The reception of Political Commissar Ding was all handed over to Liao Jundong, and Hu Guoshan had time after writing his own review, and the first thing he did was to recruit soldiers.

Soldiers are an indispensable part of the composition of the army, and their defense areas are getting larger and larger, and they need a large number of troops to maintain order and development in the local area until there is a correct social order. Of course, before this, Hu Guoshan told Zhao Caizhu to settle the displaced people who returned to his hometown.

Because of the displacement of people and the huge population base, many people joined the army in order to eat a mouthful, and on the first day alone, more than 2,000 people registered to join the army.

The rapid expansion of the troops made Hu Guoshan understand that the demand for their officers would be greater and greater, so the combat backbone of each squad and platoon was promoted, the squad leader became the platoon commander, and the platoon commander became the company commander.

Hu Guoshan looked at the report submitted by the troops below, and felt a little excited, but he felt incredible.

"Division commander, we can't do this anymore, if this continues, the original combat effectiveness of our troops will be weakened!"

The rapid expansion of the troops, the inadequate training of the soldiers, and the low combat effectiveness, the fight is not based on the number of people, but on the excellent and experienced veterans; if the proportion of veterans in the troops declines rapidly, the final result will be that the combat effectiveness of the entire unit is declining.

Hu Guoshan also knew that if this continued, the combat effectiveness of their division might not even be as good as the second-rate troops because of the uneven soldiers.

"Inform all regiments that after each regiment has replenished its strength, it will unify everyone, and the military department will be responsible for training recruits, and the recruits will be unified and reorganized when the time comes!"

As a result, it is conceivable that the city of Taiyuan could not support the site of the recruit training team at all, so in desperation, Hu Guoshan had no choice but to transfer the site of the recruit training to the outside of Taiyuan City, and then select veterans from various units to train these recruits.

When the loud slogan sounded outside the city of Taiyuan every day, the people of Taiyuan also felt stable in their hearts, which was better than the little devils shouting around, and it was precisely because Taiyuan no longer became the front line that the local people began to seek development steadily.

Just when Hu Guoshan was nervously recruiting and training, Liao Fan sent him a telegram from the Taihang Mountain station.

"Brother Fan, what the hell do you think, we sacrificed a lot of soldiers to have such a good situation, and we have to let it out, what does this make the soldiers think?" Hu Guoshan's temper has not changed at all.

"I think I hear someone whining!" Liao Jundong walked in and said.

"Brother Liao, why are you back? That's it done over there? Hu Guoshan asked.

"Where is it so easy to do? It's better to kill the little devil happily, the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out, and the red heart goes in and the black heart comes out in politics! Liao Jundong smiled helplessly.

Hu Guoshan came up: "Did Brother Liao encounter any problems?" Don't the Eighth Route Army want to talk to me? ”

"Hey~ Fat people don't eat in one bite, things have to be done step by step, by the way, what did you complain about just now?" Liao Jundong did not tell them about this exchange, if Hu Guoshan knew the reason for this incident, according to his temper, he might lead the troops to give Ding Yuan a gift out of Taiyuan.

"What else can I do, Brother Fan plans to give up half of Taiyuan City!"

"Is this something worth your temper? It seems that you Lao Hu is really not suitable for politics! ”

"Is this a trivial matter? Half of Taiyuan City! This is all the result of the blood and sacrifice of our warriors, and how many of our good warriors have fallen along the way, and what would their soldiers think if they knew? Hu Guoshan said.

Liao Jundong looked at Hu Guoshan: "Old Hu, you are the division commander, not a soldier!" We have to think about the big picture! What is the overall situation, do not be impulsive for the interests of the moment, now our troops are too dazzling! It's time to converge and converge! ”

"But ......"

"It's not that much, but it's one, tell the brothers that they have an opinion to let him come to me, and if you can't figure it out, give me a hard thought, if anyone drops the chain at a critical time, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people!" Liao Jundong knows that many things cannot be figured out just by thinking, and some things will never be known if there are intricate interests here if you don't touch them.

When they touch someone else's cake, they will not be happy, and they will try to cut the largest piece of the cake. At this time, the initiative to back down is to avoid unnecessary losses.

"By the way, what else did Fanzi's telegram say?"

"Brother Fan said, let's transfer all the factories with military value in Taiyuan City to Dongcheng!" Hu Guoshan said.

"Well, the Taiyuan Arsenal has a lot of good things, it is said that it can be built*, I will add a task to you is to transfer the power supply stations in Taiyuan to the east of the city, and no matter who enters Taiyuan City, they will use our power supply station!" Liao Jundong said with a smile.

