On the evening of August 9, Lu Shan took the train to Shulan.%Net

At two o'clock in the evening, the train drove into Shulan platform...

Qin Shiyu, Wang Rong, Zhang Guanyi and others came to the station to greet him, because it was late at night, no one was alarmed.

The Shulan County Capitol is located in Zipo, and the county office has naturally been requisitioned as the command center of the East Column.

The 9th Brigade of the East Column and the 1st Construction Division that was changed to Shulan Guard Brigade. The 1st Brigade of the newly joined East Column was stationed in the west of the city. It turned out that the 1st Brigade of the East Column was rescued by General Feng Zhanhai.

"Old Qin, did I not inform Brigade Commander Feng of the news?" Lu Shan got into the car and asked Qin Shiyu a little strangely.

"I've reported it. General Feng originally said he would go to the station to greet him in person, but if he had something to do, he couldn't leave!" Qin Shiyu explained.

"What's the matter?" Lu Shan asked.

"It's for food and salary!" Qin Shiyu said helplessly.

"Is it really that shortage of food and wages?" Lu Shan said solemnly.

"Yes, General Feng's team is large in number. He has been dealing with the Japanese army for a long time and has not been supplemented. There are also a large number of wounded soldiers. Although he has won many battles, his combat power has reached its limit!" Qin Shiyu explained.

"Since General Feng has joined the Dongzong, he is a family, why?" Lu Shan was a little puzzled?

"Why am I so stingy? Not only did I evenly give them some weapons and ammunition, but I also allocated half of the military rations to them. But this is far from enough. We are all short of food now!" Qin Shiyu sighed.

"Since you are having difficulties, why not report to the headquarters?" Lu Shan was slightly angry.

"I discussed with Lao Zhang and the others. The headquarters is also difficult, so..." Qin Shiyu said.

"You are confused, you almost ruined my big deal!" Lu Shan almost cursed. He was about to fight Harbin. He actually told himself that the army was seriously short of food, so how could he fight this battle?

"Old Lu, I'm so sorry this time. I didn't expect you to play such a big game of chess!" Qin Shiyu said regretfully.

"You can't blame you all for this. I'm also taking one step at a time. Before that, I didn't expect the time to attack Harbin to come!" Lu Shan thought in his mind with lightning.

Harbin must fight, otherwise it will be difficult to find another opportunity. Even if it is only half of it, it will be a rare opportunity for Dongzong.

If you miss this, you will regret it for life.

"Think about it, where can I get food?" Lu Shan asked.

"Li Haiqing's troops brought out part of it from Fuyu City, but that part is only enough for them to eat by themselves. It would be difficult to support us!" Qin Shiyu said.

“How much is the gap?”

"It's impossible to estimate, it depends on when you can win Harbin as soon as possible!" Qin Shiyu said, "It's easy to say anything when you win Harbin."

"How long can our food last?"

"About a week!" Qin Shiyu said.

"What standard?" Lu Shan asked afterwards.

"I can't be hungry. But I can't be full either!"

"If this is open to supply, according to the standard of normal training?" Lu Shan asked again.

"Four days!"

"Four days, this is really a life-threatening one. In four days, it will be difficult to complete the deployment of attacking Harbin!" Lu Shan felt that this attack on Harbin was even more difficult than he had imagined. He had already thought of many difficulties, but he did not expect that what troubled him the most was food and wages!

We can't let the soldiers go to war on hunger. Even if we win, how many people will die?

"Tell me where is the food?" Lu Shan asked gritted his teeth.

"The Japanese have some local gentry in their hands, and their families are stocking up a lot of food!" Qin Shiyu said.

"The Japanese don't think about it, unless they rob their supply trains. This is a way, but it's a drop in the bucket. There is no big effect. As for these gentry, those who have evil deeds can move, but those who have good reputations should not be excessive. They can go to the door to beg for alms and how much they can be. If our actions are too motivated, they will push them into the arms of the Japanese, which is not good for us..."

"Lao Lu, I'm also in a dilemma. After receiving your secret telegram, I was so worried that I couldn't sleep for several days. You said that these tens of thousands of troops had no food or drink, how could I fight?" Qin Shiyu's eyes were deeply trapped, and he had indeed suffered a lot these days.

"When I came, I passed by Jilin and saw Lequan. There were illegal merchants in Jilin City raising prices, and the grain rose by 50% in just a few days. These grain merchants must have stockpiled a large amount of grain in their hands!" Lu Shan said.

"Take a grain dealer to do surgery?" Qin Shiyu was shocked.

"Yes, we cannot be lenient with grain merchants who are rich and unkind. Le Quan will take action tomorrow. These people make a fortune in the country, and they don't cry without seeing the coffin. They think we will leave for a few days, or they dare not do anything to them, right?" A strong murderous intent flashed in Lu Shan's eyes.

"Lao Lu, these people are very energetic. If the means are too intense, will they..." Qin Shiyu said worriedly.

"Don't worry, we didn't force them to lose everything and sell their children. My goal is to let them take the initiative to lower the price and then sell us food!" Lu Shan said.

"Is this okay? Besides, we don't have much money in our hands?" Qin Shiyu said.

