Although they are away from home, the troops' daily three drills and two lectures are indispensable. No, the early morning warriors got up and assembled. Platoon training, weapon maintenance, physical training, and tactical training all have to be done in turn.

However, there are exceptions. Like the appearance of the cavalry, it is a little loose, and in the morning the grass is fed, and the feeding is fed, and the mouth is still drinking "Hoo!" from time to time! Yo yo! The war horse listened happily, and also shouted according to the rhythm, but it also reflected in the music.

After feeding the horses, they had to pull out the horses and go to slip, and the cavalrymen grabbed a big cake or something, and gnawed it as they went, and slipped for several miles. When the people and horses are full, they start singing, the Northeast people sing the two-person turn, the Hebei people sing Bangzi, the Shaanxi people sing Xintianyou, and the Shanxi people are more chaotic.

The village in the mountains is so big that the whole village can hear it. The more the soldiers sang, the happier they became, and the old peasants who were plowing the ground at the head of the village were itching in their hearts and sang along. One mouth, got, "Big Red Rooster Hairy Legs".

The big red has hairy legs

I couldn't eat anything and ran for nothing

Sola Sola Sola Sola Plant, Woo Hey

Coincidentally, I pulled up my coat and coughed up

……

Hey! Don't say it, this voice is really good. However, who in the mountains can't shout two sentences, not only the men sang it, but some bold mothers-in-law and aunts also stood on the threshold and let go of their voices and roared, quite the spirit of a wheat bully in modern society. Like "Embroidered Purse", "Under the Willow Forest", "Worship the New Year", what is there to sing.

Some girls who have not yet come out of the pavilion hid in the courtyard and sang shyly: "The door is set up and the flowers are not coming, my brother is my heart and liver, kiss and kiss and be dumb......" The slightest movement and dare not sing, causing the neighbors' descendants to sit still.

Listening to the more people sing, the more energetic they are, where can the infantry still train? Zhang Changgui was originally teaching everyone to learn the flag language, but he danced and walked away with the beat of others. He angrily threw the command flag to the ground and said, "Damn, these sub-cavalry know how to be in the limelight!" ”

Wang Dazhui said: "Tuanzao, why don't we sing it too!" ”

Liu Ertang hurriedly coaxed: "That's it!" I can also sing, I'm afraid they will do something! "He's new, but he's not afraid of anything. In history, he has made outstanding achievements in war, but he has always been a militia because his temperament is too loose and he can't stand the rules in the army.

Zhang Changgui said: "Okay! Let's sing too, but if we want to sing, we will sing together, and we will suppress other people's voices! ”

The fighters all said, "Good! ”

But what song should I sing? The 33rd Division still does not have its own military song, and the soldiers are all from all over the world, and it is difficult to find one that everyone can sing.

Everyone fought for a long time, but they didn't find a suitable one. Zhang Changgui thought for a while and said, "I learned a song from Shizuo, why don't you learn to sing now?" ”

The soldiers hurriedly puffed up their hands and said, "Okay, the regiment will sing first!" Zhang Changgui was not stage frightened, and he sang when he stood on the stage.

Speak from the heart

I'm homesick too

The old mother of the family is full of gray hair

Truth be told, I have love

I often miss her in my dreams

Come on, come on, come on, come here to be a soldier

Come and know that there is a big responsibility

You don't carry a gun, I don't carry a gun

Whoever defends our mom will defend her

Who will defend her

……

This is "Say a Word from the Heart" that everyone is familiar with, which is very inconspicuous in many revolutionary military songs, and the words and tunes can only be said to be average, but it is this simple art that can move people's hearts the most.

At the beginning, the soldiers still had some "entertainment spirit", and when they sang in a southern and northern tone, some soldiers deliberately went out of tune to make everyone laugh. But after singing twice, the soldiers' eyes were moist, and they sang more and more devotedly.

When Zhang Changgui led the singing for the third time, he sang that the old mother at home was already full of white hair, and a young little soldier suddenly burst into tears and choked up: "Woo, Tuanzao, I miss my mother!" ”

As soon as someone took the lead, everyone was aroused and wiped their tears, and some soldiers couldn't control their emotions and even cried.

Zhang Changgui was stunned, and scolded with a smile: "Look at your little bit of interest, how can you pay it back, and you still squeeze the cat urine......" As he spoke, the iron man who didn't say a word after being shot also choked up.

The sentry suddenly shouted: "Don't cry, the men of the cavalry battalion are back!" ”

Zhang Changgui hurriedly wiped his tears with his sleeve and said, "Don't cry!" Let them see it, and the face of our spy battalion will be thrown to grandma's house! "The soldiers who can enter the special service battalion have a strong sense of honor, and they are busy wiping away their tears, trying to control their emotions, and they can't help but face the wall and not let passers-by see it.

In addition to this reinforced company of the 33rd Division, the 2nd Battalion of the 5th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army is also stationed here, but one is in the south of the village and the other is in the north of the village.

The cavalry and the villagers engaged in "interaction", and the Eighth Route Army naturally heard it. The soldiers said one after another: "This guy is the Kuomintang army, what is the singing hall going on?" ”

After all, they're still practicing normally. But after a while, the spy battalion sang neatly, and the Eighth Road was a little unable to sit still.

The company commander glared and said, "Damn, this is endless, do you want to compare or what?" ”

The second company commander said: "Battalion commander, let's sing too, but we can't let them compare!" ”

So, Balu stopped practicing, lined up a few large squares and began to sing. Since the beginning of the Red Army, the army has attached great importance to literary and artistic propaganda, so it is really not difficult to pick a few smooth songs. However, the songs of the Agrarian Revolution period were a little inappropriate to sing at this time, and the "Eighth Route Army Military Song" did not come out until 39 years, so they sang "March of the Big Knife", that is, the big knife cut off the devil's head. This song is a little rough, but it can be sung by the army with great momentum.

