Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Commander He took away more than 10,000 people, and the remaining 10,000 people stayed. In addition, there was a group of wounded soldiers who had been arranged to be treated in the hospital.

However, there is still a group of people who have not been assigned jobs, namely the miners from Datong.

Although they had experienced more than ten days of high-intensity travel, the physical condition of most of these miners did not deteriorate, and most of them had recovered a little. Although the journey was hard, compared with the hardships they had suffered before, this distance was nothing. However, some people along the way did not make it to Ping'an County.

Due to long-term oppression, high-intensity work, and various tortures, some people have already developed health problems. Even though Zhao Gang has given them special care along the way, they are unable to complete the journey.

More than 37,600 miners finally arrived in Ping'an County, and more than 2,000 of them died on the way to Ping'an County.

"Let's arrange for these miners to do some simple work in the rear first. Once they have recovered some of their strength, we will select the best and recruit them into the army."

"Okay, here's the list of the Nationalist soldiers joining our army this time. Take a look."

Li Yunlong took a look and found that a total of 12,127 people had joined the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Independent Column.

If it weren't for Commander He's shout, there might have been a few more, but it didn't matter to Li Yunlong. The more than 10,000 people who stayed behind had followed Zhao Gang for more than 300 kilometers and experienced the battle in Yu County. They had gone through a test of blood and fire.

Those who were able to stay had witnessed the battle process of the Eighth Route Army to destroy the Sixth Division. They had made certain psychological preparations and really wanted to fight the Japanese.

"How should we distribute these soldiers? Should we organize them directly into six regiments, or should we mix them into our other units?"

For such military-related matters, Zhao Gang would consult Li Yunlong first before making a decision. If Li Yunlong was not there, he would find Xing Zhiguo. Zhao Gang handled this very well and never acted arbitrarily in areas he was not good at.

Even if he is forced to do something, Zhao Gang will consult relevant people and ask for their opinions before making a decision.

"These people need to be handled properly. If not, problems will easily arise. We can't all be arranged as ordinary soldiers. We need to set some examples. Has anyone performed meritorious service in the battle of Yu County?"

Li Yunlong saw that some of the names looked familiar, especially Long Wenjian. Li Yunlong deliberately took a look at Long Wenjian's merit record.

"Yes, quite a few, especially one named Long Wenjian. Before the battle of Yu County began, I went to mobilize the troops, and he was the first to respond. He also led a number of soldiers to join the battle. He was a good motivator and performed very well in combat. He completed the combat mission brilliantly and outflanked the Japanese."

"Well, give him the position of deputy battalion commander. The soldiers under him still follow the old rules, with the veterans leading the new ones. We will have one veteran lead the three new recruits, and select some backbones with strong technical skills to lead these new recruits."

"Then hold a small meeting with these soldiers to understand the situation of the officers on the list. Those who are capable will be promoted after a period of observation. Those with questionable conduct will be recorded and given special attention. There must be no chaos or violations of military discipline!"

"Okay, and there's Du Qingming. Zhuzi said he's a pretty good shot, especially accurate."

"Well, then I'll assign him to the artillery battalion. Ask Zhuzi about his specific duties. Zhuzi is a professional in artillery."

"it is good!"

"and this……"

Zhao Gang pointed out all the people who performed outstandingly in the battle of Yun County. After Li Yunlong thought about it, he decided that basically those who had made meritorious contributions would be appointed to some grassroots commanders and fighters after the reorganization.

The highest-ranking official is Long Wenjian, a deputy battalion commander, and most of the others are deputy company commanders or deputy platoon leaders.

He also fought for the position of deputy battalion commander of Long Wenjian. During the battle of Yu County, he was the first to stand up and lead his men to participate in the battle. When Commander He forbade them to join our army, he stood up and spoke for the soldiers, demonstrating a certain leadership ability.

The position of deputy battalion commander is only temporary. If Long Wenjian can quickly adapt to our army, we can give him the position of regimental commander.

After the battle of Yu County, although the independent column suffered a lot of casualties, it was about to carry out a new round of large-scale expansion, and the number of grassroots officers and fighters was still insufficient.

Many soldiers are excellent soldiers who fight bravely and have no problem being squad leaders or platoon leaders. However, many are not suitable for the position of company commander, even with special training.

"We also need to intensify the training of our grassroots commanders. How are the preparations for night school going?"

"It's already been prepared and can be launched at any time!"

Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "Send a notice to all soldiers. Anyone who is willing to study can come and study. After the study, there will be an exam. Those with excellent results can be promoted."

