After speaking, Ding Wei said nothing more and waited for the answers from the people in front of him.
Wu Ding was silent for a while and said: "Captain Ding, won't you force us to stay?"
When the bastard Hu Jinbiao defected to the Japanese, he thought of doing it himself, but he discovered the conspiracy.
As for why Hu Jinbiao did not kill himself, he was actually worried that if he died, the remaining soldiers would cause a mutiny.
"Why are you forced to stay?" Ding Wei was a little surprised: "Your legs are on your own, so what good will it do to us to force you to stay?"
Wu Ding was speechless. After thinking for a while, he cupped his fists and said: "Captain Ding, I have decided that since you saved us, my life will be yours from now on.
Wu Ding, who holds a humble position, is willing to be loyal to Captain Ding and follow behind him to kill the Japanese together!"
"Seriously, we are all comrades on the same front, how can we say loyalty!" Ding Wei said with a smile: "We will not bully the superiors and the inferiors, starve the lower class to death, and feed the upper class!"
Wu Ding said in a deep voice: "Yes, I understand."
"Remember, you can just call me regimental commander from now on. You don't need to call me regiment leader, and you don't need to claim to be a subordinate. This is a unit of the Eighth Route Army. We don't pay attention to the bureaucracy of the national army." Ding Wei said with a smile.
"Yes, humble..." Wu Ding paused and changed his words: "I understand!"
"This is our good comrade." Ding Wei laughed loudly.
"Thank you, Commander!" Wu Ding said gratefully.
Here, he suddenly felt much more comfortable. To be more precise, when staying here, Wu Ding felt an unprecedented sense of respect.
Wu Ding suddenly felt that he might have a new beginning here, instead of shooting in the east and hitting in the west without knowing where he was going.
Wu Ding turned to look behind him and shouted sternly: "Captain Ding saved us. If it weren't for their help, we would definitely have to meet under the spring.
Such a great kindness, how can you just say thank you and just stay, if you want, you are still my good brothers, Wu Ding, if you want to leave, I, Wu Ding, won't say anything.
But just like what the leader said, you can’t commit crimes or oppress the people. If you let me know, I, Wu Ding, won’t talk about brotherhood!”
"Follow the leader to the death!"
"We have never been repaying our kindness, and I am willing to stay!"
"I'm willing to stay too!"
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For a time, there was an uproar and most people chose to stay.
certainly.
Among them were many people who were rescued by the way. They were unwilling to stay, and did not shamelessly ask Ding Wei for travel expenses, but quietly chose to leave on their own.
This is their own choice, and Ding Wei will not force them. For Ding Wei, keeping Wu Ding's team is already his goal.
"In that case, how about this." Ding Wei thought for a moment and said: "You will still be the deputy commander, and the other soldiers will be organized into our 28th regiment in battalion units.
As soon as it gets light, we will reorganize and count the number of people. It’s getting late now, so let’s rest first.”
As for the matter of Deputy Commander Wu Ding, I will report it directly to the brigade commander at dawn tomorrow. I have also informed the brigade commander about this matter before.
Ding Wei believed that the brigade commander would be very happy if he knew that he had expanded the number of people and gained a group of veterans.
After all, in these troubled times, veterans are rare treasures.
"Okay, everything depends on the leader!" Wu Ding said, cupping his fists.
Ding Wei immediately began to arrange for the newly formed 28th regiment to enter the village and arrange for them all to stay.
"Captain, what are you doing?" Wu Ding saw that all the original soldiers of the 28th Regiment came out of the dormitory and gave their beds to them.
This was the first time Wu Ding encountered such a thing. He was a little at a loss and said: "Captain, this is inappropriate. After all, we have just arrived..."
Wu Ding was flattered by the enthusiasm of the 28th Regiment.
Not to mention the 28th Regiment, even if they went to the same army before, they never slept in their rooms. They just set up their own tents to sleep.
Ding Wei smiled and said: "There is nothing inappropriate. You are all new comrades who have joined us. We cannot let you sleep on the street.
Zhoujiacun is only so big in total, so there can't be many people sleeping there, so you can just make do with it tonight, and I'll make other arrangements as soon as it gets light."
Seeing that Wu Ding still wanted to speak, Ding Wei directly stopped him and said: "No need to say more, we will all be comrades in the trenches from now on, don't let down the good intentions of our own people!
Although you are veterans, after joining our independent regiment, you are all new comrades. How can we let new comrades sleep on the ground?"
