"Dragon Boat Festival, now we are rich, and the people on the south bank are going crazy and stuffing money into my hands.
I was dumbfounded at the time. How had I ever seen so much money? How are we going to divide the money? There are more than a dozen here, so we can’t not give them a penny, right?”
When he returned to Sihang Warehouse, Lao Gourd chatted with Dragon Boat Festival.
Duanwu laughed and said: "That's not good. First, we have made money. Second, so many veterans have come, and our safety is guaranteed."
"Yes, yes, you are right about Dragon Boat Festival. At worst, when we leave, we can give them less points. We can't let them work in vain, can we?"
Lao Gourd was still chattering, but at this moment Wan Liguo and others put down their weapons and ammunition and came to ask Duanwu for orders: "Sir, what else do you think we can do? We are good at digging trenches and building bunkers."
Duanwu winked at Lao Hulu, and Lao Hulu quickly walked away.
At this time, Duanwu said to Wan Liguo: "There is really a task that no one is doing. Go to the top of the building and erect a pole for me. The higher the better."
"Pole?"
Wan Liguo was surprised, because there was going to be a war, why did he set up a pole?
"What? There's something wrong with my order?"
Duan Wu asked back, and Wan Liguo quickly said: "Yes, I promise to complete the task."
After that, he took his brothers and left without asking any questions. One of his brothers said in confusion: "Brother Wan, why are you setting up this pole? Are you looking down on our sharp knife platoon?"
"What do you know? I think this Dragon Boat Festival chief just wants to test whether his orders work well.
We are new here, and if we can't enforce the rules and regulations, then we can only cause trouble for him.
Therefore, this Chief of the Dragon Boat Festival is really a talented general, and we have found the right person.
You have to remember, don’t ask anything from now on, just follow the orders!”
In one sentence, Wan Liguo told everyone that he had no complaints at all, gathered the tools, and went to the top of the building to erect the pole.
At the same time, Duanwu was counting explosives and grenades. There were thirty-five boxes of explosives in total, and more than five hundred grenades.
Duanwu felt that it was almost done, so he called Lao Kan and Sun Shiyu over.
At Laokan, Sun Shiyu asked: "What are your orders, sir?"
Duanwu said: "You guys, bury these explosives for me overnight in the two buildings around the Sihang Warehouse. If it's not enough, use grenades and I'm going to blow them up."
Lao Kan and Sun Shiyu were stunned, because this was too crazy, blowing up the building?
"Sir, let me say something more. With so many explosives and grenades, how about we blow up the little devils?"
Lao Kan was a little puzzled, but at this moment, Sun Shiyu suddenly realized: "Lao Kan, our commander is right. We are guarding the Sihang Warehouse. If the Japs can't defeat them, they will seize the commanding heights on the left and right.
We launch a pincer attack, and by then, we will be passive."
Lao Kan also suddenly understood, gave a thumbs up and said: "Sir, you are like this, I am convinced, Lao Kan. My brain is just a ball of mush."
Lao Kan was so impressed that he didn't think of blowing up the building.
And let alone him, even Xie Jinyuan, who was experienced in combat, had not thought of this.
If he had blown up the east and west buildings first when he arrived at Sihang Warehouse, he wouldn't have been so passive.
Fortunately, these four-line warehouses are really strong, otherwise it would be difficult to hold them even for four hours, let alone four days.
Lao Kan and Sun Shiyu each led a dozen people, carrying drilling tools, explosives, and grenades out of the dilapidated front entrance of Sihang Warehouse.
The two of them, one on the left and the other on the right, were about to go their separate ways, but suddenly someone in the distance turned on a flashlight and asked, "What are you sneaking about?"
Lao Kan was startled and took the lead to pick up the gun. At the same time, the people behind Lao Kan, Sun Shiyu and others, some put down the explosives and grabbed the guns, while others directly touched the grenades.
Sun Shiyu shouted and asked: "Who are you? If you don't tell me your name, the guy in my hands won't know him."
"Don't mess around, this is Captain Wei of the 88th Division Military Police!"
Someone replied, but Sun Shiyu and others still did not put down their weapons. Because they had suffered losses before, when the Japs disguised themselves as Chinese soldiers and carried out night attacks, and their Sichuan army suffered heavy losses.
So from then on, he had to carefully screen even his own people.
Fortunately, a soldier from the security regiment who had gone to the south bank with Lao Hulu followed him and recognized Wei Zhengcai, the captain of the gendarmerie, and the misunderstanding between the two parties was resolved.
Wei Zhengcai's tone also softened a lot. He thought the security team and others had deceived people's donations and ran away. But what he didn't expect was that what they got were explosives and grenades.
Wei Zhengcai was not a fool, but seeing this posture, he must be going to blow something up. So he asked: "Where are you going to blow up?"
"I'm sorry, this is a military secret."
Sun Shiyu refused directly, then winked at Lao Kan, and the two of them left separately, paying no attention to Wei Zhengcai.
"What's your attitude?"
A little follower beside Wei Zhengcai said angrily.
But at this time, Wei Zhengcai said: "What they did is correct. The more times like this, the less we can trust people easily."
After that, Wei Zhengcai led a gendarmerie team of more than 20 people into the courtyard of Sihang Warehouse.
At this time, Wei Zhengcai's little follower mocked again: "Captain, I think you and the commander have overestimated this group of local troops who have been put together. They don't even have a sentry. If the enemy comes, why don't you put them there?"
Did they serve them all at once?"
"Boy, be careful what you say, otherwise you won't know when your head will fly."
Before the follower finished speaking, a joking voice came from a dark corner.
Wei Zhengcai was shocked because the place where the sound came from was only about seven or eight meters away from them, but they didn't see anyone at all. If the other party was an enemy, I'm afraid they would have been dead by now.
Taking a step forward, I saw a person leaning in the two-meter-deep trench. This person was motionless, leaning against the dark trench. The lights from the four rows of warehouses illuminated the upper part of the trench in a pale white color, as if hanging from the ground.
Like a layer of white frost.
With such a strong visual contrast, no one would be able to see it, let alone a single person, even an army ambushing it.
Wei Zhengcai sighed, that Dragon Boat Festival was really a wizard, he even used the lighting in the Sihang Warehouse.
But he still refused to give up and asked: "Brother, are these sentries arranged by your commander?"
"Don't pry around. These are all military secrets. Also, don't wander around at night. The yard is full of mines and they could blow up, sir. Don't blame me for not warning you!"
The other party spoke very rudely. Wei Zheng was laughed out of anger. As the captain of the gendarmerie, this was the first time for him to lose his temper after being criticized!...