That kind of silence was terrifying. Under this silence, Xu Ruifeng's mind became a mess, and he was completely unable to form orderly thinking.
This was the first time since the Japanese invaded Northeast China that he felt something other than humiliation. The thing was inexplicable, like a gangrene attached to the bones, and it blatantly disgusted you.
Until we set up camp.
night.
While the bonfire was shaking, the soldiers and death row prisoners were all lying beside the fire with their eyes wide open and in a daze. Lao Ma was holding a wine gourd and standing guard. He said to these young people, "I'm getting older, I'm young."
Perhaps Xu Ruifeng felt that Lao Ma was not much older than him.
"Old Ma, who are you?"
Xu Ruifeng asked this question when no one was willing to open his mouth.
Lao Ma smiled, unscrewed the gourd, poured a sip of wine into his mouth, smacked his lips and said, "People from the Central Plains."
"Then why did you come to Northeast China?"
"You want to know my secrets?"
Lao Ma said indifferently: "I was deeply affected by the May 4th Movement when it swept across the country, and later joined the Youth League at school...just like the children in Beimancheng who wore school uniforms and held banners to protest."
"Later, after the uprising in southern Henan, he captured the county seat and became a party member."
Lao Ma turned his head, and under the trembling light of the campfire, his knife-like face became clearer and said: "Do you know the name of the place where I joined the party at that time?"
"Tiger Cage!"
"Listen, this is such a grand place that even a tiger can be imprisoned."
"Later, almost all armed forces were driven into the mountains like those from all over the country. We have rich combat experience in fighting the enemy in the mountains and forests. Are we kidding?"
Hey hey hey.
With Lao Ma deliberately trying to lighten the atmosphere, the little soldiers laughed, and they all lay there obediently and listened to Lao Ma telling their own stories.
"More later, the Northeast fell, and I was ordered by the organization to go to the Northeast to organize the anti-Japanese coalition forces."
"When I thought about it, the Northeast is so big, where can I go?"
"Just bite the bullet and go wherever the Japanese are the most ferocious."
"I was stunned when I got off the train from Fengtian. There was heavy snow in the sky at that time, and the people in Fengtian City had their heads lowered in the corridors. It was as if someone had destroyed their national integrity."
Hearing this, Xu Ruifeng nodded repeatedly, as this sentence spoke to his heart.
"What should we do?"
"What can I do?"
"I can't send a telegram saying, 'There is no anti-Japanese sentiment in the Northeast, and the environment is extremely bad,' right? Otherwise, why did the organization send you here?"
"At that time, the Japanese were in the stage of strict investigation into Fengtian, and it was very difficult to start work, so I turned around and went to Fushun and stayed at the Fuhe Inn."
"It happened that the mine in Fushun was recruiting workers. In order to understand the situation and contact more people, I also signed up. If you want to carry out work, you have to unite some people around you. I didn't expect that I almost died when I went there.
inside."
Lao Ma pulled out the dried pickles from his pocket, bit into a small piece, and drank the wine with the pickles.
"In the mines at that time, people were dying almost every day. People were starved to death, beaten to death, killed by exploding gas, smoked to death, and burned to death. It turned out that Japanese mining was not rigorous at all, or to say that it was not rigorous at all.
For them, the lowest cost is the lives of Chinese people, not those advanced machines that are called 'science'. Therefore, machines will not be used where people can enter, and material resources will not be wasted where manpower can be used...
"
"Human life is like grass."
"That's it, you can't get sick. If you dare to get sick, you will definitely disappear the day after you go to the infirmary. You don't even know where you are. Maybe to the Japanese, the life of a Chinese is not only worse than a machine, but worse than a piece of paper."
medicine."
Having said this, Lao Ma looked at everyone in front of him with extremely gentle eyes.
"At that time, those common people were the same as what we, Lao Xu, had seen in Northern Manchuria. The Japanese would not make a sound no matter how much they bullied them, but if their companions dared to step on them, they would be able to suppress the cry of a dragon."
"I can understand their feelings very well. I guess people at the time were thinking, 'How come you still bully me when I'm so virtuous?'"
Lao Ma gave Xu Ruifeng a look as if to say: "I've seen what you mentioned, it's no big deal."
"In this case, I would eat less every day and use the big pancakes I saved to make friends with them. When my popularity became better and better, I started to hold literacy classes."
"By the way, at that time, it was still popular in the mines to have a group of small forces who could help out in times of crisis. The problem is that if everyone has this idea, no one will dare to step forward. This force
It has become an organization that bullies itself."
"You don't know what these people in the mine were doing at that time, it was bigger than a bunk for sleeping..."
Several young soldiers exclaimed, but Si Baozi said familiarly: "Isn't this the same as in prison?"
Lao Ma immediately responded: "It's worse than prison!"
