Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

Liu Song, from the temporary 1st Regiment, came to visit. He pointed to the open space a few hundred meters away and asked,

"What's that for? Why does it feel like you're building an airport?"

Wang Ernao puffed out his chest and said proudly,

"That's right, build an airstrip just in case!"

It would be fine if you could just form a tank battalion for an infantry regiment, but you also want to build an airport. No wonder the defense zone is not enough. If I gave you a pond, would you still want to form a navy?

Wang Ernao patted Liu Song's shoulder and said with a smile,

"Captain Liu, if you can't hold on, you can retreat to our side!"

The worst thing to do is to have a way out, especially in war.

If Xiang Yu had a retreat, there would not have been the heroic feat of defeating the Qin army at Julu.

If Han Xin had a way to retreat, there would not have been a great victory in the Battle of the Rivers.

Liu Song was excited. He ran forward a few hundred meters, jumping and dancing on the ground.

The pressure is quite solid.

"Can this take off and land an airplane?"

"No problem. When the tanks arrive, they'll continue to crush us. The C47 doesn't have very high requirements for the airfield!"

In the distance, thousands of people were working hard.

Building bunkers and digging trenches, more people were leveling the land.

For tanks to be mobile, the road must be smooth.

According to Xie Zhiyu's design, the 1st Temporary Regiment would never engage in close combat with the enemy, but would instead take advantage of its home field advantage.

At the outermost edge of the position is an anti-infantry swamp more than 50 meters wide. Dozens of high-power pumps are working day and night to pump water into it.

There are three barbed wire fences in the swamp.

The swamp is in a low-lying area, and if the enemy wants to dig tunnels to drain the water, the project will be extremely difficult.

Once the defenders detect any movement, they can fire!

The swamp was well within the range of the heavy machine guns.

Just to break through this line of defense would probably cost countless lives.

The second line of defense is minefields, bamboo stick traps, etc.!

The third line of defense is densely packed bunkers, forming crossfire.

Tanks can be said to be the fourth line of defense, but they are not the fourth line of defense, because tanks are mobile fortresses! They can move between bunkers and repair the defense line at any time.

After Liu Song walked around for a while, he suddenly found that there were a lot of people in the woods outside the defense zone, and he didn't know what they were doing.

"Brother Wang, what kind of place is that? Everyone has their faces covered?"

Wang Ernao shook his head.

"Where there are people, there's trade. Our regiment went to investigate and discovered it was a black market. Regimental Commander Xie once sent someone to shut it down, but they nearly got shot. Since it wasn't within our defense zone, the regimental commander didn't bother with it. They sell everything: guns and ammunition, medicines, antiques, and even plane tickets! The prices are a bit outrageous, though!"

"Guns and ammunition?"

"Yes, for example, a handful of pills, 40 yuan each, a fair price, no cheating. However, the rules are very strict when trading inside. You must cover your face and cannot ask about each other's backgrounds. Even if you meet someone you know, you can only pretend not to see them, otherwise you might be beaten to death on the spot! During the transaction, you cannot talk, but bargain by holding hands through your sleeves!"

Wang Ernao lit a cigarette and said,

"The treatment varies greatly between regiments. For example, our regiment was completely underprivileged, and all we were given were firewood sticks. And look at your regiment, you're incredibly wealthy. So the regiments that are short of equipment have no choice but to find ways to buy them themselves!"

Liu Song looked at Wang Ernao meaningfully and said lightly,

"Wouldn't your group go and exchange some?"

"What can we do if we don't buy it? The higher-ups won't give it to us. However, our regiment commander has high standards and only wants rice and weapons. In a few days, the weapons purchased by the chairman for us will arrive!"

Liu Song narrowed his eyes.

A large eight-grain cigarette costs 40 yuan. If you sell 40 of them, it would be enough to buy a plane ticket.

Guns are consumables. After a battle, I don’t know how many of them will be scrapped!

This is a confusing account.

"Brother Wang, can you accompany me to the black market?"

"my pleasure!"

At the entrance of the black market, Liu Song and Wang Ernao were stopped. They each carried a rifle.

The guard knocked the sign.

Only then did Liu Song see clearly that there were four big words written on it: No Ammunition Allowed!

