The strongest militia

() After a small episode, Deng Chenggong and his party entered Ranzhuang under the leadership of Tuesday Meng. At this time, Ranzhuang had not become the seat of the town government for later generations, but a village with a relatively large population.When people like Deng Chenggong, dressed in official militia uniforms, entered the village, they still received the attention of many villagers.

When they learned that the young man surrounded by Zhou Tumeng and others was the highest chief of the militias on Tuuemeng, many elderly women felt that Deng Chenggong looked a little too young.After all, in their opinion, the head of the militia with over [-] soldiers must be quite old.As a result, what I saw today was so young. Some unmarried Ranzhuang girls looked at Deng Chenggong from a distance and began to guess whether the young commander was married.If they are not married, do they have a chance?

Declining the invitation to drink tea and take a break on Tuesday, Deng Chenggong directly asked him to take himself to the tunnel in the village. Deng Chenggong, who got into the tunnel from under the stove of a villager, saw that the tunnel had been set up. Extend in all directions.Although some areas still need to be further improved, the excavation of such a large project in two months is enough to prove that Zhao Changbao and others have put a lot of thought into it.

It's just that after he walked around, he suddenly found that although the tunnels here are connected to each other, they lack favorable precautionary measures just because of this.If the little devils find the entrance of the tunnel in the future and attack them through the tunnel, the tunnel will lose its proper defensive effect, and instead will let the little devils surround and wipe out those who hide in the tunnel.

Thinking of this, Deng Chenggong instructed Zhou Tumeng to make improvements to the tunnel while walking. When the function of each change was announced, Zhao Changbao who followed behind had to admire the insight of the young commander. Can not be ignored.This kind of ability to plan for a rainy day is indeed worth learning from their subordinates.

Originally, when they were digging the tunnel, they only paid attention to the characteristics of the Tibetans and the convenient movement to attack the enemy, but after Deng Chenggong gave some pointers, they found that the tunnel became an absolute defense that could not be flooded or burned, and outsiders could only enter with a dead end. base.Even according to the authentic characteristics, Deng Chenggong even pointed out the preparations for defending against poison gas attacks.With such a well-defended tunnel base, the little devils who invade Ranzhuang in the future will definitely not get any benefits.

Deng Chenggong, who came out of the tunnel, did not stay any longer, but when he left, he specially reminded Zhao Changbao, the head of the county militia.I briefly talked about the importance of Ranzhuang, and at the same time said that based on Ranzhuang's existing tunnel network, I will strive to expand as far as possible. If it can be connected with several nearby villages, it will undoubtedly be able to play a better role. Attacking the enemy can also protect its own safety.

And in order to improve Ran Zhuang's self-protection ability as much as possible, Deng Chenggong specially approved the promotion of the militia squad on Tuesday to a militia detachment, which can be expanded to a team of 100 people.And when the time comes, Zhao Changbao will deploy instructors from the militia to conduct corresponding defensive combat exercises, so that the people in the village can learn and apply it.There is no need to wait for the little devil to sneak into the village, because he is not familiar with the situation in the tunnel, and panicked.In this way, the intention of building a tunnel network in advance will be lost!

Hearing that he suddenly became the captain of the militia detachment, Tuesday Meng was naturally very happy, because it was prepared according to the militia column.A militia detachment can have one heavy machine gun and four light machine guns.It also has a certain right to operate independently, which is more enjoyable than a militia squad that only exists to protect the village.

After waving goodbye to Zhao Changbao and his party, Deng Chenggong stayed in a village controlled by a militia column on his way to Xinxian County for one night, and then continued on his way early the next morning.It wasn't until noon the next day that the group finally arrived at the station of the Xinxian militia regiment, which was the farthest from the militia column.

The location of this station is chosen to be in a valley next to Baiyangdian Lake. The location is relatively hidden, and if there is a raid by land.They can use Baiyangdian to escape smoothly, and when encountering a blockade from the lake, they can retreat to the mountains to resist.This is in line with Deng Chenggong's policy that every militia station must have a stronghold to defend and retreat.

After being inspected by the sentries, San Pang (real name Wu Sanshan), who was assigned here as the head of the militia, and Wang Chao, the political director who was also a local, came out of the regiment headquarters to greet them.

Seeing that the fortifications in the garrison were well built, Deng Chenggong asked as he walked, "San Fatty, I heard from Mingyuan that your job is not easy to carry out. Is it because you have lost your temper and scolded people every now and then?"

