Chapter 76: The Journey South (4)
With Qiao Youhua's order, the soldiers quickly cleaned up the battlefield, loaded all the guns and ammunition and other trophies that could be taken away onto their military trucks, and stacked those that could not be taken away on the ironclad train at the station.
A dozen Demomen bundled up the collected explosives packs and some grenades and placed them on top of the ironclad train.
Qiao Youhua rode his white war horse, and more than a hundred soldiers behind him also turned over their horses and took the lead in driving away, followed by twelve trucks full of weapons, ammunition and soldiers.
As soon as the main force of their own army had almost left the town, the dozen or so Demomen left behind immediately lit the fuse, and when time was pressed, they did not set up the detonator, but used the simplest and most primitive method of detonation.
The fuse swished and burned, and in the blink of an eye, a bag of explosives was detonated, followed by a series of violent detonations.
The scarlet flames produced by the violent explosion of "Boom Boom Boom Boom ......" enveloped the entire station almost in it, and in the firelight, it was vaguely seen that the heavy artillery of those devils turned into countless parts and flew wildly with the shock wave.
Flames burst into the sky, and a dozen Demomen quickly caught up to the last truck, boarded and left.
Qiao Youhua, who had already left the town, was attracted by the violent explosion behind him, reined in his war horse and looked back at the monstrous fire and billowing smoke, showed a satisfied smile, and clamped his legs between the horse's belly: "Drive!" Urging the war horse under his crotch to gallop away.
One hundred and eighty soldiers rode horses behind him, and twelve trucks also accelerated violently, carrying this group of enthusiastic men to the front line in Nanjing to go to the national disaster together!
After crossing the railway line, it is the North China Plain of Pingchuan, except for the important transportation arteries, there is no Japanese army stationed, Qiao Youhua led the troops day and night, all the way to the rapid march, one day and one night traveled more than 300 miles, came to the area of Julu County south of Hengshui.
Hengshui is an important town along the Pinghan Railway, garrisoned by devils and puppet troops, but Julu County, which is dozens of kilometers away from it, is a very backward small county at the moment, although the Chinese army here has long fled, but the Japanese have not had time to extend their influence to this remote small county.
There are only some local policemen in the city who are ready to commit treason and become traitors to maintain order, these people usually act as tigers and dominate the county, so to speak, they can be said to be ruffians and hooligans in the cloak of legality, there is no doubt that once the devils come, they will definitely be the first to raise their hands and surrender under the white flag.
On a dirt road five kilometers northwest of the county seat, Liu Yidao led monkeys and others to gallop from the front, and when he came to the front, he stopped his war horse under his crotch and said to Qiao Youhua: "Captain, find out clearly, the front is Julu County, not long ago there was a regular army from Hengshui and other places that retreated, but since the fall of Texas, it has been evacuated, and I don't know where to go."
Now there are no devils and puppet soldiers in the city, only a group of local police to maintain law and order. ”
"Oh? That's an empty city! Qiao Youhua looked back at his subordinates and said, "Pass my order, except for the reconnaissance platoon to serve as a guard, all the rest of the brothers will enter the city, rest for half a day, and then continue to hurry!" ”
Although there are still thousands of miles away from Nanjing, Qiao Youhua knows that he has to let his soldiers rest more appropriately to ensure enough physical fitness and spirit, otherwise even if they rush to Nanjing, they will all be tired and lie down, what will they do to fight devils?
Another point is that Qiao Youhua understands that going to Nanjing to participate in the war is definitely a life of nine deaths, these Yan Zhao men followed him thousands of miles to the national disaster with full of enthusiasm to serve the country, but in the end, how many people survived and triumphed?
Although as a soldier, he died on the battlefield, and the horse leather shroud was regarded as a destination, but Qiao Youhua still couldn't help but be sad, because this group of soldiers was essentially just a young man of one or twenty years old, and the young ones were heart-wrenching, and most of them had never started a family, let alone tasted a woman.
But they have to bear the heavy burden of defending their homes and the country, and shed their blood for it, and in the end, history and future generations may not even be able to remember their names.
If they didn't have themselves, maybe they would be ordinary farmers all their lives, and they might be able to survive in this troubled world for a lifetime, but their appearance changed their fate and life trajectory, so as their commander, Qiao Youhua wanted to let them eat and drink as much as possible before the big war.
If you can, you even want to give one of them a chance to prostitute yourself, and let them all taste what it is like to be a woman, but unfortunately, the bloody war is coming, and they must ensure enough energy, which Qiao Youhua can't satisfy them.
The sudden appearance of the dragon tooth task force frightened the landlords and old wealth, local tyrants and shoddy gentry in the county, thinking that bandits and robbers had come to rob their homes.
Frightened, the city gate was hurriedly closed, and the only dozens of policemen with old weapons landed on the top of the city, but before the battle, all of them trembled, their faces were pale, and they were so frightened that they had no combat effectiveness at all.
Knowing that Qiao Youhua led his subordinates to the city and saw clearly that they were wearing all military uniforms, a police leader at the head of the city pretended to tremble and asked, "Dare to ask which part of you are?" ”
Liu Yidao, who was at the head, strangled the war horse, looked back at Qiao Youhua, and saw Qiao Youhua nodding, Liu Yidao shouted at the top of his throat: "We are the dragon's tooth anti-Japanese task force, we were ordered to go to Nanjing to participate in the war, march all the way through here, hurry up and open the city gate, we have to enter the city to rest!" ”
The police leader saw that the people in the city were all murderous, and the guys in his hands were even better than the other, how dare he say a word, so he hurriedly led people down to the doorway, opened the city gate, and respectfully welcomed the dragon's tooth task force into the city.
As soon as the landlords and landlords of several large local tyrants and inferior gentry in the city heard that they were anti-Japanese forces, they were not so afraid, and they took the initiative to greet them.
Although Qiao Youhua didn't want to fight the landlord and divide the land at this time, he didn't want to cheapen these guys who scavenged for people's fat and ointment on weekdays, so with a wave of his hand, he opened an astonishing number of menus for himself and his subordinates.
Although the landlords and old fortunes were in pain, they did not dare to hesitate at all, and hurriedly nodded and sent people to prepare.
"Remember, the best wine and the best food in this county, give me as much as I want, let my brothers eat and drink enough, so that I can go to the front line to kill devils, if they can't eat and drink enough, and do anything out of the ordinary, I, as a chief, will not be easy to restrain ah!" Qiao Youhua looked like a corrupt official on his face.
The landlords and old fortunes hurriedly bowed their heads and said: "Please rest assured, boss, please rest assured, I promise that the brothers will be satisfied, all satisfied!" ”
Anyway, these landlords and old fortunes have a lot of money and food that is not easy to come by, and they don't eat for nothing, and when they think of these guys and devils changing their banners as soon as they come, they call themselves Taijun, and sell their ancestors for eighteen generations, Qiao Youhua is a little angry.
Rather than cheapen the devil, it is better to burn it on fire, of course, these are trivial things at the moment, and after returning from Nanjing, we must clean up those local tyrants and inferior gentry who are not benevolent to the rich.
Especially the guy who is a traitor to the devil, he must not be spared.
Anyway, the coming day is long, don't worry about no chance.
Soon, several restaurants in the county were contracted by these local tyrants and inferior gentry, and the hungry and thirsty dragon tooth task forces, after receiving Qiao Youhua's instructions, swarmed in and began to feast and drink.
Of course, all the soldiers kept in mind Qiao Youhua's most important warning, that is, after anyone had eaten and drunk enough, they were not allowed to harass the people in the city, and they were not allowed to prostitute themselves, otherwise they would be punished by military law.