Yu Chenglong had never been to the newly built secret camp in the brigade. At that time, he also sent people to establish it in advance without telling his superiors. Now it seems that it is still valuable. It can at least be used as a backup secret camp in case of emergency.
Therefore, Yu Chenglong asked very carefully, including the round-trip route. Squadron Leader Fang also gave a very detailed answer. He guessed that Deputy Commander Yu Chenglong might use this new secret camp soon.
"We took two routes when we went and came back, in order to make it easier to go to the new secret camp from different directions. Generally speaking, the routes are not very easy to walk, otherwise it would not be possible for a month.
On the way there, we passed by the "Smoke Pao Ditch". The ditch was wide and windy. It was blowing smoke and snow all day long. It was extremely cold, and people who were freezing couldn't stand it.
That ditch doesn't even thaw in the summer, let alone in the winter. It wasn't quite cold when we went there, and we weren't walking to the windiest place, but it was unbearable.
I didn't dare to take that road when I came back. I took a detour, but it was also eerie and cold when I walked through that area. It's going to be deep winter today, and we can't take that route to the new camp.
As for the new secret camp, it’s really hard to find. It’s very well hidden. I’ve been there three or four times, but I still can’t find it. It’s definitely a good place and won’t be easily discovered. "
Captain Fang answered Yu Chenglong's inquiry very carefully, which made Yu Chenglong very satisfied. He didn't say anything more, but took Captain Fang's hand and sent him out of his secret camp.
"Go and rest first. The Japs may be attacking Tianyaoling recently. Let your brothers in the squadron stay hidden and don't be carelessly exposed."
The weather really changes at a moment's notice. It's still fine during the day, but at night, the temperature drops sharply, and I feel like I'm shivering in the secret camp. This heralds the arrival of the coldest time of the year.
After dinner in the evening, a fire was specially lit in the secret camp. The secret camp at the brigade headquarters was relatively spacious. There were eleven people living in it, so it wasn't too crowded.
Yu Chenglong and deputy captain Zhang Daoxian led six brigade personnel to live in the outer room, while political commissar Jin Yunji and her guards and health workers lived in the inner room.
It is said that there are inner and outer rooms, but in fact, the wooden kang where one sleeps is propped up with small wooden poles to block it, and the open space under the kang is still open. Although there was a fire in the secret camp, it was still colder than usual.
"You guys should go out for a walk first. The political commissar and I need to take a shower. It's already getting cold, and it will be even more inconvenient to take a shower in the future."
The hygienist gave orders to Jackie Chan and the other men. This little girl was very articulate and spoke very quickly, and her tone was not at all meant to be discussed.
"Just don't wash it yet. It's too cold outside today. Aren't we going to suffer here? We can wait until it gets warmer to wash it."
Yu Chenglong's security guard spoke loudly. This naughty guy was not afraid of going out and getting cold, but he deliberately didn't want to go out in order to resist the health worker's order.
"Just go out if you are told to, why are you talking so much nonsense!"
Political Commissar Jin's bodyguard never looked down upon him. He always spoke straightforwardly and liked to use a commanding tone. He often quarreled with Yu Chenglong's bodyguard, but she often had the upper hand.
Yu Chenglong waved his hand to signal them to stop making trouble, and took the lead to lead everyone out. Everyone had no choice but to put on their clothes and walk out of the secret camp.
Of course, they did not leave the secret camp solely to avoid political commissar Jin Yunji and the others from taking a bath, but because they had other tasks, so Yu Chenglong and Deputy Captain Zhang each took three people to go to each secret camp in two directions to inspect the situation.
When everyone returned to the secret camp one after another, Commissar Jin and the three of them had already finished taking a shower, and all three of them had their long hair loose. Only then did they look like women.
They usually wear their hair tied up, wear the same clothes and dog-skin hats as men, and it is difficult for people who are not familiar with them to tell the difference between men and women.
These women who joined the Anti-League really suffered enough. In order to solve the problem of menstruation once a month, they took a herbal medicine for a long time. Most of them will be infertile for life.
Year-round exposure to wind and snow has made her skin red, black and rough. In addition, she dresses like a man, which makes her psychologically masculine, so she doesn't deliberately think of herself as a woman.
Yu Chenglong felt a sense of sadness in his heart as he watched the three of them combing each other's long hair, braiding, braiding, and cutting bangs in different ways under the dim light.
The suffering caused by the Japanese devils to the Manchu people is multifaceted. If you don't avenge this revenge, you will be a man in vain! Yu Chenglong gritted his teeth and swore secretly in his heart.
Since the three of them took a long time to shower and comb their hair, political commissar Jin Yunji did not organize the personnel at the brigade headquarters to study that night. Everyone lay down and slept with their clothes on.
"I'm going to blow out the lights now. You guys, take off your underwear and underwear, send them outside to freeze, and then take them back and put them on tomorrow morning.
Everyone was covered in lice, and they were sent outside to freeze to death when the weather was cold. Turn the clothes inside out when you send them out, and clean them when you take them back tomorrow. "
The health worker issued another order. This time, Yu Chenglong's guard did not raise any objections. Instead, he took the lead and complied with it because he felt that the lice on his body were somewhat rampant.
Yu Chenglong and others didn't say anything. They all sat up and took off their underwear, put on their cotton jackets and trousers, and then lay down again.
The guard gathered everyone's underwear and prepared to send them outside. The health worker said no need. Commissar Jin and the three of them happened to be going out for convenience, so he took them outside conveniently.
When I woke up the next day, it was still so cold. The mountains were shrouded in thick fog, there was no sunshine, and there was not much wind. It was just so cold that it made people feel unenergized.
Yu Chenglong ordered people to notify all secret camps and told everyone that no fire was allowed during the day. Because fire creates smoke, the enemy can spot it from a long distance away.
In the middle of the night, the two soldiers sent to Tianyaoling for reconnaissance hurriedly came back and reported that the Japanese and the Jing'an Army had indeed gone to Tianyaoling, but they had failed.
The enemy had been searching around Tianyaoling for two days. The temperature dropped suddenly last night, and the little devils couldn't stand the cold. They all retreated as soon as it was light this morning.
The two of them hurried back to report, and the other two went to the secret camp of the corps to report. After running for a whole day and a half, their tired legs were shaking.
Yu Chenglong asked the two to rest and eat quickly. He, political commissar Jin Yunji and deputy captain Zhang studied the current situation and judged what might happen next.
"I don't think the Japs will all withdraw. Only the large Japanese troops will be withdrawn. Some of them will definitely stay behind to continue looking for our secret camp and fight us decisively."
Deputy Captain Zhang was the first to express his stance, and he spoke in a very affirmative tone. He estimated that since the Japs were here, they would not give up easily, and the Manbei Corps was still in extreme danger.
