The order given by the 115th Division to the independent battalion was to train for one month, and after completing the training, it would cooperate with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to fight, and to respond to the five detachments of Zeng Guohua to fight and make guerrilla attacks on Zhengtai Road. This month's time is very precious for the independent battalion, and Xiao Siming must make good use of it. Coupled with the victory of the Jin-Cha-Ji anti-Japanese eight-way siege, there was no big battle for the time being, and Xiao Siming had one or two relatively long training time for the troops.

Sharpen the knife and don't mistake the woodcutter!

Wang Lushui was also immersed in the large-scale training of the independent battalion, and seemed to have forgotten about returning to the team!

With the military uniform of the Eighth Route Army, Mei Ying no longer has to wear the winter clothes of the Japanese army, nor does she have to wear her own woolen skirt winter clothes.

The beautiful Mei Ying put on the Eighth Route Army cotton hat, put on a gray cotton jacket and cotton pants, boarded the light and warm black cloth cotton shoes, tied her legs with leggings, and tied the belt of the captured Japanese army around her waist, with two bullet boxes and Wang Ba box leather holsters on the belt, she was charming with a smile and a smile, and her gestures were heroic!

After recovering the county seat, Mei Ying, in accordance with Xiao Siming's request, attached a set of battlefield photos she had taken with a press release and reported it to the Political Department of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. This group of articles was published in the "Anti-Enemy Daily," which had just been founded by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and the pictures were vivid and the text was simple; there were pictures of Japanese planes using incendiary bombs to destroy villages and houses in county towns, as well as pictures of the independent battalion of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army capturing Japanese equipment and photographs of rows of Japanese corpses that had been killed.

The Military Region's "Anti-Enemy Daily" sent a letter to Mei Ying, encouraging her to contribute more articles to the newspaper and asking her if she would like to work at the newspaper.

Going to work in the "Anti-Enemy Daily" of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region can give full play to Mei Ying's advantages of high cultural level, and it is also relatively safe.

The girl didn't know what to think, no one discussed, and wrote back to the newspaper that she would insist on contributing to the newspaper and reporting the news of the heroic killing of the enemy by the independent battalion, but she did not agree to work at the newspaper. The reason is that the work of the independent battalion is very busy and cannot be left out!

During the whole training, Mei Ying and the soldiers worked together and were not squeamish at all. Because she knew that this was practicing the ability to kill the enemy and save her life!

Mei Ying has a high level of education, is quick to accept, has a thorough understanding of the performance of weapons, and has a quick grasp of the combat skills taught by the troops.

If Mei Ying had the skills and weapons she had now when she met those five devil soldiers in the Tibetan Mountain Temple, she would have sacrificed, and I am afraid she would have to pull the two little devils on her back!

Mei Ying followed Xiao Siming to the artillery team for training for a few days, and actually became an amateur instructor of the artillery team, leading those artillery observers and artillery commanders to calculate coordinates and parameters, and the calculation speed was much faster than that of Zhao Xiuchuan, the artillery captain who specializes in artillery!

As soon as the artillery captain Zhao Xiuchuan was excited, he discussed with the instructor Li Hubao, the deputy captain Liu Li, and Zhao Fufu, and wanted to report to Xiao Siming together and transfer Mei Ying to the artillery team as the deputy captain or deputy instructor.

Li Hubao didn't squeak for a long time, until Zhao Xiuchuan asked him for his opinion again, and Li Hubao said that Zhao Xiuchuan had no eyes, they were all veterans, and there was no water in his eyes! Chief Mei is so beautiful, is he here to be an artilleryman?

Zhao Xiuchuan thought about Mei Ying's peach-like face and willow-like body, and had to admit that Li Hubao was right, he really had no eyes, and he couldn't figure out the truth of who was doing what work!

What Zhao Xiuchuan didn't expect was that after the instructor Li Hubao scolded him, he muttered: "This Mei Section Chief is beautiful, but he is a little taller, taller than our Battalion Commander Xiao!" ”

Zhao Fu is in his 30s, he was originally an artillery soldier of the Central Army, he was captured while fighting in the Soviet area, and later joined the Red Army, and made many meritorious contributions in the battle, so he was promoted and joined the 115th Division Teaching Team.

