"How's that, Elling, isn't it amazing? Do you still want to ask, why in the Guodang-ruled area, the people see the soldiers like mice see the cat, but in our Eighth Route Army base area, the people see the soldiers as if they see their own relatives? ”

After more than a year in the national military, Han Xin naturally knew and personally experienced the two completely different attitudes of the people towards the national army and the Eighth Route Army, so he asked rhetorically.

After Han Xin's words were finished, Yang Yiling fell into silence, and after a while, she raised her head, "Why?" ”

"Hehe, why? Because our Eighth Route Army is the people's soldiers, advocating that the army and the people are one family, we love the people, so the people also love us, and the mutual help and trust between people is not established in this way?

As for their national army, I don't think I need to say more! ”

"I ...... Xin, I used to join the Communist Army because of you, but now it seems that maybe my original intention will soon change. Yang Yiling spoke.

Han Xin smiled and nodded with satisfaction, and just as the two were talking, the village sister-in-law also happened to come out of the house.

The village girl also brought a person, who thought to be her husband, and seemed to be a very simple peasant.

He didn't say anything more to Han Xin and the others, the village sister-in-law who should have said it had already told him, "Let's go!" ”

"Good!"

The four of them walked together, and by the moonlight, they turned two streets in this Xinghua Village, and then turned left at the end of the third street to come to a courtyard.

The courtyard is very simple, and the outside is made of a pile of stones, but fortunately, the courtyard is not small, and it looks a lot magnificent.

The man knocked on the door, and soon, a voice was heard in the room, and the voice was quite old, "Who?" ”

"Village Chief, it's me!"

"Oh, Sixth Brother, what's the matter at such a late hour?"

"That's right, a comrade from the Eighth Road said that he was looking for you in an emergency!"

"Comrade of the Eighth Road! …… Okay, wait a minute, I'll be right here! ”

With a squeak, the wooden door of the courtyard opened, and an old man who was about seventy years old appeared, on crutches, but his expression was calm and his mental outlook was also very good.

"Which one is the comrade of the Eighth Road?"

"Village Chief!" Han Xin stepped out, and the old village chief's gaze stayed on Han Xin's military uniform for a few seconds, then coughed a few times, and then asked seemingly casually: "This little comrade, I don't know which unit you are from in our base area?" ”

Han Xin's eyes moved, smiled, and said, "Comrade Village Chief, I am a soldier of the 129th Division, the new 11th Brigade, my name is Han Xin!" …… Our division commander is Liu Bocheng, political commissar Xiaoping, and deputy division commander ......"

Han Xin said a lot of names in a row, seeing that he hadn't stopped yet, the old village chief was embarrassed, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, little comrade, I believe in you!" ”

"Tell me, what's the urgency you have to find me?"

The old village chief, who finally had no doubts about Han Xin's identity, asked.

"Village Chief!" Speaking of the topic, Han Xin's expression became unusually solemn, "Some time ago, our Eighth Route Army launched a battle of 100 regiments, inflicting heavy losses on the devils, and now the revenge of the little devils has come, and a sweep of my base area has begun.

The headquarters is worried that the devils will poison the villagers, so let me inform the village chief and let the people of Xinghua Village move quickly and hide from the limelight for the time being! ”

"This ......"

The old village chief soon realized the seriousness of the problem, but he looked at the sky, it was already midnight, and finally tried to ask: "Little comrade, you see that it is the middle of the night, or I will inform you after dawn!" ”

Han Xin also looked at the sky, indeed, but there was a faint worry in his heart, because in his memory, he could not remember the specific date when the Japanese army launched a sweep of the base village, so he did not dare to bet.

"Village chief, don't be afraid, but just in case, for the safety of the villagers, let's act now!"

Seeing that there was still hesitation on the face of the old village chief, Han Xin bowed to the old village chief, "Comrade village chief, this time it was our Eighth Route Army that brought disaster to the villagers, I'm sorry!" ”

"Alas, what is this for, okay, then I believe the little comrade, I will go and inform all the villagers now!" The old village chief hurriedly helped Han Xin up.

…… Bang! Bang! Bang!

The gongs and drums were noisy, and in this era when it was extremely difficult to disseminate information, the old village chief could only hold a copper hammer and strike the gong vigorously to call out to everyone.

"Folks, folks, get up, get up, something is wrong! ……”

The old village chief ran in front of and behind the village, shouting loudly, and Han Xin and the others soon joined in.

In this way, after dozens of minutes, basically all the villagers came out of the daze.

"Village chief, it's so late, what's wrong?"

"It's just that I can't even sleep at night!"

Being woken up in the middle of the night, everyone was emotional, and some villagers began to complain, but the old village chief's words immediately made all the voices quiet.

"Little devil, you're going to enter the village!"

"What?"

"Really?"

"This, village chief, what can I do? It's over! ”

Before the devil entered the village, the tense scene of the villagers was suddenly vividly restored in front of Han Xin and Yang Yiling.

Looking at the panicked villagers in front of him, Han Xin couldn't cry or laugh, no wonder in modern times he advocated educating the people and opening up the wisdom of the people, and it really made sense.

"Okay, okay, don't panic, don't be afraid! The devil is about to enter the village, but it's not that he hasn't come yet!

In addition, this news was brought by Comrade Han Xin of the Eighth Route Army, if you have any questions, you might as well ask Comrade Han Xin. ”

After the old village chief's words, Han Xin went straight to the front of the villagers, although the front was not a high platform, fortunately, Han Xin's height advantage was good, standing in front of the crowd, and everyone could see it clearly.

"Little comrade, is what the village chief said true? Is the devil really going into the village? ”

"Yes, our headquarters intelligence has learned that the devils have begun a sweep, and just a few days ago, we have exchanged fire with the first wave of the devils' sweeping troops."

"Oh my God, I heard that devils are all mad devils, big devils who can eat living people, little comrade, is this true?"

"Eat alive?" Han Xin was stunned for a moment, and then explained with a wry smile: "It's not enough to eat alive, but judging from the previous behavior of the little devils, once they enter the village, I'm afraid they will burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil." ”

"So, what are we going to do?" One of the villagers finally asked the most important question.

Han Xin paused for a moment, and then said in a loud voice: "Fellow villagers, please rest assured, the headquarters sent me here to solve this disaster for everyone......

(To be continued)