Back to the present.

Duan Peng inquired all the way, and finally rushed to Niukou Village, and successfully met the soldiers of the Independent Regiment Recruitment Office who were recruiting.

The recruitment of recruits by the independent regiment in Niukou Village lasted for a total of five days, and it was the third day when Duan Peng came.

Here we have to talk about the process of recruiting recruits for the Eighth Route Army.

Due to the needs of the war situation and the development of the revolution, the troops of the Eighth Route Army did not formulate a standard military service system and conscription model.

Volunteerism is the first prerequisite, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army will not force ordinary people to join the team.

Before recruiting new soldiers, propaganda cadres would go into some towns, villages, and even secretly infiltrate some county towns in the areas occupied by the Japanese army to carry out propaganda and mobilization of the Eighth Route Army to recruit new recruits.

After that, the recruitment office will recruit new recruits at the designated location, and those who receive the propaganda message and are willing to join the Eighth Route Army can come and sign up, and the process is quite simple.

The process of recruiting recruits for the Independent Regiment is basically the same.

Kong Jie's main targets for recruiting new recruits were the major towns and villages in the base areas and guerrilla areas.

The news of the recruitment of new recruits by the Independent Regiment in Niukou Village spread through the comrades of the enemy's engineering department in the county towns occupied by the Japanese army, and many ordinary people also received the news.

In Yangquan, Shouyang, and the surrounding Ping'an County, and even on the streets and alleys, you can occasionally see recruitment propaganda notices posted by the Propaganda Department of the Independent Regiment.

The movement was so great that it was naturally impossible for the Japanese army not to receive the news, and in the angry words of the devil officer: "This damn independent regiment is really rampant!" ”

Of course, the Eighth Route Army would not be so blatant in ordinary times.

At least other units will not be so blatant when they carry out recruitment propaganda.

But the Separate Regiment is different.

The Independent Regiment has the capital to defy the condemnation of the world.

At present, the main force of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi is still fighting in Zhongtiao Mountain.

Recently, the independent regiment is in the limelight again, encircling the point to send reinforcements, and has conquered the county seat of Ping'an, and its prestige has been shaken, and the surrounding Japanese invaders and puppet troops are all terrified.

Under such circumstances, Kong Jie didn't mind striking while the iron was hot and burning another fire.

Kong Jie, who is cautious and thoughtful, will naturally make corresponding preparations.

It's easy to understand that when you decide to go berserk, you have to be prepared to be beaten up.

Kong Jie was prepared for this, and after the devil received the news, he dared to lead his troops directly to Niukou Village.

Prepare for the devil will send some spies to infiltrate the ranks who come to join the army.

-- Strengthen the defense and vigilance work outside Niukou Village, Zhangjiazhuang and Xicun, and secretly set up a battalion of troops in the surrounding area.

In addition, the screening and investigation work has been strengthened to ensure that there will be no spies in the ranks of those who come to join the army.

Therefore, the recruitment of recruits carried out by the independent regiment in Niukou Village has been carried out smoothly until the third day.

Occasionally, one or two spies are found out, which is harmless.

Other than that, there was no other movement.

As for the little devils in the county, due to the absence of the main force of the First Army, coupled with the fact that they have repeatedly suffered losses in the hands of independent regiments.

Nayangquan's devil captain Nakahara Zhangxiong even swore and analyzed: "Kong Jie is very cunning, and the recruitment propaganda news deliberately released this time may be to lure us to Niukou Village, catch them all, we must not be fooled." ”

So, the little devils played a hand to respond to all changes,

As long as you, Kong Jie, do not take the initiative to provoke our imperial troops with the independent regiment, we will not move and let you toss.

The only thing the devil can do is to strengthen the control of some counties, villages and towns, especially some young and strong, as long as they dare to go out of the city at will, they will definitely stop and interrogate and question, and even repeatedly question whether the other party went to the independent regiment to join the army.

This also reduced the number of people who rushed to Niukou Village from the county seat to join the army to a certain extent.

But even so, in the past few days, rushing to Niukou Village, there is still an endless stream of people who want to sign up for the independent regiment.

If nothing else, the reputation of the independent regiment fighting devils during this period has spread too loudly.

On weekdays, even if the puppet soldiers in the county town talk about the independent regiment, they are talking about tiger color change.

In such a situation, the good men who feel the power of the independent regiment, but those who want to join the army to fight devils and make contributions, the independent regiment has naturally become their best choice.

On the third day of Duan Peng's arrival, when he arrived at the place, there were still three long queues in front of the recruitment office of the independent regiment.

Duan Peng and Wu Sanpao lined up together, so there was a previous conversation.

As time went on, although the line of long queues was decreasing, the tail was constantly increasing, and Duan Peng looked at the line behind him, and the line became longer.

The team was mostly men, ranging in age from seventeen or eighteen to thirty or forty.

Duan Peng even saw that behind a long line next to him, there were several women.

Duan Peng had heard about this matter, the Eighth Route Army troops were equal to men and women, and if there were female comrades who were willing to join the Eighth Route Army, the troops would also equip them with corresponding jobs.

Most of the people are dressed as ordinary people, and there are a few like Wu Sanpao, either wearing a Eighth Route Army shirt or wearing an Eighth Route Army military hat, standing conspicuously in the ranks.

The people came with faith, signed up sincerely, and stood as neatly as possible under the maintenance of order by the soldiers of the recruitment office.

"Do so many people want to join the army and join the Independence Regiment?" Duan Peng was puzzled.