Li Yunlong took out several documents he had prepared. "These are the combat experiences I summarized when I was the regiment commander, as well as some tactical terminology. We need to change our combat methods in the future. For example, when calling for artillery support, we can no longer use the simplified grid map. We need precise coordinates. Not every place is a basin like Yu County."

"All grassroots commanders and fighters must know these things. Besides that..."

Zhao Gang wrote down everything Li Yunlong said, and finally asked, "Teacher, who will you choose?"

"Whoever's free, me, Lao Xing, or Zhang Dabiao, will give the lecture!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he looked at Lao Zhao and said, "Lao Zhao, the ideological work of all cadres must also be strengthened, and ideological courses cannot be left behind. Starting tomorrow, everyone, including me, will have to study ideology."

"Recently, I've noticed some issues with the attitudes of some cadres. We don't need to conserve ammunition during battle, but we must be frugal in our daily lives. Now that we've achieved some small victories, some people are already trying to show off and enjoy themselves. This kind of thing must be dealt with seriously!"

"Any black sheep we find, no matter who they are, must be dealt with seriously, but we must also be mindful of the way they are handled. For minor mistakes, we should initially give them the opportunity to correct their mistakes and engage in self-criticism. Well, I'll take the lead when I have time and hold a self-criticism meeting. The tradition of criticism and self-criticism must not be lost. We must constantly reflect on ourselves and remain vigilant!"

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong in surprise. Li Yunlong's ideological awareness was getting higher and higher.

Most military commanders disliked this kind of rectification movement. After all, many of them were capable of fighting, but had problems in their lives. Every time they encountered a rectification movement, they would complain about it. Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong actually took the initiative to request to start the rectification movement.

"We are a little better off now, but other brother troops are all living in hard times. We can't ignore some bad habits, otherwise we will be no different from the Nationalist Army. A thousand-mile dam is destroyed by an ant hole. We must nip small problems in the bud!"

"It's a good opportunity to take advantage of the expansion to properly handle this issue and set an example for the new soldiers."

Looking at Lao Zhao's surprised expression, Li Yunlong smiled. He had not understood the significance of these rectification movements before, but after really reaching this position, Li Yunlong knew very well that sometimes it was necessary to cut the Gordian knot. Rectification was not necessarily a bad thing, and everything had two sides.

It was just like the rectification movement that took place when our army entered the four northeastern provinces after the Japanese invaders were driven away. Although many people were implicated in that rectification movement, it was also because of that rectification movement that we were able to quickly stabilize the internal situation and lay the foundation for victory.

Rectification is not a bad thing, but when the rectification movement is expanded, it becomes a bad thing. Therefore, Li Yunlong also set a tone for the internal rectification of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Independent Column.

"But the rectification campaign must not be expanded. If you discover any major problems, report them to me immediately and I will handle them. No private handling is allowed!"

"Yes!"

After finishing these important matters, a smile appeared on Li Yunlong's serious face. "Old Zhao, Director Qiu of the hospital contacted me and wanted to organize a social gathering with us. Zhang Dabiao and the others' personal problems should be resolved. They are already grown up, and I am planning to raise their status. It just meets the marriage criteria."

Zhao Gang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "That's a good idea. I'll go and prepare some more people tonight to see if there are any that seem right to us. We can have a wedding together."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. But be careful, you must respect the opinions of the female comrades and not act recklessly. Especially Monk Wei and the others, keep a close eye on them."

"Okay, I'll get ready now!"

Zhao Gang left with a smile. Looking at Old Zhao's appearance, Li Yunlong couldn't help but touch his head. It turned out that the political commissar was like a nanny who had to take care of everything.

Back then, Old Li wanted to be both regimental commander and political commissar. That wasn't tiring enough. Look at Old Zhao. How long has he been here? His face is so wrinkled he could almost make dumplings.

Then Li Yunlong reached out and touched the plate next to him, but found nothing. "Strange, where are my peanuts? How come such a big plate of peanuts is gone after just a few bites?"

Chapter 286 The Monk's Love Story

In Ping'an County.

Ping'an County is now in ruins. It is called a city, but in fact all that is left are the broken city walls, a magical wooden house and a completed monument.

Monk Wei turned around and looked around. When he didn't see anyone familiar, he immediately ran to a ruin with a smile on his face.

At this time, a group of female comrades were clearing the ruins, not for reconstruction, as reconstruction would serve as targets for the Japanese bombers. The purpose of clearing the ruins was to find some usable supplies under the ruins.

When defending Ping'an County, Li Yunlong evacuated the people in advance, but time was tight and the task was heavy, so most of the people took away some valuables that were easier to pack up, and some furniture and various other items were left in the city.

