Kawaguchi Heiji was right, Xu Rui did not expect the Japanese to come back so soon.
When Kawaguchi Heiji was planning to attack again, the Dameishan Independent Regiment was holding a grand commendation ceremony for combat heroes in the square outside the Meijia Ancestral Hall. As a time traveler from the future world, no one has a deeper understanding than Xu Rui The importance of publicity work such as commendation conferences has become clear.
Firstly, such a commendation meeting can greatly enhance the sense of belonging of the officers and soldiers to the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and improve the sense of mission and responsibility of the officers and soldiers; secondly, by commending the combat heroes, especially the combat heroes borrowed from Meishan, it can It has greatly shortened the relationship between the people in the base area and the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment.
It is said that the army of the People's Republic of China and the common people are like a family, and there is a fish-and-water relationship between the army and the people. However, this fish-and-water relationship is not innate with the army, but in actual work, through the exploration of countless unscrupulous people and countless people with lofty ideals, little by little. This experience is that all work must rely closely on the masses and fully mobilize the masses. Only by mobilizing all the enthusiasm of the masses can the enemy be annihilated in the vast sea of people's war.
Because Chairman Chiang did not understand this truth, he had 4.5 million elite troops with beautiful weapons, but in the end he was annihilated by the 900,000 Japanese militiamen.
Xu Rui is not only a Communist, but also a Communist from the future world. How can he not understand this supreme magic weapon of our party? Xu Rui knows better than anyone else that if the Dameishan Independent Group wants to gain a foothold in Dameishan District and grow in southern Anhui, it must rely on the local people!
Therefore, Xu Rui will never miss any publicity opportunity.
Therefore, the Dameishan Independent Regiment's Commendation Meeting for Fighting Heroes was so loud that all the folks in Meizhen and all the villages in the ten miles and eight miles were alerted. Almost all the folks came to the town with their young and old. Participated in this commendation meeting of the Dameishan Independent Group.
The enthusiasm of the villagers is so high not only because the anti-Japanese democratic government has just reduced or reduced the rent for them not long ago, allowing them to live a good life, but also because almost every village and every group has children in college. The Meishan Independent Regiment serves as soldiers, and the villagers also come to cheer for their sons.
Of course, Erya and Aunt Han would not miss such an event, because Han Feng told them personally that not only would he go on stage to receive the commendation at the commendation meeting, but he would also be the first to go on stage to receive the award!
Therefore, Erya and Aunt Han came to the square outside the Mei Family Ancestral Hall early just after finishing lunch and dinner.
Because they were worried about being harassed by Japanese bombers, the commendation meeting was scheduled to start in the evening. However, Erya and Aunt Han couldn't stay at home at all, so they came to the square outside the ancestral hall early after lunch.
At this moment, outside the ancestral hall of the Mei family, a stage was set up next to the mature old locust tree. The stage was covered in red and colorful, the stage was filled with colorful flags, and the stage was covered with various kinds of banners. slogan, the road leading from the Independence Regiment military camp to the stage was actually covered with a red carpet, which looked very grand.
When Erya helped Aunt Han walk over, she heard a few elderly men sitting under the old locust tree talking.
Old Man A said: "My darling, this is quite a grand event. I remember in the 18th or 19th year of the Republic of China, the governor of Jiangnan Province came to inspect our town in Meizhen. It was almost like this."
Another old man Yi, whose beard was whiter and longer, and who looked older, chuckled and said, "Xiao Wuzi, I have seen bigger pomps than this, but that happened during the Xianfeng period. At that time, the Mei family But it was still in its heyday, when the Jinshi master of the Mei family came home to visit his relatives, and the pomp was much greater than this."
Another old man, Bing, said tremblingly: "I don't know, which big shot is coming to our Meizhen this time?"
"There's no big shot, no." Old Toujia shook his head and said, "I asked someone to find out. They are going to hold a commendation meeting here. What is the commendation for? What is it called?"
The old man is already old, and his memory is obviously not working well anymore, so he has forgotten it.
Seeing that the old man tried hard to recall but couldn't recall it, Erya couldn't help but interjected: "Commendation meeting."
"Ah, that's right, a commendation meeting." Old Man Jia clapped his hands fiercely and said repeatedly, "Yes, that's right, they are going to hold a commendation meeting here."
"Recognition meeting? Who is being commended?"
"Who else can it be? We are the children of Meizhen. Xiao Qi from the Ah Wu family next door to me is in their army. I heard that he killed several Japanese soldiers in yesterday's battle. He will also be commended today. Listen. They said they would also wear big red flowers and hold a parade in Dengwen Lane in the town."
"Xiao Qi from Ah Wu's family? The one with a runny nose and wearing crotchless pants?"
"Grandpa, that was Lao Huangli many years ago. He has grown into a young man long ago."
"Really? Today's young people are really amazing. The Japanese people are so powerful that they actually let us kill them. However, none of these Japanese people are good and they really deserve to be killed."
