Deep in the mountains, the bonfire in the smokeless stove patiently boiled the hawthorn leaf tea in the kettle. Wei Ran, Zhao Shengli and the prisoner Brendan also finished the hot cans and put on their clothes again.
Dry shoes.
"It's time to set off." Zhao Shengli put the hot water bottle into his bag, "Let's climb the mountain in front of us in one go, and then we'll figure out how to get back when we get back to the shack."
"Let's go"
Wei Ran greeted him in English and stretched out his hand to Brendan. However, he didn't know if he had left a bad impression on the captain before, but this ordinary action made the latter use his hands and feet.
Subconsciously he hid back.
"Look, you scared Comrade Leng Buding." Zhao Shengli pulled Brendon up as he spoke, and even took the initiative to help him dust the dirt on his butt.
Zhao Shengli was still in front, with the guard behind, and Brendon, the prisoner, walked in the middle. However, Brendon had a legging tied to his left hand and was pulled by Zhao Shengli, and another leggings were tied to his belt.
The leggings were pulled by Wei Ran.
The purpose of this is not only to prevent Brendan from doing things at night, but also to prevent the three of them from getting separated.
"Will there be tigers in this mountain?" Brendan asked in English as he walked.
"Even if there were, they were frightened by your aircraft and cannons and hid in a deserted place." Wei Ran responded casually.
"Soon our aircraft and cannons will scare you away," Brendon said confidently.
"Just you?"
Wei Ran snorted coldly, "Didn't your general say that he would go home for Christmas after the war? How long has it been since he went back? Your wife went to the neighbor's bed and screamed until she became hoarse, right? Maybe when you get back,
How many dark-skinned sons or daughters will there be?"
"You will definitely lose to us in this war!" Brendon argued in a pale tone.
"Yes, yes, but maybe your wife is waiting to use your pension to buy a car and go for a ride with your neighbors."
Wei Ran continued to verbally provoke the other party, "So if you want to fulfill your wife's wish, you can continue to provoke me, and I will be happy to help your wife."
Obviously, the threat of life and death was more effective than anything else. Although the American captain was breathing heavily, he still kept his mouth shut.
Although Zhao Shengli, who was walking in front, couldn't understand what Wei Ran and Brendan were talking about, he could more or less guess what the prisoner behind him was breathing heavily.
"Comrade Wei Ran, can't you have a better attitude towards Comrade Leng Buding?" Zhao Shengli said with a hint of helplessness and tiredness in his tone.
"I'm very good to him"
Wei Ran replied cheerfully, "I was talking to him about his family, asking him if he wanted to go home or something."
"What did he say?" Zhao Shengli asked as he continued walking.
"He said he missed his wife and his neighbors and friends." Wei Ran continued to talk about the train, "and said he couldn't wait to go back now."
"Do you think I'm a fool?"
Zhao Shengli muttered in dissatisfaction, "I really don't understand. You said you can speak American and you are a shooter sent by the regiment, but how come your ideological consciousness is so low?"
Wei Ran, who was already teasing Mengzi, grinned when he heard this, and wisely did not answer the question. Zhao Shengli didn't say anything more, but only slightly quickened his pace.
As the speed increased, neither Wei Ran nor Brendan had any intention of bickering. By the time they climbed to the top of the mountain, even Brendan needed Wei Ran's help to move forward.
Zhao Shengli, who was walking at the front, had a smile of success on his face. He didn't give Wei Ran and Wei Ran a chance to rest, so he accelerated his pace down the mountain again on the pretext of being in a hurry.
After going down the mountain for an hour, both Brendan and Wei Ran stumbled. During this period, Zhao Shengli did not intend to help at all, but just kept urging them to speed up. Under his "pressure", Wei Ran
The relationship between Ran and Brendan has become much better. Either one helps the other person up, or the other person helps the other person up.
Of course, Wei Ran knew that these were all intentional by Zhao Shengli. If he changed the words to commonly used words in later generations, this would be to break the ice between him and Brendan.
But even if he knew, it was useless. Under Zhao Shengli's iron feet, Wei Ran's only way to avoid being held back was to cooperate with Brendan.
