Rise From Eight Hundred

Ever since he showed excellent warning ability on the battlefield, ‘Hammer’ has always been the most popular guy in all departments of the Four-Line Regiment.

If we use the legendary group pet to describe him, it really underestimates the image of ‘Hammer’ in the hearts of the soldiers of the Four-Line Regiment.

It is more appropriate to say that he is a comrade-in-arms!

Li Jiujin, who wanted to ‘seduce’ Hammer to his Seventh Company, openly declared that he would promote Hammer’s rank from a second-class soldier to a first-class soldier, which means that Hammer’s usual food treatment will be improved, at least every meal can have meat.

Unfortunately, Hammer likes to eat meat, but compared to the little company commander Lao Bing Youzi, it obviously still prefers to hug the big and thick legs of Tang Dao, the regiment commander, unless Tang Dao issues an order. During normal time, it either stays in the regiment headquarters or wanders around the medical team where Tan Tai Mingyue is.

However, in this war, because of the request of Gu Xishui of the special squadron and the combat needs of the special squadron in the mountains, ‘Hammer’ was sent to the special squadron to be responsible for alerting the special soldiers.

Its hearing and sense of smell far surpassed those of ordinary people, which greatly helped the soldiers of the special squadron.

This time when going to Lucheng for reconnaissance, Heizi naturally did not forget to bring this special partner with him.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese army ran away, and there was no battle to fight. Hammer, who followed the special forces into the city, made a great contribution.

When they entered the mansion of the big traitor, the soldiers were already shocked by the exquisite furniture in the mansion. However, these things looked good, but for the soldiers, they could not be eaten or turned into weapons and equipment, and they were completely useless. After the shock, they were more disappointed.

It is estimated that all the gold, silver and other valuables were swept away by the big traitor who fled in a hurry. In the whole mansion, except for a few hundred kilograms of bacon and flour, there was basically nothing else of much value.

This guy was engaged in the casino and brothel business. Lu Zhongda, who had traveled in the rivers and lakes when he was young, knew how fast this kind of unconventional business made money. After all, he did not give up, and took a few soldiers with guns to search in front and behind the yard.

As a result, when they walked to the back garden, Hammer, who habitually left marks on his territory, suddenly started digging the soil in a flower bed frantically.

How could this guy be so energetic? Lu Zhongda and several soldiers did not take it seriously at first, but as Hammer persisted and did not give up even after digging the pit half a foot deep, they also gathered around and picked up shovels and pickaxes to help Hammer dig the pit.

This situation confused the person in charge of the underground intelligence station of the 683rd Brigade in Lucheng who led them here at the time!

This person is not an ordinary person. He is a staff officer of the former 683rd Brigade. Half a year ago, he was ordered to sneak into the Shangdang area that had not been occupied by the Japanese army and established an underground intelligence network in Changzhi, Lucheng and Licheng.

It can be said that he is the highest person in charge of the underground intelligence organization of the 80th Army in the Shangdang area. He originally had rich military experience. After six months of underground intelligence, especially after the Japanese army occupied the city, he was on the verge of life and death every day. He can be said to be tough.

But a group of elite soldiers accompanied a dog to "go crazy" in the flower bed, which was somewhat beyond his cognition.

What kind of stupid teammates did the chief find? Perhaps at the moment of witnessing this farce, this was the most real inner OS of the 80th Army soldier who had been tested by the war!

Then, a miracle happened!

After digging more than a foot deep, the shovel in Lu Zhongda's hand made a tooth-grinding metal touch sound!

As the soldiers continued to work hard, an iron plate with an area of ​​​​one square meter suddenly appeared. They swung the iron pickaxe and broke the copper lock that locked the iron plate in a few seconds. Everyone dispersed, and Lu Zhongda and another soldier carefully uncovered the iron plate weighing dozens of kilograms.

There was no imagined mechanism, cold arrow or explosion. Under the iron plate, there was a cast iron ladder that went straight to the bottom of the cellar at least three meters deep and still emitting cold air.

It was pitch black inside and nothing could be seen clearly, but the special forces were equipped with Japanese flashlights. Lu Zhongda first turned on the flashlight and shone it downwards.

The first thing that caught his eye was a few people lying face up in the cellar. Blood flowed out from under them and then gathered into a purple-black mass. At the same time, he could smell a strong smell of blood.

Obviously, these people in simple clothes were not of high status, and they would not have died long ago. This should be the main reason why Hammer could discover the secret underground. Without this smell of blood, no one would know that there would be a cellar under the one-foot-deep soil.

