didn't wait for Zhou Shanjun and Wu Linsheng to come back, the secret post outside the village had already come to report, and it was indeed the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment who came.

"Commander, what are the people of the Seventh Regiment doing here?"

Deng Dongping was still stuck in the idea of prevention, and he didn't think about the key at all, and only the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment came, not the officers and cadres.

"How many people are here?"

Sun Yumin did not answer Deng Dongping's question, he asked the soldiers who came to report.

"I don't know, they didn't come together, some have hundreds of people, and some are just a dozen people, but looking at their appearance, their emotions are not too high." The soldier's answer was exactly what Sun Yumin expected.

Needless to say, these soldiers are afraid of being implicated in the defection of the regiment commander, so they will leave in groups or in rows.

"Do they have weapons?"

Liu Wenzhi seemed to understand something, he asked.

"Some of them were armed with weapons, some were empty-handed, and some were not even wearing military uniforms, dressed as ordinary people."

The soldier replied.

"What's going on?"

Deng Dongping was completely confused, he couldn't understand what the Seventh Regiment was going to do.

"Report."

Wu Linsheng's voice came from outside the house, and before the people in the house could respond to him, he had already run in, and said to Sun Yumin with a smile: "Boss, a good thing, a good thing......

"Stop, I don't think it's a good thing!"

Sun Yumin interrupted him before he could finish his sentence.

"Boss, I haven't even said anything, and you've concluded that it's not a good thing?" Wu Linsheng asked suspiciously.

"Isn't it just that there are a lot of soldiers from the Seventh Regiment outside the village, and they want to join us."

Sun Yumin responded to him, and he could be sure that this was the case. In history, on the day when the high commander was mistakenly killed, more than 2,000 people left the Seventh Regiment at once, including those who went home to farm, those who occupied the mountains and the green forests, and more who followed Yang Kezhi and Cao Yufu to Lihuang, and now, because of their own appearance, the vast majority of the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment chose to throw themselves into Yangshupu.

"How do you know?" Wu Linsheng asked in surprise, and suddenly he saw that there was still a soldier in the house, and said with a smile: "I said, it turns out that someone has already come to report." ”

"Lin Sheng, he just said that the people from outside are from the Seventh Regiment, and he didn't tell the commander that they want to join us."

Deng Dongping said that he finally knew now why Sun Yumin frowned after hearing the news, and if it were him, he would be equally embarrassed.

The reason is very simple, although the relationship between Yangshupu and the Seventh Regiment is not very good, the two families have always helped each other and can be regarded as friendly forces. Since it is a friendly army, how can you go to someone else's corner to pry the corner? There is something wrong with the Seventh Regiment, but everyone knows that this is only a temporary difficulty, and the Seventh Regiment will soon recover. If Yangshupu had taken in these fighters at this time, how would he have dealt with the people of the fourth detachment and the seventh regiment that day. Although Deng Dongping does not dislike the New Fourth Army, compared with the National Army, he would rather believe in the New Fourth Army more and have less dealings with him before, but after these two cooperation with the New Fourth Army, he deeply understands that the New Fourth Army is a friendly army worthy of trust and reassurance, and will never do anything like Shang Zhen and Sun Tongxuan with a knife in the back.

"How do you know, Boss?"

Wu Linsheng was confused.

"Wenzhi, what should we do now?" Sun Yumin didn't answer his words, turned his head and asked the old subordinate and old partner who was pondering on the side.

"Lin Sheng, don't call the boss in the future, you can do it in private, but on a regular occasion, you must call the commander, we are now a regular army." After Liu Wenzhi heard Sun Yumin's words, he did not rush to answer, but first "taught" Wu Linsheng a few words, and then said: "Boss, this is a hot potato, we can't take it, and if we don't take it, it's not okay, so if you ask me for nothing, it's better for you to make your own decisions." ”

Sun Yumin actually wants to accept these veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, but he is worried that it will bury hidden dangers for the future of his brothers, he really doesn't care, but there are dozens of brothers who have followed him all the way, and there are more than 2,000 soldiers, and he has to be responsible for these soldiers.

Not accepting the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment made him unbearable. If these veterans really went to Lihuang to join the 48th Army because of their own hesitation, it would really be regarded as living up to the friendship with Commander Gao.

If it is really as you said, the Seventh Regiment has fallen apart, and there are soldiers from the Seventh Regiment to vote, you must take them in and keep the fire for the Seventh Regiment.

Sun Yumin, who was hesitating, suddenly thought of a sentence in his mind, which was shouted by Xiao Wan when Lu Man left that day.

