Chapter 8: Early Painting
"We are from the cavalry brigade, which part are you?" Before Hu Fei could speak, the platoon commander of the team leader spoke to the soldiers at the entrance of the hall.
"Of the cavalry brigade? Oh, we're from the logistics department. Director Liang is talking to Zhang Dahu inside, you are here to find Director Liang, right? "This one will make excuses for Hu Fei. Hu Fei himself hasn't figured out how to explain his origins, and this person has already found a good reason for him.
"Oh, yes, we're here for Director Liang. Brother hard work. Hu Feichong smiled slightly, and when he took his hand out of his pocket, he already had an extra pack of cigarettes. Shoved the cigarette into the hand of the talking captain, and led Yuan Fang into the door of the hall.
As soon as the man at the door was stunned, the group of soldiers on the side swarmed him and surrounded him, and in the midst of laughter, a pack of cigarettes was divided up in the blink of an eye.
There were two people sitting on the chair of the guest house in the hall. On the throne sat a fat man, with a royal blue robe covered with a dark black coat, dressed as a standard gentry. There was a national army officer sitting in the guest seat, and the rank on the collar was a lieutenant colonel. Hu Fei estimated that this person was probably the director Liang mentioned by the captain at the door, but he didn't know which unit he was the chief of logistics.
The military rank on Hu Fei's collar is also a lieutenant colonel, and he was still crowned by Fu Zuoyi when he was in Suiyuan. Later, when he joined the 27th Army, Gui Yongqing did not re-award Hu Fei with the military rank, and his rank of lieutenant colonel has been brought to the present.
When a stranger came, the one sitting on the main seat immediately stood up and said hello, it turned out that he was Zhang Hongyuan, the owner of this house, that is, Zhang Dahu in the local population. Hu Fei introduced himself, and the lieutenant colonel officer on the guest seat also introduced his origin, he was Liang Xingbang, deputy director of the logistics department of the 68th Army.
The commander of the 68th Army was Liu Ruming. During the Anti-Japanese War on the Great Wall, Liu Ruming served as the commander of the 29th Army's 2nd Division, and was listed as the three division commanders of the 29th Army along with Zhang Zizhong and Feng Zhi'an, and was a famous general who resisted Japan.
Since he came, Hu Fei didn't hide it, and told Zhang Dahu in person that he came to raise military rations, I came to raise grain!
Zhang Dahu swallowed and foamed, and his eyes looked at Liang Xingbang in the guest seat.
Director Liang couldn't help but answer, "Captain Hu, the Zhang family has food, and it's not impossible to donate it to you." However, my brother came this time on the order of our military seat, and our army ordered the Zhang family's grain last month. Tens of thousands of brothers in our 68th Army sacrificed their lives and fought bloody battles against the Japanese in Xuzhou! The brothers had no other requirements, only that they should be paid on time and that they should have enough to eat at every meal. β
"As an officer in charge of logistics, Liang can't go to the battlefield with the brothers to kill the enemy side by side, so I can only take care of the brothers to eat enough. I'm sorry, Captain Hu, the grain of Zhang Dahu's family belongs to our 68th Army. If Captain Hu insists on taking it, please discuss with our military seat. As long as the military seat nodded, Liang didn't say a word, and immediately adjusted your food according to Captain Hu's request! β
Director Liang's impassioned words, Hu Feiguang opened his mouth and couldn't speak. He is an anti-Japanese army fighting with devils on the battlefield, how can he compete with the anti-Japanese troops for food?
"Captain Hu, you shouldn't have many troops, and you don't need much food, so you can actually borrow it from other families. There is a cattle grain store in the town, and they should have enough food for you. Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Zhang Dahu, the owner of the house, immediately changed the topic and played a round.
"Yes, yes, Niu Ji Grain Store, there is a lot of grain there, and he will definitely be willing to donate when Captain Hu goes. Donating anti-war food, who is not enthusiastic all over the country now? Seeing this, Director Liang hurriedly took advantage of the topic and vigorously encouraged Hu Fei to go to Niuji Grain Store to raise military rations.
Cattle Grain Row? If the food is easy to get there, I'll still use it for your house? It seems that Zhang Dahu's food can't be obtained. However, Hu Fei wanted to make one last effort before giving up, "May I ask if your army Liu Junzao is in Luohe?" β
"Yes, if Captain Hu wants to see our military seat, I can go back and report to the authorities. If Junzuo agrees to meet, I will take Captain Hu to meet Liu Junzuo tomorrow morning. β
Yes, this time Hu Fei is completely dead. Liu Ruming is in Luohe, can he go to Commander Liu to ask for food? Just as Director Liang said, there are many 68 soldiers, and the consumption of food is also large; Although Zhang Dahu's family has a lot of food, it is not certain whether it is enough to feed tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the 68th Army.
Hu Fei went to find Liu Ruming, what if Commander Liu didn't agree? Hard grab? You only have less than a thousand cavalry brigades, and you are an army of tens of thousands of people! There is no need to think about this problem, it is better not to go to Liu Ruming, so as not to embarrass the family and embarrass yourself.
The grain of Zhang Dahu's family was given to Liu Ruming, and the grain of the Niu family grain store was given to Hu Zongnan. There are only two families in this town who can afford military rations, and if Hu Fei doesn't want his soldiers to starve, he will have to find a way from the two families!
Liu Ruming's 68th Army is in Luohe, and there is no need to think about the food of Zhang Dahu's family. Although Niu Ji Grain Store said that it sold grain to Hu Zongnan, Commander-in-Chief Hu was far away in Xinyang. No matter how powerful Hu Zongnan is, he can't take care of Luohe's affairs, and it won't be so convenient!
After Hu Fei made a decision in his heart, he said goodbye and left Zhang's family in the west of the town. Next, he had to go to Niu Ji Grain Store again. However, this time Hu Fei didn't know where he came, he went to engage in food, so it was clear what he was doing with Commander-in-Chief Hu, so Hu Fei wouldn't do that stupid thing!
Let people run to sue sΓΉ Ji Jinbiao and leave the grain store immediately! The treasurer and the men of the grain store know that you are members of the cavalry brigade, what will you do if you don't leave?
When he arrived at a place outside the town where there were few people, Hu Fei asked the fifty soldiers to take off the emblems of the cavalry brigade that could be seen on their bodies, and he himself put away the lieutenant colonel's collar badge on his collar. After a while, Ji Jinbiao came with people, and Hu Fei asked the gang to put away the signs that could prove their identities. As for the military uniform, there is no need to change it, and he can't recognize who it is when he looks at the military uniform.
After the troops were assembled, Hu Fei checked them one by one again, and found nothing missing. Hu Fei explained clearly: no killing or injuring people's lives! We're here to get food, not to kill people! If any of them cause trouble for me, they will not be spared!
Hu Fei, Ji Jinbiao, and the four soldiers who crossed the door at the door of the grain store, all of whom had shown their faces alone, all looked for something to paint their faces. It's okay to find some soot to smear it, or to get some mud to paddle on the road, in short, how to make people unrecognizable. This is considered an early body painting.
The soot is easy to make, the mud is even better, and it doesn't take long to get it ready!
Before the action, Hu Fei did a division of labor: Yuan Fang took 20 people to control all the people in the grain store, such as the guys, shopkeepers, and small workers; Ji Jinbiao led 20 people to be responsible for blocking the inside and outside of the grain store, and no one was allowed to enter or leave during this period; Hu Fei's work is the most important, he will lead the remaining sixty soldiers to carry the grain!