Sitting on their knees across a small low table, Yukikuin Taro and Yukikuin Jiro raised their glasses and drank a cup of sake at the same time, sighed at the same time with some emotion, and each picked up a stack of report papers placed beside them.

Shaking the half-inch-thick report in his hand towards Yukikuin Taro, Yukikuin Jiro whispered: "Brother, this time the battle plan of expelling the villagers of China and implementing centralized residence still failed to achieve the intended combat purpose!" ”

"That's true! The original purpose of the operation was to completely eliminate those anti-Japanese armed forces, and at the same time, to punish those who sympathized with and supported the anti-Japanese armed forces! But...... Even in the midst of the constant raids and the burning of houses, farm tools and food, some anti-Japanese fighters helped the villagers to rebuild their houses and even helped them complete the spring ploughing work. In the territory of Gongnan Prefecture, anti-Japanese fighters who had disappeared for a time reappeared and attacked several poorly defended strongholds in succession. From this point of view...... Jiro, I'm afraid that the implementation of the public security war plan in the future will encounter great resistance! ”

"But all this cannot be known to those bureaucrats in Baoding, otherwise, the bureaucrats who were already skeptical of the public security war plan will make a big fuss about it! Even Your Excellency Okamura may not be able to withstand the accusations of those bureaucrats? ”

"So when you report after the war, you should know what to say, right?"

"I really had no choice but to do this........ Brother, do you have to return to the Gongnan County station immediately? Although we are stationed in close proximity, the chances of the brothers to meet each other are very rare! Even if you stay in Qingle County for a day, okay? ”

"Although I really want to do this, the situation in Gongnan County is not optimistic. If you can't lead the reinforcements sent from Baoding as soon as possible and return to the Gongnan County garrison, I'm afraid it will lead to an already somewhat empty defense, overwhelmed! Once the anti-Japanese militants seized such an opportunity to counterattack, the Baoding side ......."

"Speaking of Baoding, those reinforcements from Baoding don't seem to be willing to be stationed outside Baoding?"

"Not only in Qingle and Gongnan counties, but in the entire northern part of China, anti-Japanese armed forces are almost everywhere! Even in large cities like Baoding, there are often traces of anti-Japanese militant activities. If there are not enough garrisons to maintain law and order, I'm afraid there will be a big mess! In contrast, it is definitely much safer to be stationed in Baoding, and the conditions are also better! Not to mention...... The battle ahead also requires a large number of troops! In the long-term battle with the imperial army, the regular army of China also gradually learned some methods of warfare. Although it was still so vulnerable before the thunderous offensive of the imperial army, it was ...... Fighting isn't as easy as it used to be! ”

"If this is the case, the center of gravity of the troops stationed will definitely be tilted towards the front front. I am afraid that the public security war plan formulated by Your Excellency Okamura will encounter a lot of resistance in the deployment of troops and materials? ”

"Those bureaucrats in Baoding don't care about this! In just a few months after the battle of Hejia Daji, the number of imperial soldiers lost by the garrison of Gongnan County had reached three-tenths. However, none of the reports requesting additional troops were granted! ”

"The situation in Qingle County is also very bad! Those anti-Japanese militants planted a large number of mines in various villages and went to carry out the tasks of the Imperial Army soldiers, so the number of battle losses reached almost one-fifth of the total number of garrisons in Qingle County, and there were also a large number of wounded soldiers! The report requesting the dispatch of engineers from Baoding has also been delayed in receiving a reply......"

"In such a difficult environment, I am afraid it will not be easy to complete the security war plan formulated by Your Excellency Okamura! Jiro, after the battle of the He family, all the remaining anti-Japanese militants retreated into the mountains and forests in Qingle County. It was only a few days later that the remaining anti-Japanese militants launched an attack on the Imperial soldiers who had returned to Baoding. With such a strong will to fight, he does not care about the losses he has to bear...... Jiro, such an opponent, I'm afraid it's really not easy to deal with, you must cheer up and deal with it carefully! ”

"That's true! The resurgence of the anti-Japanese armed forces in Gongnan County may not be inseparable from these guys who fled into the mountains and forests! Brother, please be careful! ”

"Jiro is the same......"

