In the heavy snow, three sledge trucks, led by Hu Bazhi, drove into a leeward mountain col.
"Just right here"
Hu Ba pointed out that he had jumped off the sledge, dragged the white mule forward a few steps, and stopped at the edge of a dead tree lying on its side with its roots exposed.
"Brother Hu, how long will it take for us to get out of this forest?" Miss Hongxia asked while tying the black horse she was responsible for to this dead tree.
"Soon"
Hu Bazhi took the reins of Wei Ran's horse, raised his finger and pointed in the direction and said, "Climb a few beams over there and you'll find the main road. Let's rest first and wait until noon to check the weather."
While he was talking, Wei Ran also took Yang Shiyi to check the wounds on the four wounded men one by one.
Fortunately, even though they had to drive all night in the wind and snow, because the bedding prepared in advance was thick enough, the injured were not frozen, and even the water in the soup was still warm.
The only bad news is that Zhao Jinyu still has a fever and has not regained consciousness.
After briefly communicating the situation of the four of them with Hu BaZhi and others, everyone untied the sledge truck and gathered around, unfolded the pieced together Japanese canvas and built a tent that could keep out the snow, and waited for Hu BaZhi to clean it up.
The snow on the ground was cleared and a bonfire was lit, and everyone finally warmed up little by little.
Everyone took off their Jingtan shoes and placed them by the bonfire to bake with their cold feet. Miss Hongxia also placed the lunch boxes she had just taken out and the kettles used as soup pots by the bonfire.
"Eat something and take turns sleeping"
Hu Bazhi said, he had already unscrewed the Tang Pozi that had been placed in Zhao Jinyu's arms, and brought it to his mouth to drink some warm water.
"You guys go to sleep," the Sun sisters said in unison, "We are here to stand guard."
"I'm not sleepy either!"
Yang Shiyi then said that the Sun sisters could still help drive the bus. She had been sitting in the car before and had already fallen asleep in the meantime.
“Then thank you for your hard work.”
Wei Ran said quickly before Hu Bazhi spoke.
Hearing this, the Sun sisters and Yang Shiyi immediately nodded excitedly. Hu Bazhi, after hesitating to speak, smiled and slowly lit a pot of cigarettes for himself.
"Brother Hu, let's get on the main road. How far can we go to Ice City?"
Yang Shiyi asked curiously while warming herself by the fire, "I have never been to Bingcheng. The furthest I've been to is the county town during Maodong."
“I haven’t been there either”
Hu Ba pointed at his pipe and said, "I heard from a fur collector that you can reach Bingcheng by walking along that road for two hundred miles. My father went there when he was young, and he also went there when he was alive.
Say so."
"We are so old, it's unlikely that none of us have been to Ice City, right?"
Girl Hongxia, who had just rolled herself a toad cigarette, asked a seemingly important question belatedly.
"We have never been there," the Sun sisters were the first to express their opinions in unison.
"I haven't been there either," Wei Ran said immediately when he saw Hu Bazhi and others looking over.
"Monitor Xiaohu, have you been to Ice City?"
Hu Bazhi stood up and asked, "Brother Shen, Brother Li, what about you? Have you been to Bingcheng?"
"I've never been there," said Tian Xiaohu, who was still lying on the sledge, "I've never been to the Ice City."
"I haven't been there either," Xiao Li and Xiao Shen said in no particular order.
"How can we deal with this?" the Sun sisters asked slightly panicked.
"What's the matter"
Hu Bazhi didn't panic, "I've never been there, so what can I do? Anyway, you can't go wrong by following that road."
For a moment, everyone around the campfire inevitably fell silent, and even the temperature in the tent seemed to have dropped a bit.
"I think Brother Hu is right."
Wei Ran said at this time, "As long as the general direction is correct, we can always get there by asking around all the way."
“You’re right”
Squad leader Xiaohu, who actually had no idea at all, followed up and said, "A mouth is not just for eating. If we don't know the way, why don't we ask?"
"I estimate that we can walk there in three or four days."
Hu Bazhi followed up and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely be able to bring you to the ice..."
"Bang!"
Before Hu Bazhi could finish his words, a gunshot suddenly came from a mountain ridge in the distance, a gunshot of 38 guns!
Everyone was shocked, and Wei Ran reacted very quickly and used the snow that could be seen everywhere to extinguish the newly lit bonfire.
