Chapter 5: Going to the Front Line (4 Below)

"Keep your mouth alive!" The battalion commander Gou shouted, but the speed of his speech could not catch up with Shi Liangcai's footing speed, so he had to glare at the other party hatefully and scolded in a low voice: "What are you doing so ruthlessly?" If we can't catch them alive, who should we talk to about Lao Ji and them? ”

"Wasn't I afraid he would pull a grenade!" Shi Liangcai smiled and explained.

That night, the scene of the little Japanese devils scrambling to pull grenades and die with the soldiers of the first battalion still sends chills down everyone's spine when I think about it. Lao Gou couldn't refute Shi Liangcai's reason, glared at him fiercely, squatted down, and groped carefully on the corpse of the devil.

Zhu Laofeng, Hu Fengshou and others also started to help, and searched the bodies of the three devils. It's a pity that except for a photo and a few pieces of broken paper with ghost-like characters written on them, everyone basically found nothing.

"His grandmother's always said that Japan is rich and Japan is strong. Lao Tzu thought that the little Japanese family had a lot of money! Lao Gou spat at the photo and threw it back to the devil's corpse. It was an old black-and-white photograph with yellow at the edges. In the photo, a Japanese farmer wearing shorts and carrying a shovel stands with two hunchbacked old men covered in patches, smiling. Behind the trio was a very low wooden house, very old, with obvious signs of decay on the surface of the wood. On the roof, like most buildings in rural China, it is not covered with tiles, but with a thick layer of thatch.

"So they robbed everything they saw!" Zhu Laofu squatted down again and stuffed the photo into the pocket of a devil. "Go back and take care of your father, in the next life, remember not to come to China to cause evil!"

He spoke without any hatred on his face. It was as if the other party was an ordinary person who died of illness on the journey, and he was not burdened with any blood debt. Several other brothers from the guard squad also thought of their parents from the old man in the photo. I couldn't help but feel a wave of loss in my heart. Only Lao Gou, not as sentimental as everyone else, held the paper full of ghost talismans, and studied it repeatedly, "This word should be mountain, this word is a bit like a city, how many of you, who knows Japanese characters?" Come and see. Zhang Songling, didn't you graduate from high school, look at what is written on it? ”

"I don't know!" Everyone shook their heads, and at the same time turned their expectant eyes to Zhang Songling. Zhang Songling was full of shame and explained with a wry smile: "I, I learned German in middle school, and I don't know these Japanese characters. ”

"You're useless!" The battalion commander Gou counted a sentence in disappointment, and threw the paper with his hand next to the corpse of the little devil. "Ask a few villagers if they haven't heard anything special lately!"

Everyone nodded, and then went around to find someone to ask. The fleeing civilians had already returned, trembling in a large circle around the corpses, watching the movements of several military masters. Seeing that the military masters turned their eyes to themselves, they immediately seemed to be targeted by fierce beasts, "Boom! With a bang, they scattered and retreated.

"Fellow, fellow, don't be afraid, we are the National Revolutionary Army, the National Revolutionary Army!" Shi Liangcai pointed to the mark on his chest and explained loudly to the people, "Look, twenty-seven, we are from the twenty-seventh division. Chinese army! It turns out that the Northwest Army, do you know it? I don't know the Northwest Army, the 29th Army, Song Zheyuan, do you know? We are in the same group as Song Zheyuan! A bunch! ”

How can people who have lived near Peking for a long time not know Song Zheyuan?! The villagers nodded suddenly in understanding, but they still refused to take the initiative to talk. The battalion commander Gou waited impatiently, pushed Shi Liangcai away, and shouted loudly: "Folks, we are here to kill the little devils." As you saw just now, we killed all the little devils. Now, I've got a little bit of something I'd like to ask you all about, if anyone can help......"

Smiling, he took out a few crumpled fiat currencies from his waist, "This, the Bank of China's bill, I will give it to whoever can help!" ”

"Really!" The eyes of several young villagers lit up, and they took a few tentative steps from the crowd, hesitating to watch.

