With the support of the Yu family, the First Volunteer Army took root in Badaohao. In order to effectively protect the base area, Hu Fei led the soldiers to dig trenches and repair bunkers, and at the same time helped the villagers in Badaohao to engage in production, striving to improve the living standards of local peasants.

The First Army of the Anti-Japanese Volunteers was stationed in Badao Trench! The news was quickly spread under Hu Fei's instructions. The anti-Japanese fire in the Northeast, which was already like a candle in the wind, was like being poured with a spoonful of fire oil, and suddenly burst into flames!

Ten miles and eight towns around, and even dozens of miles and hundreds of miles away, there are people who come to the eight trenches to join the army. Every day, tall and bold Northeast men come to Badao to fill in the form and register for the army. Hu Fei set up two recruiting offices in Badao Trench, and people lined up at these two points every day from morning to night. Seeing the troops growing day by day, Hu Fei was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

On this day, Hu Fei was watching the training of recruits, and a guard came to report that a group of bearded men who had joined the army came to Badao Trench! Liu Shenzuo, who was presiding over the recruitment work at the scene, sent him to report to Commander Hu, so that Hu Fei had a preparation in his heart.

Got a herd of beards to join the army? Hu Fei couldn't help but think of Cheng Laozhuan at the beginning. At that time, Cheng Laogang also brought the entire gang to join the army, and since then Hu Fei's troops have really grown. Could it be that this time it is time for another army expansion?

Hu Fei has never paid attention to any identity and pomp, and he has always been used to doing things as he wants. Now that he was interested in the bearded men who had come to join the army, he immediately put down all the work at hand and led a group of bodyguards to rush directly to the recruiting office at the crossroads.

The vicinity of the conscription office was already crowded. The queue that was orderly yesterday has now become a vegetable market, and it is estimated that three or four hundred people have crowded here, and the humming sound makes it impossible to hear anything, and nothing can be said far.

"When the military arrives, they all give way to both sides, let go." Huo Qinglong drove the road in front.

Hearing that the military seat was coming, the crowd split to both sides, giving way to a two-meter-wide road in the middle. Hu Fei walked down the alley to the door of the recruiting office, and the recruiting officer who was sitting behind the desk hurriedly stood up and saluted. Only then did the people at the door confirm that this was really Commander Hu, and the scene that was still chaotic just now quickly quieted down.

Hu Fei walked up to him and asked the recruiter: "I heard that there are established green forest people to vote, what about them?" Which is the boss? ”

The recruiter pointed to the recruit equipment collection office behind him and told Hu Fei: "Those people are over there, if you want to see it, I will send someone to show you the way." ”

"No, you don't." Hu Fei waved his hand and refused the kindness of the recruiter. What are you kidding, in your own territory, where does your commander want to go, you have to let someone lead the way? What's going on? Zhang Zongchang claimed that he didn't know how many troops he had, could it be that I was on the same path as that illiterate old warlord?

Hu Fei walked into the recruit equipment collection office, which was full of recruits who had already signed up and been admitted. The veterans in charge of distributing equipment are distributing military uniforms and military regulations to these new recruits. Chief of Staff Liu Dong was sitting behind the desk in a straight military uniform, and when he saw Hu Fei coming, he hurriedly got up to greet him. The two greeted each other, and Liu Dong took Hu Fei to see the so-called green forest people.

After a stout man with a scar on his face knew that this was Hu Junzuo, he hugged his fists and gave Hu Fei a courtesy on the rivers and lakes: "Junzuo, I am Lu Dapeng, and the people in the rivers and lakes call it flying on the grass." These are my brothers! Behind Lu Dapeng stood a mess of forty or fifty so-called beards, these people wore crooked hats and squinted eyes, and they were not serious people at first glance.

It's not so much a beard as a bunch of hooligans. However, Hu Fei didn't care what these people had done before, as long as they joined the army and went through a period of formal training, even if they were really hooligans, they would be warriors when they were pulled to the battlefield! At the beginning in Taiyuan, the one led by the brush was the real gangster, and it was good to fight with the devil on the battlefield!

"Welcome, welcome to join our First Army of Anti-Japanese Volunteers. From now on, you will all be soldiers of the country. Whenever it is mentioned in the future, someone will give it a thumbs up. Going to the battlefield to kill devils is not only to contribute to the country and avenge the people, but also to earn credit for yourself. If you make meritorious achievements, you can also be promoted and get bonuses! ”

Hu Fei's words can be regarded as speaking to the hearts of these people. As soon as the words fell, there was a chorus of applause below, and the recruits expressed their willingness to follow Commander Hu, and they did not regret it.

Hu Fei was also very happy. There was a time when his main way of expanding his army was to annex small-scale bandit cottages and forcibly recruit bandit forces into his own army. In recent years, as the army has gradually become regularized, the conscription targets have shifted to peasants from good families. Now that the troops have entered the Northeast, there are bandit armies who have taken the initiative to vote, which is an auspicious sign that heroes from all over the world have come to defect!

appeased these heroes who were changed from Hu bandits to national soldiers, Hu Fei returned to the headquarters with people, however, today seems to be an eventful day, before he entered the office, the reconnaissance battalion commander Murati hurriedly ran over to report a hundred thousand urgent news: The devil's 50,000 army has been besieged in five ways!

Last time, the Japanese army dispatched 30,000 troops to besiege Liaoyang and Wanghaishan in six ways, and this time 50,000 troops were dispatched to besiege eight trenches in five ways! Last time, we withdrew from Liaoyang to Wanghaishan, and then retreated all the way from Wanghaishan to Badaomoat, do we have to retreat this time? He came to the Northeast to fight devils, not to be chased around by devils!

Hu Fei quickly convened a meeting of senior generals and told everyone at the meeting: This time he won't run away! Be sure to fight the devils in the Eight Trenches. Even if the opponent is not defeated in the end, this battle must be fought! Otherwise, if it is rumored to be a runaway general in the future, it will be difficult to recover that reputation!

As soon as the generals of the First Army heard about the war, they immediately came to their hearts, and they slapped the table excitedly one by one to express their attitude, resolutely supporting Commander Hu and the devil to fight to the death! Opinions were quickly agreed upon to fight this battle, but how to fight it next became a problem.

Xue Boling fought to the death with tens of thousands of devils in Changsha, and he had hundreds of thousands of central troops in an entire theater to be deployed. What does Hu Fei have? A ragtag army of less than 10,000. Can you beat the well-armed Japanese Kwantung Army, which is several times its size?

This battle was done knowing that it could not be done. Hu Fei was ready to fight to the death with the Japanese army. Pointing at the large military map on the wall with his baton, Hu Fei began to divide his troops and send generals. Which division and which brigade defended where, the chassis was drawn on the map one by one.