A group of "crazy people" appeared in Changzhi City. They were dressed in colorful military uniforms, leading several pack horses and several carriages.

Their carriage was filled with all kinds of supplies, ranging from grain and cloth to needles and thread, everything was really included! But the most eye-catching thing was the wooden boxes on the carriage!

According to people familiar with the matter, there were heavy machine gun bullets and rifle bullets...

This group of crazy people is naturally Hu Yizhou's group!

What is Hu Yizhou doing? Shopping for goods! Now that he has money in his hand, this money will become less and less valuable. Why don’t you turn it into supplies and save it now?

Therefore, Hu Yizhou gave the 30,000 French currency he received to the shopkeeper of Gu Yue Warehouse and asked him to help purchase a large amount of grain from the south. After that, he started a frenzied sweep of goods in Changzhi City.

Thanks to his uncle being a grain merchant and a drug dealer, Hu Yizhou doesn't have to worry about the food of the Jiuzhai people for the time being. Otherwise, just feeding the security team with more than a thousand mouths would make him die of worry, so what's the point of development?

But no matter what, it’s best to spend the money as soon as possible and store it in grain and cloth!

Of course, in addition to large quantities of grain, pieces of cotton cloth, and large bales of cotton, Hu Yizhou also raided all the fur shops of all sizes in Changzhi City, and all the tanned leathers were collected by Hu Yizhou.

What does he need leather for? Does he need leather for his gun holster? Does he need leather for his belt? Does he need a set of sheepskin sewn into a warm cotton coat? Even the tents where the soldiers lived had dog skin mattresses used as heat and cold insulation mats...

As for large livestock such as pack horses, mules, etc., you can buy them whenever you can, even cattle and sheep! Pigs are the best! No matter how big or small, as many as you want! In Changzhi City, the price of pork increased crazily a few years ago.

It’s all worth it!

Therefore, when entering Changzhi City, Hu Yizhou took the members of the special operations platoon and gifts for the Sichuan Army and Adjutant Guo.

When they were leaving the city, people, vehicles and goods were all gone. Adjutant Guo, who wanted to send a military vehicle to help, was dumbfounded. In the end, Hu Yizhou asked people to load the things into the military vehicle, leaving a few soldiers to serve as coachmen.

Bring the newly purchased packhorses, cattle, sheep, etc. back to Licheng...

In the remaining days, Hu Yizhou did not go to Jiuzhaigou, but stayed in Licheng with his people, and only sent the carts and supplies he bought back to Jiuzhaigou.

At Dongyang Pass, Hu Yizhou led his special operations platoon, artillery trainees, and cadre trainees here.

"Show me this terrain! If the Japanese attack from the east, how should we deploy our defenses? The Japanese have heavy artillery, aircraft, a brigade, and a large number of puppet troops! The strength of the defenders is based on the reference

The 47th Army is coming! After all, they are the main force of the defense!" Hu Yizhou knew that there would be a battle sooner or later at Dongyang Pass, so he led his men to come over in advance to take a look.

"Everyone spread out and see where the artillery position is suitable. If artillery fire is suppressed outside the city gate, how should the coordinate system be established? In two hours, let's continue eastward!"

"Yes, sir!" The men dispersed.

Two hours later, Hu Yizhou led people to conduct surveying and mapping on the Handan-Chang Highway east of Dongyangguan.

At this time, the Handan-Changchang Highway was not as good as the Qinglan Expressway in later generations, nor did it have a tunnel. It was still the earliest dusty dirt road, only hardened with Sanhe soil. Sanhe soil is very hard and very elastic.

It’s a good idea to dig out a small white spot with a pickaxe!

It's a pity that the road has just been repaired!

The current Handan-Changchun Highway is not as easy to travel as the rural production roads of later generations! Especially on this stretch!

Because of the topography, it is basically two mountains sandwiching a ditch. The road is not very wide. It is more than three meters in the narrow place and only five or six meters in the wide place. It can only be used by carriages and cars.

This section of the road in Xiangtangpu runs along the river. The slope in the south is small, and the river bed comes down from the hillside in the north. It is definitely a good place for an ambush, as was proved later!

Therefore, Hu Yizhou and his people planned carefully for a long time on this section of the road. Where to place the Tiger Gun, where to place the large lifting rod so that it can be hidden, how to establish the coordinate system of the artillery, where the heavy machine gun position is, and how to place the directional mines.

, how to hide the elm cannon...

After the busy work was over and it was getting dark, the group returned to Dongyangguan to rest. The next day, they climbed the northern hillside and looked for a detour route in order to know what they were doing.

The special operations platoon and artillery trainees didn't know what their regimental commander was doing, but they still followed Hu Yizhou's orders meticulously, thinking that this was a learning exercise!

And Hu Yizhou is not worried that if the Japanese actually attack in the future, it will arouse other people's suspicions! Zhuge Liang can strategize, but we can't beat Zhuge Liang. Why don't we do a preview of our defense zone?

While Hu Yizhou and others were busy rehearsing, time passed little by little. The miserable year of 1937 passed quietly, and the time came to 1938. On January 2, 1938, Hu Yizhou finally led his people back to

Jiuzhai!

Why are you back? We are getting married! Today is the first day of the twelfth lunar month, and we are getting married in a few days! Those who haven’t seen my uncle, brother-in-law, father-in-law and mother-in-law have all come to Jiuzhai? Why don’t you hurry back and be the groom’s waiter?

What?

Of course, what makes Hu Yizhou rush back is not only the wedding, but also the large amount of supplies sent by his uncle! This is a must for the arsenal and the security team!

Especially after I heard that Shangfeng had given 300,000 rounds of 7.92 Mauser pointed bullets, hundreds of kilograms of tungsten sand, tons of copper ingots and tons of barrel steel, Hu Yizhou was even more anxious to come back! Oh, there is one more thing

Tons of TNT explosives are also good stuff!

Of course, in addition to these, various weapons and ammunition that Hu Yizhou bought through Cui Geng were also given to him! The things he wanted to buy last time were 100 speed machines and 300,000 rounds of Mauser pistol bullets. As for supplies, Hu Yizhou needed them for the arsenal.

Cui Geng bought them all, especially those special steel materials. He bought everything he could.

Therefore, Hu Yizhou owed Cui Geng a lot of money again. But he now has more than a thousand submachine guns on hand, which is enough to pay off the debt and still have some leftover!

Cui Geng was very critical of Hu Yizhou's generous buying behavior. If you have money, why can't you save it to live a good life with my sister? But the money belongs to others, and it's hard to say anything if you pay for errands.

It is worth mentioning that the soap made by the female students was sold at a very good price. A small piece of soap was sold for one yuan! It is really shocking!

But Cui Gengyi explained it and it worked! These soaps can whiten, nourish the skin, moisturize the skin, remove bacteria, and absorb blackheads... They were all bought by those official wives... It is said that the price has also increased...

PS: Thank you for the 500 reward from the years without trace and I without shadow! Thank you! I would like to say secretly that I have received your opinion, thank you! I will adopt it!

(￣┰￣*) The typos will be corrected soon, and I have to type a chapter...
Chapter completed!