The commander of the 106th Division, Lieutenant General Junroku Matsuura, led his 111th Brigade (including the 113th Infantry Wing and 147th Wing) and the 136th Brigade (including the 123rd Infantry Wing and 145th Infantry Wing), as well as one wing each of cavalry, artillery, engineers, and baggage, and had been in the mountains for three days.

After turning around again and again, I finally thought that I had turned out of the mountains, but it turned out that it seemed to be back to the original place. In this place, the village seems to have been carved out of a mold, all of which are in tatters and the same trees, and not a single common person can find it, not even a dog or a chicken, let alone anything else to eat.

It seems that the Chinese government has done quite well in clearing the wilderness. All the ordinary people have evacuated this area, for fear of retaliation from the little devils. All livestock, poultry, grain, and vegetables, as long as they are edible, are to be taken away or hidden.

Even a dog is taken away, if the dog is still in love with the family and is unwilling to go, then it will be killed and buried. Even if it's buried, you can't let the little devils eat it.

The cavalry wing rides a large ocean horse and shows off its might, and the artillery wing and the baggage wing also need a large number of horse-drawn cannons, or horses carrying supplies.

When it left Jiujiang, the 106th Division had several thousand horses. Thousands of horses lined up, it was also a grand sight, sprinkled with joy, thrilling.

But as soon as they entered the Wanjialing area, they were shelled by the Chinese army almost every day. The horses had a large target and suffered heavy losses, and a large number of horses were killed.

When we arrived at Liuqigu, there were five or six hundred dead horses in the rice fields at the bottom of a low hill to the east of the village, and in a field half a mile away. The dead horses were lined up in rows, one next to the other, quite neatly, and they made great contributions to the Japanese Empire alive, and they would continue to serve the Emperor when they died......

The Japanese soldiers were still in awe of these war horses and service horses, and when they died, they had to hold sacred funerals for them and pray for them. Of course, you can't eat them.

If you really use these war horses and service horses as food, I am afraid that no one will starve to death for a month or half a month.

Junrokuro Matsuura said to his chief of staff, "It's dangerous to go around the mountains like this, have you found our place?" ”

"Nope." Major General Nakabe said dejectedly.

It turned out that the 1/50,000th scale military map used by the General Staff Headquarters of the 106th Division was stolen by Okamura Ninji from Sun Chuanfang in 1926 and printed and distributed to all units by the General Staff Headquarters, and there were many inaccuracies in it. And when the troops got the map, they couldn't correct it against the references, so they couldn't figure out where they were.

The 106th Division tried to demarcate the direction with the help of the compass, but what they didn't expect was that there were rich magnetite deposits in the local area, and the compass failed, and if there was no sun, it would be impossible to distinguish between east and west, north and south.

In addition, the weather has been extremely bad in the past few days, and the planes of the air force have not been able to take off, and the connection from the air has been cut off again.

Junrokuro Matsuura said to the chief of staff of the Central Side: "General Central Side, what do you say, we must not continue to blindly turn around like this again, even if the enemy cannot defeat us, we will also exhaust ourselves." ”

Nakami said: "Chief Matsuura, I see if this is possible, we will temporarily stay in the vicinity, actively contact our superiors, and wait until our position is determined, and then attack again." ”

At this time, not far from the 106th Division, gunshots were heard again, needless to say, this was the alert unit of the 106th Division and the Chinese army again. Such gunshots have become more and more frequent.

Junrokuro Matsuura said bitterly: "We can't figure out our position, the air force can't support us, the plane can't take off yet, and it's about to run out of ammunition and food, and we're already quite passive." ”

Zhong Bian said: "No matter how passive we are, if we want to try our best to overcome the dilemma of being in service, I think the first thing is to determine our position, and if we can't settle down, we will be like blind people." ”

At this moment, a herald in front of him delivered good news, and a half-buried stone tablet was suddenly found on the edge of the village. When Matsuura Junrokuro heard the music, he happily said to Nakabe, "Let's take a look, and we can't figure out what clues can be found from this stone tablet." ”

Nakami also said happily: "Let's go, let's see." ”

The two men and several staff officers of the headquarters immediately arrived in front of the stone tablet. This stele was half buried, and only a small section was exposed, revealing a white character "Liu", which was yin and black next to it. "This is called Chinese rubbing, that is, you need to write the characters first, stick them on the stone tablet, and then carve them down, remove the paper, and paint them black on the side." ”

It seems that China is still a China expert.

