This old squad leader was sent from the military sub-division to Li Ziyuan's headquarters, and the sub-division commander personally sent him over. When parting, the old squad leader said to the commander: "You sent Lao Tzu over on a dog day, and showed you Li Ziyuan's rabbit cub, not to mention getting two good cigarettes for Lao Tzu." ”

For his old squad leader, the commander has no temper at all. He took out two large front door cigarettes directly from the horse jacket and stuffed them into the hands of the old squad leader. You must know that when the commanders smoke by themselves, most of them can only smoke the dry tobacco that they roll themselves. The troops below occasionally have some captured Japanese cigarettes, that is, the commander's big chimney to improve the food.

But for this old squad leader, he took out two high-end goods like Daqianmen, which are difficult to see in Taihang Base at once. The Eighth Route Army in this era is like this, and the old superiors are the old superiors. Even if you are a military commander and a division commander, he is only a squad leader, and they are extremely respectful when they meet.

It was not an ordinary friendship, it was a trip from the sea of corpses and blood on the battlefield together. They climbed snowy mountains and crossed meadows together, and rolled over hungry. One day is your class leader, and you are your class leader for life. This kind of blood-water relationship is not comparable to the thin human relationship that has been polluted by money decades later.

What's more, when he was in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet District to suppress the rebellion, this old squad leader also saved the commander's life. The battalion commander of the Red Army was targeted by the Security Bureau, and the old squad leader went directly to the people at the headquarters with a kitchen knife, risking the risk of killing his head and threatening that if anyone dared to tie up his soldiers, he would dare to chop up those people in the Security Bureau with a kitchen knife.

In the end, it was the political commissar of the Fourth Front Army that year who heard the words of the old squad leader. Haha laughed and finally kept people under the knife, and the battalion commander who had been arrested back then had no head to land. As soon as he crossed the meadow, the old squad leader was hungry and gave the limited food to his brothers.

As soon as they arrived at the campsite, they went to dig wild vegetables and find fish in the ditches. When others cross the meadow, they all try to travel light. He not only carried a marching pot on his back, but also a broken fishing net and more than a dozen catties of dry firewood. Every day when camping, I always find a way for everyone to drink a sip of hot soup so that everyone can have hot water to wash their feet. After crossing the grass three times, I don't know how many brothers have been saved.

And this old squad leader is extremely responsible, although his cooking skills are not good, but even when it is difficult, he will find a way to get some food for his brothers. Even if he is hungry, he will find a way to save food for his brothers. For this old squad leader, Li Ziyuan has always been very respectful.

It's just that the old squad leader's stubbornness at the moment also gave Li Ziyuan a headache. He also knew that this old squad leader, who had crossed the snowy mountains and grasslands three times, and although he was only a platoon-level cadre, he had a very high prestige, and he had always cherished food as his life. Even if a grain of grain falls on the ground and is not picked up, he will open his mouth and curse. But the problem is that there are some things, doesn't he know.

After thinking about it, Li Ziyuan called He Sanliang and said, "Lao He, you and Liu Lianming will bring a class, don't bring weapons, and invite the guests who are following us over." Now that you've followed all the way, don't watch over there at this time. I'm really not very generous, but I'm not to the point where I can't save myself. ”

"Let them come, even if they don't walk together, they have to take care of a full meal. These people have to be invited by you. It is estimated that these people will not be too hungry. They are not like us, they have a strong ability to survive on their own. Go, and bring them all. ”

After saying this, Li Ziyuan looked at He Sanliang, who was also confused, but he just smiled and didn't explain much. After He Sanliang left, Li Ziyuan said to the secretary general: "Old squad leader, don't worry." I will never let your food go to waste. Also, the rest of the grain is made into dry food. Next, I guess we won't be able to fire for a few days. ”

Seeing that Li Ziyuan asked the chief of staff to invite guests, although the secretary did not know the identity of the guests, he finally nodded and agreed. However, when he was about to prepare, he turned his head and said, "Regiment Leader, if there are no guests for a while, don't say that I criticize you at the meeting of the Party Group of the League organ." ”

For this hard-mouthed secretary, Li Ziyuan shook his head helplessly. It took a little time to prepare the meal, and Li Ziyuan only took the time to meet with those captured people at this time. But after looking at the lieutenant who was always hiding from his own eyes, Li Ziyuan frowned.

I always feel that this guy, in addition to his behavior is a little sneaky, I seem to have seen it there. Looking at this somewhat familiar guy, Li Ziyuan thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember who he was. However, Li Ziyuan didn't care too much about this passerby, so he didn't think about it if he couldn't think of it.

