The next day, Li Yunlong brought Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao, Kong Jie, and the others to set up recruitment points in the nearby villages and towns to recruit new soldiers!
Zhao Gang had written the slogans overnight.
"Join the Eighth Route and fight the Japanese!"
"I swear I won't be a slave to a subjugated country!"
"Join the Independent Regiment and protect the country!”
At the entrance of Cao Village, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment had already set up propaganda slogans and slogans, gathering the people and villagers of the surrounding villages!
They surrounded the Independent Regiment's slogan and pointed at it!
When Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and the others arrived, they were delighted to see so many people watching!
However, when he saw the registration status, he was dumbfounded!
Only three people signed up in the morning!
"Old Zhao, this won't do!" Li Yunlong said anxiously!
Zhao Gang frowned deeply and muttered softly,"How did this happen?"
Li Yunlong looked at the people gathered around him and walked directly to the recruitment point. He said loudly,"Fellow villagers, I am Li Yunlong, the commander of the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army!”
Guild Leader?
Li Yunlong?
The surrounding commoners started to discuss animatedly, and some even pointed at Li Yunlong!
Until a braver youth asked,""Are you the Li Yunlong who defeated Sakata United?”
"Could there be several Li Yunlong in Northwest Jin?”Li Yunlong smiled and said," My fellow villagers, may I ask why none of you are willing to participate in the Eighth Route War? Don't tell me you guys have no grudges against the Japanese? Haven't the Japanese been here before?"
"Why haven't they been here before? Last time, there were more than a hundred people who came to wipe out the Japanese. They robbed food and women!”
"Abba was beaten to death during the last Japanese raid.”
"And my sister, she was bullied by the Japanese leader and committed suicide the next day!”
"The devil killed my entire family, and now I'm the only one left!”It was still the same young man from before.
……
"That's right! The devils invaded our land, harmed our families, and plundered our food. Shouldn't we chase them away?”Li Yunlong said indignantly," For the sake of your parents, the sisters who were bullied, and the villagers who died tragically, shouldn't you join the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese?”
" We want to fight the Japanese, but you…" A middle-aged man stammered, not even finishing his sentence!
Li Yunlong didn't blow his beard and glare, which was rare. He asked kindly,"Fellow villager, is there anything wrong with the eighth route?”
"If we join the Eighth Route, we won't even be able to eat. How are we going to fight the Japanese? We want to fight the Japanese, but we don't want to starve to death!”The middle-aged man mustered up his courage and whispered.
Li Yunlong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It seemed that the common people's misunderstanding of the Eighth Route Army was still very deep!
It was still stuck in the period of walking across the grassland and eating leather belts and bark!
"Fellow villager, I don't dare to say anything else, but in our Independent Regiment, it's impossible to go hungry. We eat white flour and steamed buns every meal, and occasionally we can eat beef and pork to improve our lives!”
Just the supplies that they had intercepted halfway last time were enough to feed the independent regiment for several months!
However, from the expressions of the surrounding commoners, it was obvious that they did not believe it!
"Hey, you guys still don't believe me! Dabiao, Zhang Dabiao, bring over the rations we brought!”
Li Yunlong called out, and Zhang Dabiao quickly brought over the dry rations they had brought!
When he opened it, it was filled with steamed buns and some beef jerky!
The surrounding commoners were dumbfounded!
In this era, even a landlord might not have steamed buns for every meal, let alone beef jerky!
"This…is this for real? Do you eat this every day?" The middle-aged man's face was full of shock and disbelief. He pointed at the dried food in Zhang Dabiao's hand and was speechless!
"Fellow villager, is there any other problem?”Li Yunlong looked at him with a smile.
"I also heard that the Eighth Route Army has more people than guns. Many people don't get guns and can only fight with fire sticks. How can fire sticks fight the devils?”The young man from before asked.
"Hahaha!" Li Yunlong burst into laughter." Big Biao, tell the brothers to show the villagers their weapons!”
The soldiers at the recruitment point immediately took off their guns and held them in their hands!
All of them were brand new pistols and pistols, and there were also a few light machine guns that were shiny!
"Fellow villager, the Independent Regiment has nothing but guns! I, Li Yunlong, am not good at anything else but robbing. Whatever the Japanese have, I will rob them. The 38 big covers you saw, those melon grenades, flour, beef jerky…I robbed them from the Japanese!”Li Yunlong said proudly!
"I won't say anything else. I'm signing up. I want to do the eighth route!”
"I'll sign up too, I'll sign up too!"
"There's still me, there's still me!"
……
They had guns, food, and they could even fight the Japanese. What was there to be dissatisfied about?
Instantly, the recruitment point was packed with applicants.
"Old Zhao, I think you need to change your slogan and slogan. Add the condition of having guns and food, and also write my name on it. I think these villagers know about the battle in Sakata!”
Li Yunlong looked at the grand scene at the recruitment point behind him and turned to Zhao Gang.
Zhao Gang nodded, feeling a little ashamed." I didn't consider the actual needs of the people. I'll change the slogan and slogan when I get back!”
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