Chapter 41: Strange Paths

Leaving downtown Shanghai was not as smooth as Tang Cheng thought, after the sky was bright, civilians who had to run around in order to support their families and soldiers with scorched faces and weapons appeared along the way, and there were checkpoints set up by the state troops along the way, and vehicles and pedestrians entering and leaving the city had to be checked, but fortunately, Xie Bo was wearing the uniform of the national army and had the 88th Division's order to adjust the defense, otherwise their two trucks would have been detained.

"It's really time to retreat, and when I was looking for a place to pee just now, I found that these dogs had made a lot of trucks, and they were parked in the yard over there." While waiting for inspection at one of the checkpoints, Liu Goat, who came out from behind a broken wall, whispered to Xie Bo. There were more than a dozen cars parked in the yard he found, including trucks and cars, and Liu Goat even had a few three-wheeled motorcycles. This checkpoint belongs to the Shanghai Security Corps, and since these guys have hidden so many cars, they must be preparing for retreat, and veterans like Liu Goat can see the secret.

"Just know the Tao yourself, don't tell the other brothers first, especially Tang Cheng, that kid is too simple, it's not good to know the Tao early." Xie Bo was determined to abduct Tang Cheng, this 19-year-old young man was the most learned and clever one he had ever seen, and it was a big pity that such a talent could not be pulled into the second company. Squinting at Tang Cheng who was studying the map in the corner of the carriage, the corners of Xie Bo's mouth slanted up to reveal a smile, this Tang Cheng has enough brains to penetrate, but unfortunately he is a simple-minded person, such a person will not live long in the army.

"I don't know what you like about that kid? The hemp rod is the same, if you fight with Niu Wazi with a bayonet, Niu Wazi can put several like him, and he will see what the use of a map is, and the map can't kill the little devil. Liu Goat muttered in a small voice that seemed dissatisfied, but the voice was just right for Xie Bo to hear, which caused Xie Bo to laugh again and again. Liu Goat said this on purpose, Xie Bo's injury was a big trouble, if it weren't for his repeated insistence, Liu Goat would not have been willing to take Xie Bo out of the city, he just hoped that Xie Bo could smile more, and a lot of laughter would alleviate some of the pain on his body.

"Uncle Liu, you are the old man of the second company, you were already there when I took the second company, what kind of character I am, you don't know the way." Xie Bonu grabbed the cigarette that Liu Goat had already lit and handed over, then took a deep breath, and then winked at Liu Goat's intact eyes, "I think Tang Cheng is a good kid, and if he teaches well, he will be a good helper, I won't be able to do it, and I will have to hand it over to you in the future." ”

Xie Bo's words were a little sad, let Liu Goat smash his mouth and didn't know what to say, who doesn't want to be promoted and make a fortune who carries a gun and eats food, he Liu Goat has eaten military food for almost 20 years, and it is a lie to say that he doesn't want to be promoted. But he knew his own ability, commanding a platoon was already very difficult, if he was promoted to command a company, Liu Goat estimated that he would not be able to last even a month. Xie Bo was a company commander to get back the hard work, but he saw it with his own eyes, and Xie Bo actually had his own selfishness at work, in case he was not smart, there was still a Xie Bo who could help with advice.

But Liu Goat never thought that Xie Bo had been thinking about himself, and he had worked hard to teach Tang Cheng in order to prepare helpers for himself, although Liu Goat looked down on Tang Cheng a little, but he had to admit that Tang Cheng's brain was enough, at least more effective than the rest of the people in the Second Company. "Don't talk so much, take a good rest, I'll go down and have a look." Reaching out to take the half-smoked cigarette from Xie Bo's mouth, Liu Goat turned around and jumped out of the carriage.

"Damn, they're all veterans, and they're playing thin-skinned tricks with Lao Tzu." Xie Bo, who was suddenly taken away from the cigarettes, was dumbfounded, Liu Goat and Niu Wazi and they had been following the doctor's instructions not to let Xie Bo smoke, it was easy to mix a cigarette, and only half of it was taken away by Liu Goat, Xie Boyan could not be angry. Niu Wazi, who was sitting next to Xie Bo and was concentrating on wiping the gun, saw Xie Bo's expression, but before Xie Bo asked him for a cigarette, Niu Wazi had already sat in the corner with the dismantled shell gun, which was where Xie Bo couldn't kick with his foot.

"Damn, a litter of dead eyes, when Lao Tzu's injury is healed, get a few good cigarettes and smoke enough at a time." Xie Bo, who was lying on a thick mattress and facing the sky on his back, scolded with a smile, Niu Wazi, who lowered his head to wipe his gun, and several wounded soldiers of the second company were also smiling, only Tang Cheng, who was nesting in the corner and concentrating on studying the military map, didn't know what happened just now. Liu Goat went and came back quickly, leaving with only half a cigarette in his mouth, but when he came back, he was holding several boxes of canned food and biscuits.