Matsuura Junrokuro didn't have the time to listen to him sell Chinese culture, and hurriedly said to his subordinates: "Hurry up, dig up this stone tablet." ”

The men under him worked together, and after a while, the stele was dug up, but Junrokuro Matsuura didn't recognize the Chinese characters on it, and asked, "What are these words?" ”

This stele is actually written on the three words "Liu Drum ", because the word "Drum " is more complicated, it appears very little, and he does not recognize it in the middle, but he will be Meng, so he read half a word, and shouted: "Oh, I know, this is called Liu Wai Drum, that is, Liu Wai Drum Village." Haha, our location has finally been found. ”

In fact, this word is not pronounced "free", but "full", which means that the leather is fixed around the drum frame and made into a drum surface. Fortunately, Junrokuro Matsuura doesn't understand more than Nakami, so of course he shows Nakami's ability.

A staff officer hurriedly opened the map and found the name of Liu Qigu's village on the map, but after looking for a long time, they were disappointed again, and there was no village of Liu Qigu on the map.

Just when they were disappointed, the herald sent another piece of good news: "Report to Your Excellency the Commander, a young Chinese woman has been captured, and ask the Commander to send her down." ”

If you want to say that this herald is really true, if you catch a Chinese citizen, if there is anything to report, just ask the relevant departments to review it. However, this herald knew that Junrokuro Matsuura was young and prosperous, especially for women, and had a special penchant for women. There is a way to be a soldier for three months, and the old sow is a sable cicada, and it is said that it is Junrokuro Matsuura.

Originally, Junrokuro Matsuura heard that there was no name of Liu Qigu on the map, and his feelings suddenly fell down. Now when I heard that I had caught a Chinese woman, it was like being beaten with chicken blood, and my mood suddenly improved, and I said loudly: "Let's go, go to the trial, if you don't get it, you can find out a lot of secrets from her." ”

Liu Maoliang in the village is also a wealthy family, and he married a young and beautiful wife named Hongzhi. After the village received a notice from the government that the Japanese army was coming and all of them were moved to the mountain, the whole village immediately moved to the mountain with cattle, sheep, dogs, and chickens.

Halfway through, Liu Maoliang's wife Hongzhi suddenly thought that a jade bracelet sent by her mother's family had forgotten beside her pillow, and she was in a hurry to go back to get it. Liu Maoliang loved his newly married wife again, and he did not establish his own prestige, so he had to persuade her euphemistically: "Hongzhi, the devil is about to enter the village, is your bracelet valuable, or is your life valuable?" ”

But Liu Maoliang's wife is a money fan, and immediately replied: "It is said that the devil will come today, tomorrow, and when has he come." My bracelet was bought by my mother for 10 catties of corn, it is a valuable thing in my heart, and it is accompanied by my mother's family, but I can't ask the little devil to take it. ”

As she spoke, no matter how her husband shouted, she still ran on tiptoe to get the jade bracelet, and shouted as she ran: "Come back soon, come back soon." ”

It was a coincidence, as soon as Liu Maoliang's wife entered the village, the devil came and arrested her.

As if he were picking up a treasure, Junrokuro Matsuura hurriedly led the people from the headquarters back to interrogate the peasant woman. The interest in women is actually only one aspect, the most important thing is in this place, there is no sky, no land, the most urgent thing is to know the surrounding qiē, whether it can provide an accurate location for yourself and the relevant departments.

The woman was locked up in Liu Maoliang's own room, and there was a Japanese soldier standing guard outside the door.

said that the trial was tried, and the interrogation immediately began in the hall of Liu Maoliang's house. When the new daughter-in-law was brought in, Junrokuro Matsuura's eyes couldn't help but light up.

The light of the horse lamp gave off a dim yellow light, and when the wick was twisted, the amount of oil increased, and the room looked much brighter.

This new daughter-in-law, wearing a flower gown, blue pants, wrapped around her small feet, a pair of small black shoes looks particularly bright, and the front of the little black shoes is embroidered with small red flowers. Look at the face of the new daughter-in-law, in the countryside, it is also a beauty, with big eyes, a high nose bridge, and curved wicker eyebrows, although the face is a little dirty, it is also smeared by herself.

The new daughter-in-law shook in front of her eyes, and she became her own wife. After more than a year of arduous battles, where to take care of his wife and children at home, here, it was as if his wife had reappeared.

Junrokuro Matsuura couldn't help but itch this Chinese woman and look at it differently.

Junrokuro Matsuura said a word, and a translator translated a sentence next to him. Junrokuro Matsuura smiled and comforted Hongzhi and said, "Chinese woman, don't be afraid, I am also a very good person in Japan." As long as you tell the truth, we won't do anything to you? ”

Liu Maoliang's wife, Hongzhi, was very frightened, and said that the Japanese killed people without blinking, and they wanted to rape Chinese women. Unexpectedly, how did I get involved in this matter? I really regret it in my heart, it seems that this bracelet really shouldn't come back to get it.

Junrokuro Matsuura asked, "What kind of village is this?" ”

Hongzhi said tremblingly: "This is Liu Qigu Village. ”

"What's the village next to it?" Junrokuro Matsuura asked.