Back in the conference room, Xiao Xiong gathered everyone. Bai Yu came in and handed Xiao Xiong the telegram just sent by the Commander's Department of the War Zone. The telegram said that the personnel and materials allocated to the Einsatzgruppen in northern Jiangxi would be transported in batches by waterway, and would be smuggled ashore from the direction of Xingzi around the 15th.

"Wouldn't that be better? When we went to Lushan this time, we changed our route and walked in the direction of Xingzi, saving us from sending people to run again. However, the safety of people and goods must be ensured. Let's discuss it and think about it thoroughly. Deputy Commander, you talk about it first. ”

Xiao Xiong said to Gao Qixing with some excitement.

"I don't know who the commander wants to take to Xingzi and Lushan this time?"

Gao Qixing then replied.

"Because it is a supplementary personnel, I want to bring several squadron leaders with me, so that they can directly receive soldiers there and integrate them into the team. I don't know if it's okay? ”

"That's good, so you don't have to come back and rearrange it."

"Li Minghua and Liu Junshan of the hunter team will come first, and select some people who are skilled in marksmanship and witty and experienced to bring them directly."

"Great. Our team has lost too many people during this time, and we are worried about the lack of manpower. Once we have selected them, we will take them directly to Lushan. If possible, let them find devils in Lushan to practice marksmanship. ”

"The delivery of materials has to be completed by Yantai and Yongming in person, and I am not very relieved that others will go. The two of you carefully calculated how to transport these materials back to Jiangxinzhou. ”

"Yes. Guaranteed completion of the task. ”

"This time we went to Xingzi, we also left Hu Mao to reward them with a radio station and some supplies. In these few battles, the Xingzi guerrillas came as soon as they were called, never said a word, and fought bravely. However, their losses are also very large, and they have to be compensated well. ”

"Yes, the commander is more thoughtful. For this task, Xiong Qiang, you have to tell Hu Mao to reward them first. ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to deliver the report right away."

"Well, that's it. Early tomorrow morning, Zhang Shan and I will lead a few squadron leaders and hunters to set off from the waterway, and it is estimated that we will arrive at the meeting point of Xingzi in the evening. The specific arrangements for the itinerary are the responsibility of the water guerrilla brigade. Deputy Commander Gao, Chief of Staff Xiong, and Captain Jiang Feng stayed in Jiujiang and were in charge of the overall affairs here. Everyone is in place and ready to prepare. ”

"Yes." Everyone replied in unison.

After a busy afternoon, all the preparations have been completed. Xiao Xiong and Bai Yu walked out of the house together, and they came to the water's edge.

Caijiazhou is located in the heart of Jiangxinzhou, slightly to the north. It is surrounded by small waterways flowing from the Yangtze River. In winter, when the Yangtze River is dry, large sandbanks will be exposed, and small ditches criss-cross the sandbanks, and small ponds will be formed. In ditches and ponds, there will be some silly fish and shrimp that have not run away.

The team members stationed on Jiangxinzhou always go to the pond and ditch to catch fish and shrimp, and every time they return with a full load. The geese and birds flying south also like to come here to perch. Because there is a large amount of fish and shrimp screws and other foods that they like here, they build nests here to give birth and raise offspring.

Unfortunately, it is already spring, and the Yangtze River has entered the flood season. The narrow ditch was gone, and only the rushing water rushed along the shore to the east. The reeds on the sandbar have turned green and grow particularly luxuriantly. The birds frolic and jump in the reeds, sometimes chirping happily.

Everything was so peaceful and quiet.

Xiao Xiong and Bai Yu watched as the sun in the west was slowly setting into the river, and the river under their feet made a cheerful noise. Jiangxinzhou under the sunset is like a paradise, so holy and beautiful, and so full of mood.

"Brother, if it weren't for the devil coming, we might not have known that there was such a good place."

"Yes, creation makes people. If it weren't for the war, we might be wandering among the mountains and rivers, listening to the sounds of nature, and appreciating the sweetness in the long river of history. Is that right? ”

"Yes, I just want to live the kind of life of 'picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely', 'Morningside is desolate, and returning with the moon and lotus hoe'."

"'There are more than ten acres of square houses and eight or nine thatched houses. The elm willow shades the back eaves, and the peach and plum Luo Hall are in front of the hall. Ambiguous and distant village, smoke in the ruins. The dog barks in the deep alley, and the rooster cries in the mulberry tree. There is no dust in the courtyard, and there is spare time in the empty room. Tao Yuanming's garden life is so beautiful, we will go to the foot of Lushan Mountain to live this kind of life in the future. ”

Bai Yutou leaned on Xiao Xiong's shoulder, and the two sat on the grass and murmured dreamily. While enjoying the sunset in the western sky and listening to the sound of flowing water, the two of them reveled in this beautiful sunset.

The sun has already submerged into the river, and the spring breeze feels a little cool. Xiao Xiong hugged Bai Yu up.

"Brother, I also want to go to Lushan. Can you take me with you? Bai Yu suddenly grabbed Xiao Xiong's arm and said coquettishly.

