The Seventh Company finally found a safe area away from the road. The captured transport truck drove directly off the road into the woods, and then stopped in the woods. There was no way forward.
"Comrades, unload all the loot into the truck. The truck should be disguised with tree branches to avoid being discovered by the Japanese."
After Chu Xiong finished his instructions, he turned to Yang Wei and said:
"Lao Yang, for safety's sake, we have to spend the night in the woods tonight.
If the Japanese have lost such a large amount of equipment and supplies, they will definitely send troops to look for them everywhere. We have to find a way to hide the excess equipment as soon as possible and pick it up again when we find a place to stay. "
Yang Wei frowned when he heard this. The supplies seized this time were indeed too much. It was impossible for the Seventh Company to carry these items into the war all the time, and mobility was out of the question.
"Company Commander, I agree with your opinion. The troops will rest where they are and send two squads to search the woods to see if there are any caves suitable for hiding things."
"I think it's okay, that's it!"
After saying that, he ordered the troops to rest where they were. The first platoon sent two squads to search for caves around, and the two squads were responsible for guarding.
An hour later, the second team found a very secluded cave on the mountain. It was very spacious and very suitable for hiding things.
Chu Xiong gathered the cadres above the platoon leader and held a brief meeting. Naturally, Chu Xiong was the first to speak.
"Comrades, the materials seized this time exceeded our expectations. In a word, we made a fortune!
But we cannot be rich people!
The captured crooked light machine guns were fired by each squad, and 4 main gunners, 4 assistant gunners, and 8 ammunition handlers were selected from each squad to form a gun squad.
There are 4 mortars, each mortar is equipped with a main and secondary gunner, and 2 ammunition handlers. The other artillery shells are carried by a platoon.
More than 300 Type 38 rifles, 8 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 22 crooked handles, 15 grenade launchers, more than 100 boxes of grenades and bullets, more than 20 boxes of artillery shells, and a large number of weapons were seized this time. If you can't move the supplies just by moving them, let's stop fighting.
In order to facilitate supplies, everyone was replaced with Japanese weapons. Each squad was equipped with a crooked light machine gun, a grenade launcher, a shooter and a deputy, the squad leader was equipped with a pistol and a rifle, and the other eight people were equipped with one A 38-meter rifle.
At first, I only brought 8 boxes of artillery shells, one box containing 12 shells. Two people were responsible for carrying one box, and more than 90 shells were enough.
The staple food is still mainly fried noodles. Canned food is not convenient to carry. In order to supplement energy, each person is given 2 kilograms of seized beef jerky first.
Hide all other things. We must move forward lightly and not be rich. "
"That's all I have to say, do you have any other opinions?"
After Chu Xiong finished speaking, he glanced around at the others, and they all said they had no objections. Now the Seventh Company has almost become his voice in the military.
The Seventh Company hid all the excess supplies and equipment in the cave, then sealed the entrance with large rocks and branches and marked it.
Through this incident, Chu Xiong deeply realized the extreme importance of a stable foothold. Mobile operations are difficult to last for a long time, and a base must be established.
Chu Xiong decided to go to Taihang Mountain!
The towering Taihang stretches across the three provinces of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan, with a radius of thousands of miles. Once you enter Taihang, you will be like a dragon swimming in the sea.
Chu Xiong already had a goal. He was interested in Lijiacun, which was located in the hinterland of Feilongxing.
Judging from the map, he is more than 20 kilometers away from the only road in Feilong County. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has a mountain road on one side, connecting it to the outside world.
Feilongxing is a section of Taihang Trail, running from east to west. It is a corridor connecting Shanxi and Henan. It is a famous "strategic capital" and "business thoroughfare".
With a relatively large population, difficult terrain, and developed business travel, it is the first choice for establishing a base.
Three days later, in Lijia Village in the hinterland of Taihang, a wedding was going on, with loud gongs and drums, and it was very lively.
Mr. Li's third young master married Mr. Zhao's only daughter Zhao Pan'er from Zhaojiazhuang.
Lijiacun is a branch of the Li family in Longxi. It has a history of nearly 400 years and moved here to avoid military disasters in the late Ming Dynasty.
The Li family of Guanlong is one of the eight great families of Guanlong. There have been many famous people in history. The most famous ones are of course Li Yuan and his son.
