Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

"A promotion?"

Ma Hongwei perked up his ears.

Could it be that the 115th Division is going to be handed over to Deputy Division Commander Nie?

"Could it be...?"

Commander Liu's expression shifted, and he said, "Could it be that you want me to establish an anti-Japanese revolutionary base area?"

"Um!"

Deputy Division Commander Nie nodded and said, "The Eighth Route Army headquarters has already discussed this after the Japanese army occupied Taiyuan."

"In order to prevent the 115th Division and the Eighth Route Army headquarters from being cut off by the Japanese army, it was decided that I would lead more than 3000 people, including the division headquarters, the independent regiment, and the cavalry battalion, to settle in Wutai Mountain, establish the Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area, and serve as the commander and political commissar of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region."

Deputy Division Commander Xu said, "Good heavens, you're doing the job of both commander and political commissar! Looks like we'll have to call you Commander Nie from now on!"

"Pshaw, what kind of commander is he!"

Deputy Division Commander Nie waved his hand and said, "There are only 3000 people in total, which is less than the number of people under the command of a brigade commander!"

"You've already done quite well!"

Commander He said, "Back then, I led 21 fellow villagers to launch the anti-Yuan and national protection struggle, and raised an army to make revolution..."

"After the Nanchang Uprising failed and the southward advance failed, I was left with only 91 men and 72 guns in the mountainous area on the border of Hunan and Hubei..."

"I'm an old revolutionary too, you know!"

Deputy Division Commander Nie said, "Once we reach the Jin-Cha-Ji base area, I will fully mobilize the masses to fight against local tyrants and distribute land to the peasants, and expand our armed forces. I want to turn these 3000 people into 30000, and then 300000!"

"So it was to establish the Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area!"

Ma Hongwei thought to himself, "I remember this base area was a model base area behind enemy lines, with more than 100,000 troops in 1939. It was also the core foundation of the North China Field Army during the Liberation War!"

Deputy Division Commander Nie said, "The next time they come to transport supplies, it will be Lao Tang and Lao Luo. Lao Tang is the Chief of Staff of our Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and Lao Luo is still the Political Commissar."

Commander Liu peeled open a crayfish and said, "When Old D comes over here, we will most likely have to separate the 129th Division from the Taihang Mountain Anti-Japanese Base Area."

Deputy Division Commander Xu said, "Only by dividing ourselves into smaller units can we continuously grow and expand!"

……

They ate their meal from the afternoon until evening.

After a hearty meal, the leaders planned to leave.

Commander Liu glanced at Ma Hongwei, whose face was flushed and who was swaying unsteadily from drinking, and said to Xia Weiwei, "Comrade Xia, I'm entrusting Comrade Hongwei to you."

"I will take good care of him!"

Xia Weiwei nodded.

"Comrade Hongwei, we're off!"

Several leaders waved their hands.

"Bye-bye, take care!"

Ma Hongwei slurred.

"Please sit here for a while, I'll go see the leaders off!"

Xia Weiwei said something and then walked out of the room.

Deputy Division Commander Xu said, "No need to see me off, go back!"

Xia Weiwei had no choice but to return to the house.

At this moment, Deputy Division Commander Xu said to the guards standing watch outside, "Notify the others around here that you don't need to stand guard for the next two days. Go back!"

"yes!"

The guards responded and left.

Xia Weiwei returned to the room and found that Ma Hongwei was slumped over the table.

"Hongwei! Hongwei?"

Xia Weiwei nudged Ma Hongwei, but there was no response. She quickly helped him lie down on the kang (a heated brick bed).

She tidied up the table briefly, moved the chairs and stools aside, and then helped Ma Hongwei take off his shoes.

"It's a hassle that we can't get hot water anytime here!"

Xia Weiwei sighed, found her large wooden basin, carried it outside, and started a fire to boil water.

Having enjoyed the convenience of the future, when it comes to doing things yourself, you'll naturally want to complain.

Once the water was heated, Xia Weiwei used a ladle made from half a gourd to scoop the water out of the large pot.

She found a towel she used to wipe her face and began to wipe Ma Hongwei's hands and face.

Then, he took off the other person's socks and washed their feet.

There was no other way; conditions were poor in the mountains, and everyone used the same basin to wash their feet and face.

"Looks like I'll have to bring back some stainless steel basins next time!"

Xia Weiwei thought, "Oh right, there's also the thermos. If I bring it back, I won't have to keep boiling water."

Before, she was alone here, and Xia Weiwei didn't think it was a big deal.

Because ever since she went to northern Shaanxi, she has been living a makeshift life in terms of material things.

After pouring out the foot bath water, Xia Weiwei washed herself again.

Then, she went to the kang (a heated brick bed) and spread out the two quilts.

Xia Weiwei leaned down and gently nudged Ma Hongwei: "Hongwei, sit up, I'll take off your clothes, then you can lie down in bed and sleep!"

"Weiwei, let's get intimate!"

Ma Hongwei grabbed her and pinned her down.

"ah!"

Xia Weiwei was startled and tried to struggle.

But she was petite, and when the other person hugged her with his large frame, she couldn't move at all.

Even her cherry-like lips were directly sealed by the other party's large mouth, which reeked of alcohol.

In the end, she could only close her eyes in embarrassment and let the other person do whatever they wanted.

"Ugh... ugh..."

"Hongwei...don't bite me..."

……

Ma Hongwei couldn't remember how much he had drunk.

He drank every drink offered by the leaders.

Towards the end of the drinking session, he vaguely remembered eating something delicious and then fell asleep.

In his dream, Ma Hongwei seemed to be dreaming that he and his girlfriend Xia Weiwei were on their wedding night.

As the saying goes, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night.

It seems he really wants to get married.

It's not like those greedy fools and old turtledoves of later generations who only know how to take and never give back.

Instead, they are confident and spirited women who prefer military uniforms to feminine dresses, truly independent and capable of holding up half the sky.

Oh well, it's just a dream, I'll enjoy it to the fullest even in my dreams!

the next day.

Ma Hongwei was woken up by the urge to urinate.

He was still sleepy, and when he stretched out his hand to the side, there was a warm and delicate body.

"Um?"

In an instant, Ma Hongwei regained his senses.

He turned his head and glanced to the side, only to find himself lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) in the adobe house.

Covered by a thin cotton quilt with a coarse pattern, Xia Weiwei lay in the same bed with him.

"Holy crap!"

Ma Hongwei rubbed his face and exclaimed, "That wasn't a dream last night? It actually happened?"

He had been longing for Xia Weiwei for a long time.

Unexpectedly, I managed to accomplish something important last night, albeit in a rather muddled way.

However, he had clearly promised her that he would wait until their wedding night.

"I need to go to the toilet right now."

Ma Hongwei shook his head, got out of bed, put on a coat, and ran into the yard.

These days, not only are houses and yards simple, but even toilets are the same.

This toilet was also made of stone, with stones all around the bottom and two large stones on top, with a very wide gap between them.

If they were smaller, and no one was watching them, they might have accidentally fallen in.

Below is a pit filled with water. You have to be careful when you go to the toilet, because if you're not careful, the water will splash on you.

When they got back inside, Xia Weiwei had also woken up.