It's already past noon, and the sun is shining, very bright, extraordinarily bright, making people feel that they can't open their eyes. Whether it is the loess on the road or the emerald green in the distance, it is dazzlingly illuminated.

The sky is blue, spotless, and the sunlight is harsh, as if the whole world has increased the contrast, making all the lines clearer and more obvious, as if they have been traced repeatedly by a pencil.

A bicycle, glowing metallic in the sun, stopped among the ruins, and a dumbfounded soldier of the Eighth Route Army sat in the shade under a ruined wall next to the bicycle, sweating, quietly looking at the fields outside the ruins.

The fields were green, and the little flowers were inconspicuous in the sun, and a petite figure, with two pigtails, was running in the field with a jump, running among the flowers, and a butterfly was running away with her in a hurry.

At the edge of the boundary between the ruins and the field, stood a tall soldier, the bright heat sprinkled on the brim of his hat, blackening his eyebrows and eyes, calmly looking around the ridges on the periphery of the ruins.

On the mountain road, twenty-three soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, drawn into a long line, approached the ruined village in sweat.

Walking into the ruins, the warriors slumped in the shade, tiredly unloading what they were carrying. Ma Liang unbuttoned his collar, took off his hat and fanned it in his hand, walked through the ruins, passed the bicycle, passed by Wu Shishi, patted him on the head with his hat, and finally stopped beside the tall soldier.

Not long after, Liu Jianqiang and Shi Cheng also appeared, and the four of them stood outside the ruins of Qingshan Village.

"Brother, what's next?"

Liu Jianqiang tightened the lid of the kettle: "If you want me to say, we should rebuild Qingshan Village." ”

Ma Liang glanced at Liu Jianqiang: "To put it lightly, look at how else can this place be built? To the east is the Fallen Leaf Village, and to the southeast is the Green Water Shop, which is not far away; there is nothing to keep and hide on the slope of the mountain, and after the construction is completed, let the devil come and tear it down again? Besides, there is not even a person, will the ghost show it after the construction is completed?"

"It's not for the ghost to see, but for the devil, he demolishes, let's build, he demolishes again, let's build again. It's a matter of attitude!"

"Runny nose, can you talk past your brain? Is this a matter of Shanggang online?" Ma Liang frowned.

The two of them choked each other word by word, Hu Yi kept looking at the fields around and didn't speak, so Shi Cheng also expressed his opinion and said: "In the past, when our group fought guerrilla here, they were basically mixed behind Beishan, and the terrain was complicated and easy to hide, so let's go there." ”

Hu Yi turned around at this time and looked at the three squad leaders: "First of all, we need a station, Qingshan Village is definitely not suitable; although the north is easy to hide, it is more difficult; I have already thought before coming, let's go south from here." ”

"To the south, you can reach the river in a dozen miles!" Shi Cheng was very familiar with this place, and couldn't help but say this.

Hu Yi nodded: "That's right, go to the river to find a station." ”

"But...... Isn't the range of movement in the south too small?" Ma Liang was worried that he would be blocked by devils in the future.

"Once you learn to cross the river, the range is no longer smaller, and the retreat is simpler. ”

After being stumped by the river twice, Hu Yi finally made up his mind that the ninth row must learn to swim. If the station is set by the river, the environment is more comfortable, life is more convenient, once there is an accident, directly crossing the river can solve the problem, and at the same time can rely on the second company, by the way to practice swimming.

The three squad leaders were worried that the range was too small and it would be easy to fight against the water, but if they knew the water, then the river would no longer be an obstacle for themselves, but a moat that cut off the enemy.

Hu Yi said again: "However, Qingshan Village can't be ignored. ”

The audience of the "......" was puzzled again.

Pointing to the ridges on the outskirts of the ruins: "In two or three months, these crops will be harvested, and these fields cannot be left wasted." After the station is decided, the three of you will take turns to come over and raise these plots for me until the autumn harvest. ”

...... "Do you still want to farm?" You really don't want to count on the regiment? Do you really have to be self-reliant? The three squad leaders looked at each other and didn't speak.

"Okay, tell me to go down and scrape this ruin, no matter hoes, axes, sickles, shovels and other tools, no matter what daily necessities are pots and pans, no matter the planks and wood, as long as they are not burned out, they can still be used, they will all be gathered and ready to be moved. Remember, especially salt, not a single grain that can be found is allowed to fall! I will take the ninth class to the south first, and after the location is determined, Xu Xiao will be sent to inform you. ”

The three squad leaders turned around and walked into the ruins to give orders.

Hu Yi shouted into the field in the distance: "Girl, let's go!"

......

When the sun sets on the west mountain, the river glows brightly.

It is located in the south direction of Qingshan Village, more than ten miles away, and the tranquil muddy water river flows here into a small bend in the shape of a 'several', forming a miniature peninsula facing the river on three sides. It is nearly 200 meters wide and about 300 meters long, the west side is close to the upstream, the water is turbulent at the bend, washed into a craggy gravel riverbank, and the east side is near the downstream, the river surface is quiet, piling up a beautiful sandy beach. As far as the eye can see, it is lush green, and the banks of the river are full of green.

