One of the very important reasons why Zhang Guanyi did this was that he wanted to follow the instructions of his superiors and set about forming an anti-Japanese coalition army, so as to unite as many anti-Japanese troops as possible, concentrate command, and strike at the Japanese army to a greater extent.

In this case, it is necessary to have a premise that the scattered anti-Japanese armed forces can clearly see their strength, so that people can be convinced and willing to unite with them.

Conquest by force is absolutely undesirable at present, otherwise it will only allow the Japanese to take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate them.

And now, there is an excellent opportunity, he needs Liu Cheng's independent battalion to cooperate.

Three days later, Liu Cheng received Zhang Guanyi's approval, and Gao Yuan, Tian Liuwa, and Zhao Dayong removed their acting titles and officially became the deputy battalion commander, instructor, and first company commander of the independent battalion.

In fact, he did this just to show his respect for Zhang Guanyi.

Because Zhang Guanyi made it very clear when the independent battalion was established, Liu Cheng was fully responsible for everything in the independent battalion after that.

However, this time Zhang Guanyi actually wanted the independent battalion to participate in the battle, and the time was half a month later, which did surprise Liu Cheng.

However, he must obey the order, just because the order is issued in a hurry!

Zhang Guanyi made it very clear in the letter that Liu Cheng could choose whether to go or not according to the actual situation, and it was not a mandatory order.

There is only one additional condition, that is, as long as the independent battalion participates in the battle, it must be led by Liu Cheng himself.

At this time, the strength of the independent battalion had exceeded 900, and there were nearly 100 war horses alone, which was more than double the strength when it was first established.

Liu Cheng decided to immediately form a cavalry company, and ten days later he took a cavalry company and a company into battle.

Although Zhang Guanyi did not specify the combat mission in the letter, Liu Cheng could roughly guess some of the reasons.

Now is the beginning of the formation of the Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, and Zhang Guanyi should want to establish his prestige.

If that were the case, the Independence Battalion would now be missing a uniform uniform.

At that time, almost none of the anti-Japanese troops in the Northeast could wear uniform except for the old Northeast Army.

Liu Cheng has been thinking about the clothing for a day or two, but he has not had time to implement it.

Almost three months ago, Liu Chengcheng had already explained to Qian Lu and asked him to start preparing fabrics and preparing to make a batch of military uniforms first.

On the same day, he sent someone to Panshi to find Qian Lu, and asked him to send it to Wudou Township before dark, no matter how much fabric he could find.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Cheng asked people to inform the villagers of Wudou Township that regardless of men, women, old and young, as long as they can make clothes, they can come to earn some money.

The cavalry company tentatively had 100 men, and the company had less than 300 men, a total of 400 sets of clothes, and in ten days, if there were 100 people for them, they would definitely be able to make the clothes before departure.

What Liu Cheng didn't expect was that the number of people who wanted to earn this money far exceeded his imagination, and before it was dark, there were nearly 200 people waiting in the open space outside the barracks.

With so many women of all ages gathered together, the sound alone is enough for a person to drink a pot.

Liu Cheng only went out to say a few words to them, and his head hurt a little because of the noise.

Later, he simply didn't say anything, and waited directly until Qian Lu sent the cloth, and let the soldiers of the first company and the cavalry company line up, and the big girls and daughters-in-law plus the aunts and aunts selected people one-on-one, and after measuring the ruler, they recorded the names of the people, and after the clothes were ready, they came to receive the money, paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, which was fair and reasonable, and no one delayed the work.

It did work, but the scene was a little chaotic.

Liu Cheng hid from a distance and watched, not saying a word.

Gao Yuan stood behind him, cleared his throat with some embarrassment, and whispered:

"Battalion commander, this ...... That's a bit of a problem, right? Those who are older are okay, the big girl and the little daughter-in-law are so close to the soldiers, what if something happens in the future? ”

Liu Cheng smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Gao Yuan, and said with deep meaning in his eyes:

"Then it depends on what is provoked, if it is a good thing, it will be good, if it is a bad thing, it will be served in a pot!"

Gao Yuan was stunned:

"What's so good or bad about that? Do you still want them to marry and marry now? ”

Liu Cheng smiled and shook his head:

"That's not what I mean, which girl can find a good friend who is a soldier at this time? There is no tomorrow today, maybe the corpse will be brought back one day, or even blown up directly, maybe what are people looking for you for? ”

Gao Yuan was even more confused by what Liu Cheng said, and said with a smile:

"Battalion commander, what the hell do you mean by that? Why can't I figure it out? ”

Liu Cheng smiled and reached out to pat Gao Yuan's shoulder and said:

"Don't worry, just wait and see, if you say it now, it won't be interesting then."