The situation in Wuxi is far beyond Meng Shaoyuan's imagination.

Especially here in the lower reservoir, it is simply a "paradise".

You can't see the Japanese, and you can't see the traitors.

Eat and drink at the chief's house, and the chief is on guard outside.

And the two policemen from the police station simply set up a small table and chair at the intersection to drink.

This is the only way to get into the reservoir, and as soon as the Japanese appear, they will find out as soon as they appear.

The members of the fifth detachment were divided into two groups, one group stood guard and the other group ate.

The detachment commanded by Wei Yunzhe was called the "Leopard Detachment".

This is also a feature of Meng Shaoyuan's armed forces.

Zhu Yanni's "Swallow" detachment and Wei Yunzhe's "Leopard" detachment are all like this.

"Director Meng, in fact, you don't need it." Wei Yunzhe accompanied Meng Shaoyuan to drink a few glasses of wine: "Before you arrived, I received an order to hold a meeting in Shanghai on March 8, and all squadron leaders and above who can withdraw will go." But that's fine, I can accompany you back to Shanghai this time. ”

Meng Shaoyuan really knew that he was going to hold a meeting in Shanghai.

Drink Wuxi's special Yuqi rice wine.

This kind of rice wine is a special way to drink, in which ginger shreds, sweet and sour dried fruits are added, and then heated and drunk. The entrance is very delicious, but if you drink too much, it is not easy to wake up.

Some northern men can drink more than a pound of white, but when they drink this kind of wine, they will get drunk after two or three bowls.

"Well, let's go back together then." Meng Shaoyuan put down the wine cup: "Report the situation." ”

Wei Yunzhe's detachment, which has developed to this day, has 538 combat troops, which can be regarded as a very elite force of resistance forces behind enemy lines in the Suzhou-Xichang area.

He was born in the military, adhering to the mentality of preferring shortage to abundance, so the selection of team members is very strict, and those who do not meet his conditions are incorporated into the reserve force.

In peacetime, it is a farmer, and once there is a major military operation, it can be called at any time.

The Leopard detachment can basically be regarded as a paramilitary force.

In the Suzhou-Xichang area, the armed forces were not only the Leopard detachment, but also Wang Jingzhong's Taihu guerrillas, miscellaneous guerrillas under the command of other departments, civilian resistance forces, and the Fourth Route Army (new).

In the end, there were twenty or thirty armed forces, and the total number of people was at least about forty or fifty thousand according to Wei Yunzhe's estimate. This has not yet been specifically counted for the men and horses of the Fourth Route Army.

The Fourth Route Army has a number, which is considered a regular army, and there is no way to count it into the guerrillas.

In terms of numbers alone, a team of more than 500 people is not worth mentioning. However, when it comes to being well-armed, rigorously trained, well paid, and combat-effective, none of them can be compared with the Leopard detachment.

"Why are there so many?" Meng Shaoyuan frowned.

There are a lot of people, sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing, and there will definitely be a lot of mixed rice mixed in to eat, thinking of profit, or even sent by the Japanese to sabotage.

"That's a lot?" Wei Yunzhe took a sip of wine: "I haven't counted the 'X Crossing Dao', in Wuxi alone, there are more than 30,000 disciples of the X Crossing Road, and the Japanese are trying to win them over." Since the defeat of the Songhu War of Resistance, the above ordered to carry out guerrilla operations behind enemy lines, and everything has come from there. The Ministry of Finance has its own partisan units, and the Ministry of Transport has its own partisan units. Even the Ministry of Education has an 'Educational Guerrilla Corps' in Changzhou, and I heard that the captain was a principal before.

Before the Chinese New Year, their chief captain asked me to go to see the troops and discuss whether there was any possibility of cooperation. If you really want to fight with the Japanese, what will you fight? The pen in their hand? Or stoning the Japanese with books? Isn't this nonsense? ”

Meng Shaoyuan kept his heart: "Student? ”

"Boss, I knew you had to be tempted." Wei Yunzhe couldn't help but smile: "So, I had a perfunctory conversation with the other party, and when I was leaving, I took a submachine gun, ten rifles, and a batch of bullets and exchanged a few students with them." ”

"How many?"

Wei Yunzhe stretched out his face.

"Five?"

"Boss, you underestimate me too much, do you? What can we do at a loss? ”

"Fifty?"

"Isn't it fifty!"

"Hey, Wei Yunzhe, you kid can do this deal." Meng Shaoyuan shouted and raised the wine cup: "This business, make a lot of money, make a lot of money, I respect you, I respect you!" ”

Wei Yunzhe smiled and drank a cup: "These fifty students, I brought them back like a baby, during the day, take them to train together, and at night, let them call our team members cultural knowledge." Not to mention, these students know a lot, not to mention the Chinese language, what mathematics, physics, chemistry, and how many ...... Small table...... What's going on? ”

"Geometry."

