Zhang Zhongfu was just a small chief, and when he heard that the township chief was coming in person, he dared to slack off, so he hurriedly took a few villagers under his command and trotted out of the village. Someone had already gone to ventilate the news, and the township team had already learned the news here, so they set up a guard of honor in a big way, and marched towards the village with flags held high.

At this time, China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was in the most difficult low tide period, after several large-scale battles in a row, the army's personnel losses were very serious, and even the deeds of high-ranking generals killed on the battlefield were often extraordinary, and the Chinese side could only continue to shrink the front backwards at this moment, and several cities and villages were captured by the Japanese army almost every week. Although the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people is still strong, many people in the upper echelons of the national government are already pessimistic about the current situation.

In order to maintain the morale of the people in the nationalized areas, the townships and towns in various localities have recruited and established their own security units and self-defense regiments. This is actually an improved version of the militia in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was managed by the local gentry and grassroots government officials, and then trained by instructors sent by the army, without occupying the establishment of the national armed forces, all funds come from local finances, and personnel and weapons are recruited and purchased by the local governments themselves.

Sichuan has experienced wars all the year round, and there are more than a dozen warlords of all sizes, and in the past, you sang and I appeared on the stage, and a good country of abundance was torn apart, and a large number of defeated stragglers fled into the countryside with weapons. These people either occupy the mountains as kings, or enter the forests as bandits, smugglers, tobacco sellers, captivate people, fish and meat, and do all kinds of evil in the countryside. Therefore, in order to protect themselves, the folk gentry spontaneously organized a lot of armed escort organizations very early, but most of the members were deserters and unemployed vagrants, plus a group of chaotic socialist party robes, the internal and external relations between black and white were as intricate as a mess, and when it came to combat effectiveness, it was a group of rabble, and eventually often evolved into the private soldiers of various wealthy families.

This chaotic situation was not slightly improved until the government entered Sichuan, and the large and small self-defense regiments around Chongqing were reorganized. Members were required to be local propertied farmers, and both equipment and training were gradually formalized. The self-defense regiment in Daxing Township is one of the leaders, and has been praised by the top in the school parade field for many years. Under the guidance of Zhang Jiachang, the members of the self-defense regiment in Daxing Township came to the scene of the incident with rifles and flags on their shoulders.

I saw Zhang Zhongfu leading the way in front of his head with a smile on his face, and introduced a person dressed as a government official into this small farmhouse courtyard. Gerhardt stood in the middle of the courtyard, holding the scabbard of his saber and carefully looking up and down the visitors.

This is a man in his forties, who is just over 1.7 meters tall and a head shorter than Gelhardt. He wears a black tweed top hat and a navy blue tunic. The silver chain of the pocket watch is attached to the buttonhole, and an enamelled blue sky and white sun emblem is worn on the chest. He wears a pair of gray breeches and a pair of shiny black cowhide riding boots on his feet.

This person has a Chinese face, a short mustache, thick eyebrows, big eyes and a high nose bridge, and he originally looked very imposing, plus a distorted scar on the left cheek, which made his face a little more fierce.

Seeing Gelhardt, the visitor raised his hand to stop Zhang Zhongfu, who was about to introduce him. A few steps came to the German pilot. At this time, Gerhardt realized that one of the other party's left legs seemed to be sick, and his movements appeared to be extremely stiff, and he walked and stood with the support of the crutches in his hand.

"Hey! Hitler! The man stood still, raised his right arm and saluted Gerhardt.

"Huh?" Gerhardt never dreamed that he would hear this outdated German greeting from a Chinese official in the far east.

"Hey! Reinhart! Gerhardt was stunned for a moment and then hurriedly returned the salute. He believes that it is his responsibility to immediately correct the other party's mistakes.

"Ahh Sorry sorry, hi Reinhardt. The visitor first had a look of sudden realization, and then raised his hand again to return the salute to Gerhardt.

"I'm sorry. Seeing the friendly people coming from afar, I was a little excited for a while. Introduce yourself, under Sun Kexia. He is the head of the local township and the head of the self-defense group. Sun Kexia held out his hand to Gerhardt with a cane.

"Hello, Rudwig. Gerhardt, Luftwaffe Second Lieutenant, it was a pleasure to meet you, you are very fluent in German. Gerhardt stepped forward to shake hands and was very happy to be able to meet someone to talk to again.

"I studied at the German Mission School in Chengdu as a teenager, and I used to be an army officer who commanded a battalion of soldiers." Sun Kexia let go of Gerhardt's hand and tapped his left leg with a cane.

