Just when Liu Tianshu was about to concentrate on intensive training for the soldiers of the three platoons, he suddenly received an order from the regiment headquarters to ask him and Zhu Aiguo to go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting.

The two of them rushed to the regiment headquarters five miles away, and as soon as they entered the house, they saw that all the company-level cadres of the first and second battalions were sitting in the room.

Seeing the two coming in, the acquaintances greeted each other, and Liu Tianshu greeted Hong Feihu and Jiang Jinyong with some excitement.

While everyone was talking excitedly, the head of the new regiment, Long of the new regiment, accompanied Director Luo of the division's political department, walked in.

Two days ago, Liu Tianshu heard that the main force of the division had left for the Luliang area, he thought that Director Luo had left with the large army, but he did not expect to meet him here.

When everyone saw Director Luo, Head Long and others coming in, they immediately stopped talking, they all stood up and saluted, Director Luo returned the salute, and then sat down in front of him, accompanied by Head Long.

"Comrades, I have called you here today because I have an important task to be arranged, and now I ask Director Luo to give you instructions." After making a brief opening remarks, Head Long asked Director Luo to give instructions.

Director Luo glanced up at everyone before he began to speak. He first talked about the current situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, especially after the victory in Taierzhuang, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Nationalist Government have now withdrawn to the west in order to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army, and the Huayuankou of the Yellow River has also been blown up by the Nationalist Government in order to prevent the pursuit of the Japanese mechanized troops.

After talking about the changes in the frontal battlefield of the Nationalist Government, Director Luo talked about the situation of the anti-Japanese struggle in Shandong, and then said that the Central Committee instructed the Eighth Route Army to send an anti-Japanese advance team to Shandong, which is of great significance, first, it can strengthen our party's anti-Japanese strength in Shandong, and second, it will also pave a way for the Eighth Route Army to go to the Shandong battlefield in the future.

Director Luo's speech was simple and simple, and an hour later, he announced the formation of the eastward anti-Japanese advance team.

The scale of the anti-Japanese advance detachment bound for the Shandong battlefield this time was somewhat larger than what he had revealed to Liu Tianshu not long ago, and the entire advance detachment had two brigades and a machine-gun company under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of about 800 people. The first brigade was formed on the basis of the new regiment and one battalion, and the second brigade was formed on the basis of the new regiment and two battalions. Battalion Commander Qiu Feng of the 1st Battalion served as the captain of the 1st Brigade, and Battalion Commander Zeng Chi of the 2nd Battalion served as the 2nd Brigade Commander.

It's just that to Liu Tianshu's surprise, it was Hong Feihu who served as the head of the eastward anti-Japanese advance detachment, and Jiang Jinyong served as the political commissar of the eastward anti-Japanese advance detachment.

After announcing the appointment of cadres and tasks, Director Luo asked the anti-Japanese advance detachment to immediately prepare for the start of the detachment, and set off for northwest Lu three days later.

Subsequently, the commander of the Hong detachment issued an order to all the units of the advance detachment, asking them to assemble in Liujiayu two days later.

After returning to Liujiayu, Liu Tianshu discussed with Zhu Jiaguo, and immediately called the cadres of the squad and platoon, and conveyed the instructions of the superiors at the meeting.

This time, the whole company followed the eastward anti-Japanese advance team into Shandong, which would be an extremely arduous operation. Many of the soldiers of the Third Company are natives of Taihang Mountain, and when they left their hometowns for Shandong this time, many comrades naturally inevitably had the idea that they would not be able to leave their homeland, and this required the squad and platoon leaders to do a good job in the ideological mobilization of the soldiers. Of course, Zhu Aiguo, the instructor, has definitely had a heavy burden on his shoulders in the past two days.

Among the three platoon commanders, the first platoon commander Jin Zhenbiao and the second platoon commander Hua Xiaohu were born in the old Red Army, and they were originally southerners, but they did not have the kind of complex that their homeland was difficult to leave, that is, Liu Sutang, the third platoon commander, who had been practicing martial arts since he was a teenager, and his homesickness complex was not very strong.

But the squad leader and deputy platoon commander below, most of whom were locals, heard that they were about to leave Taihang Mountain, and their faces showed a look of reluctance, among which the eighth squad leader Li Xuanzhu also looked at Zhu Aiguo and said: "Instructor, we are full of devils here, since they are all anti-Japanese devils, why do we want to go to Shandong to fight?" ”

When Zhu Aiguo heard this, he naturally inevitably had another patient and meticulous ideological work.

Liu Tianshu is not good at this kind of ideological work that needs to be carried out in a simple way, and after assigning the task, he walked out directly.

After a while, Shi Qiang followed and walked out.

"Company commander, are we really going to Shandong?" Shi Qiang stared at Liu Tianshu with both eyes.

"Of course, what's the matter, you're homesick too?" Liu Tianshu looked back at Shi Qiang lovingly.

"Who's homesick? However, company commander, your hometown is in Shandong, tell me, what is there in Shandong? Shi Qiang smiled, covered it up, and changed the topic.

As soon as Liu Tianshu saw his expression, he knew that this kid was starting to feel homesick. It's been more than half a year since he left home, and now there is no news from his family, saying that he doesn't want to go home, that's false.

