Chapter Forty-Seven: A Hundred Difficulties

Sitting around a very shabby table, the chestnut group looked at the eating appearance of Ye Xizi gobbling up, reached out and grabbed the teapot and poured a bowl of hot water for Ye Xizi, and then pushed the tea bowl to Ye Xizi's hand: "Eat slowly, I'm full today!" The guy also stewed hare meat for you......"

swallowed a mouthful of hot white flour and hard buns, and then drank the hot water poured by the chestnuts, Ye Xizi breathed a long sigh of relief: "Can it be regarded as ...... It's a round belly! Tossing along the way, a few days ago when I found the Suiping County Martial Arts Team, I ate a meal of bud rice noodles at their place, and when it was full of wild fruits and yams, I didn't eat hot food at all, and I was about to eat me as a rabbit! ”

Looking up and down at Ye Xizi's rather embarrassed appearance, Mo Tianliu, who was crowded at the table, couldn't help but open his mouth and said to Ye Xizi: "Brother Xizi, you came from the Silk Tape of the Eighth Route Army in Suiping County, and they didn't bring you some dry food?" Just told you to go out so empty-handed? ”

Glancing at Mo Tianliu, who was full of curiosity, Ye Xizi didn't care about Mo Tianliu's other name for the martial arts team, but instead smiled and replied to Mo Tianliu: "This little comrade just joined our Qingle County martial arts team, right?" ”

Seeing Mo Tianliu nodding again and again, Ye Xizi then said: "As a correspondent, we are very particular when we go out to perform tasks, especially when we have to pay attention to some inconspicuous places." At present, there are so many devils and two devils on the ground in southern Hebei, if you really bump into a farmer who goes out to drive the mountains and collect medicine, and he still has hard noodles and dry food on his body, then he will not have to show the stuffing on the spot? ”

As soon as Ye Xizi's words came out, Mo Tianliu suddenly came back to his senses - most of the villagers who usually rush to the mountains and collect medicine on the ground in southern Hebei will not leave the village where they live too far, even if they want to go to a farther place to find some rare medicinal materials and wild things, they will carry a few old buds in the mountain basket on their backs at most to prepare for hunger, and only those who walk long distances will bring some hard noodles and dry food, in case they can still have a full meal when they are not in the village in front of them and cannot go to the store in the future, so that they can have the strength to continue to hurry.

At present, the devils and the second devils on the ground in southern Hebei are setting up checkpoints in various traffic arteries, and the inventory of the villagers near the checkpoint is not very strict, but the people who come from outside the road are extremely strict. If the wild drama really brings too much food on him, I'm afraid he won't be able to break through the level set by the devil and the second devil at all!

Looking at the suddenly realized look on Mo Tianliu's face, Ye Xizi laughed and grabbed another piece of white flour hard bun, and said to the group of chestnuts sitting beside him while eating: "This time, the orders passed down to several county martial arts teams on the ground in southern Hebei are almost the same. But I went down all the way and analyzed the situation from the military engineering teams everywhere...... I'm afraid that only you, the Qingle County Martial Arts Team, can easily complete the tasks assigned by Commander Li? ”

As soon as he heard Ye Xizi talk about the topic of the task, the chestnut group suddenly widened his eyes: "What task does it have to be done by the martial arts teams of several counties?" ”

After eating up another white-flour hard bun in three or two bites, Ye Xizi also straightened his face, and solemnly said to the chestnut group: "An old regiment unit who followed Commander Li has fought a few tough battles with devils these days. According to Commander Lee's algorithm...... We're at a loss......."

Staring at the wild drama in surprise, the chestnut group was very surprised and shouted in a calm voice: "Suffered a loss? The men and horses of the regiment that followed Commander Li were almost all veterans who had fought for several years, and the kung fu on the battlefield was not ambiguous! Just such a group of people pulled a horse and fought with the devil and suffered a loss? How many people are there in the devil? ”

Waving his hand towards the group of chestnuts, Ye Xizi sighed slightly: "The situation of our old army, old chestnuts, you don't know - lack of guns, ammunition, food, and medicine...... As long as we can think of something, the old army is lacking! Sometimes attacking a gun tower of the devils, as soon as the charge horn sounds, the machine guns of the devils also sound, and a large number of people fall on the spot! When they were forced to withdraw from the battle, the comrades who were dragged back and fell saw that most of them were not knocked down by bullets, but fainted from hunger! Nowadays, the comrades of the old army are carrying walnuts and a lump of grain, and they are so hungry that they dare not touch their eyes on weekdays, so they specially keep what they eat before the charge, which is called charge food......"

Sighing heavily, Ye Xizi turned his hand and took out a bamboo tail cigarette stick and a black, greasy cigarette pouch from his back waist, and slowly squinted his eyes and chattered while slowly filling the shallow smoke pot with poor smoke foam in the shallow smoke pot of the bamboo tail cigarette stick: "When the martial arts team was dispatched, in order to let the comrades of the martial arts team bring as many guns and ammunition as possible, many comrades in the old army took out the bullets they kept for life-saving purposes. When we fought the first battle with the devils, we saw the devils rushing up, and the comrades of our old army could only fight one platoon of guns and rush out to fight with the devils with bayonets! There are no bullets in the guns, no food in the stomach...... Sacrifice several comrades, sometimes you can't fight a devil......"

"There is no medicine for the injured comrades, and the herbs that the hygienists have found all over the mountains are just that, and they don't care at all! Even the salt water used to wash wounds ...... Even Commander Li hasn't seen salt flowers for half a month......"