"Yes, yes, geometry." Wei Yunzhe hurriedly said: "What's even more powerful is that many of them speak foreign languages well like you. I asked them to find a simple lesson to teach the players, maybe it will come in handy in the future. Boss, I'll tell you the truth, but as long as I'm free, I'll go and study. ”

"Okay, okay." Meng Shaoyuan was full of praise: "This is the best news I heard today. These students are not treasures, but treasures, priceless treasures. They're cultured, they're young, they're hot-blooded, and you're going to have to take a good look at them. ”

"Don't worry." Wei Yunzhe nodded and said, "I won't let these students go to war unless it is absolutely necessary." As for the other guerrillas, they are all miscellaneous cards, and I basically don't associate with them. The people of the Fourth Route Army have sent people to look for me a few times, and their attitude is very polite, but I think they are from there, and they don't dare to be too close.

But there is something I have to report to you, once, one of their political commissars in Wuxi had malaria, there was no special medicine, and asked me for help, I thought, everyone is anti-Japanese, not only gave them medicine, but also funded them a batch of ammunition by the way. Boss, this thing is not a violation of family law, right? ”

"No, no." Meng Shao couldn't help but lower his voice: "But this thing has to be done quietly, the fewer people who know, the better, you have a clear conscience, but some villains may not think so." ”

"Understood."

"Where is Wang Jingzhong?"

"Ouch, this kid is beautiful now." As soon as he mentioned Wang Jingzhong, Wei Yunzhe laughed: "Wang Jingzhong, the commander-in-chief of the Taihu Guerrilla Brigade, who doesn't know him now?" "The boat passed by Taihu Lake, first ask the prince if he is willing". It's upset to make this kid unhappy, he dares to rob any ship. During the Chinese New Year, good guy, he sent someone to bring me three ships of New Year's goods. ”

Meng Shaoyuan has long known that Wang Jingzhong is the future "King of Taihu Lake", with unlimited scenery and good luck, according to what he read before, he is a person with his own "protagonist halo".

You think, the Japanese ships have to pay him protection money, how domineering is this?

"Once, he hijacked a grain ship of the Japanese, and the Japanese were anxious to sweep the Taihu Lake, what about him? Let the main force hide in Taihu Lake, bring a few people with him, swagger into Wuxi City, full of wine and food, let people bring pen and ink, and write a few crooked words in the hotel. Guess what that is? 'Wang Jingzhong is here for a visit'! ”

Meng Shaoyuan laughed when he heard this.

This kid did a great job.

And that's not all, the Japanese fleet swept around the Taihu Lake, and the Taihu guerrillas did not see a single shadow, and they never expected that when they withdrew their troops, they were attacked by the guerrillas again, killing one and wounding two.

The Japanese army in Wuxi did not have many troops, and the surface forces were even weaker, so the idea of exterminating the guerrillas was put on hold for the time being.

The question is, what should I do if the safety of the Japanese ship is guaranteed? Some Japanese businessmen, especially the trading companies that were responsible for raising food for the army, could only send people to quietly get in touch with Wang Jingzhong.

Wang Jingzhong was not polite, as long as he passed from his own territory, how much "toll" a boat would have to pay, it was a clear calculation.

What's even more excessive is that a few days ago, one of his subordinates was accidentally caught by the Japanese, and Wang Jingzhong immediately sent someone to find a Japanese businessman he knew and asked them to try to get people out.

As a result, by the evening of the same day, the man was released.

"The Japanese are not completely afraid of Wang Jingzhong."

Meng Shaoyuan groaned and said: "In the Jiangsu region, the task of requisitioning grain is extremely heavy, and it is necessary to ensure the military rations of the Japanese army on the front line. On this basis, in order to ensure the safety of the grain route, the Japanese army also turned a blind eye to Wang Jingzhong's actions. Wang Jingzhong was also smart, so he grasped this weakness of the Japanese. But if the Japanese get the chance, they will not be polite to Wang Jingzhong. ”

"That's right, Wang Jingzhong also talked about this when he drank with me."

Meng Shaoyuan took the wine cup and turned it in his hand: "Where are the others now?" ”

"This time you came, he also knew, clamoring to come with me to pick you up, but I didn't." Wei Yunzhe continued: "I thought, when you come, you must go to inspect his troops. I told him to get ready, and a boat will come to pick you up in the evening. I am also relieved to sleep with him. ”

"What about Confucianism?" Meng Shaoyuan suddenly asked.

"He's been on a small island with the cadets." Wei Yunzhe immediately said, "There are five or six hundred students. All the food and drink he usually eats and drinks are supplied by Wang Jingzhong. In that place, machine guns were erected, and when the Jiangyin defenders retreated, a large number of supplies were left, and after we took over first, we also found a few mortars inside, which were also asked by He Ruyi.

The island is heavily guarded, and even I haven't been up, so He Ruyi specially asked people to tell us that if they approach without permission, they will be killed. Not to mention me, Wang Jingzhong provides them with food and drink every day, and he doesn't know what is on the island. Moreover, He Ruyi also had an agreement with him that once the island was discovered by the Japanese, Wang Jingzhong must send a ship to meet them as soon as possible. ”

What exactly is He Ruyi doing on the island?

Want to make that island his own kingdom?

Meng Shaoyuan's brows furrowed.

That's a lot of students.

He sent only a handful to Shanghai.

Does he have his own calculations in mind?

If so, what?

I'm afraid that all this can only be known when I see He Ruyi.