The deputy battalion commander assigned by Zhang Haipeng to Huang Ergou is called Zeng Xiaosi, who is just twenty-four this year and once worked as a follower for Feng Yong.

Later, Feng Yong went to school in Beiping, and asked Xiaozhang to send Zeng Xiaosi to Fengtian Lecture Hall, and after graduation, he became a platoon commander under Zhang Haipeng.

Huang Ergou also knew that he had a few catties and taels, and he also knew that Zeng Xiaosi, who was like wood, had no threat to his position, so he was relieved to hand over the security team and the third battalion to Zeng Xiaosi to manage and train, and he was also happy to be idle.

Zeng Xiaosi rarely speaks, and has no other hobbies except drinking.

No one had ever heard him talk about his past, and anywhere outside the training ground, Zeng Xiaosi seemed to be an honest farmer.

If it weren't for the military uniform on his body, no one would have looked at him more.

When Huang Ergou pushed the door into the house, Zeng Xiaosi was drinking.

A stack of pickles, two dozen peanuts, and a pot of soju.

Today is a rest day, the troops do not need to train, Zeng Xiaosi has been drinking since he got up in the morning, and he has been drinking until now.

Seeing Huang Ergou, Zeng Xiaosi, who was already a little drunk, subconsciously stood up and saluted Huang Ergou and called "battalion commander".

Huang Ergou waved his hand, sat down next to Zeng Xiaosi, grabbed the kettle on the table and drank a few big sips.

Putting down the kettle, Huang Ergou turned to Zeng Xiaosi and said:

"Tomorrow morning, you will personally take a company and go to Dayanggou with me."

Zeng Xiaosi agreed first, and then seemed to realize that something was wrong, and then asked:

"What's wrong with the battalion commander?"

Huang Ergou snorted angrily and waved his hand:

"What's the matter, don't mention it, the dozen or so brothers I brought with me today, including the captain of the island, are all broken!"

Zeng Xiaosi stood up suddenly, glared at him and said:

"Kojima is dead? Who did it? ”

Huang Ergou rolled his eyelids:

"How the hell do I know? It all depends on Lao Tzu running fast to come back alive! ”

Zeng Xiaosi's wine woke up most of the time, and he frowned and asked:

"Should we go now? After all, it's the island that died, in case the upper part asked......"

Usually Zeng Xiaosi rarely said so much, Huang Ergou was a little moved at the same time as he was surprised, and felt that Zeng Xiaosi was worried about him.

He waved his hand and said with a nonchalant expression:

"What are you afraid of? It's just a small team leader, and now the biggest one in Rehe is Commander Zhang! Besides, we didn't kill that island, it must have been him, those dirt buns who were noisy all day long to resist Japan did it! ”

After a pause, Huang Ergou continued:

"These encounters this time are different from the previous ones, but before Lao Tzu could see where the people were, the island was shot to death! So let's not go now, we'll go again tomorrow morning, and ask the people in Dayanggou, they must know who they are.

First find out the details of the other party, and then study how to deal with them, if you go now, what if there is an ambush? ”

Although Huang Ergou doesn't know how to fight, his ability to "seek good fortune and avoid evil" seems to be innate.

Zeng Xiaosi didn't say anything more, picked up the wine glass and took another sip.

The captain of a Japanese squad died, and if he had been replaced by someone else, I am afraid that he would have been scared to pee his pants.

However, Huang Ergou was not afraid at all, and he didn't even pay attention to it at all.

Chaoyang County.

Liu Cheng took the seven sisters and brothers of the Zheng family to leave Dayanggou and went directly to Beipiao.

The Zheng family's eldest daughter's mother-in-law's house is in Beipiao, and Liu Cheng sent seven of their sisters and brothers to Beipiao, which is considered to have completed the task.

After seeing off the Zheng family's siblings, Liu Cheng turned over and immediately rushed back with the special operations team.

The main reason why they came out this time was to see how the crops were growing in Chaoyang, and by the way, to learn about the situation of the garrison.

The seven sisters and brothers intermittently told Liu Cheng about Huang Ergou's general situation along the way, and as for the rest, they didn't know it.

After going back, Liu Cheng immediately called Tian Liuwa and several company commanders together to discuss the next step.

After everyone arrived, Liu Cheng took out a few grains of imperial rice from his pocket and put them on the table, and asked in a deep voice:

"Do any of you know what this is?"

Several company commanders watched it for a long time, but no one recognized what it was.

In the end, Tian Liuwa said tentatively:

"This ...... It seems to be Mimi, which I saw when I was a kid and gave people horses. ”

Liu Cheng nodded:

"That's right, this is the royal rice, it is the seed of Y millet, and the fruit that bears it is D smoke!"

After he finished saying this, everyone, including Gao Yuan, looked at each other, and no one could understand the meaning of his words.

Hao Dabao suddenly said:

"Battalion commander, do you want to grow D cigarettes?"

Liu Cheng angrily reached out and grabbed the jar on the table and smashed it on Hao Dabao, and scolded angrily:

"I'll plant your sixth uncle!"

Hao Dabao picked up the jar, shrunk his neck, and didn't dare to make a sound.