Mr. Li's name is Li Yaozu, and he is the patriarch and big landowner of Lijia Village. There are more than 700 people in Lijia Village, with more than 1,000 acres of cultivated land and more than 2,000 acres of sloping land. Most of them are in Li Yaozu's name, and the others rely on renting from him. Living at home.
Li Yaozu had three sons. The eldest son, Li Chendong, was the leader of the Shanxi-Sui Army. The second son, Li Chennan, stayed in Lijiacun to assist his father in managing the family business. The third son, Li Chenxi, graduated from the famous Hedong University in the provincial capital, majoring in mechanical manufacturing.
Since the Japanese invaded the provincial capital, Li Chenxi did not want to do anything for the Japanese, so she returned to Lijiacun to avoid the war.
Li Yaozu arranged a marriage for him. The woman, Zhao Pan'er, was a student at the Normal College in the provincial capital, and she hid back in Zhaojiazhuang because of fear of war.
The surname Zhao is also one of the eight Guanlong families. Li Yaozu and Zhao Haitian, the head of the Zhao family, are old acquaintances. The two families made an arrangement for this marriage ten years ago.
The world has been uneasy recently, and the little devils have been making a lot of trouble. In order to avoid trouble, the two families decided to organize the wedding of the two children.
The marriage of the young master of the Li family is naturally the top priority in the Li family village. Almost everyone will come to help. The Li family will set up a water banquet and treat the whole village, old and young, to eat "ten bowls".
"Ten bowls" are very famous in the local area and are the highest etiquette for entertaining guests.
The ten dishes include Tianhe eggs, water white meat, walnut meat, small crispy meat, soft rice, lentil soup, steamed meatballs, vegetarian meatball soup, chicken shredded vermicelli soup and mustard soup, and intestine soup. They are all served in bowls. The dish can also be called soup, and is known as a bowl of soup dish.
In this time of war and chaos, it is not an easy task to gather these ingredients. Only a wealthy family like Mr. Li can set up such a glorious banquet when planning a happy event.
Lijia Village has not been so lively for a long time. Every household came to help. Even Li Ersha, the second-rate boy in the village, was assigned affairs. As long as there was something to do, he could attend the banquet.
The task assigned to Li Ersha was to go to the east end of the village to look for the wind. This was a big deal.
This chaotic situation is most afraid of overcoming soldiers, so we have to send people to keep an eye on it.
The team to receive the bride has already set off. There is a standard eight-carriage sedan, a 16-person wedding troupe, gongs, drums and suona players. All the necessary ceremonial guards are in order, waiting to carry the bride through the door.
At noon, the ten bowls had been gathered, and the banquet was waiting to begin. The team to receive the bride had not returned yet, so Li Yaozu could only wait patiently.
"It's a battle, it's a battle!"
Li Ersha shouted all the way and came straight to the Li family compound.
"You idiot, you can see clearly, Mr. Li's family is having a wedding, don't be blind!"
Li Ersi didn't care what others said and continued to shout and run inside.
It's a big deal to pass the army. It would be better if they were soldiers from the government. The eldest young master is the leader of the government. Ordinary petty thieves would not dare to come and make trouble for fear of being Japanese.
Although the Japs have not been to Lijia Village yet, they have heard that his fourth aunt's natal village, Liujia Village, has been to the Japs. They heard that the whole village was beheaded by the devil's devils, and the children were even steamed and eaten by the Japs. .
"For God's sake, please don't come to Lijia Village, these damn ones"
Grandma Li Si clasped her hands together and prayed to Guanyin Bodhisattva for blessing.
The news of the military encounter soon reached Li Yaozu. Li Ersha couldn't explain clearly. On any other day, he would have fled to the mountains, but today he didn't dare to run into the mountains easily, risking his baby's good fortune. It's troublesome.
"Li San, take two villagers to the east end of the village to have a look. If they are Japanese or bandits, please come back and report as soon as possible!"
Li Yaozu decided to send his housekeeper Li San to the east end of the village to have a look.
After learning about the incoming troops, many villagers no longer had their minds on the table...
Chu Xiong really didn't know that the arrival of the Seventh Company would bring such great panic to Lijia Village.