Shine the flashlight into the cellar, and there are more than twenty cloth bags in a mess. At a glance, they have nothing to do with gold and silver. Inner part is covered with oilcloth, and there are round and dark things underneath.

People in Shanxi Province like wine and vinegar. These should be some white wine and aged vinegar. Lu Zhongda, who was originally looking forward to the discovery of this secret cellar, was a little disappointed.

But as he and the underground intelligence chief of the 683rd Brigade entered the cellar one after another to check, Lu Zhongda's eyes were still on the twenty or so bags full of opium and tobacco leaves. He was still thinking that these were all high-quality tobacco leaves that could be rolled into at least tens of thousands of cigarettes, which was a good harvest. At this time, the veteran on the intelligence front, who was over 30 years old and looked calm, lifted the oilcloth and began to twitch violently at the corners of his eyes and mouth as if he had an epileptic seizure.

"Brother Lu..." The voice of the veteran on the intelligence front shouting was very erratic in the somewhat cold cellar.

If Lu Zhongda had not been brave enough, he would have been scared by this person in such a dark environment.

"What happened?" Lu Zhongda subconsciously flicked the flashlight over there.

Tong Kong shrank suddenly!

It wasn't because I was frightened by some scary thing, but because I was dodgeed.

In the deepest part of the cellar, there were two neat rows of round barrels, but they were definitely not wooden barrels, but made of metal, flashing with a dizzying luster in the white light illuminated by the flashlight.

"What is this?" Lu Zhongda was stunned for a moment and then swallowed!

"What do you think!" The expression on the face of the veteran on the intelligence front looked like he was laughing or crying, "It won't be gold anyway!"

Of course it can't be gold. There are about twenty of them in these two rows. Visually, each weighs at least a hundred kilograms. If they were all gold, they would weigh at least more than 2,000 kilograms. Except for the Japanese who just rely on robbing, who can? So much money?

But is it possible for someone to put so much effort into building such a secret cellar and storing twenty large iron lumps?

"It's silver!" The two of them were both veterans. They came forward to take a closer look, then took a look and looked at each other in surprise.

"Silver winter melon!"

They spoke almost at the same time, but they were different, except for the core word!

They all call it snowflake silver. In fact, silver is very easy to oxidize. If it is not treated specially, it will become a little dark after being exposed to the air for a long time. But no matter how dark it is, it is still silver. As long as you are not blind, you can see it.

Yes, these twenty round lumps are all made of silver, commonly known as silver winter melons. They are a favorite method of hiding wealth among some rural landowners.

They don't trust any paper money, not even the most popular silver currency. They only trust hard currency like 'gold and silver'. If they want to save money, they exchange the currency for gold bars and silver and store it.

The value of silver is cheaper than gold, so the quantity is naturally greater. This is how silver lumps weighing hundreds of kilograms each are made.

There are no less than 2,000 kilograms of silver stored here, which demonstrates the wealth of this traitor. But to the joy of the two Chinese soldiers, this batch of silver has become military assets from this moment on.

Coupled with the dozens of bags of fine tobacco leaves placed outside, the harvest was simply lost. As for that batch of tobacco, it was prohibited and no one was allowed to use it within the Four Lines Group. However, the medical team said it was good. The painkillers can be used for temporary rescue of seriously injured people, but they are not completely useless.

From this, the cause of death of the deceased was also very clear. When preparing to flee, the traitor was reluctant to part with the tobacco leaves and soil he had stored, and ordered several servants to transfer them to the cellar. However, because the cellar was originally filled with There was a large amount of silver stored in the cellar, even if it was covered with oilcloth. He was afraid that these servants would leak the news, so he simply killed people in the cellar and silenced them. In this way, no one but himself knew the secret of the cellar, even if the Chinese army entered The city burned his mansion to ashes, but he could still make a comeback with this lot of silver.

This thoughtful traitor may have never imagined that the Chinese army has an outstanding soldier with a sense of smell fifty times that of ordinary people, and his silence has become a clue to expose the secret cellar!

Every drink and every peck is cause and effect! From this moment on, the ten years of struggle of this traitor all came to nothing.

That's not all. As the saying goes, more than 2,000 kilograms of silver were exchanged for cash in oceans, which is tens of thousands of silver oceans. Now they all became assets for the enemy. If the Japanese find out, I'm afraid he really won't be able to eat and walk around. It would be a shame to support him so much if he doesn't light up the sky lanterns.

