PFC Chapter 348: Cut down big trees to make sleds. We can’t stay in the mountain village any longer. We
Chapter 348: Cut down big trees to make sleds. We can’t stay in the mountain village any longer. We
In the snowy bandit stronghold, Li Yunlong woke up from his room in a daze. It took him three days to dry the kang in the house. Last night, he finally used the kang and had a good sleep. It snowed for five consecutive days. Except for the first day when it snowed heavily, there were only sporadic snow in the remaining days.
Li Yunlong called Lin Zhenhua beside him and looked at his pocket watch. It was 11 o'clock in the morning, and it was time for lunch. They should have woken up at or o'clock today, but they worked until or o'clock in the morning to heat the kang yesterday, so they had to sleep during the day.
"College students, hurry up and get up. It's already 11 a.m. and we're going to have lunch soon. Monk, wake up the brothers as well. After lunch, we have to organize the supplies and find something to do. We can't just sleep in our rooms all day."
Lin Zhenhua woke up in a daze, rubbed his eyes with his hands, and looked out the window. The snowflakes in the sky had basically stopped falling, but the wind was still howling and blowing, making a shrill sound, which made Lin Zhenhua feel refreshed. The sleepiness on his face disappeared, he rinsed his mouth with warm water, picked up the canned food and compressed biscuits and started eating them. His mouth was full of oil.
"Lao Li, after a few days of hard work, I finally had a good sleep. I never thought that the snow would last for such a long time. It really exceeded our expectations. We can't return to the base in a short time. We have to gather our supplies today and see how long they can last."
Li Yunlong picked up a piece of beef with chopsticks made of branches and put it into his mouth, eating it happily. The soft and tender beef made people never tired of eating it. After eating the whole box of beef, Li Yunlong ate compressed biscuits with warm water and said, "College student, I think we have to find a way to get some horses from the devils or the puppet army, otherwise we will not be able to carry so many supplies!"
Lin Zhenhua immediately interrupted Li Yunlong's dangerous idea and suggested with a smile on his face: "Old Li, we don't need to find horses at all. The snow outside is half a meter thick. We can use sleds to transport supplies and ammunition without being affected by the heavy snow. But we must be careful when doing this. First, arrange a few people to fight in the front, find a good stopover point, and build a short-distance supply point. Then we can set out on the road back to the base."
"This is the best solution at the moment. The mountains are covered with snow now, so the Japanese can't come out to hunt us down. This will make our base safer. Once the snow melts, it will be much harder for us to leave. The muddy roads alone will make it very difficult to walk."
"But sliding on a sled in the snow is different. It doesn't affect our movements at all, and the speed is very fast. We can slide forty to fifty miles a day, which is absolutely no problem. In ten days at most, we can return to the base."
"This time we bombed the Japanese homeland. I estimate that the Japanese will soon find out that we were the ones who did it. We must return to the base as soon as possible and prepare for a big fight with the Japanese!"
Li Yunlong had never heard of such a thing as a sled. This was the first time he heard from Lin Zhenhua that there was such a magical thing in the world. He said with joy, "College student, let's start making the sled this afternoon. It would be best if we can finish it before tomorrow night. We can train for a day the day after tomorrow. As long as we can return to the base within half a month, it will be fine."
"It's freezing cold now, and it's very difficult to melt the snow. Let's do as you said just now and ride a sled back to the base! In order to reduce the amount of supplies we have to carry, let the soldiers eat more and increase their training tasks in the next two days, so that we can carry less supplies."
"As for the machine guns and cannons, we can't give them up. If we encounter a Japanese artillery tower on the way and want to break the Japanese blockade, I won't be sure without these two guys. No matter how difficult it is, we have to take them with us."
After lunch, Li Yunlong took people outside to cut down trees. The multifunctional folding sled he brought with him was not easy to use to cut down trees. Li Yunlong's eyes turned and he immediately thought of a good idea.
"Monk, take some people to get a Shuanglianzhuang large-caliber machine gun and a machine gun. There are no Japanese in this mountain anyway, so we can use the machine guns and machine guns to knock down the trees, which will save a lot of manpower. Otherwise, with just the few shovels in our hands, we may not be able to chop down the trees even if we wait until dark."
Following Li Yunlong's instructions, Monk Wei took out a machine gun and a machine cannon. He first fired a few shots at the big tree with the machine gun, but found that the effect was average. He then used the machine cannon and found that the effect was surprisingly good. As the sound of the cannon rang out, big trees were knocked down in the snow one by one. He stopped only after 30 big trees were knocked down.
