Laoling, a branch in the southwest of Changbai Mountain, runs from northeast to southwest and is parallel to the Yalu River. Entering Fengtian from North Korea and crossing the Yalu River is Laoling.
There is heavy snow between the sky and the earth. There is no wind, only snowflakes as big as goose feathers are falling quietly. The snowflakes are so dense that it is difficult to see clearly from dozens of meters away. A road winds through the mountains in the forest and snowfield. Heaven and earth The whole area is completely white, except for the dense forest tree trunks on the slopes on both sides of the road that are black.
A Yuhuacong brand car was stuck on the Shen'an Highway (Shenyang-Andong) and drove slowly, leaving two deep white ruts. The snow was so thick that the car could not even push out when driving over it. It was gray. The snow on the road did not cover the tires and was completely connected with the snow on the slopes on both sides. The driver had to keep his eyes open and always distinguish the boundaries of the road to prevent driving into a ditch.
In front of the military card are two small yellow flags, which are now covered with snow, drooping and hard. These are the national flags of the Ming Empire.
There were two people sitting in the front cab, it was Xu Xiangde and Wu Yanbin. Xu Xiangde was holding the steering wheel, holding a cigarette in his mouth, staring at the front attentively. The two large wipers were waving back and forth. As soon as they swept away a bunch of snowflakes, the front glass immediately fell again. Full of new snowflakes.
There is also a dog between the two people. This is a big wolf dog, squatting on the seat between the two people. The two people next to them are obviously in a good mood, patting its head and petting it from time to time. The big wolf dog seems to be also Very excited, I stuck out my tongue and looked at the continuously retreating scenery outside. This was a military dog from the Dongjiang Fleet, lent to them this time as a powerful assistant in the forest, sea and snowy fields.
This truck also belongs to the Dongjiang Fleet, and this time it was transported on a destroyer. This observation operation will be carried out in the forest and snowfields in winter, mainly to search for traces of the Japanese massacre. Although Japan was under the threat of the Ming Dynasty blockade of Malacca They temporarily surrendered and issued passes to them, allowing them to move freely within Fengtian without being blocked by the Japanese army. However, the Japanese would never cooperate with them. No vehicles, fuel, or supplies would be provided to them.
So even though there were only two of them, they still got a big truck. They also brought enough fuel and food, enough to ensure that they could explore in the heavy snow for many days. There were six large 200-liter oil drums in the truck compartment. There are food, tents, sleeping bags, picnic equipment, guns and ammunition, radios, cameras, camcorders, various tools for repairing cars, spare tires and parts... in short, everything.
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Wu Yanbin kept talking happily. He and Xu Xiangde were not familiar with each other originally, but after this "tribulation", the two became good brothers.
"...I kind of know," Wu Yanbin said frothing at the mouth, "those Northern Qing people, Koreans, Soviets, Indians, Tibetans, Siamese, Indo-Chinese, and Filipinos and so on ...Anyway, there are people around. Why do they sneak into Daming all day long and get a Ming passport... If nothing else, having a Daming passport in your pocket means you feel safe! Brother Xu, You're right, little Japan doesn't dare to do anything to us... I think back then, when the ancient Roman Empire was at its peak, Roman citizens didn't have to worry about their own safety no matter where they went in Europe... Why? Just Because he is a Roman citizen..."
Xu Xiangde stared ahead, biting his cigarette and smiled:
"Roman citizens? What happened to Roman citizens?"
"Really, Brother Xu, no one in Europe at that time dared to touch Roman citizens."
Xu Xiangde smiled and said:
"Oh, that's right, the Roman Empire is too powerful, no one dares to mess with it."
Wu Yanbin smiled and said:
"It's not just because the Roman Empire was powerful. It's useless just because the country is powerful."
"Why is it useless to be strong? If Rome were not strong, would the Romans still be so safe throughout Europe?"