Hearing this, Wu Ding said nothing more.
But he became more and more certain that he would never regret his choice to join the 28th Regiment.
As for the soldiers in the original guard regiment, their chests were filled with indescribable emotions.
This troop not only rescued them, but also gave them a delicious canned meat when they were hungry.
Although the canned food has not been heated in any way, this canned food is the most delicious canned food they have ever tasted in their lives.
This is also the reason why they were all willing to stay in the 28th Regiment after Wu Ding opened his mouth.
Qiu Chan heard the noise outside and walked out of the house. When she saw the bustling crowd, she was a little surprised for a moment.
"Old Ding, what are you doing here?" Qiu Chan looked at the unfamiliar faces curiously.
Although she has only been here for a few days, Qiu Chan has already become close to Ding Wei, and Ding Wei is also happy with the first woman who calls him Lao Ding.
"Recruiting troops." Ding Wei said with a smile.
Qiu Chan said: "There are so many people, why should there be hundreds of people?"
"A few hundred people?" Ding Wei snorted coldly and did not answer, with a faint smile on his lips.
Qiu Chan obviously estimated the number of people he saw. The number of people was more than a hundred. Although a group of people left, there must be at least several thousand people.
In this battle, the 28th Regiment made a huge profit.
Sure enough, you still have to take advantage of the little devil to find a side job to make a fortune while the little devil is overwhelmed.
This is much greater than the gains from fighting the Japanese from the front.
Obviously, one Zhoujia Village could no longer accommodate so many soldiers, so Ding Wei could only move them to the back mountain and let the soldiers sleep there first.
Ding Wei carefully estimated the current number of people in the 28th Regiment and found that it must be at least around 8,000 people.
Even if every room and every street in Zhoujia Village is filled with people sleeping in the future, it will be difficult to settle all these people in Zhoujia Village.
And this has already included the area behind the mountain.
There is no point in further expanding Zhoujia Village. There are frequent wars now. It is obviously not a good idea to put all the eggs in one basket.
If the Japanese take the time to bomb Zhoujia Village indiscriminately with bombers, the 28th Regiment will definitely suffer heavy losses.
The power of aerial bombs is not something to be said casually. In terms of destructive power, no matter how strong your small village is, if a few aerial bombs hit it, it will be reduced to ruins.
Moreover, the food, drink and diarrhea of these nearly 10,000 people is also a very serious problem. Even if the 28th group has a strong foundation, it will not be able to last long if it is empty.
Especially since the position of the 28th Regiment has been exposed, there is no telling when the Japanese will come back again.
Ding Wei immediately decided to wait until daybreak and count the current number of troops, and then immediately start reorganization and disperse the various units around.
Even if the 28th regiment is surrounded and suppressed by then, it will not be completely wiped out at the most critical moment.
The next morning.
Outside Zhoujia Village.
The 28th Regiment lined up neatly outside the village. The total strength of the regiment has been counted. There are a total of 8,100 registered soldiers.
Infantry, cavalry, artillery, and even medical soldiers all stood in a square formation.
There was even a tank parked on a flat field.
Fortunately, this is a vast plain and the location is wide enough, otherwise it would be difficult to accommodate so many people.
"Oh my god, there are actually so many people in our 28th regiment?" Zhang Long looked at the roster, then at the target behind him, and was so excited that he couldn't speak for a long time.
Lu Fang looked back and forth several times and rubbed his eyes. It wasn't until he saw the dense queue in front of him that he believed the facts in front of him.
Group 28 made a fortune again, and it was a big fortune.
"My dear, I never thought that our 28th Group would be so rich and have so many people one day," Zhao Hu said excitedly.
Once upon a time, the 28th Regiment was just a little-known small regiment, without even the most basic combat effectiveness.
There are only a few hundred people in a regiment, and only half of them have guns, and they are all old-fashioned guns with not many bullets, and grenades are even rarer items.
But looking at it now, let alone saying that the 28th Regiment is a regiment, even if it is said to be the 28th Brigade, some people probably believe it.
Each person has hundreds of rounds of ammunition, rifles, machine guns, and even tanks. Before now, no one would have dared to think about this.
When they were dreaming, they couldn't believe that the 28th Regiment would be so powerful.
"Okay, don't be silly, look at your potential!" Ding Wei smiled and kicked Zhao Hu.
