During the Dragon Boat Festival, people do things neatly, punish those who deserve punishment, and kill those who deserve to be killed. But the money collected was not as much as expected. After all, Dongping County is only a small town. How much money can the entire town have?
So in addition to Magistrate Sun's 100 gold bars, Bei Batian and other traitors donated a total of more than 400 gold bars, about 100,000 yuan, as well as three boxes of gold and silver jewelry, five carts of grain, cloth, and medicine.
Some of the food was reserved for the Dragon Boat Festival, and the rest was distributed to the people of Dongping County.
The cloth was temporarily useless. The independent regiments in the Dragon Boat Festival all wore Central Army uniforms, so they were all given to Ma Pingan. Some of the medicines were also given to Ma Pingan, and the rest of the independent regiments were kept for their own use.
The two hundred guns, including bullets, promised to Ma Pingan in Dragon Boat Festival were also cashed. Together with the two transport trucks of the little devil, they were also given to Ma Pingan, asking him to leave immediately with Dr. Qian. After all, there was going to be a war in Dongping County. .
The same goes for the people in Dongping County. They divided the food and distributed some gold and silver jewelry to these people during the Dragon Boat Festival, asking them to go to their relatives or continue to go west. They can go as far as they can. After all, this is a battle. , it’s not a matter of one or two days.
However, when he came back from the Dragon Boat Festival, Ma Ping'an hadn't left yet. Duanwu said in surprise: "Why don't you leave? There will be a big war in Dongping Town later, and I won't be able to protect you then."
Ma Ping'an smiled and said, "That's right. There are quite a lot of people in this guerrilla group, and they were formed not long ago. They are very poor. Brother Dragon Boat Festival, can you borrow some money from you to buy some daily necessities for the guerrilla group?" "
"It's not Lao Ma. You're such a ungrateful person. Why do you want this and that? You haven't put any effort into it, but our brothers in the independent group are risking their lives?"
At this time, before Duanwu could say anything, Lao Abacus spoke first. Obviously, as the leader of the independent group's financial power, if he doesn't speak at this time, who will? Due to his feelings, Tuan Zuo did not rub sand in his old abacus eyes.
Of course, if it were in the past, this old abacus might not have this momentum. But things are different now. He has been greatly affected by the Dragon Boat Festival, which is in huge contrast with his previous self. When something happens, I dare to use the Southern Fourteen Style that often gets stuck and give it to the opponent. When something unpleasant happens, I dare to yell.
But this was the case at this time, he felt that Ma Ping'an was a little greedy. I’ve already given you so many things and you still want them, isn’t there something wrong?
But Ma Ping'an really had no choice. All local troops were newly formed and were very poor. There are many guns shared by more than a dozen people, and there are only a few bullets.
As for daily necessities and food, there are even fewer.
Just after the Dragon Boat Festival distributed part of the food to the people, he wanted to speak.
But then he thought again, these people were also in difficulty, so he didn't want it.
But the guerrillas always have to eat, right? You have to have daily necessities, right? There can't be hundreds of people eating with their hands, right?
Therefore, even if it was a little embarrassing, he could only say this.
Ma Ping'an smiled awkwardly: "Hey, it's a loan. I'll pay it back when I have it."
"You haven't paid back what you borrowed last time!"
Old Abacus said angrily, and Ma Ping'an didn't know what to say at this time, but Duanwu said: "Old Ma is a nice person and has helped us a lot. From now on, we may not be able to trouble others. We need this money." borrow."
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The old abacus was speechless and thought to himself: Just sit in a group and you have a good idea. How difficult is it to get some money these days? There is a big battle coming next, and there are many places to spend money!
At this moment, Ma Pingan hurriedly held up his hands and said: "Thank you, thank you Brother Duanwu. Don't dare to refuse any assignment in the future. And even if you can't find me, as long as you mention your name Duanwu, no matter it is the guerrillas, the Eighth Route Army, or the New Fourth Army, , will do their best to help.”
