Tang Cheng, who was lying flat in a shallow pit with his rifle in his arms, did not fall asleep. He was responsible for guarding the night before, and the others were already fast asleep. Ma Dazhuang, who had eaten and drank enough, was as happy as a rich man who had just finished the autumn harvest.
, the backpack full of dried meat was held tightly in his arms, for fear that the dried meat would disappear. Hou San and Ma Dazhuang dried more than just this, all the dried meat.
Hou San divided it into two halves, and the larger part was given to Ma Dazhuang. The smaller part was spread by Hou San on the stone chips and let the night wind dry the last moisture. If you want to preserve meat in the jungle, you cannot have any moisture.
, otherwise it will become moldy and deteriorate.
Zhao Liang, who was not sleepy, was still looking forward unconsciously with his eyes open. His mind was thinking about what happened during the day. If the military doctors and others had listened to his advice, seized the time to grab something and evacuated in time, it might not have happened.
Being chased by the Japanese search team. The current situation was indeed not the result he wanted. He did not expect that the military doctors and others still didn't care so much after being chased all the way by the Japanese army. Maybe they were not aware of the current situation at all.
We have reached the most difficult time. If we are not careful, we will fall into disaster, and everyone will be in disaster.
Zhao Liang's frequent turning over attracted Tang Cheng's attention. Zhao Liang's early shooting almost ruined Tang Cheng's plan. Thinking that Zhao Liang was just a child the same size as Liu Shitou, Tang Cheng temporarily suppressed his anger.
It was okay after meeting. Tang Cheng planned to have a good talk with the boy who couldn't sleep. "If you can't sleep, get up and talk to me." Tang Cheng stood up and sat up, took out a cigarette and lit one for himself. Tang Cheng used gravel to
Zhao Liang, who was hit in the back, had no choice but to get up and sit up.
"Aren't you angry that I didn't send anyone to find the military doctors?" He took Liu Shitou all the way from Mengcheng to Kunming. How could Tangcheng not know that a guy of Zhao Liang's size was at the age of a stubborn donkey?
If the knot in Zhao Liang's heart cannot be solved, Zhao Liang may do more things that endanger everyone's lives. Tang Cheng has taken it for granted that Zhao Liang shot in advance because he did not turn around to save the military doctors and others.
When Qing Lang himself ordered the retreat, Zhao Liang was the only one persuading the military doctors and others to evacuate as well.
Zhao Liang obviously didn't understand the purpose of Tang Cheng's question. He just shook his head and whispered, "I pulled them over and shouted, but they just didn't listen. So if they were chased by the little devil and disappeared, then we can only count them as theirs."
You deserve it. The veterans in the hospital said that you can't act on your own initiative on the battlefield. If you do things you shouldn't do just to show off your strength, you might lose your life. I still want to go home alive. I don't want to.
Die here."
Zhao Liang's words were actually no longer coherent, but Tang Cheng still heard some things from them that he had not noticed before. Daqing, this little guy, like himself, also learned life-saving things on the battlefield from veterans. After asking Zhao Liang clearly
Maybe because he had almost the same experience and the age when he committed the murder, the anger in Tang Cheng's heart calmed down a little. Zhao Liang was just a 19-year-old kid, and he didn't want to ask too much of Zhao Liang.
"You are 19 years old this year. When I was your age, I was fighting with the Japanese army in Shanghai. I was not a soldier at that time, just a student whose father had just died. You want to live, that's right, everyone here
Everyone wants to return to their hometown alive to meet their relatives and family members." Seeing that Zhao Liang was listening to him intently, Tang Cheng felt much better, but his tone was a bit serious.
"This should be your first time on the battlefield. What you learned from the veterans in the hospital can only be used as a reference for survival. Exposure to what you have experienced on the battlefield is the ability that can truly keep you alive. I have learned from
I started fighting Japanese soldiers in Shanghai. After the Battle of Nanjing, I fought against Japanese soldiers in Mengcheng and Macheng, and then led a group of brothers all the way south to Kunming. The reason why I did not die on the battlefield is that I first need to remember
The words “order, line, and prohibition” live here.”
"War is not a matter of one or two people. On the battlefield, you have your brother Pao Ze who fights with you. Defeating the little devil depends on everyone's fighting and hard work. If you can't follow the orders and prohibitions, there will be
Not only may it cost you your own life, but it may also cost your brother Pao Ze his life, not to mention defeating the Japanese soldiers. Do you understand what I mean?"
After hearing this, Zhao Liang understood the purpose of Tang Cheng's chatting with him. He only knew that he had killed a Japanese soldier, but he did not expect that shooting in advance would endanger other people's lives. "I didn't want to either, but then
The Japanese soldier walked under the tree and just raised his head. If I didn't shoot, he might find me, and then we would be exposed as well." Although he already understood that it was wrong to shoot in advance, he was still young.
His temper still made Zhao Liang make a small retort.
