Zhou Hainan was also born in a poor family and joined the army in order to make a living. From a big-headed soldier to a deputy battalion of majors, Zhou Hainan naturally suffered a lot, and he must be able to empathize. I can't help but sigh in my heart, if every army commander can love soldiers like Sun Yumin, then I don't know how much the combat effectiveness of the national army will increase!

Li Tiedan and Zhou Hong were also moved, although they were both five big and three rough soldiers, but they could be ruthless. Li Tietan stood up and said, "Yingzuo, I'll handle this matter, I'll carry it if something happens." ”

"You can't do this, the water of the black market is very deep now, and you may be able to help people pay if you sell it." Sun Yumin shook his head and said.

Secretary Qian Jin stood up and was about to speak, but Sun Yumin said: "You can, but I have more important things for you to do." Although he was talking to Qian Jin, his eyes were staring at Zhou Hainan.

Sun Yumin knew that it was difficult to get nearly six hundred newcomers to completely obey his command at this moment, but the war was imminent. At very moments and with extraordinary means, Sun Yumin could only pull them all into the water and tie them firmly to himself. In addition, I still need to prepare a lot of things and a lot of money, so I can only take risks.

Zhou Hainan is not a fool, he knows that this is because he Sun Yumin is not worried about himself, and deliberately let himself carry this big thunder, even if he doesn't carry it, he will change his tricks to pull himself into the water. After getting along these days, he also found that Sun Yumin was a good person, even if he didn't plan to let himself do these things, he would take the initiative to take his body. Because only by reassuring him that he will wholeheartedly put his mind on the battlefield, instead of keeping one hand to defend himself in everything, which will be a great harm to the combat effectiveness of the second battalion.

Thinking of this, Zhou Hainan opened his mouth to speak, and said, "I'll do this, Company Commander Li, you can just get ready to answer me." ”

Sun Yumin let out a long sigh when he heard this, he originally thought that the person surnamed Zhou would make excuses and excuses in every possible way, but he didn't expect people to agree. I smiled bitterly in my heart: It seems that I have spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!

After discussing the sale of arms, Sun Yumin arranged for money to go in and buy sand, sacks, empty wine bottles, etc. The people knew that sand and sacks were used for fortifications, but they did not understand the use of empty wine bottles. However, after everyone got used to Sun Yumin's whimsical and fearless ideas, they didn't bother to ask about these big things. Anyway, they only know that it is useful, and how to use it is a matter of the camp, and they don't need to worry about it.

The next day, Sun Yumin woke up to find that something seemed wrong. Because the station is not large, the battalion headquarters and the cooking squad are in the same courtyard. The usually noisy and noisy courtyard of the camp headquarters is unusually quiet today, especially the gong-like call of Liu Tou, the leader of the cooking squad who is loud every morning, has also disappeared.

When I walked out of the bedroom, I found that the washing water and toothpaste and toothbrush were all ready on the table.

After Zhang Xiaohu was transferred to the Second Company as a company commander, he specially selected a veteran named Shi Zhonghua to be Sun Yumin's messenger.

Although this Shi Zhonghua is only in his early twenties, he is a veteran of more than four years of military experience, and he has participated in the defense of the Octagonal Bridge in the first company, and he can be regarded as a soldier who has experienced life and death. Because he was young when he first came to the army, he often cried his nose, and the veterans called him a slug. Later, I found out that this kid was a kung fu person, and he was also good at guns, and he was also very righteous, so slowly everyone changed his name to Xiaoshi. When Zhang Xiaohu was a correspondent, he always loved to run to play with him, and the relationship between the two was as good as brothers. So this time, Zhang Xiaohu deliberately asked him to take over his class, firstly, because he wanted the stone to protect Sun Yumin well, and secondly, he wanted him to study hard by Sun Yumin's side, and one day he would be on his own like himself.

Shi is also a smart guy, so he naturally knows that Zhang Xiaohu is for his own good. So after becoming a correspondent, no matter how big or small, he took care of Sun Yumin comfortably.

Sun Yumin was about to go to the door to brush his teeth, but Shi came in with a few dishes. When he saw Sun Yumin, he shouted: "Yingzuo, are you up?" ”

Sun Yumin hummed a few words, stared at the dishes, and found a few steamed buns, two bowls of white porridge, two boiled eggs, and two side dishes. With a smile in his heart, he smiled: "It's quite rich." ”

After washing, Sun Yumin called the stone to have breakfast together, and asked while peeling eggs: "Isn't Lao Liu Tou at home today?" ”

Shi was stunned for a moment, then reflected it, and replied with a smile: "Deputy Zhou Ying asked the cooking squad to move to the guard platoon, and let them change places with the guard squad of the guard platoon, saying that they were afraid of affecting the normal work of the battalion headquarters. ”

Sun Yumin smiled secretly, this week, Hainan is estimated to have annoyed Lao Liutou's gong-like voice in the past few days, and found a high-sounding reason to send the entire cooking class away. It's good in this way, without the clanging of the cooking class, and the scolding of the old Liu Tou teaching the cooks, the entire battalion courtyard seems to be extraordinarily peaceful.

