At three o'clock in the afternoon, amid the earth-shattering sound of firecrackers, baskets of steaming white flour buns and bowls of fragrant pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli were brought to dozens of tables in the camp.

Soon, in front of every man and warrior seated, a bowl full of wine was poured into it.

After the meal was served, Zhao Shixun, Zhou Yu and the main persons in charge of each company came to the podium in front of the camp.

Seeing Zhao Shixun walk onto the podium, the soldiers below stood up one after another, looking at their superiors with torch eyes.

In the silence, Zhao Shixun looked at the soldiers and villagers in the audience, and said loudly:

"Folks, soldiers of the independent detachment. Today is our Chinese Chinese New Year's Eve, a good day to remove the old and welcome the new. On my own behalf, I would like to extend my New Year's greetings to you. ”

Whoa......

In the warm applause, Zhao Shixun, who bowed deeply, stood up again, and then took a bowl full of wine from the soldiers beside him. Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yu's company commanders also took a bowl of wine.

Looking at the crowd in the audience, Zhao Shixun picked up the wine bowl in his hand, gently raised it in front of him, and continued in a deep voice:

"Here, I would like to first raise a glass to the compatriots who died tragically in the war, and wish them to rest in peace on this day of family reunion."

Speaking of this, Zhao Shixun raised the wine bowl and sprinkled it lightly on the ground, and then took the wine bowl and drank it all.

And with Zhao Shixun's actions, Zhou Yu and several people on the podium also followed suit.

The next moment, a soldier filled all the glasses of several people.

Picking up the second bowl of wine, Zhao Shixun raised it in front of him again.

"This second bowl of wine, I want to pay tribute to those soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country. I hope that their spirits in the sky can bless us to expel the Japanese invaders as soon as possible and recover the rivers and mountains! ”

After the words were closed, Zhao Shixun sprinkled some wine on the ground again, and then took the rest and drank it all.

Immediately afterward, the third bowl was poured again to several people on the podium.

Picking up the third bowl of wine, Zhao Shixun looked at the villagers and comrades-in-arms in the audience, and suddenly said in an aggravated tone:

"Fellow villagers, comrades-in-arms. In the past year or so, we have experienced several brutal encirclements and suppressions by the Japanese puppet army, and have experienced countless battles of all sizes. I, Zhao Shixun, am just a mortal, and I can't predict what will happen in the future.

But one thing I can confirm now is that even if I fight to the last soldier and shed the last drop of blood, I will not surrender to the devil, and I will never ......! ”

"Swear to die and not be a slave ......!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yu suddenly raised his hand, blushed and raised his arms and shouted.

And the soldiers and villagers below also raised their arms when they heard this, and responded hoarsely, yelling, and venting.

"......!"

Looking at the soldiers and villagers chanting below, Zhao Shixun, who was standing in the wind, had tears in his eyes, and then raised the wine bowl in his hand and drank ......it all.

……

……

After a lively Spring Festival, the independent detachment once again threw itself into the intense training work. Due to the completion of the initial training of the troops in Wolongshan, and the addition of recently recruited recruits, the establishment of the independent detachment has expanded for the first time to nearly five companies and more than 500 people.

With the expansion of the scale, in order to avoid the problem of the actual combat effectiveness of the troops being dispersed due to too many recruits, the actual combat effectiveness will decline. After Zhao Shixun won everyone's opinions, he did not split the company with the most veterans, but continued to keep the structure of the company unchanged, and let the rest of the companies take turns to conduct confrontation training with Heiwa's company to hone their combat effectiveness.

In this way, not only can the independent detachment be able to use a sharp knife at any time, but also allow each company to quickly improve its actual combat capability in the confrontation, and try to avoid the problem of reducing the overall combat effectiveness due to the dispersion of veterans.

……

Soon, on the fifth day of the first month, a column also sent the latest order.

Separate detachment command, conference room.

"Kiko, help me hold some backpack, I'll make the rope stronger again."

"Okay."

The words were closed, Zhou Yu tightened the rope in his hand, and then tied a strong slipknot behind the backpack that Xizi was pressing.

Just yesterday, the column received the latest order, requiring the independent detachment to strengthen its training, and at the same time pay attention to the assembly and movement of Japanese troops in the Jinnan area, and instructed it to report immediately if any abnormalities are discovered.

In addition, the column also sent two letters of appointment and one order, which were aimed at Li Chunfeng and Zhou Yu respectively.

The letter of appointment is very simple, that is, the column took into account the recent smooth expansion of the independent detachment, so it officially appointed Zhou Yu as the instructor of the independent detachment, and Comrade Li Chunfeng was appointed as the chief of the communications section plus the political work officer. The dispatch order required Zhou Yu to rush to the column station within a week from the day he received the order. He will then be sent to the rear for a three-month refresher period. And today is the day when Zhou Yu is ready to go.

With the sound of footsteps, Zhao Shixun, who was approaching the conference room, looked at Zhou Yu who was packing his luggage, silently walked to him with a thick bag, and put it next to Zhou Yu's luggage.

……

"Lao Zhou, this is a devil military ticket with a face value of 50,000 yuan, you bring him to Riesling and Political Commissar Jiang, it can be regarded as a New Year's gift from our independent detachment to the column."

