Chapter 1227: There is no surplus food
Lunan Mountain, Black Wolf Village.
The mountains and rivers were shattered, the land was full of flames, the armies of all walks of life were fighting in the dark, and the situation was chaotic.
In such chaotic years, some bandits and gangsters who had been surrounded and suppressed by the local security forces finally ushered in a good opportunity for development.
The war has led to the displacement of a large number of people, and survival has become the only thought of the refugees.
And these bandits and gangsters also took advantage of the situation to recruit troops under various banners, some promised to eat meat and drink a lot, and some waved the banner of anti-Japanese resistance.
In a short period of time, some bandits and rogues, who originally had only a dozen or so people, quickly grew to hundreds or even thousands.
These bandits relied on the Chinese army to fight bloody battles with devils, and they couldn't care about them, so they were busy robbing and grabbing territory.
In many plain areas, there are local powerful landlords who have formed villages to protect themselves, and local gangs have also developed rapidly, and the bandits and bandits are naturally unable to stand firm.
Therefore, a large number of rogue bandits are wandering to the mountainous areas, each seizing the mountain to establish themselves as kings, and the refugees who cannot survive, after the defeat, are worried that they will be punished when they go back, and they have gone up to the mountains to join the gang, and for a time the strength of the bandits from all walks of life has increased sharply.
And these bandits also knew that they were not opponents of the army, and some directly raised the banner of anti-Japanese resistance, but they never sent a single soldier to resist the Japanese.
Some bandits have spent a lot of money to buy off high-ranking local officials so that they will turn a blind eye and not interfere with their actions.
Although the Lunan Mountains are under the jurisdiction of the Sulu Theater of Operations, even the headquarters of the theater is hidden in these continuous mountains.
However, the Lunan Mountains are surrounded by mountains and the terrain is complex, and the Sulu Theater can only control some large counties and towns, as well as part of the guerrilla areas of the Eighth Route Army.
The vast majority of areas are controlled by armed forces and bandits because of the inconvenient transportation and treacherous terrain.
In just a few years, in the mountainous area of Lunan, there are dozens of bandits from all walks of life, and their relationship with each other is complicated.
Although the Sulu Theater also wanted to send troops to encircle and suppress these bandits, but they were powerless, one was the lack of troops, but they sent troops to encircle and suppress them several times.
The Black Wolf Village is a group of bandits with up to 300 people in the Lunan Mountains, and among the dozens of bandits in this area, it can be regarded as the number one in the row.
The bandits' stockade of the Black Wolf Village was built on the small green hill with steep terrain, and the name of the big boss was Jiao Chong, who was once under the command of Wang Baichuan, one of the three major bandits in Lunan.
In the more than 10 years since the Xinhai Revolution, there were bandits in 84 of the 107 counties in Shandong, with nearly 400 shares and nearly 10,000 people under Wang Baichuan's command.
With the stabilization of the situation, in order to consolidate his position, Han Fuqu, chairman of Shandong Province, commanded the army to encircle and suppress bandits from all walks of life in Shandong after several consecutive years, and Wang Baichuan's gang was also defeated.
Jiao Chong, the big boss of the Black Wolf Village, almost died, escaped with nine deaths, and finally hid in a village.
Later, the little devils launched the "77 Incident", and the Chinese army turned around and fought fiercely with the devils, and these bandits who had been beaten and fled in all directions also gathered again.
And Jiao Chong, because he once followed the big bandit Wang Baichuan, dared to fight, and also pulled up a big banner, and within a year, he gathered more than 300 bullies, occupied Xiaoqingshan, and controlled more than a dozen surrounding villages, which can be regarded as a re-rise.
Although the Black Wolf Village controls more than a dozen villages around Xiaoqingshan, it goes to the local area on time to collect grain, chickens, ducks, and fish for their consumption.
But more than 300 mouths want to eat, and they eat a lot of fish and meat, and even if these people don't eat or drink, they can't afford to feed them.
Seeing that the team sent out to collect grain brought back fewer and fewer things, Jiao Chong, the big boss, was also very worried.
After all, if you want the more than 300 people under your command to be loyal to you, you can't just talk about it, you have to look at the real thing.
In the past, they ate meat and drank a lot, and all the bandits were loyal, and they also made a name for themselves in this area, and their strength continued to grow.
But now, don't talk about eating meat and drinking a lot, it's good to eat a full meal, if you don't eat or drink, your morale will be low, and all kinds of gossip will rise.
There are even people who desert and want to go to other cottages, after all, the water flows to a low place, and people go to a high place, they are used to enjoyment, who is willing to live a hard life.
In the Juyi Hall of the Black Wolf Village, Jiao Chong, the big boss, and the leaders of more than a dozen bandits were all sitting around the Eight Immortals Table.
Although the ordinary bandits are almost out of food, they can still see meat on the table of these leaders, but it is only a plate of mountain chicken.
"Why don't you eat it?"
Looking at the leaders who were around the table without moving chopsticks, Jiao Chong, the big boss, looked around and asked.
Everyone looked at the only plate of mountain chicken on the table, and they all had things in their hearts, where did they still have the heart to eat.
"The big boss, just such a small plate of meat, it's not enough to stuff the teeth, where is enough for so many of our brothers to eat." One of the bandit leaders spoke dissatisfiedly.
"Lao Wang, are you greedy for everything, I remember that we only got a batch of things back a few days ago, why do we only have a plate of meat today." One of the leaders set his sights on one of the leaders who managed supplies.
"What the hell are you talking about, you say it again, believe it or not, Lao Tzu screwed off your head!" When the leader in charge of logistics heard this, he immediately became angry and stood up.
Originally, with the looting efforts in the surrounding villages too much, resulting in a decrease in food and meat, this logistics material is not easy to manage, and now it is misunderstood, and this leader is also full of grievances.
"Lao Tzu just said what, what are you angry about, do you have a ghost in your heart?" This boss is-for-tat.
"Damn, Lao Tzu!" The head of the logistics department was about to draw his gun as he spoke.
"What are you doing, you want to rebel?!"
Seeing that the two of them were about to stage a full martial arts at the dinner table, Jiao Chong, the big boss, couldn't stand it anymore, slapped it on the table, and the shaking dishes and chopsticks jumped suddenly.
"Sit down for Lao Tzu, I have recently gone out to harvest a small harvest, you don't know, what are you yelling here, get out if you don't eat!"
Seeing that the big boss was angry, the bandit leaders also died down one after another, but everyone's faces were not good-looking.
"Great boss, my brothers have already complained to me that I don't have enough to eat, and if the brothers don't have enough to eat, it's not easy to bring."
"That's right, big boss, it's not a way to go on like this, we still have such a plate of mountain chicken today, and we won't be able to open the pot tomorrow."
These leaders all spoke one after another, expressing their dissatisfaction with the current food.
"We originally said that we would eat meat and drink a lot, but now that the meat is almost gone, I think we should break up......," said one of the leaders, also dissatisfied.
After hearing the words of this leader, Jiao Chong, the big boss, suddenly turned pale: "Want to leave? ”
When the leader saw Jiao Chong, the big boss with a gloomy face, he also knew that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly explained: "The big boss, I don't mean that, I mean that the brothers under his command have already run away several times, if the current predicament cannot be solved, our black wolf village will be in danger." ”