While Shuzo Minamino and Wang Maocai were making loud noises in the house, in a village more than 50 kilometers away from Changshui, a clash between the Japanese army and the puppet army was being staged.

The two sides of the conflict were a small squad of the Japanese army and an infantry battalion of the puppet army, and the cause of the incident was only a small problem. It turned out that more than ten days ago, the puppet army drove into the Soviet-Central region together with the Japanese army, and the Japanese army was the first to be stationed. It was stationed to the west of the village, and the Chinese troops who arrived later were stationed to the east of the village. This small village is not small, but most of the people have run away because of the war, so there are many vacant houses in the village, which can meet the needs of both sides.

On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with this, but because of the topography of the village, the only four wells in the village are concentrated in the west, and unfortunately these are all areas where the Japanese are stationed.

The arrogant Japanese army naturally did not get along well with these puppet soldiers who did not dare to go to war, so they did not allow the puppet army to fetch water at their station, on the grounds of "preventing anti-Japanese elements from blending in." ”

A few puppet officers and soldiers didn't know about this before, and when they went to fetch water, they were scolded by the Japanese sentries and overturned the water truck.

He Yishui, the battalion commander of the infantry battalion of the puppet army, reported the matter to his superiors. However, the regiment commander did not have any good way, he told He Yishui: "Try to avoid disputes with the Japanese army, everyone is an allied army, the Japanese did not go to Suzhou during this time, they are all holding back the fire in their hearts, don't let them find a chance to send it out." ”

He Yishui asked, "Then can't our brothers eat without water?" ”

The head of the regiment waved his hand: "I don't believe in the wells of the Japanese?" This is close to the Yangtze River, you say that there is nothing else, I believe it, and the lack of water is not fooling me? Don't say any more, it's decided, and there is a conflict with the Japanese, and Lao Tzu will be the first to deal with you. ”

After speaking, the head of the regiment hung up the phone.

Deputy battalion commander Xiao Kekui came over and asked, "What did the regiment commander say?" ”

"Let's avoid disputes with friendly forces, and let's figure out our own ways to deal with drafts!" He Yishui sat down angrily and lit a cigarette casually.

Xiao Kekui came over and said, "Then I have to let the brothers look elsewhere." Because of the fighting in this vicinity, many villagers have run away, and some wells have been blocked, but fortunately, the water system here is developed, and it should not be difficult to find water from a well after taking away a few miles. ”

"That's all it can be." He Yishui sighed and scolded: "How can this errand be like his mother's grandson." ”

Xiao Kekui did not speak.

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Because of the long distance and the fact that it was a chore in the cold, we took turns to fetch water. Each platoon takes turns to fetch water once every two days, and one fetch of water is basically enough for one or two days.

On this day, when it was the turn of the third platoon, Pan Damao, the platoon commander of the third platoon, took a dozen brothers in the platoon and dragged the waterwheel and the others towards the east of the village.

There are several wells in the east of the village, and after the Japanese army did not let them draw water, this infantry battalion of the puppet army has always come here to draw water.

On this day, there was heavy snow in the sky, which is rare in the Yangtze River basin, and the temperature dropped a lot. In the morning, the company commander ran over and told Pan Damao, the commander of the third platoon, that it was their turn to fetch water today, and asked him to take people to fetch water.

Pan Damao is the maiden uncle of the battalion commander He Yishui, he is a guy who does not learn and has no skills, fights all day long, it was his turn to fetch water before, he has always been unable to shirk all kinds of things, yesterday his brother-in-law He Yishui called him over and scolded him, so today it is their turn to drain to fetch water, Pan Damao can't shirk it no matter what.

After breakfast, Pan Damao asked a dozen brothers in the platoon to assemble, and they pulled the water truck from the gang's side, and drove to the village to the east with their guns on their shoulders.

Unfortunately, there was too much snow on the road, so the water truck could not pull out at all. In a few moments, the big guy was lying down in the snow.

Pan Damao scolded in his heart, this is just an empty car, if you come back to fill it with water, and then rely on someone to pull it back, won't you not be able to come back at night? It's so cold on the road, and it's a lot of sin to toss for a day.

There was no way, he couldn't do without water, so Pan Damao thought about getting close to the Japanese and going to them to fetch water. After all, their station is very close, and there is a bluestone road in the middle of the village, which will not affect much even if it snows.

Pan Damao's proposal was unanimously approved by the brothers. Thereupon. The soldier pulled the waterwheel and turned back mightily and walked towards the west end of the village where the Japanese were stationed.

On a snowy day, the Japanese soldiers were still on guard. Two Japanese soldiers in cotton clothes and steel helmets stood motionless, their Type 38 rifles stuck in their bayonets, and under the fluorescence of snowflakes, a cold light was revealed.

"Platoon commander, can the Japanese let us pass?" The puppet soldier Erchun swallowed his saliva, and some did not dare to step forward.

