"Behind that row of houses is the railway, and you have to walk a little more to get to the fork." Liu Wenxiu whispered to Gao Quan about the road ahead.

"Okay, let's go!" Gao Quan pulled Liu Wenxiu and strode to the front of the team, and the group passed through the cracks of the low houses illuminated by the faint moonlight in the sky. This row of bungalows is more excessive than those buildings in the city, although there are very few lights on the buildings, but it is not absolutely none, there are always one or two windows with lights on in the next few buildings, but this row of bungalows does not even have a single window with lights. It was black, right on the side of the road, like a long black rock. In addition, the smell of feces and garbage filled the outside of the house, and people felt extremely uncomfortable when they passed by.

Fortunately, although there are many houses in this row of bungalows, there is only one row, and there are no overlapping duplexes, and they pass through the width of the two houses and go directly to the back of the house. As soon as I arrived at the room, my eyes suddenly opened up! There is a bright moon and shining stars in the dark night sky, and a few railroad tracks under the starlight shimmer under the moon, leading to the endless distance.

In the sky is half a moon like a large silver disk and stars in the sky, tonight it is a semi-full moon, and on the ground is a light ribbon like railroad tracks with a cold metallic light, whether you look left or right, you can't see the end at a glance, it is an endless emptiness. Standing next to the railroad tracks, immersed in the dim night, blowing the cool night breeze, Gao Quan's heart suddenly had a feeling of infinite vastness, only to feel that the air was fresh, and the mood was also comfortable, as if all the troubles had gone with the wind.

"Woo-!" A far-reaching whistle came from afar, and a little light suddenly appeared at the end of the distant light band, and there was a faint vibration on the railroad tracks. The point of light quickly became larger and brighter, and the outline of a train became clearer and clearer, "Knock, knock, knock!" "The train roared and vibrated rhythmically, getting closer, closer and closer. Finally, the wind whistled from the railroad tracks in front of him, and the headlights on the front of the car were like the one-eyed eyes of a giant beast, and the snowy light swept out of the tracks, like a long broom in front of the locomotive, sweeping away the darkness in front of the tracks.

Since it is a railway, there must always be a train, not to mention the busy Yueyang Railway Station. Gao Quan came to the railway near Yueyang Station, of course, he would meet the train, which was an inevitable thing, but when this kind of giant super-long iron car passed by at close range, ordinary people would inevitably be dizzy, and even Gao Quan looked at the steam locomotive that was galloping and whistling around him, and he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable shock in his heart.

It took a long time for the team of less than thirty people to pass through the row of bungalows by the railway, and by the time no one came to this side through the cracks in the bungalows, the group gathered behind the tall body had already exceeded three hundred people, and this was only a small part of the revenge detachment. Most of the rest of the men were scattered around this section of the railway, and on the various roads from here to the outside of the city, ready to meet Commander Gao's departure.

Liu Wenxiu led the way in front, and the team went straight along the railway line in one direction. This really has to be led by a familiar person, otherwise, with this kind of railway with no end on both sides, it is easy for ordinary people to even confuse the direction, let alone find a turnout.

Walking on the path by the railroad at night is not as pleasant as walking in the garden in the evening breeze. The moon and stars were shining in the sky, and the smooth surfaces of the railroad tracks were clearly visible, but the visibility on the paths on both sides of the railroad was not so high. Some of the gravel under the rails was shaken off the roadbed and rolled onto the path, and during the day, people walking could easily dodge it, even if they kicked it away, but at night, when there was only moonlight and starlight, everything looked hazy, and it became common to accidentally trip over the rubble.

"Raise your feet and light them when you land." Liu Wenxiu has been dealing with the railway all the year round, and in his early years, he walked on the railway at night, and saw the young people behind him from time to time when someone was tripped under his feet, so he hurriedly reminded him loudly. Immediately the stumbling under the feet of the soldiers was greatly reduced, and the team moved faster along the railway.

After a while, a train whizzed by, some forward and some backward, and it was clear that this section of the railway was quite busy. Gao Quan did not shy away from it, the train is coming, and the team should go forward or go forward as usual. Not to mention that this team has changed its uniforms now, even if it is wearing the uniform of the national army, it is impossible for the devil to stop and check, this feeling of passing sideways with the enemy and walking on one side of the road is really amazing.

After nearly half an hour of walking along the path along the railway, the team went up to the roadbed and began to walk along the sleepers next to the tracks. This is what Liu Wenxiu said, let everyone walk outside the railroad tracks, not in the middle.

The rails stretched forward like two silver belts, and not far ahead, the two silver belts suddenly split into four, and two more suddenly appeared from the right side of the railroad tracks in front of them, extending far ahead, and here was the separation of the railway.

"Be careful, everybody, don't go between the two tracks, go outside the tracks." Liu Wenxiu reminded the fighters again.

"This, Wenxiu, why can't you walk from the railway?" Gao Quan really doesn't know too much about the rules on the railway, is it because walking between the two railroad tracks is not easy to avoid the fast approaching train? It seems that it is not too difficult for a normal person to dodge a train that is not too fast hundreds of kilometers away?

"There's a railroad crossing in front of you, and there's a spring mechanism in the middle of the turnout where you might get your foot caught if you walk around it. So, it's best not to walk on the railroad without walking in the middle of the tracks, especially near the turnouts! Liu Wenxiu's voice was very solemn, the sky was too dark to see the expression on his face clearly, and it was estimated that it was mostly serious.

Approaching the turnout, Liu Wenxiu asked the team to stop, he walked to the front alone, squatted there to carefully observe the state of the turnout, looked at the time again, and then ran back, "It's ten o'clock five, and the Japanese troop carrier departed from Yueyang Station at half past ten, and it takes almost thirteen minutes to get to this fork." We're just waiting next to the train to pull the turnout. ”

"I can't pull it now, are you worried that there will be other trains that will also take this road?" It was Liu Qi who asked this sentence, in fact, this is also what most of the people present want to know.

"Not really." Unexpectedly, Stationmaster Liu denied Liu Qi's speculation, "There are wrenchers and patrol workers on the railway. This fork has been wrenched, which means that the wrench has already come, but the patrol man does not know when he will pass through here. Let's turn the switch over to him now, and then turn around and leave. There will be a display of the turnout in the station dispatch room, and they only need to send the nearby patrol workers over to turn the switch over again, haven't we done a futile job tonight? ”

It turned out to be early!