Chapter Eighty-Eight: Homecoming, Prologue to the Action

The monotonous and calm days passed very slowly, or rather, it was boring that made Shen Chen feel unbearable.

This is different from the comfort that the people expect, Shen Chen knows his destined fate, the mission, or the task.

Sooner or later, he will leave, no matter what form it takes, plainness is not his life; And the so-called mission or task, in his mind, is to fight hard and always find the point of meeting to leave, just like when he was in Shanghai.

In a blink of an eye, it was time to leave home and return to the team, and his uncle and aunt packed his bags the night before.

In addition to daily necessities such as clothes and socks, a lot of animal meat that was not sold was eaten during the New Year, and the rest was smoked, wrapped in oiled paper, and brought to Shen Chen.

packed her bags, and her uncle and aunt chatted with Shen Chen until late, telling her to go home when she had time, and pay attention to safety when she was out fighting.

Shen Chen agreed, feeling the care of his relatives, but he knew in his heart that he was destined to disappoint his relatives and be sad.

Early the next morning, Erdan set up the cart and prepared to send Shen Chen to Chen Village.

Shen Chen took out more than half of the bacon, quietly put it on the table, looked around the hut, smiled bitterly, put his bags on his back, carried a big gun, and walked out of the door.

Juzi also came over, busy stuffing a cloth bag into Shen Chen's hand, "Peanuts, melon seeds, and boiled eggs, take them and eat them on the road." ”

Shen Chen laughed twice, reached out and patted Juzi's arm, and said, "Stay at home and wait for me to come back and bring you good things." ”

Juzi smiled bitterly and advised, "Be more careful outside, and come back to see me when you have time." ”

"No problem." Shen Chen smiled and waved his hand.

The uncle and aunt came over and nagged again.

Shen Chen agreed, walked out of the courtyard gate, turned around and said, "Don't send it, I'll get in the car, how comfortable it is to sit in the car." ”

Sun Hongshan opened his mouth, waved his hand reluctantly, and stood at the gate of the courtyard but did not go back.

Shen Chen jumped on the mule cart, Erdan shouted, and the black mule obediently stepped forward.

Waving his hand, Shen Chen smiled heartlessly, and the person who saw him off stood there, waving in response, looking at him. Until the mule cart turned a corner, no one could be seen again.

Driving a car is not a technical job, and it is also because this black mule is a cooked animal, obedient and easy to control.

Erdan has been practicing a lot outside the village these days, and at first Sun Hongshan or Uncle Wang guided and followed, but later he saw that he was also familiar with it, so he was relieved to let him control it alone.

My sister sat in the car, and Erdan showed her heart and worked harder and harder, so that my sister could see that she had grown up and could support the family!

"If you rush in the future, don't run far." Shen Chen instructed: "I'd rather earn less and look at the guys who don't go wrong than pull them." ”

Erdan nodded and said, "Sister, don't worry, I remember everything!" ”

Shen Chen thought about it, as if he had already said it. I don't know when, I also had this nagging problem?

Smiling at himself, Shen Chen pulled up his mask and looked around casually.

Erdan shook the long seedling whip with red tassels, feeling particularly energetic. The big mule flicked its tail and ran harder and harder.

I saw him holding the whip in his sleeve, glanced at his sister proudly, and found that his sister didn't notice, and was a little disappointed.

After a while, Erdan said without words: "Uncle Wang said that the car is well driven, and he doesn't whip or shout, and this animal is honestly obedient." ”

Shen Chen turned his head and said casually, "Then you're still a little worse." ”

Erdan nodded and said, "I also think that whipping and torturing livestock is a lack of craftsmanship and a shoddy handlebar style. I heard that there is a handle called Ma Si, which is famous in this square village. However, he has a stubborn temper, this cart and horse do not pay attention to it, which animal is not good, do not replace it according to him, and do not do it. ”

"If you have high skills, you naturally have to have some temper." Shen Chen said with a smile: "Practice hard, and you will surpass this one called Ma Si in the future." ”

Erdan smiled and said, "Sister, if you want to talk about the ability to drive a car, no matter how high it is, it will be like that, and you can still make the devil afraid?" I admire you, you can carry a gun to fight, and you have more than a dozen people in charge, and they are all close to you. ”

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "You are still young, I think it is a face-showing, and it is a very majestic thing." But have you ever seen the tragic scene of the young man in the village joining the army and fighting, and half of them died after the battle? ”

Erdan blinked, feeling that his sister had said something excessive, but he didn't know how to refute it.

