Near dusk, Lao Yang and Lu Gang arrived at the residence of Regiment Leader Chen.

It's natural to be happy to see you again. After greeting for a while, Lao Yang explained his intentions. Commander Chen asked Cui Qi to call Li Laihai and the other battalion commanders over.

Lao Yang told the situation of the devils in Caijia Village, Jiaohe in the year. He also put forward Lu Gang's suggestion, hoping to get the support of Head Chen.

Commander Chen thought for a while and said, "Fighting devils is originally our soldier's business, and your advice is very good." It's been a long time since I've done it with a devil, and since you also have ideas, then I have the duty to cooperate with your actions. Camp Commander Li, do you have itchy hands too? ”

Li Laihai and the others smiled.

Lu Gang said: "With your support, we are relieved. ”

Head Chen looked at the map on the table and said, "Don't worry too early. Diverting the tiger away from the mountain can prevent the people from suffering, and second, it can concentrate firepower to eliminate the devils. However, according to the information I have, there are also devils in Liujia Village, which is dozens of miles away from Caijia Village. If we don't consider that this group of devils will come to reinforcements at any time, we will suffer a big loss. We're going to be attacked by the devils, Lao Yang, I think there should be some people here to block the attack. ”

Lao Yang looked at the map and nodded, and said happily: "It's still Lao Chen's thoughtfulness, which is better." However, Lao Chen, we can't do this thing of blocking. The combat effectiveness is not enough, the personnel are too small, and the weapons are also "

"Okay, okay, which one told you to fight? Ah, you communists only know how to drill ravines to fight guerrillas, you don't have to complain, I don't like to listen. Head Chen interrupted Lao Yang's words.

"Commander Chen, leave the task of blocking the attack to our battalion." The commander of the first battalion stood up.

Head Chen looked at him, nodded and said, "Okay, it's you." Let me tell you, the battle in Caijia Village is not over, and you cannot withdraw without an order. ”

The commander of the first battalion snapped and said, "Yes." ”

"Li Laihai." Head Chen shouted.

Li Laihai stood up: "Here." ”

"Your battalion cooperates with Lao Yang and their troops to prepare for the attack on Caijia Village." Head Chen ordered.

Li Laihai: "Yes. ”

After arranging, Head Chen said to Lao Yang: "Didn't you just talk about weapons?" Okay, for the sake of your face, my regimental commander will allocate some guns and ammunition from the second battalion to enrich you, but I have to tell you that after the battle, you must return them to me, and you are not allowed to take them privately, and you will borrow and return them. ”

Lao Yang laughed: "Stingy." Well, a word is a certainty, there is borrowing and returning. But I have one more condition. The spoils of war we have captured are ours. ”

Head Chen was happy, pointed at Lao Yang and said, "You will do business, one is weird, I will serve you, okay?" Even if I help for free, do I want it? ”

"Report to the head of the group." Li Laihai stood up.

Head Chen: "You say." ”

"I don't think it's appropriate to attack at a time like this." Li Laihai said.

"Why?" Head Chen asked.

"It was too cold. The ground was wet and slippery, which was not conducive to the soldiers to ambush. It is also necessary to inspect the terrain before the battle, and then rearrange the defensive ground according to the actual situation and choose the offensive route. Li Laihai said.

Lao Yang felt that what Li Laihai said was reasonable, and he said: "Lao Chen, what Camp Commander Li said is quite reasonable. I think so. Why don't we go see it tomorrow? ”

Commander Chen said: "No, I have to go to the division headquarters tomorrow, Commander Qin will convene a meeting, or else, I will come back from the meeting and make a conclusion, by the way, we will report our actions this time to the division commander, you will stay here for one night tonight, and then leave tomorrow, Lao Yang, do you think you want to do it?" ”

"If there's anything else you want, just wait for your news from Lao Chen. However, if there is nothing to do tomorrow, I'll go back tonight. Lao Yang stood up and said with a smile: "Just let you owe me a meal of morning tea." ”

When they said that, they all laughed.

Lao Yang said goodbye and embarked on the road back to Qingxiu Mountain with Lu Gang. It was the middle of the night when I got back to the mountain. None of them, except for the sentry, were alarmed and quietly went to sleep.

The next day, when Lu Gang came back from practice, he met Lu Wei, Mai and Xiaolin. asked each other some nonsense, such as Lu Wei asked when his brother would come back, and he didn't tell her when he came back; For example, Wheat said that he fell while riding a horse yesterday, and only Kobayashi stood there without squeaking.

