After Li Ziyuan finished speaking, this Wang Jun's face changed slightly, and his throat moved but he was a little gloomy. There are complex factions over there, and there is intrigue between colleagues. The Central Army saw a miscellaneous army, especially when there was no backstage miscellaneous army. No matter how many feats you have in the past and how well you have performed on the battlefield, in the eyes of these Central Army, miscellaneous cards are miscellaneous cards.

It is customary for the Central Army to look down on the miscellaneous army. After a big war, whether it is the replenishment of troops and equipment, it has always stood aside. Even if the battle damage is too large, the number will simply be revoked. If the central army is in trouble on the battlefield, and if the miscellaneous army does not save it, then you will wait to be cleaned up.

It is even possible that the casualties are too large and swallowed by the Central Army, which is in urgent need of replenishment. But if the miscellaneous army is in trouble, there are many times when the central army does not move like a mountain. In addition to the Gui army, who has someone in the court who is good as an official, and the Jin Sui army, who is responsible for defending the land and refuses to leave Shanxi.

The other ragtag army, isn't that one discriminated against? Not only do you have to fight the devils in front, but you also have to beware of being swallowed up by friendly forces. After a big war, you have to find a way to replenish the troops and equipment. If you do it, you can slow down your vitality, and if you can't do it, you'll be hungry. Maybe one day the central government will look at you unpleasantly and directly cancel your number.

Those of their military school classmates only need to be assigned to the miscellaneous army. Even if you can give a higher position over there, you can find a way to dig a hole and transfer out. Because when it comes to the miscellaneous army and doesn't say anything else, I feel inferior. And those ragtag generals who regard the army as their lifeline will also think that they are here to mix sand, and they are also very unwelcome.

Even he, a military cadet who has just graduated, has a deep understanding of this. When the troops were adjacent to the miscellaneous garrisons like the New Fifth Army, he felt the commander's rejection of this miscellaneous army, and at the same time looked down on him more.

Not to mention anything else, the ammunition that was replenished to the New Fifth Army was kept in his own hands. In addition to already perceiving the instability of the New Fifth Army, there are other implications. The New Fifth Army ran out of ammunition and food in a short period of time, and as a result, it failed to break through and was encircled and surrendered to the enemy, so didn't the Central Army have any responsibility?

Wang Jun, who thought of this in his head for a moment, raised his head for a long time, looked at Li Ziyuan and said, "Sir, those things in the chief's department, we below are not clear. Maybe you have some truth in what you say, but it's so late that it's too late to say anything. Those of us who are subordinates can only obey the orders of our superiors. ”

Looking at this guy's expression, Li Ziyuan smiled and said, "What's the matter, follow me." We don't have any of your intrigues here, and as long as you can fight, no one will trouble you. Anyway, you can't go back now, follow me to make sure you have devils to fight. ”

"By the way, who is that lieutenant? Why do I seem to be a little estranged from you? You don't like to answer him. Also, I look a little familiar with this guy, and I'm still dodging when I see him. I don't think I'm a man-eating tiger. ”

Hearing Li Ziyuan mention the lieutenant, Wang Jun, who looked a little gloomy, raised his head and said, "Sir, I only know that he is from the military department, but I don't know what he is doing in the military department." He met us during the breakout, with a few guards with short guns and a radio. ”

"Later, when we were surrounded by devils in a ravine. He had his guards bury the guns and the radio and burn a lot of stuff. If I'm not mistaken, there's a good chance he's in the intelligence services. Maybe it's the guys from the military commanders. By the way, sir, he is also surnamed Li, and he seems to be from Sichuan. ”

Wang Jun answered quickly about the identity of the lieutenant, but he did not answer immediately when Li Ziyuan invited him to stay, but chose to evade. Seeing that this guy's answer was a little evasive, Li Ziyuan smiled and said disappreciatively: "What, don't you want to stay?" Disgusted that we are not a regular army, and we do not have the number of a regular army? ”

Seeing Li Ziyuan poking his careful thoughts, Wang Jun said with some embarrassment: "Sir, please give me a little time for this matter." But please rest assured, no matter what, during this time with the chief, I will definitely not make trouble for the chief. If we need to go to war, these brothers and I will definitely not be ambiguous. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Jun paused and said, "However, if we really don't want to stay, please don't force us." In due course, let us go. I'm not so shallow-eyed, and I don't care much if I'm a red hat or not. But there's something you need to give me a little time. ”

Wang Jun replied a little ambiguously, but Li Ziyuan smiled a little weirdly and said, "Okay, I'll give you a period of time to think about it." Well, I still have to be willing for you and me. However, since you have come to me, don't be a spectator. I don't have any engineering professionals here, so while you're here, make me an engineer instructor first. ”

In fact, Wang Jun's answer was very satisfying to Li Ziyuan. They are graduates of the Central Military Academy, and these guys have always referred to themselves as protégés of the Son of Heaven. There are some things that are shirked, and pouring water is in line with their mentality. If he agreed too happily, Li Ziyuan would be suspicious. Wang Jun's ambiguous answer, Li Ziyuan was more acceptable.

