When the Independent Brigade of the National Army stationed in Xingtai, he saw that the division headquarters had preserved the cement castings, and the rest of the things that could be removed were completely removed by Deng Chenggong and others. What even made the independent brigade commander Bi Xiangjun laugh and cry was that the telephone money laid in the division command center had been completely retrieved by Deng Chenggong and others. This kind of sweep like a locust crossing really scared the soldiers of the National Army stationed here.

The first time Bi Xiangjun arrived in Xingtai City, he arranged for the troops to take over Xingtai's defense. The remaining soldiers of the original division headquarters who survived were also dispersed and enriched themselves. Looking at the devastated division headquarters, although Bi Xiangjun, who had been mentally prepared before coming, had to admit that these militias were indeed no different from bandits.

In order to prevent Xingtai from being attacked in the future, most of the soldiers of Bi Xiangjun's brigade headquarters were stationed in the city defense positions this time, and only a few began to rebuild the division command. Seeing that the soldiers he brought had at least had houses to sleep, Bi Xiangjun couldn't help but be glad that the bandits did not demolish the division's house, otherwise his number of soldiers would have been in the streets.

After calling the former chief of staff of the division headquarters who survived this time, he asked about the situation of the militia brigade and learned that the other party was indeed a unit adapted from bandits. Because they attacked the family of a division commander-level officer of the National Army, the result was that today's difficult situation. Bi Xiangjun's first reaction to Deng Chenggong's militia brigade was that these people could not be easily provoked, and unless they could be solved at one time, there would be endless troubles.

After understanding this, Bi Xiangjun did not rush to send troops out to inquire about the movements of the militia brigade, but focused on consolidating the city defense of Xingtai. For him, the order he received was to solve the bandit troops that captured Xingtai and ensure that Xingtai was foolproof. The former seemed a bit difficult in his opinion. After all, the other party's activity areas were all in the countryside and even in the deep mountains. Even if he had a few thousand more people in his hands, it would probably not work.

What's more, he has learned from the surviving soldiers that this army has a good attitude towards the people. Without the habit of bandits, he is called a unit that is supported by ordinary people. Bi Xiangjun still appreciates this kind of unit. For this reason, he mostly rejects the orders to encircle and suppress the other party. Anyway, he only needs to ensure that Xingtai will not be lost.

The attitude expressed by Bi Xiangjun was quickly received feedback from the militia brigade. Several county brigades that had been away from Xingtai were all withdrawn from their respective defense areas after Bi Xiangjun did not show hostility. This made Bi Xiangjun even more sure that this was a unit that did not like to oppose the national army. As long as everyone was at peace, the other party would not deliberately raise trouble. This was undoubtedly the most favorable situation for Bi Xiangjun, who was eager to change the current situation in Xingtai.

Deng Chenggong, who had also moved the command center to Yinlong Valley, had no mood to pay attention to them when he saw the new city defense officer in Xingtai and began to increase the construction of the base. In order to better control the troops, Deng Chenggong discussed with Hu Guangzong and others and decided to establish an officer training school in Yinlong Valley. At the same time, based on the current situation where the regular militia had exceeded 10,000, it was decided to upgrade the militia brigade to the level of the militia column, and he would serve as the commander of the column. The deputy commander was naturally Hu Guangzong, the director of the column's political department was Xu Mingyuan, and the position of chief of staff was also given to Liu Guang, who participated in the militia with Hu Guangzong.

After the headquarters was upgraded, the militia teams at all levels below naturally had to establish command institutions. The former county brigade was expanded into a militia regiment. The brigade was replaced by the brigade leader, and the political director was sent by the headquarters to ensure that the militia regiment could be in the hands of the headquarters. Moreover, through the collection of materials for the attack on Xingtai, Deng Chenggong formed an artillery regiment directly under the headquarters, a cavalry regiment, a guard regiment, and the Flying Eagle Special Detachment directly under the command of Deng Chenggong.

Although the level has been improved, Deng Chenggong is very clear that the strength of his troops in the fight against the National Army is still dependent on ambush and sneak attacks. If he really wants to pull out the positional battle, he will probably defeat them if he has a division-level army. For this reason, as soon as the Officer's School in Yinlong Valley was established, Deng Chenggong transferred all the militia commanders and battalion commanders in the control area to the military academy for training. It was changed every three months, and it was not until all the low-level officers had received training.

While strengthening military preparations, Deng Chenggong proposed to formalize militias. Relying on the clothing factory that has been established in the Yinlong Base, all regular militias began to change clothes. According to the corresponding official positions, they were assigned the corresponding military ranks as the current era. As for his commander, Deng Chenggong was recognized as the rank of major general by the headquarters. The four leaders of the headquarters were all major generals. The leader of the other militia regiments was awarded the rank of colonels, and the clothing was also camouflage uniforms that were not available in this era. The clothing armbands were very direct words for militias. After changing clothes, this army, which seemed to be no different from bandits, became regular. If it weren't for the word militia on the armband, no one would have regarded them as third-rate troops like militias.

