My client Li Yunlong

One day at the end of March, early in the morning.

Taiyue Mountain Area.

Near Shangcun.

beep···

Accompanied by a low whistle,

A Taihang heavy-duty truck drove along the newly built wide road near Shangcun, and finally arrived at the newly built huge military warehouse five kilometers to the left of Shangcun.

"I want to be a truck driver in the future."

"Drive a Taihang truck."

At the entrance of the village, watching the large heavy trucks passing by, the eyes of the children playing were bright and their voices were determined.

Although it is already the end of March, the weather in the Taiyue Mountains is still bitingly cold. Huge ice and thick snow can be seen everywhere on the ground. However, the children are all wearing thick cotton coats, cotton hats, and cotton shoes. , but I don’t feel cold at all.

The joy of playing in the open space at the entrance of the village.

"Haha, come on."

The old man on the side took a puff of the dry cigarette in his mouth and said with a smile:
"This is a Taihang truck from our base. One truck can carry 65 tons of grain."

"Do you know how much sixty-five tons of grain is?"

"Enough food for your kid to eat for a lifetime."

"so much?!"

The children's eyes were amazed.

Obviously, this number shocked them.

People don't eat much in a day, but if the time is extended to a lifetime, this amount, even a child, can feel that it is a very huge amount.

Especially in poor base areas where food is scarce.

Although food is not as scarce as before, for ordinary people, it is still not considered wealthy. They can only say that they have enough to eat. As for eating well, this cannot be achieved in a short time.

Although every household in the base area raises poultry, including pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, most of these poultry are intended to be bought in the market for money, and not many of them are really willing to eat them.

"That's not all."

"If it's a big highway, it can carry more. I heard it's a hundred tons."

"If you eat every meal, you won't be able to finish it in your lifetime."

The old man said with a smile.

With a 750-horsepower high-torque diesel engine, all-wheel drive, central tire inflation and deflation system, and off-road chassis, it is not difficult to transport hundreds of tons of cargo on roads with good road conditions.

The hundred-ton kings of later generations were only at this level.

Even the engine horsepower, torque, and sustained high horsepower output are somewhat inferior.

There is a clear gap between military technology and civilian technology, and the engine of the Taihang heavy-duty truck, whose prototype is the Minsk MAZ-537 truck, is even at the top level in the decade after the millennium.

"One hundred tons."

The children's eyes widened.

After several months of study, they learned that one hundred tons is a very huge number.

"It's not easy to drive a Taihang truck. You have to have good academic performance to learn, otherwise you won't get out of the way at all."

The old man revealed his ultimate goal.

Supervise children to learn.

Learn to change your destiny.

As the economic situation and talent situation in the base area improved, institutions in the base area immediately began to promote compulsory education on a large scale, stipulating that children must go to school.

And use both material incentives and punishment to ensure school attendance.

Of course, there are also road construction teams, farms, factories, etc. in base areas to attract intellectuals with high salaries, so that people can see the practical benefits of learning knowledge.

"Ah."

The children's eyes were equally determined.

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Go to the village.

Su Zhengyi, who was dressed in casual clothes, looked away from the huge military transport truck named Taihang and looked at the children around him.

This is a group of kids aged six, seven or eight.

A dozen or so.

I have been playing at the entrance of the village today.

As a person who came over on the initiative of the Fruit Preserved Army Commander, he once traveled around the mountain city.

Even in mountain towns, most children of this age are helping in the fields at the end of March. It would be good to have two out of ten who can read.

Not to mention a mountain village.

In the mountain villages of preserved fruits, even when the rich Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai were still in hand, there were few conditions for studying.

Universal education has always been just a slogan.

And here,

Not only did not a single person starve to death in the Eighth Route Army base areas, but universal education was also achieved this month.

Almost all the children have entered the classroom.

In the past, the figure carrying the red tassel gun can no longer be seen.

this is correct.

Children should not be allowed to participate in war.

"I made the right choice."

After a long time, Su Zheng breathed out a sigh of relief.

He made a big mental decision to break away from the military command and join the Eighth Route Army.

It also paid a considerable price.

Although there was no one in his hometown, it did not affect his parents and brothers - both of his parents died at the hands of the Japanese. His one brother who was still alive was in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and his sister was missing.

But the utensils left by his parents and all his belongings in the mountain city were confiscated.

So he has always been a little anxious.

Afraid of making the wrong choice.

