At the Shashi Wharf, the black blind man was carrying a big bag with Ergua, Li Mu and six other veterans, the nine of them plus Shu Tongwen were the only strong laborers in the entire 19th Brigade, and the rest were Cao Jiao, Gu Yaqin and the wounded, but Shu Tongwen got off work two hours ahead of schedule and went to the division headquarters to find the quartermaster to soak mushrooms.

Finding the quartermaster to soak mushrooms has almost become Shu Tongwen's daily compulsory course.

After another ship of goods was unloaded, the black blind man was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to breathe, and his eyes were black for a while, and a steward wearing glasses came to the black blind man, put down three silver dollars in the black blind man's fan-like big hand, thought about it, and put down the other two silver dollars in the palm of his hand.

The five silver dollars were carefully put away, and the black blind man took the two melons back to the outside to wait for work.

After waiting for a long time, another steward went to the dock, and a large group of people waiting for work immediately surrounded him, but the steward walked straight to the black blind man and asked, "Do you want to take the job as a soldier?" ”

"Pick, pick." The black blind man quickly got up and nodded again and again.

"Then come with me." After speaking, the steward turned and left.

The black blind man took Li Mu and Ergua and they hurriedly followed, Ergua was still a little lame when he walked, and his leg injury was actually not good, but there was no way, there were too few people in the 19th Brigade to live, but there were too many people to feed, you must know that there were more than 100 wounded people waiting for them to buy rice and put it in the pot.

When they came out of the dock again, the black blind man's legs began to tremble, and they were all hungry, and they had never eaten anything except when they went out in the morning, and they drank a large bowl of gruel that was clear enough to show the shadow of a person, and they were so hungry that they bowed and poured a handful of cold river water into their stomachs, and poured a belly of water, and now they were swaying when they walked.

Li Mu sat down and said weakly: "Brother Heizi, I'm hungry." ”

Although Ergua and the other six veterans didn't say anything, they were just as hungry.

The black blind man touched the ten oceans in his pocket, gritted his teeth and said, "Bear with me, it's fast, wait for another trip, and we can go back to dinner." ”

Li Mu shook his head and said, "Brother Heizi, I really can't bear it. ”

"If you can't bear it, you have to carry it, don't forget that you are all soldiers of the 19th Brigade" The black blind man also felt a burst of blackness, and even began to sweat on his back and face, which was a sign of prostration, but the black blind man still gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "As long as you are a soldier of the 19th Brigade, you will never give up lightly"

As soon as the words landed, a stiff voice suddenly interjected: "You soldiers, are you deliberately trying to force us to a dead end?" ”

The black blind man looked up in amazement, only to see that several groups of people had already gathered around.

Speaking of which, these people have endured the black blind man for several days, although the Shashi wharf is the second largest wharf in Hubei after Hankou, but there is only so much work every day, although there are many people waiting for work, it can be shared and basically enough for these big bags to support their families, but as soon as the black blind people come, the order here will be chaotic.

Seeing that there is a national army to take work, the passing ships and business travelers will basically take care of, this time, it turns out that those who carry big bags are difficult to get alive, and after enduring more than ten days, these people who carry big bags finally can't bear it, no way, they are old, young and young, and there are several mouths waiting for them to feed them in the family.

"Do you want to?" The black blind man tightened his purse and asked vigilantly.

"Hit, kill them" I don't know who shouted first in the crowd, and hundreds of people carrying big bags immediately exploded, rushed up and pushed the black blind man to the ground, punched and kicked, don't look at the black blind man is more than two meters tall, he looks like a hill, but this will already be so hungry that he has no strength at all, so he can only protect his head and be beaten

In fact, even if the black blind man has the strength, he will definitely not do anything to carry these big bags, don't look at him who looks five big and three thick, like a big black bear, in fact, he has the most kind heart, otherwise when Xu Shijiu met the black blind man, the black blind man would not have been chased and beaten by the three little men of the Gui army, and he was beaten by the shortest Gui Jun riding under the crotch.

Of course, the exception is Little Japan, where the black blind man is more ferocious than the real big black bear.

Ergua instinctively stretched out his hand to his waist, where a box cannon was pinned, but his fingers had just touched the cold handle, and Xu Shijiu's cold voice sounded in his ears: "The military regulations of the Nineteenth Brigade will never point a gun at one's brothers, let alone aim a gun at one's compatriots, violators...... Shoot and kill"

Xu Shijiu's voice was buzzing, Ergua could only curl up his body in a ball, and then protect his head with both hands, Li Mu and the other six veterans also carried guns, but none of them pulled out their guns to face each other, until a team of policemen rushed to hear the news, and the shrill sirens sounded throughout the dock, and the group of people carrying big bags dispersed in a hurry.

