The country is broken

"Short, it's a short circuit!" Bruno stared blankly at the half-burned radio station, with a somewhat frustrated expression. It was beyond his expectation that this radio station completed its historical mission so quickly.

"It was originally put together improvised. If it breaks, it will break. Let's tear it down!" Li Wei had such an expression on his face that he knew it would happen. Originally, he only planned to let Bruno contact the base with a few words, so as not to save Bruno. And let the soldiers and civilians in the base area increase unnecessary dangerous actions.

"Ah!" Bruno returned to the fire with some disappointment, staring blankly at the beating bonfire. Originally, he planned to ask his colleagues at the base to report the safety to his family.

Chen Jiayao looked at Li Wei with complicated eyes. Few people could guess what this guy was thinking.

At dawn, Wang Bao and the others continued to set off. The Japanese army that had been chasing them had already lost their direction. Chen Jiayao and the others didn't have to worry about the enemy chasing them all day long. Wang Bao's guards led the multinational force composed of Li Wei, Japanese comrades and Bruno all the way to the east, rushed to the central Ji area, and joined the three regiments that were moving to the eighth and ninth divisions to contain the main force of the Japanese army's mopping up, and at the same time escorted Bruno Ha Captain Wei was looking for a suitable opportunity to return to the team. Because of the good relationship between the Nationalist government and the US military, Bruno had many and convenient ways to return to the team. He did not necessarily need to cross the dangerous CCP anti-Japanese base area. Find an opportunity to meet the national army in the south and send him there. mission completed. [

In order not to attract attention, Captain Bruno Harvey, the pilot of the Flying Tigers, had to put on the military uniform of the Eighth Route Army. His dazzling blond hair was covered by a gray military cap. Another American version of the Eighth Route Army appeared. Although the eight-way outfit was sponsored by Comrade Wang Bao, the company commander of the guard, it was still too thin for the taller Americans, and it was a bit nondescript, but if you don’t look carefully from a distance.Basically, you can't see any strange people in this group of people.

Li Wei is no stranger to the area bordering Shanxi and Hebei. He followed the team to fight in this area during the Hundred Regiments War and counterattack Japanese infiltration squads.

After walking out of the vast Taihang Mountains and entering the inhabited areas in Hebei Province, Wang Bao and the others have never found the shadow of the local party organization. There are dilapidated bricks and tiles everywhere and burnt wood that has long since extinguished smoke, permeating the strange atmosphere. , many intelligence stations that should have existed have disappeared.The traces of the battle can be seen almost everywhere, which makes Li Wei and the others feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts. They had expected the cruelty of the Japanese raid, but they did not expect it to be so thorough. The militia, guerrillas, political propaganda cadres, and the Eighth Route Army should have existed. Organizations are almost gone.It seems that this place has never been an anti-Japanese revolutionary base before.

In such an area.They couldn't even guarantee the basic supplies, which made Wang Bao and the others very uneasy. They were eager to understand the situation in the Hebei base area.Wang Bao and the others had no choice but to choose a village as a temporary foothold, and go deep into the masses to understand the fighting situation in this area. If they recklessly search for the third regiment to return to the team, they may be swallowed by the enemy without knowing it.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance company in front finished their reconnaissance of the village in front and sent back a signal of safety.

Not too many, but not too many, more than seventy people entered the village fully armed, and did not arouse much reaction from the villagers.

Li Wei still felt that it was different from usual. The villagers still cared about themselves being busy with farm work, and did not greet them enthusiastically by waving their hands from the fields as in other places.Although I have never encountered the Dibang bang team coming out to cause trouble, the grassroots cadres who should have appeared did not appear, nor did I see the existence of the maintenance committee. The villagers did not appear flustered because a group of soldiers came to the village.

Logically speaking, this kind of situation should not have happened. Wang Bao and the others entered the village with a little doubt. They really needed to find a place to take a good rest, because they slept in the barren mountains for a long time. Comrades and American pilots couldn't hold on.

Some Japanese comrades have unaccustomed diarrhea, and even have edema and athlete’s foot and other vitamin imbalances due to lack of grain food for a long time. Even Bruno Harvey has symptoms of rashes caused by contact with unclean water sources. The rotten things that have accumulated over a long period of time have accumulated some toxicity, as long as you don't pay attention, people will be infected.

It didn't take much eloquence. After explaining their purpose, several villagers directly took Wang Bao and the others to a few deserted houses where no one lived, and stationed them there. House tinkering.

When the guards in three platoons and one squad were buying food from the villagers, they encountered unexpected troubles.

The old man who looked like the leader in the village tremblingly supported the villagers and said: "Boss! We really don't have any extra food!"

