29 Take the wooden bridge
Although he was weak and was chased by the enemy all the way, Da Lao Wei knew that he was not alone, and his comrades and comrades-in-arms were ahead.
Because it was dark and the road was rugged and difficult to walk, Xiao An and the two women were walking slowly, and the elder Wei couldn't help but say, "You stay here to pick me up, find a place to hide first!" ”
He took the basket off the donkey's back, turned it over, and struck the donkey, but the donkey was not much faster.
The more anxious the old Wei was, the slower the donkey's speed became, and suddenly the donkey planted his heel and threw him off his back, but fortunately he rolled on the spot to avoid breaking his legs and feet.
The donkey wailed and did not want to get up, so the elder Wei had to hold the pistol and run towards the wooden bridge alone.
He had seen the enemy guarding the bridge, but the range of the gun in his hand was not enough, and the leather shoes on his feet were constantly stained with mud from the road.
At the head of the bridge, people kept poking their heads out and were killed by bullets from machine guns on the bridge. Behind this group, a Kuomintang army was chasing them, and the soldiers of the vanguard had spotted them and immediately opened fire with their guns.
If they could not capture this wooden bridge and cross the river, then their guerrilla force that had escaped from the base area would be completely annihilated.
Captain Cui, who was the leader, looked anxious, but his right arm had already been shot, so he had to hold down the wound with his left hand to stop the bleeding.
Seeing that his comrades were hanging by a thread, the elder Wei hurriedly took off the leather shoes on his feet and pinned them into the cowhide belt, and strode towards the wooden bridge with only socks on.
The enemy soldier guarding the right end of the bridge turned his head and saw a pair of green eyes, and immediately exclaimed: "Oh no, there are fierce beasts running towards us, ready to sneak attack us!" ”
The soldiers immediately raised their guns, pulled down the bolts, and aimed their guns at the green eyes.
Da Lao Wei quickly closed his eyes, and the enemy pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew past his ear. He slowed down and was soon within range of his pistol.
However, he did not rush to shoot, but shouted: "Don't shoot, I was sent by Commander Meng!" ”
As soon as the soldiers guarding the bridge heard that this person was sent by Commander Meng, they hurriedly withdrew their spears, and an officer shouted at him: "Stop, you said that you were sent by Commander Meng, do you have documents?" ”
Elder Wei hurriedly said: "Of course there is, this is my ID, and there is also Captain Meng's pistol." ”
The two soldiers magnified Lao Wei and slowly walked towards the bridge, he suddenly opened his eyes, and the two soldiers were frightened and hurriedly raised their guns again.
The elder Wei quickly drew his gun, pulled the trigger, and immediately killed the two soldiers, and the officer in the bridge saw this and went to touch the gun in his belt, but a bullet shot from the other party's gun immediately killed him.
The soldiers on the left side of the bridge heard the sound of gunfire behind them, so they looked back, and the elder Wei blocked the officer in front of him, drew his pistol from the officer's belt, and he fired his bow left and right, and opened fire on the enemy on the bridge.
However, these soldiers were afraid of accidentally injuring their superiors, so they did not dare to shoot at will, and were soon killed by the elder Wei.
The few remaining soldiers hurriedly crouched down, back-to-back defense with the soldiers operating the machine guns, and when the two guns in Da Lao Wei's hands ran out of bullets, he dropped his pistol, grabbed the officer's body and threw it at the enemy in front of him.
By the light of the torches on the bridge, the remaining soldiers could see that their superiors had quickly turned from a corpse into a pool of blood, and the only remaining bloody clothes were thrown at them, and they were already peeing their pants in fright.
Elder Wei stepped forward, stretched out his hands and grabbed the barrels of these soldiers' guns, and his right leg flew up, kicking the already frightened soldiers under the bridge.
The soldier operating the machine gun heard the movement behind him and looked behind him with the machine gun in his hand.
Da Lao Wei saw that the muzzles of the two machine guns were aimed at him, and he was afraid that this time he was in a catastrophe.
Just as the two soldiers were about to shoot, a gunshot was heard from behind them, and they fell to the ground and died.
Captain Cui led the guerrillas to rush to the wooden bridge, and then pointed their guns at Da Lao Wei.
The elder Wei still raised his arms and maintained a surrender posture.
One of the guerrillas asked the captain: "Captain Cui, what should we do with this prisoner, should I shoot him on the spot or take him away?" ”
Captain Cui looked at the elder Wei carefully and asked, "Why are your eyes glowing green, seeing that your clothes are not like a Kuomintang reactionary, but like a missionary!" ”
Elder Wei opened his mouth and said, "I am a German missionary, a child named An Zhenguo asked me to answer you!" ”
Captain Cui's face changed greatly after hearing this, and he pointed a shell gun at his head and asked, "Where is Xiao An now?" ”
"He and my two companions are in Mao'er Mountain, I can take you to meet him!"
Just now, the team member taunted to the elder Wei: "You are just a foreign monk, why should we listen to you!" ”
Captain Cui said to the team member: "Sun Deqiang, don't talk to foreigners in this tone, Xiao Zhang Xiaoyu, you hurry up and clean up the battlefield, we will cross the bridge immediately, and then cut down the bridge!" ”
The two guerrillas received the order, and Captain Cui and Sun Deqiang escorted the elder Wei across the wooden bridge and continued to rush towards the lower reaches of the Xun River.
Elder Wei hurriedly said: "Captain Cui, you can't go down the river, the adjutant of Head Meng led a team and is chasing from where!" ”
Sun Deqiang showed a puzzled expression after hearing this, and Captain Cui grabbed the collar of the elder Wei and asked, "Who are you?" ”
Elder Wei replied unhurriedly: "I am your comrade, if you are willing to believe me, I will definitely lead everyone to get rid of the enemy's pursuit!" ”
Sun Deqiang shouted: "Why should I believe you, you are our comrade, but there is evidence?" ”
Elder Wei shook his head, and the two guerrillas were already using machetes to destroy the wooden bridge on the Xun River.
"Actually, you don't have to completely destroy this bridge, you just need to send people to defend the bridge, and the rest of the people retreat quickly!" Elder Wei couldn't help but speak.
Captain Cui still tugged at his collar and said, "Do you keep this wooden bridge to facilitate the enemy to cross the river?" ”
Elder Wei said frankly: "I just think that you have destroyed this bridge, cut off the enemy's front road, and cut off your own back road, don't you plan to withdraw to Wolf Ear Mountain again?" ”
Sun Deqiang held a spear, pointed at the head of the elder Wei, and scolded angrily: "You shut up for me, otherwise I will shoot you!" ”
Elder Wei still said unhurriedly: "Hurry up and let the comrades withdraw, I will stay to cover you, I only need a spear and some rifle bullets!" ”
Captain Cui and Sun Deqiang both stared at him, the elder Wei looked awe-inspiring, Captain Cui had no choice but to agree, and ordered Sun Deqiang to hand the spear to this foreign monk.
Da Lao Wei held his rifle and skillfully loaded the chamber of the gun, and said to Captain Cui: "You take your comrades to rush in the direction of Mao'er Mountain, and you will meet a black donkey on the way, that is my donkey, and then go forward, Xiao An and my two comrades-in-arms are hiding there!" ”
Captain Cui glanced at the eldest elder Wei, handed him the rifle bullet in his pocket, and then said to his comrades: "Let's withdraw quickly!" ”
These guerrillas carried their spears and helped their wounded comrades to rush in the direction of Mao'er Mountain.