"Walk in unison, one-two-one, one-two-one, one-two-two, three-four, one-two-one, stand, turn back. Hey, look at your platoon for yourselves, our main force won the battle by uniting as one, relying on strict training. Walking in the queue is to cultivate everyone's sense of collectivity and obedience, and look at their peers while walking. If the queue is not neat, how can it be the main force? Line! ”

"Walk in unison, one, two, one, ,......"

Tian Dalin is also a veteran now, and after the battle of Shangjiang, due to the heavy casualties among the basic officers of the army, he was promoted to the platoon commander of the second company and four platoons of the third battalion of the fifth regiment of the first column and the second division. The troops withdrew to the Qunce Mountains and used this rare leisure time to train the soldiers.

There was a sound of rest horns, and the soldiers of the second and third battalions of the division disbanded as if they were scattered, drinking water and resting. Tian Dalin found the company commander Wang Dashan and complained: "Company commander, the quality of these soldiers is too poor, this queue has been gone for 5 days, and they still can't stand up straight and walk unevenly, when will this be practiced, you must know that the counteroffensive battle will start at any time, and this group of recruits will not be able to withstand it at all!" You'd better give me some trained militiamen! ”

"I said Dalin, after only a few days as a platoon commander, you look down on your new comrades? Forgot when you first joined the army in Daliangzihe? You're so tired that you cry and can't tell the difference between left and right in the training queue. Aren't you going to be a big change after a month? There's a process for everything, and these recruits are much better than when you first joined the army, at least with basic training. You are a platoon commander, you should care more about them, communicate with them more, be their good brother, and don't always reprimand. ”

"They are good, when they came, they tested their military skills, they were good at shooting, they were good at throwing bombs, and they were similar to our fighters in running and cross-country, but they couldn't practice well in this queue. I wondered, even when the elm head has to bloom, I train them during the day and explain to them at night, this has been almost a week, and it is still the same. ”

"So. I need you to train them well! After all, they have never been on the battlefield, they have not experienced the knowledge of the army, this time although we have won a big battle, but the losses are not small, those militia have been supplemented from other main forces, and those assigned to us are all hunters in the base area, all want to fight devils, we can't dislike them, we must treat them as our own comrades who have just joined the army. Considerate and caring, and why these people are distributed to us, it is because the leaders look at us and think that we can train this group of people into elite soldiers. Didn't the regiment commander say that we have to train here in a solid manner for several months before we are assigned combat missions, and now our task is training. Don't be impatient. Are your own injuries healed? ”

"It's good morning, these 38 big covers don't hurt to bite. Coupled with the western medicine given by the headquarters, the body recovers quickly. I was hospitalized for only a few days before I was kicked out by the doctors at our hospital. ”

"Kicked out. I think you ran out on your own, right? I don't know you yet, I want to be a combat hero, I want to be a meritorious medal, right? ”

"Company commander, we've been here for more than ten days, and we haven't seen the regiment commander and political commissar coming, so they won't forget about us, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense. The regiment commander went to the division headquarters for a meeting, I think the meeting is the strategy for us to counterattack, you must know that the group of people in the third division actually eliminated the little devils of a division, and our second division only killed a wing or so, and we can't let them compare. Let's all refuel, train the soldiers as soon as possible, and strive to pull them out and fight the devils as soon as possible. ”

"A division, I'm obedient, how many people do you have to be a company commander."

"A division, a division, no matter how you say it, there must be thousands of people."

While the two were chatting, the company correspondent hurriedly ran over and said, "Company Commander Yang, the regiment commander asked you to be notified to come to the regiment headquarters for a meeting." ”

"Got it, go over right away." Wang Dashan agreed and said to Tian Dalin: "Don't be in a hurry about training, take your time." ”

In the battalion headquarters of the small mountain village, Zhou Ming, the regiment commander sitting cross-legged on the kang, said to the battalion and company cadres on the kang and under the kang: "The political commissar and I have just returned from a meeting at the division headquarters to convey the current situation.

"The Japanese army already knew about this crushing defeat, and yesterday they had all withdrawn to the other side, and the higher authorities ordered us to go out of the mountains in a week to recover the lost ground. The Japanese army's brigade withdrew, but there was a leading party that led the way for the Japanese army this time, and the order given to us by the division headquarters was to try all these traitors, I wonder if your soldiers can fight? ”

"Yes."

"Okay, that's what I want, although most of our troops are new recruits and have not been trained, if we fight with the Japanese army, I think we will definitely lose, but our opponents this time are those traitors, and this time it is a good training direction. At the same time, it can allow those recruits to grow up quickly, and secondly, it is also to examine the results of your training these days, and now they will go back to make pre-war preparations, and we will set off in a week. ”

"Yes."

The Japanese army, which had occupied most of the Shangjiang area, suddenly withdrew to the other side and gave up the territory that had been won with great difficulty, which made Meng Qingshan very puzzled, and some did not understand what the Japanese army was doing, whether it was really because of the lack of troops and did not dare to advance north, just when Meng Qingshan was pondering what the Japanese army in Sanjiang Province meant, the arrival of Zhou Baozhong and Liu Yalou interrupted his train of thought.

Seeing the arrival of the two, Meng Qingshan, who was thinking about things, got up and poured water for the two of them, and directly said the doubts in his heart.

After listening to Meng Qingshan's introduction to the enemy's situation, Zhou Baozhong stared at the map and pondered for a long time and said: "Commander, I feel that one of the main reasons why the Japanese army on the Eastern Front is not advancing but retreating, I am afraid that the main reason is the lack of troops, at least I think so." The Kwantung Army suffered a big loss in our hands in the first two battles, and now our minds have completely calmed down, and we are worried that we will eat this lone army! ”

"I agree with the commissar's idea, but I think that the sudden retreat of the Japanese army was not simply due to the lack of troops. I am afraid that the confusion in intelligence is also an important reason. Since the formation of our troops, although the speed of development has been too fast, and there have been many reorganizations, coupled with the degree of secrecy and the carelessness of the Japanese, I think what they are most scratching their heads about now is not our combat effectiveness, nor only our equipment, but also how many troops we have. In other words, until the battle has been fought, they still have no idea about our exact strength. ”

"Our performance is only four field divisions, and in the eyes of the Japanese army, it is also called a guard divisional force. The total number of troops on the surface of this should be very clear according to the Japanese army's consistent intelligence-gathering capabilities. The Japanese army has always been confident in its own combat effectiveness, and they are also very confident in this self-confidence, but this time the strength exposed in the first battle of our annihilation of the 10th Division made the Japanese army shocked and frightened.

Meng Qingshan was just about to say something, Xiaohuzi took a telegram and walked over, Meng Qingshan took the telegram and looked at it, and said with a smile: "It seems that I know the reason." ”

"What is the reason?"

"The Kwantung Army has changed its commander."

"I see."

"No matter who the commander of the Kwantung Army is, our troops will have to rest and recuperate. Judging from this telegram, the Japanese army may not make any major moves before June. And this gave us time to reorganize our troops, and I believe that by the time the Japanese army attacked, our troops had already run in and could start the next battle. Meng Qingshan looked at the three circles on the map and said with a smile.

I saw that there were three place names in the three circles, Qiqihar, Zhalantun, and Hailar. (To be continued.) )