They can't stay in the area for too long, the wind will be stronger in the afternoon, and they have to take advantage of the noon time to cross this area that looks like the Gobi Desert.

The wind swept the sand and slapped on them, not including this area, most of the entire Jizhong Plain have such sand and dust, so the people who live here have to wrap their heads in towels, otherwise they will go out for a walk, and their hair will be full of sand, which is very difficult to wash.

After all, there is no shampoo or conditioner in this era.

It took a lot of time to pass through this wind-sand area, and when they came out of the wind-sand area, the three of them were covered with dirt, although this road was difficult to walk, but it also had advantages, that is, they would not meet Japanese devils, and Japanese devils would not come to such a harsh environment in the wind-blown sand area, and it could also be seen that the old village chief had worked hard in choosing the road to the subdivision.

After walking through the windy sand area, the strong wind was still unabated, and after walking for more than ten minutes, I vaguely saw the outline of a village.

The old village chief looked up and said, "There is Li Zhuang in front, and I haven't been here for a long time, so I don't know what the situation of Li Zhuang is now." ”

San Bao said: "This side is relatively close to the wind-blown sand area, and the possibility of Japanese devils coming is not high. ”

The old village chief nodded: "The population of Lizhuang is not large, just a few hundred people, close to the wind-blown sand area, the crops grow less, and many people have left." ”

Where the two couldn't see, Xia Yuan opened the Eagle Eye, in such a plain with a flat river, the skill of Eagle Eye can exert a super effect, and he can see the extremely far away, with the blessing of the Eagle Eye, Li Zhuang's situation is presented in Xia Yuan's eyes.

A village where no figures are shaking, it's a bit weird.

Xia Yuan didn't speak, just observed, and after making sure that there was no one in Li Zhuang and no devils, he put his mind at ease, followed behind the two, and walked in the direction of Li Zhuang.

After getting closer, Sanbao looked at the entrance of Li Zhuang's village with some curiosity and said, "Strange, why is there no one?" ”

The old village chief said: "At this point in time, we should all have lunch and go in and have a look." ”

But Xia Yuan saw a different scene, after turning on the Eagle Eye skill, Li Zhuang's almost dilapidated image appeared in his eyes, cracks appeared on the walls of some houses, the ground was covered with wild grass, the window paper had long been torn by the wind, the broken wood was covered with dust, the doors of some houses were open, the doors of some houses fell to the ground, and some houses had no doors at all.

Don't talk about human figures, that is, you can't even see a ghost, and the entire Li Zhuang is very dilapidated.

When the three of them got closer again, except for Xia Yuan, Sanbao and the old village chief were very shocked, Sanbao put down the cart in his hand, looked at the village in disbelief, and muttered: "How can it be like this?" ”

"Xia Yuan, you look at the car, Sanbao, follow me in and see if there is anyone else in the village!"

The old village chief stretched out his hand to hold the towel wrapped in his hair, and hurriedly walked into the village with Sanbao, while Xia Yuan followed behind, walking unhurriedly, he had already determined that there was no one in this village, and there was a high probability that it would become a deserted village.

The deserted village is the result of the arrival of the Japanese devils, the villagers of a village decide to flee westward collectively, and then the whole village is gradually abandoned, and the village swept by the Japanese devils is that the entire village is burned down by the Japanese devils, the people are killed, and the property is robbed.

The three of them walked around and found a fairly complete house, Sanbao sat on the threshold, Xia Yuan leaned against the door, the old village chief looked at this deserted village with a complicated face, and said with a slight sigh: "The situation faced by Li Zhuang is very difficult, they border the windy sand area, and their own grain production is not much, after the Japanese devils entered the Jizhong Plain, they began to collect grain everywhere, their lives were hard, they gave food, and no one in a village had a way to live, they wanted to leave, they wanted to leave." ”

Sanbao lowered his head, Xia Yuan's eyes rippled, the productivity of the old society was low, the grain output was not high, there was no systematic planting, coupled with the wind and sand area with a harsh environment, the grain output barely fed the people of a village, and today the devil fully invaded China, after occupying the Jizhong Plain, it was a grain collection and a sweep, and some strong men were captured every once in a while to build bunkers for them, but there were very few strong men who were captured.

