march to victory

"Old Hu, what do you think of this Li Jing?"

Although Zhang Qingshan and Hu Yingze were a little drunk, they were not completely drunk. At this time, they were wiping their faces with cold handkerchiefs to wake up.

Hu Yingze covered his face with a cold handkerchief, leaned back, and said, "What else can I do? Not only is he a cunning fox, but he's also a bit of a city guy."

"How to say?"

"You see, he didn't mention joining our assault group from the beginning to the end. Even Lao Luo mentioned it tactfully during the banquet, but he was the first to change the topic. This shows two points: either, he is Didn't want to join at all; or, he was just up for grabs."

Zhang Qingshan put the veil into the washbasin, rubbed it, and wrung it dry. Like Hu Yingze, he covered his face with the veil, leaned back on a chair, and rested to sober up.But his mouth was not idle: "But when I came here, I chatted with his subordinates...Old Hu, I have a feeling that he is more likely to be watching the situation, and he may be making fools of himself. "

Hu Yingze took off the veil on his face, sat up straight, looked at Zhang Qingshan, and asked, "How do you say that?"

"You think, he had a grudge against the Kuomintang before, and as long as he can't get over this hurdle, he can't turn to the Kuomintang. In order to deal with the Kuomintang, or to prevent the Kuomintang from dealing with him, he must find allies, and our Red Army At that time, he was a deadly enemy with the Kuomintang, and the so-called enemy of an enemy is a friend, so he had to rely on our Communist Party. But now that the Japanese devils have come, he just..."

"Stop it! Stop it! Old Zhang, is your statement well-founded, or is it your guess?"

"Of course it's a guess. If there is conclusive evidence, I will deal with him now and strangle this sign in his heart. But we are not chatting now, and it doesn't matter if we talk about it."

"That's right." Hu Yingze leaned back on the big chair and asked, "However, I don't think he will become a traitor even if he continues to be his king of the mountain."

"Old Hu, that might be."

"How can I say that? From the fact that he hacked to death two enemies in the street to avenge his mother's murder, it shows that he is a warm-blooded man with a conscience. Such a man should not be a second devil."

"Old Hu! How old was he then, and how old is he now? You know, time can change a person the most."

"Forget it, it's just the two of us making random guesses here anyway, it's not good to spread the word. Let's not talk about him, but talk about it, what do you plan to do next?"

"What should we do next? Let's wait until we finish building here."

"Other construction here can be done slowly. As long as the house is built first, we can start our next step of recruiting and training."

"That will have to wait until you have built the house first and demolished the previous two rows of houses. By the way, you have to wait for the two holes for the weapon depot and the grain depot to be dug."

"Don't follow me like this. I am so busy that I am dying, but you are so idle, there is no such reason." Hu Yingze sat up straight at once, and said: "No, I have to find something for you to do. .”

Zhang Qingshan also sat up, took off the veil on his face, and smiled wryly at Hu Yingze: "Old Hu! My Xueqin is pregnant, so you can't let me take a few days off, let me accompany her and be with her How many days are you going to play in the mountains and rivers?"

"No!" Hu Yingze refused resolutely: "If you want to live together with your younger siblings and fly freely, you have to wait for our assault regiment to be strong and strong. At that time, you can do whatever you like with your younger siblings. I will definitely turn a blind eye to it, it's just you two If you want to live in seclusion, I will help you hide it from the higher-ups. But now, you have to work for me first."

"Then tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"Actually, the two or 300 of us can cut wood and repair the house. It doesn't take a few days, and we don't need many people. We can recruit people and train while repairing the house...Old Zhang, don't talk, listen to me. I think we should take advantage of the fact that the little devil has just occupied this place, and we are busy with the battle on the front line, so we have no time or mood to take care of it. Time waits for no one! We can take advantage of this gap and make a good deployment. Otherwise, When the devil turns his head around, let's recruit soldiers and buy horses, it may cause unnecessary trouble."

When it comes to business, Zhang Qingshan no longer has a playful smile.After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Okay! I agree. After seeing off this Li Jing, I will call a meeting with the cadres above the company at night, and we will discuss and make arrangements in detail."

"Also, there is one more thing that needs to be done immediately."

"What is so urgent?"

Hu Yingze smiled wryly and said: "Old Zhang, he gave us such a big gift of five thousand catties of grain. If we don't return the gift when he leaves, it will not only be rude, but also make him look down on us." But the problem is, we are so poor now, we can't give him some of our weapons, can we?"

"Good idea!" Zhang Qingshan pouted, and said, "That's because I worked so hard to get fifty guns from the head of the regiment, and I borrowed fifty guns from other places through my old contacts. , I also issued an IOU to someone else. The next time we meet, not only will I have to pay back [-] guns, but I will also have to take two light machine guns for interest. I have borrowed this kind of loan shark, and now I want to give it to him as a favor , wouldn’t that kill me?”

