After the wheat harvest, the Taohua Mountain guerrillas purchased a total of 40,000 kilograms of grain.

There are now more than 240 people in Taohua Mountain. The average monthly consumption per person is calculated based on 40 kilograms. The consumption per month is about 10,000 kilograms. The 4,000 kilograms of grain plus the previous inventory of 10,000 kilograms is only enough to maintain the consumption of Taohua Mountain for five months.

Gao Jiu’s goal is to reserve enough for all the personnel in Taohua Mountain to consume more than one and a half years.

Peach Blossom Cave is warm in winter and cool in summer. Most places are very dry. It is naturally a good place to store grain. If you collect the grain, you don’t have to worry about poor storage.

The 20,000 kilograms of grain purchased by the Taohua Mountain guerrillas were provided by Liu Defu, and the other 20,000 kilograms were purchased in surrounding villages. Taohua Mountain has money, but there is not so much grain in surrounding villages that can be sold to Taohua Mountain.

The people in other places outside the mountain did not have that much food in their hands. The Japanese and puppet troops and county governments had already collected most of the food, so Gao Jiu's eyes were on the food collected by the Japanese and puppet troops.

At this moment, good news came from Liu Shengyu - Captain Hirata sent Liu Shengyu to escort the 100,000 kilograms of grain collected by Shoucheng County to Tai'an and handed it over to the Japanese military police headquarters stationed in Tai'an.

The personnel responsible for the escort included a second lieutenant and two military policemen of the Japanese military police, a squadron of Liu Shengyu's security army, and 40 police officers sent by the county government.

This is good news, that is a total of 100,000 kilograms of grain.

Gao Jiu decided to intercept the batch of food.

Zhang Quan volunteered to lead the team to rob the food. Gao Jiu agreed to his request and asked him to lead some special forces members down the mountain.

After Gao Jiu returned to Taohua Mountain, he reorganized the special forces.

The special forces team does not include the leaders, and a total of 100 members are organized into a brigade headquarters, a communications team, a sniper team, a firepower squadron, and two special forces squadrons. Each squadron is under its jurisdiction.

Gao Jiu is the captain of the brigade headquarters and Zhang Quan, deputy captain of the brigade.

Jia Liu, the captain of the communications team, was equipped with 8 team members, equipped with two radio stations, a light machine gun, 5 Type 38 rifles, and 8 turtle boxes.

The captain of the sniper team, Tian Chuan, the team members include Ning Wen, Ning Wu brothers, Li Shengdong, Mao Yuanju and Li Xiaoshan, and each one is a sniper master. Each person is equipped with a sniper rifle and a 20-shot shell gun.

The firepower squadron was captained by Du Shengxi, and Li Chengwu had been transferred to the Public Security Army Squadron in Taoyuan Town as captain and no longer served as deputy firepower squadron. The team was 24 people, equipped with six mortars, 12 light machine guns, 24 Type 38 rifles, and 24 20-shot shell guns.

Carrying so many weapons does not require them to use them at the same time. These weapons are mainly transported by horses and temporarily decided on the battlefield based on the situation.

The First Special Operations Squadron, Zhang Quan also serves as the squadron leader. Each squadron has 30 members, each with a sniper rifle, a 20-shot shell gun. He carries two mortars and six-light machine guns.

The Second Special Forces Squadron is captained by Guo Hengming, and its equipment is the same as the First Squadron.

The entire special operations brigade plans to equip 155 war horses, and there is still a gap of 75 war horses, and Gao Jiu is trying to solve it.

When Zhang Quan went down the mountain this time, he led the first squadron of the special forces, a squadron of the firepower squadron, Tianchuan's sniper squad, and two members of the communications squad, carrying a radio station.

The radio operator in the communication class was trained by Wang Yuling, the second knife, and was able to perform simple radio operations, which is still useful now.

The people Zhang Quan brought were half of the entire special operations brigade. Just by firepower, they far exceeded a field squadron of the Japanese army.

That morning, at the eastern gate of the county town, 240 carriages were filled with grain, and the grain transport team was about to set off. Captain Pingtian and Liu Shengyu of the military police came to see him off.

This time the grain transport team led a second lieutenant from the Japanese military police, Li San, an adjutant from the Public Security Army Brigade, and a squadron leader of the county police brigade.

At this moment, they were listening to the instructions of Captain Hirata and Liu Shengyu.

Captain Pingtian said: "You must be more careful on the way to transport grain and never have any problems in our Shoucheng County."

