The meeting held by the old village chief was very simple. He briefly explained the meeting to be held tomorrow and its location. After the time, he added:
"Tomorrow, bring the weapons captured by Comrade Xia Yuan. The district is also very short of weapons and equipment. I have asked my superiors for instructions on these weapons and equipment. We can keep some for ourselves and the rest to support the guerrillas in other villages."
The guerrillas and militias are not regular troops. They have no organization, no weapons and equipment, and no heavy firepower. A gun is far more valuable than their lives.
Not to mention that Xia Yuan seized more than 20 guns, even if he seized ten guns, it was still a great achievement.
Because in order to capture a gun, it often requires the sacrifice of three or even more people. This is a process from scratch.
Therefore, the old village chief attaches great importance to this. In addition to this matter, there is another thing, that is, Xia Yuan's application to join the party. Whether it is the seizure of weapons and equipment or the concept of tunnel warfare, it is a great achievement, enough to make
Xia Yuan completed his application to join the party.
When talking about weapons and equipment, the old village chief still sighed. For now, with the batch of weapons and equipment captured by Xia Yuan, their Gaojiazhuang is the first to benefit, and some guerrillas have all received their own.
weapons and equipment, but weapons and equipment are still very lacking, and many people do not have weapons and equipment.
In addition to a few guns left in Gaojiazhuang, the remaining guns had to be handed over to the guerrillas and militia in other villages, because the difficult anti-Japanese situation not only occurred in Gaojiazhuang, but also in several nearby villages and even the entire enemy behind enemy lines.
The guerrillas and militias on the battlefield are very lacking in weapons and equipment.
Some villages don't even have a decent gun, and giving them one of the guns they seized can even change their current predicament, and they can even seize more guns with only one gun. Therefore.
Don't underestimate the more than 20 guns captured. If one village has two guns, it can be distributed to several villages, thus allowing fewer people to die.
The old village chief sat on a stool, thought over and over again, and said, "Let's dismiss the meeting first. Xia Yuan will stay here. I'll tell you something alone."
Xia Yuan nodded: "Okay."
Old Uncle Zhong stood up and said: "Then let's make this decision for the time being. You can go to the meeting with peace of mind tomorrow. The affairs of the village will be left to me, Chuanbao, and Lin Xia."
The old village chief nodded, "Others must also work hard. The Japanese raids will not end like this. Sooner or later it will be our turn. We will dig the tunnel deeper, and then the safety of the villagers will be improved."
Everyone nodded in unison, and Gao Chuanbao said categorically: "Village chief, don't worry, we will definitely work harder to dig the tunnel and try to dig it out in the shortest possible time."
The old village chief patted him and said: "It's one thing to be in a hurry, but we must also ensure the safety, concealment, and solidity of the tunnel. After all, the tunnel is for comrades to fight the Japanese devils, not for the Japanese devils."
As soon as the grenade exploded, our tunnel collapsed."
Everyone nodded in unison again, with a thoughtful look on everyone's face. Everyone was thinking about how to make the tunnel safe, hidden, and strong so that the Japanese grenade would not collapse.
Tunnels, even if the Japanese dig the tunnels, they can't get them all out. Even if they pour poison or water, it won't work.
Everyone was thinking, and they were still thinking when they left.
When everyone dispersed, the old village chief pointed to the empty stool and said, "Sit down and talk."
After Xia Yuan sat down, the old village chief got a glass of water for Xia Yuan, slowly put down the kettle, and said, "Drink some water to moisten your throat."
Xia Yuan nodded, picked up the water glass and took a sip, then said: "Village chief, just tell me if you have anything to do."
The old village chief nodded and said: "Then I won't beat around the bush. It's like this. You have also seen the situation in Gaojia Village. Not to mention the militia, even if the guerrillas only have such little weapons and equipment, they can only get it from the Japs.
The seizures there were being made bit by bit, and the anti-Japanese situation was extremely difficult."
After listening to the old village chief's words, Xia Yuan basically understood.
He asked: "Village chief, do you want to take advantage of the night to take action and take a hard hit from the Japanese?"
He added: "But wouldn't this be too reckless? The tunnel hasn't been dug yet, so my superiors won't agree to such an action."
