Chapter 251: Xu Dazhuang (Asking for subscriptions, monthly passes, and various !! ）

"In addition to the anti-aircraft machine gun company, all other units of our battalion are equipped with Japanese-made equipment, and now they are equipped with a total of 5,639 Type 38 rifles, 651 southern pistols, 247 crooked light machine guns, and 102 Type 92 heavy machine guns. In addition, it is also equipped with 44 Japanese-made 60 mortars, 6 Type 92 infantry guns, 8 75 mountain guns and 8 field guns. In addition, each of our soldiers was equipped with two sets of yellow military uniforms, a single cotton, a Japanese steel helmet, a pair of large-headed cowhide shoes, an aluminum water bottle, and an aluminum lunch box. Speaking of weapons and equipment, Li Fuhai and others were excited, which was also the thing he was most proud of.

"Oh, it's a lot stronger than those field troops at headquarters, tell me how you did it?" Chen Feng asked with interest, do you know that things like steel helmets, cowhide shoes, and kettle lunch boxes are not equipped even for field troops like the 101st Division and the 222nd Division, not because they don't want to equip them, but because they don't have them.

The 40th Group Army put all its energy into the production of weapons, and other equipment was rarely involved, and there was only one clothing factory, but there was no such thing as a steel helmet factory, a shoe factory, a kettle factory, a lunch box factory, and so on, so all the officers and men of the 40th Group Army knew that everything except military uniforms and weapons depended on themselves, and those who had the ability could only go to the battlefield to seize them, and those who did not have the ability could only stare dryly, and it was hopeless to count on the top.

"Hehehe, it's all because of the good geographical location of our battalion, half a year ago, the Little Devil's Fourth Route Army besieged Laiyuan, Yishui and the Eighth Route Army in the Fuping area. And Laiyuan County is their logistics base. We have been developing in secret before, so although the Japanese puppet army in Laiyuan County has heard of us, they don't know about it. So we took advantage of the fact that when their main force went out to besiege the Eighth Route Jinchaji Military Region, we engaged in a guy from the dog day. Not to mention, one guy has completely fattened us, and at that time a total of more than 8,000 38 large covers, 300 crooked handles, 200 92 type, 4,000 boxes of melon grenades, nearly 100 artillery pieces of various kinds, and more than 6 million rounds of ammunition were seized. In addition, 300 war horses and 3 million oceans were also captured, in addition to 15 wagons of other materials, including cotton clothes and trousers, water bottles, lunch boxes, radio stations, etc., with the support of these things, our army will develop so quickly in such a short period of time. Now the little devils in Laiyuan City are nesting in the county seat without trouble, and they rarely go out in ordinary times. Even if you want to come out, you have to gather at least two squadrons. Dog's day was scared of us. Li Fuhai said proudly.

"Very good, you don't wait, don't rely on, and develop the army to this level with your own ability, which is really beyond my expectations. In the afternoon, let Division Commander Xu and Deputy Division Commander Chen have a good review of your battalion. If they can live up to their standards. Then your battalion will change the number. Chen Feng said.

"Yes," Li Fuhai said loudly. He knew what Chen Feng meant, and changing the number was a good thing, which meant that the army would be expanded. These meritorious heroes will also rise to the top, and the opportunity for promotion is just around the corner.

In the afternoon, Xu Bao and a cadre of special combat personnel inspected the nearly 5,000 regular troops of the 2nd Independent Battalion assembled in the Loess Ridge.

The effect of the review was not bad, although all the troops wore a variety of clothes, and the discipline was so-so, but all the officers and men were high-spirited, the slogans were loud, and the weapons and equipment were all unified, which looked quite imposing, so after the review, Xu Bao and Chen Tiebao were very happy to give a pass.

On October 30, Chen Feng signed an order to upgrade the second independent battalion to the Laiyuan Independent Brigade, and the brigade has two infantry regiments, one machine gun regiment and one guard battalion, which are directly under the group army. The brigade commander is Li Fuhai, the deputy brigade commander is Sun Yifeng, and the chief of staff is He Huajian.

After spending two days in the newly established Laiyuan Independent Brigade, Chen Feng personally instructed Li Fuhai and others, and then rushed to the next inspection point, Yi County, under the escort of the special combat team.

Garrisoned in Yi County is the 8th Independent Battalion, with battalion commander Xu Dazhuang, deputy battalion commander Huang Haibo, and chief of staff Feng Zhen. Unlike the 2nd Independent Battalion, after they arrived in Yi County, they did not find the 8th Independent Battalion at all, especially the battalion headquarters of the 8th Independent Battalion. In Xu Dazhuang's telegram to the headquarters, he said that the headquarters of the Eighth Battalion was located in Lijiatun, Yi County, but the special combat team did not see where it was.

This made Chen Feng a little worried, after all, Yi County had already penetrated deep into the hinterland of the enemy-occupied area, and it was possible to be quietly wiped out by the Japanese puppet army. Therefore, Chen Feng did not rush to contact Xu Dazhuang and others by radio, but ordered the special combat team to continue to lurk and look for clues.

