The carnival lasted all day, and by the evening most of the officers and men were drunk, and one of the advantages was most evident from the battle to the end of the banquet.

That is to say, the officers and men of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force and the fighters of the guerrillas in various counties have rapidly warmed up their feelings for each other, and they have become very familiar with each other, and they are commensurate with each other's robes.

After all, they can be regarded as comrades-in-arms who have carried guns together and fought together.

That night, Guo Meng's face was a little crimson and she found Qiao Youhua, obviously she was very happy today, and she also drank a lot of wine.

"Captain Qiao, there's a piece of news I forgot to tell you." Guo Meng's body was a little swaying, and he sat down at the conference table in the justice hall.

Seeing her like this, Qiao Youhua had a touching charm, and asked with a heart-pounding smile: "Political commissar, what's the news?" After speaking, Qiao Youhua also poured her a glass of water and put it in front of her.

Guo Meng was not polite, picked up the water cup and drank it without a lady's image, wiped the water stains on the corner of his mouth and said: "After returning from victory yesterday, I sent a telegram to the headquarters in the name of the two of us!" Yesterday afternoon, the headquarters called back. ”

"Oh? What does the headquarters say? Qiao Youhua took out a cigarette, took out another box of matches, and was about to light it.

In addition, in order to make up for our losses in the defense of Feiyunling, the headquarters decided to supplement the guerrillas of Shimen, Luquan, Pingshan, and Lingshou counties into our Dragon Tooth Task Force!

At the same time, we are authorized to re-develop the guerrillas in the four counties, lead the development of the anti-Japanese armed forces within the four counties, persist in continuing to fight against the arrogance of the Japanese puppet army, and protect the lives of our compatriots! Guo Mengdao.

Qiao Youhua forgot to light a cigarette after striking the match, and it was not until his fingers were burned by the flames that he came back to his senses, and said happily: "Is this true?" "You must know that after this battle, the strength of the guerrillas in these four counties is still 1,000 people, and they have all experienced the baptism and tempering of several battles.

As Jiang Haidong said, it has become a combatable army, and it is no longer the Tubalu guerrilla force with poor equipment and combat effectiveness.

If you really want to leave behind and replenish the Dragon's Tooth Task Force, the strength of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force has not decreased, but has increased compared to before the war, and its strength is even stronger than before.

In this way, Qiao Youhua's strength in his hands has reached 1,400 people, and then recruit and expand a batch of new soldiers, which can definitely be expanded to the scale of more than 3,000 people in a class A regiment.

With these troops, even if the devil comes to encircle and suppress again, Qiao Youhua has the confidence to fight.

Guo Meng, who was a little drunk, glanced at Qiao Youhua, ignoring how charming and touching his appearance was, and said, "I can still lie to you." ”

Qiao Youhua was afraid that he would not be able to control it if he stayed with her, so he laughed dryly, and found Wan Ying'er, who was on duty instead of Liu Ruhan, and said: "Sister Ying'er, please help me send Political Commissar Guo back to rest, she is a little drunk." ”

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Ma Shoutian is a native of Magou Town, and his family was originally an ordinary poor peasant in Magou Town, but they did not have their own land, and the land in Magou Town was occupied by several landlords and inferior gentry in the town.

Ma Shoutian's family is the same as most of the ordinary people in the town, for many years they have been working as tenants for these landlords and old rich families in the town, renting the landlords' fields, paying high rents, and living a precarious life.

In this backward era, even though the people were miserable, they could only bear it silently, until two days ago, Qiao Youhua led the guerrillas to pass through Magou and killed those landlords and local tyrants and gentry who had taken refuge in the Japanese, fought for the tigers, and intensified their exploitation of their poor people.

opened a warehouse to release grain, and took out the money of all the big landlords in Magou Town and distributed it to the people free of charge, and their fate changed.

Although each family received a lot of food and a lot of money, they had nowhere to go for a short time, because Magou Town was accused by the Japanese and traitors such as Ergou and Da Ma Monkey.

Therefore, those of them who have shared the money and food of the local tyrants, landlords and inferior gentry are already homeless.

In the end, some people mentioned that yì went to Feiyunling to join the Eighth Route Army, and this mention was approved by the vast majority of the people in Magou.

Therefore, after the Japanese were defeated, hundreds of households and thousands of residents in Magou Town rushed to the direction of Feiyunling one after another.

Ma Shoutian, 21 years old, used a small cart to push the elderly lady and rushed towards Feiyunling with the crowd of other villagers.

"Mother, when I get to Feiyunling, I will join the Eighth Route Army, earn military salaries in the future, and feed you well! I heard that there are many people living in the base area of Feiyunling of the Eighth Route Army, so we don't have to worry about being bullied by devils and traitors when we get there! Ma Shoutian pushed the cart and said with a yearning face.

"Well, if you can participate in the Eighth Route Army, it can be regarded as a glorious ancestor, that is a team that fights devils to protect our people! Mother doesn't ask you how much military salary you earn, just be safe! The old man said earnestly.

Due to the battle of Feiyunling, the devils and puppet troops in the Luquan area were almost killed and wounded, and they were at their weakest, so the thousands of people in Magou Town were able to arrive at Feiyunling along the way.

As soon as they arrived at the outskirts of the mountain, they were discovered by the sentries of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force who were in charge of guarding, and several sentries rushed out of the woods and bushes with guns in their hands, looking at the hundreds of meters long civilian procession.

A dragon tooth veteran put away his gun and asked, "Who are you?" Where's the fight? ”

Ma Shoutian pushed the old mother and stepped forward to reply: "Sir, we are the people of Magou Town, and we have come to join the Eighth Route Army of Feiyunling, please let us go up the mountain, the devils and traitors have occupied the town, and we are homeless." ”

Ma Shoutian's words aroused the echo of the other people, and a group of people around him followed suit: "Yes, sir, let's go up the mountain, we also have to join the Eighth Route Army, and we can also fight devils." ”

The dragon tooth veteran hurriedly whispered to a companion beside him, "Go up the mountain and inform the regiment commander and political commissar." ”

The other soldier immediately turned around and ran away with his gun on his back, and the veteran waved his hand: "Fellow villagers, please wait a moment, our regiment commander and political commissar will be here soon." ”

Because of the good news from Guo Meng, Qiao Youhua slept comfortably last night.

As soon as he got up, he saw the sentry running towards him in a hurry with a rifle on his back, and after asking about the situation, Qiao Youhua washed his face and said to him: "Go, immediately inform Political Commissar Guo and let her go down the mountain with me." ”