Synthesize? Wang Guoqiang looked at Hu Fei in surprise, he didn't understand the meaning of Hu Fei's words.

"This flood not only stopped the pace of the Japanese army's pursuit, but also washed our national army into chaos. As far as this high ground is concerned, our cavalry brigade has more than 200 people, and your army has only about 30 brothers. In the unlikely event that we encounter a slightly larger number of Japanese troops, we will hardly be able to match the devils if we act alone. Rather than that, I think it's better to combine two into one. In this way, we will have a little more strength when we meet devils. ”

"Then, with Captain Hu's meaning, how should we form a family?" Staff Officer Wang somewhat understood what Hu Fei meant, but he still didn't believe it.

"After the people of our two troops are combined into one, we will play the banner of a cavalry brigade to the outside world. After all, my brother has a little more manpower now! Hu Fei waved his hand, as if he was saying something very casual.

Isn't this just being annexed? Bully the weak with guns and forcibly annex friendly forces with their numbers! What is this? Is this a warlord scuffle or a bandit war? Staff Officer Wang was obviously frightened by Hu Fei's words, and took two steps back, just about to raise an objection, but when he saw Hu Fei's fierce expression, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.

Looking around, the thirty or so people of the 32nd Army were completely separated by the officers and men of the cavalry brigade. Staff Officer Wang understood that he couldn't help him now, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration in his heart, "Captain Hu, I wasn't the chief of these brothers in the first place. If you want the brothers of the 32nd Army to join the cavalry brigade, even if I agree, it is useless, then the brothers themselves have to agree. ”

"Hehe, the brethren will agree. Since Counselor Wang has no objection, then this matter will be done! Hu Fei arbitrarily decided on the merger of the two armies.

In fact, when he came to Wang Guoqiang, he just went through the motions, even if Staff Officer Wang didn't agree, would he let go of these thirty people?

The merger, as Hu Fei wished, went smoothly. Although these 30 or so soldiers are all from the 32nd Army, they are not in the same regiment, and the staff officer with the highest rank, Wang Guoqiang, is even the staff officer of the 141st Division.

There is no subordinate relationship between them, and there is no deep friendship between soldiers and soldiers. For Hu Fei, who made the co-optation of bandits commonplace, annexing such a team was not without any difficulty.

After announcing the so-called merger order to these thirty people, Hu Fei directly asked his company commanders to select a few people to each of them to organize into their respective teams, and the annexation work was completed! As for the major staff officer, it is better to say that he will directly hand over the person to Liu Dong, the chief of staff. Chief of Staff, if there are few staff officers under him, can he be called a chief of staff?

The entire process was completed in just 20 minutes. These 30 or so people went from the highest-ranking major staff officer Wang Guoqiang to the second-class soldiers who had participated in the national army for less than half a year, and from this day on, they were counted as soldiers of the cavalry brigade.

Not only Hu Fei, but also the platoon commanders under him are also quite experienced in annexing other factions, and the recruits will have to be obedient in less than three days when they are in their hands.

The flood water finally stopped rising and the water level slowly began to drop. Hu Fei was ready to wait for the water to completely recede before leaving. No one who has been soaked in the flood wants to jump into the muddy water anymore. After another day of waiting on the hill, the flood water finally receded.

When the flood waters receded, they left the ground covered with silt. The fields are completely gone, and everywhere there is a patch of yellow, which is the color of the Yellow River. If you step on it, you will sink your knees if you don't pay attention. Floodwaters recede easily, but silt dries out easily. If you want to wait for the sludge to be completely dried by the sun, you can't do it without ten days and half a month. Hu Fei can't wait for such a long time!

Medicines are needed to treat the wounded, and so many officers and soldiers have to eat and drink every day. Although the troops brought not a lot of food, how many days can so many people survive sitting and eating? Gotta leave. After the sun rose the next morning, Hu Fei and his men left the hill where they had lived for a day and a night.

Stepping on the mud and slipping step by step, it was a difficult trek. It is inevitable that you will encounter other national soldiers or devils on the way.

If he encounters a small group of national army troops, Hu Fei will repeat his old tricks and go up to directly implement the annexation plan! When the number of national soldiers he encountered was large, he went over to say hello and pretended to be a poor household to borrow food. As long as the ordinary troops have surplus food in their hands, they will help him somewhat. Either invite the officers and men of the cavalry brigade to eat a full meal, or give them some food.

In this way, Hu Fei and his so-called cavalry brigade wandered like rootless duckweed in the Yellow Flood Area, a bit like when he was a horse thief in Xinjiang.

Sometimes, when he met people in distress, Hu Fei would also take out the rich food on hand, and he could save a person. After saving the people, the rations of the officers and soldiers will not be enough, and sometimes they will inevitably go hungry.

There were not many opportunities to meet devils in the Yellow Flood Zone at first. When the Yellow River breached, the pursuit division of the devils was trapped by the flood. Most of the heavy weapons of the Devil Division were trapped in the flood, and the Devil Soldiers also drowned hundreds of people. Devils trapped by the flood gathered in piles and crammed into some isolated islands on higher ground waiting for rescue.

The devils sent planes to drop a large number of rubber boats, food, medicine and other materials, and the devils who were trapped by the flood sat in rubber boats, eating the food dropped by the plane, and gradually moved to a safe place, and slowly retreated to the outside of the yellow flood area.

As long as Hu Fei meets a devil, it is equivalent to meeting a chance to make a fortune. When you meet a small group of devils, needless to say, you will go up and annihilate them all! If there are too many devils you encounter, you will outwit them if you can't fight the enemy.

After dark, Hu Fei took Yuan Fang and the others to change into devil military uniforms, hid daggers, and quietly infiltrated the devil military camp. Find the Devil Command and stab the commander to death. robbed gold and silver treasures, important documents, burned grain and grass, and then the two of them took advantage of the chaos to escape!

From Huayuankou to the Huai River, the Yellow Flood Area has spread to 44 counties in Jiangsu, Henan, and Anhui provinces, with an area of 29,000 square kilometers affected, forming a swampy area with a length of 400 kilometers and a width of 10 to 50 kilometers.

In such a vast yellow flood area, it is inevitable that there will be Japanese troops, as well as defense areas of the national army, as well as areas of activity of the guerrillas and armed engineering teams of the Eighth Route Army. Hu Fei took the opportunity to annex small groups of scattered national troops, attack Japanese invaders, and sometimes cooperate with the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army or the national army to do a big deal.

The living conditions in the Yellow Flood Area were very difficult, but Hu Fei enjoyed it, and his independent cavalry brigade gradually grew stronger in the continuous fighting, and slowly approached the original level.