Chapter 7: Rivers and Mountains (28)

"Chief of Staff Huang, it's good to meet you again!" Seeing Huang Tianhua from afar, Yang Kezhi couldn't help the excitement in his heart, and rushed up with two jumps, holding Huang Tianhua's hand tightly, and his joy was undisguised. He spoke like a machine gun: "I have to be praised, and I have been praised by Comrade Zhang Yunyi, chief of staff of the New Fourth Army." The guns we sent back last time made the detachment that had not long crossed the river armed a whole regiment, armed all day, and had plenty of ammunition. Listening to the political commissar Cao Yufu who we sent the ordnance, he didn't know if he didn't see it, and he was shocked when he saw it, the equipment of the detachment was really not good, wearing straw sandals, old cloth hats, and the old sleeve of * was regarded as a treasure, and the * made in the border area was blown up and opened twice, and a burst of white smoke could blow up a bowl-sized hole on the ground, and if you stand closer, you may be startled. When I saw the 38 big covers we sent, I was so nervous that I didn't dare to touch them, for fear of breaking them. Comrade Chen Yi, the captain of the team, put his arm around the hand of our political commissar Cao Yufu and shouted thanks, saying that in this way, they can also change guns! ”

Huang Tianhua listened to Yang Kezhi's interesting words, imagining the detachment of the New Fourth Army operating in the area of Wuwei Hanshan and County, what kind of army it was, the old sleeve of the *, the kind of old-fashioned rifle that pressed a bullet and pulled the big bolt to fire once, he had not seen it for many years. They are still equipped with such old antiques, if it is not under-equipped, it must be that the troops are expanding too quickly.

"Chief of Staff Zhang said that if the 1056th Regiment still has Japanese ordnance on hand, how many units will have to be wanted, and the price will be whatever you want, and the team will pay for it if it goes bankrupt, and it must be a hand of money and a handful of goods." Yang Kezhi said that this is not a businessman, and the first sentence honestly showed the hole cards.

"Your team is quite rich!" Huang Tianhua said with a smile. It seems that the New Fourth Army is also implementing the resolution of the Central Military Commission, moving towards Jiangbei step by step, and it was the advance column led by Zhang Yunyi and Su Yu who entered Jiangbei before, and according to Yang Kezhi, Chen Yi's first detachment has also come to Jiangbei. After the Sixth Division left Wuhu, the enemy situation in the Xuancheng area eased somewhat, and Gu Zhu of the Third Theater made three reports on the same day, asking the New Fourth Army to go north as soon as possible and cede southern Anhui, and imposed many restrictions on the New Fourth Army that remained in southern Anhui. The New Fourth Army has been stationed in the Xuancheng area for half a year, and it is impossible to leave as soon as it is said, and the two sides are still negotiating. It seems that under Gu Zhutong's operation, it will not take too long for the New Fourth Army to all come to Jiangbei.

With the assistance of Gao Jingting's fourth detachment, Zhang Yunyi and Su Yu also gained a firm foothold in the area of Hanshan and County in the south of Wuwei Chaonan, but it was not a problem to feed the first detachment in the Chaonan area under the nose of the Japanese army, but to feed the entire New Fourth Army, I am afraid that it will not be so simple.

"In order to let the team go north, the Military Commission gave a pull-out fee, which is part of the pull-out fee saved from between the teeth, and they try to raise their own food, clothing, and daily necessities as much as possible, and try to reduce them, without spending a penny indiscriminately, and they have a very hard time. Although their life is very hard, their fighting spirit is not weak, and they are confident that they will create a new base in northern Anhui. Cao Yufu, the political commissar who came from behind, took over the conversation: "We went to the two battalions, and when we came back, we left all the weapons of the two battalions, and the Chen detachment leader gave us a sum of money and asked us to find a way to buy it. ”

Huang Tianhua took a closer look at the troops behind Cao Yufu, and he was really empty-handed, and he couldn't help laughing.

In troubled times, guns and ammunition are not cheap, and even * can be sold for money, let alone Japanese weapons.

The large yellow croaker of the central bank of the Republic of China, also called 5 taels of gold bars, weighs about 158 grams and has a fineness of 991.0. The obverse of the gold bar is engraved with the head of Sun Yat-sen, and the words "Central Mint" are cast, and the back is engraved with the weight, fineness, number, and other words of the gold bar. There is also a kind of small yellow croaker, that is, 1 city two gold bars of the Central Bank of the Republic of China, which weighs about 31 grams and has a fineness of 991.0. The standard gold for private passage is two in 10 cities. Its shape is a long strip, about four inches long, about five minutes wide, just like a small brick, also called a gold brick. In the current market situation, a small yellow croaker can be exchanged for about 30-40 oceans.

In the arms market, a miscellaneous old-fashioned rifle costs about 30-40 oceans, a medium-sized official costs 50 or 60 oceans, an imported Mauser rifle costs 100 oceans, and a ZB-26 (Czech-made) machine gun costs more than 600 oceans. The 38 Dagai is slightly lower than the German Mauser, about 80 oceans. As for one ammunition, it is usually one bullet for one ocean, and one large yellow croaker for one*.

Last time, Yang Kezhi got more than 1,000 38 big covers and a number of bullets at one time, no wonder even Chen Yi was quite excited.

