Wu Xiaoming was holding dozens of recalcitrant prisoners, and when they returned to Dalu Village with the looted grain on their backs, they heard a cry coming from the village. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It turned out that the grain of every household had not been well hidden, and it had been robbed clean by the recalcitrant army. An old lady cried, "Oh my God...... These Kuomintang who have suffered a thousand knives have robbed my family of food, but how can I live...... Simply, I'm not alive anymore, let's die! As he spoke, he was about to hit the wall.

A militia boy with a gun on his back hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Auntie, the Kuomintang is looking forward to our death, and the Japanese are also hoping that we will die. We can't die, but we still have to live to fight them? ”

The old lady still cried and sang, "You said it nicely...... But how can I live without food...... These Kuomintang who have suffered a thousand cuts...... Don't let people live......"

At this time, Han Xing and Wu Xiaoming were passing by with these dozens of bandits. Han Xing said to the captives, "Where did you steal the grain, and then send it?" ”

One of the bandits delivered the stolen grain to the old lady. When the eldest lady saw it, she immediately hugged the half sack of grain tightly in her arms, and refused to let go or cry. Chai Long came over and said to him, "Auntie, you have to hide the grain, and you can't let them rob it anymore." ”

The eldest lady glared for a moment and said, "How to hide the grain, you teach me." ”

Chai Long said decisively: "Okay, I'll teach you how to hide these grains." Chai Long is teaching the villagers how to hide their food.

These dozens of bandits handed over the stolen grain to the common people, and one by one they squatted there like their dead father, silent. Li Dazhong Xiong said: "Look at you, where do you still look like a Kuomintang soldier, just bandits." If the people have no food, how can they survive? ”

The other bandits didn't speak, only a thin man said: "We are also people, and we are also hungry and panicked, what should the people do if they don't give food and rob it?" ”

Li Dazhong really wanted to go up and slap him, but after thinking about it, now he is also an instructor, and he violates discipline by beating people. I had to lead him and say, "You know why the people don't give you food!" ”

"Yes," said the thin man, "don't fight devils!" Specializing in fighting the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Okay, I understand." Li Dazhong said, "Then you still follow the Kuomintang?" ”

The thin man said: "If you don't do it, there is no way, become a soldier and eat food to support your family." Unexpectedly, the family was gone, and I didn't eat. It's hard—"

"What's your name?" Li Dazhong asked.

"My name is Wang Laosan, that is, from Gaotang Land, not far from here." This thin Kuomintang soldier said.

In dealing with these prisoners, according to the policy of the Eighth Route Army, those who are willing to return home will be given travel expenses, and those who are willing to join the Eighth Route Army are welcomed. Wang Laosan and a few prisoners were willing to join the revolutionary ranks, and the Liaotang detachment temporarily arranged them to the fifth company, that is, Li Dazhong's company.

One day in mid-September, the Liaotang detachment learned that the enemy in Sang'a Town was going to come out to grab grain again, so it entered the area of Caizhuang overnight, preparing to take advantage of the favorable terrain and fight a battle with Qi Zixiu.

Caizhuang Village is 7.3 kilometers northeast of Sang'a Town, which is the only way from Liaocheng to Tangyi. As for why this battle was fought in Caizhuang Village, when the Liaotang detachment was discussing with Han Xing, Chief of Staff Li Shanting once asked Han Xing: "Section Chief Han, didn't you say that from now on, there will be no more positional warfare, why do you want to fight positional warfare in Caizhuang?" ”

Han Xing said: "I said that if we don't fight a big battle, I don't say that we won't fight a positional war. Now the main war is to fight for food, if Qi Zixiu jumps over and takes away the food, we will starve some people to death, and Qi Zixiu will be able to feed some people. Now is the autumn harvest, and defending the autumn harvest is more important than anything else.

The second is that Qi Zixiu did not have artillery, even if he had several cannons, he also lacked shells. And we still have a few mortars, at least our artillery has an advantage. We can fight such a battle!

There is also the favorable terrain and the support of the superiors, this place belongs to the Third Army Division of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and the commander Zhao Jianmin will not look at us and leave it alone, and immediately contact Commander Zhao. ”

Li Shanting smiled and said to Han Xing: "Section Chief Han, it is you who don't let you fight a big battle, and you are the one who lets you fight a big battle." ”

Zhang Daqian and Chai Long also agreed with Han Xing. Han Xing said: "Soldiers are impermanent, water has no shape, people are alive, and urine cannot be suffocated." ”

Han Xing also has another worry, that is, the devils in Liaocheng and various big strongholds, the Japanese do not fight the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang does not fight the Japanese, there has already been a tacit understanding between them, if Caizhuang fights, if the Japanese take the opportunity to insert a lever from behind, it will be troublesome. He asked Wang Xiu'e to contact Pan Xiaoan as soon as possible, and through the intelligence department, to reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese.

