Qingfeng Village, warehouse.
Xiao Yanyue is counting the weapons, ammunition and rice, noodles and dried meat in stock.
Actually, Xiao Yanyue already knew the quantity of weapons, ammunition and rice, flour and meat in stock, but before going to bed every night, Xiao Yanyue had to come over and count them. This had almost become a homework that she must do before going to bed. Because if she didn't take inventory again, Xiao Yanyue found that she couldn't sleep.
Two female soldiers who were former female bandits in Qingfeng Village held lanterns to provide light for Xiao Yanyue.
Xiao Yanyue counted them one by one, checked them one by one in the account book, and then marked them.
"2 82mm caliber Japanese-made mortars, 2 shells."
"Six 81mm caliber domestically made mortars with 51 shells."
"Two Type 92 heavy machine guns, 28 bullets."
"Two Maxim heavy machine guns and 2o8o bullets."
"Twenty-four crooked light machine guns with 1o7 bullets."
"12 imitation Czech light machine guns with 42oo bullets."
"Japanese-made melon grenades, 12 pieces."
"Nationally made long-handled grenades, 2 boxes."
"Millet, five thousand eight hundred and sixty hu."
"Wheat, three thousand and ninety-six husks of dendrobium."
"Rice, one hundred and six husks."
"Soybeans, five hundred and nine pounds."
"Ten pounds of bacon?!"
At the end of the investigation, Xiao Yanyue's pretty face turned dark immediately. Why was there only ten kilograms of bacon left
When they returned to the brigade headquarters, Xiao Yanyue's face was still wet. Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng were discussing the Battle of Xuzhou around the map. When he saw Xiao Yanyue walking in with a face on his face, he immediately smiled and said: "Hey, our boss. What's going on, housekeeper? Who made you angry again?"
After finishing speaking, Xu Rui asked Leng Tiefeng: "Veteran, did you make Butler Xiao angry?"
The relationship between Xiao Yanyue and Leng Tiefeng has almost become clear, and Xu Rui always teases Leng Tiefeng about this matter.
However, before Leng Tiefeng could reply, Xiao Yanyue rushed to say, "It's not him, it's you, the captain, who provoked me."
"Nani, me?" Xu Rui said in surprise, "I mean Butler Xiao. Don't accuse a good person unjustly. Why did I offend you?"
"That's you." Xiao Yanyue pouted and said, "That's the order you gave, saying that we must ensure that the whole brigade has meat every meal. It's okay now. The bacon in stock is almost gone. Let's look at you next. What to do.”
Xu Rui was speechless when he heard this. This was really his order, because the amount of training in the past three months was too heavy. If you don't supplement enough nutrition, you will definitely not be able to persevere. Now that the three-month intensive training is over, not one of the more than 700 officers and soldiers in the brigade is sick, but each one has become stronger. This is similar to Food security is inseparable.
The cost of ensuring food is that the tens of thousands of kilograms of bacon stored in Qingfeng Village have been basically exhausted, including the hundred pigs that Nan Batian snatched from the Huang family, and now only ten kilograms of meat are left.
However, this is not a big deal to Xu Rui.
"I thought it was a big deal." Xu Rui smiled. "Isn't it just meat? Don't worry, Butler Xiao. I will pack hundreds of thousands of kilograms of bacon back for you later."
Xiao Yanyue immediately said: "Captain, this is what you said."
"Hey, that's what I said." Xu Rui said, "This captain keeps his word!"
Xiao Yanyue stuck out her tongue and then left with a smile on her face. She could have a good sleep tonight.
"This crazy girl is really obsessed with money." Leng Tiefeng shook his head when he saw it, then turned back to Xu Rui and said. "But Lao Xu, our independent brigade has been training hard for more than three months. It's time to drag the team down the mountain to find the Japanese to try their swords. Otherwise, these bastards will be so idle that they will cause trouble again."
Xu Rui nodded lightly and said, "That's what I think. The Battle of Xuzhou is at a critical moment right now, and the Huaihe River defense line is the top priority. The 59th Army is supporting it alone on the north bank of Huainan. I'm afraid it won't be able to support it for too long. At this time, If we can find a way to cut off the Japs' transportation lines, we can provide great support to the 59th Army."
Leng Tiefeng frowned and said, "But our independent brigade only has more than 700 people, which is less than the strength of a regiment. Let alone cutting off the Japs' transportation lines, it is not easy to even rob a few trucks of supplies."
Xu Rui smiled and said: "It all depends on people. As the saying goes, there are always more methods than difficulties. As long as we use our brains to think, we will definitely be able to come up with countermeasures, right?"
Leng Tiefeng said: "Okay, I admit that you can always come up with a battle plan that is daring at first glance but very feasible when you think about it carefully. Tell me, what are you going to do this time?"
Xu Rui shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I really don't have any plans this time, because Damei Mountain is hundreds of miles away from the Huaihe River, and we don't know anything about the situation there, so we can only talk about it after going there."
"Would it be too risky to do this?"
"Wars are inherently risky. How can there be a 100% sure battle in the world?"
While the two were arguing, He Shuya suddenly came in out of breath and reported: "Captain, Boss Liu from Moyun Bookstore in town came up the mountain and brought someone up."
"Boss Liu from Mo Yun Bookstore?" Xu Rui's heart trembled when he heard this.
