In the warm but dim den, the dense water vapor was mixed with the aroma of Japanese soap, and accompanied by the sound of rushing water, the Qiu family brothers lined up to ask Zhao Jinyu to help them shave their hair and plush beards.
They had already taken off their clothes, and each of them was using a white towel worn by Japanese soldiers to scrub away the accumulated dirt on their bodies.
As pots of dirty water were poured out of the den by Wei Ran and replaced with clean hot water, the four Qiu brothers also saw it was clean.
However, the frostbite and red envelopes caused by flea and bedbug bites all over their bodies became more conspicuous because the dirt on their bodies was washed away.
While they were queuing up to find Hu Bazhi to apply frostbite cream, Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu also carried all the pine needles and sage grass spread on the earthen kang, as well as the rags and coats that their four little brothers had taken off.
Outside the nest, lay it on the snow to let the low temperature help kill biting bugs and unhatched eggs inside.
Also taking advantage of this busy schedule, they also learned from the Qiu brothers' narrations that it had been several years since they met Zhao Jinge and others.
At that time, Zhao Jinge led the anti-alliance fighters to kill many Japanese. Later, due to the Japanese encirclement and suppression, the anti-alliance team led by Zhao Jinge had no choice but to continue to move to fight guerrillas in order not to bring danger to their villages. And the villagers of that village
, took the initiative to ask for six or seven seriously injured anti-alliance fighters to stay and take care of them.
In order to avoid being discovered by the Japs and traitors, the people in this village organized young and old men to dig a shack like this in the early spring to house the wounded. The four Qiu brothers were originally assigned to take care of the wounded.
According to Boss Qiu's introduction, his father and Xiaosi'er's father are both hunters in the village. They are responsible for delivering meals to the wounded and also responsible for sentry work around the nest.
In particular, Xiao Si'er, who seemed to have a particularly upright personality, turned out to be a natural sharpshooter. The shot he fired at Wei Ran was fired by Xiao Si'er from two to three hundred meters away with a broken gun.
The father of the brothers Yongwen and Yongwu was a local doctor, especially the taciturn Yongwu. Although he was young, he had already learned a lot about his father's ability to treat diseases. According to the assignment at the time, Yongwen was responsible for
While searching for medicine in the mountains, Yongwu stayed in the shack to take care of the wounded, boiling medicine and changing dressings for them.
Originally, this was all the perfect arrangement.
But shortly after Zhao Jinge and others left, the Japanese and puppet troops surrounded their village and forced them to hand over the anti-alliance fighters who might be hiding here.
That was just an excuse. In the end, most of the elderly and children in the village died under the Japs' butcher's knives.
Most of the remaining young and middle-aged men were killed or injured because they resisted with shotguns and even farm tools.
The few who survived were kidnapped and sent to prison camps or mines controlled by the Japanese.
Even their villages were completely burned by fire - just like the Gaoliang Village near the Temple of Wealth.
Without the support from the village, those seriously injured anti-alliance fighters also died of illness one after another, leaving only a few rifles and a few bullets for the four brothers.
Since then, the four Qiu brothers, who had no idea where to go, thought they had joined the Anti-Japanese Alliance and worked hard to survive while waiting for Zhao Jinge to bring his people back.
They even relied on those broken guns to shoot a few shots at the Japanese, puppet soldiers and even bandits passing by from a distance, and then ran away, but they never dared to return to their villages to take a look.
In such dark days, these four brothers have persisted for nearly three years! In other words, they were only thirteen or fourteen years old at the time!
It was through their natural narration that Wei Ran and the other three realized a problem. The time when Zhao Jinge and others led the team to leave was actually after they were injured and followed Yang Shiyi to find his uncle!
In other words...
Zhao Jinyu took out the triangular team flag in his arms. In other words, this flag might just be an excuse for them to leave the battlefield and survive.
This belated truth was undoubtedly painful for Zhao Jinyu, and he became increasingly certain that he had become a deserter.
But compared to these, another thing that makes even Wei Ran and others unable to sigh is that the wounded who were left here actually included the deputy captain of the first guerrilla team, Lao Zhang!
