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When they woke up, the food was already on the table, and it was already dawn.

Counting the number of people, there are many less. It turns out that some people are worried that the night will be long. There are only about twenty people left. Most of the girls left with other boys or teachers, only the teacher Huang and Lu Wei with the children and the three girls, Cao Qingman did not leave, and Teacher Huang and the three girls did not leave because it was impossible to go back, they were all from Anxiang and were occupied by devils. There are no relatives in this area of Yiyang, so they can only go with Principal Duan. The next day, Principal Duan learned the truth from the old man and sighed and said, "I hope they can be safe." ”

After a brief breakfast, Principal Duan urged the teachers and students to quickly load their luggage onto a boat, the women took a boat, the men pulled the fiber, and the team set off. After walking the way, they heard the sound of explosions in the direction behind them, and when they looked back, the houses where they were resting were blown up by bombs dropped by the devil's plane, and a raging fire broke out.

Seeing this scene, Principal Duan shouted to Lu Gong to see the old man of the house, and took the rope to pull the boat carrying people ashore. The women on the boat were terrified and jumped ashore and ran to the hemp and rape fields next to them.

Enemy planes flew over their heads, machine guns were strafing, shells exploded around them, and Lu Wei was so anxious that Lu Wei screamed loudly, cried, and shouted for his brother to come back quickly. Lu Gong, Xiao Lin and Cao Qingman ran straight to the burning house under artillery fire, and when they got there, they saw a burning man rushing out of the house, screaming miserably and running towards the river, jumping into the river without any movement. They were stunned, and when Lu Gong was about to jump into the river, Cao Qingman dragged him. Said he was dead.

Lu Gong glared angrily: "Devils are not things, and devils are not people." ”

Xiao Lin said sadly: "Brother Pole, let's go back." ”

The three teenagers ran back angrily, when several explosions were heard, and they saw that the boat with its luggage leaning on the shore had been hit by a bomb, and in an instant, in the light of the fire, the whole boat and its luggage were torn apart and thrown into the air, and then fell from the sky and scattered into the road.

The devil plane flew away. People returned to the road, but fortunately no one was injured. Principal Duan led everyone to walk forward again, when a voice called out to him came from behind. When I turned around, I saw that it was Battalion Commander Geng's team catching up.

He told Principal Duan that the school had been bombed by enemy planes and that several brothers had died, and that they had arrived because they were worried about Principal Duan. Jammel told Lupole that the correspondent had been killed. Lu Zhu was so angry that he couldn't speak, and his eyes were on fire.

Camp Commander Geng asked Principal Duan how the situation is here? There were no casualties. Principal Duan said with a heavy heart: "A boat was blown up, but fortunately there were no casualties. There was also a boat that could not hold so many of them. "Ask Battalion Commander Geng how they act. Battalion Commander Geng said: "Now we can only go anywhere. We lost contact with the regimental headquarters. It is estimated that the devil's big operation is about to start, so let's find a safe place quickly, we don't have to worry about it, you go first, we will follow behind, and we can still resist the devil for a while. However, this kind of place is not a place for ambushes, a plain with nothing to hide. ”

Lu Gong said to Battalion Commander Geng, "Go to our village, right?" ”

Battalion Commander Geng said, "In this way, you go first, and we will come later." If we are with you and let the devil really run into it, you will be affected. ”

Principal Duan said, "Camp Commander Geng, take care, we're leaving." After saying that, she called the women to get on the boat, Lu Wei didn't get on the boat, she said that she liked to walk and wanted to follow them, Principal Duan didn't say anything, let the girls and Teacher Huang take the children on the boat, and she and the men pulled the fiber away.

Battalion Commander Geng called Lu Gong and Xiao Lin and said: "I don't worry about you, you are young, strong-blooded, not afraid of anything, listen to my words, remember, under any circumstances, don't be righteous, be rational and restrained, don't be impulsive, the devil is the devil, the executioner who kills people without blinking, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how hard you have the ability, you can't beat the others." ”

"Battalion Commander Geng, don't worry, we won't make a move easily, I still want to fight devils with you, isn't it, Xiaolin?" Lu Gong looked at Xiao Lin and said.

Xiao Lin hurriedly replied: "Definitely." ”

Battalion Commander Geng raised his hand: "There will be a period later." ”

Lu Gong and Xiao Lin nodded, and turned around to catch up with Principal Duan's team.

Battalion Commander Geng took Jia Mai and they turned to the side, passed through a field of crops, and returned to the road through a field of willow trees. He estimated that the devils would pass by here, and he wanted to find a good place to ambush and block the devils' progress.

Lu Gong looked at Battalion Commander Geng and them going away, his heart was itchy, thinking of fighting devils for the second time, and he felt really enjoyable. He said to Xiao Lin, "Do you dare to join me as a soldier?" ”

Xiao Lin looked surprised: "It's strange that your father won't kill you." ”

Lu Wei heard it and said, "Brother, it's for sure." ”

Lu Gong ignored them and walked straight forward, catching up with Cao Qingman, and then the two of them took the rope from the shoulders of Principal Duan and a teacher.

Lu Wei and Xiao Lin walked, lowered their heads and did not speak, occasionally looked at Xiao Lin, and saw that Xiao Lin was also looking at her, she blushed and ran to her brother.

She sang as she ran: The geese in the distant sky are flying by, and there is my brother in the gentle boat......

