Chapter Seventy-Five: Separation
"Who?" As soon as Tang Cheng and the others rushed to the barricade, there was a dense and chaotic sound of footsteps from behind them, and before they had time to say more to Tang Cheng, Liu Goat had already leveled the flower machine in his hand first. Damn, how can there be people from the Sichuan Army in Nanjing? After the two sides reported the number of the troops, Liu Goat was also taken aback by these dozens of guys wearing straw sandals, the second company had dealt with the troops of the Sichuan army when they were in Shanghai, but they did not expect that there was a Sichuan army in Nanjing now, which has to be said to be really fateful.
Liu Goat lowered the muzzle of the gun, Tang Cheng and the others naturally did not continue to face each other, but there was obviously a trace of vigilance in their eyes, along the way, Tang Cheng They had been frightened by the Japanese infiltration troops, and they were afraid that these Sichuan troops were also pretending to be the infiltration troops of the Japanese army. "Put the guns down, they can't be pretended to be little devils, the accent of Chuan Wazi, little devils can't learn." Only Liu Goat was 100% convinced that the people who were slowly approaching were the real Sichuan army, because he didn't believe in the Sichuan accent that the Japanese soldiers could learn.
Called Huazi, this is Tang Cheng's first impression after seeing these Sichuan troops clearly, compared with all the soldiers of the national army that Tang Cheng has seen, these dozens of people who claim to be Sichuan soldiers are more like Hanako than soldiers. The military uniform, which was stained by gunsmoke, sweat stains and mud, and could no longer see its original color, was not as good as the bandits' homespun coats, and when the soldiers of the national army marched, bayonets, water bottles, and ammunition would make a sound when they collided, and these Sichuan troops did not have these sounds when they moved, not because they did a good job in this regard, but because they had few equipment on their bodies, and there was nothing that could make these sounds.
It's December now, and Tang Cheng feels a little cold in a cotton military uniform, but these Sichuan soldiers who came into his sight are still wearing straw sandals, looking at their military uniforms that can no longer distinguish colors, it is estimated that they are still single clothes, Tang Cheng can't imagine how these people fought with the Japanese army. Is it just their old rifles in their hands? Or by the big knife stuck in their backs? Tang Cheng even saw a guy younger than his own age among these Sichuan army soldiers, he didn't have any weapons on his body, and he was actually only carrying a kitchen knife in his hand.
These Sichuan troops are obviously also guarding against Liu Goat, although there are only a few people in Liu Goat, but there are a lot of weapons and ammunition on their bodies, especially Jiujin is still holding two grenades in his hand. "Wait" Just when these Sichuan troops were about to pass by Liu Goat, Liu Goat, who had not made a sound, stopped them, "There are some weapons and ammunition here, you can take them away." Tang Cheng looked at Liu Goat in surprise, this seemed to be the first time Liu Goat had given things to other troops, especially weapons and ammunition.
The Sichuan army who took the lead was a veteran who looked over 40 years old, and he didn't say anything to thank him, but just nodded lightly at Liu Goat. Behind the barricades were not only corpses, but also rifles and bullets, not many but better than nothing. "This is for you, you can throw away your kitchen knife, that thing is not good for little devils." Tang Cheng took out a 10-round shell gun from Jiujin's body, and handed it to the kid with a kitchen knife along with the holster and three magazines.
The kid with the kitchen knife was a little at a loss, and then turned his head to look at the veteran of the Sichuan Army, obviously the little guy liked the shell gun handed over by Tang Cheng very much. "Take it, it's all a little devil, and besides, we don't lack guns and ammunition now." Liu Goat took the gun in Tang Cheng's hand and stuffed it to the little guy, took out the two grenades pinned to the nine-pound belt and handed them over, under the signal of the veteran of the Sichuan Army, the little guy took the things that Liu Goat stuffed, gave the grenade to the veteran of the Sichuan Army, and took out the shell gun in the holster and played with it happily.
"Mountain baby, now you're a shotgun." The familiar Sichuan soldiers joked about the little guy, but the latter was just immersed in joy and turned a deaf ear to everyone's jokes. The little guy obviously doesn't know how to use a gun, at least in Tang Cheng's opinion, he can't use a shell gun, Tang Cheng reached out to grab the gun, but the little guy dodged it and hid directly behind the veteran of the Sichuan Army.
A little embarrassed to take back the outstretched hand, Tang Cheng touched his nose in disguise, his original intention was to teach the little guy how to use the shell gun, but he was regarded by others as wanting to get the gun back, which made Tang Cheng very helpless. "This kid has some recognition" The words of the Sichuan army veteran are not like explanations but more like doting, reaching out and pulling the little guy out from behind, and teaching him how to use the shell gun by himself.
"There are only two people in the family, he and his brother, his brother was arrested, so he brought the helpless Shan Wazi into the army, but his brother died in Shanghai when he was in Shanghai, we took the mountain baby all the way to Nanjing, this child is only 19 years old this year." Tang Cheng didn't understand some questions in Sichuan dialect, and after Liu Goat repeated it, he realized that Lu Dao, a guy who looked smaller than himself, was actually as big as himself.
