Near noon, Xiaoru sent a call back from the detachment——
The call has been received. The request will not be answered until the medical team returns. Please wait.
After reading the telegram, Shanzi remained silent, but his brows furrowed into a knot.
Seeing Shanzi's frown, Yumei asked: "Zikai, how do the detachment respond?"
Shanzi was still speechless and just handed the message to Yumei.
After Yumei read the telegram, she couldn't help but murmur to herself: "I will not reply until the medical team returns. What does this mean?"
Shanzi pressed his left elbow on the table, rubbed his chin and said, "If I guess correctly, the Independence Camp is going to meet another big shot."
Yumei suddenly realized it and couldn't help but think to herself: Who is this big shot?
…
The luncheon for Lao He was held in Shanzi's office, and Jin Ye and Yanni were also invited to attend.
After seeing off the congratulations after the meal, Jinye sent Yanni away on the pretext that he had an important issue to report, and then walked into the dormitory with Shanzi in a swaggering manner.
Shan Zi was worried that Jin Ye would "go crazy" while drinking and make a joke in broad daylight, so he lowered his voice and asked, "If you don't go back to the dormitory to rest at noon, what are you doing here?"
When Jin Ye heard this, he felt sick to his stomach and cursed openly: "You farted in broad daylight. Shouldn't I eat you alive in broad daylight?"
Shanzi knew that Jinye was also a donkey, and he was most afraid of having his hair shaved off. After a moment of embarrassment, he begged in a low voice: "Auntie, please keep your voice down, and tell me if you have anything to say."
Jin Ye then lowered his tone: "Shanzi, since I came to Quanquan Ridge, I have forgotten everything about the county seat. While we are having some leisure time, we will go to the city tomorrow and make you a new set of clothes."
There was no need to explain anything, Shanzi refused: "No."
Jin Ye really went crazy because of the wine. He threw his arms around Shan Zi's neck and shook him: "Stern eyes, Jin Ye, can you please?"
Unexpectedly, Shanzi suddenly shouted: "Xiao Liu, Platoon Leader Wang has drunk too much. Please make a cup of tea to sober up."
When Jin Ye heard this, he was very angry. Leng Buding grabbed Shan Zi's ear and twisted it, which made Shan Zi scream out in pain.
Xiao Liu hurriedly opened the door and met Jin Ye face to face: "Second aunt, I have made tea for you, please wait a moment."
Jin Ye's eyes widened: "I'll be as big as your grandma."
Looking at Jin Ye's angry look, Xiao Liu scratched his scalp and muttered: This world is really weird. I didn't expect women to be crazy when they are drunk.
7
Shanzi was sleeping soundly when the door to the room was knocked open with a bang. The person who opened the door turned out to be a plainclothes whistleblower.
Before Shanzi could sit up, the sentry saluted hurriedly: "Report to the battalion commander, Xiaoyan and the others are back, and the detachment leader is also here."
Shanzi stood up in a hurry and shouted anxiously: "Xiao Liu, come here quickly."
Xiao Liu hurried over, and Shan Zi said: "Quickly call Deputy Battalion Commander Zhao and the instructor."
As soon as he saw Shanzi's anxious state, Xiao Liu spread his legs and ran away.
Xiaoru boldly broke into the report room, and was almost frightened out of her mind by Shanzi: "Xiaoru, the detachment leader is here, please clean up the battalion headquarters quickly, prepare more seats and make tea."
After listening to Shanzi's explanation, Xiaoru also became nervous and flustered: "Batalion Commander, your face is still red from wine. Let me get you a basin of water and wash your face quickly."
Although Xiaoru was full of enthusiasm, Shanzi had no intention of paying attention and turned around and returned to the camp headquarters.
While Shanzi was in a daze facing the door, Xiaoru came over with a soaked towel and wiped Shanzi's face without saying a word.
Shanzi felt embarrassed and hurriedly grabbed the towel. Unexpectedly, Xiaoru swung her arm and wrist to block Shanzi's hand.
At this time, Shanzi seemed to have forgotten the existence of Xiaoru, and his thoughts were like a flying eagle, instantly traveling back to that unusual night five years ago——
On that night of lightning, thunder, wind and rain, Shanzi and Jinye stole the forbidden fruit again, but were unexpectedly blocked by Jinye's father in the cow room.
Shanzi felt that he was too embarrassed to face his fellow villagers, so he braved the wind and rain and rushed to Hongwu Hall all night.
The master originally planned to keep Shanzi as a coach, but Shanzi refused to do so. In desperation, the master had no choice but to borrow some money to help Shanzi rush to the Henan-Anhui Soviet Area to find the Red Army troops.
Living in the open air, weathering the wind and rain, Shanzi embarked on a journey to pursue the red revolution.
A hundred miles...a thousand miles, a month...two months later, Shanzi finally found the Red Army team in Shangcheng County, Henan Province. The time was July 1932.
With his extraordinary martial arts skills, Shanzi initially served as a guard for the regiment leader. The regiment leader was named Xiong Guangyue, and it was Commander Xiong who named Wang Zikai.
One day, the enemy dispatched a division to launch a surprise attack on Shanzi's troops. During the retreat, the enemy pursued the regiment headquarters in hot pursuit.
At the critical moment, Shan Zi took the initiative to volunteer and led five comrades to penetrate the enemy's right flank. Using only six shell guns, he firmly contained the strength of an enemy battalion and the regiment headquarters turned the corner.
From then on, Commander Xiong gradually noticed Shanzi's commanding talents. A few months later, he promoted Shanzi to the position of platoon commander of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Company and 1st Platoon. He later participated in the 25,000-mile Long March in 1935.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Shanzi continued to stay in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. He was re-elected as the company commander of a security regiment in the Eighth Route Army's left-behind area. Xiong Guangyue continued to serve as the regiment commander for Shanzi.
In the blink of an eye, in May of this year, Commander Xiong accepted the appointment from his superiors and became the leader of the Fourth Detachment of the Shandong Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force of the Eighth Route Army.
At the same time, Shanzi was also assigned by Commander Xiong to lead 20 key members of the special agent company. He followed Commander Xiong to Culai Mountain in Shandong and served as battalion commander in the reconnaissance battalion of the fourth detachment.