Chapter 35 There is no pay for joining the Eight Roads

Lin'an Town. Yongan Inn in the west courtyard warehouse. More than 30 people sat around.

Francis said solemnly: "We will start to act after dark......"

Fang Lusheng hurriedly said: "Fight devils and kill traitors, we must have a name......

Fang Lu said angrily: "You shut up for me and listen to me." Battalion Commander Zhou, Fang Lusheng and all the brothers here, from today onwards, everyone must forget their previous identities, and remember that we will be the special column of the Eighth Route Army in the future. In order to be flexible in command and convenient in action, the thirty-eight of us will be divided into three teams, and Fang Lusheng will be the captain of the first team, with your brothers. Battalion Commander Zhou, you divide your people into two teams, you are the captain of the second team, and Company Commander Yao is the captain of the third team, Miss Lu Yun will follow me first for the time being. I am the commander of the special column, and in the future, you will all call me Commander Wang Xingbang, and you are not allowed to call me Young Master and my real name again. You should all understand why. ”

Fang Lusheng: "Wang Xingbang? That's a good name. Okay, we all know that. Commander Wang, let Miss Lu Yun follow me, or my team will have too few men. ”

Fang Jiren said inquiringly: "I said that this will not work, Captain Zhou, can you draw a few smart and capable people to a team, so that each team will be twelve people, but we are still a whole of life and death." ”

Zhou Qiwei readily agreed: "It's no problem, just listen to Commander Wang." ”

Fang Lusheng refused: "No, just let Miss Lu Yun come to my team alone." ”

Fang Jiren narrowed his eyes and said, "You don't talk nonsense, if you don't want to do it, you will fuck me off." ”

Fang Lusheng said helplessly: "Okay, just listen to you, who made you the commander." ”

Lu Yun said with a strained face: "I won't mix blindly with you, hey!" What special columns? Just you? How much can you do? I have my own business to do, and none of you can help me without you taking care of it. ”

Fang Jiren said solemnly: "Lu Yun, don't talk about it yet, I'll talk to you alone after the meeting." ”

Zhou Qiwei persuaded: "Miss Lu Yun, you just listen to Commander Wang's arrangement, it's right." ”

Fang Jiren said solemnly: "Brothers, comrades, in the future, we will be a fighting collective of life and death, and our special column has a clear political proposition and military goal, and the political proposition is to protect the family and the country, rescue and protect the lives and property of the people; The military goal is to kill devils and hoe traitors, so we will have to undertake difficult and dangerous tasks, and we may also pay a heavy price and precious lives. In the special column, there will be no glory and wealth, high-ranking officials, eating, drinking, and having fun, you must all think clearly, if anyone is unwilling to do it, you can leave now, and you can quit halfway, as long as you do not become enemies of the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army in the future, do not oppress the people, and do not take refuge in the Japanese devils to bring disaster to the country and the people, we will still be friends when we meet. Otherwise, if you meet, you will be enemies, and you have to fight to the death. ”

Fang Lusheng grinned disapprovingly and said, "Commander Wang, is it so evil? Isn't it just killing little devils, traitors and puppet soldiers? I'll do it if I quit or not. ”

Francis resolutely said: "It's so evil! In the past, you also killed devils and traitors, you can only be regarded as a hero in the green forest, but you are brutal, there is no future, and it is fundamentally different from the current anti-Japanese killing of the enemy, I will slowly explain these truths to you in detail later. ”

Fang Lusheng scratched his head and asked, "Commander Wang, if we run into the Kuomintang army in the future, will we fight or not?" If they shoot first, will I still do it? ”

Francis explained: "This is something that is very likely to happen in the future, and our principle is that we must first win over all armed organizations or individuals to fight against Japan together, and if they can't, or even become enemies of us, then we will resolutely destroy them without mercy!" ”

Zhou Qiwei scratched his head and asked a little dazedly: "Commander Wang, are we considered to have participated in the Eighth Route Army?" ”

Some people say that they participated in the Eighth Route Army, and some people say that it is not the official Eighth Route Army.

Fang Jiren frowned and said ambiguously: "Sort of, but not exactly, because I haven't consulted my superiors yet, and if the leaders approve it, then it's completely true." What's wrong? Captain Zhou, do you have any concerns or don't want to do it? ”

Zhou Qiwei explained: "No, it's not that I don't want to do it, and I don't have anything to worry about, I just want to find out who we are in the future and what kind of future it will be." ”

When everyone heard Zhou Qiwei say this, they also started to talk about it.

Fang Jiren said approvingly: "Yes, it is necessary for Captain Zhou to think so. Listen, I repeat, you must join the special column of the Eighth Route Army out of your own volition, and you must not force yourself. The Eighth Route Army never begged and forced anyone. The most important thing is that in the face of national danger and national survival, every Chinese who does not want to be a slave to the country should make his own wise and correct choice. ”

Zhou Qiwei: "Company Commander Fang, oh, no, Commander Wang, since my brothers and I have joined the Eighth Route Army, I would like to ask them if our special column will be paid?" How much can I send at one time? We don't just do it for money, but the brothers have to pay for their families. Commander Wang, shouldn't there be an explanation? ”

Fang Lusheng: "Yes, Captain Zhou asked a good question, and asked the right question." Commander Wang, the big guy can't do it in vain with your head and fighting devils, right? ”

Everyone nodded, looking at Francis expectantly.

