Chapter Twenty-Three: Zhang Shun Slips Away

1

This night raid team was indeed formed by the West Island.

After Nishijima took office, he consulted his predecessor for his opinions, learned about the surrounding situation, and learned from his predecessor that the New Fourth Army often harassed in the surrounding area, that is, the New Fourth Army was good at firing a shot to change places, and could not see it during the day, but at night it was mischievous, and the gods did not make the Japanese army hurt their brains.

After sending off his predecessor, he stayed in the house and thought about it for a long time, and he decided to treat him the way he was a person, and ordered Matsuo to form a night raid team composed of elite personnel, all wearing shell guns and civilian clothes to act at night or during the day.

However, two days passed, and there was no news from the night raiders who were sent out. Someone was sent to investigate, and the body of the devil was found near the outer village. Hearing the report, it was like thunder. Nishijima never expected that his wishful thinking was wrong, and the bamboo basket was empty, and he didn't catch anything. His first night raid team, which he had worked so hard to build, was attacked by the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army in a foreign village, and all the troops were wiped out, leaving not a single one behind, which was enough to make him smoke.

He couldn't sit still, and he wanted to go to the outer village where the night raid team was attacked by the New Fourth Army. This was decided, and he ordered all but a small group of Japanese troops to be put on guard in the city.

After staying for a long time, he felt uncomfortable without the smell of gunpowder from the battlefield, and without the enemy's battle, he was like sitting on pins and needles, like a hunter who can't see his prey every day. He wanted revenge, his saber had not been sacrificed with the blood of the Shina people for a long time, and at the same time, for his night raid team of twenty or so people, they were the heroes of the Yamato nation, and it was the responsibility and mission of every samurai of the Great Japanese Empire to avenge them.

Sakurako is going. Nishijima said that this is not to see Mt. Fuji, there are no cherry blossoms here, only skeletons, skeletons of the Shina people.

Sakurako didn't understand what he meant, and looked at him as if she didn't know him. Seeing her smile like this, Nishijima said, "This is our man's business, and it has nothing to do with women." Wait for me at home, recuperate, give birth to a great Japanese samurai. After speaking, he led his troops to run straight out of the city.

This is more than 30 miles away from the outer village, and Nishijima led his troops to come here to look at the messy group of devil corpses, his heart was like a knife, and his teeth were clenched. Matsuo asked the devils to line up the corpses, raised his hand and led the team to salute them. At this moment, when looking at the cold corpses that were no longer alive, Nishijima's heart was even more full of anger towards the Chinese, and with a wave of his knife towards the village, all the devils swarmed to kill. Suddenly, the chickens and dogs in the village jumped, and some old people, children and women were at a loss, and cries and shouts rang out everywhere. The young and strong went to Jiangli or other villages to make ends meet, and they escaped. The women and children were so frightened that they were hiding and running around, and the devils were shooting at them in a flurry of indiscriminate shots, and many of them fell, and they were still running if they were not hit, and the devils were like red-eyed executioners, or they rushed into the room, or into the woods, or by the waterhole, and killed one by one.

Nishijima has become a murderer, and he is no longer human. When humanity is gone, he is a sin, a devil, a murderer. His contorted mouth and ugly face were cold, and it looked as if the whole world was about to suffocate in his killing.

A lame man limped over with a white flag and came to Nishijima, who was the butler.

2 Just when Xidao had not yet come out of the city, Lu Gang took Xiaolin and them into the city.

Lu Gang heard the name of West Island mentioned by Mr. Yang that day, and he remembered it. He wants to go into the city to find out the truth, if it is really the enemy West Island, he will kill him to avenge his parents and fellow villagers.

One day, the signal corps sent a call asking Lao Yang and Zhou Zidan to go to a meeting. Lao Yang asked Xiao Liuzi to go with them with the captured short gun, and left after explaining a few words to Shunzi. Shunzi is in charge here, and Ni assists Shunzi. Shunzi wanted to take Xiao Ke and Jiang Yanzi to the village farmhouse to take the mass line, and let Director Ni be in charge here before leaving.

Zhang Shun took Lu Gang and a few of them to train on the playground. The spear in their hands was taken from the old owner, and the old Yang who was captured from the night raid team was taken away and confiscated. Zhou Zidan said to Lu Gang that Lao Yang was particularly gracious, and the short guns that were usually seized were basically sent to it.

Zhang Shun told them how to use the shell gun, loading, loading, the role of the large and small heads, the continuous shooting button, shooting, direct fire, flat fire, single shot, continuous fire, etc. Aiming and aiming, holding and holding and getting bored, you can't practice with real guns, it's boring.

It's not that there are no bullets, the last time they went to the outer village to grab guns, each of them left bullets and hid them, but they didn't dare to move. This was Lu Gang's idea, they hid all the intercepted bullets in the land temple on the side of the road, and they didn't dare to use them if they didn't hand them over and made mistakes. Xiao Ke knew, and he went that day, asking Lu Gang if he was doing this well, what if he was discovered? Lu Gang said that God knows and I know, as long as everyone doesn't say it, nothing will happen. Of course, everyone listens to Lu Gang.