In the extremely long silence, Hu Bazhi, who had applied homemade frostbite ointment on all the frostbite on the four brothers of the Qiu family, stood up and walked out. When he came back, he already had a wolfskin in his hand filled with various cobbler's belongings.
bag.
Just like the first time he met the Anti-Japanese Alliance team outside the Temple of Wealth, Hu Bazhi was sitting on the bench next to the clay stove, using the leather cut from the animal skin blanket to sew a leather hat urgently, his hands were stuffy.
And 靰鞡 shoes.
Zhao Jinyu, who also didn't know what to say, gritted his teeth and carried back all the pine needles, dead grass, rags and coats that were frozen outside. He patted the snow clean and spread it on the fire kang again, and then brought back a basin full of accumulated snow.
The snow was sprinkled on the ground, and it was carefully swept away with a handful of pine branches silently.
"Boss Qiu, please put on these clothes." Wei Ran pointed to the Japanese cotton-padded clothes that Zhao Jinyu had just brought back, "and then wear your tattered clothes outside."
Without waiting for Boss Qiu to agree or refuse, Wei Ran continued, "Keep your word, each of you will get a Japs 38 cap, and those bullets will be yours."
"Really?!" Boss Qiu immediately asked in surprise.
"Really, how can this be fake?" Wei Ran forced a smile and asked me to take a picture of you later?
"Taking pictures?"
"All anti-Union fighters have to take a photo."
Wei Ran glanced at Zhao Jinyu and Hu Bazhi, and continued with a smile, "Each person has one, and I can also write a letter for you. You can write it to whoever you want, and I will write it for you."
"We have lost our home a long time ago"
Qiu Yongwu, who had been taciturn before, picked up a skillful pull bolt of San Ba Da Gai and said, "My relatives at home have also been killed by the Japanese, and we don't know who to write to."
"That's not good." Qiu Yongwen also said, "You can't just write it and burn it for them. There won't even be a grave."
When he said this casual answer like a joke from hell so naturally, Wei Ran fell silent again.
After a long time, he spoke again, "Then at least take a picture..."
"If we take a photo, we are considered to be anti-Union fighters?" Xiao Si'er asked enthusiastically.
"right"
It was Zhao Jinyu who answered the question, "As long as you take a photo, you are an Anti-Union fighter."
"Then we are happy to do it!" Xiao Si'er said immediately, then turned around and asked worriedly, "Did I say the right thing this time?"
"That's right"
Boss Qiu also said while playing with the 38 cap given to him, "We are happy to take photos, and we are also happy to be soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Alliance."
"I..."
Wei Ran took a deep breath and walked quickly towards the door of the shack as if running away, "I'll get the camera."
Leaving the warm but depressing shack, Wei Ran took a few deep breaths and let the cold air enter his lungs, taking away some of the gloom.
After a while, he took out his camera and got ready. Then he called the four Qiu brothers out of the shack. At the door of the shack, he took photos of them one by one and took an additional group photo of them.
"Are we now considered to be members of the Resistance Alliance?" Boss Qiu couldn't help but ask, "Can we see the photos we took?"
“Not yet”
Wei Ran said apologetically, "I have to wait, I can't watch it until it's washed out."
"Then let's wash it?" Xiao Si'er said immediately, "I'll boil some water for you."
"It's not washed with water." Wei Ran suppressed the growing bitterness in his heart, "It has to be washed with potion."
"Then do you have any potion?" Yongwen also asked.
"No...no"
Wei Ran shook his head with difficulty, and the frostbitten faces of the four Qiu brothers inevitably showed disappointment that was not well hidden.
Just at this time, Unakan also shouted and ran back with her reindeer sledge. Seeing this, Wei Ran also subconsciously raised his camera and clicked the shutter towards Unakan under the curious gazes of the four Qiu brothers.
.
"I picked up a few pheasants and shot a silly roe deer." Unakan said, already calling the reindeer to stop.
