Private teacher of grade 2

  Yuan Jing stayed in the assault camp, and the locals said that it would take 100 days to recover from her injuries. She had been shot in the leg and lost a lot of blood, leaving her extremely weak and unable to move. Luo Yi arranged for a doctor to come and change her dressings every day, and also asked the kitchen staff to prepare special meals for her, ensuring that she had meat dishes at every meal. The people of Zhu Shan Town relied on the mountains for their livelihood, and hunters often came to town selling wild game they had caught in the mountains. Every few days, Luo Yi would have a pot of pheasant soup cooked for Yuan Jing, which helped to restore her health and left her face rosy.

  When Yuan Jing started to be able to walk, Luo Yi accompanied her on a stroll around the town, chatting and exercising. With his initial good impression of the Red Army, plus his innate fondness for pretty girls, Luo Yi was more than happy to show his courtesy to Yuan Jing. Yuan Jing was indeed only 17 years old, just like Zeng Shan, with a young girl's mentality, and she was quite willing to chat with Luo Yi on non-confidential matters related to the Red Army.

  "Captain Luo, what kind of person are you?" One day, Yuan Jing couldn't help but ask Luo Yi.

  Bandit: "You don't look like one. Although I'm quite handsome, who says bandits can't be handsome?"

  Yuan Jing was already used to Luo Yi's nonsense, so she automatically filtered out his last sentence and asked: "Aren't you the head of security?"

  "This security team's hat of mine was swindled. I used to be a bandit from Jiuling Mountain, the Gathered Righteousness Society, have you heard of it?"

  Yuan Jing nodded: "No wonder, I've heard of the name 'Jiu Yi Bang' before. It seems to be different from ordinary bandits, and they don't bully civilians normally. We even discussed accepting you guys to join the Red Army."

  Luo Yi said: "Forget about joining the Red Army, the Red Army can't even protect itself now, I don't want to follow them to Shaanbei."

  "Shaanbei?"

  Luo Yi knew he had misspoken, and hastily covered it up: "What's the point of talking about north or south? Even if we were in Jiangsu province, it wouldn't work out. The way things are going now, who knows where you'll end up running to?"

  Yuan Jing said: "No way, we have the confidence to defend the Soviet area well. The White Bandit Army has been defeated four times in their attempts to encircle and annihilate us, and this time they will not succeed either."

  Lu Yi was too lazy to argue with her, because at this time, Yuan Jing was like a mother hen protecting her eggs, and she had the energy to engage in a hundred rounds of verbal sparring with Lu Yi. Lu Yi would rather chat with Yuan Jing about everyday things, as after eating for a few days, the girl's complexion had already improved, and her lips were red and teeth white, making her look lovely. It was really not pleasant to argue with such a beauty about the prospects of the revolution.

  Yuan Jing knew that Luo Yi had no malice towards her, and slowly opened up, telling Luo Yi about her own life story.

  Yuan Jing was born into an intellectual family in a county town in northern Jiangxi, and received good education. Her father was a progressive who believed in Marxism, and Yuan Jing was influenced by her father from a young age, forming communist ideas. Two years ago, the Red Army passed through her county to recruit soldiers in a town. She heard the news and secretly left home to enlist without telling her parents, becoming a Red Army soldier. Due to her cultural background, bravery in battle, and understanding of Marxist principles, she was quickly promoted to become a guide for a regiment. However, the regiment she led was only a nominal unit and had always been understaffed.

  "The Red Army is now nowhere to be found, and your injury hasn't healed yet. Why don't you just stay here for now? We're currently building Zhu Shan Town, which also benefits the people, and doesn't conflict with your ideology." Luo Yi said to Yuan Jing, he really didn't want this girl to return to the Red Army. Now was the most difficult time for the Red Army, from the Fifth Encirclement Campaign to the Long March, the Red Army had suffered heavy casualties, almost every soldier had been through nine deaths and one life. If Yuan Jing returned now, she would likely be unable to escape a tragic fate.

  Yuan Jing said: "How can this be, now the troops are in need of people, I must find the troops as soon as possible."

  Luo Yi said: "Why not do this, you stay here and do some political ideological work on me. Who knows, maybe one day I'll be convinced by you and lead the troops to join the Red Army, wouldn't that strengthen the Red Army's power?"

  "Do you want to join the Red Army?" Yuan Jing asked with delight.

  "I haven't thought about it yet. Maybe if you do some more work, I'll think of it... You see, these past few days being with you, I feel like I've made a lot of progress and understood many revolutionary principles. If you say some more principles, maybe I'll thoroughly understand." Luo Yi was enticing Yuan Jing, he had made up his mind to detain Yuan Jing no matter what.