At the 58th Division Shelter Station, Cao Jiao was already cooking on a fire.

Wang Yulan cleaned Li Zihan's wound again and came out to chat with Cao Jiao.

There was no big iron pot, only a large vat erected with large stones, Cao Jiao laboriously poured half a vat of water into the vat with great difficulty, and took out a small half bag of moldy and stinky brown rice from the house and poured half of it into the jar, thought about it, grabbed two handfuls of rice from the bag and put it into the jar, and then carefully put away the remaining bit of rotten rice.

Halfway through the cooking, another female soldier from the health team returned.

This female soldier joined during the battle in the Tofu Fang Alley, she didn't talk much, she only knew that she had read the women's middle school, her name was Gu Yaqin, and she didn't know anything else, Wang Yulan stood up and greeted Gu Yaqin, but Gu Yaqin just nodded very coldly, and then turned around and went straight in.

"Jiaojiao, Yaqin, is she okay?"

Wang Yulan sighed, Gu Yaqin's experience is not a secret in the Nineteenth Brigade, if it were another girl, I am afraid that she would have a mental breakdown or commit suicide a long time ago, speaking of which, Gu Yaqin is already very strong, and the same suffering fell on Wang Yulan, she did not dare to assert that she would be as strong as Gu Yaqin.

Cao Jiao hummed lightly and said, "Yaqin, she is very haode, she is very strong. ”

Wang Yulan picked up the wooden stick and stirred it in the big jar, only a few grains of blackened brown rice floated up, then frowned and asked, "Jiaojiao, are you going to eat this?" ”

"It's good to have this." Cao Jiao sighed softly, "Sister Yulan, you don't know, other shelters can't even eat such rotten rice, many soldiers can only use their own guns and grenades as pawns, and when they run out of guns and ammunition, they can only starve, and the 71st Army, the 78th Army, and the 78th Army's shelter over there, people starve to death every day." ”

Wang Yulan looked back at the rows of routs sitting against the wall not far away, although these routs were dirty and smelly, and they were all starving, but most of their weapons were there, and they were not exchanged for rations to satisfy their stomachs, obviously, this was mostly the credit of Shu Tongwen and the black blind man and a few of their veterans.

As they spoke, the black blind man and the others all came back, all with blue noses and swollen faces.

"Brother Kuroko, what's wrong with you? What's wrong? Seeing that the black blind man's face was blue and purple, his forehead was swollen with a big bag, and his nostrils were still bleeding, Cao Jiao suddenly felt distressed, and quickly got up to fetch water, and wiped the black blind man's face with a towel, and tears were already pouring out of his beautiful eyes.

Li Mu was so hungry that he was about to die, but he was still in the mood to joke with Cao Jiao: "Sister Jiao, I also hurt, wipe my face too." ”

Cao Jiao blushed for a moment, Wang Yulan picked up a rag for brushing dishes and stepped forward, and said to Li Mu with a smile: "Isn't this Li Yifeng?" Because Li Mu ran fast, he often boasted that he could run faster than the wind, so Wang Yulan made fun of him for escaping the wind, and later simply called him Li Yifeng.

"Sister Yulan, when did you come back?" Seeing that it was Wang Yulan, Li Mu was immediately overjoyed, turned back to Ergua and said, "Ergua, what do I say, I will say that Sister Yulan will not leave us, she will definitely come back." ”

"That's what I said, okay? You've been saying bad things about Sister Yulan. Ergua unceremoniously exposed Li Mu's lies, ignored Li Mu's glare, stepped forward with a smile and said to Wang Yulan, "Sister Yulan, I knew that you would come back, and there would be no deserters in our nineteenth brigade, not before, not now, and not in the future." ”

Wang Yulan was inevitably a little ashamed when she heard this, she really didn't want to be a deserter, she really couldn't help herself, when she was in Xuzhou, it was her father, Wang Chonghui, the foreign minister of the national government, who tricked her home, but this time she came back, but she negotiated the conditions with her father in advance, and this time I am afraid that she will really be a deserter of the 19th brigade.

As he was talking, there was a sudden sound of leather boots stepping on the stone slabs outside the gate, and when everyone heard the sound, they looked at the gate, and saw a colonel officer striding in, wearing a tweed coat, shiny boots on his feet, with his hands behind his back, followed by a second lieutenant officer and two guards with flower traps.

As soon as the second lieutenant entered, he opened his throat and yelled, "All of them...... Collection"

The black blind man, Li Mu, Ergua and the six veterans who were sitting on the ground hurriedly stood up and began to line up, Li Zihan and more than a dozen wounded who could barely stand also joined the queue with a limp, and the remaining 100 wounded were unable to move, so they could only sit next to them and look at the colonel officer with indifferent or dull eyes.

