new regiment has not yet arrived, and it is not known when the headquarters will be appointed.

Unlike Li Yunlong, Ding Wei was able to accept having a political commissar to work with him, and with the assistance of the political commissar, he could also be more relaxed. Ding Wei had some expectations, hoping that the political commissars assigned to the new regiment above would get along better and be able to cooperate with him.

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In the artillery company, the incompetent soldiers were training hard, and they were a little envious of the soldiers who were taken away by Liu Gen. Having been carrying out this kind of training, these fighters have long felt that it is a little boring, but there is no way, they still have shortcomings, so they can only stay and train.

The first squad leader was a little stern, he knew the role that the artillery company needed to play in the battle, so naturally he did not dare to slack off. He has very high requirements for these incompetent fighters, and he also hopes that these soldiers can become better as soon as possible so as not to affect the combat effectiveness of the artillery company. It was also Liu Gen who knew this, so he left the first squad leader to train the soldiers.

The second squad leader and the third squad leader are also good, but compared with the first squad leader, they are a little worse, if nothing else, Li Gen will focus on cultivating the first squad leader. When Liu Gen left the new regiment, let the first squad leader take over, and if he wanted to come by that time, the first squad leader should have grown up.

In the wasteland, Liu Gen led the soldiers to wave their pickaxes and constantly reclaim the wasteland. The movements of the soldiers are still very fast, and twenty or thirty people work together, and they should be able to reclaim about five acres of land today. If you take more time, you can reclaim more land, but Liu Gen is not ready to do this, and the fighters still need to be trained.

The soldiers of the artillery company do not need to reclaim too much land, about thirty or forty acres of land is enough, and Liu Gen also needs to leave some land for the other soldiers of the new regiment, and the artillery company cannot reclaim all the wasteland, so what will the rest of the new regiment do? After reclaiming about five acres of wasteland, Liu Gen returned to the training ground with the soldiers and continued today's training.

After instructing the soldiers to train, Liu Gen walked around the village, and he found the village chief to discuss with the village chief about letting the villagers take care of the crops. Taking care of the crops is not too heavy work, and since the wasteland is cultivated by the warriors, and the seeds are provided by the new regiment, there should be many villagers willing to do it.

"Is the village chief here?" When you come to the center of the village, the village chief's house is here.

The village chief is actually an old man in this village, who is highly respected, and he will find this old man to solve anything in the village on weekdays, and over time, this old man will become the village head.

"Little comrade, do you have something?" After waiting for a while, the old man opened the wooden door that had been mended.

There is no way, some of the slightly richer people in the village will go to live in the town, and only some poor families will stay in the village. Not to mention the fact that due to the impact of the war, there were fewer and fewer strong laborers in the village, which made the elderly in the village occupy the majority.

"Old man, it's like this, our comrades have reclaimed some wasteland, and we will provide seeds, I wonder if the villagers are willing to take care of the crops for us? The work will not be too heavy, and when the grain is harvested, some will be distributed to the villagers. Liu Gen hurriedly stepped forward and supported the old village chief who was a little trembling.

The old village chief was slightly stunned, and after a while, a trace of joy appeared on his face, and his body stopped trembling, "Little comrade, do you mean it really?" ”

"Old man, it must be true, if the villagers want, they can go to the artillery company in the afternoon to find me, the artillery company is just east of the village, you should know." Liu Gen said softly.

"I know, I know, there was a rumbling cannon sound over there yesterday, and we thought it was a devil." The old village chief said.

"I'm really sorry, we were testing the gun yesterday and forgot to inform everyone in the village, if there is anything in the future, we will inform everyone in advance." Liu Gen hurriedly apologized.

Yesterday, the soldiers of the new regiment were notified of the live firing, but they forgot to inform the villagers in the village, and Liu Gen told himself to keep this incident firmly in mind. Fortunately, the villagers did not receive much impact, otherwise Liu Gen would not have been able to make up for it no matter how much he apologized.

"It's okay, born in troubled times, we old people are used to the sound of cannons." The old village chief sighed, feeling a little depressed.

Liu Gen nodded, looking at the old man, feeling a little uncomfortable, in such a troubled world, the life of the old man can be described as quite bitter. Liu Gen could see that the old village chief had a lot of patches on his clothes, and his body was also very thin, as the village chief, his conditions might not be much better than ordinary villagers.

"Let's go, little comrade, I'll gather the villagers now, you can tell everyone about it, there must be many people who are willing to help you take care of the crops."

"If there is enough land, I will also help you take care of the crops, I just hope you don't dislike me as an old man. If the land is not enough, let the villagers claim it first, the old man still has some food in stock, and he can still support it. The old village chief looked at Liu Gen with blank eyes, and hesitated for a long time before he spoke.

Liu Gen looked at the old village chief, his eyes were a little moist, they didn't need to be like this.

"Old village chief, don't worry, the land is definitely enough, our Eighth Route Army is the people's team, and when the time comes, you can also let the soldiers help you reclaim the land." Liu Gen looked serious and promised directly.

Liu Gen felt that he needed to do something for the villagers, and it was still very necessary for the soldiers to help the villagers reclaim the land. There are so many old people in the village, without the help of the soldiers, there will definitely be less land that can be reclaimed, and the life of the old people will be more difficult.

"Little comrade, thank you, thank you Eighth Route Army! Thank you! The old village chief took Liu Gen's hand and looked excited.