Xie Tian walked out of the regiment headquarters. The young monk Xu Wu was standing at the door holding a quilt. Seeing Xie Tian coming out, Xu Wu put his palms together and pronounced the Buddha's name, and timidly said:
"Thank you, Captain. Last night I saw that many of you didn't have quilts to cover you. I don't know what I can do for you. I also have a quilt here that I want to give to you."
Xie Tian stopped and looked at Xianwu and said with a smile: "You are really helping me in times of need. On behalf of the Independent Group, I would like to thank you. How old is the young master this year? How did you think of becoming a monk?"
Xu Wu lowered his head and replied: "Master said he picked me up at the gate of the temple. I have lived in the temple for fifteen years, so I should be fifteen years old."
Xie Tian sighed softly and took the quilt from Xianwu's hand: "Thank you, little master. I'd like to apologize to your abbot for me. I can't accommodate so many people at the moment and can only occupy your Gushan Temple. I'll find it later." We will move to a suitable place immediately.”
Wuwu leaned over and whispered the Buddha's name, turned around and left in a hurry.
Xie Tian returned to the room and handed the quilt to Tang Hao'er. Several women also heard the conversation between Xie Tian and Xu Wu and couldn't help but sigh softly.
They are all miserable people.
One quilt can't solve the urgent need. Now there are only five quilts among the dozen soldiers of the Independent Regiment. Yesterday, Xie Tian brought all the quilts that could be squeezed out of the house. Even the kang quilt in the east room was used for emergencies. , now there are only two quilts left in the house, one for Tiedan and Xiaoman, and one for him and Tang Haoer.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and you have to endure the hard times to get over them.
Fortunately, Xie Baoqing's family is rich, otherwise Xie Tian would not dare to lead a team, let alone open a porridge shack to provide porridge.
However, the quilts sent by Nothingness also opened up the minds of the women.
Can you collect some unused quilts from various households in the town?
To be honest, these days, any family that can have one quilt for each person can be considered a wealthy family, and there are many families that have one quilt for each member of the family.
However, some families still have extra quilts. Li Chunxiang's family has several extra quilts, ready for use when relatives come to the house.
Li Chunxiang spoke: "I still have a few quilts at home. I'll bring them over later. Let's go to every house in the town to mobilize them. Those who have rich quilts will borrow them first for emergencies. Those who really don't have some can raise some. Cotton is also good. We have no shortage of manpower, and we should be able to make some if we work hard until noon. In this cold weather, many of the team and those who are fleeing have no bedding. We can't feed people and then freeze to death. "
The women nodded repeatedly: "Then let's split up. Should we meet at the Xiangmanlou or the Silk and Satin Mansion later?"
Tang Haoer smiled and said, "You'd better come to my place. Chunxiang's place still has business to do. My business can't be done anyway, so we might as well use it as the office of our Women's Rescue Society."
Yes, Xie Baoqing has already pulled up the team, and the business of the silk and satin shop will definitely not be able to continue.
Li Chunxiang chuckled and said, "It's okay if you don't do business. You still owe me a piece of clothing that I haven't done yet."
The women giggled and walked out of the regiment. Now that they were organized, they could finally feel proud in front of the men.
After walking out of Gushan Temple, Xie Tian was teaching the soldiers how to use weapons in the square at the entrance of the temple. The soldiers shaved their heads, took a shower and put on new military uniforms. Now they looked like soldiers.
After struggling for a long time with Xie Tian from the cooking team, they finally got a 38-meter cap. At this time, they were carrying guns and serving porridge to the new refugees with great enthusiasm. They were pretending to be squad leaders and were fooling a few of the refugees. Young man: "When you are a soldier, you have something to eat. If you are not a soldier, you can only drink porridge. There is no way. We have to ensure that the soldiers are well fed so that they have the strength to fight the Japanese. Do you know what we ate yesterday? Pork and cabbage stew. Tofu, such a big piece of fat, one piece for each person, one bite will fill your mouth with oil..."
"Squad leader, please stop talking. I signed up to be a soldier. Will I be able to eat fat tonight?"
Lao Wang laughed and said: "The regiment leader prepared a pig. I just ate a thigh yesterday and there is still plenty of meat. I will stew the pig head later and each of the soldiers will get a big piece."
Tang Haoer chuckled and walked with several women, looking at the bustling square in front of the temple with emotion.
It had only been more than a day, but the team had already been assembled, food was available, and there were two peripheral organizations, the Children's League and the Women's Rescue Society. Xie Baoqing was really capable of doing anything.
The lively day passed unknowingly. On this day, more than a dozen soldiers were recruited, all of them were refugee soldiers, but it also meant that Xie Tian took in more refugees now, more than twice as many as yesterday.
Even the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army did not dare to take in refugees on such a large scale, mainly because they did not have so much food and no way to resettle them. As a result, the legendary bandit Xie Baoqing did it.
