Both Commander Lin and Deputy Commander Nie were still having a meeting in Luochuan. The troops were led by Political Commissar Luo and set off. After crossing the river from Zhichuan, a steady autumn rain fell from the sky. The workers of the gun repair station and the soldiers of the engineer company put their only

Raincloths were all covered with wheelbarrows. There were not only hand-made machines for repairing guns, but also a lot of raw materials for gun-making and ammunition. They were not allowed to get wet at all.

Everyone is a little confused about this mysterious engineer company. They don't know what they are doing with so many explosive bags. They were banging explosives every day at the training ground a while ago. For this reason, many people complained to their superiors, saying that the engineer company didn't know how to save money.

, a waste of explosives, and was fooled by Zhao Hu on the pretext of testing new weapons.

On the way, the soldiers didn't know why the engineer company loaded the gasoline barrels on the wheelbarrow. When they heard that the explosives were stuffed inside, they all gave a thumbs up and praised this rainproof method as a wonderful method, but it was a bit laborious!

After passing Houma, the troops boarded the train. Most of the soldiers had never seen a train, let alone ridden in a train. As soon as they got on the train, they all whispered to each other and asked each other how the train moved.

Passing through Hongdong, Linfen and other stations along the way, in the autumn rain, many people along the way spontaneously organized a welcome team, holding banners one by one and writing: Welcome the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers to the front line, defeat Japanese imperialism, defend every inch of land with blood, etc., see

The soldiers' blood was boiling, and many people stuffed them with handfuls of walnuts and hot eggs, which made the soldiers rush. When they wanted to hand them back, the train had already left.

Arriving in Taiyuan, Political Commissar Luo went to discuss supplies with Lao Zha, but he didn't get a single bullet. After coming back, he kept looking grim. But the troops still had to go to the front line. This time, because the railway in front was blown up by an airplane, the Jin army sent

The car transportation surprised the soldiers even more this time. They looked around one by one, but they didn't expect that they didn't have to run to the front line and could still ride in a car.

Zhao Hu originally wanted to let Director Lin sit in the co-pilot seat, but unexpectedly the soldiers disagreed and insisted that Director Lin sit in the back and explain to everyone what a car is.

Zhao Hu was not polite and sat directly on the passenger seat. He also wanted to see what the cars of these days looked like, lest he would not be able to drive one when he got one.

When I saw that the car had to be cranked with an iron handle to start, and the clutch was actually on the steering wheel handle, I couldn't help but be speechless. It was so old and cliche. It was not even easy to disassemble this thing.

When we arrived at our destination, there was still more than a hundred miles to go, so we had to get off the car and walk. When Zhao Hu saw the driver of the car refueling the car with an oil drum installed in the car, he rolled his eyes and said:

He came forward and said hello: "Comrade, you have finished filling up the gasoline, can you give us the oil can?"

Several drivers couldn't help but laugh. The Eighth Route Army was so poor that they even needed empty oil barrels, and they all said it was no problem.

As a result, the engineer company had another errand, marching with a huge empty oil canister on its back, which made the soldiers nearby laugh: "Wang Kaishan, we went to the gun repair station with you just to carry a big oil canister? This

Is it heavier to carry than my machine gun?"

Wang Kaishan and others were all blushing, but Zhao Hu's order forced them to keep the secret, and they ran away angrily carrying the oil drum while holding back their anger.

When they arrived at Daying Town for a rest, the heads of various departments and Commander Lin went to check the terrain. The engineers from the engineering company and the gun repair station used tools to open the upper lids of the oil barrels and polished them smooth, for fear that the oil barrels would be overloaded and expand, and they would be used outside.

Wrap the wire with several reinforcing hoops.

After the mission was completed, the workers at the gun repair station stayed behind and the engineer company followed. Zhao Hu asked Political Commissar Lin to stay at the gun repair station while he led the engineer company and ran forward carrying iron oil barrels one by one.

Captain Yang of the 685th Regiment saw the engineer company running past him and called out to Zhao Hu loudly: "Are you Zhao Hu from the engineer company? Why are you carrying so many oil barrels? Don't you feel tired? Besides, they are carrying

Is it the rope on your back? What is it for?"

Zhao Hu breathed for a while and said: "Captain Yang, the weather is cold and cold, there may be heavy rains, and the terrain here is full of ravines. Once a flash flood breaks out, the amount of water can sweep people away, so we brought ropes

, to prevent the soldiers from being washed away by the flood."

"What? You said there might be a flash flood tonight?"

