Chapter 315 Mobilization of troops and food Shortage of soldiers and food

The county seat of Lin'an County. Fang's compound. The living room on the first floor of the Mochizuki Building in the backyard.

Fang Luqing and Takagi Hongzhi walked into the living room one after the other.

Fang Daxian stood up and walked in front of Takagi Hiroshi with his cane in his hand, and with a loud bang, he pulled out the sharp short sword in his cane and raised it to Takagi Hiroshi's chest, and said angrily:

"How dare you hit my granddaughter?! Why did you beat her like this?! ”

Takagi Hirotomo panicked and staggered backwards.

Fang Luqing walked to Fang Daxian's side with vigorous steps, and immediately said in a stopped manner:

"Grandpa, grandpa! It wasn't him who hit it, I smashed it myself. Grandpa, look. Fang Luqing took out the pebbles from the plain cloth bag and held them up in front of Fang Daxian's eyes.

"It's just nonsense! Qing'er, how dare you take such a big stone and smash it on your head? Why are you so ruthless? How cold it is to leave a big scar on the brain, how will you marry someone in the future? Fang Daxian rambled and chattered distressedly. Then he put away his cane, looked at the blood stains that had solidified on Fang Luqing's forehead and face, and asked lovingly, "Qing'er, your head hurts now, right?" Is your head dizzy? Quickly go and wash and apply the medicine. ”

"Look at what you said, it's not that evil. Well, it hurts a little, but my head doesn't get dizzy. Grandpa, don't worry, I didn't hit my head, I smashed it in my hair, it was just a skin injury. Fang Luqing saw Fang Jiren sitting on the sofa and walked over and said, "Ouch, sixth brother, you are also injured and bleeding from your head." It just so happened that the two of us went to the county hospital together in the afternoon. ”

"Hmph. Qing'er, why are you getting bolder? What nonsense. Why did Hirochi Takagi come back with you? Fang Jiren stood up and asked puzzled.

"Just now I went to the office of the Japanese Army Headquarters in the front yard of our house to process the documents, maybe Ono saw that I was injured and bleeding, so he asked Takagi Hirochi to come over and ask about the situation, and then escorted me home to rest. Sixth brother, it's okay, what's this little injury? It will be fine in two days. ”

Fang Jiren, who understood in his heart, thought about it and nodded, walked up to Takagi Hiroshi and said:

"Thank you, Takagi-kun. Please come and sit down. ”

"No, I have to go back right away. Ji Renjun, farewell. After speaking, Takagi Hongzhi took out a letter from his military uniform pocket and handed it to Fang Jiren, and said, "Uncle Fang, Miss Fang, don't bother, take your leave." Hirochi Takagi turned and left the living room.

"Uncle De!" Franciscan walked to the door of the living room in three steps and shouted loudly.

"Hey! Here it is, here it is. The housekeeper Delu walked into the living room quickly and asked, "Young master, what are your orders?" ”

"Uncle De, you go to the West Courtyard and call Lu Sheng and his father-in-law Uncle Yan over, there is an emergency."

Southwest of Lin'an County. Shuihe Village. Under the old locust tree on the edge of the threshing floor in the west of the village.

After reading the letter, Yu Genshan's face changed instantly, and he handed it over to the political commissar, chief of staff, Huang Zhongde, and Han Dagang for circulation. After reading the letter, the four of them were also confused, you looked at me, I looked at you at a loss, I didn't know what to do.

"Alas! Since this is an urgent order from the higher authorities, we must resolutely carry it out and successfully complete it without compromise. Yu Genshan said with resolute eyes and a resolute tone.

"Alas! That can be said. However, it is indeed a bit difficult to transfer two full main battalions to the designated combat area within 10 days through the enemy-occupied area and several blockade lines. Regiment commander, an order from the higher authorities will transfer half of the strength of the supplementary regiment, and it must also be the main battalion, so what about the defense of Shuihe Village? At present, the strength of the Japanese puppet army in the western Hebei region is as much as 10 times that of our supplementary regiment, and its weaponry is much better than ours. Although there are now more than 2,000 people in the supplementary regiment, the six or seven hundred recruits have no guns. And the combat units have only five rounds of ammunition and two each*. If the devils and puppet army take advantage of the emptiness of our troops at this time to send a large army to encircle and suppress Shuihe Village, how will we deal with it? The chief of staff said worriedly.

