Duan Peng has practiced iron sand palm, and his skill is profound. This palm strike is indeed a demonstration of real skill.
The young soldier at the recruitment office had his eyes widened.
That stick is not some dead wood. It is the ash tree that people usually use to make red tassel guns. The trunk is hard and tough.
The peng in front of me was split into pieces with one palm.
It would be unimaginable if this palm had hit someone's body.
Wu Sanpao on the side was also startled. He gave Duan Peng a thumbs up and said: "Little brother, okay, this kung fu is really good. What are you practicing?"
Duan Peng said: "Iron sand palm."
As soon as the iron sand palm came out, everyone was shocked by his skills.
Duan Peng's hand was exposed, and the soldier in the recruitment office also hesitated. He quickly called another soldier beside him and whispered: "Xiaohu, go and ask the platoon leader what to do about this matter.
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"Yes!"
Xiaohu turned around and left.
The soldier said to Duan Peng: "Comrade Duan Peng, I really can't make the decision on this matter. Just wait aside and see what our platoon leader means."
"Okay." Duan Peng responded and stood on the side waiting.
Then we arrived at Wu Sanpao and introduced his identity. The soldier smiled and said: "Since he is a comrade of the county brigade, there is no need to say it. It's just the county committee..."
Wu Sanpao said: "Comrade, don't worry, I have already reported to the county committee and agreed that I would join the army."
The soldier nodded, Wu Sanpao successfully passed the recruitment assessment and was recorded on the roster.
Then the recruits went to the other side and handed over to some soldiers from the independent regiment who received the recruits to find out whether they had made an explanation with their families and whether they could join the army immediately.
Wu Sanpao, who passed the test, patted Duan Peng on the shoulder and comforted him: "Brother Duan Peng, don't worry, you can definitely do it if you show your skills."
While the two were talking, the young man who had gone to call for help hurried back, followed by an older soldier.
The soldier's coat had two extra pockets, and he had a happy expression. He was dressed in an Eighth Route Army uniform, right down to the military cap, and was dressed very neatly. On his feet, he wore military boots that made Duan Peng a little dazzled.
Far away, the soldier saw Duan Peng standing alone and went towards him: "Are you Duan Peng?"
Duan Peng nodded, "Who are you?"
The soldier Xiaohu on the side said: "This is our platoon leader."
Duan Peng quickly gave a military salute. Although he had never learned it, it looked decent. At first glance, he looked quite like a soldier.
Third platoon leader Zhao Dachun smiled even brighter.
"Comrade Duan Peng, do you insist on joining our independent group?"
Duan Peng nodded.
Zhao Dachun asked: "Reason?"
Duan Peng said: "My mother asked me to come."
Zhao Dachun shook his head and said with a smile: "Tell me your own reasons."
Duan Peng said: "I want to be a soldier and fight the Japanese."
"I want to hear the truth." Zhao Dachun said.
Duan Peng said: "I want to have a full stomach. I heard that the independent regiment has the best food and is the best at fighting Japanese invaders. If you perform meritorious service, I can also bring my mother over to enjoy the blessings."
This is really the truth. Zhao Dachun suddenly laughed and said: "Good boy, I want your soldier."
At this sudden happiness, it was Duan Peng's turn to be dumbfounded. Duan Peng tried to ask again: "Can I have enough to eat?"
Zhao Dachun said happily: "I'm afraid I'll break your boy!"
At this point, Zhao Dachun reminded again: "Oh, by the way, Duan Peng, you have good martial arts. It would be useless if you don't go to the battlefield, so I accept you as an exception, but the rules are the rules."
"In this way, before you officially join the army, you first go back to the county town to pick up your mother and bring her to live in our base. In this way, even if you are not around, we will arrange corresponding cadres to take care of you, and the elderly can live more comfortably.
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Duan Peng was immediately overjoyed and quickly saluted Zhao Dachun with a military salute, "Thank you, sir!"
Zhao Dachun smiled and said: "Don't call me sir. Everyone in our Eighth Route Army is equal. We don't like this. We call them comrades, commanders and soldiers."
"Since you are here to serve as a soldier, you won't be in trouble if you call me platoon leader. Oh, by the way, my name is Zhao Dachun, and I will also serve as the training platoon leader of the new recruit company in the future. Remember to come and see me."
"Yes!" Duan Peng responded.
After arranging Duan Peng, before leaving, Platoon Leader Zhao specifically told the soldier Xiaohu, "Xiaohu, please keep an eye on Duan Peng. This guy who has practiced martial arts is a good prospect." p>
"The fifth and sixth companies have recruited a lot of new recruits in the past two days. The commanders of the fifth and sixth companies have been quarreling in front of our company commander, saying that those few good recruits are going to the assault company."<
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"We also have to find some good seedlings to support our seventh company."
"Yes!" Xiaohu responded.
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The next day, Duan Peng returned to the county town, explained the situation to his old mother, and expressed that he would take her to live in the Eighth Route Army base area.
Duan's mother told Duan Peng that if a benevolent and righteous army like the Eighth Route Army joins the army, he must work hard, obey orders, and kill the enemy to serve the country.
