Siheyuan: I am the seventh uncle of Banggen

Chapter 166: Successfully luring the enemy

At night, Zhang Dabao took three people to pick out weapons. Of course, they had to bring more grenades, a heavy machine gun, and the rest were submachine guns. They had to bring more bullets, and Zhang Dabao specially brought a Type 8 rifle to snipe the enemy from a distance. The army also prepared helmets for the four people. Zhang Dabao asked the factory to prepare eight steel plates. After Zhang Dabao knocked them for a while, they became simple bulletproof vests with small holes in the middle and on the top, which were connected to the body with ropes.

After everything was done, the four of us got in the car and set off.

"Brother, are there many enemies?" Huang Xinsheng asked.

"We are facing a small number of troops. They are the vanguard. We must fight them off instead of killing them all. It won't work if they don't have anyone to report the situation. At the beginning, we cannot use heavy machine guns. We can only use submachine guns and grenades. This time we are facing cavalry. We must not let them charge," Zhang Dabao instructed.

"Chief Zhang, will they retaliate against many people?" You Chunhui asked.

"To be honest, I really don't know how many people they have, but it's definitely not a small number. If you were the enemy's commander, how many people do you think would be needed to capture four soldiers with automatic weapons?" Zhang Dabao asked You Chunhui.

"If we want to minimize casualties, we need at least one platoon," You Chunxiao said after thinking for a while.

"Then we will at least face a platoon. We are different from the soldiers in ambush. We have no cover and can only rely on vehicles for protection. So as soon as the enemy's large group appears and enters the firing range, the machine guns must start shooting. We have to hurt the enemy first so that they will fight us to the death. Only then can our comrades in ambush behind us wipe them out completely." Zhang Dabao made some arrangements.

It's dawn and we've arrived in Zhangjiakou.

Zhang Dabao brought three people to the supply and marketing cooperative for supplies, chatted with his old friend Director Wei for a long time, replenished a lot of water and food, and conducted a careful and detailed inspection of the vehicle. This work lasted until nine o'clock in the morning. At this time, Huang Xinsheng got out of the car and nodded to Zhang Dabao. Zhang Dabao knew that the large force had arrived at the ambush site, so he stopped repairing the car and got in and set off.

The grassland is very vast, and the scenery is completely different from the last time I came. At that time, the grassland was all withered and yellow, but now it is green and endless, which looks refreshing.

"Brother, it's so nice to ride a horse on the prairie." Huang Xinsheng was also attracted by the scenery in front of him.

"After we complete the task, we'll let you ride as much as you want. If not, we can ask our fellow villagers to buy two horses when we go back. When you've ridden enough, you can ask Sixth Brother and the others to use them to deliver goods when you go back," said Zhang Dabao.

"There's no need to buy it, it's a bit of a waste." Huang Xinsheng had a good mental state and was not as nervous as before a big battle.

The sky gradually darkened and the wind on the grassland became a little cooler.

"Brothers, let's take a rest first. Once we get in the car, we won't have time to rest. Xinsheng, take a look at the map and estimate how far we are from our destination?" Zhang Dabia stopped the car.

The four got off the car to relieve themselves, had dinner, closed their eyes and rested for twenty minutes. At Zhang Dabao's command, the car started again. At this time, Huang Xinsheng and Qu Qiangsheng had already got into the car, and the submachine guns in the hands of the four were loaded.

"Something's happening," Zhang Dabao said to You Chunhui who was driving next to him, then knocked on the fender with the butt of his gun, alerting Huang Xinsheng and the other person in the car.

At this time, a group of people and horses appeared in front of the car, with about seven or eight horses. The car did not stop, and neither did the horses. Zhang Dabao gave the order "Open fire", and the car stopped. Four submachine guns fired, knocking down four horses at once. The other three saw that the situation was not good, so they ran into the grassland, turned their horses around and went back.

"Don't pack up, let's go quickly, we have to reach our destination. If they surround us here, we'll be finished." Zhang Dabao saw that You Chunhui wanted to get out of the car, so he quickly stopped him, started the car, and drove forward quickly.

Finally seeing the sign set up by his comrades, Zhang Dabao led the car to the side, took out the heavy machine gun, used the car as a cover, and prepared for battle.

Ten minutes later, the noisy sound of horse hooves was heard, and the enemy was coming.

