CHAPTER IV. 4

The sensational Battle of Nanjing came to an end......

In Xie Dacheng's impression, Yang Longfei should have woken up slowly seven hours after taking the medicine, which was the second time he woke up after contracting malaria, or on the way to Xuzhou. After taking the medicine, although the body still has a low-grade fever, the overall condition is much better than before, at least the person is awake.

On the way to retreat, the commander of the first battalion, Xie Dacheng, was pleasantly surprised to find a stretcher that had been left behind, and he hurriedly asked the regiment commander to carry him to it, and laid him a mattress of animal skin taken from the fishing boat. Because his left arm was severely wounded by a bullet, Xie Dacheng had to ask the other two fighters to help carry the stretcher one after the other, and walked in the middle of the team at a uniform speed.

Yang Longfei's eyes were slightly open, and his voice was still significantly weak: "Dacheng, where is this?" ”

"Commander, let's rush in the direction of Xuzhou, I just asked someone, and after walking for three or four hours, we should enter the boundary of Bengbu, I estimate that I will arrive in Xuzhou in another day and night......"

Yang Longfei patted his head lightly and continued to ask, "Who came up with the idea?" ”

"It's what Deputy Head Zhang meant."

"Zhang Shan? As for others, tell him to come to me, I have something to say......"

"Commander, Deputy Commander Zhang, they are not with us...... Let me tell you the truth, when our group arrived at Yanziji, all the people in the headquarters had run away, and there was only one broken boat left. There are many villains in this boat, and Deputy Commander Zhang remembered what you said before, you can't leave a single brother behind, so he took the second and third battalions to break through from the front. I told Lao Zhang that as long as they succeed in breaking through, they will meet in Xuzhou in two days! Xie Dacheng looked at Yang Longfei, who was lying on the stretcher with a pale face and a sickly face, and said cautiously.

"How many days is it?"

"It's only been less than a day. Commander, don't worry about it, put on this mattress and sleep steadily. Don't worry, we're out of the Japanese jurisdiction now, and the devils won't be here so quickly. You rest in peace, as long as I, Xie Dacheng, have a breath of air, I will never leave you and other fighters, even if you use your back, you will definitely be carried to Xuzhou well! ”

Yang Longfei smiled bitterly and said: "You kid don't sing high notes for me, if you want to leave me in Nanjing, you don't have to say anything, just leave me a *." What if you throw Lao Tzu down now? Didn't you just say that this is not a Japanese jurisdiction, why did you leave Lao Tzu here and plan to feed wild dogs? I want that kid Zhang Shan to know, I have to kill your kid ......."

Xie Dacheng smiled embarrassedly: "Commander, what you said is very good, I will throw you away at this time, then it is estimated that I will have to suffer from the black guns of the soldiers before I take a few steps." No way, the first battalion is a team that started with you, and its relationship with you is closer to me...... But then again, Captain, you're half right. Before the breakthrough, Lao Zhang was told thousands of times, like a girl, I said in my heart that no matter how bad I am a big man, I won't throw you down, right? Then am I still going to be ashamed? ”

Yang Longfei's eyes welled up with tears, and he thought a little sadly: "I don't know what happened to this kid Zhang Shan, didn't he rush out...... God forbid, let this kid bring out more people to Lao Tzu on the premise of preserving himself, that is all Lao Tzu's family resources......"

After a long-distance attack of nearly two hours, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 25th Regiment, which successfully broke through from Taipingmen, finally got rid of the pursuit of the Japanese army and had a temporary respite. The violent bumps pulled the fainting deputy regiment commander Zhang Shan back from the Ghost Gate, and he sharply ordered the second battalion commander Qian Liyuan to put him down, and the troops were already tired and tired after breaking through the siege all night.

Zhang Shan sat paralyzed on the ground and only felt a hot pain in his cheeks, he stretched out his dirty hand and rubbed it casually, and couldn't help but gasp, making his hand bloody. Zhang Shan looked at Qian Liyuan, who was also slumped to the side in a cold sweat and panting, and said, "Rest in place for twenty minutes, and then run down, don't say it's a human, the animals can't stand it......"

Cao Guang, the commander of the third battalion, led people to find water nearby, and everyone present was exhausted after a day and a night's tossing. At present, although it has broken out of the encirclement of the Japanese army, its morale has plummeted, and its combat strength has been completely lost. Everyone's eyes were filled with endless darkness, just as they were in the mood. As long as he finds water, the source of all things, Cao Guang has the confidence to lead the soldiers to regroup.