The same goes for Brendan. He is living in the dark in the deep mountains and old forests. Not to mention weapons, he doesn't even have a nail clipper or a kettle. If he is left here, he has no chance of surviving. So even if he wants to survive, he will
We have to help each other with Wei Ran.
Seeing that Wei Ran and Brendan, who were about to explode, were about to stick out their tongues to cool off, Zhao Shengli, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped.
"Finally... finally can..."
"Shh-"
As soon as Zhao Shengli signaled to shut up, Wei Ran, who was arm-in-arm with Brendan a second ago, had already covered the former's mouth, and when he choked back what he had not finished speaking, he also raised his pistol with his other hand.
It caught his chin.
After a while, Zhao Shengli imitated several owl calls vividly. After waiting for a second or two, another cuckoo call came.
Before he could finish his words, several unpleasant crow calls were heard from the other side, followed closely by a cuckoo call.
"Let's go!" Zhao Shengli stood up as he spoke, "The squad leader and the others are waiting for us."
"Did you already know that they would be waiting for us here?" Wei Ran asked in hindsight.
Zhao Shengli replied affirmatively, "Not only do I know that Squad Leader Lin and others will definitely be waiting for us here, but when we arrive, there may be hot meals to eat. Our reconnaissance company has never been in the habit of abandoning our comrades, and Lin
The monitor must know that I will take you to the shack."
"Are you going to hand me over to the Zhaoxian people next?" Brendan asked Weiran nervously.
"You're lucky"
Wei Ran paused deliberately, and then continued slowly, "As long as you cooperate with the interrogation, you will be able to live a life that far exceeds the treatment for prisoners of war stipulated in the Geneva Convention. When the war is over, you can go home."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "You didn't lie to me?" Brendan still had a trace of panic in his tone.
"You will find the answer to some things yourself." Wei Ran didn't bother to say more, put away his weapon and pushed Brendon to follow Zhao Shengli.
"Shengli, Comrade Wei Ran, you are back!"
Before the three of them could reach the edge of the shack, Squad Leader Lin had already jumped down from the crown of a tree, "Hey! Did you capture a prisoner?"
"Monitor!"
Zhao Shengli stood up straight and saluted. After Squad Leader Lin returned the salute, he put down his hand and said happily, "We captured a captain. Comrade Wei Ran said he was an engineer company commander."
"They are planning to build an airport."
Wei Ran handed over the captive Brendon to the two soldiers Da Li and Xiao Gao who were still wearing military uniforms. "Ask him carefully. He must know a lot of things."
"Thank you for your hard work, Comrade Wei Ran." Squad Leader Lin saluted Wei Ran warmly and shook hands.
"It's not hard," Wei Ranhua responded, pulling the back of his head, and then saw the health worker Chen Qi walking over quickly.
"Are you injured?" Chen Qi asked nervously, "You also captured a prisoner? Is the prisoner injured?"
"None" Wei Ran and Zhao Shengli responded in unison.
"Chen Qi? Why are you here too?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"The squad leader was worried that you and Zhao Shengli would be injured, so I followed."
While Chen Qi was speaking, he and Squad Leader Lin were already greeting Wei Ran and Zhao Shengli to get into the shack.
As soon as he entered, Wei Ran discovered that not only had the shack been dug a lot deeper, but its area had also expanded a lot. Even the smokeless stove that Zhao Shengli dug out with his own hands had several hot lunch boxes placed next to it.
, and a U.S. Army helmet that was used as a pot.
"Let's have a bowl of porridge first. I caught a pheasant on the way here and I have to wait a while before I can eat it." Chen Qi said, taking a bowl of porridge from the helmet and handing it to Wei Ran.
"When did you come here?" Zhao Shengli, who came in with him, asked after Chen Qi also served him a bowl of porridge.
"It will take two hours to arrive."
Squad leader Lin personally served a bowl of porridge to the prisoner Brendon, and then said to Zhao Shengli, "I knew right away that you would definitely bring Comrade Wei Ran here, so I brought everyone here directly.
Sure enough, as soon as I came in I saw your telescope hanging on the ceiling."
"I seized an American mirror"
As Zhao Shengli spoke, he had already taken off the telescope hanging around his neck and handed it to Squad Leader Lin, "My mirror is all ruined."
