Wang Yantai and Ma Changyong were lying on the couch in a private room, and the two smoked beautifully for a while before they began to talk. Wang Yantai said to Ma Changyong:

"Big brother, it's been a few years since you came out, have you ever been home?"

Listening to the crackling firecrackles outside, Ma Changyong couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes, and he sighed in a low voice in a hoarse voice:

"Alas, it's been more than 4 years, and I haven't returned."

"Our hometown in Shandong celebrated the New Year yesterday. Are we okay with our mother? What about sisters-in-law and children? ”

As soon as he heard Wang Yantai's words, Ma Changyong's tears could no longer be held back, and large tears flowed down his cheeks. His hands trembled, and he took a hard breath on the cigarette gun in his hand, letting the thick and spicy smoke roll back and forth between his chest and abdomen, in order to bake his bleeding heart. Suddenly, he choked on the smoke and coughed violently.

Wang Yantai hurriedly turned over and sat up, handed Ma Changyong a cup of hot tea, he took the teacup, and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp. He put down the cup, suddenly took Wang Yantai's hand, looked at Wang Yantai with tearful eyes, choked up and said:

"Brother, it's all because the eldest brother is not angry. Originally, my family still had a few pieces of property, but our father died early, and when I was just Chengren, his old man left. I was the only male in the family, so I took over the family. A year before the devil came to Shandong, I almost ruined this family. They all smoke big cigarettes. My daughter-in-law couldn't bear it anymore and ran away with my 10-year-old son. Our mother was angry and anxious, and it didn't take long for her to leave. I'm all the one who caused it! What is the separation of wives, and what is the destruction of families. I am, I'm such an uncompetitive person. Brother! ”

Ma Changyong hugged his head and cried in a low voice.

"After so many years, the hardest thing is the period of the New Year, I miss home, but I don't have a home. Later, after the devil came, the family was even more unpeaceful, so the heart of going home died. Alas—" Ma Changyong let out a long sigh.

Wang Yantai moved his body and sat next to Ma Changyong. He hugged Ma Changyong's shoulders tightly and sighed softly:

"Alas, big brother, in fact, I am a poor homeless person just like you."

"What? You? Ma Changyong asked in surprise.

"My ancestors went to the northeast to make a living in the east in the early years, and they originally earned a few acres of land and built a few houses, and they were quite passable. Later, when the devils built the South Manchurian Railway, they forcibly expropriated our family's land and drove us out. At that time, I was still young, and I was just sensible, and my family of nearly ten people was forced to move out. It was so hard that we had to build a few huts by the river and barely squeeze in. Later, the devil blew up Huanggutun, Zhang Dashuai died, and the northeast was all occupied by the little devils. There was no way, so we had to follow everyone from the northeast back to our hometown in Shandong. Grandpa and grandma were old, and they didn't survive the way to escape. Back to my hometown, it was miserable enough, there was no tile on the top, and there was no place to stand on the bottom. Finally, the devils attacked Wanping City, and they occupied North China, and later hit Shandong. The old lady soon fell ill and died, and the family really couldn't even open the pot. My father gave away his two younger siblings. In a fit of rage, I took a few people to [***]. In this way, we followed the team all the way from the north to the south, and then came to the 74th Army. It's been a few years now, and I don't know anything about the situation at home. ”

Hearing Wang Yantai's words, Ma Changyong's mouth opened wide in surprise. He stammered and asked:

"You fought devils in Wanjialing?"

"yes!"

"Why did you become a boatman again? Got the ship erected? Ma Changyong was confused, and the second monk was completely confused.

"Let's go, big brother, it's inconvenient to talk here, come back to the boat with me and have a drink, and I'll tell you the ins and outs of the matter."

Wang Yantai stood up, the two put on their cotton clothes, opened the door and walked to the river.

When I walked outside the house, there were busy people everywhere in front of me, shopping and hurrying with a little joy. Although it was cold and windy, they saw many children flying kites on the shores of Gantang Lake, which is as beautiful as a west. Colorful butterflies, centipedes and other kites of various shapes floated in the sky above Gantang Lake and Nanmen Lake, coupled with the joyful laughter and shouts of children, adding a bit of vitality to this small city that has been occupied by devils for a long time.

The two came to the riverside and walked along the gangplank to Wang Yantai's wooden sailboat. The two men pulled the gangplank over and tied it to the side of the boat with a rope. Then he propped the boat about three or four feet away from the river, tied a penny, and tightened the anchor chain.

Ma Changyong has been here many times, and he is familiar with Wang Yantai and went straight down to the cabin.

It was time for lunch, and the table in the center of the cabin was full of dishes. Wang Yantai looked at the table, and his saliva was about to flow out. It turns out that the table is full of authentic Shandong cuisine, including nine turns of large intestines, jar meat, pork ribs and stewed cabbage, braised lion's head, braised carp, etc., all of which are what I like to eat.

When everyone sat down, Ma Changyong realized that there was one more person beside him. Wang Yantai stood up and introduced to him: "This is Colonel Xiong Qiang, chief of staff of our Northern Jiangxi Anti-Enemy Special Brigade. ”

Wang Yantai's words were like a thunderclap, Ma Changyong was so frightened that he jumped up suddenly, and as soon as his hand was released, the chopsticks he had just grabbed fell on the board of the boat under his feet.

"Ganbei Anti-Enemy Special Brigade? Colonel Xiong Qiang? "He was completely blindsided, and he was overwhelmed all at once.

Xiong Qiang bent down and picked up the chopsticks on the floor, wiped them with the corner of his clothes, put them in front of him, and sent his chopsticks to Ma Changyong's hands.

