Old Bandit Qi stood at the entrance of the cave: "Hey, let me ask you, do you know how to do it?"
Half Immortal Huo Da: "How about you come?"
"You think I can't?"
"Don't stand and talk without pain in your back."
"I asked, can you two stop for a while?" Captain Qin put down his brush next to him.
The half-immortal held the chisel sharpened from the bayonet in his left hand, and held a hammer in his right hand, which he kept hammering.
The half-immortal is carving a tombstone!
The calligraphy of Captain Qin, a member of the Anti-Japanese University, was not very good either, because there was a soldier named "Xu Chu" who died.
The old bandit Qi and Banxian were arguing over whether to use three horizontal lines or one vertical line for the two straight characters under the character "囧".
Old Bandit Qi muttered: "It's not a good idea to give this guy a name. If he picks a name like this and gets penalized by the teacher in school, he will be asking for trouble."
The half-immortal then muttered in a low voice: "There is a nagging instructor Qin at the wine station, and here comes a gesticulating instructor Qin. This life will be impossible."
On the other side of the cave entrance, five large iron pots were steaming hot, placed on a blazing fire.
The soldier next to him was busy stirring the pot with an engineering shovel, and at the same time chatting happily with the people surrounding the pot.
On the side of the cauldron near the cave, Li Laoba is wearing a Tai Chi yellow coat and a Taoist hat, chanting words while setting up the water and land dojo.
The friendly troops had been killed for almost seventy-seven forty-nine days. Half-immortal and Li Laoba had been arguing for a long time a few days ago about whether to perform rituals for them or to set up a dojo.
In the end, it ended with Banxian and Li Laoba each leading people to perform rituals and set up a dojo for their already buried allies.
Further inside the cave, next to the first ritual ceremony, they were beating gongs and drums, chanting sutras, crying, and paving the way to immortality for the dead allies.
Captain Qin, who was standing at the entrance of the cave with his hands on his hips, had a dark face and wanted to throw these two men into the ravine. Our Eighth Route Army did not believe in Buddhism or belief.
I don’t know where Jiuying got these weird things.
However, they still dragged me to write a tombstone. It seemed that it would be okay if I didn't write it.
After writing it, Banxian and more than ten people began to carve words on the rocks found by the mountain people.
The friendly troops who died in battle were treated well, and many of the Eighth Route Army soldiers who died did not even know where their bodies were buried.
If this matter is known to the superiors, it will not be complete without criticism.
Company Commander Qin, who originally went to the mountains to study at the Anti-Japanese University, changed his identity to the instructor of the Lingqiu Squadron in charge of the ninth battalion of the Independent Regiment. He felt really miserable.
A sudden heavy rain quickly caused a flash flood.
Block all passages in and out of the mountain.
In a corner of the cave, four little wild boars, surrounded by stones, were dancing happily around.
Next to the pig pen, more than a hundred soldiers were reading and writing with the students of the Anti-Japanese University who had not yet graduated. A stone tablet read: Down with Japanese imperialism.
Zhang Weimin, who was shot, did not break his promise and delivered the 100,000 kilograms of grain promised by Commander Pang and Staff Officer Goupang to Huangqiu Cave as scheduled.
One hundred thousand kilograms, the number seems quite big, but it is only fifty tons.
At the foot of the mountain below the cave, countless people were working shirtless in the fields, and the rain had eased a lot.
Mountain residents began to scoop out water from the low-lying areas of the city's crop fields.
I don’t know who spread the news, but countless mountain people came out of the nooks and crannies to build houses next to the villagers’ shacks under the cave.
In less than a month, more than 2,000 villagers gathered.
Even if one person adds three taels of wild vegetables per day, the amount is more than a thousand kilograms per day.
One hundred thousand catties of grain
A month has passed, and the food stored in the cave can only last for more than two months at most.
Therefore, even if it rained, the people opening up the wasteland did not stop their work.
The ground was opened and seeds became a big problem again.
It is most cost-effective to plant sweet potatoes in the mountains. According to the plains, it is a bit late to plant sweet potatoes now. However, the climate in the mountains is half a month later than in the plains, so it is still possible to plant them.
More than a dozen bags of potatoes that were exchanged with rifles from Li Haihaii in the eighth district in the west were cut into pieces and buried in the ground with plant ash added.
Peanuts are also planted in the ground. It seems that everything that can be planted is stuffed into the soil.
Just bury the bones of the Japanese that have been chewed by wild beasts into the ground and regenerate roots and sprouts.