After Duan Peng agreed one by one, the mother and son simply packed up, took some important items with them, and with the secret support of comrades from the Independent Regiment's Enemy Industry Department, they left the county and headed for Zhangjiazhuang.
Here in Zhangjiazhuang, the corresponding comrades of the Independent Group have already made arrangements.
Duan’s mother moved into Zhangjiazhuang as a military dependent.
The soldiers packed up an empty room, cleaned it out, and bought some food, furniture, etc. for Duan's mother.
The neighbors and villagers around Zhangjiazhuang heard that Duan's mother was a member of the military, and they all took good care of her.
This is a unique honor for military personnel in villages around the independent regiment's base area.
Not only are every family proud of their children serving as soldiers, but even the villagers in the entire village will look highly upon military dependents and take special care of them.
The army cadres who specialize in taking care of military families will often look after them and help them solve their difficulties.
The situation of "one person joins the army and the whole family is honored" can be said to be vividly reflected here.
Duan's mother soon settled down, and Duan Peng no longer had any worries and went to report to the recruit company in a down-to-earth manner.
On the day when the recruits reported and assembled, at the training ground, Tao Shunmin, the commander of Duan Peng's recruit company, stood on the high platform and shouted with a loud voice:
"Comrades, congratulations. When you stand here, it means that you have already stepped half a foot into the independent regiment."
"But what I want to tell you is that whether you can step in with the other foot depends on your own performance and determination."
"Life in the army is destined to be hard. I am letting you enter the new recruit company training just to make you adapt to the hardships of the army."
"Next, I will lead you in a two-month military training for new recruits, and let you experience how the veterans in our independent regiment conduct daily hard training."
"The ability to kill Japanese soldiers on the battlefield cannot be developed in a day or two. Without hard training as a prerequisite, you can only be cannon fodder on the battlefield."
"During the training, if any comrade feels miserable, tired, unable to persevere, or wants to give up, I will not stop him. I have said that our Eighth Route Army recruits troops on a voluntary basis. If you don't even get this job,
If you have neither perseverance nor willpower, it means you are not suitable for our independent group."
"Our independent group only wants elites, we don't want cowards and cowards."
"Do you understand everything?"
"I understand——"
The new recruits responded together, all of them with firm eyes, and Duan Peng's voice was drowned in the sea of sound.
Captain Tao looked dissatisfied with everyone's response and shouted: "It seems that none of them have eaten! The answer in this voice is not loud enough, so let's have breakfast first!"
What to have for breakfast?
The fragrant sophora flower steamed buns even have oil seeping inside.
With the current development of the Independent Regiment, there are military production lines, cigarette factories, wineries, etc. There is naturally no shortage of oil mills, mills, dye factories, and felt hat factories.
What we eat is not all lard, soybean oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, there are all of them.
This kind of breakfast has long been a routine operation for the soldiers of the independent regiment.
But for the many new soldiers who came to join the army, most of whom were farmers, this was an unprecedented first time.
Many people living in the village never know what breakfast is like.
You can eat two meals a day, and one thick meal is considered good.
When steamer after steamer of steamed buns came out of the oven, Captain Tao even heard the sound of the recruits swallowing their saliva.
"We must first appease the appetites of the new recruits and let them experience the food quality of our independent regiment. Based on this condition, these new recruits will be much more solid and determined after training."<
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Company Commander Tao was also worried. Despite his harsh words before, he was also worried that these new recruits would no longer be able to withstand the hardship and would retreat.
While the recruits were feasting, Captain Tao asked loudly:
"Do you know which regiment has the best food among all the regiment-level combat units in our Taihang base area?"
He asked himself and answered: "Looking at the locust flower buns in your hands, you should know the answer. That must be our independent group."
"I won't say much more. I will only tell you the exact words that the regiment commander asked our company commanders to tell you before the new recruit training."
"The regiment leader said... If some of the soldiers who join our independent regiment have insufficient food to eat or lack of warmth to wear, this is because I, Kong Jie, am incompetent."
"But if I keep you full and put on warm clothes, if you still can't get started with training and are afraid of suffering, sweating, and bleeding during training, soldiers like this will be out in the future.
Don’t say that it was me, Kong Jie, who led him. I, Kong Jie, cannot afford to lose this person.”
"Just one sentence, we soldiers only need to focus on training for me and kill more Japanese on the battlefield. As for other problems and difficulties, I, as the regiment leader, will worry about you and solve them for you!"
"Remember, you have to earn face by yourself, and you have to earn military exploits by yourself.
In our independent group, there is an iron-clad rule: Those who are capable eat meat, and those who are incompetent don’t even get to eat anything.”
"Have you remembered everything?" Captain Tao asked loudly, imitating Kong Jie's tone vividly.
"Remember——"
The soldiers swallowed the locust flower steamed buns stuffed into their mouths, and roared in reply with increasing determination.
Duan Peng also roared in reply, with some expectations in his heart. He had always heard about the reputation of Commander Kong when he was in the county seat. From what he just said, he felt more and more the difference of the commander of the Eighth Route Army. p>
I don’t know when I will be able to meet the leader...