Chapter 156: A Brief Calm (Part II)
This time, Huang Lin suffered a dumb loss in Fangtong Town, Huang An didn't expect that Sheng Jiu was so powerful, and there were inoue durian farmers behind him to support him, no wonder Huang Sen wanted to incorporate Fangtong Town's Imperial Association Army several times, but he didn't succeed, it seems that he can only cooperate rather than absorb in the future!
Back on the mountain, as Sheng Jiu said, Xinghua did not react at all to the fact that Zhuang Quan and others went to Qi Xiangyuan, it seemed to be a very common thing, and she was more active and cooperative in bed at night, and Zhuang Quan only figured out afterwards that she was afraid that she would be left out if she didn't perform well, what if Zhuang Quan bought a few maids back? Even Zhao Hongmei was very vaguely praising Zhuang Quan for becoming a real man this time!
In a blink of an eye, there was nothing to do for a month, this month, Zhuang Quan was able to adapt to the life of a maid, but it is true that this kind of master-servant relationship promotes men's selfishness and greed and shamelessness! Everything seems to have become a matter of course! But there is also a positive side, that is, as a man, you have to become stronger, in order to control everything, otherwise you can't even afford a wife! In fact, this is somewhat similar to the situation in this world, but in reality, it has become a junior and a second wife! Of course, those juniors and second wives are much more arrogant than maids like Xinghua! Zhuang Quan can understand Sheng Jiu's way of thinking a little!
This month, Shan Erhu can be said to have lived a good life, riding horses and guns, running to the town when he has time, and he has become a frequent visitor to Qi Xiangyuan, Wei Baobao is now a part-time turtle slave has exceeded the professional, and many guests are familiar with him, because Wei Baobao is still peddling Qiankun Strength Pills in private, in fact, it is his "boar music" The reduced version, actually five oceans and one pill, every time I go to Qi Xiangyuan, this little fat man can bring back a pocket of oceans, among all people, the only one who can be self-reliant and self-reliant is our Wei Baobao classmates!
Yan Xiaofu has nothing to do to collect those valuable antiques in the town, anyway, anything here is worth a lot of money when it comes to the next generation, even if it is a smoking gun, it can buy a lot of money. Yan Xiaofu's purpose is to buy what is cheap and steal what is not cheap, and now he is stealing unscrupulously, and he still has the pistol team's ID in his pocket! Even if he is caught, there is no way for people to take him!
Shan Erhu is more direct, he still likes to stay in the mountains to play guns and ride horses, there is a little need to go to Qi Xiangyuan for a trip, when a single uncle!
Zhuang Quan can't manage it too tightly, he has apricot blossoms, he can't help but let them solve his needs! So Zhuang Quan doesn't look at the more than 300 people under his command, but these guys can't control it, fortunately, Fangtong Town is now the world of Sheng Jiu, and there is no need to worry about safety for the time being!
But now Zhuang Quan's hands have reached more than three hundred, this expense is also a problem, now there is basically no gain from going down the mountain to rob, but the expenses of hundreds of people on the mountain are necessary every day, which makes Mu Qing a little anxious, although two shops have been opened in Fangtong Town this month, but the profit is also limited, it is impossible to rely on these two shops to feed so many people on the mountain!
"Don't worry! Now if you want to make a big deal, you have to rob the Japanese, you still have to store more grain, and I will find a way to deal with the money!" Zhuang Quan comforted Mu Qing and said, he was not in a hurry, anyway, if you grab the goods of the Japanese once, you can eat for several months, so how to rob it? This has to be discussed with Sheng Jiu!
Taking advantage of the absence of the plainclothes team, Fangtong Town is now the world of Sheng Jiu, so Chu Ying also seized the opportunity to establish two contact points in Fangtong Town, mainly to purchase medicinal materials and medical supplies urgently needed by the troops, supplemented by inquiring about news, and also purchased some food when there was money, but the Eighth Route Army's funds were limited, and the food purchased was not much, and it was not the main purpose. However, the price of food is rising day by day, because the most direct response to the war is the shortage of food. There is also the increase in refugees, and now there are a lot of refugees in Fangtong Town, and there are wars everywhere, so where it is a little more peaceful, the fleeing people will flock to it!
Nowadays, the price of part-time work in the town and the countryside is unimaginable, and some people only need to take care of the food. Even Sheng Jiu's Qi Xiangyuan is a lot of new women, all of whom came voluntarily, and at this time, you will understand the true meaning of laughing at poverty and not laughing at prostitutes. Of course, with the increase in the number of people, the security here is also a bit chaotic, begging along the streets, robbing and stealing has also begun to increase, Sheng Jiu has to strengthen patrols and punishments. At the same time, the number of people willing to become bandits has increased......
What seems to be a calm situation is actually breeding a bigger storm!
The most disturbing thing is that both the county town and the town of Huangqi have increased their troops, and Kato now has not only two integrated brigades, but also an artillery battalion and a new batch of mountain artillery and mortars. It's not that his Pingdu county town is important, but that the railway freight yard behind him is becoming more and more important now, and a lot of military supplies are concentrated here or sent from here, and the number of patrol armored vehicles has also increased on the railway line.