Compared to this lieutenant, Li Ziyuan was more interested in that second lieutenant. After asking Da Li to call the second lieutenant over, Li Ziyuan looked at the second lieutenant who was very imposing after changing into a new military uniform, and said directly without going around in circles: "Graduated from the Central Military Academy, what major did you study?" We've talked so much before, but I don't know what your name is? ”

Seeing Li Ziyuan, the highest commander of the Eighth Route Army, the second lieutenant hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Report to the chief, Wang Jun, a graduate of the 16th batch of the first branch of the Central Army Military Academy, and the current deputy engineer company commander of the 27th Second Lieutenant of the 27th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, reports to the commander of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Hearing this second lieutenant's report, Li Ziyuan said with some doubts: "I heard Political Commissar Ma say, aren't you an officer of the army's supplementary regiment, why did you suddenly become the deputy company commander of the engineer company?" The change in this identity is a bit too much. Although I didn't go to military school, I knew the difference between an engineer and an infantryman. ”

Li Ziyuan's voice fell, and the second lieutenant said: "Sir, I was not an engineer before, I studied infantry at the military academy. However, after being assigned to the army, because the army lacked engineer talents, I was changed to an engineer. At the moment, there is also a lack of artillery, and without artillery, there is no ability to attack. ”

"So, when we graduated last year, the commander who accepted our batch of cadets directly let me train engineer knowledge in the war zone for several months. At the beginning of this year, the army sent people to the war zone to accept new recruits and replenish weapons and ammunition, and I came back with them. ”

"Originally, the commander of the division where I was assigned, in order to select some qualified recruits and to let me accumulate some experience in leading troops, he asked me to stay in the supplementary regiment to lead recruits for a few months. As a result, as soon as the group of recruits I brought with us arrived in our division and were not assigned to subordinate units, we were defeated by the Japanese army. ”

"The recruits I brought with me only a few dozen rifles and a few hundred rounds of ammunition. After the troops were dispersed, the brothers of the engineer company of the division headquarters wandered around the encirclement for several days, but did not find a chance to rush out. The brothers were so hungry that they couldn't even walk, and they were surrounded by the Japanese army in a ravine and captured. ”

"Sir, none of the brothers surrendered on their own initiative. Even if half of the brothers didn't have guns, and even if they did, there weren't many bullets, but the brothers didn't surrender. When the Japanese puppet army rushed in, the brothers hadn't eaten a meal for three days. Not to mention resistance, even can't hold a gun. ”

Speaking of his own experience of being captured, the second lieutenant seemed a little excited. Seeing this guy's somewhat excited look, Li Ziyuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "I said, although your performance is not very good this time." But this time you lost the battle, at least half of the reason was because it was not a war. ”

"However, I said that you are not doing well for a reason. Since your commander already knew about the New Fifth Army and secretly had contact with the Japanese army, why didn't you prepare early? The fact that you were able to withhold even the ammunition that was replenished to the New Fifth Army also shows that you are not ignorant of their covert behavior. ”

"But at the beginning of the campaign, why didn't you prepare for the situation? In particular, the Eighth Division, if it had been prepared to respond when the New Fifth Army was surrounded by the Japanese army, it would not have collapsed so quickly. Even the ammunition depot and material warehouse were completely lost to the Japanese army, which is enough to show that the speed of the collapse of this division is too fast. ”

"This Eighth Division is your first line of defense in the north. When they fall, the core of your entire defense zone will be completely exposed. In addition, the 40th Army on the left flank was also crushed in a short time, and you can't cope with it even if you have three heads and six arms. If we had disengaged from the New Fifth Army earlier, we would not have suffered such a great loss even if we had lost the battle. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan looked in front of him, and after listening to his words, his expression was somewhat excited, and Wang Jun, whose face turned red, said with a smile: "Don't be unconvinced when I say this, this time your army is really not good." Fighting stubbornly, but that doesn't mean you're fighting well. ”

"If it really fights well, an army with a complete three-division structure, at least in terms of equipment, can be regarded as a sophisticated army. Under the favorable terrain, it will not collapse so quickly. Dude, if your commander is more adaptable, he will react faster. ”

"When the Japanese army's sweeping campaign is in full swing, if you immediately move closer to the 40th Army, you will not be broken by others. It is much better for two armies to be close together than for one army to fight alone. The Japanese army mobilized so many troops to sweep the Linxian side, I don't believe that you didn't notice anything abnormal before. ”

"Maybe you were still watching you and our jokes before. But the problem is that when the Japanese army sweeps us, you should be prepared to deal with the situation and start deploying in advance. Even if the Japanese army did not turn around, it would not have been so passive if it had made some preparations earlier. Responsibility cannot be pushed down on the body of others, we must seek life and death from the root, and do not distinguish the turbidity from the side. ”

"I'm not afraid if something goes wrong, I'm afraid that I can't truthfully summarize experience. Of course, I also know that you are the Central Army, and you look down on those miscellaneous armies. But you have fought the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, and the Battle of Lanfeng, and people have fought the same sea of corpses and blood on the Pinghan Line and Linyi. ”

"If you talk about equipment and supplements, can they, a ragtag army that their father doesn't kiss and mother don't love, can they compare to your Central Army? To put it bluntly, there is still a gap between you, and you don't look down on others in your hearts, I'm not wrong. Those ammunition were not issued in time, and I am afraid that some of them were also consciously withheld. ”

"Of course, the protégé of the Son of Heaven is also possible to look down on those miscellaneous armies. But whether it's a ragtag army or a central army, you are all in one formation now. If you are on the battlefield and you are still estranged and cannot be in the same boat, this is the deadliest thing. ”