"How did we get rescued back to Yongxing Village by Old Man Han? I remember when the truck was hit by Japanese artillery fire, I was pushed by anger and fell into the river branch, but even the little water wouldn't hurt
Send us all the way to Xishui County?" The Han family was busy in the yard washing and peeling the pheasants they had just caught from the mountain. There were only three of them in the house, Tang Cheng. When they were alone, Tang Cheng could only speak.
A little less reserved.
"You still have the nerve to say that the little thing is not big and heavy. If Shitou and I hadn't carried you all the way south along the river, you would have been captured by the Japs long ago."
Lao Dongbei avoided the important matter and only talked about how he and Liu Shitou carried Tang Cheng to escape, but did not mention the reason why they appeared in Xishui County. Tang Cheng knew that Lao Dongbei was a tough talker, so he turned his attention to Liu Shitou
Liu Shitou, with twinkling eyes on his body, did not dare to look at Tang Cheng, so he could only lower his head and pretend to play with Tang Cheng's shell gun placed beside the bed.
"Shitou, take out the leather satchel from the bag." He asked Liu Shitou to go to the leather satchel, and Tang Cheng took out a pile of Japanese military documents and papers. "My bag has always been used to hold medicine and food."
Yes, when did you get these things? Shitou was following me that night. Did you put this thing in?" Tang Cheng looked at Lao Dongbei, who was lighting up and smoking. The latter nodded but couldn't speak, waiting for the cigarette in his mouth.
After lighting it and taking a sip, Old Northeast opened his mouth to answer Tang Cheng's question.
"Aren't those guys who followed me rushed into the little devil's tent looking for medicine? They couldn't find the medicine, but there was a big pile of these things. I thought you knew the word "little devil", so I thought I'd wait for you to have some time.
I had to take a closer look to see if I could figure out the situation of the little devil. I would have thought that we would be defeated. After such a delay, I would have forgotten all these things. If you hadn't started it, I would have thought
Don’t get up.” The sullen old Dongbei deliberately changed the topic to other places, but Liu Shitou just avoided Tang Cheng’s questioning and did not answer his words.
In fact, there is no need to ask. Just look at the appearance of Old Dongbei and Liu Shitou as mountain people and the common people's attire on their own bodies. Tangcheng already understood the intentions of Old Dongbei and Liu Shitou. On the night of the night attack, 30 people from the Second Company
When they broke out and retreated, there were only a dozen people left. Even Niu Laogui died under Japanese artillery fire. The second company had already suffered such casualties. Tang Cheng didn't blame Lao Dongbei and Liu Shitou for fleeing the battlefield.
Thoughts and actions, but he just couldn't understand why these two guys had to take him all the way south.
"Tell me, why do you have to go south to Xishui? Why don't you go back to Wuhan to find Jiu Jin and the others?" He took the cigarette from Lao Dongbei and held it in his mouth. After enjoying Liu Shitou's cigarette lighting service, Tangcheng was still
He was determined to understand the matter. Tang Cheng fled Shanghai with Xie Bo and Nanjing with Liu Yangyang. He still carried Jiu Jin and they tried to escape Macheng. He was no stranger to being a rout. Tang Cheng
Cheng asked just to find out how Lao Dongbei and Liu Shitou spent the past few days when he was in coma.
"The two of us have to carry you, and we have to be careful not to be discovered by the Japs' pursuers. At that time, it was safest to just go down the river, so we walked all the way. At dawn, we were caught by a river.
The road was blocked and we stopped. At that time, we were confused about the direction, so we thought of crossing the river first. Who knew that a flood suddenly came upstream, and the three of us were pushed directly into the Maxi River by the water.
Just in time to catch up with Uncle Han coming back from the county town and passing by the river, we carried you to Yongxing Village."
Tang Cheng lowered his eyes and looked at Liu Shitou's hands. The bruises on those hands could tell the problem. When Tang Cheng looked up again, he grinned, but the moisture in his eyes had revealed the excitement in his heart.
"I just heard from Mr. Han that there have been broken troops in the county. I thought that the broken troops could not have withdrawn from the direction of Macheng. If they had withdrawn from Guangji, Xishui County would be in trouble." Tangcheng
He handed the two gold bars to Lao Dongbei and said, "Tomorrow I will go to the county town for a walk and listen to the news. If something goes wrong, we will get two carriages and we will take Old Man Han and his family to Wuhan."
Old Dongbei took the gold bars from Tang Cheng and played with them in his hands, but the expression on his face already showed that he had different opinions, "It's better not to go to Wuhan. If it's like you said, the little devil will definitely
We are fighting against Wuhan. We just entered Wuhan, and we might have to go south again the next day. If we are targeted by those gang of military police, not to mention us, they might even arrest Mr. Han and his family and imprison them.
By then it will be too late to say anything.”
Old Dongbei's words surprised Tang Cheng. Old Dongbei usually looked like a carefree guy, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a rough-and-tumble man. Tang Cheng somewhat agreed with what Old Dongbei said. But if he didn't go to Wuhan, he would be left behind.
What should they do with Jiu Jin in Sanli Town? Those injured brothers have to stay in Wuhan. Do we just ignore them? "The brothers who stayed in Wuhan know what they are doing. You should worry about the three of us first."