Wu Sanpao on the side said with a smile: "You little comrade doesn't know anything about the Independent Regiment at first glance, so where is this!" It's the third day of recruitment, and there were even more people in the first two days! ”

"How can there be so many people?" Duan Peng asked.

Wu Sanpao said: "Then who knows, they all came voluntarily anyway." ”

"Did they all come to the army voluntarily?"

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"Aren't you?" Wu Sanpao asked rhetorically and glanced at Duan Peng suspiciously.

"My mother asked me to come ......" Duan Peng said and did not continue, in fact, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has a lot of skills, so why do he want to waste in the mediocre years.

The Japanese invaded the customs, burned, killed, and plundered, and the country was in danger.

Although Duan Peng didn't know any big truths, he kept in mind a sentence that Mr. Storyteller once said, "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband."

I heard that even some young students even sacrificed their lives in order to resist Japan and save the country.

In the eyes of martial artists like Duan Peng, these students are all Wenqu stars, and these little talents don't want to die, let alone a martial artist?

Duan Peng is also a bloody man, and he has long wanted to join the army to fight devils.

In the final analysis, he also came voluntarily, and Duan's mother's resolute attitude can be regarded as strengthening his heart for him.

"Next...... Comrade, comrade—"

The voice of the recruiting soldier interrupted Duan Peng's thoughts, Duan Peng looked up, he didn't know when, it was already his turn.

Behind him, Wu Sanpao nudged Duan Peng and said with a smile: "Little brother, it's your turn, didn't you say you wanted to join the commando team before, I'm optimistic about you!" ”

Duan Peng came back to his senses, nodded with a smile, his eyes showed determination, and strode forward.

"Little comrade, name?"

"My name is Duan Peng, a paragraph of two paragraphs, the Peng of Dapeng."

The warrior looked up unexpectedly, "Yo, literacy?" ”

Duan Peng scratched his head and said, "I have studied private school for a few days, and most of them were taught by my mother. ”

The warrior nodded, and seeing that Duan Peng's body was sturdy, his eyes were resolute, and coupled with his literacy, he was already quite satisfied.

"Comrade Duan Peng, how old are you?"

"I'm twenty-one."

"You don't have any physical disabilities, do you?"

Duan Peng shook his head, and Wu Sanpao behind him said happily: "Comrade, this kid is as strong as a cow, and his body bones must be fine." ”

"Have you asked for a wife?"

Duan Peng shook his head.

"Who else is in the house?"

"I'm the only one left."

The soldier was stunned for a moment and asked, "How old is the eldest lady this year?" ”

Duan Peng was also a little stunned, I came to join the army, and asked me what my wife was doing?

But after thinking about it, Duan Peng still replied: "It's more than fifty." ”

"You don't have any other siblings at home?"

Duan Peng shook his head and said, "Some starved to death, some were arrested, I am the youngest in the family, and I have only one son left." ”

The soldier shook his head and said helplessly: "I'm sorry, Comrade Duan Peng, we can't want you." ”

replied very resolutely, Duan Peng was dumbfounded, and Wu Sanpao behind him was also helpless, "I said Brother Duan Peng, since there is still a mother to take care of in the family, and there is only one son like you, why are you running here?" ”

Seeing Duan Peng's face full of confusion, Wu Sanpao explained: "There are conditions for recruiting new recruits in the independent regiment, you can't be the only young and strong person in the family, you must be in good health, there is no disease, and then the age must meet the standards of conscription, and the foundation must be innocent." ”

"You have an old mother at home, and you are the only son, and the independent group will definitely not want you."

The soldier nodded, "This comrade is right, Comrade Duan Peng, I'm sorry, you better go home and take care of your mother!" ”

Duan Peng was directly stunned, this soldier who was automatically sent to the door, people still don't want it?

When the national army arrested the strong men, it didn't matter if you were thirty-seven twenty-one, as long as you were young and strong, basically they would not let go, and some were even physically disabled and beyond the age standard, and they would also be forcibly pulled to the front line.

How did you get to the Eighth Route Army, it's completely different?

"Comrade, you can stay with me! Did I really come to join the army, or did my mother kick me out of the door and let me come. ”

"I have strength, and I have practiced martial arts."

Duan Peng was a little anxious and hurriedly said.

The soldier was very embarrassed and said, "Comrade, there is no way, this is the rule, you better go back!" ”

Duan Peng hurriedly said: "I've seen recruits before, but there is no such rule!" ”

The soldier asked rhetorically, "What kind of troop recruitment are you talking about?" ”

"The recruitment office of the national army." Duan Peng said.

The soldier smiled and said: "Comrade, that must be different, we are the Eighth Route Army, not the National Army, and the regulations set by the headquarters personally must at least leave a young and strong labor force for each family, and a family cannot be ruined because of being a soldier." ”

Duan Peng was helpless for a while, but he also felt some emotion in his heart, no wonder the old lady let herself join the Eighth Route Army, and rushed to this rule, it can be seen that the Eighth Route Army is really a benevolent and righteous army.

Thinking of this, Duan Peng made up his mind more and more that he must stay in the Independent Regiment.

He insisted: "Comrade, just let me stay, my wife really asked me to come, I have practiced martial arts and used guns, I will definitely fight devils." ”

After that, for fear that the soldier would not believe it, Duan Peng turned his head and saw a wooden stick not far away, so he immediately ran over and picked it up, and stood on the ground with his left hand.

I saw his right hand raised, and he slashed down with a fierce palm, and with a click, the round wooden stick with the thickness of his arm snapped in response......

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