Shen Chen continued: "Don't look at the little devil who is not tall, but he can be trained well, his combat quality is high, and his marksmanship is also accurate. At a distance of two or three hundred meters, you can't hit at all, but the devil can shoot you with one shot. To get closer to more than 100 meters, how many people do you say will die? ”

"That-" Erdan looked at his sister and asked suspiciously, "Sister, your marksmanship is not as good as a devil?" ”

Shen Chen smiled and said, "This, I'm not blowing it, it's better than the devil." If you don't have this ability, why should you be convincing? ”

Erdan feels proud and proud, with such a sister, she has a really long face.

The wheel went into a small pit and tomped. Shen Chen frowned slightly and said, "When can you replace the wheels with rubber wheels, it will be good, it will be comfortable to sit." ”

Erdan scratched his head, feeling that this thing was difficult to do. But since my sister said it, no matter how I have to find a way, I will go back to pick up my sister and send my sister, I will definitely make her comfortable.

The two sisters and brothers talked all the way, although they were not very much, but they were not too lonely, and they did not stay in Zhangzhuang, saving them a lot of time to see Wei Chun'er.

At noon, Chen Cun was already in sight.

Shen Chen estimated the time, and felt that his younger brother would not be too dark if he rushed back, so he didn't rush to get out of the car.

Approaching the entrance of the village, he found that the guerrillas were still standing guard. Shen Chen jumped out of the car and sent his younger brother back to turn around, he watched the mule cart leave, then turned around and walked towards the village, and stretched out his hand to say hello.

"Captain, you're back." The team members standing guard saw Shen Chen from a distance and stepped forward.

Shen Chen looked at it for a moment, and said with a joke smile: "New Year's Day, you seem to have grown meat?" Looks like you're eating well! β€œ

The two team members laughed and said, "It's really good, there are meat dumplings." We also had a party, singing and dancing, but it was lively. ”

"That's pretty good." Shen Chen said this, but he was not interested in food and performance, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the village, and he asked, "I heard that the main force is back, but you don't live in the village, right?" ”

One of the team members replied, "If it had been yesterday, they would still be there." But this morning they set out for the merchants, as if the enemy was moving somewhat. ”

Shen Chen nodded and said, "Then I'm in the village, maybe there will be some action!" ”

After entering the village, Shen Chen drove straight to the village office.

In fact, the guerrillas had just taken over the defense of Chen Village. Because of the limited housing and the fact that the main force lived in Chencun, the guerrillas had to be stationed elsewhere.

"Da Mei, you're back!" As soon as she entered the village office, she met Chang Chunling, she took Shen Chen's hand, and kept talking, "Everyone misses you, without you, it seems that something is missing." This Chinese New Year is not just idle, we are practicing according to the method you said, and when there is an opportunity to shoot live ammunition, you can see the progress of marksmanship. I think the gun is much more stable than before, do you think you can shoot accurately......"

Shen Chen smiled and said, "Of course." My method is very effective, and you must be right to follow it. ”

Chang Chunling seemed to suddenly remember something, pulled Shen Chen to the side, and said in a low voice: "The district squadron is about to be established, I want you to go over!" You wouldn't want to go, would you? There's no fighting there. ”

Shen Chen said: "Don't worry, I won't go!" How good it is in the guerrillas, Team Zhao and Director Zhou take good care of me, and everyone is also good to me. ”

Chang Chunling was relieved and said with a smile: "I guess you won't go." The house is all cleaned up, you will come back later, and we will talk again. ”

Shen Chen nodded, reached out and gave the leftover half bag of peanuts and melon seeds to Chang Chunling, and turned around to find Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou.

The headquarters had just been arranged, and Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou looked at the map and were discussing something. When they saw Shen Chen coming in, they all greeted each other with a smile and gave up their seats enthusiastically.

Shen Chen was not polite, sat down and asked, "What's the plan of action, I'm afraid that I won't be able to catch up if I come back late!" ”

Zhao Tie smiled: "What action is there, can you still be missing as a pillar?" ”

Lao Zhou poured a bowl of hot water for Shen Chen and said, "I'll tell you a good news, the killing of the devil Shaozuo has been confirmed by the insider, and it has been reported to the district, and the district has reported it to the county." I guess this award is coming soon. ”

Shen Chen frowned slightly and asked, "Is it reported according to my opinion?" Tell you, if you give me a personal reward, I won't take it! ”

Zhao Tie shook his head helplessly and said, "It was reported according to your opinion, and it didn't even mention your name, which can be regarded as the collective merit of the entire guerrillas." ”

Shen Chen breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the bowl and drank two sips of water.

