"What the hell! It's already this day, why aren't you here yet?"
While vigorously waving the shovel in his hand, Hu Biao raised his head and glanced at the sky, then lowered his head and cursed in a voice that only he could hear, in a fit of indignation.
But when he raised his head again, the expression on his face that appeared in the eyes of others was a bright smile.
In a cheerful tone, he began to shout at the top of his voice:
"Everyone, please work harder. Uncle Chu and Poluo, the two big brothers, have promised us that we will definitely be able to bring back a lot of fish later; Xiling and others in the hunting team may also gain something.
So as long as the fortification progress is completed, I will make fish soup for everyone at noon and stew meat for dinner at night."
Under such a sentence, all the old guys from the Seventh Company...
As well as the fifty or sixty child soldiers around him, they all cheered loudly; obviously, they were looking forward to the fish soup and piercing in Hu Biao's mouth.
From a farther position, Ross quickly pressed the shutter to record all these festive and joyful scenes.
Therefore, no one else noticed at all that Hu Biao, who was forced to smile at this moment, had some serious worries.
So what! Today's time is already July 4, 1944, which means that it took two days for Hu Biao and the others to arrive at the Songshan Front.
During the past two days, the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 3rd Regiment of the Honorable 1st Division have been conducting a vigorous attack on the Songzi Mountain Highlands of Songshan Fortress.
Because the Japanese relied on strong fortifications and concentrated superior firepower, the attacking troops suffered heavy casualties.
Therefore, faced with such a situation, Hu Biao's Seventh Company and a friendly army's baggage regiment received the same new task:
We arrived at a mountain col, about one kilometer away from the high ground of Songzi Mountain, and built an offensive starting position as soon as possible.
Then, help with some light tasks such as transporting the wounded and transporting ammunition.
This is also the reason why there are fifty or sixty regular soldiers in their team.
Because those children were not only soldiers from the baggage regiment, but they also happened to be the same group who lived next door to them and had a dog meat feast together.
Even last night, I listened to some otakus in the team talk about "Journey to the West Commentary" for a long time, and everyone has already become familiar with it.
Therefore, it was Hu Biao and other well-meaning acquaintances who discovered the troops cooperating with the mission.
These little guys immediately became very happy and excited.
So much so that now, they can basically be regarded as non-staff members of the Seventh Company. Generally speaking, Hu Biao instructs them to do something, which is completely easier than what their own parents say.
As for fish soup, there is also the matter of stewed meat.
First of all, Uncle Chu saw that there was not only a wide Nu River nearby, but also one or two mountain streams that were not too narrow.
He immediately asked Hu Biao to join him, saying that he wanted to use his fishing skills to get some protein for the team.
Therefore, with the addition of Husky, Poluo, Boa, Yangzi, and Chinese characters in the team, these guys with certain fishing skills formed a fishing team and set off.
Secondly, a hunting team of four people, Xi Ling, Mad Dog, Lao Hei, and Fat Chicken, set off.
To be more precise, they planned to go to some uninhabited wilderness in the surrounding areas and set up simple DIY traps made of scrap steel wire and iron sheets.
Isn't this because there are dozens of half-grown men who are trying to eat, and the cans they carry will soon be eaten clean.
The only way is to use this method to increase some sources of meat for yourself, such as rats, wild dogs, wild birds, rabbits, anything you can eat will do.
It can be regarded as a two-pronged game whether there are dates or not. It would be better to get some fish and meat to improve some lives.
If it doesn't work, you won't suffer any big loss.
And during the past two days, the wounded who were like bloody gourds were constantly being carried down from the front line, and they had some small details about the occupation.
Let Hu Biao begin to be sure of one thing: this must be a team battle.
The members of the unknown team must be waiting in the turtle shell-like position in front of them, waiting for them to fight for life and death.
The most critical part of the problem is that on this day, none of the guys who were expected to deliver equipment to the members of the Central Continent team have shown up.
At the same time, there is also no sign of release for the tasks in the first phase of the system.
It can be said that this situation made Hu Biao a little anxious and angry, but in order to boost the morale of the team, he could only force a smile.
Some of these depressing thoughts are simply not humane to outsiders...
"Hey Mr. Ross, come over and let's chat together." During a temporary break in the morning, Hu Biao waved to the soldier's field reporter.
Now, from their position, they can still hear the dense sound of gunfire reaching their ears faintly from a distance.
However, Hu Biao and the others have long been used to this kind of thing and don't take it seriously at all.
After hearing Hu Biao's greeting, Ross immediately ran over in a hurry.
Not being stingy at all, I took out a pack of Camel cigarettes from my pocket, and after swiping them down, the entire pack of cigarettes was gone.
But in the face of this result, Ross is still smiling.
