The old man's sudden words made Li Yunlong confused and he realized it after a while.

"Old man, this matter cannot be joked about. If you join the army and fight, you will die!"

The old man turned his head and looked at his two sons and said, "Captain Li, I understand all the things you said."

"But I also know that the Northeast has reached a very dangerous moment now. After the Northeast Army withdrew, there are fewer teams that can really fight the Japanese."

"Although the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces have been fighting against the Japanese, after all, their combat effectiveness is too weak and they are not opponents of the Japanese."

"But Captain Li, you are different. The things you have in northwest Shanxi have already spread all over the country. With you taking these young people to fight the Japanese, I believe the Japanese will not be able to jump around for a few years."

Li Yunlong said seriously: "Old man, let me tell you the truth. I, Li Yunlong, have been in Northeast China for less than a month. Now is indeed a time when people are missing."

"But even so, I, Li Yunlong, will not force recruitment, because I, Li Yunlong, are also human beings, and are ordinary people who have their fathers and mothers, and have their bodies and mortal fetuses."

"If you hand over these young people to me, I can't guarantee that you can bring them all safely next time. If your two sons follow me on the battlefield, it will be glorious, and you will be out of your family!"

The old man turned his head and glanced at his two sons, then said with a firm look on his face: "Captain Li, I understand what you mean."

"But if the Japanese were not killed, this would not be the queen of our Li family, and that would be the queen of our descendants of Yan and Huang."

"Our ancestors passed this Northeast to us. If we don't take the Northeast back, what are our faces to meet our ancestors?"

Li Yunlong nodded, looked up at Li Wen, Li Wu and others: "Everyone, I, Li Yunlong, are not a warlord, and will not force recruitment. If you are willing to serve the country and be willing to fight the Japanese with me, Li Yunlong, then I, Li Yunlong, will take you back today."

"Of course, it's not a trivial matter to join the army on the battlefield. If you don't want to, I will naturally not force you!"

As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, the young men in Lijiatun looked at each other and said, "Captain Li, we are willing to fight the Japanese with you."

"Captain Li, if you don't drive the Japanese out of the Northeast, the people will not be able to live in peace for a day. Instead of doing this, we young and middle-aged people might as well follow you to fight the Japanese. When the Japanese are beaten away, we will come back to fulfill our filial piety to our parents!"

"Yes! We want to follow you to fight the Japanese!"

Looking at the young man from Lijiatun who was expressing his opinions in front of him, Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction.

"We Chinese men should do this. On behalf of the Northeast Eighth Route Army, I, Li Yunlong, officially welcomes you to join our Eighth Route Army team!"

"good!"

"good!"

As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, everyone was excited and applauded.

Just then, Li Wen stepped forward and said, "Captain Li, you just said that your team is short of people right now, right?"

Li Yunlong nodded: "I said this, why?"

Li Wen smiled and said, "Captain Li, there are several villages around our village, and there are many young people who want to fight the Japanese like us. I can ask someone to inform them. I believe they will definitely come to join our Eighth Route Army."

Li Wu echoed: "Yes, Captain Li, these villages are not far away, and it is only more than two hours to go back and forth. If you wait for a while, we will go."

Li Yunlong was stunned and immediately smiled and said, "Okay, this trip has not been in vain. I sent a few trucks of food and took it back to the army. This transaction makes a lot of money!"

Everyone laughed suddenly.

"Captain, we have no shortage of food and weapons now. What we lack is people. I think it's better to come here to recruit soldiers and expand the team here." Zhao Shan said.

Li Yunlong nodded: "I think this matter is, the third battalion commander, you immediately find a piece of open space and we will recruit soldiers there!"

"In addition, Li Wen, Li Wu, I, Li Yunlong, have no conditions for recruiting soldiers. First of all, women, children, and the elderly don't want them. Secondly, those with poor character and timid and afraid of death don't want them."

"Last point, my Li Yunlong's army is not a good hall, so don't want sick people!"

"Yes!" Li Wen and Li Wu responded, then turned around and left.

In the afternoon of that day, young people from several villages around Xiaolijiatun as the center rushed over.

Moreover, the number of people was more than Li Yunlong expected. In just half an hour, the entire Li family home was surrounded and could not be thrust.

Faced with the crowd as enthusiastic as the tide, the six soldiers in charge of registration were obviously busy and anxious, but their faces did not show any fatigue, but were filled with excitement.

"Captain, there are so many people, I'm afraid there will be less than three or four hundred people!"

Li Yunlong laughed: "As long as these people meet our recruitment requirements, the configuration of our reorganization regiment will be almost the same."

In fact, Li Yunlong hopes that there are one or two talents among this group of people, preferably a few soldiers who can fire their guns.

Although he only has two cannons for the time being, this does not hinder the cultivation of artillery. As the saying goes, it is easy to get a thousand gold, but it is hard to find a general.

Especially now in the Northeast, I am facing the Kwantung Army. If there is insufficient artillery fire, I will suffer a great loss.

The recruitment lasted from noon to evening. When Li Yunlong brought his troops back, the team that originally had only one third battalion suddenly had another battalion's troops.

Back at the station, Zhou Weiguo and others looked at the vast team behind Li Yunlong, and everyone was stunned.

"This... Commander, have you incorporated all the teams of the Anti-Japanese United Army around you?" asked the monk.

Li Yunlong rolled his eyes at him: "Is your forehead used to vent your anger?"

"These are all the people around. I heard that we were going to fight the Japanese, so we all came to join our team."

Zhou Weiguo, who was standing beside him, smiled and said, "Captain, the number of these people is probably one group in our group!"

Li Yunlong nodded: "Xiao Zhou, the number of people has increased, but this training cannot be slackened."

"These soldiers are ordinary people. They know nothing about war. You have to spend more time and energy and cultivate their combat power in the shortest time."

"Don't worry, the leader of the group, I know what to do!" Zhou Weiguo nodded and responded.

Zhou Weiguo actually knows this more than anyone else. The people in the Second and Third Battalions were soldiers before, and even if they were low in combat, they would be stronger than ordinary people.

But the first battalion that has just been recruited can be said to be completely a recruit battalion. Although Li Wen, Li Wu and others have some combat experience, they are only at the stage of shooting, which is still far from becoming a soldier.

Looking at the recruit camp that was not even standing in a good position, Zhou Weiguo rubbed his temples with a headache.

Now the Japanese may launch a large-scale attack at any time, and he will train the recruit battalion into a certain combat capability before the Japanese troops attacked. Zhou Weiguo felt very stressed!
Chapter completed!