The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2253 Food

At daybreak, a squad of soldiers from the Independent Brigade hid in the woods on the mountain and looked at the town in the distance which was still emitting smoke.

The word "green smoke" has a poetic and picturesque meaning.

Just imagine, there are only a few households in villages and towns nowadays that can burn coal, and the vast majority of them burn wood, crop straw, etc.

Once these things are in the stove and come out of the chimney, they will definitely be green smoke, curling green smoke.

However, this green smoke was definitely not the same as that green smoke. It was from the houses that had been burned down in the town last night. The fire was out, but some of the smoke was still burning and that was why the light green smoke was coming out.

"It's over, it's over, the independent brigade is completely finished this time!" A soldier named Ma Changgui sighed.

"It's over, as if you've always been faithful." A bespectacled soldier next to him said to him sarcastically.

"Glasses, you are a person--" Ma Changgui, who was rebuked, turned around and pointed his finger at the bespectacled soldier with hatred, but he also knew that what he said was the truth, so he changed his words and said, "Only with a big tree can you enjoy the shade."

"When the tree falls, the tribe will scatter." The soldier with glasses was really good at talking and continued the conversation.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, there are people coming to town." A soldier reminded.

As soon as they heard that someone was coming into the town, the soldiers in this squad lowered their heads subconsciously, but their eyes were still fixed on the team coming out of the town.

After a while, when they were able to see clearly the color of the uniforms worn by that team, they couldn't help but sigh in unison.

The team is divided into three colors. The smallest one is the same color as what they wear, gray. Some are black, and some are yellow.

The combined meaning of these three colors is the content of the sighs of this squad of soldiers, that is, the surrendered people from their brigade finally rushed to the granary with the Japanese and puppet troops.

The independent brigade’s rations were not in the town, but were arranged by the fat brigade commander in a bungalow behind the mountain.

This place is about four miles away from the town. When the brigade headquarters was attacked last night, they were the first to discover it. Then their logistics officer fled with some people, and in the end only this squad of soldiers was left.

The reason why this class of people did not run away was because they were hoping for a lucky break. What if those people in their brigade who were captured by the Japanese army did not hand over the granary? In that case, they would be able to save the warehouse full of grain.

That’s a lot of grain. Even though most of it is coarse grains, coarse grains are still grain and can fill your stomach. They can even save your life at critical moments!

"If I had known earlier, I would have burned down the granary. It would have been an easy task for these Japanese devils!" Ma Changgui cursed angrily.

"Humph, human nature. Don't you know what kind of people those people in our brigade are? I've told you long ago that we might as well burn all the food ourselves!" complained the man with glasses.

"Okay, what's the point of saying this now?" An old soldier said at this time, and the two people who were arguing had to shut up.

The old soldier is not young. He must be at least 45 or 46 years old if not 50.

But the reason why he can speak well is definitely not because of his old age. The old man’s surname is Du, and perhaps only the clerk knows his real name. Others call him Old Du.

The soldiers' eyes followed the team that was getting closer and closer. They were on a mountain covered with trees. The granary was behind the mountain, and the road to the granary would of course go around the mountain.

Finally, these soldiers turned to the other side of the mountain top and watched the Japanese and puppet troops enter the granary.

"It's over, the Japanese devils will definitely burn the food!" Old Du suddenly said at this time.

"Why? Won't they transport it away?" Ma Changgui asked.

"They only have one car." Old Du replied in a deep voice.

After Old Du said this, the others suddenly understood.

Yes, this group of Japanese and puppet troops only brought one horse-drawn carriage, the kind pulled by one horse. So how much food could it carry even if it loaded the carriage with all its might?

If the remaining food cannot be transported away, the Japanese army will definitely burn it!

Originally, there were several horse-drawn carriages in their granary, but when the gunshots were heard last night, the logistics officer was in a hurry to escape and drove away all the carriages.

There were still things loaded on the carriage, but they were loaded with money and grain.

I won't mention the money, because it was originally their brigade's money. If it wasn't 10,000 yuan, it would have been several thousand yuan. The food was refined grain. What is refined grain? Of course it was rice, flour, etc. That grain was originally prepared for the brigade commander, regiment commander, battalion commander and other officials.

Because of this, old Du is still sighing. These days, it's hard to tell which country boy will get a fever.

The soldiers all understood what Old Du meant. If the logistics officer could really get away safely, the independent brigade would be finished. But the logistics officer made a fortune. What do you think of this man's fate?

The horse-drawn carriages at the granary are gone, but the people in the town don’t have any horse-drawn carriages, and even if they did, they would have long since become the property of an independent brigade.

The Independent Brigade did have a few horse-drawn carriages in the town, but after yesterday's battle, those who were guarding the granary would not participate in the battle, so who knew what happened to those carriages.

The soldiers in Lao Du's squad watched the Japanese and puppet troops busy in the granary downstairs, and they actually loaded grain onto the horse-drawn carriages.

But what if I put more in? It would only be one carriage.

After a while, the carriage could no longer hold more cargo, and just as the Japanese and puppet troops began to turn around, they saw black smoke rising from the warehouse!

Needless to say, the Japanese army eventually set the warehouse on fire.

A squad of ten soldiers could only watch as the black smoke grew thicker until flames appeared on the roof.

"How about we move a few more bags out later?" Since the facts cannot be changed and complaining is of no use, Ma Changgui came up with a new idea.

"Come on, forget it. My calves are still cramping!" Yan Jing directly rejected Ma Changgui's proposal.

The remaining soldiers did the same, and one of them even stepped back, turned over and lay down.

"Why bother? Even if we don't work for a year, the food we move out will be enough for us to eat for a year." The soldier simply closed his eyes.

Emotions are contagious. After he did this, the others no longer looked at the Japanese and puppet troops who were walking back. They all retreated and finally turned over or lay sideways and closed their eyes.

"You bunch of bastards!" Old Du was unhappy, "Why should I watch it alone?"

But no one answered him, and one of them even started snoring.

Just when the soldiers of this squad on the top of the mountain thought that that was the end of the matter, more than ten minutes later, gunshots suddenly rang out from the north.

The gunshots naturally woke up the soldiers who were either asleep or awake and had their eyes closed.

All the soldiers sat up, but Glasses lay back down and said, "What's there to see? It could be the Japs beating up the people!"

After Glasses said this, the other soldiers stopped moving.

Yes, their brigade was broken up, and they believed that their brigade was definitely defeated. So now was the time for the Japanese soldiers to bring disaster to the common people.

But at this moment, the gunfire suddenly became more intense, and Old Du shouted: "Everyone, get up! The Japs have been ambushed!"

Huh? When the soldiers heard Old Du's shout, they immediately jumped up and ran towards where Old Du was.

When they lay down and looked to the north, they saw that the Japanese troops marching north were actually attacked.

Although the Japanese army had gone quite far away, they still saw that the horse pulling the cart had fallen down.

However, they had no idea who fired the shot or where that person was. Not only them, but they also probably didn't notice it either.

"Hey, who do you think dares to fight the Japanese devils at this time?" Ma Changgui became interested.

Of course, it wasn’t just him, everyone else’s eyes lit up.

"The man who dared to fight the Japanese at this time and knocked the horse down, I guess that person is..." Glasses spoke.

Originally he wanted to keep it a secret.

But he was destined to fail to keep this secret, as several people answered at the same time: "Shang Zhen!"