"Squad leader! It's up to you! They're running over!"
Tan Shouzheng, who was lying by the pond, asked slightly panicked. Perhaps because of his nervousness, his accent was so thick that Wei Ran could hardly understand what he said.
"Wipe it!"
Squad leader Liang also subconsciously spoke his hometown dialect and raised the box gun in his hand.
"You can't shoot. The chasing group hasn't gone far yet. It's easy to draw them here by shooting now."
Wei Ran, who was lying next to the stone, reminded calmly, "When they get closer, we will catch them directly."
"Yes! Wei Ran is right!"
Squad Leader Liang nodded hurriedly, and Qin Shouzheng, who had already aimed his rifle at the visitor, immediately put the gun aside.
As the distance between the two sides got closer, Wei Ran and the other three gradually saw clearly that the two people running over were covered in mud, and one of them seemed to have an injury on his arm, so that when running, he had to use
The other hand firmly pressed the biceps.
"stop!"
The moment the two men supported each other and ran past the big rock where they were hiding, Squad Leader Liang raised his box gun and shouted at each other, "Raise your hands, I dare to turn around and kill you with one shot!"
It was obvious that both of them understood Chinese. After they stopped in unison, they immediately raised their hands in no particular order. But at the same time, they each secretly turned their faces to see who had stopped them.
.
However, before they could see anyone's face clearly, Qin Shouzheng, who ran out one after another with Wei Ran, had already put a ball of mud on the face of the man with the injured arm. At the same time, Wei Ran also
He used a gravity knife on another person's neck.
"If you don't want to die, just be honest."
At the same time as Wei Ran reminded him, he had slightly put away the gravity knife and lightly kicked the opponent's knee socket. As for Qin Shouzheng, he was even simpler. After using the mud lake face move, this
Without even saying a word, the young soldier tripped the man with an injured arm to the ground, grabbed the back of his head with his hands, and pressed his face directly into the mud.
"Help! Ahem! Oh no!"
The man who was pushed into the mud tried his best to hold up his face with his uninjured arm and spoke with difficulty. However, the severely changed Chinese intonation made Wei Ran and the others immediately realize that this man seemed to be from outside.
Variety!
"Squad leader, he seems to be a foreigner!"
While Qin Shouzheng was speaking, he already grabbed the hair on the back of the man's head and lifted his face up, "Take that male turtle in your mouth! He's really a yellow-haired one!"
"Must be British!"
Squad Leader Liang almost gritted his teeth and said, "Tie him up first, and remember to see if he has any weapons on him."
"Who are you?"
It was only then that Wei Ran asked the man who was still holding the knife against his neck - even though he already had a rough guess in his heart.
"Businessman"
The mud-covered man raised his hands and replied stiffly. However, before Wei Ran could ask any more questions, he took the initiative and asked, "Are you a team from China? Are you sent by China to fight?"
The little devil’s army?”
"Are you Chinese?" Wei Ran asked with raised eyebrows, "What's your name?"
"Zhou Guochang, my name is Zhou Guochang." The man immediately replied, "I am a Chinese who grew up in Oxygen!"
"Are you Zhou Guochang?"
Wei Ran grumbled secretly, put away the gravity knife in his hand, raised his hand and pointed at the man who had been dragged to the roadside by Qin Shouzheng for body search and asked, "Where is he? Who is he?"
"He is my boss, he is an Englishman."
"My boss? What does he do? What's his name, and what do you do?"
Wei Ran reached out and took off the cloth bag that was slung on the opponent's back, then rummaged through the opponent's body and took off a hatchet from the opponent's waist, and then took off the wooden grab box on the other side of his waist.
"He is Mr. Luke from the UK. He is a businessman, and I am his Burmese translator." Zhou Guochang seemed to be particularly cooperative, but Wei Ran vaguely sensed that the other party was deliberately hiding something.
"what business?"
As Wei Ran spoke, he had already thrown the other party's baggage and gun case on his shoulders, and pointed at the big stone on the side of the road, gesturing for the other party to come over.
"Ore Business"
Zhou Guochang answered as he walked over there with his hands raised, "Sometimes I also do the spice business. I do whatever makes money."
"Jade?" Wei Ranhun asked nonchalantly.
"I do some occasionally," Zhou Guochang replied honestly.
"Someone was chasing you just now?" Squad Leader Liang asked after taking over the conversation.
