Two days later, Li Jin and the others came to a county town.
"Batalion Commander, Yuanning County is ahead." Tian Xiaoqi said in the woods.
"Well, you guys look at the guns here and don't move around. Xiaoqi, follow me into the city to have a look." Li Jin nodded and asked the soldiers to wait in the woods.
If their group entered the city together, they would look a little conspicuous.
"Yes!" Everyone nodded.
"Do you have anything you want to eat?!" Li Jin asked.
"Battal Commander, I want a roast chicken!"
"I want a candied date."
"I want a sesame cake!"
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Everyone said that they all wanted to buy food.
"I want a girl." At this time, a soldier suddenly said this.
"You want a bitch!" Li Jin said angrily.
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.
"Then I also want a roast chicken." The soldier also smiled, saying this just to liven up the atmosphere.
"Are you sure that's all?! Don't you have anything else to buy?!" Li Jin asked.
"No more." Everyone shook their heads. They didn't lack clothes and shoes, let alone food. They had a lot of fish and meat every day, and now they just wanted to have some snacks to eat. addiction.
"Wait a minute, the battalion commander will buy us some shredded tobacco." A soldier said, they had smoked all the cigarettes they seized, and now they are all smoking shredded tobacco.
"That's it." Li Jin took Tian Xiaoqi to Yuanning County, not far away.
On the road, I also met many people going to the county town for the market, and some were vendors carrying goods to sell in the county town.
"Brother, there are more than half the Japs in this county than before. Now they are basically puppet troops guarding the city gate." Tian Xiaoqi said to Li Jin.
In the past, when there were many Japs in the city, people were cautious when entering the city. Now that there are fewer Japs, they feel more at ease and more people are entering the city.
"We have changed a lot of things invisibly." Li Jin smiled. He killed more Japanese and made the people in the occupied county feel better.
It is a pity that although they have the ability to capture the county seat, they do not have the ability to defend the city.
Even if it is defeated, the Japanese will send troops to snatch it away later. Moreover, the Japanese may even retaliate against the people, so it is not time to take back the county seat.
But this day, Li Jin felt that it was not too far away.
Soon, the two of them lined up at the gate of the county town.
Many puppet troops symbolically checked the people passing by at the door. When they encountered people carrying goods, they extorted something from the people before letting them into the city.
When other people saw this, no one came out to say anything, because compared with before, these puppet soldiers are better now.few.
Li Jin didn't stand up and meddle in other people's business. As long as these puppet troops didn't attack the people, it would be fine.
Since Li Jin and Tian Xiaoqi were empty-handed, the puppet soldiers who inspected them did not even look at them and let them enter the city directly.
After entering the city, the noise was immediately heard. There were many vendors setting up stalls on the street, and the people coming and going were much busier than before.
Most of the people patrolling the streets have become puppet soldiers, and occasionally a small group of Japanese soldiers can be seen patrolling.
"Brother, let's go eat Liangpi." Tian Xiaoqi saw a small shop selling Liangpi not far away, and her mouth watered with greed.
"Yes." Li Jin nodded, then came to the vendor, ordered two portions of cold skin, and found a seat to sit down.
"Your Liangpi is here, please use it slowly." The boss quickly brought up two portions of Liangpi.
"Boss, this city is much more prosperous than before." Li Jin casually chatted with the vendors.
“Yes, there were too many Japs before. From time to time, people would be killed by the Japs in the street, which made many people afraid to enter the city.
It’s better now. There are a lot less Japanese. They all hide in the military camps and rarely come out.
As a result, more people will enter the city, which will make it more prosperous.
But It's still worse than before." The vendor said a lot in one breath, and became emotional afterward, and even sat next to Li Jin.
The stall owner still misses the time before the Japs came. Although his life was not particularly good, it was much better than now. At least, he did not have to worry about his life at any time when entering the city.
"Then what's going on?!" Li Jin asked knowingly.
“Don’t you know?!” the vendor asked doubtfully.
"I haven't left the village for a long time, so I don't know some things." Li Jin explained.
"You came out of the mountains, right?!" The vendor didn't doubt it either.
"Well, can you tell me what's going on?" Li Jin nodded.
"I tell you, not only are there fewer Japs in our county, but also in other counties. This is all because the Jinsui Army fought a battle with the Japs not long ago. I heard that 50,000 or 60,000 Japs were annihilated. ,
That’s 50,000 to 60,000 Japanese soldiers. It is said that there were corpses everywhere on the battlefield, rivers of blood, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were piled up in mountains!" The stall owner took a look and found that there were no Japanese or puppets! Jun, whispered to Li Jin.