After Li Ziyuan said these words, he patted him on the shoulder very heartily and turned to leave. Listening to Li Ziyuan's laughter, Wang Jun was also a little confused in his heart when he could only smile bitterly. Looking at the reckless mountains around him, he didn't know where to go for a while.

Here, Li Ziyuan had just finished talking to Wang Jun, and over there, He Sanliang and Liu Lianming had already brought the small army that had been following them. Seeing Li Ziyuan, He Sanliang sighed. brought a person with the rank of major to Li Ziyuan.

Pointing to the military uniform beside him, which had become a captain, He Sanliang smiled bitterly: "My old colleague over there, Deputy Dong Ping of the Forty Army Major Battalion. They were scattered in the process of breaking through, and they were unable to go south under the repeated dragnet of the devils, so they fought all the way from the south. ”

Originally, they hid in the southeast of Xiyaogou, thinking of looking for an opportunity to return to Linxian. As a result, as soon as the gunshots rang out in Xiyaogou, they thought it was their people and rushed to Xiyaogou. After finding out that it was not, there was nowhere to go, so he followed behind us. Thinking of using our troops to evade the sweep of the Japanese puppet army. ”

After listening to He Sanliang's introduction, Li Ziyuan didn't care and stretched out his hand to welcome. At the same time, let people bring them all the food that has been prepared now. And these people obviously haven't eaten for a long time, and after seeing the food served, they didn't even have time to say a word of thanks, so they pounced on it and began to gobble it up.

It's just that when the stubborn old squad leader saw Dong Ping, his face suddenly became very gloomy. put the basket of rice in his hand on the ground, lit a cigarette and looked at Dong Ping: "You are still alive in a dog's day, after so many years, you are almost half buried, and you are still a major over there." ”

After saying these words, the old squad leader turned his head to Li Ziyuan and said, "The guests you are talking about are them?" I knew that if it were them, Lao Tzu would be punished on his back, and he wouldn't have cooked so much. Lao Tzu's food would rather be fed to the dogs than to be fed to them. A group of turtle sons, Lao Tzu hates them to death when he mentions them now. Weren't you very good in southern Shaanxi back then, why are you mixed up in this field now? ”

Hearing that the two actually knew each other, Li Ziyuan and He Sanliang glanced at each other, and they were a little confused. This old squad leader joined the Red Army in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui in 29 years, and followed the troops from Hubei, Henan, and Anhui all the way west to Sichuan and Shaanxi. can look at the current posture, these two people not only know each other, but also have a holiday between them.

However, when I saw the old squad leader come out, I was somewhat stunned. Hearing his cynicism, this Dong Ping seemed very silent. Just turned his head to look at his gobbling subordinates, his throat moved and he sighed slightly, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't say anything back.

It's just that neither Li Ziyuan nor He Sanliang broke their heads and didn't figure out how these two people got married. But now is not the time to talk about this, the time is to hurry up and eat and rest. Shili Ridge is not a place to stay for a long time, so it must be transferred as soon as possible.

Li Ziyuan motioned to Ma Yongcheng to drag the old squad leader away, and he asked He Sanliang to touch the bottom of this group. After eating, Li Ziyuan opened his mouth and asked Dong Ping what they wanted to do now. If he wanted to go south to find their troops, he could give them some ammunition.

Compared with the rescued prisoners, Li Ziyuan's attitude towards these people has changed somewhat. Those people are recruits or sappers that they urgently need, and they are easier to operate. But these people led by Dong Ping were able to rush out of the Japanese encirclement, not to mention, they still maintained a roughly complete structure, and they were basically veterans at first glance.

The internal centripetal force of the miscellaneous army is very strong, especially the small miscellaneous army with a long history like the Forty Army. This army from the Beiyang Army to the Nationalist Army, from the Zhiwan War, the warlord melee to the Central Plains War. In the past few decades, there have been several ups and downs, and the troops that are more or less stronger than them have collapsed.

Although this army has had several ups and downs, and has once taken refuge in many masters in order to survive, it has always existed and has never been wiped out. In addition to their boss's long-sleeved dancing ability, it is more of a strong centripetal force within this army. After the Great War in the Central Plains, the people were sent under the fence, and the food, ammunition, food and clothing were not found, and they did not collapse.

Suffice it to say that the internal cohesion of this unit is strong. Not to mention others, even He Sanliang, although he covered it up well, he has always been obsessed with this army. It is difficult for the stragglers contained from such a unit to be transformed for their own use in a short period of time, not to mention that they also have an old major here.

At present, the composition of his own troops is too complicated, including the so-called teaching regiment of the former puppet army, and the rescued prisoners of war of the Central Army. The old backbone of his own troops did not occupy the majority because of continuous casualties. If this unit is taken in, once there is an abnormality, there is a danger that your own unit will be destroyed.

So for these veterans who are not easy to reform, Li Ziyuan does not plan to force them to stay. If they're leaving, you can give them some ammo to replenish their empty bullet pouches. Although these men still carried two light machine guns, dozens of Hanyang-made rifles, and two barge guns. But inside the shriveled bullet bag, it was obvious that it was empty.