"You are from the 60th Division of the 182nd Army? The 60th Army should be on the front line of Fengxin now, right? "Tang Cheng doesn't have time to deal with the people who are quietly snooping outside the courtyard now, after a busy night, this originally dirty and messy courtyard has completely changed. Coupled with the two-pronged approach of Mu Lianshan and Ma Fatzi, the eyes of these wounded soldiers of the Yunnan army in the courtyard have changed from doubt and vigilance to gratitude and curiosity, Tang Cheng wants to take this opportunity to get a good understanding of these guys.

To Tang Cheng's surprise, these guys did not retreat from Wuhan, but from the 182nd Division of the 60th Army that was broken by the Japanese army on the front line of Paishi. The 60th Army consisted of 182, 183, 184 divisions, after the first battle of Taierzhuang, the 60th Army suffered heavy casualties, in order to respond to the principle of the Yunnan Army to continue the war of resistance, the 60th Army immediately returned to the remnants of the three divisions of the veterans to the 184th Division, and the 182nd and 183rd divisions could only return to Yueyang to receive recruits from Yunnan.

It is precisely because of this willingness that only the 184th Division of the 60th Army still has the combat effectiveness to engage the Japanese army, while the 182nd and 183rd Divisions, which have been supplemented with a large number of new recruits, can only be used as second-line troops to be attached to the flank of the 184th Division. During the Battle of Wuhan, the 60th Army was deployed to Paishi to face the Japanese army, although the 184th Division fought tenaciously and bravely, but the 182nd and 183rd Divisions deployed in the west of Paishi and near Xintanpu were not so good. These two units, which were almost entirely recruits, could not withstand the supply of the Japanese army, and had broken up several times, and if it were not for the veterans who had returned from their wounds, the positions of these two divisions would have been captured by the Japanese long ago.

At this time, these Dian troops who were waiting for death in this courtyard were the recruits of the 182nd Division who broke up from the Paishi battlefield that day, and what Tang Cheng didn't expect was that these guys were actually from the same company, which means that they should have abandoned the position of the entire company and collapsed. "Don't you know that you will be beheaded if you do this? The whole company has abandoned its position, but I have never seen it, which is your company commander? Tang Cheng's hand was already clenched in, and the knuckles of his fingers couldn't even see the color of blood.

"Company commander? Our company commander died on the ground a long time ago. The man who was asked by Tang Cheng actually cried in front of Tang Cheng, "The little devil's shells are so bad, we haven't even seen the little devil's face yet, and more than a dozen brothers in the company have died, and the company commander is the one who will die." It was also he who called us home before he died, saying that we were all recruits, and we were no match for the little devils at all, and that we could only die in vain if we stayed there. ”

The other party's words made Tang Cheng's anger that was about to erupt dissipate in an instant, this company commander who had already died was right, if a company that was almost all recruits did not have the leadership of veterans, it could only be sent to death in vain. "We didn't want to be deserters, but the other companies on the position also ran backwards, and the little devil's shells were really powerful, we thought about hiding first, and then joining up with the big army when it stopped, but we didn't expect that there were little devils' troops everywhere, and as soon as everyone put it together, there was only one way to go home, but no one expected it to be like this."

The man who spoke wiped away the tears on his face, and secretly paid attention to Tang Cheng's expression as he spoke, although the chief in front of him was not very old, he could see that this little chief was not a good talker. What the other party said was a bit upside down, but Tang Cheng had already heard the main meaning, it was nothing more than that these recruits were afraid of the Japanese army, and after being separated from the large army, they secretly wanted to return to their hometown. Tang Cheng's frowning brows never dispersed, not because of these deserters, but because of how such a whole company of scattered troops ran all the way from Pai City to Guiyang.

"Yunnan people can endure hardships, and we also know that if we leave the position, we will become deserters who will be killed, so we dare not take the main road, so we can only find people to ask for directions while walking, and most of the roads we take are mountain roads or remote paths. Even if we were seen on the road, they generally did not dare to embarrass us in military uniforms, and if it weren't for the hard work, we would not have been trapped here, and most of the injuries on the brothers were caused by the way. ”

Listening to the other party's words, Tang Cheng's doubts in his heart were answered, and these guys used the same strategy that they had just crossed the river, and they would not attract attention if they took more mountain roads to avoid the avenue. "Are all of you recruits now? Are there any officers? Tang Cheng's words made this man stunned for a moment, and then took Tang Cheng to the side of the wounded soldiers, and the two guys who were being treated by Mu Lianshan and Lin Ying were pointed out.