Seeing that Lao Yang and Shunzi were not there, Lu Gang called Zhang Shun over and put him on a close.

If you're tired, take a break.

Not tired.

Changde people?

Be.

I am from Hanshou. Then we're still fellow countrymen. Isn't it?

Be.

Do you want to go into town?

What? I've been.

Play.

No way.

Zhang Shun, you see that you have been tired like this for the past few days, and you are tanned, so you don't want to go to the city to relax? It's fun in the city.

That is, in the past, when Brother Pole and I were at home, we often went to Nanxian County to play, and the county seat is different. Xiao Lin matched Zhang Shundao next to him, and after the meeting ended that day, Lu Gang told him that he heard the name West Island at the meeting, and he wanted to go to the city to find West Island to see if it was him, of course Xiao Lin agreed, and gritted his teeth as soon as he mentioned the name.

Mountain tigers and monkeys clamored to go. Zhang Shun just didn't go, and said, if you Teacher Yang and the political commissar can't see you when they come back, I will definitely be scolded, so I don't want to suffer with you and be locked up again.

I have bullets, do you want them? Lu Gang began to open conditions.

Zhang Shun looked at Lu Gang and was about to touch his pocket, but was blocked by Lu Gang. Ask Zhang Shun if he will go or not, and if he doesn't go, we will go. Zhang Shun said that this would be a violation of discipline. Xiao Lin said that he was undisciplined, how old are you?

The monkey also came to his senses, and then coaxed: "You are old, you don't even listen to my master's words." Zhang Shun said that he didn't return to Lu Gangguan, and he wouldn't follow anyway. He also advised them not to go, and to consult with Junko and them when they returned. It's okay to talk to Director Ni. Lu Gang said, that person, don't pay attention to him, he doesn't have any skills, he only knows how to write and draw.

"Do you want to find a fight, my master asked you to give you face, give you bullets, and say good things, if you don't go, don't be wordy, get out of the way, don't get in the way of Lao Tzu." The mountain tiger got angry, pulled Zhang Shun away, and said, "Master, let's go, don't worry about him." ”

Hold it. Zhang Shun shouted. He can't let them go, today the political commissar said that Xiao Liuzi was not at home and asked him to teach Lu Gang and them to practice guns, if the political commissar came back and disappeared Lu Gang and them, he would definitely be punished. He couldn't let them go, for it was fifty or sixty miles to the county seat, and it was only dark when he got there.

Forget it, if you don't go, you won't go, we'll go. Well, you just pretend you don't see it, okay? Lu Gang discussed.

No way. Zhang Shun is really tough.

Believe it or not, I tied you up and threw you into the river to feed the fish? The mountain tiger frightened him.

Okay, I won't fight with you anymore, you won't win, there are many of you, I don't care about you, let you go. Zhang Shun is a good man who doesn't suffer the loss in front of him, he is about to leave, and he wants to go to Secretary Ni, as if the monkey saw his thoughts, and the monkey stopped him: "Are you going to find Officer Ni?" ”

Zhang Shun blinked and shook his head, thinking that this monkey was a monkey.

The monkey let go of Zhang Shun and said to Lu Gang and Xiaolin, I have one condition, you and Xiaolin must not mess around when they enter the city, otherwise, I won't go. Mountain Tiger said you dare?

Why? Kobayashi asked curiously.

Lu Gang said, I know, Xiaolin, don't pay attention to him, isn't it just that there are more devils in the city and there are fewer of us? Monkey, I still want you to teach, and then I will have my own measure. After speaking, Lu Gang and the others ignored Zhang Shun and let him go. As soon as he was gone, they hurried to the temple of the land to take out the bullets, and all four of them had their shares, loaded their guns, and walked in the direction of the city. Just after walking a short distance, Zhang Shun came running from behind, and he panted and said that he wanted to go with Lu Gang. Lu Gang smiled and said, this is a good brother. Zhang Shun told him that there was a shortcut road that would save him most of the day, bypassing the outer village and cutting a small path diagonally, and turning through a forest to the south of the city, where not many people passed by the southern wall of the city. There is a perennial open hole, which was dug for the convenience of the former medicine pickers.

Zhang Shun led them to the entrance of the cave and got into it.

When Lu Gang and the others entered from the entrance of the cave, it was when Xidao took the devil out of the city gate, naturally, Lu Gang and the others walked around the city very easily.

Seeing that the time was still early, the sun was still hanging on the city wall in the west, Lu Gang asked Zhang Shun if he could stay for an hour and rush back when the sun set, Zhang Shun looked at it and said that there was no problem. Lu Gang said that he wanted Xiaolin and the monkey to go to the west gate with Zhang Shun. Xiao Lin said, no, I want to be with Lu Gang. The monkey said to Xiao Lin, you left with the master, and we don't know Xidao, even if we see it, we will let him run away. Lu Gang said, Xiaolin, the monkey is right, you know West Island. Xiao Lin thought about it right, so he walked with Monkey and Zhang Shun to West Street, and Lu Gang and Mountain Tiger went to the East Gate.

