The promotion of the lecture hall continued. In order to open the lecture hall, Chu Yunfei had Sun Ming poach some instructors from the three military schools, namely Yunnan Army Military Academy, Baoding Army Military Academy, and Huangpu Military Academy. Now, they only needed to wait for the instructors to arrive before the lecture hall could be opened smoothly.
Other than the lecture hall, the recruitment of the 86th Division was still in full swing.
Ever since the last battle, the 4th Brigade of the Japanese army stationed in Pingan County was eliminated. The 86th Division sent a regiment to Pingan County and set up recruitment points in Pingan, Luye, and the surrounding towns.
According to their previous plans, it would be very difficult to recruit 20,000 people. It would take at least one or two months. However, to everyone's surprise, the recruitment work went very smoothly. In less than half a month, the recruitment points in various places had already recruited more than 10,000 people. They were not far from completing the mission.
One had to know that the reorganized 86th Division was now famous throughout the country. It was a great victory to wipe out an entire exploration team with just one brigade!
In northwestern Shanxi, especially in Luye and Pingan County, the villagers were proud that their children could join the 86th Division!
The pay was high, the treatment was good, and most importantly, they were good at fighting the devils. Moreover, when they were in battle, their officers were the first to fight. They never treated their soldiers as outsiders!
Where could one find such a good officer? Then why didn't they send him to the army? Abandoned at home?
It was funny. Right now, there were wars all over the country, and there were dead people everywhere. Who knew if there would be another war one day? If a cannonball exploded, there would be no bones left. They wouldn't even know how they died.
After becoming a soldier, there would be a pension for those who died in battle. It was said that the amount of the pension was half a year's salary.
Therefore, when they heard that the 86th Division was recruiting soldiers again, those who had a few boys at home were sent to join the army. Those who did not want to go in the past had to go now!
Liu Chengwen and Liu Chengwu were a pair of biological brothers. In fact, there were five of them, and Liu Chengwen and Liu Chengwu were the eldest and second. Usually, because there were many brothers in the family, they had always been poor. After all, there were many people in the family, but there was little land. Everyone was waiting to eat. His youngest sister was only three years old. Because she did not have enough to eat, the younger sister was very thin and her face was sallow.
However, their little sister was sensible and never made a fuss. It was precisely because she was sensible that the two brothers, Cheng Wen and Cheng Wu, felt sorry for her. The last time they organized the 86th Division to recruit soldiers, they did not dare to miss that opportunity. Later, they heard that a young man from the same village as them, Liu Jiangong, secretly ran out to join the army. It was said that after he left, his mother cried at home all day, dying.
Later on, they heard that the Japanese had launched a large-scale attack on Luye and that their troops had set off to fight the Japanese army. At that time, the two brothers were glad that they did not go. Otherwise, they would definitely not have been able to come back.
However, no one expected that the troops would actually defeat the Japanese and return safely.
Li Jiangong had only been in the army for a few months, but his family had already changed drastically. His mother did not wipe her tears anymore. Every day, she would talk about his son with pride.
There was one time when Li Jiangong came back with two soldiers following behind him. Both of them carried steel spears on their backs and looked mighty and majestic, making the Liu brothers very envious!
Although they were not educated and could not say what a man should be like when they saw Li Jiangong's appearance, they naturally had the idea that if they could also hold a steel gun, they would be so mighty.
This morning, the soldier who often came to Li Jiangong's house to deliver things for him came again. Liu Chengwen and Liu Chengwen pulled him back and chatted with him for a while. They heard that Li Jiangong was already a platoon leader and had dozens of soldiers under him. After the enrollment was completed, he might be able to become a company commander and have more than a hundred people under him!
When Liu Chengwen and Liu Chengwen heard this, they were secretly shocked. At the same time, they were also envious.
However, he said that the army was going to recruit soldiers again. This made the Liu brothers determined to join the army!
After the two of them discussed it, they told their parents.
Although his parents were reluctant, there was nothing they could do. The family was in a tight spot, and his younger brothers and sisters also wanted to eat. It was just that his two eldest sons had to suffer.
His mother had been sitting in the inner room wiping her tears while his father was squatting on the doorsill smoking. The two brothers packed up their things and looked at their parents before kneeling down and kowtowing twice."Father, Mother, we're leaving!"
After saying that, he turned around and ran away without waiting for his parents to reply!
The two brothers ran all the way to the recruitment reception point in the town. They saw a long queue here, all wanting to join the army.
Looking at the guns on their bodies, the two of them revealed a trace of envy.
Just as they were queuing up, a person suddenly walked over. The soldiers on guard saw him and saluted,"Platoon leader!"
The man just nodded. It was obvious that he was a senior officer.
Wang Shulin suddenly felt that this person was so familiar. He looked at him and realized that it was Li Jiangong from his village.
The soldier beside him saw him shouting and suddenly came up. He raised his gun and shouted,"Don't make a racket! If you talk nonsense, get out!"
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