The episode between Shang Zhen and Hou Kanshan passed like this.

Everyone was speechless. They had been fighting continuously for several days and everyone was very tired.

Moreover, as the commander, Mr. Wang specifically said that there is no need to arrange sentries tonight, and it is impossible for us rotten Japanese to come to search the mountain.

Just when everyone felt tired and sleepy, someone spoke. It was Qian Chuan'er.

"Platoon Leader Wang, have you slept?" Qian Chuan'er called Mr. Wang softly.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Mr. Wang said angrily.

Based on Mr. Wang's temperament, his reply was considered very polite. But if the soldiers in his platoon asked Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang's answer would usually be "If you have something to say, say it, and if you have anything to say, let it go."

After all, Qian Chuan'er was not a soldier of their company, even though the company currently looking after Qian Chuan'er only had him and Er Hanzi left.

"I just want to ask you, why do you think we don't defend Jinzhou anymore?" Qian Chuan'er walked around Er Jiazi, who was already asleep, and walked to Mr. Wang and sat down.

As soon as they heard what Qian Chuan'er said, the few people who were gathered together began to listen with their ears pricked up even though they didn't sit up.

Although they were very tired, the questions Qian Chuan'er asked were also their confusion.

The students they rescued said that the Japanese army had almost occupied the three northeastern provinces.

And what is Jinzhou?

From a defensive perspective, Jinzhou was the first barrier to prevent Japanese troops from rushing into North China.

From the perspective of counterattacking the Northeast, Jinzhou is the springboard for the Northeast Army to return to their hometown.

Now their large army has abandoned Jinzhou, which really makes them feel regretful.

In the minds of all of them, the Northeast Army should stick to Jinzhou.

Although China is big, it is not as good as your own home. As the saying goes, "a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own cat's nest or kennel." The home of Northeasterners is naturally in the Northeast. If you, a Northeasterner, go to the South and say "

A stranger in a foreign land”!

Mr. Wang didn't immediately answer Qian Chuan'er's question. He reached into his pocket and took out half a box of cigarettes.

But when he saw the smoke, he frowned.

Just because half the box of cigarettes was already wet.

It seems that they accidentally got wet while drinking water from that puddle.

"Hou Kanshan, do you still have cigarettes in your pocket?" asked Old Mao Wang.

Hearing Mr. Wang greeting him, Hou Kanshan, who felt that he did not understand because of the quarrel with Shang Zhen, walked over from outside the circle and handed a box of cigarettes to Mr. Wang.

"Look at your donkey face! Who are you showing it to?" Mr. Wang scolded Hou Kanshan while taking a cigarette.

Hou Kanshan was already angry, but when Mr. Wang scolded him, he became even more depressed.

"Go away, don't be an eyesore!" Mr. Wang became even more angry when he saw Hou Kanshan's cowardly look.

Hou Kanshan walked out with his head hanging down, but Mr. Wang added another sentence behind his butt: "Look at how popular you are, how did you end up in this dung heap!"

What does it mean to be in this dung pile? The dung pile stinks. What Mr. Wang means is that Hou Kanshan’s popularity is really stinky!

Qian Chuan'er didn't feel anxious when he saw Mr. Wang starting to light up a cigarette, but his little eyes started to get stuck again.

Although Qian Chuan'er didn't understand the saying "Sorrow someone's misfortune, be angry but don't fight", he believed that Mr. Wang did have a good relationship with Hou Kanshan.

"That's right, I think we shouldn't give up on Jinzhou." Seeing that Mr. Wang had no intention of answering, Chen Hanwen said next to him.

"Why?" asked Mr. Wang, who had just puffed out a puff of smoke.

"Of course it's because Jinzhou is very important!" Chen Hanwen, as a half-scholar, still knows the terrain.

"On one side is North China, on the other side is the Northeast, and in the middle is a long and narrow Liaoxi Corridor. To the southeast is the sea, and to the northwest is the mountainous area. This is a shoulder pole. How can the terrain at both ends be unimportant?

Shanhaiguan, Pingxingguan, Niangziguan, and Yumenguan are all passes for us Chinese. Originally, our army was not as powerful as the Japanese, and our defense relied entirely on the terrain.

There is also a mountain in Jinzhou. Can the mountain be lost easily?" Chen Hanwen answered very smoothly and in a loud voice.

After all, he worked as a clerk in their company, and he knew that few people in their company could say what he said even if they were alive.

After saying this, he glanced at the positions of the students intentionally or unintentionally. As for who he wanted his words to be heard, only he knew.

It's just that Chen Hanwen's natural behavior was rewarded with "a slap in the face" from Mr. Wang!

As a former bearded man and now a fierce warrior, Wang Laomao's stick is not light.

"You know nothing!" said Mr. Wang.

Chen Hanwen was stunned by what Wang Lao Mao said, but he had long been accustomed to this group of people in the company, especially someone like Wang Lao Mao with a long one hanging behind his buttocks. In Northeastern dialect, he was a bad guy and unreasonable.