Almost at the same time as the two brothers Xueyin Taro and Xue Yin Jiro were sitting opposite each other for a drink, in the house in the tea bowl village, Mo Tianliu and Yang Chao also sat at both ends of the table, one of them grabbed a piece of coarse grain and dry food in his hand and chewed on white water, while stretching out his fingers to draw on a map, talking a few words from time to time, and then Yang Chao sketched on the map with a pencil.

Holding a large pot of hot chicken soup, Sha Bangqu didn't say hello to the two people in the house, and opened the hidden door with his body crossed. Before the person entered the house, the thunderous voice had already sounded: "Don't drink that white water!" Brother Tianliu, Instructor Yang, hurry up and drink some chicken soup! Scent! ”

Looking up at the large pot of chicken soup that Sha Bangqu was holding in his hand, Mo Tianliu and Yang Chao shouted at Sha Bangqu almost in unison: "Why do you have chicken soup sent here?" Send it to the wounded! ”

Gently resting the large pot of chicken soup on the table, Sha Bangqu pinched his hot fingers on his ears, and said to Mo Tianliu and Yang Chao in a loud voice: "Everyone has a share of this chicken soup!" The sick meal for the wounded had already been delivered, a large bowl of fine grain chicken soup noodles for one person, and an egg lying in each bowl! Everyone else drank it, and the two of you were the last to send the chicken soup. Lao Fei said, don't ask the wounded and the big guy to eat first, I'm afraid that neither of you will touch this chicken soup, but he really told him to be right! ”

Looking down at the big pot of chicken soup with yellow and clear oil flowers, Yang Chao couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "It's not a New Year, it's not a festival, and there are no big victories, why does Comrade Lao Fei open such a good meal?" Where did this chicken come from? ”

Pointing back to the outside of the house, Sha Bangqu replied, "The housekeeper of Old Lady Jiang's house sent it!" Ten chickens, 200 eggs, a lot of fine grains and a large jar of sesame oil! ”

His face changed slightly, and Yang Chao didn't care about touching the big pot of chicken soup, so he raised his legs and walked towards the door: "How can this be done?" It is not easy for the villagers to raise a few chickens at home, so they expect to have a few eggs in exchange for some salt, foreign fire or something. It's all given to us to eat, don't the villagers have to live harder? Lao Fei is also strange, how can a person who is so frugal on weekdays open his hands and feet this time and make ten chickens in one meal......"

Hehe chuckled, Sha Bangqu stretched out his arms and blocked Yang Chao's way: "The housekeeper said it a long time ago, this is the idea of Mrs. Jiang." Before entering the tea bowl village, the necks of the ten chickens were broken, so that we would not be able to eat them! Mrs. Jiang still has something to say—if the things sent tell us to send them back, then he won't give us any more things next to him......"

Opened his mouth wide in surprise, Yang Chao asked urgently: "This has already sent so many good things, what else does Old Lady Jiang want to send us?" ”

"Taigong said, there was a half-abandoned soil nitrate pit in the early years of the village, and these days the strong labor force in the village has been called out to clean it up, and a lot of soil nitrate can be produced every day. The willow branch charcoal has also been burned, and there can be a small two thousand catties, and when I make up more, I will always send it to us, so that we can make gunpowder! ”

His eyes lit up, and Mo Tianliu, who was standing at the table, suddenly smiled: "This is really a pillow when I am sleepy!" Instructor, we've recently built so much gunpowder to make mines, and we're lacking this soil nitrate and willow branch carbon! It's good now, we really don't have to worry about it! ”

