After crossing the river, the soldiers carried the monkeys and their bodies back to their original camp, and they were greeted by a scene of yellow weeds, houses that had been destroyed by the West Island, and charred wooden pillars that were skewed one by one.

"Teacher Yang, how can people live here as a camp." Kobayashi sighed.

Lao Yang said: "Bury the monkeys first." ”

So, the group walked to the cemetery where the mountain tiger was buried, and during the time that Xiaolin led the soldiers to dig the pit, Lu Gang said to Lao Yang that this place was destroyed by the West Island like this, and if you want to recover, I am afraid that it will take a long time, consume manpower and material resources, and the gains outweigh the losses. Why don't you all go to the outer villages?

Lao Yang asked if there was a place to live in the outer village?

Lu Gang said, yes, the beast of Xidao has almost killed the people there, but the house is still there. And the mansion is big enough, and it is more than enough to live in a column headquarters.

Lao Yang said that he would go and see when the monkey was buried. But there's a problem with this food.,So many mouths to eat.,It would be nice if the straight was there.。

They looked at the tombs in front of them, and Lao Yang reminded them of Shunzi again. Lu Gang was also stimulated by Lao Yang's emotions, he came to Xiao Ke's grave, squatted down, pulled the grass on the side of the grave, and muttered: "Sister Ke, I'm here." Xidao was killed by me, for you, and your father, your Uncle Biao, they have avenged their hatred, so you can accompany your father and your Uncle Biao with peace of mind. There are also mountain tigers here, don't be afraid, by the way, the monkey is also here, you won't be lonely, he loves to talk, naughty, and easy to dissipate, my sister, she always loves to talk about him, he won't be angry, it's just that if he's angry, he'll be fine after a while, monkey he's such a likable guy, I'm really reluctant to let him only accompany you. As he spoke, tears rolled in his eyes.

Children are long, heroes are short of breath, who said that men don't flick when they have tears, but it's not time to be sad. Lao Yang listened to Lu Gang's words, and his heart was also a little emotional.

"Okay, Sister Ke, don't talk about it, you have a better rest, we came back this time to beat this devil Takeshita to death, Nishijima died, he came, and almost killed me, Xiaolin, and Brother Geng. Don't worry, Takeshita's life is mine, and I will cut off his head like cutting off Nishijima, and sacrifice you and your father, as well as many Chinese who were mutilated by devils. Oh, there's one more thing, I'm sorry for you, I promised you, you want Nishijima's hand, I cut it off, but unfortunately there is no way to bring it, Ke Mei, you forgive me, this time I will never break my word. ”

Kobayashi came over and said that the monkeys and their bodies had been laid off.

Lao Yang and they walked over and filled in the soil. A soldier silently came over and took the shovel in the hands of Lu Gang and Lao Yang and filled it up.

Lao Yang and Lu Gang raised their hands and saluted with the soldiers next to them.

Lao Yang said affectionately: "Monkey, I know you love to be lively, when your third master left, you got firecrackers, and when Master Xiao and Xiao Ke left, you also got firecrackers, incense, candles, money paper, I didn't." You fought devils bravely in the city, and Lu Gang told me that you are good and a man. Don't blame me for being stingy, monkey, I'll send you all the way with three gunshots. With that, he pulled out his gun and fired three shots into the air.

Lu Gang stepped forward, looked at the piled graves, endured his grief and said with a smile: "Monkey, I remember this hatred, don't worry, let's go with your third master first, and Sister Ke, wait for the day of your first seven, I will come back." Monkeys, remember? I remember, your third master sacrificed, you said that your third master was a hero, yes, he was a hero, and today you have become a hero. When you're together, you're not lonely. ”

Xiao Lin walked up, bowed deeply, and stood in front of the grave to cry without tears.

"Salute." Lao Yang shouted in a high-pitched voice, and everyone raised their hands solemnly.

An autumn breeze blew from the top of the hill, carrying a light rain. After the ceremony, Lao Yang and the others went to the outer village.

