In the next two days, Zhang Dongbei conducted a separate personal training for Xiao Ke, and taught Xiao Ke the skills of the tank and some matters that need to be paid attention to when driving the tank, as well as some weaknesses of the tank, and Xiao Ke did not disappoint Zhang Dongbei, and in the shortest possible time, he taught all these things in his heart. After Zhang Dongbei confirmed that Xiao Ke was ready to leave the division, in the next period of time, the two of them trained the soldiers of the 129th Division and the soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade respectively, and everyone grew rapidly during this time.

Originally, Zhang Dongbei promised to give a tank to Yongzi that day, and Yongzi was also excited for several days, but when he saw that Xiao Ke had become an instructor in such a short period of time, he was embarrassed to mention that he was rewarded with a tank, and followed Xiao Ke all day long, asking him some questions about tanks from time to time.

On this day, Zhang Dongbei was training the soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade, and Liu Bocheng suddenly came to their training ground, stopped him, and said, "Northeast, I have good news for you. ”

Liu Bocheng is usually a person who does not smile, even if sometimes the soldiers have something happy to tell him, he just smiles, and his face returns to the state of the ancient well, and today the smile on his face is very bright, which can be described as a happy smile.

Zhang Dongbei shouted to the soldiers who were training: "Give me all the hard work, if anyone can't shoot me off the periscope of the opposite tank today, then he will not be allowed to eat, when the periscope is knocked out, when will he have food." "Zhang Dongbei trained them today is the sniper tank periscope, of course, what they fired were all empty shells made by Zhang Dongbei, and Zhang Dongbei had already put away the periscope, but made a mark in the original place of the periscope.

Zhang Dongbei walked in front of Liu Bocheng, first saluted Liu Bocheng with a military salute, and then asked, "Division commander, what is so happy?" ”

Liu Bocheng smiled and said: "Northeast, I have joined the 129th Division for so long, why are I still so restrained, haven't I told you many times, you don't need to salute in peacetime, and don't call me a division commander, I still like to hear you call me boss, or call me Lao Liu directly." ”

Zhang Dongbei scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly: "Master...... Boss, I'm used to doing this, when I was in my hometown, I had to salute when I saw my superiors. ”

Liu Bocheng said with a smile: "You have to remember that you are now joining the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army is a people's team, and there is no rank in our Eighth Route Army, only different positions." If we all fight little devils together, it is like a member of a big family, everyone does not distinguish each other, and when we meet like you, we have to salute, and we also shout at the head of the division, doesn't it seem to be angry? Remember, don't do this again, or I'll punish you. ”

Zhang Dongbei straightened up and said, "Yes, boss." I'll be sure to pay attention in the future. Liu Bocheng nodded with a smile and said, "That's right." Zhang Dongbei said: "Boss, what's the good news, seeing that you have always been so happy, I think this happy event will not be small." ”

Liu Bocheng nodded and smiled: "This is indeed a great joy. Chiang Kai-shek officially launched an attack on Xiao Yueben on the west bank of the Chi River, which marked the beginning of the Battle of Xuzhou. It seems that Chiang Kai-shek has moved his character seriously this time. This time it was the officers and men of the 31st Army of the 11th Group Army who launched an attack on Xiao Yueben, although this time the troops did not achieve a big victory, but it also dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of the little devil. The Party Central Committee, headed by [***], decided that the Eighth Route Army would fully cooperate with Chiang Kai-shek's large-scale battle. And now our 129th Division has also been officially appointed as the vanguard of the expulsion of the Japanese and is advancing in the direction of Xuzhou at the fastest speed. In the past half a month, our 129th Division has been staying in Peng County without any action, one is to rest and recuperate the troops, and the other is to allow you to do a series of training for our soldiers, and the third and most important point is to see if Chiang Kai-shek will really start a war against the little devils this time, as he said in his telegram to the chairman. And now it turns out that Chiang Kai-shek did not break his word this time. The party Central Committee notified us as soon as it received the news and ordered our unit to set off immediately and go to the forward battlefield as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Dongbei was shocked, he was not surprised that Chiang Kai-shek organized the Battle of Xuzhou, because he had long known that the Battle of Xuzhou was inevitable, he was surprised that he was going to set off for the battlefield now, and his training of the soldiers had not yet been completed, if he could wait for a few more days, and then the troops would be drawn again, then his training would have been completed, and then at that time, as long as he could invite the tanks of the little devils again, then maybe the 129th Division would have a tank unit. However, Zhang Dongbei, who was a professional soldier in his previous life, knew that military orders were like mountains, and since orders were issued from above, he had to implement them unconditionally, and soldiers took obedience to orders as their duty. This is an eternal truth that has been immutable throughout the ages.