Hehe smiled, and Sha Bangqu's face also looked overjoyed: "Not only did Dawu Village send things, but Qingyan Village also came, and they sent us more than 500 stone mine shells!" I've taken a closer look, and in the end it's an ancestral stonemason's craft, and the mine shell is exactly the same as the shell of an iron mine, with small squares the size of dried tofu carved on the outside! ”

Reaching out and grabbing the pencil that Yang Chao had placed on the table, Mo Tian left a circle next to a village on the map: "If there are five hundred mines, the gap in Shuiyang Village will be blocked!" The devils who came out of Qingle County, no matter which village they wanted to go to to on a blind date, no matter whether they took the big road or the small road, they couldn't avoid the minefields we scattered throughout Qingle County! ”

Looking back at the dense villages marked with pencils on the map, Yang Chao couldn't help but have a smile on his face: "With the support of the people, no matter what we do, it will be twice the result with half the effort!" It's only been a few months since the battle of the He family, and our team has begun to slowly recover. Relying on the help of the villagers and the collective efforts of the big guys, the scope of the devil's activities is also being compressed by us little by little! In time, we will be able to move from a steady defense to a big assault! ”

Rubbing his slap very excitedly, Sha Bangqu subconsciously looked at the two re-forged and sharpened knives resting by the door: "Are you going out to fight devils?" What a good thing! Since I rebuilt these two big guillotines, they haven't really opened yet! It's just that...... Tianliu, Instructor Yang, we still have a little less hard fire in our hands? If you can think of something hard to do...... Then let's fight devils, but it's even more energetic! ”

Nodding slightly, Yang Chao reached out and scooped a bowl of fragrant chicken soup and handed it to Mo Tianliu: "This is indeed a problem!" The Ordnance Department of the Southern Hebei Military Sub-district is already working at full speed to produce weapons and ammunition these days, but first, there is a shortage of raw materials, and secondly, it is difficult to make new breakthroughs in technology...... For a while, I'm afraid we'll have to figure it out on our own......"

After taking a big sip of chicken soup, Mo Tianliu sucked his hot lips and shouted at Yang Chao indistinctly: "Lack of materials? What's missing? ”

"First of all, steel! Even if we don't make guns, but just make some weapons like broadswords and spears, it will take a lot of steel......"

"Lack of steel? How can we be without steel? Not to mention the places next to it, just in our Qingle County, isn't it full of steel? ”

"Steel? Where is it? How did I not know? The comrades of the enemy's engineering department have not been reconnoitred, where can there be a large amount of steel? ”

"On the little devil's railway, isn't that a lot of steel? Just do it, take people to the devil's railway at this time, and wait for it to get dark, dismantle the rails on the devil's railway, and leave! First, it can make our ordnance department have rice to cook, and second, it can also cut off the path of the devil to transport troops and food, which is a great thing to kill two birds with one stone! Instructor Yang, why don't you do this job....... Are you coming? ”

After thinking for a while, Yang Chao nodded heavily: "This method is indeed good!" Okay, I'll gather the team, send out scouts immediately, and the team will move as soon as it gets dark! ”

"Don't worry about this moment - let's have a bowl of chicken soup!"

Seeing Yang Chao stride out of the door after drinking a bowl of chicken soup in two sips, Mo Tianliu gently put down the soup bowl in his hand, and squeezed his eyes towards Sha Bangqu, who was standing at the table: "Bang mallet, quietly greet a few people for me, be bold and skilled, and follow me to Qingle County tomorrow!" ”

His eyes widened in surprise, and Sha Bang responded in a sullen voice: "Go to Qingle County tomorrow?" What are you going to do? ”

"Didn't you say that we lacked the Hard Fire Family? Tomorrow, let's go to Qingle County and look for devils! ”

"That'...... Do you want to talk to Instructor Yang? ”

"Didn't you see that Instructor Yang was busy moving the devil's railroad tracks? It's not a difficult job, so you don't have to tell him anything! Maybe when we return to Chawanzhai with the machine gun, he hasn't returned from Commander Li yet! That's all, hurry up and prepare! ”