vrcanaries Chapter 371 I was almost assassinated by the Japanese yesterday, so I really can’t attack Ping’an Co
Chapter 371 I was almost assassinated by the Japanese yesterday, so I really can’t attack Ping’an Co
The development of the weather was beyond everyone's expectations. Everyone thought that after this light snowfall, the sky would clear up immediately. However, unexpectedly, it was cloudy for three consecutive days. Then snowflakes began to fall from the sky. It took several days for the sky to clear up completely.
But the temperature has dropped completely in the past few days, reaching minus 27 or 28 degrees Celsius. It is impossible to go out to fight in such a cold weather, not to mention that there is snow everywhere outside. It is already very difficult to maintain the transportation of daily necessities for the people in the air-raid shelter. How can we have the energy to attack Ping'an County?
"Old Li, your injuries haven't fully healed yet, so stop walking back and forth. Sit down and rest for a while. I have something important to tell you!"
Zhao Gang felt a little dizzy after being shaken by Li Yunlong. In addition, he had not had a good rest in the past few nights and had to worry about the food and accommodation of the people every day. He had lost a lot of weight.
Li Yunlong felt very uncomfortable when he saw Zhao Gang's thin face. He could only walk these two days. The injury he suffered this time was too serious. It would take another half a month to fully recover.
"Old Zhao, we have truly entered winter now, and the weather is getting colder and colder. We don't have heated beds installed in our air-raid shelters, and thousands of people have suffered from frostbite in the past few days. Fortunately, college students distributed frostbite medicine as soon as possible, and the situation has been temporarily controlled. But it is not a good idea to continue letting the villagers stay in the air-raid shelters, and we have to arrange for them to return home as soon as possible!"
Kong Jie disagreed with Li Yunlong's proposal and was the first to stand up and refute: "Old Li, the heavy snow has stopped now, and the bombing of the Japanese will come soon. We must not arrange for the villagers to return home at this time. That would be irresponsible for their lives. I, Kong Jie, will never agree to it!"
Ding Wei also felt that Li Yunlong's approach was unreliable, and he directly denounced: "Old Li, now the heavy snow has blocked the mountains and roads. Even if we want to send the villagers back home, we can't do it in a short time. What Lao Kong said just now is also very right. The Japanese will never stop bombing the base. The heavy snow has stopped for a few days. If it weren't for the cloudy sky and the howling wind, I estimate that the Japanese bombers would have already bombed our base. It is too dangerous to let the villagers go home at this time!"
Li Yunlong didn't expect Ding Wei and Kong Jie to jump out and object. He angrily said with an ugly face: "Old Ding, Old Kong, you two are talking without any pain. Let's not talk about the large amount of daily necessities consumed in the air-raid shelter every day. The problem of providing hot water to the people in the air-raid shelter has not been solved yet. It's so cold, we can't even provide enough hot water. How can you expect the villagers to hold on?"
"Some things cannot be solved with just words. You are not unaware of how bad the situation of the folks in the air-raid shelter is. People need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate to survive. Now, just solving physiological problems is already a difficult matter. In addition, our power station was bombed before, and the air-raid shelter has been using backup generators, which consume a lot of fuel every day. Now we have thought of many ways to transport fuel, but there is still a huge gap. The previous reserves will be used up in three days at most."
"I know you two are very unconvinced. The expressions on your faces have proved it all. Sometimes good intentions do not necessarily lead to good things. Instead, they may lead to bad things. Previously, we used the canned food and compressed biscuits in reserve to feed the villagers. However, many villagers usually have no food in their stomachs. After eating canned meat, many of them had diarrhea."
"Fortunately, the college students acted decisively and mobilized all our armored vehicles to transport a large amount of medicine from the medicine warehouse in the snowstorm, which calmed the crisis. Otherwise, a major incident would have occurred."
"Feeding 80 people is no small matter. We simply don't have the organizational capacity to do this, and we don't have any experience to draw on. Various supplies are insufficient, various emergencies occur frequently, and various conflicts are increasing day by day. The situation has reached a very serious level."
Li Yunlong became more and more excited as he spoke, his face flushed red. He had been feeling tremendous pressure these days. More importantly, the Japanese spies hiding among the common people were also stirring up trouble. The air-raid shelter was like a powder keg accumulating power. Once it exploded, everyone present would be blown to pieces.
Lin Zhenhua knocked on the table to stop Li Yunlong from continuing. His face was no longer calm, but full of fatigue. Putting the tea bowl in his hand heavily on the table, Lin Zhenhua said, "What Lao Li said is indeed the truth. The opinions of Lao Kong and Lao Ding cannot be ignored. We really need to make changes now, otherwise there is a real possibility of trouble."
