"Stand upright!"

"Take a break!"

"Commander here!"

With the command of Zhu Zhiping, the highest-ranking lieutenant colonel, Jiang Li strode into the room and looked at the more than thirty officers of various ranks in front of him.

"What's your name? Where is your hometown, and what is the situation at home? Jiang Li stepped forward and patted the shoulder of the first lieutenant and asked.

"Report to the commander, humble Zhang Yunhan, his hometown of Longyuan Town, Jiange County, Sichuan, has been farming for generations, his parents are still alive, two sisters, and two brothers. The lowly is the third in the family. The humble post was originally from the family to escape military service, and later came to the northwest because of the war, just in time for the commander to recruit troops, stayed in the recruit training camp for half a year, and the latter is catching up with the expansion of the army, with the temporary 1st Army to the north to resist Japan, to participate in the Great Wall War of Resistance, because of the military exploits, repeatedly promoted to be promoted to second lieutenant! ”

Zhang Yunhan said loudly, with a hint of excitement trembling in his voice, he had only seen Jiang Li seeing off the troops of the Anti-Japanese War from a distance when he was on the expedition, and when he came back, he saw the commander coming out to greet him, but it was the first time that he had such a close contact.

"How are your parents, siblings doing now?" Jiang Li asked again?

"My sister has already married, my brother serves his parents in his hometown, a younger sister and younger brother were taken to Lanzhou by me, my younger brother is in a technical school, my sister is in junior high school, and I usually work as some female workers." Zhang Yunhan scratched his head and said, after the army commander reached the second lieutenant, Zhang Yunhan already had the ability to provide for his younger siblings to study, "If it weren't for the fact that my parents couldn't leave their homeland, they would have been taken to Tianshui." Or maybe it's settled in a place like Dingxi. ”

"How's the family's harvest this year?" Jiang Li asked again.

"The harvest was a little worse than usual. But there's a mountain spring in our town. It would be nice to be able to catch up with half of the usual time. The situation in other counties is better, and the taxes are also collected one after another. If you can fill your stomach, you won't be able to escape from disaster. Zhang Yunhan smiled bitterly.

Jiang Li nodded, and then asked the next one. After asking four or five people in a row, Jiang Li asked the remaining officers to tell them about the situation in their families in order, except for a few cases where they were relatively good, most of them were not from good backgrounds, as Zhang Yunhan said. If the situation is good, he will not go to Gansu to serve as a soldier, and he can be promoted to the position of an officer, except for his excellent performance, most of them are fought on the battlefield.

"Okay, now the situation has been reported separately, and you all know that these people present are all Sichuan people. You know better what the situation of your hometown is now, Sichuan has been plagued by military disasters for many years, and the battle between Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui in the past year or two has made countless fertile fields wasted. Floods and droughts are not being managed. Taxes can be collected several times at a time. Annually. A large number of victims will emerge from all parts of Sichuan. ”

Jiang Li stood in front of these officers and said solemnly, "You are my subordinates, you have all become officers, and you are already able to help your own families, but you are not able to help more relatives and friends in your hometown, let alone take into account the predicament of your fellow villagers." Sichuan is overcrowded, the victims have no relief, and there have been years of war, and no one cares about the hungry. Originally, the situation in the northwest was almost the same, but since the 15th Route Army was stationed in the northwest, I dare not say that everyone's food and clothing have been completely solved, but at least in the northwest, as long as the vast majority of people still have the ability to work, most of them will not starve to death. Sichuan is overcrowded, but there is a shortage of people in the northwest. In the First Battle of Shanghai, a mixed brigade of more than 9,000 people fought with the Japanese army into an empty shelf. In the Great Wall War of Resistance, the losses of the Temporary First Army were equally heavy. These numbers need to be filled by young and strong. In my eyes, those victims of the disaster in Sichuan went to the battlefield, and they were all good sons who could serve the country like you, and they were all good people who could support the army in the rear. ”

"But now the hand of the 15th Route Army can't reach Sichuan, and there is no way to save more victims, so now I need you to help me complete this task." Jiang Lidao.

"Commander, please!" More than 30 officers present shouted in unison.

"I need you to go to northern Sichuan, I have already arranged for you to go, our northern frontier brigade, where are you going, retrain a force, try your best to control the counties of northern Sichuan, there are few people in the northwest, but the threat of Japanese invaders is imminent, I need to have more manpower to invest in this war, even if these people are hungry and disaster victims in the eyes of those warlords. But in my eyes, they are all Chinese people who can contribute to the war of resistance, and those people are your fellow villagers and your compatriots, if you don't stand up to rescue them first, in the next year's famine, countless people will die for them. ”

"Commander, do you want to ask a question?" Lieutenant Colonel Zhu Zhiping said loudly.

"You say." Jiang Lidao.

"None of the lowly people want to leave the 15th Route Army, and after leaving Gansu, are the lowly people still not a member of the 15th Route Army?" Zhu Zhiping asked the voices of everyone present. As a member of the 15th Route Army, although they will return to the battlefield at any time to face the most powerful Japanese army in East Asia, compared with other armies, the 15th Route Army is not only the stability and guarantee of the army, but also an honor. In the 15th Route Army, they made their own comrades-in-arms, and in the army, they have their own footprints.

"After you go south this time, there will be people from the northwest who have been keeping in touch with you, sending you arms, medicine, and new soldiers, and I also look forward to you training new soldiers in northern Sichuan, constantly expanding the team, and creating a combatable division for me as soon as possible. Try my best to control the situation in northern Sichuan, so that I can better accommodate the victims and refugees. On other days, I also need your troops to accompany me to the Japanese army. As long as you don't commit anything against discipline and treason, you will always be my subordinates. 15. The Route Army will always be your home. Jiang Li responded loudly.

"I am willing to die for the commander!"

"I am willing to die for the commander!"

Zhu Zhiping shouted loudly.

"Okay, you will never be alone in northern Sichuan, I am waiting for you to create a good situation for me in northern Sichuan!"

Jiang Li nodded, watching these officers drift away.

"The situation has now been ascertained, as the culprit of this time, Gong Changhai and Zhao Liangchen of the adjutant's office have an old relationship, and the palace chief Hai is from a green forest and likes to eat opium. Until now, he has not quit, and he is very addicted to gambling, so that his family wealth is scattered and he cannot make ends meet. The people in Nanjing took this as a breakthrough and came into contact with Gong Changhai. Gong Changhai and Zhao Liangchen are small and have a close relationship, and the whereabouts of the commander were also revealed after the two drank once. After seeing off these officers who were about to go south, a quiet fragrance hit behind him, and his voice was flat.

"Well, you wrote this document down and burned it. The affairs of the Cipher Battalion will also be handed over to you in the future. Jiang Li took out a document that he had prepared a long time ago and handed it to Yang Ying. Ma Zhuang was originally in charge of the affairs of northern Sichuan, but with this group of officers filling in Hong Chengbo's border brigade, plus a group of soldiers sent over from the training camp, it was enough to raise the strength of Hong Chengbo's border brigade to a higher level. The action over there can't be hidden from people for a long time, so there is no need to send Yang Ying over, compared to the northern Sichuan side, the significance of the secret word camp is even more far-reaching. (To be continued.) )