Lu Jian interrupted her: "Sing, sing, when is it, you want to lure the devil's plane over?" ”

Lu Wei stuck out her tongue and stopped singing.

Principal Duan smiled knowingly. As a principal, he didn't want to look dull on such an occasion, and he proposed to sing. He began: "Arise, you who do not want to be slaves, build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall, and sing together." ”

The people on the boat on the shore were inspired by Principal Duan to sing this song taught by Teacher Yang passionately.

In the middle of the song, suddenly, a large group of refugees came in front of them, interrupting their singing. Seeing their panicked and depressed appearances, Principal Duan hurriedly grabbed a middle-aged man and asked what was the situation? The man replied, "Don't go forward, I heard that the devils from Yueyang are waiting in front." ”

"True?" Principal Duan asked suspiciously, "Is the devil really so fast?" ”

The man: "I don't know, I've heard about it." After saying that, he ran away in a hurry.

Principal Duan shouted to them: "Come back, come back quickly, there are devils in Nanxian County, Nanxian County has long been occupied by devils, come back quickly." But no one answered him, and he ran forward.

Lu Gong looked ahead, then at the other side, and said, "Otherwise, headmaster, it may be safer for us to cross the river together, and take the other way back to our village." ”

Principal Duan looked at the other side full of rape and ramie, wondered if there was a road there, and hesitated. Lu Gong said that there is a road, but it is not as wide as this side, and it is relatively safer than meeting a devil on this road. Some teachers agreed with Lu Gong's suggestion that it was the best way to avoid the devils. So they crossed the river in several trips, abandoned the boat, and went ashore, not daring to go straight, for fear of encountering devils, and the farther away from the main road on the other side of the river, the better. And he led them out of the thorns, and on the soil or along the ridges of the fields, towards the village of the poles.

Finally came to the village of Lugan. There really aren't any devils here.

Li Baochang, Qiu Luffa, and Gong Qiu all gathered at Shui Sheng's house.

Lu Gong's father Lu Shuisheng and Niang Caihua saw Lu Gong and Lu Wei coming back, I don't know whether they were happy or angry, and their mother pinched and twisted Lu Gong.

"Pole boy, you made your father die in a hurry." His mother was chattering with tears in her eyes.

Lu Gong only laughed and let his mother twist it. His father stood next to him and spoke: "Okay, it's okay to come back, Lu Gong, is this your Principal Duan?" ”

He hadn't been to school, of course Principal Duan didn't recognize it, but his reputation was known, he was knowledgeable, he was a foreigner, and seeing his dress and momentum, he concluded that he was Principal Duan.

Li Baochang, who was teaching Xiaolin a lesson, spoke: "I said that you are really, I asked you to go to school with me, but you didn't go, and now you don't even know the principal standing in front of you, really." ”

Principal Duan smiled and arched his hand to them: "Duan has a lot of fellow villagers, recently Anxiang and Huarong were occupied, and today Nanxian is lost, these teachers and students are not locals, and they can't return to their homes. ”

Li Baochang waved his hand and said, don't be so polite, it's time for lunch, and we'll think about it in the long run after eating. He arranged for some people in the village to pick up the teachers, while Principal Duan and Cao Qingman were left behind by the Lu family.

The sound of the engines of an airplane came from the sky, and it was a reconnaissance plane of devils again. At first, the villagers were a little panicked, but when they saw that nothing had fallen from the plane, they were still busy with their business.

2 The cavalry sent by Xidao was ambushed by Geng Zitang and did not rush to pursue. He reported to General Isamu Yokoyama on the current battle situation, saying that the sky here had darkened, the terrain was unfamiliar, and he was afraid that there would be an ambush and was not suitable for attacking, and he hoped that after obtaining an accurate air situation, he would gather troops at dawn and cooperate with air forces to completely solve the problem of the national army. Yokoyama agreed, and at the same time ordered the troops attacking south on all other lines to rest, and wait for the water troops in the direction of Yueyang to assemble in the direction of the enemy's escape, and then encircle and annihilate the defeated enemy on all fronts. Immediately, Isamu Yokoyama ordered planes to dispatch planes from the airports in Dangyang and Wuhan to conduct reconnaissance and bombing, and found that the enemy was dropping bombs and strafing them in a concentrated manner.

The victory of the 73rd Army of the Nationalist Army was at hand. Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile. Holding on to the frame of the mirror, he asked the motorboat troops that had departed from Yueyang and were on the water, inquired about their specific location, and told them that they must rush to their destination tomorrow morning to block the enemy who tried to escape from the water, and that they must not be allowed to merge with the neighboring enemy forces. Tell them that Nishijima and the other troops are on their way to annihilate the remnants of the 73rd Army.

At dawn the next day, Xidao left some devils to guard the county seat, and he led most of the devils to advance south. Although they encountered sporadic resistance from the national army along the way, they were vulnerable to the strong forces of the troops led by Nishijima.

Looking at the rape flowers on the side of the road and the vast Dongting Fish and Rice Country, he couldn't help but think of the cherry blossoms in his hometown and the cherry blossoms in Jiangbei.

He ordered all the troops to run forward after the cavalry.