However, Lu Zhongda, who was so happy that he personally ordered a piece of fat bacon to be prepared for Hammer, was still not the first among all the search teams to capture this time.

The most arrogant one is the combination of being brainless and unhappy.

The uncle and nephew went to an inconspicuous place. It was said that a repair station affiliated with the 108th Division headquarters was stationed there.

The so-called armory is just a department that repairs damaged weapons and equipment. Not only does this kind of department exist in the Japanese Army, it also exists in the Chinese Army.

In the era of thermal weapons, firearms and artillery are all mechanical with gunpowder added. Not counting those damaged by explosions or man-made external forces, malfunctions caused by natural factors such as temperature, humidity, and heat during use are common occurrences. Son.

Neither the Chinese nor the Japanese armies have the luxury of replacing damaged weapons with new ones. Damaged weapons are basically repaired before use.

Not to mention wealthy players like the Northeast Army and the Central Army, as well as the 80th Army and the Sichuan Army, which are extremely poor, the armory institute, which can give weapons and equipment a second life, is simply a must-have military branch!

In the future, the predecessor of the No. 1 Arsenal in North China, which eventually developed into a total of 580,000 grenades, 2,500 mortars, more than 260,000 artillery shells and more than 10,000 "August 1 Horse Rifles" in 6 years, was the Eighty Group Army Armory.

From the perspective of the unhappy and brainless combination, a repair shop is nothing more than some broken guns and cannon parts, and the Japanese are not stupid. They will throw them away even if they don't take them with them when they run away. Leave useful gadgets to your opponents.

It is the most normal mentality for the two of them to think this way, but they did not consider one thing. The technical soldiers of the repair shop have never been on the front line. There are tens of thousands of Chinese troops watching from a few kilometers away. The division has always been famous for its ferocity. Your Excellency, the regiment commander, has given up on the relatively strong city defense system, and ordered all units of the division to assemble and evacuate to Changzhi with necessary supplies within 10 minutes. There is no need to panic.

So, when Unhappy and No-headed brought five cavalry company soldiers to try their luck with the mentality of "I don't mind picking up wheat", they didn't expect to really hit the jackpot.

The rooms in the arsenal were in a mess, showing the panic of the Japanese army's retreat. There were still dozens of rifles and machine guns without bolts, triggers, and firing pins left in the warehouse. These "broken guns" had to be repaired before they could be used. For the soldiers of the Four-line Regiment who were already accustomed to the post-war bumper harvest, at most they could be regarded as picking up some broken wheat, which was better than nothing.

But the Japanese army's repair shop, which covered an acre of land and consisted of four courtyards, actually had a "factory" built with wood and rain cloth. The soldiers who broke in were all stunned.

There were no guns or cannons inside, but there were neatly arranged mechanical equipment.

The seven soldiers present were all front-line soldiers who went to the battlefield to kill the enemy. They were all from rural areas and their highest education was only a dropout from school. These mechanical equipment recognized them, but they couldn't figure out what these mechanical equipment were.

But this does not mean that they do not know the importance of mechanical equipment.

Teacher Xiao He, who has been recognized by the whole regiment, has come to the regiment many times and asked Tang Tuanzuo to help her find mechanical equipment and materials that can be used to process parts. Otherwise, no matter how tempting the two murder weapons that Tang Tuanzuo carries with him are, the officers and soldiers of the whole regiment can't think of using them as standard weapons and equipment.

Tang Tuanzuo is not a god, and he can't turn these precious things into gold and silver. He called the main officers of the battalions and companies to hold meetings several times and asked everyone to brainstorm and see if they can meet Teacher Xiao He's request.

The battalion and company commanders are good at fighting, but they are basically just warriors. What can they do to solve the problems that Tang Tuanzuo can't solve? What can they do?

But the commander of the regiment has spoken, and the commanders of the battalions and companies still keep it in mind, especially the second-in-command of the special squadron, Deputy Captain Gu Xishui, who also held a special meeting to let everyone pay attention to mechanical equipment when they are on a mission, and report it if they can get it back.

As long as it is brought back, the reporter will do a great deed!

"Pa!" Unhappy slapped the headless shoulder hard.

"Nephew, are these the equipment that Teacher Xiao He wants?" Unhappy's tone changed.

"It's equipment, not equipment!" No-head rolled his eyes at his uncle who always had a cold face. Look at your ambition, you have even lost the label of cold face.

