Chapter VII: Raising Flags and Recruiting Soldiers

Zheng Weiguo: They then discussed the personnel arrangement. Large-scale personnel adjustments are difficult to implement and are not necessary, so they are only partially adjusted.

Yu Laogen said: "Tuanzuo, the newcomer Zhang Changgui is a good hand. As long as the injury is healed, it will definitely be of great use. "Zhang Changgui was originally the bodyguard of the county magistrate, and he used a fast and slow machine very to eliminate his soul, and he was injured in a shootout with a horse thief, and was taken advantage of by Zheng Weiguo to get under the net. Fortunately, the injury is not serious, and it should not take long to go to the battlefield.

Back then, Tang Taizong said to Xue Rengui that I was not happy to win Liaodong, but happy to be a general. Zheng Weiguo now has a deep understanding, and he wants to say to Zhang Changgui, I don't want to know the treasures of the three-horse carriage, I want to know you. Sweat! Of course he couldn't say such a meaty and affectionate thing. Zheng Weiguo nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, I plan to let him be the leader of the guard squad, which is directly under the regiment headquarters." ”

Yu Laogen said: "Which pillar? He's always with you, and it's easy to use. Why don't you let Zhang Changgui be a platoon leader! ”

Zheng Weiguo shook his head with a smile and said, "The character of the pillar is too rough to be a squad leader." I'm going to let him be a guard for a while, and if he grows, it's not too late to let him out. ”

Yu Laogen nodded hurriedly and said, "It's still a thoughtful group." Since you want to sharpen the temperament of the pillar, then Brother Changgui is the best candidate! ”

Appointing Zhang Changgui as the squad leader, firstly, you can win over this guy with good military value, and secondly, you can also tell those newcomers that they have to have the ability, so they don't have to worry about not having a chance to get ahead. At the same time, this is also in line with Zheng Weiguo's habits when he was a special forces major. At that time, the only criterion for his selection was whether you had that ability or not, so his team was always the best.

Li Dazhuang had been in the audience, but he was a little puzzled at this time, and shouted: "I have also heard that Brother Zhang is a good style!" But he only joined us today, does he still have to hand in a letter of nomination! ”

Zheng Weiguo reprimanded: "Go, you have listened too much to the storytelling!" ”

Zhang Haiyan explained: "This is a clever plan to buy horse bones, you won't understand!" ”

Li Dazhuang rolled his eyes and sneered: "I'm not rare!" It doesn't matter if you buy horse bones or cow bones. The big guy laughed again.

After discussing the personnel arrangements and reorganization, Zheng Weiguo specially stayed at Lao Gen. Lao Gen'er is going to Tongping tomorrow, and there are some important things that need to be talked about in detail. In fact, Yu Laogen went to Tongping not only to recruit troops, but also to hand over more important things to him.

Because of the urgency of the matter, Yu Laogen took the brothers on the road early the next morning. Due to the failure to open up the situation in Ping'an County, the next development of the security regiment depends on Yu Laogen's trip.

When Yu Laogen and them arrived in Tongping, it was the most chaotic time in Tongping County. At this time, although the national army was still fighting against the devils in the front, the army's morale was unstable, the situation was like a dangerous egg, the people were panicked, and the county government was deserted.

If it is a large county, not only is there no one to defend it, but even the people in charge of the affairs have fled or hidden. The gates of the city were crowded with fleeing people, but there was no one to guard them, in fact, not even to maintain order. Some impatient people crowded and shoved at the city gates, making it even more congested.

Since the large-scale invasion of North China by the devils, there have been more refugees going south. In addition to the common people, there were also many Kuomintang deserters mixed in the crowd. Of course, there are not a few spies of the Japanese devils.

The refugees are more or less aware of the brutality of the devils, and their hearts are terrified, like frightened birds, which can cause riots at the slightest disturbance. They scrambled to flee south, congesting the entire Pinghan line.

Yu Laogen saw that it was too chaotic here, so he hurriedly said loudly: "Everyone line up and go, so many people must not be scattered!" ”

A young man was a little excited, and he was looking around, and said, "How can it! Uncle Gen, the people here are really lively! It's much stronger than Ping'an County. ”

Another young man was busy talking and said, "Uncle Gen, there is no one to guard this county, so it is better for us to take it down!" ”

Before the young man could continue to use his imagination, he was knocked hard by Yu Laogen's dry smoke pot. Yu Laogen scolded: "This is also said casually? I'll clean you up when I go back! ”

However, when he entered the city and saw the deformed prosperity and completely undefended state in the city, Yu Laogen really had the idea of taking the city. But he thought about it again, and he might not be able to hold it if he took it from such a small person. Besides, the devil may come at some point, and will it be so difficult that he will still stay here? Get! It's better to honestly recruit troops and go back to Ping'an County to do another big job.

Yu Laogen and they set up a compound in the city, and a sign was hung at the door, which said that the Tongping Recruitment Office of the Anti-Japanese Security Corps of Ping'an County. Thus began the recruitment process. Lao Gen divided his subordinates into two groups, one group went to various pharmacies in the city to buy Western medicine, and the other group went to the railway station and other places with a large flow of people to buy guns and ammunition.

It is said that it is not appropriate to make such a big deal on other people's land, but now is a time of chaos, and no one really interferes with them. Some stragglers began to enlist at the recruiting office, and it seemed that they were going to change units to continue to pay the troops. Of course, there are still many people who don't want to beg for a living at gunpoint anymore, so they simply sell their guns to the security corps in exchange for some money to go home.