After Ping'an County was bombed, these things were buried in the rubble. Xiuqin felt that it would be a pity to waste them if they could be cleaned out from under the rubble.

However, the men were basically busy fighting, training, and doing some heavy physical labor, so the Ping'an County Women's Rescue Association was organized to clean up the ruins and find usable things under the ruins when the Japanese were not bombing.

Most of the buildings nowadays are made of wood. Even if they are blown down, many things under the house can still be used.

For example, some small items such as quilts, clothes, and various pots and pans. Larger or valuable items will be posted for people to claim. If no one claims them, they will be temporarily placed in the warehouse.

The rubble clearing work in Ping'an County has been going on for nearly three months. Xiuqin, together with the female comrades from the Women's Rescue Association, has almost cleared an area in the south of the city. Using the materials found in the rubble, they have made more than 3,000 military uniforms, all of which are winter uniforms, in addition to various other items.

In the field hospital in the mountains around Ping'an County, the beds where the wounded lay, as well as various washbasins, quilts and other items used, were also found by the female comrades of the Women's Rescue Association from the ruins of Ping'an County.

"Xiaohua, Xiaohua, Captain Wei is here to see you again!"

When they saw Monk Wei appear, several female comrades immediately shouted a few words towards a ruin. When Monk Wei heard it, his face immediately turned red.

Then a voice responded from the ruins: "Let him come in and help. There is a sewing machine here, but it's blocked by a big log. I can't use my strength."

Upon hearing this, Monk Wei immediately stuffed the thing in his hand into his arms and trotted into the ruins.

In the ruins, a female comrade about 1.7 meters tall was dragging a sewing machine with great effort. When Monk Wei saw this, he immediately rushed over to help.

He pulled hard to feel the weight of the sewing machine: "It's hard to move it like this. I'm stuck with the wood and can't use my strength."

After hearing this, Xiaohua said, "Help me pull the sewing machine out while I move this piece of wood!"

Monk Wei nodded, and saw Xiaohua walk to a piece of wood that was affecting her strength. She hugged the wood with force and lifted it up.

"Monk, pull the thing out!"

"Okay!"

Monk Wei was no longer surprised that Xiaohua could lift a piece of wood that was less than half a meter thick. He was attracted by this point of Xiaohua, who was heroic and capable, and was no less capable than any man.

Monk Wei pulled the sewing machine out with a little effort. Xiaohua put the wood down and said, "I'll do it!"

Then he picked up the sewing machine and walked out of the ruins.

The women from the Women's Rescue Association outside watched the sewing machine being carried out. After a brief test, they excitedly said, "It still works! It still works! The machine is good!"

"This will greatly improve the efficiency of making clothes. Many of our newly recruited soldiers don't have uniforms yet. This is a good opportunity to get more uniforms for everyone before winter."

"Yes, Xiaohua, you are amazing. We have been looking at this sewing machine for two or three days, but we don't have your strength to move it."

Xiaohua waved her hand and said, "It's a small problem. Is there anything else that can't be moved? If not, let's work hard and keep looking. There are still many usable ones in there!"

Then he turned to look at Monk Wei: "Monk, why did you come to see me?"

"Hey, Xiaohua, I, I, brought you some food."

As he spoke, he took out the peanuts from his arms and poured them out from Li Yunlong's plate.

"Monk, did you steal the commander's peanuts again?"

Monk Wei immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, it's not stealing if I take the commander's things. I..."

General Xiaohua took the peanuts and ate them while looking at the big guy beside him: "You came here just to give me peanuts? Next time, take less and save some for the commander."

Monk Wei nodded and shook his head, then his face turned red again.

"Are you busy? If not, I'll go get busy."

After hearing this, Monk Wei nodded repeatedly and said, "Something's going on, something's going on, something's going on!"

Then he started to hesitate again.

Seeing this, Xiaohua immediately glared at Monk Wei and said, "Monk Wei, you're a grown man, so just say what you want to say. Don't be so shy and waste time like a young wife. I still have a lot of work to do!"

After being scolded by Xiaohua, Monk Wei quickly said, "Xiaohua, I, it's just that the commander is getting married tomorrow. He said he wants to have a group wedding, and those who meet the requirements can get married together. I recently got a promotion, so I meet the requirements. I, I, I..."

Monk Wei blushed and lowered his head, not daring to look at Xiaohua.

When Xiaohua heard what Monk Wei said, her face turned red instantly.

"Aren't you a monk? Can you get married?"

"I left the secular world a long time ago."