As Lu Gang said, there was no one living in that mansion at all, the door was open, and because there was no popularity inside, cobwebs were all over the corner, and leaves were fluttering all over the courtyard.

"Xiaolin, this place is not far from the city, send a few people to stand guard, pay attention, protect yourself, don't let the devils find out." Lu Ganggang instructed Xiao Lin.

It's really not far from the town where the devils are stationed. Lu Gang: They can be said to be under the eyes and nose of devils here.

After seeing Watanabe off, Yamada did not return to his residence, but went up to the teahouse and sat in a corner and waited anxiously for news from them. On the dock, he told Watanabe not to use a gun unless it was a last resort. But an hour later, he heard the gunshots he didn't want to hear.

With a shock in his heart, Yamada didn't know if Watanabe was exposed to being ambushed by the New Fourth Army, or if he found out that the New Fourth Army had shot at them. He walked quickly to the window by the river and looked ahead, and saw a vast expanse, and saw nothing, only the gunfire seemed to be fierce again. In the house, he became restless, he didn't know what to do, and now his only thought was to hope that Watanabe and they could come back smoothly, if they couldn't come back smoothly, they were killed by the New Fourth Army, or captured by the New Fourth Army, all of which Yamada did not want to encounter, which meant that the operation had failed and lost any meaning, and Takeshita would definitely blame it.

Standing in front of the window in a daze, the cold river breeze blew on his face and did not feel cold, and there was still a trace of good wishes burning in Yamada's heart: Watanabe, Watanabe, even if one of you comes back. It's not like you're going to disappear like this, I'm still going to have to pay to Takeshita.

After waiting for a while, seeing that it was about to dawn, and the river was still foggy, Yamada decided to go to Takeshita to talk about it, and it was better to say it sooner rather than later. He walked downstairs, and as soon as he opened the door, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, startling him so much that he took a few steps back and was about to draw his gun.

The black shadow couldn't take his breath and spoke: "Yamada-kun, it's me, Watanabe, I'm back." "He's been here from the docks. He knew that Yamada was here waiting for him.

When Yamada saw it, he looked at him and then at his back.

"Yamada-kun, don't look at it, they can't come back." Watanabe said sadly.

"Dead or caught?" Yamada asked.

"Dead, all dead." Watanabe said angrily: "It's really bad luck, after we killed the two sentries, we ran to the houses at the foot of the mountain, to see if there was a New Fourth Army there?" If there were, I was going to arrest a big official and come back, but I didn't expect that a person who came out of the house found us, and alarmed everyone in the house to shoot at us, and I couldn't stop it, and if I hadn't jumped into the river in time, maybe I wouldn't have been able to come back like other samurai. Baga, the New Fourth Army killed them, I must take revenge, I must not let them kill my brother in vain, I want them to know how powerful my Watanabe is, Yaga. ”

Yamada listened to Watanabe's words and said, "Kill two of them, and we will kill three of ourselves, Watanabe, do you think it's worth it?" Didn't I tell you to try not to use guns? ”

"Didn't you say you could shoot as a last resort? Yamada-kun, there are so many people around them that we can't breathe, and if we don't run, we will only be prisoners. Watanabe explained. As if he suddenly remembered, he said, "I didn't catch the big official, but we still got the information." ”

"Intelligence?" Yamada said: "Kill all their sentinels, I don't know what those New Fourth Army look like, do you still have intelligence?" ”

"Yes, before killing a sentry, I asked them how many New Fourth Army there were, and the man was a little scared, and his body kept shaking like a swing. So I asked him, and he said, "There are a lot of people, more than a hundred." Watanabe listened to the sentry's words as a hundred or so people.

When Yamada heard this, his brows furrowed, there are so many people? He asked Watanabe again: "Are they all the New Fourth Army?" ”

"People who are going to die, what they say should be true." Watanabe said.

"Hmm. I seem to want you to be flexible, so I don't know what kind of senior officials of the New Fourth Army will be arrested after arresting him, and if you lose three heroic Japanese soldiers, you only get the news of more than 100 people in the New Fourth Army, can you feel at ease? "Yamada was a little upset.