As soon as I heard Zhao Xiuchuan say that Mei Ying looked taller than Xiao Siming, the expression on Zhao Fufu's face, who was a bit of a veteran's oil, suddenly became vivid, and he squeezed his eyebrows, and said: "One is high and the other is low, and high and low can also match husband and wife." As long as the middle is closed, it doesn't matter if the two ends are uneven! ”

Before the voice landed, Li Hubao roared angrily: "Zhao Fufu, what nonsense are you talking about?" Do you know that the artillery platoon that Battalion Commander Xiao said has the smell of veteran oil, and he is talking about you! ”

Frightened, Zhao Fufu quickly shut up, and it took a long time to tell that Battalion Commander Xiao criticized the artillery platoon for having the smell of veteran oil, and it had nothing to do with him, and he hadn't even worked in the independent battalion at that time!

Vice captain Liu Li didn't speak, and at this time he interjected: "Have you paid attention?" Camp Commander Xiao seems to have grown taller, and he seems to have grown a little taller! ”

Zhao Xiuchuan, Li Hubao, and Zhao Fufu were all from the artillery battalion of the Military * Commission, and they were not familiar with Xiao Siming, so they couldn't answer Liu Li's words. But Liu Li is a comrade-in-arms who walked with Xiao Siming from the Long March, and he is very familiar with Xiao Siming, he really thinks that Xiao Siming is taller!

Liu Li is right, although he is busy during this time, he can eat a full meal, Xiao Siming has practiced the Yijin Sutra diligently, and he has indeed begun to grow. When the soul first crossed, the red ghost Xiao Siming was about 1.62 meters tall, and now Xiao Siming has almost grown to 1.67 meters, and his actual height is almost the same as Mei Ying, but the lesbian shows her height, and it looks like Xiao Siming is still a little shorter than Mei Ying! Fortunately, Xiao Siming has just entered the age of 18, and he has a chance to grow taller!

The discussion of several cadres of the artillery team ended with Zhao Xiuchuan's sentence "Battalion Commander Xiao is really blessed." As for how Camp Chief Xiao was blessed, no one said.

Time is slowly lost in the tense years of military training.

On the 19th of January, that is, the eighteenth day of the lunar calendar, just four days after the one-month training time ordered by the 115th Division, Shu Tong, director of the Political Department of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, Zhou Jianping, commander of the Fourth Division, and Liu Daosheng, political commissar of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, who had attended the military-government-civilian congress of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, went to Yuxian County accompanied by Chen Yisheng.

Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui thought that the leaders had come to inspect the training of the independent battalion, and after receiving the notice, they drove the independent battalion outside the city and lined up to greet them, and the infantry guns, grenadiers, Type 92 heavy machine guns, Type 96 light machine guns, and Jin-made Czech light machine guns were all placed in front of the queue.

When several leaders arrived outside the east gate of Dongguan Street in Yuxian County with their guard troops, they saw a queue of independent battalions neatly dressed and dignified troops.

Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui led Zheng Xiuchuan, deputy commander of the independent battalion, Shi Poshan, deputy instructor, and Mo Shan, secretary of the general branch of the battalion, to stand in front of the queue. Seeing the arrival of the leaders, Xiao Siming came out of the ranks, clasped his hands into fists at his waist, ran a few steps, and arrived in front of the horses of the leaders who had stopped at the horse, put his feet together, "snapped" a salute, and reported loudly: "Hello leaders!" The independent battalion of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army has been lined up, please review it! Xiao Siming, commander of the 115th Independent Battalion of the Division! ”

The military posture is very standard, and the voice is very loud!

Shu Tong, Zhou Jianping, and Liu Daosheng returned the salute on the horse, turned over and dismounted, and heard Shu Tong say with a smile: "Battalion Commander Xiao, we are not here to review the troops, but to present flags to the hero's independent battalion and award awards to the heroes who made meritorious contributions in the anti-Japanese eight-way siege!" ”

The military flag is the symbol of a force, and the people are in the flag!