"Sergeant Ma, please be seated." Xiong Qiang smiled and said to Ma Changyong.

"Okay, Chief Xiong, please take a seat." Ma Changyong woke up like a dream, sat down in a trance, and a small drum played in his heart, and he couldn't help but sound loudly.

Ganbei Anti-Enemy Special Brigade! That's the famous Xiao Xiong's troops. They are a boulder pressed in the heart of the old devil Yamamoto, the commander of the Jiujiang devil's city defense, and they are a thorn in the devil's flesh and a thorn in his eye. The common people say that they are gods and generals who can fly over the land without a trace, and they specialize in killing devils and punishing Han annihilation; Hijack trains, blow up bridges. went up to Lushan to kill the devil's officials, and went down to the Yangtze River to blow up the devil's iron boat, which made the devil restless at night. No, in the near future, the devils may have to take a big action, and their gang of policemen will be dispatched to the streets and alleys of Jiujiang, stations and docks to monitor all kinds of suspicious people. But what I never imagined was that I was a pseudo-policeman, but I sat at a table with the senior officers of the Einsatzgruppen by mistake, and I was going to drink and eat.

Xiong Qiang picked up chopsticks and put a piece of fish in Ma Changyong's bowl, and said:

"Officer Ma, you Shandong people should have celebrated the New Year yesterday, and we Jiujiang people celebrated the New Year today. Then we will drink and eat together for the New Year, first I wish you more than one year and a safe year. Brothers, take the bowl and wish you all a Happy New Year! Drink. ”

After speaking, he took the lead and raised his neck to drink the wine in the bowl in one go. Most of the players here are from Shandong, and Shandong people have a bold style of drinking wine in a big bowl and eating meat in large pieces. What they drank today was the wine made from sorghum, not in bottles, but in the spirits they had brewed in Jiangxinzhou and bottled in jars. Everyone picked up the wine bowl and drank it all. It's so refreshing.

"This second bowl of wine, I wish us to beat the little devil away as soon as possible, and we can all go back to our hometown safely to honor our parents, hug our daughter-in-law, and plant crops. Dry! ”

Listening to Xiong Qiang's words, everyone present, including Ma Changyong, couldn't help but be enthusiastic, and everyone stood up. Whispered in unison:

"Kill devils, respect parents, hug daughters-in-law, plant crops! Cheers! ”

"This third bowl of wine is a tribute to the brothers who have sacrificed their lives in killing devils, they can't sit with us and drink anymore, give them a bowl of wine."

Everyone silently spilled the wine on the plank, and then, Wang Yantai poured another bowl of wine, and he opened a canopy and spilled the wine in the bowl into the river.

"Drink, brethren, and drink with joy. Officer Ma, you are the eldest brother of the Yantai brothers, brother, I will toast you. With that, he drank the full bowl of wine in one gulp.

The heroic actions of the brothers of the Einsatzgruppen just now deeply shocked Ma Changyong, and he felt more excited than he had ever been, as if a hazy sky above his head had been opened, revealing a clear blue sky, and his heart suddenly became brighter.

"Thank you, Brother Xiong." He took the bowl and was about to drink.

"Wait, Brother Ma is wrong, all of you here today are brothers, there is no chief, brothers, right?"

"That's right! It's all brothers! Everyone replied with a bang.

"Brother Yantai, have you finished telling Brother Ma the story?" Xiong Qiang said to Wang Yantai with a smile.

"No, Chief of Staff, I was talking about coming to the 74th Army. Let's talk about the following paragraph, you know it better than me. ”

"Brother Ma, you must think it's very strange, why does Brother Yantai believe in you so much and tell you everything about his situation. He's now the captain of our Einsatzgruppen water guerrilla squad. Because we can trust you, we want you to distinguish between right and wrong, kill devils with us, and glorify our ancestors. I asked him to tell you. ”

Xiong Qiang said as he filled Ma Changyong's wine bowl, then picked up his wine bowl and touched it, and took a sip. Ma Changyong also hurriedly picked up the bowl and drank half of it. Xiong Qiang continued:

"We have regarded you as our own brother, and according to the brothers at the police station, you are very capable, you are deeply admired by Peng Fugui, and you have never embarrassed the people. I don't think it matters if you join the Einsatzgruppen or not, as long as your heart is on us. ”

"Definitely! However, I must join your team, kill the devils, and return to my hometown. I still have to go back to marry my daughter-in-law, my wife has already run away with someone, or our Ma family will be cut off. ”

"Hahaha-" There was a burst of happy laughter in the cabin.

After everyone laughed, Xiong Qiang said to Ma Changyong seriously:

"I agree to your request, you will work under the Yantai brothers, and all actions must be under his command. This is the rule of the army. In peacetime, they are brothers, but in wartime, they are superiors and subordinates. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, that's a good dare."

Everyone was very happy and raised the wine bowl in their hands to welcome Ma Changyong to join.

Everyone was drinking and talking. Xiong Qiang and Wang Yantai told the story of killing devils with the Einsatzgruppen to Ma Changyong one by one. He looked at the two commanders in front of him, and the scenes of their heroic killing of the enemy kept appearing in front of him. He was so excited and envious.

At the wine table, Xiong Qiang and Wang Yantai carefully instructed Ma Changyong on the task, and they taught him how to obtain the information of the devil, how to pass it on, and so on. Ma Changyong, who was born in the old rivers and lakes, didn't take long to understand his task.

Seeing that the time has come to the end of the old year, after this small year, spring will begin. Xiao Xiong was very anxious, and time was waiting for no one. During this time, the devil has mobilized a lot of troops to go to the front line, and the war is about to start, but where are the devil's poison gas bombs hidden?