"We have at least a hundred horses, get ready for battle." Zhang Dabao took a breath. The number of enemies was twice what he expected. He was in trouble now. He didn't know how many comrades he had ambushed and what their weapons and equipment were.

"Open fire!" Zhang Dabao saw the enemy getting closer and closer, so he started firing the heavy machine gun. The heavy machine gun is the nemesis of the cavalry. If they are in a dangerous place, a heavy machine gun can wipe out an entire cavalry company. But this is not a dangerous place, it is a grassland, and for the cavalry, the grassland is full of roads.

"Start shooting." The two submachine guns also started shooting. The enemy was less than 50 meters away from the car. There were at least sixty people who broke through the blockade of machine guns and submachine guns.

At this moment, the comrades in ambush finally opened fire. Dozens or even hundreds of submachine guns fired at the same time. The dense firepower left the enemy nowhere to hide and they fell off their horses one after another. The enemies behind knew they were ambushed and turned their horses around to run. At this time, Zhang Dabao's Type 38 rifle began to fire in bursts, killing every enemy with one shot. No enemy escaped.

The comrades who were lying in ambush for "surrendering your weapons will not lead to death" have come out and started to clean up the battlefield and capture prisoners.

"Xinsheng, how are you and Qiangsheng?" Zhang Dabao came into the carriage. The heavy machine gun must have been the enemy's special focus. The battle was over, and he didn't know if the two were injured.

"Brother, I was shot twice. Fortunately, you gave me a steel plate to protect me, otherwise I would be finished this time. I was only hit in the left shoulder, but it's not a big problem," said Huang Xinsheng.

"Qiangsheng, what about you?" Zhang Dabao asked Qu Qiangsheng who was sitting on the ground.

"Chief Zhang, I was scared to death. I was hit by five or six bullets in the chest. The impact knocked me down. Fortunately, I was protected by a steel plate. Look, my clothes are full of holes, and a bullet is embedded in the steel plate." Qu Qiangsheng couldn't stand up. He was scared and tired. He was exhausted.

"What about other places?" Zhang Dabao asked again.

"You don't feel any pain, so you should be fine. How about you and Brother You?" Qu Qiangsheng asked.

"We two are fine. We are protected by the car, and they didn't focus their attack on us. Xinsheng, is the bullet still inside?" Zhang Dabao asked Huang Xinsheng in reply.

"Inside, brother, we two are safe thanks to this clothes," Huang Xinsheng smiled.

"Zhang Ke, what's going on?" A comrade from the army came over.

"One comrade has a shoulder injury, the others are fine, how about you?" Zhang Dabao asked his comrades in the army.

"Two of our comrades died and five were injured. This time we killed 102 enemies, captured 17 prisoners, and seized a batch of war horses and guns. Let the injured comrades go for treatment. There are doctors with them." The leaders of the army and Zhang Dabao helped Huang Xinsheng out of the car.

Huang Xinsheng performed surgery in a tent on the side.

Chapter 167: Factory Requirements

This time, Zhang Dabiao did not go to Erlianhot to deliver the goods or pick up Niu Kewu, but took Huang Xinsheng back to the capital. Qu Qiangsheng and You Chunhui went there.

On the way back, Zhang Dabao put antibiotics in Huang Xinsheng's food and gave him anti-inflammatory drugs, so Huang Xinsheng did not have a fever and his condition was very stable.

After arriving in Beijing, Huang Xinsheng lived in the Sixth Hospital, and the factory arranged for someone to accompany him. Zhang Dabiao went to the factory to report the situation to the leaders.

"Da Biao, what are you talking about that protected Qu Qiangsheng and Huang Xinsheng?" Shi Guijun was obviously more interested in these items that could protect the lives of his comrades.

"This is it." Zhang Dabao took off the two steel plates on his body and gave them to Shi Guijun.

"Isn't it a bit inconvenient to move around wearing this?" Shi Guijun asked.

"Director Shi, it's inconvenient, but it can save lives. I heard that there are new materials for making bulletproof vests in Britain and Western Europe. Russia also has them, and the Japanese have also developed advanced ones. They are both light and strong, and the effect is no worse than steel plates," Zhang Dabao said to Shi Guijun.

