When I saw Lin Yating again, I found that she seemed a little darker recently, and her formerly white skin had turned into a wheat color, but her body was healthier than before, and she was no longer a bean sprout that fell in the wind.

Zhao Hu said distressedly: "Why didn't the money given to you be used to supplement nutrition? Without me, I can go to the Japanese to ask for it. With such a large amount of training, how can you not eat well?"

"We have eaten well enough. Look at how thin the soldiers in the security department have become, and the nutrition in the wounded barracks is also poor, so I gave all the money to the hospital."

Zhao Hu was a little helpless when he heard this. He was a little selfish, but the engineer company was used to fight against the Japanese. Without good nutrition, people would soon be worn down, and their combat effectiveness would be out of the question. But the current situation is like this

, he can’t go on like this anymore.

Fortunately, this time we got the order from Commander Ni to take the troops out for field training, and only gave him a dozen silver dollars. With Zhao Hu here, the engineer company would not have to worry about running out of money.

Zhao Hu also knew that Commander Ni had no choice. With so many people in the ordnance factory, plus the headquarters staff, no matter how rich he was, he would buy up all the food in the surrounding area. Food from outside could not be transported in for a while, and many troops were already gone.

They were stationed in order to reduce the burden on fellow villagers.

I asked Commander Ni for an errand to transport arms, and drove several carriages to deliver a batch of bullets, grenades, and the replaced 38-guns to Liao County, where the 386th Brigade was based. Fortunately, Brigadier Chen

When the troops left, Zhao Hu asked the engineering company to unload their weapons and leave, fearing that the leaders would see the equipment of his troops.

After a long way out of the village, he redistributed the weapons on the last carriage to the soldiers. He took everyone to continue south. This time Zhao Hu planned to go directly to Huangya Cave, which happened to be between Liao County and Licheng.

In the middle, any seizures can be quickly transported.

The road was not easy to walk. When we passed Tongyu, we hid our weapons again, bought some food and some raincloths, etc. and entered the mountains. The troops in the town were a little funny when they saw this team with only engineering shovels.

What kind of thing were you doing? Fighting the Japanese with a shovel?

The team walked gracefully in the mountains. In some places, the road was so narrow that the carriage had to be dismantled to carry it over. Lin Yating kept asking Zhao Hu where he wanted to take everyone. Zhao Huzhong said that he had also heard from fellow villagers that there was a treasure land here.

I've never been here myself.

After walking for a while, the view suddenly opened up, and the three platoon leaders appointed by Zhao Hu suddenly shouted: "Grandma, what kind of place is this?"

"Ah, the hills on both sides are so dangerous. You can't even climb up. Even if you go up, you can't get down."

"Didn't you see that each of the hills looks like pillars? How can anyone climb up there?"

Lin Yating grabbed Zhao Hu's arm tightly and asked, "Is there another place inside here? Come on, take us in and take a look."

All the soldiers became excited and ignored the carriage. They locked it outside first and explored inside along a path in the middle of the cliff.

The trail is on the edge, and there is water in the middle. It is still steaming in the winter. This is a spring water, which can solve the drinking water problem.

After entering it, I thought there was no road, but after turning around, a thinner line of sky appeared in front of me. After walking for a while, a huge valley appeared in front of me, with cliffs on both sides, and the valley was covered with snow.

It's so beautiful!

"What a great place. This place is perfect for an arsenal. No matter how many Japanese soldiers there are, they won't be able to get in!" Lin Yating said loudly, and the other soldiers nodded. With such a safe place, even if there are only a few machine guns in front,

No matter how many enemies he has, he can never get through.

Zhao Hu said to the three platoon leaders: "Platoon leader Chen Zhiyun, please take people to arrange sentries outside the valley and build several straw sheds to put the horses in."

"Yes!" Chen Zhiyun immediately accepted the order and left.

"Second Platoon Commander Xue Cheng, go to the cave halfway up the mountain and take a look. If possible, we will stay there tonight. Third Platoon Commander Zhu Qingyun, take a few people with me and continue walking with me to get a clear view of the whole place."

"Yes, yes!" the two platoon leaders replied immediately.

The valley is quite long, and it took a long walk to reach the back mountain. However, it is not as dangerous as the entrance. It is just a terrain between two mountains and a ditch. Looking at the rolling mountains in the distance, Director Lin said: "There is not much danger here, the devils

If we can't transport the cannons, we can defend it with only a small number of troops, and that's enough."

Back in the cave, Platoon Commander Xue has asked the soldiers to hang ropes from the top of the mountain. The soldiers climbed into the cave one by one along the ropes. The space inside is quite large, which is perfect for an armory. Now even the whole company can come in.

