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The sound of firecrackers on the street reminded the children, urged by the adults, to quickly enter the house, pick up bowls of hot dumplings and gobble them up. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Some came out of their homes with dumplings and gathered in groups with their neighbors and friends, with smiles on their faces.

This is the most comfortable year for these overseas Chinese, but this year is also full of dreams for them.

A dream beginning, a dream end. At the beginning of the year, no one thought that this would be the result, no one thought that Huaxia would drive away the invasion of Yue himself, and no one thought that Su Dao would send troops to the Philippines.

In south-central Luzon, in a large farm in Bayunbang, this is a farm contracted by the local more powerful Chinese, who hire Chinese to farm, and at the same time pay a huge annual management fee to the US military.

Even so, they are often harassed by those lazy Filipinos, who from time to time take up arms to attack the manor, plunder all the resources here, and then report to the US military, and often both sides fight fifty boards, of course, the Filipinos don't want to come back what they swallowed, and the huge management fees that the Chinese need to pay are not less.

At least 30 percent of the year's harvest has to be taken away by the Filipinos, and they do not dare to resist for fear of arousing the anger of the Filipinos and harming their personal safety. The remaining 70 percent, or about 50 percent, will be handed over to the Americans.

In other words, after a year of hard work, only 20 percent of them can get into their own hands, and if so, it would be fine, but of these 20 percent, they have to pay the wages of the workers, as well as the medical expenses of the workers who were injured by the Filipinos.

If you are lucky in a year, you may be able to save a little, but if you are unlucky, you can only gnaw the old book, when to gnaw the old book, that is, the time to transfer this manor out.

The estate is home to a wide range of crops, not only rice and corn, but also coconuts, sugar cane, mangoes, and bananas, all of which are found in the Philippines.

The areas are neatly divided, and each area is planted with different crops, of course, rice and corn are the most planted, after all, these are things that can be eaten directly, and who wouldn't want to have more varieties?

But those Filipinos, laziness is not their biggest problem, the most annoying thing for the Chinese is that you say you will grab it, and just move some of the grain in the warehouse, these ** egg people, not only that, but sometimes when they are in a big hair, they will destroy those crops that are not yet ripe.

But now it is different, the arrival of the expeditionary force has brought them hope for life and let them see the dawn.

In this manor, it is also the center of the Chinese in Luzon to support the expeditionary force, and all the support for the expeditionary force in the entire Luzon region, including the dispatch of guides, the mapping of previous maps, and the current supply of military rations, etc., are under the unified control of here.

And this manor is also the largest producer of the expeditionary force's military food supply, and the military rations produced from here alone basically supply one-tenth of the expeditionary force's military food needs, plus the manor's owner Zou Shiming vigorously buys grain in the surrounding areas, and then transports the grain to this manor, and when a certain amount is collected, the expeditionary force will come and pull it away.

To put it mildly, that is, a second-way dealer, but Zou Shiming doesn't think so, because whether it is the grain he produces himself or the grain he buys from the surrounding areas, he does not earn a penny of profit from it, but also loses labor and other expenses.

At first, he didn't plan to collect money, having a stable story is more important than anything else, over the years, Zou Shiming has experienced a lot of things, Americans and Filipinos are hungry wolves who can't be fed.

It's not too much to give him, and he doesn't remember your good, and he comes to find trouble again and again, which also makes Zou Shiming want to resist, so he keeps sending people to secretly look for foreign aid, hoping to drive out the Americans, or provide some support for himself.

If it can be like the Lanfang company, it is naturally the best, and when the time comes, a Lanfang Republic will be formed, and there will be its own army, so naturally it is not afraid of being bullied by these Filipinos.

By chance, the people sent by Zou Shiming met the intelligence officers of the expeditionary force, and after talking for a while, the two sides exchanged contact information, and from then on, Zou Shiming began to follow Su Dao's requirements and summoned people who could be summoned within his ability to draw a map together.

And now, Zou Shiming finally got his wish, as the Filipino Chinese who made the greatest contribution to the expeditionary force, Zou Shiming was also treated very well, and he didn't dare to say anything else, no one dared to come to the manor now, because of the important surname of the status, the expeditionary force has sent a company of troops, stationed in the manor for a long time, responsible for maintaining the security of the manor.

"Company Commander Hao, let the brothers all come into the house, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, you are so far away from your hometown to come to this Philippines to vent for us, I asked people to make some dumplings, come in and taste it, see if it tastes the same as your hometown?"

Zou Shiming walked in the manor, looking relaxed, and sometimes showing an excited smile, finally found Hao Biao, who was inspecting the fortifications, and hurriedly took Hao Biao's hand cordially, and said while pulling back.

"Hehe, Mr. Zou is too outside, as a soldier, I naturally have the obligation to protect the safety of the Chinese people, although you are overseas Chinese, but we are still Chinese in our roots, seeing that you have been bullied outside, how can we not ask? Mr. Zou, go and get busy first, and when this place is ready, I will lead the brothers over to eat dumplings. ”

Hao Biao pointed to the searchlights on the two lookouts and spoke.