I took a look at the silly roe deer. There was no gunshot wound on its body, but there was a bow and arrow stuck in its neck that had not been drawn out. There was also a small iron pot upside down on its body, and Unakan's back was
On his back, he was also carrying the hunting bow that belonged to Hu Bazhi.
"I also found a deserted village over there."
Unakan raised his finger and pointed in the direction, "I pulled an iron pot from a dilapidated house."
After saying this, the curiosity on the faces of the four Qiu brothers was replaced by sadness, and the elder Qiu muttered vaguely, "That's our village."
Shaking his head at Unakan who looked surprised, Wei Ran changed the subject and said, "Let me kill it for you."
"No, I can do it myself. Please help me clean the pot."
As Unakan spoke, he jumped down from the sledge, pulled out a small knife from the birch bark scabbard at his waist, and began the work of peeling off the skin and dividing the flesh.
Looking apologetically at the four Qiu brothers who were at a loss, Wei Ran moved down the iron pot, which was about the size of a later generation car tire, pulled some pine branches from a nearby pine tree, and washed the iron pot vigorously.
It's like the rust stains on the clothes can be wiped away.
Compared to adults like Wei Ran, the four brothers of the Qiu family, who were de facto adults, had the optimism of youth. Seeing that neither of them needed help, they simply divided the pheasants after their brief sadness passed.
, squatting next to Unakan, watching her slaughter the roe deer, while secretly swallowing saliva and busy plucking the pheasant feathers.
After a while, Zhao Jinyu also came out with a tattered dustpan carrying some dust mixed with snow grits, and helped them start the work.
In the anticipation of the four Qiu brothers, Wei Ran was the first to clean the big iron pot, filled the pot with clean snow, brought it back to the nest, and put it on the clay stove.
At this time, Hu Bazhi was still busy sewing leather hats and other items beside the clay stove, and did not seem to care what Wei Ran and others were doing.
Wei Ran sighed silently. He knew that Hu Bazhi probably thought of his family.
Amid the busyness of everyone and the expectations of the four brothers of the Qiu family, the internal organs of the robe that were not easy to preserve and the part washed with snow were put into the pot first, while the serious meat that was relatively easy to preserve was buried at the door of the underground cave.
In the snow pit, some extra water was deliberately left on the other side of the gate.
"There must be wolves coming at night smelling the scent."
Unakan said firmly, "At that time, as long as you shoot or shoot an arrow at the wolf through the crack of the door, you will always have prey."
"This method is too dangerous. You have to be careful when you go out." Hu Ba, who had been busy at the clay stove just now, said without raising his fingers.
“You can’t be beaten to death if you stay far away.”
Unakan retorted, "Besides, wolves are smart and won't dare to come after being beaten a few times."
"Wolves can also hold grudges easily," Hu Bazhi reminded.
When Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu saw this, they looked at each other and wisely did not join the debate between the two hunters. They each found a wooden block and sat on the edge of the kang, helping Hu Bazhi to sew the items to keep out the cold.
Just like back then.
Seeing this, Unakan also kicked a wooden block and sat down, and started working.
The four brothers of the Qiu family looked at each other. Boss Qiu pointed at the clay stove and said, "Yongwen, you stay here to help look after the fire. Yongwu, you go find a broom and brush their animals."
"Boss, where am I?" Xiao Si'er asked impatiently.
"You take the ring, and let's go wander around." Boss Qiu said, already holding on to the skis, and carrying a big 38-inch cover out of the hole.
Hearing this, Xiao Si'er happily picked up the new rifle, patted the Japanese ammunition box on his belt, picked up the skis proudly, and followed Boss Qiu out of the shack where the smell of meat had begun to fill the air.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! While everyone was busy trying to keep their spirits up, leather hats and handbags were being sewn one after another, and Hu Bazhi was also looking at the four members of the Qiu family.
After some repairs and repairs were done to my brother's old Jintan shoes, thick wooden soles were added.
"Yong Wen Yong Wu, come here and give it a try." Hu Bazhi greeted and handed two pairs of jade shoes to the brother, "You can also try the handbags and leather hats!"
