Predator Reborn

Chapter 336 Harvest (1)

In fact, what Liu Hua didn't know was that just because of his telegram today, the Chairman and the Commander-in-Chief had a new understanding of him. At the same time, his status in the Chairman's heart gradually surpassed that of the Chairman.

The promising Lin Biao laid a lot of foreshadowing for him to serve as vice chairman after liberation and finally as chairman.

At this time, Liu Hua was sitting in the temporary headquarters, listening to the chief of staff's report on the progress of each unit, the surrounding enemy situation, and the various materials seized by the Third Regiment of the Quick Reaction Brigade.

"Division commander, as expected. This is the telegram just sent by the chairman. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing is indeed exaggerating the record of our independent division. He even showed the record of a year ago. Now we are independent

It can be said that the division is well known throughout the country." Chief of Staff Li Qing said with excitement on his face while holding a telegram.

"Haha, this time we will let Chairman Chiang give good propaganda to our Eighth Route Army and our independent division so as to strengthen ourselves. Let Chairman Chiang cry in the end without even knowing who to cry to." After hearing what the Chief of Staff said,

Liu Hua nodded and said happily.

"Yes, this is called a meat bun beating a dog. There is no return." The chief of staff also responded with a smile.

"Well, Chief of Staff, what's the progress of each unit now? Is there anything going on with the little Japs in the surrounding counties?" Liu Hua nodded and got to the point.

"Commander, let's talk about the first and second regiments first! Half an hour ago, the two regiment commanders sent telegrams respectively. They have set up warning positions at various intersections leading to Taiyuan. Now we are seizing the time to use the terrain to

, to build defensive positions. In addition, according to the intelligence sent by party organizations in various places, the counties around us closed their gates tightly after learning that Taiyuan was occupied by us. Only two counties sent a small number of troops.

He left the city, but was eaten by our cavalry regiment. Therefore, apart from facing harassment from enemy aircraft, Taiyuan is safe for the time being." After listening to division commander Liu Hua's question, Chief of Staff Li Qing replied

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"Well, the situation outside the city is already clear? What about the situation inside the city? Especially after the air battle just now, many places were bombed by enemy aircraft." Liu Hua nodded and continued to ask.

"Commander, don't worry about this. All the wounded have been placed in various hospitals in the city and are undergoing treatment. There will definitely not be any chaos." The chief of staff said with certainty.

"Well, that's good. As for the people whose houses were damaged during the battle, the army must compensate them for the cost. In a word, our independent division must leave a better influence on the people of Taiyuan.

, be prepared for our future counterattack on Taiyuan." Liu Hua suggested firmly.

"Yes, teacher..."

"Okay, Chief of Staff, let's go out for a walk together to see if the Third Regiment has any big harvests. Platoon Commander Wang, take me and the Chief of Staff to the Japanese supply warehouse..." Liu Hua nodded and said to

The guard platoon leader at the headquarters entrance ordered.

"Yes, division commander..." Under the leadership of the guard platoon leader and others, a group of dozens of people quickly walked out of the temporary headquarters and walked to the Japanese military supplies warehouse in the east of the city. Along the way, there were people everywhere on the street.

It shows the busy figures of the soldiers and the scenes of ordinary people working in the army in Taiyuan City.

"Chief of Staff, it seems that the enthusiasm of the people in Taiyuan is very high..." Liu Hua sighed as he saw the people stuffing hard-boiled eggs and meat buns into the hands of the soldiers.

"Yes, Commander, Taiyuan City has been occupied for more than a year since the Anti-Japanese War, and the people in Taiyuan City have been slaves to the subjugation for just one year. Can you not be excited to see the Chinese army again today?

"Chief of Staff Li Qing looked at the excited people around him and felt emotional.

