Marching all the way, the group walked with torches for several hours. Yang Yuanshan guessed that the Japs would be unable to catch up, so he immediately ordered the whole battalion to find a sheltered place to stop, eat something, and rest before leaving.
The soldiers in the secret service camp were all strong and able to persevere, but the same could not be said for the seven or eight hundred miners they recruited to join the secret service camp.
In the coal mine, they were forced to do high-intensity labor by the little devils, but the food was extremely poor. They were all sallow, thin, and very weak.
After walking for several hours now, I am already trembling and unable to walk.
…
After hearing Yang Yuanshan's order to rest, the soldiers in the secret service camp immediately stopped and each found a place to rest.
Then he took off his dry food bag from his shoulder, picked up the kettle on his waist, took a mouthful of fried noodles and a mouthful of water, and started eating.
Those miners were rescued from the coal mine with nothing on them. Now they saw the soldiers in the secret service battalion eating deliciously, and they couldn't help but be very envious.
When Yang Yuanshan saw it, he quickly ordered the soldiers to give some of their fried noodles and water to the miners to solve their urgent needs first.
When the miners ate the sweet fried noodles, they couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.
Is there sugar in this? !
When they grow up so big, except when they are in good years, they will boil a little maltose to satisfy their craving. How have they ever eaten sugar at any other time?
Now that I’m eating it, I feel tears welling up in my eyes!
That is the feeling of happiness!
Sugar is the easiest substance for humans to convert into energy, so at the genetic level, humans have left the mark of liking to eat sugar.
Now the sugar in the fried noodles has strengthened these miners' belief in following the spy camp.
Everyone thought: This secret service camp is too spacious. When we used to fight the Japs, the artillery shells were like rain, but we could actually give candy to the soldiers!
I really came to the right place this time!
For a moment, the miners felt that they had strength all over their bodies, and they no longer felt cold in the cold wind in the middle of the night. They even wanted to have some enemies come and let them eliminate them, make contributions, and receive certificates of submission.
…
After simply eating some dry food, Yang Yuanshan called Wei Dayong and asked him to take people to scout ahead and find a village to camp.
Wei Dayong agreed and took the people there. Within half an hour, he hurried back to report:
"Battal Commander, there is a village in a valley 3 kilometers ahead, with about a hundred households."
"Okay, lead the way, we will go to the village to stay overnight."
Soon, the entire battalion arrived outside the village, and Yang Yuanshan asked Zhao Li to lead people to knock on the doors door to door.
The people were disturbed in the middle of the night, so they were naturally panicked. They thought that the bandits and strongmen were coming, but they were relieved when they saw that it was the Eighth Route Army.
He hurriedly boiled water and vacated the house without mentioning it.
Yang Yuanshan asked people to send some captured coal to the villagers as rewards, and then arranged for the soldiers to go into the village to find a place to rest.
With so many people, naturally they can't all sleep in the house, but having an eave and a corner to protect them from wind and rain is pretty good.
The villagers were surprised to see that apart from letting the wounded soldiers sleep in the houses, most of the people slept under the eaves.
I thought to myself: There were rumors that the Eighth Route Army would not disturb the people. I thought it was an exaggeration. But now it turns out to be true. What an iron army!
After witnessing this scene, they naturally trusted our army more and more. Many of them were originally prepared to use hoes against the door of their house, but now they no longer bothered.
…
Early the next morning, the entire army had breakfast and continued to camp and head north.
After walking for another day, they finally passed by Yangshugou Village. Regardless of the fact that it was still early and Han Yang and others were a little suspicious, Yang Yuanshan ordered them to go into the village to rest despite everyone's objections.
As a base area for our army, the villagers were naturally very enthusiastic when they saw Yang Yuanshan and the others coming back from the war.
Especially in the previous episode, Yang Yuanshan went from door to door and made a lot of money!
So now, not only do we help boil water for cooking, we also free up each family's house for them to live in.
While Yang Yuanshan ordered the soldiers to send some of the captured coal to the villagers, he also selected a few animals that were in poor condition and were not working hard to pull the carts, killed them, stewed them into broth, and replenished the wounded and soldiers.
Even to the villagers, he went door to door and had people deliver a bowl of broth. There were one or two pieces of meat in the soup. Although the pieces of meat were very small, there was no meat all year round. The villagers were moved to tears.
He kept saying: The Eighth Route Army is really a team of poor people.
…
Let the whole battalion stay temporarily in Yangshugou Village. Yang Yuanshan called Han Yang and asked him to arrange sentries in and outside the village.
At the same time, he specifically stated:
"Remember to send some scouts to investigate the surrounding area. Don't let us accidentally get into the little devil's pocket array. Now that we have insufficient weapons and equipment, it will be terrible if we are ambushed."
Han Yang didn't feel anything was wrong, nodded and went down to make arrangements.
Looking at his back, Yang Yuanshan thought to himself: The valley where he hid his weapons and equipment is not far from Yangshugou Village. It shouldn't be considered hidden, right?
If the scouts sent by Han Yang couldn't find them, should I send them all to the cooking class to swing a large spoon?
