Anti-Japanese Jedi Player

Chapter 289 The Price of Materials

In late autumn, on a dirt road with one side backed by mountains and one side with cliffs.

Some wet potholes indicate that this is a sloppily built temporary road, the roadbed is not compacted, and it also shows that there was a moderate autumn rain not long ago, and the late autumn sunshine at this time It has already appeared, the sun is shining directly from a high altitude, and some flat and compacted roads have become a little dry.

A convoy of mules and horses was advancing crookedly on this potholed road.

The convoy is big and long.

Nearly a thousand mules and horses, and a convoy of [-] carts traveled more than one kilometer on this narrow road.

Each large cart is drawn by two strong mules and horses. There are two drivers in front of the cart. When encountering deep potholes, the coachman will get off the cart to help push it. Every fifty mules and horses are equipped with one Veterinarians, as well as a guard team of more than 200 people, a total of more than 1000 teams of more than [-] people, they are facing the winter sun, waving their whips, and moving forward slowly under the strenuous hooves of mules and horses.

The carts have two large axles and solid rubber tires, and each cart is loaded with more than a ton of grain. Although the feed for these mules and horses is very good, each of them is fat and strong, but the two It is very difficult for a horse to pull more than a ton of supplies, even with rubber tires.

Fortunately, although this road is potholed, it rarely has a slope. If you encounter difficulties and show up, with the manpower of two drivers, you can still go on, but the speed is a bit slow.

A jeep cuts through the convoy, its rough-tread tires kicking up a mound of wet mud.

"These guys have the ability to be arrogant in front of devils."

Looking at the soldiers in the jeep, a driver who was splashed with mud scolded severely.

"Keep your voice down, don't be punished by others at that time, it's better to spend your energy on the cart"

The other car patted the dirt on his body and persuaded him.

They are civilian husbands who were conscripted, and their status in the transportation team is very low. They do hard work, and it is common for them to be beaten and scolded. Once they conflict with soldiers, in this war era, there is no place for them to be killed. People seek justice.

But the income from this job is actually very considerable. Although the money given on the surface is very small, the transportation team is transporting food from the base to the mountain city behind.The food in the base area is unbelievably cheap. For the money they travel, the mountain city behind can only buy a dozen catties of grain, while the base area can buy more than 100 catties of grain.

As long as you work harder, bring a big bag and carry a hundred catties of grain on your back, your income will be doubled by eight times.

The transportation team runs once every ten days, that is, three hundred catties of grain per month. In this period of shortage of war materials, it is already an enviable income. Three hundred catties of grain is enough to feed a family of five for a month. There is still leftovers.

The supervisor of the transportation team also turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, as long as there was no problem with the mules and horses, he didn't care. In order to prevent the mules from getting tired, all the drivers helped to push the carts along the way.

"If it weren't for someone in my family who couldn't leave, I would have gone to the base area long ago."

While pushing the cart, the first coachman still cursed fiercely, but his voice was much softer.

"Who isn't?"

Thinking of the unbelievably cheap food prices in the base area, the coachman was very envious. With his own physical strength, he could do a little work casually, and he could live well in the base area, but the mountain city was nearly [-] kilometers away from the base area. Such a long distance, It is impossible for all seven members of their family to be transferred here. After all, there are three children in the family, and the youngest is only one and a half years old.

Surrounded by mountains on both sides, there are only a few dwarf vegetation on the bare mountain, traces of burning can be seen everywhere, potholes are all over the mountain, and bunkers are wrapped around the peak.

"It is said that the devils suffered a great loss recently, and hundreds of thousands were wiped out by the troops in the base area. When the devils were driven away, I took my family and defected to the base area. I heard that the factory over there is looking for people, especially I’m a mechanical worker, I’ve worked in a mechanical field before, I’m a bit skilled, I’m going to try it.”

The first coachman blinked and said in a low voice.

"More than 500 miles away, without a car, how do you walk there? Is the whole family going to suffer?"

The second coachman looked surprised.

Everyone wants to go to the base area, but with such a long distance, it is easy for one person to bring a family, especially if there are elderly people and children, there will probably be problems on the way.

"My eldest child will be five years old after the new year, and I can walk by myself. If I bring more food, the younger child will push it in a wheelbarrow, and it will only take ten days."

The first coachman spoke of his plan.

"When the time comes, you call me, let's go together, so we can take care of you"

The second coachman lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind.

"it is good"

The discussion here is silent, without anyone noticing.