Wang Xiu'e quickly got information from Pan Xiao'an, Wang Xiu'e said: "The Japanese have not yet sent troops to Caizhuang. ”

Han Xing snorted and said, "It seems that Commander Daben is cunning and cunning, he is sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight!" No matter which side is weakened, it is good for him, so why should he care about such 'idle things'? ”

Wang Xiu'e whispered to Han Xing: "I heard that all this information was obtained from the 'rats' in Liaocheng. Tell me, who is this mouse? ”

Han Xing shook his head and said, "You don't know about intelligence, how can I, who doesn't do intelligence, know?" ”

Wang Xiu'e and Han Xing became acquainted, looked into Han Xing's eyes and said, "You must know, just let me be in the dark." ”

Han Xing said to her seriously: "Don't ask what you shouldn't know, you should understand this discipline." These are the things you shouldn't say. ”

The weather in September brings the coolness of autumn and the slowly waning sunshine, making us really feel the end of summer. Think about the summer heat that has accompanied us along the way and disappear in the years little by little, and a little bit of autumn coolness is like a crop growing in the ground, turning yellow day by day.

The September sun is poetic, the gentle wind combs the fields, and the drifting clouds rub the sky blue. In the fields, the sparse corn is like a flag, and the golden eyes shine with the hope of the farmers.

Land, like people, is not arbitrarily claimed, it also needs to have a process of recuperation. It also needs sunlight, air, water, fertilizer, and just like humans, it needs to eat and absorb nutrients. However, the Japanese and the Kuomintang did not give them time to breathe, and repeated ravages had overwhelmed the land and exhausted its last strength.

It seems that this year's harvest is not good!

There is an abandoned kiln in Caizhuang, which is the commanding height of nature, which controls the road from Sang'a Town to Tangyi, and then asks farmers to harvest the small, but ripe corn, and it becomes a natural battlefield.

Han Xing suggested to Zhang Daqian that the fourth company be placed on the top of the kiln as the general reserve of the detachment, and the fifth company was placed in the front as the assault point of the detachment, and the first and second companies were slightly swinged back to establish the entire defensive position. As for the third company, it was released to maneuver and monitor the Japanese troops behind.

Han Xing told the troops that the defensive position was to move the loess, and the more loess in this position was moved, the stronger the position, and the fewer casualties would be.

Therefore, each company emptied the loess in front of the position and enriched it with its own position, so that a large slope was formed. Brothers of the national army, if you climb this slope, it will take more effort and increase the angle of the defender's shot.

Han Xing also moved the heavy machine gun squad and mortar squad of Wu Xiaoming of the Fifth Company to the top of the kiln, which is also called the above strike, and the momentum is like a bamboo.

After waiting for a day, Qi Zixiu's troops finally came, and this time Qi Zixiu brought nearly two brigades of troops, that is, in addition to his troops scattered all over the country, almost with all his might, to come to grab food.

Qi Zixiu's troops, one by one the soldiers were so hungry that their faces were yellow and thin, and some of them were weak, and the Kuomintang provincial government only gave them numbers, but did not give them food. The Japanese didn't have much strength in the first place, although there were intermediaries to mediate, the Japanese were also afraid of raising tigers, and once Qi Zixiu's strength was strong, he would eat himself. So for the food problem, I still can't eat enough, how can I repair it for Qi Zi again!

Last year's catastrophe and this year's harvest were not good, and if we didn't get some food, tens of thousands of troops would only starve to death.

Qi Zixiu rode a horse, with a gloomy face, sandwiched in the ranks of tens of thousands of people, unhurriedly advancing to the beat of the team. Although the face is a little vegetable, it still shows a little shine. Although the soldiers were hungry, the cooks still tried their best to make these officers eat better, because this is a "glorious" tradition left over from the army! In the army, officials are precious.

Qi Zixiu said to his senior senator Zhang Boyu: "Boyu, do you think there is a problem with our strategy? ”

Zhang Boyu is more than ten years older than him, and Bi Ran has experienced some more ups and downs, saying: "I don't think there is any problem, our strategy is to combine points and faces." The so-called point is to send troops to the territory of the Japanese and the territory of the Communist Party to seize places, build strongholds, and develop our forces. Once we are fattened and strengthened, we will be able to control both the Japanese and the Communist Party in our hands.

The so-called noodles are to concentrate superior forces and take them into our own hands to expand our territory. We set up a base camp in Liangshui Town, Liaocheng, and then developed southward, this time occupying the Communist Party's territory, Sang'a Town. In terms of territory and troops, we are on a par with the Communists in terms of territory, and in terms of troops, we are much stronger than the Japanese and the Communists. ”

Qi Zixiu nodded, but said hesitantly: "But how do I think that the days are getting more and more difficult!" Especially food, there was no food, and the troops starved to death. ”