Yingshan County is located in the center of the hinterland of Dabie Mountain, the border of Hubei and Anhui, is the gateway of eastern Hubei Province, 50 kilometers south and Huangshi, Jiujiang across the river, 200 kilometers east of Hefei City, Anhui Province, 170 kilometers west of the long drive to the nine provinces of the Great Wuhan City, known as Jingyang Avenue, Wuchu throat, Jianghuai fortress, Anhui-Hubei thoroughfare. After discussions, the Anqing party committee set the battlefield for solving the 31st target of the Hubei New Army near Yingshan County.

Now that the decision has been made, Zhang Yu only left one platoon of troops to stay in Anqing. Coordinating this platoon are Chen Duxiu and others. Since Anqing has built the city's operating system, from the urban management to the sanitation system, most of the local people are employed, as long as no one comes out to make trouble, the normal operation of Anqing City has no problem.

Since the troops were almost pouring out, Chen Duxiu and they were ordered to help carry supplies. Although there is a saying that "long journeys are not light", it probably means that long marches must be very tiring, and there is not much difference between being lighter and heavier. But the BJP clearly did not think so, and it was important to minimize the burden on the troops on long marches. Therefore, in addition to marking the roads, the outpost should also complete the preparation of rest points along the way as much as possible, including transporting supplies to supply points and departure points. The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, which refers to this link.

The BJP's supplies are very special, and in order to improve the efficiency of transportation, all the supplies are already almost the same size packages. These packages are placed in custom-made wooden boxes. These wooden crates are suitable for handling in size and weight. The planning and preparation reached such a detailed level, Chen Duxiu and the others were really eye-opening. Relying on the Anqing Machinery Armory Institute, the People's Party opened a number of new factories, one of which was a sawmill. At that time, Chen Duxiu and the others didn't understand what the sawmill was doing every day, but now they finally knew.

No matter how planned it is, it takes a lot of labor to transport the goods. Zhang Yu also unceremoniously let the people of the Yue Wang Society, especially Chen Duxiu, participate in the transportation work. When the people of the former Yue Wang Association set out, they were still praising the People's Party for the good preparation of the material packaging. After only half a day of carrying supplies, their physical strength was exhausted. The burden on his shoulders seems to weigh a thousand pounds, and the person who drags the cart can't pull the cart. They were all sweating profusely and panting. The cadres in charge of logistics had to ask Chen Duxiu to stop and rest.

"It's time to eat." The cadres shouted loudly. The officers and men of the People's Party have long been accustomed to this kind of manual labor, and in fact, the purpose of their daily good diet, rest, and training is to enhance their physical fitness through good living habits, learn to eliminate fatigue to the greatest extent, and restore their physical strength. As soon as they heard the order, the comrades immediately got up and gathered together and began to receive dry rations.

Chen Duxiu: Where have they experienced such hard work, they have been sitting on the side of the road crookedly since they started to rest, and they have no appetite at all due to excessive physical exertion. If it weren't for the cadres of the army coming over to urge, and Chen Duxiu and others reluctantly taking the lead in setting an example, these people would not have been able to get up at all.

The meals were not made hot meals, the troops simply boiled hot water, and then military dry rations were provided. Each was given two salted duck eggs, a rectangular block wrapped in oiled paper. It's a bit heavy to start. When opened, there are small pieces of stuff inside. Seeing the soldiers of the People's Party bite in small bites, Chen Duxiu also learned to take a bite. He quickly tasted that it was a mixture of peanuts, walnuts, and flour, and not only that, but this thing was sweet, and there should be sugar. I asked with a snack when I ate it.

"What is this?" Chen Duxiu asked the cadres around him.

"Compressed biscuits." The cadre said while distributing the supplies. Compressed biscuits were a material that Chen Ke had to choose as a last resort, and due to the needs of mobile warfare, it was best for the troops to provide luncheon meat. According to the ground, the breeding industry is relatively developed, and meat is not absent. However, it was not possible to manufacture canned iron sheets in large quantities in the base area. If you use glass as a container, it will be too heavy. Moreover, the development of military fuel in the base areas is not on the agenda at all. Therefore, the individual ration uses a high-calorie formula of compressed biscuits.

