Chapter 6: Reorganization

Wu Xiuda and Xu Xiaolin are both standard grassland men, with a height of more than 1.75 meters, they are definitely plagiaristic men in this era, and the tendons and flesh that have been trained all year round are quite explosive at a glance.

For them, everything last night was so sudden, they had been preparing for so many days, but they didn't expect to make a wedding dress for someone else in the end, and they became a prisoner.

Seeing the two Saibei men in front of him looking at him with unkind faces, Ma Zheng smiled disappreciably and said, "Sit down!" ”

Ignoring Ma Zheng's words, Wu Xiuda, who was still wearing a wedding dress, asked: "What are you going to do with us, if you want to kill us, you want to give a happy word!" ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said, "Then do you want to kill or scrape?" ”

"We are already your captives, if we want to kill them, we must listen to them!" Wu Xiuda said loudly.

"Hehe, if I really wanted to kill you, you would have died last night. I heard that you were going to launch a mutiny last night to kill Yun Batian, why? Ma Zheng asked.

"Because he's going to be a traitor!"

"Haven't you always looked at him as the leader, why are you unwilling at this time?" Ma Zheng asked again.

"It's okay to be a bandit, but it's not okay to be a traitor." Wu Xiuda said categorically.

"I don't understand this, these bandits and traitors are all shady deeds, how can you follow Yun Ba Tianluo but you can't follow him as a traitor!" Ma Zheng asked with a frown.

"That's different, bandits are forced to do it in desperation to survive, even if they die, they can't enter the ancestral grave at most. But if you become a traitor, you will forget your ancestors, and if you die, you will be picked up and whipped. What's more, most of us are from this area, and after the Japanese came, they have slaughtered more than a dozen villages, many of which have our relatives, and the Japanese are our enemies, how can I help their group of bitches to do things! Wu Xiuda said loudly.

"Papapa" Ma Zheng couldn't help but applaud.

"Yes, it's a man, are you interested in following me!" Ma Zheng said with a smile.

"Who the hell are you, and what's the benefit of following you?" Wu Xiuda asked in a deep voice.

"We are the Eighth Route Army, an anti-Japanese contingent reorganized from the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which crossed the Yellow River two months ago and arrived at the anti-Japanese front. As for the benefits of following me, there is really no benefit, if you want to say that it is a benefit, I am afraid that the only thing is to fight devils, in a word, follow me to fight devils! Ma Zheng said.

"The Red Army? Isn't that the Red Bandit? Xu Xiaolin, who was on the side, said suddenly.

"Well, the Kuomintang reactionaries did call us that, but now that the whole people are fighting against Japan, we are also a regular army, and we belong to the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army." Ma Zheng said.

"So as long as we follow you, we will become a regular army?" Wu Xiuda asked in a deep voice.

"Well, that's the case in theory, but one thing, our troops are disciplined, and we don't take big smokers, sexually transmitted diseases, and those who have blood debts to the common people." Ma Zheng said.

"Okay, I promise to do it with you, but you can't embarrass my brothers." Wu Xiuda is colorful.

"Of course, our Eighth Route Army has always treated prisoners favorably and will never kill prisoners, except for those who have committed capital crimes!"

"Hmm!"

"Go and tell the brothers in your cottage about our policy, those who are willing to follow me to fight devils can stay, and those who are unwilling can pay their way home and let them go home. In addition, we will hold a public trial of the blood bandits who have committed capital crimes, and then they will be shot. Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Well, let's go!" After speaking, Wu Xiuda took Xu Xiaolin and left the Justice Hall.

After Wu Xiuda's work, in the end, 412 people were willing to stay and follow the Eighth Route Army to fight devils, and another 87 people were unwilling to stay, hoping that Ma Zheng would let them go home, and 28 bandits with heavy blood debts, including Yun Batian, were listed as the objects of trial.

In addition to these people, there are more than a hundred women who do not know what to choose. They were all caught up the mountain by Yun Batian, and even if they went back, their families might not be willing to accept them, but if they joined the army, they couldn't carry guns, and for a while, these women didn't know what to do.

However, after Ma Zheng learned of the situation, he agreed that they should stay in the army, and the role of women on the battlefield is not necessarily worse than that of men, especially in logistics and medical aid, women have natural advantages.

On the afternoon of December 15, under the chairmanship of Ma Zheng, the public trial meeting of Yun Batian and other blood bandits was held in Hades Mountain.

As the presiding judge, Huang Sicheng, read out the charges of the bandits one by one, and finally announced that the 28 blood bandits would be sentenced to death and immediately executed. With a crisp burst of gunfire, the 28 blood bandits ended their criminal lives, but with the gunshots, the lives of the other bandits in Hades Cottage turned a new page.

In addition to Huang Sicheng, Wang Hansen and Tie Niu, Wu Xiuda and Xu Xiaolin also attended the meeting.

"Comrades, after this battle, our troops have gained a foothold in this area. Now with the addition of Wu Xiuda, Xu Xiaolin and other comrades, the scale of our unit has also expanded, so I decided to expand the establishment of the unit into a battalion again. The battalion has three infantry companies of 140 people, one women's special service company of 110 people, and a guard platoon directly under the battalion and a special combat team of 72 people. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "Next, I will announce the personnel appointment, and the battalion commander will be myself. Huang Sicheng served as deputy battalion commander and commander of the first company, Wang Hansen served as the commander of the second company, Wu Xiuda served as the commander of the third company, Xu Xiaolin served as the commander of the guard platoon, Tie Niu served as the captain of the special combat team, and Comrade Li Haiyan served as the commander of the women's special service company. ”

"Do you have any comments on this personnel appointment?" Ma Zheng asked again.

"Nope!" Huang Sicheng said.

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

"It's good if not, now let's talk about the next tasks of the troops! After this battle, the morale of the troops has recovered, but if you want to completely relieve the fear of the Japanese army, you must fight face to face with the Japanese army, and you must win the battle. So we have two tasks next, the first is training, our troops were originally bandits, both in discipline and other aspects are very poor, can not be regarded as a regular army at all, so we must carry out all-round training. Ma Zheng said.

Wu Xiuda, who was on the side, opened his mouth and said: "Battalion commander, although we were bandits before, there are many soldiers in it, so we often train. And we as bandits only take in those who are physically able, so the physique is very good, and we only need to train for a while to go to war. ”

"Well, I know this, and in the next half month, I will conduct all-round intensive training for all of you. Not only the new fighters had to be trained, but also the veterans. I made the training plan yesterday, and you three company commanders should take a closer look at it, and I will supervise your training from tomorrow. ”

"Battalion commander, we veterans don't need it, right? We are all following you from Jiangxi to here, you should rest assured in terms of quality! Huang Sicheng said.

"No, this training is different, you have to participate. The other thing is that if you want to gain the approval of the new fighters as soon as possible, it is the fastest way to share their ups and downs. No one, including me, can escape this training. ”

"Yes"

"The second task is to find out the enemy situation in the vicinity as soon as possible, including how many Japanese strongholds there are in several nearby counties, how many Japanese soldiers are stationed in total, and whether there are any puppet troops. Ma Zheng continued.

"Yes"

"Adjourn the meeting, tomorrow morning the whistle is the horn, get up and train!"