Hearing this, Zhou Yuhuan glanced at Zhao Shixun meaningfully, and then smiled slightly.

"Lao Zhao, this is not like your style. Let's get it straight...... What do you want me to ask for above? ”

Looking at Zhou Yu, who had already seen through himself, Zhao Shixun was not hypocritical.

"Old Zhou, these military tickets are not easy to come by. You know, our independent detachment has no shortage of guns now, but this ammunition is really scarce. When you go this time, you must reflect more with the above, so that they can give us more bullets, grenades and the like. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Shixun pointed to Xizi, who was helping Zhou Yu pack his luggage, and said:

"Xizi, you take the second company to the column with the instructor this time. If they don't give the instructor anything, you can bring the second company to live there for me permanently, and eat and drink for at least a month before I can come back, I don't ...... hear! ”

was suddenly ordered by Zhao Shixun, and Xizi didn't know what to say all of a sudden.

And Zhou Yu looked at Zhao Shixun incredulously when he heard this, as if he didn't know each other before.

"I said Lao Zhao, you are a dignified officer who has stayed abroad, how did you start learning to be the same as those rich people in Shanxi, and you don't want to eat at all."

Listening to Zhou Yu's sarcasm, Zhao Shixun had the slightest expression of indifference. I saw him take out a peanut from his pocket, break it, put it in front of Zhou Yu and shook it, and then threw it directly into his mouth.

While chewing, Zhao Shixun pointed to the peanut shell in his hand and said:

"There's no way, Lao Tzu was also forced like this by you. If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I'm about to want the rooster to lay eggs now. ”

Zhao Shixun is not afraid of Zhou Yu's jokes, he is indeed forced to be helpless. With the expansion and training of independent detachments, the shortage of ammunition has reached such a level that it affects the combat effectiveness of the troops. Although he was able to buy some food from Li Hongyi, the gun and bullet were too sensitive after all, not to mention that Li Hongyi did not have it, and even if he did, he would never dare to sell it to the independent detachment.

Similarly, Zhou Yu actually understands Zhao Shixun's request.

As the political chief of the independent detachment, an old eight-way officer, he is definitely no less worried about the current situation of the team than Zhao Shixun.

"Lao Zhao, don't worry, I will personally hand over these things to the commander and political commissar, if they still detain and search this time without any blood, then I will take these military tickets back intact, and I won't give them a dime."

Seeing that his old buddy was so "sensible", Zhao Shixun was completely relieved.

……

According to the order of the column, during the period when Zhou Yu went to the rear to study, the instructor position of the independent detachment was temporarily held by the captain Zhao Shixun, while the new political work officer Li Chunfeng was drawn from the communications section and was responsible for assisting Zhao Shixun in grasping the political work of the team.

……

After Zhou Yu left, Zhao Shixun was even more busy day and night because he held two hats. In terms of troop training, thanks to He Zhendong's help, it was carried out very smoothly. However, he did encounter some thorny problems in the work of political education and discipline in the troops.

On the last day of March, Heiwa, the commander of a company in charge of confrontation training, suddenly came to report, saying that some teams did not train according to the plan for some reason, and they were hiding in the barracks and not exercising!

And the source of these problems is none other than the newly incorporated Wolongshan people of the independent detachment, that is, Lu Baichuan's fourth company.

When he first learned about this, Zhao Shixun thought that it was because the first company had beaten the four companies too badly. But under careful questioning, it was still related to an order from Zhao Shixun.

It turned out that after the Spring Festival, in order to make the team's supply last until the summer harvest as much as possible, Zhao Shixun discussed with Zhou Yu and He Zhendong, and had to let the independent detachment go back to the previous hard life.

Originally, independent detachments used to be commonplace in these days, so most of the fighters had long been used to it, so there were no complaints. However, due to their bandit background, the newly joined Wolong Mountain people were immediately a little dissatisfied with this kind of hard treatment.

When Zhou Yu was there before, he went to the fourth company every day to squat, and always grasped the ideological work of the soldiers with his own hands. And these people saw that the instructor ate and trained like themselves every day, so they gritted their teeth and persevered. But now that Zhou Yu has gone to the rear to study, and Zhao Shixun can't go to the Silian squatting point every day to grasp ideological work, the thoughts of these bandit-born warriors have begun to become unstable.

In addition, after experiencing a good life during the Chinese New Year, many soldiers of the fourth company complained about the fact that the independent detachment had food but coarse tea and light rice every day, and some soldiers even chewed their tongues, saying that the independent detachment looked down on the people of Wolong Mountain after Zhou Yu left, and deducted their military rations and drank the blood of the soldiers!

Under the rumors, the training enthusiasm of the fourth company plummeted, and finally developed to the point of refusing to exercise.

And after learning about this, Zhao Shixun was annoyed, and he was also the first two big.

Now his team is operating under the noses of devils, and it can be said that sometimes soaking urine can be poured on the heads of the Japanese puppet army.

In this situation, a lot of things every day are enough to give Zhao Shixun a headache. But what he didn't expect was that Lu Baichuan's gang would give themselves this moth at this time.

…… To be continued, thank you for your support!!

(End of chapter)