The country is broken

At the beginning of November, the Shanxi-Sui Branch Bureau issued a combat conference on "squeezing the enemy out". The main content of the conference was selected and extracted, and compiled into a booklet to be circulated among the bases for reference.

Times make people. During the May [-]st sweep, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area suffered a great loss, and abandoned the arrogant and indulgent thinking of fighting annihilation and fighting tough battles during the Hundred Regiments War. In the process of fighting, they became more aware of The advantages of piecemeal guerrilla warfare, especially the main combat units of the Eighth Route Army, have put down the airs of the main force, and actively cooperated with the local guerrillas below to carry out large-scale mobile warfare. of troops.

In October and November, the Japanese army’s fifth security-strengthening mopping-up offensive was no longer as violent as the May Day mopping-up for the prepared anti-Japanese base areas in the north. It made the Japanese raid seem a bit thunderous and rainy, and the anti-Japanese teams of all sizes were in a state of flexibility and mobility, using the masses as cover, and often escaped from the iron fists of the Japanese and puppet troops. The army is heavily mopping up, but there is a feeling of being powerful and unable to find the target. After the former large and bloated Eighth Route Army has been streamlined and streamlined, it has become as erratic as a combat team. The information network composed of radio stations in various places takes turns to release information. And the mission of the order made it difficult for the Japanese and puppet secret agents to follow up.

The economic foundation of central Hebei is still a small-scale peasant economy dominated by small workshops. Due to the blockade and deliberate policy control of the Japanese and puppet troops, the common people barely survived starvation by relying on the largest grain-producing area in North China. However, it is difficult to continue to develop. Heart strength is like being strangled by a rope around the neck by the Japanese army. Although it can't break the breath, it's better not to go anywhere, hanging half dead, honestly becoming one of the food supply bases for the Japanese invaders to go south.

The Central Hebei region, which is based on a simple agricultural economy, is enough to support the Shadow Company and various guerrillas if they only want to make small troubles and deal with the Japanese army.However, considering the long-term plan of the future counter-offensive, Wang Bao adopted Li Wei's suggestion, starting from Shijing Village as the center point to radiate to the surroundings, centering on economic construction, and the two basic points of inducing the surrender of the Japanese and puppet troops and attacking by force. This local policy is also in line with the report "Economic Problems and Financial Problems During the War of Resistance Against Japan" released by Chairman Mao at the meeting of senior cadres in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region of the Party Central Committee at the beginning of the month, focusing on the development of the economy. , the policy of guaranteeing supply. [

When he just received the reference for the conference on "Economic and Financial Issues in the Anti-Japanese Period", Wang Bao couldn't help but look at Li Wei, the leader of the fourth platoon. This kind of mind considers economic development, but they don't know that in modern society, even a three-year-old child knows to activate the economy, let alone Li Wei, who comes out of this big dye vat in modern economic society.

Although the "landmine economy" in Ishii Village is only a barter transaction in a small area, and there is no direct money and goods economy, it circulates in Ishii Village along with other materials. Under the military protection of the Shadow Company, products from various regions are exchanged and distributed.To a certain extent, it has eased the shortage of materials in the base areas in central Hebei.

The only shortcoming is that it seems that the anti-money issued by Yan'an is not very popular in the Jizhong area, and it is still exchanged with hard currency silver dollars, oceans and real objects.

The development of the economy is not only based on the military industry economy. After all, the masses and soldiers cannot live by eating landmines.The diet of steamed buns and noodles is not balanced all day long. In addition to the military workshop as the main business, all kinds of non-staple food, schools, textiles and other related industries have been mobilized. The old, weak, women and children who could not directly participate in the war were organized to take advantage of the division of labor and cooperation of the socialist planned economy through labor-intensive industries.

The sales trend of simple military products such as landmines and grenades has continued to rise, and it is good. The shadow company's small life is quite nourishing, far better than the hard days of gnawing stones on the Taihang Mountains to complete the terraced fields and saving food. , in Shadow Company.Even for the fighters brought out from the third regiment, for many new fighters, the simple meal of a bowl of cornmeal with a few pieces of moldy tofu is almost the whole meaning of life.

The learning manual for small-scale raids and harassment operations compiled and printed by the Jizhong Sub-district Command put the landmines full of red cards in Shijing Village into a hot market where the supply exceeded demand. , How large-scale reproduction can be maintained, and the military industry business is extremely prosperous, providing a solid economic foundation for the Shadow Company, a small team of nearly 200 people.Soldiers spent a lot of money and food in battles. Wang Bao and other company platoon leaders relied on a lot of confidence in training and combat. Battlefield bombardment.