"You can keep it." Squad Leader Lin waved his hand, "Our class is all counting on your eyes. This mirror is just right for you."
"Thank you monitor!"
Zhao Shengli happily hung the telescope around his neck again, and then took off the watch Wei Ran gave him and handed it to Squad Leader Lin, "Comrade Wei Ran seized this from the enemy's corpse. In addition, we also seized several
A gun."
Squad leader Lin glanced at Wei Ran, who looked stunned, smiled and said, "You can keep this watch and use it. I will report it to the platoon leader when I get back."
"Leave it for Comrade Wei Ran's use. This watch was originally captured by him." Zhao Shengli had already handed the watch to Wei Ran as he spoke.
"I'll forget it, I don't have any use for it."
As Wei Ran spoke, he also opened his backpack and took out the bottles of Coke he had carried all the way and distributed them to everyone one by one. "These are also picked up. Let's share them."
"You two have done a great job." Squad Leader Lin took the Coke and took a sip skillfully. "This will save us the trouble of capturing prisoners again."
"Are we going to take prisoners again?" Zhao Shengli asked in surprise.
"What happened? Something happened to the two prisoners before?" Wei Ran also raised his eyebrows.
“Nothing happened”
Chen Qi also sat down cross-legged, "One of the two prisoners is named Morgan. He is a die-hard. We asked him for a whole day and he didn't speak. The other driver didn't know anything at all."
"We are planning to catch two more while we are looking for you two."
Another soldier, Da Li, then added, "Okay now, before we take action, you two will bring back an American company commander first."
"No," the soldier Xiao Gao said with a smile, "I thought I had to stay here for one night."
"Time is urgent this time and the task is urgent." Squad leader Lin took a bowl of porridge and took a sip. "Everyone, please eat something to fill your stomach. We will go back in an hour."
When Squad Leader Lin spoke, everyone naturally had no objections. However, Chen Qi took the initiative to get close to the prisoner Brendan, speaking English with a strong accent and some grammatical errors, and chatted with the former.
"Chen Qi, you should learn American from Wei Ran." Zhao Shengli said while drinking porridge, "He speaks American really well."
"Comrade Wei Ran, can you speak American?" Chen Qi asked in surprise.
"I heard it with my own ears," Zhao Shengli said on the side. He could still argue with Comrade Leng Buding in American.
"Comrade Leng Buding?" Squad Leader Lin and the two soldiers sitting around the prisoner looked confused, "What kind of stupid name is this?"
"What's the matter? My name is Braden! You've already been diverted to grandma's house." Chen Qi corrected him with a wry smile.
"No light? Then it's just a waste of time..." the warrior known as Da Li muttered.
"Don't joke about the prisoner's name."
Squad leader Lin gave a gentle reminder, "Eat quickly, Chen Qi, and don't use him to practice American. When we go back, let Comrade Wei Ran teach you. Now hurry up and eat."
Hearing this, Chen Qi brought his lunch box to Wei Ran and asked curiously, "Comrade Wei Ran, who did you learn this American from?"
“Taught by a few friends”
Wei Ran responded vaguely, then asked, "What about you? Where did you learn American?"
"My wife taught me"
Chen Qi sat down against the wall and explained, "My daughter-in-law's father went to England to study abroad when he was young. Before the little devils came in, the old man was a wealthy landlord in the family. My daughter-in-law learned from him.
After learning English for several years, we, the children of our neighbors who like to study and want to be literate, can not only go to their homes to listen, but also take care of a meal."
"What happened next?" Wei Ran asked curiously. Not only him, but also Zhao Shengli and others were listening with stunned ears.
"Nothing happened later"
Chen Qi said while sipping the hot stick noodle porridge, "Later, when Peiping fell, their old man dispersed his family wealth and bought a lot of large knives, guns, etc. for our local area.
But those guys didn't have enough special numbers. Later, the little Japs took a bus from Peiping south to hit us.
That old gentleman! With his brothers and a few other gentlemen, they held the gun on the embankment for almost an hour!
I heard from my father that when the old man was killed by the Japs, his spine was very straight. Except for a half-grown boy, all the boys in the family were killed by the Japs."