"Thank you, Brother Hu!"
The two brothers thanked them in unison, couldn't wait to kick off their heavy and ill-fitting Japanese knitted boots, and put on the jingtan shoes that Hu Bazhi had repaired for them.
"Our Jingfan shoes are still comfortable to wear!" Yongwen happily took two steps after putting on the shoes, and then jumped again.
"There are also handbags and hats."
As Wei Ran spoke, he handed the last pair of quilts he had just sewn to the other party. Zhao Jinyu also put a leather hat on the head of Yongwen, who had only one ear, and even helped him tie it on.
Chin tie.
At the same time, Unakan also helped Yongwu put on a pair of handbags connected with leather ropes and a leather hat that also had a face protector.
"This hat is really warm, and my hands are also warm, and it even has fingers... Oh——!"
Yongwen suddenly realized that he took off the 38 cap that he had been reluctant to take off from his shoulder since it was given to him, and gently rested his index finger on the trigger guard.
"Bang!"
Accompanied by a sharp gunshot, Yongwen was startled and said almost subconsciously, "I'm not holding fire either..."
"Bang!" Before Yongwen could finish his words, another gunshot sounded into the shack.
"It's Boss Qiu and the others!"
Wei Ran was the first to react, picked up his own dog-skin hat, put it on his head, and was the first to run out of the den.
"Let's go!"
Hu Bazhi said, also put on his hat, picked up the other two pairs of Jingtan shoes and other items he had just made and ran out with Zhao Jinyu.
It was only then that brothers Yong Wen and Yong Wu realized what they were doing and rushed out with their guns in hand.
However, Unakan was not in a hurry. Instead, she filled several lunch boxes with the cooked robe meat in the pot. Then she took the lunch boxes and her horse's four-ring rifle and followed her out of the den, and carefully
The door panel that was originally slightly propped up was covered.
After such a short delay, Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu were the first to rush out on horseback. Hu Bazhi also shouted at the sledge and followed with Yongwen and Yongwu.
After Unakan listened for a moment to the gunshots coming from the direction of the exchange of fire, she ordered her reindeer sledge to run in another direction, and disappeared into the snow in the blink of an eye.
In the biting cold wind that was still carrying some snowflakes, Wei Ran, who was riding on horseback, had already pulled out the Japanese carbine from his gun bag, pushed the bullet into the chamber, and loaded the bullet in advance.
Following the constant sound of gunfire, he ran wildly. When he and Zhao Jinyu rode up a low mountain, they immediately saw that in the woods on the other side of the low mountain, there were many shadowy men with guns.
Japs and puppet troops!
"It looks like there will be fifty or sixty Japs, and there must be more than a hundred puppet troops. Look in front! There is a Japs with a big wolf dog in the special code!"
On horseback, Zhao Jinyu said as he pulled out the carbine from the gun bag of his bay-red horse.
"Look behind"
Wei Ran whispered, "Those two Japs were loading the dead dog onto the sledge. I guess it was Boss Qiu and Xiao Si'er who beat him to death."
"What are we going to do? Fuck his grandma?" Zhao Jinyu asked in a low voice.
"The most important thing is to save people, we must first lure the Japanese away."
Wei Ran said calmly, "Look at this situation, the Japanese and puppet troops are in a cloth pocket formation. If they are really surrounded..."
"Bang!"
Before he could finish his words, there was an inconspicuous gunshot coming from behind the Japanese and puppet soldiers. The two men who had just been noticed by Wei Ran were lifting the dead dog onto the sledge.
The Japanese fell down and fell onto the sledge.
One shot kills two?
Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu looked at each other, and then a series of shouts came from the enemy's rear. Immediately, at least one-third of the Japanese and puppet troops changed directions.
At this moment, with another gunshot, two more Japanese soldiers fell to the ground, and Hu Bazhi finally shouted and rushed over with a sledge.
