After a few days of separation, the base camp has undergone pleasant changes. Half of the officers and soldiers have moved to new dormitories, and all the battalion headquarters have also moved to new locations.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Independence Battalion held a funeral for the fallen soldiers.
Including the ten martyrs who were buried the day before yesterday, in this anti-Qing campaign, a total of 62 young people sacrificed their lives for the country, and 37 soldiers were seriously injured.
On the morning of the next day, Shanzi held a meeting at the new battalion headquarters, and all cadres at deputy company level and above attended.
The new battalion headquarters is a cave-style house, just like the original one, with a side room on the left and right, which is used by other battalion headquarters personnel for daily duty.
Judging from the area, the new camp is twice as big as before. A wall is built with blue bricks on the front, and the inner layer of the wall is reinforced with wooden rods to prevent it from collapsing in the event of severe impact.
From the battalion headquarters to the west, there are the news room, the confidential room, Shanzi's dormitory and office, and then to the west is the important material storage warehouse. The structure is the same as that of the battalion headquarters.
After eight o'clock, people attending the meeting came to the battalion headquarters one after another and sat down on the chairs in front of the meeting table.
Before the meeting started, Yumei told everyone in a casual conversation that currently only some of the new barracks have not yet installed doors and windows. Once the doors and windows are delivered to Ha Ya Village, it will take another day for them to be put into use.
According to the agenda, after the meeting began, Yumei first reported the preparations for the independent group.
According to Yumei statistics, as of now, a total of 463 young adults have confirmed to join the independent regiment, and combined with the existing number of independent battalions, a total of 787 people.
Shanzi is not satisfied with the existing figures and requires Yumei to complete the Thousand Talents Plan within half a month.
After assigning various tasks, the meeting finally reached two decisions -
First, the Independent Group was officially established on October 20, exactly one month ago.
Second, Zhao Danian was fully responsible for deploying firepower on all fortifications and entering an all-weather duty state.
Not long after returning to the dormitory from the battalion headquarters, Yumei quietly stepped into the door.
Shanzi's new dormitory is connected to the office. The inner room is the dormitory, the main room is the office, and next door to the office is the living room of correspondent Xiao Liu.
Shanzi seemed to have just noticed that Yumei's face had become much thinner and looked haggard.
After looking at her gently, Shanzi said: "Yumei, you have lost weight."
Yumei's cheeks turned red but she said nothing.
Shanzi then asked: "Is something wrong?"
Yumei said: "It's okay, come and sit for a while."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaoru walked into the door.
Before she could stand firm on her heels, Xiaoru said: "Batalion Commander, these days you are leading the troops to fight. Sister Yumei has not been able to eat well and sleep restlessly all day long. The night before yesterday..."
Listening to Xiaoru's nagging, Yumei's face became even more rosy: "Xiaoru, don't talk nonsense."
Xiaoru couldn't stop talking and continued -
The night before yesterday, Yumei knocked on the door, but when she walked into the report room, she didn't say anything, as if she was sleepwalking.
After repeated questioning, Yumei told Xiaoru that she had just had a dream. In the dream, Shanzi was shot several times and died horribly.
Xiaoru finished speaking in one breath, but saw Yumei suddenly stood up and walked out of the door in embarrassment.
Shanzi was speechless. As for what he was thinking, only God knows.