was already far away from the scope of the regiment headquarters, and Li Ziyuan was not busy on the way. Along the way, I talked with Dong Ping about the terrain in this area. After arriving at the area where the horses could no longer enter, Li Ziyuan simply left two warriors to guard the horses. He took the others and rushed towards the village under the guidance of Dong Ping.

The scenery along the way is quite beautiful, and Li Ziyuan is very pleasing to the eye while walking. And Dong Ping, who was beside him, walked and observed, and walked out of more than ten miles in one breath and did not find a stream that should exist in the mountains, not even a trace of water flow.

Although the Taihang Mountains are not like the south, the mountains themselves are water-rich areas, as long as there are mountains, there are rivers, and there is absolutely no shortage of water where there are mountains. But it's a mountainous area, after all. It's not a bare mountain range like the northwest, especially when the vegetation in this area is pretty good, and there is no water source.

If you choose a final base here, you are in danger of repeating the mistakes of the Three Kingdoms. After observing along the way, Dong Ping also knew that Li Ziyuan was not generally familiar with this area. Here, as he said, I am afraid that there will be a serious shortage of water.

The last time I came here to fight, because the duration was short, and the troops themselves carried water bottles. I really didn't observe this side when I arrived, and I didn't even have a spring. This is also a little too strange, you must know that it is a more barren mountain area in the north, and there is not even a spring in a valley for more than ten kilometers.

Regarding Dong Ping's surprised expression after observing all the way, Li Ziyuan shook his head indifferently and said, "You are a little accustomed to it." It is not that there is water in the mountains, and there are not always springs in the mountains. If nothing else, even in the Lin County where you used to stay, don't you necessarily have springs in the mountainous areas? ”

"But the lack of water means that people are poor. Farming can only rely on the sky to eat, and if God doesn't give face, it will be another catastrophe year. Fortunately, I am afraid that it is the most sparsely populated area in our Hubei territory. Otherwise, why hasn't that village been discovered for so long? ”

Li Ziyuan hurried forward while enlightening Dong Ping. But all the way down, he looked at the terrain here, and his brows didn't know why, but they were getting deeper and deeper. When he arrived at the bottom of the cliff where the village was located, Li Ziyuan looked at the mountain beam in front of him, which was very steep but not steep, but suddenly stopped his steps.

Turned his head and glanced at the guards behind him, letting them stay away before saying to Dong Ping: "You really followed the Japanese army all the way?" Lao Dong, just the two of us now, how long do you have to hide it. In this battle, you not only gave a set to the devil, but also a set to the old squad leader. Why do you still want to put me in here? ”

"Anyway, what do you want to do now? The terrain here is indeed dangerous, and it is indeed difficult to pursue it without being detected. But to say that the little devil can avoid your sight and get up this cliff first, I, Li Ziyuan, can only say that I saw the wrong person. ”

"The old squad leader is old, but he hasn't led soldiers for a few years. He can only be said to have a partial understanding of military issues. Also, with your ability to map a topographic map, you don't need to bring Lao Zhou over at all. You have to bring Lao Zhou today, what kind of thoughts are hidden in your heart. ”

"Lao Dong, we are all understanding people, we can open the skylight and speak brightly. You can fool the old squad leader, but you can't fool me. What's the matter, do you fall in love with the Japanese and want to sell me to the Japanese, or do you really want to do something private? ”

When Li Ziyuan said this, Dong Ping was slightly stunned but said with a wry smile: "Leader, what do you think of me?" For the sake of those who are now in the ocean, they betray their superiors, what do they do that they hate and the enemies are happy? I, Dong Ping, don't seem to be so despicable. ”

"I'm doing something in private, but I'm not doing it for myself. Commander, you can go up and have a look. I can assure you that I'm definitely not fooling anyone. It was true that I made a mistake in my judgment in this battle, but I also tried to make up for it as best I could. ”

"But there are some things I can't help but do. Commander, I ask you to rest assured that I have absolutely no intention of harming you. If I were to tell a half-truth, you could just break me. I brought Lao Zhou here today, and I really have other intentions. But this intention is definitely not to harm you. You can go up and take a look at the things on it. ”

With a wry smile on Dong Ping's face, Li Ziyuan pondered for a moment. Although he didn't say anything, he climbed up directly through the naturally formed and artificially modified passage. And Dong Ping took off the gun on his body and threw it to Zhang Yuhu, and followed closely behind him.

Regarding Dong Ping's move, Li Ziyuan didn't say anything. He climbed up quickly, but the muzzle of the gun on the side of him didn't know when it opened. When everyone went up to the top of the cliff and looked at the ruined walls under a cliff in front of them, Li Ziyuan closed the holster again, and the thing hidden in his sleeve disappeared.

