There are several fragrant bowls on the stone table in the courtyard. Chicken stewed with dried vegetables is today's main dish. The dried vegetables are dried by the Han family in the summer, and the chickens are hunted by Lao Dongbei and others from the mountains. The two ingredients are just
It was stewed with a little salt, but it was so fragrant that the three people in Tangcheng smacked their lips. "It's just some mountain food. Don't be polite, Captain Tang. Eat more." Seeing his daughter-in-law bring the bowl of chicken back to the table.
, Old Man Han greeted Tang Cheng and the three of them to sit down with twinkling eyes, but his words were much more enthusiastic towards Tang Cheng.
When guests came to the house, women were not allowed to serve. Xiaolian could only follow her mother to the kitchen with her own small wooden bowl. Seeing the disappointment in Xiaolian's eyes, Tang Cheng smiled and pushed the bowl of chicken in front of her.
It was given to Liu Shitou, who was chewing with his head down. The latter put down the chicken legs in his hands and took the bowl of chicken picked out by Tangcheng to the kitchen. "Brother Han, we have always been eating like this in the second company. There is no way an officer would eat meat."
The soldiers drink soup, and the food on the table is enough for us." Seeing Xiaolian's silent father reaching out to stop Liu Shitou, Tang Cheng explained with a smile.
When the chicken was brought into the kitchen, the men in the yard heard Xiaolian's cute screams of joy. Tang Cheng smiled and picked up the chicken soup in front of him and took a sip. Xiaolian's screams were far more important to Tang Cheng than the bowl.
The chicken inside was even more tempting. From the moment Robert lost his breath, Tang Cheng thought that his world would only be black and white. He only had one thought left, that is, to kill the Japanese to avenge Robert. Tang Cheng did not
To put a limit on this idea, maybe he would kill the Japanese until he couldn't kill them anymore.
Tang Cheng was lucky to meet Xie Bo in his life, and joining the Second Company was the most correct choice Tang Cheng made in his life. In the Second Company, Tang Cheng learned a lot of things that benefited him a lot. Without Xie Bo's professor
and that battlefield notebook, maybe Tangcheng has died countless times under the gunfire of the Japanese army. If Xie Bo is Tang’s first teacher, then Liu Yangyang is another person who has a great influence on Tangcheng.
Yang Yang learned how to be a good soldier. Although Liu Yang Yang was a defeated soldier, although Liu Yang Yang was full of swear words, and although Liu Yang Yang did not have a military appearance, he was indeed a very good soldier.
Both Xie Bo and Liu Yangyang were just people who taught Tang Cheng how to fight, but the communication between the men lacked a touch of warmth. Strictly speaking, Tang Cheng was just an adult who had just grown up, and he always had a hidden feeling in his heart.
Longing, a longing for family affection. Xiaolian's coquettishness towards her family, her cheer for chicken, and her coquettish manner when speaking, these are a good medicine for Tang Cheng. This good medicine is enough to heal the pain that Tang Cheng has been suppressing in her heart.
He was depressed, so Tang Cheng was laughing very happily at this time. The warmth shown by the Han family inadvertently made Tang Cheng feel very comfortable.
The three people in Tangcheng were very happy after eating the meal that Old Man Han claimed was a mountain meal. Tangcheng was injured and could not drink, but Old Dongbei and Old Man Han drank one bowl at a time. Xiaolian
Her father didn't stop her, but guarded the wine jar and just helped pour the wine. The stone table had been cleaned, and the drunken man had been helped back to the house. Xiaolian was taken out by her mother to play with her friends.
, while it was still bright, Tang Cheng asked Liu Shitou to take his leather satchel to the yard.
There are Tang Cheng's cigarettes and matches in the leather satchel, as well as the Japanese military documents and papers that Lao Dongbei stuffed into it. Tang Cheng, who will have time now, plans to look through some of those things, and maybe he can find useful information from them. Light it up
After smoking half of his cigarette, Tang Cheng, who was sitting at the stone table, started to look through those things this time. What Lao Dongbei said was quite good. Most of these things were telegrams sent and received by the Japanese army. Tang Cheng was still inside.
Find a Japanese military map.
Whether it was documents, telegrams or the map, they were all in Japanese that was incomprehensible, but for Tang Cheng, who was proficient in Japanese, it was nothing. First, he sorted the papers on the Shitiao table into different categories, and then
Tang Cheng spread out the map and looked for matching orders and documents according to the standards on the map. Xiaolian's father took out an ax and repaired the stool at home. Liu Shitou had nothing to do and guarded Tang Cheng cleaning the gun in the yard.
The only sound left in the room was the sound of Tangcheng turning over the papers.
"Shitou, go wake up Old Northeast. I have something important." Tang Cheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shouted. Not only Liu Shitou, who was wiping his gun with his head down, was startled, but also Han Shanhu, who was swinging an ax to chop wood.
He almost dropped the ax on his own foot. Seeing Han Shanhu turning his head to look at him, Tang Cheng opened his mouth and said, "Brother Han, please go and ask Old Man Han to come out. I have something to discuss with him. It is a very important matter."
Old Dongbei and Uncle Han, who were still drunk, were taken out by Liu Shitou and Han Shanhu. After a few bowls of herbal tea, their eyes began to focus. Seeing Old Dongbei staring at him with dissatisfaction, Old Man Han's eyes also became full of joy.