Along the way from Changjin Lake to my regiment, Xia Yuan also understood a truth. The bounden duty of a soldier is to obey orders. Any spontaneous action is undesirable. The overall situation cannot be given up because of the weak interests at hand.
Especially in the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, this point has been profoundly confirmed.
It is also very profoundly reflected in Bright Sword.
Therefore, even if Xia Yuan had the skills to destroy a Japanese artillery tower by himself, he did not act alone. If he destroyed a Japanese artillery tower, someone would have to pay for his solo action. There is no doubt that the person who paid the bill was
Common people living in enemy-occupied areas.
The old village chief shook his head and said: "No, we may take joint action. The current situation is that not only the anti-Japanese situation in Gaojiazhuang is in a difficult situation, but also in the district. Since the full-scale anti-Japanese war was launched,
, weapons and equipment were given priority to the regular army. The weapons and equipment allocated to the district were very few, and the district was composed of several villages, so the weapons and equipment actually allocated to each village were even less. The Japanese army carried out such a rampant raid. Naturally, we
You can’t sit idly by and do nothing, you always have to take action, so in addition to the idea of tunnel warfare and handing over weapons and equipment to the meeting this time, there is also a more important proposal, which is to seize weapons and equipment!”
Xia Yuan fell into deep thought and asked again: "What is the plan?"
The old village chief said: "You are more experienced than us in this aspect."
Xia Yuan understood and asked, "Let me lead the team?"
The old village chief said: "This plan still needs to be mentioned to the district. It can only be implemented with the approval of the organization. In addition, I heard from Bullfrog that you often train in the village?"
Xia Yuan nodded, "Training can improve personal abilities and make you appear more capable in action."
The old village chief looked up at him, and for a moment he realized that he couldn't see through Xia Yuan. This made the old village chief fall into deep thought, staring at Xia Yuan's dusty cheeks, "How can you have such an ideological consciousness?"
, is something I didn’t expect. To be able to escape from the devil’s hands requires certain abilities. Does this have something to do with your regular training?”
Xia Yuan nodded, "Yes, training can improve your physical fitness and strengthen your personal skills. Regular running can improve your endurance so that the Japanese can't catch up with you."
Healthy exercise is something that this society has never had before, but people in this era also know about military training.
"Train, train."
The old village chief was thoughtful, raised his head and looked at Xia Yuan with a burning gaze: "No rush, no rush, we will take action after getting instructions from our superiors."
Xia Yuan stopped saying anything. He had already guessed what the old village chief wanted to do. After saying hello to the old village chief, Xia Yuan stood up and left.
Watching Xia Yuan leave, the old village chief took a sip of tea and murmured: "To have such an ideological awareness and vision, his family is extraordinary."
Uncle Zhong left and then returned, asking: "How was it?"
The old village chief pushed the tea to Old Uncle Zhong and said, "As you thought, Xia Yuan's ideological consciousness is much higher than we thought."
Uncle Zhong smiled and said, "My eyes are very accurate at seeing people."
The old village chief smiled. Old Uncle Zhong restrained his smile and asked again: "Do you need to test it again?"
The smile on the old village chief's face gradually disappeared, and he shook his head and said: "No need, he has been tested, and the authentic ideas are provided by him. If he is really sent here by the Japanese, there is no need to do this.
"
Old Uncle Zhong thought for a while: "Village Chief, you are right, Comrade Xia Yuan has passed the organizational test!"
The old village chief said: "But it also reminds us that Xia Yuan was not sent here by the Japanese, but there is no guarantee that the Japanese will send some puppet troops disguised as refugees in the future to keep the eyes of the investigating villagers open.
, especially during the recent period, with the Japanese raids, more people have fled."
Old Uncle Zhong nodded: "Village Chief, don't worry, as long as I'm here to watch, I won't let the devils succeed."
"Well! After we leave, the village will be handed over to you and Chuanbao, and the tunnel process will be accelerated. Today we received a letter from the district saying that the Japanese have completed their sweep in the east, and more than a dozen villages have suffered." The old village chief sighed.
road.
Hearing this, Uncle Zhong clenched his fists and his eyes burst out with anger: "Is there anyone alive in more than a dozen villages!?"
