Xiao Liuzi and Big Man arrived overnight. At around 9 o'clock in the evening, Li Qinglin convened all squadron-level cadres to hold a meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, Li Qinglin asked Zhang Ergou and Dong Zhao to rescue and appease the people of Sangyu Town in the shortest time. Then, Li Qinglin began to summarize the successes and failures of this anti-sneak attack.

Li Qinglin first affirmed Zhang Ergou. Dong Zhao's troops responded quickly, fought resolutely, and firefighting was timely, which had ensured the lives and property of the people in the defense zone to the greatest extent. Li Qinglin also specially praised the two of them for not fighting blindly and fighting to the death. In the case of heavy casualties in the army, they not only killed the enemy, but also effectively preserved the troops.

Then, Li Qinglin summarized the shortcomings of this battle.

Li Qinglin first made self-criticism and admitted his mistakes in intelligence and military deployment. First, he failed to obtain more accurate intelligence in the early stage, which was because the brigade intelligence team failed to do a good job, and it was also because Li Qinglin himself installed in the enemy war zone that did not do a good job; Second, because he paid too much attention to the construction of Motianling, Niuwangzhai and Xiashan Valley in the early stage, he did not make correct predictions for the enemy's recent attack, so the enemy was basically not prepared when it attacked; Third, the information was transmitted too slowly

In addition, the distance between the troops was relatively long, and it took several hours to get news of the enemy's sneak attack from Sangyu Town, and it took several hours to gather troops to the Motianling infantry; fourth, the three garrison sites were too scattered, which affected the timely reinforcements of each unit. Xiashangou and Niuwangzhai were close to each other, but the road was rugged, so it was too late to support it in time; Motianling had two squadrons stationed in, but they were basically infantry. It was only a few hours after they arrived in Sangyu Town that the battle had ended.

After self-criticism, Li Qinglin severely criticized Zhang Ergou and Dong Zhao's battlefield command.

The Japanese army has always been aiming to eliminate the vital forces of the anti-Japanese war. Their sneak attack began with the preparations to eliminate the Eighth Squadron. The Japanese and puppet troops had two squadrons, and the puppet army had a reinforced company. They were incompetent in terms of firepower or number, and the number of people had exceeded the Eighth Squadron and Dong Zhao's cavalry squadron. However, after Zhang Ergou and Dong Zhao's main force contacted the enemy, they did not delay the enemy through guerrilla warfare, nor did they use mobile warfare to restrain and consume the enemy in order to achieve the opportunity to wait for the main force to reinforce. Instead, Zhang Ergou fought a positional war with the enemy, which just achieved the enemy's goal. If it weren't for the Japanese army's division of troops to attack Sangyu Town and the Japanese did not launch a resolute strike, Zhang Ergou's eighth Squadron would have suffered a catastrophe.

Finally, Li Qinglin proposed several remedies. First, Sangyu Town will also serve as the garrison of the Eighth Squadron. It will inevitably be attacked by the enemy in the future. This place will inevitably become a battlefield again. Therefore, some large merchants must relocate to avoid being damaged again. Second, they will develop efficient and rapid communication methods, and various intelligences must be communicated in a timely manner. Third, they will further strengthen the construction of local forces such as militia. The militia is not strong in combat, but can maintain public order, release traitors and prevent spies, provide timely intelligence, and provide necessary support during wartime. Finally, the enemy was able to march straight in this time, and bypass the secret sentry of the third brigade and attack from the weakest part of the troops, which means that the enemy has done detailed reconnaissance. Therefore, the troops and militia must strengthen prevention in the future, especially to figure out how the enemy reconnaissanced the intelligence this time, without disturbing our militia and troops.

Zhang Ergou and Dong Zhao were naturally convinced about the mistakes and shortcomings pointed out by Li Qinglin, and both of them reviewed them at the meeting.

Before the meeting ended, Li Qinglin emphasized that in the future, all troops should strengthen training, and the shooting level and assassination level of the troops must be greatly improved. Soldiers should cherish every bullet and be prepared for a long time without ammunition supply. In addition, all troops should think of more ways, as long as they can kill the enemy, it is a good way; under the circumstances, even if the bayonet is invincible, they must defeat the enemy even if they fight in close combat.

The meeting ended late at night. Early the next morning, Xiao Liuzi and the big guy went back. Zhang Ergou and Dong Zhao were busy bringing people to comfort and relieve the victims and treat the wounded. Han Jizhong also proposed a place to establish a new town, which is a valley located on a business road, twelve miles from Sangyu Town and more than twenty miles from Motianling.

In fact, Motianling and Chenjiazhai are not on the business road, but have a road connected to the business road. The location chosen by Han Jizhong is only six miles away from Chenjiazhai. Once there is war in Sangyu Town, if troops are sent from here, you can reach Sangyu Town in less than two hours. Once the enemy attacks here, the militia of Chenjiazhai will be able to support it in one hour.

Li Qinglin looked at the map and immediately took a photo of the board. The 10th Squadron was stationed here, and the new town in the future will also be built here.

With the order of Li Qinglin, Feng Zheng immediately led his men to the Motianling Mountains and went to the location selected by Han Jizhong to start building a military camp. The location selected by Han Jizhong is in a valley among the two mountains, a business road passes through it, and there is a shallow stream next to it. The mountains on both sides are very high. As long as the lookout posts are set up on the tops of the mountains on both sides and the checkpoints are set up on the main road, it is impossible for the Japanese to attack without being discovered.