"Boss, 50,000 or 60,000 Japanese soldiers, is that an exaggeration?" Tian Xiaoqi couldn't help but retort. Didn't he remember that he killed more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers? How could this be spread? It came out to fifty or sixty thousand.
If they kill 50,000 or 60,000 Japs, they can take back some of the remote counties occupied by the Japs. After all, there are only a few hundred thousand people here on the Japs side. Fifty or sixty thousand people died, so the Japanese were helpless.
"ThenOf course it's true. Didn't you see that the number of Japs in our county has dropped by 60 to 70%? Basically, those Japs can't come back, let alone other counties. There are 50,000 or 60,000 Japs in total, which is not normal! "The stall owner defended himself.
He believed that the Japanese had killed fifty or sixty thousand Japanese.
"Then the Jinsui Army fought a very powerful battle. "Li Jin didn't refute, and just followed the street vendor boss.
"No, since the Japanese came, the Jinsui Army has lost one city after another, and Jinsui Army has not heard from them. What kind of big battle are the army and the Japanese fighting?
I didn’t expect that they did it silently and made a huge impact as soon as they took action. It’s really amazing! "The tone of the stall owner was filled with admiration.
Think about their Yuanning County. Before the Japs came, the defenders abandoned the city and ran away without firing a single shot, making it easy for the Japs. They occupied the county seat.
“That’s because you don’t know the truth. If you knew it, you wouldn’t say that. "Tian Xiaoqi replied, although the Jinsui Army contributed, the greatest contribution was from their special operations battalion, for which dozens of soldiers were sacrificed.
"Then you know? ! "The vendor asked when he saw it.
"Um...I, I don't know, but I just don't think it's that simple. "Tian Xiaoqi was stunned, he couldn't say it.
"That's it. "The stall owner said.
"Boss, you are good at making cool skin. Is it an ancestral craft? ! "Li Jin changed the subject appropriately.
"Young man has a sharp eye. My Liangpi has been passed down for a thousand years, ah no, for more than two thousand years, even the emperor of the Han Dynasty had eaten it! "The stall owner couldn't help but boast.
"No wonder it's so delicious. "Li Jin didn't expose it and said very cooperatively.
"Young man, seeing that you came out of the mountains, I'll charge you two cents for these two bowls of cold skin. "The stall owner also gave the two of them a discount on their cold skins.
"No, no, no, it's the same, you have to pay as much as you should. "Li Jin shook his head and glanced at Tian Xiaoqi. He had already finished eating the cold skin.
Li Jin took five cents from his pocket and gave it to the stall owner.
The boss also I quickly gave Li Jin two cents.
“Come back next time. "The stall owner smiled.
"Okay, I will definitely come. "Li Jin responded and left with Tian Xiaoqi.
"Brother, I'm not full yet. Are you looking for something to eat later? ! "Tian Xiaoqi said as he walked, the cold skin bought by the vendor was quite large, but he had a big appetite and was not full at all.
"Okay, I will take you to a restaurant later. "Li Jin was not full either.
Then the two of them walked around Yuanning County, and then ate in a restaurant.
The two of them sat by the window , there are people coming and going on the street, and the flow of people is barely acceptable.
“Brother, you can eat too. "Tian Xiaoqi is eating nonsense. To be honest, the food in this restaurant is delicious.Tao can only say that it was so-so, not as good as the food in the military camp.
However, it would be nice if they could eat it now.
Li Jin also joined in the cooking battle, and a table full of food was quickly eaten by the two of them.
After paying the money, Li Jin and Tian Xiaoqi left.
"This damn restaurant is so dark. I only ate a few pieces of meat, but I actually asked for a piece of meat." After Tian Xiaoqi walked out of the restaurant, she still disliked the expensive food.
"After all, it is normal to sell it more expensive outside. After all, people have to support waiters and cooks, and they also have to make money. You can't work in vain, right?!" Li Jin thought the price was okay.
"That's right." After hearing this, Tian Xiaoqi felt that it was okay.
"Brother, what do you think about me opening a restaurant in the future?!" Tian Xiaoqi asked. After the Japanese were driven away and there was no need to fight anymore, he also wanted to open a restaurant.
"Okay, when you open the business, remember to ask me to come over and cut the ribbon." Li Jin smiled after hearing this.
