Devil's Army

After the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 2nd Regiment stationed in the north of Tieling County returned, the instructors of the 1st and 2nd Battalions who participated in the battle happily told their senior, who is now the political commissar of the 2nd Regiment, about their battle.

The instructor of the first battalion said:

"When the battle started, I didn't need to tell the soldiers in our battalion who would lead the charge and who would provide support. They all coordinated well. They also shot more accurately. I felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction when I saw the Japanese soldiers in the encirclement being knocked down one by one."

The instructor of the second battalion also said happily:

"The soldiers in our battalion were the same. They rushed forward fiercely. The devils in front of them were knocked down one by one. I have never led such easy-to-lead soldiers."

The regiment political commissar remained silent and just listened to them quietly, because he had the same feeling when he first led these soldiers into battle.

Four instructors from the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 5th Brigade who were not on duty asked the regiment commander for permission and brought two bottles of wine to visit the instructors of the 1st and 2nd Battalions.

The instructors of the first and second battalions, who were on duty at the front line, looked at the regiment political commissar in embarrassment as they saw their classmates coming over with wine.

The regiment political commissar said generously: "Just be careful not to get drunk. I'll keep an eye on you."

So the six of them started chatting about it in the battalion headquarters. The four students who had never participated in the battle were filled with envy.

Two days later, Captain Wang and Commander Sun each took two team members to visit the Oroqen tribe.

Before they approached the border of Tieling County, the sentries of the Second Regiment had already sent their whereabouts to the regiment headquarters. Soldiers at the county border were already waiting for the six uninvited guests with guns and live ammunition.

As soon as Captain Wang and his six companions entered the border of Tieling County, a row of soldiers armed with live ammunition quickly surrounded them and shouted, "Don't move. What are you doing?"

"Haha, you are quite vigilant. If we were really the Japanese puppet army, we would be in trouble." Commander Sun said.

"It was your battalion commander who invited us here. Just ask your battalion commander to come over." Captain Wang said to the platoon leader.

When the first battalion commander heard the platoon leader's report, he immediately trotted over to Captain Wang and his men, and the second regiment commander followed suit.

The battalion commander ran up to Commander Sun and his men, saluted them, shook hands with Commander Sun and Captain Wang, and said, "Welcome, welcome."

At this time, the second regiment commander also came over, and the first battalion commander immediately introduced them: "This is Commander Wang from our second regiment."

After Commander Sun and Captain Wang saluted Captain Wang of the Second Regiment, Captain Wang said that he was free today and would personally accompany them to visit the Oroqen tribe.

The second regiment commander asked the soldiers to drive a truck over. He and Commander Sun sat in the cab of the truck, and the other personnel sat in the compartment. The second regiment commander first took them to the county seat of Tieling County.

Arriving at the gate of Tieling County, the Second Regiment Commander and Commander Sun all got off the car. Commander Sun and Captain Wang saw at a glance the stalls providing porridge to refugees at the gate of Tieling County. Under the arrangement of the soldiers, the refugees lined up in an orderly manner to receive the porridge.

Next to the porridge stall was a recruitment office, with two soldiers, a man and a woman, standing there, in charge of recruiting soldiers.

Commander Sun nodded and smiled at Captain Wang, and everyone turned around and prepared to enter Tieling County. At this time, a quarrel broke out at the conscription office next to the porridge stall.

It turned out that a woman at the conscription office wanted to join the army, saying that she wanted to avenge her husband, who was captured by the Japanese on the way to escape and forced to work as a laborer. But her mother-in-law disagreed, saying that they had a child and wanted the woman to raise the child. He was old and it would not be easy to raise this grandson.

A new female soldier said to the old lady, "Auntie, if this lady succeeds in joining the army in the tribe, you will be military dependents, and the army will be responsible for your food and accommodation."

When the woman heard that the army would provide food and accommodation for the families of soldiers, she no longer had any worries and became even more determined to join the army.

The aunt thought it was inappropriate for a girl to charge into battle with a gun all day long.

The girl who was recruiting soldiers told the old lady that women like us don't necessarily have to charge into battle with guns. For example, I was a soldier in the anti-Japanese drama troupe, and the nurses in the hospital didn't charge into battle with guns.

The woman decided to become a soldier first, and then apply to charge with a gun to kill the Japanese. She refused to be a nurse or join an anti-Japanese drama troupe.

The old lady finally couldn't persuade the woman and agreed.

However, serving in the tribe is different from serving in the periphery, and the examination is much stricter.

Fortunately, the woman and her family were from the same village, and several families fled together, so they could provide evidence for each other. So after she registered the city, county, and village where she lived with the recruiter, she passed the initial check without much difficulty.

In the future, special staff will go to the village where she is registered to investigate whether there is such a person as her.

Precisely because the tribe’s examination is quite strict, the Blue Shirts Society and the Japanese devils have not yet sent anyone in.

The refugees heard that they could not only receive allowances by joining the army, but also that the army would provide food and accommodation for the soldiers' families, so they were more motivated to join the army. Therefore, the number of people who applied to join the army today was nearly double that of the previous year.

"The welfare of your troops is pretty good." Commander Sun said to the second regiment commander.

"If we don't solve the worries of soldiers, while they are fighting in the front lines, they have to worry about the follow-up life of their relatives at home. How can they still concentrate on fighting?"

Commander Sun and Captain Wang remained silent. They understood this truth, but they were being chased by the Japanese and had to hide from place to place. They couldn't even protect themselves, so how could they protect the families of soldiers?

"Let's go and take a look inside Tieling County." After saying that, the second regiment commander led Commander Sun and others into Tieling County.