Wu Yanbin looked quite proud. He touched the dog next to him and said with a smile:
"Brother Xu, let me tell you, it's not enough for the country to be strong. When the country is strong, it must be willing to protect its citizens overseas. Only in this way... If the country is strong but is too lazy to protect its overseas citizens, then no matter how strong your country is,
It’s no use. Your citizens are still being bullied and killed overseas. Like the Peking Qing Dynasty, even the people at home treat it as nothing. How can you expect it?
How about caring about overseas people?...So, it is not enough just to make the country strong, you must also take your own citizens seriously. Otherwise, it is useless no matter how strong the country is - nothing will happen without the people. Just look at it
The Soviet Union can be called the most powerful country in Europe, right? The common people are as cheap as animals. Millions of people in Ukraine are starving to death without Moscow even batting an eyelid."
Xu Xiangde freed up one hand to roll the car window open a crack, threw the cigarette butt out, and then quickly rolled it up. He turned back and said with a smile:
"Haha, don't tell me, what Brother Wu said is true. Hey, Brother Wu, you have gone to university, right? Why are you so knowledgeable?"
Wu Yanbin was even more proud, looking at the snowflakes outside the window, and his voice became softer:
"My brother never went to college... I heard this from my girlfriend. Her knowledge is really good."
"Oh? Haha," Xu Xiangde said with a smile, "Which family is your girlfriend from? Well, that's right, Brother Wu has to be a young lady from a rich family to be as talented as him."
As soon as he mentioned his girlfriend, Wu Yanbin suddenly felt a surge of pride and an urge to brag. But he resisted it. Not only this time, he couldn't help it many times before and wanted to brag.
I wanted to show off my prominent status to others, but when I thought of my girlfriend’s serious instructions, I held back.
"My girlfriend," Wu Yanbin said with a smile, "is not a young lady...she also works in the headquarters...we used to meet each other often and got to know each other."
Xu Xiangde smiled and said:
"Oh, haha, no wonder, those who can enter the headquarters are all talented."
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Suddenly, the big wolfdog between the two stared straight ahead, looking very nervous. Then his ears slowly flattened, his white teeth exposed, and he growled lowly.
"Hey, what's going on?"
Xu Xiangde glanced at the wolfdog, then immediately stared ahead, slowed down the car, and muttered:
"Is there any wild beast outside? Come on, don't care if it's a wolf or a bear, just shoot and eat..."
At this time, the scene ahead was roughly clear. On the road ahead, several gray shadows were crawling around, dragging something. They seemed to be wolves.
Xu Xiangde slowly stopped the car, grabbed the submachine gun beside him, pulled the bolt, turned around and said:
"Xiao Wu, go to the back to get the rifle and shoot with the rifle. I'll keep an eye on you."
As he spoke, he rolled up the car window, stretched the barrel of his submachine gun out of the window, and aimed at the wolf in front of him.
Wu Yanbin opened the car door and jumped out of the snow. In an instant, the wolf dog in the car also jumped down, roared and rushed towards the wolves in front of him.
Wu Yanbin was startled and shouted nervously:
"Hey! Hey! Come back! You are looking for death!"
There were more than ten wolves in the pack, and that's just what I saw. I don't know how many more there were that I didn't see. Wu Yanbin was afraid that this precious military dog would be dismembered by the wolves, so he quickly turned around and ran backwards, running forward with a strong stride.
In the back of the car, he picked up the rifle in his left hand and the military spur in his right hand, loaded them both, then jumped out of the car, lay down on the snow, and stared at the wolf in front of him.
Unexpectedly, when the wolves saw the military dog rushing toward them, they became so frightened that they scrambled into a mess. Several wolves immediately hid in the woods with their tails between their legs. No wonder, this military dog was a German black-backed wolfdog with a ferocious look. He stood as tall as a person.
They were twice as big as wild wolves. Those wild wolves were only as big as ordinary native dogs, and food was scarce in winter, so they were all extremely thin.
