This morning, the wine station was also bathed in a drizzle. Now that the Ninth Company is gone, the wine station village on the south bank is still bustling, while the wine station on the north bank is quiet and depressed.
The militia took over the outer sentry duty. Secretary Song went to Sanjiajie two days ago, but Captain Lu did not go with him, nor did he return to Dabizhuang. He still lived in the wine station, guarding the air force tents, feeling inexplicably worried. He was not worried about himself, but about the independent regiment with a bleak future.
He once said to Xiao Bing: I was very upset when they were here; I was even more upset when they left.
He once said to Xiao Bing: The Feng Shui of the wine station is really good, it is a place where I can live for a lifetime. Unfortunately, I don't have this blessing.
Xiao Bing was puzzled, so he laughed inexplicably: I am unlucky wherever I live!
It started raining this morning. Captain Lu had been sitting in his central military tent this morning, listening to the disturbing sound of rain hitting the tent. He frowned deeply and half-bent over the low table, staring at the map. He had not even raised his head for the whole morning.
Although Su Qing was suspended, the system he established was still operating by inertia. This morning, another simple note arrived at the wine station: Li Youde's troops were setting up an emergency blockade along the line from Luoye Village to Hekouying. This is why Captain Lu kept looking at the map.
The Ninth Company has left the mountain, and it is said that the Second Company is also outside; the purpose of the Ninth Company is known to Captain Lu, but the situation of the Second Company is unclear. Giving power to grassroots commanders to conduct guerrilla warfare independently is also a headache. It is difficult to coordinate at critical moments. Captain Lu dare not be optimistic about the current situation. Based on experience, Captain Lu has thought of a lot from the only clue of delay in his hand: Li Youde is blocking the road! Blocking the road back to the west! Judging from this deployment, the scope of the incident should be Dongluo, or even farther away Xiangmo. The Ninth Company? The Second Company? Or are both the Ninth and Second Companies in trouble? What happened
However, what was even more helpless was the poverty. What could he do even if he thought of it? He didn't even have any soldiers. There was a guard platoon and a disabled company in Dabei Village, which together could be considered a reinforced platoon. Even if he sent people back to Dabei Village now, it would take almost two days to get to the wine station. The third company was still considered a company, but its combat effectiveness was really hard to assess. It might not be as good as the reinforced platoon composed of the guard platoon and the disabled company. The road to the wine station was even farther than Dabei Village. In addition, without Su Qing's assessment, he didn't know how long the note in his hand was late. Although there was a strange little symbol at the end of the note, it might be the departure location of the note or the intelligence officer's mark, but unfortunately Captain Lu couldn't understand it.
Finally, he slammed the table and said, "Even if the child is dead, we have to take him out to find a doctor!"
This incoherent shout caused Xiao Bing to rush into the tent. Captain Lu raised his eyebrows at Xiao Bing and said, "Send someone to Wuming Village immediately and bring the third company here. Quickly! Send someone to Niujia Village and ask Wang Peng to bring his team here in my name. Quickly! Go back to Dabei Village immediately and gather all the people with guns and bring them back to the wine station! Quickly!"
There were three consecutive demands for speed, which caused Xiao Bing to turn around and run without saying anything. A minute later, he and the other two guards were all out of the bar and hurriedly set off in three distant directions.
This time, only Captain Lu was left in the empty bar, without even a guard, and he was completely left alone. He walked out of the tent with heavy steps, looking at Dongshan Mountain with his sleeves hanging down in the rain, no longer needing to restrain his expression, lonely and full of sorrow, his wrinkled old hat brim and faded shoulders were wet, and he was reluctant to return to the tent.
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At noon, it was still drizzling.
Sun Cui, wearing a tattered straw hat and carrying a cloth basket, crossed the cable bridge in small steps. She crossed the river to bring food to Captain Lu.
Captain Lu in the tent was soaked by the rain. He rested his elbows on the table and supported his drooping forehead with his hands. The map was still spread out on the table, and he didn't even look at the lunch basket that Sun Cui put down.
In desperation, Sun Cui took out another note and placed it in front of Captain Lu: "This just arrived." Then she left.
He sighed and unfolded the note: Li Youde's troops established an emergency blockade from Hekouying to the county seat yesterday.
Captain Lu was a little stunned. This was obviously from another intelligence source, and it also had an approximate time. Compared with the information on the previous note, it showed that the position of Li Youde's troops had moved south as a whole!
So he began to look at the map again, and his fingertips involuntarily slid down from the northeast of Meixian on the map to the south, and stopped in the northeastern suburbs of Meixian. A minute later, he shook his head and slid towards the eastern highway of Meixian. His fingertips stopped again, and then continued to slide south for a while and stopped again.
East? South? West? Is it Hu Yi or Gao Yidao? No matter what, the previous idea must be changed! He couldn't help but slam the table again: "Someone come!" Then he realized that there was no one left.
As a result, a person appeared from outside the tent curtain. Fan Erniu wore a bamboo hat and carried a gun on her shoulder. She looked at Captain Lu in surprise and asked, "What's the matter?"
"You... this is..."
"Sister Sun asked me to come here to stand guard, fearing that you might commit suicide!"
"What?"
The speechless expression of Captain Lu was obviously - how could it sound like... this doesn't sound like something Sun Cui would say? However, Fan Erniu was even more impatient: "What on earth do you want to say?"
"Comrade Erniu, can you please come in a little closer to talk? Do you have to be in the rain?"
"I'm a widow whose husband just died. How can I sneak into your tent?"
"… "
Total defeat! Captain Lu's heart was beating so hard that he couldn't even think about it. Are you afraid that I would commit suicide? You are clearly forcing me to commit suicide? What do you want me to be sad about? I don't know how long he was speechless, and finally he said in despair: "Okay. Send someone to chase Xiao Bing and the others. The plan has to be changed. They can't come to the wine station. They should..."
"You want a woman to chase a man? Can she catch him?"
"you-"
"How am I?"
"Erniu, stop talking nonsense. I'm telling you something!"
"You blame me for what I said without thinking?"
There was a moment of silence, and then: "You are right! I am incompetent! I deserve to be poor and have no soldiers or generals!" Captain Lu finally couldn't suppress his emotions anymore. He stood up suddenly, fastened the discipline buckle and put on his wet hat, took the armed belt on the bench next to him and tied it around his waist neatly, and finally picked up his holster and held it in his hand, striding out of the tent: "I will be my own soldier! I will be my own signalman! I still have myself!"
Captain Lu stopped abruptly after walking five steps out of the tent. He tilted his head to look to the side not far outside the tent, and his originally worried expression turned into confusion.
There... more than fifty female soldiers stood quietly in two rows in the drizzle, some wearing torn bamboo hats and some wearing straw raincoats, all carrying guns and live ammunition. The only thing they had in common was that they had put on their leggings, their shoes were covered in mud, and they were all staring quietly at Captain Lu who was standing in the rain.
There is a time, there is a scenery, you don’t know whether it is because it is beautiful or you are blinded by it, so you blame yourself for standing in the rain and call it an illusion.
Fan Erniu walked over to Captain Lu, tugged at her rifle strap, and her tone suddenly became unusually gentle: "Maybe they can't wait two days... Where should we go?"
Captain Lu didn't seem to hear what Erniu said at all, and couldn't feel happy at all. He looked at Yu blankly: What does this damn captain think he is? Or... go and commit suicide!
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