The military commanders are also very familiar with Xu Dalong and know that this guy is a pragmatic person who likes money.
So the military command headquarters rewarded Xu Dalong with 100,000 yuan, and also gave him a batch of agent equipment, including 300 time bombs.
Xu Dalong came to the Chongqing office again, reported to the person in charge the operation to capture Japanese spies, and handed over 50,000 yuan.
The person in charge was very happy and reported the matter to his superiors and sent a telegram to the headquarters, requesting the headquarters to reward Xu Dalong and others.
The blind people who participated in this operation also received generous rewards. In particular, Gao Bingliang, who provided real clues to the Japanese spies and led to the uncovering of the Japanese intelligence organization hidden in Chongqing, received a reward of two hundred oceans. This money was enough for him.
It’s time to take care of yourself until old age.
The things in Chongqing were finished, and Xu Dalong had no need to stay any longer, so he bid farewell to all parties and embarked on the road back to the base area.
When passing through Yichang, Xu Dalong and others were warmly entertained by General Yang and others.
After the last battle, the 20th Corps of the Sichuan Army rescued the 18th Army of the Ninth Theater Command and the direct line of the commander. This incident improved the relationship between the Zhongyang Army and the Sichuan Army. From now on, the 20th Corps can also
The Ninth War Zone has been partially replenished. Although it is not as good as the troops of the Zhongyang Army, the situation for the Sichuan Army has also been greatly improved. Therefore, General Yang and the generals of the 20th Corps are very grateful to Xu Dalong and are grateful to Xu Dalong and others.
The reception was very solemn.
Not only did they arrange banquets every day, they also hired an opera troupe to sing for Xu Dalong and others.
General Yang and others are people who repay their kindness, and they very much hope to help Xu Dalong do something. They have repeatedly expressed that they hope Xu Dalong will make a request so that they can express their gratitude.
Xu Dalong likes money. The 20th Corps is relatively poor and there is little money to be gained from them. Yichang City is relatively prosperous and prosperous, and there are many things that Xu Dalong can ask for.
Talent is very important, so Xu Dalong asked General Yang and others for help, and mobilized a group of medical, educational and other talents from Yichang City, and also recruited a group of young students, totaling more than 50 people. This group of talents was crucial to increasing the number of horses.
The backbone of all aspects in the Wushan base area will play a great role.
Xu Dalong and the others stayed in Yichang City for six days. General Yang and the others reluctantly let Xu Dalong and the others leave.
Before leaving, General Yang's wife gave Lin Xueying a family heirloom jade bracelet and told Lin Xueying to take good care of Xu Dalong. When they get married, they must notify General Yang and her. They will prepare a generous gift and attend her wedding in person.
The wedding with Xu Dalong.
Lin Xueying was also said to be a little shy, and she also looked forward to the day when she could truly become Xu Dalong's lover.
After returning to the base area, Li Yunlong held a banquet at home and invited Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao, and Xu Dalong to his home.
Zhao Gang said excitedly: "Captain, you made a lot of money when you went to Chongqing this time. Now I am very confident. I dare not say anything else. Among the anti-Japanese armed forces of our underground party, we are the richest unit.
Definitely our Mawushan Military Division."
Li Yunlong said: "Old Zhao, what you said is not comprehensive. In addition to the money in our Mawushan base, the combat effectiveness of the troops is also not to mention. It is definitely the most powerful troop in our entire army."
Zhang Dabiao said: "Commander, I think our Zhao Zhengwei is right. In terms of money, no one can compare with us. But if we say that no one can compare with the combat effectiveness of our troops, it seems that we are bragging.
Already."
Li Yunlong said: "Zhang Dabiao, what are you talking about? In terms of the record of fighting against the Japanese, and the great victories we have fought in the Mawushan base area, which army can compare with it?"
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Commander, I think the chief of staff is right. Other troops have also fought many great victories."
Li Yunlong said: "Xu Dalong, Zhang Dabiao, how can you learn like Zhao Zhengwei? Even if you say something, you are afraid of this or that. Gentlemen dare to tell the truth. Whether the combat effectiveness of the army is strong depends on what he has fought.
Win the battle. Those battles fought by our Mawushan Military Division troops, whoever is dissatisfied will be brought out to compete."