"I'm afraid of an egg! This is our territory, and the damn one will occupy it? They don't give us water to eat. Erchun's squad leader poetry was a rude veteran, scolding and scolding.

"Damn, that's awesome! Are you going to talk to the Japanese? Pan Damao glared at the Erchun squad leader, this person is hindsight, everything is blown out of the sky, but he doesn't dare to come forward when it is his turn.

Erchun's squad leader didn't dare to speak again, Pan Damao pursed his lips, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and walked towards the Japanese soldiers with a smile.

"What for?" The Japanese soldier saw Pan Damao walking towards him, raised his gun and babbled at him.

Although Pan Damao couldn't understand Japanese, he could see that the Japanese were asking him what he was doing, and he kept gesturing to tell the two Japanese soldiers standing guard that he was here to pull some water.

The two Japanese soldiers didn't know whether they understood or not, but they knocked down the cigarettes handed over by Pan Damao, and then scolded and pushed him.

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, Pan Damao was very angry when he was insulted like this, so he followed the Japanese and pushed each other a few times.

When the Japanese saw him back, they also picked up * and smashed it. Where is Pan Damao the opponent of the two Japanese soldiers, let people pick up * a few times and smash down, plus the snow is slippery, Pan Damao slipped in a few strokes.

Here, the brothers on the side of the watermill saw Pan Damao falling, and they didn't know what was happening, so they quickly picked up the guy and ran towards this side.

The Japanese soldiers saw more than a dozen puppet soldiers with guns running towards them, and they didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly opened fire. This shot knocked down Erchun, who was running at the front, and several brothers were injured. The puppet soldiers were all young men, and they couldn't bear it, so they immediately shot back.

The two sides fought fiercely, which ended with the killing of two Japanese soldiers.

After this skirmish, Pan Damao also knew that he had caused a big disaster, so he hurriedly ran to the battalion headquarters to explain the ins and outs of this incident to his brother-in-law.

His brother-in-law He Yishui was so frightened that the water cup in his hand fell to the ground with a snap.

"What? Killed two Japanese? Come on, tie up Pan Damao for me, Lao Tzu will send you to the regiment headquarters to be dropped. ”

The guards quickly walked in, taking Pan Damao with them. Pan Da Mao knelt on the ground and cried, and at this time, the deputy battalion commander Xiao Kekui walked in and said: "Battalion commander, don't say that this matter is to blame Da Mao, even if you really tie him up and give it to the Japanese, I'm afraid it won't help?" ”

"If you don't send him to the regiment headquarters, I'm afraid that the Japanese will come and send me away. Damn, it's a useless thing. He Yishui scolded angrily.

Xiao Kekui waved his hand and motioned for the guards and Pan Damao to go out.

After they all went out, Xiao Kekui came over and whispered to He Yishui: "Battalion commander, two Japanese people died this time, according to your understanding of the Japanese, do you think they will give up?" ”

"Alas......" He Yishui sighed.

"Not to mention the rest, even if we hand over Pan Damao and his brothers in that platoon, I'm afraid our brothers will also go to the Japanese prison. Not to mention, when a regiment commander of the Third Division was in Shanghai, didn't he let the Japanese kill him in the street? What's more, our brothers? Xiao Kekui said.

He Yishui's brows were twisted into the word "Sichuan".

"What if you don't send it out? You can't wait until the Japanese come to pick them up, and then I'll lead the troops to fight them back, right? He Yishui shook his head.

"For now, I'm afraid there's only one way." Xiao Kekui said word by word.

"You mean?" He Yishui didn't finish speaking.

"Yes, go to the Wehrmacht." Shaw Kui Dao.

"Fuck! Lao Tzu treats you as a brother, but you come to put Lao Tzu together! Say, "Who sent you?" He Yishui hurriedly pulled out the pistol in his waist and aimed it at Xiao Kekui.

Facing the muzzle of the black hole, Xiao Kekui was unusually calm, and he said bitterly: "Battalion commander, when did my old Xiao lie to you?" Don't you know my details? I'm not trying to tell you any bullshit national righteousness, but the current situation doesn't allow you and my brother to have other choices. Do you want to be pulled by the Japanese as a bayonet target? ”

He Yishui's muzzle slowly drooped, and Xiao Kekui continued when he saw the effect, "Battalion commander, our family members are all in the area occupied by the Wehrmacht, and now there is no bullshit pressure to go back." Besides, we are now on the front line, far away from the Japanese army, and if one of our battalions eats this Japanese squad, it will be regarded as a name. ”

He Yishui didn't speak, but he was obviously moved.

Xiao Kekui continued to step forward and said: "The current situation is also clear, I think eighty percent of the Japanese will not stay for many years. We brothers can't just follow their butts around. Battalion commander, when it is broken, it is broken! ”

As soon as Xiao Kekui's voice fell, a communications soldier ran in and said, "Battalion commander, it's not good, the Japanese soldiers are coming!" ”