Even so, this compressed biscuit is only used when fighting on the outside. If it weren't for the original plan, Zhang Yu's troops would have fought guerrilla warfare outside the city of Anqing, and they would not have been able to get such high-end goods as "compressed biscuits".

Since Zhang Yu decided to take the initiative to attack the 31st standard, it is impossible to get stable supplies on the way. And getting supplies along the way is not necessarily an efficient approach, and the way to pass through the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, which is a poor place. It was already difficult for the troops to buy food from the common people, and in addition, it was necessary to get fuel and make a fire for cooking, and in order to eat a meal, it would take at least four or five hours to toss and turn. This is extremely detrimental to warfare. Although compressed biscuits are high-end goods, Zhang Yu did not hesitate to use them.

Sweet compressed biscuits, paired with salted duck eggs, are very good for flavor. These are all foods that are not low in sugar and oil. The portion size doesn't look large, and it's easy to get full after eating. With the addition of hot water, the effect of restoring physical strength is quite obvious.

Ate and rested for twenty minutes. When the troops began to continue to carry supplies, Chen Duxiu and they were able to cheer up again. That night, the transport troops worked until it was completely dark, and then stopped advancing. After a tired day, Chen Duxiu couldn't take care of it so much, wrapped in the quilt of the march, lay down and fell asleep. Until he was woken up, Chen Duxiu still felt that he had not been able to rest well.

It was still dark, and the transport force had already called all the members up. By this time the hot water had been boiled, and after breakfast, the crowd began to carry on with torches. After walking for more than an hour, the eastern sky gradually began to turn white. The torches were extinguished, and the troops continued to march with their lives.

It's just been more than two hours of walking, and Chen Duxiu is already out of breath again. He pushed the cart with his lips tensed. If it was Yue Wanghui's march, the road would naturally be procrastinated, but everyone did not use all their strength on the march, and they all used it to their mouths. There must have been "laughter" in the team. Chen Duxiu found that few people spoke when the People's Party's troops were marching, and now Chen Duxiu fully understood why. When all the strength is spent on the march, where is the excess strength to laugh. Especially when carrying materials, it is impossible to speak. Chen Duxiu has a strong personality, and since he has joined the logistics army, he has decided not to let up until he is tired and falls to the ground.

While Chen Duxiu was trying to squeeze the last bit of his physical strength, the officer ordered everyone to rest. Hearing this order, the crowd fell to the ground almost immediately. The same is true for Chen Duxiu, who leaned on the wheels and felt weak. The energy to work to the death just now disappeared in an instant. Although the back of the head is on top of a protrusion on the wheel, it feels very uncomfortable. But Chen Duxiu didn't even have the Liqiu to move his neck. He couldn't help but think that the purpose of rest was to recover his strength, and after recovering his strength, he would have to die. If you're really tired now, maybe it's much more comfortable than doing it all the time.

Thinking of this, Chen Duxiu's panting and strong fighting spirit propped up his body and stood up, only to see that the comrades from the Yue Wang Hui were really crooked on the road like dead dogs. Looking at the comrades from the People's Party, although they sat back to back according to their usual training, they also had sweat on their foreheads, and there were obvious sweat-soaked water stains on their military uniforms. Since it was impossible for everyone to change their uniforms yesterday, their dark blue military uniforms still had layers of white salt. This is very normal, when everyone set off yesterday, the materials carried were evenly distributed. As the comrades from the Yue Wang Association ran out of physical strength, the comrades from the People's Party quietly took on more material transportation work. If this were not the case, it would have been impossible for the entire team to remain in the situation where it has remained until now.

"The fighters of the People's Party are also human beings." Chen Duxiu said in his heart that they would also feel tired and tired, so they put all their energy into fighting against these tiredness and fatigue. is not like King Yue, who is full of showing off, but is unwilling to really face the hard work. The merits of the Yue Wang Hui and the People's Party are very different, and it is from such every small link and every section of the march that the distance is slowly widened. By the time King Yue would see the gap, it would be impossible to catch up.

