Chapter 54: Disappointment
When it was dark, Tang Cheng and they couldn't get to Luojiazhuang, the difficulty of the mountain road was beyond Tang Cheng's expectations, and they were all hungry in the old northeast, Tang Cheng saw that the sky had completely darkened, so he had to camp on the spot and stop. "Company Commander Tang, Aijiazhuang is not far ahead, why don't we go to Aijiazhuang to rest, I still have a few acquaintances in Aijiazhuang, why don't I go and investigate first?" Hearing that Tang Cheng said that he wanted to camp on the spot, Lin Jiadong volunteered to go to Aijiazhuang in front to find out the news.
It's already November, and it's really not very good to camp in the wild, but Xia Jiawa's matter has already made Tang Cheng have a pimple in his heart, and he doesn't want Aijiazhuang to become the second Xia Jiawa. "Forget it, let's find a sheltered place here to rest for the night, there is no need to take that risk, this time the sky is going to be completely dark, in case there is a situation in Aijiazhuang, it will not be good for us." Lin Jiadong couldn't resist Tang Cheng's insistence, so he had to give up.
Hou San is obviously a person who is used to walking in the wild, and it didn't take much effort to find a sheltered place, gather the carts together, and the dice and Huang Laosi began to kill chickens and light fires. The village chief of Tangqiao Village is a real person, not only gave Tangcheng 8 chickens and ducks, but also gave them an iron pot and salt, dried vegetables or something, and they were busy with the dice for a while, and the smell of stewed meat wafted in the iron pot.
Liu Shishi, who had been hungry for a long time, was already staring at the meat pieces in the pot, Lao Dongbei took Zhao Baokun to find firewood, but Lin Jiadong carried a bayonet to pick up edible wild vegetables in the field. Tang Cheng had nothing to do, so he had to find a piece of cloth from the cart, sit cross-legged by the bonfire and wipe the gun, wiping the gun is Tang Cheng's habit, and it is also a means for him to kill time, the two shell guns can be wiped well, and the meat cooked in the pot is almost edible.
"Who? Come out. Liu Shishi inserted a piece of chicken from the iron pot with a bayonet and was about to hand it to Tang Cheng, but he didn't want Tang Cheng to suddenly get up and shout at the night behind him with the shell gun in his hand. Lin Jiadong, who was cleaning up wild vegetables, was frightened and fell directly to the ground, Dice and Huang Laosi picked up their rifles and looked around to find the enemy's position, only Liu Shishi bit the chicken and was stunned by the iron pot. Tang Cheng shouted and then stopped making a sound, and the three of them also stared at Tang Cheng with bated breath at the night, and all that was left around them was the sound of the boiling broth in the iron pot.
Tang Cheng slowly moved away from the hammer of the barge gun, and if the person hidden in the night did not show up again, he would really pull the trigger. Xu felt the killing intent emanating from Tang Cheng's body, and a voice finally came from the night when Tang Cheng was aiming at him with a shell gun, "Don't shoot, don't shoot, we're out." As the voice sounded, two men in military uniforms who were hunched over walked over slowly, with the help of the reflection of the bonfire, Tang Cheng's face was happy, these two guys were wearing the military uniforms of the national army.
A few meters away, Tang Cheng waved the shell gun in his hand, leaving the two guys with twinkling eyes to stand in place. "Who are you? If there are any other accomplices, call them out, don't wait for my shell gun to go off, it will be too late. Seeing that the two guys didn't seem to believe his words, Tang Cheng shook his head at Liu Shishi, who showed the light machine gun left by Lao Dongbei, and the dice also took out Zhao Baokun's light machine gun in the same way.
Being held at two machine guns is not comfortable for anyone, and the feeling of being pointed at the muzzle of a gun is as unsettling as a swarm of ants crawling on the back of the spine. "Don't, don't shoot, we have a few brothers in the back, I'll call them out." The man in military uniform standing on the left-hand side was about to turn around and call back as he spoke. With a "snap" gunshot, the soil in front of the man in military uniform suddenly collapsed and splashed open, and the man in military uniform didn't dare to move, but just looked at the shell gun in Tang Cheng's hand out of the corner of his eye.
"Did I tell you to go back? Just stand here and call your people out, don't play tricks on me, be careful that I blow your heads off. Only one shot shocked these two guys, Tang Cheng's heart was somewhat proud, in the face of two unarmed guys, the shell gun in Tang Cheng's hand was undoubtedly a murderous weapon that could make people obey. The man in military uniform, who had already half-turned his voice, swallowed a mouthful of spit helplessly, so he had to stand in place and shout into the night according to Tang Cheng's request, and after a short time, 7 men who were also wearing military uniforms appeared in Tang Cheng's sight.
"To answer my question, who are you? Why is it here? Dice and Huang Laosi had already walked around behind the group with their guns, and with two light machine guns by their side, Tang Cheng put down the shell gun in his hand. The man in military uniform who was forced to stop by Tang Cheng with a bullet was obviously a leader, Tang Cheng pointed to him to answer his own question, and whispered a few words to his companions, and the man in military uniform answered Tang Cheng's inquiry in 1510.