"In this case, let's take advantage of it. Chief of Staff, Taiyuan City is also the provincial capital of Shaanxi. There must be a lot of intellectuals and doctors in the city. So, from today on, until we leave too far, you will arrange a large number of

Political cadres, help me recruit soldiers in Taiyuan City. As long as they are innocent and meet the requirements to join our Eighth Route Army, I will accept them all. In addition, arrange some political cadres to go to various hospitals in the city to mobilize doctors and nurses to join our Eighth Route Army.

, there are too few doctors in our independent division field hospital and must be strengthened." Liu Hua ordered with certainty.

"Yes, division commander, I will arrange someone right away..." The chief of staff nodded and began to whisper orders to a staff officer behind him.

In this way, a group of dozens of people walked through several blocks in less than ten minutes and arrived at the enemy's material warehouse, which was heavily guarded by soldiers. At this time, stationed at the door of the material warehouse were soldiers from a platoon of the third regiment.

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"Report to the division commander and chief of staff, the third platoon of the third regiment of the rapid reaction brigade. Platoon leader Zhang Dashan has been ordered to lead the troops and guard the warehouse. Please ask for instructions from the commander." Seeing the division commander and his group, the third platoon leader immediately tidied up his military uniforms.

He led the deputy platoon leader to Liu Hua and answered loudly.

"Well, very good, don't be so nervous. I just came to see what good things are in the warehouse. So, Platoon Leader Zhang, you are ordered to guard the warehouse, so you must be very familiar with the things in the warehouse. Just take me and the Chief of Staff

, visit the enemy's material warehouse and see if there is anything good in the warehouse." Looking at Platoon Leader Zhang Dashan in front of him, Liu Hua nodded and said.

"Yes, Commander..." Platoon Commander Zhang replied with excitement.

"Well, let's go in now. Platoon Commander Wang, take all the people from the guard platoon and guard the door. The chief of staff and I will go in." Liu Hua nodded and faced the guard platoon leader behind him.

commanded.

"Division Commander, Chief of Staff, this warehouse of the Japanese army is very large. Generally speaking, it is divided into three parts. In the warehouse on our left, the main items are uniforms. On the right, there are various weapons. In front of us, there are all kinds of weapons.

The largest warehouse stores all kinds of ammunition. Which warehouse should we enter first?" Walking into the compound, three doors suddenly appeared in the compound. Platoon leader Zhang Dashan quickly introduced.

"There's no need to look at the uniforms. Let's take a look at the weapons first. See how many weapons the little devil has stored in this warehouse and whether there are any treasures..." After listening to the words of the platoon leader Zhang Dashan in front of him, Liu Hua nodded secretly.

, replied.

"Yes, Commander..." As he spoke, Zhang Dashan had already opened the key locked on the door and pushed open the door of the warehouse. As the door opened, various boxes were neatly packed.

It was stacked next to the aisle, and in the innermost part of the aisle, various rifles and heavy machine guns were piled up scatteredly..."

"Come on, Chief of Staff, let's work hard. Open one box of each kind and see what kind of treasure is inside?" Looking at the box as tall as a person in front of him, Liu Hua couldn't help but become interested and looked at the box next to him.

Chief of Staff Li Qing said.

"Okay, I can't wait to know what kind of treasures are in these boxes?" After hearing Liu Hua's words, Chief of Staff Li Qing, who had been eager to try, immediately moved a box, found a bayonet, and started working.

..In less than a few minutes, ten different boxes were all pried open by three people and placed neatly in front of Liu Hua and others.

"Commander, am I not dreaming? These weapons now all belong to our Eighth Route Army?" Looking at the various light and heavy weapons exuding gun oil in front of him, Chief of Staff Li Qing couldn't help exclaiming.

"Of course, these weapons were obtained by the soldiers with their blood and lives. Chief of Staff, please count the number of various firearms immediately. Haha, with these equipment, the equipment of our independent division will definitely be greatly improved."

Liu Hua ordered to the stunned chief of staff beside him.

"Yes, division commander. Platoon Commander Zhang, you are also here to help..."