"Not yet, we have a long way to go, and there is a good chance of war, it is too dangerous for you to go. When I beat the devils away in the future, the world is too peaceful, and I will definitely take you there. We also have to build a house on the mountain, even if it's a thatched house, and live there for a certain period of time every year. All right? ”

"You know how to fool people. Well, keep this account in mind, and then you will have to pay it back to me, and you will not be allowed to pay it back. ”

Back at the residence, everyone eats together. Today's dinner is very rich, there are fried bacon with quinoa, roasted muntjac with spring bamboo shoots, fried shredded pork with asparagus, boiled vermicelli with salmon, etc., as well as a large pot of fried snails and fried lobsters, and the red crab is even more mouth-watering, these are all dishes that everyone likes to eat.

At 4 o'clock in the morning on April 8, after Xiao Xiong and Zhang Shan said goodbye to Xiong Qiang, they led everyone to set off in batches.

Xiao Xiong and Zhang Shan were sitting on a sailboat, and Wang Yantai was the boss of the boat. They had many sacks on board. They had already obtained a special pass from Liu Huanteng, and they were Jiujiang merchants who went to Duchang, Xingzi and other places to buy grain.

Jiang Yongming, Li Minghua, Liu Junshan, and others set off first in more than a dozen fishing boats.

It was the season when the Yangtze River was rising, and it was smooth sailing, and everyone had prepared the necessary documents, although the devil's patrol boat checked several times along the way, they all passed the customs safely. All the boats entered Poyang Lake at 8 a.m.

After entering the mouth of the lake, because Poyang Lake is also the season of high water, the five major rivers in the Poyang Lake basin, such as the Ganjiang River, the Fu River, the Xiu River, the Rao River, and the Xinjiang River, are fully flooded, so the lake surface becomes particularly wide, and the water flow is also very turbulent.

Xiao Xiong's sailboat had already raised all three white sails high, and they were moving with the help of the north wind, and the speed was very fast. Jiang Yongming's fishing boat also hung a small sail on the bow, and with the help of the power of the oars, the speed was slightly slower than Xiao Xiong's sailboat.

The flotilla was in a column, basically along the side of the stars on the right bank. It is about 80 miles from Hukou to Xingzi County, and about 60 miles from Xingzi County to Benghu.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Xiong led the fleet to the waters of Lao Ye Temple. At this time, the water surface of the old man's temple was sparkling and unprosperous. Everyone slowed down, silently lit incense and candles, and sprinkled the water with offerings such as rice, fish, and wine. Here, hundreds of brothers from the Einsatzgruppen died heroically, and their heroic souls remained in the magnificent and vast Poyang Lake.

Xiao Xiong personally lit a firecracker and told the martyrs in the water that the brothers had come to see you. In the cabin, everyone raised their hands to salute the lake with tears in their eyes, and waited until the fleet sailed through the waters before putting their hands down.

After a full day of marching, the fleet reached Beng Lake before dark.

The sunset hung on the mountain of Lushan in the west, its afterglow spread over the lake, and the colorful clouds covered the western sky.

The fleet brushed across Benghu Lake and docked at Liujiazui Village in Sujiadang. On the first day, Hu Maosheng, who received the telegram, rushed over overnight with people and prepared the corresponding things. As soon as Xiao Xiong's fleet landed, Hu Maosheng led people to greet him.

He brought Xiao Xiong and his party of more than 50 people to the village. The members of the Xingzi guerrillas had already prepared dinner, including steamed dried fish, pickled muntjac meat and swan meat, and radish grass carp soup with a thick and white soup that had been boiled for a long time. Although this is not as rich as Xiao Xiong's meal last night, it is already very rare in this remote small fishing village.

In the middle of the night, a telegram was received from the theater command that the transferred personnel and supplies would arrive.

Xiao Xiong led everyone to wait on the shore.

Soon, a beam of light from a flashlight lit up on the surface of the lake not far away, and some scholars and water ducks made a "quack" sound. It's our people who came.

There were six large boats, more than 300 people, and dozens of large wooden boxes. They came through Songmen Mountain, which is in the direction of Yongxiu. Because they bought off the puppet army along the coast, they came here very smoothly.

Everyone moved their things down first, and opened the wooden box on the sandbank. Because it is the 12th day of the lunar calendar, there is most of the moon hanging in the sky, and it shines brightly on the ground.

The wooden boxes are marked with markings. Xiao Xiong first opened a box containing a radio station, took out a radio station from it and handed it to Hu Maoxian. He opened another box containing weapons and medicines, gave Hu Mao a reward of weapons, ammunition and medicines, and gave him money to buy food. This time, Hu Mao's mouth couldn't close. Just said "thank you" in a loud voice.

Xiao Xiong took out another 1,000 yuan from the box and handed the money to Hu Maoxian. This iron man, who bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield, was so moved that he couldn't speak. Because, what is most lacking in his team is funds, Xiao Xiong not only gave himself guns, ammunition, and medical supplies, but also gave him 1,000 yuan. Compared with the previous security forces, which were also national troops, one treated himself like a brother in heaven, and the other regarded himself as an enemy on the ground. How can this not move this iron man.

After all these supplies were sorted out, Xiao Xiong asked three of the big ships sent to return to the sea, leaving the other three. And immediately reported to the theater command.

Xiao Xiong also asked a few officers who led the team to meet the six squadron leaders and Li Minghua, except for more than 30 people with good marksmanship who were assigned to the hunter team, the rest were assigned to six squadrons according to the roster.

Then, Wang Yantai led people to load some prepared grain and other food on four large boats, and distributed some people to fishing boats, and Xiao Xiong asked him to lead everyone back by water after dawn.