After climbing over the last hill, we saw the ruins in the sunlight and the large area of green around the ruins.
Then the little girl ran out happily, jumping and hopping towards the fields. Wu Shitou looked at Hu Yi, who was walking slower and slower, and went forward to catch up with the girl. A dozen villagers from the wine station who were busy in the fields raised their heads from afar, gradually saw the person coming, and then lowered their heads again, sweating in the sun. They had heard the news that the crops might not be saved earlier, but they were reluctant to put down their hoes.
He walked slower and slower, and finally stopped, standing on a high hill and watching quietly.
The desolate ruins, the thriving crops, the graves on the hillside, everything was illuminated by the dazzling sunlight, and even the narrow eyes under the curled brim of the hat had to be squinted and sweaty.
The little girl running in the green to catch insects, the farmer sweating on his hunchback in the sun, and a few birds flying in the windless sky remind the eyes that this is not drawn, but painted in.
I always come here to take a look before returning to the wine station, but this time I don’t have to hope for a good harvest.
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Before crossing the open area, a bear had already crawled out of the bunker. Standing under the sun, it looked over with a sly smile: "Boss Hu... I missed you, hehehe..."
Before they had even crossed the woods, Shi Cheng came running up to them and said, "Platoon Leader, you're back. Is your injury serious?"
As soon as he entered the open space, Liu Jianqiang hurried out of the door. He didn't look very good. He came to Hu Yi and stood at attention: "Squad leader, I think we must protect the crops. We must not let Li Youde, the despicable traitor, succeed!"
Hu Yi looked at Liu Jianqiang, neither nodding nor shaking his head, and asked calmly: "Why do you look worse than me? Are you injured?"
"No... The weather was too hot and I had a bit of heat stroke the past two days."
Hu Yi nodded this time. Mule didn't mention Runny Nose's violent fight for the platoon leader, and now Runny Nose didn't mention Mule's bad behavior of trying to occupy the canned food. It seems that these two guys are not completely stupid and know when to stop. Hu Yi didn't ask any more questions and went straight to the big tree in the middle of the open space. Ma Liang had just brought a basin of water for washing his face and a torn towel and placed them on the bench under the tree.
He took off his hat, rolled up his sleeves, splashed the cool water in the basin to wash off the dust, and then wiped the water with a towel while asking Ma Liang: "What do you think?"
"Li Youde is not a good person! He is a granary, but he wants to come here to destroy our grain. I think he is addicted to using us. He wants to wait for us to beg him for food in autumn and continue to work hard for him!"
The regiment commander looked at the issue from the perspective of the independent regiment, Hu Yi looked at the issue from his own perspective, and Ma Liang looked at the issue from the perspective of Li Youde. But no matter how you look at it, now that the order has been received, it is not appropriate for Hu Yi, as the platoon leader, to express his own opinion.
He sighed and threw down the towel: "Even if Li Youde is not destroyed, the devils will come sooner or later."
"That's different! If you can't defend it, give up. Li Youde is a whore and a saint, taking credit from the devils and pretending to be a good guy to us. Is there any difference between destroying crops and killing people?"
Hu Yi thought the same thing, but now he was not able to answer Ma Liang's question, so he had no choice but to bring out the words Su Qing taught him: "Without land, there will be no crops. Land is hope. When this land will not be invaded, there will be hope. Do you understand? Hmm?"
Ma Liang was a little stunned. Why did it feel so out of place when the platoon leader said this? A strong sense of enlightenment. The only people in the independent regiment who could say such high-level words were the political commissar and Officer Su, right? Could it be that he...
"What are you standing there for? Go call everyone over and have a meeting!"
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Of the ten bandit captives sent by the Second Company, one was executed by the Jiuzhan Village Militia because the investigation results showed that he was guilty of heinous crimes; one was released because there was no evidence of his past background and they were worried about keeping him, and were afraid that he would be wrongly accused if they executed him; the remaining eight had prospects for reform, so they were sent across the river and returned to the Ninth Platoon.
Hu Yi selected five veterans from the second and third squads based on their marksmanship, and had them hand in Type 79 rifles and Mauser pistols, along with the five Type 38 rifles captured this time, and assigned them to Shi Cheng's first squad; the captured Czech machine gun was given to the stuttering Zhao Liang, who was transferred from the ninth squad to the first squad; an assistant shooter was assigned to Zhao Liang from the unassigned recruits, who were equipped with a Mauser pistol and joined the first squad, while four Mauser pistols were withdrawn from the first squad.
As a result, with the addition of a group of recovered veterans, Shi Cheng's class became the largest class of fifteen people, with fourteen veterans and one new recruit. They were armed with thirteen Type 38 rifles with bayonets, six Mauser pistols, and one Czech light machine gun, and became the backbone of the ninth platoon.
The remaining unassigned recruits were all assigned to the second and third squads, and evenly divided to form two ten-man infantry squads, all equipped with Type 79 rifles. Because there were not enough bayonets and Mauser pistols, they were alternately assigned, either with bayonets or pistols to balance the situation.
Chen Chong's team already had three guns, and the remaining seven Type 79 rifles were just enough for Chen Chong. They were temporarily renamed the Fourth Squad. They and the new recruits no longer dressed like beggars, but changed into puppet army uniforms together. They did not wear hats, and their uniforms were not dyed, but just washed and patched.