After a while, the dense gunfire of the Japanese's crooked machine guns could be heard in the distance!
"Pack your things, it's the enemy's 38-year-old cover. It's at most a mountain away!" Wei Ran said, already pulling his jingyang shoes over and starting to put them on his feet.
After a delay of at most a second, the others reacted immediately, hurriedly put on their shoes, loaded the sledge with food that was not yet warm, and dismantled the tent as quickly as possible.
"Where to run?" Miss Hongxia asked while suppressing her panic while untying the reins.
"Brother Wei, what do you mean?" Hu Bazhi asked, who also pulled away the reins.
"We probably haven't been discovered yet"
Wei Ran pulled the black horse and turned around and said, "Go into the forest first, then put some distance between you and then get on the main road depending on the situation. Let's go quickly!"
"This little devil is so special that he is still haunting you!"
Hu Bazhi cursed, shook the reins and shouted at the big white mule to start running.
"Who are the Japanese chasing?" Tian Xiaohu muttered secretly, and at the same time couldn't help but grab the flower trap placed beside him.
No matter who the enemy's target was, the three sledge trucks that had just rested for a moment had just rounded the ridge and had not gone far. On the other side of the ridge in the direction of the gunshots, there were several figures on skis being dragged by mules.
, speeding through the forest risking his life.
Almost all of these people had injuries on their bodies, and even the mule was covered in scars and had a frozen shell stained red with blood.
Behind them, sledge trucks carried Japanese soldiers one after another. The puppet troops rushed up the mountain ridge, and the machine guns that had only been silent for a moment began to roar again.
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They had just rounded the mountain ridge when they noticed the Japanese in the snow in the distance, who were pulling the skirmishers forward to search! What was even more unfortunate was that the Japanese also discovered them!
"Get down! Everyone get down!"
Wei Ran shouted loudly before the Japs opened fire, and picked up a riding whip and slapped the black horse on the buttocks.
"Follow me!"
Hu Bazhi shouted almost at the same time, pulling on the reins to direct the big white mule to turn, and whipping the whip hard to urge it to run faster.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Behind them, the Japs started shooting, and the trees around the three vehicles also shook off a lot of snow under the impact of the bullets.
"The Japs are chasing us!"
On the sledge truck, Xiao Li, who was holding a big cover to fight back, shouted loudly, "I guess there are more than a dozen sledges!"
"Xiao Li, can you drive the car!" Wei Ran shouted and asked.
"able!"
Xiao Li put down the 38 cap that had just fired a bullet, turned around and took the reins from Wei Ran's hand.
Looking at Wei Ran again, after he handed over the reins, he directly picked up the clay brazier and threw it outside. Then he took out the grenade that Hu Bazhi asked him to take with him before setting off, as well as the few grenades he had left.
grenade.
"Run faster!"
While Wei Ran was urging, he had already pulled off the safety pin of a grenade, and then pressed the grenade against the 38 cap.
"drive!"
While Xiao Li urged, he whipped the horse hard on the butt.
"Boom!"
At the same time, Weiran pulled the trigger and fired a grenade at the maximum distance. The recoil generated by the grenade also pressed the 38-inch cover and acted on the sledge, causing the speed that had just risen to increase for a moment.
hysteresis.
"boom!"
Fortunately, the sound of the grenade successfully exploding finally helped the pursuers behind them regain some of their composure, and the distance between the two sides also increased slightly.
"No way, we can't run away! No one can run away!"
Xiao Shen, who was holding a flower trap and ready to fire at any moment, said loudly, "Not only are there sledge trucks over there, there are also people riding horses and mules. They are faster than us!"
"What are your plans?!"
Xiao Li, who was in charge of driving, shouted and asked.
"Brother Wei, ride your horse and run away quickly!" Xiao Shen said, "The two of us stay..."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Wei Ran shouted back angrily, "Let's run together!"
"Da da da!"
Xiao Shen, who had a broken hand, saw the enemy behind him getting closer and closer, so he decisively pulled the trigger of the submachine gun, emptying most of the magazine.
Although this intensive fire suppression was somewhat stronger than the inaccurate grenade, it was already a certainty that they would be caught up.
"No one is left to suppress us, everyone will die!"
Xiao Li, who was driving, said, "Brother Shen, take the pass ahead!"
"good!"
"Don't stop! I have a way!" Wei Ran, who had just picked up the 38 cap, immediately shouted. He had already guessed what these two were going to do!