Zhang Shancai recovered from the severe pain, and hurriedly rummaged through his pocket for a cigarette: "Alas, what the hell is this...... Where did Lao Tzu Yan go? Old money, do you kid move Lao Tzu to smoke? Don't sneak up when you kid carried me, right? Hand over the cigarettes! ”

"I said Lao Zhang, don't you bite Lu Dongbin, okay? The conscience of heaven and earth, Lao Tzu carried you on your back and walked more than ten kilometers of mountain roads, and his calves were about to break. What the hell is it about me that you lost your cigarette? Whoever steals your cigarettes will be a dog's day, and there will be five thunders in the sky! Qian Liyuan almost didn't jump up when he heard this, and he shouted excitedly.

Zhang Shan snorted coldly and scolded: "You don't give Lao Tzu nonsense, if God can really call the shots, it will be redundant for your kid to be hacked seven or eight times." Don't talk nonsense, hurry up, give the cigarette to Lao Tzu! ”

Qian Liyuan took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, and while taking out one and giving it to Zhang Shan, he scolded uncleanly: ", you can see clearly with your dog's eyes, is this your cigarette?" You Adjutant Zhang's mouth is like a golden carving, can you look down on me, Hademen? Who in the whole regiment doesn't know, your grandmother only recognizes the three forts, and those who don't know think that they were built by your family......"

Zhang Shan held the cigarette holder and said proudly: "Why do you kid talk so much? If Lao Tzu's family can be created, then Lao Tzu will not dare to say anything else, just one of the soldiers of our regiment will be counted as one, and each person will have an 'old knife card'. You also know what Lao Tzu's family is like, the ancestors have been tenants for the landlord's family for three generations, and my father has been mumbling for half his life to finally provide me with the help of finishing middle school. Otherwise, the deputy commander of the regular army can take my turn? Dream on! If you can mix a company commander, it can be regarded as Lao Tzu's creation! ”

"Just you? I'm still in middle school, don't fucking put a top hat on my head. Just your sorghum flower? Zhu Bajie wears glasses, what kind of cultural person is pretending? Lao Tzu, I don't know a lot of big characters, so I didn't do the battalion commander anyway? As far as you show that you are educated, those who don't know still think that you are a high-achieving student who came out of Tsinghua Park. ”

"Alright, alright, where did you kid come from so much talking? By the way, where are we now? ”

Qian Liyuan immediately folded when he heard it, he muttered: "Damn, this is really a little confused, after leaving the city, it was chaotic, and I ran for almost three hours, the ghost knows what position this is......" So he turned his head and shouted: "Reconnaissance company commander, come here!" ”

Li Yong, the commander of the reconnaissance company, ran over and asked, "What's the matter, battalion commander?" ”

"What's the matter? What else can I do with you? Our deputy wants to know where we are now, and we need you to give us an accurate word. This reconnaissance company commander is as if he didn't count it......"

"Deputy Regiment Commander Zhang, Battalion Commander Qian, I don't know where we are now. In this wilderness, there are no trees except haystacks and small hillsides, not to mention tree rings. Don't hide it from the two chiefs, we should figure out the direction before we leave the city, otherwise I won't be able to determine the coordinates at all where the birds don't! ”

Qian Liyuan became angry when he heard this, he threw the half-smoked cigarette on the ground and crushed it, and reached out to hit Li Yong: "Hey, it's our fault according to what you say?" One of your fucking reconnaissance company commanders couldn't figure out his own position, so he put a shit basin on our heads? Why don't you become the commander of this battalion, and I'll give you the seat? I think you're underwhelmed by the dog......"

Li Yong hurriedly dodged and said with a smile: "Battalion commander, what do you say you are in a hurry?" Look at what you've become, it's going to take a lot of effort to beat me, so it's better to save yourself energy. We have to hurry for a while, don't we? ”

"You don't give Lao Tzu a poor job, this fist and kick Lao Tzu will remember it for you, and Lao Tzu will count it with you when you are free! Let me ask you, where is the third battalion commander? Why didn't you see others? Qian Liyuan threatened with evil words.

"I heard from the people of the third battalion that it seems to be going to find water, don't you know? Didn't the commander of the third battalion tell you? ”

"Talk about it,, what should you do, don't get in the way of Lao Tzu's eyes here!"

At this moment, a warrior ran towards the place where he had settled, excitedly shouting, "Water! Water! Find the water, just five miles away in Zhangjiapo, there is a wild lake, over this beam is! ”

There was a commotion in the crowd, and all the soldiers present were boiling, and the people who were almost exhausted helped each other to stand up, and almost rushed to the opposite mountain beam at an altitude of only fifteen meters...... The second battalion commander Qian Liyuan slapped his hands with both hands, hey, where is this grandma's water? That's fate! He can see that when it comes to the critical moment, this water is more useful than food!

