As night wore on, the porters in the city did not stop at all. In order to be able to carry all the materials in the shortest possible time, Meng Qingshan divided the troops into two parts and took turns to carry them, and the entire Qiqihar City was almost brightly lit. And the ten trucks personally escorted by Wang Xiaoming under the cover of the night also drove out of Qiqihar and secretly set off into the distance when everyone was not paying attention.

At this time, Meng Qingshan did not participate in the transportation, but sat in the headquarters and quietly listened to the transportation situation and the progress of the various departments these days.

"Commander-in-chief, after the statistics of the various departments, all the weapons and ammunition in the city have now been removed, and all the equipment in the repair shop has also been transported. At present, the various ministries are seizing the time to move a large amount of grain, cloth and other materials in the city, and according to the current speed of transportation, it will take at least three days to complete. Looking at Meng Qingshan, who was staring at the map in front of him, Chief of Staff Liu Yalou introduced in a low voice.

"No, three days is too long. According to the information sent by the personnel under our party, the reinforcements of a wing of the Japanese army garrison in Zhalantun were only one day and one night away from Qiqihar. Moreover, the Japanese army in the middle of the crusade force also stopped pursuing the Yang deputy headquarters, turned around and was rushing to this side day and night, and just sent a telegram from the political commissar, the Japanese army Yamashita Fengwu also withdrew the troops, in addition to leaving some guards in the county, and now they are rushing here, if nothing else, there will be two more days of effort, Qiqihar will be surrounded by the heavy Japanese army. "After listening to the report of Chief of Staff Liu Yalou, I saw the arrows on the map representing the Japanese reinforcements. Meng Qingshan immediately rejected the chief of staff's suggestion and said loudly.

"Commander-in-Chief. I know time is pressing, but there are at least 3 million catties of grain left in the city. In addition, there were more than sixty tons of various other supplies. The number of soldiers and soldiers participating in the portage, including recruits and their families, is less than 15,000. It simply cannot be in the space of three days. Moving such huge supplies out of Qiqihar, do we still have to leave it to the little devils? After listening to Meng Qingshan's words, the chief of staff also agreed very much. However, the problem faced at this time is that there is simply no extra time to take the supplies away.

Think about the delivery of supplies day and night, there are so many left, what should I do? It was a good way to send it to the people, but on the second day after entering the city, Meng Qingshan ordered the warehouse to be opened and the grain was released. If you want to blame the materials here, the materials here are too abundant, in fact, there are some that can't be taken away, but Meng Qingshan sent the engineer battalion of the guard brigade to put explosives on all the things that can't be taken away, and blast them when they leave, leaving nothing for the little devils.

Originally, the strength of the Anti-Japanese Union was not proportional to the Kwantung Army. Now that there is such a good opportunity to weaken the strength of the Kwantung Army, Meng Qingshan is unwilling to let it go.

"Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief, you don't have to worry. We have a way, or Brigade Commander Shen has the ability, and he actually got thousands of horses. With these horses, then we can transport them quickly. We'll be able to get all of this stuff out tomorrow night. ”

Meng Qingshan raised his head and asked, "Where did Qingshan get so many horses?" ”

"Coincidentally, the commander-in-chief, I was carrying supplies with men when I saw a group of men driving horses here. I asked curiously, and after my inquiry, I learned that this group of people was a young master of a Mongolian prince, and not long ago he received an order from the old devil I killed to transport a batch of horses to Qiqihar to form a cavalry brigade. Shen Qingshan scratched his head and said with a smile.

"Qingshan, you are doing this for the army, our army is disciplined, you are violating discipline." After Liu Yalou heard this, he reprimanded Shen Qingshan.

"The chief of staff is right, Qingshan, you hurry up and return the horses to them, it will not be easy for them."

"Commander-in-chief, chief of staff, I didn't take it for nothing, I gave them money, thirty yuan for a horse." Shen Qingshan patted his chest and said.

Northeast China is a major horse producing area and is rich in horse resources. Although Qiqihar is a town, it has been a transportation artery since the opening of the port, and it is the main foothold for merchants from all over the world. What's more, this place is very close to the Inner Mongolia grassland, and a horse is only about ten yuan to about twenty yuan, and Shen Qingshan gave them thirty yuan, which is a lot.

"Report!"

"Come in."

"Commander-in-chief, there are a few Mongols outside the door, clamoring to see you outside." Xu Hu walked in and said.

"Mongols?" Meng Qingshan turned to look at Shen Qingshan, only to see Shen Qingshan looking down at the soles of his feet, Meng Qingshan felt that Shen Qingshan was bored at a glance, so he asked Xiaohuzi to bring those Mongolians in.

As soon as several Mongolian men came in, they knelt down directly for Meng Qingshan and said, "Hello, Your Excellency the honorable general. ”

"Hello."

"General, you asked us to send you horses, but what you gave us is not what we need, and you are not trustworthy." A young man dressed in a gorgeous Mongolian costume said angrily.

"Didn't I give you money? Pay with one hand and deliver with the other. ”

"We don't want money, the general originally sent someone to talk to us about three 38 rifles plus 100 rounds of 65 ammunition for a horse. A crooked handle for ten horses. And one Type 92 heavy machine gun can be exchanged for fifty horses. 500 pounds of grain for a horse. ”

"We are not your Japanese masters, you heard that we are the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, and the general you said has been killed by me, and now you are facing our commander-in-chief Meng Qingshan, not that old devil, you have driven the horse this time for the little devil, you are an enemy, we did not confiscate all your horses, and return them to you to buy money, you still dare to talk about conditions, believe it or not, I killed you." Shen Qingshan took out the Wang Ba box with his right hand and said loudly.

Heard Shen Qingshan's words. The Mongols were stunned for a moment, not figuring out what the situation was, "You are really not Japanese?" ”

"Have you ever seen a Japanese man so tall?"

"Dear Commander Meng, we also have a hard time, and we don't want to sell the horses to the Japanese, but we have no choice, I am Texiban of the front banner of the right wing of Kormi, you can also call me Wang Zongcheng, my tribe is in the border area of Inner and Outer Mongolia, and is harassed by the so-called Outer Mongolian People's Army, and we have asked the Japanese for weapons several times but have been refused, so when the Japanese came to trade with us, my father sent me." Wang Zongcheng said.

According to Wang Zongcheng's account, Meng Qingshan learned that because the grassland tribes could not buy weapons under the strict control of the Japanese, the Outer Mongolian People's Army would send troops to the Kolbi grassland to fight the grass valley every winter, and Wang Zongcheng's tribe was a large tribe of thousands of people, so the Outer Mongolian People's Army did not dare to attack, and turned its target to the nearby small tribes, and Wang Zongcheng's father was the prince who led the entire grassland tribe, and he was slightly stronger than he could not watch his people being burned and killed by that group of people at will. In January this year, Wang Zongcheng's father, the prince of Kormi, gathered 2,000 Mongolian cavalry and engaged the looting Outer Mongolian People's Army, and the Outer Mongolian army was less than 300 people.

In the end, after several hours of negotiations, the two sides successfully completed the transaction, and when Wang Zongcheng returned with the exchange of horses for weapons, a company of the Anti-United Nations Guard Brigade quietly disappeared into the sea of people. (To be continued.) )