He Yong still trusted Xu San, and he was still guessing whether Xu San was from the Eighth Route Army, so Xu San personally went to sit in charge, which basically reassured him.
The cement factory had almost one-third of the strength of the fifth battalion. If this was gone, he would have to capture the strong men again. He Yong himself was disgusted with arresting young men. Not to mention offending the people, just keeping these young men from escaping was a huge headache.
Now the fifth battalion is in good order both in terms of military and daily life, and even has a sense of living and working in peace and contentment. Although there are occasional wars, it is basically smooth and safe every time. He Yong likes such a life very much, because he can live a successful life in this troubled world. This is not easy.
He doesn't want to lose the stable life he has now, and he doesn't want to lose the army that can settle down in this troubled world.
Pulling Xu San to the side, he did not put on the airs of the battalion commander and said to Xu San from the bottom of his heart, "Brother, let me tell you the truth. How many brothers are left in the cement factory this time?"
Xu San stretched out a finger, "At least I can keep this number!"
Seeing this finger, He Yong's heart calmed down a lot, "A hundred?"
"Well! If all the brothers listen to the command, they can survive at least a hundred years. But brother, you should also know that there are always some people who are self-righteous and refuse to obey military orders. I am just a small military supply and a company-level cadre. , many times even if I have the intention, there is nothing I can do." Xu San spread his hands and shrugged, saying that some people are powerless, and he can only accept fate.
"Hey~" He Yong sighed. He understood what Xu San said. The fifth camp was not his. Although there were only 400 people, there were countless informants planted here, including those from the top, some from the Japanese, and even some from the Japs. There are even members of the Eighth Route Army.
Regardless of whether Xu San was a Eighth Route Army or not, he was very touched that Xu San could step forward and take charge of the cement factory in such a crisis. Although the cement factory was not his, he only knew that as long as the cement factory existed for one day , the good days of Wuying will not end, but if the cement factory is really gone, then the good days of Wuying will also come to an end, and it will return to the previous days of eating and waiting to die.
With a wave of his hand, a guard ran over and handed He Yong a package.
Before the package was delivered to Xu San, a scent came over.
"Is this roast chicken?" Xu San swallowed his saliva and asked.
"Brother knows that you are not short of weapons, and the Fifth Battalion cannot afford the equipment. You are not short of money, either. So I got you some food and wine."
"Thank you, brother."
Xu San reached out to take the package and opened it. There were roast chicken, pork elbow, beef in soy sauce, and two bottles of white wine.
The package was thrown into the cart by Xu San. When he saw the package, Big Gray Wolf sniffed it with his nose first, and then wanted to open the package with his claws, but Xu San stopped him, "That's mine. If you want to eat it, you can catch it yourself."
"Ouch~" Big Big Wolf let out a frustrated cry and lay still.
After all, the Fifth Battalion is a regular army with more than 400 people, so raiding missions are naturally indispensable. Xu San, who is usually a small raider, can fool him through his relationship with Yamamoto, but tomorrow is a big event about the autumn harvest and grain grabbing, which cannot be avoided. , so the Fifth Battalion was naturally assigned corresponding tasks.
Regarding the fifth battalion's mopping up route, Xu San secretly changed it, and it was a very meaningful change, but only he and Xiaohong knew about it.
Thinking of this, Xu San asked, "The raids will begin again tomorrow. Have the brothers made arrangements?"
Thinking of this, Xu San asked, "The raids will begin again tomorrow. Have the brothers made arrangements?"
"Well, everything has been arranged. The team leaders are all my confidants. According to what you said, let the brothers not go too far. Try to make the noise on the road as loud as possible so that the fellow villagers can be prepared. This is considered as a gift. Let's accumulate some moral virtue in our battalion. Well, if we encounter the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, just run away. Leave this matter to Wang Hai and nothing else. He is definitely an expert in this kind of march. Also, don't disperse the team, try to concentrate on the action." What's the use? He said quietly. ""
"Yeah!" Xu San nodded, "There are other side effects. It's okay to run away when encountering an unknown situation."
"Okay!" He Yong agreed directly without asking any further questions.
"Give me a few smart and decent ones later, and ask them to follow me to Qulianggou."
"Okay! Is there anything special there?" He Yong asked.
"My sister-in-law's husband's family! There are still raids during the autumn harvest, so I'm not worried." Xu San explained.
"How many people are enough? How about I send one over?"
"Come on! It's a platoon. Can the Fifth Battalion still be able to spare a platoon now? Besides, aren't you afraid of others gossiping if you send a platoon to protect my sister-in-law? Don't forget, there is a lot of trouble at the widow's door." Xu San said seriously.
He Yong raised the corner of his mouth and thought to himself, everyone knows about the trivial affairs between you and Widow Ma, so why are there so many disputes in front of Widow Ma's house?
But he did not say this, but found five smart puppet soldiers and sent them to Xu San.
Xu San thought for a moment and did not move with the five puppet troops because it was not convenient. If he went to Qulianggou, the already tense schedule would become even more tense. In fact, he thought Kurosaki would also We went there together, but considering that Kurosaki is not Akagi and there is a language barrier, going there would cause unnecessary trouble.
The five puppet soldiers were happy to carry out this easy task, and Xu San was generous, and there would definitely be a reward when the task was over.
Everything that needed to be explained was done. Xu San looked at the time and planned to leave.
Seeing Xu San about to leave, He Yong waved again, and then his guard ran over again carrying two bowls of wine.
One bowl for you, one bowl for me. He Yong held the wine bowl and said to Xu San, "Brother, I know you love drinking, so I specially prepared a farewell wine today to wish you success."
Xu San cursed in his heart, Damn, fortunately this is the period of the Republic of China, this matter will be left to future generations, and we two brothers will have to be detained together.
"Thanks!"
As Xu San spoke, he picked up the wine bowl, which was clean, and then drove away on his motorcycle. After watching Xu San disappear from sight, He Yong also began to assemble his troops and prepare for tomorrow's raid.
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The cement factory has basically stopped working. Except for a few positions where people need to be kept, the other workers have been gathered together and looked at Sun Changhai who was at the front of the team with fear.
Sun Changhai was scared, he was really scared. If there weren't so many people watching, he would have taken off his skin and absconded with the money.
Perhaps because Sun Changhai was silent for too long, someone in the team finally lost their patience and asked loudly, "Platoon Leader Sun, please tell me, what are we going to do? Run or fight?" (End of chapter)
