newbobooks Chapter 294 The growing militia company
Chapter 294 The growing militia company
Shijiazhuang, with the arrival of the 26th and 109th Divisions,
The Eighth Route Army in the area was in a difficult situation. As the Japanese invaders raided everywhere, the Eighth Route Army's range of activities was gradually compressed.
A large number of people were killed and houses were burned down.
Fortunately, the supplies that Gu Changfeng left behind last time came in handy. Under the order of the headquarters, the 129th Division handed over half of them, and the rest remained with the 129th Division.
Therefore, although it was difficult for the Eighth Route Army to cope with the Japanese raid, it was still within controllable range.
The Eighth Route Army's guerrilla tactics also caused a lot of casualties to the Japanese, causing great headaches for the aggressive 26th and 109th Divisions.
In comparison, Gu Changfeng felt much more comfortable here. No Japanese devils came to disturb him, so he was happy and relaxed.
"Old Zhou, how is the militia company doing?"
Gu Changfeng came to Gaojia Town to inquire about the situation. He planned to organize all the militia companies.
Now the several warehouses behind Xianyaling are full of weapons and ammunition, and if you add the supplies, there are more than ten warehouses.
If the food is added, the more than 30 large warehouses behind Xianyaling will be full.
It can be said that no team in China can compare to him.
The rich are so rich that they are dripping with money.
"The Gaojia Town militia company has 1,500 soldiers. The larger villages have around 300 to 400 soldiers, and the smaller villages have between 50 and 100."
"If you count all the militiamen, there are about 6000."
Zhou Qianli was very clear about the number of militiamen, and he had always been personally responsible for this matter.
"Why are there so many?" Gu Changfeng was a little surprised.
You have to know that suitable militiamen from the militia company will be selected to continue training in Xianyaling, and there are only so many people in Gaojia Town, so it is impossible for the number to increase suddenly.
"You rarely care about this matter, so naturally you don't know what happened in Gaojia Town."
After teasing Gu Changfeng, Zhou Qianli explained, "Now that our independent group has become famous, more and more people are coming to join us."
"I kept the literate people in the town to help first, and sent the rest to the militia company for training."
"Another thing is that the news of Gaojia Town's prosperity has spread. When people from other towns heard about it, they all came to Gaojia Town to work, and those who had relatives came here to stay with them."
"So, how much has the population of Gaojia Town increased now?" Gu Changfeng asked.
"The population of each village has increased by one-tenth, and the population of Gaojia Town has increased by nearly half.
Even some wealthy families feel that our place is safe and have come to settle in Gaojia Town."
Zhou Qianli said with a smile.
He is now more and more satisfied with the development here. It has only been a short time and he has established such a large foundation.
In fact, there is another point. His original unit was the Hebei Army, and he himself was from here, so he had no resistance to coming here.
Although not many of his previous subordinates survived, the troops now have food and guns, and even the Japanese have to retreat when they encounter them. How can they not be happy!
"It seems that our group's reputation has indeed spread, which is good."
If the common people and even the rich approve of it, then Gu Changfeng has nothing to worry about.
If there is not enough land in the future, we can just expand outwards. What is there to be afraid of?
"By the way, I recently contacted my family to come over," Zhou Qianli suddenly said hesitantly.
Gu Changfeng was stunned, looked at Zhou Qianli and asked, "Family?"
Zhou Qianli nodded and said, "As you know, I used to belong to the 29th Army of the Northwest Army. Now that I've settled down, I brought my parents and a younger brother here from my hometown."
"I've been away from home fighting for so many years, and my parents thought I was gone. They were a little bit incredulous when they heard the news from me."
In fact, he had wanted to send someone to pick up his parents from home a long time ago, but since he had just arrived here and there were so many things to do, he had given up the idea until the end of the year.
Gu Changfeng laughed. He really couldn't remember this matter. Everyone was fighting along the way, and he really didn't ask about it in detail.
After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said, "This is a good thing. We are well-off now, so we don't need that little bit."
"Well, go back and sort it out. If there are soldiers who want to bring their families here, we will use our forces to bring them over."
"But this will have to wait until the next attack by the Japanese. If we can give them a good beating once and for all, Gaojia Town will probably feel better."
Zhou Qianli knew the hardships of fighting outside, and he supported Gu Changfeng's decision very much, and said directly.
"After the Chinese New Year, I will sort it out and try to bring all their families over."
This is definitely a big project, but as the team grows stronger, it won’t be a problem to recruit more people.
Moreover, the ones that truly belonged to other places were only those they brought from Jinling. It was unclear whether some of them had families.
"Okay, let's talk about the militia company."
"We've captured quite a bit this time. Let's equip the militia and give them more training."
"After the New Year, I think the Japanese will launch a major offensive against us. Given their nature, they will not allow us to develop like this.
"So, after the New Year, it is very likely that a division or even two divisions of the Japanese will surround us. We must be prepared for this."
This time when he went out, Gu Changfeng once again hurt the Japanese.
The benefits are obvious, and the disadvantage is naturally the warning of the commander of the Japanese First Army.
"Since that's the case, let's hurry up and prepare for battle. No matter how many come, we'll beat them all at once, hurting them and scaring them so that they won't dare come to Gaojia Town again."
Zhou Qianli showed his dominance for once, and his words made Gu Changfeng laugh.
"Old Zhou, keep this spirit. When this is over, we're going to wipe out all the devils in the surrounding counties."
"We don't allow the devils to exist around us."
Zhou Qianli is domineering, and Gu Changfeng is even more domineering. Before the Japanese attack begins, he has already set his sights on the Japanese in the surrounding counties.
After hearing this, Zhou Qianli said passionately: "Don't worry, leave the matter to me, and you just need to be responsible for defeating the devils."
Anyway, he is not afraid of being bitten by lice because there are too many of them, and he doesn't care about the logistical pressure.
After encouraging Zhou Qianli, Gu Changfeng ran back to Xianyaling. He found that he had forgotten the students who had come before. Now that he remembered, he had to go and see them.
Monitoring Department.
It was noon, and the female students were about to go to the cafeteria to eat. When they saw Gu Changfeng standing outside the door, they
The baby-faced girl Meng Ting was the first to speak: "Hello, Captain. I heard you won another victory. Can you tell us about it?"
The news spread, and they were naturally well aware of it on Xianya Ridge.
It’s just that Gu Changfeng always kept his distance from them, so the girls never spoke to Gu Changfeng after work, and they all communicated with Zhao Chong, the head of the telecommunications department.
Gu Changfeng was indeed embarrassed. Even though he had little contact with girls in his previous life, he would blush whenever he met one, so he would usually stay away from them even if he saw one.
Hearing the question from the baby-faced girl, Gu Changfeng's expression improved a little, and he said awkwardly: "We did kill quite a few devils this time, about 7,000 to 8,000, and the puppet army killed more than 2,000."
As soon as these words came out, dozens of female students were amazed.
Rumors are just rumors, but when everyone heard what the team leader Gu Changfeng said in person, they naturally believed it.
The more he asked, the more his questions became, and Gu Changfeng's face turned visibly red.
Tall female student Chen Zhilan didn't ask any questions, but her face showed more and more curiosity.
She didn't expect that Captain Gu, who had made great military achievements, would be afraid to talk to girls.
Who dares to believe this?
Gu Changfeng ran away, said a few words in a hurry and fled, making the female students laugh.
Gu Changfeng felt that it was a mistake for him to go to the monitoring department, and those male students were easier to deal with.
Thinking this in his mind, he ran down Xianya Ridge without even eating.