Chapter XVIII Urgent Tasks
Hu Fei was interviewing heroes from all walks of life, when suddenly a communication soldier told him that the headquarters had sent a telegram. The telegram from the headquarters did not dare to delay, and Hu Fei immediately handed over the interview to Yuan Fang, and he himself brought two guards to ride back to the headquarters.
After the beautiful telegraph operator Xu Yajun saw Hu Fei, he hurriedly stood up and saluted. Hu Fei glanced at the beautiful girl with a goose egg face in front of him several times, and looked at Xu Yajun with a slightly red face, standing there with his hands and feet not knowing where to put it.
Since Hu Fei was forcibly recruited into the cavalry brigade in Shangdu, Xu Yajun has followed the troops to fight everywhere. Slowly, she heard about this unit and Hu Fei's origin, and knew that Hu Fei and the main officers in the army were all bandits, so Xu Yajun was a little nervous.
Fortunately, there has always been Zhang Yayi, a big backer, and she has some confidence. After Zhang Yayi of Wangjiashan was taken away by Sun Cunzhou, Xu Yajun was the only woman left in Hu Fei's headquarters. At this time, Xu Yajun was basically familiar with Hu Fei and these people in the headquarters, and he didn't feel uncomfortable in his work and life.
The people in the command, including the officers who occasionally come to meetings to do business, have more respect for Xu Yajun, plus she is usually low-key, so this day is peaceful. Today, he was suddenly stared at by Hu Fei with that kind of hot gaze, Xu Yajun was so nervous that his breathing almost stopped, and his heart was beating violently.
"What about the telegraph?"
"Ah, the telegram? Here, here, the telegraph here. Hu Fei asked about the telegram, and Xu Yajun remembered her own work, and hurriedly handed over the translated telegram draft.
Hu Fei took it and unfolded it, and his brows furrowed. The above first informed the units of the Seventh Army that their commander-in-chief Fu had been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the enemy before the Battle of Pingxingguan! The next step is to order Hu Fei to lead the cavalry brigade to rush to the Pingxingguan battlefield from now on and wait for the opportunity to fight!
Waiting for an opportunistic battle? As a combat order issued by the headquarters to the troops under its command, neither a specific battle plan nor an operational goal was given, which was these four words: Wait for the opportunity to fight!
Is this carelessness on the part of Fu Zuoyi or the staff officers of the group army headquarters? Apparently not. As General Fu, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and those elite senior staff members, of course, it is impossible to make such a low-level mistake. Then the only explanation left is: let Hu Fei lead the cavalry brigade to Pingxingguan, just Commander-in-Chief Fu is saying to the outside world that his Seventh Army has all gone to Pingxingguan!
As for the combat mission, Hu Fei decided for himself! If you like to fight, you will fight twice; If you don't like to fight, you can find a place to rest! More than you don't have, less you don't have more. Commander-in-Chief Fu was not optimistic about what role Hu Fei's troops could play in the Battle of Pingxingguan!
Don't steam steamed buns to fight for breath! Because of this telegram, Hu Fei thought that Fu Zuoyi did not treat his cavalry brigade as a dish! In vain, I used to respect you very much, sir, and you treated me like this? Well, since that's the case, then I'll have a good fight, let everyone in the world look at me Hu Fei, and see the majesty of the Northeast Volunteer Army!
Hu Fei's face was cloudy, the people around him were silent, and Xu Yajun didn't dare to move when he stood there. Slowly, Hu Fei's tightly wrinkled eyebrows stretched, and a wicked smile gradually appeared on his face. Abruptly, he stretched out his hand and twisted Xu Yajun's delicate face with two fingers. Then he smiled, winked at the stunned Xu Yajun, shook his head and left.
This is Hu Fei's first intimate, or should I say, frivolous gesture since he met Xu Yajun. There were a lot of people next to him, but none of them came out to fight for Xu Yajun. As soon as Hu Fei left, these people immediately scattered, and in an instant, Xu Yajun, who had lost his soul, was left alone on the scene.
As soon as Hu Fei returned to the headquarters, he immediately gave orders to all the troops under his command: prepare to pull out, and the target is Pingxingguan! At the same time, the local armed forces that have already been incorporated are immediately incorporated into the troops, and the commanders of the units are to lead the troops to fight on the march and train and reorganize at the same time. Send a herald to ride a fast horse to the mountain temple and inform Yuan Fang: It is required that all the collection work must be completed before dark and return to the team!
Hu Fei now has no time to fight against those bandits and landlords, he must rush to Pingxingguan to find fighters, and strive to win something in this big battle!
Yuan Fang of the Mountain Temple was originally like Hu Fei, interviewing these heroes one by one. This kind of interview is not only to explore the bottom of these characters, but also to use this way to give these unruly heroes a disadvantage! When Hu Fei's order arrived, Yuan Fang immediately ended the ongoing interview.
Call all the heroes who have been interviewed and those who have not been interviewed outside the mountain temple, and Yuan Fang will inform everyone in the name of the chief examiner: Today's interview is over, everyone come with me now, the army has an urgent task! Tong guò today's one-day interview and inspection, congratulations to all of you for passing the assessment, from now on, all of you brothers are just like me, you are all a glorious soldier of the national army!
"Wow-" As soon as Yuan Fang's voice fell, there was a big uproar at the scene! These heroes didn't expect it to be so easy for them to become a national army.
There are people like Liu Xingkui who voluntarily came to join the national army because of life, and they were naturally overjoyed when they heard the news; Some people were hesitant before they came, and they only came today to decide to stay after seeing the situation, and they wanted to retreat at this time.
If you don't want to stay, it's too late to want to leave now! As soon as Yuan Fang waved his hand, hundreds of soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition immediately rushed into the crowd and divided the heroes into several teams. Each squad is to be assigned to different units.
Someone asked to go home, but was scolded by the soldiers with guns, and these people immediately stood up honestly and honestly back in the queue. Some of them were determined to leave, and a few soldiers went up and knocked people to the ground with punches and kicks. Looking at the poor man who was lying on the ground with bleeding and nose and convulsions, these so-called heroes and heroes around not only had no sympathy, but some people were still applauding!
In any case, the recruitment of new recruits was successfully completed. Yuan Fang brought the newly recruited hundreds of men and horses back to the troop station, and then directly supplemented them into the companies with squads as units.
The company commanders led the recruits back without mentioning how to arrange, Hu Fei asked the heralds to inform the companies that they would rest for a night tonight, get up early tomorrow morning, start after breakfast, and rush to Pingxingguan to participate in the battle!
I'm going to fight tomorrow at Pingxingguan! The officers and men who received the order were very excited, and the recruits who had only joined the cavalry brigade today were excited and apprehensive, and the veterans gave them the glorious history of the war at the beginning, and slowly told the recruits about the new recruits. The morale of the cavalry brigade is rapidly rising.
After Hu Fei finished eating, he usually wanted to play with knives, punches, and exercise to eliminate food. Before he finished practicing a set of knives, the guards came to report: there is a visitor!