Zhang Dongbei said: "In this case, then I will notify everyone immediately, let everyone prepare, and wait for the order to leave at any time." Although some of the training has not yet been completed, it is a great honor to be able to go out with a large army to kill the enemy, and it is a great honor to be a soldier. ”

Liu Bocheng patted Zhang Dongbei's shoulder and said, "Okay, Northeast." In fact, this time the central government issued an order for our troops to quickly rush to the battlefield, but it did not say that you should go with you, because Peng County is also an important place, although now the war is coming, and the little devil has no time to take care of the small town of Peng County, but the importance here can not be ignored, the original intention of the central government is to let you stay in Peng County, continue to defend the town, but I really want you to go with me, and then after I discussed with the chairman, the two finally reached a consensus, that it is up to you to decide whether to go with the team or continue to stay, Originally, I came to you personally this time to persuade you to go to the front with me, but I didn't expect you to decide to go with the big army without even thinking about it, which is really good. Today can be described as a double happiness. ”

Zhang Dongbei said with a smile: "Boss, to be honest, from the time I decided to join the team of the 129th Division, I had already thought about going out with the troops, and with my own surname, it was impossible for me to stay in Peng County all the time." Now the little devils are running rampant all over our land, and if I just stay in Peng County and guard this land of egg balls, then I really don't deserve to be a Chinese. The big husband is determined in all directions, and vows to drive out the Japanese as his own responsibility. So even if the boss wants me to stay, I won't agree. ”

Liu Bocheng laughed and said, "Okay, it's good." Northeast, I really didn't misunderstand you. Since you have already decided in your heart, and it saves me a lot of words, I have thought of a lot of rhetoric in my heart to persuade you to come, but this is good, I don't need it at all. Okay, you go and inform all the comrades of the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade to gather at the East City Gate later, regarding the situation of the Peng County guards, I will first leave a regiment as a guard team, and then ask the Central Committee to see if I can transfer some troops from other places to provide support. Regarding the safety of Peng County, you can rest assured that since it is now the city of our Eighth Route Army, then we will definitely defend it. ”

Although Zhang Dongbei said that he would definitely not stay in Peng County, but would leave with the team, Liu Bocheng could see that Zhang Dongbei was actually very worried about the people of Peng County after he left. That's why he told Zhang Dongbei about his arrangements for Peng County and comforted him.

Zhang Dongbei said: "Boss, I thank you on behalf of the people of Peng County." Liu Bocheng saw through his mind at a glance, and Zhang Dongbei no longer concealed his feelings of concern for the safety of Peng County.

Liu Bocheng said with a smile: "Thank you, you forgot what I told you, our Eighth Route Army is the people's army, and it is the responsibility of our Eighth Route Army to protect the safety of the people." ”

Zhang Dongbei nodded solemnly, no longer speaking, but turned his head to look around, he wanted to take a second look at the first city he had crossed over to this era.

The troops were all assembled in the afternoon, when Zhang Dongbei took the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to the arsenal to get weapons, all kinds of weapons in the warehouse opened the eyes of these soldiers, one by one holding these weapons are reluctant to let go, there are what they have seen, such as 38 big covers, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, German-made Mauser rifles, submachine guns, and they have not seen such as honeycomb mortars modified by Zhang Dongbei and other equipment so that some of these are still carried by Hanyang. The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army with old shotguns had golden lights in their eyes.

Originally, on the day Zhang Dongbei joined the 129th Division, he said that he would hand over the captured weapons and ammunition, but in the past few days, Liu Bocheng has not really visited the arsenal. Although Liu Bocheng urgently needed ammunition replenishment, Zhang Dongbei did not invite him to come, and he himself was embarrassed to speak again. So until today, these soldiers of the Eighth Route Army saw the equipment in this warehouse, and they were shocked by all kinds of weapons in the warehouse for a while, and they couldn't even speak clearly.

Division Commander Liu Bocheng was amazed when he saw the heavily modified weapons, and as a professional soldier, he could see at a glance that the modified weapons were several times more powerful than the original weapons.

"Tohoku, this looks like it's made up of little devils' mortars. Is this your masterpiece? Liu Bocheng looked at a honeycomb mortar in the hands of the Eighth Route Army and asked.

Zhang Dongbei nodded and said: "Well, I came up with it myself, this mortar can fire three shells at the same time, and the power is several times that of the original mortar, the reason why it is so powerful is related to the spacing between the three barrels, only the spacing is accurate, and the power of the fired shells is greater." ”