Xiao Huang was confused by Jin Erlang's rogue behavior: "Jin Erlang, you bastard! You are forcing a woman, you are committing a crime. I tell you, we will definitely rescue Xiao He..."

Xiao Huang was so angry that he touched his right hand at the same time. In fact, Xiao Huang didn't bring a gun at all today. This action was a habitual action of a soldier.

Seeing that Xiao Huang was about to reach out to touch the gun, Jin Erlang immediately smoothed the gun on his shoulder. With a "slam!", Jin Erlang put the fire in lightning and raised the gun and aimed at Xiao Huang.

During Zhou Yougen's recovery, he taught Jin Erlang a lot of tactical actions. After being guided by experts, Jin Erlang also practiced diligently. Such shooting preparations are naturally extremely skillful and neat.

Although Xiao Huang is a political cadre, he is also a soldier. Of course, Xiao Huang knows what it means to aim a gun loaded with a bullet.

He Ping had already hid in the inner room. Jin Erlang stood at the door and raised his gun and aimed at Xiao Huang. Xiao Huang stood stiffly in the middle of the yard. He was sweating all over and did not dare to move. It was the first time that Sister Juhua encountered this situation, and for a moment she was also stunned by the situation on the scene.

Sister-in-law Juhua is a local, she grew up watching Jin Erlang.

Everyone thinks that Jin Erling is a mess, but he doesn't just get out of his mother's womb. Jin Erling was originally a hardworking and hardworking young man in the farm family, but he became like this after experiencing many hardships and hardships after both parents died. Although Jin Erling is famous, Juhua's sister-in-law knows that Jin Erling is actually a kind person, which can be seen from his active treatment of Zhou Yougen.

I don’t know how long it took, but the first person among the three of them was Sister Juhua. She smiled and said, “Erlangzi, Huang is the Eighth Route Army, he is not a bad person. The purpose of coming today is for your own good, don’t be chaotic.”

"What's wrong with the Eighth Route Army? The Eighth Route Army can be unreasonable? He Ping is my prisoner, how to deal with her is my business. Why do you want to make a fuss?" Jin Erlan said coldly: "Besides. We have gotten married, why do you want to break us up?"

Sister-in-law Juhua smiled and said, "Erlangzi, aren't we here to deliver food today? Didn't we take her away? Erlangzi, put down your gun, let's talk carefully."

"What are you saying? What else can I say?" Jin Erlang said: "You go out, there is nothing to say between us."

From the corner of Jin Erlang's eyes, he saw Juhua's sister-in-law gently moving his footsteps toward him. Jin Erlang said sternly: "Sister-in-law Juhua, we are all fellow villagers in the countryside. I won't say much about your face today. Get out immediately. Otherwise, I will really shoot!"

Seeing that Jin Erlang was extremely determined, Juhua's sister-in-law had to give up the idea of ​​persuading Jin Erlang. She walked to Xiao Huang and pulled Xiao Huang out of Jin Erlang's yard. When they walked out of the yard, Jin Erlang was behind them and closed the yard door with a "bang".

After leaving the yard, Xiao Huang wiped the sweat all over his head and said gratefully: "Sister-in-law Juhua, I really want to thank you very much today."

Sister-in-law Juhua smiled and said, "This errant man really can't reason with him."

Xiao Huang turned around and looked at the closed yard door of Jin Erlang's house, and said hatefully: "This Jin Erlang bullies men and women, and is obviously a bandit, a gangster, and a villain. He does this to oppose the anti-Japanese government. This behavior is a traitor. After I go back, I must report to my superiors and ask my superiors to take action to kill the traitor."

Xiao Huang's words surprised Juhua's sister-in-law, and she said repeatedly: "It's not possible. This is really not possible! Although Jin Erlang is a man, he has never been a traitor. He is just a farmer. He is just treating He Ping as his wife. He wants to take He Ping's house seriously and he doesn't want you to take his wife away."

Seeing Xiao Huang's gloomy face and not speaking, Juhua's sister-in-law said, "Xiao Huang. Didn't the political commissar explain before we came? Jin Erlang had a gun in his hand. Although he was not the Eighth Route Army or the Militia, he was fighting the Japanese and traitors. He had never fought against the Eighth Route Army, nor colluded with the Kuomintang diehards. Such people are the targets of our struggle for unity, not the targets of our struggle, nor our enemies."

Liu Zhenghong explained this before they came. Although Xiao Huang was angry, he couldn't say anything now. However, the figure that Jin Erlang raised his gun and Jin Erlang's cold gaze were always engraved in Xiao Huang's heart.

The rain and snow that farmers were looking forward to did not arrive as scheduled, but the temperature was rising day by day.

Spring is coming, people begin to take off their thick winter clothes, and green spots begin to emerge on the ground. Some farmers have begun to prepare for plowing in the fields. This year, the soil moisture of the land is indeed not good. The strong wind blows the dust in the sky, making the farmers feel gray.

