In any case, our offensive will either stop at the heavy rain or at the bureaucratic struggle.

At present, two factions have formed at the upper peak, one is to advocate waiting for Geng Huaiqi's pre-17th Division on the west bank, which has gained a firm foothold and can form a flank attack with our offensive on the east bank, and then consider attacking.

On the other hand, those who advocated an immediate attack when the heavy rain slowed down and did not give the Japanese troops a chance to breathe, and who harshly criticized those who advocated a postponement of the offensive were opportunists.

Amid the strife between the two factions at the top, and the heavy rain did not stop, our offensive finally came to a temporary halt.

The new 200th Regiment is now seriously understaffed, and according to Wang Tingyue's intentions, he wants the first battalion to return to the Jianlongwan position and station. On the grounds that the Dark River Secret Passage needs to be defended, I resolutely returned to my original station.

Huang Wenlie knew my thoughts, my so-called defense of the secret passage of the dark river is purely an excuse, the Nu River has taken advantage of the rain, and now the river is rising sharply, and the secret passage of the dark river has long ceased to exist, only when the water level of the Nu River falls, this secret passage has the value of defense.

But Huang Wenlie did not refute me, and acquiesced to the reason I insisted on, and I guess he has no intention of bothering about this kind of thing now.

The ambiguous attitude of the regiment commander made it difficult for Wang Tingyue to make assertions, and insisted that my first battalion stay, so I had to let me leave the Jianlong Bay position with the people of the first battalion.

Huang Wenlie tried his best to reorganize the new 200th Regiment, and the entire regiment was still divided into the 123rd Battalion, and the independent battalion was not canceled because of the problem of troop resources.

Zhou Dalei is still the commander of the independent battalion, although his independent battalion can't even make up 300 people now, but Huang Wenlie promised that within half a year, all the battalions will reach full strength.

I returned to the garrison with a battalion in the rain, and my battalion also needed to be repaired, and there were less than 800 people left in the battalion of nearly 1,000 people, and there were still one-third of the wounded soldiers among these 800 people, and how to make these wounded soldiers heal as soon as possible was the top priority.

Although our daily supplies are often cut off, fortunately, the supply of medicine is still very timely, and Shangfeng also knows that this is a life-saving thing, even if the soldiers are asked to carry it, they have to carry the medicine to the mountain.

Medicine, unlike other supplies, can be used for a long time with just a few boxes, and the real big trouble is still food.

I don't even have the heart to go home to visit my family without solving the problem of food, and no matter how irresponsible I am, I can't leave a hungry army of wounded soldiers behind.

After walking around the camp, I was angered by the painful groans of the wounded soldiers, and I made an almost crazy move to personally take a company of men to the military quartermaster warehouse to ask for food.

The quartermaster in charge of munitions was a major, and when he heard that someone was leading troops to block the door of the munitions warehouse, he immediately rushed over with people.

The quartermaster, wearing a raincoat and a dozen heavily armed guards, shouted from afar: "Which unit are you from?" Who gave you the audacity to dare to come to the munitions depot to make trouble! ”

I hurriedly greeted him and said, "Sir, your surname?" ”

Seeing that I was also a major, the quartermaster softened his tone a little and said, "Your surname is Zhao, which unit are you from?" ”

I said, "Major Zhao, I am An Sihu, the commander of the first battalion of the New 200 Regiment. ”

Quartermaster Zhao said with some surprise: "A battalion of the new 200th regiment? Is it the battalion that robbed the quartermaster last time? ”

I said, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I didn't discipline my subordinates well and let them come nonsense." ”

Quartermaster Zhao nodded and said, "I understand why your soldiers are so violent, what kind of commanders you have, and naturally what kind of soldiers you have." ”

I sighed and said, "Major Zhao, I can't help it, look at these soldiers behind me, they haven't eaten a full meal all day, I'm here to ask you for food." ”

Major Zhao said: "Now it's not that one of your battalions is starving, all troops are the same. Battalion Commander An, as the commander of a battalion, how dare you come to such nonsense and bring troops to the military quartermaster to make trouble, I only need to make a phone call now, and the Military Judge Advocate General's Office will send someone to come, and then the battalion commander will not be able to eat and walk around! ”

I said, "Major Zhao, can I not know that this is a violation of military regulations, but what do you want me to do?" My battalion has just been withdrawn from the West Bank, and not only is it a problem of hunger, but there are hundreds of wounded soldiers waiting to be fed at the station, which is different from our situation in other units. ”

Quartermaster Zhao was slightly stunned for a moment, and said, "It's your battalion that has been fighting devils on the west bank these days?" ”

I said, "Can this still be fake?" If you don't believe me, give a call to the General Staff of the Military Department and you will know if what I said is true or false. ”

The hiccups behind me shouted: "Sir, if we sacrifice our lives to fight devils on the West Bank, isn't it even worth a full meal!" ”

Quartermaster Zhao said: "Commander An, for the sake of you who have just come down from the front line, I will just assume that today's incident has not happened, you can go back quickly with your people!" ”

I said, "I thank Major Zhao for his magnanimity, but if I take them back like this now, it won't be long before I have to report dozens of more dead lists to the military department!" It's just a pity that these lists are not killed in battle, but starved to death! ”

Quartermaster Zhao looked at the noisy Qiu Bamen behind me and said, "Commander An, take a step to speak." ”

I followed him to a place away from the crowd, and Quartermaster Zhao said: "Battalion Commander, you are the battalion commander, I don't have to hide it from you, the food in our current military warehouse is only enough to sustain the whole army for a week." I also sympathize with you, but there is really no food for you, you listen to my advice, take them back quickly, if this matter is known by the inspection team of the Judge Advocate General's Office, they will also come to you for trouble. ”

I took out a silver dollar I had prepared in advance from my pocket, made a bending gesture, and then stuffed the silver dollar into him, and said, "Major Zhao, your money has fallen, fortunately it is the ocean, if it is a national currency, I am afraid that it will be blown away by the wind and rain." ”

Quartermaster Zhao said, "Battalion Commander An, what do you mean by this?" Don't you understand what I mean? Even if I take your money, I don't dare to give you a grain of grain! I don't have that much power! ”

I said: "I just want to ask Quartermaster Zhao to make a phone call to Shangfeng, saying that it was a group of wounded soldiers who came to ask for food, and only that we were asking for food in a peaceful way, not a riot. ”

Quartermaster Zhao shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll call you, but Camp Commander An, I said ugly things in front, I will try to say good things to you on the phone, as for how to deal with Shangfeng, I can't control it." ”

I clenched my fists and said, "This is already very helpful, thank you Major Zhao." ”

Actually, I'm not sure how to deal with my radical behavior at the summit, I really don't want to see hundreds of wounded soldiers starving, they are all fighting for the country, and they shouldn't be treated like this.