November 7, 1937,

Zhu Dongxing led a team of forty men to Jiangyin.

All forty of them were wearing National Revolutionary Army uniforms with clearly visible insignia, making them easily identifiable.

When they requested to find the Special Operations Company, the Jiangyin Fortress Garrison immediately notified Lin Fan.

Lin Fan and Li Xian carefully examined the letter of introduction that Niu Dongxing presented.

From the telegrams of the past few days, Lin Fan already knew the number of people arriving and the leader.

After confirming everything was correct, Lin Fan said, "Welcome! We have been waiting for your arrival."

Lin Fan extended his hands and firmly grasped Niu Dongxing's hand.

The two sides made only a brief introduction.

Lin Fan then took the forty new soldiers to notify the Jiangyin Fortress Headquarters.

He also had Staff Officer He Hesong personally check the forty men's letters of introduction.

Only then did he lead Niu Dongxing and his party back to the Special Operations Company's garrison.

Before Niu Dongxing and the others even entered the garrison, they saw a team of soldiers training with bayonets on the turret in front.

The shouts and the sounds of the training rifles clashing filled the air.

On the other side, another team of soldiers was busy organizing a cannon.

Seeing the soldiers working in an orderly and unhurried manner, team by team,

these people were immediately moved.

They hadn't touched a cannon in years, let alone such advanced anti-aircraft guns.

Even with mortars, these people had only ever seen the enemy use them.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "You've come from afar, so put down your luggage first and rest today."

Niu Dongxing said loudly, "We are here to support the war of resistance, not to rest.

Company Commander, we can participate in training immediately."

Li Xian smiled and said, "Put your luggage down first."

After all forty people had put down their luggage and gathered again,

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Our Special Operations Company doesn't have many rules, only one: all actions are subject to command.

Now we have eight squads, and you are exactly forty people.

Assign five people to each squad.

I know that you were all backbones of your respective squads, and some were captains of your respective teams.

But from now on, you are just ordinary soldiers.

Any objections?"

Bao Junyan raised his hand!

Lin Fan pointed and said, "Very good! Raise your hand before you want to speak! You may speak."

Bao Junyan asked loudly, "How come there are no platoon leaders in a company?"

Lin Fan: "The tasks our company performs do not require platoon leaders. Each squad is a task force."

Bao Junyan asked again, "Can we be squad leaders?"

Lin Fan looked at him and said seriously, "No! But now each of our squads does not yet have a deputy squad leader. If you are strong enough, you can compete for the deputy squad leader of each squad.

And I hope you can all successfully compete, instead of relying on organizational appointments to become deputy squad leaders."

Lin Fan's words were clear: the squad leaders would not be changed, and some of these people came here to be deputy squad leaders.

Speaking of this, Lin Fan said, "According to organizational principles, a group can be formed with just three people.

All forty of you are people from within the organization, right?"

Niu Dongxing replied: "Yes!"

Lin Fan said with a smile to Li Xian, "Next is your business! Establish organizational groups within each squad, establish branches, all of which must be started immediately."

Li Xian said with some embarrassment, "They haven't been assigned to squads yet!"

Lin Fan shouted loudly, "Chen Sichuan! Liu Laopao! Xiao Dongbei! Jia Shusheng! Yang Daren! Feng Junya! Zhen Danxiao! Tu Dadan! You come here."

After the eight squad leaders stood in front of him, he said to Niu Dongxing and the forty others, "These eight are the squad leaders of our company.

Now start assigning you to squads."

Lin Fan's finger pointed to the front of the line and said, "You are now in five rows and eight columns. The first column enters the first squad, the second column enters the second squad, ... the eighth column enters the company's direct team.

Each squad leader takes their people away.

Although they only reported today,

they can be completely trusted, and we can entrust our backs to them.

Therefore, they can tell them anything they want to know.

Understood?"

Chen Sichuan, Liu Laopao, and the other eight now understood: this team was the one that had been fighting guerrillas with the National Revolutionary Army for more than ten years.

They quickly replied loudly, "Understood."

Lin Fan then said to the forty people, "These squad leaders have all fought bloody battles with the Japanese devils. Each of them has at least ten Japanese devils' lives on their hands.

You can impart your guerrilla experience and methods to them.

