On this day, Bai Yihua led his troops to Miaofeng Mountain in Pingxi. This place was less than a hundred miles away from Commander Shawk's headquarters. Bai Yihua looked at the surrounding terrain and immediately ordered his troops to spread out. Because their position was surrounded by high mountains on both sides, it was the easiest place to be ambushed. Because this was also where Bai Yihua often liked to ambush. Therefore, he had a premonition that something might happen here today.
Just as the Independent Regiment changed their formation and continued to move forward, gunshots suddenly sounded from the mountains on both sides. Immediately, a few soldiers were injured, and a few horses were shot. " Don't panic, everyone!" Bai Yihua shouted." Take cover!"”The soldiers immediately fell to the ground. After a series of gunshots, more than 200 people came down from the mountain and surrounded the Independent Regiment. Bai Yihua could tell at a glance that the leader was a young man in his thirties. One look at his attire and one could tell that he was a soldier.
The young man came to Bai Yihua and asked,""You must be the leader?"
Bai Yihua looked at the young man's attire. He knew that this young man was not a vicious bandit because they had only fired for a while and had no intention of killing them all. Therefore, Bai Yihua said to the young man without changing his expression,"I am Bai Yihua, the former commander of the Northeast's volunteer army.”
When the young man heard the word northeast, he was stunned. He looked at Bai Yihua with a puzzled expression and asked,"Why didn't your Northeast Anti-Japanese Army fight the Japanese in the Northeast? Why did you come to our North China to stir up trouble?”
" It doesn't matter where they are," Bai Yihua retorted." The key is whether they are fighting the Japanese." As long as there are Japanese, there should be our Chinese armed forces.”
"You're right. I just don't know how it's done.”The young man narrowed his eyes and looked at Bai Yihua.
"I've been fighting the Japanese in the northeast for five years. Look at the weapons in my men's hands. There are hundreds of guns and machine guns. This was not something that could be done just by saying it.”Bai Yihua pointed with his finger." You injured a few of my men and horses. I didn't even return your hand. Why not fight the Japanese with me?" I could tell at a glance that brother is a farmer and a person who suffers. If it wasn't because you couldn't live anymore, you wouldn't have come up the mountain to be a bandit. Brother, you're not suitable to be a bandit. Firstly, you don't have a military mind. If this goes on, you won't have a way out. Because you can't beat the Japanese. I, Bai Yihua, can't bear to shoot at poor commoners. "And all of you, there's nothing you can do about going up the mountain. This is also forced by the world.”
The young man hesitated for a moment. He didn't expect that the grain would be taken over by the bearded man. He was a little unwilling. However, he knew in his heart that although they had surrounded the bearded man, they were really not their match in a real fight. However, this young man was from the village where Bai Yihua and Hu Zi had saved the villagers. It was just that there were too many stragglers now, and they often disturbed the people. In addition, the Japanese were also constantly looting. They really couldn't go on anymore. They organized the young people from the nearby villages. First, they took a few guns from the stragglers and pulled up the team to go up the mountain. In other words, they became bandits. However, in reality. The bandits had a hard time. They could not rob the poor people of their money, and they did not have any money to rob. Those big families had guards to protect them, and their strength was not as good as theirs. These days, the mountain had already run out of food. When they saw Bai Yihua and the others coming over, they did not care about anything else and just wanted to do something to him. They did not expect things to turn out like this. He thought for a moment and cupped his hands at Bai Yihua."If you really want to fight the Japanese, we will fight with you. But you are not lying to me, right?”
Bai Yihua laughed." I, the little white dragon, have been on the battlefield for five or six years. I've killed countless devils. Do I have to lie to you?"”At this moment, a young man beside the young man walked over and whispered a few words into the young man's ear. Bai Yihua listened to the gist of it. He mainly told the young man that Bai Yihua and the others had saved the villagers. After the young man heard this, he shouted towards the mountain,""Brothers, I've decided that the little White Dragon in front of me will fight the devils. Those who are willing to follow the little White Dragon with me, step forward. The young man agreed so readily, which was far beyond Bai Yihua's expectations.
The young man called his men over and lined up in front of Bai Yihua. Bai Yihua was very happy. He patted the young man's shoulder and said,"Young man, I will appoint you as the company commander now. You will be the seventh company of the volunteer army. When we reach the place, I'll give you an official number. By the way, young man, what's your name?”
The young man replied loudly," My name is Wang Zhenjun. Commander Bai, if there are still people who are willing to follow you to fight the devils, are you willing to accept them?"”
When Bai Yihua heard this, he said in shock,"You can contact people? How many of you can join our team?”
"I won't hide it from the commander," said Wang Zhenjun. There are two groups of so-called bandits like us in our area. They are also people who can't survive in the nearby villages. If we let them be traitors, they feel sorry for their ancestors. When we have the ability, we do our own things. If we encounter difficulties, we can work together. No matter who speaks, we guarantee that we will be able to respond.”
When Bai Yihua heard that, his face lit up."You can find them now. As long as they are fighting the Japanese and not harming the people, we welcome them to participate.”Wang Zhenjun agreed immediately.
Just like that, under Wang Zhenjun's recommendation, Bai Yihua recruited two more groups of bandits. Including Wang Zhenjun's men, he recruited a total of more than five hundred people. This way, Bai Yihua's team reached more than a thousand people.
When he brought his troops to the headquarters of the advancing army on Baihua Mountain in Pingxi and saw Commander Shawk, Bai Yihua's team had already grown to nearly a thousand people. This made Commander Shawk extremely excited. He held Bai Yihua's big hand tightly and said,"When I received the notice from Brigadier Wang Zhen, he said that your team had nearly five hundred people. I didn't expect that you would use less than two months to expand to nearly a thousand people.”
Bai Yihua humbly waved his hand and said,""The troops have expanded, but the combat effectiveness and thinking level of the troops still needs to be improved. This is also a problem that gives me a headache.”
"I've already discussed this with the other leaders," Commander Shawk said."For the next month, your troops will not have any combat missions. They will mainly rest and train. When you go back, report the names of the main officers in your team. We will issue a letter of appointment after our research. As for your division's name, I will consult Brigade Commander Wang before deciding.”
Three days later, Bai Yihua received the order to advance. The anti-Japanese vanguard was reorganized into an independent regiment of the Pingxi advance army. Commander Bai Yihua, Political Commissar Shan Haitao, Chief of Staff Cai Shan. It had two battalions and a guard company. The first battalion commander was Cai Shan, while Shi Shoutian was the third battalion commander and instructor. The platoon leaders of the companies were appointed by the leaders of the Independent Regiment. At the same time, the order also stated,"Since each battalion and commanding officer has two roles, this can only be temporary. Your regiment must complete the main cadre allocation in a short time." Commander Shawk said to Bai Yihua," Originally, the Advanced Army Command was going to send a few officers to your regiment as instructors or political commissar. Considering that your regiment has experienced a few years of combat experience. Moreover, the main members were all Party members. There were many intellectual members in the regiment, so they had a very strong cadre force. In addition, we are also lacking in officers here, so we have decided not to send officers to your regiment. I hope you can train up competent officers in the regiment in the short term.”Bai Yihua expressed his gratitude to Commander Shawk for his decision. After sending Commander Shawk off, Bai Yihua and Shan Haitao began to study the current work of the regiment.
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