Captain Hirata had something in his words, and when he spoke, he specifically wanted to not be in our Shoucheng County” to enhance his tone.

What he meant was that it didn't matter if something happened, but it couldn't happen in our Shoucheng County. As long as something happened here, it had nothing to do with the Shoucheng County Gendarmerie.

He is a smart person. He knew in his heart that it would be impossible for the Taohuashan guerrillas to get news on such a large-scale grain transportation. Maybe someone would inform him if he was within the security army or county government.

Captain Pingtian has received a notice that the Taohua Mountain guerrillas purchased grain around Taohua Mountain. He guessed that the Taohua Mountain guerrillas had a great chance of making the idea of ​​this batch of grain.

Captain Pingtian was powerless to stop the Taohuashan guerrillas. He only hoped that Gao Jiu would not cause trouble for him. If you want to grab the grain, go and grab it, but don’t be in Shoucheng County.

He didn't know who was unreliable to Liu Shengyu, Li San and the police squadron leader. What he meant was that if some of the three of them were unreliable, they would let them pass their meaning to Gao Jiu's ears.

After saying this, Captain Hirata glanced at Liu Shengyu and others with a smile.

The Japanese lieutenant couldn't hear that and nodded and agreed to say that he would be more vigilant.

Liu Shengyu solemnly instructed Li San, and he said, "You understand what Taijun said, right? Be careful on the way. If something goes wrong, I can't spare you."

Li San nodded and said, "Hirata Taijun, captain, Hu Zhi will definitely act carefully."

When the squadron leader of the police squadron saw Li San's statement, he also said he was more careful.

Captain Hirata couldn't see who had a problem between them, and he didn't want to go into it. He waved his hand and said, "Then let's go!"

The second lieutenant and two military policemen were leading the team on a motorcycle in front, and then the police force, with a large truck transporting food in the middle. Li San rode on a horse and led the troops from the security army to the back.

Shortly after leaving the county town, the team was heading south. They first had to set foot on the Pingtai Highway, then heading east and enter Tai'an.

The convoy of transporting grain was moving forward in a mighty manner.

Captain Hirata is certainly not a good thing, and he does not want this batch of grain to fall into the Taohuashan guerrillas. He is a Japanese and does not want the Taohuashan anti-Japanese guerrillas to grow.

As soon as the grain transport team set off, he returned to the military police team and asked to call the Tai'an Military Police Command. He said: "I am Hiratian, the captain of the military police team in Shoucheng County. At 8:30 this morning, Shoucheng County has sent a grain transport team to escort 100,000 kilograms of grain to Tai'an. It is expected that at 2:30 pm, we will arrive at Chihe Town in Tai'an. Please send troops to Chihe Town for handover."

Tai'an Military Police Command agreed to send troops to Chihe Town for handover."

There will be Japanese troops on the road to respond, and Liu Shengyu and others don’t know about this.

The grain transport team continued to move forward.

This batch of grain was collected by the county government, and the county government sent 40 police officers to escort the grain. The people from the Public Security Army were sent by the gendarmerie to be responsible for protection.

During the Republic of China, the police squadron leader was responsible for escorting food to Tai'an. He was very familiar with this road and he had never had any trouble. However, the situation is different now. The bandits in Taohua Mountain are making a big fuss, and he has no idea.

Shortly after leaving the county town, he came to Li San and asked worriedly, "Adminton Li, the bandits in Taohua Mountain are making a big fuss. Do you think they will come to rob our food?"

Li San felt a little worried, and he said confidently: "There will never be any problems in our Shoucheng County."

The police squadron did not understand where Li San's self-confidence came from. He asked: "Are you not jealous of the bandits in Taohua Mountain so much food?"

Li San felt that his words were a bit leaky, so he concealed: "Taohua Mountain is on the west side of the county town. They have never had trouble in the county town before, so how could they run to the east side of the county town?"

The police squadron leader thought about it carefully and felt that what Li San said made sense, so he felt relieved and returned to his team.

At noon, the grain transport team stopped to rest and continued to set off after dinner.

The police squadron leader was now very at ease. The place was getting farther and farther away from Taohua Mountain. He would not be able to move forward for a long time and would enter Tai'an. He no longer worried, so he walked to a carriage carrying grain, climbed up, and sat on the grain bag and started dozing off.

At 2:40 pm, the grain transport team entered Tai'an.

At this time, Tai'an did not have a city, but a large county. Since Tai'an County is an important transportation station on the Jinpu Railway, a large number of Japanese and puppet troops were stationed here. Although the 128th Japanese Brigade did not enter for the time being, the Yamamoto Garrison was stationed here.

