Three days later, we got the bad news that the Japanese advance had broken through the defense line of Shuanglong Town, and it was only about 100 miles away from the county seat of Xin'an.

Duan Biao: "Return the damn Wei Rong troops, the Central Army!" It's really cowardly, and the troops of 200,000 people let the little devils chase their butts from Guangxi to Xin'an! I'm afraid I'm going to be pushed into Chongqing again! ”

"I heard that when they ran to Guiyang, there were only two divisions left. Chief Yang picked up a bargain, collected their rout while retreating, and retreated to Guiyang not only had no loss, but expanded another army! You say anecdotes are not anecdotes! "I was bored fiddling with my rifle, reloading and reloading over and over again, and I was extremely bored.

Duan Biao scolded: "It's all fucking all the way!" Not to mention that they can't fight a good war, they are afraid of suffering a little loss, I think if the little devils occupy China, what else do they have to pick up! Even if we let us fight, it won't be like this! ”

I threw my rifle heavily on the table: "The military department will not use our group of rags to fight this kind of battle, they are worried that we will collapse at the touch of a button, and then bring other troops into chaos, who would have thought that it is also a virtue to send the elite up!" ”

Duan Biao and I, like all junior officers who complain when they lose a battle, unflatteringly demeanour superiors.

The Japanese army invaded Xin'an, and the capital was shaken. Because this has directly threatened the security of the rear, and the Tianshui River Bridge we are guarding is a choke point leading to Guizhou, which will become the last line of defense in Guizhou.

Three miles of Tianshui River, ten miles of Tianshui Bridge. Because of the rugged terrain and steep terrain, the Tianshui Bridge extends for a long time on land, and if you want to go deep into Guizhou, this bridge is the only way to go.

Towards the end of the evening, the US military airfield suddenly became lively, and the tightly sealed military trucks seemed to be busy coming in and out, and the engineer battalion of our division also ran into the airfield.

Duan Biao and I drank the caravan tea I brought back from Yinghui, chatting about messy trivial matters with nothing to do.

Mao Xiaodou came in excitedly: "Company commander, I know what the Americans on the other side are doing!" ”

Duan Biao glanced at Mao Xiaodou: "Little Maodou, didn't Lao Tzu tell you, cross the Tianshui Bridge and go to Guiyang by yourself, the farther you go, the better!" The little devil is coming, and there is going to be a war, don't you know! ”

Mao Xiaodou smiled: "I'm not leaving, I don't want to be a deserter." Send me a gun, and I can fight devils too! ”

Duan Biao kicked him and scolded with a smile: "Hit a fart, a hairy kid with no gun." Aren't you just afraid that you won't be able to eat if you leave the army...... Anko, how much money do you have? ”

Duan Biao pulled out more than a dozen silver dollars from himself: "See, so much money is enough for you to live for a few months." I won't give you the national currency, so I have to leave some cigarette money for Lao Tzu. Take the money and get out! ”

Mao Xiaodou looked at the silver dollars that Duan Biao and I stuffed into him, and tears crackled down. Although he is still a child, he is not a fool, he knows that the two people in front of him are for his good.

Duan Biao laughed: "Just this slug still wants to fight devils?" Ha ha. ”

I walked over and stuffed the money into his pocket: "Let's go, if there is a real fight, no one will be able to take care of you." ”

Mao Xiaodou was a little anxious, and took out the money from his pocket and slapped it on the table: "Company commander, can you listen to me?" I've got the information! ”

I glanced at Duan Biao with a smile: "Yo, do you still have the potential to be a spy officer?" Okay, let's listen, you say. ”

"There is a fellow of mine in the engineer battalion, I just met him at the bridge, and he told me that the Tianshui River Bridge will be blown up soon!"

Duan Biao and I glanced at each other, and Duan Biao looked at Mao Xiaodou with a serious expression: "That fellow of yours really told you that?" Did you hear it right? ”

Mao Xiaodou immediately made an oath gesture: "If I talk nonsense, I won't die well if the sky thunders!" ”

Duan Biao: "Bah, who the hell said you were talking nonsense!" I mean, did you hear me wrong? ”

"Is that still wrong? He talked to me and was scolded by his superiors. Mao Xiaodou said.