Seeing the plane flying in the air, Nishijima's face was overflowing with confidence and arrogance, he kept waving his whip, the Oriental horse elephant understood the meaning of his master, and quickened the pace of running, and the road surface with its hooves was covered with layers of dirt falling in all directions, and the cavalry followed closely behind, but the soldiers were suffering, but no one complained, and also took a step and galloped forward like a horse, although the weight on their bodies made them breathless.

One soldier couldn't hold on, and one fell to the ground, and the two soldiers next to him immediately helped him up, pulling him and still running forward, but this soldier had no sense of walking, his legs were stiff and dragged in the mud, he was still a child, less than eighteen years old, dead.

There was a commotion in the procession, and Nishijima reined in his horse's head, looked back, waved his hand, signaled the team to stop advancing, and ran towards the infantry phalanx prancing horse.

"What's going on?"

The soldier replied: "Shaozo, he is dead." ”

Nishijima jumped off his horse, leaned down to look at the dead soldier, then raised himself and bowed to the soldier's body, crouched down and tore off his brand and put it in his bag. Then he said to a soldier: "You are in charge of him, and don't come after you send him back to the county seat." We now don't have time for him to ascend to heaven to see His Majesty the Emperor, and our aim is to quickly destroy the defeated crown in front of us and charge at the enemy, which is the mission of our Imperial Japan. I will not let my soldiers become ghosts in the wilderness, we will let the people of China know how powerful we are, and avenge all our brothers who fought and died for the emperor. ”

The soldier moved his suit, carried the body on his back, and returned to the county seat.

3 Some of the soldiers threw their guns into ponds and ditches;

Some of the national troops rushed to the bay and snatched the fishermen's boats and rowed away, leaving the owner of the boat to pause on the shore and curse, but there was nothing to do, only to cry out for the heavens and the earth.

A man who looked like an officer was changing clothes, Geng Zitang walked over and asked him which unit he belonged to, and the officer said, what else is there to say now, it is important to escape, and ran away after speaking.

"Dad, it's coming." Lu Wei panted and ran into the door.

Sun Huamei and Lu Jian were cleaning up the house, and Principal Duan was discussing with Li Baochang, Lu Shuisheng, and Gong Qiu where to go, and they were attracted by Lu Wei's shouting.

"What are you shouting, what's coming?" Lu Zhu grabbed his sister and asked.

Lu Wei couldn't take a breath and said that it was Camp Commander Geng and them. After hearing this, everyone hurriedly ran to Heping, and sure enough, Geng Zitang came with a few soldiers, covered in blood and mud one by one, and looked embarrassed.

When Geng Zitang saw Li Baochang and them, he hurriedly said: "Why are you still here, the devils are coming, hurry, tell the villagers to run in the direction of Hanshou, you don't have to be afraid when you cross the river and get there, it's too late for the devils to come." ”

Li Baochang hurriedly asked Gong Qiu to bang the gong, and the tight sound of the gong and Gong Qiu's shout of "the devil is coming" made the villagers panic and run out of their respective homes, some ran to their own boats moored in the bay, some did not know how to act, some women and children were frightened and cried, and the whole village was in chaos.

Some of the Nationalists rushed into the farmhouse and took clothes from the closet and changed them.

Lu Gong turned around and walked over with a stack of clothes and pants after returning to the house: "Battalion Commander Geng, you change into it." Hey, what about the second company commander and the third company commander? ”

Battalion Commander Geng didn't answer him, looking in a bad mood. At this time, Jia Mai gently told him with a crying voice: "They were all killed by devils." Lu Gong didn't say anything more, just handed the clothes to Camp Commander Geng and Jia Mai. Battalion Commander Geng pushed away the clothes handed over by Lu Gong: "No, we are soldiers, we can't do this." ”

When Battalion Commander Geng was pushing off the clothes handed over by Lu Gong, Lu Shuisheng also came to him with a lot of clothes and pants, and said, "Come, brothers, this is the time, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of running out of firewood." Tell these brothers to go to the river to wash, even if they are not soldiers, the devil can see from the traces of blood and cement on their bodies. ”

When they were still hesitating, Sun Huamei, Lu Gan, Xiaolin, and Li Baochang took the guns in the hands of the national army and threw them into the ditch one by one. Battalion Commander Geng held the gun, and as soon as he pressed his hand, the magazine fell off, and there was not a single bullet in it. Principal Duan looked at him, stretched out his hand, took the gun in his hand and threw it into a nearby ditch, causing a layer of spray on the water. He said, "You don't have bullets, what kind of devils are you fighting?" No way, they had to go to the river, quickly wash and change clothes, and then enter Lu Shuisheng's house.

More and more refugees flocked to them, they were not from their own village, and when they asked, they knew that there were Hubei, Anxiang, and Huarong, all of them looked panicked, like frightened birds and only cared about running. They didn't know where to go, where to run, and they ran around like headless flies.

Seeing this scene, Principal Duan shouted loudly for them not to panic and obey his and Li Baochang's commands, and some of the people who got on the boat ignored his shouts, and those who didn't have a boat gathered around him, looking at Principal Duan and Li Baochang with hopeful eyes.

Autumn loofah is coming. His boat had been nearly snatched by the fleeing men, and if he hadn't pulled the plug out in his hurry, it would have been snatched away by the refugees. He didn't want to leave, it didn't matter if he was alone, he had no relatives to vote for in a foreign country, he wanted to take Lu Shuisheng's family out, so he drove the boat to the waterway near Lu Shuisheng's house, pulled off the plug, got on the oars and went ashore, went straight to Lu Shuisheng's house, called Brother Lu, and said to hurry up and take his boat away.