Although he wanted to continue to observe, Chen Duxiu felt that his eyes were black for a while, and his consciousness disappeared with the darkness surging like the tide.

When Chen Duxiu woke up, he didn't even know what was going on, only to see that he was surrounded by a few comrades from the Yue Wang Society. Chen Duxiu wanted to lift up, but then found that his strength had completely disappeared, and he couldn't even move. The comrades from the Yue Wang Association hurriedly helped Chen Duxiu up. Someone brought water, "Mr. Chen, drink some water." ”

After drinking the water, Chen Duxiu felt a lot better. He stood up by the shoulders of his comrades, but saw that there were more than thirty people with him, and the transport unit was nowhere to be seen. "Where did the convoy go?"

"Mr. Chen, after you passed out, the transport team left the comrades who couldn't walk, and they set off on their own. These people are too faceless. Someone said very dissatisfied.

Chen Duxiu shook his head, "What are these words?" Since we can't walk, there is no reason to delay the troops' advance. Wouldn't it be much easier for them to stay? It's hard work to keep going. ”

After being criticized by Chen Duxiu, the comrades from the Yue Wang Society did not dare to refute. They asked, "The cadres of the army told us to wait on the spot, Mr. Chen, what do you see?" ”

Chen Duxiu looked ahead for a while, but he couldn't see any trace of the troops at all. It seems that the large forces have gone far. "We'll just wait here."

Everyone was waiting for Chen Duxiu's words, and since Chen Duxiu also expressed his attitude, everyone helped Chen Duxiu to sit down, and they also sat down by the way, or simply lay down. They had never worked so hard before, and their bodies and minds had already reached their limits. Quite a few people fall asleep not long after lying down. Chen Duxiu also fell asleep unconsciously.

It wasn't until noon that Chen Duxiu woke up. He didn't wake up naturally, he was awakened. The footsteps of a large army in the distance shook the ground, and although no one in this army spoke, the tremor still stimulated the most instinctive nerves of human alertness. Not only Chen Duxiu, but even others were awakened.

Chen Duxiu took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was half past one in the afternoon. He knew that in order not to disturb the citizens and not to leak the news, the large army set off in the early hours of this morning. The transport troops walked a day and a half, and the large troops completed it in half a day, which is really amazing.

As the large army got closer and closer, Chen Duxiu could see that the physical strength of the large army did not have much loss. The warriors looked attentive and walked briskly, marching on the mountain road without the slightest dullness. Exchanging information with the unit's correspondents, the large force continued to advance without stopping. The force of 1,000 people quickly disappeared on the mountain pass.

It was not until the evening that the logistics troops returned with carts. Moreover, most of the cadres who came back were still cadres from the Yue Wanghui, and most of the baggage troops from the People's Party continued to set off with the main army.

When Chen Duxiu and his team staggered home, the officers and men of the 31st standard of the Hubei New Army had already set up camp. They didn't march with compressed biscuits and salted duck eggs, so they brought their own food with them. It is naturally impossible to march fast on the mountain road every day. The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army did not need to make a fire to cook, but the New Army did. Just cooking and eating takes at least four hours a day. The tradition of the new army sending troops is to send money, and the imperial court has no money to give Hubei at all, but it can be deducted with taxes. However, the governor of Huguang did not intend to give so much money to the new army, but only gave a symbolic opening fee.

The 31st standard shouted "Loyalty to the imperial court and exterminate the chaotic party" the loudest, but loyalty to the imperial court is by no means without a price, and this idea of promotion fee absolutely cannot make the officers and men of the 31st standard feel that their loyalty has been duly rewarded. As a result, the mood of allegiance changed so that they could walk less than twenty miles a day. Now it is still more than 70 miles away from Yingshan County. The standard system of the thirty-one standard was even more reluctant to go in such a hurry, so he camped early to rest.

With such a large-scale march of the Hubei New Army, it is natural that they will not pay attention to passers-by, anyway, passers-by have long been frightened by this large army and hid on the side of the road and did not dare to approach. The BJP scouts disguised themselves as passers-by and closely monitored the movements of the 31st Mark.