The Nanshan Village behind him disappeared little by little into the rain as the carriage moved forward. After the slowly moving carriage turned a corner with splashes of mud, the shadow of Nanshan Village completely disappeared from Tang Cheng's sight.
It had been raining all night and there was still no intention of stopping. Tang Cheng looked up at the foggy sky and helplessly wiped the water stains on his face. It was his idea to leave in the rain, even though he was wearing a raincoat.
, but the rain was not light, and not long after we walked out, everyone was soaked by the rain.
"Damn it, is this God blind? He clearly knew that it was raining so heavily when we left Nanshan Village." Tangcheng was not the only one who looked up at the sky. He jumped off the carriage and stood in the muddy water struggling to push the cart.
Hou San was the other one. Tang Cheng ordered them to leave Nanshan Village. Laodongbei and the others had no objection, but Qian Erxi secretly hinted Wu Chuang to stay in Nanshan Village. In the end, only Hou San and others followed Tang Cheng to leave.
The injured national army soldiers in the military station all made up their minds to follow Tangcheng.
"Monkey, can you be more honest with your mouth? If you curse God, be careful not to get struck by lightning." Hearing Hou San scolding the sky, Lao Dongbei on the cart smiled and cursed. The latter raised his foot towards Lao Dongbei and was confused.
The muddy water on the soles of his shoes flew towards Lao Dongbei like a line. Lao Dongbei couldn't avoid it, and half of his face was covered in the mud and water thrown up by Hou San. The angry Lao Dongbei wanted to jump off the carriage and chase Hou San, but the latter jumped to his feet.
The play between the two people did not last long before it died down. Tang Cheng and others on the carriage just looked on with smiles, but no one came to help either of them.
After noon, the rain slowly subsided, and finally stopped. After taking off the bamboo hat on his head and the raincoat on his body, the depression in Tangcheng's heart finally dissipated a lot. "The weather in December is still like this.
The rain is really weird." Liu Shitou peeked at Tang Cheng's face and muttered in a low voice. Tang Cheng didn't say anything, but just reached out and patted Liu Shitou. He knew in his heart that Liu Shitou said this deliberately just to make himself feel better.
Could be a little brisker.
Yu finally listened, and everyone felt much better, and the marching speed was naturally much faster. Although there were fewer people in Tangcheng, according to old practice, Tangcheng still sent Hou San and Dice to serve as vanguards.
Something happened to the Japanese military station at Meihongshan. Tangcheng had to be more cautious. The further south it went, the more Japanese and puppet troops might appear at any time along the way.
It is not a good job to be the vanguard of exploring the road on a rainy day, but Hou San and Dice have no choice. Among the dozen or so of them, only a few are alive. If they don't go, only the old man will do it.
Dongbei took Tan Fei away. He had fallen several times in the muddy water. Hou San was now covered in mud. He looked extremely embarrassed. Dice who was following him laughed repeatedly, but he didn't want to slip.
He also fell onto his back.
"Don't move." Dice was about to laugh at himself, but was pushed into the muddy water by the nervous old Dongbei. Shocked by the nervousness on Old Dongbei's face, Dice didn't dare to move and listened attentively. "Let's go."
, something seems wrong." As soon as Lao Dongbei pulled the dice up from the muddy water, the screams of artillery shells piercing the air were heard in the air. "Artillery attack, there is artillery shelling." Lao Dongbei's expression changed, and he pushed the dice away vigorously.
Below, he threw himself towards Tangcheng on the cart.
Boom... Boom! The flash of light and explosion that hit his face instantly interrupted Tang Cheng's reflection. The shell that just dropped and exploded was only six or seven meters away from the road. A piece of shrapnel the size of a fingernail could take away any of them.
Anyone's life was at risk. Tang Cheng, who was lucky enough not to be hit by the shrapnel, was immediately frightened and followed Lao Dongbei's movements and jumped out of the cart.
Tangcheng's luck soon encountered a ruthless counterattack from reality. In the blink of an eye, another artillery shell fell. This time it was closer to the road. The flying shrapnel actually hit the truck's floor with a popping sound.
The wooden-supported carriage tarpaulin was directly torn in many holes, and it scraped with the surge of airflow after the explosion of the shell.
Tang Cheng, who had been dragged off the roadbed by Lao Dongbei, was shocked. He looked into the distance and saw that Tang Cheng in the muddy water was screaming. Several khaki figures had appeared at the end of the road.
Another scream sounded in the air. Tang Cheng shouted for the people on the cart to get down and take cover, while lowering his head and body for fear of being hit by the shrapnel scattered after the shell exploded. "Boom" the air wave of the explosion.
With flying shrapnel scraping over the head of Tangcheng, the fine shrapnel mixed with mud hit the cart board, making a heart-wrenching crackling sound, and the two mules and horses pulling the cart screamed and fought like crazy.
Running at a fast pace, the few wounded soldiers who had not yet gotten off the cart were led forward by the crazy mules and horses.