Tang Cheng, who got the answer, was a little crying and laughing, originally thought that these were the routs of the national army that Lin Jiadong said, but he didn't want these guys to just return the rout of the Diqiao Town Militia Corps. When the Japanese army attacked Huandiqiao Town, it was Niu Sanman's Imperial Cooperative Army troops who led the charge, and these militia soldiers who only had a dozen bullets on their bodies did not even fire their guns and became routed soldiers, and the Japanese soldiers occupied Huandiqiao Town bloodlessly, and these scattered militia soldiers had nowhere to go, and these local guys could only go around in the wilderness, hoping to have the opportunity to secretly return to the town.
Niu Jinshui took a platoon of the Imperial Association Army out to collect grain, just along the way of Luojiazhuang, and the defeated soldiers of these militia groups did not dare to fight against the Imperial Army, so they fled directly into the field on the side of Aijiazhuang. Tang Cheng's movement of killing chicken and stewing was too big, and with the smell of meat wafting in the air, these hungry guys smelled the smell and touched it, but they didn't want the meat to be eaten, but Tang Cheng found it early. "Since you are all from the Diqiao Town Militia, where are your weapons?" Looking at the unarmed militia soldiers, Tang Cheng had a lot of doubts in his heart.
The militia soldier at the head lowered his head and replied, "When the little devil called, we all panicked, and we couldn't wait to run on four legs, who would run away with guns and bullets." The other party's answer made Tang Cheng speechless, these guys will actually collapse to the point where they don't even need weapons, do such guys have the courage to fight with the Japanese army? Without waiting for Tang Cheng to continue to ask, Lao Dongbei, who heard the gunshot, ran back with Zhao Baokun, and saw that strangers came by the bonfire, Lao Dongbei and Zhao Baokun cautiously surrounded them with short guns.
When Lao Dongbei figured out the situation, it was inconceivable that he arrived like Tang Cheng, the gun is not only a tool for soldiers to go into battle to kill the enemy, but also a weapon for soldiers to save their lives. Behind the chase are the armed Japanese soldiers, if they don't even have a protective weapon in their hands, can they still survive? Just by looking at Tang Cheng's eyes, he already knew what Tang Cheng was planning in his heart, but Lao Dongbei was not optimistic about these rout soldiers of the militia group in Huandiqiao Town, these guys were just farmers in military uniforms, and they took them to the battlefield to fight, don't be kidding.
Tang Cheng could mend the corpses of Japanese soldiers, and order the killing of those Imperial Allied soldiers who had laid down their arms, but he could not point his guns at these militia soldiers who had fled back to Diqiao Town. "Let's keep it first, these are Chinese, I can't give that order, it's a big deal to wait for us to leave, let them stay in Huandiqiao Town by themselves." Facing the gesture of the old northeast, Tang Cheng shook his head gently, and his muzzle could not be pointed at the Chinese.
Counting the militia rout in Huandiqiao Town, the chicken cooked in the iron pot was obviously not enough to eat, so Lao Dongbei had to give everyone some dry food they brought out from Zouma Mountain, soaked it in broth, and it tasted good. Old Northeast is a self-familiar guy, since Tang Cheng has decided to leave the defeated soldiers of these militia groups by his side first, Old Northeast will no longer have a cold face towards them, just a few cigarettes, and Old Northeast will get acquainted with them, asking if the chat is lively.
Tang Cheng didn't go to participate in the small talk, he was summarizing the information he had asked from the mouths of those Imperial Allied Army, and now he knew that the Japanese army occupying Huandiqiao Town had a squad of troops, as well as a company of the Imperial Allied Army. The Japanese puppet army that occupied Huandiqiao Town plus a force of 200 people already had a force, and the only thing that was beneficial to them in Tangcheng was the composition of the infantry company of the Imperial Allied Army. Unlike the Imperial Allied Army troops in the north, most of Niu Sanman's Imperial Allied Army companies were ruffians from Yellowstone City, and such an Imperial Allied Army unit was simply a rabble, and Tang Cheng could completely focus all his energy on that Japanese squad.
"Zhou Deshan, you said that your family is from Huandiqiao Town, so can you draw me a topographic map of Huandiqiao Town? To be more detailed, it's best to even mark the layout of the roads and houses in the town. After pondering alone for a while, Tang Cheng called the man in military uniform who had spoken to him before. Huang Deshan is illiterate, and he is also a stupid person when he talks, but this person's memory is excellent.
"There are wounded soldiers of the national army in the town? How many? When the Japanese occupied the town, where were the wounded soldiers of the national army? Huang Deshan's words once again confirmed the information provided by Lin Jiadong before, before the Japanese puppet army captured Huandiqiao Town, there was indeed a group of national troops who withdrew from the direction of Huangshi who stayed in the town, and they also took a dozen wounded people to find doctors in the town for treatment. It's just that when the Japanese puppet army came, Huang Deshan only cared about fleeing for his life, and didn't pay attention to the whereabouts of those national army routs at all.
When he learned from Lin Jiadong's mouth that there were national army routs around Huandiqiao Town, Tang Cheng already had the answer, these national army routs that appeared in Huandiqiao Town could only be the rout of Zhang Guoxun's regiment of the 82nd Division of the National Army with Zhao Baokun. But now hearing Huang Deshan say this, Tang Cheng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, and it seemed that the plan to recruit the rout of the national army was difficult to continue.