In the division command center located deep in the Taihang Mountains, the communications officer hurriedly found the political commissar and handed him the secret telegram that had just been sent by the rescue **.

As soon as the translation was finished, the political commissar smiled: "Teacher Commander, Comrade Zhou Cheng has already obtained the county magistrates of Xiyang and Pingding County. Let us send people to reinforce quickly..."

Although the division commander wanted to know how Zhou Cheng made the war zone compromise, the main business was important and immediately asked: "Are all the people supporting Zhou Cheng ready?"

The political commissar nodded: "I have drawn ten people from the division headquarters and base areas, six local cadres, four workers and technicians dug from the Shanxi Arsenal. Seven of them have arrived at the division headquarters, and three others have rushed over before dark."

The division commander nodded: "A platoon was drawn from the guard battalion to protect them to Xiyang. You must explain them before departure. After arriving in Xiyang, you must not reveal your identity as the Eighth Route Army, and you must unconditionally obey Zhou Cheng's command."

"Our guerrillas in Xiyang must also obey Zhou Cheng's command unconditionally. If he wants to disband the guerrillas, the people below cannot say a word of nonsense, they must obey..."

"From now on, let's leave Xiyang and Pingding to Comrade Zhou Cheng to take care of it, and see how much surprise he can bring to us in a year!"

The political commissar thought for a while and agreed: "Don't doubt people, but don't doubt people. Since we choose to believe in Zhou Cheng, we will give him all the rights we should give. We must not let him be held back and cannot display his talents."

The commander of the Laiyuan Japanese Military Brigade Command was very angry.

Because the reinforcements sent to the Eighth Route Army base in the north of the city were not as powerful as he imagined, and they destroyed the mysterious troops that suddenly appeared there in a short time.

Instead, a whole infantry squadron was lost under the continuous attack of this mysterious unit.

More importantly, the three strongholds he used to block the Eighth Route Army were all broken, the entire garrison was destroyed, and the strongholds were razed to the ground.

Without the obstruction of these strongholds, the Eighth Route Army, which was huddled in the mountains, launched a quick attack, attacking the Imperial Army everywhere in squads and platoons, gathering teams, and establishing bases...

In just two days, the situation in Laiyuan deteriorated to the point where it began to be out of control.

The phone in the war room almost never stopped. After receiving a call, just put down the microphone, the urgent phone ringing rang again. There was an attack in all places and needed help...

The war room also became chaotic, with staff officers, messengers, guards, coming and going, everyone was very busy, making everyone nervous...

The brigade commander doesn't like this atmosphere very much. As the brigade commander, the subordinates in front of him must remain calm and calm no matter what the situation they encounter. This is a necessary quality for becoming a senior officer.

He decided to hit everyone well, and snorted coldly and started to curse.

"Stop it, calm me down. Isn't it just that the Eighth Route Army broke through our blockade line and made trouble in our occupied area? What's the point of panic?"

"They have poor equipment and insufficient ammunition, so what destructive power they can have."

"Order the troops stationed in all the strongholds in the occupied areas to remain unmoved and defend their positions to the death."

"The reinforcements immediately divided the troops and swept the entire defense zone with the reinforcement squadron as a unit, and killed all the Eighth Route Army active in the defense zone!"

The Chief of Staff felt that this was a bit inappropriate. The mysterious troops suddenly emerged from the occupied areas were too powerful and had the strength to swallow a reinforced squadron in one bite.

"I just told the outside that you are a college student I found from outside..."

Yi Wenshu was very happy because their concerns did not happen.

Although Zhou Cheng could command them unconditionally, he did not do the stupid thing of an outsider commanding an insider, but gave them unconditionally power and did the work of a county magistrate as a deputy county magistrate.

Although their reputation is not very good, they are all aspiring party members and don't care about these things at all, otherwise they wouldn't risk their lives to go deep behind enemy lines.

He quickly answered: "President Zhou please rest assured, I will definitely take care of Xiyang for you."

Zhou Cheng continued to order: "You can choose two assistants from the several cadres you came with, strive to take office today, and find out within three days how many villages and population in Yi County are, how much grain can be produced this autumn harvest, and whether it is enough for the villagers' food for a year. The more detailed the data, the better..."

After saying that, without waiting for Yi Wenshu to speak, he immediately turned his attention to another young man: "Your name is He Yong. You have been to university like Yi Wenshu, but you have only been the deputy county magistrate for more than a month. Your administrative management experience is slightly insufficient!"

He Yong saw that he was a cheerful person. After hearing Zhou Cheng’s evaluation of him, he not only did not feel embarrassed, but instead admitted generously without any embarrassment: "Yes, Captain Zhou... Compared with County Mayor Yi, I have less experience."

Zhou Cheng especially likes such straightforward people and immediately ordered: "It doesn't matter if you don't have experience, we can learn slowly!"

"From now on, you will be the deputy county magistrate of Pingding, responsible for all government affairs. Like County Magistrate Yi, you can choose two people as assistants."

"We only control three towns for the current pacification, two of which border the Japanese occupied areas and may fight at any time. However, pacification is more suitable for growing grain than Xiyang and has more land. Almost all the military rations before the rescue of ** came from these three towns, with a population equivalent to half of Xiyang County, so its importance is no worse than Xiyang."

"I ask you to take office at the latest tomorrow. The county government's headquarters is temporarily set in Donghui Town. You can work by changing the original rescue team of Donghui Town."

"Complete all the tasks I assigned to County Mayor Yi within three days!"

He Yong did not take the order immediately, but stared at Zhou Cheng and asked: "Captain, we can definitely complete the task within three days, but there is a problem you must help us solve, otherwise we will not be able to complete the task even if the gods descend to earth."

Zhou Cheng was not surprised that they made requests to him. He had received such a heavy task as soon as he took office and was not familiar with the place he wanted to manage. If he didn't make requests, he would still be worried.

Looking at He Yong, he asked readily: "Tell me..."

"We need manpower!" He Yong answered immediately.

"According to the order you just now, including ourselves, there are only three people in a county. Even if you run off your legs, you will not be able to collect all the information you need within three days."

Zhou Cheng smiled: "Don't worry, everyone has prepared for you, and you are satisfied with it."

"The original Xiyang guerrillas are no longer suitable for continuing to exist, and they will be disbanded secretly today. At that time, all the players who want to continue to join the army to fight the Japanese will join the rescue. The players who do not want to join the army can go home and assist you in managing the place. You will follow me to pick people later."
Chapter completed!