The bomb dropped by the Japanese army was very accurate, destroying the Tutu Temple at the entrance of the village and the primary school of Mr. Bian. Fortunately, because of the arrival of their troops led by Gu Changfeng and Yang Jiuxiao, every household attracted the brothers who fought against the Japanese to join them.
The family entertained them warmly, but the stern old Master Bian smiled knowingly when he saw the dozen or so children who were distracted, and made an exception for the holiday. This way, the children were not affected and an even bigger disaster was not caused.
However, when the bomb fell, Mr. Bian and his wife were gone. The only educated man in the village who could take on the important task of preaching, teaching, and solving puzzles died in the raging fire in the blink of an eye. The whole village
The tall and solid school building built with concerted efforts collapsed completely, and it was impossible to save it even if we wanted to.
A sudden bomb instantly broke the peace of the peaceful and prosperous mountain village for more than a hundred years. This earth-shattering explosion, and the innocent and tragic death of the respected old man Bian, suddenly changed the fate of most people in this remote mountain.
Under the towering trees covered with heavy snow, the soldiers lined up in long lines and sneaked through the snow. The darkness along the mountain path formed a sharp contrast with the dazzling light of the ice and snow exposed to the sun.
What was different from when they arrived was that there were more than thirty girls and a dozen half-year-old children from the village among the marching team, including Su Bingguo's lovely sister and the twenty-three who were enslaved to death by the Japanese before they married their fiancés.
Older sisters, these young girls, like the thirty or so village boys in military uniforms, are the seeds that the villagers entrusted to Yang Jiuxiao and Gu Changfeng to bring back to the pass.
How can the eggs be destroyed when the nest is overturned? The villagers have already foreseen that a huge disaster is coming. Rather than staying here and waiting to die, it is better to follow the trustworthy army and go out to fight. A hundred years ago, the villagers
The first generation of people also came here by traveling through Guandong and Guanxi.
Father Su was wearing a furry wolf fur coat, holding a shotgun in his hand, and four strong men dressed similarly to him were walking at the front of the team. After decades of life in the mountains, the hunters followed every mountain and ridge within a hundred miles.
They were extremely familiar with every ditch and ridge. The road they led the large army took led to the most prosperous Laoye Temple within a hundred miles. However, under the iron heel of the Japanese army, today's Laoye Temple is no longer prosperous and no longer
It was so lively that all the men in the town who were over fifteen years old and under fifty years old had been taken to the south of Chaoyang City with bayonets more than twenty days ago. The Puppet Manchukuo army who betrayed their ancestors and served as the lackeys of the Japanese even announced: Let Shili
All the people in Pat Heung went to repair the airport to see if Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang's planes dared to bomb again!
Twenty days ago, it was the market day that happens once every ten days. Su's father and four young men from the village braved the cold wind and heavy snow and came to Laoye Temple carrying dozens of animal skins, hoping to exchange the animal skins for the village's money.
Salt and needlework and cloth needed by the women were frightened when they saw that the once prosperous and peaceful Laoye Temple suddenly became sparsely populated and withered. The originally bustling villagers and foreign sellers were all gone, and most of the strings of open-air stalls on the street were destroyed.
I wanted to quickly find a familiar old man to ask the reason, but the doors of every house in the town were closed and no one could open the door no matter how I called. I finally went to the school in the middle of the town and saw the old teacher Zhai standing alone at the door.
Before asking, Mr. Zhai spoke first: Brother Su, no one wants your animal skins. Go to the small warehouse in Zhenxi. Maybe Mr. Zheng hid a bag or two of salt under the raids of the Japanese army. Hurry up.
Go ahead…
After Mr. Zhai finished speaking, he closed the door. Father Su led the brothers to the cattle and sheep pen of Mr. Zheng in Zhenxi. He found that there was no one in the huge cattle and sheep trading market. The pen was originally full of cattle and sheep, but now only one was left.
Piles of snow-covered turds.
After finally finding Mr. Zheng, who had been doing business for more than 40 years and had traveled all over the country, he found him lying in a low wooden house with a charcoal fire burning in a tin bucket and a medicine jar on top of the charcoal fire. His face was originally red.
His face was wrapped with a thick layer of gauze. Seeing Su's father and other old friends, he was so excited that he kept coughing.
An hour later, Su's father and the others left all the animal skins and carried two 40-pound bags of coarse salt on their backs, and returned to the mountain village in a panic, never to come out again.
At nightfall, nearly 10,000 soldiers quietly marched into Laoye Temple, which had completely controlled a platoon of garrisoned puppet troops, and finally saw the bleak signs Su's father had stated: Laoye Temple was no longer rich and prosperous, and all the men from every household had been taken away.