He was just about to turn around and call the deputy head Zhang Shan to go over, but he found that there was no one behind him. Damn, Lao Zhang, a lame donkey, just pretended to be angry, and Qian Liyuan was afraid that this guy would turn his back on the spot. It's good this time, as soon as you hear that there is water, you run faster than your mother's rabbit? In the blink of an eye, it was gone!

The soldiers of the whole regiment rushed into the wild lake that they regarded as life-saving like wild horses that had escaped the reins, and in the winter, despite the freezing water, everyone simply soaked themselves in the lake. Among them, Zhang Shan, the deputy head of the regiment, did not say anything about drinking water and taking a bath, but simply took off his coat and underwear and fluttered in the center of the lake. After nearly a week, the day and night battle finally came to an end. Zhang Shan felt more relaxed than he had ever felt from the bottom of his heart, at this moment, he just wanted to soak comfortably in the lake for a while, and as for other things, he would stand aside.

Qian Liyuan, the commander of the second battalion, and Cao Guang, the commander of the third battalion, squatted by the lake and fed several mouthfuls of water into their mouths, washed their faces again, and felt unprecedented satisfaction. The two of them sat bored by the lake, and slowly talked about their future plans.

"I don't have any plans, isn't it just to fight little Japan when I become a soldier? I'm easy to do, where did I come from, I'm lucky to bring little Japan back to my hometown, and Lao Tzu will continue to go back to farming, if I can't wait for that day, then there is no way. Providence, providence is hard to disobey. Cao Guang lay flat on the ground, closed his eyes, and said softly.

"Also, aren't we all forced by the little devils to be soldiers? Fuck, if it weren't for these bastards who burned down my hometown, I wouldn't know what to do now. But at my age, if I don't come out in my hometown, let alone my daughter-in-law, it is estimated that the children have given birth to a kang. The little devil is really fucking bad, and he delayed everything for Lao Tzu......" Qian Liyuan scolded and scolded.

Cao Guang glanced at him with disdain and said, "Yo, I have to thank Little Nippon for that?" If you want me to say, let your kid be light in the end, you should take a knife and give your kid a gelding. Save you from working all day long, listen to me and get angry...... Alas, don't interrupt, I remember that your kid bragged to me before, saying that Qian Dajun, the director of Chairman Jiang's chamberlain, was your cousin? Phew, it's shameless, your cousin doesn't know where he was born with mud legs! You want to have this relationship, and use it to be a bullshit battalion commander in the front-line troops? You're going to teach the corps to be a chief of staff, and you're more than a chief! If your cousin is Qian Dajun, Lao Tzu's cousin is Zhang Fakui, the current commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army, and he will beat up these dogs in your attendant room......"

"Tut-tut, how can you kid listen to the wind is the rain...... Lao Tzu, isn't that usually nothing to drink and brag with the brothers? Look at what you kid gave me! My hometown is Tianjin Wei, don't you know? Aren't you from Peking? We're half a fellow countryman, it's not far away, you kid can't turn your elbow out! Qian Liyuan looked at Cao Guang with cold eyes on the side with a smile on his face.

Who knew that Cao Guang didn't appreciate it, and sneered at each other: "You have to get it, you don't come to this set." I'm not as braggart as you. If you really want to talk about fellow villagers, the whole regiment will be able to talk to our head of the regiment. To put it mildly, our head and I are both sitting households in Luoguxiang. The house is just two alleys away. You inquire all over the world, there can be so many ten soldiers in the entire 67th Division who came out of Sijiu City, Lao Tzu has your surname! ”

"I don't bet with you, I know your brat's urine nature, and it's famous in the whole group. Good guy, he claims to never fight unprepared battles, and he never bets without confidence. You kid, you're a guy who can only take advantage of and can't suffer. Okay, let's not talk about the two of us, let's talk about something else! Alas, I see that you are quite close to our deputy Zhang Tuan, and I don't know what this guy is about. He has been in our group for almost three years, and he refuses to tell him about his family affairs, and he refuses to tell Lao Tzu whether his mother is married or not. Qian Liyuan's curiosity took a 180-degree turn, and he directly poked the focus on Zhang Shan, the deputy head of the regiment, who was bathing in the lake.

Cao Guang was not ambiguous, and he went all out about what he knew, and said angrily: "I told you that you don't go out and talk nonsense...... To be honest, I have long suspected the identity of this kid Lao Zhang, and I am afraid that it will scare you if I say it. I heard about this from an acquaintance, do you know what the second place is? There's a fellow villager there, and I have a good relationship. A year ago, I invited him to drink, and this kid got drunk and began to work blindly, and he owed a doorkeeper on his mouth. said that our group deputy may be this ......" Before the words fell, he made an "eight" gesture.

