It was already the second half of the night, and the heat had subsided. The air becomes cool and pleasant. The dew was heavy, and the clothes of the night walkers were damp.

Tall crops are growing. The dirt road passes through the fields like tunnels.

On both sides were green curtains, and above them were a sky full of stars.

The Night Walkers were a squad, one man, and seventeen women. The man is naturally a monkey, he walks in front of the team, next to Jingzhi, behind is the fifteen people of the Magnolia team, and at the back is Zhuqing.

The notification was received in the evening. The Northwest Travel Agency asked Monkey and Zhuqing to lead the Magnolia team and Jingzhi to rush back and accept a new mission.

Monkey and Zhuqing felt that marching during the day was too ostentatious, and it was better to rush at night, which was secretive and cool.

The notice also asked Lang's team to temporarily garrison Peach Blossom Island until a new unit took over from them. The administration set up the Hudang area as a district. Huayang served as the acting district head, and the station was on Peach Blossom Island.

After the battle, a few of the mixed teams that were temporarily formed during the war left, and most of them joined the Eighth Route Army.

Later, some sporadic gang members from Hudang came to join. There were forty or fifty people. So it became the third squadron of the Xianghu Brigade. Huayang personally served as the squadron leader.

They were trained by Lang's squad to the point where they could perform tasks alone.

The notice said that the administrative office is looking for candidates, and the cadres will soon arrive at Taohua Island.

One motorboat was seized and used in the Xianghu District.

The Zhuqing squad was promoted to an independent squad and was directly under the leadership of the Security Department of the Military Region.

When leaving Peach Blossom Island, Ke Yulan went home to visit her parents. His parents thought that something had happened to her, and suddenly saw their daughter standing in front of her in high spirits, carrying a rifle on her back. I can't help but be surprised and delighted. Tears flowed.

When he heard that Yulan was going to join the Eighth Route Army, his father said to the monkey, "Is he too young?" He was only sixteen years old. ”

The monkey said, "It's okay. Your daughter will have a good future. ”

His father said, "Okay, anyway, he was also rescued by your Eighth Route Army, as long as you think she can do it, I will agree." ”

The monkey said: "Peach Blossom Island is already the base of the Eighth Route Army. You can also participate in anti-Japanese work. Later, Yulan's father, Ke Dahai, became the head of their village.

For the other 14 girls, they were asked to leave their parents' names and home addresses, and then the Hudang District was responsible for informing their families.

Xianghu Dang had cleared everything, and Monkey and Zhuqing left Peach Blossom Island with the Magnolia team and rushed to the Northwest Branch overnight.

It had been several months since they left Lang's squad to carry out their mission alone. During this time, they did several things:

Wiped out Kawashima's headquarters.

The Wangguanzhuang base area and the Hudang district base area were established.

The Xianghu Brigade was formed.

There were three big battles and several small battles, namely the battle of Wujiaji, the battle of Taohuadao and the battle of Wangguanzhuang.

Eliminate more than 800 devils, puppet soldiers and bandits.

The team crept forward in the night. These girls, who have been underground for a long time, are malnourished, and their physique is not very strong. Moreover, after coming out, he participated in a bloody battle in a row. There is a big overdraft of physical strength.

Before they had rested, they had to march more than 100 miles overnight to rush to the Northwest Expedition Office, which was a great difficulty for the girls.

Some girls dozed off while walking. Zhu Qing walked to the front of the team and said, "Brother Monkey, let's take a break." ”

The monkey said, "Okay, let's rest for a while." I'm afraid that this is the first time that many team members have endured such hardship. ”

Zhuqing said: "Let's take a break, eat something, and drink some water. ”

The girls were so tired that their backs and arms hurt, and they sat down on the ground and fell asleep.

Jingzhi is a person who practices martial arts, and his internal skills are very basic, and he is not tired at all to take this path. He said, "Brother Monkey, how far is it to get there?" ”

The monkey said, "There are at least sixty miles to go." ”

Shizueda said, "How far we've come. ”

Zhuqing said: "About eighty miles. Sister Shizue, are you tired? ”

Shizue said, "It's a lie, it's the first time I've walked this far." ”

The monkey said, "Then you can rest." ”

Shizue said; "I don't want to sleep, I want to talk to you."

Zhuqing said: "Okay, let's say, what do you want to know?" ”

Shizueda said, "Do you fight devils often? ”

Zhu Qing said, "What is it? ”

Shizue said: "That's it, fighting, marching, busy day and night, sometimes not eating or sleeping. ”

Zhu Qing said: "Let's put it this way, in the past few years when we participated in the Anti-Japanese War to fight devils, we didn't sleep more in the house than we did outside. ”

The monkey said, "Girl, do you regret it?" ”

Shizueda said, "Who regrets it? Don't think that if you can endure hardship, I can also endure hardship. ”

Zhuqing said: "Our sister Shizue is not the kind of person who is weak-willed. It's a good life at home, but it's amazing to come out and fight devils. ”

Shizue knew in her heart, why did she come out to fight devils? Because in this way, you can often see the monkey brother. She didn't know exactly what she wanted, but as long as she saw the monkey, she was very happy.

The little girl who seems to be spicy and domineering, the softest place in her heart is that she often sees such a little wish as a monkey.

Shizue knows that the monkey and Zhuqing have grown up together since childhood, playing together, reading together, and fighting devils together, and their relationship must be very deep, and it is not something that anyone who wants to insert a leg can insert a leg.

No, Shizue didn't have that idea, he just wanted to see the monkey, as long as the monkey was in his sight, her heart was full of sunshine.

Shizue said: "I came out to be a soldier because I was worried about my age. He was the only one with me. ”

Zhu Qing was a little emotional. Grabbed Shizue's shoulders and said, "My sister is really a filial daughter!" ”

Shizue leaned her head on Zhuqing's shoulder and said, "Brother Monkey, Sister Zhuqing, you have been out for so long, don't you miss home?" ”

Silent. Neither the monkey nor Zhuqing answered.

Shizue said, "Hey! Why did you suddenly stop talking? ”

Zhuqing patted Jingzhi on the shoulder and said, "Sister, we don't have a home anymore." ”

Shizue said, "No home? What's going on? ”

After a moment of silence, Zhu Qing said: "My mother died early, and my father and my younger brother were killed by devils. My family only has two thatched huts. Is that still called home? ”

Shizueda was stunned. This was the first time she had heard about it: "What is your situation with Brother Monkey?" ”

The monkey didn't speak, and Zhu Qing said, "Brother Monkey's father and more than 30 members of his family were killed by the devil. His eldest brother died for the anti-Japanese war. His second brother went to Yan'an. There is no news from his fourth brother at the moment, and there is no one in his family. ”

The monkey said, "I told Mayor Liu about this. Let's not talk about that. ”

Shizue said, "Blame me for mentioning your sadness. ”

Zhu Qing said: "We don't blame you, if you don't say it, we won't forget it." ”

Suddenly, Zhu Qing whispered, "Someone is coming." ”

The monkey lowered his voice and said to the Magnolia team, "Everyone, hurry up, there is a situation!" ”

Although the Magnolia team fell asleep, everyone's hearts were hanging, and when they heard the monkey cry softly, they woke up immediately and hurriedly touched the gun.

Monkey: "Everyone, come with me." ”