The camp in the west of the city was busy, with groups of Yunnan army officers and soldiers holding torches high going back and forth in the camp. Because the power plant workers who supported the National Government cut off the power supply and were unwilling to provide power to the warlords, the entire city of Guangzhou fell into a state of chaos.
In total darkness.
At midnight, the sound of rumbling shelling came from the lower reaches of the Pearl River. An Yi initially thought it was the explosion of explosive packs. After listening carefully, he found that although the explosion was deafening, it seemed to have some order, so he thought it might be a large-caliber bomb.
The explosion of artillery shells, the ordinary Qiwu mountain artillery and field artillery will not be so loud. An Yi has seen the test firing of the Yunnan army's position correction artillery many times, and is very familiar with the explosion of the Qiwu artillery shells. It is far from so earth-shattering.
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Sure enough, within ten minutes, a man who looked like an officer ran past Captain Qu's car and loudly announced the battle situation: The attempts of the Third Army and the Ninth Division to cross the river and occupy the Generalissimo's Mansion and Whampoa Military Academy on the other side failed. The Navy's Twelve Articles
Large and small warships fired at the troops crossing the river. The three armies and the ninth division suffered heavy losses. Commander Yang was very angry and had to issue an order to stop crossing the river.
An Yi secretly cheered in his heart, got into the cab again, lit a cigarette, and waited for the soldiers to load the truck. In his mind, he sneered at the special military supplies mentioned by the pig-headed company commander Qu: When loading the first box, the opium
The unique and slightly greasy smell of tobacco has already told An Yi what it is, and he also knows that the Yunnan Army has always had the habit of smoking opium. More than 80% of the Yunnan army officers and soldiers from top to bottom cannot live without opium and tobacco.
, almost everyone carries two guns - one of which is a pipe. An Yi also often sees smokers lying on the ground in various positions. Groups of officers and soldiers become as addicted to smoking as soft as invertebrates. Once they smoke the tobacco, they immediately become energetic.
Huanhuan, let them go up the mountain of swords and the sea of fire at this time and there will be no ambiguity.
The right door opened silently, and Captain Qu stuck his pig head into the car: "Boy, are you worth fighting with me for a homeless brat? Take it!"
Two packs of "Laodao" cigarettes were thrown next to An Yi's butt. An Yi had returned to normal at this time, picked it up happily and stuffed it into his pocket: "Are you asking me to help you hide something secretly again?"
"Shh-"
Company Commander Qu took a look in private, quickly climbed into the car, and whispered to An Yi: "This time Commander Yang spent a lot of money and took out the high-quality 'cloud soil' and rewarded each brother in the army with four taels per person, plus each
There are five Yuan Datou, and each person above the battalion commander has a pound of top-quality tobacco cream made in India. This is a good product that you can’t buy even if you have money! My brother Yang just asked me to hide sixty pounds of Indian tobacco cream immediately.
, and Yuan Datou, who had a "surplus" of 1,500 yuan, ordered me to take him out of the West Camp as quickly as possible to avoid long nights and dreams. Brother, it's up to you this time. Bangzi and I will move out secretly later.
Come up here, you are responsible for finding a place to hide it in the car and take it out, and I will reward you with ten dollars when you are done, how about it?"
An Yi hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Fatty Qu was about to get angry, he said in a low voice: "Well, you have taken care of me for a long time. Just now, when I saw people dying, I was stimulated and angered you, but you didn't blame me.
I feel bad if you give me cigarettes, so just give me five yuan, and I will be embarrassed to take any more."
Company Qu was overjoyed and slapped An Yi on the thigh. He didn't care that An Yi was grinning in pain: "Good brother! I saw you right, good! Since you are so loyal, I will quietly let you go as soon as the battle is over."
If you go back, I will be able to bear it if the sky falls!"
"Thank you, Brother Qu! Thank you, little brother!" An Yi bowed sincerely, took out the cigarettes in his pocket, tore open the wrapping paper and took out one to honor Fatty Qu, but Fatty Qu quickly opened the door and got out of the car, and in the blink of an eye he was gone.
In less than three minutes, Fatty Qu and his best friend hurried to the car. An Yi had already lifted up the seat and waited for a long time. Three pieces of cigarette paste with exquisite packaging and printed in red and black English letters were quickly stuffed under the seat.
In the small space, Fatty Qu disappeared again and reappeared quickly, holding a heavy fine canvas bag to An Yi. An Yi took it and quickly stacked it into the last space, covering it in front of Fatty Qu.
He sat on the stool, tightened the four screws, and pulled hard several times, but nothing happened. Fatty Qu let out a heavy breath, wiped the sweat off his face, nodded appreciatively to An Yi, glanced at the car briefly, and then got into the car.
