"No, the few people brought by Lao Zhao are all strong laborers, these are old and weak women and children, not to mention the base area, this is still two days away from the national control area, and they may not be able to keep up with our speed. At that time, if we are bitten by the little devils, the people we escort may be in danger, and you and I can't afford such a responsibility. Li Qiang also wanted to take these people who had just been rescued, but he knew the burden on his shoulders, so he could only grit his teeth and force himself to wave the bayonet in his hand at the people in front of him.

"Fuck off, Lao Tzu is just for these yellow dogs' weapons, not specifically to save you, Lao Tzu is a bandit from Luomaling, not a good person." Li Qiang's tone was like a bandit robbing a house, coupled with the bloodstained bayonets in the hands of him and his teammates, it was impossible not to believe these people who had just escaped from the tiger's mouth.

As soon as they heard that Li Qiang and the others were really bandits, and then looked at the bloodstained bayonet in Li Qiang's hand, the panicked people immediately supported each other and scattered. "Clean up the battlefield and get rid of the traces." Looking at the backs of the people staggering away, Li Qiang, who couldn't bear it, ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up, and he could only silently pray to God to protect these people who had just escaped from danger to live safely. Soon, Li Qiang and the others had already cleaned up the battlefield, the blood stains on the ground were covered with soil by them, and the corpses of those puppet soldiers were also dragged into the grass and hidden.

The team soon continued to set off, and it was already a warning to meet the Imperial Association Army here, so Zhuo Fei and the others went to the mountains this time. After the team walked in the mountains for a few more hours, seeing that the sky began to darken, Li Qiang and Captain Zhao discussed and ordered the team to stop and rest. After dispatching the lurking post, Li Qiang ordered the captured booty to be counted, and a total of five rifles, five bayonets, and more than 200 rounds of ammunition that the puppet army called "38 Dagai" were captured, as well as five or six iron lumps like melons. Li Qiang knew that this was a grenade issued by the Japanese soldiers, but he was worried that he didn't know how to use it, but soon Li Qiang had an idea, and when he returned to the base to hand in these grenades, he asked the people in the arsenal, they should always know how to use them, right?

Li Qiang picked up a rifle and began to fiddle with it, but he didn't expect to escort this group of students to the north and seize so many weapons by the way, Li Qiang couldn't help but start to laugh. Seeing Li Qiang fiddling with the captured rifle, the other team members also gathered around, and several soldiers who participated in the ambush took the opportunity to shout that they wanted to replace the old rifle they were using with the new gun they were using, but they were stopped by Li Qiang.

Seeing the unhappy faces of those soldiers, Li Qiang had no choice but to explain: "Comrades, our mission this time is to escort the patriotic students to the base area safely, and no mistakes are allowed along the way. I know you all want to change your weapons, and I don't want to change them, but now is not the time to change them. Although these captured rifles are better than the rifles in your hands, have you ever thought about it, if you switch to these weapons now, you will definitely not be able to use them easily, once you encounter a battle, it will be a big problem to use the weapons in your hands in a critical moment. If it's just us, it's a big deal to die, but these students and teachers are baby bumps, if something goes wrong with us, we don't say that we fail in the mission, are we worthy of the trust of our superiors? Compared to the safety of these students, what are these guns? If you really want this rifle, I'll talk to the regiment commander after escorting these students back to the base area! ”

Zhuo Fei, who secretly paid attention to the movements of these guards, listened to Li Qiang's words, and after feeling the importance of the Eighth Route Army to talents, he also agreed with Li Qiang's views on good weapons. Yes, for a well-trained warrior, there is no best weapon, only the most suitable weapon, and from Li Qiang's point of view, a fighter who is proficient in the "four-year-style" rifle is definitely a greater threat to the enemy than a fighter who has just learned to use the "three-eight" rifle. After persuading his soldiers, Li Qiang immediately arranged for the soldiers to take turns to rest, and after walking for such a whole day, his soldiers were also tired.

At noon the next day, Zhuo Fei and the others finally arrived at the edge of the so-called enemy-occupied area, and the team was now advancing along the continuous green gauze tent, with a river on the side. After the green gauze tent, there was a pile of rocks in front of me, and then there was a mountain in front of it, the mountain was not very high, only about four or five hundred meters, but the mountain looked a little steep. Li Qiang ordered the team to stop and rest for a while and also sent people to explore the road, the terrain here is still familiar to him, as long as he turns over the mountain in front of him, and then walks for ten miles is a large forest. As long as the team hides in the woods until dark, and then crosses the last blockade line, it is within the limits of the national control area, and after entering the national control area, there is no need to travel so secretly.