"What happened next?" Zhao Shengli asked after taking a bite of pickle dumplings.
"Later, some of their daughters-in-law ran away, and some of them threw themselves into the river with them. At that time, my grandfather and my father were both local doctors, and they were family friends with their family.
My daughter-in-law's grandfather set the house on fire after entrusting her to my father. I still remember it clearly now. The old man was almost seventy years old. He sat on the master's chair in the main room and shouted, "Every man has his duty."
'Burn yourself alive."
Chen Qi sighed when he said this, "In order to survive, my father and mother took me and my wife Jing Yin to flee to Shaanxi like begging for food."
"You two got married later?"
Squad leader Lin asked with some envy. At the same time, he did not forget to distribute the cooked chicken soup to everyone, and even put the two chicken legs with the most meat into the lunch boxes of the captives Brendan and Wei Ran. Zhao Shengli also
Share a piece of the roasted cornmeal pancake with everyone.
While these two were busy, Wei Ran also distributed the chicken legs and meat pieces in the lunch box to everyone except Brendan.
"What are you doing?" Chen Qi asked dissatisfied.
"Hurry up and tell me about you and your wife." Wei Ran took a big bite of the pancake, "I haven't eaten chicken since I was a child. After eating it, I feel itchy all over."
"Really?" Zhao Shengli asked suspiciously.
"How can this thing be fake?"
Wei Ran took another big bite of the pancake, "I can also drink some soup and nibble on a chicken paw and it will make me itchy all night. Stop talking about this, Chen Qi, tell me about you and your wife."
"What else is there to say?"
Chen Qi spread his hands, "We got married after liberation, and she also went to work as a teacher in our local school. Originally, I planned to open a clinic at home, but then I heard that I wanted to go abroad to fight the American Japanese. I thought I would
My wife and I also learned a few words in foreign language, maybe I can put them to use."
"Can your wife give it up?" Warrior Da Li joked while chewing on the chicken neck.
"My wife is very naughty. She wishes she could kill a few American devils with her own hands."
Chen Qi shook his head dumbfounded, "Her family is young, and they are all very hot-tempered. If she hadn't been pregnant at that time, I guess she would have signed up to join the army first."
"You, my daughter-in-law, have given you a lot of face!"
Squad Leader Lin said with emotion, but for some reason, Wei Ran faintly heard a hint of sadness in his tone. Obviously, Squad Leader Lin is also a person with a story.
"Guess what my wife said to me before I set off?"
Chen Qi couldn't help but have an uncontrollable smile on his face, "The woman told me that when I was free, I could help her catch some American prisoners who were good at grinding and farming. She said that there was a shortage of them at home.
Here are some long-term workers who don’t spend any money. Listen! It’s still the same as the landlords’ houses before!”
Before Chen Qi finished speaking, everyone in this small shack, except the captive Brendan who didn't know why, couldn't help but laugh out loud. At the same time, they subconsciously looked at the only American present.
.
No one knew what was wrong with Brendan. Not only did he laugh stupidly, his dirty face was even full of pride.
"Chen Qi, I think this long-term worker is pretty good."
Wei Ran laughed and joked, "I don't know if he can farm, but I guess it would be no problem to build a house and build an airport."
"The small area in our village is not big enough to build the airport." Chen Qi grinned and responded with a deliberately distressed look on his face, "And there is only one long-term worker, so it will take until the Year of the Monkey to build the airport?"
As soon as these words came out, the shack was filled with laughter again, and Brendan, who had almost eaten the chicken legs, looked even more proud.
"OK OK"
Squad Leader Lin, who also couldn't hold back his laughter, pressed his hands and said, "We don't want to make fun of the prisoners. Chen Qi, you have to tell your wife that the landlord's behavior in the past is even more unacceptable."
"She doesn't think as much now as she did before."
Chen Qi repeatedly made assurances, "Now she is looking forward to my return after the war every day, and thanks to Comrade Wei Ran taking a photo of me a few days ago, after it is developed and sent back, she will probably feel at ease."
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"Speaking of this"
Wei Ran raised his hand, "Chen Qi, do you still have enough film in the camera? If so, when we get back, can we arrange a photo for everyone when we are busy?"