Lu Gang said, "Where's my breakfast? You've all eaten? Lu Wei remembered that she was still holding a roasted sweet potato in her hand, and she hurriedly handed it to Lu Gang.

Lao Yang and Captain Liu came over, called Lu Gang aside, and said, "Lu Gang, I came back yesterday and thought about it, I discussed it with Captain Liu just now, and decided to let you go back and have a look." I'm waiting here for news from Commander Chen, you have to go back quickly, and ride a horse. Cao Gang Master sent you across the river, he is familiar with the road. ”

Lu Gang was so happy when he heard this: "Great, Teacher Yang, Lu Wei, Sister Wei, come here, we can finally go to see my father." ”

Lao Yang shouted at Xiao Lin: "Xiao Lin, you come over too, I heard Lu Gang say that you were locked up for an afternoon yesterday." Forget it, it's about you today, for the sake of you being my student, make an exception, and immediately set off with Lu Gang to take a look. ”

Kobayashi was overjoyed when he heard this. Wheat also had to follow, and Lao Yang said that he should not join in the fun, and besides, there were not enough horses.

Seeing that Mai was a little disappointed, Lu Wei comforted him and said that he would take him there when he had a chance in the future. Only then did the wheat rejoice.

packed up, each brought a box of magazines and a grenade, and Lu Gang and the three of them set off under the leadership of Gang Leader Cao.

When passing by the residence of Regiment Commander Chen, he met Li Laihai, Lu Gang did not dismount, greeted him and continued to move forward. After running for a while, I arrived at the place where the Cao gang leader went that night, and came to the river, and the boat was still there. The Cao gang leader did not enter the house with the landlord's beckoning, but immediately told the landlord to help him steer the boat, and after speaking, he took Lu Gang and them to the river, led the horse upstream, and then went straight upstream.

Opposite is the sand head. Looking from the ship, the opposite side was like a thin veil of fog, hazy.

After a few miles of waterway, they reached the shore. Cao said to the landlord, you will come to pick us up in the evening. After saying that, he jumped on his horse and ran straight in the direction of the factory cellar.

As soon as he stepped on the land of his hometown, Lu Gang's mood was extremely excited. Although more than a year has passed, the appearance is still the same, but there is no longer the original appearance in Lu Gang's mind. After being looted, the lakeside factory cellar was particularly depressed and cold in this winter. The north wind blowing from the surface of the lake made them feel a chill, and they opened their noses as if they could smell a faint smell of gunpowder smoke or dead people in the air.

Gang Master Cao looked at the smoke rising from several houses in the distance, and knew that these families were cooking lunch. It's noon.

When he was about to ask Lu Gang if he had a family to eat before going, Lu Gang beside him couldn't wait to run forward from the embankment after a "drive" on the horse, and he saw his parents running on the grave, Lu Wei followed closely behind, and her tears had flowed down at this time.

Xiao Lin didn't follow Lu Gang, he ran towards the dock alone, and his father died in the river. He knelt on the edge of the river, looked at the blank river, and shouted loudly: "Dad, I'm here to kowtow to you." Tears were all over his face.

Gang Leader Cao stood there and didn't know who to follow, looked at Lu Gang, and then looked at Xiaolin, he still stood on the embankment and didn't move, nor did he get off the horse. He also learned the stories of these teenagers from Lao Yang's mouth, and while feeling sad for them, he was also happy and relieved that they were able to escape death and embark on the road of resisting Japan and killing the enemy.

Gang Leader Cao took his eyes off from Xiao Lin to Lu Gang.

After Lu Gang and Lu Wei crossed a puddle of pools, they ran a few steps, and when they reached the two dirt bags, they jumped off their horses and knelt on the ground, the brother and sister kowtowed three times in front of the grave, Lu Gang did not raise his head for a long time, and from the way his shoulders were constantly shaking, it could be seen how painful Lu Gang's heart was.

Lu Wei raised her head and looked at the wooden tomb plaque on the grave, and tears kept flowing: "Dad, mother, we are back, my brother and I are back to see you." Then he covered his face and cried silently, crying into a tearful person.

"Dad, mother, I'm back, I'm back with Sister Wei. Father, mother, I killed our enemy, avenged you, avenged the villagers, you can look at the nine springs with peace of mind. Lu Gang wiped the tears on his face and said: "Dad, mother, Xiaolin's father is also dead, he died in the river, and the body was not found, Xiaolin also came back to see his father." Don't worry, we are all very good, Teacher Yang said that if you don't fight away the Japanese devils, the Chinese people will never come out, fight the devils, I and Sister Wei and Xiaolin have made a deal with Teacher Yang, I will never return to my hometown if I don't kill all the devils, father, mother, I don't know when I can come to see you again in the future, please forgive us for our unfilial piety, and I hope you will bear with me and bless us safely. After speaking, he kowtowed with his hands on the ground, and Lu Wei also kowtowed.