The big wolfdog pounced on a wolf in one fell swoop, lowered its head and bit it tightly, growling in its throat and shaking its head. For a moment, blood spattered everywhere, the wolf's fur flew everywhere, and the unlucky wolf whined "chirp", and soon
He died. The big wolf dog was still not satisfied. Perhaps the harsh training had caused it to have a psychological distortion. In short, it was full of violent tendencies. Now that it was suddenly vented, it was like a fierce god, and it seemed that it wanted to give full play to its training skills.
After knocking down a wolf, the big wolf dog turned and pounced on the next victim. At this time, there was a "pop" sound and a wolf fell to the ground. There was a crisp sound of the gun bolt being released, followed by a second shot.
Gunshots were fired. Another wolf fell to the ground.
At this time, a group of wolves had scattered, leaving behind three wolf corpses and a field of bloody fur. Wu Yanbin put away his rifle and stepped forward quickly. The big wolf dog still wanted to chase the wolf, but Xu Xiangde opened the car door and jumped out, shouting.
One sound:
"stand!"
The big wolfdog immediately stood still as if it had been cast a restraining spell.
Xu Xiangde shouted again:
"sit!"
The big wolfdog immediately sat down obediently, panting heavily and looking at its owner with its long blood-red tongue.
Both of them rushed to the scene. The two wolves killed by Wu Yanbin were all "head shot", while the death of the other wolf was ugly.
However, what caught their attention was not the wolf corpse, but what the wolves had previously "tinkered with" here.
The snow in the middle of the road was messed up by the wolves - a human leg was exposed in the snowdrift.
"ah!!!"
Wu Yanbin shouted, took two steps back, and stared straight at the human legs on the ground.
Xu Xiangde didn't care. He squatted down and touched the hard human legs. Then he pulled hard and pulled out a whole corpse.
However, there is only a body and no head.
The corpse had frozen to gray-white, and it was hard to tell which was the color of the clothes and which was the color of the skin. Xu Xiangde stretched out his hand behind him and said:
"bayonet."
"Xu...Brother Xu," Wu Yanbin changed his tone nervously, "What do you want to do?"
"bayonet!"
Wu Yanbin swallowed, pulled out the bayonet on the rifle, and handed it to Xu Xiangde.
Xu Xiangde took the bayonet and scraped it quickly on the corpse, quickly scraping off all the ice crystals on it.
A clearer military uniform is revealed below.
"They are soldiers from the Northern Qing Dynasty," Xu Xiangde said, "Xiao Wu, go to the back and get the camera."
Wu Yanbin quickly ran to the back of the truck, climbed up and took out an 8mm wind-up camera. This 8mm camera was about the same size as a later handheld DV.
He quickly came to Xu Xiangde's side, held the camera, shook the handle, and wound up the film reel. After winding up the clockwork enough, he pushed the handle inward, and with a click, the film reel began to rotate.
Wu Yanbin focused the camera on Xu Xiangde and the corpse on the ground.
Xu Xiangde squatted on the ground facing the camera and said in a deep voice:
"The current time is 11:20 noon on January 31, 1937. We are now on the Shen'an Highway in Fengtian, about between Fushengtun and Baojiagou... We found a body in the middle of the road .The corpse has no head. Judging from the clothing, it can be determined that it is a soldier of the Qing army...This man's military rank...is a sergeant."
As he spoke, Wu Yanbin also moved the camera closer to take pictures of the corpse's military uniform and rank insignia. However, Xu Xiangde immediately said something that made him extremely sick:
"Okay, now focus on the neck of the corpse..."
Wu Yanbin took a deep breath, endured the churning in his stomach, and forced the camera to focus on the neck of the headless corpse.
Xu Xiangde picked off the ice from the neck of the corpse with his hands, looked at it, and continued to say calmly:
"It can be clearly seen that the neck of the corpse was clearly cut with a sharp weapon, indicating that the person was decapitated...Okay, let's continue filming, let's look for there to see if there are more corpses. …”