The old village chief shook his head: "The three-guang policy implemented by the Japs will not leave a single person alive. The comrades who went there came back and said that blood flowed from the village to the entrance of the village. The Japs dug a hole, and a comrade was found in the pit.
A corpse that was burned to charcoal and left in ruins."
Old Uncle Zhong cursed loudly, saying that the Japanese were worse than beasts.
The old village chief said solemnly: "We must not let such a scene happen in Gaojiazhuang!"
Uncle Zhong stood up with a firm light in his eyes, "Absolutely not!"
The next day, the sun rose as usual, and the red sunlight shone on the ground through the horizon, and the shadows stretched very long on the ground.
Early in the morning, the old village chief, Xia Yuan, and Sanbao each prepared a day's worth of dry food, a pot of water, and four rounds of ammunition for each person. They pushed a cart with straw and set off from Gaojiazhuang. Mrs. Lin Xia and others
He stopped on the bridge at the entrance of the village and watched the three people's backs until they disappeared.
The Jizhong area is an endless plain. At a glance, there are no rolling mountains, only rugged horizons. The rising sun shines its scorching light onto the rugged plains, and what you can see are the hazy clouds.
, floating in the clear sky, with a refreshing fragrance in the air, without the heavy haze of later generations.
The three of them carried their luggage, and they walked along the dirt road with a faint white mark on the ground. A dozen guns were hidden under the straw. Due to the partition
There is a serious lack of weapons and equipment, so these dozen guns are particularly precious.
Not a single person could be seen along the way, with only the wind and sand as companions. The three of them wrapped a piece of dirty cloth around their heads to prevent the wind and sand from getting into their hair. It would be very difficult to clean, and the whole body was wrapped tightly.
Not long after walking, they came to a mountain col. There were incomplete round holes on both sides of the mountain col. Half of the straw mats were half-covered and half-buried by the sand. Only a corner was exposed, and some were completely broken and the straw was scattered.
It was all over the ground, and one end was buried in the sand. When the wind blew, it swayed irregularly.
The old village chief said: "In the past, this mountain col was still a market. Some nearby villages would bring things they didn't use to sell here. Gradually, there were more people. After the Japanese devils came, many villages suffered.
Unfortunately, some villages became deserted and people were killed by the Japs, so there were fewer people and the markets disappeared."
Xia Yuan and Sanbao were pushing the cart around. You can still see the traces of people's life in the past here, which were later buried by the sand. As time goes by, this place will gradually be forgotten. People of the older generation will
After you die, no one will remember this place, just like this war.
Xia Yuan suddenly felt inexplicable emotion. Decades later, Japan was waiting for time to pass, waiting for people to forget about this war, waiting for those old people who had experienced this war and suffered the brilliance of this war to pass away.
They thought that the Chinese people could forget this war, just like this ravine, which would gradually be forgotten.
As we passed through the mountain col, we were faced with a gust of wind that whipped up a cloud of sand and slapped it on our cheeks.
Sanbao said: "Let me push for a while, you have already pushed all the way."
Xia Yuan stood still, exhaled slightly, and said, "It doesn't matter, I'm pushing a little way."
The subdivision is still far away from Gaojiazhuang, especially in this era without transportation. It takes almost a whole day to get to the destination. Even though he is extremely physically fit, he really has to push the cart.
It's still a bit difficult to travel for a day.
The old village chief was old and couldn't push the cart anymore. The two of them discussed walking a distance one by one. Unexpectedly, the old village chief stopped the two of them and said, "Since there are three of us together, let's push the cart."
I also have a share, don’t argue with me.”
Xia Yuan wanted to say something else. Sanbao pulled Xia Yuan and whispered: "The village chief is a party member. If you compete with him, he will still be anxious with you."
Xia Yuan swallowed the words that came to his lips.
Near noon, the temperature began to get hotter, and gusts of wind blew sand across the Jizhong Plain. The three of them moved forward with difficulty and stopped behind a big rock.
The old village chief was well-informed and stopped the wooden cart and said: "This area is a windy and sandy area. It will be much better after passing this area. If you keep on walking through this area, there will be Li in front of you."
Village, we can have a rest and have something to eat at Lizhuang."
The two nodded, picked up the rope, and continued to move forward. Due to the special nature of this area, this area looked like a desert. The two of them had to pull in front, otherwise it would be difficult to move.