In late October, the weather was already very cold in the morning and evening. In Daliuhe Town, Wen'an, on the newly built concrete road leading directly to Tianjin in front of Baojiagu Village, Li Erdai was carrying a used 38-meter rifle at a simple outpost at the head of the village. Da Gai was watching the end of the road vigilantly. There was a wooden sign hanging at the door of the post, which read: "Wen'an Self-Defense Brigade Daliuhe Squadron Baojia Valley Post".
Not far from the outpost, a long mound made of rocks and thorns completely separates Tianjin and Wen'an. Today is Sunday, and several children from Baojiagu Village are playing hide-and-seek in the mound. , occasionally looking at the few little people wandering among the thorns and rocks, Li Erdai felt a happy feeling in his heart. When he built this mound, he himself also contributed. At the beginning, he just focused on the daily Three full meals plus ten coppers. Only now do we know its function. If it weren’t for this mound, Baojia Valley might have been razed to the ground by Little Japan. How many years have passed, Renqiu and the entire North China Likewise, with wars and chaos, even the most honest villagers would not want to live in peace. Pingjin is a land of disputes. Soldiers come and go, and disputes continue. The surrounding areas involved are also in turmoil. All this, until Xue Bing The arrival of the division was initially thought to be no different from those warlords in the past. They were just borrowing places to supplement food and pay, capture young men, and then march to Peiping or Tianjin under a certain banner. Of course, it might also be delayed by another warlord. However, the student division and their young commander actually stayed. Not only did they stay, they also bought land from the landlords and leased it to them. They only had to pay a very small tax every year. After a few years, they themselves You can actually own this land...
Li Erdai's family has been sharecroppers for generations. When they learned about such a good thing, the whole family found it incredible. However, under the arbitrary decision of the eldest brother Li Dali, the three brothers and an old woman were the first to respond to the call and became students. The first batch of tenant farmers of the Military Division (this is what the landowners said, they believed that the move of the Military Division was just to use force to get the land from them and then lease it to those tenant farmers, which was completely a move to win people's hearts),
What happened next was not foreseeable by Li Erdai's uneducated head. Not only did the student officers of the Military Academy not go back on their word and increase local taxes like landlords, they also found ways to rent cattle and other farm tools for them. …
Then, I heard from those old people that some landowners couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to rebel against the Xuexi Division. They colluded with some officers in the 29th Army and even colluded with the Japanese. However, in the end, the Xuexi Division was stunned. It was with those young trainees that they withstood the Japanese offensive...
Li Erdai was thinking this when he suddenly saw three figures wearing bamboo hats flashing out of the road in the middle of the mound. He couldn't help but cheer up, walked out of the post with his head held high, and stood on the side of the road.
The three people walked very quickly and soon arrived at the guard post. They obviously saw the sign of the guard post. They said something to the shortest one, and then the tallest one strode towards Li Erdai. come over,
Feeling that the opponent was approaching menacingly, Li Erdai instinctively took off his gun, pointed the muzzle at the ground, and said loudly: "Stop, what are you three doing? Is there a way out?"
The big man didn't say anything. He walked to a stop about three meters away from Li Erdai, and then took off the bamboo hat on his head. "I am Chu Tiange." He said,
Li Erdai didn't care what his name was. Didn't Captain Huang say it during the Self-Defense Forces training? The responsibility of the Self-Defense Forces is to prevent saboteurs with ulterior motives from entering Renqiu from Wen'an. Therefore, there is no military training office stationed in Tianjin. Even Little Chief Ouyang couldn't let him in casually. Li Er had been standing guard here for three or four days, and intercepted many self-proclaimed saboteurs, including a foreigner with yellow hair and blue eyes. , but what makes him depressed is that all those people have their own way. Now it is easy to meet someone who does not show their way when they meet. Naturally, he will not let go of this rare opportunity to make a contribution. If he seizes it, The words of a saboteur, then... such thoughts flashed through his mind, and he said firmly: "Road."
The big man smiled bitterly. He was indeed Chu Tiange. He just didn't know when Renqiu had such a rule. What kind of rules did he have to follow when he came in? The people who accompanied him back to Renqiu were Zhang Zhengqiang and Shuixiang. These two people Shi walked behind him and heard Li Erdai's stiff words. Both of them felt a little strange and looked at him quietly to see how he would respond.
Chu Tiange frowned slightly, thought for a while and asked: "Excuse me, this little brother, is Ren Qiu still in charge of military affairs?"