In less than ten minutes, the chief of staff came to Liu Hua with excitement on his face. From his expression, Liu Hua could be sure that he would gain huge gains this time.

"Division Commander, the statistics have been calculated. I really didn't expect that the little devils would make such a large weapons reserve in order to deal with our independent division..." Looking at the data in his hand, the chief of staff said in disbelief.

"Chief of Staff, don't be surprised. Read it to me quickly so that I can understand." Seeing the excited Chief of Staff, Liu Hua also became anxious.

"Division Commander, in this warehouse, there are about 5,000 brand-new Type 38 rifles, 180 crooked light machine guns, 60 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 240 grenades, and 36 mortars.

, 24 36mm rapid-fire guns. Several boxes of shell guns were also found, totaling 300. There were not many sniper rifles, only 30. Finally, a large number of gas masks were found in the innermost part of the warehouse, with preliminary statistics of more than 10,000.

Set..." Looking at the data list in his hand, the chief of staff reported with a smile.

"Okay, great. This is the equipment of a brigade of the Japanese army. I didn't expect that it would be so cheap for us to be independent. Let's go and take a look at the ammunition stored by the Japanese army and see if there are any surprises..." Liu Hua was excited.

, said loudly, turned around and walked towards the innermost ammunition depot.

"Oh my god, how much ammunition does this have..." Pushing open the door of the warehouse, Chief of Staff Li Qing once again exclaimed when he saw piles of neat ammunition boxes.

"Don't be stunned. Take a look immediately to see what types of ammunition there are and make preliminary statistics." Liu Hua was also frightened when he saw almost a mountain of ammunition in front of him. However, he quickly reacted and picked up the ammunition.

With a bayonet, he began to pry open a bullet box. At the same time, he gave loud orders to the two people behind him who were still in a daze.

"Ah, yes, division commander, we will start counting now..." Seeing the division commander Liu Hua holding the bullet box, the two people immediately reacted from the shock and began to shuttle between the ammunition. Since the ammunition stored in the warehouse

There was so much ammunition that it took more than half an hour for three people to go through the entire ammunition depot.

"Haha, division commander, this is like another Baoding city..." Looking at the data in front of him, he thought of the large number of weapons and ammunition captured by the independent division in Baoding a few months ago. Chief of Staff Li Qing couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Haha, Chief of Staff, the ammunition here is not only more than in Baoding, but also has more types of ammunition. Now our independent division will no longer have to worry about ammunition for at least a year. Especially heavy artillery shells, I am now

I was worried, but I didn't expect the little devil to be delivered to us. I think our logistics director, Director Wang, will be very happy this time." Looking at the data in front of him, Liu Hua also said with certainty.

Yes, because there are more than ten types of ammunition on the list. Basically, the weapons used by independent divisions can be found in this ammunition depot with the same type of ammunition. Including, 6 million rounds of 38-type rifle bullets

, 1 million rounds of 79 bullets and nearly a million rounds of light and heavy machine gun bullets were prepared for the puppet troops in the city. What made Liu Hua most happy was that there were more than 50,000 grenades fired from grenades and nearly 100,000 hand grenades in the ammunition depot.

There are more than 5,000 mines of various types. There are nearly 20,000 rounds of various artillery shells, especially 150mm and 105mm heavy howitzer shells. These ammunition not only fully supplemented the losses in this battle, but also more than doubled.

"Okay... Chief of Staff, starting today, we will organize people to help transport supplies. In addition, send a telegram to the political commissar and ask Wang Daoguang to organize all militiamen, cars, and trucks in the base area to move supplies to Taiyuan. Remember,

The entire warehouse must be evacuated for me in the shortest possible time." After reading the list in his hand, Liu Hua ordered loudly.

"Yes, division commander, I will move all the supplies back to the base area in the shortest possible time. I promise not to leave a bullet for the little devil." The chief of staff replied loudly.