It's a good place to spend the night inside, and it can also resist the cold wind.

After a hasty dinner, Zhao Hu, Director Lin and the three platoon leaders gathered around the fire and began to discuss the future work arrangements. Several people were talking about digging holes in the mountains, setting up various workshops, and also

The entire arsenal was moved here. Zhao Hu said with a smile: "We have nothing now. Let's take care of the important things first. Tomorrow, a platoon will go back with Director Lin to buy some daily necessities, including some building materials and tools. We have always lived in a cave.

It’s not convenient either.”

Then, he asked the second platoon to go outside the mountains the next day to cut down some wood and come back. First, he would put up a company's shed, and he would take the third platoon around, mainly to familiarize himself with the terrain and train the soldiers.

Regarding their field combat capabilities, as for reporting to their superiors, let’s get through this month first. I have bragged to the leader that I have to get a regiment of weapons and equipment back, otherwise I will have no shame in returning to the arsenal, right?

The next day, everyone split up. Zhao Hu led three platoons to run around in the snow, and taught everyone some snow survival knowledge and how to set traps from time to time. After a long time, Zhao Hu was tired from running. This time he

I just took the time to follow the training, and usually made guns in the arsenal, but I was a little behind these soldiers. Fortunately, I was in a period of crazy growth, and my physical strength seemed to be endless, which also dragged down the three rows of soldiers.

At noon, everyone was looking for firewood in the fields, and used the Japanese lunch boxes they brought with them to melt the snow and cook. They heard several shouts in the distance. It turned out that two soldiers had disturbed a rabbit nest, and three rabbits were strung out at once.

The gray rabbit jumped on the thin snow and fled down the mountain.

Zhao Hu shouted: "Class 7, starting from the squad leader, form groups of three, take turns shooting, let's start!"

Upon hearing this, the seventh squad leader excitedly called the two of them, raised their guns at the same time, and aimed at the three rabbits more than 100 meters away. He only heard "" and shot three times in a row. The bullets all hit behind the gray rabbits, causing them to immediately speed up and run away.

, the other soldiers behind suddenly burst into laughter, and the seventh squad leader's face turned green with anger. He put down his gun in annoyance and watched the others shoot.

The second round of shooting also failed. One of the two shots was ahead, one was behind, and the other was accurate, but he fired a little slowly. The gray rabbit in the middle made a sudden turn, causing his gun to miss. He was so angry.

The soldier pulled the bolt and wanted to take a shot, but was stopped by the seventh squad leader. He couldn't hit one of the six shots and wanted to shoot again. That would be shameless.

In the end, the seventh team fired twelve shots in a row before they were able to kill a rabbit. Moreover, the rabbit was still alive and was kicking on the ground.

When it was the turn of Class 8 to shoot, the two little gray rabbits were already more than 200 meters away. They took turns shooting in groups of two, and finally killed one in the fifth group, but the remaining one still ran away.

The members of Class Nine lined up in a row and started shooting one by one starting from the squad leader. Unfortunately, this rabbit did not follow common sense and kept changing directions. Sometimes it had clearly calculated the lead time, but it turned sharply and avoided the bullets.

Finally, a sharpshooter came out and knocked him down with one shot.

The ninth squad leader was a little unconvinced: "They were all close in front, but we were too far away. Also, Gan Yusheng's gun has a scope, so of course we can see clearly."

"You still have the nerve to talk about people. You have been practicing for so many days and you have not made any progress at all. Do you know that the main force only trains a few bullets a month? But their marksmanship is no worse than yours. Do you know why? One

Everyone thinks that he is the boss, we are so awesome, we use good guns, and the bullets are well made, but what happened? I feel shy even if you don’t blush, but you have the nerve to find an excuse! Starting from the afternoon, start running for me, and at the same time

You should also practice aiming and shooting during sports!”

After a whole month of rigorous training, no one knew how much they had improved, but they all felt that they were better than before. Many people could hit their black mud helmets while running, and whether it was tactics or each other,

Cooperation has been significantly improved. Basically, after assigning targets, the error of repeated shooting will no longer occur. During this period, Zhao Hu drove a carriage alone for a trip. When he came back, the carriage was loaded with boxes of bullets and Japanese soldiers.

Grenades, Lin Yating was accustomed to his method of getting bullets at every turn. In fact, it was Zhao Hu who pulled out all the bullets and grenades stored in the warehouse so that the soldiers could train vigorously, because ordinary people

Most of his marksmanship is fed with bullets.

During this month, Zhao Hu did not inquire about the situation in the outside world. He only knew that Nanjing had long been occupied by the Japanese army, and that the Japanese army in North China was moving south to Xuzhou. Around the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese were also beginning to prepare for a major siege.
Chapter completed!