Chapter 20: Conflict (3)

"You're a platoon leader? Surname Pig? What platoon commander are you in? Give the number to Lao Tzu and listen to it. Seeing that the fire was almost over, Liu Goat, who had been hiding behind the carriage, walked out with a shell gun, and did not give the second lieutenant a chance to speak at all, so Liu Goat asked a lot of questions. There are more than a dozen corpses lying there, and there are four brothers of our national army, all of whom were killed by this group of dogs who have made a fortune in the country, and you are also one of them. ”

"Hello sir, Zhu Shouwen, platoon commander of the first company and one platoon of the first regiment and second battalion of the 20th division, I am a native of Mengcheng, today is the day when my sister gets married, and I will take a few brothers home to drink wine." Zhu Shouwen knew what it meant for the head and deputy head of the Mengcheng People's Regiment to be killed, and he also knew that he had no way for a small second lieutenant platoon commander to take a captain of the national army like Liu Goat. Although he is only a junior officer of the newly formed army, it does not mean that Zhu Shouwen is a fool, using his sister's marriage as an excuse to get rid of the climbing of those regimental members, and on the other hand, he can also make an explanation for his drunkenness.

"The militia came to the county government to report that there was a gun fired here, so they brought a few brothers over to see what was going on." Zhu Shouwen's answer made Liu Goat couldn't help but look at him a few more times, this kid's reaction is not slow, he has already found a way out for himself in a blink of an eye, it seems that there are a lot of clear-eyed people on the ground in Mengcheng, and no one who listens to what he said just now will associate him with these regiments.

"These militia guys are not good at protecting the people with weapons in the township, but they have set up private checkpoints here to collect money, and they have killed many refugees and soldiers of the national army for no reason. The first two also shot and attacked me, but fortunately, these brothers under my command were all withdrawn from the battlefield just now, otherwise Lao Tzu would have to explain here today. Seeing that Zhu Shouwen intended to clear up his relationship with the Mengcheng militia, Liu Goat naturally did not intentionally break it, but only showed Zhu Shouwen the corpses in the field.

"What a fucking idiot" Zhu Shouwen secretly scolded the Zhou brothers who had been beaten to death in his heart, the Zhou brothers relied on Li Linge to support them behind their backs on weekdays, and they were always rampant and domineering in Mengcheng County, and even the second lieutenant of their new division was saddened by them many times.

"Since you are a native of Mengcheng, you should know what is going on with this Mengcheng militia, right? Where did their weapons and ammunition come from, and where did they get their usual training and salaries? What happened to these privately collected anti-Japanese donations? Liu Goat didn't give Zhu Shouwen time to react at all, and asked a lot of questions he had discussed with Lu Yong before, no matter whether Zhu Shouwen answered or not, Liu Goat made this cunning guy dizzy first.

Zhu Shouwen really couldn't answer Liu Goat's questions, and everyone in Mengcheng knew that the Mengcheng militia was established by Li Linge, and in a sense, the Mengcheng militia was almost equivalent to the Li family's private soldiers. Naturally, the weapons and ammunition of the militia were obtained by Li Linge, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and the instructors who trained the militia were sent by their newly formed 20th Division. For Li Linge, the money is just a question of which pocket to put in, and the militia is also his family's private soldier anyway.

"Damn, there's really a moth in here, it's a big place in Mengcheng, and the water is quite deep." Seeing that Zhu Shouwen began to talk about his change of topic, Liu Goat already had a plan in his heart. On the one hand, entering Mengcheng is to escort the safety of the Tian family, and on the other hand, it is for Tang Cheng and those wounded, who have traveled thousands of miles from Anhui to Sichuan.

"I'm afraid of birds, counting the dozen or so national army routs that were pulled out of the refugee pile just now, they now have more than 40 people, and there are so many weapons and ammunition, as long as they don't clash head-on with Li Linge, it won't be difficult for the troops of the newly formed 20th Division stationed in Mengcheng to be their own people." Liu Goat is not a person who likes to retreat from doing things, how can he be scared off by a small president of the Chamber of Commerce when someone has a gun and money, anyway, he is only in Mengcheng for a short time, and he does not stay here to deal with Li Linge all his life.

"Go to a few people, watch the people of those militia groups carry those corpses to Lao Tzu into the carriage, Lao Tzu is going to enter Mengcheng to ask the county magistrate here, whether his militia is a bandit or a local protector." Liu Shango, who had already made up his mind, and Lu Yong in the carriage glanced at each other, and then began to prepare for entering the city. Since he was going to Mengcheng to look for trouble, he couldn't leave those corpses with him, and anyway, there were quite a few wealthy horses here, so he just vacated one of the carriages to haul the corpses.