And also help them read and write."

Niu Dongxing raised his hand.

Lin Fan nodded and said, "Speak!"

Niu Dongxing said embarrassedly, "Report to the company commander! Most of us in the middle are also illiterate."

Several squad leaders were immediately happy.

Lin Fan glanced at them sternly: "Most of our company is illiterate. From today on, you will immediately join the study team.

All the lessons that have been missed before must be made up.

Now follow the squad leaders."

After the squad leaders had left with these people, Lin Fan said to Li Xian, "Give the forty new comrades all the standby money and equipment according to our standards in Shanghai."

Li Xian said with embarrassment, "We don't have any extra Japanese devil uniforms, we don't have any extra gas masks. We don't have any extra Japanese devil weapons either."

Lin Fan thought for a while: "When we disembarked, we brought thirty-three guns. Ask Staff Officer He Hesong to get them out.

There are no Japanese uniforms for the time being, so we can only wait for the next time we go to the battlefield to seize them."

Niu Dongxing was assigned to Chen Sichuan's squad. Their squad's anti-aircraft gun disassembly and assembly training was over, and now it was time for bayonet training.

Niu Dongxing and the others had never been exposed to such formal training before.

In the past, their charges on the battlefield relied entirely on courage.

He looked at the short squad leader in front of him, smiling slightly on his face: "Squad leader, what if I hurt you?"

Chen Sichuan sneered: "Consider me unlucky!"

Niu Dongxing was happy. The two stood facing each other, gently touched the wooden poles in their hands, and then stepped back.

Someone on the side shouted: "Start!"

This has always been the case in the army, especially when joining a new team as a group.

There always needs to be such a period of adjustment.

Such adjustment is to use both hands to test the other party's weight.

Lin Fan watched the new guerrilla members of his squads fighting with the squad leaders.

Either they were sparring with the best bayonet technicians of each squad.

Obviously, the squad leaders of the Special Operations Company were also determined to give these newcomers a show of strength.

Chen Sichuan looked at the big man opposite him, and after hearing the start, he immediately shouted, "Kill!"

His feet stepped forward heavily, and the gun in his hand thrust forward.

Niu Dongxing also thrust out the gun in his hand, but he did not parry.

Niu Dongxing had already seen that he could not parry.

According to his previous experience, in such life-for-life situations on the battlefield, the National Revolutionary Army soldiers always let go first and then ran away.

This time, the National Revolutionary Army squad leader in front of him was different from before.

The wooden gun in Chen Sichuan's hand suddenly retracted, and the two wooden poles collided, making a "bang!" sound.

Niu Dongxing only felt a great force coming over him, and the gun barrel in his hand was suddenly knocked askew.

The gun in Chen Sichuan's hand thrust towards his chest again.

Again, just like before, shouting and stepping!

Niu Dongxing could not trade his life this time, because he was one step behind. If he also thrust at Chen Sichuan,

the other person's bayonet would have already entered his chest, and his own bayonet would not have reached the other person's chest yet.

Niu Dongxing could only parry like Chen Sichuan had just done.

He didn't expect this little squad leader to have such great strength in his hands.

He had tried his best to parry, but it only made his gun stab slightly obliquely, brushing past the edge of his clothes.

But his feet staggered and he almost fell.

Before he could stand firm, Chen Sichuan shouted again, took a step, and stabbed over with his gun.

He accurately stabbed the unprotected area on his side, and this stab, although not heavy, also made Niu Dongxing grimace in pain.

He knew that this was the result of the squad leader showing mercy, otherwise a fracture would have been a light injury.

He couldn't blame the squad leader for this. It was because he couldn't stand firm and revealed an opening.

Niu Dongxing looked at the bayonet training in progress. Most of the people who came with him had lost.

Chen Sichuan shouted loudly, "Niu Dongxing! Watch carefully."

He first demonstrated it once in slow motion, and then taught Niu Dongxing hand-in-hand.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Company were all like this.

There were not many bayonet movements, and they could be learned quickly.

If you want to practice well, you can only practice every day.

Seeing that these forty new members did not explode, and all honestly accepted education,

Lin Fan's hanging heart finally dropped.

Li Xian said to him with a smile, "Company Commander, don't worry, they were all specially selected.

When they came, the organization must have explained it to them.

