Meng Qingshan took Xiaohuzi and a soldier of the guard company, without riding a horse, and under the leadership of Xiaohuzi, walked towards Songshan Village, a village closest to the headquarters. In order to expel the chill on their bodies, everyone trotted over. Less than half an hour. The shadow of Matsuyama Village appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Look at the time, it's lunch time. Looking at the village not far away, it is rare to see the smoke of cooking in the village. Meng Qingshan couldn't help frowning, the fire in this winter must not freeze to death, and the most important thing around is wood, are the people lazy to move.

Huzi, you see, it's time for lunch, why can't you see cooking smoke in the village! Meng Qingshan asked.

"Commander, I don't know, let's go into the village and ask. Xiaohuzi also shook his head and said.

"Well, the guard company, you are stationed outside the village. I'll just go in myself. In this way, Meng Qingshan walked into the village with Huzi and several guards.

In the whirring cold wind, the whole village could not see a little life. At the entrance of the village. In a crumbling house full of holes, a family is curled up in the only pair of quilts in the house, shivering, nibbling on a few moldy hard cakes in their mouths. Looking at the woman's arms, a toddler of a few years old was constantly shaking, his little face was blue from the cold, and his mouth was shouting, "Hungry, hungry." ”

Seeing this, Meng Qingshan couldn't help but shed tears, slowly pushed open the door, hurriedly walked into the house that was only in ruins, took off the military coat draped on his body, and covered the body of the young child who was already shivering from the cold.

"Uncle, the house has been broken like this. Why do you still live in it! Why don't you fix it, and you don't light a fire on such a cold day. Don't freeze. Meng Qingshan hurriedly asked.

"Ahh It's a comrade of the Anti-Japanese Federation! Chief, it's not that I don't want to build a house. But there is nothing that can be done! There are only the old couple and their daughter-in-law and two grandsons left in the old man's family, and they have no ability to repair the house at all! Seeing the comrades of the Anti-Japanese Federation in front of him covering his grandson's body, the old man hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Meng Qingshan and others.

"Old man, hurry, hurry up, aren't you old breaking my life? Quick, hurry up. In the end, with the joint efforts of several guards around him, he finally helped the old man in front of him up.

"Uncle. Sit down, isn't there a militia and a leader in the village? Didn't they help you repair the house..."Meng Qingshan asked again.

"This chief, there are less than ten militiamen in our village, but now we are on a mission to help the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation transport the wounded and fight the little devils... Several leaders in the village led the militia to carry out the task, and it was important to fight the little devils, if it weren't for the old man, I would be too old to walk, and I would also help the comrades of the Anti-Japanese Federation to transport the wounded, and we people would be fine. It's not broken. The old man cracked his wrinkled mouth and laughed.

After listening to the old man's words, Meng Qingshan's eyes were a little red, and he turned to Xiao Huzi and said, "Huzi, you go to the village immediately and find the village chief!" Fast.... ”

"Less, immediately notify the guards to enter the village. Help the villagers repair their houses... Most of the houses must be repaired before dark..."Meng Qingshan turned around and ordered.

"It's... Commander—" both replied at the same time, running in different directions.

After a while, Xiaohuzi came to Meng Qingshan with a man wearing a shabby military uniform and missing an arm.

"Commander-in-Chief. This is the village chief of Songshan Village, Feng Xiaoyan, the former squad leader of the first platoon of the old third battalion. "Bring the village chief to Meng Qingshan. Huzi hurriedly introduced.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, Feng Xiaoqian, the head of Songshan Village, came to report. Please instruct. When he saw the commander-in-chief again, the head of Songshan Village hurriedly put his feet together excitedly and said loudly.

"Well, Comrade Xiaoyan, the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army has ended, and the weather is getting colder and colder. How many households are there in the village? Meng Qingshan asked directly.

"Commander-in-Chief..."Hearing Meng Qingshan ask about the current situation in the village, Feng Xiaoyan in front of him shook his head.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, don't ramble." Meng Qingshan interrupted.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..."Feng Xiaoyan regained the temperament of a soldier.

"Commander-in-chief, there are at least eighty percent of the houses like this in the village, and there are only almost all of them, because the houses are earth and stone structures, so the damage is not particularly serious, and you can move in with a little repair. Although we have been repairing all the time, but... Commander-in-chief, you also know, there are too many houses like this ... So just..."

"The militia in the village is gone, why don't you let the militia fix these houses right away... What should I do if I freeze to death in such cold weather? What do you do as the village chief, I sent you to help the people, not to make you happy. Meng Qingshan did not have the slightest politeness and criticized loudly.

"Commander-in-chief, it's not that we don't repair it, it's just that the militia in the village hasn't come back until now. The militia in the village was concentrated to help transport ammunition and the wounded, and until now, the militia has not returned home. Feng Xiaoyan shook his head and said.

