On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

With a spring thunder, everything recovered.

The annual spring ploughing has officially begun.

The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the independent regiment, the new 1st regiment, and the new 2nd regiment all attach great importance to this year's spring ploughing, and even suspend the training of the troops, so that the soldiers whose homes are nearby can go home and sow seeds.

At this time, the canals in Jiugong Mountain and Wohu Mountain have all been completed.

The water of the Yellow River with ice grains flows into the two counties through the aqueduct, and the originally arid and barren dry land in Jiugong Mountain and Wohu Mountain has become fertile irrigated land in the blink of an eye.

According to the plan, the Jiugong Mountain and Wohu Mountains are mainly planted with wheat, bud grains, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other food crops, and the Fuliang Mountain area is mainly planted with tobacco, cotton, peanuts and other cash crops.

Since yesterday, the training of the independent regiment has been completely stopped.

Including the regiment commander Li Yunlong, all the soldiers helped their fathers and villagers in batches for spring ploughing.

Early that morning, Li Yunlong took some personnel from the regiment headquarters to Uncle Li's house.

Uncle Li's family originally had ten acres of land, but all of them were mountainous, arid and barren, and when the year was good, each acre of land could harvest thirty or fifty catties of coarse grain, barely surviving.

But if the year is bad, you can directly pull down the famine.

At this time, the local people generally have only two choices, one is to go to the west exit, leave their hometown to Baotou and Suiyuan to beg for a living, and the other is to stay in their hometown to endure hardship, and if they can't survive, they will starve to death.

However, after the independent regiment came to Fuliang Mountain last year, it suppressed the local tyrants and inferior gentry in the surrounding towns and villages with an iron fist, and Uncle Li's family also received two acres of fertile water for irrigation, so there is a high probability that there will be no famine this year.

Before the winter, that is, shortly after the water was allocated, Uncle Li planted winter wheat as soon as possible, and the wheat seedlings were already half a foot high, looking green and likable.

Uncle Li has to go to the field to smoke a pot of cigarettes almost every morning.

"Uncle Li." Before he could enter the door, Ge Erdan shouted.

"Hey, hey, here, here." Uncle Li greeted the door.

As soon as he left the main gate, he saw that Li Yunlong had already entered the courtyard with more than a dozen soldiers.

Ge Erdan said: "Uncle Li, the head of the regiment has brought us to turn over the ground for your family, let's go." ”

"Don't rush yet." Uncle Li waved his hand, and said with a smile, "Eat breakfast first, head Li and his comrades come and sit, eat breakfast and then go to the ground." ”

While speaking, Aunt Li had already come out with a dustpan of pancakes.

The pancakes are estimated to have been freshly baked, steaming hot, with the fragrance of the dough.

In addition to the pancakes, there is also a large pot of miso in the dustpan and a large handful of washed shallots.

Ge Erdan immediately swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, dipped the shallots in the sauce and wrapped them in pancakes, which was simply delicious in the world, and he could eat ten pancakes in one go.

It's a pity that I haven't eaten it openly when I've grown so big.

The Wolf Warrior Squadron once went to southern Hebei to carry out a mission, and it is said that he could eat donkey meat openly, but Ge Erdan was greedy, he did not expect the donkey meat to be burned, but only wanted to be able to eat a pancake openly.

However, as soon as this thought came to mind, he received a slap on the back of the head.

Li Yunlong slapped Ge Erdan lightly, and said with a smile: "Uncle Li, we have eaten." ”

"How's that going to work?" Uncle Li was anxious, and said with a tiger face, "I must go after breakfast, otherwise I would rather not have your help, and I can plant the land alone." ”

Wang Ye also said: "Uncle, we have really had breakfast. ”

"I'm going to eat some more after I've eaten." Uncle Li said, "When Uncle is your age, you can eat the next meal as soon as you finish eating, eat quickly, eat again!" ”

When the young people are not full.

Li Yunlong stopped talking nonsense, picked up the hoe and left.

Uncle Li's land is in Qianshan, and they all know it.

Wang Ye, Ge Erdan, and more than a dozen warriors also stepped forward to pick up various tools.

Uncle Li and Aunt Li hurriedly dipped the shallots in the sauce, and then wrapped them in pancakes, wrapped all the dozens of pancakes in the dustpan, and chased them out and stuffed them into the hands of the soldiers.

Ge Erdan and the soldiers did not dare to reach out to take it.

