July 1938, Yanmen Pass. The two soldiers with full beards on their faces held each other's hands tightly. Thunderous applause sounded behind them.
The 359th Brigade Commander, Wang Zhen, looked at the troops behind the bearded Commander Bai Yihua, who was carrying the banner of the Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Army. He felt very sad. What kind of team was this? Everyone's face was covered in sand and dust, covering their fatigue. Their clothes were tattered, and some of them even had long tears on their clothes. The weapons in their hands were also varied. The best ones were machine guns, 38 large covers, and guns and shotguns. The worst was the saber and spear in his hand. Wang Zhen noticed that Bai Yihua, who was only in his early twenties, had a very pale face. The beard on his face was very different from his own. Bai Yihua's thick, dark beard grew from the bottom to the top, even covering his ears and chin. On the left side of Bai Yihua's upper lip, there was a red mole with three red whiskers. The whiskers were as thick as needles and as red as blood. Coupled with the two sword-like eyebrows on his face and his pair of bright eyes, he really looked dignified and imposing. There was a local saying that a red beard on a mole was a dragon's human form. Therefore, when Bai Yihua was fighting in the Black Water of the Liao River, the local people called him Little White Dragon. Wang Zhen held Bai Yihua's hands tightly and said,""It wasn't easy. You used this kind of weapon to fight the Japanese in the northeast for three years. No wonder the commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty wrote poems praising you.”Bai Yihua, who also had patches on his clothes and an armed belt around his waist, had mixed feelings. He choked and said,"We finally found our own team. Now, we have someone to rely on. Over the past three years, my team had grown from a hundred to more than a thousand people. Now, there were only three hundred people left. If the raider mentality was not eradicated, the troops would not be able to survive without a stable base, let alone strengthen their own troops.”
Brigade Commander Wang Zhen held Bai Yihua's hand and waved at the troops behind him.""Let's go home." He walked into the brigade headquarters.
After everyone sat down, Wang Zhen introduced the officers of the brigade department to Bai Yihua one by one. Then, he said to Bai Yihua,"This is my arrangement. In the next month, your main task is to rest. You can stay with me tonight and we can have a good chat. He didn't expect that the little White Dragon who terrified the Japanese Kwantung Army was so young.”
Bai Yihua said happily,"I will obey the brigade commander's arrangements." However, I have an idea that I would like to seek the opinion of the brigade commander. I heard that the 359th Brigade has a military camp school. I want to send the backbone of the volunteers to the school for systematic theoretical study. After that, I will disrupt the organizational structure of my troops and integrate our officers and soldiers into the regiments, battalions, and companies of the brigade, so that they can learn from the officers and soldiers of the regular troops.”
"Alright, it seems that your little White Dragon's intelligence work is not bad. You knew that I have a school here as soon as we met. I had the same idea, but I wanted to discuss it with you in a few days. I'm mainly afraid that you'll have other thoughts. Since you mentioned it, it's easy to handle. Make a list now and have them report to school tomorrow. How about this, you take a rest first. I still have other things to deal with.”With that, he walked out of the house.
Looking at the background of Brigadier Wang Zhen, who was known as Wang Huzi, turning around and leaving, Bai Yihua understood. Meeting with the 359th Brigade at Yanmen Pass would change the fate of him and the Anti-Japanese Army. In the following four months, Bai Yihua and Wang Zhen would lie on a heated bed and chat every night until dawn. Wang Zhen explained to Bai Yihua the central government's anti-Japanese ideas, military thinking, and current policies, which opened up Bai Yihua's mind. At the same time, Bai Yihua also reported his work and combat experience over the years to Wang Zhen.
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