In the Huting outpost, a large number of captives had been escorted here to be received by the synthesis camp.
At the same time, there were two Japanese soldiers in the nearby prisoner camp, and thousands of prisoners were rescued.
The prisoners of war who were rescued were treated well. They were given food and drinks in the Tiger Pavilion Stronghold. They also had money to pay when they returned home later.
However, the puppet captives did not receive such treatment. They were all squatting on the drill ground of the stronghold. Machine guns were set up all around them, and the muzzles of the soldiers of the synthetic battalion were all aimed at them.
The officers of the puppet army had already been selected for screening.
Those with major misdeeds would be shot on the spot. Those with misdeeds but not bad would be sent to the rear for moral education.
Those who had no criminal records, or rather, those officers who were in Cao Cao's camp but had a heart of gold, could directly join the new regiment.
At the same time, among the puppet army captives, there were some local ruffians with bad records. The hooligans were all identified.
The 8th Route Army's intelligence personnel and the guerrillas were quite familiar with them. They could guarantee that they would not catch the wrong person or let them go.
At least 200 people had been eliminated from the puppet army, and the remaining 2,800 people were all usable soldiers.
This made Ye Ming quite satisfied.
In fact, many of the puppet soldiers had been recruited. Some of them were former soldiers who had surrendered to the Japanese.
And those who were truly bad were local ruffians before they became puppet soldiers. Hooligans, using their dog skin to continue to bully the people.
All of this was recorded by someone. Good people would not be wronged, and bad people would not be able to get away with it.
After screening, with a clear witness, and without being forced, he confessed.
More than thirty puppet soldiers with blood on their hands were executed on the spot.
As for those who didn't deserve death, Ye Ming handed them over to the headquarters 'personnel and asked them to follow a portion of the battlefield spoils that were to be sent to the headquarters to the rear.
Soon, there were only a group of prisoners of war and 2,800 puppet soldiers left in the stronghold.
Standing on the reviewing platform, Ye Ming ordered all the captives to gather and stand up.
"My name is Ye Ming, the deputy commander of the 8th Route Army's new regiment. I believe you have more or less heard of the policies of our 8th Route Army. I won't say any more nonsense. If you want to stay with us to fight the Japanese, we welcome you warmly. If you want to go home, you can go to the door to get two dollars and go straight home.”
As soon as Ye Ming finished speaking, many people expressed that they wanted to go home. These people were generally those who had been forced to work or were homesick.
They were all compatriots, and it wasn't easy for them in this era. Ye Ming didn't make things difficult for them.
Let them take the money and leave.
Seeing that some people had really taken the money and left, many more people took the money and left one after another.
Ten minutes later, only about 3,000 people remained in the Drill Ground.
Of the thousands of prisoners, less than a hundred had left. Most of them were puppet soldiers.
These puppet soldiers were all civilians from nearby towns. Their homes were not far away, so it was normal for them to choose to go home.
Originally, these puppet captives should have received a period of education. Those who were willing to stay and fight the devils could only join the Eighth Route Army after passing the education. Those who were unwilling could only be released.
However, Ye Ming did not do so. The reason was simple. He had the Training Card and was not afraid of these puppet soldiers. As long as the Training Card was used, they would become the most qualified soldiers and be loyal to Ye Ming forever.
Therefore, Ye Ming simplified this step.
However, all the puppet soldiers who left had been registered. If they returned and volunteered to join the puppet army, it would be completely different the next time they were captured.
Of course, if they lost the protection of the village after they returned, they would have nothing to say.
"I'm very satisfied that you're all willing to stay. No matter what the reason is, as long as you're willing to stay and fight the Japanese, I can accept you.”Ye Ming's voice resounded throughout the drill ground once again.
China had never lacked hot-blooded men. Many people just lacked an opportunity, a stage where they could perform.
Of course, there was no lack of people who were just speculating or just purely for the sake of eating.
However, Ye Ming didn't care about that. With the training card, even waste plastic could be turned into steel within a month.
Following Ye Ming's order, these prisoners of war and captives officially became members of the new recruit camp.
Because the new regiment's battalions were basically full, an unlimited number of new recruits was directly established.
In the future, all the new recruits who had just joined the new regiment would undergo training in the recruit camp. Once they passed the training and had no problems with their thinking, they would be incorporated into the various battalions or expand the size of the new regiment.
If Ye Ming had his training card, the process would have been much easier.
The new recruit camp was arranged to be in the original Xujia 'ao. The new regiment had already built a large number of training facilities and had sufficient camps. It was the best place to train new recruits.
Soon, these recruits were sent on the road to Xujia 'ao.
The next day, the engineer company began to repair the Huting Stronghold.
At the same time, the new regiment also controlled all the towns outside of Pingan County.
Furthermore, a recruitment notice was pasted all over the nearby towns.
For a time, the local youths also enthusiastically joined the army.
The people in these places were already suffering from the exploitation of the Japanese. In addition to the propaganda of the Eighth Route Army and the recent victories of the New Regiment One, the name of the New Regiment One had long spread throughout the villages.
Therefore, when they heard that the new regiment was recruiting, all the young men from all over the world went to the recruitment points.
This surprised Ye Ming, but at the same time, he felt proud of it.
Because in this era, the most widespread saying was that a good man would not be a soldier.
Initially, Ye Ming thought that it would be very difficult to recruit soldiers. After all, the salary of the Eighth Route Army was too low.
For this reason, Ye Ming had no choice but to raise the threshold for recruitment. At the same time, he also rejected people who only had one child in their family or whose parents had no one to support them after joining the army.
Even so, the number of recruits exceeded Ye Ming's expectations. On the first day, three thousand qualified recruits were recruited.
Ye Ming had no choice but to stop the recruitment work for the next day because the new regiment had a total of six thousand new recruits, which exceeded the original number of soldiers in the new regiment. It could already be said to be a crazy expansion.
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