Devil's Army

After breakfast the next morning, the brigade commanders and deputy brigade commanders, the regiment commander and deputy regiment commander, and twenty-four political cadres sent by Commander Li gathered in the operations room at Leng Feng's order.

Leng Feng assigned these 24 political cadres to serve as political commissars in various brigades and regiments.

Since the 3rd and 6th Brigade were fighting in Chahar, the political commissars of these two brigades were temporarily attached to the 1st and 4th Brigade to familiarize themselves with the troops.

Leng Feng apologized to the 24 political cadres and said, "Since I am not familiar with you, the assignment of you to the brigade and regiment headquarters is random and does not represent your abilities."

But everyone said: they came to the First Army to fight the Japanese, not to be officials. They could be anywhere, even in a company.

Leng Feng was very satisfied with everyone's awareness, but Xiao Fei raised objections.

Since Xiao Fei participated in a battle of the army's direct regiment, Leng Feng assigned Xiao Fei to the army's direct regiment as the regiment's political commissar.

Xiao Fei had learned from Baron that the army's direct regiment was mainly responsible for the safety of the tribe and rarely went out to fight, so he asked to be assigned to the front-line combat unit.

Leng Feng told Xiao Fei that the number of Japanese soldiers coming next time would definitely not be less than last time, and the battle would definitely be more brutal and fierce than last time. The troops were now short of manpower, and the army's direct regiment would definitely have to go to the battlefield.

After hearing what Leng Feng said, Xiao Fei no longer insisted.

After the meeting, everyone left the operations room and returned to the troops.

Leng Feng always felt uneasy in the operations room, so he called Wu Lang and Mei Lang to go for a walk to the front line together.

Leng Feng called Wen Lang, and the four of them prepared to go to the front line together, but they were stopped by the guard Xiao Zhang.

When Xiao Zhang joined the army, he was only 18 years old and very smart. Leng Feng quickly transferred him to the guard company to be his personal guard.

Xiao Zhang asked Leng Feng to either take him with him or not go anywhere.

"I'm just walking around in my own defense zone. Nothing will happen."

"That's not OK!"

"Kid, why are you so stubborn!" Leng Feng said unhappily.

Xiao Zhang didn't say anything and turned his head to the side, but he still blocked the door.

"Forget it, Xiao Zhang is also thinking about your safety. Don't you want to see the terrain from Rehe to Tiaobinshan County? Let's go and see it directly after we inspect the positions of the 5th Brigade and the 2nd Brigade." Wen Lang came over to ease the atmosphere.

Leng Feng nodded, and Wen Lang immediately said to Xiao Zhang, "Go and arrange a small team to follow."

Xiao Zhang shouted happily: "Thank you, Minister Chen." Then he turned around and ran away quickly.

Wulang and Meilang each drove a Samurai and walked in front with two guards. Xiao Zhang, with fifteen soldiers from the guard company, and Leng Feng and Wenlang followed behind on horseback.

Arriving at the gate of Tieling County, Wulang said goodbye to Lengfeng and Wenlang and returned to Bingshan County first. Lengfeng and Wenlang got off their horses and walked into the city with Meilang. Xiao Zhang and another guard came forward to lead Lengfeng and Wenlang's horses and followed closely behind.

After the recent renovation, Tieling County has become much cleaner and tidier, and Leng Feng is quite satisfied with it.

The streets of the county town were lined with small vendors who came from all directions and shouted out the goods they brought. All the shops were open for business.

Some pedestrians on the street are bargaining with vendors; some are choosing things they like; some are looking around, just strolling.

The entire Tieling County was filled with a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere, without any sign of impending war.

Leng Feng asked Meilang with some concern: "Didn't the villagers panic when the Japanese invaded Tieling County last time?"

"It was a bit chaotic at first, and some villagers left the city with their families. Later, we gradually stabilized our position, and the villagers stopped panicking."

Everyone slowly walked to the two rows of houses in front of the fortifications. From time to time, villagers came out of the houses and greeted Leng Feng and his group.

"It seems that the relationship between your soldiers and civilians is pretty good." Wenlang said.

"Military discipline is one of our main tasks," Meilang responded.

"This place is too close to the fortifications and will be bombarded by the Japanese. The folks here must evacuate when the battle starts." Leng Feng pointed to the houses on both sides and said to Meilang.

"Ok"

"How many residents are there here? Have you counted them?" Leng Feng continued to ask Meilang.

“Close to 10,000 people.”

"If the fortifications are lost, can these 10,000 residents evacuate smoothly? Won't there be chaos?"

"Well, I haven't tried it, so I can't say for sure." Meilang answered embarrassedly.

"We will conduct a retreat drill this afternoon, and we will do it every two days. We will retreat to the open space at the county gate to strengthen the residents' awareness of danger. The war is about to begin, and the residents here are not aware of the danger at all."

"Okay, if the residents don't cooperate, can we enforce it?"

"Didn't we distribute food to every household in Tieling County last time? Spread the word. Those who don't cooperate with the troops will have their benefits revoked in the future."

Leng Feng and his men then walked to the fortifications. When the Second Regiment Commander of the Fifth Brigade heard that Leng Feng was coming, he hurried over and saluted Leng Feng:

"Reporting to Commander Leng, the commander of the Second Regiment of the Fifth Brigade, Ji Hongyun, welcomes the leadership to inspect our work."

The commander of the Second Regiment was also a veteran who had fought for a long time. If he didn't have some skills, he wouldn't be allowed to lead the Second Regiment of more than 2,000 people. He had already arranged for the soldiers to reinforce the fortifications with wood and planks.

Leng Feng walked around the fortifications and said, "It's OK." Then he said goodbye to Meilang and the second regiment commander and rushed to Tiaobingshan County.