Let Huang Degui find 700 38 big covers from the inventory, each bullet with 100 rounds of ammunition, and hand them to Yang Kezhi, exchange a small half of the large and small yellow croaker in Yang Kezhi's hand, and also rearm Yang Kezhi's troops. The cavalry wing of Koga asked all the baggage teams to change their clothes, and the soldiers of the baggage battalion were all one-color pony pistols, which were usually hung in front of the saddle, and if necessary, they could be taken off and go to the battlefield. The more than 2,000 38 covers picked up on the battlefield were not wanted by the Sichuan army, and all of them were returned to the enemy. Cao Yufu bargained with Huang Degui for a long time, and used all the big yellow croaker in his hand to exchange all Huang Degui's inventory, less money and more items, Cao Yufu was a little embarrassed, Huang Degui also pretended to be embarrassed, in fact, Huang Degui's heart was so happy that he almost couldn't find the north.

"Camp Commander Huang, I'm really embarrassed, the money is too little to take it." Cao Yufu said: "I just want to get a little more weapons in the past, so that the brother troops can have more strength, they can show their skills on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, and they can kill more devils, but this price is too low." ”

Huang Degui was a treacherous old man, and said reluctantly: "I have more than 1,200 guns here, the standard equipment of an integrated regiment, plus 100,000 rounds of ammunition, and only 3,000 big yellow croaker, such a small income, I am afraid that some people will say that I have taken kickbacks." Speaking of which, Huang Degui's head shook faster than a rattle.

Cao Yufu was anxious, stood up, and said excitedly: "Battalion Commander Huang, I beg you, do well, support and support, we will accept your love." ”

Huang Degui hadn't spoken yet, but he heard Yang Kezhi's voice not far away: "These 3,000 big yellow croakers are a deposit, and after we send them to Hanshan, we will ask Captain Chen for some money to make up the final payment." He was talking to Huang Tianhua, and he also attached great importance to this batch of munitions in his heart.

"No, no, no!" Yang Kezhi's words were interrupted by Huang Tianhua: "I am in charge, at this price, move the things away, if the team still has money, just bring it, and we will continue to supply." I don't believe it, guarding a high river port and looking at Anqing City, you can't get arms. Head Yang, I will be able to count you as a share then. ”

Cao Yufu breathed a sigh of relief, but Yang Kezhi smiled unknowingly, even if they were a share, this one, he didn't dare to take it if he lent him ten guts.

Cao Yufu took a battalion of soldiers and sent guns and ammunition to Chaonan, leaving behind a large pile of big yellow croaker to make Huang Degui's hands sour. Huang Tianhua sent someone to send the money to the Wolf's Den Mountain overnight, and only when he put it with Xu Ping could he feel at ease. Their own is a field army, fighting a field war, today in the east and tomorrow in the west, where is it, the Japanese are in charge, Xu Ping is not, the town is Wolf's Nest Mountain, there is the Yellow Flood Area in the north, Chaohu Lake in the south, a large piece of land, steady.

Sent away two transport teams, Huang Tianhua and Yang Kezhi joined forces, and came to the old stronghold Yuantan, which is the edge of the Dabie Mountains, which can be attacked and defended, and the mountains are rich in materials and will not be hungry. Huang Tianhua's troops were busy building tents and houses, and then went to the mountains to hunt and fish in the rivers, and the logistics personnel went to the people's homes to buy grain with the ringing of silver dollars. Yang Kezhi's people were busy discussing with the local people, borrowing houses to live, discussing raising grain, and discussing going up the mountain to pick wild vegetables. Looking at the excitement of the Huang Tianhua Regiment, Lin Yingjian, the chief of staff of the Seventh Regiment of the Fourth Detachment, felt a breath of air in his throat, unspeakably uncomfortable, the same National Revolutionary Army, how could this gap be so big?

"Commander Yang, what about the hand cannon you captured last time? Also all to a team? On the way, Huang Tianhua asked Yang Kezhi, who was walking with him.

Yang Kezhi shook his head and said, "Hand it over to the four detachments, and the head of the Gao detachment is going to set up a hand artillery company in the four detachments as a fire support unit." When we came out this time, we also wanted to get back some hand cannons and expand the number of hand artillery companies as much as possible. ”

"You four team leaders are still very far-sighted!" Huang Tianhua nodded, being able to have this kind of awareness shows that the chief officer has realized that the battle against the Japanese army must be all-round, and it is not enough to rely on rifles alone.

Yang Kezhi nodded and said: "Our detachment commander is not very old, his qualifications are very old, in 1930, he was only twenty-three years old, and he became the chairman of the Soviet Government of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Special Economic Zone. After 1931, he successively served as a member of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Branch of the CPC Central Committee, a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Provincial Party Committee and head of the Organization Department, the chairman of the Soviet Government, the secretary of Guangshan County, the secretary of Southeast Henan Province, and the political commissar of the 75th Division of the 25th Red Army. In November 1934, the Red 28th Army was rebuilt, starting from more than 1,000 people and growing to more than 10,000 people. ”

"Hehehehehe!" Hearing that Gao Jingting beat Liu Zhenhua and Wei Lihuang without any temper, Huang Tianhua laughed happily, the relationship between the Gui department and the central department has always been bad, and the central department is deflated, which the Gui department is willing to hear. Being able to beat Liu Zhenhua Wei Lihuang to no temper at all, it seems that this Gao Jingting is also a difficult character to deal with, I don't know how brilliant his performance will be on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, Huang Tianhua is looking forward to it.