"Uncle Lu, Aunt Sun, Xiaolin, I'm here, I'm here to kowtow to you." After Xiao Lin bowed to his father Li Baochang, he came to the grave of Lu Gang's parents and knelt down and kowtowed.

Gang Master Cao saw Xiao Lin walking towards Lu Gang, and he also followed, bowing deeply with his palms together in front of the grave.

At this time, an old man came from a distance.

When he saw someone in front of the graves of Lu Shuisheng and Sun Huamei, he came up and felt a little strange.

Lu Wei recognized him. He was the old man who struck the gong that year and led a group of people to bury the body. The old man looked at Lu Wei for a long time and recognized her.

They went to his house with the zealous old man. He was the only one in his house, his wife was killed by the devil's bomb, and his son was captured by the devil and there was no news.

The old man said that Lu Gang's life was really big, and he was still alive. said that people like Lu Gang and others were basically killed by devils, and those who were not killed were arrested, and they did hard labor and porters. His son was arrested that year, and he hasn't even heard from him for more than a year. It is also said that in the 32nd year of the Republic of China, after the devil killed people and left, the corpses in the entire factory cellar were all over the field, and the stench was stinking. A few of them were even more miserable, and all the people in the ditches were killed by the devils, and it became an uninhabited village, and there were many corpses that were salvaged in the canals and ravines in the village alone. There was a river fork with even more corpses in it, and even wild dogs could walk around at will. The old man sighed and said, "It's miserable. ”

Gang Master Cao hadn't experienced it, let alone seen it, and he was so angry that he scolded the little devil of the dog day and couldn't die well.

Lu Gang asked, when did these devils leave?

The old man said, "One batch was withdrawn, then another batch came, and then it never came again." I heard that these devils have withdrawn to Huarong, Mingshantou in Nanxian County, and what is the place called Shatou, but I don't know the specifics. ”

"Sandhead?" As soon as Lu Gang heard Shatou, he asked the Cao Gang Master, "Is it a place we have been?" Gang Master Cao listened and nodded.

"There is a puppet army captain in Shatou, surnamed Zhao. That's not a human being. Last year, when a relative of mine came to visit me in Shatou, he told me something about him. It's really a bad thing to do, and often take the devil either to some people's homes to rape women, or to get some women to the devil and let them vent, it's really a guy who is not as good as a pig and a dog. There was also a robbery when he saw a good thing, so that the people there avoided him like a mouse seeing a cat, and once some bloody men organized to kill the man surnamed Zhao, but he killed him when he didn't succeed, and it was on the edge of the dock, and the blood stained the banks of the river red. What a wickedness, and a great suffering. ”

"I know that." Cao said.

The old man said again: "My relatives also said such a thing, some devils saw a Weng Ma on the opposite shore, so they each shot at her, the one surnamed Zhao was also there, he was the last to kill the running Weng Maji, do you say this is not like the Chinese?" It's not even as good as a pig. My relative said he really wanted to kill him with a knife. ”

"Damn it." Lu Wei said with a glare.

"Alas, I can't finish talking about such things for three days and two nights, if I don't say it, if I don't say it, I will be angry when I say it." The old man waved his hand.

Lu Gang didn't say a word, but judging from the expression on his face, he was tense, as if he was provoked, gritted his teeth and saw that the old man didn't say anything, and pulled Xiaolin out of the door.

Gang Master Cao didn't know what Lu Gang meant, and after a while, he saw that they didn't come in, guessing what they were going to discuss, he went out, and really saw Xiao Lin muttering there. Seeing that Gang Leader Cao was coming, Lu Gang and the others stopped talking, looked at Gang Leader Cao and said, "Gang Leader Cao, it's okay, I'm discussing with Xiao Lin where to eat lunch at noon." I mean, ask him if he brought any money? ”

Gang Leader Cao and Lu Wei, they don't know what they are doing? Xiao Lin knew what Lu Gang was telling him. "I didn't bring any money with me," he said. ”

The old man listened, and said with a smile: "I haven't been back for a long time, I don't dislike it, just eat here with me, what money is not rich, I look down on the hometown people, I still have food for the four of you here." ”

After eating, Gang Leader Cao urged Lu Gang that it was time for them to go back to the mountain.

After saying goodbye to the old man, the four of them rode their horses and ran towards the road they had come.