After Dong Ping came up, he saw Li Ziyuan standing in front of the broken wall. He took him to the more steep cliff at the back of the village, and pointed to a grave on the ridge to the north, and could only smile bitterly: "Commander, you should believe me now." When I reported it, there was nothing false about it. ”

Speaking of this, Dong Ping was silent for a while and then said, "The only thing I didn't tell the truth about was that I had known about this village for a long time. But I really didn't expect that the Japanese army would also find out about this village. I thought that the location of this village was hidden, not to mention the Japanese army, even the locals of Hubei walked to the foot of the mountain, and they may not be able to find it. ”

"My biggest mistake in judgment was that I didn't think of this closed village, and I haven't even left the village in my life. There will actually be someone inside, serving in the pseudo-Hubei plainclothes team. He didn't expect that he would take the initiative to provide this location to the Japanese army as a supply point for the Japanese infiltration detachment. ”

"I didn't expect that. Actually, I just knew that there was a village here, and when I came here, I came and went in a hurry, and the whole operation was night. I was also vague about the surrounding terrain. Plus after so many years, there are some things that need to be thought about before they can remember. ”

Li Ziyuan looked at the cliff behind the village, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Okay, you can say everything you think now." I want to hear what you mean from the bottom of my heart, not fool me here. Anyway, we don't need to be in a hurry today, and I can listen to your explanation very patiently. ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's words, Dong Ping did not explain anything. Instead, he took Li Ziyuan to the small Guandi Temple in the village, and used all his strength to push the somewhat disproportionate Guandi statue. As Dong Ping turned the statue of Emperor Guan, a swarthy hole was revealed behind the table.

Dong Ping turned his hand and took a flashlight from a soldier and took the lead and walked down. Li Ziyuan hesitated slightly, and was about to follow. Zhang Yuhu pulled out his shell gun and followed him in front of him. Looking at Zhang Yuhu's back, after Li Ziyuan told a few soldiers to be on guard, he could only follow Zhang Yuhu with a flashlight.

The hole behind this statue of Emperor Guan is very deep, but it is naturally formed, and at most it is only on the original basis, and some artificial reconstructions have been carried out. And Dong Ping, who was at the front, didn't say a word after entering the cave, just silently led the way in front. Except for the sound of footsteps, the cave was unusually quiet.

After walking high and low for about ten minutes, Dong Ping stopped. He shone his flashlight at a bend in front of him and pointed ahead. Li Ziyuan stood behind Dong Ping, looking at the things in front of him under the light of the flashlight, and was a little taken aback.

Li Ziyuan saw that there were ammunition boxes neatly stacked in front of him, and when the flashlight shone on, the boxes were still quite clear with the words Taiyuan Arsenal. Li Ziyuan stepped forward to pry open a box, which was full of tightly made weapons and ammunition wrapped in oiled paper.

Of course, the amount of ammunition here is not all bullets. Most of them were made in Jin*, to be precise, the Taiyuan Arsenal specially manufactured the extra-large size for mountain defense according to the terrain characteristics of the mountainous areas of Shanxi. As for weapons, there are only one hundred and fifty Jin-made*.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Li Ziyuan pointed to the ammunition in front of him and said to Dong Ping: "Old Dong, I need you to give me an explanation." Why is there so much ammunition here, and it is all Jin-made ammunition. How could you, an old man of the Forty Army, know that the Jin Sui Army had a secret arsenal here? ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's question, Dong Ping did not explain it at the first time. Instead, he told Zhou Tong in the back, pointed to a pile of boxes in the northwest corner and said, "Old Zhou, there are all Jin-made Qiwu Mountain cannonballs." You see how many more you can use, and if your mountain cannon can be used. If you can use it, organize everyone to move back. This time, the regimental commander brought you here to see these shells. ”

After explaining to Zhou Tong, Dong Ping turned his head to Li Ziyuan and said, "Commander, aren't all these ammunition from the Jin Sui Army. This is my original unit, which was defeated by the Northwest Army in the Central Plains War and retreated to Shanxi to recuperate. Before leaving for Hebei, the ammunition stored here, as well as a small amount of weapons and equipment. ”

"However, these Jinzao* were two-thirds of the weapons of the whole army when they were drawn that year. Before participating in the Central Plains War, the king of Shanxi allocated us a lot of Jin Zao*, and lost some of it on the battlefield. In addition to the quality of the weapons made by Jin, you don't need to say that you know. ”

"The reason why most of the remaining ones are left is because bullets of this caliber are available in Shanxi. After leaving Shanxi, the bullets he carried were gone, and there was nowhere to replenish them. This thing consumes a lot of bullets, and when it runs out, it's not as good as a rifle with a bayonet. ”

Although when it was time to leave, the generals of the Jin Sui army gave away some bullets. But in the end, he kept all the Jinzao weapons in his hand at that time and turned them into reserves. Before leaving Shanxi, our boss was worried about leaving a way back for the whole army, so he put all the ammunition he brought with him here. ”

"Everywhere I went back then, it was a ragtag army that no one wanted to see. If we hadn't been willing to sell some strength on the battlefield, I guess we would have been thrown aside. In the Northwest Army, he was raised by his mother, and when he arrived in the Central Army, he was raised by his mother. Weapons and ammunition replenishment, you have to rely on yourself. If you don't leave yourself a way back, and no one will replenish it when you run out, then there will really be nothing. ”