That's right, the Seventh Regiment is a heroic unit, and although it has encountered difficulties for the time being, it will be reborn sooner or later. As an ally, why don't you save this strength for them, why don't you help them in danger! What's more, he knows better than anyone else that in the future, this unit will become a well-known long-term arrow.

After having such an idea, Sun Yumin did not hesitate any longer, and said to the people in the room: "Go, go to the entrance of the village, and welcome our new comrades-in-arms." ”

After counting, there were nearly 2,000 people who came out of the Seventh Regiment to Yangshupu, that is to say, except for a very small number of people, the vast majority of them came to join the Yangshupu Volunteer Regiment. It's a trust, an absolute trust built through a fight together.

Among the nearly 2,000 people in the Seventh Regiment, there is not a single officer above the company level, which shows that it is only the soldiers who are worried about being affected, but the officers have not left, the skeleton is all there, and it is very easy for the Seventh Regiment to rebuild. On the contrary, it was Sun Yumin who took them in, and it took a lot of effort, and how to prepare them was really a headache.

Fortunately, Liu Wenzhi took the initiative to ask Ying, and he was willing to take up this burden.

After taking in these nearly 2,000 people, Sun Yumin asked the little girl and Chen Lai to take Chu Jiu to the fourth detachment to find Lu Man, and asked them to tell her about accepting nearly 2,000 soldiers from the seventh regiment, but she didn't expect that the two of them ran away in vain, Lu Man was no longer in the fourth detachment, she had been transferred, although they claimed to be Lu Man's relatives, but the people in the headquarters of the four detachments only knew that she went to the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, and the others did not know. In desperation, they had to return, and on the way back, Ganglenzi, who escorted them, was always angry, saying that the people of the four teams must know where the sister-in-law was, but they refused to say it.

After Sun Yumin learned about this matter from the little girl and Chen Lai, he was silent for several days, he knew that Lu Man was really sad, and it was already very difficult for him to see her again.

Since this is already the result, what is there to say, everyone has their own choice, and no one can force it on anyone.

After thinking like this, Sun Yumin was relieved, and threw himself into the reorganization of the troops, and with his participation, the progress of this work was quickly advanced, and the results came out quickly.

In the conference room of the headquarters in the ancestral hall of the Yang family, all the backbone of the Volunteer Regiment were all present, and there were several company-level cadres of the original Seventh Regiment as observers, and most of the troops of nearly 2,000 people followed them.

In front of these backbones, Sun Yumin read out the first paper order he issued since he became the commander of the detachment: The original name of the Yangshupu Volunteer Regiment will not be revoked, it is called both the first regiment and the Yangshupu Volunteer Regiment, and the regiment commander Deng Dongping has jurisdiction over four companies, Huang Wei, the commander of the first company, Li Tianxi, the commander of the second company, Xu Changgeng, the commander of the third company, and Xiao Guixing, the commander of the fourth company; Dai Cunxiang, commander of the second regiment, has jurisdiction over four companies, Wu Linsheng, commander of the first company, Liu Xiaoshan, commander of the second company, Hu Hongwei, commander of the third company, and Xu Jie, commander of the fourth company; Li Tiedan, the commander of the Seventh Regiment, and Liu Wenzhi, the political commissar, have jurisdiction over three battalions and nine companies; Gu Hongying is the director of the logistics department of the detachment, responsible for military quartermaster, medical affairs, logistics and other work; Liu Wenzhi is the deputy commander of the detachment and concurrently serves as the political commissar of the Seventh Regiment; Lin Yuanping served as the commander of the police investigation company of the detachment; Zhou Shanjun is the captain of the bayonet detachment directly under the detachment headquarters; Dong Wenbin is the captain of the artillery detachment directly under the headquarters and is in charge of the radio station; Liu Yuying is the secretary and adjutant. Except for the 7th Regiment, the other original Yangshupu units were all dispersed, and on the basis of the outstanding backbone soldiers of the 123rd Company, the original backbone and instructors in the recruit camp, and the top men who emerged from the recruits, the troops began to be reorganized, and the specific candidates were appointed by the regiment commanders themselves. The adjustment period will be five days, and the flag presentation ceremony will be held on July 10.

The reorganization plan soon spread out, and the poplar shop immediately boiled, some people were happy, some people were lost, some people were reluctant, some people were worried, and the people who came from the seventh regiment were also very surprised, they didn't expect that they would be retained by the formation, and even promoted some backbones and officers from it, this kind of absolute trust will give people a very reassuring and comfortable feeling, and they are not regarded as outsiders, but also make them full of energy.

Five days passed quickly, after the chaos of the first two days, on the third and fourth days, all departments basically entered the normal rhythm of life training, the only fly in the ointment is that there is no great progress in medical affairs, or there is no genuine doctor who can do surgery, not only Gu Hongying has a headache, but even Sun Yumin is the same.