Yu Laogen's business is becoming more and more prosperous, but the recruitment work in Ping'an County is a little cold. To say that the recruitment office here in Ping'an County is much more magnificent than that in Tongping, it uses the compound of the former Taxation Bureau. In order to attract the masses, Zheng Weiguo also set up a stage in the courtyard and invited a group of singers to perform on the stage in turn. There is also a row of colorful flags planted at the entrance of the compound, and various flags are displayed in the wind, making it more festive than the New Year.

Zheng Weiguo had been leading the troops to do physical training all morning, and as soon as the training was over, he turned around to see how the recruitment work was going. Because Zhang Haiyan had done recruitment work in the Northeast Army before, he was responsible for the recruitment work in Ping'an County.

When Zhang Haiyan saw Zheng Weiguo coming, he hurriedly stood up and gave a military salute, and said, "Tuanzuo, you are here." ”

Zheng Weiguo also returned a military salute, but the military salute of the Northeast Army made him feel a little weird. He said: "Haiyan, is the work easy to carry out?" ”

Zhang Haiyan smiled bitterly and said, "I only recruited one person in the morning." Hey, the common people and the squires don't believe us. Don't look at the people around, it's all lively! ”

Zheng Weiguo sighed and said: "Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he will see the hearts of the people for a long time!" One day, the people here will understand us and support us. He asked, "Where is the man you recruited today?" ”

Zhang Haiyan called a strong guy who was helping with chores, and said with a smile: "His name is Wang Dazhu, he is a blacksmith, and he fled from the north." I heard that we were going to fight against Japan, so I signed up without saying a word. Sledgehammer, I've seen our captain. ”

Wang Dazhui hurriedly stepped forward with a very non-standard military salute and said, "Regiment commander! ”

Zheng Weiguo corrected his military posture for him, and said with a smile: "It's a great guy!" Tell me, why do you want to join our anti-Japanese security group? ”

Wang Dazhui lowered his head, looked a little sad, and said, "I escaped from the north, and my hometown has been occupied by devils." A month ago, a lost ghost wounded soldier suddenly broke into our village, and everyone in the village was terrified. The devil will give whatever the people in the village want, and he will not dare to disobey at all. At first, he just wanted to eat and drink, and I put up with it, but after the end, he still wanted a woman! The devil is alone, and he is still injured, but the people in our village dare not do it, and they have to rely on him in everything. I couldn't help it, so I used a sledgehammer to smash the devil's head to pieces at night. The people in the village said that I had caused a big disaster to the village, and they wanted to tie me up and give it to the Japanese. ”

Zheng Weiguo's face was solemn, and he said: "Fortunately, you escaped, otherwise you would definitely be unable to escape death, and the devil may not let your village go." ”

Wang Dazhui wiped a handful of tears and said, "I didn't run away at that time!" I thought about doing things by myself, so I didn't resist and let them tie me up. They locked me up in the ancestral hall and prepared to send me to the city the next day so that I could plead guilty to the Japanese. In the middle of the night, an old man secretly let me go, and gave me the devil's gun. The old uncle said, baby, you run away quickly, go to a place where Chinese are not afraid of the Japanese! As he spoke, he took off the 38 cover on his back and handed it to Zheng Weiguo, Zheng Weiguo took it and saw that there were still blood stains on the gun, which was probably left by the dead devil.

Zheng Weiguo had heard a lot of similar stories before crossing over, but he didn't expect to be able to witness such a strange story in person. He was speechless for a while, and after a while he patted Wang Dazhui on the shoulder and said, "Good job! You're the first devil killer in our regiment, amazing! He said to Zhang Haiyan again: "Wait a minute, bring the sledgehammer to the regiment headquarters, he will be a member of the guard squad in the future." ”

Zhang Haiyan said with a smile: "Tuanzao, you are not kind. I'm going to recruit it, and I'm going to be poached by you! ”

Zheng Weiguo was also happy and said, "Then you can recruit a few more!" ”

While the two were talking, someone came to sign up again. Zheng Weiguo was overjoyed, hurriedly strode over, and asked, "Who wants to sign up for our anti-Japanese security group?" ”

A pretty girl hurriedly said, "I want to sign up!" Her companions were startled and grabbed her.

Zheng Weiguo was a little disappointed when he saw that it was a woman, and said, "This girl, I'm sorry, we won't recruit female soldiers for the time being." However, if you want to be literate, you can teach our warriors to read. I pay you a monthly salary, how? "There are few literate people in the security group, which has become a problem for Zheng Weiguo. If you want to become a qualified soldier, how can you do it without culture?

The girl shook her head and said, "Then I won't be a teacher?" I don't want to teach, I just want to go to the battlefield to fight devils, just like Mulan. ”

One of her female companions hurriedly said, "Zhilan, you're crazy! How do you go to war as a girl? ”

Another male companion also said, "That's it!" Besides, it's not certain that these people will resist the Japanese or not! ”

Zheng Weiguo doesn't like to hear this, why do you say that we don't resist Japan? But then again, the security team hasn't fought with the little devils yet, and it's understandable that the villagers have doubts. He thought for a moment and said, "You don't know how to use a gun yet, do you?" I'm going to open a shooting class in the east of the city. Starting tomorrow, anyone who wants to learn a gun can learn it for free! Every day, well, twenty places! ”

Zhilan said happily: "That's good, I will definitely go to study tomorrow!" You said that I would like to be a teacher, and I will have to think about it before I reply to you. As he spoke, he jumped up and down with his companions.