The devils of Guangde chose to drive straight into this time, sparing all the villages along the way, traveling lightly, struggling in the mud, and desperately approaching Xinhang.

Feng Ye stood by the river, watching the brothers of the engineer company dismantle the pontoon bridge, and the surviving fishing boats had to be returned to the people here.

The muddy mountain road is very difficult to walk, the young men overestimated their own ability, and one by one they walked slower and slower with heavy grain on their backs, Feng Yi frowned, at this speed, I am afraid that when it gets dark, they will not be able to cross the Guangde line.

Looking at the unyielding eyes of the young men, Feng Yi knew that it was impossible for him to make them give up the food on their backs, but he couldn't help them now, because the number of young men was about the same as the number of the brothers, and the men of this group carried a bag, and the women also carried half a bag, which was not something that the brothers could help.

"Damn the road!"

Feng Yi cursed, if the road was good, he wouldn't have to be so irritable, then he could use wheelbarrows or horse-drawn carts and other things, and the food could be easily taken away.

But Feng Yi thought about it, if it weren't for this heavy rain, if the road conditions weren't so bad, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to mix a single grain, and I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to attack Xinhang so rashly.

"Come on, folks!"

After all, the recruits were locals, and from time to time they encouraged the young men, and the trails under their feet were no longer called, and they were full of mud, and even the horses had to walk with great difficulty, and they could no longer put more things on their horses.

"Wang Ning!"

Feng Yi frowned and shouted loudly.

"Battalion commander."

Wang Ning didn't carry food, and the last two bags of grain left by Feng Ye freed up ten brothers, who were responsible for exploring the road along the road, and now Feng Ye had to give up.

"You take these brethren to stay behind and cover these fellow countrymen; Walk slowly, and when we go back, we'll pick you up again. ”

Feng Yi explained that according to the map, his first destination should be available before dark, and then he could free up some horses.

"Yes!"

Wang Ning did not hesitate, and Feng Ye continued to move forward with a large group of men, leaving ten brothers and a large number of young people to continue to slowly trek on the muddy field.

Jintang, is a Bao under Si'an Town, located in Guangde to Changxing line, thanks to the cover of the Tianmu Mountains, here is not harassed by the devils, hundreds of high and low houses are densely scattered in the fields, dozens of houses clustered together are the place where the local chief is located, a small road runs through the village in a north-south direction, the village is surrounded by a large area of scattered paddy fields and vertical and horizontal ditches, raising the people here.

In the past, the people here were very supportive of the anti-Japanese war, and they even donated food to the guerrilla soldiers, but since the last time they were arrested dozens of young men here, their hearts were full of resentment, and they hid from all those who were soldiers.

"Squeak!"

It was just dark, the village was closed, all the people were hidden in the house, all the dogs in the village were released, and if a stranger entered the village, their remaining young men would run out and hide in the field.

"Wang, Wang, Wang......"

A long formation approached Jintang, and the village dogs barked frantically, alerting the villagers that someone was coming.

"The people of Jintang are out of the ranks."

Holding a torch, Feng Yi commanded loudly.

"I promised you that I would let you go home and see, today is the opportunity, I will send you home."

Looking at the dozens of brothers who stood up, Feng Yi said loudly, this is the thing to catch strong men, the strength of the battalion directly under the command is from the strong men captured by the 31st Brigade, in order to facilitate management and improve combat effectiveness, people in one place are all gathered together.

"Thank you, sir."

The dozens of recruits who came out of the queue squirmed their lips, they didn't expect to really go home and have a look.

"The bread on your backs is your own, to your families."

"In addition, give another hundred pounds to each person; This is not a reward for you, but you deserve it, and this is your bread. ”

Feng Ye said loudly, he knew that the settlement fee for this group of soldiers was only two oceans, and it used to be five oceans, and he brought so much food out just to make up for them.

"Gao Yurong!"

Feng Ye then shouted.

"Here!"

Gao Yurong replied loudly.

"Let the brethren rest on the spot!"

"Zhang Chuan, concentrate all the villagers."

Feng Ye shouted, and in the eyes of dozens of recruits, he took a step towards the village.

"The guerrillas are coming again!"

"The guerrillas are coming!"

……

In the village, looking at Feng Yi and the soldiers who entered the village, the two and a half hundred old men shouted, reminding the old and young masters to hide quickly.

"Fourth, hide quickly, I'm definitely here to arrest you."

In a thatched room, two women pushed a young man and kept stuffing food into the package.

"Remember, we didn't come looking for you, so don't come back."

The old woman grabbed the young man's hand and pushed him to leave through the back door.

"Mother, sister, I'm leaving; Be careful. ”

The young man knew that he had to run, and one of the young men who ran back a few days ago would definitely be a dead end once he was caught.

"Old and young masters, they have all come out and gathered at the threshing floor!"

Zhang Chuan shouted at the top of his voice, carrying torches and running all over the village, as for the houses scattered next to them, they were not going to go, if there was a brother's home over there, it would naturally be notified by the chief of security.

"Sir, I'm the chief of security, I don't know what the chief commands?"

A man bent over walked out and asked with Zhang Chuan on it.

"We are from the Suwan detachment, and we are ordered by the commander to gather all the people of Benbao, and the commander wants to give a lecture."

Zhang Chuan replied mechanically, and then continued to shout.

"Hey! O iniquity! ”

The chief was very helpless, he was worried about the only remaining men in the village, and he didn't care about the money and food, because there was not much grain left in the village, and they were waiting for the crops in the field to ripen, and in another month, the grain in the field could be harvested.

"San'er! That's San'er! ”

"Stones, that's our stones!"

……

Dozens of recruits stood under the torches, lined up in a neat row, as the villagers became more and more concentrated, and the recruits kept being recognized, and the people gathered became more and more excited, and even the faces of the recruits were stained with tears, but they did not dare to move now, they were afraid that the hard-won opportunity to go home would become a farewell to their families.

"Quiet!"

"Quiet!"

The chief kept shouting to silence the agitated villagers; He could see that the commander who came today did not plan to recruit soldiers, because they did not block the village, and most of the soldiers brought in were children of their own village, and it was impossible for these local children to arrest strong men here; And it is impossible to collect grain, I didn't see a pile of sacks piled up on the big grain field, looking at the appearance, it should be grain inside.