The corpses of the last Japs killed began to rot, because the nearby wild animals had already been trapped by mountain people who knew some hunting skills.
It is said that not even a venomous snake can be seen nearby.
The backer eats the mountain, but if there are too many people, the backer cannot eat the mountain!
The only meat available in the mountains is birds.
Nearly a hundred children, big and small, were hiding in the grass with simple bows and arrows of different sizes, hoping to encounter two flying birds that were not afraid of death.
Captain Qin just mentioned to the mountain people that a battalion of more than 300 militiamen was newly organized!
Including the militia, the old bandit Qi now has a lot of people, close to a thousand.
"Report to the squadron leader, our superiors ordered us to go out into the mountains and destroy the railway." The correspondent who ran over the mountains and ridges had his clothes torn and small wounds all over his body.
"Coming out of the mountain? Is there such a good thing?" Qi Laoqi was overjoyed.
"However, the order seems to have been issued the day before yesterday, and it refers to the action today."
Old Bandit Qi was stunned for a moment and then said angrily: "You stickman, what kind of bullshit orders did you give me?"
"I didn't know there would be a flash flood. Can you blame me?" The correspondent winced.
This thing is strange. Qi, the old bandit who went out to build the railway, thought for a while: "Hey, this can still be done!"
"How to do it? Even if there are no flash floods now, it will take more than a day for us to go out of the mountain. Who knows when the flash floods will recede?"
"Hey, this stone mountain also has the advantages of stone mountain. If it doesn't rain tonight, we should be able to leave tomorrow morning."
"Think about it, if they build the railway, they can finish the work in one day? Besides, if they finish building the railway tomorrow, won't we be able to take advantage of it?"
Captain Qin was worried: "But there are still Zhang Weimin's puppet troops in the east."
"Hey, we have a cave to live in, what do they have? They might have been taken away by a flash flood by now."
"If they are hiding in some mountain village, won't they fall behind us as soon as we leave?"
"You are afraid of wolves before you and tigers behind you." Qi Lao Qi looked at Captain Qin and said, "We agreed that you are the instructor and you are in charge of life matters. As for sending troops, hehe, I have the final say!"
Instructor Qin was speechless: "You have to have a plan, right?"
"Yes, I have the final say in the military affairs. You proposed it yourself half a month ago, so don't carry it with me!" Qi Lao Qi said seriously: "Well, we haven't left the mountain yet and haven't reconnoitred the enemy's situation. Is there any use in making plans on paper?"
"You're right! You, the squadron leader, have six to seven hundred people under your command, who are all qualified to be a detachment leader. You can't even make a plan before dispatching troops. If you say that, you will embarrass me, the instructor!"
"Just save it, Camp Commander Hu said when he left, we want to take root in this mountainous area. How can we take root without food?"
"In this way, you take a hundred soldiers away, and I will train the rest."
Old Bandit Qi had a strange smile on his face: "I want to ask you a question."
"you say."
"If I only take a hundred people away, even if I get food, how much do you think I can bring back?"
"Five thousand pounds is no problem, right?" Instructor Qin thought for a while, but the mountain road was not easy to walk.
"How long can I eat it?"
"Five days..." Instructor Qin always felt that this person was digging a hole, so he answered bravely.
“Then do you think I’m going to run back and forth for hundreds of miles in the mountains, and then I’m just going to carry 5,000 kilograms of grain back to play?”
"What do you want?"
"You and I heard that, first of all, I plan to go to Tangyin City to get two generators. I have done this a long time ago. Secondly, hey, didn't that Yu Jingsan create a sea to deceive the common people? Did he make a fortune? Can this be settled without tying his vote?"
"Hey, the superior's order is to attack the railway."
"Don't be stubborn. We can't make it out now. Wouldn't it be better to hunt rabbits in the grass and kill these villains who are trying to make money for the country?"
"It seems to make sense. Hey, bring back some more seeds, and bring me some cigarettes."
"When are you going to smoke?"
"Isn't it true that the poor can't afford to smoke? Now I want to smoke again."
“Would you like a big smoke?”
Instructor Qin said with a black line: "Believe it or not, I will remove you from your position as squadron leader right now?"
"These militiamen have been training in the mountains for so long. This time I will lead a company of soldiers, two hundred militiamen, and two hundred healthy mountain people. This time I will do a big job."
"I said, can you talk properly, for example, to complete a big mission?"
"Okay, okay, it's all up to you. If you can't get four hundred guns! When I come back, the captain will let you do it. I'll go find Battalion Commander Hu."
"You're dreaming!"
(End of chapter)