Zhao Gang said with a smile: "Old Li, you haven't corrected your problem. You are a rough guy and you still look down on people who are educated. Chief of Staff Zhang and the team leader said you had nothing to say, so they bared their teeth at me.
Did I recruit you or offend you? You, Lao Li, are just an unreasonable person, where can I reason with you?"
Li Xiuqin laughed at the side and said: "You old men, why are you acting like children? You even started arguing while talking."
The chief of staff smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, it's okay, that's how we are together. But our commander does have a bad temper. I wonder if he bullies you at home, sister-in-law?"
Li Xiuqin rolled her eyes at Li Yunlong and said with a smile: "He won't dare to lend him any more courage."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Now I understand. It turns out that our leader has tracheitis at home. Hahahaha!"
"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed together.
Li Yunlong said with some helplessness: "Xiu Qin, you really don't care about the pot. The men feel sorry for their wives. If they don't understand you, they will suffer from tracheitis. It's true."
Time passed, and it was already early April in the blink of an eye. The drought finally showed its ferocious face. Many places in North China were dry and rainless, and spring plowing had been seriously delayed. Without spring plowing, how could there be a summer harvest? Natural disasters are sweeping across the country.
Come.
Due to Xu Dalong's foresight in advance, the Mawushan base area has been well prepared and has sufficient food. The troops, agencies and people in the base area will not be in crisis of hunger.
In order to fight the drought, since last year's autumn harvest, deep water wells have been drilled in every village in the base area if possible. Despite the coming drought, the military division organized people to carry water to fight the drought, and also distributed some grain, so that they could continue to plant until summer.
Although there will be no surplus from the crops, the output is enough to maintain normal use.
In other areas of North China, drought has caused huge disasters. In many places, even the water in wells has disappeared, causing people to be displaced and leave their homes to flee for survival.
Historically, this drought was extremely severe. According to records in the Henan Province, the drought affected almost half of the Henan Province, resulting in the destruction of tens of millions of homes and the death toll of 9 million people.
Hebei and Shanxi, including the Suiyuan area, were also affected by the disaster on a large scale. In total, millions of people have left their homes and fled to survive.
Some areas in the Taihang Mountain base area were also affected by drought. Due to Xu Dalong's prior reminder, the headquarters issued special instructions to prepare for drought.
Some troops did not pay enough attention, and when the drought came, some were in a hurry. The situation in the military divisions where Ding Wei and Kong Jie were located was much better.
On this day, the headquarters held a drought relief meeting. The head of the headquarters criticized some military regions by name, criticizing them for not paying attention to the headquarters' instructions, which resulted in a passive situation.
The head of the headquarters commended some units that have been effective in fighting drought, especially the Mawushan Military Division. The entire Mawushan Military Division suffered deaths of people due to drought, which is a remarkable achievement.
After the meeting, Zhang Wanhe and the commander of the Taiyue Military Region flew to the Mawushan base area.
Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and others went to the airport to greet the two commanders. On the way back to the county town, the commander looked at the green crops on both sides of the road and said with emotion: "Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong, you should look far and be fully prepared. The drought will have a great impact on you."
The impact is very small. However, some military divisions and more than a dozen counties have suffered severe drought, and the situation is not optimistic."
Zhang Wanhe said: "Yes, the situation in the base areas under the Taiyue Military Region is pretty good, but the situation in other base areas is much more serious. Although the headquarters has called on all base areas to fight drought and provide disaster relief, they cannot take care of it at all. Everyone is under great pressure.
big.
This is pretty good. Our base is the Democratic Zhengfu. We care about the people, and the troops use their own rations to help the people.
The situation in Guotong District is much more tragic. A large number of victims starve to death every day, and many people have to exchange their children for food. It is really miserable."
Xu Dalong said: "If Minister Zhang, Commander, and superiors have any difficulties, our base will do our best to provide support."
Zhang Wanhe said: "The commander and I are here this time to ask for help from you. We have made a detailed list and will give it to you when we get to the county seat."
Returning to the military division headquarters, Zhang Wanhe and the commander did not bother to rest, and went directly to the conference room with everyone to study the Mawushan Base Area Support Headquarters and the Taiyue Military Region's drought relief.
Zhang Wanhe and the commander came to ask for money and food. They issued a list of supplies. Zhao Gang took it and looked at it and said: "500,000 oceans, 20 million kilograms of food."