Liu Cheng's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and he said in a deep voice:

"Zhang Haipeng forced the common people to grow Y millet in Rehe, and then handed it over to the Japanese; As for what the Japanese are going to do, I don't need to explain it to you, right? ”

The word "Y film" was not unfamiliar to the people at that time.

This thing was not a rare thing in China at that time, as long as you had a little money in your pocket, you could take a few bites.

Smoking has been banned since the Qing Dynasty, but the result is that the ban has become more and more, and the two wars have become a joke.

Liu Cheng didn't know how to explain the harm of Y-movies to them, and he didn't have that mood; Just wave your hand directly:

"Don't be foolish, our next task is to find and destroy the Y-millet planted in Rehe!"

Originally, Liu Cheng was worried that there was no suitable place to start, but these Ys just gave him the best breakthrough.

The geographical location of Rehe is very good, it can be entered from Chengde and Chifeng, and the Japanese are relatively weak, which is suitable for the development of independent battalions.

Before he came, Liu Chengcheng had already thought that he must not be like in Jilin, as in Jilin, once the attention of the Japanese was aroused, this transfer would be meaningless.

His initial plan was to --- decentralized.

To use a very popular word at the moment, it is: Gou, Gou to the "finals".

For the Chifeng Chaoyang area, Liu Cheng is very familiar.

The first place he fancied was Phoenix Mountain in Chaoyang; The second is the vast grassland north of Chifeng.

Therefore, Liu Cheng's plan is as follows:

The Second Company stayed behind to protect Liu Cunshu and those people to ensure the manufacture and production of ammunition and artillery shells, as well as a large number of reserves.

The first company was stationed in Chaoyang Phoenix Mountain, with Phoenix Mountain as the center, absorbing school-age soldiers from more than a dozen counties such as Fuxin, Lingyuan, Suidong, Weichang, Linxi, and Lindong.

The cavalry company was stationed north of Chifeng and purchased horses, cattle and sheep at the Karaqin Right Wing Banner, the Karaqin Middle Banner, the Karaqin Left Wing Banner, and the Tumut Right Wing Banner.

The horses were directly fed and trained by the cavalry company, and the cattle and sheep were handed over to the people of Wudou Township for feeding and breeding.

Several platoons, including the engineer platoon, were reorganized into a company system, the bomb-throwing platoon was disbanded, and a machine gun company, an artillery company, a transport company, and a medical company were added.

The sniper squad was merged into the special operations squad and renamed the special operations company, and the personnel were expanded to 100 people, with Liu Cheng personally in charge.

The first task of the teams was to find the site where the Y-millet was planted in Rehe and destroy it.

Gao Yuan and Tian Liuwa's task was relatively the heaviest, because Liu Cheng gave them a death order: within four months, the five companies they were responsible for were set at between 15 and 200 people, and the remaining four companies must have a standard establishment of 360 people.

Hao Dabao couldn't help laughing after hearing this, pointed at Tian Liuwa and said with a smile:

"Instructor, this time it's over, the next time I see you, I'm afraid you'll even have gray hair!"

Before Tian Liuwa could say anything, Liu Chengcheng took over the conversation and said to Hao Dabao with a smile:

"It's not too late for you to laugh when I'm done; The cavalry company is now less than a hundred, and I will give you six months, and when I come back I will see a well-trained cavalry of five hundred men, plus two hundred horses for the transport company.

In other words, you have to expand the cavalry company to 500 men in six months, and at the same time get more than 600 horses! ”

Hao Dabao's two eyeballs almost fell out, and he waited for his eyes to say:

"Battalion commander, where are you going to let me grab it?"

Liu Cheng's smile became even more sinister:

"Rob? We are not bandits, so it is definitely not okay to rob; But don't worry, I'll give you enough money; If you can snatch it from the Japanese puppet army, that's no problem, but you must not make a big deal out of me! ”

Hao Dabao sat back with a bitter face, not daring to say anything.

Liu Cheng didn't say it, but he also arranged a task for himself: to add a new four-company system, reach a full strength of 360 people in the same time, and complete basic training!

Now it's almost August, and the time left is getting less and less, he must race against time, otherwise he will not be qualified to be taken seriously after entering the Central Plains battlefield.

Chengde can't go for the time being, and it must not anger Zhang Haipeng.

This old boy can still be arrogant in Rehe for more than a year, and Liu Cheng wants to use this time to complete the last expansion and training of the independent battalion before entering the Central Plains.

After that, there will be more than a year to run in the team, train the troops in actual combat, and further improve the combat effectiveness of the troops!

As soon as his plan was finished, everyone was stunned.

Even Gao Yuan, who had seen the "big scene", didn't expect that Liu Cheng would have such a big plan.

Not counting the four companies that Liu Cheng planned to add, just the existing three companies plus what he just said, there are already nine companies, and when the full strength is full, it is a full 3,000 people, and the strength of a reinforced regiment!

Gao Yuan was already very surprised that the independent battalion could develop to its current scale.

A team of thousands of people doesn't sound much, and you can't even hear a sound when thrown on the battlefield.

However, from weapons and ammunition to food and grass, it is not easy to obtain in today's Northeast.

If it develops according to Liu Cheng's plan, after they enter the customs, no one will dare to underestimate this team!