Chapter 255

"Try using insecticides?" someone suggested.

"Where are the insecticides?! Where did you get them? I fell from the sky and picked them up? Change them!" Captain Wu realistically did not even give in to the pre-trial proposal and shot him directly.

"Mobilize the soldiers to kill bugs together!" Another method was mentioned with the least skillful one.

"Are you a pig? There are too many people or insects. When will you fight?" Before Captain Wu could speak, the others threw them over and rolled their eyes to reject them.

"Or, let Li Wei roar with the Nine Heavens Dragon Roar. Anyway, it is a massive killing skill that can be overturned by anyone, let alone a bug!" Someone actually hit Li Wei.

Everyone looked at Li Wei in unison, and Li Zi was also considered a strange person in the third group.

"Me?! Stop teasing." Li Wei blinked his eyes a few times, touched his chin that had not yet grown bearded, and said, "Come on, how can such a big locust be useful?" The Nine Heavens Dragon Roar is just a wave that causes damage resonance in the human body, and the damage resonance points of the small locusts are completely different from those in the human body. God knows that when a roar is about to happen, it is probably because of the fall of a bunch of people, and the locusts are still jumping happily.

"Hmph! As soon as the dragon roar came out, there was no one in ten miles! Little Lizi was only one, so many people, even if it was effective, it might not be useful." Xu Yiting, the instructor of the second camp, shook his head.

Another failure!

The cadres were collectively depressed. Since ancient times, the locust plagues were irresistible. As long as such natural disaster broke out, the common people would have to die while sitting. This locust army is much crueler than the imperial army.

"Report! I, I have some opinions!" Fan Guowen raised his hand timidly. Since the recruits returned from the trial, he has been promoted to the squad leader of the machine gun squad of the first row of the second company, with seven soldiers under his command, equipped with a Maxim and three light machine guns.

"Comrade Guowen! Let me tell you what you think!" Battalion Commander Wu looked at the new machine gun squad leader who participated in the battalion-level cadre meeting for the first time.

"I, I also have a large farm at home, so I have learned books on biology and know some of the habits of locusts." Fan Guowen obviously has no experience in speaking on such a big occasion, and his speech has no previous fluency and has become a little stuttering.

Only then did the people around me realize that this soldier who graduated from a university has a large farm in his home in the United States, but he is not a scholar who is not apart from leeks.

Li Wei frowned suddenly. Why did he still have this kind of virtue when he became the squad leader? He said anxiously: "Come on your word and be honest! Tell me honestly!" The fighting thorn that he kept leaving his body habitually took it out and fiddled with it in his hand.

Li Wei's words were still the fighting sting in his hand, which immediately played the role of a special medicine for treating stutter, proving that the power came out of the gun and the hard fists were the boss. Fan Guowen's face changed and his words immediately became extremely straightforward: "The dew was heavy in the morning, and locusts could not fly, and they were also afraid of fireworks, and they were light-taping. They could light a fire at night and drive the locusts to the fire."

"I think it's feasible!" Li Wei nodded. Although the school did not have much content on locust prevention textbooks in the past, there were not many opportunities for locust plagues in modern times, and Fan Guowen's words still make some sense.

"Who else has any good suggestions?" Xu Yiting, the camp instructor, wrote down Fan Guowen's words.

Li Wei remembered the scene of chickens and ducks in the yard pecking at the nap and adding, "You can find the natural enemies of locusts, such as chickens, ducks, geese, frogs, etc., which are specially stocked for preying on locusts, which eliminate the locusts and fatten them."

Battalion Commander Wu nodded and said, "This is a good idea!" Ordinary people have more poultry at home, so it is advisable to gather to fight the annihilation battle of locusts.

The temporary meeting ended in a hurry. Based on the suggestion of locust-killing efforts put forward by Fan Guowen and others, Battalion Commander Wu decided to implement it at the same time.

Pine hair grass and weeds were cut from the mountain, sprinkled with pepper powder and invigorated weeds, and countless fires were lit on the edges of the field ridges. A little fire was drawn, and some water was sprinkled to suppress the flames and emitted thick smoke. Several soldiers took fans and other handy tools, and took turns blowing thick smoke to lead the smoke to all parts of the field.

For a time, the fields of the Second Battalion were rolling inside and outside, and the choking smoke was released. The irritating smoke was released by the piles of peppers. What's more, locusts could still block their noses, but the valve on the locust's belly was helpless. The irritating small suspended particles could not be shaken off.

After a while, the locusts could not stand the flying locusts soaring into the air and circling around the sky, and more of them fell directly by the smoke. After winning the first battle, the soldiers cheered, and of course, some of the proud and complacent people were carelessly choked by the smoke and shed tears.

"Roar!~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

A long roar suddenly broke out in the distance! ~ The ground seemed to be trembling.

Everyone's heart trembled, and the feeling of depression immediately enveloped their hearts. The smoke floating in the air seemed to be motivated by some powerful force, slowly retreating in one direction.

Everyone made the same action in a conditioned manner, holding their heads and covering their ears with their hands, and squatting down. No one wanted to be accidentally injured by Little Li Zi's Nine Heavens Dragon Roar.