As the first veteran of the militia team to join Deng Chenggong, San Pang can also be called a member of Deng Chenggong's confidant. Being able to become the head of 22 militia regiments under the management of the militia column is enough to prove that his ability is not bad.It's just that Deng Chenggong, who has been with him for a long time, knows that the thick man in front of him is a good fighter in war, and he is still one of the best when he is used to rush to the top.However, because I haven't read much, and I spent a long time in the bandit's den.Therefore, a bandit habit is more serious, and he likes to beat and swear at people at every turn.

San Pang is very honest in front of Deng Chenggong, because he has fought with Deng Chenggong several times, and he knows very well that this young commander has more violent factors in his body than him.

He murmured in a low voice: "I don't swear often anymore, but some guys can't teach me no matter what, and sometimes I can't help but swear when I'm very angry. But the most important thing is, I've been here for so long, and the soldiers under me I didn't recruit all five hundred. This made me very angry, but I can't force people to serve as soldiers. So I reported to Director Xu and asked the headquarters for support. I just didn't expect that it was the commander who came here in person. Morning Knowing this, I will not report."

Deng Chenggong looked at San Pang, who was pretending to be a good baby in front of him, and reached out his hand to slap the opponent's head very annoyedly: "You bastard, why don't you tell me to come and not report it. Could it be possible that I should be If you become the commander, you are not a member of the militia column? Let me tell you, since I am here this time, the affairs of your militia must be developed as soon as possible. I really want to take a good look at it. Progress. If you still haven’t made progress at all, I’d better choose someone else to be the head of the regiment. Save you boy, wearing a colonel’s uniform all day long can’t do the work of the head of the regiment.”

Seeing that a young man like Deng Chenggong dared to reach out and hit his hot-tempered regiment leader, many militiamen who had been reprimanded by San Fatty felt that their eyes were delusional.The leader of the group who was beaten even started begging for mercy.This made the militiamen who initially thought that Deng Chenggong was just a comrade-in-arms of their regiment leader immediately felt that this young man who appeared suddenly must have a different identity.

When it was time for lunch, Wang Chao, the political director of the militia, welcomed Deng Chenggong to the podium and said, "Please give us instructions from the commander." Many militiamen in the newly formed militia almost screamed out.Although they all knew from the mouths of the two regimental heads that the commander of the militia column to which they belonged was a young man, they could never have imagined that this commander was about the same size as many of the people present here.

After a few words of encouragement, Deng Chenggong did not give any instructions. For this base of the Anti-Japanese War, which was also famous throughout the country, Deng Chenggong naturally yearned for the anti-Japanese forces hidden in it.He didn't want the Baiyangdian anti-Japanese guerrillas, which was famous in the history of the Anti-Japanese War, to disappear because of the appearance of his militia column.

After lunch, Deng Chenggong didn't bother to take a break, and directly asked San Pang to call the officers above the platoon rank of the group headquarters to the regiment headquarters for a meeting.Some military officers who went out to recruit soldiers reported that because there are many ethnic minorities here, most of them are wary of the militia officers and soldiers sent to the villages below to recruit soldiers.The most important thing is that there have been some pioneer revolutionaries on this ground, that is, there have been people's party organizations.

Later, because of the siege by the Kuomintang, most of these People's Party members died heroically, and their families and villages were inevitably hit.As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.These common people who knew that fighting against the government might not yield good results naturally did not dare to easily join the ranks of the militia columns.Only some young people from poor families joined here with the idea of ​​serving as a soldier to support their families when they heard that there was a five-month subsidy for becoming an official militiaman.

This situation does not only occur here in the militia regiment, even the militia squads below, unlike other villages, do not receive the general support of the villagers.After most militia teams were established, they eventually returned their rifles and went home to fish because the militiamen who participated in the militia teams couldn't stand their family members' preaching and pointing at others.Therefore, it is really not easy to carry out militia work here.

Deng Chenggong, who has always felt that the wind has gone smoothly to today, suddenly feels that the difficulties in front of him are not more proof of his ability?

For this reason, he asked the accompanying radio operator to inform the headquarters that his inspection time might be delayed.Some work at the headquarters that belongs to him can be handled by telegram or will be handled by Xu Mingyuan and Hu Guangzong.He must establish an excellent militia team in this area before the outbreak of the War of Resistance.Otherwise, I'm sorry for the militia commander hat on his head.

After hearing that Deng Chenggong had decided to lead them to work together, the officers of the regiment headquarters, who were somewhat lacking in confidence, were naturally overjoyed.Many of them were assigned here after being selected and trained from the military academy at the headquarters. Now that they can work with the commander for a period of time, it might be an enviable thing to spread the word in the future.