When Ani, who had cut her hair short, appeared in front of me, I wouldn't have seen that she was still a girl if I hadn't been familiar with her.

"How about it, Brother An, are you qualified to be a soldier like this?" Ani laughed.

"You're just messing around." I really can't help this naughty man.

Ani: "This is not nonsense, wasn't there a Mulan in ancient times, maybe I can become a modern Mulan!" ”

I smiled and asked, "Then may I ask who you are preparing to serve in the army for?" ”

Ani actually thought about it very seriously: "For my brother." ”

Ani and I came out of the inn, asked about the direction of Guiyang, and prepared to go on the road.

But a team of strong men tied up with ropes on the street attracted Ani's attention: "Brother An, what is this doing?" ”

"Conscription, don't you want to be Mulan, Mulan is also tied with a rope like this." I teased her.

These strong men are really difficult to associate with the word Zhuang, almost all of them look yellow and thin, which makes people very worried that they will fall down at any time and never get up again.

There are generally two reasons for the strong men who are tied with ropes, one is that the number of soldiers in charge of guarding them is too small, and they are worried that some strong men will escape, so they simply tie them with ropes to save themselves from taking care of them. The second reason is very lacking in morality, because the number of conscripts is not enough or there are deaths and escapes along the way, and the officials will randomly recruit strong men on the road to fill the number, even if you are working in the fields and are just about to go home for lunch, you don't care about taking people away like kidnapping tickets.

Naturally, the Nationalist Government did not allow such a thing to happen in its high-sounding conscription decree, but since ancient times, there have been policies and countermeasures, and such things have never really stopped.

Ani was a little surprised and a little disappointed: "How can you treat people like this...... Brother An, you are also an officer, don't tie them up if you ask them for mercy, it's so pitiful. ”

Ani gave me a problem, I didn't know what unit they belonged to, and I was only a lieutenant in a mere district, and I wasn't powerful enough to command friendly troops across provinces and war zones. But looking at Ani's pleading eyes, I still stubbornly walked over.

There were forty or fifty strong men, and they were escorted by five soldiers and one young officer with the rank of second lieutenant. The second lieutenant watched me come over, and hesitated for a moment, not sure whether he should salute me, the lieutenant in a patched uniform.

"Brothers, have worked hard." I greeted them in a friendly, almost flattering way.

The second lieutenant was sluggish: "...... Ah, what's the matter? ”

"It's okay, isn't it that I just recovered from my injury and am about to return to the team...... Hey, which part of you guys? "I try to pretend to be nonchalant.

Second Lieutenant: "We are from the 27th Brigade, which part are you?" ”

I reported the number of my unit: "Brother, you see that these strong men are actually their own people in the final analysis, and they will all be brothers in the trenches in the future. ”

Second Lieutenant: "You can be a good person, what if you run away without tying, who will be responsible?" You're still me! ”

I turned my face to the grasshopper-like sturdy men and asked, "If this chief doesn't tie you up, will you run?" ”

The strong men shook their heads together and said in unison: "Those who don't run, those who don't run." ”

I went to see the second lieutenant again.

The second lieutenant sneered: "Are you on your first day of being a soldier or are you looking for trouble?" If I untie them untied, if they don't run away at night, I'll fucking have your last name! ”

This guy is furious, if it weren't for the fact that I am also an officer, I would have slipped my mouth a long time ago.

"Gone, gone! Net blind delay Lao Tzu's time! The second lieutenant scolded without naming him.

After walking a few steps, he turned back to me and said, "Hey, for the sake of wearing this skin, I remind you not to go to Guiyang, your division has long been broken up, and the number has been canceled!" ”

I stood there for a long time, until Ani came and dragged me, and I was relieved.

"What's wrong, Brother An? Are you okay? ”

It's scattered again, how many troops do I have to change to be successful? I put countless question marks in my mind about the level of bad luck I felt.

"Let's go."

I carried my luggage with a gun on my back, followed by a tomboy-like Ani, and we looked like two refugees fleeing the famine.

Out of this town, in front of you is Yangping, which is the largest city in Yunnan next to Guizhou, and the streets are naturally more prosperous.

Ani was full of interest, everything was fresh and interesting, she had to stay for a while everywhere, no matter what objects were compared to herself, and even bought a few boxes of rouge gouache and bits and pieces, the girl's beauty-loving nature was undoubtedly revealed.

"Brother An, look at this! Is it good-looking? Ani wrapped a pink scarf around her face.

The boss who sold the scarf hurriedly snatched it back: "Don't mess around, you green-skinned baby, this is used by women, what are you doing with it." ”

Ani's face was angry: "You should look at Lang Zhong with your eyes, there is no difference between men and women." ”

I laughed: "The male rabbit's feet are fluttering, the female rabbit's eyes are blurred, who can tell you that you are a male and a female?" Ha ha. ”

Ani was angry at me again: "Brother An, what strange things are you talking about!" ”

Me: "It's not a strange thing, it means to praise you and make him can't figure it out......"

Before I could finish my sentence, there was a sudden thumping of gunfire from the other side of the street, and after a while, there was another explosion.

The street that was still bustling suddenly became a pot of porridge, the cries of children, the screams of women, the fruit stalls that were knocked over, the neighing of mules and horses that were scared away, and the shops on the street were all hurriedly put on the door panels.

Ani asked the owner of the scarf seller, "What's the matter?" ”

The boss said while packing up his things: "I don't know, I'm afraid it's a bandit......"

I listened for a moment: "No. It's the sound of a grenadier! What bandits have such a formation! ”

Several policemen ran over in a panic, and I grabbed one of them: "What's going on up ahead?" ”

The policeman was just about to scold, but when he looked up and saw that it was a lieutenant with a gun who grabbed him, he immediately changed his face: "Sir, don't go forward, the Japanese are coming!" ”

I was about to run back with my gun in hand, but I was going to run back, but Ani was going forward, and the two of us made completely different directions.

"Why are you going? Looking for death! "I reached out to Raani.

Ani stretched out her hand at me, and there was an extra grenade in her palm: "I'll blow up the little devil!" ”

"Where's the grenade?"

"Seized in Eighteen Mile Village, have you forgotten? I've got miles here. Ani patted her bag proudly.

As I spoke, the gunshots were already close, so I hurriedly pulled Ani to hide in the corner and quietly poked my head into the street.

A dozen Japanese soldiers appeared in the streets, arranged in an eternal triangular formation, behind which were two light machine guns.

I was just about to warn Ani not to act rashly, but Ani had already thrown the grenade out, and the grenade exploded among the Japanese soldiers, knocking two Japanese soldiers to the ground.

The rest of the Japanese troops immediately scattered in all directions, each looking for a hiding spot, and the machine gunners lay down on the ground and put on the gun mount and immediately began to shoot, and the whole set of movements was swift and skillful and methodical, which made one can only sigh at their well-trained.

The dense fire made us unable to move for a while, and it was impossible to get out, so I stretched out my rifle and slammed back a shot, but it was okay not to return fire, but this return fire exposed the firepower.

There was a shout from the Japanese, the machine guns stopped firing, and the Japanese soldiers re-dodged and approached as they fired, and they saw that our firepower was weak.

Ani threw out another grenade, because she was suppressed by the Japanese army's 38 guns and did not dare to probe, the hand cannon also lost its accuracy, and it exploded directly on the side of the street, but it was unscathed against the Japanese army.

If this continues, there is only one way to be captured alive, and I gritted my teeth and fired two shots indiscriminately, which had no effect except for shock.