All the soldiers in the platoon who were holding Type 38 rifles were to have 120 bullets; veterans who used Type 79 rifles were to have 50 bullets, and new soldiers were to have 20 bullets. Chen Chong's squad 4 was to have the same ammunition as the new soldiers. Zhao Liang's machine gun was to have 100 bullets, but only two magazines. Hu Yi did not give him some from Luo Fugui's machine gun, because there were not enough magazines and because he did not have a spare barrel. 100 bullets were enough for a while. Luo Fugui's machine gun was not to have any ammunition, but it was never less than 200. As for the upper limit, it depended on how much this bear was willing to carry.
Armor belts, bullet boxes, ammunition belts, water bottles, lunch boxes and other things were all distributed first by veterans according to their seniority. After they had been selected, the rest were given to the new recruits. Grenades and hand grenades were given first to the runny-nosed second squad, two per person, and then handed over to the five squad leaders to distribute once according to their needs. In other words, the second squad was given two grenades.
The first, second and third squads were given two of the six newly captured engineer shovels, and the grenade launchers and grenades were all given to Li Xiang for future use. It was not that they did not want to form another group of grenadiers, but the tuition was too expensive. There were not many ways to get grenades. Li Xiang had fired so many grenades, but they were not accurate enough. If compared with the Japanese, he was at most a grenade launcher recruit. He really couldn't afford to fight, let alone the ninth platoon. It was a blessing for the whole regiment to have a grenadier like Li Xiang.
The only thing no one wanted was the sixteen helmets. Who would like to wear them when they are a burden? It would be more practical to carry a bamboo hat! The girl was the only one in the platoon who was forced to wear one, and the cowardly mule wore one. Hu Yi had noticed this obvious problem a long time ago, and this time he could solve it, thanks to the little girl. Each member of the squad got one, and the remaining one belonged to Li Xiang. He had to wear it in battle, even if he didn't want to. It was a death order. He said it was for everyone's sake, and the soldiers felt wronged. Why don't you wear it yourself
After the meeting, the bar was in a mess. The stuttering Zhao Liang got Hu Yi's instruction and ran away quietly. An old soldier held Ma Liang tightly and cried and said goodbye, as if the first squad was a very far place. Liu Jianqiang followed Hu Yi's buttocks and kept talking about the lack of bayonets and pistols, and that he should be given the ones from the third squad. He didn't go back to teach his new soldiers until he was kicked. Shi Cheng's face was originally full of joy, but he started to feel upset when he got the helmet. He sat on the ground helplessly and rubbed the yellow army star on the helmet with a stone.
Finally, Hu Yi handed the chicken leg gun with eight bullets to the little girl and asked her to give the gun to Sun Cui, and asked her to teach Sun Cui how to use the gun and the problems that may occur with the gun.
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At midnight, everything was silent, the moonlight was like water, and there seemed to be a fire burning in the dark ruins, smouldering the night sky.
In the blazing bonfire, a man in black sat under the ruins, throwing wood chips into the fire out of boredom. Surprisingly, he was wearing a pair of exquisite round sunglasses on his delicate face, and the dark lenses reflected two bright flames, which was extremely absurd.
"You're in a good mood to light a fire in the middle of the night!"
He raised his head and saw through his sunglasses that a tall soldier appeared on the other side of the fire. The brim of his hat was delicately curled, as eccentric as his thick eyebrows and narrow eyes.
"What do you want from me?" He threw the broken wood in his hand into the fire again.
"Can you see the road with that crap hanging on your face?" The soldier sat down opposite the campfire and put 1932 into the holster.
"You don't understand my world!" He turned his gaze back to the campfire, and his lenses became bright again.
"I need the location of the Japanese granary, as well as the transportation routes and patterns. I'm talking about large quantities."
"It's not the autumn harvest yet, isn't it the wrong time to ask?"
"Prepare for a rainy day. I'll have to ask you sooner or later."
"I remember... you guys are having an affair with my brother. His food can be used as firewood. Can you please stop tormenting me?"
"Just tell me whether you can do it or not?"
"No. The Imperial Army has treated me well. How can I be ungrateful?"
The soldier smiled faintly, said nothing more, picked up the broken wood beside him and threw it into the campfire.
They sat quietly on both sides of the fire, staring at the campfire in a daze.
After a long time, he suddenly asked the soldier: "Are you and Sister Su having an affair? Why can't I see through it?"
"Hasn't she already told you?"
"Alas - it seems... I am a little better than you."
The soldier raised his eyes and looked at the pair of sunglasses through the firelight in silence.
The face under the sunglasses smiled proudly: "Yes, this is what Lin Xiu gave me!"
The soldier remained silent for a while, then suddenly said, "I think... her goal is to make you, a traitor, fall to death."
Then the two of them began to look at the campfire in silence again, neither of them speaking.
Maybe fifteen minutes, maybe half an hour, the man in black stood up first, patted the dust on his hands and broke the silence: "The time of autumn harvest is the day of mopping-up." Then he turned around and walked a few steps, stopped and said: "I have reported the place of Dabeizhuang to the imperial army." Then he strode into the darkness and ran.
The soldier picked up a stone and stood up, but unfortunately there was no trace of the target in the range of the fire, so he threw the stone down, sighed deeply, and turned south. Before he took a few steps, he heard screams of falling in the darkness in the east not far away... 7kankancom