Duan Biao walked back and forth on the ground: "Blow up the bridge...... Does that mean Xin'an County doesn't want it? Are we going to retreat across the river? ”

"The entrance to the garden has been blown up, not to mention a bridge. Now as long as you can block the Japanese army, you can use any trick, you can bomb anything, you can burn anything......" I suddenly stopped my cynicism, and I glared at Duan Biao: "Do you think they will burn Xin'an like burning Changsha?" ”

Duan Biao pondered: "Probably not, the whole country has been scolded for burning Changsha City, and you dare to burn it a second time?" ”

"Solid wall clearing. The Yellow River flooded the Japanese army and the Chinese, and the scholars could scold the government for incompetence in the newspapers and march in protest, but this did not prevent Shangfeng from continuing to do so. ”

Before it was completely dark, I went to the Tianshui River Bridge and saw the Willis parked at the bridge from a distance.

Smith saw me as if he were in the air, and I was not discouraged by his ignorance, and stood at the head of the bridge: "It's a shame that a bridge is blown up." ”

Smith couldn't ignore me any longer, his expression was a little helpless: "Your army really has no secrets to speak of, and the matter that was decided was spread to everyone in the blink of an eye!" ”

"So you're going to blow up the bridge?" I asked him.

"You can't stop the Japanese, what else can you do but blow up the bridge?" Smith glared at me, with a bit of hatred for not being able to stop the Japanese, as if it was my sole responsibility to stop the Japanese.

"What about the people of Xin'an?" I talk about it in the name of the people of Xin'an, but in fact I am even more worried about the girl named Yinghui.

Smith looked at me for a moment before he said slowly, "You are the first Chinese officer I heard of who thinks about the common people. However, I can't answer your question, it's not my responsibility. ”

I was ashamed of his misunderstanding and my own narrow-mindedness and selfishness, and the size of my inner pattern could really touch the depths of my soul, and I condemned myself in my heart: An Sihu, you are really not a thing!

I took the truck of the transport battalion to Xin'an, and I looked down on myself in my heart, but it did not prevent me from moving as before.

Maybe it's twenty-five years of being alone that makes me fed up with the unbearable loneliness, or maybe it's the spotless little girl with a beautiful face that arouses my desire to protect. Anyway, I just want to go and see her, so what? I can't answer myself.

I stumbled to Xin'an in my thoughts. The tea shop was as clean as ever, Yinghui was wiping the tables and chairs, and Yinghui's grandmother was dozing. If it weren't for the wartime, such a picture really gave me the illusion that I had returned to Beiping, returned to the bustling Qianmen Street, and seemed to have walked into an ordinary teahouse in Beiping.

I was stunned, Yinghui looked back and saw me, her surprise was undisguised: "Oh, Brother An, you're here." ”

Grandma Yinghui also woke up, but her wrinkled face was a smile that saw everything, and she shook her feet and stood up: "I'll go and see if there is any good tea to boil, and when Chief An comes, you have to have good tea to entertain." ”

I was embarrassed to be seen through my heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, so I sneered: "I just happened to go to the city on business, so I stopped by to take a look......"

Ying Hui hurriedly brought tea and snacks and melon seeds, and then stood there thinking about it, as if thinking about what else to eat.

I looked at Yinghui, who was busy and cheerful, and my eyes followed her. Yes, I have to admit, I like this girl. Her eyes, her nose, her lips, her smile and smile can all draw my gaze.

"The Japanese are coming, you know?" I pretended to be normal.

Ying Hui stopped rummaging: "Where did you hit?" Hit Xin'an? She sat down across from me, a little flustered: "Are the Japanese really as evil as they say?" Do all kinds of bad things? Murder, arson, bullying... Woman? ”

I looked at her, "Yes." They do everything! Murder and arson to bully women. ”