The independent battalion is a newly formed unit, and it has not yet been reunited with the division headquarters to be established, so naturally it does not have its own military flag. Cadres and fighters are eager to be awarded the flag by their superiors, as if there is no military flag, it is not a regular army!

However, after the reorganization of the Eighth Route Army, the various units did not issue a unified national revolutionary army flag, and the military flag of the Red Army period was still used. I don't know what kind of military flag the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region will award to the independent battalion!

After Shu Tong finished speaking, Zhou Jianping said: "Director Shu, the independent battalion has already lined up, why don't you give flags and awards on the spot!" ”

Shu Tong kept a smile on his face, and when he heard the words, he said, "Okay!" ”

After several leaders came to stand in front of the independent battalion queue, Shu Tong said loudly: "In the anti-Japanese eight-way siege operation in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area, the independent battalion of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army fought bravely, fought successively, annihilated two and a half infantry squadrons of the Japanese army, a machine gun squadron, an artillery squadron, a transport team, and a special service squadron, annihilated a total of 796 enemies, captured a large number of weapons and ammunition, and recovered the county seat of Yuxian County. The Provisional Administrative Committee of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region decided to award the title of 'Yuxian Hero Battalion' to the Independent Battalion of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and a military flag of the 'Yuxian Hero Battalion'! I hope that all the cadres and fighters of the independent battalion will maintain their honor, resist Japan and kill the enemy, protect their families and the country, and make new contributions! ”

After speaking, Shu Tong took the rolled military flag from the hand of a cadre who came with him, and shook it vigorously after unfolding it, and the bright red military flag fluttered in the wind!

This military flag is made in accordance with the military flag of the Red Army period, regulated as 3.2×2.4 city feet of the Red Army battalion company flag, the upper right is a golden five-star made of golden cloth, the middle of the flag is a cross sickle hammer made of golden cloth, under the sickle hammer is embroidered with gold thread "Yuxian Hero Battalion" five big characters, the three sides of the flag have a red flag whisker marking the infantry branches, and there is a white cloth with a width of 2 inches and 3 minutes at the flagpole, on which is written the number of the independent battalion "Independent Battalion of the 115th Division of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army".

In the cold wind, the military flag fluttered in the wind, and the five golden characters of "Yuxian Hero Battalion" were particularly eye-catching, and the cadres and soldiers in the queue were suffocated, and then they couldn't help but puff up their chests, their faces were full of pride, and their eyes also shot out a blazing light!

Xiao Siming was also very excited! He didn't expect that the Jin-Cha-Ji border area had just ended the anti-Japanese eight-way siege campaign, so difficult, and there was a lot of waste to be rebuilt, and the leaders had specially awarded such a high honor to the independent battalion, and his blood immediately surged, and his face turned red!

I heard Shu Tong shouting loudly: "Xiao Siming, get out of the queue, take the flag!" ”

Xiao Siming stood beside the chiefs at this time, and when he heard the words, he yelled "yes", and ran back to the queue of the independent battalion in a few steps, and then raised his hands and straightened his military cap, and then he "snapped" a straight position, and then he didn't step out, and walked in front of Shu Tong in the form of a positive step, click, click, click, and came to Shu Tong, and saluted again, and reported loudly: "Xiao Siming, the commander and instructor of the independent battalion of the 115th Division of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, was ordered to receive the flag, please give the flag to the chief!" ”

Shu Tong shouted loudly: "People are on the flag, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!" Defend the country and fight to the end! ”

After roaring, the general flag was solemnly handed over to Xiao Siming.

After taking over the military flag, Xiao Siming shook his luck vigorously, and the military flag was waved in the wind!

I heard Xiao Siming roaring: "People are on the flag, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, protect the family and defend the country, and fight to the end!" ”

Wang Lushui immediately raised his arms and shouted: "People are on the flag, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, protect the family and defend the country, and resist the war to the end!" ”

The more than 800 officers and men of the independent battalion all raised their arms and chanted to Wang Lushui's slogan, and their voices were like a mountain shouting a tsunami, reaching the sky!