For teams like the Independent Column, the most unabashed thing is number and military rank. The Independent Column gave Li Qinglin and others a number, that is, the third brigade of the Ninth Detachment of the Independent Advance Column in the First War Zone, Li Qinglin and others were promoted to the next level, and the personnel vacancies were supplemented by Li Qinglin and others, and the equipment and military pay was paid according to the heads of the people.

After the matter was settled, Chen Zhendong returned to the camp. He wanted to report the good news to Guo Bingwen. At the same time, he also needed to urge the superiors to send a letter of appointment immediately and issue food, salary and equipment.

Of course, Xiao Liuzi and the others had no objection to the promotion level, because after the promotion, the military rank and salary increased, such a thing is of course a good thing, but Xiao Liuzi and the others had some objections to the need to recruit soldiers by themselves, because since they joined the army, they have been replenishing soldiers from the rear, and there has never been a precedent for the troops to recruit soldiers by themselves.

Li Qinglin smiled and said, "You still want others to send troops? You don't want to see if this advancing column has any jurisdiction. If they don't have jurisdiction, where do the strong men come from?"

Then he pointed to the rabble of the squadrons and said, "Look at their soldiers, I don't want such soldiers. If you want to say that, we should be relieved if we recruit our own soldiers."

In order to recruit soldiers, Li Qinglin asked Xiao Liuzi and his team to go out of the camp the next day. The 5th Company set up checkpoints on all major roads in the name of the 52nd Army, and all the wandering soldiers passing by this place were included in the 52nd Army.

The Fifty-two Army is famous enough, and Xiao Liuzi and others are also strong enough. Three days later, Li Qinglin and others have recruited more than 130 people, and these more than 130 people are all soldiers who retreated from the front line.

Since obtaining the number, Li Qinglin has established three squadrons equivalent to the company according to the arrangement of the Advance Column. Xiaoliuzi, Zhang Ergou, and the big man Zhao Shoushan were appointed as the captain squadron leader, and Li Gousheng was officially appointed as the lieutenant platoon leader of the guard platoon, responsible for a series of affairs such as the guards of the brigade.

After these 130 people were pulled in, they were immediately dispersed into the three squadrons of the third brigade. Although the number of people was a little insufficient, the airs of one brigade were still pulled up.

Guo Bingwen was indeed very trustworthy. Li Qinglin's third brigade was basically full of personnel, so he asked Chen Zhendong to deliver food, salary and equipment.

Seeing that Li Qinglin had brought so many people in such a short time, Chen Zhendong was very envious and said, "Captain Li, you still have a way. Thank God, we can watch over people and not run away."

Li Qinglin disagreed and said with a smile: "What's this? If you have the patience to train, it won't be a problem for me to recruit you a few hundred more."

"Be serious?" Chen Zhendong was a little disbelieved.

"I never count my words. But recruiting soldiers is very hard. You not only have to pay enough money for the voluntary soldiers on the spot, but also give it to us..." Li Qinglin raised his finger in front of Chen Zhendong and twisted it, making a move to count money.

"You can ask me one more, and I will give you two more oceans." Chen Zhendong immediately responded.

"Five pieces!" Li Qinglin said.

"Three pieces!" Chen Zhendao.

Li Qinglin said: "Okay, that's it. You are the chief, don't regret it when the time comes."

Chen Zhendong said: "If you can do it, I will never regret it."

Early the next morning, Li Qinglin, in addition to leaving the newly recruited people for training, the others were sent to the main road. Xiao Liuzi and his team not only set up Luka this time, but also asked the soldiers to carry baskets of chopped green onion oil cakes.

The reason why Li Qinglin was so confident that he could recruit soldiers was because he saw a large number of refugees on the road a few days ago.

After the dam at the entrance of the Garden, the surging yellow water flooded the people's houses and land into a vast ocean. Many farmers in eastern Henan took their families to flee west. These farmers basically had nothing, and many people begged for food before they got here. Li Qinglin asked Xiao Liuzi and others to carry oil cakes on the road, which was to attract hungry young and middle-aged people to join the army.

Li Qinglin stipulated that as long as someone is willing to join the army, two oil cakes and the family fee must be given immediately. Li Qinglin's move really worked. The oil cake in front of him can immediately satisfy his hunger, and the family fee sold to the family fee to save his family. The hungry men handed over the family fee to their families, and followed the recruiters to enter the military camp with the oil cakes in their hands.

The Independent Advance Column in the First War Zone was temporarily established and has no jurisdiction to date, so they cannot recruit soldiers without authorization. Their source of troops only comes from teams such as security regiments allocated by superiors. Li Qinglin is currently recruiting soldiers under the banner of the Fifty-two Army. Although it is possible that others have opinions, the Fifty-two Army is strong enough and no one dares to say anything.

In two days, Xiao Liuzi and his team recruited more than 300 people. Among these more than 300 people, Li Qinglin kept some of the slightly educated people, and all of these people were added to three squadrons, and the others were given to Chen Zhendong.

Chen Zhendong also said that he would give all the fees required to recruit soldiers. At that time, he would be given a reward of three yuan if he had negotiated to recruit one soldier.

This is not because of the amount of cash that has been in the hands of the column, but for a long time, these people have more ways to make money.

The Advance Column has been actually established for a month. In addition to the quota for empty salary when it was established, many troops that should have arrived did not actually arrive, so the military salary was increased. In addition, when the quarantine officers of the column reported to the First War Zone, they set the time for each unit to enter the battalion half a month ago, and the soldiers' food was deducted a little more. The commanders asked local wealthy families to donate some, and all the money was released.

Li Qinglin's third brigade currently has a total of 496 people, which is equivalent to the number of people in an infantry battalion. After enough people, Li Qinglin restored the organization of the machine gun platoon, and he appointed He Siqin, who had followed along from Fenglishan, as the acting platoon leader.

Li Qinglin's method of recruiting soldiers with oil cakes was immediately promoted by Chen Zhendong. The number of troops in advance was increasing, which made Guo Bingwen smile all day long. However, this also brought a sequelae. These soldiers recruited later were called "oil cake troops".

Xiao Liuzi and the others were puzzled about Li Qinglin's "oil cake troops" and the big man asked, "Boss, why are we leaving these people for? They just put down the hoe pole and did nothing. We still have to work hard to train again. It's better for us to set up checkpoints to block some veterans."

Li Qinglin smiled and said, "You think these people are not good, I am very optimistic. All of us were arrested, and none of us would be willing to join the army, right?"

Zhang Ergou said: "If it weren't for not being able to escape at that time, wouldn't the genius be willing to be such a soldier."

Li Qinglin said: "We were forced to join the army, and these people volunteered to join the army. Don't underestimate the oil cakes and oceans. These have saved their lives and their families. We pulled them when they were desperate. Do you think they would not work hard?"

The facts proved that Li Qinglin was right. Since these "oil cake troops" came in, they only had enough food and clothing, but no one fled. They worked extra hard in training and absolutely worked hard in battle.

The time to cross the Yellow River was up, but the team did not set out because the flood was launched in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the troops had to wait until the river water level dropped before crossing the Yellow River.

The first brigade seized this short time and conducted assault training for the newly recruited soldiers. A week later, the water level of the Yellow River fell, the recruits looked a little bit, and the order to drive was delivered.
Chapter completed!