readx;? Huang Gang listened to Liao Zhen's words, interjected and said: "Commander Liao, our military seat is different from other peaks, and he is not reorganizing you to deal with you or to co-opt you. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Our 17th Brigade has also been reorganized by the military seat, and the military seat has put the old and young masters in our brigade into the baggage camp, and they don't have to go to the battlefield to have the same food and military salary, and the soldiers have all changed into Japanese-style equipment on their hands, and even the military uniforms have been issued twice per person. ”

Liao Zhen said sourly: "You are reorganized into his own troops, the 93rd Division, the descendants of the Central Army, how can we be like this to these miscellaneous Sichuan Army Divisions?" Huang Gang said: "Division Commander Liao, you are wrong about this, I have long heard from the military seat that I want to replace all of your 150th Division with Japanese-style equipment, not only the weapons and ammunition have been prepared, but also a wartime fund for your division has been prepared, and several of us know this." Mu Suzhong also nodded on the side to confirm Huang Gang's words.

At this time, Liao Zhen said regretfully: "Alas, how do I know this, I saw that he was a little white face and wanted to scare him and get some benefits, but I didn't expect it to be like this." Huang Gang said: "Our military seat is very open-minded, Commander Liao, you hurry up and admit your mistake to the military seat, as long as you don't make mistakes again, the military seat will not be as knowledgeable as you." Liao Zhen's two subordinates also said, "Yes, Shizuo." How can a person not bow his head under the eaves, you can admit your mistake. ”

Liao Zhen was ruthless, stretched out his hand to straighten his military uniform, turned around and strode in front of Wang Haitao with his two subordinates, stood up with a standard military salute, and then said: "Report to Commander Wang, Liao Zhen, commander of the 150th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, Li Chengkui, commander of the 413th Brigade, and Chen Jiecai, commander of the 414th Brigade, led the 150th Division to report to Commander Wang! Commander Wang, just now I offended you by being humble and ignorant of Mount Tai, you have a lot of people, don't worry about me, a rough man in the mountains, I am here to compensate you." ”

After listening to Liao Zhen's words, Wang Haitao's face softened a little, and after returning a military salute, he replied: "You have thought about it, if you really want to stay with me, then you have to listen to me for everything." Liao Zhen replied: "Report to Commander Wang, I have thought about it, I didn't know Commander Wang's methods before, so I was presumptuous, otherwise I wouldn't dare to borrow my guts." We will follow Commander Wang to fight Japan with sincerity, and as long as it is Commander Wang, we will never say a word and promise to obey. ”

Wang Haitao then said: "Okay, I don't think the previous thing happened, Master Liao has worked hard all the way, today I, Wang Haitao, will hold a banquet for your Sichuan army brothers, and tomorrow your 150th Division will start training." Liao Zhen and the others naturally didn't dare to say anything more, and let Wang Haitao call the shots.

On the banquet, the commander of the 93rd Division came up to accompany him, because the 93rd Division also had two Sichuan military brigades, so the atmosphere at the banquet was not bad, a few hours later, everyone was full of wine and food, Liao Zhen and others went back to rest, and the two brigades of the 150th Division were also stationed in the barracks of Yangong Town and Dingjiaqiao Town respectively.

Early the next morning, Wang Haitao, Tangshan Leopard, and Huang Lan took a guard company and soldiers from the first battalion of the 572nd Regiment to the military camp in Yangong Town. In the barracks of Yangong Town, the 413th Brigade of the 150th Division was stationed, Liao Zhen and the brigade commander Li Chengkui were already waiting in the barracks, and the soldiers were also lined up on the playground of the barracks.

Wang Haitao and the others got out of the car and looked at it, Wang Haitao frowned, these Sichuan army uniforms are shabby, and the guns are not in order, which is already expected by Wang Haitao, but these soldiers have no standing, the team is not in a team, and the column is not in a column, which is not to say, in Wang Haitao's eyes, these people are not even a rabble, at most they are a group of farmers with weapons.

At this time, Liao Zhen also saw that Wang Haitao's face was wrong, and hurriedly glanced at Li Chengkui, Li Chengkui ran over and said a few words to several people wearing school uniforms, these people rushed into the team, kicked and scolded, and the team was better. Wang Haitao stepped forward to take a look, and almost half of the old people and young people in the queue were in the queue, Wang Haitao asked the brigade commander Li Chengkui beside him: "Brigade Commander Li, how many people are there in your brigade? How do I think half of them are old people and teenagers?"