He was still in a daze when someone next to him handed over his service pistol. It was obvious that he was a regular here.

The guard quickly ejected the bullet and searched the man.

There were a total of 43 7.62mm bullets, and the guard gave 2 million yuan and 15 million points!

Two melon grenades were given for 4 million yuan.

After the money and goods were exchanged, the man took back his rifle and quickly entered the black market!

Liu Song was wondering when a fat man came out.

He handed over 2 yuan in exchange for 40 bullets and left quickly.

Liu Song understood that the guards were only keeping the ammunition temporarily.

Lao Liu handed over his rifle and accepted inspection!

The forest is very large, but it is divided into many areas. The largest area is the arms trading area.

This is understandable because there are military barracks nearby.

Liu Song walked to a stall that was asking for rifles and handed over his big eight-shot rifle!

The other party was obviously an expert. He disassembled it skillfully, checked it and reassembled it quickly.

40 yuan was handed over.

For standard weapons like this, the price is constant.

If it is a special model, you need to bargain!

After receiving the money, Liu Song turned the other party's wooden sign over, which meant that he wanted to chat privately with the buyer.

A curve appeared at the corner of Wang Ernao's mouth.

Liu Song's actions clearly mean that he has more weapons to sell!

The buyer made a gesture of invitation and led Liu Song into the depths of the woods for a secret conversation.

Wang Ernao was not interested in participating and stood there waiting.

He had no idea who created this black market.

However, Wang Ernao guessed that it was Xie Zhiyu who did it. After all, he had the motive.

Or maybe, this was done by a big shot in the 12th Army, because the guards inside are the elite among the elite, and they are first-class in both marksmanship and fighting!

Wang Ernao had seen the guards inside showing off their authority before. He fought against three of them with his bare hands and killed them cleanly and efficiently!

There are not even five such good players in the entire temporary group!

About 10 minutes later, Liu Song returned, shook hands briefly with the buyer and left quickly.

After wandering around the weapons area for half an hour, Liu Song already had a deep understanding of the prices of all the weapons.

In the grocery section, Liu Song saw something unexpected: opium!

This is something that is strictly prohibited by the military. Anyone found smoking it will be expelled immediately!

Opium has a terrible impact on the combat effectiveness of the army. If there is one person in the camp who smokes it, it will often affect the entire barracks!

Because opium is highly addictive, if one person smokes it secretly, the smoke emitted can infect an entire squad or even a platoon of soldiers.

Since the Green Gang soldiers entered the army, discipline has been seriously corrupted. One of the reasons is that many Green Gang members have the bad habit of smoking opium!

Initially, once discovered, they were fired immediately.

Later, many people discovered this loophole and started smoking in groups in order to leave. So, Captain Huang changed the rules and put them in solitary confinement until they quit.

Deep in the woods, there is a temporary 'smoking den'!

Wang Ernao saw Liu Song standing still and quickly pulled him away.

The black market is not a place for you to act out.

The grocery section sells a wide variety of items, including jewelry, medicinal herbs, cloth, watches, antiques, and many strange things that are difficult to identify.

Soldiers and bandits are one family. Some troops with poor discipline robbed as they retreated, so they still had a lot of good things on them!

Liu Song sold a gilded jade cup and left the area.

"That's over there?"

Wang Ernao lowered his voice and laughed lasciviously.

"Secret door!"

Liu Song already understood the trick without him explaining anything.

Rows of women in cheongsams stood by the tree. If there were guests, they would enter the "room" which was only covered with curtains, with the tent covering the sky and the mat covering the ground, and the scene was full of ups and downs.

Liu Song could faintly hear the voices of men and women inside.

Wang Ernao said cunningly,

"How about we follow the local customs and go experience it for ourselves?"

Liu Song shook his head. After all, he was the deputy regiment commander and a person of status, so his requirements were not low!

Wang Ernao sighed,

"They are also miserable people. If you don't go and I don't go, they will starve to death! Brother, wait for me for half an hour!"

Liu Song saw with his own eyes that he ran away and entered the curtain with a woman in his arms.

In less than ten minutes, Wang Ernao returned and said with a sigh,

"I've been working day and night for the group lately, and my energy is a little low. Let's go back!"

Liu Song: I have never seen such a shameless person!

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