Seeing that although Peng Dingjie frowned, he still ate the paste he made one bite at a time, Yang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. As long as you can eat, it means that you can still persevere. Yang Zhen kept squatting in front of him and feeding, until he ate all the bowls of paste, and then went back to eat his own food.

Back at his bunk, Yang Zhen had just picked up the rice bowl, but saw that Xiao Huzi, who had already finished eating, was still holding the rice bowl. Seeing that the little tiger who should not have eaten enough, Yang Zhen sighed, knowing that for the little tiger who was growing his body, even if he didn't move all day, this was just a bowl of sorghum rice that couldn't resist hunger, and it couldn't fill his stomach at all.

Yang Zhen picked up the bowl and walked in front of him, pushed away his block, and gave him half of the rice in the bowl before returning to the bunk to eat.

Seeing that Yang Zhen allocated his own small rations to himself, Xiaohuzi, who did not succeed in stopping him, stood up and said, "Company commander, how can this be done?" Just such a little bit of food, you still have to give it to me, what are you going to do? ”

"Sit down and eat it up. If you are given food, you will eat, and obey orders. Half-sized, eating poor old man, this is handed down from ancestors. Now is the time for you to grow your body, how can you do it without eating? I'm an adult, and my body is strong, so I can stand it with less food. Yang Zhen's words were very resolute, and there was no room for negotiation in his tone.

Perhaps out of consistent obedience, Xiao Huzi did not dare to say anything about Yang Zhen's order. Instead, he ate the rice in the bowl with tears in his eyes.

Seeing that Yang Zhen gave his little rice to his communicator, Guo Bingxun also stood up and gave half of the rice in his bowl to Xiaohuzi, and carefully tore the pickle lumps, which were not much bigger than Damu's fingers, and put them in his bowl.

Looking at the extra half of the bowl of rice in the bowl, Xiaohuzi raised his head and looked at Guo Bingxun, the white dog officer in his eyes, with a puzzled expression, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Guo Bingxun: "Your company commander is right, you are still a child, and it is when you are growing your body that you must be full." In the future, your company commander and I will each give you half a bowl per meal. He will give breakfast, and I will give dinner. Guaranteed to keep you fed. We're all adults, and it's okay to eat one full meal a day. ”

After that, he patted his head and said, "We white dogs are not all bad people. No matter what hatred we had before, we all have only one common name in this war that is related to the life and death of the Chinese nation, and that is the Chinese soldiers. In order to save China, for the sake of the Chinese nation, and for the sake of saving ourselves, we have any hatred we had before to put aside and join hands, okay? Didn't we get along well when we were in the Peking prisoner of war camp? ”

Guo Bingxun's words are tantamount to self-statement, not so much to Xiaohuzi who doesn't understand what he said, but to Yang Zhen on the side. When Guo Bingxun walked back to Yang Zhen with his rice bowl, he smiled at the thoughtful Yang Zhen. He knew what he said, Yang Zhen listened to it and understood.

When Guo Bingxun returned to his position, Yang Zhen, who had already finished eating, said unintentionally while drinking water: "Don't blame him, his parents were killed at home by the soldiers of your national army last year." If it weren't for our team passing by, I'd have contained him. I'm afraid he would have starved to death long ago. My own experience, coupled with the influence of some veterans in the army, is why I am so hostile to you. ”

These things about Xiaohuzi's life experience were mentioned again and again when he was about to get off the train, and Xiaohuzi was afraid that Yang Zhen would really forget him. If it weren't for Yang Zhen, who hadn't spoken to him alone, where would he know this?