"That's for sure. I'll call you here first, just because I'm afraid that when you become a high official, you won't remember me as a little soldier." Tian Xiaoqi is sure that their battalion commander will definitely be the next one. Can be a high official.
"No, as long as you send someone to notify me, no matter where you open the restaurant, I will come. Of course, you have to call some time in advance, otherwise, if you are far away, I won't be able to make it. "Li Jin is not the kind of cold and heartless person.
"Okay, I will call Deputy Battalion Commander Xu, the company commander and the platoon commander when the time comes!" Tian Xiaoqi was smiling and happy.
"Well, okay, if you run out of money to open a restaurant, just ask me to borrow it, and treat me as a shareholder." Li Jin nodded, the corners of his mouth raised.
“No problem!”
“Brother, how many cooks do you think I can recruit by then?! Will ten or eight be enough?!”
"If the business is booming, the guy won't be able to hire a hundred or eighty people..."
Tian Xiaoqi talked about the future scale of the restaurant, and he had a good imagination.
Li Jin also listened quietly, chiming in a few words from time to time so as not to let Tian Xiaoqi speak alone.
Not long after, Li Jin asked someone about the place where he could buy shredded tobacco.
That small workshop not only sells cut tobacco, but also cigarettes.
Li Jin bought two kilograms of cut tobacco and a small suitcase of cigarettes.
"Brother, is it enough to buy so much?!" Tian Xiaoqi asked, they have a group of people in the camp, so this few cigarettes are not enough.
"I'll buy it when I get back." Li Jin said.
"Okay." Tian Xiaoqi nodded.
Although the cigarette taste is a bit bland, it is still very good.
The tobacco was smoked so hard that they would not have chosen to smoke it if they had not had cigarettes to smoke.
Afterwards, Li Jin and Tian Xiaoqi bought the roast chicken, candied dates, sesame cakes, etc. that the soldiers wanted to eat and left.
They carried large and small bags out of the city, which attracted the attention of the puppet troops defending the city, and Li Jin alsoHe simply stuffed a piece of ocean into the puppet soldiers, gave them two packs of cigarettes, and walked out of the city gate easily.
"Damn, this bitch actually dares to blackmail us. When we call back later, we have to make him spit out the money." After Tian Xiaoqi was far away, he cursed.
Ten minutes later, Li Jin met the soldiers. He divided the things that each soldier wanted to buy, and then gave each of them two packs of cigarettes, some shredded tobacco, and this time, a small suitcase. There are only half a box of cigarettes left.
"Batalion Commander, you eat chicken legs!" A soldier handed a chicken drumstick to Li Jin.
The other soldiers also gave Li Jin something to eat, letting Li Jin eat until he was full, and then gave the uneaten food to Tian Xiaoqi.
After everyone had eaten and drank enough, they continued on their way.
When they go back and pass by the county town, Li Jin will go into the city to see the situation.
I have to say that after there are fewer Japs in the city, the people in the city are doing well.
Those puppet soldiers who used to like to prey on the common people did not dare to act recklessly.
Because they have all heard that in the two counties that were previously captured by the Jinsui Army, all the puppet soldiers who oppressed the people were basically shot.
After receiving this news, the puppet soldiers were trembling with fear and did not dare to bully the people again. The unreasonable charging rules previously set were also temporarily banned.
In this way, Li Jin and the others eliminated most of the Japs, which can also be said to have made the lives of those people better in disguise.
"Battal Commander, I never thought that killing so many Japanese would trigger a chain reaction. Those people are now living quite well." Tian Xiaoqi sighed with emotion.
I thought they were just severely weakening the Japanese, but I didn’t expect that they could actually make the people’s lives easier.
After those puppet soldiers did not dare to bully the people, the people's life became less difficult.
"Well, so in the future, we will have to kill some more Japanese. It is best to drive them out so that the people can live a better life." Li Jin nodded.
On the seventh day of their journey, Li Jin and the others were still about thirty miles away from the new group.
"Xiao Qi, go and send a telegram to the regiment leader, saying that we will arrive at the new regiment around three o'clock in the afternoon." Li Jin also asked Tian Xiaoqi to send a telegram to Li Yunlong.
"Yes!" Tian Xiaoqi turned around and used the radio to send a telegram to Li Yunlong.
“Speaking of it, I haven’t been to Xinyi Tuan for half a year.” Tian Xiaoqi felt a little emotional after sending the telegram. He had not been back since Xinyi Tuan went to Taiyuan, which made him sad. He almost forgot the way back. The transcoding has been serious recently, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you