Although the long-distance revenge raid by the devils ended early due to Su Qing's inspiration, they suffered heavy losses one after another. Dabei Village became a ruin, Xinghua Village became a ruin, and Shuxia Village became a ruin. The devils chose to retreat southward, and Wuming Village also became a ruin. Wherever they passed, everything was ruined and smoke filled the mountains. Songjia Village on the route miraculously survived, but it was also looted, and the base of the independent regiment was almost demolished. Relying on the summer, it was easy to hide, and the people did not suffer much loss. Only a few who could not bear to leave their homes and hide far away became corpses in the suburbs of the village. Those who returned to the ruins were silent among the ruins, and they could no longer cry, only hatred remained. Tianlai Novels. 23txt. com
Su Qing often stood beside the bunker of the wine station, staring at the distant mountains and waiting; the wait in war could become forever at any time, and therefore it was more worthwhile than any other wait, even if he was carried back, and he was often carried back.
They thought the Second Company would be the first to return, but it was Chen Chong's platoon that arrived first. Chen Chong's platoon, who was in charge of the route, originally just wanted to make a quick stop, but they ended up killing more than a dozen stragglers and wounded soldiers, and seized more than ten guns, grenades, and more than 200 bullets. This should have been enough to make them proud, but they walked into the liquor station in shame, not daring to say a word.
Chen Chong was not only scolded by the rescued Lao Qin, but also beaten by Qin You at the end of the battle. Chen Chong was beaten so hard that he held his head and huddled on the ground, not daring to get up. Not to mention the 9th Company, even in the whole independent regiment, no one dared to beat Chen Chong, because he was from a friendly regiment and had no affiliation with the independent regiment. Qin You dared to beat him without hesitation not because of his position, but because Qin You was also from a friendly regiment, and was both a colleague and a friend of Wang Peng. Chen Chong was like Qin You's in-laws, so he had no scruples about beating him.
Even at the bar, Qin You was still grabbing Chen Chong by the back of the neck and said, "I told them to raise their guns and surrender, but you still fought? You are such a loser, why didn't you kill me too? Tell me, was it Hu Yi who used a death order to pressure you?"
"I just... don't want us to feed the enemy's wounded."
"You changed your words again? Didn't you say you didn't see clearly? Today I..."
At this time, Su Qing approached: "Lao Qin, you are back! What happened?"
Qin You quickly loosened his rough hands that were grabbing Chen Chong's collar and shook his sleeves awkwardly, "Uh... cough... it's okay, I just... wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with him and talk about the importance of not being arrogant or impatient."
Su Qing looked at Chen Chong, who was covered in dust and looked extremely miserable. She couldn't see where she was arrogant, but she didn't ask too much. She turned to Qin You to find out about the situation of the Ninth Company. Unfortunately, Qin You didn't know how the Ninth Company was doing, so he left.
Looking at Su Qing's back, Qin You was puzzled. This Su Qing always had no expression on her face, so why did she seem to have a trace of worry on her face just now? Perhaps because he was dazzled, he noticed that Chen Chong was still standing next to him, so he continued to attack Chen Chong: "You useless person! Are you still standing here to irritate me?"
Chen Chong looked at the spoils that had just been dropped by the soldiers not far away. Some bloody puppet army uniforms and shoes were packed up and carried back. She licked her cracked lips and suddenly stammered, "Coach Qin... Although I... made a mistake, this is my first time to carry out a mission alone, and the first time I have captured spoils alone, so... I want to... send these spoils to Niujia Village, okay? I know it's not very... I'm just asking."
Qin You stared at Chen Chong in silence. It took him a long while to come to his senses. He sighed, "Are you stupid? Can you ask me this? Just pretend you never said anything, did you hear me? Whoever gave you this bullshit order, go and discuss it behind your back? I don't know about this! Also, you had to order the annihilation of the enemy in order to save me. Remember that, you blockhead!" Then he walked away, "What a troublesome person..."
In the sunlight, Chen Chong's dirty and sweaty face finally revealed a faint smile of relief. It was a bitter and dry smile, but it revealed a simple happiness.
…
Another day passed before the Second Company entered the liquor station. A continuous line of bayonets stretched lazily into a long team. They looked listless, with red panda eyes and drooping heads. At first glance, it looked like they had returned in defeat.