Uncle Li got angry and said hurriedly: "If you don't eat it, I will be angry." ”

Wang Ye smiled and said to Li Yunlong: "Regiment leader, the military and civilians are close to each other, this is Uncle Li's love for us, if we refuse to accept it, there will be some unkindness." ”

"Yes, yes, family." Uncle Li said repeatedly.

"It's still Staff Officer Wang who can speak, eat quickly, hurry up and eat while it's hot."

Only then did Li Yunlong order the soldiers to take the pancakes that were still hot.

Ge Erdan finished eating a pancake in two clicks, and then looked at Wang Ye with a blank eye, because he knew that the Wolf Warrior Squadron had good food, and the only one who was not missing here was Wang Ye.

Wang Ye had no choice but to hand the pancake to Ge Erdan.

After a while, everyone came to the front mountain, facing Zhaojiayu.

If the devil attacks Zhaojiayu, Qianshan is a commanding heights that must be captured.

Otherwise, the independent regiment only needs to set up a few light machine guns in the front hill to block the only passage into the village, and the devils can only escape into the barren mountains behind the village to become bandits.

The Eighth Route Army can go through tunnels.

There is a tunnel leading from the regimental headquarters to the front mountain.

The exit is at the head of a piece of land at Uncle Li's house.

Today's work is mainly to turn the ground, at this time the land has been thawed, and it has just been soaked by melting snow, so it is not difficult to turn up, and more than a dozen people have finished turning it in half a day.

In the afternoon, Uncle Li responded to the call of the democratic government and planted more than a dozen acres of land with tobacco, cotton, peanuts and soybeans and other cash crops.

……

In Taiyuan, the headquarters of the 1st Army.

The head of the intelligence section, Sakuma Jiro, said: "Your Excellency, commander, according to intelligence, the canals built by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in the Jiugong Mountains and the Wohu Mountains have been opened. ”

"Nani?" Iwamatsu Yoshio said, "The canal has been opened? ”

Hanaya Zheng was also shocked: "So fast? ”

Sakuma Jiro paused, "It is said that the Eighth Route Army mobilized 100,000 people. ”

"Yaga." Hanaya turned to Iwamatsu Yoshio and said, "There are too many people in Shina, and no matter what you do, you can form a huge numerical advantage, and the number can be converted into a speed advantage. ”

After a pause, Hua Guzheng said again: "Your Excellency Commander, did you clear the township in advance?" ”

It is certain that a large-scale cleanup of the townships in the northwest of Jin will be launched, but it is a question of when it will begin.

"No, the 2nd Guards Division is not fully ready, and the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Allied Army is also being rectified, so it is a bit too hasty to launch Qingxiang in advance at this time." Iwamatsu Yoshio shook his head and said, "What's more, our negotiations with Yan Xishan have reached a critical juncture, and we can't make any extraneous branches. ”

"But ......," Hanaya said with a frown.

"Intelligence shows that the Central Army of China in Fu'an County, the 1st Brigade of the Jinsui Army in Heyuan County, and the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in Ping'an, Laoxian and Anhua are all digging tunnels."

"Once the tunnels dug by the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army become the climate,"

"If the imperial army wants to carry out a large-scale cleanup of the northwest of Jin, the difficulty will increase exponentially."

"Not really." Iwamatsu Yoshio waved his hand and said, "The tunnel dug by the Eighth Route Army in the Jizhong Bandit District is even longer, but in the end, it was also exterminated by the imperial army?" ”

Speaking of this, Iwamatsu Yoshio continued: "What's more, the imperial army is also short of food, and the base camp has ordered that in the future, all the military rations of the Chinese dispatch army must be raised by ourselves, although the front army headquarters said that it can support us partially, but we need to solve at least most of it." ”

"So let the people of China in the northwest of Jin Province rest assured of spring ploughing."

"When they plant the grain, when the grain can be harvested, it will not be too late for the imperial army to go to Qingxiang."

"Okay." Hua Gu Zheng said, "In this case, then let the people of China plough in the spring first." ”

Iwamatsu Yoshio nodded and said: "Hanaya-kun, I will personally attend tomorrow's meeting, you inform Jin Suijun's side and let Yan Xishan also attend, just say that the imperial army is tired of this kind of meaningless empty talk, and tomorrow must involve substantive issues, otherwise there is no need to talk about it." ”

"Hello!"

……

During this time, Zhao Gang was the busiest in the entire Fuliang Mountain area.

Because the anti-Japanese democratic government in the Fuliangshan base area had already been established, and Zhao Gang, in addition to the political commissar of the Independent League, was also the secretary of the anti-Japanese democratic government, he handled all the affairs of the entire base area, from the appointment of township and town mayors to the dispatch of cattle and seeds.

