After Qiao Anbang got out of the armored car, he found the abnormality under his feet, and happily stepped on the smooth and smooth cement road under his feet, and couldn't help nodding his head again and again. I had slept so much in the car just now that I didn't notice the change in the road.

With this cement road, it will become extremely convenient and fast for both the troops and the people to travel in the future.

With a happy mood, Qiao Anbang strode forward surrounded by Wang Gensheng and several guards, at this time the entire convoy of the Tiger Ben Army stopped, and Qiao Anbang looked at the end of the line, standing thousands of heavily armed soldiers.

Qiao Anbang strode forward with the guards, and from a long distance, Qiao Anbang saw the eldest brother in military uniform and several officers behind him hurriedly greeted him.

"Anbang!"

"Big brother!" The two brothers saluted each other in unison.

Qiao Anguo looked at Qiao Anbang with concern and said, "Sandi, you have lost a lot of weight and darkness on this expedition. ”

"Hmm." Qiao Anbang nodded, and then asked, "Big brother, didn't I say in the message that I didn't need to greet you?" ”

"Oh, that's right, in the more than a month that you led the troops to the expedition, five or six thousand enthusiastic young people who signed up for the army came to our base area, and I temporarily organized them into three regiments based on the second division and three regiments. Qiao Anguo said and put his arm around Qiao Anbang's shoulders and said, "Let's go, go and lecture these recruits, they have admired you for a long time!" ”

When Qiao Anbang and Qiao Anguo and others came to the front, they saw that the two sides of the highway were already standing side by side with loaded guns and ammunition Tiger Ben soldiers, these recruits were holding brand-new Garand rifles, wearing tall military uniforms, and standing upright, giving people a refreshing feeling. As one of the officers shouted, "All of them, stand upright!" ”

......All the fighters moved in unison, and the steel spears in their hands were also raised to a standard position, and the sharp bayonets were just the same as their height.

"Take a break! Salute to the Commander-in-Chief! The officer's voice fell, and he turned around and took the lead in saluting Qiao Anbang with a standard military salute, and shouted loudly, "Good commander-in-chief!" ”

The soldiers present changed their guns to one hand, saluted Qiao Anbang in unison, and shouted in unison: "Commander-in-chief!" Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Qiao Anbang, the legendary national hero, the feared anti-Japanese hero who was killed on the battlefield, stood in front of these recruits, excited, everyone's eyes were full of admiration.

"Hello brethren!" Qiao Anbang did not have stage fright, stepped forward with a golden knife, stood up and saluted the officers and soldiers in return, his eyes revealed a breathtaking light and glanced at the soldiers on both sides of the road, and said loudly: "Welcome to join the Tiger Army, from now on, we are a brother in a pot, comrades-in-arms, robes, I hope you will train hard, and in the future you can be sincerely united on the battlefield, bravely kill the enemy, expel the Kou, and serve the country!" ”

"Expelle Yue Kou and serve the country!"

"Expelle Yue Kou and serve the country!"

"Expelle Yue Kou and serve the country!" Qiao Anbang's words obviously moved these recruits who were full of enthusiasm for serving the country, and they raised the steel guns in their hands and roared loudly, the sound was so loud that it shook people's eardrums.

Nearly 10,000 people shouted in unison, and the scene and sound were unimaginable if they were not immersive, especially the steel guns with bayonets were raised high at the same time, and the forest of knives formed was even more invisibly exuding a murderous atmosphere.

At this time, the recruits' sense of admiration for Qiao Anbang gradually became more invisible, and it was a great honor for them to be called brothers by the commander-in-chief.

Under the fiery gaze of nearly 10,000 soldiers, Qiao Anbang and Qiao Anguo and others began to stride forward, and the Tiger Ben Army convoy behind them also started one after another, slowly following Qiao Anbang and the others and driving forward.

Walking on the cement road, Qiao Anguo turned his head to Qiao Anbang and said, "Third brother, this cement road is paved, right?" ”

"Well, yes, it's just too short, if only we could cover the entire northern Anhui, it will be much more convenient for us to send troops in the future." From time to time, Qiao Anbang saluted and nodded to him on both sides of the road.

"That's right, it's just that Xiangcheng in the north, Mengcheng in the east, and Lixin in the south are not under our control now, and it takes time and materials to build the road again, and it will cost a lot of money." Qiao Anguo nodded in agreement.

"How many troops are still stationed in the county towns of Xiangcheng, Mengcheng and Lixin?" Qiao Anbang asked subconsciously.