"Sir Liu, how can you let these wounded brothers ride horses, in this way, I will send someone back to call some carriages, wouldn't it be better for us to take carriages into the city." Zhu Shouwen spoke in a timely manner with a very good eye, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to send the news to Li Linge in the city. Liu Goat stared at Zhu Shouwen expressionlessly for a while, and when Zhu Shouwen was on the verge of collapse, Liu Goat finally nodded and agreed to his request, and Zhu Shouwen, who was secretly relieved, sent his cronies back to the city to find the carriage, and the person who received the order naturally knew what Zhu Shouwen's eyes meant.

"I haven't asked Chief Liu for the number of the unit, I just talked to you." Watching his cronies ride away, Zhu Shouwen took out cigarettes and matches and put on Liu Goat and Lu Yong. Of course, Zhu Shouwen didn't really want to get close to Liu Goat, he just wanted to stabilize Liu Goat's group before Li Linge reacted, if he could get out their details, it would naturally be better.

Liu Goat smiled and took the cigarette roll handed by Zhu Shouwen, grinned and replied, "Lao Tzu is from the 88th Division of the National Army, Company Commander Lu They are the brothers of the Sichuan Army, we are the troops withdrawn from Nanjing City, and we are being ordered to collect the brothers and wounded soldiers who have fallen behind in this area, and then go north to Xuzhou to prepare for the war." Liu Goat Yunshan said a lot, some of which were true and some were false, but Zhu Shouwen couldn't think of any flaws for a while.

Zhu Shouwen looked at the 20-round barge gun in Tang Cheng's hand and the flower mechanism placed on his leg with envy, although their new 20th Division claimed to be a division, the number was only more than a thousand, and almost all the soldiers used Hanyang-made rifles, not to mention that a second lieutenant platoon commander like him did not have a short gun, and even Zhu Shouwen's company commander made a Hanyang-made rifle. "The descendants are different, the little brother over there actually has three guns, and the short gun is still a 20-shot box gun, which is really envious." Zhu Shouwen flattered Liu Goat and sighed at the same time.

"There are so many guns in Nanjing, as long as you are bold, you can't get any guns." Liu Goat jokingly damaged Zhu Shouwen, and then pointed to Tang Cheng, who was lazily sitting in the Taishi's chair, and said with a smile, "Don't underestimate that kid, you have already with the little devil when you were in Shanghai, and the whole company will be alive when it is dead." When he was in Nanjing City, he followed Lao Tzu to fight in Guanghuamen for several days, and later fought with the infiltration troops of the little devils on Zhongshan Road for two days in succession, and at least 30 little devils died in his hands. ”

Liu Goat's introduction not only made Zhu Shouwen look sideways, but even Lu Yong and the wounded soldiers of the Sichuan Army around him frequently looked at Tang Cheng, who was thin in stature, Lu Yong and they would understand how to deal with fake bandits, Liu Goat would rest assured that Tang Cheng would charge alone, dare to love This kid is also a veteran. Liu Goat and Lu Yong talked to Zhu Shouwen without saying a word, and the soldiers of the newly formed 20th Division brought by Zhu Shouwen got together with the people of the Sichuan Army to chat and smoke, and Zhang Yun deliberately spoke a mouthful of Sichuan dialect, which made the people of the newly formed 20th Division cry and laugh, because they couldn't understand what Zhang Yun and they were talking about many times.

"Another team of horses is coming, from the direction of Montene." The soldier in charge of the guard stood on the carriage and shouted, Tang Cheng, who was the most idle, did not move in the Taishi chair, but Jiujin, who had been helping to count the ammunition, straightened up and stood on the carriage and looked at it from afar. At this time, the carriage that came from Mengcheng, except for the carriage called by Zhu Shouwen, was the person sent by Li Linge, but no matter which wave of people came, the number of people with more than 40 people and guns would not be afraid of these people.

"It's a fast horse, not a carriage." The next sentence of the guard post made the lazy Tang Cheng come to his senses, and before Liu Goat's order was exited, Tang Cheng in the Taishi chair had already grabbed the flower machine and stood up. "The bullet is loaded, it is best to be ready for battle, and no one is allowed to cross the rejection without Lao Tzu's order." Lu Goat also shouted loudly and ordered the people of the Sichuan army to prepare for battle. The group members who were tied by their belts were strictly ordered to lie face down, and Zhang Yun and the others were still crouching behind the carriage and raising their guns as before, but Zhu Shouwen and his men were a little at a loss.

"Chief Liu, what are you doing here? With me here, nothing will happen, don't worry. He couldn't imagine how these guys who were still lazy just now could change their faces in a blink of an eye, Zhu Shouwen, who had already seen Liu Goat's methods, definitely did not doubt the combat effectiveness of these people, as evidenced by the Zhou family brothers who had become corpses.