There was no way! Who knew that during the time he spent with the Central Continent Team in the past two days, those guys from the Central Continent Team became very enthusiastic towards him based on some ulterior motives?
So the result is that Ross can not only eat delicious food here in the Central Continent Team.
In entertainment, not only are many people like Hu Biao able to speak English, but they also speak well, and even their bragging is so fresh and refined.
What's more important is that people like Hu Biao are not naturally reserved and uneasy about crooked nuts like him like the Chinese people of this era.
Just kidding! How could Hu Biao and others treat a foreigner so favorably?
Even if he asks for help, he is just a little more enthusiastic.
However, in this way, Ross felt the long-lost feeling of being with his comrades, colleagues, and friends on the North American continent.
Coupled with people like Hu Biao, it seems that it naturally has some topicality.
So in the past two days, apart from sleeping, Ross usually stayed here in the 7th company, hanging out with Hu Biao and others. In such a small amount of time, this guy even learned how to fight landlords.
It's just that today's situation is a little different. After two days of observation and mixing, Hu Biao and the others knew that they could start killing the pigs.
No! Such a statement is not correct either.
Because in fact, Ross can also benefit a lot from Hu Biao's future plan, which can be regarded as a win-win situation.
So when Ross was ready, he planned to brag about it with Hu Biao and the others, and discuss the matter of John's girl and the Gaul girl.
Hu Biao took out a pair of brand new socks and handed over a bottle of Liushen toilet water.
He said: "My friend Ross, this is a little gift from us to you. I hope you like it."
Regarding Liushen toilet water, Ross opened the lid and took a whiff, but he didn't show any interest at all. This stuff is not rare in North America now.
But after just seeing the flesh-colored socks, Rose's eyes immediately lit up.
Even at this point, he thought they were ordinary nylon socks.
But they are just ordinary nylon socks, because nylon is a new material that was only invented a few years ago and is now a military controlled material strictly controlled by Uncle Sam.
It is simply impossible for ordinary people to obtain such nylon socks.
God knows! After bringing this kind of socks back, the stock of silk socks was basically out of stock due to the war with the island country. Then the women of Uncle Sam's family went crazy for such a pair of socks.
I thought that for the price of a pair of socks, there would be absolutely no problem in making an appointment with the girl at the front desk, the sweet blond girl Annie, whom I had always been thinking about, to go out to watch a movie.
As a result, after I felt this kind of socks with my own hands, it seemed to feel unprecedented.
No matter how straight a man Ross is, he can still understand that although the wholesale price in the modern dimension is not even cabbage, it is of great value in 44 years.
Anyway, just going to see a movie is not enough.
Based on the character of Uncle Sam's man, Ross would certainly not refuse such a gift.
It was just that after the result, I thanked you repeatedly: "Thank you, guys. If you have the opportunity to go to Michigan, I will definitely treat you to the best bar in Detroit for a drink. I, Ross, will pay for everything."
But in the following time, Ross got into a situation where he only had one pair of socks, but the sweet girl he wanted to give them to had a lot of troubles.
At this moment, Hu Biao's devilish voice continued to ring in his ears:
"Ross, my dear friends, do you want more of these socks?"
The war reporter didn't say anything, but the way his head flew up like a chicken eating rice already showed the strong thoughts in his heart.
In such a situation, Hu Biao talked about his plan:
First, although the number of soldiers serving as military instructors and weapons instructors in the entire New Eighth Army is not large, there are still about a dozen of them at a glance.
For such stockings, they who know the goods also have little resistance.
Of course, the Central Continent team also understands that these instructors from Uncle Sam's family are actually some non-commissioned officers of the soldiers, and they are poor people in North America.
Even if they come to China to perform missions on the battlefield, they will probably receive some additional subsidies, but they are far less limited than the limited number of pilots in the Flying Tigers.
So I have limited money on hand, and under normal circumstances, I basically can’t afford these expensive socks.
However, given the status of the current allies of both parties, they can definitely be replaced with weapons and equipment such as Thompson, M3 and other submachine guns, or bazooka rocket launchers.
Specifically speaking of price, a tube of bazooka can be exchanged for a pair of socks, which is a great value.
Even for those soldiers, even if they face inquiries from their superiors about the whereabouts of these weapons, they can still have a valid reason.
Anyway, the Chinese troops are using it, so they can explain it to them.
As the best friend of the Seventh Company, Mr. Ross can definitely get some socks as introduction fee in such a process.
It needs to be explained here that the supplies carried by the team this time have an evil result:
This time, the Central Continent team, which planned to recruit soldiers for nothing, carried a limited number of other weapons and supplies, but each member of the team brought at least a dozen of these cheap socks from the wholesale market.
