Another snow fell, covering everything in the world, as if God could not bear the tragedies and massacres in this world, and wanted to cover them up completely.

A "snowman" squatted quietly at the door of the cave, letting the cold wind wrap the snowflakes and continue to fall.

In front of the "snowman", there was a burden covered by snowflakes, and after a long time, the "snowman" moved, gently took out the burden covered by snowflakes, and slowly opened it, revealing the "brand-new" cotton clothes and pants washed inside.

The "snowman" murmured, "I'll give you back the clothes." ”

He seemed to hear a female voice say: "No need to pay it back, this is my man's, he was killed by devils, I am a woman, I can't avenge him, comrade, wear it, just kill a few more devils for me." ”

Tears slipped from the corners of the "snowman's" eyes and condensed into ice in the whirring cold wind and falling snowflakes.

The snowflakes in front of him were even bigger, and in a trance, the "snowman" seemed to hear the wailing of many unjust spirits, and they questioned the sky about what they had done wrong.

"Snowman" whispered: "You guys are right, you are innocent, it is the fault of this era, it is the fault of the Japanese"

Since coming to this world and teaming up with Zhao Gang to kill two cavalrymen chasing monks, Zheng Yingqi has been thinking: In this tragic era, since he is here, even if there is no systematic task, he has to do something for this suffering country.

He knew that this era was the most miserable time for the country.

The Japanese invaders were rampant, iron hooves were rampant, and countless Chinese people were wailing miserably under the butcher's knives of the Japanese invaders.

In the past three years, he has heard many news that villages have been plagued by devils, but he never thought that one day, a village that saved his life would end in such a way.

A group of soldiers with a heavy heart slowly walked out of the cave, and with an explosion, the entrance of the cave collapsed, and countless mud mixed with snowflakes completely covered this cave full of unjust souls.

A wooden tombstone was inserted in the hole where it collapsed and buried, and Zheng Yingqi cut his finger and wrote one stroke at a time:

457 villagers in Zhangbazi Village are buried.

Zhao Jiayu.

Zheng Yingqi stood alone at the entrance of the village, looking at the world full of white, like a frozen statue.

A burden rested at his feet, and at this moment the burden had been buried by the snow, like those unjust souls that had been buried.

Xiuqin panted and ran over, handed a leather jacket to Zheng Yingqi, and said, "Company Commander Zheng, you have been standing for most of the day, it is freezing this day, go back to the village quickly." ”

Zheng Yingqi looked at Xiuqin blankly, didn't take the leather jacket, but said softly, "You go back first." ”

Xiuqin saw that Zheng Yingqi didn't take the leather jacket, so she simply stepped forward directly, slapped the snow off Zheng Yingqi's body, put the leather jacket on Zheng Yingqi, and said: "Company Commander Zheng, I have heard everything about you Platoon Commander Duan, I know that you are distressed by those innocent villagers in Zhangbazi Village, but this is all a sin made by devils, you should take good care of your body and kill more devils to avenge them!" Instead of wasting your body like this. ”

"Revenge" Zheng Yingqi muttered, and finally exhaled a long breath and said, "Director Zhao, what did you say about the villagers of Zhangbazi Village, at the last moment?

Are they complaining that we didn't save them?

Are you wondering what they did wrong to be subjected to such cruel retaliation?

You said that those devils knew that the people hiding in the cave were people, why did they have to treat them like this? They're just a bunch of ordinary people! ”

Zheng Yingqi really can't understand this behavior of the devil, there are manipulations and injuries in the war, and the lives of the people in the war are grass mustard, but why slaughter them?

Why do you want to slaughter them?

Xiuqin was silent, and the picture of many people screaming and coughing in despair came to her mind, and finally she said: "Devils and devils are a group of beasts, they are a group of beasts without humanity!" ”

Zheng Yingqi raised his head and looked at the sky with flying snowflakes.

This is an era of suffering, and it is really difficult for the people of this era to live!

Zheng Yingqi carefully took out the burden on the ground from the snow, slowly patted off the snowflakes on it, hugged it tightly in his arms, and said softly:

"I'm sorry."

Regiment headquarters.

After Zheng Yingqi and Sun Desheng brought back the news of the third battalion, Li Yunlong locked himself in the house and did not go out for two whole days.

"Zheng Yingqi, you go to the area of Lotus Town and pull up the 3rd battalion for Lao Tzu!"

Zheng Yingqi refused on the spot: "Commander, I'm not suitable." ”

"Not suitable? Do you still want Lao Tzuba to carry you in a sedan chair? Li Yunlong slapped the table and said angrily.