By taking a private route, Li Wei and Fan Guowen placed a private purchase order and entrusted Captain Bruno Harvey, an acquaintance of the Flying Tigers, to bring a message to Fan Guowenyuan's family in the United States, with a batch of potatoes, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes. High-yielding crops such as corn, as well as a batch of scarce chemical raw materials.

Because of the war, there are generally few people in North China. After the harvest, many lands are in a withered state. Five or six piles of bonfires are lit in a large field outside Shijing Village. The first and second rows of shadows are distributed near the bonfires. Pulling the cordon, the intelligence network organized by the third platoon continuously monitored the enemy's movements within a radius of twenty miles.

It was getting dark, and the company commander Wang Bao repeatedly paced around the place not far from the fire, holding the watch that was taken off Li Wei's wrist, looking at the time from time to time, with an expression of anxious waiting.

"Oh, boss, why don't you take a break?! It makes me dizzy!" Li Wei, who was sitting by the fire and was seriously roasting a chicken, yelled at the top of his voice. He had a chance to relax during the mission. is very rare.

"That's right, the sweet potato is almost ready, let's eat a piece!" Fan Guowen was also beside him, staring intently at the fire, pulling a branch from time to time.

"Weizi, why don't you say that the plane hasn't come yet? It's getting dark, isn't your watch broken?!" Wang Bao didn't have the slightest appetite, and he was in a hurry. The Tigers airdropped supplies, but it is now 05:30, and there is no shadow in the sky yet.

"My electronic watch is much better than your old horse watch. The time on my watch is Peking time. God knows what time standard Bruno uses!" Li Wei held the roasting fork and slowly turned it, and the oily aroma was overflowing. If it wasn't for the improvement of food at his own expense, how could a small platoon leader like him get the meat supply during non-combat hours?

"Listen! ~ There is movement!" Li Wei suddenly raised his head and looked towards the western sky, as if he heard something. Fan Guowen and Wang Baoqi pricked up their ears, but they heard nothing except the whistling cold wind.

After five or six minutes, there was a slight hum in the sky.

"Hidden!" Wang Bao shouted, even though it was a plane waiting for the Flying Tigers, there was no guarantee it was a Japanese plane.

The soldiers around the fire suddenly dispersed and entered the simple bunker dug in advance.

"Why is there only one plane?!" Wang Bao murmured while holding the binoculars. According to the original plan, there should be at least three planes. The family in the United States did not lose manpower and material resources in terms of paying for freight and access. This batch of materials is related to the production and development of Jilu according to next year.

After the huge plane in the sky flew over Wang Bao and the others, it seemed to have discovered the unusually conspicuous bonfires on the ground, and began to circle around in the air, three times to the left and three times to the right, twisting its neck , buttocks twitching, such weird flying movements are inseparable from the mission name of this flight mission, the name of this airdrop mission is "Little Bee". [

On the ground, two signals, one red and one green, shot straight into the sky, replying to the aircraft's contact action.

In response to the signal, a string of white parachutes followed the plane and spread through the air.

"Here we come! ~Everyone, hurry up and respond!" Li Wei jumped up, directing the manpower to meet the airdrops that landed in the sky.

boom! ~

A bonfire was hit by an air-dropped packing box, and the flaming firewood flew around. The parachute quickly burned, and the soldiers in the first and second rows rushed to put out the fire.

"My beggar chicken! It's over!" Li Wei groaned, there were a few unremarkable lumps of mud under the bonfire that were his private stash.

"Weizi, you're hiding private goods again! I'll punish you for not eating at night!" Wang Bao seemed a little annoyed, and grabbed the half-gnawed roast chicken from Li Wei's hand, and he simply tore the chicken.Li Wei, who was surrounded by four long rows, secretly hid the food without reporting it, which was obviously due to organizational discipline, and the roast chicken was confiscated.

It is not easy for ordinary people to raise chickens, ducks and poultry these days. Most of them are reluctant to eat. They exchange some daily necessities such as salt and tea during the market to subsidize their families. It is no wonder that Wang Bao is angry.

The plane turned around in the sky, dropped a dozen parachutes, then turned around and flew back west.

"This is the end?!" Li Wei and Fan Guowen looked at each other in dismay, remembering that their order was several pages long, and they said that they would use three planes to deliver the goods at one time today, but now more than a dozen large boxes were thrown down with parachutes. Half the rack is not full.

"It's gone!" Wang Bao also couldn't believe his eyes. For this batch of goods, they paid a high shipping fee of ten large yellow croakers.

"What are you doing in a daze! Hurry up and move things, move immediately!" Li Wei, who came to his senses first, shouted, the transport plane suspected to have given the enemy a huge target, and various forces will definitely investigate, which will inevitably expose the shadow company Come out, this is very unfavorable for the small and weak Shadow Company.