Now it seems,

His choice was not wrong,
Only the Eighth Route Army is the hope of the country and the people and is worthy of his lifelong struggle.

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Warehouse No. 25.

Taiyue Base Standard Military Warehouse, No. 25.

Located near Shangcun.

The person responsible for garrisoning Warehouse No. 25 is the security regiment directly under the brigade headquarters of Taiyue Base Area.

The security regiment directly under the brigade headquarters is also the only large regiment with more than 4,000 troops in the Taiyue base area, excluding the independent regiment. Besides heavy weapons, the entire armament is comparable to that of the independent regiment.

The qualifications of the soldiers even exceeded - many were old Red Army backbones, with the largest number of party members.

Its predecessors were the 771st and nd Battalions of the st Regiment, the Brigade Headquarters Guard Battalion, and even the Headquarters Guard Regiment.

Warehouse No. 25.

As a newly constructed batch of military material storage warehouses.

It is different from previous warehouses.

Brand new design, reasonable internal structure, high space utilization, fast pickup and unloading speed, convenient statistics and management, which can not only save manpower, but also eliminate waste to a certain extent.

However, because of the different sizes, there is no unified capacity, but different capacities depending on the materials stored.

Warehouse 025 stores artillery shells.

Mainly 82 mortar shells.

"Five thousand rounds of 82 mortar shells."

The Taihang truck stopped in front of Warehouse No. 25 and took out the application instructions and list from the Logistics Department.

"Five thousand rounds of 82 mortar shells."

After review, signature, and registration, the guards guarding the warehouse immediately arranged for pickup and loading.

"How magnificent!"

The driver and escorting soldiers did not enter the warehouse.

Only the accompanying base area logistics department personnel entered to supervise and assist in the handover of artillery supplies.

So, the driver and guards looked at the huge warehouse in front of them outside.

As the newest warehouse, Warehouse No. 25 not only uses a reinforced concrete structure, but also uses half-meter-thick military high-grade concrete with a reinforced steel structure.

Even the Japanese's 500 kilogram aerial bombs cannot be destroyed by one. It also has excellent waterproof and moisture-proof properties.

"Walk."

An hour later, the loading of 5,000 rounds of artillery shells was completed, and the heavy-duty truck set off again, heading towards the southern Hebei region along the highway.

That evening.

The truck passed the highway in the Taihang base area and arrived at the edge of the Jinan base area.

Considering that this was already a war zone, the truck did not continue moving forward. Instead, it unloaded the goods at a place called Nanzhen and handed them over to the horse-drawn cart transport team in the Jinan base area for transportation.

Although it is a carriage.

But thanks to good roads, each vehicle can travel more than 50 kilometers a day even though it can carry 800 kilograms of supplies.

Five thousand rounds of 82 mortars, with a total weight of about tons, were connected by horse-drawn carts.

And Nanzhen is only more than thirty kilometers away from the front line.

As a result, the horse-drawn transport convoy arrived at the front line in the early morning of the next day after a night of transportation.

And at the same time.

There is also a Taihang truck transporting 60 mortar shells. It is unloaded in Nanzhen, and then transported through more than horse-drawn carts to a temporary ammunition depot. Finally, it is transported through the frontline transport team to every defense. On the battlefield.

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the next morning.

Nine o'clock.

South of Ze County, the defensive position of the third company of a certain basic regiment.

The Japanese launched an attack as usual, and today the third platoon was responsible for blocking.

The third platoon was also the platoon with the greatest losses among the three companies.
In the six-day battle, casualties in the third platoon reached 57%. Although they have been replenished and are now fully equipped, this means that nearly two-thirds of the soldiers in the third platoon are new recruits.

Even after three months of militia training and two months of formal military training.

But he is still a new recruit.

No practical experience.

The reason why the Jinan base area allowed such troops to fight against the Japanese was not because there were no more troops, nor because reinforcements were too late, nor because the battle situation was critical.

It is a low-intensity battle, especially a low-intensity defensive battle with solid fortifications, which is very suitable for the growth of new recruits.

However, for today's battle, the third company commander came to the position in person.

The Japanese Yamazaki Battalion that attacked their position was already at the end of its strength after thirteen days of attacking. The intensity of the attack was decreasing every day, and morale was also decreasing.

But the third company commander did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and was even more nervous than the previous few days.

Because news came from the regiment headquarters last night.

The four 82 long-range mortars in the regiment only have half the base number of shells.

