Gao Shen said: "So, the captain doesn't plan to stay? ”

Xu Nineteen said: "The master treats me well, and there is no one to take care of Ah Wen and Ergua, so I have to go back, but you can stay with caution, and I will tell the master." ”

Gao Shenxing said: "You go, I will go too." ”

Xu Nineteen said: "That's okay, let's pack up and leave immediately." ”

"Leaving right away?" Gao Shenxing was stunned and said, "Captain, don't be so anxious, besides, you just woke up, can your body eat?" ”

Xu Shijiu said: "My body is fine, I want to return to the team as soon as possible." ”

Gao Shenxing said: "Captain, there is something I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Xu Shijiu said: "Between you and my brothers, what else can't be said?" ”

Gao Shenxing said: "Captain, let's go, but after all, people have saved the lives of both of us, we can't just pat our butts and leave, we have to say something, right?" ”

Xu Shijiu said: "Yes, we should have said something, but don't we have no money on us?" ”

Gao Shen said: "Captain, the guerrillas are not short of money, they lack instructors, and they lack an artillery instructor. ”

"Artillery instructor?" Xu Jiu was stunned and said, "Shen Xing, you won't be joking, do they still have cannons?" ”

"There's really a cannon." Gao Shen said, "Last time they picked up the train, they got a mm caliber mortar and fifty shells, but no one knew how to operate the gun, and they asked me just now." ”

"Okay." Xu Shijiu said, "I can teach them to operate mortars, but the time is only three days, and after three days, whether they learn it or not, we will all leave." ”

While speaking, Yin Shangwen had already walked in with rice soup, and Gao Shenxing introduced Yin Shangwen to Xu Shijiu, asked Yin Shangwen to accompany Xu Shijiu, and then got up to find He Keqi.

In the small courtyard next door, the atmosphere is also a little dignified.

Hu Zhijing sighed and said, "Lao He, looking at Captain Xu's attitude, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to achieve." ”

"I can see it too." He Keqi nodded and said, "Although this Xu brigade speaks politely, not as domineering as the platoon commander Gao, but he is hiding a needle in the cotton, and the meaning of refusal is obvious, but if he wants to go, then it is good to go, as long as the platoon commander Gao agrees to stay, as long as the platoon commander Gao stays, our guerrillas in southern Jiangsu will still be eagles." ”

"I'm afraid that the high platoon commander will not stay." Hu Zhijing said, "Lao He, don't you see, the friendship between Platoon Commander Gao and this Captain Xu is a fateful friendship, one is leaving, and the other will never stay." ”

"That's not going to work." He Keqi was anxious and said loudly, "Platoon Commander Gao has to stay no matter what." ”

Just as Liu Chang came in, he picked up and said: "If they want to leave, let them go, without the two of them, won't the sun rise as usual, and won't our guerrillas fight?" ”

He Keqi said angrily: "Liu Yushi, what do you call this?" ”

"I'm telling the truth." Liu Changyi said solemnly, "Leaving these two Kuomintang reactionaries behind will indeed improve the combat effectiveness of our guerrillas in the short term, but in the long run, they will do far more harm than good, and they will bring the warlord style in the Kuomintang army into the ranks of the revolution, and they will spoil a pot of porridge with a rat droppings."

"Xiao Liu" Hu Zhijing was also angry, and reprimanded, "Chairman Mao said that without investigation, there is no right to speak, and you have not had in-depth contact with Captain Xu and Gao Platoon Commander, let alone understand their ideological dynamics on the ground, how can you arbitrarily assert that they are reactionaries?" As a party member, where is your party spirit?

Liu Chang still wanted to argue, but Hu Zhijing interrupted very unceremoniously: "Okay, you don't need to say any more, go back and reflect on it immediately, write a profound examination, you don't have to be responsible for the recent propaganda work, I will let Shang Wen take over your work, your task now is to reflect on it and find out your own ideological shortcomings."

Liu Chang's face changed in an instant, and he went out without saying a word with his head down.

Hu Zhijing sighed and said, "Xiao Liu is still too young and lacks practical work experience. ”

He Keqi also said depressedly: "Now there are some comrades in our party who just like to talk exaggeratedly, obviously have no grassroots work experience, and like to point fingers, I think there will be problems if this continues." ”

He Keqi's words were made by feeling, he trusted Hu Zhijing, but he couldn't help but worry, if Hu Zhijing was transferred away one day, and his superiors asked Liu Chang to take over, it would be a big trouble.

Hu Zhijing knew He Keqi's thoughts, and said immediately: "Okay, I will reflect when necessary." ”

He Keqi's mood calmed down a little, but he immediately said: "But if the platoon commander Gao really leaves, it will be a big loss for our guerrillas, not to mention anything else, Gaoqiao Town will not be able to fight." ”

As soon as the words landed, Gao Shenxing suddenly hurriedly walked in and said, "Captain He, our captain agreed." ”

"What did you say?" He Keqi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Captain Xu, did he promise to stay?" ”

"Uh, no......" Gao Shenxing said busily, "Captain He, aren't you short of an artillery instructor?" Our captain, he has promised to train you in artillery. ”

"Hey, that's what happened." He Keqi was disappointed when he heard this.

