After figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, and then looking at the so-called brothers who were looking at him and himself wearing the same color military uniform with concerned eyes, Yang Zhen sighed, didn't say anything more, just bit the nest head in his hand that he didn't know what it was made of.

Although this nest is so rough that it is extremely difficult to swallow, when he eats it, Yang Zhen thinks that his throat will be broken at any time. But the feeling of weakness in his body made him know that even if this nest was unpalatable, he would have to eat it. What that person said was right, in this situation, only if you want to live, there will be hope.

Yang Zhen was also really hungry, and this nest, which was not much bigger than a baby's fist, was swallowed by him in two bites. Although Yang Zhen, who swallowed the nest head in his hand but still felt hungry, did not ask, he also knew from the wolf-like eyes of the people around him that this extremely unpalatable thing would not be there anymore, at least today.

After eating, Yang Zhen turned his head and carefully looked at this uninvited person who claimed to be his life-saving benefactor before saying, "Brother is from the Central Army, right?" This Republic of China 24-style military uniform is not something that can be worn by those miscellaneous brands and those of us who are raised by stepmothers. It can be seen from what the brother just said that the brother is not an ordinary person. If I guessed correctly, my brother should have been abroad for a few years. ”

When this guy speaks, there are always some foreign words mixed in his tone. At least the stigma of being a prisoner of war is far less intense than that of others. Moreover, the words that we have done our best can not be said by the Chinese soldiers, who have always been proud of fighting to the death and ashamed of being captured. From this guy's tone, Yang Zhen easily guessed that this guy should have studied abroad.

"Brother Yang has good eyesight and sees well. The brother did stay abroad and studied for several years at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France. However, there is one thing that Brother Yang did guess wrong. The brothers are not from the Central Army, but from the Sichuan Army. ”

"And the brothers in this car have the Northwest Army, the Sichuan Army, and even a few of them are the brothers of the Gui Army, but there is no Central Army. As for the military uniform on the brother, after the troops were transferred to the Fifth Theater, the commander of the theater, General Delin, saw that the Sichuan Army was in rags and its equipment was in tatters and the equipment was transferred to the Sichuan Army. Otherwise, this set of new military uniforms that the Central Army has not yet completed its refitting will definitely not be the turn of our miscellaneous troops. ”

After that, this person stretched out his hand to Yang Zhen and said: "Guo Bingxun, the captain of the 41st Army of the Sichuan Army, was captured when he broke through the siege of Xuzhou. Among the brothers in this car, except for a few brothers from the Northwest Army, most of them were brothers from the Sichuan Army. ”

Yang Zhen looked at his outstretched hand, somewhat hesitant. His hesitation was not for anything else, although he now knew what kind of situation he was currently in, but for his resume, except for knowing that his surname was Yang and he was a company commander, the rest didn't even know what his name was, which was the unit of the Eighteenth Group Army.

According to the history that Yang Zhen knew in later generations, in addition to the original three divisions of the 18th Group Army at this time, there were also some newly expanded military region troops. At this time, he didn't know anything, that is, he didn't know how he was captured, so how did he introduce himself?

Maybe he saw the embarrassment in Yang Zhen's eyes, or maybe he didn't want to weaken his momentum in front of the white dog officer in his mouth, but his tiger-like correspondent was much more clever this time, and he rushed back first: "Yang Zhen, the company commander of the 129th Division of the Eighteenth Group Army, Jin-Hebei-Henan Military Region. In April of this year, during the anti-Japanese nine-way siege and the Japanese army, he was captured because he was stunned by a shell. ”

After listening to Xiaohuzi's answer, although Yang Zhen was silent on the surface, he almost didn't cry psychologically: "I won't be the first batch of captured soldiers since the Eighth Route Army went to resist Japan, right?" This thief is a bit too fucking a pit man, and he actually brought this rare honor to his head. ”

Yang Zhen, who was indignant in his heart and thought that God was unfair, directly removed the word "God" and added a thief word in front of it. Since God plays with himself so much, he naturally doesn't have to respect it anymore.

It's just that he scolded in his heart, but he covered it up well on his face. He didn't want others to know that although he looked the same as before on the surface, he had already changed his heart. As for his amnesia, someone had already explained it for him before, but it saved him from having to talk a little more.

Yang Zhen was very successful in concealing it, not only did he succeed in hiding the correspondent Xiaohuzi who had been following him for many years, but even Guo Bingxun, who had been carefully observing him around him, did not see anything abnormal from his face.

As for others answering for him, Guo Bingxun didn't feel surprised. As a man who knows a little about medicine and is a soldier, he knows how ruthless the Japanese rifle butt is. He used to think this guy would never wake up again. Compared to the loss of life, the small amnesia in front of me is not significant.

After Guo Bingxun glanced at the friends in the carriage, he deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Brother Yang, I feel that there is something wrong with the transfer of the little devil this time. After we were captured in Xuzhou, when we were escorted from Xuzhou to the Xiyuan prisoner of war camp in Beiping, although we took a train and a stuffy tank car on the way, during the three days on the road, the devil didn't even drink saliva. In addition to the wounded who were slaughtered by the devils on the spot, half of the brothers who were captured were killed by thirst on the way to the escort. ”

"And this time, the little devils escorted us, except for all the devils in the car, and there was no puppet army, but they gave us some food every day. Although it is not much, there are only two nests in your hands every day, and the water is also given regularly, although you can't eat enough, but you don't die of thirst and starvation like before. As a result, except for a few who were weak, most of the brothers survived. This is somewhat unusual. Although we are prisoners of war and are now unarmed, we are all soldiers after all. Aren't they afraid that we will resist when we are full? ”

"Another point, when you suddenly jumped out of the car and I pulled you, I hurriedly glanced at the environment around that small station. Judging by the environment around that little station, I found that they had escorted us to Guanwai, which is what they call Manchukuo. ”

