Raining in January is a rare thing in the north. Old scholars may dig up allusions and then recite some assertions about punishment from heaven, but this is an extremely common thing in the south. In rainy weather,
, the room was full of water vapor, and everywhere was damp. A toad weighing one pound jumped over the threshold and almost scared Tan Fei to death. Fortunately, Liu Shitou was not afraid of this thing. He just raised his leg and kicked it.
The toad that appeared at the door of the inn flew parabolically across the bluestone steps at the door and onto the stone road.
In order to vent his anger on his master, the furious puppy Heipi rushed out of the inn and took a big bite out of the toad. The consequences were serious. The puppy was poisoned by the toad venom on the toad, and its legs were trembling.
He kicked hard in the air, and his mouth was swollen to the size of two cents. If Tang Cheng hadn't desperately washed the puppy's mouth with soap locust water, the black-skinned dog would have died long ago.
"Its mouth should be numb by now. Even if you feed it stones, it won't feel it. Its tongue is swollen, and its eyes are so swollen that it can't see the road clearly. It can't even scream even if it wants to. How can I give it these days?
It cooks some minced meat, and you slowly pour it down, and it will feel better in a few days."
"Company Commander, Heipi's mouth is still very swollen. He can't even eat the meat and bones he was given just now. It's so pitiful." Liu Shitou looked at the dog lying obediently at Tan Fei's feet and rested his head on his instep and sighed.
Then he continued to deal with the meat and bones in his bowl.
The puppy Heipi is a local native dog in Xiushui. Yesterday, he followed Tangcheng to the contact point of the 20th Army to register and return to the inn. Tan Fei picked up Heipi in a small alley. Although Tan Fei is used to being taciturn, he
But he is not a cold-hearted person. Seeing that the little puppy was pitiful and homeless, he begged Tangcheng to take him back to the inn to take care of him. Unexpectedly, this seemingly weak little puppy actually protected the family and was only
After raising Tan Fei for a night, he was already able to help his master fight injustices.
"Let me tell you, sometimes, this dog is much better than a human. As long as you treat it well, it will remember it and follow you for the rest of its life. I used to know an old hunter who kept two dogs at home and would go up the mountain.
During the hunt, after the old hunter died, the two dogs guarded the grave and starved themselves to death without eating or drinking. This little thing knew how to protect its owner as soon as it was a little older, and it can be great when it is raised.
I don't think it's any worse than the big wolfdogs raised by the Japanese." Fatty Ma, who brought a bowl of broth, also interjected, his words full of love for the puppies.
"I'm back. I'm so angry." Tang Cheng was watching Tan Fei and Fatty Ma feeding the dogs with broth. Lao Dongbei, who was wearing a raincoat and brought Hou San back from outside, shouted as soon as he entered the door.
I was angry outside. "***That guy named Ye is not a good guy. I originally thought it was a good thing that he was willing to transfer a few veterans to us, but I didn't expect that the more than 20 veterans who came here were all fucking
It can be eaten but cannot be moved, so it comes with two empty hands and a mouth."
Old Northeast had obviously suffered a loss and came back. Tangcheng knew that if Old Northeast's attention was not diverted at this time, perhaps Old Northeast would really go crazy and go find a fight with the regiment leader named Ye. "What's going on?
Hou San, what do you think? You were fine when you went out in the morning, why did you come back with a dark face?" Liu Shitou, who received Tang Cheng's hint, showed off his swollen-mouthed puppy black skin to Old Northeast, and Tang Cheng took the opportunity.
He called Hou San aside and asked in a low voice.
"When we left the inn in the morning, Lao Dongbei said that we were going to find the regiment leader named Ye. I couldn't stand it, so I had to go with him. I didn't know that we were the ones who told them, and all the young men originally assigned to us were transferred.
When we went back, we were given more than 20 veterans in exchange. We thought that veterans were better than strong men, but we didn’t expect that none of the veterans they sent us had weapons. Even their military uniforms were in tatters. They asked us for them as soon as they arrived.
They didn't give us anything to eat or drink, and they didn't make any noise with us, so they just lay down and pretended to be dead."
Of course, Tang Cheng couldn't just listen to the complaints of Hou San and Lao Dongbei. Seeing that the rain outside seemed to have subsided a little, Tang Cheng personally went to the camp of the temporary regiment. He looked at the people lying around and sleeping in the barracks.
The defeated soldiers, Tang Cheng, who was extremely disappointed, could not help but look up to the sky and sigh. He originally thought that the morale of these defeated soldiers who had no whereabouts would be boosted by being restored to military status, but he did not expect that these guys had turned into a group of lazy and indispensable people.
College students like Tan Fei and half-year-old kids like Liu Shitou can follow him to fight Japanese enemies, but these guys who look stronger than Liu Shitou would rather lie half-starved and half-fed in the military camp and sleep and catch lice for fun.