He closed the car door and urged An Yi to drive out of the camp.
At the gate of the chaotic camp, the release slips had not been checked according to the procedures. A man who looked like an officer led a platoon of troops to guard both sides of the gate. When he saw the familiar Chevrolet truck, he waved his arms impatiently to let the car go faster. Turn onto the road and cross.
After passing two narrow streets, Xi Daying was far behind him. Fatty Qu let out a heavy breath and relaxed.
"Damn it, I'm sweating all over... Boy, turn left and drive to my brother Yang's fourth concubine's house at Xiaobeimen. We have to unload our things and then rush to the Longyan Cave position in the eastern suburbs."
Fatty Qu stretched his head forward to carefully identify the road. Fortunately, the headlights of the car were bright and did not make it too difficult for him to see.
An Yi nodded and turned left at the intersection. As soon as he entered the straight road, he heard a long scream of artillery shells across the sky, followed by bursts of explosions in the direction of the small north gate, and blazing fire mixed with billowing smoke rising into the sky.
When he got up, Fatty Qu was so frightened that he shouted to stop.
Fatty Qu opened the car door and quickly climbed onto the roof of the car. He stomped his feet and quickly returned to the cab: "It's over. The whole alley is over! It must be the naval gun fired from across the river that destroyed Liu Zhenhuan's Gui Army headquarters building.
It collapsed, and the alley suffered damage. I'm afraid the fourth aunt is also dead... Get back, kid, get back! Get out of this damn place quickly, if a cannon hits it, you won't even find the bones."
An Yi quickly reversed the car and turned east at the intersection. Just after driving for more than 40 meters, a heavy artillery shell exploded at the intersection behind him, and the stone shrapnel hit the car body.
The sound was so loud that An Yi turned pale in fright and ran as fast as he could.
After driving out of Dongcheng and onto a secluded dirt road in the countryside, An Yi, who had calmed down a bit, slowed down, glanced at Fatty Qu who was panicking in the passenger seat and asked: "Brother Qu, there are so many valuables under my butt, you have to find them."
I just have to move it somewhere, but I feel uneasy leaving it in the car."
Fatty Qu shook his head in pain: "Do you think I don't want to find a safe place to hide? For these sixty kilograms of cigarette cream and a bag of ocean, I deliberately sent away the brother escorting the car. Who knows that God is not as good as man!
Damn it, no wonder your old master told me to be careful not to be greedy for money these days... Boy, let me tell you, don't drive too far forward when you get to the Longyan Cave. It's getting dark soon, and there might be an attack at any time.
Get up, our car has a big target. If a few more shells come flying, there will be no place to hide, and your life will be lost. What's the use of the smoke and ointment? Do you remember it?"
"Remember, this is what I want."
Half an hour later, An Yi drove the car to a stop in front of the command post behind a hill more than 500 meters away from the forward position. Fatty Qu jumped out of the car and loudly reported to Army Commander Hu Sixun that the smoke was coming. Hu Sixun, who was expressionless and unshaven, nodded.
Waving his head back, dozens of officers and soldiers quickly ran to the carriage, and in a blink of an eye, they unloaded a cart full of nearly two tons of Yunnan smoke.
Fatty Qu saluted and said goodbye, but before he could turn around, he was stopped by Hu Sixun: "You, drive the car to the backing sawmill one kilometer behind and wait for orders. This car is useful and is waiting for my order at any time."
"This, this... this subordinate obeys the order..."
Under Hu Si Shun's dagger-like gaze, Fatty Qu's back trembled, so he could only obey the order. He got in the car and angrily shouted at An Yi to drive the car to the sawmill, cursing and greeting all the women in Hu Si Shun's family along the way.
An Yi also complained secretly. He really didn't want to stay in such a dangerous place and wait for death. The heavy artillery bomb near the Xiaobei Gate just now still made his ears buzz, a feeling of joy that he had escaped death.
He was immediately replaced by another unpredictable fear, but now, he had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and pray that God would see.
As soon as the car stopped, deafening bursts of gunfire rang out one after another. Fatty Qu was so frightened that he shouted and ordered An Yi to quickly back the car into the depression against the mountain. An Yi followed his words and parked the car close to it.
On the almost vertical edge of the mountain, I didn't have time to take a breath before I was shocked by the tongues of fire flying above my head: the artillery position of the Yunnan Army opened fire, and the roaring shells flew over the hill and hit the revolutionary army position to the east.
About ten minutes later, the artillery fire stopped, and then fierce machine gunfire and grenade explosions began, and bursts of shouts came from time to time.