Zhang Wanhe said nervously: "Is it too much? If not, just use less."
Zhao Gang said: "No problem, we have already discussed it and support our superiors with 500,000 oceans and 30 million catties of grain."
Hearing this, Zhang Wanhe was very happy, stood up, held Zhao Gang's hand, and said excitedly: "Thank you Zhao Zhengwei, Commander Li, and Brother Dalong, that is, you have the ability and so much money and materials. This can be solved.
It’s a big problem.”
Li Yunlong said with some pride: "Commander, Lao Zhang, we have already discussed this. In addition, we will give you a generous gift."
The commander asked with great interest: "What kind of gift?"
Li Yunlong stood up and said: "It's in the backyard, let's go take a look together."
Everyone came to the backyard, which was the barracks of the military division's transportation brigade.
Zhang Wanhe and the commander saw many trucks parked on the playground. These trucks were a little special. They all had a huge iron cabinet placed on them. They knew at a glance that they were used to hold water.
The commander said with emotion: "This is really a good thing! How many people can be saved by this truck of water."
Li Yunlong said with some pride: "This is Brother Dalong's idea. Although there is drought everywhere, there is still water in the Yellow River and Fenhe River. This water tanker can transport a lot of water at a time. It will definitely be of great use.
of."
Zhang Wanhe asked: "How much have you prepared for us?"
Zhao Gang said: "In addition to the ones we use ourselves, we have also specially prepared 30 water trucks for the headquarters and Taiyue Military Region."
Zhang Wanhe and the commander looked at each other with a troubled expression on their faces.
Zhao Gang smiled and said: "Commander, Minister Zhang, are you worried about the oil problem? Don't worry, we have prepared it for you. We have reserved a large amount of oil in advance, and this time we will hand over 500 barrels to our superiors, each time
The bucket weighs 200 kilograms, which is a total of 100,000 kilograms."
Hearing this, the commander and Zhang Wanhe both had smiles on their faces.
Zhang Wanhe said excitedly: "Brothers Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and Dalong, you are such good friends."
The commander said: "Very good, you have done a really good job. One guest does not bother two hosts. It is your responsibility to deliver the food and oil to the Taihang Mountain base area."
Li Yunlong said: "Don't worry, we have already prepared this. The troops can set off at any time."
Next, Zhao Gang invited Zhang Wanhe and the commander to attend the reception banquet held for them.
Zhang Wanhe and the commander were originally very worried and planned to get everything they needed before leaving. Now that everything they wanted has been met, they felt much better and happily accepted the banquet hosted by the Mawushan Military Division.
After the banquet, Zhang Wanhe was anxious to go back and report to the headquarters. The commander also had many things to deal with, so they went directly to the airport and flew back to the Taihang Mountain base.
The task of escorting the supplies was given to the Independent Brigade, and Chief of Staff Huang Jingzhong personally led a reinforced group to escort the supplies to the Taihang Mountain base area.
Looking at the majestic motorcade, Zhao Gang couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
He said: "Captain, basically all the money you just brought back from Chongqing has been handed over. You have to continue to work hard and find a way to earn the money back."
To be honest, Li Yunlong felt very distressed after handing over so many supplies.
He said: "He brewed it! We worked hard to save these belongings, and in the end we took advantage of the guys in other military divisions.
There are not many people who can hand over supplies to their superiors at critical moments, and I don’t know what those guys do for food? They are also a military branch, so why can’t they just steal it from the little devils? They just come to us to fight the autumn wind."
Everyone knows that Li Yunlong's words are not directed at the commander and Zhang Wanhe. Although he usually likes to take advantage, he will not compromise on supporting his superiors at critical moments.
Zhao Gang saw some cadres and soldiers nearby and was worried that Li Yunlong's words would have a bad impact.
He reminded: "Old Li, don't say anything that is not conducive to unity. The conditions of each military division are different, and it is normal to have difficulties for a while. We are all a family, and we should help each other."
Li Yunlong felt a little unhappy, and he said: "Old Zhao, don't talk about me here. When you sent the supplies away just now, weren't you also crying with a sad face? You said I'm a picker. You, Old Zhao, are pickier than anyone else now. He'll get drunk soon.