"Damn it, come down! Come down!" Seeing this, Tang Cheng did not bother to avoid the artillery fire. He stood up and knelt down on the road, raised the shell gun in his hand and fired three times until the two crazy mules and horses were killed.
After the bullet knocked him down, Tang Cheng got up and ran towards the cart that had overturned in the muddy water.
Youdao is afraid of whatever comes. The smoke after the explosion of the cannonball just now has not completely dissipated. The next cannonball dropped from the sky with a screaming sound. In order to avoid those bullets that did not exist yet, Tangcheng
While paying attention to the screeching sound of artillery shells falling in mid-air, I had to run an irregular S-line route on the road full of mud and water. "Boom" The violent fire ball exploded a few meters away in front of Tangcheng. I lay down in advance.
Tangcheng, who was in the mud and water, once again avoided danger, but the large truck lying crooked in the field was not as lucky as him. The still smoking bomb crater was almost right next to the large truck.
After the explosion, Tang Cheng almost crawled to the cart from the muddy water on his hands and feet. There was no one alive in the cart next to the crater. Tang Cheng could only use all his strength to climb over from the second cart.
A wounded soldier covered in blood was pulled out from under the cart. The wounded soldier dragged out from under the cart by Tang Cheng had no breath. Tang Cheng wanted to drag another wounded soldier out, but was held back by Lao Dongbei who came after him.
Dragging them back, "They're all dead, they're all dead, leave quickly, the Japanese soldiers have small artillery, we can't beat them."
"Hurry up, hurry up." Liu Shitou and Tan Fei had already turned around the cart that fell at the end of the team, and were holding the reins of the mules and horses and shouting hurriedly towards Tangcheng and Laodongbei. Laodongbei roared.
Tang Cheng struggled to push the cart, and Hou San and Dice also took the opportunity to jump on the cart. The few remaining people drove the cart in the direction of the road and fled. The mules and horses pulling the cart were almost driven off the road by Liu Shitou.
It flew up, but the cannonballs fired from behind seemed to have eyes, and each shot was more accurate than the last. This made Tang Cheng and others on the cart have a strong intuition that they might be hit by cannonballs at any time.
Although the cart was already traveling at full speed, it was still too early to escape. The shells fired from the rear gradually became more accurate, and when the shrapnel after the explosion roared across a very close distance, it was like an iron spoon.
The sharp sound of scratching the porcelain plate made everyone in the cart shudder. With just one cannonball, the last few survivors of the raid, Tang Cheng and others, would be wiped out. Therefore, except for Liu Shitou, who was concentrating on driving the cart, the others
Everyone was praying with great piety.
Not long after, the big car fell into continuous and violent jolts. The vibrations in the car made Tang Cheng and the others feel like they were sitting on a trampoline. Their buttocks landed heavily on the hard car floor, feeling as if their hip bones were cracked.
This extremely bad state lasted for three or four minutes. During this period, Tangcheng, like everyone else, gritted its teeth and remained silent. The intensity of the artillery fire that followed instantly increased to a higher level, but they were destined to be just for this.
They cheered for the thrilling pursuit battle, but Tang Cheng and their suffering seemed to have come to an end.
"Get out of the car, let's go into the forest. Once we enter the forest, we don't need to be afraid of their artillery fire." After being jolted in the cart for three or four minutes, they finally saw the forest in Tangcheng, which they fled along the highway.
Under the city's forced order, Liu Shitou could only pull out his bayonet and stab the mules and horses in the buttocks, and then watched the bleeding mules and horses gallop forward with the empty cart. Stepping on the slippery mountainous terrain, Tangcheng and others
People pulled each other and rushed into the forest. Entering the forest did not mean that they were completely safe. Following Tang Cheng's instructions, Laodongbei and the others lay down on the edge of the forest.
It is not their habit in Tangcheng not to fight back when beaten. Besides, this forest is small and pitiful. Even if they continue to run away, where can they go? The key is to first find out the enemy's movements. Liu Shitou, who was lying in the forest, had tears in his eyes.
Looking around, they saw that out of the dozen or so people who left Nanshan Village, only 6 of them were left. The three large vehicles were also gone. With only 6 people left, they could defeat the enemies they had not yet met.
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This was the first time Liu Shitou was afraid. When Mengcheng was beaten like that, even Liu Yangyang died in Mengcheng, Liu Shitou was not really afraid. This boy who grew up eating hundreds of meals has never known fear, but now he
But he was really scared. Following Tangcheng all the way south from Mengcheng, Liu Shitou had seen too many tragedies and too many killings. There was almost no possibility of a comeback in this situation. Liu Shitou sobbed and finally cried.
came out.
"Stop crying. Crying can help you survive. Put the bullet on the fire, and once I take aim, fire. If you want to live, you have to kill the bastards who attacked us. Do you hear me?" Liu Shitou tried his best to suppress the cry.
Old Dongbei frowned and gritted his teeth at Liu Shitou's ear, forcing Liu Shitou to stop crying.
"They are coming." Dice was equally nervous and panicked. When the Japanese army's khaki military uniforms appeared in his sight, Dice's voice became more emphatic, but he didn't know it.