"Duan Peng, take your machine gun and cut the fallen trees into sections about one person tall, so that we can transport them more easily. Move faster, I have enough bullets this time. They must transport these 30 trees back before dark, and they must not delay making the sleds at night."
This time, machine guns and machine guns were used together, and all 30 large trees were pruned before four o'clock in the afternoon. Li Yunlong led the soldiers to pull the logs back to the mountain village. They made four trips back and forth before they pulled all the logs back to the mountain village.
Lin Zhenhua looked at the logs that Li Yunlong brought back, and a smile appeared on his face. The next thing he had to do was to process these logs, split them in the middle, and polish them up and down, so that they could be used to make sleds. As for the lack of tools, Lin Zhenhua had already thought of a solution, which was to use a fire to burn the shovel red and use it to process the logs. Although this would be very slow, it was better to have something than nothing. With the help of more than 20 people, he believed that it would only take four or five days to make all the sleds.
"Old Li, let's hurry up and have dinner. After dinner, we'll start processing the wood. It would be best if we can get a rough idea of it today."
Lin Zhenhua had already prepared dinner, and the hall was filled with the aroma of beef broth. At Lin Zhenhua's invitation, everyone started eating immediately. They finished the food in just 20 minutes, and then started to get busy.
Everyone used Lin Zhenhua's method, heating the multifunctional iron shovel red, clamping it with the clamp at the back, and pushing it forward little by little on the log. The effect was surprisingly good. After two and a half hours of work, a log had been processed into a square shape, and all the extra corners had been trimmed off. Then they started to use a red-hot flat can, clamped with the furniture on the multifunctional iron shovel, and began to burn a hole in the middle little by little, and finally split the whole long log into two halves.
After working until 11pm, they finally managed to produce 27 logs, which was a very high efficiency. In the next two days, they worked from morning till night, polishing the wood bit by bit, and finally successfully produced 82 sleds after four days.
"Old Li, the sled is ready. We have to hurry up and practice. The weather has been clear these past two days and is no longer as gloomy as it was in the past few days. Once the temperature starts to rise, the snow will melt quickly. We have to move faster and get back to the base before all the snow melts."
Li Yunlong was equally anxious. He had thought that it would only take a day or two to make the sled, but he didn't expect it to take twice as long. This was a big difference from his previous plan, so he had to speed up the process.
"College student, none of us have skied before, including you. I estimate that if we want to ski well, we need at least two or three days of training. Time is very tight. We only have two days left for training. In the next two days, we need everyone to go together and we must find an effective skiing method. After three days, the troops must start to return. Time cannot be delayed any further. We must strictly control supplies in the next few days. Food consumption has increased dramatically."
"Before, I thought that this food would be enough for us to eat for a month, but now it seems that it can only last for 20 days at most. We also need to consider some unexpected situations. We should return to the base as soon as possible. The longer we delay, the more likely it is that unexpected situations will occur."
In the next two days, Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua took the lead in exploring how to use the sled. After two and a half days, everyone finally learned how to use the sled, which made the two of them feel relieved. The remaining half day was not spent on training, but on resting for the whole afternoon, going to bed early at night, and arranging a small team to go to the front early the next morning.
"Monk, take a group to find a suitable place to stay. Once you find it, immediately arrange for someone to come and inform us." Li Yunlong gave the order with a serious face.
Monk Wei assured with a firm face: "Captain, don't worry, we won't go far today, at most thirty or forty miles. After we find a stop, I will arrange for someone to return and take you there."
Monk Wei left the bandit stronghold with a squad of soldiers and three days' worth of supplies. Fortunately, it was a cloudy day and the snow was not glaring, which was very conducive to exploring the way.
After gliding for three hours without finding a suitable stop, Monk Wei led his men to move forward. After another hour, they found a natural cave. Instead of going in directly, they found some firewood and branches around and lit them near the cave entrance. After a lot of smoke and fire, a lot of poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts crawled out of the cave. Monk Wei felt lucky. After an hour of smoke and fire, he finally felt relieved when he confirmed that there was no danger inside.
"Xiao Chen, you take the people to watch here. Wait an hour before going in. I will go back to find the captain and the others now. I have marked the way. If I can't come back tonight, I will come back early tomorrow morning. The six of you must be careful at night!"
Before leaving, Monk Wei gave two instructions and left the cave with two soldiers. They finally returned to the bandit stronghold before dark and reported everything, which surprised Lin Zhenhua and Li Yunlong. They ordered the soldiers to go to bed early and set out to the cave early the next morning!