It's just that since he chose to be the Eighth Route Army, he gave up his small family to take care of everyone, and Liu Tianshu didn't want to talk more about this issue, so he took over his topic and introduced the customs and customs of Shandong.

In the evening, Chen Jian, Sun Bao and Shi Hu also came to Liu Tianshu.

"Company commander, are we really going to Shandong?" Jian Chen looked at Liu Tianshu and asked hesitantly.

Although Jian Chen was several years older than Liu Tianshu, somehow, he had a feeling of awe in front of Liu Tianshu. Of course, this feeling began to fade gradually as he joined the Eighth Route Army and deepened his contact with Liu Tianshu, and what followed was admiration from the heart.

"Yes, after the little devil opened the Jinpu line, Shandong fell behind the enemy, although the anti-Japanese armed forces led by our party are waging a heroic and tenacious struggle against the Japanese invaders, but the strength is still relatively weak, this time we went to Shandong, just to strengthen the anti-Japanese forces there." Liu Tianshu looked at Jian Chen and said slowly.

Seeing a few people listening carefully, Liu Tianshu changed the topic, looked at Chen Jian and asked, "Comrade Chen Jian, are you not at ease at home?" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Tianshu felt a little guilty in his heart, he had been the commander of the third company for more than ten days, but he had not yet understood the situation of Chen Jian, Sun Bao and Shi Hu's families.

When Jian Chen heard this, his face darkened, and he looked at him and whispered, "There is no one in my family anymore?" ”

Seeing the sadness on Jian Chen's face, Liu Tianshu couldn't help asking, "What happened?" ”

Chen Jian saw Liu Tianshu's concerned expression, and suddenly tears flowed down, Sun Bao, who was sitting on the side, hurriedly whispered, Liu Tianshu then knew that Chen Jian's father was arrested by the county magistrate because he inadvertently offended the county magistrate, and his mother sold his property to beg for help, and half a year later, his father was finally released, but he was dying and died in less than ten days.

His mother did not expect to exhaust the family property, and in the end, she did not save his father, and in a fit of anger, she committed suicide by throwing herself into a well.

At that time, Chen Jian was only sixteen years old, and he was practicing martial arts with his master outside, and when he got the news and rushed back, he only saw two graves outside the city.

After listening to a neighbor's secret account of what happened, Chen Jian sneaked into the county magistrate's house three days later, killed the county magistrate with his own hands, and then went to Longya Mountain to become a bandit.

Over the years, Chen Jian has not had a family, and he is still a single.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jian had such a painful experience, Liu Tianshu raised his hand heavily, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Comrade Chen Jian, these damn corrupt officials and corrupt officials have harmed you, you have done the right thing, and you are not a good man if you have revenge." ”

Next, Liu Tianshu learned that Sun Bao and Shi Hu had families in Taihang Mountain, and after thinking about it, he took out twenty oceans from the package, stuffed them into the hands of the two of them, and said in a low voice: "Comrade Sun Bao, Comrade Shi Hu, the troops are about to set off, and I don't know when I will be able to come back." So, I'll take you two days off, go home and have a look, and send the money back without any problems. This money is my personal own, which is a little bit of a heart. I will return to the team on time at 12 o'clock the night after tomorrow. ”

Hearing that the company commander paid out of his own pocket and sent it to his family, Sun Bao and Shi Hu's eyes suddenly turned red, and they desperately shirked: "Company commander, how can this be done, this is your personal money." ”

"Don't push it, if you two still treat me as a company commander and treat me as your brother, go home immediately to see your parents, straighten your waist and tell them that you are already a dignified Eighth Route Army, and then say goodbye to them. Remember, it is not allowed to disclose the actions of the troops, go quickly. Liu Tianshu glared and shouted.

Seeing this, Sun Bao and Shi Hu only felt that their eyes were moist, and they looked at Liu Tianshu and shouted emotionally Company Commander, let's go back. After speaking, the two talked to Jian Chen again, immediately returned to the class, and told Shi Qiang about the situation, and then rushed home at a very fast speed.

Zhu Aiguo learned that Liu Tianshu had taken Sun Bao and Shi Hu home on vacation, and immediately ran over.

"Company commander, I heard that you gave Sun Bao and Shi Hu two days off?"

"Is there such a thing, isn't this about to be pulled out? I asked them to go back and say goodbye to their families, and at the same time to tell them that they had joined the Eighth Route Army. Liu Tianshu said disapprerovingly.

"Company commander, how can you give them a vacation? You think, they already know a little about the troops, and if they leak the news, it will be a big problem. Zhu Aiguo said anxiously.

"Instructor, I still believe in them, they shouldn't do anything to leak secrets. Besides, they have been walking for a while, and even if they send someone to chase them now, they won't be able to catch up. Liu Tianshu looked at Zhu Aiguo.

At this time, Liu Tianshu realized that he might have made a big mistake. Although according to his ideas, the two comrades Sun Bao and Shi Hu should be reliable, as cadres of the army, many things cannot be handled by feelings.

For example, even if Sun Bao and Shi Hu were to be given two days off, the safe way would be to send other soldiers to accompany them.

After Zhu Aiguo's detailed explanation, Liu Tianshu gradually understood that he was still far from a qualified company commander. (To be continued.) )