Dongbei glared at Tang Cheng angrily. Just by looking at the expression on Tang Cheng's face, Dongbei could already guess what he was thinking.
Liu Shitou and Jiu Jin have a very good relationship, but Liu Shitou does not agree with returning to Wuhan at this time. After all, Jiu Jin and the others still have more than a dozen people, with food and drink, and a lot of weapons and ammunition, but the three of them
We have all become what they are now. If we go to Wuhan foolishly, we will jump into the fire pit. Now that we understand the meaning of Old Northeast and Liu Shitou, Tangcheng no longer insists on returning to Wuhan. People who carry guns and eat food
There will always be times when we are faced with danger, and Tang Cheng on the bed can only sigh secretly, knowing that Jiu Jin and the others have to control everything themselves.
The pheasants hunted from the mountains have obviously been cooked, and the aroma spread in the yard. The three people in the room involuntarily twitched their noses, smelling the meat aroma in the air greedily. From the day they left Wuhan, Tangcheng and the others
They had been eating big cakes to survive. Old Dongbei and Liu Shitou, who were carrying Tangcheng all the way to escape, even ate wild vegetables and grass roots. Now they smelled the aroma of meat, and Liu Shitou's shriveled belly immediately let out a long sigh.
There was a string of grunting sounds, and even Lao Dongbei was clicking his lips.
The greedy behavior between Liu Shitou and Lao Dongbei made Tang Cheng laugh unconsciously. Liu Shitou was still a little embarrassed, but Lao Dongbei didn't care. "How many bullets do we have? How many grenades do we have?" After laughing for a while, Tang Cheng straightened his face.
, began to ask about the situation of ammunition in the old Northeast. Weapons are the second life of soldiers. As long as they can still hold the weapons, they must ensure that there is ammunition to maintain the use of the weapons. Although the three of them are in trouble, Tangcheng cannot
Take it lightly.
"I have buried the machine gun without bullets. Shitou and I have brought out the rifles. We still have 32 rifle bullets, two grenades, and 70 short rifle bullets." Old Northeast's words made Tangcheng grimace. If he went south,
On the way, they encountered Japanese soldiers or bandits. These bullets were simply not enough to kill the three of them in a blocking battle. But in the blink of an eye, thinking about the situation that Old Man Han said, Tang Cheng's plan came to mind, and his stiff expression softened a little.
.
"In this way, when you go to the county town tomorrow to inquire about the situation, if you encounter a defeated army, you can get some bullets from them. You can buy them with money or grab them directly. It's up to you. If there are grenades, get a few of them too.
When we come back, with so many defeated soldiers, there must be guys selling guns and bullets." Tang Cheng couldn't help but think of Liu Yangyang's exchange of weapons and ammunition from the defeated soldiers with food outside Nanjing. He never thought that he would do the same thing.
matter.
"I think it can be done. When we were in Macheng, there were always guys with guns who wanted to sell weapons and ammunition to our garrison." Old Dongbei's face showed joy, and he was already imagining that he would start again tomorrow.
The situation of loading a machine gun. However, Tang Cheng's next instructions directly shattered his fantasy. There were only three of them now. Taking out a machine gun would only attract unnecessary peeps. Besides, the cost of a machine gun was enough to kill all three of them.
They were armed to the teeth, so Tangcheng just told them to only sell bullets and grenades, and not to spend money on firearms.
"It's time to eat." Old Dongbei was still secretly angry with Tang Cheng, but Xiaolian's mother brought a bowl full of chicken into the house. Tang Cheng was a wounded man, and this bowl of chicken was obviously for Tang Cheng. As for Old Dongbei and Tang Cheng,
Liu Shitou was going to eat in the yard. Xiaolian, who was hiding behind her mother, had her eyes wandering back and forth between Tang City and the meat bowl. The longing in her eyes had revealed her interest in chicken and Tang Dynasty.
The city's curiosity.
"It's better to go out to eat together. I've been lying in bed long enough, so it's time to move around." The woman had a bowl full of meat in her hands, although Tangcheng didn't know how many pheasants Laodongbei and the others had hunted back from the mountains.
, but he can be sure that the chicken in this big bowl is definitely the size of a whole chicken. Tangcheng, who freely followed Robert to travel around and preach, knew what people ate in their homes, so a bowl full of meat was all for himself.
, but Tang Cheng felt that he couldn't bear it.
Tang Cheng insisted on going to the courtyard to have dinner with everyone, and the Han family couldn't object, so they could only let Tang Cheng do what he wanted. Xu had been lying on the bed for a long time, and Tang Cheng, who had his legs on the ground, just stood up.
His legs felt weak for a while. If Liu Shitou hadn't reached out to help him, Tang Cheng might have fallen forward and fell into the room. Shaking off Liu Shitou's support, Tang Cheng gritted his teeth and helped him.
He moved toward the outside of the house step by step along the wall. Although he was moving at a slow speed, he didn't stop because he felt dizzy and his legs were weak.
"I am a soldier. As a soldier, you should have your own persistence. This is the pride of a soldier. You can never forget it at any time." Tang Cheng, who finally stood in the yard, faced Old Man Han's praise and just smiled lightly. This sentence
It was Xie Bo who told him, and now he told Lao Dongbei and Liu Shitou.