Qiao Anguo shook his head and said: "The regular army is estimated to be gone, a few days ago, Xuzhou was tight, and most of the security corps and security teams were transferred to the front line, and now there are only some gendarmes and police in these counties and militia groups organized by big households in the city to maintain law and order, and the regular army is also in Yingzhou and a company of Chu Jingming's eldest brother to stay behind." ”

"Since the garrison in these places is empty, then we don't have to be polite, wait for tomorrow morning, immediately dispatch troops to the surrounding major counties, and hand over Yingzhou to the eldest brother to deal with." Qiao Anbang has wanted to expand to the surrounding area for a long time, but since the Tiger Ben Army became an army, he has been fighting on the front line, and he simply does not have the time and energy to do these things.

He had plenty of time to expand his territory and digest these places, and now the Tiger Ben Army had nearly thirty or forty thousand troops, all stationed in Pheasant and Jiyi, which was obviously too crowded.

After walking about two miles, Joanbang noticed that the attire of the soldiers on both sides of the road had changed significantly, all of them were armed with submachine guns, Mauser pistols and short knives at their waists, and a few hand grenades on their chests.

There are also military leather gloves that only special forces wear, these equipment are obviously equipped by Qiao Anbang for the special operations battalion, and when he looks forward, a person standing in front of the queue has already strode towards him.

Qiao Anbang fixed his eyes and saw that the person who came was Liang Yiyu, the commander of the special operations battalion.

As for the front, Liang Yiyu hurriedly stood up and saluted Qiao Anbang and said, "General seat!" You're back?! ”

"Hmm!" Qiao Anbang saluted in return, nodded and said, "Camp Commander Liang has worked hard. ”

"It's not hard!" Liang Yiyu said and looked behind Qiao Anbang, as if he was looking for something.

Qiao Anbang noticed a trace of uneasiness on Liang Yiyu's face and hurriedly said: "Ling Mei is resting in the armored car in the rear, and she is also tired from the march. ”

Hearing Qiao Anbang say this, Liang Yiyu's hanging heart finally put back in his stomach, he didn't see his sister just now, he thought she had an accident, and nodded immediately: "Oh." ”

Immediately, Liang Yilu turned around and said, "All the officers and soldiers of the special operations battalion are here, please take the general seat to review!" ”

Qiao Anbang nodded, and then strode forward, and the officers and soldiers of the special operations battalion saluted Qiao Anbang with their heads held high, and the steel guns in their hands were also neatly held by them.

From the dark skin, strong bodies and firm gaze in the eyes of these soldiers, Qiao Anbang can conclude that this group of special forces is finally going to become an army, what they need now is the baptism of actual combat, as long as they have experienced actual combat, they will soon be able to grow into a qualified special forces, in fact, the reason why Liang Yilu was able to train the special operations battalion to this extent in such a short period of time is not only related to his own ability, but also the quality of the officers and soldiers of the special operations battalion is also a major factor. These soldiers of the special operations battalion are whether they are more than 100 bandits brought by Liang Yilu or 300 soldiers personally selected by Qiao Anbang.

All of them are elite people who have experienced a hundred battles and are physically strong, such people are originally talents, and they will naturally grow up quickly, if they get a group of peasants, even if they give Liang Yiyu half a year, he will not be able to train them into an elite special forces, and the marksmanship alone is enough for him to train.

The veterans and bandits are all experienced in a hundred battles, and there is no need to teach marksmanship at all, all of them are sharpshooters, and they all have a skill in their own right, and their physical conditions are not comparable to those honest croppers in all aspects.

After inspecting the special operations camp with great satisfaction, Qiao Anbang ordered all the troops to return to the Yongsan barracks.

After returning to the Longshan military camp, Qiao Anbang found Xie Jinyuan, who had been staying in the Longshan military camp to help him train recruits, and Chu Jingming, who had just returned from Xuzhou.

After sitting for a while of ideological work, Xie Jinyuan still did not agree to Qiao Anbang's request to be the commander of a division, but Xie Jinyuan did not say that he wanted to leave, so Qiao Anbang was not reluctant, after all, in a short period of time, Xie Jinyuan, who was born in Huangpu, was still a little unable to hold back, although it was said that the Tiger Army also belonged to the battle sequence of the National Revolutionary Army, but Xie Jinyuan, who had been in contact with the Tiger Army, knew that this army was a force with a strong reading surname, and their belief was neither Sanming Cooking, nor [***], but Qiao Anbang.

So Xie Jinyuan knew that it was impossible for such an army to obey anyone except Qiao Anbang, and this was where Xie Jinyuan was in a dilemma, the subordinates he brought out from Shanghai were now serving in the Tiger Army, but he himself couldn't make up his mind to join the Tiger Army.

Although this is a heroic army full of legends, as a Whampoa student, he really does not want to fight against Principal Jiang on the battlefield in the future.

In the end, Xie Jinyuan continued to stay in the Longshan military camp on the grounds of helping Qiao Anbang train troops to fight devils, and Qiao Anbang could only agree, but he believed that time could change everything.

After Xie Jinyuan left, Qiao Anbang told Chu Jingming that he wanted to garrison several county towns around him.

(To be continued)