The colonel's officer took two steps forward and stood at the front of the line, but did not speak for a long time.

Cao Jiao leaned into Wang Yulan's ear and whispered: "He is Li Song, the head of the 348 Regiment, and he has come often these days. ”

Wang Yulan just wanted to ask Li Song what he came from, but Li Song spoke over there, and he said to the black blind man standing at the head of the row: "Big black man, you went to the dock to carry a big bag again?" And let those who carry big bags be beaten? Why bother, I said, why are you suffering? Pointing to the more than 100 wounded people sitting against the wall, Li Song said again, "Is it worth it for these routs?" ”

"Report to Chief Li, it's worth it," the black blind man straightened his chest and said loudly, "They are all soldiers of the 19th Brigade now, and our 19th Brigade will never abandon their brothers." ”

"Never abandon? Naive," Li Song said coldly, "If you hold on, you will starve to death and die of exhaustion." ”

The black blind man replied, "Report to Chief Li, even if we die, our 19th Brigade will never abandon our brothers." ”

"But you can't die now, the party-state needs you" Li Song had an urge to grab the black blind man and beat him up, but he couldn't help but admire the black blind man and a few of them in his heart, and there were not many people like them who could really live and die with their comrades, but this strengthened Li Song's determination to absorb them.

At that moment, Li Song lowered his face, put on the majesty of the colonel's commander, and shouted: "Big black man now I order you, bring your weapons and follow me, immediately."

The black blind man didn't say anything, just stared straight ahead.

Li Song frowned, turned his gaze to Li Mu and Ergua on the side of Xiangyou, and said, "Li Mu, Ergua, are you hungry?" Must be hungry, right? As long as you come with me, Lao Tzu will take care of your full meals, two meals a day" Li Song's eyes turned to the remaining veterans, and then said, "And you, all come with me." ”

Li Mu, Ergua and the veterans didn't say anything, as if they hadn't heard it.

"Are you deaf?" The second lieutenant behind Li Song was furious and shouted, "This is an order"

"I'm sorry, we are from the 19th Brigade, not the soldiers of the 348th Regiment, so I forgive you for obeying the orders of the Li regiment." A voice that was neither arrogant nor humble suddenly sounded from outside the gate of the containment station, and everyone turned around when they heard it, but it was Shu Tongwen, who was promoted to captain and company commander by Xu Nineteen before the breakout of Nanjing, returned.

"Shu Tongwen" Li Song glared at Shu Tongwen and shouted, "Do you think the Nineteenth Brigade will continue to exist?" ”

Shu Tongwen stood upright, first saluted Li Song, and said without being arrogant or humble: "At least until now, I have not received an order from the division headquarters to abolish the establishment of the 19th Brigade. ”

Li Song said coldly: "That's because the master is busy and can't take care of it for a while." ”

Shu Tongwen said: "In other words, the Nineteenth Brigade still exists. ”

The second lieutenant adjutant behind Li Song was furious, and he was about to pull out his gun, but was stopped by Li Song, Li Song actually wanted to use force, but as Shu Tongwen said, at least until now, Feng Shengfa has not revoked the establishment of the 19th Brigade, if Li Song forcibly recruits the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade at this time, it will be a blatant violation of military discipline.

As for Feng Shengfa, Weishenme has not revoked the establishment of the Nineteenth Brigade until now, then no one knows.

Li Song suppressed the anger in his heart, and said patiently: "Company Commander Shu, no matter what, Xu Nineteen is already dead, and it will be a matter of time before the Nineteenth Brigade is withdrawn, don't be stupid again, take your soldiers and go with Lao Tzu, and give Lao Tzu to the guard company commander, otherwise on the day of withdrawal, you and your brothers will be scattered and absorbed." ”

Shu Tongwen said indifferently: "The lowly position is still the same sentence, the 19th Brigade has not been withdrawn. ”

Seeing that Shu Tongwen didn't eat hard and soft, and a few veterans such as the black blind man didn't eat oil and salt, Li Song could only snort and turn around, but he was extremely sorry in his heart, the remaining veterans of the 19th Brigade are really rare good soldiers, and now the 348 regiment has just been replenished with a large number of recruits, and what is most lacking is such a bone for veterans.

The black blind man, Ergua, Li Mu and those veterans, any one of them can be the platoon commander, I really don't know what they think in their hearts, weishenme has to stay in the 19th brigade, and would rather starve to death with the 100 wounded? There is also a division, Xu Nineteen is dead, and Weishenme has not revoked the establishment of the Nineteenth Brigade?