…
Of course, the situation envisioned by Yang Yuanshan did not occur.
Early the next morning, Han Yang rushed to Yang Yuanshan with excitement:
"Batalion Commander, Battalion Commander, we are rich!"
As soon as Yang Yuanshan heard this, he guessed what was going on, and immediately showed off his actor-level acting skills, pretending to be ignorant.
"How to make a fortune?
You're already the deputy battalion commander, so be careful! "
"It was the soldiers I sent out to scout out the nearby situation. They discovered a large number of brand-new weapons and equipment in a valley!
There are guns and cannons! "
"What? Weapons and equipment?
Come on, take me to see it! "
Yang Yuanshan seemed excited and walked out in a hurry.
As Han Yang walked out of the village and saw that he was leading him towards the valley, Yang Yuanshan felt relieved.
Soon, the two came to the valley, where several soldiers from the reconnaissance platoon were already guarding. Seeing Yang Yuanshan coming, they quickly shouted excitedly:
"Battal Commander, there are a lot of weapons and equipment here, brand new!"
Yang Yuanshan walked over, pretended to check, and immediately ordered Han Yang:
"Hurry up and get someone to move it. With so much equipment, we will really make a fortune.
It just so happened that this trip to Shuiquan Coal Mine consumed a lot, and now it was all replenished. "
Han Yang heard the words, but did not act. Instead, he hesitated and said:
"Batalion Commander, this is too strange, who would put so much equipment here?
This is incredible!
Looking at these equipment, they are basically the standard equipment of the Japs. Could it be that the Japs did it? "
"Why do you care so much?
Now that we have picked up these equipment, it is ours!
If the little devil wants it, then you have to ask me if I will agree! "
Yang Yuanshan couldn't help but curse in his heart: Put your damn curiosity away!
I'm giving you the equipment, but there are so many questions. Are you Sherlock Holmes or Conan? !
Or Di Renjie?
Hearing his words, Han Yang couldn't help but rolled his eyes and thought to himself: Battalion Commander, if nothing else, you are exactly the same as the regimental commander in this regard!
I could only agree immediately and run back to Yangshugou Village to find someone to carry it.
Yang Yuanshan waited for him to leave, and immediately told the soldiers guarding here that he was going to relieve himself, and then walked deeper into the woods.
When no one noticed him, he threw out the equipment that had been exploded in the Dashuiquan coal mine.
After throwing away the things, he walked back to the place calmly, pretending to be curious, and opened a few more ammunition boxes to check the equipment inside.
…
After a while, Han Yang came with all the soldiers in the battalion, driving mules, horses and carts.
Everyone couldn't help but be surprised when they saw that there was so much equipment here.
But for the veterans of the secret service camp, they have become numb.
After all, the spy battalion picked up equipment too many times, so it was not unusual at all.
The miners and a few recruits who had never seen this scene were shocked.
There was a lot of discussion.
Everyone asked with a confused look:
"This weapon and equipment can also be picked up? And there are so many of them??"
"Humph, what do you know?
Maybe it's because the Jade Emperor saw that the little Japs were too arrogant, so he sent gods down to earth to deliver equipment to our Eighth Route Army. "
"Hiss...then our spy camp is protected by gods secretly?"
…
Yang Yuanshan ignored their comments and immediately ordered everyone to move the equipment together. First, move all the equipment back to Yangshugou Village, and then slowly conduct an inventory.
At this time, Zhao Li briefly checked, then came over and said to Yang Yuanshan:
"Battal Commander, with so much equipment, it may be difficult to bring it back to Qixia Town with the big vehicles we have now. How about we send people to transport the wounded and the bodies of martyrs back first, and then ask instructor Zhou to mobilize thousands of militiamen to help carry it?" "
As the logistics manager of the secret service camp, he naturally has a good sense of quantity. Just at a glance, he roughly knew that the quantity of this batch of equipment was not trivial, and he immediately made suggestions.
Yang Yuanshan thought about the batch of equipment he had just placed, including the Oerlikon machine gun. The Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun was also not light in weight and indeed required more people to carry it. He nodded immediately:
"The injured will not be moved for now and will rest here in Yangshugou for a few days to prevent the injury from getting worse.
You send someone back with the remains of the martyrs, and then notify Lao Zhou to come. "
"yes!"
"By the way, let Lao Zhou bring some food. There are so many of us outside now, and we consume a lot of food every day."
Yang Yuanshan explained again.
They didn't bring much dry food before, but now that they have recruited seven to eight hundred miners, they are naturally even more stretched.
Hearing him mention the food issue, Zhao Li nodded quickly and said:
"Battal Commander, I was just about to tell you that the food we brought is probably going to be used up tomorrow. I'm afraid we won't be able to insist on instructor Zhou bringing the food."
"It's okay. Let's borrow some sweet potatoes from the folks around here. It won't be a problem for us to survive for a few days.
When Lao Zhou comes with the food, he will return it to the villagers.
I will send people to hunt nearby to supplement more. "
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."
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(End of chapter)
