CHAPTER XXXV

The old cannon and the doglegs demolished all the wooden houses they had built in the pingchang, and a large open space had been cleared on the hill on the north side, and the old cannon used these wooden planks to reuse the trees on the north mountain to build a wooden house. The scout team went out to search and brought back the rout, and they were also handed over to Yu Shinan and Cao Benchuan to deal with. Zhao Zhi only retained 60 people, all of whom were brothers who rushed out with Zhao Zhi all the way.

The airdrop of materials by the plane has been changed from once a day to once every three days, and there are already nearly 1,500 defeated soldiers in the camp, and they are all over the flat field, only Zhao Zhi and their Beishan have been very calm. Except for the distribution of supplies every three days and the time when they went down the mountain to fetch water every day, the defeated soldiers in the Pingchang could only see a dozen of Zhao Zhi's scouts. The doglegs who live in the North Mountains just jingle on the mountain every day and don't know what they're doing. Every time a rout wanted to go up to Beishan to find out, they were politely sent down the mountain by Zhao Zhi's lurking sentinels.

"Brother Benchuan, what do you think this Zhao Zhi is doing?"

"Brother Shinan, Zhao Zhi stayed on the mountain and didn't come down, and when he distributed the supplies, he only sent that rich man, where do I know what he is doing?" Cao Benchuan, who was drinking coffee, didn't seem to see Yu Shinan's ugly face, and just drank coffee. This coffee was dropped from the plane a few days ago, and when distributing supplies, there was only one set of coffee-making tools that made it difficult for Yu Shinan, who loved coffee. Fortunately, the rich man just asked for some more machetes, shovels, military shoes and other things, and left coffee and supporting things to Yu Shinan.

The more than 1,500 soldiers in the ping field are a big pie, and they have been instructed by the backstage boss, and Yu Shinan needs to firmly grasp these routs. But Zhao Zhi, more than 60 of them, was like a thorn in Yu Shinan's throat, which made him very uncomfortable. Yu Shinan, who was extremely ambitious, didn't want to hear discordant voices in the pingchang, and Zhao Zhi, who didn't buy his account, became his first target.

Compared with the daily calculations of the two people under the mountain, Zhao Zhi on the mountain is quite leisurely. The blacksmith used the red clay on the mountain to build a furnace, and Zhao Zhi ordered the blacksmith to use the discarded bayonet to make a batch of steel arrowheads, and the bowstring was remade using the brake wires of a dozen motorcycles and bicycles carried out by wrenches. The constant clanging sound on the mountain is the sound of doglegs helping the blacksmith to make iron. The tools used to strike iron were made by Zhao Yan on the radio, and the name of striking was to repair firearms.

In addition to the daily search and going down the mountain to get water, the doglegs are eating and sleeping, and when they have nothing to do, they suddenly come to their senses when they hear that they are going to strike iron. Zhao Zhi has no way to make a steel crossbow, and the machete, which has grown up in the mountains and forests since he was a child, told Zhao Zhi that the rainy season in Myanmar is coming, and it will be difficult for the plane to continue to be airdropped. Yu Shinan and the others have been applying for guns and bullets through the radio, but the headquarters has not replied for a long time, and now the bullets in Zhao Zhi's hand are one less than one. For the upcoming rainy season, Zhao Zhi had to use cold weapons to stock up on food in advance, so Zhao Zhi thought of making a steel crossbow.

The blacksmith's craftsmanship is indeed good, and it lasted a week, and the blacksmith with bloodshot eyes found Zhao Zhi with two bows. "Sir, it's a bit of a hand at first, but it's faster later, and the brake line of the wrench is only enough for us to make ten hand crossbows. However, the wrench said that due to the problem of the material of the brake line, the range of this bow is only 50 meters, and the string will break if it is tightened, but the accurate head can ensure that "looking at the two exquisite crossbows in front of him, Zhao Zhi is like looking at two works of art, the whole bow is only 80 cm in size, and the hardwood bow body is polished very smooth by the machete, which is very well combined with the bowstring, and it is very light in the hand and easy to carry." Zhao Zhi drew his bow, put on an arrow, and aimed at a tree in front of him. The arrow that flew out with a "whoosh" hit the tree squarely, and the arrow pierced deep into the trunk, and the tail of the arrow was still shaking violently, making a buzzing sound. When Zhao Zhi pulled out the arrow, he felt struggling.

The beating on the north mountain continued, but the scout team that went out was increased by Zhao Zhi to two teams per day, each team of 15 people, and every two days, Zhao Zhi would rotate the scout team. Zhao Zhi took advantage of the scout's outing, preparing to make everyone proficient in the use of bows and arrows, and collect more meat by the way. In order to replenish the scouts' large number of torn military uniforms, Zhao Zhi also ordered the rich man to voluntarily give up part of the airdropped grain in exchange for some military uniforms and salt.

Half a month later, the headquarters sent a telegram and arranged tasks for the defeated soldiers in the ping field. The British troops stationed in Grape north of Sunbrabang were routed by the Japanese army, and the desperate British army turned into the Hugang Valley. The headquarters prepared to airborne a batch of weapons and ammunition, and ordered the expeditionary force in Pingchang to respond to each other in three directions according to 500 men per team to meet the British army. Wait for the right opportunity to withdraw to India with the British army.