Hu Zhijing's heart moved slightly, and asked, "Platoon Commander Gao, did Captain Xu really agree to train artillery for us?" ”

"I really agreed." Gao Shen said, "But he only promised to train for three days, and he will leave as soon as the three days are up." ”

"Isn't that?" He Keqi became more and more disappointed, and said angrily, "What is enough time for three days?" It's not enough to practice shooting, but also to shoot guns. ”

Gao Shenxing could only smile bitterly.

Hu Zhijing had a faint idea, and said immediately: "Okay, three days is three days." ”

After sending Gao Shenxing away, He Keqi couldn't help but complain about Hu Zhijing: "Party representative, you shouldn't agree to him, how can you teach to operate guns in just three days, rather than this, it is better to let this kid owe us a big favor, maybe there will be a time to deal with it in the future, and then let this kid return it with interest." ”

Hu Zhijing didn't argue, only smiled and asked, "Lao He, do you still want to fight Gaoqiao Town?" ”

"Hit Takahashi Town?" He Keqi was a little stunned and said, "Of course I want to fight, I want to fight in my dreams." ”

Hu Zhijing said with a smile: "Whether you can take Gaoqiao Town this time or not is all about this Captain Xu." ”

"What do you mean by party representative?" He Keqi said, "The surname Xu only promised to help us train artillery." ”

Hu Zhijing said: "That's right, Captain Xu only promised to help us train artillery, but the training is also classified, let's engage in actual combat training, so that the artillery can learn the essentials of shooting in actual combat." ”

"I understand, what do you mean by the party representative......" He Keqi's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but say, "If the surnamed Xu can really help us defeat Gaoqiao Town, it will be enough to repay our favor." ”

Hu Zhijing said: "Lao He, your idea is not right, I have to criticize you, we communists are not businessmen, and saving people is not a business, what to repay or not, how ugly it is." ”

"Yes, yes, we are not businessmen, this is not a business, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are one family, this is called helping each other." He Keqi nodded again and again, and said, "What, don't I have a low consciousness, the party representative will take care of you, heh." ”

After a night without words, Xu Shijiu felt much better when he got up the next day, and he could even get out of bed and walk around.

Xu 19 asked Gao Shenxing to go to He Keqi and called a few artillery trainees in the guerrilla team over, Xu 19 planned to teach them the thumb ranging method first, and the artillery jishu said that it was simple but very simple, whether it was the adjustment of the shooting angle or the thumb ranging, it was actually not difficult, as long as it was not really stupid, it would basically be learned.

But if you want to shoot accurately, it will be difficult.

It can be said that without more than three years and tens of thousands of intensive training, it is difficult to control the measurement error within 20 meters, so it is not easy to say that the artillery of the national army is really not easy, and all of them are heroes

However, when Gao Shenxing returned, he was alone, and the guerrillas did not send anyone.

Hearing that the guerrillas were going to engage in some kind of actual combat training, Xu Jiujiu immediately smiled and said to Gao Shenxing: "This Captain He is quite shrewd, why is he going to engage in actual combat training, and he obviously wants us to temporarily give them a temporary job, look, if I guess correctly, they should be preparing to attack a nearby Japanese stronghold."

"A Japanese stronghold?" Gao Shen said, "Except for the provincial town of Jiang, there is no Japanese stronghold nearby." ”

Xu Nineteen said: "If there is no Japanese stronghold nearby, it is a squire who will be attacked." ”

"It seems that only the Zhou family in Qiaotou Town can be regarded as a squire." Gao Shen said, "I heard that the old lady Zhou is not a thing, and after his son Zhou Yaozu became the chairman of the traitor maintenance committee, he caused a lot of killings. ”

"That's the Zhou family." Xu Nineteen said, "Shen Xing, you have not been in contact with the communist army for a long time, our 19th Route Army has been dealing with the communist army for nearly two years, I also did research on the communist army back then, through research I found that they are still very disciplined, they will first send the army to drive away a certain security team, magpie's nest dove, this is called zhanzhujiao." ”

Gao Shen said: "And then? ”

Xu 19 said: "After zhanzhu's feet, the local people will not trust them immediately, at this time, in addition to strictly restraining their own team, they will also find a way to suppress one or two squires who are very angry with the people, and will also distribute the real estate and land of these squires to the poor people free of charge, so that some people will begin to trust and support them, which is called opening the situation."

After a pause, Xu Shijiu continued: "The guerrillas we came into contact with should belong to the gang zhanzhujiao, the situation has not yet opened, don't look at the people of Yangzhuang who support them, but the people of nearby villages and towns may not buy their accounts, otherwise with the ability of the communist army to pull the team, the guerrillas will never have only more than 100 people." ”

Gao Shenxing said: "Then let's help with this favor, or don't we help?" ”

Xu Shijiu said: "Help, of course you have to help." ”