As for choosing camouflage uniforms as formal military uniforms, it was Deng Chenggong's selfishness. After all, the printing and dyeing technology in this era was limited, so it was impossible to print and dye the camouflage uniforms from later generations. However, it is still possible to dye the white cloth into grass green. Although the troops looked uniform in this way, others still thought that the clothes were strange no matter how they looked at it. It was not until Deng Chenggong put the first batch of camouflage uniforms and let the Flying Eagle Special Forces wear them into the bushes that Hu Guangzong realized that this outfit undoubtedly had a layer of protective cover for the militia column built in the mountains. Without careful observation, it would be difficult to find camouflage uniforms that were close to plants and trees.

After the militia column completed the dress-up, Deng Chenggong took Qin Ming, who was re-arranged to serve as a guard, and a special team of flying eagles led by Wu Zhongyuan to conduct a patrol in the controlled area. He also saw how the lives of the people in his nearly 20,000 militia-controlled area were now.

Deng Chenggong's first inspection place was Xingtai, which was established as a sub-base. At this time, Xingtai started from here because the militia brigade started, and the villages in the jurisdiction were all fortresses of the militia brigade. In addition, Deng Chenggong used the method of boiling frogs in warm water. In the control area, except for the land of the few troops, it was still controlled by some landlords. All the land of the large troops had been allocated to the villagers of each village.

Although the land harvest is not very ideal these days, without the government's levy and exploitation of landlords, the people in the jurisdiction lived several times better than before. Originally, the clothes of the family were worn by adults for children, but now at least every person can still be self-sufficient in dressing.

Seeing that the smiles on the faces of the people in his base area were much more than before, Deng Chenggong, who had been trying hard to accumulate strength, felt very comforted. Through these smiles of the people, it can at least prove that the development policy he is implementing is still very correct.

During the inspection, when encountering some villagers who do not understand why they were digging tunnels in the village, Deng Chenggong would patiently explain to the other party, and they might face the invasion of the Japanese. Although the militia column has increased a lot now, they can only take defensive operations in the face of the invasion of the Japanese. For this reason, they are excavated to prepare for the future.

As 37 years of pace moved forward day by day, Deng Chenggong knew that there was not much time left for them. After convening a meeting of several county militia commanders, he issued all villages in the controlled area, and had to build a tunnel connected to the mountains outside the village, and a warehouse for storing villagers' grain. This was a dead order, and it must be completed unconditionally. Although these militia commanders did not understand and dug tunnels well, seeing Deng Chenggong's serious announcement of the order and could not be refuted, most of them were serious about digging tunnels and holes in their own area.

Because some villages are located on plains and have no mountains to drill, Deng Chenggong asked them to extend the tunnel to a few miles outside the village as much as possible. In this way, when they are irresistible, the villagers can also leave the village through the tunnel and enter the sub-base established by the militia column. In order to achieve the effect of being a soldier for the whole people, Deng Chenggong specially took time to compile a combat textbook on tunnel warfare, mine warfare, sparrow warfare, and harassment warfare. These textbooks were distributed to commanders at the level of the village militia captain. With these combat textbooks, I believe that these militia commanders can also make corresponding defense and counterattack plans when encountering Japanese raids in the future.

In short, as long as Deng Chengyi thought of the anti-Japanese war suggestions, they were implemented in the controlled area without any reservation. Even some children aged ten to sixteen in the village formed a children's regiment under village-level militia based on the People's Party's anti-Japanese war tradition. In addition to distributing them ten kilograms of grain every month, they could also conduct live-fire target shooting training with the militia team once a month.

In this way, it can be said that the control area is truly iron-clad. Originally, the intelligence personnel of the National Party and the People's Party could find out some false and real things when they entered the village. However, as these defense measures were strengthened, the corresponding effects gradually lost. Most of these intelligence personnel were reported to the militia team in the village shortly after entering the village. Then, after being interrogated by the militia team, they were driven out of their village without hesitation.

It is precisely because of this strict preventive measure that after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese knew nothing about the situation of the militia column in the occupied area. It was not until they were hit that they knew that except for occupying the strategic location of the county town, the remaining controlled areas had become the world of militia columns.

When Deng Chenggong was moving from south to east along the control area, he finally arrived at the Qingyuan Militia Regiment station in Baoding, North China. This militia Regiment was expanded less than two months after its establishment. Its regiment commander Zhao Changbao was originally from Ranzhuang, Qingyuan, and later became a chief worker in a landlord's house in Xingtai. Later, after the landlord was liquidated by Deng Chenggong's militia brigade, he resolutely joined the militia brigade, which was still in the starting stage at that time. Later, he performed outstandingly in military training and later combat, and was gradually promoted to his current position.
Chapter completed!