The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2142 Officially Joined

"On behalf of the Eighth Route Army Lunan Military Sub-district, I would like to extend a warm welcome to your battalion!" In an open space in the village, an Eighth Route Army cadre stood in front and spoke loudly.

After he finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding. After he did so, dozens of Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers standing behind him also followed suit. Among them were two people whom the people in Shang Zhen’s camp knew, one was Xu Lang and the other was Li Shan.

When the Eighth Route Army applauded, a group of officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army stood below.

The officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army were of course from Shang Zhen’s camp. Standing in the front were Wang Laomao, Chu Tian, ​​Liu Keqiang, and Cheng Peng.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was applauding, Chu Tian glanced at Wang Laomao first. Seeing that Wang Laomao just grinned and moved his hands but showed no intention of reacting, he could only applaud first.

When Chu Tian clapped his hands, the people in their camp would of course follow suit.

There were more than a hundred of them, and when they clapped, the whole place burst into applause.

But the problem is that in addition to these people, there are also puppet soldiers who surrendered with a similar number to them. Those puppet soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never seen this in their lives!

No matter whether these people were originally from the National Army or were ruffians or idlers, or whether they just joined the puppet army to make a living, they also started to applaud.

However, in this way, it became obvious that there were two people in the team who did not applaud but stood at the front of the team.

Those two people are Cheng Peng.

As the saying goes, "It takes two to tango." Cheng Peng's arm is still hanging on his neck, so of course he can't clap.

But as for Wang Laomao, he is a bit older, which is a natural disaster and there is nothing that can be done about it, but at least his arms look fine from the outside.

Laomao Wang grinned, but finally raised his hands.

But he only clapped his hands once, and his already grinning mouth stretched all the way to his ears, so he put his hands down again.

It hurts, it really fucking hurts. This bastard Zhao Tieying is so sinister. He always uses shady tricks to beat people!

"Before, I also talked to your deputy battalion commander, Comrade Wang Laomao, and you should not have any concerns. I reiterate again that on behalf of the Lunan Military Sub-district, I welcome you to join the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese team.

Your battalion is a particularly capable fighting team and a heroic team!

Your great reputation made the Japanese invaders tremble in fear, and the people will always remember your contributions in this great patriotic war!

The anti-Japanese war does not discriminate between men and women, young and old, regardless of party, the Communist Party or the Kuomintang. No matter you are the soldiers who sacrificed their lives or the soldiers who are standing here and are ready to sacrifice their lives for the anti-Japanese war, you are all heroes of our Chinese nation!

We must record the names of all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country and erect monuments for them, so that our descendants will never forget them!

We must let all enemies and fence-sitters see that the Chinese nation is unyielding and will never bend!"

Oh my! This Eighth Route Army cadre is really good at speaking!

Although they were standing there in straight military posture, the veterans of the Sang camp still had a sense of having experienced the vicissitudes of life in their hearts. For some reason, they felt a surge of blood!

At this moment, they suddenly felt that although their battalion had been crippled and only half of it was left, and they had sacrificed so many of their companions, it was all worth it!

Because the common people will not forget, because the future generations will not forget, no matter whether they are their own descendants or not, because we all have a collective name, we are called the Chinese nation!

Then, thunderous applause rang out again!

Shang Zhen’s battalion won three consecutive battles and won great victories. Not to mention the number of enemies killed, the spoils of war brought back from Maling Town amounted to ten large carts!

The spoils included guns, ammunition, clothing and other utensils, not including the captured food.

The Japanese army came out for a sweep, and its main force headed deep into the base area. In fact, there was no problem at all leaving a squadron of troops and the corresponding puppet troops to guard a town with high walls and a large courtyard.

They were coming for the main force of the Eighth Route Army, but the main force of the Eighth Route Army was not in the Maliang Town area.

But the bad thing was that those Japanese and puppet troops were plundering in nature, so we had to send a small group of troops to continue fighting, but they happened to run into Shang Zhen’s camp.

Shang Zhenying was playing the role of a pig to eat the tiger, which made the Japanese army make a wrong judgment. They thought that they encountered only a small group of harassment from the Eighth Army. As a result, they adopted the tactic of adding fuel to the fire. The fire got bigger and bigger as they added fuel bit by bit, and finally the stronghold in Maling Town was burned down by a fire!

Xiao Axe was found by the middle-aged man. If it were just from his personal perspective, he would certainly welcome Shang Zhenying to join the Eighth Route Army.

But at that time he also had to get the approval of the leader, and that leader was Secretary He who spoke to Shang Zhenying.

To say that a battalion of the Northeast Army defected to the Eighth Route Army is both a small and a big deal.