"You have to survive too"
Xiao Shen was extremely calm at this time. He used the flower trap in his hand to suppress the pursuers behind him and said, "It's up to you to deliver those letters home."
"Whether Xiaohu and Jinyu can survive depends on you."
Xiao Li, who was in charge of driving, also said, "Brother Wei, you have to survive. Brother Shen still needs more than a thousand Japs to kill him, so you have to fill the hole for him."
"It's not good!"
While Xiao Shen was talking, he had already replaced the flower machine with a new magazine, "We just killed three more people, and there are still 1,133 left. You can count them clearly for me!"
"You run, I'll stay."
Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already pulled the trigger and fired a bullet. Unfortunately, due to the bumps of the sledge, his shot did not hit the pursuer behind him.
"Bullshit!"
Xiao Li drove the sledge and ran across the pass between the two mountain ridges in front. He kept saying loudly, "We brothers just folded here and saved food. You can't do that."
Brother Wei, you are the seeds of the first guerrilla team. It will be up to you to continue fighting the Japanese in the coming spring!"
"Stop!" Xiao Shen shouted loudly at this time.
"Don't stop!"
Wei Ran, who had just reloaded the 38 cap in his hand and was aiming the bullet, shouted in panic.
"Hush!"
Xiao Li paid no attention to it. He grabbed the reins and shouted at the big black horse to stop behind a thick pine tree.
"grass!"
Wei Ran ignored the argument, aimed at a pursuer who had just crossed the pass, pulled the trigger and fired a bullet!
"One thousand one hundred and thirty-two!" Xiao Shen shouted suddenly, raised the submachine gun with bullets in it, and pulled the trigger toward the pass.
For a moment, intensive gunshots resounded through the forest, causing the two sledges in front to stop.
"Run! Run!" Xiao Li roared loudly, "Don't stop! Protect the seeds! Xiaohu! Protect the seeds!"
"Brother Wei, hurry up! Fire some cannons at the pass!" Xiao Shen, who was suppressing it with a submachine gun, shouted almost at the same time, "How many more shells do you have!"
In fact, as soon as he shouted what he said, Wei Ran had already thrown away the 38 cap in his hand and replaced it with a grenade. While adjusting the range, he loudly replied, "After shooting this round, there are three rounds left."
!”
"One shot left!"
Xiao Shen said as he pulled the trigger again to suppress the enemies at the pass.
At the same time, Xiao Li forced his feet with frozen toes to stand up and leave the sledge. He took out a sharp shovel from his arms and cut the rope that tied the sledge to the saddle with two knives!
"Boom!"
Almost at the same time, Weiyan also pulled the trigger of the grenade!
"boom!"
Fortunately, this shot hit the other side of the pass firmly and exploded.
"Two more shots!"
Xiao Shen urged loudly and at the same time used a submachine gun to cover.
Almost when Wei Ran picked up a grenade again, Xiao Li also stumbled over and pulled out the 38-inch cap underneath the grenade barrel.
Seeing Wei Ran looking at him, and then subconsciously looking back at the severed sledge, Xiao Li showed a bright smile, and while loading the gun, he sang loudly at the top of his lungs.
"My home is on the Songhua River in Northeast China——"
"Da da da da!"
After Xiao Shen fired a series of bursts, he also opened his voice, "There are forest coal mines there - and there are soybeans and sorghum all over the mountains and fields!"
It was like self-introduction, and like a farewell song, the smiles on the frostbitten faces of these two anti-alliance fighters grew stronger and stronger!
Behind them, on the sledge pulled by a big white mule, Tian Xiaohu clenched his fists amidst the faintly audible singing, and roared with red eyes, "Don't stop! Run! Run!"
"But they..."
"Don't let them die in vain!" Tian Xiaohu shouted in pain.
"boom!"
Almost as soon as Hu Bazhi and Hongxia girl were urging their animals to run again, the third grenade fired by Wei Ran accurately hit the other side of the pass and exploded.
"Brother Wei! Get on your horse and run!"
Shen Baoying said with a smile and longing as Li Hai never stopped singing, "Send everyone's letters to their families. If you find Xiao Li's brother, you have to kill enough of them for me."
Devil."
"I won't leave!"
Wei Ran, with blood-red eyes, had already picked up the last grenade while roaring.
"The less one dies, the more opportunity there is to kill."