When the villagers heard this, they all said that the Eighth Route was fighting well, and the songs were also singing well, which was neat and louder than the Kuomintang army. When the soldiers of the 33rd Division heard this, they almost died of anger, but they couldn't find a suitable song. It's not okay to sing "Say a Word from the Heart" again, in case someone cries, you won't have the face to see people.

Zheng Weiguo came out of Commander-in-Chief Wei and happened to meet Chief of Staff Guo, Zheng Weiguo said: "Counselor, you got up quite early!" It's been a tiring trip these days, why don't you sleep a little more? ”

Chief of Staff Guo smiled: "It's strange to say, a few days ago, I wanted to sleep but couldn't sleep, but now I have the conditions to sleep, but I can't sleep!" He pointed to the drying ground, and then said, "When I heard them practicing, I simply got up and looked at my heart." ”

Zheng Weiguo looked at it and saw Zhang Changgui and the others muttering together, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was saying, so he shouted: "Zhang Changgui, what are you doing, why don't you practice?" ”

Zhang Changgui said angrily: "It's all to blame on the guys in the cavalry battalion, they don't train when they get up in the morning, they don't have anything to do, and they can't train the brothers!" ”

The night owl was called. He said with an aggrieved face: "This is really not my fault! ”

It turned out that the infantry was tight and the cavalry was loose, which was originally an objective law, and it was impossible for the cavalry to follow the routine of the infantry. In addition, it is not easy to do any training early in the morning. If you get too excited about the horses, they will not be so active when there is a real war.

In terms of cavalry training, Zheng Weiguo knew all the tricks, but he didn't know anything. And the night owl happens to be a brick and a scholar in this regard, and it is a professional theory as soon as it is exported, which is difficult to refute. Although Zheng Weiguo suspected that the way of night owls was too wild, he did not dare to speak indiscriminately, after all, the professional field still needs to be handled by professionals.

Zheng Weiguo was a little impatient and said, "You guys go first, and then discuss it in the evening." After speaking, he and Chief of Staff Guo slipped around the village. Zheng Weiguo felt that he stayed there early in the morning mostly to find him something.

Chief of Staff Guo said: "Wei Guo, the soldiers you brought out are really good. I have been in the army for so many years, and I have seen many troops, but none of them can compare to this reinforced company. ”

Zheng Weiguo explained: "They are all the most elite units of our 33rd Division. Most of the 33rd Division's army was still far from reaching this level. ”

Chief of Staff Guo nodded and said, "That's also rare." He asked again: "I remember that when you came to Anze, you were all wearing strange camouflage uniforms, which are said to have excellent concealment effects, why are you all changing into gray military uniforms now?" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "The Japanese army hates us now, and when they find out that the troops in camouflage uniforms are like crazy, we can't act, so we have to change back first." ”

Chief of Staff Guo smiled when he heard this, and said, "This is your glory!" However, it's good to change it back, since it is a national army, it should be uniformly dressed, so as not to gossip about others. You have made great achievements this time, although the limelight is strong, but there are also many people with red eyes and black hands! ”

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly said: "Thank you for the reminder!" ”

Chief of Staff Guo waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, it should be." He paused, and suddenly asked, "Is the general seat looking for you to go to Yan'an?" ”

Zheng Weiguo thought that he finally got to the point, and hurriedly said: "Yes! ”

Chief of Staff Guo pretended to be careless and said, "Then what do you think?" ”

Zheng Weiguo did not hide it, and repeated his previous words again.

Chief of Staff Guo said curiously: "Is this opportunity reliable?" Don't delay the time in vain, if it affects the going to Yan'an, it will not be beautiful. ”

Zheng Weiguo thought that Chief of Staff Guo was against going to Yan'an at first, but now he knows that the people around Commander-in-Chief Wei are all in favor of him going to Yan'an. Later, it was also learned that Zhao Rongsheng, the secretary of the commander-in-chief, turned out to be an underground party. As the saying goes, close to Zhu Zhechi, with these people every day, it's strange if you don't turn red!

While Zheng Weiguo and Chief of Staff Guo were exchanging views, Commander-in-Chief Wei asked Secretary Zhao to find out the latest issues of the "Liberation" weekly and the "Masses" weekly published in Yan'an, and prepare a draft of his speech when he arrived in Yan'an.

Secretary Zhao said excitedly: "The commander-in-chief has decided to go to Yan'an?" ”

Commander-in-Chief Wei smiled: "I'm still waiting for the opportunity, you get ready first." ”

It didn't take long for this opportunity to finally come - Chang Kaishen telegraphed to Wei Lihuang, informing him to quickly rush to Luoyang to attend a high-level military meeting.

With this emergency call, in order to reach Luoyang as scheduled, taking the shortcut of northern Shaanxi naturally became a legitimate reason. So, Commander-in-Chief Wei excitedly said to his entourage: "We can go through Yan'an, I will meet Mr. Mao Runzhi, learn from him, and see what method he uses to command the Eighth Route Army to fight so well." (Note: Historical Words!) ）

Zheng Weiguo thought that this errand was finally over, and said with a smile: "Boss, that humble job wishes you a smooth journey and success." ”

The commander-in-chief smiled: "You don't need to say this, because you have to go with me!" ”

Zheng Weiguo was stunned for a moment and said, "Ah! "It's so sudden, I don't have any preparation at all, do you want to go?