Zhang Qingshan did not cause trouble with the organization, but he was looking for a personal relationship: Liu Yongjiang specially approved fifty guns for him. rifle.However, now that the special forces have transformed into a combat regiment, they cannot rely solely on box cannons, but must also have long-distance lethal weapons such as rifles. Therefore, Liu Yongjiang gave him fifty guns, which is regarded as a gift for the assault regiment in the regiment. real dowry.

And the other fifty rifles were borrowed by Zhang Qingshan from his old contacts.It's better to find two brother groups to make a fuss, add personal relationship, and then borrow it in the name of the teacher. For this reason, Zhang Qingshan specially brought the old head, who is now the deputy head Tian Jingshan, Going to the [-]th regiment where Tian Jingshan used to be to find connections, it can be seen how much he was scared.The result is: one thirty, the other twenty.Not only did one regiment pay interest for a light machine gun, but he also promised others that in the future, when these two regiments participated in the competition for missions, Zhang Qingshan's assault regiment would have to back down once... Although the other regiments I also have confidence, but the problem is that everyone knows that the Assault Company is an elite unit brought out by Zhang Qingshan, so who can guarantee that Zhang Qingshan cannot bring out an elite regiment like the Assault Company?If it is really brought out, then, if one day there is a combat mission and a regiment needs to go up, the division must first consider the assault regiment. How should the boss explain to the people below "why the assault group didn't eat meat, but they just became spectators"?So, this can be regarded as a rainy day.

Regardless of whether it was Liu Yongjiang or the other two regiments, the main reason why he was able to lend him a gun was to thank the chiefs for their long-term vision. They did not kill Lao Jiang, but cooperated with Lao Jiang.As a result, three divisions of the Eighth Route Army were paid by the National Army, including the [-]th Division.Moreover, for the sake of face and unity, or to put it more bluntly, in order to be able to use the Eighth Route Army as cannon fodder, he really didn’t withhold much from the first batch of weapons, ammunition and food—unlike later, not only sent The military pay that came down became less and less, and in the end, there was no such thing as military pay at all. What's more, as long as the Eighth Route Army won a battle, at most he would give a certificate of award, or verbal praise, and put a sticker on his face. Jin, in the end, simply pretended not to know.

I have to say that this first batch of weapons and ammunition is better than those old weapons used by the Eighth Route Army. That's why the bullet was used by Liu Yongjiang and the others as a favor, which made Zhang Qingshan cheaper.

In the eyes of others, it is an old product that has been eliminated, but in the eyes of Zhang Qingshan, it is also a treasure: as long as the gun can still be fired and used, it is a treasure... Although the assault group wants to grow and grow, weapons and ammunition In the end, it has to be taken from the little devil, but the problem is that in the cornerstone at the beginning, one more firearm that can be used is equivalent to one more gun that can kill the little devil, and it is equal to a little more ability to kill the enemy. Capital, don't, isn't that stupid?Besides, the current Zhang Qingshan, who is poor and white, has to start from scratch, does he have the right to refuse?Do you have the capital to pick and choose?

But Zhang Qingshan didn't care much about the interest of those two light machine guns.Because he has this self-confidence: within a year, if I can't even get two light machine guns, I'll be the commander of the fart, and I can buy a piece of tofu and kill him.

"Yeah! I also think that if it's a gun, it's better not to give one or two. Our assault group can't afford to lose this man, but if we give it, we have to give ten. Then we have face. But it's a shame, and if Li Jing turns against us at that time, wouldn't we be indirectly joining the enemy in advance? At that time, I'm afraid there will be a bigger joke. If you don't send it, the joke is guaranteed to spread immediately , bringing unnecessary negative impact to our upcoming work... hey~! In the final analysis, this is what we are starting from scratch now, one word - poor!"

Zhang Qingshan frowned and thought for a while, then pulled out a handful of Browning from his waist, touched it fondly, gritted his teeth, threw the Browning on the small table at hand, sighed, and said, "Just send it off." For him, I believe he has never seen such a good thing as a king of the mountain. Giving it to him is enough as a gift in return."

Hu Yingze stood up in shock: "Old Zhang, this is you..."

This gun was found by Zhang Qingshan on the grass, that is, after the ambush at Yanzikou. Zhang Qingshan narrowly escaped death and found it on the body of a reactionary officer on the battlefield. ——For Zhang Qingshan, the meaning of this gun has gone beyond the scope of the gun, it is more a kind of nostalgia, a kind of vigilance.

Now for the future of the assault group, he resolutely took it out, which moved Hu Yingze very much.

Zhang Qingshan waved his hand to stop Hu Yingze from continuing.

"Don't say anything." As he spoke, Zhang Qingshan's expression gradually became serious, with a hint of murderous intent: "If he, Li Jing, is with me in the future, even if he doesn't, he won't be a traitor. His gun is worth it. But if he dares to be a traitor, hey! Hey! This gun will come back to me sooner or later, it’s just out for a walk, it’s nothing. I just hope he sees this gun When he is young, he can always remember the origin of this gun and the purpose of giving him this gun, so it is worth the money."

Hu Yingze thought for a while, sighed, and nodded...