To put it in a small way, it is only a battalion. However, there was an entire regiment of the Northeast Army that defected to the Eighth Route Army. To put it in a large way, the Northeast Army and the Eighth Route Army are two different systems after all. It is true that "no matter how small the matter is, it is important to do business with others."

Just imagine, if Yu Xiuzhong, the actual leader of the Northeast Army, was furious because one of his battalions defected to the Eighth Route Army, and went to the Eighth Route Army to ask for the battalion, would the Eighth Route Army return it or not?

If they return the money, they will fail to live up to the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of Shang Zhenying, and they really can't stay in the Northeast Army any longer. If they don't return the money, won't it affect the overall relationship between the two armies?

The situation of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong was actually very difficult.

They took the route of nationwide resistance, and in Shandong they relied on the common people. However, in terms of military equipment and financial resources, they were not as good as the various units of the National Army. At least in Shandong, they were the main force in the anti-Japanese war.

But they couldn't just face the raids of the Japanese army, as there were also various armies that "pacify the country before fighting the enemy"!

Therefore, it was not easy for the Eighth Route Army to have the Northeast Army, an ally that only cared about resisting Japan!

And the fact that Secretary He was able to say that he welcomed Shang Zhenying's joining on behalf of the Eighth Route Army's Lunan Military Sub-district at the request of the Eighth Route Army's top brass at least represented the attitude of the Eighth Route Army's top brass, or that they would always find a way to give Yu Xiuzhong an explanation.

At this point, it was a foregone conclusion that Shang Zhenying would join the Eighth Route Army!

At night, Qian Chuan'er, Chen Hanwen, Wang Xiaodan, Qin Chuan, Hu Zhuzi, Wu Ziqi, Lou Yue and Sun Zhian lay on the big bunk bed in the room and talked.

"The Eighth Route Army's leaders are so eloquent!" Sun Zhian was the first to exclaim.

"That's..." Qin Chuan continued, "Although following the Eighth Route Army is a little poor, there are many benefits.

You see, now we don’t have to sleep outside anymore, the locals will take the initiative to make our beds!

Although we cannot sleep in other people's bedrooms, even if they are kind enough, we cannot really sleep in their beds like big shots.

This is what people in Northeast China call “two good and one good”!

Besides, we don’t call you “sir”, we call you “chief”, and the chief and the soldiers can call each other “comrade”. Qin Chuan said with some pride.

At least their battalion was very familiar with the Lunan guerrillas when Leng Xiaozhi was the political commissar, and they were very familiar with the style of the Eighth Route Army.

Minister He's passionate speech today brought back the feeling that they had when Leng Xiaozhi was still in the Eighth Route Army.

"The Eighth Route Army is amazing. They believe in equality for all! Isn't that right, Big Stupid?" Chen Hanwen sighed and poked Big Stupid who then sat cross-legged next to him.

The stupid old man just said "hmm" and did not participate.

Chen Hanwen is a half-scholar, so it is necessary for him to be able to read and write.

Since Da Lao Ben could recite so many Buddhist scriptures, he must be able to read.

Besides, Da Lao Ben has always been a simple and easy-going person, but the two of them just can't talk to each other!

As for the reason, it is that Chen Hanwen thinks he knows a lot but is a bit pedantic, and he always uses his own point of view to debate with Da Laoben.

Chen Hanwen is a person who can't get into trouble once he gets involved. How can Da Laoben explain it to him?

But sometimes Chen Hanwen would just keep chasing after Da Laoben, and in the end Da Laoben was so frustrated by Chen Hanwen that he said to him, "You are worldly-wise and clever, but you lack wisdom!"

Chen Hanwen didn't understand what this sentence "worldly wisdom and eloquence lack wisdom" meant, so he went to ask Chu Tian, ​​who was more knowledgeable.

It happened that Chu Tian was feeling upset that day, so he casually replied, "It means crazy."

The old soldiers heard this and made fun of Chen Hanwen for a long time.

"Okay, it's time to get some sleep. We have a lot to do tomorrow. Now that we've won the battle, the Japanese will come back and fight us again after we went to wipe them out!" Qian Chuan'er said.

After Qian Chuan'er said this, the old soldiers naturally didn't say anything and just closed their eyes and went to sleep.

But Qian Chuan'er asked again: "How is Wang Xiaodan's injury? I didn't see him."

"You must be having a great time in this romantic village." Qin Chuan said with a smile.

In order to save a woman, Wang Xiaodan had the butt of his gun cut off by the Japanese devils. Of course, the veterans all knew about it by then.

"Okay, let him be happy for two nights. I don't know if there is any man in that family. Hehe, fortunately we have joined the Eighth Route Army today, so his absence is not considered a violation of military discipline." Qian Chuaner said with a smile.