Back to Longgou, the battle is over.
The Japanese engineers reinforced the armored carriage very strongly. Regardless of the roof, bottom or sides, it is impossible to pose a real threat with the light weapons and equipment of the Dameishan Independent Brigade. However, such an armored carriage also has a fatal weakness, and that is Unable to defend against approaching attacks from the roof.
After killing the last two armored carriages, the Flying Monkey and the Decepticon quickly approached the armored carriage in the middle along the train tracks. This time, there were no extra chili grenades, but with the help of Armed with cluster grenades, the two men still caused heavy casualties to the Japanese in the armored carriage.
However, the ghosts in this armored carriage were much more tenacious because they had not been attacked by chili powder. After being bombarded by cluster grenades, a dozen ghosts who were lucky enough to survive immediately opened the door and jumped out of the car. He tried to resist, but was quickly shot dead by Zhuan Shanbao and Xiao Taohong who arrived.
Xu Rui used sign language again and ordered the team members to work in pairs and inspect the train carriages separately.
Xu Rui himself boarded the locomotive, but the driver in charge of driving was a Chinese. When he saw Xu Rui walking up with a rifle in his hand with a murderous look on his face, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, spare your life, Lord, spare your life, little one." I only work for the imperial army to beg for food, uh, no, I work for the Japanese. I really don’t mean to be a traitor."
Xu Rui naturally couldn't argue with such a person, so he got out of the car after a few words of admonishment.
At this time, a dense glow of torches appeared under the night sky in the distance. Xu Rui knew that this must be Wang Husheng coming with a team of civilians from the base area.
About fifteen minutes later, Wang Husheng was the first to arrive.
"Huhu, I'm exhausted." Wang Husheng held his hands on his knees and panted violently for a few times, then straightened up again and said to Xu Rui, "Old Xu, I brought the civilian husband here for you."
Xu Rui looked at the endless line of torches under the night sky and asked, "How many people are here."
"Hehe, it's not that much." Wang Husheng said with a proud smile, "Only more than 50,000 people."
Xu Rui patted Wang Husheng hard on the shoulder. This guy is really capable. It only took three or five days for the Dameishan Anti-Japanese Democratic Government to be established. If it were an ordinary person, he would be able to straighten out all kinds of relationships. But this guy was stunned to mobilize more than 50,000 civilians. What kind of organizational ability is this
Xu Rui said sincerely: "Old Wang, I never obey others in war, but I obey you in terms of organizational ability!"
Being praised like this by Xu Rui, Wang Husheng felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and said, "Actually, this is not all my fault. You promised to give me some money. This is also a very important reason. And I also promised to the folks." If you take the IOU issued by our democratic government and go to our government-run grain store to buy grain, you can get a 20% discount."
Wang Husheng's words hit the point, and this was the main reason.
Because the Dameishan base area is currently experiencing a period of drought. Although the villagers have reduced rents and interest rates, and have redeemed the land that was deeded by the squire and landlord, their families still do not have overnight food, so they all want to take advantage of this opportunity. Earn a small amount of money, and then go to the grain store to buy grain with the IOU issued by the democratic government.
Otherwise, Wang Husheng was extremely capable and would not have been able to mobilize a civilian team of over 50,000 people in such a short period of time. Do you really think that he is a god descending to earth? Of course, Wang Husheng's organizational skills are still worthy of recognition. With only a dozen cadres from the democratic government and more than 20 cadets, he can maintain order with more than 50,000 people. This is his ability.
"Okay, let's stop chatting and move the supplies quickly!" Xu Rui said nothing more, stepped forward and opened a train door, only to see stacks of wooden crates stacked inside.
Wang Husheng immediately turned around and greeted loudly: "Uncle Wang, you folks from Xiaowangzhuang are in charge of this carriage, and Uncle Cao, you folks in Caojia Village are in charge of that section. Aunt Zhang, you guys from Zhangjiazhuang are in charge of this section. Come over here." , and Brother Han and Lao Zhang, you take people to the front, the front... "
Wang Husheng quickly got into the mood and began to assign tasks.
Xu Rui discovered that there was a reason why Wang Husheng was able to maintain order in a team of more than 50,000 people with so few people.
Because Wang Husheng grasped the key point and identified more than 100 highly respected elders among the more than 50,000 people. These more than 100 elders are the core of each village. As long as they do not cause chaos, The small group of more than 100 people with them as the core will not be in chaos, and the entire large army of more than 50,000 people will not be in chaos.
However, no matter how good the order is, with more than 50,000 people gathered on both sides of the military column, it is still inevitable to be crowded.
However, it takes more time to unload the military supplies loaded with military trains, load them onto thousands of flatbed trucks, and then haul them away. Soon, Huilonggou became a huge and busy loading and unloading dock. Teams of civilian workers unloaded wooden crates from the train one by one, loaded them onto flatbed trucks one by one, and then set out on the journey again.
Leng Tiefeng walked behind Xu Rui and asked in a low voice: "Old Xu, how long will it take to move?"