The East Gate is livelier than anywhere else. Eating, playing, shouting, watching fortune tellers, bustling with people coming and going. When the mountain tiger was looking left and right, Lu Gang touched him, and following Lu Gang's eyes, he saw two devils standing outside the gate, and a woman in a cheongsam walked out.

She's Sakurako.

Of course, Lu Gang and the mountain tiger did not recognize it. But one thing I am sure of is that it is not ordinary people who live here, but big officials. Lu Gang looked at it and thought about it, but he was not sure, he grabbed the mountain tiger and said, go, find Xiaolin.

Can you be sure that the West Island lives there? Kobayashi asked anxiously.

I'm not sure, but it's by no means the average place for little devils, there are sentry posts there. Lu Gang said.

How do you say? Kobayashi asked again.

Lu Gang really didn't think it through. Suddenly, he slapped his head and called them all to the east gate, he was going to look for the woman who had come out of the gate, and he might be able to ask some information about her.

I searched for a long time but didn't find it. The monkey said, "Don't look for it, wait at the mouth of the alley where she came out." ”

The monkey is Lingfan. They met the woman who was returning from the alley.

Lu Gang stopped her, and Sakurako was so frightened that the cabbage in her hand fell to the ground, looking at them in horror.

Don't be afraid, I ask you if there is a Japanese named Nishijima living there. Lu Gang asked, thinking she was a servant.

Sakurako didn't understand and shook her head.

Is the West Island here? Kobayashi raised his tone.

She still shook her head, trying to pick up the vegetables scattered on the floor. The mountain tiger stepped forward and did not let her pick it up, kicked out of the distance, and said: "Are you Chinese, say it quickly." ”

Sakurako still shook her head, she couldn't understand what the teenagers were saying in front of her, but judging by their faces and eyes, it seemed to be coming with a wave of hatred.

"Dumb. She's mute. The monkey looked at it for a long time and came to such a conclusion.

Zhang Shun said: "I don't think so, if she is really dumb, how can she go to buy vegetables?" I don't think she looks, how can she be dumb if she looks so standard? Loaded, right? When he was about to touch the gun on his waist, Lu Gang stopped him.

"Zhang Shun, where did you get so much nonsense." Lu Gang complained.

Suddenly, a Japanese phrase came out of Sakurako's mouth: "Sorry for the interruption." While they were stunned and didn't pay attention to her, they picked up the cabbage on the ground and rushed out of the alley. Lu Gang wanted to chase, but it was too late, Sakura was already in the sight of the devil at the door.

This sudden change made Lu Gang not know what to do.

What did she just say? The mountain tiger asked suspiciously.

The monkey said that he didn't hear clearly, Lu Gang was thinking, and Zhang Shun was a little dazed.

Suddenly, Xiao Lin called out and said, "This woman speaks Japanese, yes, she speaks Japanese." Brother Pole, remember the translator, he once said this. That's right, it's this tone, she must be a Japanese mother-in-law. ”

Lu Gang thought for a while and asked: Is she a Japanese mother-in-law? Could it be that she is the mother-in-law of the West Island? After a pause, he said, "No, today, I decided not to go back." As soon as his words fell, Zhang Shun slapped his head, and walked away with a long sigh helplessly.

The monkey asked him what was wrong? Zhang Shun said that he wanted you to go back as soon as possible, and now it will be over.

The mountain tiger said to Zhang Shun with a tiger face: "What's the end?" It's not over yet, if it's over, I have to find out about my master's affairs, and then let's see if it's the enemy that my master and Xiaolin are looking for? Their enemies are my enemies, enemies of monkeys, monkeys, aren't they? Of course the monkey said yes.

Xiao Lin said, if you want to go back, you just go back by yourself, why do you hit your own head? Regret it. Zhang Shun said that he really regretted it. Lu Gang said to Zhang Shun, anyway, we won't go back for the time being, we finally got here, and the matter is not finished yet. If you want to go back, you go back first, and don't stay.

Zhang Shun didn't squeak, and followed Lu Gang and walked on the street behind them, he didn't know what else Lu Gang wanted to do. However, when the sun was about to set in the west, he had to leave them and return to the station, otherwise, Officer Ni would report to the political commissar and Lao Yang when he knew about it, and he would have to be punished if he didn't sit in confinement. Seeing their unhurried appearance, he was afraid that he would have to stay here at night, and he couldn't beat the four of them with his own strength, he didn't want to fight with them, he had to think of a doppelganger technique, that is, to go back quietly alone, anyway, they knew the shortcut way back. He didn't want to be a backward element, after all, he was a veteran who had participated in the New Fourth Army for two years. He can't compare with Lu Gang, they are the people that Lao Yang likes, and they have only been in the army for a few days. But his idea was not easy to bring up with Lu Gang and them, but his determination to leave was dead.

After eating chaos, he excused himself to go to the thatched house and walked out of the hole, and when he covered the hole, he said: "I'm sorry, Zhang Shun has no way, discipline, discipline, I don't want to sit in confinement, my brothers will look down on me." After speaking, he disappeared on the sheep intestine path in the mountains and forests.