After receiving the weapons and ammunition, the soldiers of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th companies left happily with their weapons and ammunition.
Li Yunlong first came to the yard of the communications class. A tall antenna had been erected on the roof. When he walked into the house, he saw that the large radio station had been assembled and several correspondents were concentrating on debugging the equipment.
In another room, the generator was still humming, burning the kerosene brought by Brother Xu.
Li Yunlong came to the communications squad leader and asked, "How is it? Is everything normal at the radio station?!"
The leader of the communications squad put down his earphones and stood up, "Report to the battalion commander that everything is normal at the radio station. We can already receive some clear telegrams. As long as we have the code book, we can get in touch with our superiors!"
Li Yunlong nodded and patted the squad leader on the shoulder, "Haha, okay, in a few days, the headquarters will send someone to deliver the code book!"
After understanding the operation of the radio station, Li Yunlong took the monk and Huzi back to the warehouse.
The things to be given to the villagers of Baiwanyu have been prepared by Tang Yun.
Li Yunlong asked people from the logistics team to drag the things to the village chief's home.
"Old village chief, these are our team's thoughts on the villagers. They are daily necessities and meat. Please don't refuse!"
The old village chief sighed again and again and stopped refusing. In the past, those who served as soldiers were fine if they didn't cause you trouble, let alone give you things.
Moreover, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army often helped the villagers work and fetch water. These old village chiefs and villagers also saw this and were already very inclined towards the Eighth Route Army.
"Fuwa, go and tell everyone to gather at the village ancestral hall. Someone from every household must be present!"
The old village head was unambiguous and directly asked his grandson to inform the villagers that he would express his support for the Eighth Route Army in the presence of the ancestors in the ancestral hall.
Li Yunlong was overjoyed. With the support of the village chief, the base area was now solid.
Soon, people from every household in Baiwanyu gathered in front of the ancestral hall. Looking at Li Yunlong standing next to the village chief, as well as the cloth groceries, pork and mutton piled aside, they couldn't help but talk about it.
The village chief paused his cane and said, "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to what our Eighth Route Army commander has to say!"
The most cordial smile appeared on Li Yunlong's face, "Haha, folks, our Eighth Route Army is the people's team. We are here to make the folks live a good life!"
"Then who doesn't want us to live a good life?! It's the little devil, it's the warlord, it's all imperialism!"
"What the hell are you going to do if you don't let us live a good life?!"
The villagers spontaneously roared, "Beat them all out!"
Li Yunlong's eyes widened and he spoke in a high-pitched tone, "Yes! Get rid of all these bullies that are hindering us from living a good life!"
"With our Eighth Route Army here, none of them can escape!"
Later, amid the warm cheers of the villagers, Li Yunlong and the village chief distributed cloth, groceries, pork and mutton to each household one by one.
At this time, the military-civilian relationship in Baiwanyu has improved dramatically.
The next day, because there was sufficient ammunition, Li Yunlong specially approved the artillery company and other companies to conduct live artillery firing training in order to familiarize themselves with the performance of the artillery as soon as possible.
The 60 mortars of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th companies still lack qualified gunners, so they can only hire teachers from the artillery companies to learn from them.
Throughout the day, at the foot of the mountain on the east side of Baiwan Valley, the roar of artillery could be heard from time to time. A small hillside selected as the target was left with craters and black holes.
Seeing the roar of artillery fire in front of him, Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes slightly and had an idea about Yingdong Jiji Station in his heart.
As long as he goes to observe the terrain near Yingdongji on the spot, Li Yunlong can determine whether his tactics can be implemented.
That night, Zhang Dabiao, who had been out for two days, led people back to Baiwanyu.
Zhang Dabiao didn't take a break and immediately went to Li Yunlong to report.
Arriving at the battalion headquarters, Li Yunlong was carefully drawing on a map under an oil lamp when Zhang Dabiao shouted, "Report to the battalion commander!"
Li Yunlong looked up and saw that it was Zhang Dabiao with a tired look on his face, "Dabiao is back, come on, have a drink of wine to warm yourself up first!"
Zhang Dabiao immediately took the wine bowl handed over by Li Yunlong. The aroma of the wine instantly made his eyes light up. Without saying a word, he raised his neck and drank all the wine in the bowl.
Li Yunlong's eyes widened and he stretched out his hand suddenly, "Hey! Hey! Hey! Why did you drink all of it for me! This is the fine Fenjiu that Brother Xu brought, and I don't have much in stock!"
Zhang Dabiao chuckled, "Hey, the wine tastes so good, I couldn't hold it back for a while!"
What else can Li Yunlong say? He must hide his wine in the future, and the same goes for that monk. I don’t think I know he drank his own wine secretly!
Otherwise, I will run out of this inventory before Brother Xu comes back.
"Okay, tell me what information you got from the outside?!"
Zhang Dabiao's face straightened, "Battalion Commander, where I am taking people this time to the east of Nanguan, the little devils and puppet troops are very rampant along the way!"
"The little devils have been dispatched more frequently. If there is any disturbance, the little devils from all directions will come swarming over!"
"Although they are all third-rate garrison troops, the Japs' strongholds and gun towers over there are very dense. Except for the patrolling troops, the Japs in those strongholds and gun towers rarely go out, and they look like they are defending to the death!"
Li Yunlong nodded, "Well, did you grab your tongue and ask?"
Zhang Dabiao nodded, "Caught, but unfortunately there is no important information. We only learned that our brother army, the 385th Brigade, has been very active recently, attacking several small gun towers and a section of the Baijin Railway! "
Since there were no good opportunities in the east and there were still brother troops active, Li Yunlong decided to go to the west and pursue the idea of Yingdongji.
"Dabiao, go eat something first and take a rest. We will have a meeting later!"
Zhang Dabiao saluted and left the battalion headquarters.
Li Yunlong put his hands behind his back and stared at the map carefully for a long time.
"Monk! Monk!"
Wei Dayong walked into the back room, "I'm here, battalion commander!"
Li Yunlong immediately ordered, "Go, except for the first company, notify all company platoon leaders to come to the battalion headquarters for a meeting!"
Soon after, the small room was filled to the brim with company and platoon leaders arriving, and Zhang Dabiao was the last one to arrive.
"Second Company Commander!"
When everyone saw that Zhang Dabiao who had gone out for reconnaissance was back, they immediately thought that he had military affairs!
When everyone arrived, Li Yunlong walked to the map hanging on the wall with his hands behind his back, "I'm calling everyone here this time because our team has a mission!"
"This is the goal of this mission," Li Yunlong said, pointing to a point on the map located on the Tongpu Railway between Pingyao and Jiexiu.
"Yingdongji!"
"According to reliable information, this is a temporary stopping point for the Japanese troops transporting supplies."
"Our mission is to launch a surprise attack when the train stops, destroy the station, and destroy the little devil's train and supplies!"
After talking about the specific mission content and goals, Li Yunlong began to make personnel arrangements, "Second Company Commander, your Second Company will serve as the vanguard!"
