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

In late November, daytime temperatures in the Taihang Mountains range from 0 to 6 degrees Celsius.

Only when the sun is out at noon can the highest temperature reach 6 degrees Celsius.

At night, the temperature is generally between -8 and -3 degrees Celsius.

It was a sunny day.

But today, a cold wave is hitting.

The biting wind howled, causing the temperature to drop even further, with the lowest temperature reaching -12 degrees Celsius.

"Hiss~"

After entering the building, Commander Liu and Deputy Commander Xu quickly closed the door.

Commander Liu, sitting on a stool, couldn't help but say, "There's no spring or autumn in these mountains; the weather turns cold so suddenly!"

"yes!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu nodded and said, "The weather turned cold so suddenly. The troops need enough cotton-padded clothing to maintain their fighting capacity. Do we have enough?"

"Don't even mention it!"

Commander Liu shook his head and sighed, "You know perfectly well that the Kuomintang is involved!"

"According to the agreement we signed with the Nationalist government, they should have given us 45000 complete sets of cotton-padded clothing, including cotton-padded jackets, trousers, hats and shoes; in addition, there should have been 30000 leather overcoats and military blankets."

"But they keep delaying the delivery, and even when we go to their door, they just make excuses every day."

"To date, we have only received 18000 sets of cotton-padded clothing, and we haven't even received a few thousand leather coats and military blankets."

"In addition, Yan Xishan said he would give us 20000 sets of thick cotton-padded clothes to help us guard our territory. In the end, we sent troops to guard it, but they only gave us 8000 sets. We don't know where the remaining 12000 sets are."

"Our Eighth Route Army and the base area military regions are expanding now. These cotton-padded clothes aren't even enough for our three main divisions, let alone the guerrillas and Red Guards!"

At this point, he couldn't help but sigh, "It seems we'll have to trouble Comrade Xia and Comrade Hongwei again."

"This is absolutely outrageous!"

Upon hearing this, Deputy Division Commander Xu slammed his fist on the table in anger and said, "With such scumbags around, all they do is hold you back. When will we ever be able to drive out the Japanese devils?"

"Buzz!"

Just then, a ripple in spacetime that neither of them could see appeared.

Then Xia Weiwei came out from inside.

"Hey, Xia's back!"

Upon seeing Xia Weiwei appear, Commander Liu quickly greeted her with a smile, "Welcome back!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu also said to Xia Weiwei, "Xia, you've worked hard!"

"It's not hard work, it's not hard work at all!"

Xia Weiwei quickly said, "I just went through to bring some things and then came back to bring some things. It's nothing compared to the hard work of the leaders."

"Eh!"

Commander Liu waved his hand and said, "We have different roles in the revolution. Your task may seem simple, but it is actually of vital importance to us!"

"As long as you can provide a steady stream of supplies, I think our Eighth Route Army will soon grow stronger and drive out the Japanese devils!"

Xia Weiwei reported: "Commander, I brought 204 tons of rice, 18.72 tons of canned braised pork, 18.72 tons of canned luncheon meat, and 30 tons of edible salt this time."

"In addition, there are 10 tons of medical alcohol, 10 tons of saline solution, 5 tons of compressed medical cotton cloth, 50 solar panels and batteries, as well as some penicillin and artemisinin."

"Is it possible to carry so much cargo at once?"

Upon hearing Xia Weiwei's words, Deputy Division Commander Xu couldn't help but widen his eyes.

All of these things combined amount to several hundred tons of cargo.

"There was no way to do that before, but with the upgrade, the space has been improved."

Xia Weiwei said, "When I went back last time, the space had been increased to 504 cubic meters."

"And this time, the space has been increased again, reaching 567 cubic meters, which is 63 cubic meters more than before."

"Each upgrade requires a lot of gold. Initially, it required 5 large yellow croakers, but now it requires 10."

One large yellow croaker is worth 10 taels of gold, so 10 croakers would be worth 100 taels of gold.

In other words, it would take only seven round trips, or half a month, to consume 1400 taels of gold.

Upon hearing this, Commander Liu slowly said, "You don't need to worry about the gold. The second batch of gold from the Jiaodong Special Committee will arrive soon."

In the past, they certainly couldn't afford to support such a money-guzzling tycoon.

But now, with the gold from the Jiaodong Special Committee, they are able to afford to support themselves, and even have a surplus.

The larger the space, the more supplies can be transported.

The more supplies they have, the more troops they can recruit.

Take their 129th Division for example.

After he sent a regiment to escort Political Commissar Zhang away, their 129th Division was left with less than 7000 men.

But now, after forming a new regiment, they are starting to form a second new regiment.

The team has been fully assembled, but the equipment is still insufficient.

Currently, the entire 129th Division has more than 13000 members.

With the new political commissar also about to split up the organization, the two newly established regiments are probably not enough, and they will have to continue recruiting new soldiers.

The other two divisions, as well as the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, are also expanding their forces.

In this way, they only need to wait for Ma Hongwei to bring the weapons next time, and these troops will be ready to fight without further training.

Xia Weiwei said, "Commander, let's go store the supplies now!"

"good!"

Commander Liu reminded him, "However, you should wear more layers, as the temperature has dropped these past few days."

"Then I'd like to trouble you two leaders to wait for me outside!"

As Xia Weiwei spoke, she began rummaging through her clothes.

"Okay, we'll wait for you at the main gate!"

With that, the two left the house.

Xia Weiwei put on two extra layers of clothing before coming out.

A gust of cold wind swept by, making her shiver involuntarily.

Xia Weiwei couldn't help but say, "I didn't really feel it inside, but now that I'm outside, it's really cold!"

"Who says otherwise!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu looked at Xia Weiwei and said, "Xia, winter is coming soon. If you go back, you need to purchase more cotton-padded clothes for our Eighth Route Army. Only with these cotton-padded clothes can the soldiers have the fighting power."

"It's not particularly cold yet, and the weather will warm up, so the soldiers without winter coats can still manage. But if it continues to be this cold, they won't be able to endure it without enough winter coats."

"Yes, sir!"

Xia Weiwei nodded and replied, "I will definitely buy enough cotton-padded coats. How many do you need?"

Commander Liu did the math and said, "We need at least another 12000 sets. We also need to continue recruiting new people; the more the better!"