Han Feng had expected that this road would not be smooth sailing, but he didn't expect such a result, there was no enemy on the road, and there was no cruel bloody and sacrificial war, but what he saw along the way was far more terrible and shocking than the war, and even made Han Feng and others regret it, wishing that they could meet a Japanese army at this moment and fight with it quickly, instead of moving forward smoothly.

At about half past ten in the evening, the first team of the New Third Regiment, led by Han Feng and Xu Zilin, set off from the south of the princess's tomb and arrived at an unnamed village.

Looking from a distance in the dark, this village could still see a rough outline, but when Han Feng approached with the team, he was surprised, it turned out that this village had already been burned by a fire, and it was full of devastation.

The village was the way to go, and the moonlight was a little dim, and the soldiers lit torches to light up the surroundings and enter the village, and then they were angry and shocked by the hellish scene in front of them.

There was no sound in the village, not because the villagers were asleep, but because all the villagers had died after a terrible massacre.

In front of the village and behind the village are the corpses of the villagers, walk three or two steps, if you are not careful, you may trip over, the tragic scene here should have happened not long ago, the corpses are not decomposed, all of them can be seen clearly under the light of the torch before the master's life, there are children, women, and old people between them.

In front of the murderous enemy, young and old, they have made this place a hellish scene,

Xu Zilin was shocked, she had heard such a horrific scene from school books, and heard that during the massacre, the heinous crimes committed by the brutal Japanese invaders were too numerous to mention, and everyone was outraged.

It's just that Xu Zilin has never experienced such a scene personally.

She was greatly shocked by the tragic scene in front of her, and she asked in disbelief, "Is this ...... Could it be that all of this is done by devils? ”

Han Feng's chest burned with rage, but his face became more and more dead, and his right hand gently swiped over the face of a wide-eyed woman, making her eyes stare, and at the same time, he took off his coat to cover the messy and unsightly scene.

"This is where the little devils are not as good as the beasts, for such unarmed people, they also implement the three-light policy, killing, burning, and robbing everything."

"Brute!" Xu Zilin scolded angrily, this village is only a dozen miles away from the princess's tomb, and the distance of these ten miles is actually such a prison-like scene, she can't imagine that if there is no new third regiment stationed in the area of Xiaoniu Village, the villagers in the area of Xiaoniu Village will also fall into such a miserable situation.

"Old Han, I now understand why you acted early! We must stop what these brute invaders are doing. ”

Han Feng's face was cold, "Yes, not only do I want to stop it, but I also want them to repay it tenfold." ”

Han Feng asked the soldiers to gather the remains of all the villagers who had not been burned by the fire.

He gathered all the teams he brought out this time, and faced the hundreds of corpses, Han Feng said in a deep voice: "Brothers, let's take a look at such a scene!" These dead are our compatriots and relatives! Do we still have to stand idly by, do we still have to watch these invaders continue to brutalize our fellow villagers and trample on our mountains and rivers?

No, never, blood debts and blood repayment, the evil deeds of the invaders, you all remember Lao Tzu clearly in your hearts today, and when they are on the battlefield, we must let them pay back. ”

"Salute!"

Under the leadership of Han Feng, the soldiers handed their last condolences to the deceased.

At the end of the mourning, Han Feng said: "Settle in the ground, leave a platoon to meet the follow-up team, and bury the bodies of the villagers!" ”

After Han Feng finished speaking, he led the team to continue in silence.

Along the way, everyone's hearts were heavy, and when they saw some scattered villages in the wilderness again, they didn't even have the courage to look at the villages again.

But Han Feng told the soldiers: "A real warrior dares to face the bleak life, dare to face the dripping blood, today I want to take everyone to see it again and again, and remember the crimes of these invaders again and again, one day, we will let them pay for their blood debts." ”

Anger burned in the chest of every warrior.

The original journey was supposed to be in the early hours of the morning, but it was until dawn.

When the sky was shining with the first rays of light, the first team led by Han Feng and Xu Zilin finally arrived near the Taiyue Mountain Range.

At a glance, the Taiyue Mountains after the snow melts are full of vitality, green can be seen everywhere, dense woods, beautiful scenery, flowing water, if there is no war, this place must be like the peach blossom paradise suitable for the people to live, a good place to settle down and work.

In the distance, I saw another village, and it seemed that smoke was rising.

Seeing that there were people, the soldiers were collectively relieved, and finally encountered a village that had not been swept and persecuted by the Japanese army.

Han Feng's mood gradually eased, and he pointed to the Taiyue Mountains in the distance, which was green and full of spring, "Old Xu, what do you think of this area?" Wouldn't it be great if it was used as a base area? ”

"This place has beautiful mountains and rivers, as long as you are not lazy, you can also eat and drink if you plant two acres of land, if we open up the base here, we can farm our own land, and we can be self-sufficient."

Xu Zilin suddenly had some expectations: "Old Han, let's go to the village to have a look, I am looking forward to what kind of rich and comfortable life the villagers here have." ”

Han Feng answered, but shook his head in his heart, now that there are wars everywhere, how can there be a place where war can really be avoided, even if it is here...... He didn't want to hit Xu Zilin with words, so he had to wait for her to see it with her own eyes.

Sure enough, as soon as the team entered the village, the villagers, who were still visible everywhere, scattered like mice seeing cats, and one by one looked frightened.