A wisp of cooking smoke slowly floated up, and in a clearing in the woods of the peninsula, a few stones supported a broken pot, and the fire was burning under the pot, Li Xiang squatted aside, lifted the lid of the pot and sprinkled some salt into it; Xu Xiao hurriedly ran to the pot to put it down, and then stood aside to wipe his sweat.

Ahem...... The smoke from the flames floated wildly, choking Luo Fugui, who was sitting on the stump, coughed, raised his big hand and subconsciously fanned two near his nose, and said to Xu Xiao dissatisfiedly: "Look at this thing you picked up, do you want to choke Lao Tzu to death?" ”

Xu Xiao hurriedly ran towards the woods again.

There are now six people in the ninth class, the squad leader Hu Yi, the squad deputy Luo Fugui, Xiao Hongying, Wu Shishi, Li Xiang and Xu Xiao. Although Luo Fugui is the deputy of the class, in fact, he is now the leader of the ninth class, because Hu Yi's title of squad leader has become nominal.

In order to be lazy, this sloth bear avoided the task of carrying things from Qingshan Village to here, and took the initiative to take the cooking job to the ninth shift. Ordered Wu Shi to carry water, Li Xiang to wash rice and cook, and Xu Xiao to collect firewood. The little girl was instructed not to move, so the bear sat comfortably on the stump, watching the little girl draw Wang Ba on the ground on the side, and had no interest in mixing up with the nine-row improvised meeting between Hu Yi and the squad leaders not far away.

“...... How many people know how to water?, have you counted them?" Hu Yi's voice not far away could barely be heard here.

"We had two in a squad and three in the recruits. It was Shi Cheng who answered.

"From tomorrow, except for the time of working and planting and standing guard, all the training will have only one content, so that those who know how to swim will not be allowed to fall, and they must learn as much as possible. In addition, you have to set up a raft temporarily, just in case you need an emergency......"

Hearing this, Luo Fugui threw the branch in his hand at the feet of the little girl: "Hey, girl, do you hear it, I'm going to be a duck from tomorrow." What are you going to do with this little girl, do you have to go into the water with our bare-assed guys?"

"Phew! The fox said he taught me alone. The little girl continued to scribble on the ground with a twig, without raising her head.

"Oh, so you two go into the water bare-assed?" Luo Fugui made it clear that he wanted to seize the opportunity to disgust the girl once.

"Yes, I thought so too. The answer was even stronger.

Oops, Li Xiang's hand was burned by the edge of the pot.

The voice from there continued: "...... The station is set here, first of all, to live, and if you don't rest well, you can't do anything. There is no shortage of sand, gravel and wood nearby, build a house, and start tomorrow. You guys are in one class...... Class 2 and Class 3 ......"

Hearing this, Luo Fugui smiled: "Did you hear it, the first, second, and third classes build houses, and there is nothing to do with our ninth class." If you don't accept it, Boss Hu really takes care of me!"

The little girl finished drawing the last stroke with a branch, and another little Wang Ba made it, and replied to Luo Fugui casually: "Think about it, you are beautiful!"

Luo Fugui was stunned when he heard this, and asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?"

"The fox told me that tomorrow the ninth class will start repairing the bunker. ”

"What's that?" the two bear eyes instantly turned into the size of copper bells.

"Repair-block-fort-" the little girl re-emphasized: "The location is at the mouth of the north of the woods, stuck in this place." ”

"Oh, my grandma...... So who's cooking?"

"Originally, I just planned to let our ninth class repair the bunker, but since you also brought the cooking work, the meal also has to be cooked, and the bunker has to be repaired. "Anyway, there is no matter what the little girl does, so she talks it without pain.

With a whoop, Li Xiang's hand was burned by the edge of the pot again.

......

Early the next morning, the smoke rose again, and the small peninsula by the river began to be busy, felling wood, digging sand, mud, and moving stones, and more than two dozen warriors began the groundwork in an orderly manner.

Hu Yi left alone, what he had to do was to investigate the situation in advance. The direction of the green water shop, the direction of the fallen leaf village, and the situation of the two access roads in and out of the mountain must be personally mastered in order to be aware of it, so as to make follow-up preparations for the tasks assigned by the political commissar.

Last night, I considered using this troubled river to build a new pathway. Tong Guò Shi Cheng and several other local soldiers learned that although the river passed through the green water shop to the east, there were several sections of the river that flowed through the cliffs on both sides of the river, and it was impassable. If you go with the flow, you can go out, but if you want to come back, you can't do it. I can only go but not back, which can be regarded as half a passage, but unfortunately it is useless for the task of materials entering the mountain.

First of all, I arrived at the mountain pass in the direction of Lushuipu, when I came back a few days ago, I had begun to build the foundation of the turret, the devils and the puppet army put sentry around the pass, hundreds of people worked hard under the muzzle and leather whip, working day and night, and now the bottom floor of the turret has been built and formed, and the progress is quite fast.

Then I went to the mountain pass in the direction of Fallen Leaf Village, and last time I returned to the Independent Regiment from here by taking advantage of darkness, because at that time it was still surveying here, and there were not many devils and puppet soldiers. But now, construction has begun here, and the scale is basically the same as that of the green water shop, but the foundation has only begun to be laid here.

Hu Yi was worried, according to this situation, if the time for the materials to enter the mountain is soon, there is news, but if it drags on for too long, once the construction of the turret is completed, it will be difficult.

Observing the construction site in the distance, his brow gradually tightened......