Shen Baoying put on a new magazine as he spoke, "Let's go quickly! Run far away and shoot the last shell at us!"
Hearing this, Wei Ran, who had already grabbed the leather buckle on the trigger, couldn't help but tremble.
"Let's go quickly, Brother Wei!"
Li Hai also stopped singing, held up the 38 cap and fired while urging, "You have to blow it up more accurately!"
"Let's go!"
Shen Baoying screamed while shooting, "Quickly go! You sent me the letter! You have killed enough for me!"
"Let's go!"
Li Hai also shouted, "Brother Hu alone can't protect so many people! Even if you want to die, you have to keep them alive! You still have to protect the flag!"
"Boom!"
Wei Ran, who had been staring in the direction of the pass, remained unmoved. It wasn't until he saw the Japs emerging in a crowd that he pulled the trigger and fired the last grenade!
"Get out! Get out!" Shen Baoying cursed angrily.
"I've escaped so many times."
While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already run to the side of the black horse, reached out and pulled out the Japanese cavalry rifle from his gun bag.
"You are so stupid! Get on the horse! I order you to get on the horse!" Li Hai shouted in panic.
"Bang!"
Wei Ran didn't bother to argue at all, he took out the cannon directly, put the dark horse's head on it and pulled the trigger!
"Plop!"
After the gunfire, the humane black horse fell straight to the ground, completely cutting off the last possibility of the three people's escape.
"I won't run away this time"
As Wei Ran spoke, he unabashedly put away the cannon. After loading the cavalry gun in his hand, he hid behind a tree, aimed at a protruding Japanese soldier, and pulled the trigger.
"You bastard!"
Shen Baoying laughed and cursed with a cry, "This special code transaction will cost you a lot!"
"Stop talking about useless things"
Wei Ran loaded the gun again, and while re-aiming, he asked loudly, "Who taught you that song just now?"
"Zhao Jinshan! Squad Leader Zhao!" Li Hai responded loudly.
"Let's sing together?!" Wei Ran suggested loudly after pulling the trigger again.
"Sing! I'll start!"
Shen Baoying wiped her tears on her snow-covered shoulders and sang loudly at the top of her lungs, "My home is in the Northeast - sing!"
"My home is on the Songhua River in Northeast China -" Wei Ran sang loudly as he fired and followed the two anti-alliance fighters in desperate situations.
Amidst the banging gunfire, there were more and more Japs around. Soon Wei Ran put down his cavalry rifle and replaced it with a box cannon. At the same time, he did not forget to light three cigarettes and give them to Shen Baoying and Li Hai.
Amidst the gunfire and singing, there were more and more enemies in the distance, and the space for the three of them to hide was getting smaller and smaller.
"In which year and month will I be able to return to my lovely hometown?"
Amidst the gunfire that got closer and closer, Li Hai was shot in the chest, raised his head and fell on the sledge.
"In which year and month will we be able to recover that endless treasure?!"
In the singing of "One Less Person", Shen Baoying, who had just emptied the magazine, was hit by a bullet in the eye socket.
"Da da da da!"
When Wei Ran squeezed the trigger and fired the fan, a bullet from the side also hit his lower back.
"Plop!"
When Wei Ran fell to the ground, he immediately took back the metal book of the box gun in his hand.
After a while, the gunfire stopped, and after waiting for a while, more and more Japanese soldiers came around holding 38-inch caps equipped with bayonets.
As Wei Ran's smile grew brighter, a Japanese soldier got off the sledge and walked over holding an ugly box that didn't deserve to be called a weapon. He saw the smile growing brighter on Wei Ran's face.
Before the Japanese man could say or do anything when he realized something was wrong, Wei Ran raised his hands in surrender and slammed his sleeves against the tree trunk behind him.
This action immediately caused the surrounding Japanese soldiers to panic, and several of them also raised their guns and stabbed forward in the white light that swept in.
Amid the sharp pain that suddenly appeared in his chest, Wei Ran saw with satisfaction that his left and right hands exploded smoothly with the two Japanese grenades hidden inside, and saw that his hands turned into clouds all over the sky.
Blood mist.
"I don't know how many more are left..."
Wei Ran couldn't help but mutter before losing consciousness, but at the same time he vaguely heard a helpless sigh that seemed to ring in his ears.
"Who is..."
Wei Ran only had time to be curious for a moment before he completely lost consciousness.