A month later, when the spring ploughing was basically over, Zhao Gangren had already lost weight.

"Lao Zhao, why did you become such a ghost?" When Zhao Gang returned to the regiment headquarters in Zhaojiayu after spring ploughing, Li Yunlong was taken aback, and the white-faced show had become black and impermanent?

Zhao Gang waved his hand and said, "Lao Li, do you have anything to eat?" ”

Li Yunlong hurriedly shouted at the kitchen: "Xiuqin, give Lao Zhao a bowl of noodles, quickly." ”

After a while, Xiuqin brought a bowl of hot hand-rolled noodles, covered with a freshly fried egg and toppings fried with pumpkin leaves and horse meat.

Zhao Gang devoured a fine meal, and there was not a drop of soup left.

After putting the bowl on the table, Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lao Li, we have to quickly send a report to the brigade headquarters and ask the brigade headquarters to send a group of comrades who are familiar with local work to come over." ”

Rural work is complicated, and Zhao Gang is really too busy.

"You can just look at it." Li Yunlong said.

Zhao Gang nodded, and said, "I'm not in the group during this time, it's nothing, right?" ”

"It's okay, what can happen." Li Yunlong said, "It's all good, Zhaojiayu's spring plowing has ended, the troops have started normal training again, and the villagers have also returned to the construction site to continue digging tunnels." ”

"It's okay." Zhao Gang said, "Has the Fuliang Mountain Fortress been repaired?" ”

"I have to ask Xiao Wang about this." Li Yunlong said, "I haven't been to Fuliang Mountain for a long time. ”

After speaking, he turned his head and shouted: "Erdan, you go and inform Staff Officer Wang and ask him to come to the regiment headquarters immediately." ”

Wang Ye came over quickly, and when he saw Zhao Gang, he also asked with a concerned face: "Political commissar, are you okay?" Do you want to go to the field hospital for a physical examination? ”

"I'm fine, I'm just tired."

Zhao Gang said: "This time is too busy. ”

Li Yunlong said: "Xiao Wang, how is the Fuliang Mountain Fortress repaired?" ”

"The main project of the Fuliang Mountain Fortress has been completed." Wang Ye said, "We have already started to repair the peripheral sub-fort and the underground transportation network, and it is estimated that it will be completed in about two months." ”

Li Yunlong said: "In two months, that will be May?" ”

Zhao Gang said: "Winter wheat is harvested at about this time. ”

Wang Ye said: "When it comes to winter wheat, there is something we must prepare for in advance. ”

Li Yunlong said: "Xiao Wang, are you worried that the devil will go into the mountains to sweep during the wheat harvest?" ”

In the past, when I was in the Taihang base area, the devils would often go to the countryside to sweep during the wheat harvest.

"Yes." Wang Ye nodded and said, "I'm sure that the devil will definitely go into the mountains to sweep before the wheat harvest, and if possible, he will grab the wheat, and if he can't take it, he may set fire to the wheat." ”

Zhao Gang's face changed when he heard this: "Lao Li, this can't be guarded against." ”

"Lao Zhao, Xiao Wang, don't worry." Li Yunlong said, "It's not once or twice that the devil rushed to our base area to clear the township before the wheat harvest, and we have a way to deal with it." ”

The way to deal with it is to rush to harvest the wheat before the devil arrives.

To put it bluntly, the devil also came to Qingxiang at the right time, because the wheat was not ripe yet, and the devil mainly wanted to harvest the grain.

……

Qiulin Town, Headquarters of the Second World War Zone Governor.

Chu Xichun said respectfully: "Boss, Hanaya is bringing a message, saying that it will be tomorrow's negotiations, and Iwamatsu Yoshio, an old devil, will also attend in person, and he wants to see you by name." ”

"What do you say? Yoshio Iwamatsu is also coming in person? ”

Yan Xishan's brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart.

Although the place of negotiation is in Ji County, and Ji County belongs to the Jin Sui Army Defense Zone, Yan Xishan knows better than anyone what the situation of the Jin Sui Army is now.

The entire Jin Sui Army, and now Chu Yunfei's troops still have some combat effectiveness.

Other troops, even if they do not collapse at the touch of the Japanese army, they will be able to hold out for three or five days, and even if a division is against a brigade of the Japanese army, the result is estimated to be about the same.

When sheep meet wolves, no matter how many they are, it doesn't matter.