So tight!

The same goes for other people. They can't understand why Mr. Wang said this. Isn't Jinzhou important?

"If we insist on defending Jinzhou and then fight the Japanese army to the death, do you think there are other places where the Central Army will give us support?

That's impossible!

The Northeast is the territory of our young marshal, and it is also the place of our Northeasterners. Whether or not the Northeast is lost is none of their business!" Mr. Wang said disapprovingly.

"That's precisely because it's our territory, so we should not lose Jinzhou but rather defend it!" Chen Hanwen argued.

Since he is used to the tone of Wang's words, he will not be frightened by Wang's words if he thinks it is reasonable.

Besides, Wang Laocao speaks like this, and it is just a habit for him to speak harshly. It does not mean that he can do anything about himself, a semi-talented scholar.

"Yes, the Northeast is our young marshal's territory. If you want to do well these days, you must have your own territory. This is true, but the question is can it be defended?" Wang Laomao continued to smoke.

This was the first cigarette he smoked after they fled to the mountains and wilderness. It only took a few puffs, and he smoked most of the cigarette.

"We are fighting the Japanese. As you have seen, the Japanese are much more powerful than the Northwest Army of the Central Army. You also know the Japanese soldiers' marksmanship, but they also have aircraft, cannons and tanks!

Yes, if you want to live well, you must have your own territory, but what's the use if you can't defend your territory?

You have to have someone with a gun!

Our people fought to the death with the Japanese. In the end, the people were gone, the guns were gone, and the territory was gone.

But if we retreat back to the pass, at least we still have people and guns, and we still have a chance to fight back!

What can we little people know? That’s it. Even the people above don’t understand, so you understand?!”

It must be admitted that compared with Chen Hanwen and others, Wang Laomao is a person with a "big picture view".

Don't worry about whether what he said was fallacies or not, but he still made Chen Hanwen and the others stunned for a moment.

They must admit that what Mr. Wang said is right, the reality is so cruel! As for the loss of the three northeastern provinces, he doesn't care whether soldiers like them who are supposed to defend their home and country have any responsibility.

This is a typical beard mentality. As long as one's own vitality is not lost, Wang Laomao's statement is consistent with that of the upper management of the Northeast Army!

But no matter what, now that Mr. Wang was explaining the truth very forcefully, the scene was silent, and Mr. Wang continued to puff away his words.

But after a while, Chen Hanwen protested again: "Then we all withdraw. Who cares about our parents, wives and children in the Northeast? Just let the Japanese work hard?"

Chen Hanwen's words worked so well that Mr. Wang fell silent and stopped talking.

There are not that many orphans in this world.

Mr. Wang also has a father and a mother, and they are both still alive.

If he didn't have a wife, Chen Hanwen, as an old man in the company, had heard that Mr. Wang had a sweetheart who was a widow.

In the silence, the sky gradually became dark, and others saw Wang Laomao, who was unshaven and looked extremely tired, threw away the butt of his cigarette and lit another cigarette.

After a few more puffs of cigarette, Mr. Wang became depressed.

No one knows what Wang Laomao is thinking at this moment. Who knows whether he is thinking about his parents or the passion and tenderness of his beloved woman.

Finally, Mr. Wang threw away the cigarette butt again, and then whispered: "Maybe we can fight back, but I don't know how many of us will be left by then."

Then Mr. Wang shouted again: "Sleep!"

The discussion ended inconclusively, and the soldiers finally fell asleep.

They didn't know that just before the Northeast Army withdrew from Jinzhou, a brigade commander of the Northeast Army said to his thousands of officers and soldiers: "Brothers, we can't defeat the Japanese now, but we will definitely fight back!"

Commander of the military division brigade, company platoon and small soldiers.

As a platoon leader, Mr. Wang has a rare overall view of the situation. There is another thing he has not considered. During the battle to defend Jinzhou, the Northeast Army in Jinzhou City already had more than 1,000 wounded soldiers. They needed medical treatment, but they needed medicine.

Myrrh, so how long can they hold on?

What's more, the narrow strip of the Liaoxi Corridor from North China to Northeast China is close to the sea. If the Japanese army landed in the middle of the Liaoxi Corridor by warships, the more than 40,000 officers and soldiers guarding Jinzhou would be surrounded.

It's just that neither Mr. Wang nor the brigade commander knew that with the development of the situation in the future, Jinzhou would be just the first hurdle that China has thrown down.

There is no doubt that the land of China is vast, with endless mountains and mountains as Chen Hanwen said, but how could Shang Zhen and the others have imagined that the endless mountains and mountains could not stop the Japanese invaders from heading south?

This war of resistance actually lasted fourteen years.

In this way, they kept guarding the mountain passes one after another from north to south, and kept throwing away the mountain passes one after another, until they reached the southernmost point of China, the so-called place where the dream of the south of the colorful clouds wakes up.
Chapter completed!