Duanwu smiled and said: "Hahaha, Lao Baopan gave Lao Ma 20,000 yuan."
"yes!"
Lao Abacus responded fiercely, and then took Ma Ping'an to withdraw the money. And Ma Ping'an also hugged his fists at the Dragon Boat Festival and really left this time.
After seeing Ma Ping'an off, Duanwu looked at his watch and saw that it was almost one o'clock in the morning.
He took out a cigarette but realized he didn't have a fire with him.
Lao Abacus and Zhao Weidong were not here either, so he had no choice but to give up.
However, at this moment, a communications soldier came over, saluted the Dragon Boat Festival, and then reported: "Reporting to the regiment, the scouts who went to Feicheng and Pingyin to conduct reconnaissance sent back news. The Japanese and puppet troops in Feicheng and Pingyin They met near Malou Village and marched together, heading straight for Dongping County.
The approximate strength of the troops is that the Japanese army has one infantry brigade, and the Imperial Army has at least one regiment. There were almost more than two thousand people in total. "
Duanwu smiled and said: "Okay, it seems that the little devils have got the news. Dongping County has been occupied by us, and they are planning to take it back! Okay, you go ahead and tell the scouts to pull back too. Feicheng and There is no need to keep an eye on the Japanese and puppet troops in the Pingyin direction."
"yes!"
The communications corps took the order and left, while Duanwu unfolded a partial military map of Shandong under the car lights.
Although Dongping County is located at the front end of the Japanese defense line, it is not a major battlefield.
The main target of the Japanese army is Jining, so they stationed the elite Bantian Regiment of the Fifth Division in Ningyang County.
Today, the Bantian Alliance suffered heavy losses, and Dongping County was captured by themselves, so the little devils will definitely think that the 56th Army was responsible. Because it is the main force of the 56th Army stationed in Jining.
Even the little devil has determined that this is a provocative operation by the Chinese army.
Therefore, after discovering that Dongping County had been captured, the Japs did not withdraw his reinforcements. Instead, they united their forces and continued to attack Dongping County.
From this, Duanwu concluded that the Japs were probably going to start a war directly, and the battle in Dongping County would also become the trigger for the entire Xuzhou battle.
Of course, this is not important. What is important is that the Japs will never send just such a small number of people to attack Dongping County.
In the battle of Wuming Village, the Independent Regiment wiped out an infantry brigade of the Bantian Regiment. If the kid was not a fool, he would think that the offensive troops of the 56th Army were all outside Ningyang County and could launch a surprise attack on the Bantian Regiment in Pingyang County at any time.
Therefore, at this time, the Bantian Alliance will not reinforce Dongping County, and the only ones who can reinforce Dongping County are the Japanese and puppet troops in the directions of Feicheng and Pingyin.
Moreover, Dragon Boat Festival needs to re-evaluate the number of Japanese and puppet troops in the directions of Feicheng and Pingyin.
Originally, Duanwu believed that the Japanese and puppet troops in the direction of Feicheng and Pingyin should be the same as those in Dongping County. The number of Japanese troops was small, and the defense force relied entirely on the Japanese surrender.
But at this time, Duanwu felt that maybe he thought it was simple. The reinforcements in these two directions actually included a Japanese infantry brigade and a puppet army regiment.
There are more than 2,000 reinforcements in total, so you can imagine how many soldiers the little devils have stationed in these two positions.
And because of this, Dragon Boat Festival thought of another thing. The Japanese army had a huge appetite. At the beginning of the Battle of Xuzhou, they envisaged encircling the Chinese troops in the fifth theater on the front line of Shandong and Northern Jiangsu.
Thinking of this, Duanwu seemed to understand something. The reason why the Japs hoarded so many troops in Feicheng and Pingyin was that they should be Cao Fulin's 55th Army. The little Japanese will suddenly launch an attack on the 55th Army, defeat or even completely annihilate the 55th Army, and thus control the northwest portal of the Fifth Theater! .
(End of chapter)
