Su Yuan, who was advancing, received an order from the regiment headquarters. In order to cooperate with the Kuomintang's Xinkou battle on the frontal battlefield, the regiment's main force was ordered by the headquarters to block the Japanese army in this area. Su Yuan was ordered to lead the sharp knife company to defend the Qu Canyon. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Su Yuan is required to lead the entire company and never let a single Japanese go.
After receiving the order, Su Yuan immediately ordered each faction to choose favorable terrain in the canyon to establish blocking positions, and at the same time sent out troops to detect the enemy's movements.
Seeing Sanbao clumsily building a position with the soldiers, Chen Zhenhai led a soldier and shouted to him: "Sambo, let's go, come with me to the front for reconnaissance."
"Hey." The Three Treasures wanted this, so he immediately shouldered his gun and followed Chen Zhenhai.
The three of them advanced for several miles without seeing any movement of the Japanese. Just when Chen Zhenhai was about to return, Sanbao said to him: "Brother Chen."
"Remember, in the army you should be called platoon leader." Chen Zhenhai said to him.
"I know." Sanbao responded.
"Say yes." Zhenhai reminded again.
"Yes." Sanbao replied.
"What's the matter?" Zhenhai asked.
"I heard a horse braying in front of us. It should be three or four miles away from us." Sanbao then said.
"This is still false, my ears are so good!" Sanbao immediately said: "And it's the different sounds of several horses."
"It must be the Japanese!" Chen Zhenhai immediately judged: "Let's go to the front and have a look."
Sure enough, they walked forward for three or four miles, and there was a cliff in front of them. Sanbao whispered: "Platoon leader, there are voices over there, and those chattering must be Japanese soldiers."
"I heard it." Chen Zhenhai replied. He took Sanbao and the soldier to climb up the cliff. They heard more clearly on the cliff. It was clear that the Japanese were below. The three of them slowly crawled over and stuck their heads out to watch.
Below are more than a dozen carts of mules and horses, which are full of goods. There are twenty or thirty Japs sitting around them. This should be the Japs’ transport team. They are transporting supplies to the front line. Originally, the Kuomintang troops in this area have already
retreated, so there were not many Japanese escorting them, but they did not expect to encounter the Eighth Route Army, so they hid here temporarily.
"Let's fight." Sanbao, who didn't know how to deal with it, said immediately.
"You have a big appetite." Chen Zhenhai said immediately: "Go and report the situation here to the company commander."
"I can't walk fast with all these things on me." Sanbao didn't want to miss this opportunity. If the company commander didn't let him come back, he wouldn't be able to catch up with anything.
Seeing Su Yuan put the grenade in front of him, Chen Zhenhai thought that the grenade would be useful in the battle later, so he had to send the soldiers to follow him.
"Sambo, lend me two." Chen Zhenhai said.
"You said it was a loan, but you have to pay it back to me when the time comes." Sanbao said immediately.
"It's true that I said the wrong thing." Chen Zhenhai said with a low smile.
"Then I can allow you to take it back." Sanbao replied seriously: "You are a nice person, so it's okay to give it to you."
"Really? Then I'd better keep my word." Chen Zhenhai gradually fell in love with the straightforward Sanbao. At this time, he was waiting for orders and reinforcements. He then asked in a low voice: "Sambo, don't you only have one sister? She is our health team.
Captain, why are you called Sambo?"
"Let me tell you." Sanbao leaned into his ear and said, "My family makes fireworks. The gunpowder is made of three things, sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal, so my father gave me the name Sanbao."
"So that's it." Chen Zhenhai nodded.
"Platoon leader, do you know how my sister was named?" Sanbao and Chen Zhenhai continued talking very eloquently.
"I know this, it means establishing a new China." Chen Zhenhai replied.
"Changed?" Sanbao understood as soon as he heard it, and he immediately said: "My sister used to be called Lihua, which means beautiful fireworks."
"So that's it." Chen Zhenhai listened with interest. At this time, reinforcements arrived.