"Oh, we also have a 19-year-old here, this kid." As soon as the two groups of people were going to Rujiangmen, they simply decided to go together, and after chatting well, Liu Goat took Tang Cheng out. "Don't look at this kid's age, that's also a tough battle with the little devil in Shanghai, he is the only one left in a company, and he is not idle on the way to Nanjing, and he has killed a lot of little devil stragglers, this is the successor of our second company."
This is the first time Tang Cheng has heard Liu Shanyang say that he is the successor of the second company, this sentence scared Tang Cheng a lot, to say that it is nothing to let himself follow the war, but to manage a whole company of people by himself, Tang Cheng knows that he does not have this ability. "I can't see that the little brother is still a ruthless character, no wonder your 88th Division is Lao Jiang's descendant troops, no wonder." Liu Goat's self-selling boast did not escape the eyes of the Sichuan army veteran, stared at Tang Cheng a few times, and the Sichuan army veteran nodded to Tang Cheng with a smile.
The collar of Tang Cheng's military uniform carries the sergeant's rank mark, which is a very good proof, Liu Goat and a few people in their group, only Liu Goat's collar has the captain's logo, compared with the nine catties of their big head soldiers, this sergeant in Tang Cheng seems a little nondescript, in the 88th Division of seniority, Tang Cheng is really not such a small sergeant. Hearing Liu Goat say this, these people in the Sichuan army were full of curiosity about Tang Cheng, they couldn't imagine how such a kid survived alone in the death of the whole company, but no matter what, such a guy would not be a simple character.
The people of the Sichuan army stared at each other like rare animals, and the overwhelmed Tang Cheng glanced at Liu Goat in annoyance, but the latter would be busy chatting with the veterans of the Sichuan army, trying to learn more about the current situation in Nanjing from the mouth of the Sichuan army, and he had no time to pay attention to Tang Cheng's eyes. The people of the Sichuan army are not very clear about the current war, and they also know about the Rujiangmen from other troops, but the veterans of the Sichuan army told Liu Shanyang an extremely important news, Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, seems to have crossed the river by boat.
"Are you sure? Brother, this is not a joke, if the news spreads in the city, so many brothers will be in chaos. Liu Goat didn't care much, and directly pulled the veteran of the Sichuan Army to the end of the team and asked in a low voice. The battle between the two armies was not only bloody, but also a competition for morale, and when the city defense was in danger, the main general fled from the battle, which was a subversive blow to the morale of the national army in the city. If this news is true, Liu Goat will already be able to determine that the above is going to give up Nanjing.
The veteran of the Sichuan Army didn't care too much when he said the news, and after Liu Goat's face was expressionless, the veteran of the Sichuan Army realized the seriousness of the news. "Then I can't say for sure, I also heard the news from others, otherwise it would be impossible for us people to run to Rujiangmen, and out of Rujiangmen is Xiaguan Wharf, where there will definitely be boats crossing the river. Our Sichuan army was raised by the queen, but it is not as good as your national army's descendants, if you don't leave in advance, you will definitely be left behind. ”
Liu Goat did not answer the words of the veterans of the Sichuan Army, just bowed his head and said nothing, the second company has been assisting in the defense of Guanghuamen, and after the 88th Division arrived in Nanjing, it was stationed in the Yuhuatai position outside the city, Liu Goat is now not only worried about the safety of his own people, he is also worried about the 88th Division on Yuhuatai. After leaving the Guanghuamen position, Liu Shanyang has been thinking about the battle of Yuhuatai that the national army encountered along the way, but no one can say clearly, if Tang Shengzhi's escape is true, then the 88th Division outside the city may face the danger of annihilation.
"What's wrong?" Tang Cheng noticed Liu Goat's strange appearance, and then leaned over and asked in a low voice, the veteran of the Sichuan Army walked a few steps closer when he saw this, and it seemed that he didn't want to listen to what Liu Goat and Tang Cheng had to say. In Liu Goat's place, Tang Cheng didn't hear anything, Liu Goat just asked him to be more careful, about the news that Tang Shengzhi had left Nanjing, Liu Goat didn't say a word.
The closer they got to the Rujiang Gate, the more refugees and routs they encountered, and many of the guys who were obviously wearing military shoes and trousers had already taken off their military uniforms and mixed in the clothes of ordinary people among the refugees, Tang Cheng believed that they might have lost their weapons.
"Take off the steel helmet and carry it in your hands, don't dare to get separated." Turning a street corner, Liu Goat and the others saw a crowd of people in Wuyang, and they only had time to tell Tang Cheng to take off the German-style steel helmet on their heads, when a burst of gunfire suddenly sounded in front. The crowd of people crowded together instantly rioted, Tang Cheng was careless, and was separated from Liu Goat by a group of people, and then turned his head to look over, Tang Cheng could no longer find Liu Goat.