"Is it starting to ring over there, Director?"

"It's already being sent, the battalion headquarters is the first to lead." Stone replied with a grin.

"Needless to say, you've got it all, right?"

"That's the first one I received!" Stone replied angrily.

"And how are you going to spend it?" Sun Yumin asked.

"Don't spend it, I'm going to save him and hand it over to my mother. My mother said that when I go home from the army, help me find a cousin. ”①

Sun Yumin put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and thought thoughtfully. Seeing that the stone ate the breakfast on the table cleanly, he said, "The dishes and chopsticks will be cleaned up at noon, and we will go to the secretary first." ”

Hearing this, Shi hurriedly ran into the bedroom and took out Sun Yumin's rifle, belt and hat, and after helping Sun Yumin tidy up his clothes and hat, he followed him out behind his buttocks.

When Sun Yumin and the others approached the guard platoon station, they found a long dragon curling out of the courtyard and reaching the end of the alley.

Sun Yumin only knew a few veterans in the team, and wanted to go over and say a few words, but he didn't expect that as soon as he walked to the edge of the team, new soldiers saw it, raised their hands and saluted one by one, and shouted: "Hello battalion commander." ”

Sun Yumin raised his hand and returned the salute, signaling everyone not to be restrained.

Who knew that those warriors all stood straight, and none of them put their hands down in salute, and their eyes were full of worship and respect.

Sun Yumin was thin-skinned and couldn't hold his face, so he was embarrassed to continue walking inside, so he turned around and walked towards the mouth of the alley.

The second battalion was stationed in a residential area under the Purple Mountain, and the street was the street through this short alley, Sun Yumin had just walked to the mouth of the alley with the stone, and thought of something, and said to the stone: "Go and call Huzi, I will wait for you here." Sun Yumin has always called Zhang Xiaohu Huzi.

When Shi heard Sun Yumin finish speaking, he ran to the second company station without even saying a word.

Sun Yumin stood at the mouth of the alley and waited for a while, and Zhang Xiaohu and the two stones ran over.

Sun Yumin beckoned, then took the lead and walked forward, asking as he walked: "Huzi, didn't I say that I had a holiday today?" In such good weather, you stay at home and hold the cubs? ”

"How can I be, I'm not busy making a roster for my brothers." Zhang Xiaohu replied. "Yingza, what are you calling me here in a hurry?"

"It's pretty much the same as you do, you just have to keep up." Sun Yumin was a little perfunctory, and his pace quickened.

On the way, Sun Yumin asked two or three passers-by and looked for a blacksmith shop everywhere. Zhang and Shi were curious, and they didn't know what was going on in this camp.

The three of them walked into a large blacksmith shop, where several big men were wielding sledgehammers shirtless, and they were still roaring trumpets.

A middle-aged man in a long robe greeted him, this person had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes. If you were walking on the street, people would just think that he was a scholar, and no one would have thought that he was actually a shopkeeper of an iron shop. The man said politely: "Chiefs, what do you want to do?" ”

Sun Yumin didn't say a word, and walked around the blacksmith shop before asking, "Shopkeeper, I don't see how much iron you have in your shop." ”

The shopkeeper flickered, and then reacted. smiled: "Sir, don't look at the small shop, but as long as you say the style, we can do it." As for iron, please rest assured, the most important thing in the shop is iron! ”

Sun Yumin saw that the shopkeeper had a lot of tone, he only wanted to make an identity card for the brothers in the whole battalion this time, similar to the kind of American soldiers who hung around their necks. It is convenient and practical, and it is unique in the national army. But when I saw the confident appearance of the shopkeeper of the iron shop, I wanted to see it.

So Sun Yumin said: "Shopkeeper, can I take a look at your iron?" ”

The shopkeeper thought that it was a rare big business for these soldiers to make a lot of big knives and other soldiers, and hurriedly said, "Of course, please go inside." ”

The shopkeeper took the first step after speaking, lifted the thick curtain on the door, and led the three of them to the house.

Walking to the middle of the courtyard, he lifted a heavy green-black military canvas, revealing a large pile of iron plates and iron bars.