Principal Duan beckoned the people to get on the boat in turn, the volume was too small, and the autumn loofah could only carry these people across the river round after round, seeing that he was too tired, Lu Gong took his pulp and finally sent the last group of people to the other side.

When they went to the Changjiao ferry to Hanshou, the troops of Nishijima came to the village of Lugan, and they stood in a row by the river, the embankment on that side blocked their view, and Nishijima ordered the troops to search the whole village.

Dozens of devils rushed to the inlets, and suddenly they found hundreds of men standing there anxiously waiting for the ship, screaming like a great enemy, machine guns with their mouths open, grenades twisting strings. Suddenly, a burst of bullets swept towards the panicked people, and grenades flew towards the people running around. One by one, they fell to the ground, blood flowed all over the ground, and some of the people who jumped into the river were shot in the head by the devil as a gun rake, and the corpses were all in the river, and no one on the shore escaped.

The devil rushed into every house like a wolf and a tiger, and took away what he liked, even the woman's flower clothes were not spared, and there were some baskets of food such as cured meat, and those live birds were killed and put on the threshing field, and then a fire lit the thatched house, and suddenly the fire was like a pillar.

By the river, Nishijima arrogantly said that these Chinese troops were really a bunch of stupid pigs, and if they were deployed on the opposite embankment, the imperial army would undoubtedly be dealt a heavy blow, but it was a pity that they did not. He didn't know that these national troops who were chased to this line by them had long lost their morale, and their weapons and equipment could not play their greatest role. Without ammunition, let alone fighting spirit, the national army can imagine what their combat effectiveness is like. He gave the order: to carry out the crossing of the river immediately, and in an hour all the river crossings. As soon as the order was issued, the devil sappers immediately went into action.

At this time, Yokoyama called and asked him about the progress of his troops, and Nishijima told him about the situation, saying that he was going to cross the river in an hour.

Isamu Yokoyama told him that the troops attacking from the water had moved closer to him, and that in the process of advancing he had eliminated some of the small Kuomintang forces that had tried to escape from the water, and that it was estimated that the area occupied by Nishijima would be blockaded from the water at this time. Isamu Yokoyama also explained three things to him: first, to pay attention to the counterattack of the enemy on land, second, to do a good job in the short-term garrison and defensive tasks, and to establish a stronghold to meet the follow-up troops to launch a new round of attack on Changde, and third, to completely disrupt the enemy's formation and quickly solve the besieged enemy, and never let them flee to Chishan and Hanshou.

Nishijima thought on the phone that this was a battle without suspense, and that the victory of the Imperial Army was in sight, so please rest assured that the general.

Yokoyama looked at his watch and said, "It will be four o'clock in the afternoon in an hour, and around this time, I will send a plane to support you, and I wish you success." ”

4When they reached the wharf in the town, which they were no longer familiar with, the embankment was already crowded with people fleeing.

The ship was already nervous and could only wait.

People are anxiously looking at the boats on the river, hoping to get back here soon.

There are too many people, even if there are a hundred boats, many people are so anxious that they stomp their feet. They heard a burst of gunfire. At this time, someone shouted: "Quick, go and tear down the door panel." This sentence reminded those who were anxious, and everyone rushed to the town's shops or houses, and there was a chaotic situation. Most of the people who grabbed the door panel were national soldiers who had changed into civilian clothes, and among them was the officer that Battalion Commander Geng had encountered. They can't do that much, and it's important to escape. Most of the people took off the door panel and ran to the river, and when they came to the river, they rushed to the river regardless of the cold water, holding the door panel. Some of them, who didn't have any swimming tools, jumped into the water and grabbed them. The person who cannot win the battle is forced to let go of his grip on the door panel or the wood and swim forward, and those who can't swim can only shout for help in the water, who else cares about him in such a situation? After a struggle, he sank to the bottom of the river.

There was a drizzle in the sky.

Lu Gong said to Li Baochang: "It's not a way for us to stay here, you see so many people, Uncle Li, come up with an idea." ”

"What can I do? There is water on three sides, and the only exit is blocked by devils. "Bao Chang Li said helplessly." Aquatic, you come here. ”

Hearing Li Baochang's shout, Camp Chief Geng, Principal Duan, Gong, Qiu Luffa, Xiaolin, Lu Wei, and Cao Qingman all approached him. Lu Shuisheng said, this will not work, let these people disperse, it is not a way to surround here, once the devil comes, there is not even a place to hide.

Battalion Commander Geng said: "I looked at the terrain here just now, except for the water, it is a plain, and it is impossible to escape the eyes of the devils. ”

"There are a lot of mounds in the vicinity," said Lu Gan, "so why don't you call them to go to them, and maybe there are cellars or something, and maybe they can find some little rows to cross the river." ”

After hearing this, Li Baochang and Geng Zitang hurriedly asked the others to go separately to work with the refugees who were still looking at the riverside or at a loss. But there were also some outsiders who didn't listen to them at all, so they huddled on the docks and waited for a boat to come from the river.