After joining the party, Xu Rui was also qualified to participate in some of the party's secrets, so he knew that Boss Liu of Moyun Bookstore was the party's underground traffic officer. Boss Huang came to Qingfengling overnight and must have encountered some trouble that could not be solved. Things, and the person he brought must also have a great background.
At that moment, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng came to the front living room.
I saw two people already standing in the living room, one was a tall and thin middle-aged man, and the other was a gentle young man wearing wide-rimmed glasses. Xu Rui knew the tall and thin middle-aged man, he was from the town. Boss Liu of Mo Yun Bookstore was also the party’s underground traffic officer in Meizhen, but the young man didn’t know him.
If Xiao Yanyue were here, she would definitely recognize that this person is actually the Secretary of the Suzhou Prefectural Committee, Wang Husheng, but now he has been transferred to the Secretary of the Wannan Special Committee. This is also the party's consistent policy. Whenever a base is established in a place, , corresponding local governments will certainly be established.
"Old Liu." Xu Rui shook hands with Boss Liu of Mo Yun Bookstore, then turned his attention to Wang Husheng and asked, "I wonder who this comrade is..."
Boss Liu quickly introduced: "Come, let me introduce you. This is Comrade Wang Husheng. He was formerly the Secretary of the Suzhou Prefectural Committee, but now he is the Secretary of the Wannan Special Committee. Secretary Wang, this is the one I mentioned on the way. Comrade Xu Rui, captain and instructor of Dameishan Independent Brigade."
"Secretary Wang."
"Captain Xu."
Xu Rui shook hands with Wang Husheng and invited him and Boss Liu to take a seat. He Shuya had already come over with a teapot and poured two glasses of water for the two of them. Boss Liu and Wang Husheng walked dozens of miles of mountain roads overnight and were really thirsty. , so I didn’t care about being polite, picked up the tea bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
After the two of them took a breath, Xu Rui asked: "Secretary Wang, is there any emergency?"
Wang Husheng waved his hand and said to Xu Rui: "I just arrived and I'm not familiar with the specific situation in Meizhen, so I'd better let Lao Liu talk to the captain."
Boss Liu did not refuse and said: "That's it. A few days ago, the Japanese military police in Pu County assigned Meizhen the task of collecting 500,000 kilograms of military rations. Then Huang Shouyi, the second young master of the Huang family, colluded with the Black Dragon Society and Yiguan Dao and Hongmen took the opportunity to expropriate the fish and meat village, and now the town is boiling with public resentment."
Wang Husheng continued: "The organizational thinking is this. Since the Dameishan Independent Brigade has established a firm foothold in Dameishan District, the next thing to consider is to open up the situation and grow stronger. Only the Independent Brigade can further develop. When we become stronger, we can fight against the Japanese devils more effectively, right?"
After hearing Wang Husheng's words, Xu Rui's lips immediately raised a smile.
Xu Ruiyou remembers that in the history class in the second year of high school, when the history teacher talked about the Anti-Japanese Base Area of the Eighth Route Army, he made a comment that can be said to be very classic.
The history teacher said this: The Eighth Route Army's advance into the enemy's rear to open up anti-Japanese base areas actually had only three goals. The first was to send a small force deep into the enemy's rear and persevere, which is called a firm foothold; the second was to find the local people who were most indignant. Landlords, rich people, or Taoist organizations with many evil deeds can use them as examples to win the support of the people. This is called opening up the situation. The third step is to establish local governments and achieve effective governance. This is called development and growth.
Don't underestimate these three axes. The Communist Party relied on these three axes to establish hundreds of anti-Japanese base areas, large and small, in eight years. The total population under its rule exceeded 100 million. Based on this, it The Eighth Route Army, New Fourth Army, regular army and militia were formed, with a total strength of more than two million people!
It was also a guerrilla war behind enemy lines. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek sent more than one million regular troops to the enemy's rear. But in the end, he was not able to create a decent anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines. None of the millions of regular troops could stand. In the end, basically All became the imperial association army of Wang Puppet Government.
Therefore, you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but you are afraid of comparing goods.
Just in terms of the war of resistance behind enemy lines, the Communist Party can throw off the Kuomintang's eight avenues. If you don't accept it, you really can't do it.
As soon as he heard Wang Husheng's words, Xu Rui knew that the organization required their Dameishan Independent Brigade to open up a situation in Meizhen as soon as possible, but this was also reasonable. Since their Independent Brigade had established a firm foothold, then Next, naturally, we should find a way to open up the situation.
And if you want to open up a situation in Meizhen, now is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.
Because of the Huang family and the Huidaomen's brutal conquests and perverse actions, the people of Meizhen are extremely resentful. In the words of Boss Liu, they are already on the verge of violence. At this time, if the Dameishan Independent Brigade can capture Meizhen and advocate for the people, It is easy to gain the support of ordinary people.
With the support of the people, things will be much easier to handle later on.
"That's fine!" Xu Rui said at the moment, "Our independent brigade has been training hard for three months recently, and it's time to test the training results. We just happened to test the sword with the Huang family and the Huidaomen organization in Meizhen!"
Speaking of which, Xu Rui actually did not plan to attack Meizhen so early. Meizhen is like a piece of meat on the side of his mouth. He can eat it whenever he wants. There is no rush. Xu Rui originally planned to wait for this piece of meat to gain weight. I will eat it later, but since the organization has made the request now, there is nothing much to talk about, fight! (To be continued.)