In the past, because there were bandits nearby, this place was deserted, so a large piece of land in this valley was abandoned. After checking the terrain, Li Qinglin decided to build houses along the mountain. After the wasteland in the middle was reclaimed, he would grow grain and vegetables to provide some supplies to the army.

The winter in the north is very cold, and the temperature is below zero. It is no longer suitable for rammed earth wall construction. If you want to build a house, you must wait until it thaws begin to thaw. After Feng Zheng arrived, he immediately cut trees and flattened the ground on the mountain. He quickly built a long and large shack. These shacks were racked with thick thatch, and a pot of charcoal fire was grown in the shack. In this cold winter, it was also very warm inside.

The affected residents of Sangyu Town also followed. Some merchants moved their goods here to the safe side, and another large row of shacks was quickly built. With the arrival of merchants, many merchants who passed by also settled here, and some simple hotels and hotels were also built. The place became lively soon, and the scene of a new market was faintly visible.

With a new location, there must be a new name. Some of the officers and soldiers of the 10th Squadron are called Anti-Japanese Town, some are called Shengli Town, some are called Bisheng Town, some are called Xiao Kaifeng, and some are called Xiao Tianjin. In short, there are many different ways to be called.

Feng Zheng mentioned this question to Li Qinglin. Li Qinglin thought for a while and said, "Just call it Xinhe. Anyway, there is a stream on your side, so it's worthy of its name."

Li Qinglin spoke, and there was no dispute about the place name anymore. The name Xinhe was decided.

The third team fought a sensational battle in Sangyu Town, which actually caused a sensation in the local area.

At this time in China, as long as you carry the gun and go to the front line to fight against Japan and fight the Japanese, you are a hero. If you can kill a Japanese, you will definitely be a hero. Although the Eighth Squadron and Dong Zhao's cavalry squadron suffered heavy casualties, they killed and injured more than 20 Japanese, more than 60 puppet troops, and drove the Japanese and puppet troops out of Sangyu Town. In the eyes of the people, this is an amazing record.

In the legend of the people, the eighth squadron's record was infinitely expanded. Many people say that the eighth squadron killed more than 100 Japanese soldiers and hundreds of puppet troops. The people actually set off a wave of laboring the army.

This year's autumn harvest is a bumper harvest. The landlords and wealthy people slaughter pigs and sheep, and carried rice and flour to work for the army. People with better conditions even took the wounded and sick to their homes for recuperation, which made Zhang Ergou both moved and ashamed.

The rumors of the Third Brigade winning battle were widely circulated, which also brought soldiers to the Third Brigade, namely the stragglers of the First and Second Brigades of Chen Zhendong, who were disbanded some time ago.

In early August, the first and second brigades led by Chen Zhendong were ambushed by the Japanese on the way to northern Henan. He himself died in battle and the troops were defeated. Some of the troops returned to the rear to reorganize, and some were wandering to the mountains and villages in northwest Henan. Some of these people defected to the rich man's house to guard the house, and some went up the mountain to fight guerrillas in groups. The rumors of the Eighth Squadron winning the battle gave them unlimited hope, and it seemed that a guiding light was lit for them in the dark night. These people tried every means to find Sangyu Town after going through difficulties and came to Zhang Ergou.

Regarding these people, Li Qinglin instructed that no matter whether they were sick or injured, as long as they could prove that they had never surrendered to the enemy or were traitors, all the returning officers and soldiers would be incorporated into the Eighth Squadron.

Of course, Zhang Ergou was reluctant to accept the veterans who returned, but Zhang Ergou was a little reluctant to accept some of the sick and injured. He believed that these people need to spend money on treatment and people were sent to take care of them. Moreover, after the illness and injury were cured, they might not be able to carry guns and fight again, leaving these people behind was a pure waste.

Li Qinglin criticized: "You are also a soldier. You are all working with the Japanese with your head in your arms. Who has no one to get sick or have two disasters? Who can guarantee that you will not be injured in the future? If you want the soldier to work hard, you don't cherish their lives. Who else will fight for you in the future? If you don't want them, I want it. I don't believe it. These soldiers who have served in the army are worse than those ordinary people. They are better than ordinary people, right? At the least, I will give him some land and be a farmer next to my brigade headquarters. At least the grain he grows can support a few soldiers, right?"

Seeing that Li Qinglin was a little angry, Zhang Ergou quickly smiled and said, "Boss, don't get angry, I want it, can't I want it?"

Matsui, who led the team back to Mizuji, has had a hard time recently. As the commander of the siege operation, he was scolded by the captain of the security squadron stationed in Wan'an for improper command due to excessive casualties. Inoue's troops were hiding behind closed doors and thinking about their mistakes in the command of the security squadron in the past few days. The casualties of Inoue's troops were very small. When they returned, they "requisitioned" a large amount of supplies needed by the Imperial Army, especially the whole cart of sugar, which made the captain of the infantry brigade smile. Therefore, the captain not only did not criticize Inoue, but also secretly praised him several times.

Sasaki was very surprised at the performance of the Eighth Squadron. He thought this was a miscellaneous army, but he didn't expect that this miscellaneous army could resist the attack of the elite imperial army, which made him more vigilant. He decided to send someone to thoroughly understand the troops...
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