A dirt-covered officer sprinter walked up to a neatly dressed officer smoking a cigarette sitting in a jeep.

"Company commander, is there a detour ahead?"

The deputy company commander said to his boss on his forehead.

"According to the news, the devils in front are attacking the defense line on the left, which is only [-] miles away from the road we are going to take, and it is very dangerous."

Before he set off, he got the news that one or two brigades of the Devils were attacking a brigade station not far in front of them. Considering the safety of the materials, he felt that it would be safer to take a detour. After all, these materials are very important. Four months ago, the devils cut off the main road for transporting grain from the base area, and the mountain cities in the rear were short of food, and the Burma Road was also cut off not long ago. Now the huge shortage of supplies in the mountain city depends on these winding mountains. small road.

There are more than 500 tons of nearly [-] tons of grain here.

"What are you afraid of? The frontline firefight area is still about 5000 kilometers away from us. The devils only dispatched two brigades. Is there any heavy artillery, and the defenders have a brigade of more than [-] people?"

"Waiting for work at ease, with superior military strength and a solid position to rely on, the devil must hit the egg with a stone this time"

This young-looking company commander seemed full of confidence.

"Well, okay, then I'll send some scouts to disperse the vigilance."

The corner of the deputy company commander's mouth twitched, and he didn't continue to argue with the related party, but chose to send troops to spread the vigilance.

He didn't bother to continue talking to the idiot.

I came to talk to this idiot in order to prevent this guy from wearing small shoes on himself after he went back. After all, I am a teacher, a direct line teacher, with a high-level background, and a bright future... A word can make me go out.

The offensive forces of the two devil brigades are only 100 kilometers away from the frontline positions, and they are actually said to be safe. This is really an excellent commanding officer. Lesson learned?

As long as the devils send a small team to intersperse, my seemingly 200-strong Dalian team actually only has more than 50 veterans, and the company of more than 150 recruits may be dispersed within ten minutes.

"No need, our strength is not enough. Five hundred carts and more than 200 people are not enough. We even send a reconnaissance team, and the escort transport team is not enough."

Because there are not enough soldiers, so no investigation? ! ····The words of the waste novice company commander almost drove the deputy company commander into a rage.

It is because there are not enough troops that we need to investigate, but what the hell are you saying that there are not enough troops so you don't investigate!

Taking a deep breath secretly, the deputy company commander suppressed his anger. Instead of arguing with his useless company commander, he walked directly to the back.

When walking backwards, he looked back at the company commander who was still happily smoking in the jeep, wishing he could take out his gun and shoot this guy to pieces.

This waste, seeing that the transportation team is easy to accumulate credit, and the danger is small, it is stuffed in through the relationship and gilded. Not only is every successful transportation of materials a credit, but it is also the moment when there is a large shortage of food in the rear.

That's fine, but it's not enough to earn credit. He actually took the opportunity to make money and make the country rich. This guy organized more than [-] transport carriages to transport food from the base area to the rear, and used the recruits in the company as coolies. Then sell it to the masses in the rear, and you can make ten times the profit in one trip.

Hey···

Walking to the end of the line, looking at more than 100 soldiers who were pushing the carriages, looking at these soldiers who were exhausted and out of breath, the deputy company commander sighed and could only roll up his sleeves to help.

At the same time, he cursed secretly in his heart: he wanted to make money but was reluctant to spend the capital, and the mules he bought were all weak ones.

"Hope, there is no problem ahead."

Pushing the cart, the deputy company commander hoped silently in his heart.

But he was afraid of what would come, and when he passed a dangerous and narrow area, there was suddenly loud gunfire, and the dense gunshots suddenly came to mind. The deputy company commander looked and saw a large number of devils approaching on the hillside on the left. Charge down here, behind the devils are densely packed machine gun positions.

The deputy company commander narrowed his eyes, and according to preliminary visual inspection, there were more than 100 devils, a full two squads of devils.

"Stop, everyone keep to the right, rely on the carriage bunker to fight back, there are not many devils, this is our rear, there are large troops stationed a few kilometers away, reinforcements will arrive soon"

The deputy company commander with rich combat experience immediately issued the most correct order.

The camels on the carriages are full of food. The thick food bags are piled up. The bullets will either not pierce them, or they will not hit the people behind them when they turn around. It is equivalent to sandbags. It is an excellent bunker, and there are not many devils. , There are only more than 100 people, as long as they don't panic, it's no problem to persist for half an hour.

There are a large number of troops stationed on this main transportation road, and reinforcements will definitely arrive within half an hour.