A platoon commander and a squad leader, these are the only two people among these wounded soldiers who can be regarded as veterans, and there are only two veterans among the dozens of deserters who are combined in the two groups, and it is no wonder that the entire company will collapse when the 182nd Division is attacked by the Japanese army. "My task is to escort these disabled veterans back to Kunming, they are also soldiers of your Yunnan army, there are 60th Army and 58th Army. The wounded soldiers on your body are not fatal wounds, you only need to rest for half a month to recover, I want to know what you are going to do next? ”

Zhu Shunshui sat in front of Tang Cheng with his head down, while Lang Huan, nicknamed the Brute Bull, secretly looked at Tang Cheng's expression with some restlessness, after all, he was just a small squad leader. "This is Guiyang, there are more than a thousand miles away from Kunming, you may not be able to just climb the mountains and mountains, and before you get to Kunming, your injuries will recur, and there may be a few people left alive to return to their hometowns. If you want to stay here, I know a big family in Longli, and I can send you to Longli to settle down, what do you say? ”

"No" Zhu Shunshui, who had been keeping his head down, finally spoke, "We are from Yunnan, even if we die, we have to return to our hometown, and we can't let everyone be a ghost in a foreign country." It is not less than a thousand miles from Paishi to here, and we have come step by step, and in order to be able to return to our hometown, we can endure any hardship. Even if only one person can return to his hometown alive, it is also worth it, at least there can be someone who carries a letter to his family. ”

Seeing that Zhu Shunshui's words meant that he was ready to go back step by step, he was in a hurry, and shouted directly at Tang Cheng, "Sir, my Manniu is a person who can't speak, but I know that you are a good person, and you are a good person like our company commander." Anyway, the place we are going to is Kunming, I have no other skills, but the strength is better than the best, as long as you take my brothers back to Kunming, my life is yours, do cattle and horses as you call. ”

"You fool is a good idea, you want to rely on a lot of strength to fool our chief and blind you." Manniu's voice was not small, and Hou San, who came over, heard these words, and then laughed and joked about Manniu. "A fool like you, what we have is, have you seen those civilians, as long as our chief says a word, there are many people who are rushing to work for our chief, but there is no shortage of your garlic."

Tang Cheng didn't stop Hou San from talking like this, he also knew that this was Hou San's intention to test this brute bull, on the contrary, Tang Cheng was carefully watching the brute bull's reaction and expression. "So what do you want to do? Lao Tzu has no money, he only has one life, he gave it to you, and you don't want it, what do you want? Manniu's eyes widened and he glared at Hou San angrily, but the latter didn't care about Manniu's angry gaze at all, but leaned down and whispered a few words to Tang Cheng before turning to leave.

"Platoon Commander Zhu, what do you say? It should be a good thing for a brute cow to follow me, a man of his size is not easy to feed, and following me can at least let him eat his stomach and not starve. Tang Cheng looked at Zhu Shunshui with a smile, Zhu Shunshui is also an officer, such a person, Tang Cheng doesn't dare to recruit him casually. But Manniu, a small sergeant squad leader, is different, and Tang Cheng does value Manniu's figure, such a guy is the most suitable machine gunner.

Zhu Shunshui didn't speak, just turned his head to look at Manniu, obviously asking Manniu to answer Tang Cheng's question by himself. "As long as you promise to take us brothers back to Kunming, my life will be yours. If I disobey your commands, sir, I will be told that I will not be able to live in peace. Completely ignoring the gauze wrapped around his arm, the brute bull slapped his chest with a slap the size of a fan, and even swore a poisonous oath in front of Zhu Shunshui.

When the fat man opened the meal, there was already a big man behind Tang Cheng, and Hou San, who had made a bad move to Tang Cheng, was secretly proud, while Liu Shi and the others were very surprised by the amount of food they had eaten. "It's only been one night, and you've got three more people, and if there are two more, we'll have another class." The three people Mu Lianshan said included the wild cow, and the two boys who were rescued at the Da Nanqiao pier, just gave them a few bowls of broth, and these two boys were unwilling to leave, which would have been mixed with Liu Shi and Zhang Xiaobao.

"Lao Mu, although you were originally just a Fang Langzhong, you can be regarded as a doctor anyway. What a doctor should do is to save the dead, we can't watch these two boys starve to death here, why are you so ruthless, you are still not a doctor who saves lives. Tang Cheng's words made Mu Lianshan dizzy and almost turned his back on him, Tang Cheng was justified inside and out, and he just said it casually, but he became a big villain.

Seeing that Mu Lianshan was about to scold, Tang Cheng hurriedly smiled and said, "Old Mu, you know that I don't mean that, you are the only doctor among us, and my injury is still pointing at you." This brute bull looks like a lot of strength, we don't know what will happen along the way, multiple helpers are not necessarily a bad thing, it's a big deal to wait until Kunming and let him leave. Tang Cheng's appeasement made Mu Lianshan a little better, but he didn't know that Tang Cheng would never let the bull leave.