To the west of Dingjiawa, in a quiet valley more than 30 miles away.

In the mist, a few footsteps were heard, and finally stopped by a clear stream.

After leaning down and pouring a belly of mountain spring water, the old immortal burped with satisfaction.

"Yes, the best mountain spring water is here."

After smoking his pipe and sitting on the stone by the stream to rest for a while, the old immortal asked the old man to put down the marching pot on his back, and then set up a simple stove on the spot by the stream where the mountain spring converged.

It rained lightly last night, and this morning there was a mist in the mountains. Seeing this scene, the old immortal found Zhao Shixun, and after getting permission, he came to the stream under the valley.

He planned to take advantage of the cover of the fog to light a fire and give the soldiers a hot meal to eat.

In order to escape from the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese, the Seventh Company fought with the Japanese in the mountains for eight consecutive days, constantly weaving through the air raids of the Japanese encirclement.

Due to the reconnaissance of the devil's plane in the sky and the scout search of the Japanese army on the ground, in order to avoid revealing the location, the seventh company has been eating cold rice and even raw food during this time.

The continuous high-intensity marching operations and long-term cold and raw food made many soldiers a little unable to hold on.

In particular, a few wounded even had a precursor to a swing.

Now that God is helping, after the old immortal asked Zhao Shixun, he immediately took the old man to the stream in the valley to make a fire and cook.

After a while, a fragrant smell emanated from the pot.

Cooking outdoors, the old man is a good hand. Cold water and noodles, wild vegetables in the pot, and it didn't take long to make a big pot of pimple soup that northerners eat for a long time.

Soon, starting with the wounded, the Seventh Company finally had a rare hot meal.

A spoonful of hot rice finally took away the chill on his body.

Smashing it, smashing it, Zhao Shixun put down the lunch box, looked at the fog that gradually dissipated around him, and took out the compass to determine the direction.

"Lao Zhao, are we going west?"

After Zhou Yu checked the sentry, he walked up to Zhao Shixun and asked in a low voice.

"Well, the Seventy Division has been beaten and lost its formation, and it doesn't make sense for us to stay in this area. Besides, the Japanese are now eyeing us, and if we don't leave, I'm afraid that I won't be able to leave if I want to. ”

"That's right, the scope of the devil's search for mountains has obviously expanded recently, but it's a pity that we don't have a radio station, otherwise we can ask the commander and political commissar how they are."

Glancing at Zhou Yu, who looked worried, Zhao Shixun stood up and twisted his stiff neck.

"Only by constantly attacking and harassing the Japanese troops on the outside can we make the column organs in the mountains safer.

And the commanders are all old men, so you don't have to worry. ”

Seeing Zhao Shixun standing up, Zhou Yu hesitated, but still stepped forward and stopped Zhao Shixun.

"Lao Zhao, I don't think it's a bit hasty to let this Zhang Dapeng lead a platoon alone. I'll admit that this guy is a good fighter, but he has been in the old army for five or six years, and he has been a deserter, so I wonder if I will think about it again, at least for a while. ”

Looking at Zhou Yu, Zhao Shixun lowered his head and pondered for a moment.

The unexpected sacrifice of the big pillar not only made Zhao Shixun's heart ache, but also made him fall into a situation where no one was available again.

Although Zhou Yu and Heiwa are all good, they still have too little combat experience, and they are easy to mess up at critical moments.

Although the old immortal has good experience and ability, he is too old, and he is a grandfather, so it is obviously unrealistic for him to take his brothers to charge.

And although this Zhang Dapeng is a prisoner, he has been fighting several battles in a row recently, and he is a battlefield veteran at first glance.

Privately, Zhao Shixun also asked if the other party was willing to stay. And this kid is happy, just a word, it's okay to stay, but at least let him lead a platoon alone.

After thinking about it again and again, although Zhao Shixun felt that the other party's request was a little unreasonable, he still decided to agree to the other party.

Without him, if the Seventh Company wants to survive the strangulation of the Japanese army, it needs this kind of experienced soldier too much.

Of course, this practice is obviously a violation of the discipline of the Eighth Route Army, and Zhou Yu, as an instructor, has always disagreed.

Zhou Yu raised his hands to welcome Zhang Dapeng to join the Eighth Route Army, after all, this was also in line with the original intention of the organization to absorb all forces to establish an anti-Japanese national united front. But as soon as he came up, he appointed a prisoner of the Jin Sui Army as the platoon commander of the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army, which was obviously difficult for Zhou Yu to accept.

After all, the Seventh Company is not an ordinary civilian armed force, but a regular unit of the Zhongtiao Mountain First Column under the jurisdiction of the 386th Brigade in Jinnan, and the appointment of any officer is subject to a strict review system.

As the instructor of the Seventh Company, although he knew that Zhao Shixun had made a decision, he still brought it up again.

After listening to Zhou Yu's doubts, Zhao Shixun frowned, and after weighing it repeatedly in his heart, he finally made a decision.

"Now is a special period, as long as it is a person who can improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, we should use it. As the saying goes, we can't think too much about employing people who are not suspicious and suspicious.

If something goes wrong with Zhang Dapeng, I, Zhao Shixun, will be fully responsible! ”

Speaking of which, Zhao Shixun called Shao Fei and asked him to inform the old immortal to pack up his things quickly, especially to extinguish the embers, and not let the surrounding Japanese troops find clues about the Seventh Company.

