Section XXI

In the early morning of September 5, 1937, this was the third day that the stone had been guarding this position, looking at the devastated positions around and the overlapping corpses, the stone couldn't help but feel powerless, and looked up at the sky helplessly, the gray clouds covered the blue sky, like a huge strange fish covering the sky and the sun, and the dark clouds that could be seen everywhere were the scales of the strange fish, blocking the light from the sky, making the world in a heavy gray.

The 153rd Brigade had withdrawn from this position two days ago, and the 306th Regiment, which had strong combat effectiveness, had repelled more than 20 Japanese attacks in one day, and returned to the rear of Luodian to rest, and now the forward position had become the defense area of their 302nd Regiment.

Lao Meng straightened Zhou Wu's military uniform with trembling hands, this squad of deputies has survived three bloody battles in the past three days, but he has not been able to survive any longer, just now, the rumbling explosion drowned him out, and he never got up again after he fell down.

Speaking of which, the losses of the first squad were the least among the squads, perhaps because their defense area was on the flank of the hillside, not in the front of the enemy's strong attack, and the blows suffered here were obviously much lighter than in other places, but looking at the land under the hillside that was filled with earthy and yellow bodies, they really didn't dare to think about how they had come these days.

Immediately, with the help of everyone, Zhou Wu's body was lifted and placed in a crater in front of the position, and covered it with mud full of shrapnel, which could be regarded as their last effort for this brother.

"Smoke, is there any smoke?" The iron head straightened up in the trench, the devil's bombardment had just passed, and there should still be a moment before the enemy's attack, and after dealing with the squad deputy, they were idle, and his voice broke the congealed atmosphere.

"Who still has cigarettes? Took something for a change! Iron Head looked at the lifeless position and shouted weakly.

"What the hell are you going to have? Show it out for me to see? Xu Qiang, the squad leader, said with a cigarette butt in his mouth, sitting on the ground leisurely.

"Banzao, hehe, this treasure can't be taken out easily, there is a saying that 'the husband is guilty, Huaibi is not guilty'!" The iron head looked at the squad leader and said with a smile.

"Bah, if you don't read, don't pretend to be a literate person, and 'the husband is guilty, but Huaibi is not guilty?' In the past, let alone the people of our class, everyone couldn't afford to lose this face. Not far away, there was a merciless scolding from the machine-gun position.

"Chen Daaxe, what do you say, what do you say, it's your business, if you have the ability, you can also get some treasures from the little devil?" Tietou scolded angrily, and then said unwillingly: "Who still has smoke?" Exchange the baby for ......"

Seeing the mysterious look of the bald head, Xu Qiang touched it in his arms, and a crumpled cigarette case was taken out, and after opening it, he immediately carefully took out a few cigarettes from it, and immediately said with a smile: "Hey, there is still a little stock, tsk, I will make a fortune now." ”

When I saw the paper cigarette in the squad leader's hand, everyone on the side was overjoyed, and even the pillar in the distance, which was usually silent, said cheekily: "Banza, let's divide it, let us also satisfy our hunger?" ”

Xu Qiang didn't look at the kid, his eyes fell on the iron head, and when he saw that the kid looked hesitant, he suddenly asked puzzledly: "Bald head, how is it, brother has stock here, take out your baby and take a look?" ”

Tietou seemed to hesitate for a long time, and then hesitantly took out a handful of black and shiny things from his arms, and with his expression, the eyes of everyone around him were attracted, but after just one glance, Xu Qiang said disdainfully: "Damn, bald head, are you looking for death?" Can this thing be called a baby? Who are you pitting? ”

"That is, there is no shortage of anything in this place, that is, there is no shortage of knives and guns." Chen Daaxe said coaxingly.

"Go and go, you don't know anything, you're a fart? Have you ever seen such a short, such delicate saber? This is Lao Tzu picked up from a devil captain, and the little devil is close to him, will it be an ordinary saber? The iron head roared disdainfully at Chen's big axe.

Xu Qiang looked at it, shook his head, and then carefully put the cigarettes into the cigarette case, and raised his hand to put them in his pocket. This action suddenly made Tietou anxious, "Squad leader, what are you doing here?" Don't change it? ”

Xu Qiang also said disdainfully: "Look at a fart, such a short knife, no matter how beautiful it is, it has a hairy use, a foot long, and it is not as useful as a bayonet, and Lao Tzu is still in the way in exchange for it." ”

"Hahahaha, bald head, you take it as a baby, don't even give this shitty thing to Lao Tzu, and you still have a sin, it's really fucking embarrassing." Chen Daaxe scolded unscrupulously, looking like he was in schadenfreude.

And the small Shandong on the side leaned next to Lao Meng, this old and the young, like the stones not far away, did not have the slightest intention of participating in it.