"We have some money for the time being. On the way here, we took a few bandit caves and took hundreds of thousands of oceans to take advantage of it!" Lu Shan said with a smile.

"Really?" Qin Shiyu said in surprise.

"Didn't you see that I brought ten big boxes? They were filled with gold, silver and jewelry. Half of them were left for Lequan. One was to support him, and the other was to use the money to buy food to solve our current dilemma!

"That's really great!" Qin Shiyu smiled with a smile.

"But Lao Qin, tell me the truth, how many troops are Feng and Li under their command, and how good are the equipment and combat effectiveness?"

"Feng Zhanhai originally had fifteen regiments under his command. After failing to attack Changchun a while ago, it was reduced to six regiments, plus the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, the total force is still more than 10,000." Qin Shiyu said.

"Where is Li Haiqing's army?"

"Li Haiqing's troops have a slightly small number of troops, with a total force of about 6,000 to 7,000."

"Including our troops, how many troops are there in total!"

"The Ninth Brigade is organized by the Third Regiment and the First Battalion. minus the Tumen Airport Guards and Militia organizations, Shulan has a total of about 4,000 people. Shulan's Guards Brigade is also organized by the Third Regiment of the First Brigade, but it has absorbed the puppet army prisoners and has 6,000 troops!"

"So. Now the available troops in our hands will reach 25,000?" Lu Shan was slightly surprised. Five thousand more people than he expected.

"Maybe it's slightly less, it's almost that number!" Qin Shiyu said.

"Tell me about some of the situations in these two parts, weapons and equipment, names, resumes, etc. of the commanders at each regiment level, and let me talk about them in a rough way, don't be too detailed." Lu Shan said.

"Okay, General Feng Zhanhai, in his early thirties, was formerly the captain of the guard of the Jilin Office and the rank of colonel. He was also the nephew of the auxiliary commander Zhang Zuoxiang. After Harbin fell, he led his troops to the Fangzheng area...

There were originally two brigades under his command, Gong Changhai and Yao Dianchen...

Li Haiqing, a native of Wucheng, Shandong Province, fled to Heilongjiang in his early years and once traveled. He was recruited by Wu Junsheng in the 14th year of the Republic of China. He served as battalion commander, General Ma Zhanshan, Jiangqiao, and the commander of the advance detachment. The deputy commander was Zhang Xiwu, with Han Fuyuan, Zhao Youjin, Wang Baorui, Liu Chunting and other brave generals. In addition, Li Haiqing also has a cavalry unit that has fought bloody battles with the Japanese. Now there are only more than 600 people left..."

"It seems that the rest of the bloody battle is all about the essence. These veterans are our treasures. We must try to minimize casualties. Whether our team can grow and grow in the future depends on these people!" Lu Shan sighed.

"Yes, but they have been fighting for more than half a year. They have no place to live and have been fighting and sacrificed a lot. According to themselves, less than one-third of the people who survived at the beginning are now. When Feng Zhanhai was in the uprising, more than 20,000 people moved to war for several months. Including those who joined the middle, there were more than 20,000 people who died and were disabled. At that time, less than 20,000 people were left with him! "

"If the Japanese invaders are not driven out of China, China's resistance will not stop. There can only be one existence between China and Japan!" Lu Shan said, "This is a national war, it is also a death war! The living will remember theirs."

It was only a dozen minutes' drive from the station to the county office, and the car soon stopped in front of the office.

Lu Shan was about to push the car door open and get out of the car, but before his hand could forcefully, the car door was pulled open from outside!

When Lu Shan looked up, his eyes suddenly lit up. The handsome and resolute face of a young officer wearing a colonel's Northeast Army uniform came into his eyes!

"Captain Lu!"

Feng Zhanhai!

In addition to him, there are others who can wear colonel uniforms, such straight military resources and capable movements!

"Hello General Feng!" Lu Shan also responded with a military salute!

"I heard that Chief Lu is coming, Shoushan originally wanted to go to the train station to greet him in person, but he didn't want to delay any small matters suddenly. Please don't mind!" Feng Zhanhai was slightly surprised when he saw Lu Shan's young and indifferent face, but when he saw the respect in Lu Shan's eyes and the seriousness of returning the gift, he couldn't help but feel respect in his heart.

"What did Brother Shoushan say? Lu Shan has been in harmony with General Feng for a long time!" Lu Shan said with a smile.

"Captain Lu, please!"

"General Feng, please!" Surrounded by Zhang Guanyi and others, Lu Shan entered the county office.

Shulan was originally the temporary garrison for Feng Zhanhai to rescue ** in Jilin. After Qin Shiyu led his army north, Feng Zhanhai took the initiative to give up the county office as a temporary command post!

Qin Shiyu was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern Region. Feng Zhanhai decided to lead his troops to the Eastern Region and decided to merge them after careful consideration.

Although he and Li Du, Ding Chao and others jointly established the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jilin Self-Defense Army and commander-in-chief of the Left Route Army, the alliance is not reliable and even has conflicts with each other, such as someone who has private contact with the Japanese, and is not firm in the fight against Japan, etc.

He knew that fighting alone would not last long. He originally planned to lead the team to fight south and retreat to the pass. The rise of the Dongzong gave him another choice, so he decided to lead the army to join the Dongzong!
Chapter completed!