"Yes, our technology is far behind, and I have to report this situation. Da Biao, the mission was completed beautifully this time. According to reliable intelligence, the enemy's operational force has been basically destroyed. They currently do not have the power to carry out major harassment on our convoy. In the future, as long as we bring a few submachine guns, there will be no big problem. Thank you," said Shi Guijun.

"Director Shi, this is all for the development of the country. Our factory often delivers goods, and I don't want my colleagues and comrades to sacrifice in vain. These are all our jobs, and there is no question of who should thank whom," said Zhang Dabao.

"Are you interested in returning to the army?" Shi Guijun extended an olive branch.

"My injury hasn't healed yet, and I can't handle high-intensity tasks." Zhang Dabao rejected Shi Guijun's recruitment.

"Lao Yang, Lao Li, your unit will commend Zhang Dabiao and four other people in your factory, but we won't give them a public commendation. This is the leaders' intention, and it's for everyone's safety. They are all employees of your unit, so you can reward them yourselves; as for Dabiao, we may borrow him in the future, so we can help each other then," said Shi Guijun.

"Lao Shi, is this the end? This is an entire company of cavalry. The horses and weapons are all yours. We provided the men, the vehicles, and the weapons ourselves, but we have nothing. Is this appropriate?" Li Huaide said.

"What's inappropriate about that? Your steel rolling mill is a wealthy family," Shi Guijun said in a shameless manner.

"You can at least give us half of it. We are brother units cooperating, you eat the meat but we don't even have the soup. No matter how this lawsuit goes, you can't justify it," said Li Huaide.

"Old Li, don't think about the things. They have been divided long ago. It has nothing to do with you. I will treat you two to a meal myself. I heard from Zhiping that you two have been thinking about my wine." Shi Guijun also felt that he was a little bit unkind, so he wanted to treat Yang Weihua and Li Huaide to a meal.

"You are too stingy. You can at least give us a few horses. Our unit doesn't have enough vehicles," Li Huaide said again.

"Old Li, I heard that you wanted the trucks replaced by the troops. You have good information. I only found out about it one day ago." Shi Guijun now understood that Li Huaide and the others wanted more.

"Go and report to your leader. We don't need much. Five vehicles will be enough. You just said that our factory is a big transportation company. How can we do without vehicles?" Li Huaide expressed his true purpose.

"Five cars, Li Huaide, how dare you even think about it? If I tell my leader about this, he will definitely scold me all morning. What are you thinking? At most one car. I still have to do my work." Shi Guijun compromised.

"No, at least four. Otherwise, I'll go find the leader and exchange a company's stuff for a few cars. That's not too much, right?" Li Huaide got angry and slammed the table.

"You are now the deputy director of the steel rolling mill. What do you want weapons and equipment for? What do you want to do?" Shi Guijun slammed the table and started arguing with Li Huaide.

"Okay, Huaide and Lao Shi, stop arguing. You are good brothers and you can't hurt the harmony. Give me some face. Lao Li, don't ask for four cars. Won't that make Lao Shi embarrassed? Two cars is enough, okay?" Yang Weihua heard the two people arguing fiercely and acted as a peacemaker.

The two agreed to Yang Weihua's plan and sat up again.

"Lao Yang, that's not right. You and Lao Li are in the same group. You are also the factory director. I have been deceived by you two." Shi Guijun figured it out.

"Are you still a man? Do you want to take back what you said?" Li Huaide tricked him.

"Damn, you two are so mean. I originally wanted to treat you to a meal, but today you have to treat me instead," Shi Guijun was furious.

"Of course there is no problem with eating. Our unit has an eighth-level chef. Although he is only at eighth level, his cooking level is at least fifth level. Today, Lao Shi, you can try the dishes he cooks. He has researched several new dishes and they taste really good." Yang Weihua walked down the stairs.

"What new dishes?" Shi Guijun asked.

"You'll know if you try it in our canteen at noon today. Dabia, go talk to Zhuzi and ask him to cook a few of their signature dishes. The fish dishes must be made, especially the sweet and sour fish and the grilled fish," Yang Weihua instructed Zhang Dabia who was watching the show on the side. After hearing the arrangements, Zhang Dabia immediately left the factory director's office.

"Dabao, when did you come back?" He Yuzhu was very happy when he saw Zhang Dabao.