The garrison was smaller than the regular brigades of the Japanese army, larger than the Japanese army's corps, and equivalent to the deputy brigade level. There were three infantry brigades. The Japanese military police headquarters living in Tai'an specially requested the Yamamoto garrison to dispatch a Japanese squadron and a squadron of the Public Security Army of Tai'an City to welcome them.

They had agreed with Captain Pingtian to hand over in Chihe Town, 20 miles from the junction of Shoucheng County and Tai'an.

At 3:40 pm, the grain transport team entered about ten miles in Tai'an. It was surrounded by wheat fields shortly after harvesting, and the view was extremely wide.

The Japanese military police lieutenant knew Captain Hirata's arrangements and was about to arrive at Chihe Town. After the food was handed over, he completed the task and could return to Shoucheng County safely. He shouted easily: "So quickly, there will be a Huang army ahead to pick us up."

When Li San heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect Captain Hirata to do such a trick.

Liu Shengyu had already discussed this matter with Gao Jiu in advance that the interception of this batch of food would be carried out in Tai'an. This was not for Captain Pingtian, the Japanese, but for Liu Shengyu's public security army to get rid of responsibility.

After all, the security army led by Li San is an escort of the grain transport team. As long as there is no accident in Shoucheng County, the responsibility can be pushed to Tai'an.

Li San rode on the horse, looking around while walking, and was secretly anxious in his heart. He didn't understand why the Taohua Mountain guerrillas didn't take action?

At this moment, several gunshots suddenly came from the seemingly bare wheat field, and the three Japanese military police were killed on the spot.

Hearing the gunshots, Li San smiled. He turned his horse and ran back. His security officers and soldiers followed him closely, and then ran away. While running, they threw down several guns and hats.

The policemen in front of the grain transport team were in chaos, and they picked up their guns and fired randomly.

The police's counterattack annoyed the attackers in the distance. Several machine guns swept over and killed more than a dozen policemen on the spot.

The policemen were lying on the ground with their butts sticking out, so scared that they were at a loss.

The police squadron leader was dozing in the car. After hearing the gunshots, he jumped behind the carriage and escaped by chance. He looked forward and saw that the Japanese were all dead. When he looked back, Li San's security army had already run away. He was not stupid either. He ran towards the way he came, shouting, "Gao Jiu is here, run quickly!"

He didn't know if it was Gao Jiu, but he felt that in his heart, so he subconsciously shouted out. The policemen heard the shouts and flew away in a hurry.

Zhang Quan looked at the escaped policemen and smiled contemptuously. He could destroy them all, but for Li San's security army, he could not do this, otherwise the police would be dead and the security army would be fine, and Li San and others would not be able to explain clearly when they returned.

The coachmen carrying food ran around after hearing the gunshots.

At this moment, special forces members riding tall horses appeared in the field in the distance. They chased towards the villagers. After chasing them, they shouted loudly: "Groups, don't be afraid, we are from the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, don't run away, those who are willing to help transport food will receive two oceans each."

When the fellow villagers heard that it was the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, they immediately stopped. They knew that the Taohua Mountain guerrillas would not hurt the fellow villagers. Moreover, those who helped the Taohua Mountain guerrillas transport supplies in the past would pay the cart.

Many of these chariots and horses that transport grain were from their own families, and of course they were reluctant to throw away their chariots and horses. Some of them were tenants from the rich man's family. They rushed the rich man's family to be requisitioned for transport grain. If they threw the chariots and horses, they could not explain to their owners when they returned. The villagers soon returned to their chariots and horses.

Zhang Quan rode over on a tall horse and said to the fellow villagers: "Don't be afraid, just help us transport grain with confidence, no one dares to cause trouble for you. You catch the carriage and help us transport the grain back to the mountains, and each person rewards you two oceans."

The fellow villagers were very happy. They were requisitioned to transport grain for the Japanese, which was free of charge. They could earn two oceans, and the family would not have to worry about food and drink for two months. Everyone turned their heads and drove the carriage, and then returned along the same road.

Zhang Quan and others escorted the carriage back to Pingtai Highway and walked directly to the west along Pingtai Highway. They were about to go to the intersection in front and turn to Taoyuan Town.

The people Zhang Quan brought out did not all leave, and Tianchuan's sniper team stayed here. They were waiting here to pick up the Japanese and puppet troops from Yunliang's team.
Chapter completed!