"Unfortunately, I was injured on the battlefield, so I had to leave the army, but even so I can still serve the country and the people." Township Chief Sun said impassionedly.

"It's a noble quality, and I admire you very much for that spirit." Gerhardt was in awe, and he nodded to the other party.

"This is just doing the duty of a party member, and the chairman has always taught us to be self-denying and loyal to our duties." Sun Kexia waved his hand to indicate that the other party was too modest.

"Second Lieutenant Gerhardt, may I ask why you are in this place." Township Chief Sun asked politely.

"You didn't receive a notification from your superiors? I was a pilot in the German task force, and just half an hour earlier, in this airspace, my task force had engaged in an air battle with the Japanese navy, and my plane had been wounded in the battle and had parachuted down the hill to the east. Gerhardt thought it was a little incredible, this official seemed to be ignorant of the arrival of the Luftwaffe, could it be that Colonel Sbojou had not informed the Chinese government until now? Perhaps there was a problem with the other party's contact, Gerhardt thought, and this kind of thing happened even in Germany.

"The order I received from my superiors was that a major air battle broke out over Bishan County in the afternoon, and our air force fought bravely and hard to defeat the enemy, but it also suffered heavy losses in the battle. It is said that the air force also shot down many Japanese planes in the air battle, and now all the towns and villages around Bishan have mobilized to search for and rescue our pilots, and at the same time arrest the Japanese who parachuted. But there is no mention of you in the order, perhaps the superiors have made mistakes and omitted them. Sun Kexia took out a silver cigarette case from his pocket, pressed the buckle spring lid and popped open automatically. Please smoke. ”

"Ah, thank you." Gerhardt pulled out a cigarette from the other's cigarette case.

"At first, I thought you were Russian, and I was wondering if the Russian Volunteer Flying Corps had withdrawn north. How could there be one left here, and then Zhang Jiachang sent someone to report that you are a German officer, and I was relieved a little. ”

"What's the difference? Aren't they all here to help you Chinese? Gerhart picked up his cigarette and exhaled a cloud of smoke, and he squinted at Sun Kexia and asked.

"You won't understand the difference, Mr. Ensign." Sun Kexia lit a cigarette for himself, and he replied with a shake of his head and a puff of smoke.

"This is the captured Japanese pilot?" Finding that the Germans seemed to be in a somewhat depressed mood, Township Chief Sun hurriedly moved the topic to Bai Gen, who was sitting on the ground.

"Yes, his name is Sina, and he is a lieutenant in the navy." Gerhardt introduced.

"Still a lieutenant officer?" Sun Kexia's emotions became excited.

"We have rarely been able to catch officers of this rank, especially pilots of the Japanese Navy. This person is very valuable. Township Chief Sun said happily, and then he took off the top hat on his head, squatted down and looked at Bai Gen carefully.

"Your name is Shiragen? Lieutenant of the Imperial Japanese Navy? Sun Kexia asked in stiff Japanese.

Shirakan glanced at the Chinese official with contempt, then closed his eyes as if he was at his disposal.

"Yanxi, you're a tough guy, and you have to take the little girl as a hostage, now you can say nothing, anyway, there will be someone who will let you talk when the time comes." Reached out and patted Shiragen's head. Sun Kexia stood up.

"Second Lieutenant Gerhardt, thank you for all this you have done for us no matter what, please go with me to the township office to rest first, and I will arrange a vehicle to take you to Chongqing. I'm sure you'll be reunited with your companions soon. Sun Kexia turned around and limped to Gerhardt, and said to the German second lieutenant with a kind face.

"Before that? Township Chief Sun, there is something I need your help with, I don't know if you and your subordinates have news about this. A crashed plane was spotted nearby. Gerhardt threw the cigarette butt to the ground and stretched out his leg to extinguish it.

"Now there are crashed planes everywhere for more than ten miles around here. Most of my men are scattered, and it looks like I'm going to be busy all night today. So Ensign, can you tell us about the specific features, or the nearby landforms? Sun Kexia asked.

"I don't know the exact location, but I remember that there was a huge pond nearby, and by the pond was a field and some houses, just north of this side." Gerhardt replied.

"This? Please wait a minute. Sun Kexia turned his face and greeted his subordinates loudly. Several people got together and muttered for a while, and then Township Chief Sun said to Gerhardt with a smile.