Lao Zhou tapped his fingers on the table twice, as if to remind Shen Chen to pay attention, before he spoke: "You came back just in time." Against the enemy in the Zuwang stronghold, we and the main force drew up a battle plan and coordinated the operation. ”

Shen Chen turned his gaze and stared at the map.

"The main force is obviously stationed in the merchant shop and blockade the wooden bridge over the river." Lao Zhou continued: "In fact, he will secretly cross the river and lurk in concealment. The task of the guerrillas was to move around the Zuwang stronghold and try to lure the enemy out of the tortoise shell. ”

Shen Chen nodded, this tactic is more correct, looking for opportunities to annihilate the enemy in the field is more certain than storming the fortress, and the casualties will be much smaller.

Zhao Qiao pointed to the map and added: "The guerrillas will set off in the middle of the night today, cross the river, and go straight hereβ€”β€”"

Shen Chen was a little confused and asked, "Why here?" What is the situation in this Hejia Village? ”

"If you want to lure the enemy out of your stronghold, you have to create momentum." Zhao Tie explained: "There is a hardcore traitor in Hejia Village, and there is a team of dozens of people. ”

The traitor troops are not strong in combat, and the guerrillas have a great chance of winning by choosing this target. Moreover, it is estimated that there are some other inside lines and the like.

The only thing that could have an impact was that Hejia Village was very close to Zuwang, and the enemy's reinforcements had to be taken precautions.

"Our team's mission is to stop?" Shen Chen pointed to the road between Hejia Village and Zuwang with his finger, and said guessingly.

Zhao Tie nodded and said, "For the time being, the main force cannot be exposed, and the guerrillas will be responsible for all the operations." Of course, if there are no more and no more enemies to reinforce, the camera will lead them into an ambush circle and annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”

"How much is no more, no less?" Shen Chen felt that he was saying a tongue twister, and he laughed after speaking.

Lao Zhou said: "There are no more than thirty devils, the Imperial Army, and more will have little impact." ”

"How many people are there in the main force?" Shen Chen asked: "If you don't say it, I don't know the bottom in my heart, it's not easy to master!" ”

Zhao Tie glanced at Lao Zhou, understood the meaning conveyed, and said: "The main force is two and a half companies, plus the guerrillas, a total of more than 300 guns. ”

A squad of the Japanese army usually consisted of a seven-man squad department, three detachments of thirteen people, and an eight-person grenadier detachment equipped with three grenadiers, a total of fifty-four people.

If it is a reinforced configuration, each detachment has 15 people, and one grenadier is strengthened, and the whole squad is 62 people (the grenadier squads of other platoons are supported).

In order to cope with China's guerrilla warfare, the Japanese army also had another kind of squad formation: each squad had six detachments, each detachment had eight people, only three detachments were equipped with machine guns, plus the main and deputy platoon commanders, and the whole squad had 50 people.

No matter what the configuration is, the devil squad of about fifty or sixty people is still very strong in terms of combat effectiveness and firepower.

Therefore, more than 300 people have to fight a small team, which is not too certain, although the number of people has reached five to one.

But if there are only more than 30 devils, which is equivalent to half a squad, the result of ten to one will be very different.

"We have to make full use of landmines, so that we can be sure of blocking them." Lao Zhou said: "Moreover, once you can't stand it, you can also retreat step by step, and we will also flexibly abandon Hejia Village and move towards the ambush area." ”

"Only your marksmanship can pose a threat to the devils, and enable the team members to plant mines in retreat and continuously kill the enemy." Zhao Tie said: "Of course, when we attack Hejia Village, we will try to resolve the battle as quickly as possible and silently. ”

You want to be fast, you want to be silent, but it is difficult to plan to ensure that there are no accidents, and Shen Chen knows this very well.

"Then it's decided." Shen Chen didn't say anything, got up and said, "I'll go and gather the team members and prepare more mines and related items." Then go to bed and get a good rest. ”

"I've laid out what I need." Zhao Tie stretched out his hand and motioned for Shen Chen to sit down, groaned for a moment, and said, "There is still something to ask for your opinion." ”

Shen Chen didn't sit down, and said directly: "Is it the establishment of the district squadron?" Tell them I'm not going. ”

Lao Zhou smiled and said, "Don't refuse so bluntly, go back and think of a reason." ”

"You guys help me think about it, I'm too lazy to bother with that brain." Shen Chen waved his hand impatiently, turned around and walked out, leaving Lao Zhou and Zhao Tie looking at each other with a wry smile. Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future