Seeing them like this, Li Baochang only followed them, and when Principal Duan called the teachers and students to follow Li Baochang and they walked towards the wall, he suddenly heard Lu Wei shouting: "Dad, there is a fire there, it's a big smoke." ”

Lu Shuisheng and all the people went backwards, and sure enough, the direction of their village was already full of smoke, Lu Pole and a few friends ran up to the embankment, only to see that there was a fire in the sky, Lu Pole had tears in his eyes, his teeth were clenched, and his mouth was shaking. Everyone's mood was very heavy, Lu Wei and other women were sobbing, the teachers scolded the devil all the way to be a beast and a devil, and Teacher Huang didn't make a sound, hugging his child tightly. Just then, the sound of airplanes was heard in the sky.

Camp Commander Geng shouted: "Lie down quickly." The devil's plane is coming. As soon as everyone heard that the devil's plane was coming, how could they hear the order of the battalion commander Geng, and then ran around, so anxious that the battalion commander Geng and those soldiers ran around with them, and pressed down one, and when they went to press the other, this person got up and ran around, and there was only one direction, that is, the house on the street, but the door was locked, and the cat was under the eaves, thinking that the devil could not see them and everything would be fine.

This made Battalion Commander Geng so anxious that they tore open their throats and shouted, but no one listened to him, so they had no choice but to lie on the ground by themselves.

The devils on the two planes spotted the crowd gathered by the river and began to strafe and drop bombs. Suddenly, some people were splashed with blood under the bomb, some were shot in pools of blood, and some were swept into the water by the air waves of the bombs.

The planes bombed and strafed all the way over their heads, and rows of bullets hit those who were running around, and the wounded were screaming in pain, and the dead looked unrecognizable, and they could not recognize people at all, and the hands and feet that had been blown up were everywhere in the river.

The devil's plane flew away.

People lying on the ground began to get up one by one, crying everywhere to find their loved ones, and weeping when they saw their loved ones die. Looking at the direction in which the devil left, Battalion Commander Geng knew in his heart that the devil's plane would come back soon, and when he saw this chaos, he shouted loudly: "Folks, everyone is scattered, don't crowd in a pile, the devil's plane will come." When Lu Gong heard this, he also shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up, it's right to listen to Battalion Commander Geng." He stood up, took his sister's hand, and ran to the rape field, where the people scattered, some crawling on the ground, some hiding in the rape field and the hemp field.

Sure enough, the devil plane turned back again.

A row of bullets hit the side of Battalion Commander Geng's group, stirring up streams of dirt and sewage on the ground, and everyone hugged their brains and silently prayed in their hearts that the bombs and bullets would not fall on them. At this time, Lu Gong, who was lying in the rape field with his sister, suddenly saw his mother lying on the ground not far in front of him, and his body was shocked, as if he had been hit by a bullet, he quickly stood up and ran to the place where his mother was lying on his stomach, and his sister also wanted to run. Seeing this, Battalion Commander Geng hurriedly stood up and ran to Lu Wei's side and pressed her down to his side, and Lu Pole ran to his mother's side in the artillery fire.

Sure enough, he saw a big hole in his mother's back, and the red blood was gushing everywhere, and he screamed for his mother, but his mother didn't make any sound.

Sun Huamei died. Lu Gong hugged her tightly, tears welling up in his eyes. Shui Sheng saw it running over not far away, and saw that his cousin was dead without breath, and the two lines of clear tears were surging. He stood up and pointed to the devil plane that was still raging in the sky, shouting and cursing.

Lu Wei, who was tightly pressed by Camp Commander Geng, seemed to know what was going on, she struggled to leave Camp Commander Geng's protection, but it was useless, she said loudly to Camp Commander Geng: "I want to go over, I want to see my mother go, I want to talk to my mother, let go of me." You scoundrel, you're not a good person. Camp Commander Geng let her cry and didn't let go. He looked up at the sky, the devil plane was gone, and it was estimated that it would not come back, so he let go of Lu Wei. Lu Wei stood up and ran while shouting to her mother to run there. I saw Lu Gongtie's face blackened, his teeth clenched, staring blankly into the distance, tears moistening his face.

Lu Wei pounced and called her mother loudly, but where could Sun Huamei still hear the shouts of her children. Lu Wei fell on top of her mother and cried.

There were many people standing around, the women were silently crying, and the men were scolding the Japanese devils on dog days.

Principal Duan said to Shui Sheng, people can't be resurrected after death, and this account will have to be settled with the little devil sooner or later, so let's quickly find a place to bury it. After speaking, he asked Cao Qingman and Xiaolin to find some tools to dig a pit, and the others quickly followed them to the rape field next to them. The aquatic did not speak. I saw him slowly get up and suddenly tear off two black strips of cloth from his body, with tears in his eyes, and handed them to Lu Zhu and Lu Wei.

The brother and sister who were grieving didn't pay attention, Gong Qiu and Qiu Luffa took the black cloth strip from Shui Sheng's hand and silently tied them to their arms. The aquatic life ripped off another piece and wrapped it tightly around his arm.

Li Baochang was very sad, he came over and said, Principal Duan's words are right, bury it quickly, now it is important for all of us to escape, or the devil will come, no one will be able to escape.

At this time, I saw Lu Shuisheng pick up Sun Huamei and walk towards the rape field, Lu Wei and Lu Gong followed closely next to their father, holding Sun Huamei's gradually cold hand, while Xiao Lin and Cao Qingman found some tools by the dung pit in the field and dug up quickly.

