Chapter 8: Killing the Dog
The north wind was howling, the horses were galloping, and a cavalry force of about 100 people galloped over the endless exotic snowfield. Hu Fei and his Einsatzgruppen have been running continuously for nearly an hour. The cold wind blew his face numb, and his body seemed to be a little frozen.
"Phew-" As soon as the reins of the spotted horses began to slow down, nearly a hundred horsemen followed suit, and after a few minutes the ranks came to a complete halt. "Go into the woods and rest for ten minutes. Ten minutes later, move on! Hu Fei took his horse and rushed to the woods fifty meters away.
In an empty snowfield, it's nice to have a forest. At the very least, the woods can keep the wind out. In the woods, there is never a strong north wind that freezes people's bones as they do outside.
"Brother Fei, how far is it?" Gou Tianxiao shrunk his neck and hugged his arms and asked Hu Fei. Hearing his question, Li San, Ji Jinbiao and others next to him all came over, and even Chief of Staff Liu Dong looked at Hu Fei, as if he had the answer here.
"It's not far!" The first thing Hu Fei said was to reassure everyone, "Didn't that Yansky say that it would take an hour and a half, and now an hour has passed." I guess I'll be there in half an hour at most! Let's ride a horse and run fast, how can it be like those Rakshasa ghosts? If the brothers have something to eat, they should quickly eat a bite, and if they don't eat, they will get up and wipe the horses and wipe their bodies, and we will leave in a while! ”
I took a break in the middle of running for an hour, and this was the second time. The war horses were running all over with sweat, and their mouths were steaming hot, as if they had just run out of a steamer, including Hu Fei's spotted horse. The war horse was sweating all over his body in such a cold day, if he didn't dry it quickly, he would have to get sick when the heat passed.
Hu Fei took a towel to wipe the sweat of the horse, and the soldiers all followed to serve their respective horses when they saw it. War horses are the two legs of cavalry, if the horse is sick, what do they ride? It is said that it is a ten-minute break, but in fact, everyone fills something in their mouths and wipes the sweat of the horses.
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and Hu Fei took the lead and jumped on horseback and raised his hand, "Let's go!" The rumbling of hooves echoed again over the snowy fields.
A shadow gradually appeared on the horizon, and it was the village! Hu Fei raised his hand to stop the team again. It's already in place, you can walk slowly. I took out my pocket watch and looked at it, an hour and fifteen minutes! Fifteen minutes faster than the Soviet officer Yansky said.
The sound of kicking and trampling horses' hooves continued, and the Einsatzgruppen walked slowly forward for five minutes before picking up speed again. It's just that there seems to be some joy in the shouts of the soldiers this time. When it comes to the place, to a place where they can eat and bake a fire, can the soldiers not be happy?
"Drive! Drive! The shouts of the horses came and went, and the sudden increase in the sound of horses' hooves pierced the dark night sky like rumbling war drums.
The people in the village seemed to be awakened by the sound of horses' hooves, and one suddenly turned on the lights, followed by the second and third, and soon, almost every house in this small village with only a few dozen families had their lights on.
The dog barked! In this small village in the middle of nowhere, a family must have at least one dog. Dogs are their best helpers in herding, housekeeping, and hunting. There are unknown outsiders coming, and the first to come out to greet guests is always the villagers' dogs!
If it is an ordinary guest, when you see the watchdog rushing over, you will inevitably stand in place and call out to the dog's owner. At this time, some villagers should run out and grab the dogs, ask about the intentions of the visitors, and then take the people into the village to entertain them, which is the hospitality that the villagers should have.
Hu Fei and his Einsatzgruppen were obviously not locals, nor were they herdsmen on the grasslands, so they had no idea of the customs and habits of the snowy villages. A big bunch of dogs coming? It seems that the person who came is not good? Even what? They are cavalrymen, not unarmed Hanako! Can they get a pack of dogs to bite them?
Seeing the herds of big dogs barking frantically getting closer and closer, the wide open dog's mouth and sharp dog teeth seemed to be clearly visible, and the cavalrymen picked up their guns and began to aim!
They may not be able to aim so accurately when fighting devils on the battlefield. The devils also shoot, and the fighters are mainly focused on how to dodge the bullets, where do they have the kung fu to aim carefully? Well, now, the group of dogs rushing in front of you are simply moving targets! It's fun to fight!
"Smack!" A soldier fired a shot, followed by a flurry of guns!
Hu Fei didn't look good behind him, and hurriedly shouted: "Pay attention to saving bullets!" Don't shoot casually! "Just these dozens of dogs, if he doesn't shout these few voices, maybe hundreds of bullets may not be able to hold it! Now in the territory of the Soviet Union, there is nowhere to buy guns and bullets with money, and Hu Fei, as a commander, must think of everything!
Hu Fei shouted, and sure enough, the gunfire quickly weakened, and it stopped completely after half a minute. It only took half a minute from the sound of gunfire to silence!
Hu Fei urged the horse to the front, and Ji Jinbiao and Gou Tianxiao had already rushed up to inspect the dog's corpse.
"Brother Fei, we can't tell if it's a wolf or a dog!" Pretending to flip through a few times, Gou Tianxiao raised his head and reported his findings to Hu Fei.
"Hmm. Brethren, we have rid this village of wolves! I didn't expect to do a good thing when I first arrived! Haha, bring all the dead wolves, and when you go back, you can satisfy your hunger for Brigade Commander Zheng and his father and sisters! I heard that wolf meat is a delicacy in the world! Let's go into the village and make the people in the village happy! ”
Who doesn't know it's a dog? Do wolves howl? But that's what Hu Fei said! Of course, no one in the Einsatzgruppen would remind Hu Fei that this was a pack of dogs. Is it a dog? Why do you still fight when you know it's a dog?
The warriors treated the dead wolf (since Hu Fei said it was a wolf, then treat it as a dead wolf for the time being. He put the horse behind his buttocks and rode on his horse towards the village. Before I walked to the entrance of the village, I saw a bright light in front of me, and it turned out that the people of the village came to the entrance of the village with lights.
Hundreds of people from dozens of families stood at the entrance of the village, holding oil lamps, flashlights, candles and other lighting tools, and hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at the Einsatzgruppen cavalry.
"Hello folks! We are the Chinese Volunteers. Because of the anti-Japanese resistance, I passed by your village. Just now, your village was attacked by wolves, and it happened to be met by our army. I'll get rid of these man-eating wolves! Soldiers, it is our duty to eliminate violence and peace! ”
Hu Fei talked eloquently at the top of his voice, and Liu Dong next to him was tightly engaged in translating. As soon as Hu Fei talked about Xingtou, an old man with a cane walked out of the villagers' ranks. Someone came out to receive it? Hu Fei immediately stopped his speech when he saw the comer, and looked at this old man with no hair on his head curiously.