The adult women were also dragged to cook for the civilian workers who were repairing the airport. All valuables from every household were looted by the Japanese invaders and puppet troops. There were still notices on the streets with the seal of the Central Government of the Puppet Manchukuo.
, requiring each family to contribute money and effort to assist the imperial army and contribute to building a happy and peaceful Manchukuo.
When Mr. Zhai saw Yang Jiuxiao and Gu Changfeng again, there was no hot tea, no snacks, and no Mohe cigarettes from his daughter-in-law, but only two lines of unstoppable tears.
Yang Jiuxiao felt sour in his heart. As soon as he said the greeting, the old man strode forward, grabbed him with one hand and Gu Changfeng with the other, and implored one thing excitedly: please rescue my wife and grandson quickly! The Japanese and the puppets
The entire army was made up of beasts, not humans. The men were dragged and buried when they were exhausted from building airports and roads, without even a mat. Women were raped one after another, and more than a dozen were hanged.
Yang Jiuxiao felt extremely heavy and quickly asked why this was happening? Why didn't this happen in Shenyang? Even if they were raped, women and children could still be safe. Why was it like this here?
Mr. Zhai fell down after saying only one sentence: This is not only the case in Laoye Temple, but also in every village and town within a hundred miles of Chaoyang. The yellow dog of the Manzhou Army said this, because Liaoxi is the most powerful in resisting the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Ten o'clock in the evening, the main hall of Laoye Temple.
The generals had their heads drooped, and no one was willing to speak. The raging charcoal fire could not burn away the grief, anger and hatred in their hearts. There was a sound of footsteps in a hurry, and Ni Zhiqiang and Lu Yanqing, with fierce faces on their faces, pushed the door open and the generals raised their heads one after another.
Looked over.
Ni Zhiqiang blew out a large tube of snot by the stove, rubbed his nose that was red from the cold, and said through gritted teeth: "All are recruited. Thirty-five puppet soldiers were interrogated separately. After verification, no one lied. Now Chaoyang City
There was only one brigade of Japanese troops and one infantry brigade of puppet troops, plus the transportation teams of the Eighth and Sixth Divisions and the transit warehouse guards, the total number was less than 8,000.
"At the airport in the southeast of the city, there was a squadron of Japanese engineers, and the puppet infantry brigade detached a regiment to help control more than 10,000 civilians. All the captured people, regardless of gender, lived in temporary wooden sheds.
Without shelter from the wind or cold, more than a dozen corpses of fellow villagers who died of exhaustion and freezing were carried out and buried every day...
Speaking of this, Ni Zhiqiang sniffed and suppressed the sadness and anger in his heart: "Seven days ago, the Linghe Iron Bridge in the west was repaired. A large amount of materials were transported by train to Daban Town Station, and then transported to Chaoyang City by car.
It is said that the current Chaoyang City has become the Japanese army's forward military depot and material distribution center.
"Also, about eight hundred officers and soldiers of the Japanese engineering brigade are rushing to repair the railway all the way from Daban Town. Chaoyang Station is located in the north of the city. In order to build warehouses and stations, tens of thousands of people have demolished the northern city wall and the station three days ago.
Gatehouse. If you send two main regiments of five thousand brothers to go around it and attack from north to south, not a single enemy can escape."
"That's it?" Yang Jiuxiao looked at Gu Changfeng.
Gu Changfeng nodded: "Okay, let's do it like this! It would be better if the city wall was demolished, which would save a lot of trouble in entering the city. It is estimated that the Japanese army feels that this is a very safe place in the rear area, and is planning to use Chaoyang as their transit hub...
...Hmph, they are building an airport and a train station, do they really think they are in peace?"
"How about I lead a battalion into Daban Town and kill him again?" Ni Zhiqiang was really angry this time. Since this guy was promoted to Major General Chief of Staff, he has stopped leading troops in person because of his status, and now he takes the initiative
He proposed to lead a battalion for a surprise attack, but I guess his intestines were almost scorched with rage.
Gu Changfeng objected: "Let Yan Qing go. He is more familiar with you than you. He will lead three hundred brothers from the temporary regiment and one battalion, plus Leopard's special agent company, and the special brigade demolition team. Nearly half of the brothers from the first battalion have participated in the attack on Daban Town.
In the battle between the train station and the Japanese field hospital, if you are familiar with the situation, you will be familiar with the situation. As long as you successfully approach there, you can follow the same pattern and blow up the iron bridge by the way."
"For such an important task, I should lead the team myself." Liang Zhenyu knew what Gu Changfeng was thinking, and took the initiative to stand up before the Du Er Division general asked the school to fight.
Gu Changfeng nodded immediately: "Okay! You and Yan Qing jointly command. Yan Qing is mainly responsible for attacking the Japanese engineers, and you are responsible for blowing up the bridge."