Zhao Gang hurriedly said: "Lao Li, don't worry, Zheng Yingqi, what do you mean?" ”

"A battalion, I can't take it well." Zheng Yingqi shook his head and said: "And I don't want to leave the reconnaissance company, the reconnaissance company has been severely injured now, and there are less than thirty people in the whole company, I can't let go." ”

"Lao Li, what Zheng Yingqi said makes sense," Zhao Gang said: "The reconnaissance company has made great contributions in this breakthrough, and now let Zheng Yingqi rebuild the third battalion, who can lead the reconnaissance company?" ”

Li Yunlong is not unreasonable, he is angry now, he didn't think about it comprehensively, after Zhao Gang said this, he reacted, in terms of combat effectiveness, which company in the whole regiment is comparable to the reconnaissance company? Transfer Zheng Yingqi away, who can bring the reconnaissance company back up?

Thinking of this, he looked at Sun Desheng, originally he wanted to let Sun Desheng be the deputy commander of the 3rd battalion and the commander of the cavalry company, but Zheng Yingqi couldn't pull away, so he could only let Sun Desheng be the commander of the 3rd battalion, he said:

"Sun Desheng, then you go to the area of Lotus Town and rebuild 3 camps for Lao Tzu!"

"Regiment commander, I'm gone, and the cavalry company won't have a company commander."

"Take the cavalry company away, you have the ability, take the 3rd battalion into a division is your ability, if you can't do it, you will be the commander of the light pole, but if Lao Tzu knows that your kid can't build the 3rd battalion, you will come back to Lao Tzu as a groom! Save on wasting your riding skills, is there a problem? ”

Sun Desheng scratched his head, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" ”

"That's it," Li Yunlong then gritted his teeth and said, "Sun Desheng, Lao Tzu has given you a task to find out the situation of the Devil Lotus Town stronghold for me!" The little devil of the dog day swallowed my three battalions, how can I have the face to see so many brothers in the third battalion if I don't take revenge? When Lao Tzu relieved himself, Lao Tzu had to gnaw down the stronghold of Lotus Town. ”

"Yes!" Sun Desheng replied.

"There is another matter," Li Yunlong said fiercely: "A word to all the company commanders and platoon commanders in the whole regiment, now that the troops are divided, Lao Tzu's hands are out of reach of the front line, and the command and battle power are now all in the hands of the company commanders and platoon commanders. But don't weaken the name of my independent regiment! Isn't the devil clamoring every day to fight my independent group?

Now all the combat units are clever for Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu's regiment is scattered in four or five county towns, and if there is nothing to do, look for the bad luck of the devil! He is a little devil shouting to fight my independent regiment? Lao Tzu wants to make the little devil unpeaceful every day! ”

Zhao Gang added: "Yes, we should do this now, we must continue to grow stronger in the battle, and continue to weaken the strength of the devil in the battle." ”

The devil didn't expect that the independent regiment, which was supposed to enter the licking wounds, became more and more active for more than two months, and the devil could receive casualty reports every day, and the combat units of the independent regiment scattered in four or five county towns were like machines that never stopped, constantly attacking the devil's stronghold.

Although the hit rate of the Great Conscience Cannon is ridiculously low, the troops of the Independent Regiment often reach a position of 100 meters away from the Devil's Gun Tower in the dark, and take advantage of the dark night to build fortifications to cover the Great Conscience Cannon, and launch an attack after dawn.

After more than two months, the devils actually lost more than 300 people and the puppet army lost at least 800 people, causing the devils in all the surrounding strongholds to panic and rumors, and the artillery towers used to block the Eighth Route Army and protect the transportation line were actually "besieged" by the independent regiment.

It's not that the devils have never sent heavy troops to solve these "dirt roads", but the independent regimental units that operate in companies and platoons are very flexible, and often when the devils' heavy troops come over, they disappear without a trace, and in another place, all kinds of attacks on strongholds, convoys, and garrisons have broken out, and the devil's troops can only run for their lives.

At a time when there are all kinds of attacks everywhere, Lotus Town, which is seventy miles away from Ping'an County, is outrageously quiet!

The devils thought that they had ambushed the troops and guerrillas of the Independent Regiment operating here, so they quieted down, but they didn't expect that the Independent Regiment was brewing a big move here.

Sun Cai Village.

Zheng Yingqi sat at the table with a cold face, studying the information collected during this time, and not far from him, the model of the Baishui stronghold made of mud was lying there quietly.

Sun Desheng rushed into Zheng Yingqi's courtyard and said excitedly: "Old Zheng! Wang Sui, that bastard came out! ”

It was Wang Sui who used false information to deceive Shen Quan into assembling the 3rd Battalion and the guerrillas to sneak attack the stronghold of Lianhua Town, and as a result, he was ambushed by the devils in Zhangjiaya, with more than 300 fighters of the 3rd Battalion and more than 50 fighters of the guerrillas, only a few of them broke out of the encirclement, and 309 fighters fell in the ambush circle!

A month ago, Zheng Yingqi came to the vicinity of Lotus Town with the reconnaissance company after merging with the guard company, Zheng Yingqi entered Lotus Town to reconnoiter many times, wanting to wait for an opportunity to solve the culprit, but the other party kept showing up in the stronghold not far from the town, Zheng Yingqi patiently guarded for many days, and never waited for the traitor to come out.

