Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Road Ahead Is Blocked
Tang Cheng, who was lying flat in the shallow pit with a rifle, did not fall asleep, he was in charge of guarding the night before, and the others were already asleep, and Ma Dazhuang, who was full of food and drink, was happy like a rich man who had just finished the autumn harvest, and the backpack full of dried meat was tightly held in his arms, for fear that the jerky would disappear. Hou San and Ma Dazhuang dried the dried meat more than that, all the dried meat was divided into two halves by Hou San, the more part was given to Ma Dazhuang, and the less half was spread out on the stone by Hou San and dried by the night breeze to dry the last water. If you want to preserve meat in the jungle, you can't have a little moisture, otherwise it will become moldy and spoiled.
Zhao Liang, who was not sleepy, was still looking ahead unconsciously with his eyes open, his mind was thinking about what happened during the day, if the military doctors had followed their advice and hurried to get some things to retreat in time, they might not have been pursued by the Japanese search team. It is true that the current situation is not the result he wants, he didn't expect that the military doctors still didn't care so much after being pursued by the Japanese army, maybe they didn't realize that the current situation had reached the most difficult time, and the slightest carelessness would fall into the catastrophe, and it was everyone.
Zhao Liang's frequent turnovers attracted Tang Cheng's attention, because Zhao Liang's early shooting almost ruined Tang Cheng's plan, thinking that Zhao Liang was just a child the same size as Liu Shishi, Tang Cheng temporarily suppressed his anger, this will be fine, Tang Cheng plans to talk to this kid who can't sleep. "If you can't sleep, get up and talk to me" Tang Cheng got up and sat up, took out a cigarette and lit one for himself, and Zhao Liang, who was hit in the back by Tang Cheng with a gravel, had no choice but to get up and sit up.
"I didn't send someone to find the military doctor, are you angry?" took Liu Shi all the way from Mengcheng to Kunming, how could Tang Cheng not know that a guy of Zhao Liang's size is the age of a stubborn donkey, if he can't untie the knot in Zhao Liang's heart, maybe Zhao Liang will do more things that threaten everyone's lives next. Tang Cheng had already taken it for granted that Zhao Liang shot in advance because he didn't reflexively go to save the military doctor, after all, when he grabbed the green wolf and ordered him to retreat, only Zhao Liang was persuading the military doctor to evacuate as well.
Zhao Liang obviously didn't understand Tang Cheng's intention to ask such a question, he just shook his head and said in a low voice, "I pulled them over and shouted, but they just didn't listen, then they were chased by the little devil and disappeared, so they could only be regarded as deserving of it." The veterans in the hospital said that you can't be rash on the battlefield, if you do things that you shouldn't do in order to be reckless, you will lose your life, I have to go home alive, I don't want to die here. ”
Zhao Liang's words were actually no longer coherent, but Tang Cheng still heard something from them that he hadn't noticed before, and this little thing was like himself, and it was also a battlefield life-saving thing that he learned from a veteran. Asked Zhao Liang's age, maybe because he had almost the same experience and age when he killed someone, the anger in Tang Cheng's heart calmed down a little, Zhao Liang was just a 19-year-old child, and he didn't want to ask Zhao Liang too much.
"You're 19 years old, and when I was your age, I was fighting the Japanese army in Shanghai, and I wasn't a soldier at that time, but a student of my dad who had just died. You want to live, that's right, everyone here wants to come back home alive and see their loved ones and family. Seeing that Zhao Liang was listening to himself intently, Tang Cheng's mood was much better, but his tone was a little heavier.
"This should be your first time actually going to the battlefield, what you learned from veterans in the hospital can only be used as a reference for survival, and what you have experienced on the battlefield is what can really keep you alive. I started fighting with the Japanese soldiers in Shanghai, and after the First Battle of Nanjing, I fought against the Japanese soldiers in Mengcheng and Macheng, and then took a group of brothers all the way south to Kunming. ”
"Fighting a war is not a matter of one or two people, on the battlefield, by your side there are also brothers who fight with you, and the victory over the little devil depends on everyone's fighting and hard work. If you can't do the order, you may harm your own life, not to mention, and let your brothers around you lose their lives, not to mention the victory over the devil soldiers, I mean, do you understand? ”
Zhao Liang only understood the purpose of Tang Cheng pulling him to chat when he heard this, he only knew that he had killed a Japanese soldier, but he didn't think that shooting in advance would endanger the lives of others. "I don't want to, but the Japanese soldier walked under the tree and raised his head, if I don't shoot, he may find me, and then he will also expose us." Although he already understood that it was wrong for him to shoot in advance, his age and temperament still made Zhao Liang retort slightly.