"The place you mentioned is not very far from here, just five miles north of Zhangjia Village, and that village is called Da Shui Tang, so we can take a detour around that side when we go back. Can you take the liberty of asking, is that plane important? ”

"It's the plane I'm flying, and my personal luggage is still on the plane."

"If the plane crashes, the luggage won't have been damaged."

"I watched her fall to the ground, there was no fire, and the damage should not be very large."

"Then it's no problem, the requirements of friendly friends must be met, not to mention that you are still a combat hero who helped us fight Japanese planes, can you ask how many Japanese planes you shot down this time?"

"If you add the one that hit me, it should be two."

"You also hit a Japanese plane?!! What an amazing warrior. Now it was the turn of Township Chief Sun to be in awe.

"It's worthy of Germany's air elite, and I've made up your friend." Sun Kexia patted Gelhardt's arm vigorously, then turned to his subordinates to order.

"Come on a few people, carry this Japanese away, find something to gag his mouth, don't let him bite his tongue and kill himself." Then Sun Kexia made a gesture of please to Gelhardt.

"Please come with me, and we'll find your landline right away."

"In addition, I have a comrade-in-arms who has made a forced landing near a village further north, and I hope you can help me find him as soon as possible."

"And a German pilot? Was it a forced landing locally? Sun Kexia stopped.

"Yes, Gohart. Second Lieutenant Finn, I saw that his forced landing was successful. ”

"That's easy, I'll send someone to search, now it's all our search party to the north, if that second lieutenant Finn makes a forced landing safely, he will definitely meet our people." Sun Kexia walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard with a cane, and at this time three sliding poles had been parked at the door, each of which was equipped with four strong men at both ends.

"It's our traditional means of transportation, ensign, which allows us to save a lot of time on the road." With the support of his subordinates, Sun Kexia climbed onto the first slide bar, and the white roots tied into zongzi were stuffed into the third one, and the middle one was empty, apparently reserved for Gelhardt.

"What an amazing country." During the depression in Germany, rickshaws were once popular, but this kind of transportation carried entirely by people, the second lieutenant of the Air Force really experienced it for the first time, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little when he looked at the seemingly thin column slider.

"Don't worry, second lieutenant, this thing is sturdy enough to carry two big men like you." Sun Kexia turned his face in front and explained with a smile.

"Oh, I just want to take a closer look." Gerhardt scratched his head in embarrassment, then rolled over and sat on the slider.

"Gerhardt." At this time, hearing a screaming call, the German second lieutenant quickly turned his head, only to find that two self-defense regiments carrying rifles were grabbing Zhang Ruifeng's arms from both sides, and the girl was struggling and calling for help from him.

"What happened?" Before Gerhardt could speak, Sun Kexia had already asked in a deep voice on the slider.

"Report to the township chief, Captain Liu wants to bring her back to the team to ask some questions." A member of the group stepped forward with small steps to report.

"What a bastard, is Liu Mazi's sperm worm in the brain? I didn't see that the Germans were involved in this matter, he had a few skulls to cut off, and he didn't release him immediately. Sun Kexia scolded in a low voice.

"Yes, Chief." The members of the group hurriedly nodded yes.

"Wait a minute!" Sun Kexia immediately stopped the group member.

"Take this sister, don't scare her, be good-voiced, let her not be afraid, and say let her go to the village to testify. I remember that without my order, which turtle son dared to touch a single hair of her, Lao Tzu killed him with his own hands. ”

With a wave of his hand and waved away the subordinate, Sun Kexia turned around and said to Gelhardt with a smile. "A little misunderstanding, we need to take her back to make an inquiry, about the Japanese pilots, you know it's an administrative procedure."

"I see, but your behavior is too rough to treat a lady like this." Gerhardt protested loudly.

"Don't worry, I've already blamed them, we'll give her a pair of these bars too, and she'll be treated very well." Sun Kexia replied with a smile, and then turned his face to a subordinate and whispered.

"Go prepare a pair of sliders and lift that little girl up."

"What? Township chief this"

"Where did this and that come from, this is my order, I have my own measure, don't go quickly." Sun Kexia shouted with a cold face.

"Yes, Township Chief, I'll do it right away." The subordinates hurriedly turned around and went down to arrange.

"Alright, we're leaving, second lieutenant, and hopefully we can get your luggage back as soon as possible." Sun Kexia raised his hand and said to Gelhardt with a smile.

Asking for a monthly pass, the ranking has fallen, and the author needs encouragement. (To be continued.) )