Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 212 Taking Supplies to Headquarters
On the second day after the internal combat meeting was held, the regiments of the independent detachment went to their respective defense areas.

Zhao Gang returned to Yanwang Mountain in Wuyi with Jing Dagang's first regiment, artillery battalion and 122 soldiers who were disabled due to injuries.

Xihuayuan is now the regiment headquarters of Wang Yigong's Fourth Regiment, and the main force of the Fourth Regiment has been stationed nearby.

Only the staff office under Xing Zhiguo's command, the cavalry battalion, the reconnaissance company, and the guard company remained with Zhou Weihan.

"Chief of Staff, I'm about to leave for the headquarters, and the seized materials will be sent to the headquarters. You stay in the West Garden and continue to guide the work of the Fourth Regiment!"

"Nowadays, the livelihood of the people in several towns near Xihuayuan is in decline. The local people have gone to other counties because of the war. The most urgent thing is to contact the local comrades to persuade the people to return. This matter has to be left to you! "Zhou Weihan instructed.

"I understand, I will deal with this matter as soon as possible!" Xing Zhiguo replied happily.

Seeing that Zhou Weihan was still frowning, Xing Zhiguo asked, "Old Zhou, is there anything else?"

"Hey, besides handing in the supplies to the headquarters this time, there is another tricky thing, which is how to deal with Duan Haizhou!" Zhou Weihan said.

"Back then, Duan Haizhou pulled up an anti-Japanese team of tens of thousands in southern Hebei. Deputy Commander Xu of our 129th Division went to negotiate as a representative of the Eighth Route Army. Later, its main force was reorganized into a youth column, and the rest were incorporated into local troops. The first-level brigade cadre performed very well, and when the troops went south, Duan Haizhou stayed in Ji County due to a relapse of his old illness, and finally defected to Shi Yousan alone!" After all, Xing Zhiguo had worked in the division headquarters and knew a lot of secrets.

"Today, chief Xu is in charge of work in Shandong, and there is no way to come back. By the way, the chief once also presided over a period of work in southern Hebei. He must have crossed paths with Duan Haizhou. You can ask him!" Xing Zhiguo suggested.

"Forget it, let's leave this matter to the head of the headquarters, I just need to bring the person here!" Zhou Weihan finally said.

At noon that day, all kinds of materials delivered to the headquarters were ready.

In terms of weapons and equipment, there are 400 Type 39 rifles, 19 Czech-style light machine guns, 82 Min-10 heavy machine guns, 20 800 mortars, and [-] rounds of [-]-base shells.

Most of the grenades were distributed, and the rest were left in the independent detachment.

After the original 30 rounds of bullets were distributed to the regiments, only 5 rounds remained.

Fortunately, the bullets promised to each regiment of the independent detachment hadn't been distributed yet, so Zhou Weihan gritted his teeth and took 10 rounds from one regiment, and [-] rounds each from the other three regiments. Finally, he had enough ammunition for [-] rounds.

But Zhou Weihan didn't take it in vain, after all, it was the red mouth and white teeth who agreed at the beginning, and approved the note on the spot, asking them to send someone to Yanwang Mountain to get the same share of bullets.

After removing the weapons and equipment, there are still a large amount of military uniforms, a small amount of medicine, the seized gasoline and diesel in the materials delivered this time.

Of the seized property, the amount on the books of the [-]th Army and the Civil Administration Office was only more than [-] yuan, but the private property of its officers and officials was as high as more than [-] yuan.

This does not include the property stored in the bank in other places, but the part in the bank is out of reach. It can be seen that after arriving in Tainan, he resold military supplies and searched for people's wealth ruthlessly.

Hundreds of carts drove out from the West Garden, and they were transported by the supply company of the Fourth Regiment. In addition, there was a reconnaissance company in charge of security.

Starting from Xihuayuan, passing through She County, Licheng County and finally arriving at Wangjiayu Headquarters in Wuxiang.

Fortunately, the small bases of the Eighth Route Army along the way had been connected together, and Zhou Weihan and his party did not have any accidents.

At this time, it was mid-to-late July, and on both sides of the road, as far as the eye could see, there were harvested wheat stubble fields, and stubble corn had already been planted in the fields.

Along the way, Zhou Weihan and others stopped in a village.

The village chief led the fellow villagers to boil water and hot food for Zhou Weihan and others. Zhou Weihan took the opportunity to ask, "Master, on the way I came here, I saw that the wheat has been harvested. How is the harvest this year?"

"Hey!" The uncle grinned after hearing this, showing his teeth, "After the Eighth Route Army came, my family was allocated six acres of land, and the wheat weighed 1462 catties after husking. How do we make chemical fertilizers, just in time for the last top dressing of wheat, and the yield has increased a lot!
The eldest and second child of my family are soldiers of the Eighth Route Army. With two missing mouths, there is enough food for us old couple! "

"Now the ground has been planted with stubble corn, and I led the villagers to open up a lot of wasteland and plant corn and sweet potatoes. Then there will be another bumper harvest!" the old man said happily.

"The little devil didn't come looking for trouble during the autumn harvest, did he?"

"Looking for trouble? Let our Eighth Route Army comrades run away. I told my son at the beginning, if you don't fight well, the food at home will be robbed by the little devils!"

After resting their feet and having a delicious hot meal, Zhou Weihan and others set off again.

After traveling for half a day, Wangjiayu was just around the corner.

"Dong Jiang, we will arrive at Wangjiayu in a while, you take someone directly to Minister Yang of the logistics department to hand over the supplies!" Zhou Weihan planned to take Duan Haizhou to meet the head of the headquarters directly.

The headquarters, the boss and the teacher are not there.

The chief took the list of supplies that Zhou Weihan handed over, and said, "Why are there more bullets than I imagined?"

After Zhou Weihan asked people to count the materials in the [-]th Army's military supply warehouse, he reported it to the headquarters immediately, and he also knew how many headquarters were assigned to the following regiments.

"Zhou Weihan, you are giving up the share of the independent team!"

"Good comrade, Zhou Weihan, we saw you right!" said the deputy chief of staff at the side.

"There are quite a few brother troops to support, and if there are fewer bullets, there are not enough bullets. Our independent detachment has a lot of bullets in stock, so we don't need them this time!" Zhou Weihan explained.

"Duan Haizhou brought it?" the chief asked.

"Brought it!"

"What do you think of Duan Haizhou?"

"I haven't had contact with him before, but judging from his performance on the battlefield, Duan Haizhou still knows the general situation and takes the overall situation into consideration. If he hadn't led his troops to surrender, my independent detachment would not have been able to go north smoothly. There are more variables!" Zhou Weihan said after pondering.

"Well, the headquarters already has an opinion on how to deal with Duan Haizhou, and I will discuss it with Duan Haizhou in person later!" the chief said with a solemn expression.

After the chief left, only Zhou Weihan and the deputy chief of staff were left in the room.

"Come on, don't stand still, sit down!" The deputy chief of staff said and brought Zhou Weihan a glass of water.

"How does your independent detachment plan to work in Tainan?"

"Chief of Staff, hasn't the headquarters already drawn up a defense zone for us, and it's next to the Han-Chang Highway!"

"I don't believe that you, Zhou Weihan, will only follow the headquarters' battle plan honestly. Maybe what's on your mind?"

"Do you know why your independent detachment at the headquarters is placed around the Hanchang Highway?"

After hearing this, Zhou Weihan stood up, walked to the map on the wall, swipe his fingers along the route of Hanchang Highway, and finally pointed to Zhongtiao Mountain.

"That's right, that's what the headquarters means!"

(End of this chapter)