Watanabe lowered his head, put his feet together, and stopped talking. He really didn't expect to catch one alive under such a good opportunity, otherwise, his partner would not have died, it really shouldn't be, so he made himself taste the hardship, and almost lost his life in the river to feed the fish, but when he heard Yamada say this, he felt at ease, but he felt wronged, but he couldn't make a sound.

Yamada didn't speak anymore, he raised his hand to Watanabe, meaning to let him follow, and after going out, Watanabe saw the direction Yamada was walking and knew that he was going to Takeshita's residence.

By this time, Takeshita had woken up. In his sleep, he heard gunshots, and instead of getting out of bed, he sat up and leaned against the head of the bed thinking about things. According to Yamada's plan, there should be no gunshots, once the gunshots sounded, it means that the situation is not too good, he can't sleep, gets up and gets out of bed and puts on a piece of clothing to go to the teahouse to find Yamada to ask about the situation. I didn't want to meet Yamada and Watanabe at the door.

Takeshita didn't let Watanabe, who was about to speak, speak, and took them to his office, lit the lamp, sat down on the chair in front of the desk, and looked at the two of them.

Yamada looked at Watanabe, who looked at Takeshita's serious face and knew that he could speak now. He took out all the situations that had occurred during the mission, as well as the fact that he jumped into the river and escaped for his life.

After saying this, he said again: "Takeshita-kun, you punish me." ”

After listening to Watanabe's words, Takeshita felt sorry for the dead soldier and watched for a few seconds. got up from his seat, stood in front of Watanabe, and said, "Watanabe-kun, don't be sad, your return is the best comfort to me." You said that there are more than 100 New Fourth Army on the Jiang side? Watanabe nodded.

"Takeshita-kun, Watanabe-kun should have heard it right, his Chinese will not be inferior to mine." Yamada said.

Takeshita nodded, as if talking to himself and as if asking them: "More than 100 people in the New Fourth Army?" How many more do we have? Yamada replied, "More than thirty." Takeshita looked back at him and said, "I know." Yamada-kun, I'm thinking about what we're going to do next. Watanabe-kun, you've worked hard today, you go back to sleep, don't tell anyone about today's events, you know? "The expression was a little stiff.

"Hey." Watanabe-kun walked out of the office and turned around and closed the door.

"Yamada, Nishijima succeeded my former boss Ohno, and he didn't come to life here, do you know why he killed Qingqing so early?" Takeshita asked Yamada.

Yamada didn't understand why Takeshita asked him like this, he didn't know Nishijima, so he couldn't talk about Nishijima, but he heard his name when he was in Wuhan, knew that Nishijima was in the gendarmerie, and knew that he had an indescribable relationship with General Isamu Yokoyama, but for Yamada, Nishijima was very vague and distant in his mind, and at this time, he heard Takeshita talk about him, and he didn't know what it meant? He could only shake his head and wait for Takeshita's words.

"He who is harmed by his arrogance, his arrogance, and his hatred. However, I admire him, and seeing death as if it were home is the spiritual product of our great Japanese samurai. Takeshita said. In fact, what he thought in his heart was that he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of Nishijima here, when he heard Watanabe say that the New Fourth Army still had a hundred people, and his own strength was limited, how could he defeat no matter how sophisticated the weapons were. Yesterday, I saw a lot of people standing on the other side of the river, I'm afraid there are more than that, is there also the New Fourth Army on the mountain? When he put the telescope in his eyes and looked into the mountains, he really saw a faint figure shuttling back and forth in the mountains and forests, and he didn't know that what he saw was the people who were busy in the bamboo forest instead of the New Fourth Army.