Some people began to suspect that Xie Baoqing had other purposes for taking in refugees. Whatever he thought, Xie Tian didn't care what others thought.
More than a dozen soldiers were divided into another squad, and the soldiers in the first and second squads were also replenished. Now Xie Tian's People's Liberation Army Independent Regiment has a full strength, which is very good for the newly formed team. .
However, this group is full of new recruits. They are basically a ragtag group, and their combat effectiveness is worrying.
Combat strength is tempered in the flames of war, and Xie Tian does not force it.
It's just that the weapons are not enough to distribute now. Xie Tian only has twenty 38 big guns, a few shell guns, a Bastard and two Hanyang-made weapons. They have all been distributed, and not everyone has a gun.
A soldier has a gun. A soldier without a gun is not a soldier.
Therefore, Xie Tian started planning his old business again... robbing people on the road.
Qin Fen walked into the regiment headquarters with excitement on his face and asked Xie Tian who was lying on the table drawing a map: "Captain, did you take action when you asked Squad Leader Wang to prepare three days of rations for each soldier?"
Xie Tian raised his head, glanced at Qin Fen and said with a smile, "Your nose is quite sharp."
It seemed that there was really some action. Qin Fen excitedly came to Xie Tian and took a look at the map that Xie Tian was drawing and asked: "Where to fight?"
Xie Tian smiled: "Robbery."
The smile on Qin Fen's face froze instantly, and his face turned dark.
Robbery? You gathered this team just for robbery?
Aren't they still bandits?
As if feeling the air solidify, Xie Tian stopped writing, tilted his head and looked at Qin Fen, smiling: "Robbery is a skill, do you think anyone is qualified to rob?"
Qin Fen looked directly at Xie Tian for a moment, then asked with a dark face: "Is the leader serious?"
Xie Tian straightened up and looked at Qin Fen with a faint smile: "Of course, robbery is my old profession."
Qin Fen was stunned for three seconds, then reached out and took off the bastard gun holster slung over his shoulder and put it on the table: "I can't do this as company commander. I'll hire someone better to lead the regiment. I'll take my leave."
Xie Tian laughed and picked up the pen and lay down on the map: "I know you won't last long, let's go, let's not risk your life when I rob the Japanese transport team."
Qin Fen's expression changed, he quickly grabbed the gun holster that had just been placed on the table and put it on his body. He smiled at Xie Tian and said, "Captain, I don't speak loudly. Why don't you rob the little devil earlier?" Say, scare me."
Xie Tian looked up at Qin Fen and asked, "Aren't you leaving?"
Qin Fen shook his head like a rattle: "I'm not leaving. Even if you hold a gun against me, I won't leave."
Xie Tian laughed and straightened up, looked at Qin Fen and said, "You're not a coward. I'm ordering all the troops to go out at ten o'clock tonight. The target is Ten Miles Slope. Let's go there and set up an ambush. If nothing goes as expected, there will definitely be Japanese soldiers tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." The transport team was delivering supplies to the Zhangzhuang stronghold, and we robbed him."
Qin Fen first said yes loudly, and then asked: "How did the leader know?"
Xie Tian chuckled and said: "Have you forgotten what I did before? I have already figured out the rules of the little devil. Pingyuan County must send supplies to Zhangzhuang stronghold every half month."
"How many Japanese escorts are there?" Qin Fen asked.
"Not necessarily. It depends on the importance of the supplies. Ordinary supplies are a detachment of Japanese soldiers with more than a dozen Imperial Army soldiers. If it is important supplies such as weapons and ammunition, there may be a small group of Japanese soldiers."
"A small group of Japs? There must not be more than fifty people?" Qin Fen said in surprise.
Xie Tian nodded: "You are quite clear about the Japanese organization."
Qin Fen replied: "When we were in the Jinsui Army, the commander told us that under normal circumstances, a Japanese infantry detachment has thirteen people and is equipped with a light machine gun. A detachment usually consists of three detachments plus a grenade detachment. , there are about fifty-four people, equipped with three light machine guns and three grenade launchers, about forty rifles and a dozen short guns. If there is really a small group of Japanese escorts, our battle will not be easy."
Xie Tian looked at Qin Fen and said with a smile: "Are you afraid?"
Qin Fen chuckled: "I haven't been to the battlefield yet. I'm afraid we won't know until we get to the battlefield. Okay, go ahead and get busy. I'll go see how the rations are prepared."
Xie Tian smiled and watched Qin Fen walk out of the regiment headquarters, then lowered his head and continued drawing the map.
Thanks to Xie Baoqing's memory, Xie Tian now knows the terrain of the area with a radius of hundreds of miles. He has already calculated the battle plan in his mind, but he still needs to draw the map and conduct a war game. He will encounter Make a plan for every situation.
It would be great if I could free up my hands to make a sandbox. The sandbox deduction would be more intuitive. Unfortunately, what Xie Tian lacks most now is time.