In such a situation, it is difficult to say that it is Li Zhuang, that is, it is difficult for other villages to survive, and it is a correct choice for Li Zhuang to flee westward.

If it were him, if he did not have the ability to defeat the Japanese devils, and he did not have the ability to ensure that the entire village could eat, he would also choose to let the villagers flee, maybe there is still a chance to survive in the escape, at least the West has not been invaded by the Japanese devils, and it is too difficult to survive in the enemy-occupied area.

And deserted villages like the one in front of you can be seen everywhere throughout the anti-Japanese era.

The three of them rested temporarily in Li Zhuang, ate something, drank some water, rested for about ten minutes and continued to set off.

Therefore, the three of them did not stay much in Li Zhuang, and continued to set off after a simple rest, the road chosen by the old village chief was to bypass the stronghold and turret of the devil, and it was a big circle, and the time to rush took at least a day, and the road was detoured, but the safety of the three was guaranteed.

Leaving Li Zhuang and walking for more than two hours, the sun hung high overhead, even if he wrapped his head in a towel, he could still feel a hot breath, and the water in his body was also losing rapidly.

The old village chief drank water and said, "The nearby villages are empty, and they have all fled. ”

The three of them walked along the way, in addition to the first Li Zhuang they met, they also met several villages, and they all fled without exception.

Xia Yuan said: "Living in an enemy-occupied area, it is basically impossible to live a stable life. Resist, die faster, and if you don't resist, you are also a slow death. ”

Sambo muttered, "Slow death ......"

The old village chief handed the kettle to Sanbao and said, "You still have to resist, a happy life is fought for with your own hands, not by others' charity, and the life of others is not happy." ”

The old village chief came from the era of the feudal landlord class, knowing how valuable it is for the people to divide the land and being the master of his own house, so he naturally does not want the current life to be ruined by the Japanese devils.

No one would want to!

The ideological consciousness of the old village chief is undoubtedly very high, after all, he joined our party, took ideological education classes, and how well he understands the people being the masters of their own affairs, and the arrival of our party has allowed the people to truly live their own lives, and they have driven out the landlords and distributed the land to the people, so that the people can have their own fertile land and can grow their own farms, which was unimaginable before.

Sanbao did not come from the feudal society, and his understanding of being the master of the house was not deep enough, after all, he had not experienced the feudal era, and naturally he could not feel how heavy the words of the old village chief were, and he shouted optimistically and very naively:

"Then fight with your own hands!"

Xia Yuan knew that the happiness won with his own hands would require the sacrifice of tens of millions of people to be exchanged.

The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Sino-Indian Conflict, and the Sino-Vietnamese Conflict, I don't know how many people have been experienced, and I don't know how many people have been sacrificed in exchange for a happy and beautiful life at the moment, is such a sacrifice worth it? After all, those who sacrificed did not even enjoy a happy life for a day, but they used their young lives to fight for a peaceful and peaceful society for their younger generations.

I don't know if it's worth it for the people of the future, even Xia Yuan doesn't know if it's worth it, their current peaceful life is the foundation of the blood and flesh of the martyrs, but this kind of life, some people still feel dissatisfied, and some people still feel pain.

But for the people of the old society, their sacrifice was worth it, and it was naturally worth it to exchange their lives for a child of their own to live happily.

Maybe the thinking of people in each era is different, for example, the old village chief thinks more about protecting his village with his own hands, protecting his own food, protecting his relatives, and protecting the hard-won and very fragile happy life at the moment.

For them, without the oppression of the landlord and the regular payment of grain, the family can eat a mouthful of food, which is a happy life.