"Someone in front of me was handing out these things, and I saw that a lot of people had taken them, so I squeezed over and got some of them." Liu Goat found his bayonet and picked up all the canned meat and distributed it to the wounded in the carriage, "Eat more, eat more, and the injured ones will be healed as soon as possible." Liu Goat dug out a piece of beef with a bayonet and filled it into Xie Bo's mouth, but he himself only got the bayonet stained with oil. There were more than a dozen wounded in the second company, but there were only 5 boxes of canned meat he brought back, and if he really wanted to let the wounded eat with their stomachs, I am afraid that all the canned food would not be enough for one person to eat.

"Uncle Liu, where is the place where the canned food is made? I'll go get some too. "After the start of the war, the second company has been responsible for the task of clearing out the remnants of the Japanese army in the urban area, and it is no longer news that the patriotic merchants distribute food to the troops participating in the national army.

dug out another piece of beef and stuffed it into Xie Bo's mouth, Liu Goat smiled and rewarded Niu Wazi with a chestnut, "You kid thinks that those business owners are all rich people, but those things have to be bought with money, there are so many troops at this checkpoint, just that little thing is not enough to send at all, wait for your kid to squeeze over, I'm afraid that people will already collect the stalls and go home, you better save it." Squinting at Tang Cheng, who was concentrating on studying the map, Liu Goat said as if unintentionally, "But I see that the little girl who sent canned food is a little familiar, as if I saw her when I went to church, maybe I know Tang Cheng." ”

From the moment Liu Goat turned into the carriage with canned food and biscuits, Tang Cheng quietly pricked up his ears to eavesdrop on what Liu Goat was saying. The reason why he has been looking down and studying the map is actually thinking about what he should do in the future, if Xie Bo still commands the second company, maybe Tang Cheng will not hesitate to stay in the ocean. But it was Liu Goat who took over Xie Bo to command the Second Company, and from the day he led the way for Xie Bo and them, Tang Cheng felt that he and Liu Goat were a little bit at odds, and he didn't think that Liu Goat would treat him like Xie Bo.

Although the chewing sound of the wounded affected the effect of Tang Cheng's eavesdropping, he still heard Liu Goat say the word church, church? What happened to the church? Tang Cheng subconsciously turned his head to look at Liu Goat, and just collided with Liu Goat's oblique glance. "Tang Cheng, Uncle Liu just said that the person who sent canned food outside seems to be someone you know, and he met a woman inside the church, why don't you try it, maybe you really know each other, so we can get more canned food and come back?" Without saying a word, the anxious Niu Wazi pulled Tang Cheng up and walked towards the tailgate of the carriage.

Before Tang Cheng, who was confused, could figure out what Niu Wazi meant just now, the whole person had already been dragged by Niu Wazi to the side of the tailgate of the carriage. "Or Tang Cheng, you can try it, I just saw that there was a girl among the people who distributed things, when I went back to the church and didn't see you, it seems that I saw that girl in the church, maybe it's someone you know." Liu Goat lowered his head and was busy feeding canned food to Xie Bo's mouth, and without looking back, he threw out a sentence that made Tang Cheng stunned for an instant.

The girl who has been to the church and has an impression of Liu Goat, the answer seems to be on her lips, but Tang Cheng doesn't want to be that person, because he liked that person with wishful thinking at the beginning, and that person has been using him like a fool. That's right, what Tang Cheng is thinking about at the moment is Xiao Yalan, Tang Cheng doesn't know many young girls in Shanghai, it's nothing more than Xiao Yalan and a few of them, and the only ones who can make Liu Goat see and leave a vague impression are a few of them, when Xie Bo rescued himself from the military police, Xiao Yalan and they were by his side.

Stretching out his hand to pull away the tarpaulin of the carriage, Tang Cheng looked out along the gap in the tarpaulin, that's right, the young woman dressed as a schoolgirl was not Xiao Yalan, Hou Xiaotian and a few of them also followed together to distribute food to the soldiers passing by. Looking at Xiao Yalan's familiar face, Tang Cheng suddenly couldn't help jumping out of the truck to see Xiao Yalan, but when he remembered Xiao Yalan's expression when he told him that day that she was a military intelligence officer, Tang Cheng's face instantly turned like ashes.

Xiao Yalan is a person who is strong in his bones, Xiao Yalan's strength in the church that day can explain everything, Xiao Yalan has never liked himself from the beginning, maybe his use for them is that he can speak Japanese. Looking at the smile on Xiao Yalan's face and the national army uniform on his body, Tang Cheng suddenly realized that he and Xiao Yalan had become strangers, they were no longer people on the same road, Xiao Yalan was a military commander, and he had now become a senior soldier of the national army.

Farewell, my friends, farewell, the woman I once liked, glanced around Hou Xiaotian and a few of them, Tang Cheng withdrew his gaze to look at Xiao Yalan and turned around and sat in the corner of the carriage silently. "I did it on purpose" The triumphant Liu Goat silently lip-synced to Xie Bo, if he wanted to leave Tang Cheng in Erlian, he would have to break his thoughts, Xiao Yalan, who was inadvertently bumped into by Liu Goat, was an introduction, and Liu Goat, who endured Xie Bo's white eyes, did not feel that he had done something wrong.