Ono Shoji's troops have also been replenished, not only have the original wounded soldiers returned, but also increased his brigade to full strength, in addition, Kato also sent a lot of mortars and mountain artillery, of course, Ono's cavalry battalion is completely gone!
In contrast, Inoue did not get much reinforcement here, only added a squad and twelve Czech-style light machine guns, because Kato believed that Inoue Durian's Fang Tong Town was within a safe range, unlike Huangqi Town, which directly faced the Eighth Route Army. Besides, Li Dashan, the bandit leader of Fang Tong Town, has been ambushed, and the safety of Fang Tong Town can be assured! Inoue Durian did not pay much attention to it, he knew that the more weapons and ammunition were replenished, the more peaceful it was, and it was good to be like this now, and Inoue Durian also distributed four Czech light machine guns to Sheng Jiu's Imperial Army, and there were also many eliminated grenadiers.
Judging from the actual combat results, the Czech light machine gun is much stronger than the Japanese-made crooked handle, and the average failure rate of the crooked handle is almost 200 rounds, while the Czech light machine gun is very durable, and if the barrel is changed faster, it can almost be used as a heavy machine gun! Sheng Jiu is trying to figure out how to get these good things to the mountains!
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The Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army has now grown to 1,000 people, and Xiao Zhenbei and Zhang Guangzu are not particularly happy at this time, because the current form of the anti-Japanese war in the whole country is very unfavorable, and although they have experienced a short period of calm here, the strength of the devils in the county town and Huangqi Town has now been greatly strengthened! Now Xiao Zhenbei is facing a shortage of weapons, and he was originally rich in guns, but in the past month, the number of men and horses has expanded too fast, and all the weapons in stock have been distributed, and there are nearly 100 new soldiers who do not have guns! At the same time, the higher-level command behind him also retreated another twenty miles to the mountains, because if they fight with the devils now, there will be no troops from the main force to support them, so once the war starts, Xiao Zhenbei and their regiment will completely rely on themselves and the surrounding guerrillas and the enemy!
"Old Xiao! I feel that the enemy is about to make a move, and now that Ono Shoji is completely relieved, he will not be so willing to be calm, he suffered a big loss last time, and he will never give up!" Zhang Guangzu said with a solemn expression.
"Yes, I feel it too! But we are not giving it for nothing now! If you want to go into the mountains and sweep up, you have to put some blood in my place first!" Although Xiao Zhenbei also attaches great importance to it, he wants to fight with the devil even more, and his integrated independent regiment has not really fought a big battle!
"Just a small no, we are not afraid, we are afraid that Kato from the county town will come out with him, it will be difficult to deal with!" Zhang Guangzu said with some worry.
"Why don't you go to the county seat and give him a few shots?"
"No, now Kato's hands have increased a lot of people, and besides, this strategy won't work the second time!"
"Is there any news from Zhuang Quan and Sheng Jiu recently?"
"No, Fang Tong Town is very calm, the good news is that the two contact points established by Comrade Chu Ying in Fang Tong Town are now operating normally, and Comrade Chu Ying's work ability is still very strong!"
"Yes, but the strength of the martial arts team on that side is still weaker, and the consciousness of the common people on that side is not as high as here! I have to go over while it's okay lately!" Xiao Zhenbei thought for a while and said.
"What for?"
"Let's see if we can borrow some guns!"
"Looking for Zhuang Quan?"
"Yes!"
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"Who's thinking about me again?" Zhuang Quan said very unhappily.
"Hehe, your little maid didn't serve you well!" Du Mengyun couldn't help laughing, she was very familiar with Zhuang Quan now.
Zhuang Quan spent more time chatting with Du Mengyun, of course, Zhuang Quan wanted to know more about some of the habits and rules of this era, Du Mengyun liked the things that Zhuang Quan said were very advanced, such as computers, televisions, mobile phones, which were almost unimaginable to her, and she became more and more curious about the origin of Zhuang Quan and others, like some of Wei Baobao's views, which seemed a little unacceptable to her, a person who had studied abroad!
"Don't keep talking about apricot blossoms, isn't it just a little girl!" Zhuang Quan is also very adaptable now.
"Yo! I look like a rich man now!How about it, how are you going to take a few aunts?" Du Mengyun couldn't help but hum.
"Six! Get together with the eldest wife and just make up seven fairies!" Zhuang Quan also said with a cheeky old face.
"Hehe! donate another county magistrate?" Du Mengyun chuckled.
"No, just raise it in the mountains, how about it? Do you want to apply for Mrs. Aunt?" Zhuang Quan couldn't help but look at Du Mengyun's chest again.
"you! not interested...... Hey, what are you looking at blindly?" Du Mengyun exclaimed angrily.
"Looks like you've grown up a lot, huh?"
"Go back and find your apricot blossoms to see enough!"
"It doesn't seem to have your big ......"
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