Chen Geng's eyes lit up. He had come to find Zhao Lei for two things today. The first was to give Zhao Lei the medal of honor given to him by the Eighth Route Army headquarters. The second was to change the troops.
Originally, Chen Geng had thought that he would need to do some mental work on the matter of changing guards. He did not expect Zhao Lei to actually take the initiative to bring it up. He was really too understanding.
"Alright, I agree. You can go to Yang Village. Your old leader has just been transferred over. Go and look for him. They're all old acquaintances, so it's convenient to communicate at work.”
Zhao Lei was stunned. The old leader was transferred to Yang Village?
He only had one old leader, and that was Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong didn't disobey orders on the battlefield last time, so why was he still transferred to the independent regiment?
Seeing the confusion on Zhao Lei's face, Chen Geng smiled and explained,"Li Yunlong is a troublemaker. Didn't you send him a company of warhorses last time? This kid was tempted. He brought Zhang Dabiao and Shen Quan to the 39th group army of the Kuomingtang and poached their cavalry battalion commander, Sun Desheng.”
" Sun Desheng was Shi Yousan's favorite general. Although Shi Yousan was dead, Sun Liangcheng was still around. When Sun Liangcheng found out that Sun Desheng had been poached, he was furious. He called the head of the headquarters directly and demanded that the person who destroyed the relationship between the two parties be severely punished. Just like that, your old leader was demoted to the clothing factory.”
Chen Geng said," I thought that Li Yunlong would definitely work in the clothing factory for a period of time. Who knew that the Japanese would launch a fierce battle with the National Party this time and involve the Independent Regiment. The Independent Regiment Commander, Comrade Kong Jie, was injured. There was no other way. The head of the headquarters sent Li Yunlong to the Independent Regiment again. In the end, there are too few commanders with combat experience in our army.”
After listening to Chen Geng's narration, Zhao Lei finally understood the cause and effect.
"Brigadier general, there are many civilians in Xiaowangzhuang. In order to prevent the Japanese from retaliating, I want to leave a small team here. What do you think?”Zhao Lei said.
Chen Geng was confused." Zhao Lei, you're already part of a small team. If you leave a small team here, won't you become a commander without a commander?"”
"Brigadier General, guess how many people I have under me now?" Zhao Lei laughed.”
Seeing the confident smile on Zhao Lei's face, Chen Geng mustered his courage and made a guess."Eighty people?"
"I have 200 people under me now, so I want to leave more than 20 people in Xiaowang Village. These people are local villagers. After all, the old, weak, women and children in the village also need protection.”Zhao Lei said.
"Kid, you're a local rich man. No wonder you set me up last time and asked me to give up my authority. Usually, when I asked you to report the number of people, you were hiding it. Now that you've changed guards, you've revealed all your assets!”
Chen Geng smiled and punched Zhao Lei's shoulder. He laughed and scolded,"There's one more thing I want to tell you. Li Yunlong is a troublemaker. Keep an eye on him. You're not his superior. You belong to the local battle order and are directly assigned to the division headquarters. Even if I, as a brigade commander, want to transfer you in the future, I have to report to the division commander.”
"Yes, Brigadier General. I'll lead the team to Yang Village later.”Zhao Lei said with a smile.
"Actually, there's no need to be in such a hurry. There's one more thing I forgot to tell you. There's a county brigade under the Independent Regiment. This time, many comrades died in the battle with the Japanese army. Go and reorganize them.”Chen Geng said.
"Yes, Brigadier General." Zhao Lei saluted Chen Geng.
After Chen Geng returned to the brigade headquarters, Zhao Lei immediately gathered his troops and headed towards Guo Zhuang, the base of the Independent Regiment County Brigade.
In the end, more than 20 people stayed in Xiaowang Village, led by Wang Fucai.
"Old Wang, from now on, you will be the captain of this small team. The safety of Xiaowang Village and the surrounding villages will be handed over to you.”Zhao Lei said.
"Captain, I also want to go with you to fight the Japanese.”Wang Fucai said reluctantly.
"The revolutionary division of labor is different. Staying in your post is the best reward for the country and the people.”Zhao Lei patted Wang Fucai on the shoulder, and then everyone started to move towards Guo Zhuang.
Zhao Lei deliberately chose to leave at night because there was no danger on the road at night.
When they arrived at Guo Zhuang, it was already midnight.
The people of the independent regiment had been waiting for the new captain to take office and had not left.
When they saw that their new captain was so young, they looked at each other with complicated expressions.
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhao Lei, the newly appointed captain of the county brigade.”Zhao Lei shook hands with the former members of the county brigade.
"Are you Comrade Zhao Lei?" Zhou Yuan, the instructor of the Independent Regiment and County Brigade, exclaimed.
"Comrade, do you know me?" Zhao Lei was slightly surprised.
"Of course I know you. You are the war hero Zhao Lei who was praised by the head of the headquarters some time ago. Hello, Comrade Zhao Lei. My name is Zhou Yuan, the instructor of the county brigade.”Zhou Yuan held Zhao Lei's hand and shook it excitedly.
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