"The most important thing is that this train has been running north non-stop, except for a few small stops on the way to replenish supplies. Based on my understanding of the Northeast and the speed of this train, we should have passed Changchun by this time. They have been holding us north, what is their real purpose? ”

"They wanted to get rid of us, and with the way the Japanese used to treat prisoners of war, they didn't have to go through such a big deal. They can kill hundreds of thousands of our captured comrades-in-arms and civilians in broad daylight in Nanjing, and there is nothing they dare not do. It is even less likely that we will be transported to the vast and sparsely populated northeast to be slaughtered because of taboos on certain international perspectives. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun looked at Yang Zhen, who was looking at him with strange eyes after listening to his words, and said with some understanding: "My father had the concept of saving the country through transportation, and he studied in France to study railways. After graduating and returning to China, they did not think that the warlords in China were fighting, and the railway became their money bag. Compared to the rest of China, which was in turmoil at the time, the Northeast was much more stable, although it was also under the rule of the warlords. Moreover, the northeast region has the longest railway line in the country, although not many are under the jurisdiction of the Chinese themselves. ”

"My father came to Northeast China at the invitation of a friend to serve for many years, and I also lived in Northeast China with my father for many years. If it weren't for the 918 Incident, my father was unwilling to return to Guannai as a slave to the country, I'm afraid I would still be living with my father in the Northeast. ”

"After the 918 Incident, I decided to join the army, and my father entrusted an old friend who studied in France to send me to the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France to study military affairs. It was only after returning to China that his father returned to his hometown in Sichuan to live, so he was invited by his father's best friend General Decao to join the Sichuan Army, but did not enter the Central Army like other foreign students. ”

"I lost my mother when I was a child, and my father brought me up. Because my father had a deep affection for my mother, and he couldn't bear to be bullied by my stepmother, he never renewed the strings. My father has been on the go for many years, and his health has gradually weakened. In order to take care of my father, I joined the Sichuan Army. ”

"My father always wanted my son to follow his father's footsteps and become a railway engineer. He often said that if China wants to be rich and strong, it must do a lot of transportation. Only when transportation is developed and materials flow can the people be prosperous and healthy. Only when the people are rich can the country be truly strong. ”

It's a pity that his wishes are good, but years of war in the country can only make his hopes fall apart day by day. It's just that this time I was a prisoner of Chu before I was born, and I don't know if I still have the face, and I have the opportunity to go back and see my father again. Thinking of his father, who was afraid that he would never see each other again, Guo Bingxun's eyes couldn't help but burst into tears.

Guo Bingxun said his family background later, but Yang Zhen didn't listen to it at all. His mind had long been distracted by Guo Bingxun's previous words. The Japanese actually pulled these prisoners of war to the northeast, and Yang Zhen already had a rough idea of what they were going to do.

The Japanese army, which has always taken pleasure in killing prisoners of war, especially the Japanese army, which has never regarded Chinese prisoners of war as human beings, was so generous this time, not only sparing the lives of these prisoners of war, but also giving them some food and drink every day, and maintaining the lives of these prisoners of war, it was definitely not because they had any kindness. Absolutely with other intentions. Thinking of the rich mineral resources in Northeast China, Yang Zhen couldn't help but guess in his heart that the Japanese army escorted these prisoners of war to repair fortifications or work as coolies in mines?

Yang Zhen, who has been a soldier in the Northeast for many years and has visited many large and small mass graves in the Northeast when he was receiving political education, couldn't help but form a word "special worker" in his mind that he had only seen in books in later generations.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen turned his head and said to Guo Bingxun beside him: "In my opinion, it is likely that the devils are preparing to use us as coolies to serve them in plundering the resources of the Northeast. Our prisoners of war were excellent and strong laborers, and the Japanese had low mechanization. In order to meet their domestic demand for resources, they will inevitably resort to the use of heavy manpower instead of machinery. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen muttered again and said: "In addition to them sending us to the mine, there is another possibility, that is, to escort us to repair the fortifications for them." The Japanese have always regarded Northeast China as their so-called lifeline. In order to occupy the Northeast for a long time, they invested a lot of money to operate the Northeast after the September 18 Incident. In order to maintain this so-called lifeline, they must have built a large number of military fortifications on some transportation arteries and strategic points in the northeast. Most of these military fortifications need to be kept secret, not to mention that the Chinese, even the low-level personnel of the Japanese army, do not necessarily know. And the use of recruited labor is likely to leak secrets. ”

"In order to maintain the stability of their so-called Manchukuo, and more importantly, to ensure the production of materials they need in the country, the Japanese will not transfer a large number of local laborers for the time being. At least not until they're exhausted. Therefore, we prisoners of war are the best laborers, and killing them after they are used up not only saves a lot of trouble, but also allows them to maintain strict secrecy. ”

"The Japanese are very sophisticated, very good at calculations. Although those of us have been disarmed and become prisoners of war, we are all once soldiers. Although the level is not high, they have received a certain amount of military training. ”

"Leaving us in the unstable dìng pass will cause them a lot of unnecessary trouble. Although they had the upper hand for a while in attacking the cities in the Guannai, due to the limitation of their troops, they only occupied large and medium-sized cities and along the railway lines in the Guannei, and their control over the vast countryside was still extremely weak. Even many areas are still blank. ”

"It would be a hidden danger for them for us to stay in the Guannai, and if we, the prisoners of war**, or the local guerrillas, would cause them great trouble. And sending us prisoners of war to work outside the customs to work as coolies can not only get a large number of free labor, but also save a lot of trouble. And judging from their control over the so-called Manchukuo, even if we can escape after we reach the northeast, I am afraid that we will not be able to run far before we will be arrested. ”