"Huzi, what's going on?" After listening to Feng Xiaoyan's words, Meng Qingshan's face was full of anger, and he turned around and began to question the little tiger behind him.

"Commander-in-chief, I don't know very well, I heard that the militia of each village is near the headquarters, helping the troops to carry supplies and the wounded..."

"Nonsense! It's just nonsense... What are the troops used for, the devils have retreated, and the common people are like this. Why haven't you let the militia go back to the village ... It's just nonsense..."Meng Qingshan scolded loudly... At this moment, the commander of the guard company appeared in front of Meng Qingshan.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the guard company has been ordered to enter the village, please instruct..."

"Comrades, I know that you have just gone through a fierce battle, it is very hard, and I am also very tired. Today, however, I saw something that I really didn't want to see. Let's see, right behind me, all along, the folks who have supported us don't even have houses? On such a cold day, there are no houses, I don't say, everyone should know what the result will be. Comrades, we have always claimed to be the people's soldiers, but when our fellow villagers need us, we don't know it. Meng Qingshan lowered his head after speaking, and stopped talking.

"The guards have all the guards, concentrate their weapons, take the squad as a unit, help the villagers repair their houses, and start the operation immediately." The commander of the guard company immediately took Meng Qingshan's words and ordered loudly.

Soon, the whole Songshan village was lively, and the soldiers shouted slogans, took off their cotton clothes, and in the cold wind, shirtless, helped the people repair their houses. Even Meng Qingshan himself took guards to help the people repair their houses. The whole process lasted until dark.

After dark, with the joint efforts of everyone, more than 60 percent of the houses in the whole village were repaired, and after the coordination of the village cadres, all the people lived in the houses. It was only at this time that Meng Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief, and discussed the problem of the wounded with Feng Xiaoyan, Feng Xiaoyan immediately patted his chest and agreed, and when he left, Meng Qingshan said to Feng Xiaoyan that each family responsible for taking care of the wounded would send fifty catties of food. When he went back, a thought flashed in front of Meng Qingshan's eyes, Songshan Village is like this, what about other villages?

As soon as he returned to the entrance of the headquarters, Meng Qingshan bumped into Li Yanping, who was in a hurry.

"Commander-in-chief, you have finally returned, if you don't come back, Shi Quan and I will send troops to find you." Li Yanping saw Meng Qingshan and said worriedly.

"Is there anything wrong with Lao Li?"

"Commander-in-chief, the political commissar called back and asked us to send troops to meet him, he led a large number of military supplies back from the Soviet Union, and I didn't find you all afternoon, so I asked the fourth division to pick him up."

"Okay, great, the commissar is coming back."

"Huzi went and called Ji Qing."

Meng Qingshan returned to the conference room of the headquarters and told Li Yanping, Cui Shiquan and others about the situation in the base area, and when he heard the situation in the base area, Li Yanping lowered his head and said: "The commander-in-chief blames me for not doing my job well. ”

"Lao Li, Lao Huang, don't blame yourself, I don't blame you, after all, you have only accepted it for a short time, since this matter is known to us, then we must let the people in the base area have a happy Spring Festival."

"Report, Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Logistics Ji Qing came to report, please instruct." Ji Qing came to the conference room and saluted Meng Qingshan and the others.

"Minister Ji, there are no outsiders here, you tell me the truth, how much money do we still have in the Anti-Japanese Federation? Weapons, needless to say, civilian supplies. ”

"Okay, there's about 3 million silver dollars left. Grain, a total of about 9 million catties, enough for the troops to eat for a few months or so, bacon, because we have a lot of wild things in the northeast, has been stored, now a total of 1 million catties in reserve, there are not many military uniforms, all the personnel of the army only have about 2,000 sets left after a set, but there are still a lot of cloth and cotton left. That's all the supplies for our logistics department. Ji Qing paused and looked at his commander-in-chief.

Li Yanping and others opened their mouths at this time, they didn't expect that their troops still had so many supplies, and they really couldn't imagine what they were doing in just a few months, and the troops had so many materials in stockpiles.

"Comrade Ji Qing, in this way, you take out part of the cotton and cloth in our stock and continue to make cotton clothes, take out one million catties of grain, and hand it over to Chairman Li."

"Guaranteed to get the job done."

In this way, when the base area was about to usher in the Spring Festival, on the basis of sufficient supplies for the Anti-Japanese Federation, due to the situation discovered before, Meng Qingshan ordered all troops to stop resting and recuperating, except for leaving the necessary troops to guard the base area. Troops from various regions were dispatched to help the people in the base areas build houses, carry water and split wood, and at the same time take out nearly 1 million catties of grain to distribute to the people in the base areas, so everyone in the entire base area had a satisfied smile on their faces. (To be continued......)