"It's all Chinese, what am I fooling you for?!" Lao Gou tried his best to pretend to be pleasant, "I swear in the name of Chief Song Zheyuan, if I fool you, God will thunder and slash Chief Song Zheyuan!" ”

Of course, the villagers couldn't tell the difference between the 27th Division and the 29th Army, and they all had a smile of surprise on their faces. He was about to ask the chief what he wanted to know, when a low cough suddenly came from the back of the line, "Uh-huh! Foreign wealth is in your hands, do you little rabbits have a life to take and a life to spend? ”

"What do you mean!" was suddenly disturbed, Lao Gou was furious, and raised his eyes to ask.

"It's not interesting to be old!" The old man who spoke separated the crowd, took four square steps, and walked in front of Lao Gou step by step, his gray beard shaking up and down, "The old man is just educating his juniors, don't see the money." Don't blame the chief, the old man has no intention of embarrassing the chief. If the chiefs want to inquire about anything, walk along the main road from here fifty miles to the south, and there is a large town. Extending in all directions, you can inquire about any news! ”

This person's breath is very weak when he speaks, as if he can die of exhaustion if he is not careful. But he just lived in vain, not only did he live in vain, but he also continued to cause chaos to the rescue team. The young men before were obviously frightened by this old guy, and one by one lowered their heads, shrunk back in a gray manner, and no longer dared to look at the ticket in Lao Gou's hand.

"There are only a dozen or so brothers around me, and I can't go to the town to inquire!" The battalion commander Gou forcibly suppressed his anger and explained to the white-bearded man with a smiling face, "For the sake of us killing the devil just now, your old man will ask the juniors to do us a favor, okay?" Just a few words, we'll leave right away after asking! ”

He didn't mention the little devil, and as soon as he mentioned it, the gray beard immediately became angry. "Who asked the chiefs for help just now! How dare I wait for the labor chiefs to help? When the Japanese entered the village, it was just a matter of grabbing a few chickens and taking away a few animals! But you killed their soldiers just now, and the Japanese still haven't counted all the accounts on our Xin Jiaji? When the time comes, the commanders pat their butts and leave, and the Japanese brigade of soldiers and horses will come over to avenge these soldiers, what can we do? ”

"yes, yes. This time, our Xin family is unlucky! In the crowd, other people chimed in. Mixed with the weepings of the bereaved, it sounds particularly harsh.

"You ......" Officer Lao Gou didn't expect to save people himself, but instead rescued the mistake. For a while, I couldn't think of the right words to refute the words of the gray beard, and I was so choked that my forehead was bruised.

Zhang Songling was also so angry by the fallacy and heresy of the white-bearded old man that his nostrils smoked, and he stepped forward and asked loudly: "You always have to speak with conscience!" What were the Japanese devils doing just now, didn't you see it? Shall we not stop it, and let them kill it, let them rob it? ”

"Then three of them came, and they robbed and killed as hard as they could. How much can you grab? How many kills?! The white-bearded sensei didn't have the courage to resist the Japanese, but he was fearless in the face of a Chinese soldier like Zhang Songling who was willing to be reasonable, "If you grab enough, you are tired of killing, and they will naturally leave." Our Xin Jiaji will not leave any troubles. But a few of you are making such a fuss, and our Xin Jiaji has formed a big enmity with the Japanese. What are we going to do as soon as they come back to take revenge?! ”

"yes, yes. What can we do? What to do! The worry sounded again, which stimulated Zhang Songling's eyes.