Still others have also begun to dig pits for their dead loved ones. They also chose to be in the rape field, and after a while, many graves were piled up in the vegetable field, without any ceremony, but after a few bows, they walked to the mounds under the urging of Li Baochang.

hastily buried Sun Huamei, and Lu Gong and Lu Wei were reluctant to leave at the grave. The powerful grief weighed down the water and gritted his teeth, and he couldn't kneel for a long time. Lu Gong shouted to the sky: "Mother, I must avenge you." The people around understood their feelings, but this was not a place to stay for a long time, and it was important to escape, so they were forcibly dragged away by some people from Battalion Commander Geng.

5 Toward dusk, all the troops of the West Island had crossed the river and were assembling.

A crowd of people hurried over and passed through their ranks, shouting as they ran, "The devil is coming, the devil is coming." ”

Everyone turned around and looked, and sure enough, they saw a yellow patch behind them, and the devil was coming. Suddenly, these fleeing crowds couldn't help but speed up their pace and ran towards the mound.

Those who can't run hide in the nearby rape field or ramie field, and those who run fast enter the wall early, and the locals hide in their own cellars with their families, some people panic everywhere to find a place to hide, some cats go to the bottom of the bed or in the firewood room in the stove house, and some people hide in the water tank or rice tank, as long as they see a place that can accommodate their bodies, they drill into it.

Teacher Huang and some teachers who were holding the children were out of breath due to physical exhaustion, unable to run, one by one, Principal Duan hugged the children in Teacher Huang's hands, encouraged them, and never gave up with them. They were very moved and persuaded Principal Duan to leave them alone. But Principal Duan didn't listen, and persuaded Cao Qingman to hurry up and follow them. Cao Qingman refused.

Li Baochang looked back at Principal Duan and they were still behind, and hurriedly turned back to urge them. Principal Duan said, leave us alone, you guys go quickly. Bao Chang Li shook his head helplessly, and said to them: "Then you can find a place to hide nearby, you see that the rape field over there is more than one person high, maybe you can hide." ”

Principal Duan saw that there was really a rape field there, so he walked there. At this time, Principal Duan saw another group of people running behind them and burrowing into the rape field, he immediately stopped Cao Qingman and them, and said, "Forget it, don't go, there are already people there, and once you go in, there will be more people, and it will be easy to be exposed, so let's find another place." With that, he led the crowd back and walked into a forest.

Seeing this, Li Baochang said, "Good man." Principal Duan, please take care. Then they caught up with Lu Pole, and they ran towards the mound.

He knew everything about this mound, his uncle's house was here, and his uncle had gone to his father-in-law's house in Yiyang a week earlier. He remembered that his family had a boat, a large boat that could carry a dozen people. He quickly led everyone straight to a special place in the back room where the reeds were stacked, and quickly lifted the layers of reeds, and sure enough, a hull was revealed, and everyone was very happy, and they lifted it up together and walked towards the river.

Only about a dozen people can be seated. Li Baochang said to Camp Commander Geng: "Camp Commander Geng, you and your brothers should go first. There is no room for you here, and as soon as the devil comes, he will know that you have fought. ”

When Battalion Commander Geng heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, you have to go, you go, we are soldiers, and we can't let the people suffer for us." ”

Li Baochang waved his hand and said: "It's okay, we are natives here, and the devil won't do anything to us honest farmers." The devils are here for you. ”

Lu Zhuan's tears were not dry and he persuaded: "You listened to Uncle Li, if you don't leave, you won't be in a hurry." ”

Lu Shuisheng walked over and said: "Battalion Commander Geng, Chief Li is right, if you are really discovered by the devils here, maybe it will really bring disaster to these people, you can go, as long as you go into that reed and hide for a few days, the devils will be fine as soon as they leave." But you have to promise me one condition, take my reed sister, the pole boy and Xiaolin away. Battalion Commander Geng promised to get it, but Lu Pole and Xiao Lin resolutely refused to go up, if they wanted to go, it meant that some national soldiers had to stay on the shore, Lu Pole resolutely refused, and he couldn't tolerate Battalion Commander Geng to talk and push them onto the boat. Li Baochang said to Qiu Luffa: "As soon as possible, they will send that piece of Lu Wei and come to pick us up again." Qiu Luffa nodded, got on the oars, jumped on the boat without saying a word, and sailed out on the shore at a little shore.

Battalion Commander Geng, Jia Mai, and the other soldiers waved goodbye to them with tears in their eyes. Lu Wei called his brother and father and Xiaolin, telling them to be careful.

At this time, Battalion Commander Geng shouted on the boat: "Pole boy, Xiaolin, you must not be reckless, don't fight with devils, devils are devils who kill people without blinking." Do you hear that? Baochang Li, Brother Lu, you have to watch the two of them. ”

Li Baochang and Shui Sheng nodded, and Li Baochang responded: "Don't worry, Camp Commander Geng, we will be optimistic about them." ”

They watched as the boat rowed into the reeds in the distance.

"Dad, where are we going?" Seeing them leave here, Lu Pole asked.

"Where else can I go, just wait here and see, I hope the devil hasn't arrived before the autumn loofah arrives." Lu Shuisheng sighed.