"Eight ways?" Qian Liyuan was stunned for a moment.

After Cao Guang nodded, he hurriedly began to correct him: "At that time, it was not called Balu, isn't this the number that was changed recently?" I used to think about what it was called...... Oh, come to think of it, it used to be called the Red Army, and our Chairman Jiang loved to call people Mao bandits, and there was no ambiguity on the other side, so he turned around and scolded us as white bandits. It's not important, the key is that Lao Zhang's identity is really suspicious. My fellow said, this kid's background alone is a bit of a problem. I ask you, have you heard of the jute riots? ”

"I haven't heard of ......," Qian Liyuan blinked, his eyes seemed to be listening to a book from heaven.

Cao Guang said with a look of hatred: "What's the use of asking you kid, the whole thing that you don't know is ...... That's what I mean, you also know what the second department does, as long as they are targeted, the ancestral tree can be turned over for you! Lao Zhang, this kid is a native of Huang'an County, Hubei, in the 16th year of the Republic of China, I don't know how that place is, it is the Self-Defense Army and the Red Guards, and tens of thousands of people rebelled against the county, all of them are jute villagers. Damn, I heard that most of them were fifteen or sixteen-year-olds, so they were about the same age as you and me. If you don't have a gun, you can poke people to death with a shuttle dart, according to Balu's own words before the eighth road, called a red ghost, and the meaning of seniority. I guess that kid from Lao Zhang might get involved in it......"

"Yo, I didn't see it, Lao Zhang, this kid still has a hand, usually five people and six people pretend to be quite like that, and they are hidden by this kid...... Alas, I said, since I was suspicious of Lao Zhang at that time, why didn't I move him? It's not like his style in the second place. Last year, the chief of staff of the 375th Regiment was found out*, but people just didn't admit it, and the guys in the second department showed their family background in the torture room to say hello. Fuck, when the people were lifted out of it, there was no one, the nose was not the nose, the eyes were not the eyes, I almost threw up, and I didn't eat for three days. ”

Cao Guang smiled: "This is unlucky, to put it bluntly, there is no backstage." I guess Lao Zhang, this kid may have a hard waist, and someone will support him. According to the past practice, as long as it has something to do with the Communist Party, it is basically impossible to say. Haven't you heard the old saying, it's better to kill three thousand by mistake than let one go. In the case of Lao Zhang, if he doesn't lose his skin or flesh, he doesn't give up his life, and it's pretty good to just kick out of the battle sequence of the Central Army. But what about this kid, let alone sweeping the floor and going out, since he broke away from the investigation of the second department, this kid is so good that he is a good man, better than our old 25th regiment, first as a battalion commander, then as a regiment chief of staff, and then as a regimental deputy. To be honest, our head of the regiment has not risen as fast as this kid, and there is no doubt at all, and I don't believe it when I kill Lao Tzu! ”

Qian Liyuan seemed to understand everything, and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, the more you talk about me, the more evil it will be." Lao Zhang, this kid, can't see that he really has a bit of Jiang Taigong's meaning, and he is not obvious. Eh, I said, you kid can hide it in his belly, why haven't I heard you say it before? ”

Cao Guang scolded back: "What's the matter with Lao Tzu who is full? Is he the Communist Party concerned with my? That's their business, they check theirs. As long as it doesn't get in my way, don't say he's the eighth way, even the ninth road has nothing to do with me. Lao Tzu is now a minion on the stage, where are you doing? But there has to be a big premise, even if you want to join the Communist Party one day, it depends on the attitude of our head of the regiment, and I listen to the head of the regiment. ”

"That's what I mean, if you want to talk about qualifications, you're welcome, his old Zhang is a raw melon egg. In terms of friendship with the head of the regiment, Lao Zhang is also a telephone pole on the side of the road, and he is only worthy of standing on the side. Isn't he just a regimental adjutant, dare to make a mistake with Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will laugh at him when he goes up! ”

Cao Guang glanced at Qian Liyuan, who was talking to himself, with a bored face, and scolded: "Don't fucking fart, just like your kid bear, wilt and your parents don't give you a guts, what kind of big tail eagle are people five or six here?" Remarkable you, huh? ”

Qian Liyuan was about to scold back, but found that the deputy head of the regiment, Zhang Shan, had already walked in front of them with a wet body, and Qian Liyuan quickly shut up. Cao Guang scolded and won the battle, lying on the ground with a wicked smile on his face.