Autumn is coming, it's not as cool as expected, and it's not hot, but it's definitely not just right, because it's still hot at noon and cool late at night.

The mountain wind howled irregularly, occasionally blowing ripples on the water, and the raft drifted across the river and leaned against the south bank.

Sun Cui stepped on the shore carefully, then turned around and waved his hand at Ma Liang: "Okay, go back quickly." ”

"Sister Sun, why don't I discuss it with the platoon commander again, and leave a squad to go with you. Ma Liang, who operated the raft, was in no hurry to return.

"There's no need, we're used to fleeing, and we're familiar with this square and can afford to live. Don't look at the old and weak, I'm a burden. Go back quickly. ”

Ma Liang looked at the villagers on the shore who were quietly packing up and preparing to leave, propped up the raft to shore, and waved at Sun Cui.

Sun Cui kept looking at the raft, and it was almost floating in the middle of the river, and finally couldn't help but shout to Ma Liang: "You have to be careful!"

The distance was far away, but Sun Cui could still see the young and handsome smile. rubbed his hands on the placket of his clothes, and turned to walk towards the villagers: "Let's not delay much, let's leave in the afternoon, the farther the better, the more barren the better, and try not to bring anything except food." ”

Some villagers laughed and said, "Sister Sun, you have a lot of things! I'll help you bury them, right?"

"Phew, dead lame, you don't have bad ideas, the old lady buries it herself, and you don't need to be courteous!"

"Look, you're the captain and the director, why are you talking so ugly? Didn't you say anything about fish and water yesterday?"

"The old lady said that it was the military and civilian fish and water situation, not a quilt with you!" Sun Cui's voice was very bright, and there was a burst of laughter on the spot, which instantly diluted the tense and solemn atmosphere.

……

When the raft reached the north bank, Ma Liang jumped down and ordered the nearby soldiers to dismantle the raft on the spot, cut the ropes of the river, and then hurried to the open space of the wine station.

The wooden house of the second class was set on fire by Li Youde's people a few days ago and burned into a pile of ruins, the wooden house of the first class was demolished to the point that only a frame and a broken roof remained, and now it looks like a livestock shed, Shi Cheng demolished it himself before Li Youde came, but the puppet army was too lazy to burn that after he arrived, so that the idea of the first class succeeded, the foundation is there, the framework is in, and it will be very simple to rebuild in the future, this is the abacus of the first class.

The wooden house of the third class is the most complete, Ma Liang led the third class to water the wooden house over and over again with river water on the first night of the arrival of the puppet army, the puppet army did not light the fire, and it really survived, but this time the devil sweep is estimated to not survive.

The dormitory and kitchen of Class 9 have been burned to the ground, but the bunker has been saved, and it is estimated that the sweep will be able to survive as well. Because of the strange idea of the unscrupulous bear, because he was lazy and didn't want to bother repairing the bunker in the future, he blocked the shooting hole and entrance of the bunker with wooden planks, and then led the nine classes to bury the bunker into a big grave, and erected a scene tablet in front of the grave, which read: Anonymous sixteen people died here, and Li Youde's puppet army actually believed the bear's nonsense!

The girl's stone house was also burned, but only the roof was burned, who let the stones not catch fire, so she still lives here these days, and she can look at the stars when she sleeps, fortunately it doesn't rain, at least happier than the warriors who sleep in the woods.

"Brother, Sister Sun said that they don't have to worry about us. ”

The wooden table under the big tree had been smashed into broken planks, and Hu Yi sat on a surviving broken bench, loaded the bullets into the magazine, and said without raising his head: "Got it." ”

Then Shi Cheng, Li Xiang and others ran to the open space with a disgraced face: "Everything that should be buried is buried, weapons and ammunition are upstream, and tools and materials are downstream." Platoon commander, when are we leaving?"

The last bullet pressed in, closing the stall. Hu Yi stood up, straightened the shoulder strap of his shoulder bag, and looked around: "All assemble, ready to go." ”

……

The sun had just set, a group of puppet troops went west into the mountain pass, and after a while, the devils appeared, and at least one squadron lined up for a long time and walked towards the sunset, and then there was a large group of puppet troops, continuously entering the mountain.

The sweep began, and this sweep was not only going on in Meixian, but also in all places, both for the sweep and for food. Meixian County is divided into two roads here, one way from Lushuipu and Deciduous Village to the west, all the way from Songjia Village in the south to the west, parallel sweeping to the nameless village and then to the north, the end point is Dabeizhuang and Xinghua Village, after the confluence and then along the south bank of the Hunshui River to sweep back to the city, the entire Meixian County boundary combing again.

At this time, the smaller the team, the fewer bonds there are, and the easier it is to dodge. The terrain in the mountainous area is complicated, and it is not too difficult for the current nine platoons of fifty-one people to survive the sweeping period. A large part of the villagers in Jiuzhan Village were former bandits or bandits, and they were familiar with the environment and could find shelters from the limelight, which saved the nine rows. Hu Yi's only worry is the regiment headquarters, there are many people in Dabeizhuang, even if he already knows the news of the arrival of the devil in advance, it is not so easy to hide, the first and fourth companies are estimated to suffer a big crime, poor Wu Yan, always do this kind of work.

Dozens of miles of barren mountains in the north of Qingshan Village are uninhabited, and it is a good place to hide at present, as long as you bring enough rations, you can squat in the barren mountains until the devils collect troops. Hu Yi made up his mind and led the nine rows to the north and entered the peaks and mountains.