"Okay, Platoon Leader Zhang, you must guard the warehouse. There are still many little Japs remaining in the city. The Japs must not be willing to let so many weapons and ammunition fall into our hands. So, you must do it at any time.

Be prepared for battle to prevent the little devils from sabotaging." Liu Hua nodded and ordered to the platoon leader Zhang Dashan beside him.

"Yes, Commander..." Zhang Dashan promised with excitement on his face.

"Okay, Chief of Staff, let's go to the enemy's grain depot. As the saying goes, food and grass go first before the troops are moved. Food has always been a fatal factor restricting the development of our independent division. I hope this time, in Taiyuan, we can solve it.

Some questions." Zhang Hua nodded, said to the chief of staff behind him, turned and walked outside the ammunition depot.

The final result was no surprise. The full granary once again surprised Liu Hua. Since there were more than 6,000 Japanese and puppet troops in the city, and the three-month combat supplies of the Japanese Fifth Division were all stored here. Therefore,

The various grains in the entire warehouse add up to 4 million kilograms, which is enough for the independent division to eat for half a year. It can be said that food is another huge harvest for the independent division.

Walking out of the granary and looking at the busy figures in the city, Liu Hua was in a very good mood. He no longer had the sadness caused by the excessive casualties of the troops. At this time, the commander of the third regiment, Wang Benqing, and several staff officers,

He walked towards me with a smile on his face.

"Reporting to the Division Commander and Chief of Staff, the Third Regiment raided a total of 159 Japanese shops in Taiyuan City. In addition, they also raided the homes and shops of 12 traitor leaders of the puppet army. Various materials and silver coins were seized.

It can only be described as countless." Seeing the division commander and chief of staff in front of him, Wang Benqing reported quickly.

"Well, let's go back to the headquarters first. When we get to the headquarters, you will give us a detailed report." Seeing the smiling commander Wang Benqing, Liu Hua immediately replied and walked quickly to the temporary headquarters.

After only ten minutes, the group returned to the headquarters. After setting up a certain number of guard posts at the entrance of the headquarters, the three people sat down around a table.

"Captain Wang, you can say it now..." Looking at the empty command post, Liu Hua nodded and said.

"Yes, Commander. We found a large number of silver coins in the homes of 12 traitors, including the Taiyuan police chief, the chamber of commerce president, the mayor, the commander of the puppet army, two regiment leaders... and others appointed by the Japanese army.

and gold. Especially in the house of the president of the chamber of commerce appointed by the little devil, I found a cellar where money was hidden. There was a whole secret room filled with silver coins and gold, which made my eyes dazzled." said the group leader Wang Benqing.

"Well, who else knows about this situation? In addition, have you calculated the approximate number of silver coins?" As for the wealth of the entire Taiyuan, Wang Benqing didn't mention it, but Liu Hua knew that it must be rich. Because before the invasion of China,

It can be said that the entire Shanxi was managed in an orderly manner by Yan Xishan, especially the businessmen in Shanxi, almost all of whom were extremely wealthy.

"Commander, apart from me, only a few soldiers who discovered the secret room know about it. In addition, I made some statistics on the silver coins and gold from several companies. The total is more than 6 million, and there are also at least 300 kilograms of gold and various cultural relics.

, jewelry, countless calligraphy and paintings..." Wang Benqing said excitedly.

"So many...how did you handle these seized finances..." Hearing the amount of finances, even Liu Hua, who was prepared in his heart, couldn't help being surprised. However, Liu Hua quickly

He reacted in shock and asked Wang Benqing.

"Division Commander, Chief of Staff, due to the huge amount of finance, I did not dare to touch it casually. I sealed it all on the spot, sent a large number of soldiers to guard it, and came to report to you." Wang Benqing said.

"Okay, you've done a very good job, so you send people to continue to seal these financial assets. After the enemies in the city are truly eliminated, we will move them to the base area. What do you think, are there any other gains?" After listening to Wang Benqing's arrangement,

, Liu Hua nodded secretly and continued to ask.