Qiao Youhua and Guo Meng's predictions were good, while they were preparing to organize people to grab the grain, the Japanese puppet army in Shimen, Pingshan, and Lingshou counties was also actively preparing.

In Shimen County, the captain of the Japanese garrison, Wu Chun Watanabe, summoned all the Japanese puppet army officers under his command to him, his face was heavy, and his eyes were grim: "Food!" It is the most important strategic material! It is related to the future supply of military rations for the Imperial Army and the Imperial Cooperative Army, and it must not fall into the hands of Tubalu!

Therefore, all of your departments must be prepared, once the grain is ripe, you must not hesitate to harvest it at any cost, and you must not let the earth eight roads rob it! ”

A group of devil officers and puppet army leaders naturally bowed their heads in unison, but they complained bitterly in their hearts, because the current shape of Shimen is like the sun and the sky, and it is very strong.

The imperial army is insufficient, and it is impossible to rob the other party, of course, they dare not say this, in case it is hot Wuchun Watanabe, then they will not be able to eat and walk around.

The situation in Pingshan and Lingshou County is similar, the devils, the puppet army, and the traitors and lackeys are all making preparations and waiting for the war to grab grain.

And here in Luquan County, because of the money, Guo Meng sent Chen Bing, Liu Xiaohai, and Sun Dahai, three guys from the old Red Army, to directly cross the Zhengtai Railway and enter the vast countryside in Hengshui and other places, starting a new round of recruitment.

The Eighth Route Army had a great reputation along the Zhengtai Railway, and with the assistance of the local underground party and the strong backing of sufficient military salaries, the recruitment of new soldiers became particularly smooth.

No matter what time it is, money can play a great role, there is a good saying, although money is not everything, but without money is absolutely impossible.

In the regiment headquarters, the military commanders of each battalion and company went to perform their duties and got busy, leaving Qiao Youhua, the regiment commander, and Guo Meng, the political commissar.

With a cigarette in his hand, Qiao Youhua stood at the conference table and stared at the battle map spread on the table, which was a detailed map of Luquan and its surrounding counties, and the mountains and rivers on it were clear at a glance.

Ironically, this detailed battle map is annotated in Japanese. Because it was seized from the devil.

The maps drawn by the Chinese themselves are not as precise and clear as those in the hands of the Japanese devils, and some clues may be seen from this little thing as to why the Chinese army is so vulnerable and will collapse at the touch of a button.

Qiao Youhua was thinking about the next food grabbing operation, and he understood that the devils and the puppet army would definitely not sit idly by and watch the food being snatched away by the Eighth Route Army, so there would definitely be a battle.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop an appropriate course of action in order to be successful.

After smoking a cigarette, Qiao Youhua noticed that the political commissar Guo Meng was standing next to him, silent, and when he looked up, he saw that her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, as if she had something on her mind.

"Commissar, what's wrong?" Qiao Youhua threw away the cigarette butt and asked.

"Not really." Guo Meng came back to his senses, his eyes a little evasive.

"Do you have something on your mind? We're partners, just say anything and see if I can help. Qiao Youhua said.

Looking up and looking at Qiao Youhua, Guo Meng finally spoke: "We have so much money now, can we hand over some of it to the headquarters?" After all, the finances of the headquarters and other fraternal units are now very tight. ”

Qiao Youhua was obviously stunned, he didn't expect this Guo Meng to be quite dedicated to the organization, but Qiao Youhua naturally had his own plans, shook his head and said: "Not for the time being, let's not mention that our base is in a busy period now, and we can't spare manpower to escort gold to the headquarters."

Even if you have your hands free, how can it be so easy to travel thousands of miles and be difficult and dangerous along the way.

Moreover, we have only just established our base area, and there are still many places where we need to spend money, and the devils may launch another encirclement and suppression against us at any time, so the time is not ripe now.

However, I assure you that when the time is right, I will send as many weapons, ammunition, money and food as possible to the headquarters and other fraternal units to expand the anti-Japanese strength of our Eighth Route Army. ”

Seeing that what Qiao Youhua said was reasonable, Political Commissar Guo, who had this idea, nodded and didn't say anything more.

Qiao Youhua added: "By the way, I asked the guards to beat you two pheasants in the first shift, and now I have stewed soup in the cooking class, that thing is a big supplement, don't forget to drink soup and eat meat to eliminate all of them when you go back, so it will be good for your body's injuries to recover." ”

"Oh, thank you, Captain." Guo Meng's heart warmed and thanked him softly.

"You're welcome, only when you are in good health can you continue to lead the construction and development of the base area, and can you assist me in leading the whole regiment to continue to resist Japan!" Are you right? Qiao Youhua was afraid that she would be embarrassed, so he said with a smile.

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After another half a month, Chen Bing, Liu Xiaohai and Sun Dahai went to recruit new recruits in three ways, and they had already returned, they brought the first batch of recruits, and each way recruited four or five hundred people.

In this way, the strength of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force has expanded to more than 4,600 people, and although they are recruited this time, they are all new recruits and cannot participate in the battle for the time being, but they can help build underground tunnel fortifications or harvest food.

Qiao Youhua temporarily organized them into three independent battalions, with Sun Dahai, deputy commander of the second battalion, Zhao Youde, deputy commander of the third battalion, and Zhou Dasheng, commander of the second company of the third battalion, temporarily serving as battalion commanders.

Qiao Youhua planned to use these three independent battalions to assist the people in harvesting grain.

On this day, some of the scouts sent out to monitor the ripening of crops at all times returned to Luquan one after another and reported to Qiao Youhua that the grain in various places was almost ready to be harvested.

When Qiao Youhua got the news, he immediately summoned his subordinates, the first battalion and the second battalion to stay in Magou and Erdaogouzi and Luquan County, and prevent the devils in Shimen County from harvesting the crops south of Shimen.

Qiao Youhua and Guo Meng personally led the rescue force composed of three independent battalions of recruits, with the reconnaissance company, guard company, artillery battalion and other directly subordinate units as the backbone, covering tens of thousands of women and older children in Luquan County, and marched in batches towards the farthest Pingshan and Lingshou counties.

In order to ensure the transportation of grain, Qiao Youhua mobilized the artillery battalion and all the military trucks and motorcycles up and down the regiment.

Since there are not too many vehicles, some experienced farmers simply attach the board cart they usually use to the side three-wheeled motorcycle, so that it becomes a simple motorized board truck, which increases the loading and transportation capacity.

In addition to this, the beds of military trucks have also been raised with wooden planks to allow for more food.

In order to preempt the devils, they set off immediately overnight after the gathering of the army, and went out of the city in a mighty way, before them, Liu Jianhua and Zheng Yunshan respectively led a reconnaissance company and a guard company to serve as a vanguard, and rushed to Pingshan and Lingshou counties, in case the devils took the lead in harvesting grain.

PS: I didn't ask for a monthly pass yesterday, and the monthly pass rose very dismally! On the occasion of the big seal push of the main station, San Lang begged for a monthly pass!! Please!!