……

Behind the distant mountains at night, the sound of gunfire suddenly rang out, growing denser and denser, until it became a storm.

In the dark, the village was in a panic, and the children cried and the adults called the old people to catch chickens and sheep.

A warrior gasped for breath, ran under the moon, rolled over the slope, fell across the river, rushed into the noisy and panicked village, and shouted eagerly: "Secretary Qin, where is Secretary Qin......?"

A middle-aged figure grabbed the running soldier: "I'm here!"

"The devil is coming from the east! Hurry up and let the fellows run, we can't even stop it!"

Secretary Qin turned his head and shouted: "Xiao Liu, take the militia to Dongshan to support!"

The soldier said anxiously: "Don't support! I can't stop it, let's go!"

"Okay. All right. I'll take the folks with me. Seeing that the tired soldier turned around and was about to run out of the village, Secretary Qin couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you going together?

"I'm going back to the company!" the soldier's figure quickly disappeared into the panicked crowd and rushed back to the dense gunfire.

"Xiao Liu, take someone to organize the transfer of the wounded. "Secretary Qin gave a new order to the militia, and then began to organize the chaotic masses.

"Hurry up! Don't worry about those cumbersome things, go west, go out of the village first. Folks, don't mess around, go west out of the village. ”

He shouted eagerly, very earnestly, but the village was still full of chickens and sheep.

"Daddy Wu...... Stop chasing your sheep, let's go, if I beg you to succeed?"

"My whole family is pointing to this sheep, I have to bring it anyway!"

Hi...... Secretary Qin stomped his feet and followed Father Wu to chase the sheep.

……

The sky was already dark, and hundreds of people in the valley were wrapped in small bags, hugging chickens and sheep, and marching slowly and tiredly.

Secretary Qin ran from the front of the team to the back of the team, urging and encouraging all the way, and his voice was hoarse like a duck.

"Xiao Liu, give me your gun, and you go ahead to lead the way. "Most of the night has only walked thirty miles, and the company that blocked the attack is more auspicious and less auspicious, Secretary Qin is determined to take the militia to break the rear and cover the people, and if he doesn't block it, he will definitely not be able to escape.

Xiao Liu looked at the team that was struggling to advance and sighed, did not hand over the gun, but waved his hand nearby: "The militia will follow me!"

"Xiao Liu, you come back, I'll go!" Secretary Qin shouted in a hoarse voice and chased a few steps, but unfortunately those militiamen had already run away.

……

When the sun reflected the barren mountains, the last gunshot disappeared in the distance behind him.

Secretary Qin stopped and turned his head, and was reflected with an ordinary face with a scruffy beard, and he quietly greeted the rising sun, as if he saw those soldiers and militiamen who fell in the distance. So he went from the head of the team to the end of the team again, and once again began to encourage every tired villager who passed by him in a dumb voice, and he talked to the end of the team without landing.

"Secretary Qin, do you have something to say?" asked a wounded member of the Eighth Route Army on crutches. The wounded soldiers could understand the burst of gunfire just now, and all the militia after the break were sacrificed.

"I ...... I want you to ...... Leave the team with me. When Secretary Qin said this, he kept looking east, and he didn't dare to look at these wounded soldiers.

"All the wounded, assemble!" the wounded commanded in a low voice toward the neighborhood. They were all recuperating from their wounds in the homes of the villagers, and in this situation, although they did not slow down the speed of these people, they were now unstoppable, and the enemy would be completely destroyed if they caught up. The wounded are also warriors, and they have to block without guns, even if they throw stones, even if they hold the enemy's legs, they can delay for a while.

None of the dozen wounded spoke, but they came together silently, and even the two most seriously injured climbed off the stretcher, silently.

"Secretary Qin, you can't stay. If even you stay, how far do you think the unorganized folks can go?"

"I ......"

The wounded man showed a helpless wry smile: "What is the difference between dying early and dying later? ”

The feeling of powerlessness of grief filled Secretary Qin's legs with lead, and he looked at each soldier's face carefully without speaking.

"Let the villagers speed up, let's go first if you can go quickly, if you can't do it, let everyone disperse, as long as you can live a person, we won't lose to the end." Don't delay. ”

With his back to the sun, he chased the team heavily, not daring to turn back, because the morning sun in the east was too dazzling.

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"Hurry!"

But hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled people who dragged their families were already exhausted, how could they get up quickly.

"The one ahead goes first, you guys go quickly!"

But the third aunt and the second uncle were still behind, and those who walked in front of them stopped frequently and waited.

"Don't follow the team anymore! Hide if you can, hide now! Do you hear me!"

But the valley is very long, the slope is very steep, the barren mountains are striped, and the old people and children can climb with big bags and small bags.

Completely desperate, Secretary Qin found a stone, sat down, and pulled out a little dry smoke foam from his coat pocket with difficulty, and a small piece of dirty paper, kneading it, and gradually rolled it into a roll in his hand, and after holding it in his mouth, he found that there was no match around him.

A sheep ran in front of him, and after a while, Father Wu staggered after him.

"Daddy Wu, why don't you follow the sheep, don't carry it on your back?"

There was a sudden chaos in front of the team, and Secretary Qin jumped up and looked westward.

A team vaguely appears at the end of the valley......