Even on the viewing platform, when he awarded regimental flags to three regiments and seventeen companies, he was full of this problem.

The military flag is very simple, very similar to the military flag issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs, the blue sky and white sun are removed, but the red ground is retained, no one will think of Sun Yumin's careful thinking, he is reserved for the sickle axe and the word Bayi, no matter what kind of ending he will be, he who knows history, will lead this group of brothers on that road no matter what.

The military flag was made by Gu Hongying and the women of the Bian Dan Village, in addition to a bright and dazzling red, there is only the bold font at the flagpole, whether it is written on the first regiment, the second regiment or the seventh regiment, or the first regiment and the seventh regiment and the ninth company written on the flag, it represents all the Huoshan independent detachment.

"Today is a good day, it is the day when our Huoshan Independent Detachment awarded the flag, and this day will definitely be firmly written in the history of our detachment. What is the military flag? The military flag is the symbol of a troop and the life of a troop, and it is more important than all interests and above all meanings. A troop can do without officers or without soldiers, but it cannot do without a flag, and as long as it is, it will soon gather equally good warriors under it. The flag is more important than our weapons and equipment, and even more important than our lives. The military flag awarded to you by the detachment headquarters today is in the hope that you can protect it well, and under its guidance, you can win victory after victory and add glory to it. ”

It is rare for Sun Yumin to say such a big thing on such a big occasion. When he first became the commander of the second battalion of the teaching corps, he still regarded boosting morale as a very important thing, even if he still thinks so today, but he does not try to boost morale. The reason is very simple, along the way, he has seen too many lives and deaths, from Zhou Hainan and Zhou Hong to Lai Wenli, among them, the teaching corps has been defeated, the 20th division has been defeated, and even the old one, two, and third companies of Yangshupu have been replaced. These bloody scenes will spring up in Sun Yumin's heart from time to time, he already owes a lot of people, he doesn't want to owe more people, which is why he is reluctant to speak on such occasions now. Today was an exception, the awarding of the flag was no more than anything else, and he had to make the soldiers understand that although it was only a piece of cloth dyed red, it carried all the weight of an army.

"The flag is in the people, the flag is dead!"

Li Tie's loud voice like a gong sounded immediately after Sun Yumin's words. Although he was a little lazy, he understood the reason why Sun Yumin handed over the heavy responsibility of the Seventh Regiment to him, and he also sent Liu Wenzhi to partner with him, which was his ardent expectation to turn the Seventh Regiment into an iron wall and a steel shield.

"The flag is in the people, the flag is dead, and the people are dead......"

The shouts from the playground echoed through the mountains for a long time.

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During the period of rest and adjustment, World War II officially broke out, and the battlefields at home and abroad underwent drastic changes.

From October 9, 1938 to October 29, 1938, the 12th Army of Yu Hanmou and Zhang Ruigui and the 21st Army of the Japanese Army under the command of Guzhuang Ganlang fought for more than half a month, and finally lost tens of thousands of people and was forced to retreat, and Guangzhou was declared to have fallen into the hands of the Japanese invaders; From March 17, 1939 to May 9, 1939, the elite of the 200,000 National Army commanded by Luo Zhuoying and the 120,000 troops of the Japanese 11th Army under the command of Okamura Ninji fought fiercely for nearly two months, and Nanchang was still declared lost; From May 1, 1939 to May 24, 1939, Li Zongren and Li Pinxian commanded the 220,000 elite of the national army and Okamura Ningji commanded the Japanese eleventh army 110,000 troops engaged in fierce battles, this battle completely played Li Pinxian's reputation, for him to take charge of the 20th Army and Anhui military and political foundation in the future, although the battle of Suizao failed to achieve the glorious results of the Taierzhuang victory, but it shattered the Japanese army's dream of quickly opening the road to Chongqing and quickly destroying China, although the Warring States army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, However, more than 13,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded.

At the same time, the international situation was also changing, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Soviet-German non-aggression pact, and the Japanese Kwantung Army had just been defeated by the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Nomenkan, so it preferred to launch a large-scale offensive in China to restore morale. In order to further attack the Chinese army's will to resist the war, Okamura Ninji, commander of the Japanese 11th Army, concentrated more than 100,000 men and invaded Changsha from northern Jiangxi, southern Hunan, and northern Hunan in an attempt to annihilate the main force of China's Ninth Theater in the shortest possible time. The occurrence of this battle was precisely because of the setback of the Battle of Suizao, Okamura Ningji did not want to be entangled with Li Zongren, an opponent in the short term, so he turned the gun and pointed the blade at the land of Huxiang, and the first Battle of Changsha kicked off.