Fang Jiren lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head to look at everyone and said sincerely:

"Captain Zhou and Captain Fang are right, this is a very real problem, and there should be a clear and affirmative statement. Listen to me, now our Eighth Route Army is very difficult, equipment and living materials are extremely lacking, three meals a day cannot be guaranteed, it is common to not eat for a few days, and eating wild vegetables and fruits is commonplace. As far as I know, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, as well as local troops and guerrillas do not pay military salaries, and they have no money if they want to. After joining the anti-Japanese ranks of the Communist Party, the local anti-Japanese government would allocate land and take care of the livelihood of the family. If the family members are in enemy-occupied areas, the underground party organizations are even more responsible for the safety of the lives and daily life of the anti-Japanese family members. If someone dies in battle, the army also pays a pension to the family. Brethren, I wonder if you are satisfied with the Eighth Route Army's approach? ”

There was a lot of discussion, different opinions, praise and disapproval, and arguments with each other.

"Okay, okay, don't argue, listen to me." Francis stopped the arguments. "It's true that you want to support your family with military salaries, but the Eighth Route Army does not have this condition at present. Besides, even if you pay the army, how do you send them home? Also, does the national army pay its salaries on time every month? How much can you send? In the national army, there are common things in the national army to deduct military salaries, drink soldiers' blood, and eat empty quotas, you must know better than me, right? If you don't have military pay, don't you want to join the Eighth Route Army? Is it?! ”

You look at me, I look at you, and then you bow your head and are silent.

"Young master, it's time for dinner." Xiao Anzi stood outside the door of the warehouse and said loudly.

Francis walked out of the storeroom. Xiao Anzi closed the door of the warehouse, and when he saw that there was no one around, he took out a piece of paper folded into small squares from his jacket pocket and handed it to Fang Jiren, and whispered:

"Don't let others see it, burn it as soon as you finish reading." Then he said loudly: "Young master, you can call a few people to the kitchen to serve food." ”

Fang Jiren opened the folded paper and looked at it, his face beaming. returned the crumpled paper to Xiao Anzi, and whispered, "I remember everything, hurry up and burn it." Captain Zhou! You take a few people to the kitchen to serve the food. Lu Yun, come out for a while. ”

Zhou Qiwei and a few people walked out of the warehouse and followed Xiao Anzi out of the west courtyard to the kitchen.

Lu Yun walked out of the warehouse and came to Fang Jiren and said, "What do you tell me to say?" ”

Fang Jiren pulled Lu Yun's sleeve to the side, and said in a serious whisper:

"Lu Yun, don't pretend to hide it in front of me in the future, from the first time I saw you, from the first time you talked to me, I knew who you were, you are either a doctor from the Eighth Route Army Headquarters Hospital, or a doctor from the Division Hospital."

Lu Yun was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but be shocked, and asked in a trembling voice:

"Y-How do you know? Who the hell are you? What are you going to do with me? ”

Fang Jiren said in a calm tone: "Lu Yun, you don't need to be so nervous, I won't do anything to you, I will help you complete the task of buying medicine, so that you can return to the army as soon as possible." ”

Lu Yun was even more puzzled, and asked reluctantly: "Buy medicine?" Tell me clearly, how did you know so much and so much detail? How can you help me with the task? ”

Francis explained: "Actually, I don't know much, and I don't know much about it, I just guessed from the faint smell of iodine on your body and your temperament. I don't think you came out alone, there should be three or four people, you are only responsible for buying medicine, because penicillin, anesthetics, hemostatic painkillers are only professional doctors can understand foreign languages, and the other person is responsible for liaising with related people, and one or two people are responsible for protecting you and the safety of the medicine. However, you were scattered by the devils, but fortunately you agreed in advance on a new meeting place after you were separated, I think it should be a contact point in the county seat of Lin'an County, and you will continue to complete the task of buying medicine after gathering. ”

Lu Yun was shocked again, and she asked in surprise, "Oh? Do you know a little bit about pediatric medicine? ”

Francis: "I only know a little bit about it, am I right?" ”

Lu Yun looked at Fang Jiren angrily, lowered his voice, and resolutely and categorically denied:

"It's just gibberish, nonsense! The more you say, the more outrageous it becomes! ”

Fang Jiren looked at Lu Yun's resolute appearance, shook his head, smiled helplessly and said:

"Alright then, Comrade Lu Yun, you can leave here at any time from now on, you can go wherever you want, I will never stop you, from now on we will never have any relationship with each other, but you have to be more careful along the way, I wish you a successful completion of the mission, my comrade-in-arms." After saying that, he turned around and left alone.

Looking at the back of Fang Jiren's departure, Lu Yun felt a wave of chagrin, grievance and helplessness. Thinking of the important task she was shouldering and the current complex and chaotic situation, she decided to follow Francis's advice and stay in the special column for the time being.