His brows were twisted into a big pimple, and the chestnut group shouted in a deep voice: "Where is the big army right now?" ”

"It has been transferred to the territory of Gongnan Prefecture and temporarily stationed near Komatsuso in Gongnan Prefecture. There were too many wounded, and there were not a few grains left, so Commander Li ordered the military engineering teams of all counties to prepare as much as possible for the old troops and send them to the camp in Xiaosongzhuang as soon as possible! From the time I came out to today, the large army has been hiding next to Komatsuso for half a month. There are still seven days left to change places! Old chestnut, how much can you free up for the old troops here? ”

Just thinking silently for a moment, the chestnut group reached out and patted it lightly on the table: "Guns and ammunition, we still have some these days, pick up the ones and send a batch to the old army first!" We can buy some medicinal materials from the villagers in Tujia Village, and then discuss borrowing a little, and it can be used almost immediately! but grain and salt...... We tightened our belts, and we were always able to squeeze out some for the old troops! ”

After a little hesitation, Ye Xizi spoke again: "Old chestnut, don't blame me for not taking advantage of enoughβ€”can you get cotton and cloth?" Seeing that winter is about to begin, many comrades in the old army are still wearing single clothes. You can only get a quilt when you are on guard at night, and you can only drill a pile of wheat straw when you sleep......"

Looking down at the shabby jacket he was wearing, the chestnut group shook his head in embarrassment: "This is really a bit embarrassing...... The place where you can find cotton and cloth near Tieping Mountain is probably only Qingle County, and there are not many of them......

"If you can get it, try to get as much as you can, no matter how much you want, you can do it! Old chestnut, let's discuss it again, how can we send the things you got here to the old army? ”

After pouring some water into the tea bowl, the chestnut group reached out and dipped it in the water, hastily drew a topographic map of the left side of Tieping Mountain on the table, looked up and shouted to Mo Tianliu who was standing aside: "Tianliu, are you familiar with the path from us to Komatsu Village in Gongnan County?" ”

Pushing away Sha Bangcui who was standing beside him, Mo Tianliu looked like he was unyielding, stretched out his hand and dipped some water to scratch next to the topographic map of Tieping Mountain just drawn by the chestnut group: "Xiaosongzhuang is almost at the junction of Qingle and Gongnan counties, and there is twine and pine paint in that place, and I have been there a few times in the past......"

Three or two drew a map of the path from Tieping Mountain to Xiaosongzhuang, Mo Tianliu pointed to three zigzag traces and said: "There are three roads from Tieping Mountain to Xiaosongzhuang, one is from Tujia Village, pass through Hejia Daji into Gongnan County, and then you can get to Xiaosongzhuang." But in that battle a few days ago, we blew up a wooden bridge, and the He family raised a lot of gunmen in the courtyard to block the road, so it was not difficult for people to rush over, but it would be troublesome to bring so many belongings...... This road will definitely not be followed. ”

"The remaining two roads, one is the main road, there are five or six devils' turrets and checkpoints on the road, and those who pass the checkpoints empty-handed have to be searched, and with so many things, we will definitely not be able to pass. The other way...... The big boss, there is only one level of the devil on the other road, and if you are lucky, you can fool the past, but this road is very dangerous......"

Quite strangely glanced at Mo Tianliu, who wanted to stop talking, and the chestnut group bent his fingers and knocked on the table: "Tianliu, if you have something to say, just say it!" If it can be done or not, let's just look at it and discuss it! Besides, the comrades in our martial arts team are also good at climbing mountains and mountains, and no matter how dangerous the road is, they have also walked, so just be more careful? ”

Nodding heavily, Mo Tianliu stretched out his hand and pointed towards a winding path and said: "After leaving the mountain, take the Green Python River, transport the things we want to send from the waterway to the vicinity of Xiaosongzhuang and go ashore, and you can reach Xiaosongzhuang by walking eight or nine miles of mountain roads!" But if you want to go to the Green Python River, you must pass by the devil's turret in Sanchawan. During the day, the devil stood on the turret, and he could see several miles at a glance, and there was no shelter on the river, so we would definitely not be able to walk. Can be ...... at night There is a backwater puddle in the green python river near the Sanchawan turret, and the boat will turn and grind when it walks there, and it is easy to rush into the backwater puddle, and sometimes it takes a lot of effort to toss it. In case of a big commotion, the devils can still find us! ”

Frowning tightly, the chestnut group looked at the path map drawn by Mo Tian on the table with water stains, and said in a deep voice: "Did anyone walk through the Green Python River at night in the past?" ”

Shaking his head slightly, Mo Tianliu quickly responded: "Although the water of the Green Python River is not deep, there are shoals and big rocks in a few places, and boats run aground and sink during the day, and I have never heard of anyone sailing at night." ”

"How deep can the deepest part of the river be near the Sanchawan Turret?"

"A person of my size has to go to the heart of the river without a top, a mallet of this size....... A few flutters on tiptoe to still show your nose? ”

"Can you find an old boatman who is familiar with the water nature of the Python River?"

"Difficult! When the devil first occupied Qingle County, he left two small steamboats in the Qingpython River to cruise back and forth, and overturned several small boats that used to fish and transport goods on the Qingpython River, forcing those old boatmen to run outside to survive, and there were not even a few boats left that could be used. If you think that we can succeed by taking the road of the Green Python River, I guess we have to go to several villages by the Green Python River to find it, so that we can roughly gather the wooden boats to transport goods? This back and forth has delayed the effort, and I don't know if I can catch up? ”