Before he could figure out how to refute this group of numb guys, the officer Lao Gou had already laughed, "What to do? Don't worry, I have a solution! ”

As he spoke, he slowly walked towards the gray beard, "My method will definitely work, I'll tell you!" Suddenly leaning forward with his big hand, he grabbed the collar of the white beard and pulled it hard under his nose, "Old bastard, save you and save the revenge!" Did you tie us up and hand us over to the Japanese devils, so you felt at ease?! Lao Tzu fulfills you, fulfills you! ”

The other hand was raised high, "Smack!" Syllable! Smack......." Four or five big mouths twitched down in succession, and the gray beard was dizzy. "Beat people, beat people, soldiers beat people!" The white-bearded juniors shouted in the crowd, ready to pounce on him and fight with Lao Gou at any time. Shi Liangcai did not hesitate to pull out the box cannon from his waist, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at those who were inciting trouble: "Who hit someone, which eye of you saw Lao Tzu beating someone!" Stand up, there is a kind of stand up and shout again! ”

Seeing the muzzle of the black hole and the blood stains on his trouser legs, the people of Xinjiaji suddenly remembered that these national army brothers were also masters who killed people without blinking. One by one, they slowly retreated, and suddenly with a "bang", they escaped cleanly.

"Grandpa—"

"What the hell is the child—"

"Oh my God, open your eyes, open your eyes!" There were no escapes, only a few families were lying on the corpses of their relatives and weeping, sad and grieved.

The battalion commander Gou was irritated when he heard this, changed his hand, gave the white beard a few big mouths, and then grabbed his neck and ordered loudly: "Listen, listen, this is your Xin Jiaji people crying." Listen, listen, the devil killed the people of your Xin family. If the bayonet didn't stab you this time, who can guarantee that it won't be able to stab you next time?! ”

"The chief spares his life, the chief spares his life, spares his life!" The white beard was hit by more than a dozen big mouths, but he became much more sober, clasped his hands into fists, and shook again and again, "It's the old man who was confused just now, it's the old man who was confused just now." Don't be angry, don't be angry, I'll go find someone to answer the chief's question! ”

"And then, whoever answers us, you hand over whoever is the Japanese devil! Right?! Lao Gou pushed hard and pushed the white beard to a big head.

"Don't dare, don't dare, the old man is willing to swear by the ancestors of our old Yang family! Absolutely dare not betray the chief! The white-bearded man got up with a swiftness that was extremely inappropriate for his age, knelt on the ground and swore a curse, "I'm Yang Ming......"

"Fuck you! You boneless thing, I'm stupid to believe you! Lao Gou spat on the ground and scolded hatefully. I wanted to kick the old guy surnamed Yang a few more times, but I didn't want to dirty my shoes. Turn your head and walk away.

"Phew! Cheap bones!" Zhu Laofu spat at Yang Ming's face, and quickly followed behind Lao Gou.

"Eat inside and out!" "Bastard!" "Psychotic!" The other members of the rescue team were also disgusted by the old guy surnamed Yang, and walked over to him one by one, and each rewarded him with a mouthful of spit.

By the time Zhang Songling walked past Yang Ming for the last time, this person had already vomited and his face was covered with phlegm. He didn't dare to wipe it with his hand, and smiled with a smile, lest any action be wrong, and he would be scooped by this group of killing gods with box cannons.

Until the footsteps of the god-killers disappeared on the mountain road outside the village. He stood up with his sour habit and yelled at the crying villagers, "What a howl, if a person dies, he will die, and he will not be able to come back if you howl!" Why don't you hurry up and find a few people and carry the Japanese Taijun to the mountains to be buried. Could it be that you will wait for the arrival of the Japanese army and kill the whole village?! ”

"His grandmother's!" Shi Liangcai secretly observed the performance of the villagers behind the big tree not far from the entrance of the village, and when he heard Yang Ming's scolding, he pulled out his dagger and wanted to rush back to wipe off this person's neck. Lao Gou grabbed him and shook his head slightly, "Forget it, everyone has their own way of living, let him go!" ”

"This!" The team members scolded angrily in a low voice, but they did not want their hands to be stained with the blood of the Chinese people. He spat a few mouthfuls in the direction of the village and left in a huff.

was tossed by this strange Yang Ming, and the joy of killing devils in everyone's hearts was washed away. Walking on the road, I can't lift any spirits. "Lao Tzu is working hard day by day, and he is actually for this kind of person...... Hu Fengshou has the most intense temperament, and he feels the most aggrieved and uncomfortable in his heart.