"No matter what happens in the prison, there will be food at regular times and at certain times, whether it's delicious or not. I'll definitely let you eat it, right? It's not necessarily the case in the mine. I remember one time I was starving because of something. It seemed like I was afraid of the rats in the mine.
I ran into the Japanese foreman’s office and made him angry, so he stopped us from eating for a whole day... I don’t know what kind of bastards these Japanese guys are, so why are they doing so much harm?”
"When the relationship with these people is settled, I will start to take the lead in the strike."
"Then if the Japanese beat me, the police station will send me in twice."
"I have thought about it. Even if I die, I will not admit my identity. I will just say that the treatment is too bad. The police will definitely not do anything to me."
"Guess what happened next?"
An angry soldier said casually: "Are you going to be shot?"
Si Baozi slapped him on the back of the head: "Damn you, your boss doesn't want to tell a story. If he makes Japan collapse, who is he talking about?"
boom!
The people around him burst into laughter when they realized what he was doing, and no one seemed to have any objections to the slap given to him by Si Baozi.
Old Ma was so angry that he pointed at the kid's nose and said, "Just curse me. If I really die, I'm afraid your kang head will ask you to get up and pee in the middle of the night."
There was another burst of laughter, and Xu Ruifeng lay on the ground shaking with laughter.
"Later the Japanese compromised!"
bass.
Si Baozi sat up in complete disbelief and stared at Commander Ma: "You mean, Japan has given up?"
"What's the point? Didn't we defeat the Japanese regular army at Tianwang Mountain?"
"But what is certain is that it is impossible to improve the salary. Through the strike and protest, we have at least managed to have food on time no matter what happens."
"That's wrong." Si Baozi seemed to have heard something wrong and asked, "Isn't your surname Ma? When you were in Tianwang Mountain, why did you call yourself Yang Jingyu?"
"I've heard of Yang Jingyu. He's famous in southern Manchuria. You're not trying to scare the Japanese by shouting nonsense, are you?"
Commander Ma shook his head: "I went to South Manchuria after I took the workers from the mine to form the Fushun special party branch. There was a famous anti-Japanese hero in South Manchuria named 'Yang Diankun'.
He was injured in the battle, which in the current environment has a great impact on morale. Later, when I learned that we looked similar, I simply changed my name to Yang Jingyu and said that I was his younger brother. He said that my brother went to Harbin to organize the North
The base area is full, and that’s how it got its name.”
"Why do you have to call me Jingyu?"
"I am Korean, and Jingyu means expulsion of foreign enemies in Korean."
Commander Ma pointed out his hand and said, "Have you seen it? Is there anyone who understands?"
"You just changed your first and last name?"
Xu Ruifeng couldn't believe it. This boy's surname had been worn for many years. Some people even thought that their surname Li had a female character and was noble. How come they were worthless like Lao Ma?
"Don't mention your last name. If it can help the war against Japan, I'll cut off that thing in your crotch."
When everyone was immersed in the sacrifice of Commander Ma's mental strength, Xu Ruifeng opened his mouth and cursed: "Fuck you, uncle."
Most of the people were stunned when he was scolded, and it took a long time before someone finally responded, laughing with snot and tears streaming down his face.
"Oh, Commander Ma, you are really serving the country and the people, and you are really unambiguous in your actions..."
Lao Ma raised his chin and was extremely proud: "That's it."
"Okay, okay, it's almost done. Go to bed quickly. We have to go on the road tomorrow. Come on, close your eyes. Whoever is opening their eyes will get up and come on duty for me."
Lao Ma won't talk anymore.
These little warriors also closed their eyes one by one, except Sibaozi who was always looking at Xu Ruifeng's face.
He felt that if you dared to make such a joke in a place in the world, it would cause death, but... why didn't this man react at all?
At this time, Si Baozi's heart was very complicated. He had a strong impression of Lao Ma and the little soldiers around him, but he couldn't help but abide by the rules of the arena, for fear that Xu Ruifeng would make trouble...
"Why are you always staring at me when you're not sleeping?"
Xu Ruifeng opened his eyes twice and found Si Baozi looking at him through the firelight, so he asked.
"Did you hear Lao Ma talking about you just now?"
"I heard it."
"and you……"
Only then did Xu Ruifeng remember that he was a charlatan, and then said: "Then go and kill him. Remember to be quick with your actions. I'll go to bed first."
"well."
Si Baozi agreed and was about to stand up when he looked back at Xu Ruifeng. He felt that there was something wrong with what he said. If he killed Lao Ma, there would definitely be a big fight next. Why do you want to sleep first?
Already?
At this moment, Wang Ming was lying on the ground and kicked him: "Tiger thing, what are you thinking about? I'll let you sleep!"
"Hi~" Si Baozi suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of relief in his body. When he went there, he snored like thunder.