"You know, a lot of the families of our troops have been cut off by your so-called bandit suppression forces. Many people are the only ones left in their homes. Many times, when you encircle and suppress us, the people who kill us are not much lighter than the current devils slaughtering the Chinese? How many of our old base areas have been killed by you for hundreds of miles? ”

"You only think about the people rebelling against us, but you don't think about why the people rebelled against us? The Chinese people are the best people in the world, but if they have something to eat, who wants to rebel with their heads? ”

"Take your Sichuan as an example, those warlords of all sizes in Sichuan in order to fight the civil war and expand the army, what year did this tax be levied in advance, you are from the Sichuan army, you will not know. In ancient times, there was no tax on dung, and now there is only fart and no donation. Ten thousand taxes of the Republic of China, these words should not be an evaluation of us, right? ”

"At that time, our four-front army entered Sichuan with only more than 20,000 people, but in two years, it grew to 100,000 troops. What do you say is the reason for this? Why do the common people rebel, the people are not tired of suffering. Bandits are like shaving, soldiers are like sifting, and officials are like shaving. If it weren't for the warlords' recklessness and disregard for the lives of the people, how would there be room for us to survive? ”

"But you also saw where all the money collected by those people was used? They built mansions and bought small houses for themselves to spend their days and drinks, but they did not know how to improve the equipment and training of their troops. How much does a Hanyang-made rifle cost? Even if the most expensive Belgian and German-made rifles are how much money do they have? It doesn't cost you as much to buy a rifle as you generals spend a day in a brothel, on a prostitute. Some of your generals have enough money to throw in a brothel in a day to equip a company. ”

"I heard that a division commander of your Sichuan army spends hundreds of dollars a day in a brothel, which is more than a university professor's salary in a month. A division commander of the Central Army even lost the January salary of a division overnight. What is the use of such an army, even if the officers and men at the grassroots level have blood? Can human flesh and blood block airplanes and artillery? ”

"Most of your brothers in the Sichuan army have in their hands a rifle that can only be used to fight rabbits, or a Hanyang-made rifle that can't be rifled, and those earth-made twist grenades to fight the Japanese army armed to the teeth, how many good brothers have fallen into the blood? Since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Sichuan, your Sichuan army has fought to the death and fought bloody battles, but what are the results? ”

"You said that the Central Army stuck you and didn't give you additional equipment. But if you look at the Dian army, they are also warlords, and their weapons and equipment are 10,000 times stronger than yours, all French-made machine rifles. The officer Su zhì is much higher than your Sichuan army. There are also Gui Jun and Yue Jun, which one is not stronger than you? People make money, at least they don't let the brothers take scrap iron to fight the devil. ”

"You must know that Sichuan has always been a country of abundance, far richer than Yunnan and Guangxi, which are known as remote places. I know that the soldiers of the Sichuan army are not afraid of death, but those old-fashioned rifles that are not even bayonets and rifled because of broken equipment can compete with devil planes and heavy artillery, and fight the enemy with flesh and blood, and what will the soldiers who sacrificed in vain think of you who are commanders-in-chief and army commanders? ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen looked at Guo Bingxun, who was silent after listening to his words, and said with a smile: "However, although your Sichuan army has been in the civil war for decades and has made a good country of abundance miserable, the actions of the Anti-Japanese War since the rise of the army are impressive. ”

"Since the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Sichuan army has not been afraid of the enemy because of the broken equipment. How much of this bloody and bitter battle was fought, I'm afraid we have to calculate carefully to be clear. In the first battle of Fuji County, General Zhong Shang and the soldiers of the Sanchichuan Army were martyred in a bloody battle. In the Battle of Guangde, Bichen committed suicide and martyrdom. With flesh and blood, he practiced the war of resistance to the end, unswervingly, that is, the enemy army did not withdraw from the border for a day, and the Sichuan army swore not to return to his hometown for a day. It can be described as iron-clad, and he does not lose the true character of a Chinese soldier in the face of a strong enemy.

"For your Sichuan army's performance on the battlefield from the beginning of the War of Resistance to the present, no matter who anyone has some conscience, if he is still Chinese, he can only have two words to evaluate 'Zhuangzai'."

