Although Lu Chengzhou's money was not much, in order to cooperate with the Jizhong Military Region, he still handed over all the money to Ma Yuzhen.

"I think that Xiawa Fangbao and Li can serve as the liaison terminal. Several other places can serve as liaison sub-stations. Lu Chengzhou said slowly.

Ma Yuzhen said helplessly: "Since you want to take out all your net worth, I can't help it, let's swallow bran and eat vegetables in the future." ”

Lu Chengzhou said disapprerovingly: "What is it for us to suffer a little? Compared with the comrades in the base area, we are enjoying happiness all day long. ”

Ma Yuzhen nodded and said softly: "Yes, compared to the comrades in our hometown, we are enjoying happiness all day long." ”

Lu Chengzhou suddenly thought of something and said, "Do you know that the Municipal Office has formulated a tin foil collection method for collecting cigarette boxes, you should know, right?" ”

Ma Yuzhen said: "I know, the Gugu monthly magazine has been published, and it is really ridiculous to use this method to support the 'holy war'. ”

Lu Chengzhou said solemnly: "I think that this information must be reported to Chongqing and at home. Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, don't you think that the Japanese army is almost unable to sustain now? ”

Ma Yuzhen's eyes lit up and said, "If you don't say it, I haven't noticed it yet, it looks like the Japanese army is about to finish." ”

Lu Chengzhou shook his head and said firmly: "The Japanese army is going to be finished, and it is not so fast. However, they have already begun to enter a period of recession, and I am sure that victory will be ours in the near future! The more we are at this time, the more we have to guard against their counterattack. ”

The Japanese invading army will definitely not be willing to lose, and they will definitely be very crazy in order to achieve the goal of domination.

Sure enough, by May, in order to realize the so-called plan of "securing the North China Plain", the Japanese army built maintenance roads around the central Hebei region to cut off the communication between central Hebei and Beiyue, Pingxi, and eastern Hebei.

The Japanese army in North China concentrated more than 50,000 troops and launched an unprecedented sweep against the anti-Japanese base areas in central Hebei.

Fortunately, for such a big operation, Lu Chengzhou had already passed the information to the organization.

In mid-May, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army issued an instruction that in order to reduce losses and persist in the struggle for a long time, part of the main forces should first move to the mountainous areas.

The Central Hebei District Party Committee and the Central Hebei Military Region decided to leave some of the basic regiments and local guerrillas to persist in the struggle, while the rest of the organs and units left and moved outward.

In this sweep, Lu Chengzhou and all the personnel of the special high section of the police station also participated.

The task of these Chinese intelligence agents is to reconnoiter and interrogate the captured people.

Lu Chengzhou can see almost every day that our soldiers have been sacrificed, local troops have been killed, and innocent people have been persecuted.

What made Lu Chengzhou most anxious was that he was in the enemy army, but he had no way to contact the organization.

His organizational relationship was in the Urban Engineering Department of the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau, and he had no contact with the Central Hebei Military Region and the District Party Committee.

Moreover, in the Japanese sweep, it was impossible to communicate with the organization.

Lu Chengzhou could only do what he could, for example, after discovering the village, delay the Japanese army's attack speed and give the masses as much time as possible to move.

Or, when encountering the wounded personnel of our army, treat them as if they didn't see them, although they can't provide them with medical treatment, but that's all Lu Chengzhou can do.

This was the first time that Lu Chengzhou followed the actions of a large Japanese army, and every time he saw the atrocities of the Japanese army, his heart was dripping blood.

In late May, more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops from Ma Zhongqiao, Ma Lanyu, and Jixian searched the mountains in Huangqizi and Taipinggou, the anti-Japanese base areas outside the Great Wall in the eastern part of Jixian County, in search of the Eighth Route Army, grain and grass, and swept them up as many as eight times in half a month.

By mid-June, at the end of the anti-sweeping campaign, nearly one-third of the main force had lost, nearly half of the local troops, one-third of the cadres at and above the district level had been killed, and more than 50,000 people had been killed or arrested.

In almost all the villages in the base area, several or even dozens of people were killed.

Of course, the Japanese puppet army was also annihilated by more than 10,000 people in the sweep.

From the beginning of the sweep in mid-May to the end of mid-June, Lu Chengzhou stayed on the Jizhong Plain for a whole month.

This month, he saw too much blood.

He felt like he was in a whirlpool, unable to struggle even if he tried his best.

This kind of self-blame and guilt made Lu Chengzhou extremely painful.

After returning to Haigu, Lu Chengzhou went home as soon as possible and drank a few glasses, however, he couldn't get himself drunk.

The pain in his heart cannot be vented, and the only thing that can make Lu Chengzhou relax may be Ma Yuzhen.

After Ma Yuzhen returned home, she found that Lu Chengzhou had returned, and her face showed surprise.

However, when she smelled a strong smell of wine and smoke, her slender willow eyebrows frowned tightly.

Ma Yuzhen saw Lu Chengzhou sitting on the sofa smoking, and when she saw that she came in, she didn't react, so she asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Chengzhou raised his head and said with a painful face: "It's too cruel, the Japanese are too hateful!" The crimes they committed, one day they will be punished! ”

Ma Yuzhen suddenly understood Lu Chengzhou's mood, in Haigu, she also kept receiving "good news" from the front line, knowing how many heinous crimes the Japanese invading army had committed in China.

Ma Yuzhen sat beside Lu Chengzhou, held his arm, and whispered, "Don't worry, there will be such a day." ”

Lu Chengzhou suddenly snuffed out his cigarette, took a deep breath, and after a long exhalation, he said slowly: "During this time, has something happened in Haigu?" ”

That is, in front of Lu Chengzhou, he can say what he thinks in his heart, but in the past, he could only bear it alone.

Ma Yuzhen knew that Lu Chengzhou had returned to work, she sighed secretly, Lu Chengzhou was only calm on the surface, but the pain in her heart had not decreased.

Ma Yuzhen is also an old ground worker, and she also knows very well that now is not the time to be sad.

After pondering for a long time, Ma Yuzhen said slowly: "The Jizhong Military Region has successfully organized an underground pistol team in the East Building, and at the same time, the Japanese authorities have further implemented food rationing in Haigu. ”

Lu Chengzhou nodded and said, "The logistics of the Japanese army are seriously unable to keep up, and what we eat is mainly food looted from local villages. ”

In the past, he rarely participated in large-scale operations of the Japanese army, but this time the Japanese army concentrated 50,000 troops, and logistics were a big problem.

At the beginning, Lu Chengzhou could still eat canned food from Japan, and later, he could only eat locally robbed grain.

Everywhere the Japanese army went, everything of the masses was looted, and everything that could not be taken away was burned down.

In this Japanese sweep, I don't know how many uninhabited villages have been created.

Ma Yuzhen said angrily: "These damn invaders! ”

Lu Chengzhou said slowly: "From now on, we must bury our hatred in our hearts and deal with more brutal struggles. ”