At first, Gao Yidao led the Second Company into the area on the south bank of the Hunshui River, full of confidence and ready to show his strength, because there were many bandits in this area and the environment was chaotic. Knowing that he was not good at doing mass work, he wanted to rely on suppressing bandits to strengthen the Second Company.
Unexpectedly, after wandering around for a long time, there were few battles. From the mouths of several captured bandits, they learned that the various mountaintops had heard that the Eighth Route Army had arrived, so they all switched to guerrilla warfare. Who would be willing to fight against the Eighth Route Army? They were just bored, so they would hide if they could, or at most move to another place.
So Gao Yidao simply ordered the second company to take off their uniforms. Since the blockade, the independent regiment was forced to be frugal, and uniforms became valuable items. It was difficult to replace them when they were worn out. This was just right to save them from wear and tear. After changing into the messy clothes of the mountain bandits, they casually named themselves the "Black Tiger Army."
The situation immediately improved. Who cares what the Black Tiger Army is? I am the General of Green Dragon. I will fight against you who don't know your place. Many of the bold and foolish ones even offered themselves to be eaten alive by the Second Company. After a while, the Black Tiger Army became famous. The more they spread about it, the more powerful it became. Finally, it was said to be the local bully. As soon as they heard that the Black Tiger Army was coming, the bandits either fled everywhere or surrendered to them honestly.
After joining, I found that the Black Tiger Army was a bit strange. The evil ones were executed directly, the honest people who could abide by the rules were dispersed and incorporated into the team, and the remaining unreliable ones were not troubled and were just let go. Although they have always lived by destroying the bandit nest, outsiders don't know these things. They only know that the Black Tiger Army is powerful and kills without blinking an eye. The bandits are afraid of it, and the people are even more afraid of it.
This time Gao Yidao led the team northward, with the purpose of making contact with the Ninth Platoon and getting familiar with the environment here. However, he found traces of many people walking on the road, so he began to follow and search until he ran into the Ninth Platoon here.
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Before leaving the solitary confinement room, the head of the regiment went there once, walked around the confinement room three times, and left without saying a word.
The political commissar also went there once. He looked out the window of the confinement room at the scenery for a while, and then told Hu Yi: This matter was handled by the Political Work Department. You made her violate the principle. I hope this is the last time.
Hu Yi understood that the political commissar had violated the principle, and so had the regiment commander. If he could handle things impartially, he would feel at ease taking responsibility, and would not be in debt like he is now. The debt of life is easy to pay, but the debt of human heart cannot be paid.
Instead of taking a shortcut back to the wine station, he first went to Qingshan Village. Looking at the green crops, he immediately felt that the sunshine was infinitely bright. A group of soldiers were busy in the fields, and Shi Cheng ran over excitedly.
Later, I walked south back to the wine station while listening to him talk about his life over the past two days.
From afar, I saw the legendary Platoon Leader Hongying, standing by the bunker with a telescope hanging from her shoulders, her hands on her waist, looking over at me with a smile. It felt like I was seeing the crops in Qingshan Village, and I couldn't help but smile at her.
"Why did you come back just now?" The words sounded angry, but the tone was happy.
"You are already the leader, how can I come back early?"
"Hehehe... Look at how impressive I am, huh? How is it?"
"Not bad, good! You are much better than me. I will report to the regiment later. You are the one who can be the platoon leader!"
"real?"
"Really." Hu Yi tried hard to look serious.
"You're so annoying, you dead fox!" She finally pounced on Hu Yi.
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Across the river on the west bank of the wine station, a simple camp had just been built, with more than 30 men, women, old and young, camping there. They didn't plan to go any further, because the Eighth Route Army was on the other side, and they didn't believe that bandits would dare to harass them here, so they didn't ask the Ninth Platoon on the other side for permission, and started to build wooden houses on their own.
The Ninth Platoon allocated some food to them, and the Second Company also allocated some food to them. Now, smoke from cooking fires was rising from their camp by the river, curling across the river surface, and the sound of children's laughter was also floating across the river surface.
Hu Yi stood on the beach on the east bank of the wine station, watching a raft drifting over from the other side. Several people were paddling on the raft, and Gao Yidao, who was dressed casually, was sitting in the middle of the raft.
This morning, the Second Company did not follow the Ninth Platoon across the river, but instead temporarily camped in the woods on the other side of the river on the east bank of the wine station. Now that he heard that Hu Yi had returned, Gao Yidao decided to cross the river to meet him.