"Just last night, 22 civilians died in the No. 16 air-raid shelter. We still haven't figured out who did it. This incident has caused panic among the people. Similar incidents have happened many times in the past ten days. The assassination attempts by the devils are increasing in frequency. What's more terrifying is that they succeed every time. The civilians in the air-raid shelter are in a state of panic."
"When we were arranging for the people to evacuate from their homes, we did not consider the Japanese spies, allowing them to sneak into the air-raid shelter with a large number of weapons. We also conducted several investigations in the meantime, but the effect was not obvious. We could not search every citizen, which gave these secret enemies more opportunities to take advantage of."
"The current situation is on the verge of collapse. We do need to make changes. My suggestion is to evacuate 2/3 of the people in the air-raid shelters, and the remaining 1/3 should remain in the shelters. We should take advantage of the current situation with sufficient manpower to speed up the improvement of our air-raid shelter system. In the future, when we encounter similar situations, we will be able to deal with them more calmly."
"There is also the issue of building air-raid shelters. We have learned a great lesson this time. In the past, we built air-raid shelters on the ground to save trouble. In the future, we must strengthen the construction of underground air-raid shelters. In order to make our air force stronger and stronger in the future, the Japanese bombing of our base will become commonplace, and we must get used to it in advance!"
Lin Zhenhua's last words awakened everyone present. When they built the air-raid shelters before, they only thought that they would be used a few times and then no longer used. They did not invest a lot of manpower and material resources, and the air-raid shelters they built were relatively simple. They used steel bars to build a frame and poured it along the mountain. The construction speed was very fast, but the protection ability was not very good. During the bombing of the Japanese, they suffered a lot.
At this time, no one mentioned the attack on Ping'an County. Everyone knew that if they did not solve the current crisis in the base, attacking Ping'an County would be a real act of seeking death. No one present was confused and knew what to do at this time. After discussing a solution, they immediately took action and resolved the impending crisis in the base in six days.
The Japanese spies and traitors hiding in the base area, after discovering that the opportunity had been lost, immediately went into hiding again, waiting for the next opportunity to come.
Pingjiaao is the location of the headquarters of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
"Captain Chu, we have successfully established contact with the independent regiment. Li Yunlong will send transport planes to build an air transport line to facilitate the exchange of personnel and materials between our two sides." Chief of Staff Fang Ligong said with a look of joy.
Chu Yunfei didn't have a smile on his face. He had been preparing for the New Year's Day offensive for half a month, but it ended in a whimper, without much achievement. The 358th Regiment had been hiding in Pingjiaao for almost half a month, and another month was about to pass. This setback at the beginning really made Chu Yunfei feel bad. He had a premonition that the situation this year would become more and more difficult, and he didn't know when foreign aid would arrive.
"Brother Ligong, we have been waiting for the international situation to change. Now the international situation has indeed changed dramatically. We finally have a new ally. But this does not mean that our life will be much easier this year. My inner intuition tells me that this year will be more difficult than last year, and the enemy's offensive will be more fierce. We must prepare in advance to deal with the upcoming crisis!"
"As for this air transport line that you have high hopes for, I don't really care about it. The transport volume through air transport is too small, and we can only trade some urgently needed materials. There is no way to trade large quantities of materials, and it cannot fundamentally change the situation of both of us. It's really too early for you to be happy!"
Fang Ligong felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him. He calmed down and his mind was no longer as hot as before. He began to think about the gains and losses of the moment, and his expression became serious again.
"Captain Chu, your warning is just in time. I remembered a piece of intelligence I received yesterday. Most of Li Yunlong's air force has been destroyed by the Japanese. All fighter planes have been eliminated by the Japanese. There are only 16 transport planes left. It is estimated that it will be difficult to survive the next Japanese bombing. This air transport line is like a mirage. It is within reach but too difficult to open. In addition, the Japanese fighter planes harass us from time to time. It will take half a year to really build it."
"In the short term, we really can't carry out the exchange of materials between the two sides. The only way is to break the Japanese blockade. But we are gradually losing the best opportunity. Once we get through the cold winter, the Japanese will definitely find a way to withdraw troops from their homeland and continue to strengthen their forces in the occupied areas."
"We only have more than two months left. I have already wasted one month, and now we only have one and a half months left. If our 358th Regiment cannot break through the Japanese blockade during this period, then we can abandon the agreement with Li Yunlong to help each other. Our 358th Regiment must evacuate quickly, otherwise there is a risk of annihilation!"
Chief of Staff Fang Ligong once again demonstrated his talent. He had a very clear view of the current battlefield situation and understood the shortcomings of both sides. Chu Yunfei nodded in agreement and did not refute Fang Ligong's judgment. He had the same idea.