Section IX

Han Daokou, is a town composed of only two streets, because it is located in the border of eastern Henan, belongs to the junction of Yongcheng, Xiayi, Dangshan three counties, so it is very lively on weekdays, people from four miles and eight townships want to do something to buy something, they have to get up early in the morning to rush here, not to mention, these two short streets, cloth, grain store, tavern because there are everything, although not as prosperous as the three nearby county seats, but for the people nearby, it is enough to live for the need.

However, now Han Daokou has naturally lost the excitement of the past, the news that the devil is about to call, like a plague makes people flee, the closed doors on both sides of the street and the tattered clothes and vehicles scattered everywhere, clearly show the panic and fear of the people when they evacuate, the atmosphere of defeat, so that the stones on the street continue to shake their heads.

I don't know who has a cat suddenly ran from the bluestone street, perhaps the quiet atmosphere around the cat is very unaccustomed, when it jumped into the alley, it couldn't help but let out a "meow" call, as if calling the companions of the past, but also like anxiously looking for their master, but, this place has long been empty, its shouting, can only be lonely resounding in the alley can not get any response.

"Battalion commander, the monkey has sent someone back." At that moment, the sound of hurried footsteps sounded from behind, followed by the hurried voice.

The stone looked up at the sky, it should have just arrived in Shen now, and there was still nearly an hour and a half before it was dark, which made him frown, as if he was quite anxious for the dark, and sighed secretly, the stone turned around and saw Liu Wenfeng's tightly knit brows, and couldn't help but say: "Crazy, I usually see you punching and kicking monkeys, but I didn't expect you to care so much about him." ”

Liu Wenfeng stretched out his hand to support the steel helmet and said, "I care about him?" I'm concerned about the situation in front, don't look at this kid's usual bull coaxing, that's all nonsense, he has a few pounds and a few taels, don't I know, battalion commander, to be honest, I really didn't expect you to put him in the position of a company commander, with his loose appearance, he can still command a team of more than 100 people? ”

"If it works, you'll have to try it to find out." Shi Shi said a word, and then smiled bitterly: "It seems that I am about the same age as a monkey, and I can be a battalion commander, so why can't he be a company commander." ”

"How can he compare with you, it's completely different." Liu Wenfeng couldn't help but shake his head and sighed.

"Okay, let's get down to business first, what's the situation in Loess Mountain now? How many troops did the devils put into the attack? Can you keep it until dark? Stone immediately changed the subject and asked.

The reason why Liu Wenfeng was not in a hurry to report it before was obviously because he was more at ease with the situation in front of him, and when he heard this, he grinned: "This kid is quite competitive, according to their judgment, the strength of the devil to attack should be about two or three squadrons, and it seems that there is also a special artillery platoon, and in the past half a day, four or five rounds of shells have been fired at the mountain, but although there is no place to hide on the mountain, the mountain is still quite steep, and the devil has retreated after attacking several times in a row." As he spoke, Liu Wenfeng gave a detailed account of the combat situation brought back by the first company of brothers.

Shi Shi kept nodding, quietly listening to his narration, and after Liu Wenfeng finished speaking, he muttered and said: "The devil has not attacked the other side of the mountain so far, it should be to wait for the opportunity to catch them off guard, and must tell them that as long as Li Wenguang has more than a platoon of troops on the mountain where they are, they must not transfer people from the side of Xiaoshan, once they lose a mountain, the devil has the advantage of parallel shooting, with the devil's firepower, Even our entire battalion can't stop the enemy's attack. ”

Liu Wenfeng nodded and said: "They have already considered this, now the monkey will concentrate the sergeants and supply squad of the company squad behind the mountain as a reserve, and they can reinforce the two mountains at any time, it is not easy for the devil to eat them in one go." ”

"That's good, it seems that this battle is the right way to put a company up, and only those brothers who have really fought with the devil can block the devil's attack under such conditions." Hearing this, the stone said with satisfaction.

Liu Wenfeng saw that the stone never mentioned how to fight the battle in front of him, and couldn't help but ask a little strangely: "Battalion commander, Loess Mountain is still twenty miles away from us, and that is the necessary place from Yongcheng to Dangshan, unless the devil is willing to bypass more than ten miles of mountain roads from both sides, otherwise, if he doesn't take the Loess Mountain, he won't be able to attack Dangshan at all, since we pull out Nanguan to meet the enemy, why don't we directly put the battlefield on the Loess Mountain, with the strength of one of our battalions, even if the devil has a wing, he may not be able to take our position." ”

Hearing this, Shi shook his head and said: "As a last resort, I will never let the brothers fight with the devil again, madman, the devil's firepower is too fierce, a battalion thrown into the mountain is actually no different from a company, the devil's shells fall, the more we have, the greater the casualties." ”

Liu Wenfeng nodded deeply when he heard the heavy sound of the stone, and the picture of being blown up by the devil's shells countless times and not being able to lift it suddenly appeared in his mind, making him speechless for a while, but after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly asked puzzled: "Since you don't want to fight with the devils in the Loess Mountain, the battalion commander let the company guard until dark, and brought the whole battalion here, do you want to sneak attack the devil's barracks at night?" But the devils in Yongcheng have as many as a wing, and with such strength, even the entire division may not be able to gnaw down, and we are really not enough to see it. ”

Looking at Liu Wenfeng's worried gaze, Shi Shi said with a rare smile: "A wing, we will definitely not be able to gnaw, and if a brigade is a brigade, it is not very likely, but our purpose is as long as we hold Dangshan, as long as we drag the devils here for a few days, as long as we can drag the friendly troops of other troops to come, our task will be completed." ”

"Night Attack!" Liu Wenfeng read softly, but also frowned, and couldn't help but think of the battle in the north of Luodian, the brothers who were hindered by the wall of fire were surrounded by the prepared Japanese army, in the dense machine gun sound, one by one helpless fallen brothers became a nightmare that they never could shake in their hearts, at this time he heard the stone say that he was going to attack at night, he couldn't help but be quite worried, the shrewdness of the devil they have been taught, and if they want to hit the devil by surprise, there is not much chance, If you are not careful, you may be calculated by the devil, and it is impossible to say that you are not worried.

