Chapter Eighty-Nine: Crossing the Qujiang River

"Chinese soldiers, Chinese soldiers!" The devils who chased after him saw the fleeing figures in front of them from a long distance, and the devils screamed loudly, chasing after them desperately.

The Scouts leaped and jumped, using trees, rocks, and constantly changing their running trajectory to dodge the fire of the pursuers behind them. The devils fired guns indiscriminately, and the ghosts screamed and chased desperately behind, and the two sides were like athletes in a long-distance running race, showing their abilities and using all their physical strength to run towards the north gate of Quzhou City.

It was not far from Qujiang here, and the scout's footsteps were fast, and after running for a while, he saw a bright silver belt in front of him, which was Qujiang. The road to the Qujiang ferry crossing was cut off, and the bunkers of sandbags cut off the entire road, and the bunkers continued into the fields on both sides of the road, and a row of black muzzles were exposed on the bunkers.

"Da Da Da! Da-da-da-da! The sound of the Makqin heavy machine gun rang out, followed by the Czech light machine gun, the Chinese rifle, the Hanyang-made rifle, and the mortar, and the sound of all kinds of weapons sounded one after another, and the north bank of the Qujiang River suddenly became a battlefield where guns and bullets flew wildly!

This is the Quzhou defenders shooting, and these bullets are certainly not aimed at the scouts. The scout was wearing the blue uniform of the national army, and although the sky was overcast, the defenders could still see the color of the clothes of the visitors. The bullets made the scouts who ran over hit the devils who were chasing after them head-on! The devils who were chasing were knocked down several times on the spot, and when the people behind saw that the situation was not good, they immediately lay down, lying there holding guns and shooting at the national army blocking the way.

"Brother, what part are you from?" Behind the bunker, a National Army lieutenant asked the scout who ran up to him.

"Five hundred." The scout agreed, and quickly ran through the defenders' fortifications to the ferry.

"Five hundred? How did the 500 Army get here? The lieutenant hesitated, trying to stop but was too late, and watched the soldier run away. Anyway, they have to cross the river through the ferry, and if these people are really spies, the brothers at the ferry will not let them go!

"We are from the 500 army, and we are here to reinforce Quzhou City!" Chen Laosi explained to the defending soldiers at the ferry where he came from. The defenders here at the ferry were much stricter than the soldiers on the battlefield, and when they saw that the scouts were wearing the uniforms of the national army, they still pointed at them with the muzzles of their guns, as if they were all devils disguised.

"Show me your ID!" The soldier standing at the front stretched out his hand with a blank face.

"We're really five hundred!" Chen Laosi looked at the serious defenders, and helplessly put his hand into his jacket pocket and took out his military ID card and handed it over.

The soldiers on the ferry looked at the documents carefully, and then checked Chen Laosi's face with the photo on the documents, "Your number and name!" Obviously holding the certificate, this one had to ask Chen Laosi to report it orally again.

"Chen Baokun, the commander of the first battalion of the 500 Army Reconnaissance Regiment." Although he was very dissatisfied with the attitude of this little soldier, Chen Laosi understood that now was an extraordinary time, and any strict inspection was necessary! Therefore, he had a very correct attitude when he reported his name and position.

"Camp Commander Chen, welcome to Quzhou!" The soldier returned the documents to Chen Laosi with both hands and saluted, "I'm sorry, this is an extraordinary time, please forgive Battalion Commander Chen." ”

"Good brother!" Chen Laosi gave a thumbs up to the soldiers, "The military situation is urgent, please let us cross the river immediately!" ”

"Please!" The soldier flashed back, and Chen Laosi led his scout through the sentry quickly.

There were already two flatbed ferries parked on the bank of the river, and there were more than a dozen national troops standing on the shore, and one of the captains saw the people coming and took two steps forward to greet them, "May I ask which part of the brothers?" "If you can successfully pass through the checkpoint in front, then it proves that these people are your own people," the captain asked casually, looking at the faces of these people.

"We are the vanguard of the 500 Army. Our army was ordered to support the defense of Quzhou, and the captain received a notification from the war zone, right? "There's nothing to hide, the 500 Army is here to support the 86th Army, Chen Laosi was with his head on his back when he said this.

"Five hundred troops have come to support the defense of Quzhou? That's great! The captain was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ran over and grabbed Chen Laosi's hand and shook violently, "You guys came too timely!" Thank you, thank you! Brothers, get on the boat and go into the city to have a good meal. This one didn't know what to say when he was excited. Listening to the meaning of his words, it was as if Chen Laosi and his scouts had been hungry for several days and had come to Quzhou City to eat together.

The soldiers on the battlefield are not diplomats, there is nothing that can speak and cannot speak, anyway, just know that this person is welcoming him. Chen Laosi said goodbye to the captain with a smile and took his scout on the ferry. The gunfire behind him continued, and the battle between the defenders and the devils was raging. The pursuit of the scouts was an accident, and the Japanese attack on Quzhou City would not stop for a short time.

The Qujiang River is not very wide, there are not big waves on the water surface, countless large and small whirlpools are rolling and swirling on the river surface, and the wind seems to be a little strong. Looking up at the gray sky, the clouds seem to be full of water, a river below, a lake in the sky, echoing each other, a storm will come to Qujiang at any time.

"Brother, is this river deep?" Armed swimming is a compulsory training project for scouts, and at the first opportunity, they will organize scouts to swim in the river, Chen Laosi swam a lot, and when he sat on the boat and looked at Qujiang, he was thinking that he could swim back and forth with a gun.

"It's not deep yet, the water is not urgent, as long as you can swim through it twice. Not tomorrow. The boatman raised his black face and looked at the sky, "On this day, there will be a rainstorm tonight, and the Qujiang River will have to rise tomorrow!" ”

Tomorrow is going to have to rise? It seems that now is really the time to enter Quzhou! "When the water rises tomorrow, you should rest, right?" Chen Laosi smiled and pulled the boatman's homely routine.

"Can't rest! There are still so many of our brothers in Jiangbei, so I have to send all the big guys back to the city to rest! The boatman looked behind him, his eyes full of tenderness, "They are all young men, how can you throw them to the devils?" ”

The experienced boatmen held the ferry, and in a short time, they ferried the two boats of soldiers to the other side of the river. There were several hundred people in the reconnaissance battalion, and the two ferries shuttled back and forth on the river several times before all Chen Laosi's troops were sent to the south bank of the river.

"Brother, thank you today!" Chen Laosi took the boatman's hand and stuffed a few silver dollars into the calloused hands, "Go back and make new clothes for the child." Okay, I'll see my brother back, and I'll take your boat when I cross the Qujiang River again! Waving to the boatman, Chen Laosi led the soldiers to the city gate.

The boatman looked at the backs of the warriors for a few seconds, rubbed the back of his hand against his eyes, grabbed the oar, and rowed the boat towards the center of the river.