"Is it okay to set up a tent?" A soldier was the first to speak.

"No, it's winter now, the weather is cold and damp, and the camp tent has no effect of cold and moisture protection at all, and our bodies will not be able to bear it for a long time, and we don't have a camp tent in our hands now." A soldier of Southern origin immediately retorted.

"Then why don't you add some fires to the tent?" The soldier thought for a moment and continued.

"That's not good, lighting a fire in the camp will poison the smoke, and the temperature in the camp will increase the invasion of moisture, which will do more harm than good." Fu Zhiyong shook his head and interjected.

"......" for a while, the surrounding soldiers all discussed with each other and put forward a lot of ideas, but in the end they were all vetoed one by one, and everyone was embarrassed and helpless for a while.

"What's so difficult about this, let's build some mud houses." At this time, Zhang Dali, who was originally watching the excitement in the crowd, suddenly spoke.

"Earthen house? Zhang Dali, tell me carefully what a mud house looks like. Everyone was stunned when they heard Zhang Dali's words, and Fu Zhiyong hurriedly walked in front of Zhang Dali and asked.

"It's a house built of burnt adobe bricks in our north, although it doesn't look as good as the house here, but it can withstand the cold and is very practical." Zhang Dali was taken aback by Fu Zhiyong's actions, and hurriedly explained.

"What materials do you need to build an earthen house?" Fu Zhiyong continued to ask.

"What other materials do you need for a mud house, as long as there is soil, preferably clay, and then a few pieces of wood to make beams." Zhang Dali looked like an idiot and replied to Fu Zhiyong.

"Very good, that's it, will you build that kind of mud house?" Fu Zhiyong said with some excitement.

"Of course this will, men like us in the north have to be able to build houses and repair houses, although earthen houses are easy to build, but they have to be overhauled once in the spring, and it will be easy to crack when the weather is cold and hot." Zhang Dali said as a matter of course.

"It doesn't matter, Zhang Dali, I obviously appointed you to be in charge of the construction of the camp, all the brothers here are at your disposal, tell me how long it will take you to build enough houses?" Fu Zhiyong patted Zhang Dali's shoulder and said.

"If we live for 20 or so, it will take a week at most, but there is a premise, that is, the soil here is suitable, otherwise we can only add wooden planks on both sides of the wall to fix it." Zhang Dali calculated the amount of work and manpower, and then replied to Fu Zhiyong.

"No problem, you can do it, but I have a request, when digging the soil, try to dig according to the standard of the trap, so that it is convenient for waste utilization in the future, as for where to build, you can ask Liao Peng, and he will tell you how to plan." Fu Zhiyong smiled with satisfaction and said.

"Uh...... I understand the battalion commander, or you are thoughtful, hehe......" Zhang Dali was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Fu Zhiyong meant, and then said with a chuckle......

In the next few days, Fu Zhiyong and the others began to get busy, although there were not enough houses to live in for the time being, but everyone was able to endure it in a short time, after all, officers like Fu Zhiyong and Zhang Weidong also rested in the open air in the woods, and those who served in the army had nothing to complain about.

Fu Zhiyong may be the most idle of these people on the surface, but he is busier than anyone else, because although these things have been ordered to be done by others, except for Zhang Weidong, who took people away, he does not know the progress, he has to personally ask about everything, after all, people who use their brains are actually much more tired than those who run errands.

The project is progressing smoothly on Zhang Dali's side, the soil here is very suitable for making burnt adobe bricks, and according to the current progress, the expected project plan may be completed ahead of schedule, but with the continuous increase of personnel, it will be really busy for a while.

Liao Peng would leave with Lu Fengying every day after breakfast, Lu Fengying was going to the surrounding villages to recruit troops, while Liao Peng was to draw topographic sketches along the way, and then process the map according to scale after returning to the camp in the evening, and the progress was also very smooth.

And Lu Fengying has also summoned more than 20 hunters to join in just a few days, for hunters like them who live a simple life, the attraction of the military salary of these five oceans is really not small, plus Fu Zhiyong does not have to worry about food and clothing here, almost all the military salary is used to supplement the family, although it does not sound much, but it is enough for a family of three to spend more than two months.

The new hunters are all good players that Lu Fengying has thought about recruiting in advance, all of them are very strong, and they are even better at shooting guns and arrows and traps in the mountains and forests, as long as they use rifles and queue military methods with a little training, they are very good soldiers, from this point of view, Fu Zhiyong is very satisfied with Lu Fengying, it seems that this little girl is really not less concerned about this.

This morning, Fu Zhiyong was checking the construction of the camp with satisfaction, when he saw Lu Fengying and Liao Peng running back from the mountain in a hurry.

"I said what's the matter with you two, it's like letting the dog get rid of you, what's wrong?" Fu Zhiyong hurriedly greeted him and asked suspiciously.