That Jin Wushu with his weapons and iron horses... uh no, that was the invincible Gao Yidao, with a dark and dejected face. After walking into the wine station, he saw a tattered table placed under a big tree in the middle of the open space. The sick and haggard company commander Wu Yan was sitting on a broken bench beside the table with a bandage wrapped around his neck to get some fresh air. So he immediately turned around, unbuttoned his collar while walking to the table under the tree, picked up the broken kettle on the table and the broken teacup in front of Wu Yan and filled him with boiled water: "Can you sit up? I thought you wouldn't survive this!" Then he picked up the water and gulped it down in one breath.
Wu Yan smiled weakly: "Are you... defeated?"
"We lost! We really lost!" Gao Yidao put down the broken teacup with a look of hatred on his face, and raised his right foot to step on the bench. "It's true that there are all kinds of birds in the forest. I didn't expect that there is a team more shameless than the Ninth Company! They can at least be considered two companies. They put up a sign of exemption from war to trick me into letting down my guard, and then ran away! They lived under the artillery tower at night, ate and slept, and went to the intersection of Qingshan Village during the day to fire guns and curse in the street. If you hit them, they run away, and if you don't hit them, they come back and curse again. What kind of shit is this? I was really tricked by those bastards. Did they fight back and forth like this in the past? A bunch of trash! Waste! Bastards! Stabbing them eight hundred times can't make me feel less angry!"
Wu Yan couldn't stop laughing again, and laughed until he started coughing violently, then frowned and tried to endure the pain.
Gao Yidao was so panicked that he quickly dodged to Wu Yan's side, but he didn't dare to attack him easily. He was at a loss for a moment: "I say, you are such a weak person... Don't die because of this!"
Wu Yan shook his hand, gradually regaining his breath, and noticed the telescope hanging on Gao Yidao's chest: "Huh, Type 13? It's the same Type 1 as the captain's!"
"How is it? Do you see how powerful it is? Haha..."
“When was it seized?”
"Didn't the bastard Hu die a while ago? I captured him."
"Cough... cough cough..." Another round of coughing: "Did you steal it?"
"Can I call it stealing when I take Hu Zao's stuff? It's more like saying he owes me something! Besides... this map bag, see? This document bag, I tell you, I even took his military raincoat, I'm looking forward to the next rain so I can wear it for him to see! That long raincoat is really nice, one side is dark green and the other side is military yellow, you can wear it both ways, it's definitely a lieutenant's outfit!"
Wu Yan couldn't stop coughing anymore and finally couldn't straighten his back.
…
A day later, Sun Cui and Fan Erniu appeared at the wine station with the militia. They were originally staying in Sanjiajie, but after hearing the news that the Japanese were heading south back to the city, they returned to the wine station in advance. The people of Jiuzhan Village were also preparing to set off for home.
Through Sun Cui, Su Qing learned that Sanjiaji is no longer the Sanjiaji of yesterday. The deserted place with only three dilapidated houses has now become a refugee gathering place. Although Sanjiaji is not far from the blockade line, transportation there is inconvenient and it is easy to hide in the mountains on all sides. This is also part of the reason why it became a black market in the past. Later, the 9th and 2nd Companies plus Li Youde defeated Jinbala, and Sanjiaji has been deserted since then. However, most of the base of the independent regiment this time has become ruins, causing some people who temporarily hid in Sanjiaji to decide not to leave. They built houses and opened up land on the spot, and as a result, they absorbed more people who had lost their homes, and it has become a vibrant new village. The population size has exceeded that of Jiuzhan Village and continues to grow.
That was the base of the Second Company. Gao Yidao himself could not believe it. Before this trip, Sanjiaji was still a poor mountain valley where no one lived. In just a few days, his Second Company, which had been fooling around everywhere, would become a family with a career. Could it be possible that things would go from bad to worse? He immediately sent people back to Sanjiaji to check the situation.
It was not until the last day that the Ninth Company appeared outside the wine station.
There were clearly more than sixty people when they left, but now it seems that there are nearly a hundred people in the team, because there are three companies and one platoon among them.
Su Qing didn't care about this question. She just anxiously confirmed from a distance that there seemed to be no stretcher in the team and she couldn't see where he was. Later, she noticed the shortest figure with a brisk pace. Her heart was relieved and she turned around and hurried back to the wine station.
When you were not back, I waited for you every day; now that you are back, I dare not wait.
A sentry from the first company got out of the bunker, climbed to the top of the bunker with his hands and feet, and quietly watched the gray team getting closer and closer in the sun. Every time a team came back, the sentry from the first company would look solemnly with the blue sky above his head, just looking solemnly and quietly...