Boss?The hearts of the soldiers from the guard company trembled!What a strange name this is!

"Fellow, we are the Eighth Route Army!" Chen Bao, a guard soldier in charge of collecting food, seemed very aggrieved. In his mind, the villagers had always been warm and hospitable, but such a cold tone and attitude really made him unacceptable.

"I don't care if you are the Eighth Route Army or the Ninth Route Army. No, if you don't have you, the whole village will be killed, and there will be no food at all!" Coughing violently because of the excitement, many young people in the village gathered around with poles, hoes and other agricultural tools, looking nervously at the soldiers of the guard company with angry eyes.

"Old man!..." Chen Bao tried to establish communication with the other party with his sincere attitude.

The old man snorted directly, interrupted what the guard company soldier Chen Bao said, turned around and left!

"Squad leader! ~I failed to complete the task!~" Chen Bao, a soldier in the third row of the guard company, had tears in his eyes, and looked at his squad leader. He didn't know which sentence he said wrong, which would cause such a panic This is a great shame for the revolutionary team that is close to the masses!

"It's not your fault! Don't worry!" Cui Tong, the squad leader, patted soldier Chen Bao on the shoulder comfortingly. [

"What's wrong! Who made trouble and offended the villagers again?" Wang Bao ran over angrily. He saw that the villagers and the soldiers collecting grain seemed to have broken up. The Eighth Route Army and the villagers were always like a family. Making such an accident is simply discrediting the guard company of the third regiment.

"No, it's none of their business, it's my responsibility!" Squad leader Cui couldn't bear to see the aggrieved expressions of the soldiers in his squad, and took all the responsibility on himself.

"Old Cui! I'm not talking about you. You're an old revolutionary. Why don't you pay attention? We must maintain the image of our revolutionary army in front of the masses. The villagers are all angry. Have you offended the villagers? Local customs taboo?" Wang Bao had a cold face, the burden of the company commander forced him to remind himself all the time that the guard company also represented a mirror of the Eighth Route Army in front of the masses, and if something went wrong, he, the company commander, would take off If there is no relationship, at least the responsibility of leading the soldiers cannot be escaped.

"Company Commander Wang Bao, don't be in such a hurry to pursue Squad Leader Cui's responsibility, first ask Squad Leader Cui, what's going on!" Li Wei came out from behind Wang Bao and said, he heard what Squad Leader Cui said. Some do not believe that the soldiers said something wrong. The three major disciplines and the eight points of attention are almost engraved in the bones of every Eighth Route Army soldier. How could the Red Army team make such a small mistake.

Squad leader Cui Tong briefly explained what had happened. Wang Bao and Li Wei looked at each other. They couldn't tell from their previous experience that what Squad One's words had offended these villagers.

Li Wei's face was a little uncertain: "Even if he refuses to sell us some food, he shouldn't have such a reaction!" After all, this place should also belong to the scope of the base area. Made it so stiff.

In any case, it is impossible for the enemy to disguise the villagers of all villages with traitors and spies. These villagers should be native-born and authentic base people. How could they deny them these eight ways? It is very suspicious, but why? ?Li Wei couldn't figure it out.

"I also think there is a problem! For the time being, we'd better not disturb the villagers and send a few soldiers outside the village to monitor whether anyone in the village has reported to the enemy!" We will continue to entangle in the issue of disputes caused by grain collection.

The plan to purchase food supplies has been put on hold for the time being, but that does not mean that Wang Bao and the others have no way to replenish supplies. When the anti-Japanese army team infiltrated last year, Li Wei's second battalion, first company, second row, and third squad robbed a Japanese stronghold. And obtained a considerable amount of supplies, Li Wei once intercepted a part of it and hid it, the location of the hiding is not far from here, if you don't dig it out and use it, I'm afraid it will really die!This was originally prepared by Li Wei for the anti-mopping up on May [-]st this year, but he didn't expect it to come in handy.

This batch of supplies made Wang Bao and Chen Jiayao suspicious. This is not at all like Li Wei's extravagant and wasteful character. How can this guy know how to predict and know to hide some for emergencies? I don't see him saving so much in normal times. , It's really ghostly and ghostly that people can't see through.

Li Wei directly took a dozen guard company soldiers into the deep mountains and old forests again to retrieve the stored supplies, while Wang Bao and the others continued to recuperate in the village. In addition to hunting and digging wild vegetables in the wild, the guard company soldiers I have never asked the villagers to buy food again, and the usual diet is self-reliance, and I have to find a way to solve it.

In order not to arouse the resentment of the villagers, Wang Bao kept the soldiers and Japanese comrades intentionally silent, and temporarily stopped the drills, so as not to affect the lives of the villagers as much as possible. Build bridges to communicate with villagers.