Hearing that the other party actually inquired about the information about the Military Academy, but did not mention the route at all, Li Erdai suddenly became more vigilant. He believed in his heart that these three people must be saboteurs with ulterior motives. He pulled the trigger with his right hand. He raised the gun and aimed it at Chu Tiange, saying: "Who are you and what are you doing in Renqiu? Well, no matter what you want to do, if there is no road, just ask me to go to the village committee." ." As he said that, he took two steps back, quickly took out a whistle from his jacket pocket with his left hand, and blew it with a beep, beep, beep.
Chu Tiange and the other three were shocked, and Chu Tiange was half-dead at a loss. But half a quarter of an hour after the whistle sounded, in the village and farmland behind Li Erdai, there were no less than a hundred men and women holding various Such weapons rushed over with a shout,
Shuixiang has a quick temper and has long been impatient. Faced with such strong hostility from the other party, he could no longer bear to take out his gun and said to Chu Tiange: "My boss (Chu Tiange did this to cover up his title)." (Name), has Ren Qiu changed his mind? I think we should kill him first and then talk about it." As he said that, he was about to shoot at Li Erdai.
Li Erdai was certainly startled, his hands trembled and he was about to shoot. At the critical moment, Chu Tiange and Zhang Zhengqiang held Shuixiang's left and right hands one by one. Chu Tiange said, "We'll talk about it later." ." Zhang Zhengqiang said: "Don't be wrong, it's just some villagers here. When did they become so bold and reckless?" Thinking of what he had seen and heard before, he glanced at Chu Tiange with some worry and asked in a low voice: "My boss ,The big boss of your department is not GCD, right?"
Chu Tiange shook his head, asked Shuixiang to put away the gun, and then said to Li Erdai: "Brother, do you have any direct subordinates of the military training division recently? It's best to be a commander. You can find someone to come over and everything will be understood. .”
More than a hundred villagers soon surrounded Chu Tiange and the three of them. Two of them holding 38 rifles were self-defense members of the same self-defense squadron as Li Erdai. One of them was tall and thick, wearing a Dressed in an old national army uniform and wearing the rank of second lieutenant, it is Li Erdai’s eldest brother Li Dali, who is also the squadron leader of the Baojiagucun Self-Defense Squadron.
Different from Li Erdai's impatience, after Li Dali led his people to surround Chu Tiange and the others, he did not rush to make a judgment but asked Li Erdai what was going on.
"They couldn't get a way out, so they asked me about the situation of the military training division."
"Oh." Li Dali responded. He carefully gathered the three of them and saw that Chu Tiange was the leader. He clasped his fists and asked: "Three of you, don't you know the rules of our Renqiu government? If you don't have a local household registration, there will be no road." You can’t just enter casually. Tell me, what are your names, where are you from, and what business do you have in Renqiu?”
Chu Tiange heard that the "Second Lieutenant" in front of him asked the question appropriately, and he estimated that he had the most say here, so he had to reveal his name and identity again.
Unlike Naidi who was ignorant, Li Dali had heard about Chu Tiange. He was shocked and asked: "Are you really Chief Chu? Can you please show me your officer certificate?" "
"I went out on a top-secret mission this time, and I didn't bring any documents with me." Chu Tiange smiled bitterly and added, "Which army is stationed in Wen'an now? If their commander is here, he will definitely recognize me."
"That's it, cabbage."
"Squadron Captain!" Another villager holding a gun came out,
"Hurry up and call Captain Huang, so to speak..." Li Dali whispered into Baocai's ear,
Baocai nodded and ran away quickly,
Li Erdai shouted: "Brother, they have guns."
Li Dali glared at him and shouted: "Who is your eldest brother here? How many times have I told you that there are only officers and comrades in the Self-Defense Forces, no relatives." After scolding him, he said to Chu Tiange: "Everyone, because of this, As a rule, please leave your gun to me for safekeeping first."
"No." Before Chu Tiange could answer, Shuixiang shouted,
Chu Tiange looked at Li Dali with a wry smile and said, "I'm sorry, they are not from military training, you see."
Li Dali frowned and said, "If this is the case, then we are sorry." With a wave of his hand, the villagers and his two brothers surrounded the three of them, as if guarding the prisoners, and Li Erdai even more The muzzle of the gun was pointed straight at Chu Tiange's heart,
Seeing them fighting like this, Chu Tiange could only smile bitterly, but Shuixiang and Zhang Zhengqiang were very unhappy. Shuixiang asked him bluntly: "Master, what kind of officer are you studying in the military division? These guys have no idea." I don’t take you seriously.” Zhang Zhengqiang didn’t say anything, but he was thinking: Judging from this situation, either Chu Tiange’s position is too small, or the military division’s rules are extremely strict, well, it’s not the same as GCD’s The rules are very similar. If their big boss is really GCD, what should I do? Thinking like this, his determination could not help but waver.