But the deputy company commander still had some doubts in his mind, why would the enemy lay an ambush here?
It's just that they are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs. The company commander who came to gild is obviously a pig teammate.

A series of bullets hit his jeep, and the airborne waste was almost incontinent in fright. He took out his pistol tremblingly, but the gun fell to the ground because he was too nervous.

In a hurry, seeing the devil rushing down, he immediately ordered the driver to retreat forward and quickly, and also ordered the soldiers around him to protect him from retreating.

The soldiers were all courageous, the commander ran away, and the guard company, which was originally mostly recruits, fell apart in an instant. Only the deputy company commander led more than 30 veterans under his banner to resist.

Seeing the soldiers in a car, the already flustered peasants were completely panicked, and immediately swarmed and fled in all directions. Most of them ran to the foot of the mountain on the right. Walk on it, and there is a dense forest below, so it is safe to run in.

Losing the control of the coachman, without the comfort of the coachman, the pack horses of the mule and horse convoy lost control in an instant, pulling large carts and starting frantic runners, and the narrow road did not have enough space to accommodate the frenzy. Soon, one by one The carriage fell in disorder on the road.

The counterattack just organized by the deputy company commander was also dispersed.

"this crap"

Unable to hold back his anger any longer, the deputy company commander took out his pistol and shot at the company commander who had already run away in the distance.

The distance was too far, and the bullets were of course ineffective. Helpless, the deputy company commander, who had lost all hope, could barely gather more than 60 people to encourage resistance, and fought from low places to high places.

However, this group of veterans all came down from the battlefield, and now the firepower is sufficient. The veterans have concentrated [-]% of a company's machine guns in their hands. The intensive firepower still caused a lot of casualties to the devils. The long transport team made the devils The troops were dispersed, and the deputy company commander found that the devils' combat effectiveness was very poor, so he chose to continue and wait for reinforcements.

But half an hour later, the devil reinforcements from far away in the company commander arrived, knowing that something must have happened to the nearby defending brigade, they retreated decisively.

He didn't know until he returned to the rear that facing the attack of more than 5000 people from the two brigades of the devils, the brigade commander with a brigade of more than [-] troops and a strong position actually resisted for only half an hour before being killed by a group of soldiers. A stray bullet grazed his cheek and ran away in fright.

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"Report, this time our squadron has seized a total of 530 carts of grain, totaling 500 tons, killed more than [-] enemy soldiers (most of them were recruits who fled in panic at the beginning), and seized more than [-] mules and horses"

A squadron leader reported the harvest of the ambush to a regiment leader. He emphasized that 150 tons of grain was seized, which was a huge seizure. One squadron was thicker than [-] tons of supplies. His squadron had only [-] people, most of which were For recruits, four tons were seized per capita.

"Yosi..."

The captain of the ghost team nodded, very satisfied.

"How's your loss?"

He continued to ask, and the captain's tone seemed very concerned when he asked this question.

"My squadron killed 35 people and injured 19 people, including five seriously injured"

The squadron leader was also satisfied with the casualty situation, he added.

"All those who died in the battle were recruits. After this battle, the combat effectiveness of my squadron has been greatly improved, but the enemy's light firepower is very strong."

In the end, the squadron leader still sighed that the intensive firepower of dozens of defenders was still fresh in his memory.

Recently, the devil has recruited a large number of recruits. This battle was originally for training, but the devil himself thought that the man stationed here was an idiot general, and he was defeated easily in the end.

"Loss of 40 people, seized [-] tons of supplies..."

In the end, the captain's tone was suddenly very subtle.

"what happened?"

The squadron leader couldn't help asking.

The captain shook his head and told the squadron leader to leave.

After his subordinates left, the captain, one of the few devils who resisted the war, recalled the three victories not long ago.

Deployed more than 200 million troops, lost 53 people, consumed more than 20 tons of military materials, spent more than 3 million war military expenses, and seized 2000 million tons of materials, including 700 million tons of grain... [-] tons of materials per capita, an average of Ten yen per ton of supplies.

But now I have lost 40 people here, consumed a little guns and ammunition, and seized [-] tons of food.

The last one is the intelligence of Tegao. More than 50 of them dispatched spies, and they all pretended to be refugees and sneaked into the base area when they set out. As a result, because these intelligence personnel are the lowest and all have high school education, it took more than 50 people three months. Time, made a lot of money, and then bought more than 6000 tons of grain and shipped it back.

(End of this chapter)