"I just came back. Director Yang and my cousin are coming to have dinner. They said that some fish dishes must be served, including sweet and sour fish and grilled fish. You can handle the rest. We have invited a leader from the army today. He has a high rank and is an old friend of the director." After saying this, Zhang Dabao sat aside to rest.

When He Yuzhu heard that the factory leaders were coming to dinner, he and the people in the kitchen got busy.

Zhang Dabao sat down and began to review the operation. Although the result was good, he had seriously misjudged the number of enemies. He was confident in his own skills but forgot that his comrades were all ordinary people. Fortunately, Huang Xinsheng was only injured. If something had happened to him, he would definitely not be able to get over it.

If there are such operations in the future, I'd better leave it to the professionals in the army. I'm just a section chief in the supply and marketing department now. I don't bring anyone with me when something happens. I have to act alone. If I can fight, I will fight. If I can't fight, I can hide. I was a little passive this time.

Zhang Dabao was thinking about something when he was interrupted by the noisy sound outside the cafeteria. It seemed like several people were arguing, both men and women. One of them had a particularly familiar voice, and it seemed to be Zhang Cuihua. Zhang Dabao was very curious, so he walked out of the cafeteria.

In the middle of the road from the canteen to the workshop, Zhang Cuihua was talking to a few people. Zhang Cuihua was talking, but they were not arguing, but Zhang Cuihua was mediating a dispute. The two parties in conflict were a young man and a woman in her forties.

Chapter 168 Zhang Cuihua mediates disputes

He had often seen Zhang Cuihua swearing at people, but this was the first time he had seen her mediating a dispute. Zhang Dabao stood in the distance, wanting to see how Zhang Cuihua would mediate.

"Xiao Niu, how can you talk like that? How old is she? She is not much younger than your mother, right? Why are you scolding her like that? Do you talk like that to your parents at home? Can you respect the elderly a little? She just touched you by accident? Look at you, you are not giving in." Zhang Cuihua was firing at a young man.

“No?…” The young man wanted to explain.

"What's the matter? It wasn't you that Old Chen bumped into. Why doesn't everyone talk about anything else but you? Putting aside the facts, are you not wrong? If you didn't go there, could she have bumped into you?" Zhang Cuihua continued to talk about the young man.

"Sister Hua, the point is that my new shoes were torn by Sister Chen, and my feet were also injured," the young man said aggrievedly.

"Xiao Niu, don't be too selfish. Remember to be more generous. Why are you haggling with an old man? Have you forgotten the saying that 'suffering a loss is a blessing'? Your foot doesn't look to be in serious condition." Zhang Cuihua was still talking to the young man.

"Sister Hua, let me just forget it for your sake." Xiao Niu was speechless and didn't want to dwell on it any longer. He felt that what Zhang Cuihua said made sense, but there was something wrong with it, but he didn't understand it clearly.

"Isn't that right? We are all colleagues, so don't mess things up. Old Chen, you should be more careful in the future. Fortunately, Xiao Niu is easy to talk to. If he is unreasonable, you will be in trouble, right?" Zhang Cuihua perfectly mediated a dispute, but Zhang Dabiao, who was standing aside, was shocked. Is this Zhang Cuihua? Is it not Yi Zhonghai possessed? Look at this routine, it's really like an old sow wearing a bra, one set after another.

"Da Biao, did you see your elder sister's performance? It's not simple." It was Li Huaide's voice.

I don’t know when, Yang Weihua, Li Huaide, Shi Guijun and Wang Zhiping came over.

"Is this Da Biao's sister?" Yang Weihua asked in surprise.

"She is my eldest sister, from my uncle's family. She is more than 20 years older than me," Zhang Dabao explained.

"What a talented person! Why haven't I seen her before?" Yang Weihua also saw the situation just now and heard what Zhang Cuihua said. He felt that this woman was unusual, so he asked Li Huaide.

"Zhang Cuihua has not been working in the factory for long. Her son is Jia Dongxu. I came here to take over her son's position." Li Huaide couldn't help but mention his good grandson, Jia Dongxu.

When Jia Dongxu was mentioned, Yang Weihua immediately had an impression of him, "Jia Dongxu, I remember him now, he was from the same workshop, was he Yi Zhonghai's apprentice? It's a pity that he didn't learn old Yi's skills."