He Guangquan looked at the old man in front of him, I am afraid that he is already in his sixties; The years of fishing have left endless winds and frosts on his face, and his face is dark and full of folds; But the voice is loud and the demeanor is powerful;

"Old man, get up! Rise up and speak! He Guangquan helped the old man up, and on the grass behind the bushes, the two of them sat down;

"Old man, when did the devil enter the city? What about the national army defending the city? He Guangquan asked,

"The little devil killed Wucheng on the night of the spring equinox (March 21), and entered the city from the Hexi ferry that night; The national army and devils who defended the city in the city were killed in the dark, until the night before yesterday, the remnants of the national army of about 200 people forcibly requisitioned all the fishing boats and fled from the Ganjiang River and Xiushui! The old man said,

"Are devils arresting people every day these days? What are they doing in the city with so many people? He Guangquan asked,

"No one knows about this, and whoever goes in has never seen them come out!" The old man shook his head,

"Old man, apart from the Hexi Ferry, where else can you go directly into the city?" He Guangquan asked,

"In addition to the Hexi ferry, there is also a ferry on the Xiushui side, which can also go directly into the city; But now it should all be occupied by devils; What are you doing in the city? The old man asked,

"Old man, you are a local; Is there any way for us to enter the city quietly, just say it! He Guangquan asked,

"Now there are devil motorboats patrolling the Ganjiang River during the day, and there are no fishing boats at all that dare to appear on the river; There is only a chance before dawn, so come with me! I'll send you there, but my ship can only hold three people! Except for me, there are only two of you who can get on board! The old man stood up and said,

"Old man, help; Looking for two boats, we are from the Nanchang Garrison Command, our commander is He Jianye, the He family will not owe you money, I will make an IOU! He Guangquan said,

"Little brother, it's not a question of money now; To send you in now is to risk your head, and we must tell you the passage of our lives; It was passed down by our ancestors from generation to generation in order to sneak into the city! The old man said,

"Thank you, old man!" He Guangquan bent down and said,

The wisdom of the Chinese people is endless, and after the two sweeps of the national army and the devils, there are still boats to hide; Under the persuasion of the old man, a "big boat" capable of carrying eight people was carried out of the reeds by the brothers, and ten brothers got on the boat; with the help of the fishermen, they went down the Gan River, on the Gan River, from top to bottom, and the distance of one kilometer passed quickly; as if the old man did not need the guidance of the light, he accurately parked the boat in a reed swing, jumped off the boat, stepped on the river, and pulled the boat aside and tied it;

Pointing to a road where the water is constantly shining and saying,

"From here, the water is not deep, at most it reaches the knees; There's an iron fence at the end, so you can get into it by moving out! Then let's go into town! But you must come out before dawn, and we are waiting for you here; The old man said,

"Thank you, old man; It was less than three hours before dawn, and we tried to get out before dawn; If you really can't catch up, you don't have to wait for us, old man, be careful! He Guangquan untied the leggings, pulled the trouser legs above the knees, tied them with the leggings, and then jumped into the river barefoot;

Indeed, the water here could only reach knees, and the brothers jumped down one by one; I feel that the river is biting and cold; It was in the river that they saluted the old man and the other fisherman who sent them; Walk up the river......

He Guangquan and his ten brothers lined up in two rows in the river, wading through the knee-deep water. The rifle was already in his hand, and he looked around nervously!

After walking forward for about two hundred meters, the river became shallower and shallower, and a strong smell mixed with the smell of blood came to the nostrils; It was a torment to surround the noses of the brothers, and one by one they resisted the urge to vomit and continued to move forward;

"This is it" In a corner full of sewage, He Guangquan saw the iron fence that the old man said! There was a constant flow of filth in the fence, and as they passed through it, it was divided into small pieces and merged into this knee-high pool of water at their feet!

"Come, help!" He Guangquan put the gun back on his back and said;

Several brothers worked together to push the fence open. This fence is not very high, and they can only stoop down to enter it; One by one, they took off their clothes, wrapped their rifles and ammunition, raised them above their heads, and slowly passed through this place!

"Go up!" Finally passed through this filthy sewage hole under the city walls, and several people crawled to the shore!

As far as the eye can see, this should be the livestock slaughterhouse in Wucheng, which is empty, and there are several corpses of ordinary people in the slaughterhouse that have stinked;

"Find out if there is any water" He Guangquan said, the most important thing now is to clean the body, otherwise if you go to investigate this appearance, the devil will smell an obvious smell from a distance of fifty meters!

"Company commander, the only well has collapsed; There is no water source here. "One of the brothers came back and reported,

In He Guangquan's gesture, the group walked towards the outside of the slaughterhouse, stopping and stopping all the way! crouched down outside a courtyard with broken walls, the closest and more intact house they could find out of the slaughterhouse; It seems that the 32nd Army had a fierce street battle with the devils in the city!

Ten men were in the courtyard, washing themselves with the cold water of the well; Then they found the clothes of the original owner in the house, and whether they fit it or not, they hurriedly put it on their bodies, and their own military uniforms were simply washed, and a sheet was found to wrap them, and a brother was sent back to the fence to wait, and He Guangquan took eight brothers out into the streets; He has no goal now, there is light, there is sound, there is his goal!

In the occupied city, the places where the fire and lights are lit all night are usually the most important institutions such as the devil's barracks, headquarters, hospitals, etc.! Those institutions occupy the northeastern corner of Wucheng, near the riverside of the Gan River, and on the river next to it, shallow gunboats of devils are docked......

"Company commander, there's a situation here!" One brother pointed to a room to the north, where no light was coming out, but the sound of someone snoring could be faintly heard!

He Guangquan looked in through the crack in the wooden gate, the fire in the courtyard had been extinguished, the embers of the fire were still emanating, and there were two devils under the eaves next to him who were already asleep, and the snoring sound came from them!

It has been a few days since the devils occupied Wucheng, and the remnants of the national army in the city either fled or were cleared by them, and the dark night before dawn made them relax their vigilance, and the two devils who were supposed to be sentinels hid under the eaves and slept under the eaves!

He Guangquan took out the bayonet, made a gesture of wiping his neck, stuffed the bayonet into the crack in the door, and gently opened the door bolt inside; The two brothers gently pushed open the wooden door, perhaps because of the dampness by the river, the wooden door did not squeak, which made the brothers who were relieved to breathe a sigh of relief!