  Under Luo Yi's instigation and organization, Yuan Jing opened a literacy school. During the day, she taught classes to the children in the town, and at night, she taught classes to the soldiers of the shock troops. Luo Yi told her that through this literacy education, not only could the soldiers learn to recognize characters, but they could also understand revolutionary principles, which would lay the foundation for their future participation in the Red Army. Yuan Jing accepted Luo Yi's view and no longer mentioned leaving the shock troops to find the Red Army. Instead, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to her teaching work. Luo Yi was secretly delighted, as he had originally thought that he himself would have to become a literacy teacher, but unexpectedly, he had picked up a free private tutor on the road.

  Mrs. Zhang and Zeng Shan returned from Wuhan after more than 20 days, bringing with them two truckloads of various supplies. Since the highway had not yet been repaired, the trucks stopped at the mountain pass of Matieling, and all the road construction workers from Lejialin were dispatched to transport the supplies down the mountain. Everyone pushed small carts back and forth, busy for two days, before finally transporting all the supplies into town.

  "Thank you, madam, for your hard work." Luo Yi said gratefully to Mrs. Zhang.

  Mrs. Zhang smiled and replied, "It wasn't too tiring, mainly because some equipment was temporarily out of stock, so we waited for two more days. Fortunately, there's Shan'er to keep me company, so it wasn't boring."

  Luo Yi turned his head and looked at Zeng Shan, who was dressed in a floral dress, and asked with a smile: "How is it, Shan'er, is Wuhan fun?"

  "Wuhan is really big, just Hanjie Street, we walked for a whole day and still haven't finished. I heard that there are 32 streets and * alleys there, at first we were walking and counting together, but later on we got all mixed up." Zeng Shan said excitedly.

  "What did you buy?"

  "Do you think my clothes look good?" Zeng Shan stretched out her arm in front of Luo Yi, letting him see the texture of the clothes. "I also bought several more sets. And some for summer wear."

  "Did you spend Madame Zhang's money? How did you buy so many things?"

  Zeng Shan pulled Zhang's wife's arm, tilted her head and said to Luo Yi: "This was bought for me by my godmother."

  Mrs. Zhang stroked Zeng Shan's head and said, "Actually, it didn't cost much money. Shan has never worn many good clothes since she was a child. A 15-year-old girl is at the age when she should be dressing up. You... as her brother, don't even care about her."

  Luo Yi said: "Master's wife, you can't spoil her like this. A child at home should be simple and hardworking... Ah, you'd better go rest first, I've already arranged for someone to inform Zhang Kuanglong, tomorrow we'll go up the mountain together and move the equipment in." After finishing speaking, he said to Zeng Shan: "Shan'er, go help Master's wife tidy up her room, let Master's wife move into our house, I've already prepared new bedding."

  Zeng Shan ran away, and Mrs. Zhang pulled Luo Yi to one side, whispering to him: "Captain Luo, the weapons and equipment you wanted, I've also managed to get for you, they're in those few boxes in the middle. I bought them under the pretext of protecting the mine, so when you use them, please be as cautious as possible, just in case something happens, it won't be easy to explain."

  Luo Yi said: "Great, I've been waiting for this batch of weapons to train soldiers. Thank you, Master Mother."

  Mrs. Zhang smiled and said: "Captain Luo, Tianyou has always remembered what you said about resisting the Japanese and saving the nation. You must not disappoint our expectations."

  "Don't worry, I will definitely not let you down." Luo Yi said with a solemn oath.

  Lu Shuangyong heard that the weapons had arrived and couldn't help but feel delighted. He led a few soldiers to move the boxes containing the weapons to the assault battalion headquarters, then hastily opened one of the boxes. Inside this box was a pile of various accessories, among which the most eye-catching was a large tube as thick as a bowl mouth.

  "What? Is this scattered?" Lu Shuangyong was stunned. He could, of course, recognize that these were parts of a heavy machine gun, which he had seen during battles with the National Army in the past. However, even at the peak of the Gathered Righteousness Society's power, they had never managed to get their hands on a single heavy machine gun, so Lu Shuangyong only knew that it was powerful but didn't know how to assemble and use it.

  "Does anyone here know how to use this thing?" Luo Yi asked. Although he was a military enthusiast, he had only heard of the Maxim heavy machine gun and had never operated it personally. The heavy machine gun was the most important item on the list of equipment he had given to Zhang Tianyou, without heavy firepower, the assault battalion would be completely unable to fight back when encountering strong enemies.

  Lu Shuangyong shook his head: "No, no one in the entire assault battalion has ever used this thing."

  "Or else, let's call that little red-haired girl over? The Red Army must have this thing."