"The Chief of Staff is right. The higher authorities also ordered us to collect 50,000 catties of grain within a month and transport it to the Taihang Mountain base area, which is even more difficult, and the higher authorities should understand our actual situation. However, in my analysis, if there is no strategic major military action, the higher authorities will not order us to send troops to replenish the regiment. If it weren't for the extreme difficulty of grain in the base area, the higher authorities would not have ordered us to collect 50,000 catties of grain. The commissar said worriedly.

"Alas! Where are we going to get 50,000 catties of grain? Our replenishment group has been short of food and drink. We are also short of soldiers and food now, but our superiors have to transfer troops to recruit food, isn't this a salary from the bottom of the kettle? How do you accomplish this task? Unless you send troops to steal and rob the little devil's grain depot. Huang Zhongde complained.

"Huh? I said, Deputy Head Han, why don't you speak? What do you want? What are your ideas? Don't be bored, let's talk about it. Yu Genshan looked at Han Dagang and urged.

"Me? Commander, where do I have any ideas? 50,000 catties of grain is not a small amount for us. Now this season, the only food is wheat. The devils swept up for two months on May Day, destroying a lot of crops, reducing wheat production in a large area, and the people's homes were not enough to eat. Alas! It would be much easier to do after the autumn harvest, with rice, corn, sorghum, and millet. Don't say 50,000 catties, even 100,000 catties is no problem. ”

"Deputy Head Han, don't talk too far, just say what to do now?" Yu Genshan said.

"Alas! It would be much better if Francis was in the regiment now, maybe he would have a solution. Han Dagang shook his head and said helplessly.

"Hey? Deputy Head Han, what are you mentioning Francis for at this time? A word of nonsense, the same as not saying. Don't shy away from the substantive issues, think about how to solve the problem as soon as possible and smoothly, this is the top priority, and it is useless to talk about everything. Huang Zhongde accused.

"Director Huang, you don't need to choke me with words, what I said is the truth. Collecting 50,000 catties of grain within a month and transporting it to the mountain base on time and safely, I think that only Francis may have the means and ability to do it. Director Huang, you're right, but you're all in a hurry, and it's useless at all. What's the use of just talking about it? Do you have the ability to get 50,000 catties of grain? Regiment commanders, political commissars, chief of staff, can you get them? I can't do it anyway. Han Dagang unceremoniously retorted Huang Zhongde.

Yu Genshan, the political commissar, and the chief of staff looked at each other and were speechless. Huang Zhongde was embarrassed and speechless by Han Dagang.

The chief of staff looked down with his hands behind his back, thought about it, and after walking back and forth for a few steps, he stopped and said:

"Commander, I think Deputy Commander Han is right. The question is, where do we go now to find Francis to give orders? ”

"Commander, this matter can't be delayed or waited. We should do both things, on the one hand, send people to find Francis to convey the order to requisition food, and on the other hand, send people into the city to set up an intelligence and traffic station, and it is even faster. If we had built an intelligence transport station earlier, perhaps it would have been much easier to collect food. I guess there will be more such things in the future. Our rear base areas are deep in the mountains, where grain production is very small, and we mainly rely on the supply of food from our troops stationed in the plains. Therefore, we must unconditionally and resolutely carry out and satisfactorily fulfill the tasks assigned to the supplementary regiment by our superiors. We can't watch the chief and his comrades in the army go hungry. The commissar said resolutely.

"Yes. I strongly support the proposal of the commissar. Huang Zhongde said approvingly.

"The political commissar has a point, it is safer to do this, and I agree. Regiment Leader, Deputy Regiment Commander Han, what is your opinion? The chief of staff asked.

Yu Genshan and Han Dagang looked at each other wordlessly. The two of them knew what to do, but they just couldn't say it, so they could only discuss it separately in private.

"Well, then, that'll do. Then do as the political commissar says. Yu Genshan said helplessly.

Huang Zhongde told his plan to secretly infiltrate the county seat of Lin'an County with his selfish intentions and thoughts.

"Huh?! You?! Yu Genshan, the political commissar, the chief of staff, and Han Dagang suddenly changed color, were taken aback, and all exclaimed in unison.