Resistance against Japan: Starting with the local militia

Chapter 227 Material Transfer

At this moment, in the county town, Bi Hou Shoucai, along with the local militia and the Independent Regiment, were working to move the Japanese supplies out of the town.

"Director Bi, at this rate, we can't move all the weapons and ammunition out," Zhao Xiaogang said to Bi Shoucai.

"That's the problem, but everyone is already desperately moving supplies. We didn't expect the Japanese to have so many supplies," Bi Shouchai said, looking at the mountain of supplies still piled up in front of him.

"We can't just burn all these supplies, can we? That would be such a waste!" Bi Shoucai said with some regret.

"Director Bi, this is what I'm thinking. Why don't we mobilize the people and hire them to transport these military supplies for us, using grain as payment?"

"Political Commissar Zhao, that's fine, but how do we keep it confidential? The storage location for this batch of military supplies is different from the place where this batch of grain is stored."

"What if there are spies among the civilians who expose our weapons and ammunition storage location to the Japanese? That would be a real problem. After all, it's only a temporary storage point. Once the Japanese retreat from Wolong Mountain, they'll need to transfer the weapons and ammunition to our Wolong Mountain," Bi Shoucai said cautiously.

“Director Bi is right. I’ve also considered that. That’s what I plan to do. We’ll ask the local people to help transport these military supplies, but we’ll require them to stay at our designated location after they’ve finished transporting the supplies. They won’t be allowed to go back until we’ve moved the supplies away.”

"This way, we can increase our transportation personnel while preventing spies from infiltrating and exposing our location."

"Director Bi, what do you think of this?" Zhao Xiaogang asked.

“The method is good, but there’s a problem,” Bi Shoucai asked.

"what is the problem?"

“If that’s the case, I’m worried that the people won’t be willing to help us, since we’ll have to lock them up for a while.”

"Director Bi doesn't need to worry about that. With the name of our Eighth Route Army as our guarantee, the people still trust us."

"Besides, we have grain now. As the saying goes, 'A generous reward will surely bring forth brave men.' If we give them more grain, the people will definitely be willing to help," Zhao Xiaogang explained.

"Since Political Commissar Zhao is so confident, let's do it his way."

At this point, Bi Shoucai had no better options. The number of troops was limited, and everyone was doing their utmost to transfer supplies.

Based on the telegram sent by the regimental headquarters, Bi Shoucai could guess the difficulties faced by the blocking troops. At this point, Bi Shoucai could only trust Political Commissar Zhao's method.

"Director Bi, we need your reconnaissance battalion's assistance with something else," Zhao Xiaogang said.

"What's wrong? I'll go find Niu Dali for help."

"In case there are spies among the civilians, I'm afraid they might leave marks on the road. In that case, I'll trouble the reconnaissance battalion to send a special unit to do a good job of concealment."

"Political Commissar Zhao is very thoughtful. I'll leave this matter to you. I'll have Niu Dali send troops to handle it."

"Political Commissar Zhao, the most urgent task now is to immediately mobilize the people to help us transport the Japanese military supplies. We can't let this great opportunity go to waste."

"Okay, leave it all to me." After saying that, Zhao Xiaogang hurriedly left to get to work.

Just as Zhao Xiaogang had said, he used the name of the Eighth Route Army and high grain rewards as conditions, and a large number of ordinary people joined the work of transporting military supplies.

In a short time, the speed of transporting Japanese military supplies increased significantly.