Liujiacun.

The former temporary residence of the Independent Battalion.

Nothing happened all night, and early the next morning, Wang Chengzhu summoned company-level cadres from the original independent battalion to hold an emergency military meeting.

In the conference room, Wang Chengzhu first glanced around with sharp eyes, and then said: "I believe you must be very curious about the content of the meeting I went to the division headquarters last night, right?"

All the cadres of the independent battalion nodded.

Wang Chengzhu said: "First of all, let me tell you some good news, that is, in view of the previous military exploits of our Independent Battalion, the headquarters has decided to expand the Independent Battalion into the Second Independent Regiment.

And appointed me as the first leader of the Second Independent Regiment."

After hearing this, everyone was overjoyed, not only for the battalion commander Wang Chengzhu, but also for themselves.

Because battalion commander Wang Chengzhu was promoted to regimental commander, their military positions naturally increased.

"Congratulations to the battalion commander!"

"Congratulations to the battalion commander!"

…

Amidst the congratulations from everyone, the former deputy battalion commander Xu Hailang realized that something was wrong, so he immediately said: "No, we should call the regiment leader now!"

"Congratulations to the group leader!"

"Congratulations to the group leader!"

…

After a moment, Wang Chengzhu raised his hand to interrupt everyone's congratulations, and then said: "In addition, the headquarters has given me a lot of freedom in the appointment and dismissal of personnel in the Second Independent Regiment, and it is up to me to decide on my own."

"Now I announce that the original 1st company will be expanded to become the 1st battalion, and the 2nd company will be expanded to become the 2nd battalion...

And so on.”

Then Wang Chengzhu announced the personnel appointments: "Former deputy battalion commander Xu Hailang was appointed as deputy regiment commander and commander of the 1st battalion, former artillery company commander Liu Qiang was appointed as chief of staff and commander of the artillery battalion, and former 2nd company commander Tian Shuisheng was appointed as deputy chief of staff and commander of the artillery battalion.

2 Battalion Commander, former supplementary company commander Zhao Hong is appointed deputy chief of staff and supplementary battalion commander..."

To put it simply, the personnel appointments of the Second Independent Regiment mean that every cadre has been promoted to one level.

As for Zhao Hong, who stayed behind in the base area, there was no need to notify him because Wang Chengzhu seized two more radio stations when he eliminated the remnants of the Japanese 4th Brigade in Wanjia Town.

Now the headquarters of the Second Independent Regiment can contact the base area at any time, and even has an additional radio station.

After announcing the personnel appointments, Wang Chengzhu continued: "As for the personnel appointments of each battalion, it is up to each battalion commander to make his own decision."

"Okay, now let me talk about the current situation and the headquarters' combat plan..."

At the moment, Wang Chengzhu explained the current situation and the boss's battle plan to everyone in detail.

Then Wang Chengzhu said: "I decided to take the first step and go to the southeastern Shanxi area to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, so as to lay a foundation for our next battle."

"The deputy battalion commander is fully responsible for the reorganization of the Second Independent Regiment. The orders given by the deputy battalion commander are also my orders. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

Everyone stood up one after another and agreed with a loud voice.

After waiting for a while, Duan Peng said: "Captain, our Second Independent Regiment has just been expanded and there is still a lot of work for you to handle. How about you stay here and let me do the task of reconnoitring the enemy's situation?"

"Yeah yeah."

The others nodded in agreement.

Especially Xu Hailang, who has just been promoted to deputy leader.

"No, this battle is of great importance. I must personally detect the enemy's situation!"

Seeing that everyone wanted to say more, Wang Chengzhu immediately raised his hand and interrupted: "I have made up my mind, there is no need to talk about this matter anymore!

Besides, don’t we have a radio station? If you have any questions, you can report to me at any time.”

"yes!"

No one said anything more.

After the meeting, Wang Chengzhu first reported his plan to the brigade commander, and then led Wei Monk, Duan Peng, the Langya Special Forces and a radio station to take the first step and penetrate into the southeastern Shanxi region.

…

The physical fitness of the Langya team members is far beyond that of ordinary people, and they have war horses to travel for them.

Therefore, Wang Chengzhu and the others arrived in the southeastern Shanxi region in just one week.

After arriving in the southeastern Shanxi region, in order to prevent his target from being exposed, Wang Chengzhu did not choose to defect to the local Eighth Route Army, but found an uninhabited village called Baijiagou to temporarily station himself.

During the Anti-Japanese War, in order to avoid the flames of war, people in many areas fled from village to village, and some even fled from town to town.

In addition, cruel and violent little devils will often massacre villages.

This is the eternal pain of the Chinese nation!

Therefore, there were actually quite a lot of uninhabited villages at that time, especially in Japanese-occupied areas and areas that had been raided by the Japanese army.

Survival in the wild is one of the skills that special forces members must master, so even if they are stationed in an uninhabited village, Wang Chengzhu does not have to worry about the survival of the Langya Special Forces.

Wang Chengzhu, who is familiar with history, knows that the Hundred Regiment War was mainly fought along the Zhengtai Railway.

Therefore, Wang Chengzhu's reconnaissance was naturally conducted along the Zhengtai-Taiwan Railway.

Wang Chengzhu led the Langya Special Forces to rest for a night in Baijiagou. After recovering their physical strength, they started taking action the next day.

That night, Wang Chengzhu also went to the local underground party contact point alone, intending to obtain some information from them, as well as nearby topographic maps.

Even if it is to detect the enemy's situation, it still needs some intelligence data to support it.

Wang Chengzhu would not be like a headless fly and plunge directly into the depths of the Japanese-occupied areas.

Today's Wang Chengzhu is not only famous in the northwestern Shanxi region. In order to boost the morale of the troops, he has been promoted as a benchmark figure by the entire Second War Zone and even the Chongqing government, and his reputation has long spread throughout China.

At least the news spread throughout the three armies, and all soldiers followed his example.

Therefore, all underground party members in the southeastern Shanxi region also know Wang Chengzhu.

There are also instructions above.

Therefore, when Wang Chengzhu contacted the underground party and proved his identity, he was immediately supported like a hero by the underground party members.

"It turns out that you are the famous Captain Wang Chengzhu. It's better to meet him than to be famous. Meeting him is even better than being famous!"

Wang Chengzhu said modestly: "You are ridiculous. In fact, in the victorious battles I fought, my independent battalion was not the only one participating in the battle. It's just that everyone gave the victory to my independent battalion and credited it on my head."

The leader of the underground party officer was named Chen Shiming. He also knew that Wang Chengzhu's famous battle, the Battle of Hulu Gorge, was not the only one participating in the battle of the Independent Battalion.

In fact, in the Battle of Hulu Gorge, Wang Chengzhu's independent battalion was even the lowest-level participating unit, but no one dared to deny Wang Chengzhu's military exploits.

Because the initiator and planner of this battle was Wang Chengzhu, not to mention that before this, Wang Chengzhu also led the independent battalion to ambush the Japanese observation group, killing more than 200 Japanese officers, in addition to capturing a Japanese major general and

6 Japanese commanders.

Chen Shiming had heard of Wang Chengzhu's name a long time ago, but he didn't expect that Wang Chengzhu was so young and so humble and low-key.

This made his favorable impression of Wang Chengzhu suddenly improve a lot.

After a pause, Wang Chengzhu changed his tone and went straight to the point: "Director Chen, I am going to the southeastern Shanxi area first this time. The main reason is to collect more intelligence information on the Japs to prepare for the decisive battle later.

This requires your help, which is why I came to you."
Chapter completed!