Listening to several elderly men discussing the fighting deeds of the Independent Regiment, Erya and Aunt Han felt so proud that Aunt Han almost couldn't help but go up and tell the old men, "I My son is also a fighting hero, and he is the most powerful fighting hero. He killed sixteen Japanese brats by himself!
At this time, the sky was getting dark, and more and more people gathered around the square.
Then, a bugle sounded from the military camp on the pier of the sand bridge in front. Immediately, groups of "gendarmes" wearing armbands ran out of the military camp with guns and ammunition, and then put out candles. , along the red carpet from the gate of the military camp to the stage under the old locust tree.
Then, more than a dozen cadres of independent regiments, large and small, came out of the military camp. However, they did not walk on the red carpet spread in the middle of the road, but walked around from both sides.
The people gathered around quickly recognized two of them.
One of these two people is Xu Rui, the leader of the Independent Regiment, and the other is Wang Husheng, the political commissar of the Independent Regiment and the county magistrate of the Mei County Democratic Government.
"Captain Xu."
"County Magistrate Wang."
"Sir Xu."
"Cadre Wang."
The simple folks greeted Xu Rui and Wang Husheng one after another.
Xu Rui and Wang Husheng also kept waving to each other. From time to time, they would stop to chat with the old man or woman standing next to them. They walked and walked, and it took them more than ten minutes to finally finally Get on stage.
By this time, Sai Hongfu had already brought the communication platoon and moved the microphone to the stage.
Wang Husheng first gave a passionate speech. Although he spoke eloquently, it could be summed up in three sentences: The independent regiment has strong soldiers and horses, and the situation in the base area is excellent. However, the fight against the Japanese is a protracted war, and everyone must prepare for a protracted war of resistance. Mental preparation.
Immediately afterwards, we entered the theme of the commendation meeting.
So when Wang Husheng walked off the stage, the fellow villagers in the audience gave him warm applause without hesitation.
Amidst the endless applause, Xu Rui stepped onto the stage step by step with standard steps. For today's commendation meeting, Xu Rui deliberately cleaned up his image, not only changed into a new military uniform, but also changed into new cloth shoes. , even the hair was specially taken care of by Xiao Taohong, making it look very appropriate.
Seeing Xu Rui's upright posture, stepping onto the stage step by step, showing calmness and confidence in his movements, Xiao Taohong couldn't help but turned around and whispered to Sai Hongfu: "Miss, our uncle is so energetic. "
Sai Hong pouted her little mouth and said nothing, but she thought proudly in her heart that my man is certainly energetic.
Xu Rui walked slowly onto the stage and stood in front of the microphone. Leng Jun glanced at the audience, and a silent aura suddenly filled the air. The Ancestral Hall Square, which was buzzing just now, immediately became Silence fell, and within a moment, the entire square became silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Rui.
Xu Rui then smiled slightly and said loudly: "I know that everyone is impatient to wait. Everyone can't wait to see the style of our young soldiers, right? Then I won't be wordy anymore. , let us welcome them to work with warm applause, everyone applauds!"
After Xu Rui finished speaking, he raised his right hand and stretched towards the military camp.
The tens of thousands of villagers watching in the audience all turned their heads and looked in the direction of Xu Rui's hand.
Then, the villagers saw a figure in red and colorful clothes being pushed out of the military camp.
"Let's go!" The Siberian tiger and the soldiers pushed Han Feng out of the camp gate in one fell swoop.
Han Feng stumbled out of the gate of the military camp. Then, when he lowered his head, he saw the red carpet under his feet. When he looked up again, he saw countless eyes looking at him in front of him. Han Feng had never seen such a big scene before. At that time, his mind went blank. The boy got scared and instinctively wanted to retreat to the military camp.
But before Han Feng could retreat, the Siberian tiger raised his foot and kicked Han Feng on the buttocks. Han Feng staggered again and took two steps forward on the red carpet. The villagers gathered on both sides of the red carpet. He immediately burst into laughter.
Looking at countless familiar smiling faces, Han Feng was so nervous that he was almost suffocating. He clutched the seams of his trousers tightly with both hands, and his feet were so stunned that he could not take even half a step. On the battlefield, he could easily kill more than a dozen little Japs. But now, he tried his best but couldn't take even half a step.
Then, Han Feng saw Erya waving desperately in the crowd, and then Han Feng saw the old woman beside Erya who was smiling so hard that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.
"Brother Fengzi, brother Fengzi!"
"Fengzi, my son!"
Erya and Aunt Han waved their hands and shouted to Han Feng desperately.
In an instant, Han Feng regained his strength, was no longer dazed, and his feet were no longer heavy.
Then, Han Feng puffed up his chest, faced countless enthusiastic eyes, stepped on the red carpet under his feet, and strode towards the stage with majestic and high-spirited steps. (To be continued.)