"It should be Unakan"
Wei Ran said firmly, "Brother Hu, you lead Yong Wen and Yong Wu in circles to rescue Boss Qiu and Xiao Si'er. Jin Yu, we have to lure away the Japs and find a way to kill the wolf dog."
"Which code are you in?" Hu Ba pointed and asked.
Looking at the direction he came from, Wei Ran said in a flash, "The shack must be in ruins. You are familiar with the area..."
"Then just keep going north."
Hu Bazhi said simply, "You can see a big river ditch more than ten miles north. I will leave a mark in the birch forest on the north bank."
"Then it's settled, go rescue people quickly." Wei Ran said, having already drawn his carbine.
Without any delay, Hu Bazhi immediately shook the reins and urged the mule to run hard. Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu also immediately aimed at a dog and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
After the two nearly overlapping gunshots, the two wolfdogs led by the Japanese didn't even have time to utter a scream before they kicked off their legs and deleted their accounts and changed servers before their brothers around them.
After this shot, as expected, it also attracted the attention of the Japanese and puppet soldiers. However, before they could point their guns at Wei Ran and Wei Ran, they had already retreated and reloaded the weapons in their hands.
of bullets.
Hiding in the blind spot of the Japanese and puppet soldiers, they ran nearly a hundred meters in the direction of pursuit. The two men suddenly appeared again, aimed at two of the three remaining wolf dogs, and pulled the trigger again.
"Bang!" After the gunfire, the Japanese only had one four-legged brother left in their hands.
Decisively reining in the horse again and turning around, Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu each ran in different directions.
As expected, the Japanese and puppet troops once again separated into two groups of pursuers, either on snowshoes, on skis, or a few on mule sledges that were vulnerable to bullets, and headed to the top of the mountain.
Chase.
Compared to Wei Ran, who was running far away to fly a kite, Zhao Jinyu was running in front of their pursuit, and at the right time he stepped forward and fired again, accurately killing the last wolf dog, and then urged his horse to run away.
The direction Hu Ba pointed.
At the same time, Wei Ran also rode his horse leisurely, keeping a distance of about three to four hundred meters from the pursuers behind him. From time to time, he would change direction and find high ground to ambush, waiting patiently for the Japanese.
After getting close to the puppet troops, fire a shot.
However, unlike in the past, this time he did not directly kill any of the Japanese out of kindness, but instead put bullets into his legs every time.
Because of this, every time he hit a Japs, it would inevitably trigger a burst of screams and wails, and with this, at least one or two Japs and puppet soldiers would have to carry the wounded and run to their base camp.
After such repeated attacks, he had already sent nearly half of the less than 20 assorted soldiers chasing Wei Ran back.
Sheathing her gun again, Wei Ran deliberately ran a few hundred meters longer this time and changed direction again.
While he was waiting patiently, a moment later, about a dozen Japanese soldiers and an obvious complement of nearly 20 puppet soldiers followed his footsteps and caught up again.
"How could such a group of people think they could come in and search the mountain... No, no, no, no, this is a pursuer who comes here with a dog and smells it? I don't know what's going on with Xiaohu...
."
Wei Ran muttered as he aimed at the leading mule sledge and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
After the gunfire, the mule that had run away and was panting simply fell to the ground, and the three devils on the sledge behind him, together with the cane-handled machine gun, were buckled into the mule's crotch, and the
The big meat stick that can only be used for peeing comes with a western style French veneer.
"Bang!"
After the second gunshot, a puppet soldier fell to the snow, wailing and hugging his shot calf.
But what chilled him and the other puppet soldiers around him was that the Japanese did not immediately arrange for people to send the wounded back for treatment as they did when the Japanese were injured. Instead, they impatiently urged the other puppet soldiers to fire back.
.
As more and more bullets were fired, Wei Ran, who was hiding behind the pine tree, showed a smile, hunched over and ran a few steps towards the shooting blind spot in the distance, then quickly got on his horse and ran towards the next one that looked pleasing to his eye.
ambush point.
As for what's behind...
The seeds of not worrying about being few but worrying about injustice have been planted. Wei Ran believes that soon those puppet soldiers will have other thoughts.
