A few days later, the arsenal and the reorganization of the troops were all on track.
Huang Yuanqiang has found the abandoned copper mine and smelting plant, and is looking for workers and technicians. As soon as they arrive, brass, the most important raw material in the arsenal, will be solved!
At this time, Wang Ping became the hands-off shopkeeper. With what he had explained a few days ago, whether it was the arsenal or the reorganization of the army, he almost had to go and inquire.
However, Wang Ping was not idle. Instead, he held a map and stayed in his room mysteriously, thinking about something.
Seeing that there were only two days left before Wang Ping left for Yan'an, the political commissar couldn't help but knock on Wang Ping's door.
"Political Commissar, you came just in time, I was just about to go out to find you!"
After saying that, Wang Ping handed a list to Huang Yuanqiang, who was sitting across the table!
"What is this?" Huang Yuanqiang asked with a frown.
"First tell me whether we have the supplies on the list and whether they can be taken out. Of course, there is a prerequisite that it cannot affect the troops' usual supplies!"
"Yes!" Huang Yuanqiang affirmed.
"When we intercepted the Japanese troops, the most seized items were grain, canned food, and salt. You asked us to stockpile them all in several secret warehouses in the mountains, and they have not been touched until now. The items on the list have not been touched yet.
Although there is a lot, it is only less than 10% of all supplies, and not even half of the food has arrived!"
Wang Ping breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "That's good. Send someone to prepare all the supplies on the list. I will use them in two days!"
Huang Yuanqiang reacted immediately: "I understand, Captain, you want to take the opportunity to send it to Yan'an!"
"But, will Yan'an want it? As far as I know, many troops who won the battle were rejected when they wanted to send spoils to Yan'an. Those leaders are all people who would rather go hungry than let the troops eat~"
Wang Ping answered confidently: "Don't worry about this, I will report it to the commander when the time comes. As for Yan'an, I have a way to get them to accept it. And I have delivered it by then, so there is no way I can pull it back!"
"
The political commissar now somewhat blindly believed Wang Ping's words.
But soon he found another question and continued to ask.
"But, Commander, this much material is too much. One hundred boxes of cans, one hundred thousand catties of grain, plus other scattered materials and weapons and funds prepared for Yan'an, even if it is transported by car
, that would be a total of thirty vehicles. With such a big target, how do you pass through the Japanese-occupied area..."
"No, you can't use cars. Cars can only go on highways. There are many Japanese gun towers and checkpoints on the roads. It's like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. It can only be transported by horses. At least four hundred horses are needed. Once attacked,
I can’t run away even if I want to!”
Huang Yuanqiang's worries did not disrupt Wang Ping's thoughts, and he answered decisively: "No, just use a car!"
"As for safety issues, I didn't spend the past few days in the room in vain!"
"By car on the highway, traveling day and night, you can cover 400 kilometers in two nights, and you will reach Yan'an. If you use horses and go on small roads, you can't cover hundreds of kilometers in less than ten days!"
"Transport it directly by car. Anyway, we seized a lot from Linfen. If we have nothing to do with it, we might as well send it to Yan'an."
"Thirty cars transport supplies, one car transports fuel, and nine cars transport guard troops and spares, a total of forty cars!"
"Two days later, we set out from the base area and marched 150 kilometers overnight to enter the northwest Shanxi base area. Then we continued marching until dawn and hid ourselves. After dark, we left the northwest Shanxi base area, passed through another Japanese defense line, and entered directly.
The remaining troops in Yan'an control the area and cross the Yellow River!"
"Tomorrow night, the direct team will set off and lurk near the Japanese and puppet army strongholds along the highway in advance. When we arrive, we will first cut off their external contacts, and then seize the strongholds and checkpoints along the line to cover the passage of the troops!"
"The direct team now has nearly a hundred people and is well-equipped. It will definitely be able to capture those strongholds~"
"By the time the Japs came to our senses, we had already entered the base area in northwestern Shanxi. The Japs would have never imagined that we were going to Yan'an through the base area in northwestern Shanxi, so they had no choice but to let it go!"
"When they were attacked by us again the next night and reacted, and wanted to send out heavy troops to surround us, we had already entered the area controlled by the Yan'an left-behind troops and entered Yan'an~"
After looking at the map for a full minute, Huang Yuanqiang directly admired: "This method is good. Although there are more than a dozen strongholds on the entire highway, because it is too close to the county seat, the Japanese did not deploy heavy troops. With the combat effectiveness of the direct team,
We can definitely win it!”
"As for the little devils in the county, they won't take action even if they see us."
"One is that they did not receive the report, and the other is that they never imagined that our Eighth Route Army would use so many vehicles at once to transport supplies under their noses~"
"I agree! This plan seems to be full of risks, but in fact it is the safest. There are only about ten hours in total to march in the Japanese-occupied areas. Moreover, this process is also protected by the direct team and a company of guard troops, even if the Japanese are dispatched
As a team leader, you can also break through their interception."
"But I saw that the Japanese garrison in the four counties along the way only has one garrison brigade. Even if they want to send troops, they can only send out two squadrons at most!"
"I'm going to prepare now!"
A few days later, at two o'clock in the morning, a huge convoy was racing on the road.
There are only the last twenty kilometers left here from the area controlled by the Yan'an left-behind troops. In one hour, this long-distance march full of risks will be over!
Suddenly, the car stopped, and a squad leader from the direct team rushed over panting: "Captain, it's an emergency!"
"The Xinzhuang stronghold five kilometers ahead is not a Japanese reinforcement team, but a reinforced squadron. They entered the stronghold at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, and also brought a large amount of supplies, which seems to be to supplement the winter supplies for the frontline troops!"
"How many supplies are there?" Wang Ping asked immediately.
"There are twenty large carts, including food, ammunition, and a lot of winter clothes. This was given by a puppet soldier in the stronghold!"
"There are too many Japs, and they are clinging to their strongholds. Less than ten kilometers away from the stronghold is the front line, where many Japanese and puppet troops are stationed. As long as we fire a gun here, there will definitely be action over there. The captain is afraid of alerting the enemy, so he directly asked me to report
!”
Wang Ping didn't have much worry on his face, but instead showed excitement: "I've been wondering if the supplies we sent to Yan'an were running low, and the little devil just brought the supplies to his mouth! If you don't say anything, just take it.
Go down to this stronghold, kill the little Japs inside, and seize all the supplies as a meeting gift for us to go to Yan'an!"
"The troops will go directly to kill them. Didn't we bring a lot of heavy weapons with us? Arm two infantry cannons and send them to the directly affiliated troops, along with twenty rounds of artillery shells."
"The guards will follow me one company at a time, bring more light and heavy machine guns, and kill the Japanese reinforcements from the front line..."
"In addition, send me a platoon to the back to destroy the road. The nearest county is close to the Xinzhuang stronghold. It can be reached by car in less than an hour, but it will take at least four hours by walking. And four hours
It’s enough for us to capture the Xinzhuang stronghold, and then take the captured possessions into our own base!”
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