"If I knew this was the case, we shouldn't have gone down at all!" Zhu Laofu also felt that the battle just now was not worth it, if he took a detour, it would be impossible for the three devil soldiers who were busy robbing to find everyone. But now, no one can guarantee that after everyone goes away, the named Yang Ming will take the initiative to report to the Japanese devils.

"Forget it!" Seeing the listlessness on the faces of the brothers, the battalion commander Gou felt the need to boost morale, "After all, this kind of people are still a minority. Besides, even if we can't control others, we can always control ourselves! ”

The last sentence has become his mantra. Almost everyone in the team had heard it more than a dozen times, and they were able to memorize it, but of course they didn't get any encouragement from it. The battalion commander Gou also knew that he was not a morale-boosting material, so he looked around, and was about to change the topic to distract everyone. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something moving in the woods behind him.

"Who!" He immediately turned his mouth around and shouted angrily, "Come out, otherwise Lao Tzu will be welcome!" ”

"Don't shoot, sir! Don't shoot, sir! "Behind the bushes, a young man ran out of the ground, one of the few young people who had just planned to earn fiat money from Lao Gou's hands." I have important news to tell sir, important news! ”

"Come closer!" The battalion commander, Lao Gou, swung the box cannon and coldly ordered. Clearly, there is no hope for young people.

"Yes, yes, sir!" The young man staggered a few steps and stopped half a foot away from Lao Gou. As if the other party was vicious, "The chief just said that he has something to ask us. I'm not here for the chief's money, I really want to thank you for killing those little devils just now! ”

"You have a conscience!" Lao Gou's mood immediately made a lot happier, and his bronzed face was full of sunshine, "Don't worry, as long as you can answer my questions and promise you money, you won't lose a penny!" ”

"I'm really not here for the money. If it's for the money, I won't come! The young man shook his head and protested loudly. Although we are all members of the Xin family, we are not all as conscienceless as the one surnamed Yang. If the sir......."

"Good, good, I believe in you! I believe you are different from the surname Yang! The battalion commander smiled and interrupted kindly, "I wanted to inquire with you just now, do you know that in the past few days, where is the war going on around here?" ”

"I'm fighting everywhere, especially in Liangxiang, it's fighting every day!" The young man was stunned, his eyes full of puzzlement. The other party asked this question so simple that almost everyone can open their mouth to give the correct answer!

Looking at the innocent face of the young man, the officer knew that he had asked too generally. Reorganizing the language a bit, he continued, "I mean, skirmishes. It's dozens of people or more than a hundred. Our Chinese army is fighting with little devils, and possibly puppet armies, bandits or something! ”

"The morning before yesterday, on the side of Daqingshan, someone had a fight with the devil's exploration team. It seems to be some kind of guerrilla, but it didn't win! The young man thought hard and replied in a low voice. Also, more than ten days ago, Du Laogui, the big boss on Silenzi Mountain, ran to the town in front of him, made a big fuss about Yonghe Building, and killed four little devils who ate on the spot. But he didn't leave in the end, he was suddenly attacked by the devil with a machine gun, and his head was cut off and hung on the flagpole! ”

This was not the answer Lao Gou wanted, and the sun on his face was covered by clouds again. Sensing his disappointment, the young man gritted his teeth and thought about it again, frowned and said, "There is another battle, I don't know if the chief wants to inquire about it." It's a bit far from here, and you have to climb three mountains to see the battlefield. If you go around the mountain, I'm afraid you will have to walk for a day and a night! ”

"Where, on how large?" A bright light immediately flashed in Lao Gou's eyes, his eyes widened, and he asked loudly.

"To the east, if the chief can walk the mountain road, follow the path for grazing sheep and go straight to the east. All the way to the east, the highest hills were overturned. "There is hope to help the benefactor, and the young man's spirit is also lifted, and his voice rises sharply," said Sanlaizi of our village yesterday afternoon when he was grazing sheep on the mountain, when he heard gunshots over there. It is said that a group of national troops were caught up by the Japanese devils. The two sides fought for a whole night, and in the end it seemed that the brothers of the national army broke through the siege and continued to run south! ”