"The resentment of the past is resentment, and we still understand which is more important than the national disaster and the family feud. In order to fight devils and save China, we are willing to fight hand in hand with anyone. The brothers are here, and they meet with a smile and a grudge. ”

"Just like your brother said, no matter which camp we were in before, we all have a name in front of foreign enemies: Chinese soldiers. Killing the enemy and serving the country is our mission and our glory. A good man is kind to the country, and he is sincere when he dies on the battlefield. Saying this, Yang Zhen smiled and stretched out his hand to Guo Bingxun.

Guo Bingxun, who was still silent in Yang Zhen's words, looked at Yang Zhen's outstretched hand and was slightly stunned, and then did not hesitate to clasp his hand tightly with Yang Zhen and said: "Kill the enemy and serve the country, and never give up." Just like you said, don't give up, don't give up. The Japanese have not been eliminated, the mountains and rivers have not been restored, and they will never return to their hometowns. If there is another chance, no matter how difficult or dangerous it is, I will not put down my weapon again. Believe me, although the combat effectiveness of our Sichuan army is a little worse, it is never ambiguous in fighting devils. In terms of the spirit of sacrifice, it is by no means inferior to your 18th Group Army. ”

If the previous handshake was to encourage each other to tide over the difficulties in front of them, then the handshake between the two at this moment is a real sharing of honor and disgrace, life and death. While the hands of the two men were clasped tightly, a large hand was clenched without saying hello. The two turned their heads to see that it was Peng Dingjie who walked over with the support of Xiaohuzi.

Peng Dingjie smiled and looked at the two of them: "The two of you are here in Taoyuan to discuss how to fight devils together, how can you not count me." Although there are not many soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Federation, there are also a few scum, and there is no way to compare the equipment with the devil, but when it comes to fighting the devil, there is no bad seed. ”

Looking at Peng Dingjie, who was smiling and looking at the two of them, Yang Zhen did not hesitate to hold Peng Dingjie tightly with his other hand and pressed it on the hands he and Guo Bingxun were holding tightly, and said: "Share weal and woe, never give up, resolutely fight with the devil to the end, and vow to use the head of the Japanese to pay tribute to the blood of countless Chinese martyrs,"

Listening to Yang Zhen's words, Guo Bingxun and Peng Dingjie said in a firm tone at the same time: "Share weal and woe, never give up, resolutely fight with the devil to the end, and vow to use the heads of the Japanese to pay tribute to the blood of countless martyrs in China." The hands of the three men were clasped tightly together for a long time before parting.

After parting, Yang Zhen smiled and stretched out his hand to Peng Dingjie alone: "Brother Peng, now I believe that we are not spies who came to get your message?" Let's introduce ourselves first, Yang Zhen, company commander of the 129th Division of the 18th Group Army.

"Speaking of the Eighteenth Army, you may not be familiar with it. But when it comes to another name, you must have heard of it if you are a member of the Anti-United Nations. Twenty-six years before the Republic of China, our 18th Group Army also had a name, called the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Our 129th Division was reorganized from the original units of the Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. ”

After that, Yang Zhen pointed to Guo Bingxun on the side and said: "Guo Bingxun, the captain and staff officer of the 41st Army of the National Army, a top student of the French Saint-Cyr Military Academy. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen mention another name of his unit before the July Seven Incident, Peng Dingjie's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he grabbed Yang Zhen's hand tightly again, and even said in a little speechless with excitement: "Are you really adapted from the Red Army in Guannei?" That's great. It has been years since we lost direct contact with the party. Except for the occasional message from the Central Committee in Moscow, I don't know anything. ”

"In order to open up the connection with the central government, our troops in South Manchuria launched two western expeditions to try to open up the connection with the Guannai, but unfortunately they failed. I really didn't expect that this time I would be here, and I met someone from the center in the gendarmerie of the devils. ”

Looking at Peng Dingjie, who was crying silently, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "I am not from the central government, just an ordinary member of the 18th Group Army. But don't worry, when we go out, I will definitely find a way to establish direct contact with the central government. You will no longer be left alone. Trust me, it will be done. And we'll definitely get out. ”