Li Baochang scolded Lu Shuisheng: "Sigh, what are you doing, we ordinary people have something to do with devils." It's okay, we're not a national army, the main thing now is to save our lives, don't do anything to the devils, I don't think they will do anything to us. Xiaolin, don't talk nonsense when the time comes, do you hear me? ”

Xiao Lin listened to his father's words and nodded, he was really a little stunned in his heart, because he had killed the devil, if he was really known by the devil, his life would definitely be lost, he pulled Lu Pole and said his thoughts, Lu Pole said Don't be afraid, if you don't say who else knows, you will be a coward, see if Lao Tzu doesn't clean you up.

6 And it came to pass at this time, that the last sunset on the river was gone, and it was getting dark.

Principal Duan, who was hiding in the woods, heard a burst of gunfire and a burst of shouts around them, and Principal Duan saw a few people who were hit by the devil's bullet and fell to the ground motionless, and he said softly: "The devil is coming, lie down quickly." Everyone lay down, some of them shivering in the cold night.

The devil's footsteps gradually approached, and he quickly surrounded the crowd lying on the ground.

boldly raised his head and looked at the dark figures in front of him, he couldn't see their faces, but he saw the cold light from the gun, and he couldn't help but fight a cold war. Cao Qingman, who was lying next to Principal Duan, looked at him and said, "Principal Duan, they don't look like ghosts. ”

Principal Duan: "You've seen ghosts." Don't talk nonsense. ”

Nishijima came, and he looked arrogantly at the people lying on the ground on his horse, and the satisfaction in his heart suddenly welled up in his heart. He is like a vicious crocodile, once he bites it, he will never let go of the prey in his hand. But he didn't want to kill people today, he killed a lot of people during the day, he wanted to keep them, especially the women, he wanted to comfort and vent his soldiers, and boost their morale. He was going to leave the men to find food for him or let them be porters, and to take the looted goods or bundle them, and to make the bacon and chickens into food for his soldiers. He didn't want to rashly attack the mounds in the dark, he was worried that there would be an ambush by the national army, he had seen the topographical map here, and knew that it was surrounded by water on three sides, and the way out in the direction of Thatched Street had been blocked, and there was no place to escape. He asked the king to call them all up. In a soothing tone, he said with a little pity: "Do you want to lie on the ground all night?" It's a cold night in Jiangnan in May. ”

Wang Translator complied: "Folks, you all get up, get up, it's too cold here, and the imperial army won't kill you." He really hoped that was the case.

Principal Duan understood Xidao's words, and the others understood Wang's translation of Hubei.

Principal Duan nodded to Cao Qingman, and slowly he was the first to get up from the ground, and at this time the others who were lying on the ground got up, except for those who had been shot and killed by indiscriminate shooting just now.

Seeing Nishijima wave his hand, some devils immediately turned their heads and began to be on alert.

Nishidao jumped off the horse, and Principal Duan wanted to go up and talk to him, but was pushed back by a devil's knife.

"I'm the principal, and these people are my colleagues and students. I have something to tell you. He shouted to Nishijima in Japanese.

Nishijima didn't expect to meet a Japanese-speaking Chinese in such a place, it was so strange, he looked at the middle-aged man with curious eyes, and motioned with his hand to a soldier to bring Principal Duan to him.

"You're their headmaster?"

"Yes, I'm their headmaster, and I hope you don't embarrass them."

"Then can you tell me if there are any national troops in the nearby mouns who have escaped here?"

"Nope."

"None? Then I can't help it. I'm going to take you all with me. ”

"What the hell are you trying to do?" Principal Duan said sharply.

Nishijima smiled: "What do you want to do?" Don't worry, Mr. Headmaster, you'll know when the time comes. I ask again, is there a national army here? ”

"Nope." Principal Duan said resolutely.

"Haven't all the national troops been driven away and killed by you little devils? Find out how the national army found us here. We are all ordinary people, students. Cao Qing was full of blood and Fang just stood up and rushed to Xidao, which scared Xidao for a moment, I don't know what the young man in front of him said? He looked at Wang Yi, Wang Yi's face was also frightened, fortunately he couldn't see it at night, Cao Qingman's words also frightened Principal Duan, and quickly pulled Cao Qingman behind him, and said to Xidao: "He said that he is a student, please let them go." ”

Xidao looked at Wang Yiyi, Wang Yi nodded hurriedly and said, "Taijun, he said so, he is a student, and these are some real teachers. ”

After hearing this, Nishijima did not speak again, and re-mounted his horse, and he asked the devil to escort Principal Duan and them to the embankment, and the devil urged them to erect tents on the embankment, and then tied the men with ropes, escorted them to a dilapidated house on the side of the embankment, and dragged the women who were full of terror and tried to resist into the tent.

Teacher Huang hugged the child and cried loudly, broke free from the devil's embrace, and ran down the embankment, the two devils chased after him, Nishijima saw this scene, he smiled, and stood on the embankment without saying a word and looked at the river quietly, he remembered Sakura.

Teacher Huang, who was holding the child, was forced by the devil to Principal Duan's house where they were imprisoned, and she shouted loudly to Principal Duan, shouting that Principal Duan would come and save her life. Principal Duan in the room was tied up, and his body was not good, so he had to shout loudly in Japanese: "I beg you, don't embarrass her." ”

Once they become beasts, will these devils still listen? They continued to laugh lewdly and pounced on Teacher Huang. The two devil guns guarding Principal Duan at the door also joined the ranks of raping Teacher Huang, the poor child was forcibly taken away, and the frenzied devil threw him behind him, and after hearing the child's scream, Teacher Huang immediately fainted to the ground. The four devils tore apart Teacher Huang's clothes and pants regardless of 3721, and took turns to threaten Teacher Huang in front of Principal Duan and these people who were detained in the house. Principal Duan's face turned purple, and his teeth bit his lips. The people in the house were struggling with the ropes on their bodies, but the ties were too strong to break free, and they were screaming in pain in the house, saying things like "devils don't die well" and "animals".