Smelling the smoke in the air, Hu Yi, who was waiting on the beach, asked Ma Liang beside him: "Didn't you persuade them to go to Dabei Village?"
"I tried to persuade them, and explained that this place is not far from the Japanese, and it might not be safe. But they didn't want to. In fact, I think they don't know us yet, and think we are just soldiers, so they still have doubts in their hearts. In addition... they don't seem to want to move too far, and they are reluctant to leave this place."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Then, you can send someone to deliver some of our extra tools and items to them. I see that they are planning to live on the other side for a long time, so let them be."
Ma Liang nodded and said, "By the way, when we arrested them this morning, we confiscated a box gun, a bird gun, and a few knives. Can we return them all to them?"
"Give it back to them. Also... give them two Type 79 rifles, forty bullets, and four grenades."
"Brother, I think... this is unnecessary, right? If something really happens on the other side of the river, we can cover it without crossing the river."
"Guns are meant to be used, not left in a box to rust. Tell them that if they plan to live on the south bank, they have to post a sentry some distance south, including upstream."
Ma Liang suddenly realized: "Then I'll go now." Then he turned around and ran back to the camp.
At this time, the raft approached the beach. Gao Yidao leaped down with a big step, walked onto the beach, raised his dark face to look at Hu Yi, and smiled smugly: "You are a poor platoon leader, shouldn't you come over and greet me first?"
"I didn't ask you to come, so why should I bow to you?" The Second Company actually stayed on the other side of the river and didn't leave, which meant that Gao Yidao must have come to find them for something.
"Haha, your rank may not improve, but your temper does." Gao Yidao walked towards Hu Yi swayingly.
"A night owl comes into the house for no reason. Is there any point in talking so much nonsense?"
"Hu, I find you are a man who refuses to accept a toast." Gao Yidao looked at the beach and couldn't help but clench his fists, with his knuckles crackling. This is really a good place for a fight, but considering that he really came for something, he had to unclench his fists again, imagining in his mind that he would beat Hu Yi half to death to vent his anger, and then said, "Golden Scar! Do you know?"
"Why, there can't be two tigers in one mountain?"
"What a joke. He is not even worthy of being called a tiger."
Hu Yi looked at Gao Yidao expressionlessly without saying anything, but Gao Yidao already understood what this meant to Hu Yi: Then why did you come to me
"He's the only big boss left. He has a lot of food, money and guns. He's not easy to deal with. I need your firepower support."
Gao Yidao was quite good at talking. He first mentioned "plenty of food, money and guns", but he forgot to mention "Golden Scar also has a lot of people". Hu Yi smiled faintly: "I think you know what the ground situation of the ninth row is like. This is the only advantage of my small number of people, that is, I don't lack anything now!"
Gao Yidao was speechless. Thinking carefully, isn't it true? Qingshan Village has become a barren land. The Ninth Platoon has only so many people. It is useless to give them a hundred guns. The regiment directly subsidizes the food and supplies. How much can these people eat? The reason of more food and more guns is not attractive to the Ninth Platoon at all.
After rolling his eyes for several times, Gao Yidao still couldn't think of what to say next, feeling a little awkward.
Hu Yi suddenly said: "I can help, but I won't go to Jinba La to fight, but to fight Sanjia Ji!"
"What?" Gao Yidao was surprised. He didn't understand why Hu Yi agreed to help, nor did he understand what the three-family group attack meant.
"Sanjiaji is the source of Jinbala's money and food. It is his treasure pot."
"Sanjiaji? It's actually related to Jinba La? How did you know?"
"Don't worry about how I know. Just tell me whether you agree or not."
Gao Yidao carefully examined Hu Yi's eyes, eyebrows and nose. What was Hu's purpose? Why did he agree to help? How could he have made such great progress in his awareness after not seeing him for a month? Isn't he almost catching up with Hao Ping? Suddenly he asked, "I want to know, why?"
Hu Yi looked at the sparkling river and said, "It's a favor. But don't get me wrong, it has nothing to do with you." He thought, Sanjia Market, there should be a lot of hot-selling goods, maybe it will make the regiment commander and the political commissar feel relieved...
Gao Yidao was confused. Returning a favor? Who did he owe? That was definitely not a reason! What was going on in Sanjiaji? Were there mortars inside
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