I finally met a few children, maybe the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, but he stared at Han Feng and Xu Zilin who took the lead with wide eyes, with a puzzled expression.

Xu Zilin looked at a few children carefully, one by one, their bodies were bent and deformed like small skeletons, the whole person was as thin as a piece of paper, as if a gust of wind blew, as if they could be scraped down, they were dish-looking, it was the result of extreme malnutrition, the joints were protruding, and the bones were as thin as wood, if it weren't for the appearance of a little human, Xu Zilin didn't dare to imagine that this would be a few children.

One of the children seemed to be trembling when he walked, and while staring at Han Feng with timid eyes, he kept touching something from his dirty pocket with his black right hand and delivering it to his mouth.

Han Feng held the child's hand like a firewood stick, the child was a little frightened and couldn't struggle, so he had to wait for Han Feng to continue to act.

Han Feng inserted two fingers into the child's messy pocket and pinched out some powder.

"Sawdust, this kid actually eats sawdust!" Xu Zilin was shocked.

Han Feng stood up slowly, his face was heavy, "Lao Xu, it seems that the situation is worse than what we thought, you are right, even the children are eating sawdust, you look at these children, they are all skinny, only the belly is swollen, like a tumor, this is the result of not eating food for too long, just eating sawdust bark." ”

"Daringly, bring some bread."

"Yes!"

When some yellowed dry bread was placed in front of these children, the children seemed to hesitate, such yellow flour cakes, they had not seen them for a long time.

Xu Zilin's voice was soft, and she said to a timid child in front of her: "Don't be afraid, eat it, give it to you." ”

It was repeated several times before the child seemed to come to his senses, grabbed the dough, and then devoured it without hesitation.

"Daring, water."

"Yes!"

The five children all took part in the dough and devoured it together, and at this moment their mouths seemed to be a little insufficient, and they wanted to stuff all the dough into their stomachs in one go.

Xu Zilin watched from the side and felt distressed, she was afraid that these children would eat too quickly and choke on herself, she knew this feeling too well, when she was begging, she was almost starved to death several times.

The villagers hid in the house one by one, in fact, they all observed the scene outside through the crack in the door, and when they saw that Han Feng and his party not only did not come in and grab it like the officers and soldiers in their memory, but also distributed the bread to their children to eat, their expressions were full of surprise.

"Folks, don't be afraid, we are the Eighth Route Army, you should have heard of the Eighth Route Army, right? We are the people's team, the people's soldiers, this time I brought the team here, just to protect everyone and resist Japan.

Come out, I think you haven't eaten in a long time.

We also brought some dry food with us, and borrowed your stove and pot to cook something for everyone to eat. ”

Han Feng shouted, and a small bag of dry food was gathered by the soldiers and placed in front of Han Feng.

Time passed slowly, and some of the brave villagers slowly opened the wooden door and came out of the house, all of them covered in patched clothes, and even worse, they didn't even have pants on, but they were wrapped in some grass, and they were shaking when they walked, and their steps were vain, and they were no better than those children.

The dough cake was added with water, a large pot was boiled in a villager's house, and a bowl of thin soup was drunk into the stomach in great excitement, and the villagers gradually began to trust Han Feng and his party.

The Eighth Route Army is a good team, and the villagers here have also heard of it, but they have never really felt it, so they are afraid.

At this time, feeling the friendliness and sincerity of Han Feng and his entourage, these villagers finally breathed a sigh of relief and let down their vigilance.

"Where's your village chief?"

The dark-faced thin old man had calluses on his hands, and while he was licking the bowl, he said in a slow hoarse voice: "There is no village chief here, the last time those soldiers came to collect taxes, they didn't find food, so they arrested the village chief, and the village chief has not come back since." ”

Xu Zilin was puzzled: "Japanese soldiers? ”

The old man shook his head, "Yes, white dogs, two devils, devils, bandits, no matter who comes, they will rob the food when they see it, and catch the chickens and ducks when they see it." ”

Han Feng asked, "Old man, I see that your village is not small, why are you just a little bit of people?" ”

The old man smiled bitterly: "As soon as those soldiers came, they caught the young ones when they saw them, and those who could run ran away, and there were many deaths, and there were not many people, if you didn't come this time, we old bones wouldn't be able to run, and it is estimated that they wouldn't last long." ”

Han Feng said: "But when I came, I saw that there was also cultivated land on both sides, and there seemed to be crops planted in it?" Old man, these crops are not what you planted, right? Why are your days so hard? ”

The old man sighed: "There are no young people in the village, and the cultivation can only rely on us old fellows and those little ones.

Which of the banker's seeds are sent by the soldiers, eat? We have planted the land for several years, and we have not eaten a single rice in the field, and the dealer has just matured, and was robbed by those people, and we all rely on gnawing the bark of the tree to eat wild vegetables, so as to save some strength to continue to work in the field! ”

"Hateful!" Xu Zilin scolded.

Han Feng no longer asked, the more he asked, the more worried he became, he didn't expect that when he really faced the actual situation, he found that the people were living more difficult than he imagined.

Not only did he blame himself a little, what was he doing running around with the team for so long? So many suffering people are waiting for a people's army to save them!

Since he came this time, he was not prepared to think about the consequences.

The hardships of the common people are an insult to the soldiers.

Dying on the battlefield, that is also the duty of a soldier, so that the people suffer from the war, what is the use of such an army?