At that moment, Yan Xishan frowned and said, "Chief of Staff, do you think this will be a trap set by the Japanese?" ”

"It's not good to say this." Chu Xichun didn't want to carry this black cauldron, so he immediately turned his gaze to Yang Zhenji, the director of the intelligence department next to him, and said, "Director Yang, did your intelligence department find anything abnormal?" ”

"Nope." Yang Zhenji shook his head and said, "The Japanese army in Taiyuan has not made any changes. ”

Seeing that Yan Xishan was still a little hesitant, Chu Xichun proposed: "General seat, otherwise, let's change the negotiation location to the territory of Heyuan County, and Chu Yunfei's 1st Brigade will guarantee your safety in the general seat." ”

"Hey, that's a good idea." Yan Xishan's heart moved.

If negotiations are held in the defense zone of the 1st Independent Brigade, security will definitely be guaranteed.

Even if Chu Yunfei's 1st Brigade can't defeat the Japanese army, it is more than enough to ensure the safety of his Yan Xishan, and although Chu Yunfei is a student of Chang Kaishen, he can still respect him as an old commander.

Then again, he, the old chief, is not thin on Chu Yunfei.

At that moment, Yan Xishan said happily: "It's so decided." ”

"Let Chu Yunfei choose a few suitable locations."

……

Yunqi Town, the headquarters of the 1st Brigade of the Jin Sui Army.

Chu Yunfei was working on the map with a few staff officers.

Liu Shiyin, a reporter accompanying the army, was also watching from the sidelines.

Footsteps sounded, and Chief of Staff Fang Ligong walked in quickly.

"You guys, get out." Fang Ligong said with a calm face.

Several combat staff officers glanced at each other and hurriedly exited the war room.

Fang Ligong's gaze turned to Liu Shiyin, and a smile appeared on his face: "Miss Liu, can you avoid it?" ”

"Okay." Liu Shiyin knew that Fang Ligong had a secret to discuss with Chu Yunfei, so she immediately closed the notebook, then turned around and exited the war room.

Chu Yunfei said: "Brother Meritorious Service, what is so mysterious? ”

Fang Ligong sighed and said, "Brigade seat, Chief Yan is going to come to our brigade's defense area to talk to Iwamatsu Yoshio. ”

"What?" Chu Yunfei was stunned and said, "The general seat wants to come to the defense area of our 1st Brigade to talk to Iwamatsu Yoshio?" ”

"Yes." Fang Ligong nodded lightly, and said, "Let's also choose a few suitable meeting locations in the defense area, and then report them as soon as possible." ”

Chu Yunfei said, "What is this called?" ”

Fang Ligong said: "Brigade seat, do you want to push it off?" ”

"Push it off? How can that work. Chu Yunfei frowned and said, "The orders of the Chief's Department must be carried out. ”

"But the problem is, it's a thankless errand." Fang Ligong had completely entered the role of chief of staff, and began to put himself in Chu Yunfei's shoes.

"First of all, it is not easy to ensure the safety of Chief Yan."

"As soon as the Japanese army makes a move, we will be very passive."

"If Chief Yan has a good character, we will be even more pointed."

"Even if there will be no movement in the Japanese army, and the safety of Chief Yan is guaranteed, there will be hidden worries."

"Once the news of the negotiation spreads, Chief Yan will certainly bear the brunt, and you will probably be scolded by others, which is extremely detrimental to your reputation and image."

Chu Yunfei was also a little hesitant when he heard this.

Because now the Second War Zone and the Chongqing Attendant Office are setting him up as a model and want to mold him into an anti-Japanese hero.

At this time, if it came out that Yan Xishan, the commander-in-chief of the Second Theater of Operations, actually made peace with the commander of the Japanese army in Shanxi, Iwamatsu Yoshio, in his defense area of Chu Yunfei, his reputation would be destroyed immediately.

At that moment, Fang Ligong continued: "Brigade seat, I rejected the commander's department, saying that it is difficult to find a suitable place for negotiation within the defense area of our 1st Independent Brigade, and it is impossible to guarantee the absolute safety of Chief Yan. ”

After speaking, Fang Ligong turned around and was about to leave, but was called back by Chu Yunfei.

"No!" Chu Yunfei said in a deep voice, "The orders of the Chief's Department must be obeyed. ”

"Huh?" Fang Ligong frowned and said, "Brigade, do you want to think twice?" ”

Chu Yunfei couldn't help but say, "It's decided." ”

"Okay." Fang Ligong said helplessly, "What about this location?" ”

Chu Yunfei said: "It's better to choose Black Wind Town." ”

(End of chapter)