After explaining the important things, Zhao Shixun visited a few wounded people and then strode down the mountain, and soon walked to a small group of national soldiers who were eating together at the bottom of the mountain.

Seeing the commander of the Eighth Route Army who had saved them coming over, more than 20 prisoners of the Jin Sui Army hurriedly stood up.

Zhao Shixun and the others have attacked the Japanese puppet army everywhere in the past two days, and they have rescued a lot of prisoners of the Jin Sui army, and now there are only these twenty-five who have been following the seventh company.

The troops are about to leave here, and Zhao Shixun doesn't plan to raise idlers.

"Dapeng, how did you discuss it with your brothers?"

Looking at Zhang Dapeng, who walked in front of him, Zhao Shixun asked bluntly.

Zhang Dapeng was the first veteran of the Northeast Army to be rescued, and except for his willingness to stay and fight devils, everyone else has not made a clear statement.

Not long ago, Zhao Shixun asked Zhang Dapeng to talk to these Jin Suijun to see if they were willing to stay.

"Oh, mom, Sir Zhao, you're here, I'm about to go to talk to you. I negotiated with these deflated calves, and they were all willing to stay and fight the devils with the eight roads, and none of them wanted to leave. ”

"Really? All? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun unexpectedly turned sideways and looked at the more than two dozen soldiers of the Jin Sui Army behind Zhang Dapeng. When he saw that two of them had obviously dark and blue eyes, he glanced at Zhang Dapeng deeply.

"Brothers, our Eighth Route Army doesn't engage in the trap of arresting Dinglaf, if anyone is unwilling, we will definitely not force it."

Speaking of this, Zhao Shixun walked over and patted the two soldiers of the Jin Sui Army with black circles and blue eyes.

"You two will go to the old immortal and get a little dry food in a moment, and say that it is my order. Be careful on the way home, don't take the avenue, the Japanese are catching routs everywhere, understand?. ”

When the two dirty soldiers heard this, they suddenly looked excited, and they knelt down directly to Zhao Shixun without saying a few words.

"Thank you, sir, thank you!

It's not that we don't want to fight devils, but there is no strong labor force in the family, and the old mothers, wives and children are counting on us to survive, and if we leave, the family will have to starve to death...... ”

After the two soldiers left, Zhao Shixun turned to look at the twenty-three soldiers beside him.

"Since you are willing to stay and fight devils with us, then Zhao will talk about it today.

Our Eighth Route Army has no salary, no stable logistical supplies, and no fixed station, so basically everything is tested for us to be grabbed by the Japanese puppet army. Everyone is willing to stay and fight devils, I Zhao Shixun is very welcome, but I also hope that everyone can be prepared in their hearts, if they really can't bear it, they can also go now, Zhao will not stop them.

”

Speaking of this, Zhao Shixun looked around and waited silently for a while.

"Chief Zhao, don't worry, our brothers are the masters who feed the whole family by one person and don't go hungry. Now that he has picked up a life, the only hope is to kill the devil! ”

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhang Dapeng was the first to stand up, and said with a slap in his chest.

"Yes, sir, as long as you give me food and give us a gun, there is no ambiguity in killing the devil brothers."

Hearing this, he nodded, and Zhao Shixun turned to look at Zhang Dapeng who was standing proudly on the side.

"Zhang Dapeng, I will temporarily hand over these soldiers to you, and I don't need to tell you about the discipline of the Eighth Route Army."

"Oh, Chief Zhao, you're not kidding, are you, these people really brought it to me?"

"Nonsense, Lao Tzu speaks with a spit and a nail, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Zhang Dapeng didn't say a word, and gave a military salute with a snap.

"I, Zhang Dapeng, have not served a few people, today you are one, in the future, I will go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, if I Zhang Dapeng frowns, I will be raised by a bitch!"

"What about military discipline?"

"Don't worry about this, I have one here, whoever dares to bully the people, I, Zhang Dapeng, will screw off his head and kick it as a ball!"

……

After subduing these defeated soldiers, Zhao Shixun found Heiwa and asked him to officially distribute the Hanyang Zaozhong he had retrieved to Zhang Dapeng and his men.

Since leaving the base area, the Seventh Company has not been able to replenish its troops. Now these Jin Sui army are willing to join the Seventh Company, which has finally alleviated the urgent need of the Seventh Company.

Zhao Shixun had also rescued dozens of prisoners of the Jin Sui Army before, but most of them were strong men temporarily captured by the 70th Division in the past few days, not to mention the combat effectiveness, and the people's hearts were still unstable.

Although the Seventh Company urgently needed to expand its troops, Zhao Shixun did not dare to easily absorb these people.

In his opinion, the thing of fighting a war is a guy who puts his head on his waistband. If you don't come voluntarily, it will be difficult to ensure the morale of the army when you go to the battlefield. Rather than waiting for them to escape and harm others and themselves, it is better not to do it in the first place.

To be continued, I had a serious illness a few days ago, and I can't stop everyone, but I will return today.

Thank you for your support these days, please rest assured, Hanhai will have a beginning and an end, and the update may be slow, but eunuchs definitely don't exist!

(End of chapter)