Looking at these wolf-like and tiger-like warriors in front of me, they are equally high-spirited. These are all our own soldiers!
Ding Wei didn't waste any time and directly expressed his thoughts: "Comrades, the 28th Regiment is now growing stronger, but we are also facing a new problem now."
"What's the problem!" asked a soldier in the crowd.
Ding Wei laughed and said: "This is a good question. The problem is that our 28th Regiment has grown too fast, the team has grown too much, and our goal is too obvious!"
A burst of good-natured laughter suddenly broke out in the team.
"Okay, don't be silly." Ding Wei waved his hand to signal the team to be quiet, and said: "After my consideration, I decided to split the team!"
"Split it apart, what do you mean?"
The soldiers looked puzzled and looked at each other.
"Captain, what do you mean, why are we suddenly separated?" Zhang Long asked strangely.
Lu Fang said: "Stop talking and listen to what the leader has to say. Since the leader speaks, he must have his reasons."
Wu Ding looked confused and looked at Ding Wei, not understanding what Ding Wei meant.
In just a few days since he joined the 28th Regiment, he discovered so much magic about the 28th Regiment, not only the spiritual outlook of each soldier, but also their beliefs.
Apart from anything else, the 28th Regiment would line up honestly for breakfast every day without any signs of bullying the new recruits.
Here, for the first time, they saw what equality meant, and there was no distinction between high and low.
Especially the half-year-old child next to Ding Wei. This child looks young, but his body is full of blood.
Wu Ding knew very well that only those who had been on the battlefield and killed people could get it on their bodies, and it could not be left behind just by killing one or two people.
My new leader is indeed a magical person.
And the child Wu Ding saw was Huo Guangwu.
"Captain, what do you mean?" Huo Guang asked curiously.
Qiu Chan also looked at Ding Wei strangely, wondering what Ding Wei wanted to do when he got up early.
Ding Wei did not answer, but said: "After the reorganization of the 28th Regiment, there are now 4 infantry battalions, with 1,500 people in each battalion. I have already arranged the belongings of each of you.
The guy at the front of your queue is your current battalion commander. I don’t care what your previous position was or how powerful you were before.
After you join my team, everyone must listen to me what your current battalion commander says!"
No one in the team spoke to refute, obviously they all agreed with Ding Wei's words.
Ding Wei cleared his throat and continued: "In addition to the four infantry battalions, there is also an artillery, machine gun company and other units. I have already made arrangements for you.
You have machine guns, artillery, cavalry, and liaison officers in every battalion, and there will never be any favoritism!"
Then, Ding Wei said coldly: "Our 28th Regiment is superior in strength. Although we are not as powerful as those warlords, we can never defeat the superiors like the Japanese."
"If you have any ideas, you can just show your skills. The 28th Regiment will never accept those losers who can only talk on paper!"
All the soldiers of the 28th Regiment looked at Ding Wei with burning eyes.
"From now on, I, Ding Wei, will leave one battalion by my side, and the other three battalions will go to different locations to garrison. I don't care how you fight or what methods you use to fight, but I have only one request!" Ding Wei shouted sternly!
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"The 28th Regiment will never fight a battle that results in losses. We will definitely not do anything that results in losses. Do you all understand?
If you let me know that someone has caused damage to the troops in vain, I will never spare you lightly!"
"Understood!" the soldiers who came forward shouted in unison, their shouts shaking the sky.
Ding Weiwei smiled and said: "Haha, just understand. It's time for you to perform. Without further ado, you can set off. I'm waiting for your good news!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several battalion commanders followed Ding Wei's arrangement and entered the nearby empty village. The crowd was like a long queue, moving towards everywhere.
The Second Battalion continued to stay with Ding Wei.
The first battalion, the third battalion, and the independent battalion marched around.
Qiu Chan asked curiously: "Old Ding, what on earth do you mean? Why should a good army be split up suddenly?"
Ding Wei smiled mysteriously and said: "The target of the 28th Regiment is too big and can easily be targeted by the enemy. If we act separately, we will be more flexible!"
Seeing that Qiu Chan was still puzzled, Ding Wei took out a map.
When Qiu Chan saw the location marked on the map, Qiu Chan immediately understood what Ding Wei meant.
The 28th Regiment seems to be separated, but the positions of the battalions can support each other and form a posture of mutual protection.
Wu Ding looked at the map and immediately understood the idea. He admired Ding Wei even more and began to look forward to his days in the 28th Regiment.