In the end, Zheng Yingqi was ruthless, you didn't come out, did you? Then Lao Tzu will take down the stronghold of Lotus Town!

According to the summary of reconnaissance intelligence during this time, there is a squadron in the devil garrison of the stronghold of Lotus Town, but this squadron is not yet formed, and the configuration of the department is far lower than the conventional configuration of the Japanese army, with a total number of about one hundred and forty, however, the number of puppet troops in the stronghold of Lotus Town is quite large, and there is a battalion, although this battalion is not full, but the total number is about three hundred and fifty people.

The number of Japanese puppet troops in the entire Lotus Town totaled five hundred.

On Zheng Yingqi's side, the reconnaissance company he brought is now only more than 80 people, and although the third battalion has been expanded by Sun Desheng for a period of time, the number is still small, only more than 90 people, and the two divisions add up to only 180 people.

In Sun Desheng's view, the best way is to notify the regiment headquarters and let Li Yunlong assemble the 1st and 2nd battalions, so that the troops that can be used can break 1,000, but Zheng Yingqi is opposed, in his opinion, now to gather troops, it is easy for the devils to block and intercept them on all sides, and even if the stronghold of Lianhua Town is laid down, the whole regiment may not be able to kill from the encirclement of the devils.

So he planned to use the power in his hands to achieve his goal, Sun Desheng couldn't convince Zheng Yingqi, so he could only squat on Wang Sui, the traitor, he thought that as long as he killed Wang Sui, Zheng Yingqi should not take risks.

Unexpectedly, when Zheng Yingqi heard that Wang Sui finally dared to enter the town, he did not show joy, but said unhurriedly: "Let him live a few more days." ”

"Don't pick him up?" Sun Desheng frowned and looked at Zheng Yingqi: "Old Zheng, are you determined to take the stronghold of Lotus Town?" ”

"I have some clues, Company Commander Sun, don't worry, I won't take any risks."

"Won't take any chances?" Sun Desheng smiled angrily: "Who in the whole group doesn't know that you are the most adventurous!" Two people dare to subdue Black Wind Village single-handedly, and one person dares to rush to a devil squadron, don't you take risks? ”

Zheng Yingqi smiled and did not answer Sun Desheng's question, but asked Sun Desheng: "Company Commander Sun, do you know Lin Jiadong?" ”

"Lin Jiadong, can I not know? The commander of the 3rd Company of the Puppet Army in the stronghold of Lotus Town, his father is Lin Laohan who opened a restaurant in the town," Sun Desheng said with a sneer: "Lin Laohan has a good reputation, but I didn't expect to give birth to a son who is a second devil, and it is estimated that his ancestors of the Lin family are angry and want to cheat the corpse underground!" ”

Zheng Yingqi asked again: "Have you ever known Lin Jiadong?" ”

"Isn't it just a dog, a traitor, and two devils? What is there to know? By the way, I've noticed, this guy is quite stable with his troops, and because most of his soldiers are from Lotus Town, there are not many evil deeds on weekdays. Although Sun Desheng doesn't look down on traitors like Lin Jiadong, he still has a certain understanding.

Zheng Yingqi handed a piece of information to Sun Desheng, Sun Desheng took it and looked at it quickly, and after a while, he said strangely: "I can't see it, this dog traitor is still a filial son!" ”

Zheng Yingqi still has some information about Lin Jiadong in his hand, and the authenticity of one of them still needs to be identified:

It is said that Lin Jiadong was reluctant to be a puppet army at first, but after the devils established the stronghold of Lotus Town, those two devils and devils often went to Lin Laohan's restaurant to eat and drink for nothing, and Lin Jiadong became a puppet army in desperation.

"Company Commander Sun, Lin Jiadong is an alternative in the puppet army," Zheng Yingqi looked at Sun Desheng and said: "He is not like other puppet soldiers, who use his skin to bring disaster to the township, but uses his identity to restrain the puppet army in the stronghold, because he can speak Japanese, he can talk to the devil, and he has also saved many people intentionally or unintentionally." ”

"You want to win him?" Sun Desheng looked at Zheng Yingqi suddenly.

"Do you think it's likely?"

"It's hard to say, but I don't think it's very likely, the Lin family has been in the town for generations, do you think he has the consciousness to give up the huge family business?" Sun Desheng shook his head and said, "Or he has a conscience, but he doesn't necessarily have this awareness." ”

"What if you just let him give us information?"

"You want to develop him into our insider?"

Sun Desheng said hesitantly: "But Lin Jiadong's position is not clear, if we contact him, in case he is desperate to join your son, then the people we send to connect with him will be very dangerous." ”

"I'll go." Zheng Yingqi repeated: "I'll go!" ”

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