War of Resistance

292 Empty City
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Tianhai decided to wait until he arrived at Tongling County to think about this issue.

Originally, his body was already extremely tired, and there were many things to worry about, so after a while, Zhang Tianhai fell into a deep sleep.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter. Except for the soldiers on duty, almost all the officers and soldiers were hurrying to sleep, and they slept soundly.

The shifts on duty are also very simple, changing shifts every hour, that's all, it is necessary to ensure the general combat effectiveness of the troops.

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Around noon, Zhang Tianhai ordered someone to blow the charge horn, telling everyone to get up quickly and go on their way.

If they couldn't make it to Tongling or Fanchang before the sun went down, then they would be doomed to starve. Soldiers who have nothing to eat cannot fight.

"Hurry up, hurry up, we're leaving soon!" As a loyal follower of Commander Zhang, Liu Houming was the first executor to carry out the task as soon as Zhang Tianhai's order was issued.

"Get up, don't mention it, Adjutant Liu..." The soldiers of the secret service company who had just been kicked on the buttocks and woke up rubbed their eyes and got up to gather.

"Hurry up!!" Liu Houming continued to shout at the top of his voice.

Soon, this exhausted team assembled again, and then headed towards Tongling and Fanchang again with all the guns and ammunition.

Because it was the sun in winter, the weather at this time was not too hot, and the wind was even biting biting, as if the murdered ghosts were crying out in pain.

More than 400 people from the first regiment and the first battalion lined up in two long queues, and the speed was not too slow.

Finally, after four hours of raiding, they finally arrived at Fanchang County, but what they never expected was that the city was already an empty city.

With the raging flames of war in Nanjing, the Japanese army was pressing harder and harder, and the defense line of the national army also fell step by step. Facing the horror of war and death, the people of Fanchang County chose to flee their long-lived homes. .

Walking into this desolate empty city, Zhang Tianhai's expression was full of melancholy: in addition to being helpless against the country's poverty, there is also the fact that he and the officers and soldiers of the First Battalion of the First Battalion probably have no supplies today.

What does it mean to have money and have no place to spend it? This is where you have money and no place to spend it.

"Brothers, stay here for a short while for two hours, and then proceed to Tongling after rest!" Zhang Tianhai commanded loudly, but it was hard to hide the tiredness in his tone.

"Yes, regiment commander!" The surrounding soldiers responded, they were so hungry that they couldn't take it anymore.

"Captain, it's not okay to go on like this! If this goes on, the troops will have problems sooner or later. We have to find a way to get something to eat." Zhou Fangjie walked to Zhang Tianhai and said.

"Fang Jie, I also know what you mean. I've considered this issue a long time ago, but I can't help it. It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. I really can't think of a way to find food." Zhang Tianhai smiled wryly. said.

"We can pool all the money of the brothers in the camp, and then find some people to buy food, as long as there is enough food. We don't need too much for the rest, maybe this is enough?" Zhou Fangjie wrinkled He suggested with a frown.

Zhang Tianhai thought for a while, and said, "This is a good idea, but if there is a situation where you must not send troops to rob food."

"Okay, regimental commander, this order should be carried out by the humble officer!" Zhou Fangjie said with a military salute.

Zhang Tianhai patted Zhou Fangjie on the shoulder and said, "Brother Fang Jie, you don't have to be polite. You are older than me, and you are one year older than me in the Whampoa Military Academy. You are my senior. We don't need to go up and down in private. Come to be commensurate, we are also brothers who have been born and died together, so it is too natural. Just call me Yulin in private."

"Okay, Captain Yulin." Zhou Fangjie said with a smile.

"Thank you, old senior!" Zhang Tianhai replied with a military salute.

The Whampoa Department has always paid attention to seniority, just like when Yu Chengwan was the commander of the Seventh Division in the 74th Army, the deputy commander Li Tianxia and others also called him an old senior in private.

We have been fighting together to this moment, and money is not so important anymore, so almost all the officers and soldiers took out the remaining money on their bodies.

After making it together, there are probably more than 500 yuan. If this amount is changed in normal times, it must be a lot of money.

More than 500 oceans may not seem like much, but don’t forget that in this day and age, you can still find a ocean in restaurants.

Of course, that was just normal times. Now is the time of war, which brings not only artillery fire and death, but also skyrocketing prices and possible famine.

"Tuan Zuo, all the brothers' money is here. Why don't you lead a few classes of brothers to search along here? See if there are any common people, and then buy some food from them." Liu Houming took Looking at the heavy bag of money, he asked.

Zhang Tianhai thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "Let the brothers rest for a while! Later, we will go directly along the official road to Tongling, and see if there are any ordinary people living there, and then we will buy from them." food."

"Yes, group seat." Liu Houming replied helplessly.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Tianhai also sat down and began to rest.

Two hours later, Zhang Tianhai led the hungry hundreds of people from the first battalion and set foot on the road to Tongling again.

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"Third, are you hungry?" A thin soldier in the first battalion asked a veteran beside him.

The veteran looked 33 or [-] years old, and he should have been in his prime. He had been a soldier for so many years, and he had no credit or hard work.

The veterans of the war era are not comparable to the veterans of the peace era of the 21st century. Their combat experience is too rich, and it is no exaggeration to say that they lick blood on the edge of a knife.

"Yu Yang, just wait and see. The group leader and the others will find a way. Now they have taken all our money away, isn't it just to buy food? We don't need to worry about these things, we just need to be hungry for a while." It is." The old soldier said calmly.

"What if you can't buy food even if you have money?" Yu Yang, a soldier, asked.

"Impossible. If we have money and guns, we can't buy food. If we can't buy it, we will buy it by force." A trace of hostility flashed across the veteran's face. He has been a soldier for many years, but he has never tried a situation where he could not buy food with a gun in his hand.

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