Hu Guoshan suddenly felt a little comfortable when he heard this plan: "Yes! If we control the power station, as long as they use electricity, we will ask for money, and if they don't pay, we will cut off the power to them! ”

Although he wanted to give up the territory, he was able to collect some money back, and Hu Guoshan also balanced it a little in his heart. Although he didn't understand what the next big picture was, it was better to be able to earn money than to give it away for nothing.

"Lao Hu, the affairs of Taiyuan City and the surrounding counties and cities will trouble you, we must not have an accident at this time, especially the affairs of the common people, the affairs of the common people are a big thing, otherwise we will not be stable here!" Liao Jundong told Hu Guoshan.

"Brother Liao, don't worry, I have already learned it when I was in Pingding County, and I won't make the same mistake a second time!" Hu Guoshan assured Liao Jundong, "By the way, Brother Liao, I want to discuss something with you!" ”

"What's the problem?"

"Actually, there is no problem, that is, more and more people have come to our army to serve as soldiers recently, so we urgently need officers, I think it is better to organize it in Taiyuan, and the young soldiers with some ability will be concentrated and trained, at least master some knowledge, and maybe it will be of some use on the battlefield in the future!"

"Your idea is good, when did you Lao Hu know the importance of reading?" Liao Jun* was impressed by Hu Guoshan, but he didn't expect Hu Guoshan to suddenly have such an awareness.

"Hehe, it's just nothing to figure out!" In fact, Hu Guoshan has read a lot of books this time, and he knows that it is still very important to have knowledge and culture, "Even if we have no one here to organize and hand them over, I don't have any good way for a while!" ”

"Hmm...... This is easy to do, send a telegram to your army commander, send half of the officers from the military academy in the garrison to Taiyuan, first put up the frame, the hens lay eggs, and then use the eggs to hatch the chickens, sooner or later, our army will become more and more knowledgeable! ”

Although the military academy in the Taihang Mountain garrison is often suspended due to the fighting, after such a long time of accumulation, it still saves some money, and it is still possible to support a branch school in Taiyuan.

The whole of Shanxi has just been recovered, and there are many things to deal with, and the local people's livelihood and economy have fallen on the heads of these people, and it is common to work seventeen or eighteen hours a day, but fortunately, the regimental-level troops below can handle the affairs of the troops, as long as there are no major problems, just send a report to the division headquarters.

From Taihang Mountain all the way to today, the ability of these officers of the New 33rd Army can be regarded as being tempered, and apart from being still a fool politically, other aspects of affairs can be handled with ease, and there is no need to be anxious every day. Although there are no major political achievements, it is still possible to maintain local order and allow the people to develop in a stable manner.

With the growth of the new 33 rd Army, more and more talented people have come to the New 33 rd Army, and although some of them are indiscriminate, as far as the New 33 rd Army is concerned, as long as it has hands and feet, it will certainly be able to do something. And Liu Deyun and Shen Zhengwen, because of their original identities, used their identities to attract many young students to Taihang Mountain.

Although the average age of these young students is only 17 or 8 years old, they have injected a fresh blood into the New 33 rd Army, and their young thinking has also added a touch of vitality to Taihang Mountain, especially in the political aspect, the New 33 rd Army can be regarded as a successor, as long as two or three years live, these young students will inevitably show their prominence in politics.

Liao Fan's purpose is to provide the best stage for knowledgeable people to play to their heart's content, and he is never afraid that they will make mistakes, after all, that young man still has the opportunity to correct his mistakes, unlike Liao Fan, who has not taken a step now, to avoid any mistakes, because the bigger they do, the more wrong they take, it may bring the New 33rd Army or the whole of China to a cliff.

With the New 33rd Army taking control of most of Shanxi, the troops won the love of the common people without committing any crimes, and it was precisely because of this that many people were willing to send their children to serve as soldiers in the New 33rd Army, so that they could protect their homes from the Japanese army again.

Also in Zhongtiao Mountain, Liu Chundao in addition to collecting important military materials left by the Japanese army, but also actively maintain local order, to give the people a stable life, because there have been displaced people in many places in Shanxi, many people do not have much food in their hands, Liu Chundao reported to Liao Fan, until next year's autumn harvest, not to collect a grain of grain from the local people, but also to take out a part of the grain left by the little devil to distribute to the local people.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Chundao's division also ushered in a period of recruitment*, and young people who came from all over the world to join the army within a day rushed to sign up.

In the early morning, the Taihang Mountain Headquarters received a telegram from the office of the New 33rd Army in Chongqing.