As soon as he saw that the squad leader had really put away the cigarettes, he was in a hurry, and suddenly his voice changed, and he said flatteringly: "Squad leader, class leader, it's not okay to discuss, you see that I have been 'out of food' for a day, and I don't know when I can withdraw it, which is sad for me." ”

"If you have the ability, you can go down there and touch it, there are more goods there." Xu Qiang said as if he didn't pay attention to it at all.

"The little devil's gun is too accurate, maybe the smoke is not touched, and the person will be knocked down, and it will not be a loss." Tietou said helplessly, and said pleadingly: "Squad leader, otherwise, just change three, change three." ”

Xu Qiang frowned, and said unhappily: "Bald, it's not that I'm the unsatisfactory leader of the squad leader, I'm full of calculations, and it's just five or six, and no one is happy to exchange three cigarettes for something that can't be used at all." ”

When Tietou heard this, his face turned green, and he immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Two, squad leader, only change two, when we retreat from the line of fire, we can always make up a few with other brothers, this saber is really difficult to get." ”

"Two?" Xu Qiang asked hesitantly.

"Two, just two." The iron head looked forward to it.

Xu Qiang seemed to hesitate for a long time, then took out the cigarette case again, looked at the iron-headed tiger on the side, and immediately frowned, the iron-headed was overjoyed, where did he dare to offend him again, and immediately obediently retreated to the side, and Xu Da squad leader, only then did he feel two from it with satisfaction, and pointed at the iron head with a painful face and said: "Take the knife, pay with one hand, and deliver it with the other." ”

"Eh, eh, that's what the squad leader said, that's what the squad leader said." Tietou hurriedly handed over the saber, and after taking the cigarette in his hand, he suddenly rushed to his position with great joy, as if he was afraid that the squad leader would regret it.

And Xu Qiang took the saber in his hand and shook it, and raised his hand and threw it at the stone on the side casually.

Although the stone never spoke, he always looked at them with a calm face, raised his hand and grabbed it at will, and the saber was firmly in his hand, looking at Xu Qiang with a puzzled expression.

"You take this thing, I can't even play with a bayonet with my rough hands, how can I have the ability to play this gadget, you can see if it can come in handy." Xu Qiang said casually, then put his eyes on the ground, and then as if he had found some treasure, he picked up a cigarette butt from the mud pile with a surprised face, put it in his mouth without hesitation, and lit the match......

Seeing the appearance of the squad leader, Shi could only be speechless, for him, a non-smoker, looking at their appearance, it was really a little helpless, but holding the saber in his hand, he finally let him have something to do. Looking at the blade carefully, it was a saber about an inch long, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a dagger, and judging from the fine workmanship on the scabbard, perhaps it should be called an ornament rather than anything else.

After looking at the gadget with a delicate pattern engraved on the scabbard for a moment, the stone couldn't help but pull out the blade, and suddenly a dazzling cold light shone out, which made the stone take aback, and he didn't need to test the blade, just looked at the light on the blade, and the stone involuntarily exclaimed: "Good knife." ”

Xu Qiang, who looked happy in the cigarette butt on the side, said lightly: "There seems to be a kind of person in Japan who is called a samurai, with a noble status and amazing means, it is said that those people are all masters of using knives, and weapons of this size should be reserved as the last weapon on the body, and they are extremely sharp." ”

Shi Shi was stunned for a moment, put the blade into the sheath, and asked puzzledly, "Does the squad leader know about this thing?" ”

"Of course, you think I'm bald, this knife can't be exchanged for two cigarettes, two boxes can't be exchanged, it's priceless at all, you think, who will sell this life-saving weapon to others, isn't this equivalent to giving away half a life yourself." Xu Qiang said, regretfully throwing away the cigarette butt in his hand, there was already a burnt smell there, obviously the last bit of essence dared to be sucked into his mouth.

"Then how can I ask for such a valuable thing?" Listening to the squad leader's words, Shi was taken aback, and immediately threw the saber back to Xu Qiang.

As soon as his hand was raised, Xu Qiang raised his hand to stop him: "If you want to take it, take it, if I can use it, will I give it to you?" I've seen you fight with devils with bayonets these days, every time it's hand-to-hand combat, the long body of the gun doesn't need it at all, and you can see that what you learned before must be this kind of close-to-hand combat skills, such a small dagger should be more suitable for you. Besides, if you let me carry this little thing to fight the devil with a bayonet, it is better to just do it myself first, so as not to waste that effort. ”

The stone smiled helplessly, not knowing what to say.

Lao Meng on the side said at this time: "Stone, the squad leader said to give it to you, it's been several years, and it's the first time I've seen the squad leader so generous." ”

"Old man Meng, Lao Tzu's reputation has ruined you." Xu Qiang on the side was angry, glared and scolded, and then there was no sound, everyone was strange, looked at Xu Qiang's eyes, and suddenly scolded angrily: "Damn, these little devils are in a hurry to reincarnate, and they really won't delay for a while." ”