"You beasts, you don't even spare children and women. This kid is only two years old. You will be struck by thunder from heaven, and you will not die well, beasts, beasts. Heavens, open your eyes and see the sins of little Japan. Principal Duan burst into tears and beat his chest. Cao Qingman was even more indignant, listening to the screams from Mr. Huang, the blood rushed upward, and suddenly broke free of the rope on his body, picked up a nail shovel against the wall in the house and rushed out of the house, and hit the back of the devil's head lying on Mr. Huang's body, the devil didn't snort and fell crookedly, when he turned around and slashed at a devil, he was hit in the stomach by a devil who was standing next to him with a gun, Cao Qingman grabbed the devil's bayonet with his left hand, and threw the nail shovel out with his right hand, and the two fell down at the same time.

The corners of Cao Qing's mouth were dripping with blood, his body was twitching, and a sentence came out of his mouth: "You little devils can't die well." Enraged by this sudden attack, the other devils picked up the guns on the ground and stabbed Cao Qingman and the naked Teacher Huang on the ground. Then, like madness, he shot at the people in the house, and some of them fell down in the middle of the shots. Principal Duan hurriedly escorted the others to lie on the ground, and the room was filled with cries and scolding.

The gunfire attracted Nishijima and Wang Translator and some Japanese soldiers. Nishijima asked the devil, "What's the matter?" Did you find the national army? The devil reported what was happening here, and he looked at the corpses of the two soldiers, and his face was ugly.

He ordered the devils to drive Principal Duan and them all out of the house.

"Although the lives of my two excellent Yamato soldiers are gone, the glorious images of their heroic sacrifice for the emperor are as lovely as the beautiful cherry blossoms in our hometown, and the lives of you pigs are as disgusting to me as rotten fish and rotten shrimp in your stinking gutter." Nishijima slowly drew his knife.

"Shameless things, you beasts are the iniquities, you don't rest in your own country, but come to our country to exert power, are you still human? No, even children are killed, you are not human, you are not human beings for the atrocities you committed against Chinese women, you are not human, and this student also died under your butcher's knife, you are not human, you burn and loot, you are not human, you are not human, you are something inferior to pigs and dogs. Principal Duan said in an emotional voice.

Wang Yiyi didn't know how to speak next to him, just stared at Principal Duan and blinked, but Principal Duan was scolding Xidao in anger, how could he look at him.

Nishijima sneered: "What a good Shina pig who has been educated in our Japanese empire has wasted our educational resources in vain, and you should be killed." ”

As soon as Nishijima's words fell, the surrounding devils pulled the bolt one by one.

Nishishima looked at his soldiers with a smiling face, as if appreciating their behavior, nodded with satisfaction, then turned his head to look at Principal Duan, walked to his side, and suddenly dragged a teenager out and yelled at Mr. Duan: "Say, is he a national soldier?" ”

Mr. Duan hurriedly said, "No, no, he is my student." ”

"What do you use to prove that he is not a national army? If you can't say it, I'll kill him. Nishishima grabbed the hand of the student who was about to break free of him, and his yin and yang tone made Principal Duan speechless with anger.

"Please don't be embarrassed for him, he is really my student, his home is in Anxiang, it was occupied by you, and he can't go back to his home, and the young man you killed just now is also my student, you ask my colleagues, they can testify." Principal Duan seemed a little agitated, he was really anxious in his heart, and the people behind him were all talking about students. Hearing that these people were pleading for him, the Wang translator next to him told Xidao about their plea. Nishijima let go of his hand, and as he spoke, he touched the young man's index finger, who had never held a gun in his own experience.

"If you want to kill or cut, find me, don't kill these innocents." Principal Duan straightened the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his eyes showed a sense of determination.

Nishidao stared at Principal Duan: "Really? ”

"Just come at me, just let them go, whatever you want." Principal Duan still replied resolutely.

"Yasi. I believe that you are not Chinese soldiers, but you will always be the Chinese pig I hate the most, and if I don't kill you today, it doesn't mean that I won't kill you tomorrow. I'll still have a useful place to keep you now. Walk. Xidao was about to leave, but Principal Duan stopped him: "I beg you to release the woman there." Nishijima glanced at him and walked up the embankment without saying a word. Translator Wang quietly told Principal Duan, saying that it was useless to beg him, and he looked down on the Chinese at all. After speaking, he shook his head and left with Nishijima.

The body of the devil was carried away. The devil ordered Principal Duan and them to go back to the house, and Principal Duan asked to bury the dead, but the devil did not agree.

The devil was guarding around them, and they could not run away, and when they returned to the house, although they could each untie the rope in their hands, they were not allowed to leave the house even half a step. The devil has added to the post again.

The miserable cries and scolding of the women were still heard from the direction of the embankment, mixed with the sound of the devils venting their animalistic lewd laughter in the dark night. Principal Duan: They couldn't sleep in pain and shame.