But when he was about to remind the stone, he suddenly remembered that these battalion commanders had also experienced it, and he didn't need to remind him anymore.

Shi Shi didn't seem to feel Liu Wenfeng's uneasiness at all, and said with a calm expression: "Let's go, go and see how the fortifications arranged by the company commander Gao are, if the Loess Mountain can't be defended, our position can only be withdrawn here, how long it can be blocked, but it depends on whether these fortifications are durable enough." ”

Shi didn't know that when he and Liu Wenfeng were discussing the battle situation in front of them, Zhao Xinyi, who was in the east of the town, was also whispering: "Huzi, what should we do next?" ”

Hu Zi looked at the brothers of the second company who were busy around, it seemed to be very lively on the surface, but after a closer look, it could be seen that they were all absent-minded, and their eyes were looking around from time to time, looking like they were trying to do something, for these brothers, Hu Zi naturally knew a lot, and immediately frowned and said: "Brother Zhao, what, do you still have any ideas?" ”

Zhao Xinyi came over, and after looking around to see that there was nothing abnormal, he whispered: "Beard, why don't we find a chance to go!" ”

"Let's go? What does Brother Zhao mean by this? When has this been, how can you still have this kind of thought, doesn't Brother Zhao want to fight devils? Although Hu Zi was a little surprised when he heard this, his face did not change in the slightest, and even there was still a hint of a smile, so that people could not see what he was thinking in his heart at all.

Zhao Xinyi reached out and touched the long stubble on his chin, thought for a while, and said: "If you want to talk about fighting devils, we naturally want to fight, but we have to think about how to fight." ”

The beard on the side suddenly laughed when he heard this, "Brother Zhao, are you listening to what the fifth and sixth ghosts are talking about again, these boys don't have anything serious in their heads, you don't listen to their nonsense." ”

Zhao Xinyi was embarrassed by what he said, and immediately reached out and touched his head in embarrassment, but in a blink of an eye, he said with a straight face: "Huzi, you know that my brother and I don't know a single big character, and I don't have anything in my head, but the six sons and they told me all the things along the way, I have thought about it carefully, you were a teacher before you went up the mountain, you are educated and knowledgeable, you have taken everyone to do a lot of great things over the years, and everyone is convinced by you." Today, brother, I'll pull down this face and talk to you about it, how to go from here, we have to figure it out. ”

Seeing that the beard nodded without any objection, Zhao Xinyi also said unceremoniously: "Let's be more direct, we are bandits, these people are soldiers, soldiers and bandits have been inseparable since ancient times, you look at those who were recruited in history, which one has a good end, back then Shuibo Liangshan had one hundred and eight generals, one was more powerful than the other, but in the end?" Wasn't it just because of Song Jiang's sunspot who took him to fight Fang La? I think we're almost like them now, and maybe we'll be slaughtered by someone who borrowed a knife to kill someone. Beard, it's not that I don't want to fight devils, it's that I don't want these dozens of brothers to be used as guns, and I don't even know how I died. ”

Hearing this, Hu Zi restrained his smile and said, "Brother Zhao, to put it mildly, you still don't think I'm a brother." ”

Zhao Xinyi suddenly said urgently: "Huzi, what do you mean by this?" Why should I treat you as a brother and tell you this? ”

Hu Zi nodded and said: "Brother Zhao's words, then I will say it directly, Brother Zhao, at the moment we are not Liangshan heroes, these people are not soldiers of the Song Dynasty, that little devil is not the uprising Fang La, who is bent on robbing everyone's wealth and scattering to recruit people, this is an invasion of foreign enemies, and it is to occupy our entire country." Brother Zhao, do you know what life those people in the three eastern provinces occupied by devils are living now? When the slave of the dead country is not as good as a dog, it is said that if it is slaughtered, it will be slaughtered, yes, we will fight with these Kuomintang troops, and we may all die in the blink of an eye, but we are dead at the guns of the Japanese, and we don't know how many times more glorious than dying in the hands of those landlord security regiments. ”

Zhao Xinyi was stunned there, and seemed to be a little unable to react to whether what Hu Zi said was right or wrong, so he could only squeak and say: "The devils have all fought in front of us, but we don't even know how to fight this battle and where to fight it until now, we can't just send it to death without knowing it, you also saw it, the battalion commander is still a doll, so don't say it, so what kind of company commander and even the hair attached to it hasn't grown, no wonder the devils have fought all the way from the south to here, they are all such troops, it's strange if they don't lose the battle." ”

Hu Zi shook his head and said: "Brother Zhao, whether they can fight or not, but at least they are still fighting with the devil, if we leave at this time and fall into the eyes of others, we will think that we are afraid of the devil, this is going to be poked in the backbone and scolded by the mother." ”

Zhao Xinyi couldn't help lowering his head, his face full of groaning.