“Are you still determined?”
Su Yang straightened his back, stood tall, looked at Zhang Liang, and said confidently, “A military promise cannot be broken!”
“Good!” Zhang Liang readily agreed, “It’s a deal!”
“Go and get your troops ready～”
“Yes!”
Su Yang gave a military salute, then turned and left.
The reason he made such a request, besides proving himself, was because the unit needed to be reorganized, meaning they needed to reach the maximum number of personnel.
Besides reaching the maximum number, their combat effectiveness also needed to be raised.
This would test the commander's abilities.
Of course!
Su Yang dared to say so because after this battle, with the help of the local people and the propaganda team, he had become somewhat famous.
And now, it was a time of national fervor against the Japanese.
As long as he could make good use of this ‘advertising’ and win a few more battles, a company of soldiers should be no problem.
...
At the bulletin board.
The notice about Su Yang being appointed as the commander of the newly formed Third Company had been posted.
This shocked everyone.
After all, Su Yang had only been promoted to deputy squad leader a month ago, and now he was directly promoted to company commander.
This promotion speed was simply enviable.
However, when they thought of Su Yang's combat achievements, no one dared to disagree.
Su Yang was now known to everyone in the County Brigade.
He was a role model for many soldiers!
He was a hero in everyone's eyes!
So after hearing about the formation of the Third Company, many people wanted to join it.
Especially the newly joined comrades.
The personnel were quickly selected by the various company commanders and brought to Su Yang.
Faced with the two company commanders who valued him so much, Su Yang responded accordingly, teaching the bayonet technique to everyone personally.
Zhang Liang had personally seen the bayonet fighting ability of the original Ninth Squad.
So he decided to implement the bayonet technique throughout the County Brigade.
Su Yang did not hold back, carefully teaching everyone, while also focusing on training the 11 people in the Third Company.
Shuisheng and Gousheng had already mastered the bayonet technique. With their help, the movements and principles of the bayonet technique were spread throughout the company in just three days.
During those three days.
Su Yang did not sit idle, exchanging information with others.
Developing a company of soldiers within the base was not easy.
After all, he was competing with other companies for recruits.
But during these three days, due to his reputation, he managed to recruit 8 more people.
The Third Company’s strength reached 20 people.
However, there were almost no more recruits within the base, so it was becoming difficult to recruit more.
Su Yang knew it was time to venture out.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to complete the task.
Through these days of information exchange, Su Yang decided to head to the Ningwu County area to develop his forces.
The reason he chose the Ningwu County area was because many soldiers in his company were from villages near Ningwu County.
This meant he had a base of support among the people.
Another reason was that not far from the villages was a highway, which was the main route to Ningwu County.
This meant they wouldn’t have to worry about food or clothing.
Furthermore, if they encountered enemy forces, they could simply disappear into the mountains, avoiding the enemy’s main force.
It was an ideal base.
That night.
Su Yang called the three squad leaders to a meeting to discuss the details of expanding their forces outside the base.
Although they only had 20 people, in order to encourage competition among them, he had set up three squads.
After a half-hour meeting.
With Su Yang’s approval, they decided to head to Heilong Village in Ningwu County as the base for the Third Company.
“Everyone, go back and get ready, we’ll leave tomorrow morning!”
“Yes!”
Su Yang then found Zhang Liang and briefed him on his plan.
Heilong Village in Ningwu County?
Zhang Liang silently noted it down and told him, “Now that you’ve made your decision, I look forward to seeing your results in a month.”
“Remember, you can use any means against the puppet army and traitors, but you absolutely cannot do anything to the people. That’s our bottom line.”
“Do you understand?”
“Of course!” Su Yang said, patting his chest, “I’m also a farmer, I would never allow anything like that to happen.”
“Please rest assured, Captain!”
Zhang Liang nodded in satisfaction, “I believe you.”
“Go～”
“Yes!”
Su Yang gave a military salute, “See you in a month, Captain. Take care.”
Then he turned and left the County Brigade headquarters.
.....
The next morning.
Su Yang led the 20 soldiers of the Third Company out of the base, heading towards Heilong Village in Ningwu County.
In the afternoon.
Su Yang looked at Squad Leader Wang Ergou and asked, “How much longer until we reach your village?”
Wang Ergou took a look at the surroundings and answered, “Captain, after crossing this highway and going into the mountains, we’ll be there by evening.”
Su Yang looked at everyone’s condition and ordered, “Rest for 10 minutes, then we’ll continue on our way～”
“Yes!”
As everyone was eating their rations and resting, the soldier in charge of 警戒 ran to Su Yang to report.
“Captain, something’s happening～”
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