The garrison of a company in the manor has its own cooking class, and it is always necessary to solve the problem of eating and everything by itself, and it is rare to eat with the Chinese in the manor.

And the soldiers in the cooking squad are not professional cooks, they usually take care of cooking, and if it is really a critical time, the soldiers of this squad will also rush up with guns. Of course, the premise is that the other soldiers are almost dead, and there is really no one to use.

When it's not time to cook, the soldiers in the cooking squad basically join the patrol, which is also a type of military training.

Although today is Chinese New Year's Eve, this habit has not changed, so today's garrison does not eat dumplings, and in special places like today, plus it is a special area, at night, they rarely bury pots to make rice, most of them just use the extra food at noon to deal with it, and then gnaw dry food.

At this time, one more person to defend will be more safe, the military food output is heavy, it is related to the safety of hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces, no one dares to be sloppy in this regard, and not far away, in the urban area of Bayunbang, there is also a regiment of troops on the defense, once there is something here, if it is daylight, the fighters of the HNA will arrive in one or twenty minutes, and in two hours at most, the ground support troops can arrive.

After waiting for a week, the support was even faster, and the expeditionary force built an airfield west of San Mateo, where a brigade of airborne troops was on standby, and they could support the whole of Luzon in less than an hour, wherever there was danger.

The rules of the expeditionary force are not to take a stitch from the masses, although their food is basically provided by Zou Shiming, but Hao Biao will sign a list for Zou Shiming, and when the people from the logistics force come, they will settle with him together.

"Company Commander Hao can have such a responsible attitude, Zou is really very happy, but today is more special, I think those people should not come to make trouble after knowing that there is a garrison here, otherwise, I will have people send dumplings over, so that the brothers will not have to run back and forth, and they can eat directly here."

Zou Shiming originally wanted Hao Biao and them to follow him to the house to eat, but after seeing Hao Biao's resolute appearance, he dispelled this idea, and after thinking about it, he could only let people send dumplings over.

After all, for the sake of the safety of the manor, they really can't give it to the face of their own dinner, so Zou Shiming can't say anything.

"Hehe, then it's troublesome Mr. Zou."

Hao Biao smiled, and did not refuse Zou Shiming's kindness, anyway, it is not that he does not give money, it is a fool not to eat dumplings, as for poisoning, it is even more impossible, poisoning the manor garrison, Zou Shiming does not have the courage, not even the courage to take laxatives, and the most important thing is that he has no reason to do so.

'Bang Bang ......'

As soon as Zou Shiming wanted to say that it was not troublesome, there was a burst of gunfire in the direction of the road leading to the manor, Zou Shiming frowned tightly, through the contact in the past few days, Zou Shiming could also roughly judge that the gunfire just now came from the standard equipment of the expeditionary force.

And the news that there is a garrison here has long been known throughout the city, and there is no reason for them to come here to find trouble, unless they don't want to live, or they have absolute certainty of defeating the garrison.

"What's going on? Is the searchlight ready? ”

Hearing the gunshot, Hao Biao's face also changed suddenly, and he hurriedly yelled at several soldiers on the lookout.

This day just after dark there was a problem, obviously it will not be a coincidence, these people are probably afraid of leaking their figure during the day, so they chose to attack at night, but they did not expect that Hao Biao planted a squad of dark sentry in front, and the gun rang out to remind the troops behind, and the second was the order for the retreat of the secret sentry.

"Okay, but the wire hasn't been picked up yet."

The soldiers on the lookout replied equally loudly.

"Leave two machine guns on it, and the rest of the people will come down for me to be on alert, and everyone will be put into combat readiness, mortars, ready flares, and listen to my commands. Mr. Zou, please organize the young and strong labor force immediately, we are a little short of manpower, I am afraid that something will happen. ”

Hao Biao hurriedly made a series of countermeasures, and at the same time asked Zou Shiming to organize people, the young and strong labor force here is not only good at work, but also good at fighting, and now the troops are insufficient, it is a good choice to make up for the gap.

"Okay, I'll go."

Zou Shiming didn't hesitate, hurriedly responded, and at the same time turned around and ran backwards, he was already familiar with this kind of thing, so there was no trouble, it was as familiar as farming.

"Company commander, there are a large number of Filipinos on the main road ahead, the exact number is not clear, after I fired the gun, these people accelerated their advance, it felt like they were coming towards the manor."

It didn't take long for a squad of soldiers in charge of the outpost in front of him to run back quickly, although they were carrying equipment, but the short sprint was still much faster than those Filipinos.

"Fire flares, everyone is ready, and as soon as someone crosses the cordon, shoot immediately."

Hearing the report of the secret whistle, Hao Biao no longer had any doubts, this must be a riot, so he ordered directly. (To be continued.) )