He also did several missions, for different times, different wars, Xia Yuan found that all wars are to fight for a happy life, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is to drive away the invaders, protect their homeland, the War of Liberation is for the reunification of the motherland, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Sino-Indian War, and the Sino-Vietnamese War are to defend the country.

"Let's go, let's go."

The voice of the old village chief retracted Xia Yuan's thoughts, he looked up at the plains in the distance, on the undulating plains, the outlines of villages could be faintly seen, and on the deserted ridges were the roads that people worked on and walked out, pushing small carts, walking on the ridges, along the endless plains, heading in the direction of not knowing where the destination was.

The old village chief remembered the road, walked for a while, he stopped, looked around, and said: "Further ahead, there will be a gun tower of the devil, bypass this gun tower, the remaining road will be safer, the village in front is Niu Lao Village, through the old village for more than ten miles is a gun tower of the devil, but it is not as big as the black wind outlet gun tower, the old village has been deserted, and the Japanese devils force people to live." ”

The Black Wind Outlet Turret is a very important stronghold of the devils, backed by the Black Wind Town, and the construction of the Black Wind Outlet Turret is also unprecedented.

The devil's turret is basically not too big, nor too high, there are four or five devil soldiers in a turret, seven or eight puppet soldiers are responsible for garrisoning, the turret is generally set up in a higher position, and the construction materials of the turret are not too particular.

The turret is different from the professional fortress group, they are not permanent fortifications made of reinforced concrete, after all, the entire Jinchaji and Northeast China, if they are built at this level, then the consumption of materials and manpower will be difficult to calculate, and it is basically impossible to achieve under the circumstances at that time, so the structure of the turret is mostly masonry structure, except for some necessary materials, it is often built from local materials.

The turret of Heituyere is built relatively large, it belongs to a large turret, the wall is a brick structure, the wall of this structure is not very strong, but for the anti-Japanese guerrillas and militia is the same as a tank, the only heavy firepower of the anti-Japanese guerrillas and militia at this stage is the grenade made in the border area, but it is such a grenade, the power is small and pitiful, the power is equivalent to the power of a large fireworks in later generations, basically it cannot kill people, and can only cause some skin trauma.

Even if it is thrown to the side and explodes, it has no power, this level of firepower, the brick turret is already a turtle shell that is difficult for them to break.

In addition to some small devil turrets with fewer garrisons, the number of garrisons will increase slightly if the turrets are slightly larger, or important turrets located in some traffic arteries, and the weapons and equipment will be different. In addition to rifles and light machine guns, some were also equipped with grenadiers and Type 92 heavy machine guns, with a total number of about twenty or thirty men, and if necessary, some garrisons could be added, and they could also be used as temporary cantonment stations.

What does not match the name of the turret is that they do not have artillery at all, and the reserve ammunition in the turret is not much, at least not much for fixed facilities such as pillboxes, mainly because the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas are poor, which is enough to deal with, and secondly, the ammunition of the Japanese army is not sufficient, and it needs to be supplied to the combat units on the front line first.

With the weapons and equipment of the militia and guerrillas, it is basically impossible to pull out the Black Wind Outlet Turret.

When passing by the old village, the three of them went in to take a look, the old village has been abandoned for a longer time, many houses have collapsed, and few villages living in the enemy-occupied area are good, and even Gaojia Village sometimes has to face the sweep of the devils of the black wind outlet two or three times a day, which is simply miserable.

And the time when Xia Yuan came to this world is the time when the devils carried out a sweep of the Jizhong region, and the devils of Heifengkou did not sweep Gaojia Village, he was still lucky, in normal times, the devils of Heifengkou can come two or three times a day, and the people of Gaojiazhuang can be described as miserable.

But the War of Resistance is like this, only by persevering and persevering, victory will belong to us.

With this desire for victory, the people of Gaojiazhuang survived with great difficulty.

(End of chapter)