Sun Yumin took out a dagger he was carrying, and made a few slashes on the iron plate and iron bar, and the iron plate and iron bar revealed a silver-white metallic luster. Sun Yumin was secretly happy in his heart and asked, "Shopkeeper, your iron is much better than ordinary iron." ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly replied, "Sir, you have good eyesight, this batch of iron was bought from a foreigner at a small high price." There are a lot of these iron plates in the British shipyards, and those foreigners often smuggle them out for money, and they only need the ocean and yellow croaker. As he spoke, the shopkeeper stared at Sun Yumin with a pair of small eyes that were shining, to see how he reacted.

Sun Yumin looked at the pile of iron in front of him, to be precise, this is a pile of alloy iron, which is what we often call steel. I was happy in my heart, I was really sleepy, and someone sent a pillow. So he spoke: "Shopkeeper, how much is your pile of broken iron?" I bought them all. ”

When the shopkeeper saw the fleeting joy on Sun Yumin's face after cutting the iron plate with a knife, he knew that this pile of iron had a family. It's just that as a businessman, I can't afford to make a profit, and I am thinking about how to make a lot of money.

The shopkeeper of the iron shop replied with a grin: "Sir, this is all the iron in the shop, and I bought it at a high price from the foreigner's flowers." If you want it all, the little shop will have to close. ”

Sun Yumin saw that the shopkeeper was a little obscene, and frowned, wanting to come to something hard. But when I think about it, it's not easy for people to take these people with these people in this war-torn world. Wanting to help him, he asked, "Just tell me directly, how much money does these things belong to me." ”

"Sir, for the sake of what you really want, you can give two little yellow croakers." The shopkeeper of the iron shop asked tentatively.

Sun Yumin didn't plan to negotiate the price with others at all, and he didn't have the money to talk to others.

"I'm going to make something, how long do you think it's going to take? How much does it cost? After Sun Yumin finished speaking, he painted the appearance of the identity card.

"The brand is easy to make, and it is very simple to press the name and punch the hole, but it takes time to make the word of the name."

"Oh, how fast will that be?"

"Half a month." The answer of the shopkeeper of the iron shop.

"No, there's not that much time. You have to rush and finish it within a week. ”

"Is the chief going to be promoted? So urgent. ”

"It's not that I'm out of time, it's that you're out of time. Today is November 24th, and you have to finish it by December 1st. Sun Yumin said.

"Sir is joking, we have time, as long as you are not in a hurry, I guarantee that the quality and style will satisfy you."

Sun Yumin didn't answer him, his eyes were dumbfounded, and his voice was fierce: "I'm not kidding you, you can finish it for me within a week." Tomorrow I will have someone send the roster and money, I will not let you suffer, three yellow croakers and thirty yuan in the ocean. Prepare yourself and send someone to assist me in delivering this pile of iron to the gate of Guanghua Gate. ”

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was about to thank him. But I heard the scar-faced chief say again: "On the first day of December, you will leave Nanjing with everyone in your whole shop." ”

The shopkeeper's face turned green suddenly, and he hurriedly said: "Sir, you see that it is not an unseemly thing for you to buy something and make something, there is no need to drive us out of Nanjing." ”

Zhang Xiaohu saw that the shopkeeper of the iron shop would be mistaken, and hurriedly said: "Who drove you away, our chief wants to tell you that the war is coming, and let you take the big guy to escape." Do you want to stay here and die? ”

"That's right, I'm just going to drive you away! Not only do I want to drive you away, but I also want to drive away the people of Nanjing. It's a pity that I don't have that much ability. Sun Yumin said to the shopkeeper of the iron shop: "As long as you can say that the neighborhood will flee, I will give you an extra yellow fish." But you have to make sure to take care of the old and weak women along the way. ”

The shopkeeper of the iron shop looked embarrassed and said, "Didn't Commander Tang say that Nanjing is impregnable and the Japanese army will never be able to attack it?" Our ancestors lived in this Nanjing city, but we can't bear this piece of homeland! ”

Sun Yumin didn't bother to grind with him, so he only threw down a sentence coldly: "You prepare the work you want to do first, and start work tomorrow." In the past few days, you should think about it quickly, and then you will be too late to leave if you want to. ”

When they went out, the blacksmith grovelled and sent the three of them to the gate.

Before leaving, Sun Yumin threw down another sentence: "Think about it, even if it's not for yourself to live, but also for your parents, wife and children." ”

The shopkeeper of the iron shop was stunned again, and his heart was full of flavors, and he didn't know what it was like.

(1) Tangke, Hunan dialect, wife or wife.