Chapter 44: Cleverly Passing by Chen Village (1)

  "Director Chen, after passing by Chen Village, we won't be far from our destination," Huang Yukai said to Director Chen.

  "Yes! After walking for so long, we're finally arriving. What a journey it has been, full of surprises and dangers!" exclaimed Director Chen.

  "It was indeed tiring, but we've arrived safely." "It was indeed tiring, but compared to the Long March, the conditions were much better. Back then, it was even more difficult than now!" Chen Shou said to Huang Yucai.

  "Report to the company commander! The situation ahead has been fully understood." The scout returned to report the situation he had gathered to Huang Yuke. To ensure the safety of several leaders, on this road, Huang Yuke always sent someone to understand the situation ahead before deciding whether they should continue to move forward. In order not to delay time, each time he would send out scouts in advance before arriving at the next location. Along the way, cleverly avoiding the devils' sweep and easily passing through the devils' defensive strongholds.

  "Tell me about the situation ahead!" Huang Yu-kai asked. Then, Investigator Zhang told Huang Yu-kai in detail about the situation he had gathered.

  "We must pass through Chen Zhuang stronghold, but the enemy has a large number of troops here and strong firepower. The distance between this stronghold and other strongholds is also very close. If we launch a surprise attack on Chen Zhuang stronghold, it's impossible to get through quickly. And the enemy's support troops can arrive there quickly. This thing is really difficult to handle!" Huang Yuke couldn't help but feel worried after hearing the intelligence.

  "It's really hard for a large troop to get through there quietly! It's easy to be discovered by the devils," he said.

  "Alright! I know! Let me think carefully again, you go down and rest first!" Huang Yukai ordered scout Xiao Zhang to go down and rest. He called Gao Dabao over to discuss together how to quietly pass through the Chen Zhuang base under the enemy's heavy defense. The two people thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good solution.

  "It's really not possible, tomorrow I'll lead a fake attack on the enemy's stronghold to draw their attention. You lead the escort for the five leaders to quickly pass through here." Huang Yuke said to Gao Dabao.

  "Can we do it? If not, let's go ask the leader, and have them think of a solution." said Gao Dabao.

  "It seems it can only be like this, if it really doesn't work out then let's do what we just said." Huang Yuke agreed with Gao Dabao's opinion.

  "Director! The situation is like this, we want to ask for your opinion." Huang Yukai told Director Chen the details.

  "There's no other way to do it, we can only force our way through, and that's not good! Not good!", Director Chen muttered to himself, stood up and turned around twice. "Hey! Old Luo, haven't you been here several times before? How did you get through back then? Think of a solution!", Director Chen said to Director Luo.

  "Yes!" The other leaders also chimed in.

  "It wasn't like this before, I remember last time it was the organization here that sent people to escort us through, immediately send someone to contact the organization here," Luo Shouzhang instructed Huang Yuke.

  "Alright, sir! I'll send someone to take care of it right away." Huang Yukai immediately went out to arrange for people to contact the local organization in nearby villages. Several soldiers were dispatched as ordered, while Huang Yukai and his men waited quietly here for news.

  After waiting for a long time, several warriors finally returned, and with them came several big men, typical Shandong men.

  "Captain Wang, this is our Commander Huang!", "Commander! This is Captain Wang of the guerrilla troops! These are all comrades from the guerrilla troops." Scout Little Zhang introduced them to Huang Yuke and the others.

  "Comrade, hello! I am Huang Yukai." "Huang Lianchang, hello! I am Wang Zhenhai, the commander of the guerrilla team. This is our guerrilla team......", Huang Yukai and Commander Wang Zhenhai began to talk enthusiastically.

  "We heard Comrade Zhang say that you've encountered some difficulties?" Wang Zhenhai asked.

  "Yes! We are ready to pass through here, but we must pass through Chen Zhuang's stronghold. The situation there is also known to you all, and it's hard not to be discovered by the devils. So we thought of you, wanting to ask for your help in finding a way to get through here." Huang Yuke told Wang Zhenhai his thoughts.

  "A family doesn't speak two languages, this matter is guaranteed by our guerrilla team!" Wang Zhenhai patted his chest to ensure. This simple and straightforward Shandong man was very generous. He invited Huang Yucai and the others to the guerrilla team's base. Due to the secrecy of the matter, Huang Yucai did not introduce the several leaders to Wang Zhenhai, nor did he mention that he had come to escort the several leaders. He only said that he had come to carry out a task, telling Wang Zhenhai that they were lower-level officers in their own team, and since they were all wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms, it was impossible to discover anything.

  "Ah Shui! Go tell Pao Zi to make something delicious, just say we have guests coming." Wang Zhenhai instructed someone to start making dinner.

  That child named Ashui heard it and immediately ran out quickly. Huang Yuke and the comrades of the guerrilla team began to talk to each other.

  "Captain! Dinner is ready!", "Let's go! Go out to eat." Wang Zhenhai dragged Huang Yuke, leading everyone outside. At this time, several guerrilla fighters carried two large water buckets over, and Huang Yuke and the others were arranged by Wang Zhenhai at a table made of broken door boards, while the other soldiers stood in line waiting for dinner.

  Wang Zhenhai came to the two buckets, picked up the ladle in the bucket, stirred it a little, scooped out a ladle of vegetables from the bottom, and poured them into a large bowl handed over by the guerrilla member. He let the guerrilla member hand it over to Huang Yukei, and then separately served a bowl of vegetables to everyone else before returning to the table.

  "Come on! Have some more! We don't have much good food here to entertain you." Wang Zhenhai said, handing Huang Yuke another large pancake.

  Huang Yuke took the large pancake handed to him, glanced at the dish in the bowl, and found it was braised cabbage with a few pieces of meat. Huang Yuke turned his head and looked at several leaders, finding that they also each had a large pancake in hand.

  "Hmm! Delicious!", Commander Chen praised after smelling the stewed cabbage.

  "Yes! Let's eat, Comrade Chang!" Luo Shou Zhang said as soon as he saw Huang Yu Kai looking over at them.

  "Eat! Ah! Old Wang! You eat too!", Huang Yuke took a bite of the stewed cabbage, and then invited Wang Zhenhai to eat together.

  "It's so delicious! I haven't had such a fragrant dish in a long time, this sauce is great." Huang Yuke couldn't help but praise.

  "Delicious, have some more! What else is there?" Wang Zhenhai saw that everyone was very satisfied with his hospitality and kept urging everyone to eat more.

  "Hey! I'm telling you, Old Wang! The food here is really not bad!", Huang Yuke said with his mouth full of food.

  "Hey! Huang Lianchang, you don't know that we're improving our food here today!", said a guerrilla fighter in the queue.