There will be no problems."

Lin Fan nodded: "I'm just afraid they won't be able to unite. Now it seems that the situation is still very good.

The next thing is to establish the organization and start work.

Try to train a few squad leaders and try to absorb them.

This will have a multiplier effect on our future management."

When Lin Fan said this, Li Xian finally felt relieved.

He said with a smile, "When will you, the company commander, be able to join the organization?"

Lin Fan said seriously, "Now we are still in the National Revolutionary Army series. I am afraid that joining the organization will cause some unnecessary trouble.

When we are completely separated from the National Revolutionary Army series,

that is when I will join the organization."

Li Xian said with a smile, "We will keep it secret!"

Lin Fan immediately said, "These days, our company commander should not leave here for the time being either.

I have some free time to sort out my thoughts and write an application.

In addition, I will also write down what I said to Director Pan last time about the mineral deposits in the rear.

However, this information is very valuable, after all, since ancient times,

finding mines is the most difficult, and mining mineral deposits is the most profitable.

We must pay attention to secrecy!"

Li Xian replied seriously, "I understand!"

Li Xian immediately went to Jiangyin County to buy enlightenment books, pens, and paper for all forty people according to the standards of all the soldiers of the Special Operations Company.

Even the watches were ordered in Jiangyin City, but it would take five days to pick them up.

As for the chocolate and currency distributed to each soldier, Li Xian also distributed them all.

This was completely treating the forty of them as one family.

These guerrilla fighters who had just become somewhat familiar with the soldiers of the Special Operations Company

first inquired about the past achievements of this team.

The leaders were very vague when they came, making them feel somewhat unreal.

Their question hit the soldiers of the Special Operations Company where it hurt.

These soldiers had done so many things, but they had never been able to publicize them.

Now there were forty more enthusiastic listeners.

The soldiers immediately began to tell them about the traditions and the war results.

After hearing about the past achievements of this team, Niu Dongxing left only two words of comment: "Bullshit!"

This also represented the views of all the new members. Even if Li Xian testified that what these soldiers said was true,

still no one was willing to believe it. They were more willing to believe what they saw with their own eyes.

At noon, looking at the large dishes that the Special Operations Company brought to the table,

what they experienced most deeply about the Special Operations Company was: this company was rich, with meat dishes for every meal, which was a remarkable thing.

And the company commander kept telling everyone to eat more, saying that the ability to eat was combat power.

A team that cannot eat is a team without combat power.

Who was he insulting?

In terms of fighting, none of these forty guerrilla fighters were afraid of anyone.

In terms of eating? They were not afraid.

Just after lunch, Lin Fan announced: the entire company will organize their equipment and prepare to depart.

After arriving at this team of backbones, Lin Fan had already found Commander Xu Kang of Jiangyin Fortress, and pulled out his team to go to the front line temporarily, to Fengjing.

There was only one purpose: behind Fengjing was the Sujia Railway. Holding this place could give the National Revolutionary Army a little more time.

Fight the Japanese devils, and block the Japanese devils to make their advance smaller and smaller.

Lin Fan also made a request, hoping to take the eighty-eight millimeter anti-aircraft gun away.

Obviously, his request was sternly rejected.

However, his request to go to the front line was approved.

Just because Lin Fan said that he would return to Jiangyin Fortress with his team after blocking the Japanese devils.

The Special Operations Company now had one hundred and seventy people, and the entire company acted quickly.

At one o'clock in the afternoon on November 7, 1937, with the strong help of Commander Xu Kang, the entire company took eight military vehicles, carrying enough mortar shells, and three more mortars.

They rushed towards Fengjing like a whirlwind.

Just as the entire company was heading to the front line, the Special Operations Company's branch and the groups of each squad were all established.

Li Xian still taught the entire squad of soldiers new characters as usual: the teaching progress of increasing five characters every day could not be stopped.

On the march, the entire company could not study together. The job of teacher was assigned to those who were literate in each squad.

Among the forty new arrivals, twenty-seven were illiterate.

Fortunately, among the new arrivals, each squad was assigned at least one literate person, and now this person became the temporary teacher of each squad.

They were to impart knowledge to the soldiers in each squad.

Combat and learning could not be delayed.

Learning in combat, and fighting in learning!