The fatal locust plague caused the Second Battalion to use any tricks. No matter whether it is black cats or white cats, as long as the mouse is caught, it is a good cat.

Practice has produced true knowledge. After combining theory with practice, Li Wei coughed several times. The Nine Heavens Dragon Roar consumed his energy and energy. He could only last less than a minute. In addition to the locusts that were shocked to death within thirty meters away, they fell down like rain, and the ground was covered with insect corpses. In addition to running away in panic, locusts scattered in all directions, they did not sell Li Wei's tent at all. The Nine Heavens Dragon Roar also had limited functions.

There are villagers who can't kill all the locusts, some people who rush to locusts, some people who kneel on the edge of the field, some people who beat their chests, stamp their feet, and cry loudly, some people who grit their teeth and point to the sky and curse the earth, some people who want to cry without tears, and some people who are kneeling on the ground and pray with their hands together. Many villagers who are already desperate simply release their livestock and watch as the livestock eat the food and locusts together.

Faced with the locust plague that has been punished by heaven since ancient times, it inevitably caused panic in the base area. Some ignorant old ladies even set up incense tables to offer locusts as "god insects", praying to the so-called gods that the locusts should not come to eat food.

Many spies and traitors lurking in spread rumors everywhere, saying that the Eighth Route Army was against the will of heaven and violated the gods, and the heaven gave punishment, and the locust plagues in the base area were punished by heaven. Then some ignorant masses were used to deliberately raise the conflict between the people in the base area and the Eighth Route Army.

A few people who didn't know the truth yelled that the casualties and losses in the base were caused by the Eighth Route Army's anger, and they angered the gods, causing disasters from heaven, causing the situation to become more and more unstable.

In some villages, there were even obstructions of the political publicity and preparation work of the Eighth Route Army working group. Many militia families forced to force their relatives to return. The obstruction and opposition of their relatives made many passionate young people depressed and discouraged by their families, and had to withdraw from the militia and guerrillas. Some villages even entered the warehouse with swords and guns, and horses were put in Nanshan, disbanded the armed forces, and simply gave up the anti-Japanese war.

At the same time, the Japanese army near the blockade line was abnormal and acted as a family in China and Japan. Many Japanese soldiers imitated the Eighth Route Army, did some work for farmers, stuffed some candy for children, used some small favors to win people's hearts, and then enthusiastically invited villagers from the base to live in the Japanese security zone to establish a so-called "people circle", hoping to fundamentally compete for the human resources foundation of the Eighth Route Army and take time out the strength of the base from the bottom.

The storm caused by the locust plague is shaking, an emergency regiment-level meeting is being held in the headquarters of the Eighth Army in Matian Town, Liao County.

At present, the most urgent thing in the base area is food and people. The locusts and the Japanese army, which had natural disasters and man-made disasters, were like two hands tightly slamming the throat of the base area, making military and political units at all levels at the Eighth Route Army breathless.

The harvest of spring wheat and spring style has almost been a foregone conclusion. However, the unpredictable trends of the Japanese army have caused an unknown shadow to be shrouded in the hearts of all people at the Eighth Route Army headquarters meeting.

An intelligence analysis from the General Staff of a Division and a multi-party intelligence confirmation from the underground intelligence network indicate that the Japanese army is planning an unprecedentedly large-scale offensive recently.

However, food is the lifeblood of the base area. The sudden arrival of the unpredictable locust plague caught all the military and civilians in the base area off guard and had to mobilize a large amount of manpower to carry out disaster relief and rush to plant. On the other hand, the alarm of the Japanese army launching a large-scale mobilization offensive became louder and louder.

The Hundred Regiments War of the Year before last year, the anti-third public security strengthened mobilization last year and the Spring Festival mobilization operation in March this year. Although the Eighth Route Army achieved gratifying results, the large number of casualties brought the population of the base area to a historical low.

The destruction of locusts caused empty defense is to seek death, and the battle was fully prepared but there was no food, waiting for death, robbing food or counter-sweeping, the Taihang Mountain Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Base has to face the biggest challenge in history.

This made the staff of the Eighth Route Army General Staff almost restless. They did not snatch food from the locusts. Even if the Japanese army did not attack, they would defeat themselves without attacking. This is a situation that even children could understand. Naturally, the Japanese would not be so stupid that they missed the opportunity to cause a locust plague to give the base area a fatal blow.

"At present, the manpower in each district can only choose to destroy locusts and rescue themselves, speed up replant, or actively reserve war preparation materials and train to prepare for war. This time, Japan will definitely not let the base area go. Fierce battles are inevitable, but we need to reduce losses as much as possible." Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng has seen the current situation clearly. Natural disasters and man-made disasters are in battle, and he has chosen to be the one who has just passed the winter and the green yellow has not yet taken over. The situation can only be so bad that it is beyond the reach, which is simply a fatal point.

"But after all, the base is still our territory. The Japanese are foreign no matter what. At least, we still have the advantage of the territory. As long as the base is still in our hands for a day, we will have more confidence in defeating the invaders." Chief of Staff Left followed the words of Deputy Commander Peng, and angrily broke the deadlock in the conference room.
Chapter completed!