Yu Shinan, Cao Benchuan and Zhao Zhi finally sat together again, although Zhao Zhi only had more than 60 people, the other two did not dare to underestimate his strength. In the entire expeditionary force in Pingchang, only Zhao Zhi currently has three machine guns and no less than five grenadiers in his hands.

"I don't need the airdropped weapons, I only have 60 people, and there are a lot of wounded and female soldiers in it, so we can't help much. I'll just take care of the ping field, and I won't participate in this operation" As soon as he sat down, Zhao Zhi said his thoughts.

"The headquarters has asked us to all go out, and this ping field may have to be abandoned. There will never be any more airdrops, and it's impossible to stay here."

"Since it's the intention of the headquarters, then we'll go, but we need raincoats, medicines, a lot of salt and tarpaulins" Zhao Zhi rolled his eyes, and put forward his own request, since the departure has become a foregone conclusion, then we have to take this opportunity to ask for more supplies for our brothers.

"There are no problems with this, supplies can be applied to the command. But the supplies have arrived, and you need to go out to explore the way and open a way for the brigade" Yu Shinan had a fierce glint in his eyes. Zhao Zhi and the others only have more than 60 people, serving as a leader in the jungle, and they have to open the way, I am afraid that the future is slim.

"Sir Yu, you're not mistaken. I only have more than 60 people, and I want to open the way for more than 1,500 of you, you really can afford Zhao" kicked over the tree stump under his buttocks, and Zhao Zhi turned his head and left.

"Brother Benchuan, look at it, what kind of attitude is this?" The angry Yu Shinan pointed to Zhao Zhi's back.

Cao Benchuan just lowered his head and smoked, laughing without saying a word. Yu Shinan's trick is ruthless enough, if Zhao Zhi disobeys, he will not have Zhao Zhi's good fruit to eat when he returns to China. If Zhao Zhi takes over the task, more than 60 people open the way for more than 1,500 people, the speed will not be too fast, once the response to the British army is delayed, Zhao Zhi is still a dead end, Yu Shinan will definitely put the responsibility on Zhao Zhi. This Yu Shinan is a good idea, but it's a pity that he forgot, Zhao Zhi also has a radio station, and the gang under him are all as cunning as foxes, so there is a good show to watch now.

Zhao Zhi, who returned to Beishan, immediately called a meeting of the dogs, and at the same time ordered Zhao Yan to use the radio to contact the headquarters to confirm the specific content of the order.

"This dog's Yu Shinan made it clear that he wanted to fix us, Lao Tzu killed him" The angry old cannon stood up and wanted to go down the mountain, but was glared at by Uncle Guo and sat down stupidly.

"Promise him" Uncle Guo threw away the cigarette butt in his mouth and looked at Zhao Zhi meaningfully, who also nodded slightly at Uncle Guo.

"Promise him? You are crazy Uncle Guo, it's not so easy to open the way" The straight-talking Xiucai looked at Uncle Guo differently, obviously stunned by Uncle Guo's words.

"Yes, promise him. Yu Shinan, this kid wants to use this mission to rectify us, we can't let him succeed. We've taken the task, it's our business to do what we should do. The road is open, whether we can keep up is his business, as long as we catch up with the British army in front of them, we will have the capital to save our lives, who would dare to fix us" Uncle Guo who seemed to be smiling solved everyone's doubts.

"yes, there are only more than 60 of us, so we must be faster than them in the jungle. Moreover, our brothers are all fighting in the jungle, and Xiucai, who is more familiar with the jungle than them, happily summarizes the favorable conditions of the party.

"Aren't you stupid? From today onwards, a large amount of meat will be stored, and the money-earners will get more salt from the airdrop to make salted meat so that we can replenish the salt we need on the road. Uncle Guo, you take the female soldiers to weave some straw sandals out of thatch, and ensure that each of us has 5 pairs. The old cannon, with the others, try to kill the meat as much as possible these days, and provide it to the rich man. The machete made some bow and arrow bags out of animal fur, so that the rain would not affect the accuracy of the bow and arrow."

The hairy eyes looked at Zhao Zhi with blank eyes, "Then what are you doing?" "Lao Tzu wants to look at the overall situation, it's mental work, it's much harder than you" Zhao Zhi squeezed his eyebrows at Yuan Qingqing, and his mouth was still snorting.

"The little white face of the dog day, he wants to exhaust us, go on, kill him" The dogs who had solved the big problem swarmed up, pressed Zhao Zhi under him in unison, and ravaged him to his heart's content. Yuan Qingqing hurriedly turned around, "You let him go, hurry up, he has an injury on his body and is not healed."

Maotou, who was missing an arm, stood aside, and laughed in his mouth, "Grandma, I'm almost healed if I lose an arm." Xiaobai's injury is not as serious as mine, why is it so slow, aren't you taking care of it yourself? ”

"Dog, fix him for me" Yuan Qingqing, who was exposed as a lie, blushed, pointed to the thief's laughing hair, and jumped to let the dog clean him up.

"Young man, why don't you know how to worry" Uncle Guo walked away with his hands behind his back and a wrench that was in a hurry because he didn't understand the language. He now likes to teach wrenches Chinese, and once vowed to teach wrenches to speak Chinese.