Li Qinglin has never been in a good mood.

Spring is here, and the earth should have green grass. Mules and horses that have eaten hay for a winter should have fresh grass to eat. But now only a little bit of green grass appears. Mules and horses must also eat the hay stored last year. Livestock in spring should have eaten grass to gain weight, but these mules and horses are still losing weight, which has obviously affected the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.

Although it rained a little in spring, the drizzle was really light, just wetting the ground. Then it was sunny for many consecutive days. Some experienced old farmers said that spring drought must be needed this year, and farmers who rely on the weather for their income were worried.

After a winter of rest, the Japanese have now begun to become active again. They not only hide in solid strongholds and artillery towers, but these bad species have rushed out to harass each other from time to time.

The Japanese and puppet troops did not concentrate their troops on large-scale sweeping operations throughout the spring. They now adopted another tactic. The Japanese and puppet troops sometimes concentrated one or two small squadrons of small forces, and then brought one or two squadrons of puppet troops. When they felt that the troops were sufficient, they would suddenly come over. These Japanese and puppet troops did not seek anti-Japanese forces to fight decisively as before, but burned, killed, looted, and went back immediately.

The sudden change in the tactics of the Japanese caught both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party a little off guard. Since the Japanese entered China, they have been relying on their superior military strength to fight hard attacks. In order to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces to the greatest extent, once they bit the anti-Japanese army, they often chased them closely. The Japanese have good weapons and equipment, strong individual combat power, and their tactics are also very maneuverable and flexible. This move often makes the army with poor training and weak fighting will be defeated, so they have succeeded repeatedly with this tactic alone.

Now that they have changed their repeated success tactics, they have adopted the method of fighting and running away, which is beyond everyone's expectations.

The tactics of the Japanese have undergone major changes. Although their military operations did not directly cause much casualties to the anti-Japanese team, nor did they even cause particularly direct harm to the people, after they came, the people in the Kuomintang-controlled area would have to escape, and the army would have to prepare for war. Spring plowing and other agricultural, animal husbandry and fishery production will inevitably be affected, and these incomes are the foundation of the Ninth Detachment and the Eighth Route Army, which are in trouble.

For the whole spring, Li Qinglin and his team were dealing with the Japanese and puppet troops. Although the Ninth Detachment had not yet had food and bullet shortages, the logistics supplies from the rear were basically cut off, and the lack of strong men were no longer available. Therefore, Li Qinglin did not dare to launch a larger battle easily. As long as the Japanese did not conduct a large-scale attack, Li Qinglin only commanded the military and civilians to deal with small groups of enemies.

In this dry spring, the Eighth Route Army implemented a policy of rest and recuperation due to huge casualties last winter. Li Qinglin also adopted a defensive position for his own reasons. The military and political offensives of the Japanese and puppet troops in northern Henan became more and more intense. On the southern front, the National Army collapsed thousands of miles, and the Japanese and puppet troops broadcast and newspapers spread the news of their military victory every day, and a sense of failure began to spread in the northern Henan region.

The war is still continuing, and the people need to survive, and the first element of survival is food. Food production is the top priority at present. Li Qinglin and Liu Zhenghong both began to pay attention to Chungen production.

The Ninth Detachment is located in a hilly area, and farmers' land is basically on both sides of the river, and there is not much water irrigation land that can naturally divert water. Because last winter drought and this year's spring drought, the soil moisture of the land is very bad, and some land far away from the river cannot be dried up. If you want to plant this year's grain, you need to divert water irrigation urgently. However, the water flow in the river is very small, and the people have no machinery to lift the water to a high place.

This year's spring drought is a foregone conclusion. Many farmers have just planted some seeds in the highlands. They have focused their main energy on the land that can carry water and water seedlings along the river. As for whether this arid land can grow grain, they no longer have much hope. The seeds are only due to the natural instinct of farmers who are born to farm, and there are also some thoughts that hope that God will open his eyes and miracles will appear.

Qinghe, the headquarters of the headquarters of the Ninth Detachment, has now become a small market town after several years of development. Every day, merchants and people coming and going to the market come and go. When Li Qinglin was fine, he also went to the market to take a walk. From the merchants who came and went from south to north, Li Qinglin knew that this year, not only in northern Henan, but also in the entire Henan and even in North China, there were different spring droughts.

Large-scale spring drought is definitely not a good thing for Li Qinglin.

Although the Ninth Detachment can produce grain, its output is not high. If it feeds thousands of troops from the Ninth Detachment that have emerged out of thin air, it must transport grain from outside. The supply route of military rations in the rear has been cut off, and the only source now is to buy it from the enemy-occupied areas. If the spring drought continues to worsen, large-scale grain production reduction this year will be a foregone conclusion. Even if you have money in your hands, you may not be able to buy food.

The food problem has become a big stone in Li Qinglin's heart, and this stone has made Li Qinglin breathless.
Chapter completed!