Besides, I am your eldest nephew, not a Japanese, there is no need to use a knife!

"They are all equipment, as long as they are not Liu Bei, hurry up, why are you standing there, count how many there are, this is our military merit! It's more than killing a dozen Japanese devils by Bi Liang." Unhappy made a rare joke, and his old face almost smiled into a chrysanthemum.

"Really? Uncle Luo, don't lie!" A young cavalryman had only joined the Four Lines Regiment for two months and had no idea about this. He glanced at these iron guys and his eyes were full of doubt.

"Let me tell you, silly boy, just these equipment, as long as there is enough copper and iron, you can change the equipment of your cavalry company once a month. Do you think this is a great military merit?" Unhappy couldn't help but start to talk nonsense.

He didn't know that Xia Jiba had really predicted it. Afterwards, the most knowledgeable teacher Xiao He confirmed that she had given her enough materials. With the equipment in front of her, she could replace the equipment of an infantry company within a month. That was more than 100 long and short guns, and the production of 9 light machine guns and 9 grenade launchers.

If this production volume is compared with that of a regular military factory, this production capacity is naturally nothing, but compared with the previous iron forging with some simple pliers, hammers, and earthen stoves, it is completely taking off on the spot. If you have to make a comparison, it is like a primitive man carrying a big tree branch against an armored cavalry armed to the teeth, and the combat effectiveness is several orders of magnitude worse.

The 7 soldiers present didn't know that from this moment on, the military factory that the Four-Line Group had been planning had a real foundation.

Afterwards, statistics showed that there were 22 machines seized from the Japanese repair shop, including a 10-kilowatt diesel DC generator, various machine tools such as turning, planing, drilling, punching, cutting, milling, and even a steam engine and a steelmaking boiler. With this strength, it is much stronger than the arsenal that the 80th Army Group has been working hard to build.

If you want to say that an army division repair shop is so awesome, it must be that Xia Xiongyuan has too many little tricks.

Since the Japanese army captured Yuancheng, the capital of Shanxi Province, the super arsenal of the old man in Shanxi, which ranks among the top three in China, has become the possession of the Japanese army. There are hundreds of machine tools of various types, and millions of pounds of raw materials are piled up like mountains. The Japanese were very happy at the time.

However, if the massive amount of captured materials were to be transported to the neighboring Hebei Province, they had to use the railway. Unfortunately, the old man from Shanxi Province was also a man with many thoughts. In order to prevent his territory from being "legally" occupied by someone, all the railway tracks in Shanxi Province were narrow gauge. The Japanese army had to transfer the materials at the railway stations in Niangziguan and Jingxing, which reduced the efficiency. The materials were not transported until February after the Chinese New Year.

Xia Xiongyuan, a greedy man, not only looked at the Chinese soldiers and civilians, but also paid attention to his own military department. Money is something that can't be more, the better? In order to intercept more military funds, he started to think about these machine tools. The damaged weapons can be repaired naturally after having these equipment, and they can also report the damage normally so that the military department can allocate funds. After all, the extra money will fall into the pocket of him, the commander of the division, right?

Anyway, the equipment was all looted from the Yuancheng Arsenal, and the amount reported was decided by someone else. If he slightly exaggerated the amount, he, as the Lieutenant General Division Commander, would still have the face.

Who would have thought that the money he got from his own Imperial Army was only a few cents, and the various mechanical equipment he got at risk became the enemy's goods. When Xia Xiongyuan reported the war damage, he could not mention these precious things at all.

In other words, the Four-Line Regiment quietly looted a small "arsenal" that could produce more than a dozen rifles a day, and the Japanese North China Front Army had no idea about it. Otherwise, it might have mobilized a large army to Taihang Mountain to encircle and suppress the potentially threatening troops of the Four-Line Regiment.

At this time, quiet development is the kingly way. Xia Xiongyuan, who covered up this "evil deed" for the Four-Line Regiment, was praised as the first "Old Six" in the Japanese Army during the Anti-Japanese War in the future!

Tang Dao issued an order, and the Brainless and Unhappy and 5 cavalrymen were all awarded "Second Class War Merit"!

But Shen Laoliu, who was guarding more than 700,000 kilograms of food and waiting for the arrival of the large army, and Lu Zhongda, who worked hard to hang 2,000 kilograms of silver, were envious.

In the end, they were only worthy of "third-class military merit"!

This is the legendary fate!

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