, and was unwilling to take up arms and return to the battlefield to fight the Japanese army. Tang Cheng inserted his fingers into his hair and felt extremely frustrated. Now he completely understood why the man named Ye easily agreed to the terms of Old Northeast and replaced him, especially
It was the teasing smile on the corner of Ye's mouth that made Tang Cheng deeply realize his shortcomings.
Tang Cheng didn't believe that all the defeated soldiers who had been gathered had such thoughts, but after walking through several barracks, Tang Cheng still got a look of frustration and helplessness. Among the more than 200 defeated soldiers, less than 30% were actually
People are willing to return to the battlefield to fight the Japanese army, but the prerequisite is to get weapons and ammunition to equip them, otherwise they can only carry wooden sticks to the battlefield.
Not everyone in this world is not afraid of death, and not everyone has the dream of pursuing a better life. Those ragged soldiers would rather open their mouths and show their yellowed teeth and discuss their own food in the sun
I don’t want to spend a little time thinking about what I should do in the future.
After returning from Tangcheng, Laodongbei knew that he had been deceived. He dug a big hole for himself with the surname Ye. "No, I will go find the man surnamed Ye and give it to our soldiers."
It’s totally unreliable. If you take people like that to the battlefield, there might be people who shoot us in order to save their lives.”
"Okay, you can rest. This is not a big deal." Tang Cheng knows one truth clearly. War does not scare the faint of heart. As long as the bloodiness is still there, even the timid guy will grow up after experiencing several bloody battles.
Get up. As long as people work hard, there will always be some changes, but if people don't even have the blood, they will be helpless. No matter what you win for them, no matter how perfect your battle plan is, it is just a reflection in the mirror.
, the moon in the water.
Not all people are like Liu Shitou and the others. Compared with Liu Shitou and the others, the troops to which the defeated soldiers belonged took longer to form an army, so the laziness and fear of death among the defeated soldiers was more deeply rooted. Tangcheng discovered a strange phenomenon.
The later the troops are formed, the more bloody they will be. As long as they are provided with the necessary weapons, equipment and supplies, they can fight well. The earlier the troops are formed, the more lazy and slick they will be.
Military life has turned them into a new species called - soldiers!
They like to steal, rob, and scheming. They will fight to death for a woman in a brothel. The only activity they hate is fighting. At the beginning of the Republic of China, China was in an era of warlords' melee, and most of the armies were fighting each other.
There is so-called hatred, which also makes these defeated soldiers have factions and factions. Tangcheng knows that these are the key, which is far more serious than those defeated soldiers who have no weapons or are timid and afraid of death.
War is naturally not a pleasant activity, because fighting can cause injuries and death. Tang Cheng himself has experienced the cruelty and ruthlessness of the battlefield. When his classmates and friends were hiding in their homes in the Shanghai Concession, they were eating and drinking.
At that time, I was holding a rifle and following the veterans of the Revolution to fight under artillery fire. Death was like lingering dust in the air. Maybe I would be the one enveloped by death in the next moment. When it was full of
When he was the only one left on the battlefield of corpses and bloodstains, the helplessness and hesitation he felt was a nightmare that Tang Cheng would never want to mention in his life.
Returning to the inn again, the rain outside became lighter and lighter, and there was not much time left for Tang Cheng and the others, because he knew that as soon as the rain stopped, the temporary regiment would be transferred to the defense area. "Company Commander, I am
I feel that the veterans in the barracks are not really cowardly and fearful of death. I think you are deceived by appearances. It’s not that they don’t dare to believe you, but they don’t want to be treated as cannon fodder because we are too strong. They
That's what happened on purpose." After hearing what Tan Fei said was interesting, Tang Cheng immediately turned his attention to Tan Fei.
"Think about it, the temporary regiment was established by the 20th Army. These broken troops have been in the county for more than a day or two, but we are not from the Sichuan Army. This is one. Secondly, the 20th Army must have taken their
Weapons and ammunition are all taken away, but as for us, we only have two light machine guns, and the others have one gun each, and we also have so many short guns. These rout soldiers are not stupid, they can tell just by looking at our weapons
You guessed that we have fought in big battles, and there are many dangers following us, so why don’t they quickly come up with an unpleasant face so that you can drive us back.”
"Haha, it's interesting. It's really interesting. In order not to fight, you actually pretended to be like this to irritate me." Tang Cheng was a little confused by Tan Fei's words, and then laughed. "Then let's take advantage of them. They
The more this happens, the less we can let them go. The worst we can do is kill a few of the leaders, and the rest should be more honest."
After noon, the rain that had fallen all morning finally stopped. Tang Cheng, who returned to the military camp, was no longer angry, but treated the defeated soldiers calmly. The defeated soldiers finally realized that something was wrong, and the more they pretended to be indifferent.
It seemed that the company commander, who looked extremely young, was laughing more and more freely. Some people in the rout had noticed something was wrong, but they couldn't figure out what was wrong.