If Tang Cheng was dissatisfied, he didn't bother to explain. He just slapped the Japanese military message on the stone table, "This is the Japanese military message we captured during the night raid on the Japanese camp. It mentioned Guangji and Wu
Xue, I think Mr. Han, you must be familiar with these two places, because they are not far from Xishui."
The Japanese military telegram found by Tangcheng did mention Guangji and Wuxue. The main force of the Japanese 11th Army attacked along the south bank of the Yangtze River. The Botian detachment landed in the northeast of Ruichang and was blocked by the defending 3rd Army. On the 20th
, the Japanese 9th Division entered the battle and cooperated with the Botian detachment to attack Ruichang. The defenders were unable to fight, and Ruichang fell on the 24th. The Japanese army successively occupied the dock and Fuchikou. As the defenders deployed four additional corps to strengthen defense, the two sides fought in Daye,
A confrontation formed in the Yangxin area. After more than a month of offensive, the Japanese 27th Division occupied Ruoxi and invaded Xianning.
The Japanese 101st Division crossed Poyang Lake and attacked the 1st Corps in the De'an area. The two sides reached a stalemate. The 6th Division of the Japanese 11th Group Army attacked along the north bank of the Yangtze River. After capturing Huangmei, they continued to advance westward. In mid-September, Tangcheng and others
When Wuhan had just received the order to rush to Xiaojieling, the Japanese army had already launched an attack on Guangji and Wuxue. The Japanese military telegram in Tang Cheng's hands could not be regarded as a real telegram, it was just a call for mobilizing medical personnel and medicines.
Military order, but Tang Cheng found clues from it.
Old Man Han couldn't help but change his expression after hearing Tang Cheng's words. Xishui County is only more than a hundred kilometers away from Wuxue. If Guangji and Wuxue are really occupied by the Japanese army, then Xishui County is likely to be the next target of the Japanese army.
"Earlier, I heard Uncle Han say that there were many defeated troops of the National Army in Xishui County. I was wondering where those defeated troops came from. This telegram from the Japanese army can just confirm my guess.
, Guangji or Wuxue must have been lost, otherwise the origin of those defeated troops cannot be explained." Tangcheng found the locations of Wuxue and Guangji on the Japanese military map for Laodongbei and others, only looking at Xi
The distance between Shuixian County and these two places is really worrying.
"Old man Han, now is not the time to sigh. It has been a few days since the rout of troops in the county. This means that there is not much time left for us. We must cross the river immediately. It is no longer safe north of the Yangtze River. Now we only have
The next road across the south of the Yangtze River." Tang Cheng's conclusion completely dumbfounded Old Man Han. Yongxing Village was the place where the Han family lived in the past, and the ancestral graves of the Han family are also in this mountain. But if he didn't leave, his son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren would
But what to do?
Seeing that Old Man Han was silent, Han Shanhu also had a blank look on his face. Tang Cheng had no choice but to tell Old Northeast and Liu Shitou, "It seems that our plan will be advanced. You will go to the county seat immediately, and you will go to the county seat to slander us.
We need to buy carriages, ammunition and dry food for the road. Find a few broken soldiers to find out what happened in Wuxue and Guangji. Come back as soon as the things are done. Time waits for no one. Only the three of us can't fight against the Japanese army."
"Company Commander Tang, I know you are here to fight kidnappers. Can you please not leave? We have lived in Yongxing Village for generations, and our ancestral graves are all in this mountain. To just leave like this is disrespectful to our ancestors." Han
The old man pulled Han Shanhu, who was a bit dull, and forced Han Shanhu to kneel down in front of Tang Cheng, "Company Commander Tang, I know you are very capable. We still have a dozen strong men in Yongxing Village. If you lead them to fight the Japanese, that's it."
They're all dead, and I don't blame you, old man, but we can't lose this village, our ancestors are all here." Old Man Han was already in tears at this time, which made Tang Cheng secretly sad.
"Brother Han, you get up first, let's sit down and talk." Tang Cheng motioned to Old Northeast to help Han Shanhu up from the ground, and then comforted Old Man Han, "As the old saying goes, if the tree moves the dead, the living will move. If the Japanese army attacks Xi
In Shuixian County, it will never be as simple as one or two hundred people. Not to mention the Japanese aircraft, even the large-caliber artillery, just one shell can destroy half of Yongxing Village. The villagers you mentioned have not been trained.
, and did not have enough weapons to lead them to stop the Japanese army, they would just rush to die."
Han Shanhu, who had been silent for a long time, finally shed tears. Tang Cheng was right. A group of mountain people without weapons and training fought against the Japanese army, and the result was a one-sided massacre. "Old man Han, I think you'd better go and inform first."
Villagers, hurry up and cross the Yangtze River. My people will go to the county town now to buy carriages and ammunition. We will leave Yongxing Village early tomorrow morning and cross the Yangtze River. As long as people are alive, there will always be a day when we can come back."
Tang Cheng's words reminded Old Man Han. The old man who came back to his senses told Han Shanhu to follow him to the county town and bring back his grandson who was studying in the county town. He hurriedly went out to the village chief's house to discuss countermeasures. There were only two sticks.
Gold bars, Tang Cheng didn't know if Laodongbei and the others who rushed to the county town at night could bring back what they needed. But looking at the Han family busy making dry food in the kitchen, Tang Cheng, leaning on the stone table, secretly made up his mind.
We must protect this family across the river and send them to a safe place.