In Yaojiayu, the faint light in the early morning dispersed the mist, and the entire No. 7 Battalion was ready to go.
At Li Yunlong's order, the team began to leave Yaojiayu with gentle steps, carrying a large amount of food.
Before leaving, according to Li Yunlong's instructions, he left a total of 20,000 kilograms of grain for the villagers of Yaojiayu at the temporary residence.
When the villagers got up early and found that the Eighth Route Army had already left and left so much food for them, they quickly called the village chief.
The village chief looked at the food in front of him and couldn't help but choke up, "What a good team!"
"Everyone please inform us. We must not reveal the whereabouts of the Eighth Route Army. We must support it!"
"Who doesn't know what to do?!" As he said this, the village chief raised his boxwood crutch.
"Old man, I'll be the first to hit him!"
The villagers said one after another that we Yaojiayu people don’t have that kind of people, they know what is good and what is bad.
The village chief waved his hand, "Okay, let's go and notify every household to come get food!"
The ammunition in the team was exhausted and a large amount of food was being transported. Li Yunlong settled down and led the team as far away from the area occupied by the Japs as possible.
The team marched slowly and cautiously through the mountains and forests, passing through many enemy areas.
While cutting off the information, he also steadily followed the branches of Taiyue Mountain and arrived at a mountain pass between two mountain ridges.
Liu Bo came to Li Yunlong and said, "Battal Commander, according to my fellow villagers, after passing the mountain pass in front and walking five miles further, you will reach Baiwanyu!"
Li Yunlong looked at the surrounding terrain and nodded with satisfaction, "It's a good place."
This mountain pass is only less than fifty meters wide. In front of the pass is a gentle slope of more than 200 meters. The higher you go up, the narrower the road is, which is not conducive to the deployment of enemy troops. The slopes of the mountains on both sides of the pass are also very steep, making it difficult to climb.
As long as a battalion's defensive position is arranged on the stairs in the pass, it can block the attack of a large number of enemies.
"Notify us, speed up the march, and try to get lunch at Baiwanyu!"
The team began to speed up, crossing the mountain pass and slowly descending along the country dirt road, and the view became wider.
After walking no more than a mile, we turned through a forest and saw a small lake formed by the streams flowing down from the cliffs in the distance.
The sunlight reflected on everyone's faces through the water, making them all bright and white.
Li Yunlong suddenly realized, "Haha, no wonder it's called Baiwanyu, it looks like a big bowl filled with water!"
After continuing for three miles, there are already fields crisscrossing the roadside, and the village of Baiwanyu is also in sight.
It was noon, and every household in the village had started to light up the stoves to prepare lunch, and smoke was rising from the cooking pots.
When the team arrived at the edge of the village, Li Yunlong ordered everyone to rest where they were for a while, "Monk, let's go and say hello to the fellow villagers!"
Li Yunlong took Wei Dayong to the village, found the village chief, and explained the origins of himself and others, "fellow fellows, please rest assured, we are the genuine Eighth Route Army!"
Although there is no mass base here, the village chief has heard of the reputation of the Eighth Route Army and Li Yunlong.
Finally, the village chief agreed to the request of Li Yunlong's team to be stationed, and freed up several yards at the east end of the village for Li Yunlong to use as barracks.
Back outside the village, Li Yunlong began to arrange the garrison of the troops.
Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "Monk, go and call all the company commanders."
Soon, several company commanders came to Li Yunlong and said, "Now, here is my arrangement for the team's stationing."
"Our battalion headquarters and logistics warehouse are located in the village. In the open space at the foot of the mountain to the east of the village, we will build the camp by ourselves, plan in advance, and try to build it as big as possible!"
"Then, we will also build a small camp at the mountain pass where we enter Baiwanyu to guard the mountain pass."
"The first company will be responsible for the garrison for the time being, and then after the camp is repaired, you four companies will take turns to garrison it!"
Li Yunlong clasped his hands behind his back, "How is it? Do you understand the arrangements?"
Several company commanders nodded one by one, and Li Yunlong waved his hand, "Okay, after lunch, everyone will go on their own missions!"
After lunch, Liu Bo borrowed tools from the villagers and led the soldiers of the first company back to the mountain pass with some food.
Not far behind the pass, we chose a flat place and started building a camp.
In the village, Li Yunlong led a team to store sugar, medicine, and grain storage in several courtyard rooms.
After making arrangements for the battalion headquarters and the logistics team, he immediately led the team to the open space at the foot of the mountain and began to break ground.
The day after Li Yunlong led the team into Baiwanyu, Huzi led a transport team to the outside of the mountain pass.
At the notice of the sentry, Liu Bo, who was leading people to lay the foundation, put down his work, put on his military uniform, tidied up his appearance, and came to the pass.
Huzi came to Liu Bo and said, "Report to the first company commander that these are the military uniforms received from the logistics headquarters, as well as the comrades assigned to our team!"
Liu Bo looked at the brand-new military uniforms and more than 20 comrades in the transportation team. He couldn't help but become happy. He stepped forward and saluted these comrades, "Welcome, comrades, to join our team!"
Liu Bo decided to personally accompany the convoy to Baiwanyu. On the way, he began to develop feelings for these comrades without leaving any trace, trying to make everyone have a good impression of his company.
In order to recruit a few more people to join the first company, when allocating soldiers in Yaojiayu, if the number of people in each company was not specified, they would really not be able to compete with Zhang Dabiao.
There is no other way, Liu Bo can only seize every opportunity and be more careful, otherwise, his position in this company will really not be preserved by then.
Soon after, the transportation team arrived at the east end of Baiwanyu Village. Li Yunlong ran out happily after receiving the news.
Looking at the 800 sets of brand-new military uniforms that were full on the transport team, Li Yunlong's face turned into a smile, "Hahahahaha, the brigade commander is the brigade commander. If anyone speaks ill of the brigade commander again in the future, I will be the first to do it, Old Li." No one agrees!"
Li Yunlong was indeed happy. This was the first time that he had gotten so many things out of the hands of the brigade commander, which was enough for him, Li Yunlong, to brag about in front of his old comrades.
Li Yunlong waved his hand, "Come here, bring all the military uniforms in. Later, we will notify those who don't have military uniforms to come and change!"
Afterwards, Li Yunlong turned around and welcomed the new comrades with a smile, "Haha, welcome to everyone who decides to follow me, Li Yunlong. Let's take a rest first and arrange positions for you all later."
"Monk, go and take our comrades to fill our bellies first!"
With his hands behind his back, Li Yunlong looked with satisfaction at the comrades who followed the monk away.
Li Yunlong looked at Huzi and patted his shoulder, "Okay, Huzi, you did a good job. I will give you half a catty of sweet potato roast later!"
Huzi smiled honestly, "Yes, thank you battalion commander!"
Huzi suddenly remembered what the brigade commander asked him to bring to Li Yunlong, "By the way, battalion commander, the brigade commander also asked me to bring you a few words."
Li Yunlong curled his lips, "Let me tell you, I know the brigade commander has more to say!"
Huzi began to imitate the tone of the brigade commander, "The brigade commander said, tell him that Li Yunlong took my things, and if he can't show the real seal when the time comes, don't blame me for turning against him!"
