The enemy's plane was hovering in the sky in the distance, and that was where Xiao Linghu and the others were going, Luodian!

"Look like this, there must be a battle going on over there!" Yizhimei said it for granted, to hide her embarrassment just now.

Xiao Linghu walked while looking at the sky in the northeast direction, the gunfire over there has never stopped, but because the distance is still relatively far, it sounds like the sound of firecrackers at midnight in the New Year, if it weren't for seeing the enemy planes hovering in the sky, they wouldn't have thought that the battle there would be so fierce.

The front has come to a small river in the north-south direction, this small river is the port that communicates the Lianqi River and the Liuhe River in the north, the highway passes through this river, there was originally a cement bridge, but at this time the cement bridge has been blown down, there is not even a connection in the middle, and there is a waterway that is two zhang wide.

Across the river, Xiao Linghu saw that on the other side of the river, there had been a lot of ** officers and soldiers gathered, those people were crooked, ragged, and looked sluggish, even with guns on their backs, and many people were still wrapped in gauze on their heads and hands, obviously defeated soldiers who had retreated from the front line. It's just that these people are at a loss in the face of this small river, which is not wide, and they can't cross the river, which means that they are tied up.

The rivers in the south are different from the small rivers in the north, and the rivers in the north are very wide and not necessarily deep, and many times they can be crossed by wading; But the rivers in the south are different, and sometimes, looking at an inconspicuous river that is not too wide, has an astonishing amount of water, and the water is deep enough to drown a cow.

"Hehe, look at the other side, it's a group of defeated soldiers!" Yizhimei pointed to the crowd opposite, and couldn't help laughing, as if everything looked so funny in his eyes.

"What's so funny?" Sha Wenhua said a rare word, which was also one of the few times he took the initiative to speak, which surprised Xiao Linghu a little.

Yizhimei said: "Ah Hua, you said that if we were like them, what kind of soldier would I come here to be a soldier?" It is much more glorious to take a boat to Wuhan than to run away as a defeated soldier, do you say? ”

Sha Wenhua gave him a blank look and did not answer.

Xiao Linghu has also been a defeated soldier, so he naturally knows what it's like to be a defeated soldier, but he doesn't like Yizhimei to be ridiculed like this, he said solemnly: "What's so funny about a defeated soldier? Who hasn't failed? If you lose, you just have to fight again. Although these people were defeated, they still deserve respect, and the most important thing is that they met with the devil, fired, and fought, which is better than those who don't look back when they hear that the devil is coming, and immediately think of the people who escape, have much more backbone! ”

"Yes!" Lin Jinghan also echoed: "It's not ridiculous to defeat a soldier, as long as you don't go to be a deserter, it's nothing!" ”

Yizhimei was stunned, knowing that he and Xiao Linghu were pointing at Sang and scolding Huai again, so she simply stopped speaking. He knew that the more he said, the more he would be targeted.

"Roots!" Xiao Linghu called out to the recruit boy behind him.

"Here!" Yang Gensheng had to stand up like a conditioned reflex, and it took less than half a day's work, this little teenager had a relatively strong ability to adapt, and he was already used to living in this group of people.

"You're from this neighborhood, do you know where to cross the river?" Xiao Linghu asked.

Yang Gensheng pointed to the north and said, "About five miles over there, there is a village called Poplar Village, where there is a stone bridge to cross. ”

Xiao Linghu nodded, and shouted at the defeated soldiers on the opposite side: "Go north along the river, you can cross the river there!" ”

On the other side of the river, someone had already replied loudly: "Thank you! Brothers! ”

This brother, but everyone felt warm, even Yizhimei, who was still laughing at the defeated soldiers just now, also felt that the distance with the defeated soldiers on the other side of the river had been shortened a lot.

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Under the leadership of Yang Gensheng, the group left the road and walked north along the potholed riverside path, and sure enough, after walking five miles, they came to a quiet village, which was what Yang Gensheng called Yangshu Village.

However, when they entered the village, they found that there was no one in the village, and every house was closed and locked.

"Where are all the people in this village?" Yizhimei couldn't help but ask.

"Do you need to ask? Everyone was afraid of war, so they all ran away! Lin Jinghan responded casually.

Yizhimei nodded, in this group, Sha Wenhua and Zhang Shun seemed to be people carved out of a mold, and they didn't say a word, the machine gunner named Zhou Laoliu was just because he was big and broad-shouldered, and he was carrying a Czech light machine gun, as if he was a cow, stupid and stupid, Yizhimei didn't bother to talk to him. It's Yang Gensheng, who looks lively and cute, but he doesn't understand anything, as long as he answers, he will be asked east and west, and he will be annoyed by the question. In fact, Yizhimei also knows that she has only been in ** for a few days, and she doesn't know much more about things in the army than this hairy boy. And Xiao Linghu is the company commander, and he always looks like he is teaching him a lesson, which makes him feel a headache when he hears Xiao Linghu speak now. So for Yizhimei, his favorite thing is to walk with Lin Jinghan, that is, when he speaks, Lin Jinghan will patiently explain to him.

"How do these people know when the devil is coming?" He asked again.

Lin Jinghan then asked Yang Gensheng: "Gensheng, did you run away when you saw the devil?" ”

Yang Gensheng said: "If you really want to run when you see the devil, you will definitely not be able to run!" ”

Yizhimei asked: "Then the people in these villages, did they run away when they heard about chasing the wind and shadows?" ”

Yang Gensheng said: "What is there to catch the wind and shadows? The day before yesterday, when our family was still on the boat, I heard that a few villagers who came back from the Yangtze River met the landing boat of devils, and as soon as those devils entered the village, they did not ask about the merits of the village, and set fire to the village to kill people. ”

Hearing him say this, Yizhimei said again: "What if these devils didn't come here?" ”

Yang Gensheng said: "Wouldn't it be better not to call?" When the battle is over, they will come back! But what if you do get here? ”

Yizhimei was speechless for a while, thought for a while, and then asked, "Then where are you all running?" ”

Yang Gensheng said: "My home is on the boat, so it's convenient, the devil will run to the lake when he comes, there are so many water surfaces, and there are so many reeds, drill into it, who can find it?" ”

"So, what about the people in these villages?"

"People in the village, if they have relatives, they go to their relatives; If they don't have relatives, some of them run to the lake, and some run to the fields! ”

Xiao Linghu knows that the so-called lakes refer to a series of lakes near these areas, such as Yangcheng Lake, Dushu Lake, Cheng Lake, Dianshan Lake and so on.

"Wildland?" Even Xiao Linghu was a little surprised, the wild land here is a rice field, you can see the head at a glance, where can you hide people?

"How can you hide people in the wilderness?" Yizhimei also asked curiously.

Yang Gensheng said with a smile: "Yes, there are many rivers and lots of water in our place, so in every village, if you can't go far, there will be patches of reed beaches or sorghum land. Those places are not suitable for growing rice, just like the green hemp fields you saw in the morning on the side of Yunzaobang, those crops are very tall, and they can't drown when the water is sent every year, so they have become a hiding place! ”

It turned out that this was the case, Xiao Linghu suddenly realized, and suddenly remembered an ancient saying: It is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world!

In this world, the most bitter thing is the common people, especially when there is a war, human life is really cheaper than paper!