The situation is indeed becoming more and more cruel, and after the Japanese army swept away, the anti-Japanese base areas in the Jizhong Plain became a guerrilla zone for a long time.

By the end of June, the headquarters of the North China Public Security Movement was established in Beiping, and a permanent branch was established in Haigu to elect and suppress the Communist Party.

In early July, the first meeting of the so-called Committee for the Promotion of the New National Movement decided to set up a youth league and a scout to build anti-communist consciousness among young people and children and to comprehensively implement anti-communist policies.

A few days later, the puppet Central Political Committee decided to establish youth leagues and scout organizations in general, and primary and secondary schools in Haigu were generally established.

In order to cope with this policy of the Japanese army, the Eight Prefectural Committees of the Central Hebei District of the Communist Party of China decided to set up a peripheral organization of the Party directly under the leadership of the Ba Prefectural Committee: the Haigu Youth Anti-Japanese Salvation Association, in a private middle school in Haigu.

After the establishment of the Youth Rescue Association, in the primary and secondary schools in Haigu, it propagated the party's anti-Japanese policy, alerted the ordinary people, and exposed the conspiracy of the Japanese army.

In August, Japan's Haigu Army secret service issued an order to ration grain, cooking oil, coal, and other daily necessities in the occupied areas of North China.

At this time, Lu Chengzhou had not received instructions from the Urban Engineering Department of the Jinchaji Central Branch for a long time.

And one day at the end of August, he finally received an order from his superiors.

However, there are only eight words on it: "long-term ambush, independent combat".

Although the superior didn't say it, the meaning revealed in the intelligence was that the superior might not contact him for a long time in the future.

Beginning on 8 September, in order to further consolidate the security area, the Japanese army decided to launch the fifth campaign to strengthen law and order in two months.

Propaganda of the Great East Asian Holy War, anti-communism and suppression of the Communist Party, the implementation of the citizen ration system.

In order to solve the problem of food shortage, heterozygous flour was used instead of rice and flour, and the people's food was plundered for military use.

The most ridiculous thing is that Wen Peishi of the Municipal Public Office, in order to curry favor with the Japanese army, held a half-month expansion of the recycling campaign week and raided the forced collection of waste products.

It can be seen from this that the materials of the Japanese army are so poor.

At the end of October, the Japanese invading army concentrated seven wings, four regiments of the puppet Manchurian army, and 19 regiments of the puppet security army, totaling 46,000 people, to sweep the anti-Japanese base areas in eastern Hebei.

Dig blockade ditches, build bunkers, implement the "three lights" policy, and create a "no man's land".

Most of the deadly eastern Hebei basic area was divided and encroached, and the people's soldiers were forced to fight on the outside line, and even the Baodi County area was reduced to an enemy-occupied area.

After Lu Chengzhou returned home in the evening, Ma Yuzhen handed him two leaflets, one was "A Letter to the Compatriots of the Puppet Army Organization" and "Victory is in Sight, Compatriots Unite and Move Forward"

Lu Chengzhou looked at it carefully, although the text on it was a little radical, but it made people's blood boil.

Ma Yuzhen hadn't seen Lu Chengzhou show such a look for a long time, since the Japanese army began to sweep, the underground party in Haigu has followed the organization's instructions, hidden and waiting, ambushing for a long time, waiting for the opportunity.

Ma Yuzhen poured a cup of tea for Lu Chengzhou, and after delivering it to him, she smiled and said, "How far do you think we are from victory?" ”

Lu Chengzhou put down the leaflet, picked up the match on the table, burned the leaflet, and then said slowly: "No matter when, we must strengthen our confidence in victory." ”

Ma Yuzhen nodded and said in a deep voice: "I believe that the final victory must belong to us." ”

Lu Chengzhou said softly: "Every small victory we have will eventually converge into a big victory, and eventually become one of the forces that crushed the Japanese invaders." ”

Ma Yuzhen was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "Erbushan sent a telegram that the food is urgent, and they want to go into the city to buy some food. ”

Since the Japanese began to dig blockade ditches and build bunkers, Erbu Mountain has once again fallen into trouble.

It turned out that the blockade ditch under the Erbu Mountain was dug through again, and the captured pillbox was once again stationed with the Japanese army.

If the Haigu anti-Japanese brigade wanted to enter the city, it had to bypass the pillboxes in front of it and walk at least fifty miles more.

It is tiring to walk 50 miles alone, and if you carry food, it will not only be more difficult, but also dangerous.

Since June, Haigu has also been extremely short of food, and the hybrid noodles eaten by ordinary people are not only mixed with a lot of leaves, but also a lot of sediment.

As for the limited amount of grain, it is also moldy and spoiled.

But even then, heterozygous surfaces are not available in sufficient quantities.

Of course, Haigu is not without food, as long as you have money, you can still buy it.

Therefore, it is the common people at the bottom who really suffer.

Lu Chengzhou groaned and said, "You have to have money to buy grain, right?" Although Fu Qi still hoarded some food, if it was provided to the Haigu Anti-Japanese Brigade, what would he do with his business? You will send a telegram to Chongqing tonight, asking them to provide more funds. ”

Since the beginning of this year, Lu Chengzhou has clearly felt that the value of the Union Bank has been depreciating.

What you could buy for 100 yuan last year may cost 200 or even 300 yuan this year.

As for grain, it has risen even more, and if you hoarded 10,000 yuan of grain last year, you can sell it for at least 50,000 yuan this year.

Fu Qi used all the funds to stock up on food, which was really a good investment.

Ma Yuzhen immediately said: "Yes, it's just Chongqing's money, I'm afraid it won't arrive for a while." ”

Lu Chengzhou waved his hand and said, "It's okay if you don't get it for the time being, we can wait." Of course, if the brothers on the mountain affected the war of resistance because they couldn't eat enough, then they can't blame me. ”

Ma Yuzhen bowed slightly, she is now very supportive of Lu Chengzhou reaching out to Chongqing to ask for money.

When I didn't know Lu Chengzhou's identity, I always thought that Lu Chengzhou was insatiable.

Now she knows that everything Lu Chengzhou did was to raise funds for the organization.

The more funds are declared to Chongqing, the greater the benefits for the party organization.

Ma Yuzhen said again: "There is another thing, Xi Jianzhong proposed that the brothers of the Haigu Anti-Japanese Brigade are high-spirited and want to go down the mountain to carry out activities. ”

Lu Chengzhou said: "Brother on the mountain, of course it is a good thing to have such an idea. It just so happened that the Japanese also knew that the brothers of the military commander were still there. ”

Since mid-May, when he participated in the sweep in Jizhong, Lu Chengzhou has been thinking about how to use his strength to deal a resolute blow to the Japanese.

However, after returning to Haigu, the Japanese army took a series of actions, coupled with the instructions of the party organization, which made Lu Chengzhou feel that acting at this time would only cause huge losses to the organization.

Ma Yuzhen saw the confidence on Lu Chengzhou's face and knew that he might have a plan.

What Ma Yuzhen hopes to see most is also Lu Chengzhou's self-confidence.

Since getting married, she has found that what attracts Lu Chengzhou the most is when she shows this kind of confidence.

Ma Yuzhen even felt that Lu Chengzhou already had a plan, and she asked in particular: "Do you have a new plan?" ”