"Yes!" Liang Zhenyu happily accepted the order.
Now Ni Zhiqiang became anxious: "I said Hutou, don't you look down on me? Why don't you let me go? If you don't arrange a proper job for me today, I will never end it with you!"
Gu Changfeng laughed: "There's no point in being anxious...Brother Ninth, how about you leading the two main groups that go around to the north of Chaoyang to attack?"
Yang Jiuxiao replied excitedly: "That's it, haha!"
"What about me? Hutou, your grandson..." Ni Zhiqiang was about to run away.
Gu Changfeng then put away his smile and said seriously: "Brother Ni, don't worry. Among all our brothers, you are the most attentive and the most considerate and comprehensive. All the villagers are close to you.
So my brother, let me give you a regiment. You are responsible for cleaning up the Japanese engineers and a battalion of puppet troops at the airport. After that, let all the villagers escape home. Otherwise, you can just take the whole family and flee into the pass. There is one most important thing here.
Your mission is to find Mr. Zhai’s son and grandson, take them with you, and retreat westward with our large army."
Ni Zhiqiang thought for a moment and nodded heavily: "I understand! I will be responsible."
Gu Changfeng walked up to Ni Zhiqiang in a few steps, stared into his eyes, and warned him very solemnly: "Brother, remember, you can't take in any civilians. Brothers will retreat after fighting. You can't take so many people with no military knowledge at once."
The civilians must go together, otherwise it will not only tire them, but also exhaust us to death.
"After tonight's battle, I'm afraid we will become the enemy of the Japanese and puppet soldiers who are eager to kill us. There is no guarantee that the Japanese army will give up the ongoing offensive and pursue and surround our troops with all their strength. Therefore, this time
To withdraw is to flee continuously. Along the way, we must be as invisible as an old monk and as fast as a rabbit. If we are discovered and chased by the Japanese army, we will have to encounter gods and gods and ghosts. There is no other choice! Let the innocent people join in.
, will you save them or not when the time comes? If you can’t save yourself, it’s better to drive them home now, or simply encourage them to escape back to prison... I believe that even if they choose to stay, the most they will do is be arrested again.
Raf, you won’t die so quickly.”
Ni Zhiqiang was silent for a moment and nodded slightly: "I understand! As soon as you asked me to fly to the airport, I understood everything. Don't worry, I will not be soft-hearted on this issue."
Gu Changfeng smiled bitterly and looked around: "Does anyone else have any questions?"
"No more!" all the generals replied in unison.
"Okay, that's it! Get to your positions. You'll have one and a half hours to prepare. We'll launch at 5:30 in the morning!"
"As you command!"
The generals dispersed in a hurry, and Gu Changfeng grabbed Ni Zhiqiang who was about to go out: "Where are the thirty or so puppet troops?"
"Kill them! The corpses are all hung on the bulletin wall of the town hall...Why, you still want to use these beasts?" Ni Zhiqiang asked curiously, and Yang Jiuxiao also came over with concern.
Gu Changfeng shook his head: "I just want to use their clothes... Forget it, our brothers in the special brigade still have hundreds of sets of Japanese military uniforms in their bags, so let's just use them."
"Wait! The clothes are still there, intact. Those thirty or so beasts were all stripped naked and hung up under the eaves. If you want them, I'll ask the mistress to get them for you." Ni Zhiqiang said with a smile.
Yang Jiuxiao grabbed Gu Changfeng who turned around: "Hutou, you are the commander of an army, don't mess around! We still have to rely on you to command the overall situation."
"As soon as the battle starts, who can stop and listen to my command? It's okay. I just want to lead two detachments. Shuhei led a detachment to change clothes and mount horses, and go to Qingshan Town northwest of the city in advance. There is a
The puppet troops of the battalion guard the only north-south artery, which is the only way for us to retreat and must be controlled in advance.
"I led a detachment to follow Brother Ni. As soon as the gunfire rang out in the north, I grabbed the Japanese army's transport convoy. There are more than thirty trucks. They can transport many brothers who were injured in this battle. We can't
A living brother remains." Gu Changfeng explained.
Yang Jiuxiao grinned, punched Gu Changfeng in the chest, and strode out of the main hall of the temple. When he reached the outside of the temple, he suddenly turned around and walked towards the old monk who was standing under the pillars at one side. He respectfully raised his hands and bowed:
"Master, now that this junior is gone, I don't know when I will be able to listen to the master's teachings..."
"Go, there are many ways to save the common people. No one knows which way is the most correct. Maybe we can reach the same destination by different paths! I know that once you leave, you may not be able to come back after a winter or two, so I came here to see you off tomorrow.
At dawn, Lao Na and the monks in the temple will pray for you, go ahead! Amitabha..."