Xu Rui said: "More than 500 stevedores worked at Pukou Terminal for three days to finish loading. There are more than 50,000 people here. You can do the math for yourself. How long will it take to move?"
Leng Tiefeng quickly calculated the result and said, "Forty minutes? Impossible."
"Of course it's impossible. What you calculated is only the most ideal result." Xu Rui said, "In fact, the stevedores on the dock are all professional stevedores, but these civilian laborers are recruited temporarily, and there are also some civilian laborers among them. There are many elderly men, women, and even children aged twelve or thirteen, haha."
Leng Tiefeng frowned and said, "Then how long will it take to complete the move?"
Xu Rui said cheerfully: "It would be good if we can evacuate them all before midnight."
"Before midnight?" Leng Tiefeng looked at his pocket watch and said in a deep voice, "It's only seven o'clock now, and there are still five hours until midnight. In other words, the First Squadron and the Second Squadron must hold back at least five reinforcements from Pukou and Fengyang directions. How many hours? This task is not easy, can Lao Wan and Xiao Hei do it?"
Xu Rui said happily: "They can do it."
Leng Tiefeng was silent, you are really confident.
"You don't believe it?" Xu Rui said with an evil smile again, "How about we make another bet. If you lose, tell me the secret you wanted to say but didn't tell me last time."
"Last time? Which time?" Leng Tiefeng pretended to be stupid, "I don't have any secrets."
"Pretending to be confused because you understand?" Xu Rui said with a smile, "The last time I was in Pucheng, I said that in order to cope with the future Japanese blockade, I had to find a way to collect some gold. At that time, you seemed to have something to say to me, but in the end You didn't say it, so you don't have to rush to deny it. I definitely didn't mean to force you to say it. Whether you say it or not is entirely up to you."
"What am I denying? I really don't have any secrets." Leng Tiefeng shook his head.
"Okay, since you don't want to say it, I won't force you." Xu Rui chuckled and said, "There are two bridges on Lao Wan's side that can be used as barriers to hold back the five Japanese reinforcements from the Fengyang direction. It should be no problem for an hour, but Xiaohei’s side is completely undefendable. It will be very difficult to hold off the Japanese reinforcements from Pukou for five hours, so we have to go over and help.”
Leng Tiefeng nodded and said, "I'll gather the team members right away."
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Pukou Military Police Headquarters.
Akira Muto's face was full of anxiety and he was pacing back and forth in the war room.
However, Okahara Junsi still maintains his previous calmness. At least from his face, you can't see any change at all, as if Mount Fuji collapses in front of him, he will never change his expression.
Finally, Muto Akira couldn't hold back and walked up to Xiaoluyuan and asked: "Oluyuan-san, how long do you estimate it will take Xu Rui to transport three thousand tons of military supplies from Huilonggou?"
"Muto-san, don't worry, Xu Rui won't be able to transport the supplies." Oluhara Junsi said calmly, "Because before they transport the supplies, reinforcements from Fengyang and Pukou will arrive in advance."
"Arrived early?" Muto Akira did not have the confidence of Ogahara Junsi, and said gloomily, "Ogahara-san, don't forget the information provided by the Aviation Corps before. A team of ten thousand people, if I guess correctly, these should be the civilian men summoned by Xu Rui to carry supplies!"
Xiao Luyuan said: "There is nothing to worry about. I have calculated the time repeatedly. Even if Xu Rui mobilized a team of more than 50,000 civilians, he would not be able to transport all the supplies before midnight. Pukou, Fengyang's reinforcements can arrive at Huilonggou in two hours at most."
Next to him, Tamanosuke Ito also said, "Yes, that's a quick reaction force."
But Zhang Muto was still a little worried: "But what if Xu Rui sends troops to stop the attack?"
"I'm not afraid of that." Xiao Luyuan said calmly, "In case, I'm just saying in case, in case the reinforcements in the direction of Pukou and Fengyang are blocked by the enemy and cannot reach Huilonggou before midnight, let Xu Rui has emptied out the supplies, but that doesn’t matter, because Pucheng’s gendarmerie will cut off their passage back to Meizhen first.”
Ito Tamanosuke continued: "When the time comes, the Pucheng Gendarmerie will block the attack from the front, and the reinforcements coming from Fengyang Town and Pukou will just outflank the Dameishan Independent Brigade from behind, completing the encirclement of the Dameishan Independent Brigade. It won’t be lost, and you can also deal with the Dameishan Independent Brigade, isn’t it just right?”
However, Oluhara Junsi waved his hand and said: "I'm afraid it's not realistic to solve the Dameishan Independent Brigade, but there should be no problem in regaining the military supplies."
Having made previous mistakes, Oluhara Junsi was no longer confident in the plan he had drawn up.
Looking back now, Oluhara Junsi is still upset. How could he have made such a low-level mistake and left such a fatal loophole? If he had been more careful at that time, he could have replaced the sentry posts at the front and rear with double posts, or installed a rotating turret on the top of the armored carriage, and there would have been no fatal flaw.
But what can be done? The fixed mindset is sometimes so frustrating. (To be continued.)