A base number is eighty coins.

In other words, the four artillery pieces only have a total of one hundred and sixty rounds.

Although the third company commander feels that this number is still very large.

Back then, when he was the squad leader of the 60th Regiment, the entire regiment gathered to participate in the Luoshui Valley Interdiction Battle. They blocked a large group of Japanese soldiers. The entire regiment only had one mm mortar and only seven rounds of artillery shells.

Each shot requires personal approval from the group leader.

There are still one hundred and sixty rounds left.

But he also knows that today is different from the past.

Now, they are facing an attack by an army of hundreds of thousands of Japs. No one can predict whether the Japs will suddenly launch an attack, trying to open a hole and make a further breakthrough.

They need artillery fire, enough artillery fire, to prevent the Japanese from making a sudden attack and give time for reinforcements.

Therefore, he can only go to the battlefield in person, and when necessary, he can join the reserve team at any time.

"Company Commander, news from regiment headquarters."

At this moment, a correspondent ran over and reported:
"Supply convoys arriving, artillery support limiting contact."

"it is good!"

The third company commander was immediately overjoyed.

Although the crisis was over, the third company commander still stayed on the position and carefully observed the Japanese attack.

Soon, he noticed a difference.

Compared with the beginning, although the number of Japanese attacking troops was about the same, the density of artillery fire had dropped by more than a large margin. Only a few sparse artillery shells landed near the position.

Don't say anyone was hurt,

Not even the trench was damaged at all,
In his opinion, it was better not to prepare for this artillery fire. It was a waste of artillery shells and was meaningless. It even increased the enemy's morale.

visible to the naked eye,
Seeing that the enemy's artillery fire was only sparse, the recruits' morale was obviously high.

This situation once reminded the third company commander of the time when the troops were short of guns and ammunition.

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at the same time.

Pinghan Line.

Dingxing Station.

A Japanese military train stopped at the station with steam rising from the front.

"Machine repairman, machine repairman."

"I need mechanics!"

"Train engine failure."

Before it was stable, a Japanese major jumped out of the tractor nose and shouted loudly.

At his call, several Japanese mechanics rushed to the locomotive.

"what happened?"

"Why are you five hours late?"

Just as the Japanese Major had arranged for repairs, a staff officer rushed over in a hurry and asked in a stern but panicked tone.

This is the military column responsible for transporting artillery shells and bullets!
The front line needed artillery shells, but they were five hours late.

"Nose failure."

The Japanese major responsible for the escort had no choice but to explain.

"Trouble!"

The Japanese staff officer's expression suddenly changed.

"There are spare parts here and it can be fixed in two hours."

The Japanese Major was not in a hurry:
"Speed ​​up in the second half and you won't be late for long."

From Dingxing to the front line, there is still a small 300-kilometer railway. With such a long distance, he is confident enough to buy back time.

"No."

The Japanese staff officer shook his head repeatedly:
"Late last night, the Shuijing Town Railway Bridge near Baoding was attacked and collapsed by the Tuba Road guerrillas. It had just been repaired urgently."

"If you wait until the military train is repaired before setting off, you will pass near Shuijing Town at night."

"That's where the Tubal guerrillas are active."

"Moreover, south of Baoding is an active area of ​​the Tuba Road guerrillas, and trains are often attacked there. Not long ago, a train transporting grain was derailed by a bomb, and all the grain was robbed and burned. "

"Nani?!"

The major who was escorting the Japanese army was dumbfounded.

Baoding!

Where is Baoding!
Where the Imperial Army is stationed.

Are the guerrillas so rampant?
It was actually possible to blow up military columns and burn supplies and supplies near Baoding.

"Where's the Imperial Railway Patrol?"

The major who was escorting the Japanese army couldn't help but ask:
"Are they all trash?"

The railway patrol team has railway patrol armored vehicles, but they can't even deal with the guerrillas?

The Japanese staff officer glanced at the new major, sighed, and then said:

"Two railway patrol teams near Baoding were heavily ambushed by guerrillas last month, and four armored vehicles were completely destroyed by enemy artillery fire and large-caliber heavy machine guns."

"..."

The Japanese Major was suddenly speechless.

The guerrillas were not just rampant.

Moreover, it was more rampant than he imagined.

Unexpectedly, even the railway patrol team, with a total strength of more than 100 troops and two armored patrol vehicles, was ambushed, and even ambushed twice in just one month. (End of chapter)