Fatty Qu pulled An Yi out of the car, and the two of them secretly climbed up a hill, lay down beside a big rock and looked eastward. They saw gunpowder smoke billowing and shouts filling the fields. The revolutionary army and the Yunnan army had been fighting for a long time.
"Brother Qu, you chose the position in front well. There are rock hills and hills on both sides of the town of Longyan Cave. This must-pass road is right between the two mountains. The entire width seems to be less than 1.5 kilometers. Your Yunnan Army has occupied
The position is great. I have walked this road. It is the main road to Dongguan and directly to Kowloon. It is not far from the railway that can be seen there. It is the only land for the counties and towns in the east and south to enter the city of Guangzhou.
Go up the passage and you can basically see the city of Guangzhou. There seems to be a small river in front of the position, right?" An Yi asked curiously.
Fatty Qu nodded: "Yes, it is a small river, only four or five meters wide. The stone bridge was blown up by us. I went there a few days ago and had an impression. This year, the drought has caused the river to dry up, and there are two sides of the river on both sides.
The steep river bed is more than one meter high, and the dry river bottom is full of mud. Even if the Whampoa Army desperately jumps in, not many of them can climb to the bank here, not to mention there are so many machine guns to greet them."
"Wait! You said the Whampoa Army is attacking in front?" An Yi asked anxiously.
Fatty Qu kept looking at the front of the fierce battle: "Don't you have a damn good eye? Didn't you see the school flag of Whampoa Military Academy and the unique military flags of each of their regiments? It is estimated that they will have killed and injured hundreds of people in this hour. Look,
, Retreat, haha... Okay, let's go down. I haven't had a meal since last night, and my calves are shaking. There is a cooking class south of the sawmill that is cooking, specially for the temporary reception of our troops.
As for the personnel, let’s go have a damn front-line meal, even a bowl of porridge will last us half a day.”
An Yi looked at the battlefield where the gunpowder smoke dissipated and gradually calmed down, shook his head sadly, followed Fatty Qu down the mountain, walked around the piles of wood to the cooking class with a heavy heart, picked up a big bowl, and scooped up the food in the barrel.
He raised his head to drink the porridge. After drinking three bowls in a row, he put down the bowl and looked up at the gloomy sky to wait for Fatty Qu.
After Fatty Qu ate and drank enough, he picked up an opium pipe belonging to an unknown person in the corner and leaned on the haystack. An old veteran went up to him to light a lamp and burn the pipe. He smoked the opium until noon.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Whampoa Army launched another fierce attack. After an hour and twenty minutes of fierce fighting, the Yunnan Army was repelled again. An Yi lay on the hillock and kept looking at the corpses on the battlefield ahead, feeling heartbroken, but also
At their wits' end, they discovered that Hu Sishun of the Yunnan Army was indeed well-commanded and extremely brave. He actually dared to set up his command post only 500 meters away from the forward position, and cleverly chose to place it under a hill with his back to the front line.
Neither the Whampoa Army's artillery nor machine guns could hit him, but he could use the flag-carrying soldiers at the height to convey orders at any time.
As night fell, Fatty Qu was so anxious that he wanted to leave but didn't dare to leave. His temper became very irritable and he scolded An Yi to go to the temporary transfer warehouse next to the cooking class and bring back the pile of rags. He wanted to smoke opium and sleep under the car.
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An Yi was worried that Fatty Qu was suffering from emotional instability due to his addiction to cigarettes, and that he would be wronged if he was really shot. He could only follow his words and did not dare to disobey, so he took back a large ball of colorful rags and returned to the car to spread them out one by one.
Fatty Qu spread it under the car. What An Yi found extremely ironic was that there were two Kuomintang flags and a national flag in this pile of rags, all of which were now being pressed down by Fatty Qu's smelly body.
A night of anxiety passed, and the sky gradually turned gray. Hu Sishun did not issue any instructions for An Yi to get out of the car. Fatty Qu, who woke up three times in the night and smoked opium twice, slept better than a pig. An Yi, whose stomach was croaking, had to do it alone.
When I walked to the cooking squad, I saw that no one else was awake except the old soldier, so I could only find a clean coarse bowl and put some leftovers left by the ammunition transport team last night.
After several bowls of porridge, his bladder bulged. An Yi walked to the ditch in the west while burping. He unbuttoned his pants, took out his dick and let the water out. He felt that peeing was so pleasurable as never before.
The grass in the ditch suddenly moved, and An Yi, who was startled, had no time to react. A black and cold shell gun was already placed above his little brother's head: "Don't make a sound, or I'll kill you!"