"The battalion commander is not good...... Liao Peng ran out of breath, and he gasped for a long time before he said half a sentence.

"Battalion commander, devil...... The devils began to slaughter the village, and the villages near the north of Jurong County were all finished......" Lu Fengying cried as soon as she saw Fu Zhiyong.

"What? What the hell is going on? You two made it clear to me. Fu Zhiyong was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly grabbed Liao Peng's arm and asked.

"I ...... I wanted to go to a few villages north of Jurong County today to see if I could recruit people, but I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the village, I found that all the people had been killed, including babies and the elderly...... didn't let it go, woo woo ......" Lu Fengying burst into tears after she finished whimpering.

"How many villages were slaughtered?" Fu Zhiyong's face suddenly turned iron-blue, and he gritted his teeth and asked in a deep voice.

"The three villages I went to were all killed, and I don't know if any others were slaughtered." Lu Fengying wiped her tears and said.

"Battalion commander, it's the ...... of these three villages," Liao Peng said at this time, handing Fu Zhiyong a hastily drawn map.

"Chenjiabian, Tangaoshan, Tangjiacun......" Fu Zhiyong frowned as he looked at the marked locations on the map.

"Battalion commander, I think the Japanese army slaughtered the village this time to take revenge." Liao Peng gasped and said.

"Well, I think it's also revenge, maybe it's because Lu Fengying shot the Japanese officer, you see that the location of these villages is close to the mountainous area, and they are all villages where Orion is more concentrated." Fu Zhiyong glanced at Lu Fengying and nodded to Liao Peng, and said in a deep voice.

"Huh? I...... It's because I'm ...... Did they just slaughter the village? Lu Fengying took two steps back in shock, covered her small mouth and whimpered in disbelief.

"If you want to do something, you always have to pay a price, it's not your fault, as long as you think about the consequences before doing things in the future." Fu Zhiyong shook his head and comforted Lu Fengying.

"Battalion commander, should we gather the brothers ......" Liao Peng said with his fists clenched.

"No need, now that things are like this, even if we kill a devil brigade, it won't help, we will just let those devils continue to slaughter innocent people." Fu Zhiyong handed the map back to Liao Peng and sighed.

"So we're not going to do anything? Those ordinary people died in vain? Liao Peng shouted angrily, his eyes almost turning blood red.

"Liao Peng! Calm the for me, we're going to kill him, but not now! If we go out and fight with them now, it's not a big deal, if we win, we won't be able to attack the county, and if we lose, we will retreat, and the people will still be slaughtered, why don't you understand this truth. Fu Zhiyong went up and grabbed Liao Peng's neck and yelled.

"But as soldiers, we have to do something, otherwise I'm really unwilling!" Liao Peng closed his eyes and said painfully.

"The only thing we can do now is to be patient, accumulate strength and arrange the people at the same time, at least we can't let the devils threaten us with the people when we fight back." Fu Zhiyong let go, and Liao Peng said helplessly.

Fu Zhiyong is also forced to have no choice now, not to mention that his strength is not enough now, even if there are thousands of troops, he does not dare to attack rashly, after all, his weakness is held in the hands of others, unless Fu Zhiyong wants to see the scene of the Nanjing Massacre staged again, otherwise he must not let the devils know that they are lurking in this mountain.

"Woo woo......" Lu Fengying can't listen to anything now, she can only squat on the ground with her head in her arms and cry non-stop.

"What the fuck......" Liao Peng slammed his fist on the tree next to him, scolding angrily.

"Help her back for me, don't embarrass me here." Fu Zhiyong glanced at Lu Fengying angrily and said to Liao Peng, and then turned around and walked back.

After Fu Zhiyong returned to the camp, he immediately found a clever hunter and asked him to put down his work and go down the mountain immediately, it is best to go to the county town to understand the situation, at least how many villages have been slaughtered and what caused it to inquire clearly.

After a few days of investigation, the Japanese army slaughtered a total of five villages this time, all of which were located in the Orion concentration area near the mountainous area, and the reason was really the same as what Fu Zhiyong said, that is, it was simply to retaliate for the shot taken by Lu Fengying and the killing of several Japanese soldiers, but Fu Zhiyong would never have thought that the Japanese officer who was shot black would actually be the temporary commander-in-chief of the Central China Front, Lieutenant General Asakamiya, and he was also a member of the Japanese imperial family. I hated why I didn't arrive earlier and made up for him a few more shots.

In the next few days, everything went according to plan, but the atmosphere has completely changed, everyone is no longer as lively and lively as before, the atmosphere is filled with a heavy killing atmosphere, since everyone heard about the devil's slaughter of the village, everyone is holding back a lot of energy, wanting to go out of the mountain as soon as possible to do a pain, but because of this, the efficiency of all work has been greatly accelerated, which makes Fu Zhiyong a little relieved......

This book was first published in Reading Rim