"Yes, if you don't believe me, just ask the local soldiers in the army. Once a flash flood occurs, you can't go anywhere."

Commander Yang asked several soldiers who had joined the army during the Eastern Expedition, and he also looked nervous: "Correspondent, go and report this news to the division commander. Everyone else, run forward!"

The troops accelerated their marching speed, but the rain continued to fall heavier and heavier, and finally floods began to break out in some places. The engineer company running behind the vanguard had to use long ropes to hold up both sides, and let the soldiers hold on to the ropes one by one to cross the ravine.

Although they were well prepared, only one or two warriors missed their mark in the darkness and were washed away by the flood.

When they arrived at the predetermined location, each of the soldiers fell like a mud monkey, and their whole bodies were soaked by the rain. Their thin autumn clothes had no effect of keeping warm, and they were all shivering from the cold.

The cook's boss Zhong was so anxious that he ordered to boil ginger soup for the soldiers to relieve the cold. However, he was faced with a pile of wet firewood and could not light it even if the gods came.

At this time, a sound came, and Lao Zhong heard the most exciting news. The engineer company had sent them gasoline. It turned out that there was still a lot of gasoline in several gasoline barrels that had not been filled up. The Jin Army driver thought that the Eighth Route Army was

I wanted gasoline, so I simply made a favor and gave him the barrel and the oil.

As soon as gasoline was poured on the wet firewood, the fire was quickly lit. Although the smoke was a bit strong at first, after the wet firewood dried, we could start to boil water to make ginger soup.

After drinking bowls of scalding ginger soup, his whole body felt hot. The cold illness he was most worried about disappeared. For this, Lao Zhong kept expressing his gratitude to the engineer company.

At dawn, Zhao Hu also ran to the front line and saw that a curved trench had been dug on the high slope. He couldn't help but feel grateful to the front line commander. At the end of the night, everyone saw the engineers hurriedly

After all the busy work, they still had to march with the oil drums, so they were not allowed to participate in digging trenches. By this time, they had calmed down.

"Captain Yang, do you still remember me?"

Commander Yang smiled: "Who doesn't know you, Xiao Zhao? Your gun repair station has provided us with a large number of weapons and ammunition, and every commander knows you."

"Well, Commander Yang, our engineer company also wants to join the war!"

"Hey, you engineers don't even have a few guns, how can you fight the Japanese?"

"We have cannons!" Zhao Hu pointed back: "Did you see that? The caliber of our cannons is huge, as thick as an oil barrel!"

"Haha, you mean you use gasoline barrels as cannons? Then it's just a layer of iron that doesn't blow up when you open it?"

"We have tested it by putting black powder under the oil barrel. After lighting it, we can throw a ten-pound explosive package more than a hundred meters away. You see, this place is only sixty or seventy meters away from the ravine. The range of our cannon can completely reach

!”

Captain Yang's eyes suddenly lit up. During the rapid march, the two 75-guns equipped in the division were not brought up. Some only had four 81-mortars, and the ammunition was also tightly jammed. Without the consent of the division commander, there was no way to bring it up.

If you dare to use it indiscriminately, if this gasoline barrel cannon can really work, then the success rate of this ambush will be greatly improved.

"Wait a moment, I'll report to the teacher to see if it can be used. You kid, please take it easy and don't hit one of your own heads!"

"Captain Yang, don't worry. We have tried it many times. The landing point is a bit off at most 100 meters, but it will never fall close to it."

After a while, Commander Lin and Deputy Commander Luo came hand in hand. As soon as they met, they asked: "Zhao Hu, are you sure?"

Zhao Hu raised his head and smiled: "Sir, I am absolutely sure. We have tried it many times."

Commander Lin looked at the distance, turned around and said, "Do you have any test explosive packs? Try one first!"

"Okay, Wang Kaishan, bring over the black charcoal bag and try firing it first. You can aim it well. If you hit it crookedly, let's see how I deal with you!"

Wang Kaishan, who joined the army from the Anyuan Coal Mine, is a veteran in playing with explosives. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, who doesn't know our craftsmanship? Comrades, get moving and let the commander see the power of the cannon of our engineering company."

!”

After a while, the iron barrel was filled with medicine, and a dark medicine bag was put in. After the fuse below was lit, it made a chirping sound and went straight into the broken hole.

With a muffled "bang" sound, the black explosive package was thrown up high, fell far away in the eyes of everyone, and hit the middle of the valley below.

Captain Yang exclaimed: "Here, if a pack of explosives were dropped, there might not be anyone around for more than ten meters, right?"
Chapter completed!