After two days of searching, traces of the 8th Independent Battalion were finally found in Li Erzhuang. After much investigation, the special combat team finally got the answer they wanted. Xu Dazhuang's independent eighth battalion has always been developing in secret, and has not erected poles and hung up flags with great fanfare like Li Fuhai and others.

Although it was a secret development, according to the news transmitted by the special combat team, the reputation of the 8th Independent Battalion was not small, and the farmers and peasant women in the countryside knew by word of mouth that there was a unit in Daoyi County that did not fight devils, and people gave this unit a nickname -- the Flower Face Army.

For what is the flower-faced army, it is said that this army is not only elusive, but also every time it is dispatched, everyone has a flowery face that sings a big opera, and every time they shoot, they will never return empty-handed, and the traitors of all sizes in Yi County have been suppressed more than 100 people. The puppet army in the towns and villages now trembled when they saw the big opera.

I didn't expect things to be like this, this Xu Dazhuang aroused Chen Feng's interest, and it was really not a simple matter to have such a high civil prestige in the enemy-occupied area.

Chen Feng ordered Xu Bao to contact Xu Dazhuang immediately, and he wanted to meet the leader of the 8th Independent Battalion.

Soon after the telegram was sent, an old farmer who collected dung slowly entered the mountain forest where Chen Feng and others were hiding, and soon found Chen Feng and others. To the surprise of Chen Feng and others, this old peasant turned out to be sent by the 8th Independent Battalion.

But Chen Feng found that this old farmer was not a soldier dressed in disguise, but a serious old farmer in Jizhong, and the dung in the basket was not for show, it was indeed a real dung.

When I asked, I learned that this old farmer's name was Wei Laojiu, a local farmer, who joined the Huayan Army with his three sons eight years ago, and the leaders of the troops saw that he was old and frail and asked him to be in charge of the intelligence work in their township, and now he is the militia captain of their township to see the intelligence officer, and he has just received an order from his superiors to go around the mountains and forests in the north to see if there is a team of 200 people, and if so, immediately take these people to the temporary camp headquarters Yanjiadian.

Yanjiadian. The battalion headquarters of the 8th Separate Battalion.

Xu Dazhuang took all the officers above the company level of the Eighth Independent Battalion to the entrance of the village to greet Chen Feng and others, and when he saw Chen Feng for the first time, Xu Dazhuang couldn't help but have an urge to burst into tears.

Like the vast majority of soldiers, Xu Dazhuang did not wear this military uniform willingly, he and the army were connected 5 years ago, when Liu Yifei was still in charge of Chahar, like all provinces in China, Chahar at that time was also a war, bandits, and the people were not happy.

Xu Dazhuang has 5 brothers in his family, he is the youngest, the eldest brother is two rounds older than him, and he is less than 5 years older than his eldest niece. To say that although the Xu family is crooked and cracked, none of them can lift it to the table, but Xu Dazhuang, the little niece, is a natural beauty embryo, although she is only fifteen years old, she is already slim.

But being too beautiful in this era is not necessarily a good thing, because the little girl is really a bit of a disaster for the country and the people, so she was taken by a regiment commander under Liu Yifei at that time, and regardless of the obstruction of the Xu family, she snatched the little girl back. But the next day, it was reported that the little girl committed suicide by throwing herself into the river because she couldn't bear the persecution of the pig-headed leader, and she didn't even find her body.

Now the Xu family is gone, although four of the 5 brothers of the Xu family have become families, and each family has its own little doll, but they are all sons, only the little girl is a female baby, and the whole family is spoiled like a princess. The Xu family, who couldn't swallow this breath, immediately carried the coffin to the provincial capital Zhangjiakou to reason, but they didn't expect that the reason was retaliated against by the head of the regiment, and the Xu family was attacked by a group of bandits that night, and the whole family escaped except for Xu Dazhuang, and everyone else died, including 7 little nephews under the age of 10.

Xu Dazhuang knew that the matter must have been done by the head of the pig-headed regiment, but he was the head of the regiment, and he was a grass man, so it was not easy to take revenge. It happened that the 29th Route Army was recruiting people at that time, and Xu Dazhuang, who had nowhere to go, joined the army and put on a military uniform from then on. In the past five years, Xu Dazhuang has trained desperately and fought desperately, hoping to gain the trust of his superiors, so as to get an official and a half position, and to avenge himself.

Unexpectedly, when he was just promoted to battalion commander, the Anti-Japanese War broke out, and in August last year, Xu Dazhuang's battalion was sent to the northwest of Beiping to fight the attack, and a day later, his newly formed recruit battalion collapsed, and less than 50 of the 450 people in the battalion escaped after the worst.

Because Beiping Tianjin had been captured by the Japanese army, Xu Dazhuang, who had no way out, had to flee to Chahar with the remnants of the army, and was recruited into the army by Chen Feng later.

Because of his experience in leading troops and being brave enough in combat, Xu Dazhuang was quickly promoted to company commander, and was also selected to participate in the special combat team to participate in the training, but unfortunately because the old injuries had not healed, he was knocked down during the final assessment. However, after being returned to the original unit, he was promoted to major battalion commander on the recommendation of Xu Bao, the chief instructor of the special combat team, and later his battalion was selected as one of the 15 battalions that developed independently, and was sent to the hinterland of the enemy-occupied area of Yi County. (To be continued......)