I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

After listening to Driver Zhou's explanation, Liang Jinsan felt relieved. He took the rope from Driver Zhou and started to tie up his pockets.

"Please thank Captain Leng Qiang for us. We didn't contribute much, but you're so kind."

Night fell quietly. Daya grabbed the cart and hurried home without her father pulling it. She wanted to get back as quickly as possible to see what gift was in her pocket.

After returning home, Daya couldn't wait to open her pockets. There was a bag of beef jerky, nothing good to see, so she stuffed a piece into her mouth first. There was also a bag of bacon, no wonder it was so heavy, she would fry a plate of it tonight and have a feast with her dad. Daya didn't want to look at the last pocket anymore as she could already smell the scent. She hesitated for a moment while chewing the beef jerky, then opened the last pocket. Sure enough, it was a bag of sausages. She felt a little disappointed as there was nothing she wanted. Bah, what did she want? It was nonsense. Daya was simple-minded, and she was happy again when she saw the three bags of meat.

Dad was still talking to the neighbors at the door, discussing the harvest of the past few days. Daya took out a piece of bacon, thought for a while, then pulled out a sausage, and went to the yard to pick some newly sprouted green onions. They wanted to have a richer meal tonight, with bacon, sausage, green onions and seafood dumpling soup.

At daybreak, the fishing boats were ready to go out to sea. Young men from every household boarded the boats. They went out to sea to fish during the day and came back at night to gather for night training.

Team leader Wang Dalei followed the boat of Liang Jinsan's family. Although he did not live in their house, the people who went out to sea had to be evenly distributed. Many women or half-grown children who followed them out to sea took a rest. It looked like they were going out to sea on a boat, but in fact they were very tired after every day. The boat needed people to row, and casting and collecting nets was also a tiring job. With this group of "relatives" from home, a large number of the elderly, the weak, women and children were liberated. The key point was that they did not ask for pay for their work, but instead paid for their meals. Many fishermen were embarrassed, and Huang Shanhe went door to door to convince them.

Daya didn't slack off just because there was an extra laborer on the family's boat. Since she was the leader, she must know Captain Lengqiang! When they went out to sea together, she kept talking about how good your captain was.

Wang Dalei, the leader of the Jiaolong Regiment, was the first wounded soldier left in Mengshan. He was familiar with the structure and driving of warships, and was also good at commanding artillery fire. He was shot in the left shoulder blade and was rescued by Chen Feng. Now he still has no strength in his hands. Although he served as a coach of the recruit regiment last year and a company commander when the recruit regiment was established, Wang Dalei was clear about his situation and he should actually take the initiative to apply to join the caravan.

A few days ago, the captain found me and asked about the details of the warship. These were all things engraved in my mind. Naturally, Wang Dalei told him everything he knew. Seeing that I knew everything, the captain immediately decided to promote me to the head of the regiment. Although there were only 200 people, the captain said that his team would definitely be more than a regiment in the future.

The captain gave me a lot of power. I had the final say on how to train and what to train. I also had the right to recruit soldiers. If I needed weapons, ammunition, or money, I just had to ask and a convoy would deliver them immediately.

Looking at the endless sea, Wang Dalei was filled with emotion. He had gone from being a nearly useless person to the leader of the main regiment of the Yimeng Guerrillas in an instant. It was all the result of the captain's ability to use people. It was not difficult to see from the captain's words that he attached great importance to the navy. Although they didn't even have a small sampan now, Wang Dalei had a mysterious confidence in his captain. He believed that one day he would lead the team to drive a warship and fight the Japanese to the death on the vast ocean.

Daya noticed that Captain Wang’s left arm was weak, so she quickly took the oar.

"Captain Wang, what's wrong with your arm?"

"I'm not much younger than your father, so just call me uncle! Don't call me captain anymore. I'm your uncle now, do you understand?"

"Uncle Wang, something's not right, uncle, what's wrong with your arm?"

Wang Dalei saw that this girl liked to hear about the captain, and then explained the reason:

"At that time, we followed the commander to garrison Mengyin, and were ambushed by the Japanese at night. We were almost wiped out. After finally escaping the city, we were chased by the Japanese. There was no hope of escape. I was still a wounded soldier. When I was preparing to fight to the death with the Japanese, guess what happened?"

Daya was very anxious.

"What happened? Was he rescued by someone?"

Wang Dalei sighed:

"It's been a long time, but what happened that night is still vivid in my mind. I broke free from the support of my comrades with a grenade in hand, and was about to stay behind and die together with the Japanese when the captain and his men appeared, like a force descending from the sky. As soon as we passed their defense line, the Japanese arrived."

"What happened next?"

"Do I need to ask what happened later? Of course, all the Japanese were shot, and then hundreds of us were rescued. They took us back to Mengshan and treated my wounds. At that time, the bullet was embedded in my shoulder blade. If it was not removed, I might die. The best result was that I lived with only one arm."

Even though Uncle Wang was right in front of her, Daya still breathed a sigh of relief. She rowed the sampan and felt the sea breeze, which was getting warmer and warmer. Uncle Liang said nothing, watching all the movements on the sea. The most feared thing when taking his daughter fishing was encountering Japanese warships. Once they saw them, they had to quickly let their daughter lie down in the cabin of the sampan and cover her with a fish basket.

Not knowing when the opportunity to seize the warship would come, Wang Dalei had very strict requirements. They helped the fishermen with fishing during the day, had intensive training on the beach at night, and had to do a night armed swim before going to bed. No matter whether they were special warfare elites who knew how to swim or former members of the Marine Corps, they all cherished this rare opportunity very much. No one slacked off. They just wanted to hurry up for training and follow the captain to seize the ship's guns and bombard the Japanese.

The weather is getting warmer, and the time for armed swimming is getting longer and longer, whether it is sunny, rainy, or windy. Unless the waves reach more than two meters, swimming training will not be hindered by rain or shine.

The young people in the village also became interested. Although they were tired after a day's work, they didn't want to sleep at all when they knew the team was training on the beach. They sat on the rocks in groups of three or four, watching the team swimming in the cold sea, and their interest grew.

At the Liang family, Daya had a disagreement with her father for the first time. Liang Jinsan had not smoked for many years because of his poor lungs, so he squatted in front of the stove in the shed and smoked his pipe. His daughter wanted to join the training team, and Liang Jinsan felt at a loss again.

"Dad, stop fighting. I'm just following the training. They won't accept me if I don't pass. Think about it, if I learn some skills, can't I defend the fishing village? Uncle Huang said that the situation is complicated now and the Japanese may attack again. Uncle Huang's team has to avoid warships and cannot fight the Japanese on the beach."