“The film is definitely enough”
Chen Qi hurriedly said, "Besides, I took photos for all three of Squad Leader Lin, and also for Squad Leader Sun. I only have to wait for Zhao Shengli, who wants to marry me."
"Why are you talking about me again?" Zhao Shengli muttered while biting the chicken butt.
"Now that we've taken pictures, let's take a group photo together when we get back?" Wei Ran suggested again.
"I think this suggestion is good," Squad Leader Lin said first, "Everyone, please eat quickly, finish early and go back early. Let's take a group photo after dawn!"
With Nian Nian, everyone ate much faster. After finishing the hot meal like falling leaves in the autumn wind, everyone changed into a carbine that Zhao Shengli had carried back, took all the things they had captured, and
I filled the kettle with hawthorn leaf tea and started walking back in the dark.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Under night, squad leader Lin led everyone over the mountains and ridges to regain the road where the prisoners were first captured.
Late at night, there were no U.S. military vehicles passing through this highway. Even the remains of two oil tankers that had been destroyed by landmines planted by the military not long ago were now pushed into the roadside and into the drainage ditch.
After hiding in the wreckage of the two trucks and waiting for a moment, Chen Qi took out three heavy backpacks from the cracks in the damaged cab of the oil tanker.
Without getting started, just by looking at the outline, Wei Ran knew that there was a high probability that this bag contained another landmine.
"Squad leader, would you like me to plant mines too?" Wei Ran whispered, he was very willing to do this kind of thing.
"Be careful and listen for the signal of victory."
As Squad Leader Lin spoke, he first pointed in the direction of Zhao Shengli, who was once again hiding in the same tree as before, and then took a backpack from Chen Qi and handed it to Wei Ran.
Taking the backpack containing four American square box mines, Wei Ran took out his engineer shovel and climbed onto the road.
Glancing at the positions of squad leader Lin and health worker Chen Qi who were laying mines, Wei Ran ran a full two to three hundred meters in the direction of the US military position, until the road made a slightly curved turn.
Then the four mines were carefully buried in a straight line with a 45-degree diagonal cut to the road.
This arrangement, coupled with the slightly curved turns here, basically eliminates the possibility of being ridden by wheels to pass safely.
On the other hand, since this place is far enough away from where Squad Leader Lin and others laid the mines, no matter which end of the two sides explodes first, the American demining troops will most likely relax and tighten up after failing to find the mines for one or two hundred meters in a row.
I was so nervous that I happily got back in the car and went to the second mine.
After laying the mines and camouflaging the ground, Wei Ran immediately ran back and joined squad leader Lin and others who had already completed the minelaying work, and then called Zhao Shengli who was hiding in the tree to watch, and the two men hiding in the forest.
A soldier and a prisoner, under the cover of the night and the forest on the roadside, rushed to the direction of the volunteer army position as quickly as possible.
As the distance got closer, everyone became more cautious. Even the captive Brendon was gagged and his hands were tied behind his back. The flares rising from time to time and the searchlights sweeping back and forth from the US military position in the distance also
Even if they are crawling all the way, they have to stop and wait from time to time.
In such a long ordeal of stop-and-go, a group of seven people finally successfully passed through the U.S. military's defense line and returned to the Volunteer Army's position before the sun jumped above the horizon.
“This trip is not easy”
Zhao Shengli, who was the last one to jump into the trench, breathed a sigh of relief, "It's only been two nights, why is there such a large piece of barbed wire?"
"No matter how thick their turtle shell is, it's no different than a sieve."
As he spoke, Squad Leader Lin had already untied the captive Brendan's hands that were tied behind his back, and then took out the rag from his mouth, "You all should have a good rest, I'll send him there."
"Team Leader Lin," Wei Ran, who had just finished the last sip of tea in the kettle, shouted to the other party in a hurry.
"What's wrong?" Squad Leader Lin stopped and turned around to look at Wei Ran.
"Hurry back when you are done with your work." Wei Ran pointed to the glow on the horizon and continued, "It's going to be bright right now. I'll call Squad Leader Sun later and let's take a group photo together, shall we?"
Squad leader Lin smiled when he heard this and responded happily, "Okay! When we send him to the back, he will come back and take a group photo with you!"