"Today is a good day for the establishment of the militia corps of our Eighth Route Army Assault Regiment, here, on behalf of the Eighth Route Army Assault Regiment, I would like to thank you for your great support...... Thank you!"

On the empty field, 1,000 militiamen and people brought by Li Jing sat below, surrounded by villagers from Majiapo Village, while Li Jing and several responsible persons sat on a makeshift rostrum...... After the efforts of the past few days, the villagers' impression of Li Jing and others has changed greatly.

In just a few days, the villagers have changed from hatred and indifference at the beginning to their current support, and it can be said that there is not only the generosity of the villagers, but also the efforts of Li Jing and others. Of course, in a way, this is also caused by the pressure brought by the little devils, forcing everyone to give up their previous grievances, and unite to fight devils for their own livelihood and future generations not to be enslaved.

Li Jing, who was talking at this time, seemed a little excited: his face was full of excited smiles, his eyes flashed with excitement, as if he had won a huge prize, and he couldn't control the excitement in his heart and showed this excitement on his face.

Thinking about it, Li Jing at that time finally started from scratch and pulled up a team, but then, he had to be limited by the situation at the time: not only was he worried about being exterminated by the official army at any time, but he also carefully controlled his men and horses to no more than 300 people, and once it exceeded, it would definitely be cleared by the official army with all their might. And once he loses the stronghold of Pigeon Mountain and loses this team, then the end will definitely be miserable.

However, he first came into contact with the guerrillas, and in line with them on the principle of leaving a way out—if he failed that day, joining the guerrillas would be a way to live, wouldn't it? Later, he came into contact with the assault regiment, and later joined the assault regiment and became the commander of the fifth battalion of the assault regiment.

Now, he can actually master so many soldiers and horses, this is something he only dared to dream about in his dreams before, but now, it has become a fact: all the militia and guerrillas in the three counties, even including the first and second companies of the second battalion that disturbed the rear of the little devil's camp, if they really want to mobilize with all their might, the total number of people can definitely exceed 10,000.

Every woman has a fairy dream, and every man has a general dream!

So many people, whether they are placed in ancient times or now, can only be commanded by people at the level of generals. Although even if it is only temporary, although he knows that these men and horses obey his own command, they belong to the party and the army, although the nature of so many men and horses is by no means the same as the nature of his original 200 or so, although he knows that these men and horses will disperse afterwards, and he will become the commander of the fifth battalion again, although he knows that these tens of thousands of horses can only be regarded as a semi-military stop at best, and cannot be compared with the real army...... However, after all, he has commanded so many people, and this is definitely the most important moment of his life.

What's more, Li Jing felt that mastering so many soldiers and horses now, although it was only temporary, was just a practice and adaptation in advance for the sake of his future ability to truly master so many soldiers and horses. Because he firmly believes that he is not far from this dream that he has started since childhood: he is already a battalion commander, is he still far from the regiment commander? three or five years at the fastest, seven or eight years at the slowest, even if it is ten years, he can definitely become the regiment commander.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Li Jing subconsciously applauded while feeling that he was on the right path, but the applause below immediately woke him up, but it also made him more determined that he must seize this opportunity. Perhaps, this is the last time I will be a general in my life, and if I miss it, I really don't have it, so I can only hold on to it.

"Next, I read the letter of appointment!"

Li Jing took a large piece of paper from Ergazi's hand and read: "Comrade Li Jing is hereby appointed as the captain of the militia brigade under the Eighth Route Army Assault Regiment...... Comrade Wang Zhongjun was appointed as the first deputy captain of the militia brigade under the Eighth Route Army Assault Regiment and the leader of the first militia squadron...... Comrade Tian Dajun (Ergazi) was appointed deputy captain of the militia brigade under the Eighth Route Army Assault Regiment and leader of the second militia squadron...... Comrade Peng Guofa was appointed as the leader of the Third Squadron of the Militia Brigade under the Eighth Route Army Assault Regiment...... Comrade Zhang Mingfa was appointed chief of staff of the militia brigade under the Eighth Route Army Assault Regiment...... Comrade Ma Hongji was appointed deputy chief of staff of the militia brigade under the Eighth Route Army Assault Regiment......"

To tell the truth, Zhang Mingfa and Ma Hongji, as well as several respected people in large villages, were all appointed as deputy chiefs of staff. Otherwise, who would have heard that a local militia has actually set up a chief of staff and nine deputy chiefs of staff, but it does not even have a serious staff officer.

However, strange or not, in the face of reality, existence makes sense.

The reason why this is so is mainly to unite everyone, because he understands very well the thoughts of these earth overlords in various villages: they are very face-saving. Especially in such a major public occasion, it is natural to pay more attention to face.