The last blockade line known to Li Qiang was guarded by the puppet army in cooperation with Japan, and Li Qiang felt that there should be no major difficulty for the team to pass through. And according to the agreement with the regiment commander before leaving, in the end, there should also be their own independent brigade on standby near the blockade line, and they will be ready to receive their own team across the blockade line at any time. There is no way around this mountain in front of you, only to climb the mountain. That's why Li Qiang sent a pathfinder just now. After the soldiers who climbed to the top of the mountain sent a safety signal to this side, Li Qiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the mountain in front of him, and then at the students in the team, Li Qiang decided to let everyone climb the mountain and then rest, otherwise stay on this flat land in case the enemy appears from the side of the mountain, condescending to such a wall, I am afraid that there will be no way to hide when the time comes. These students and teachers in front of him are all treasures, there are not many literate people in the base area, and it is not easy for so many college students to come from the rear and take the initiative to defect to the anti-Japanese base area, if something happens to him, the regiment commander and political commissar will not eat him!

The students did not complain, although Li Qiang learned from Li Qiang that the Guotong area was not far after crossing the mountain, but they also knew that this was still an enemy-occupied area, and they still had to be cautious in everything, so they all obeyed Li Qiang's order to get up and continue to move forward. After the team walked through the pile of rocks, they began to climb the mountain, looking at the appearance of the students climbing the mountain with three steps, one stop, five steps and one rest, Li Qiang, who had the intention to urge, couldn't help but sigh in his heart. These days have really suffered these scholars, but before he really enters the base area, Li Qiang can't be careless for a moment. This was not a good time for them to relax, so Li Qiang had to ask the soldiers to do their best to help the students climb the mountain. However, to his surprise, the kid named Zhuo Fei did not show any fatigue at the moment, not only did he keep up with the pace of the soldiers effortlessly, but also had the spare energy to continue to help the students around him.

When he was halfway up the mountain, Li Qiang, who was also out of breath, looked up the mountain again, except for the battle of crossing the blockade line and ambushing the five puppet troops, it could almost be said that there was no danger. Now it seems that he is about to reach the base area, but for some reason, Li Qiang has an ominous premonition in his heart at the moment. This gratuitous foreboding made Li Qiang feel a little irritated, so he ordered his two soldiers with outstanding marksmanship to speed up. Anyway, they occupied the top of the hill first and established a fire support point, with which even if they encountered the enemy, there was always a certain guarantee for retreat.

Anyway, the team finally climbed to the top of the mountain, to the edge of the slope of the top of the mountain, before Li Qiang gave the order to rest, the students threw away their burdens and sat down on the spot. Climbing to the top of the mountain, Zhuo Fei, who was also exhausted, did not sit down immediately, out of the instinct of a soldier, he first began to observe the surrounding terrain.

The southern slope of the mountain is steep, but the northern slope is gentle, and there are several gentle slopes, the west side of the mountain is a cliff, and the east side is also very steep, but there is a section of the slope that extends all the way to the mountainside, if you are careful, you can still walk, but the mountain below the mountainside is as if it was suddenly cut by the river, and it is extremely steep. Zhuo Fei looked far away, and there was a plain in front of him, which was supposed to be planted with crops, but now it was all overgrown with weeds, all because of those hateful devils. Zhuo Fei said something to himself, then turned around and walked back slowly, until he walked to the edge of the mountain, before he sat down and looked in the direction he came.

Looking from the top of the mountain, the river that I passed when I came meandered and shimmered in the sunlight, like a jade belt. The green gauze tent that I just passed at the foot of the mountain also danced lightly in the wind, looking like patches of yellow waves. All of this is a complete idyllic scenery, Zhuo Fei looked at the scenery in front of him, and couldn't help but be stupid, and he couldn't help but think of the days when he and his grandfather depended on each other in the mountains. Maybe it was because he remembered his grandfather and Wangfu, Zhuo Fei suddenly felt a pain in his heart, damn it! Why did you leave your grandfather and Wangfu to be a soldier in the first place? If he hadn't left the mountain, maybe Grandpa's grave wouldn't have been razed to the ground by unscrupulous developers, and Wangfu wouldn't have been treated as a specimen of a wild wolf in the Tiger Roaring Forest. Zhuo Fei took a deep breath with tears in his eyes, he blamed himself for all this, maybe he really shouldn't have left the mountain.

Zhuo Fei suddenly clenched his hands into fists and slammed them to the ground, already in tears! Even the skin of his fingers was punctured by the sand and gravel on the ground, and he didn't feel a trace of pain. Several students not far from him were all taken aback by Zhuo Fei's actions, and couldn't help but look at this side, with surprised and contemptuous eyes, as well as eyes full of doubt. Suddenly, the soldier in charge of the vigilance ran in front of Li Qiang, looking nervous, and even forgot to salute, and said urgently: "Squad leader, it's not good, there are devils under the mountain in the north!" ”