Yamada didn't squeak when he heard it, Takeshita said this, what does this have to do with himself, it doesn't have anything to do with half a dime. Out of respect, he continued to listen to Takeshita. But Takeshita stopped talking and asked Yamada, "Do you still want to stay here?" Yamada opened his eyes for a moment, and he didn't know what Takeshita meant by asking? Seeing that Yamada didn't understand his words, he said again: "Yesterday I called the above and told me about the situation here, and then, I asked them to send more people over, you say, what is their answer?" Now that the war is tight, and General Isamu Yokoyama has no news, he is probably still fighting there in Guangxi, right? Where can you afford to send us troops? You say, what do they mean? It's clear that we don't care, let us fend for ourselves here. Yamada-kun, would you like to? ”

"What does Takeshita-kun mean," Yamada asked tentatively, perhaps guessing in his heart that Takeshita's mind wanted to leave the city. He knew that Takeshita was a suspicious guy who didn't want to be too involved and didn't have much ability. But what Takeshita said was just as he wanted, and he waited for Takeshita's clear attitude.

Sure enough, Takeshita whispered: "Thirty-six plans, go for the upper plan." How is it? ”

Yamada jerked out his gun and pointed it at Takeshita: "You want to be a deserter?" ”

Takeshita looked at Yamada's muzzle for a moment, then calmed down and said, "Do you want to die here?" ”

"You are betraying the Emperor." Yamada said sternly.

Takeshita said: "Yamada-kun, don't get excited, I know that I don't live with the emperor, but the emperor can't see the high mountain and the road is far away, how can I be responsible for us Japanese soldiers who are still alive, and you, do I want to watch you die with me?" ”

"It is our duty to be loyal to the Emperor. Takeshita-kun, you have such an idea at such a time, are you worthy of the emperor? Yamada said.

"It's enough for me to be worthy of these soldiers." Takeshita took Yamada unconcerned, slammed the gun in Yamada's hand, pounced, and the two scuffled together.

In the end, Takeshita prevailed. He said to Yamada, who was pressed under him and twisted his hands behind him, "I have such an idea at such a time, not only today, but as early as after Nishijima-kunyu was shattered. I don't want my soldiers to die one today and one tomorrow, to die too unheroically. There is an old Chinese saying that if you stay in the green mountains, you are not afraid of no firewood. ”

"You abandoned the city and fled to the court-martial." Yamada said with a grin.

Takeshita leaned down and said in Yamada's ear: "Takeshita-kun, this is not called escaping, it is called retreating, go to Wuhan to find your own troops, I want to go to the battlefield, you know?" I don't want to wait to die in this small town surrounded by poor mountains and bad waters, I'm tired of guarding this lonely city, I'm here when Ono-kun is here, I'm here when Nishijima-kun is here, I'm still here when you come, the soldiers around me, and even the people from my hometown are inexplicably dying in front of my eyes one by one, no, I'm going to go to the battlefield, I'm going to fight the enemy face to face. I will die a glorious death, a vigorous death. Yamada-kun, is this also called running away? When you weren't here, I was shouting the slogan 'Charge at the enemy' and braving the enemy's bullets, did you know? Ahh

Yamada seemed to see a tear in the corner of Takeshita's eye, and at this time he seemed to understand Takeshita's unrelieved mood at this moment. Takeshita said this to him today, he may have believed in himself, although he was sent here by the above, he was just an assistant to Takeshita, if he continued to be strong, he was afraid that Takeshita would be exposed and his life would be gone. At this time, he can't compete with Takeshita, but he is also pulling the team back to the new battlefield to kill the enemy.

Thinking like this, he relaxed his body, spread his limbs, looked at Takeshita and said, "Takeshita-kun, I listen to you." But how? The motorboat is gone, there is only one wooden boat, this leads to Wuhan only water and land is a shortcut, no one knows how to take the mountain road, and then there are often guerrillas on the mountain, we are not familiar with the place, if you want to return to Wuhan from the mountains, I am afraid of difficulties. ”

"I thought about it and asked the people in the city to make a bamboo raft for us. Last time Nishijima played this, I also played, but I was different from Nishijima, he relied on his own troops to cross the river, while I had too few troops to find another battlefield. Takeshita saw that Yamada softened and put away the gun, pulled him up from the ground and said, "Yamada-kun, how offended. ”

"Okay, I'll take care of that." Yamada said.