If we really want to trade these socks at the price that Hu Biao wants, let alone successfully re-arm the Zhongzhou team with Yishui soldiers.
What the heck! You can even replace the current supplementary regiment with Yishui's soldier equipment.
Secondly, considering that the personnel sent by the big figures and big families in the Republic of China, we don’t know when they will arrive and be fooled by Hu Biao and others.
Mr. Ross will need to come forward at that time to add a bit of mystery and reduce the difficulty of deception.
Ross doesn't have to do anything until then, just cooperate with him a little and be a mascot. After the event is completed, five pairs of socks of various colors and styles will be considered as a thank you gift.
This standard of thank you gift was set by Hu Biao, it is so arrogant.
In short, without him, Butcher Zhang, others would have to eat meat with hair on it? Ross, a war correspondent, could be regarded as a source of weapons for Hu Biao and others in the future.
Similarly, in this very feasible operation and channel, there is still a problem.
This thing takes a certain amount of time to operate. Can you get enough weapons before this system mission, the first phase of the mission, to successfully change the equipment for the 7th company?
Regarding this point, Hu Biao actually has no confidence either...
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It’s a pity! Hu Biao soon confirmed one thing:
It seems that before the first stage of this system mission, it is completely impossible to solve the problem of changing the costumes of the 7th company through other free methods.
Mr. Ross expressed great interest in Hu Biao's suggestion.
Immediately, I am preparing to discuss more operational details with Hu Biao in the above cooperation process.
But suddenly, something unexpected happened, interrupting all the original plans of Hu Biao and others, and even forced them into a quite embarrassing situation.
It was a somewhat familiar figure running towards here with blood all over it.
Because of the blood stains on his face, Hu Biao looked at him several times before he remembered who this person was: Wu Tuanzuo of the Supplementary Regiment, the deputy company commander of his guard company.
That was when Wu Tuanzuo brought people to the shelter to collect Hu and other defeated troops.
The bespectacled lieutenant was accompanied by an assistant: He Shuwen; it was said that he graduated from Xiamen University last year, but immediately defected to Wu Tuanzuo.
And now, there are about a dozen such cultural figures under Wu Tuanzuo.
Although they are currently just hanging out in the guard company and their military ranks are not high, there is no doubt that the future of these people will be quite bright.
Of course, the above is not important.
What's important is that these Wu Tuanzuo's confidants actually show up in such a situation, which means something big has happened.
The moment he recognized Wu Shuwen, Hu Biao's heart suddenly thumped, and he had a strong intuition:
Damn it! The first phase of the system’s mission is about to arrive.
For this reason, he no longer cared about the ink mark with Ross, and both he and Lao Yang rushed out and greeted He Shuwen in the direction in which he ran.
After about ten seconds, the distance between the two running towards each other was only about ten meters; as long as they had another two or three seconds, they would completely meet each other.
But God knows what happened, He Shuwen couldn't even wait for such a short time.
He staggered to a stop and shouted loudly:
"Acting Company Commander Hu, Tuanzuo Wu ordered your Third Battalion and Seventh Company to dispatch immediately to the position on the north side of Songzi Mountain to support the battle of other troops of the supplementary regiment."
It should be noted that the so-called supplementary regiment of the Honorable First Division is currently under full strength due to lack of soldiers in the other three main regiments of the Honorable First Division.
The total strength of this supplementary regiment is actually only about one battalion.
Specifically, there was a guard company that was not full of personnel, two companies, the first and second companies, which were barely full, and what was left was Hu Biao's so-called seventh company with only 67 people, all composed of veterans.
I don’t know if it’s because of the cannon fodder of the Seventh Company that they are still a little worried about their combat effectiveness.
Wu Tuanzuo issued the latest order today, which was to bring other troops of the supplementary regiment to assist the 3rd regiment in the battle. The offensive position was the position on the north side of Songzi Mountain.
The cannon fodder of the Seventh Company stayed behind to serve as logistics personnel.
Therefore, looking at He Wensheng's current posture, Hu Biao knew that the supplementary regiment and Wu regiment were obviously at a disadvantage in the attack.
Even to put it mildly, it would be a big loss.
With this understanding, Hu Biao originally asked He Wenshu for more information, such as what the current battle situation was like, what was the strength and firepower density of the Japanese defense, etc.?
But after shouting this sentence, He Wenshu, who was not sure whether he was injured or not, ran all the way over.
Because the breath that was held in his heart came out, and his spirit relaxed, the whole person collapsed to the ground; the person was not dead, but he simply fainted.
What's even more terrible is that Hu Biao did not anticipate the mistake. The system sound they had been waiting for for several days finally sounded in the heads of everyone in the Central Continent team.
On behalf of the Zhongzhou team, the first link of this system mission was finally triggered.