Zhao Liang's reaction was not beyond Tang Cheng's expectation. Liu Shitou always tried his best to find excuses after doing something wrong. Tang Cheng had long been accustomed to this. "You are the only one squatting on the tree, but in the
There are more than a dozen of us under the tree. Do you just want to kill all four Japanese soldiers by yourself? You have to remember that you have to rely on your companion Pao Ze on the battlefield, unless you are the only one left on the battlefield.
.”
"My order for you is to go up the tree to serve as a lookout and guard. You only need to do what I teach you. If you don't squat on the branch of the tree to pull the bolt, the Japanese soldiers under the tree will not notice you at all."
Tang Cheng picked up the rifle in his arms and pulled the bolt. In the silent night, although Tang Cheng's action of pulling the bolt was gentle, the sound carried far away. "You understand now, a small oversight on the battlefield.
It will cost you your life, so I hope you will obey orders in the future, I don’t want you to die in the barren mountains of this foreign country."
After listening to Tang Cheng's words, Zhao Liang lowered his head and remained silent. Tang Cheng also knew that it would be impossible for a guy of Zhao Liang's size to lower his head and admit his mistake. But as long as the other party understood the meaning of his words, Tang Cheng's purpose would not matter.
It has been reached. "Okay, don't think about other things. It's time for you to go to bed now. We may go a long way tomorrow." Tang Cheng lowered his head and looked at his watch. It was already past midnight, so he asked Zhao Liang
Lie down and rest.
He kept thinking about what Tang Cheng said just now. Zhao Liang was in a daze for more than half an hour before falling asleep. Fortunately, he was warm under him and had a military blanket seized from the Japanese soldiers. Zhao Liang slept through it all.
It was very comfortable, and it was already dawn when I opened my eyes again. Making broth was a luxury. Hou San and Ma Dazhuang had used a lot of salt when they smoked and roasted the wolf meat last night, and the remaining salt had already been seen by the bulls.
The food is very tight, so their breakfast today can only be two pieces of dried meat per person.
"There is still a long way to go, and we don't carry much salt, so we can only eat hot food when we camp every night. At other times, we have to find food to fill our stomachs." After a night's rest,
, Tang Cheng's complexion also looked much better. Before setting off, Tang Cheng and the others had already taken out the crossbows. "From now on, everyone should pay attention to looking for all the edible things to fill their stomachs."
It depends on everyone’s efforts.”
If it were just Tang Cheng and the others, relying on the Yanlong Yanhu brothers' familiarity with the mountains and forests, they would never be hungry. Now there are more than four of them, Zhao Liang, and Tang Cheng is thinking that there may be others who will be attacked by the Japanese army in the future.
The scattered national army soldiers joined, so preparations for finding food were put on the agenda early by Tangcheng. On the road again, the water bottles on everyone's waist were already filled with Liangbaikai, and the Yanlong and Yanhu brothers continued to serve as the leading scouts.
, Hou San and Dice acted as rearguards, and the remaining people and the two female soldiers were still walking in the middle of the team.
The Yanlong Yanhu brothers, who are familiar with the mountains and forests, had already brought two pheasants and a hare with their crossbows before noon. Tangcheng who followed them also dug up two or three backpacks of wild vegetables and mushrooms. They wanted to eat them tonight.
The food must not be bad, and everyone was full of energy when they marched. But contrary to expectations, just when everyone was in high spirits and looked forward to getting dark early to set up camp, the rock dragon that came out ran back and whispered to Tangcheng
After that, setting up camp and preparing dinner became a luxury for everyone.
The Japanese army was discovered ahead. This is what Yanlong whispered to Tang Cheng. Yanlong came back and gave the muzzle cover to Tangcheng, while Yanhu stayed in place to observe the enemy's situation. "Dice, you stay, and Manniu takes them with them."
Rest where you are. Third Brother and Glasses are coming with me." After whispering to Yanlong, Tang Cheng ordered the team to gather together. In addition to leaving behind the dice and the bull, Tang Cheng also arranged for Yanlong to carefully inspect the surrounding area.
Search, at least to make sure there are no traces of other Japanese troops around them.
Yanhu's hiding place is behind a big rock. Behind a bare rock in the west, there is an antenna. Yanhu doesn't know what that antenna is for, but Tangcheng knows. The straight line distance of the antenna from Tangcheng and the others is at least 10 meters.
It looked like it was over 500 meters. If Tang Cheng hadn't issued telescopes to the Yanlong brothers who came forward, maybe the Yanlong brothers wouldn't have been able to spot the antenna in front of them just now. Tang Cheng squatted next to Yanhu and looked forward with the telescope.
The antenna was surrounded by an open area, and Tang Cheng could see Japanese soldiers in the open area through the telescope.
"That thing is the antenna of the radio station. The Japanese army deployed the radio station and troops here. They must be preparing to seal this place so that they can intercept all the national army brothers who fled into the woods." Tang Cheng moved the telescope in his hand to look in the direction.
When the Japanese soldiers appeared in the open field, he noticed that the Japanese soldiers in the open field followed very regular routes when moving. Tang Cheng couldn't help but wonder whether the Japanese army had set a trap or laid a mine there.