Zhao Liang's reaction did not surprise Tang Cheng, Liu Shishi also did everything possible to find a reason after doing something wrong, Tang Cheng had long been used to it. "You are the only one squatting on the tree, but there are more than a dozen of us under the tree, do you just want to kill all the four Japanese soldiers by yourself? You have to remember that you rely on your companions on the battlefield, unless you are the only one left on the battlefield. ”
"My order is to go up to the tree to serve as a lookout and guard, you just need to do what I taught you, if you don't squat on the branch and pull the bolt, the Japanese soldiers under the tree won't find you at all." Tang Cheng picked up the rifle in his arms and pulled the bolt, in the silent night, although Tang Cheng's action of pulling the bolt was soft, but the sound spread far away. "You understand now, a small negligence on the battlefield can cost you your life, so I hope you must follow orders in the future, I don't want you to die in the barren mountains and mountains of this foreign land."
Listening to Tang Cheng's words, Zhao Liang bowed his head and was silent, Tang Cheng also knew that it was impossible for a guy of Zhao Liang's size to take the initiative to bow his head and admit his mistake, but as long as the other party had understood the meaning of his words, Tang Cheng's purpose would have been achieved. "Alright, don't think about anything else, now it's time for you to sleep, tomorrow we may have a long way to go." Tang Cheng looked down at his watch, it was already past midnight, so he asked Zhao Liang to lie down and rest.
I have been pondering the words that Tang Cheng just said in my heart, Zhao Liang was in a daze for more than half an hour before he fell asleep, but fortunately, he was warm under his body and had a military blanket captured from the Japanese soldiers, Zhao Liang slept very comfortably this night, and it was already dawn when he opened his eyes again. Cooking broth is a luxury, Hou San and Ma Dazhuang had already used a lot of salt when they smoked and roasted wolf meat last night, and the rest of the salt had been taken very tightly by the wild cow, so their breakfast today could only be two slices of jerky per person.
"There is still a long way to go, and we don't have much salt to bring, so we can only eat hot food every night when camping, and at other times we have to rely on everyone to find food to fill their stomachs." After a night's rest, Tang Cheng's complexion also looked much better, and before leaving, Tang Cheng and the others had already taken out the hand crossbows. "From now on, everyone should pay attention to finding everything they can eat, and whether they can fill their stomachs depends on everyone's efforts."
If it was just Tang Cheng and a few of them, relying on the Yanlong and Yanhu brothers' familiarity with the mountains and forests, they would definitely not be hungry, and now there were more than Zhao Liang and the four of them, Tang Cheng considered that there might be other national soldiers who were scattered by the Japanese army in the future, so the preparation of finding food was put on the agenda by Tang Cheng early. On the road again, the kettle on everyone's waist was already full of cool white kai, the Yanlong Yanhu brothers continued to serve as the scout spearheads who came out, Hou San and the dice served as the guards, and the rest and the two female soldiers were still walking in the middle of the line.
The Yanlong and Yanhu brothers, who are familiar with the mountains and forests, have already used their crossbows to bring two pheasants and a hare before noon, and they have also dug up two or three backpacks of wild vegetables and mushrooms in Tang Cheng, thinking that tonight's food will not be bad, and everyone is full of energy when they march. But it backfired, just when everyone was in high spirits and looking forward to the early dark and set up camp, the rock dragon that came out of the front ran back, and after whispering to Tang Cheng, camping and preparing dinner became everyone's luxury.
The Japanese army was found in front, and this is the content of the whisper between Yanlong and Tang Cheng, Yanlong came back and gave the muzzle cover to Tang Cheng, while Yanhu stayed in place to observe the enemy's situation. "Dice, you stay, and the wild bull take them to rest in place, and the third brother and glasses follow me." After whispering to Yanlong, Tang Cheng ordered the team to gather together, and in addition to leaving the dice and the bull, Tang Cheng also arranged for Yanlong to conduct a careful search of the surroundings, at least to make sure that there were no other traces of Japanese troops around them.
The place where the rock tiger was hidden was behind a big rock, and there was an antenna standing behind a bare mountain rock due west, and the rock tiger didn't know what the sky line was for, but Tang Cheng knew. The antenna is at least more than 500 meters away from Tang Cheng in a straight line, if it weren't for Tang Cheng distributing a telescope to the Yanlong brothers who came out in front, maybe the Yanlong brothers wouldn't have been able to find the antenna in front just now. Tang Cheng squatted beside the rock tiger and looked in front of the telescope, the antenna was surrounded by an open area, and Tang Cheng could see Japanese soldiers in the open field in the telescope.
"That thing is the antenna of the radio station, and the Japanese army has set up a radio station and troops here, and they must be preparing to seal this place so that all the brothers of the national army who fled into the forest can be blocked in the forest." Tang Cheng moved the telescope in his hand to look at the Japanese soldiers who appeared in the open field, and he noticed that the Japanese soldiers in the open field were moving in a very regular way. Tang Cheng couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the Japanese army had set a trap or planted a mine?