Li Chengkui replied: "Report to Commander Wang, our brigade has two regiments and one special service company, and the number is 2,680. These soldiers are all able to carry guns and fight. Wang Haitao walked up to a half-white-haired veteran in the team and asked, "How old are you?" The old man was stunned for a moment and replied, "Report to the chief, I am forty-seven years old this year." ”

You must know that in that era when material life was extremely scarce and the people's lives were extremely difficult, a 60-year-old person was considered to have a long life. During the Republic of China, the average life expectancy was only 35 years. Wang Haitao asked: "Why do you still come to serve as a soldier at such an old age?" The veteran replied: "It's not to have something to eat, but there is a famine at home, and I really can't survive, so I came to serve as a soldier." ”

Wang Haitao nodded, turned his head to look at a young man beside the old man and asked, "What about you?" The young man was a little scared, and lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Wang Haitao. Then the old man replied, "Sir, he is in the same village as me, and at the age of fourteen, his family is starving to death, and I see that he will starve to death if he goes on like this, so I took him with me." ”

Wang Haitao didn't ask any more, turned back to Liao Zhen's side, and said, "Commander Liao, do you think that these old people and teenagers who have never even fired a gun can fight against well-armed and well-trained Japanese soldiers?" Liao Zhen replied: "Commander Wang, can't I do it? ”

Wang Haitao knew that there was really no way to blame Liao Zhen for this, so he said: "Now you pick out all the people under the age of sixteen and over the age of forty and stand in another team." Brigade Commander Huang, your people will help pick it, and everyone must be registered. Huang Gang agreed, and took his subordinates and Brigadier Li Chengkui to pick people together.

Li Chengkui saw that he was far away from Wang Haitao, so he grabbed Huang Gang and asked in a low voice: "Brigade Commander Huang, I have heard you talk about picking people, and I know what is going on, but why do you have to register everyone?" Huang Gang replied: "Everyone is registered, first, when the salary is paid, everyone must receive the register, and everyone must receive it in person, and second, if they die in battle, each person will have a pension of 100 yuan, and they know who to send it." ”

When Li Chengkui heard this, he became anxious and said: "Grandma's, everyone receives their own military salary, what do we eat? And a pension of 100 oceans for the death of a person? These people's lives are so valuable? If they are handed over to me, I won't send them to my grandmother." Huang Gang said: "Brigade Commander Li, you have died of this heart, the distribution of military salaries and pensions are all handled by the logistics department, and they will not go through our hands at all." I heard that an officer dared to stretch out his hand before, and the military seat immediately took his life. As he spoke, he gestured with his hand to cut off his head.

Li Chengkui, who listened, shrank his neck and said hatefully: "It's cheaper for these turtle sons." "It took a whole morning for the 413th Brigade to complete its registration, and a total of 842 people were singled out to be of different ages, accounting for almost more than one-third. Wang Haitao collected all the weapons and ammunition of the 413th Brigade, and then asked Huang Gang to help Liao Zhen organize two regiments and the guard battalion and baggage battalion directly under the brigade. Everything was grouped like the 279th Brigade.

The next day, the same regrouping of the 414th Brigade was carried out. After the reorganization, the 279th Brigade of Huanggang retrained the two brigades. The logistics office of the 93rd Division was responsible for all supplies during the training period. And the military salary for the month was also sent down by the logistics department. The officers and men of the 150th Division were thunderous with joy when they got the ocean full of color, and only Liao Zhen and a few brigade commanders felt uncomfortable.

The 279th Brigade was trained by the guard regiment two months ago, and in the subsequent battles, the soldiers of the 279th Brigade realized how important it was for the guard regiment to train them so desperately on the battlefield, and with these experiences and perceptions, the 279th Brigade spared no effort in the training of the two brigades of the 150th Division, and all of them were sons of Sichuan, and they had personal experience, so when the 279th Brigade trained the officers and men of the 150th Division, no matter how strict and ruthless the officers and men of the 150th Division were, there was no complaint.

After 10 days of various basic training, the soldiers of these two brigades finally had the appearance of an army, and after Wang Haitao made an inspection, he was quite satisfied, so he decided to change the equipment of the 150 th Division, but the 150 th Division was not his own unit after all, except for the baggage troops, all the divisions were replaced with Japanese-style equipment, and the guard battalion added 50 "Baigemen" submachine guns and 10 light machine guns. The baggage battalion selected some of the weapons of the 150th Division from the collected weapons and sent them out.

Even so, the 150th Division is not the same as when it first arrived in Jing County, and the current 150th Division can be said to be well-equipped, which makes Liao Zhen and others completely convinced of Wang Haitao. After changing clothes, Wang Haitao invited Liao Zhen and the two brigade commanders to the command headquarters again, and after Wang Haitao asked everyone to sit down, he waved to the guards.

The guards brought in two large wooden boxes from the outside. Wang Haitao said: "Your 150th Division has come to my Wang Haitao, I will treat you as my own brothers, this time I used 20,000 oceans to pay your 150th Division, and 30,000 oceans is your military expenses for a month, and I will hand it over to you now." ”

After speaking, Wang Haitao asked the guard to open the wooden box, and the ocean full of two wooden boxes dazzled the eyes of Liao Zhen and several people. Liao Zhen and the others didn't expect that Wang Haitao called them here today for this good thing, and they couldn't help but smile. Wang Haitao asked the guards to cover the box, and then looked at Liao Zhen and the others and shouted coldly: "Master Liao!"

Wang Haitao's words made Liao Zhen sober up, and Wang Haitao continued: "Commander Liao, there are conditions for me to give you this military expense. Liao Zhen was taken aback and asked, "What are the conditions for Commander Wang?" Wang Haitao replied: "The military funds are given to you, and you must strictly abide by military discipline, and never allow you to oppress the people, force them to buy and sell, or arbitrarily owe money on credit, and rob the people's property." Can you do it?"