And these people actually know in their hearts that although they are highly respected, on the other hand, those who are highly respected are very old people in nine out of ten. Neither can carry a gun, nor can he go into battle to kill the enemy with his own hands, at most he can sit in the rear and come up with some ideas. However, they basically don't know anything about military affairs, so they know in their hearts that this is just a false title, which is regarded as a special vain position to highlight their status and respect, respect their personal faces, and even, to put it bluntly, to get them to support everyone in the unanimous war of resistance. To be precise, even if they do not fully support it, they only need to acquiesce in their subordinates' support for the war of resistance, and even not make a bad reassurance behind them.

You must know that once these people openly stand up against it, then it will form a certain deterrent effect on the villages below them, which will greatly hinder the enthusiasm of the villagers to fight devils.

Therefore, Li Jing's impromptu decision is actually very reasonable, and it also reflects his scheming and deep calculation in dealing with people. More precisely, it was also one of the reasons why Zhang Qingshan valued his former status as a green forest person at that time. Otherwise, if you change someone who doesn't understand these people's sophistication, especially those who don't know the various doorways here, do this, and don't make these people smile in person, turn around and stumble, or even make it bad, that will definitely make you twice the result with half the effort.

There was no political commissar, not because it was omitted or because it happened suddenly, but because everyone knew that this militia corps was only temporary, and the main purpose was to deal with the division of troops sent by the little devils to sabotage the county seat of Sanqiao County...... In a way, only the captain can be revoked at any time, but once there is a political commissar, the meaning is different.

In private, this political commissar who has not been pointed out actually has it, that is, Sister Chen, the captain of the propaganda team...... Sister Chen previously mobilized the mass transfer in Longfeng County, and then did some work with the team to settle the emotions of the masses, and is currently on her way. And even if she comes, she is called the captain of the propaganda team of the militia corps.

This was followed by the names of the leaders of the specific squads.

It is divided into three squadrons, with the county as the unit, and the militia from which county comes out is in charge of the squadron established in its own county.

The squads below the squadron not only had different numbers, but some had as many as more than 30 squads, while others had only 17 or 8 squads.

This is mainly because the militia from each village forms a small team, and the squad leader is also the original militia captain or deputy captain of the village. If the number of people is less than ten, all of them will be added to other squads......

Such an arrangement looks chaotic, and there is a certain gap in the strength of the squadrons, which definitely looks much weaker than the army's basically fixed number of people, not to mention, and it is very much like a rabble.

But in fact, Li Jing's cleverness is also reflected in this point.

These selected militias are definitely much stronger than the rabble, and they can definitely be regarded as semi-military organizations. Because at the beginning, Zhang Qingshan regarded these militias as the cornerstone of the military strength of the assault regiment, so he not only distributed the obsolete semi-new guns to the militiamen, but also sent veterans to train the militia for a fixed period of time - at least, they had to be trained twice a month, and the training time for each time was basically two days. There have even been several large-scale joint defense performances between villages.

The purpose is obvious: once there are large casualties in the assault regiment and there is an urgent need to replenish the troops, the elite selected from these militias can be directly replenished, and the procedure of recruit training is eliminated, and then, after a few battles, they can become qualified commando soldiers.

And it is precisely because the militias in each village often train together, they are basically not relatives or playmates who grew up together, and the tacit understanding between each other is definitely stronger than that of ordinary people.

And this is also destined: to unite them together and form a separate squad will definitely be much more effective than to scatter them in a hurry. It is only because the number of militia elites selected by each village this time is not the same, so it seems that some squads are too large in number, and some squads are too small. However, in terms of combat effectiveness, it is also better than breaking up and regrouping. After all, there is no time to plan and retrain, and second, this is only a temporary formation, not a long-term fixation, just to deal with the battle of the little devils.

And this idea was actually the result of Li Jing's inadvertent inspiration.

At that time, he inadvertently saw Ma Hongji's family motto hanging in the hall, and somehow, he remembered Zeng Guofan, and naturally thought of Zeng Guofan, who started with the Hunan army. And when Zeng Guofan started his business, the most important thing for the recruited soldiers was the relationship between relatives and friends, because of this relationship, he happened to be recruited for an old saying - fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers!

Let's not talk about the reasons for the death of relatives and friends, just one point: When you return to your hometown and face your uncle's inquiry, your cousin died in battle? In addition to nodding your head, you can either be silent, or you can puff up your chest and reply loudly, "Uncle don't be sad, I personally cut off the enemy who killed my cousin and avenge my cousin." ”

Think about it, which one will make you more face-saving?

Therefore, Li Jingcai was so determined to disrupt the establishment of various villages and villages, and made such an extremely strange formation of troops.

After reading the appointment certificate, he then showed the appointment certificate signed with the names of Zhang Qingshan, Hu Yingze, and Tian Guozhong, as well as the official seal of the assault regiment, to prove its authenticity.

And then again about training and military discipline.

Two hours later, as the convention was coming to an end, a sentry from the assault regiment came at a rapid distance from afar......