"Some" Zhou Guochang and the old British Luke looked at each other before continuing, "They seem to be some Japanese."
"What are they chasing you for?"
While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already opened the baggage he had just captured. At the same time, Qin Shouzheng also opened the rucksack he had taken off from Campbell.
"Luzi!"
Qin Shouzheng cheered in surprise, and then pulled out a Browning high-power pistol from the bag.
"They want to steal our stuff"
Zhou Guochang quickly replied, "We escaped all the way from Tonggu. The Japanese also chased us all the way from Tonggu."
"what?"
Wei Ran asked while checking the baggage. Apart from a set of clothes and a British army water bottle, the only treasures in the baggage were two boxes of 9mm handkerchief bullets and a Japanese soldier wrapped tightly in extra cloth.
Officer's lunch box.
Carefully opening the rectangular lunch box with a handle, Wei Ran couldn't help but frown. What was inside was actually life-saving medicine related to malaria!
The most numerous items here are small glass bottles, each containing at least twenty or thirty quinine pills with slightly melted sugar coating.
In addition, there were bottles of Liang Peiji Chill Pills with pink packaging, and small glass bottles containing cinchona cream.
These life-saving medicines filled this weird-looking lunch box to the brim, and even the few gaps were filled with rice grains that could serve as a buffer and absorb moisture.
“These are the medicines.”
Zhou Guochang pointed to the biscuit box that Wei Ran had re-covered, and then pointed to Qin Shouzheng, who was still playing with the Browning high-powered pistol, "There's one in that canvas bag, too."
Upon hearing this, Squad Leader Liang immediately pulled open Qin Shouzheng's bags and personally took out identical Japanese officer lunch boxes and opened them one by one.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, the products contained in this product were all more expensive in this era, but their side effects were far less toxic than quinine pills.
"Where did you get so much medicine?" Squad Leader Liang asked seriously, tightening the lid of the lunch box carefully.
"Mr. Luke is engaged in trading business," Zhou Guochang took the initiative to explain. "These medicines are all goods he has hoarded before."
"Where are you planning to go?" Wei Ran asked the second question.
"Mr. Luke wants to chase the escaping British team," Zhou Guochang explained, "He wants to leave here with them."
"these drugs"
"It's what I paid for"
Luke, who was like a mud monkey, took the initiative to explain before Squad Leader Liang finished asking, "Zhou's father is my business partner, and these medicines were prepared by Zhou for you Chinese soldiers."
Seeing Wei Ran and the other three looking at him, Zhou Guochang waved his hands in confusion, "Before the battle in Tonggu ended, I heard from the soldiers who fought there that our expeditionary force was very short of medicine to treat malaria.
So I just"
"Let's not talk about it for now," Qin Shouzheng, who had been playing with a pistol just now, asked, "Since you have guns, why don't you kill the people who are chasing you?"
Zhou Guochang pointed to the wooden gun case still in Wei Ran's hand, "Those Japanese who are chasing us have traps in their hands. With these two small guns, there is no way we can fight head-on."
"It's a waste of time," Qin Shouzheng cursed in a dialect that Wei Ran couldn't understand but could roughly guess.
"I'm not afraid of death"
Zhou Guochang obviously guessed or understood what the other party was saying, and just said in a calm tone, "But after I die, these medicines will be taken away by the Japanese, and the medicine will be taken away, and everything will be meaningless."
"Now is not the time to quarrel." Squad Leader Liang waved his hand, "Where are you going?"
"Mr. Luke is going to Muncie."
Zhou Guochang wiped the mud from his face and replied, "He said there is a warehouse left by the British there. Only if I send him there can I get the remaining half of the more expensive medicines."
"But Manxi Town is behind you," Qin Shouzheng couldn't help but remind him, "it's in the direction where those devils are blowing."
"We plan to go to the town in the south first."
Zhou Guochang pointed to the direction where Wei Ran and others came from, and said clearly and coherently, "The two horses we are riding are dying. We need to find two more horses there, and Mr. Luke was also hit in the shoulder."
The gun needs quality. By the way, we can also take the opportunity to lure the Japanese away, and then rush over when they realize that we are not in Mansi."
"We also want to go to Muncie, why not"
"no!"
Zhou Guochang scolded in a stern voice, "Those medicines are for saving lives of soldiers! If you three want to take it for yourself, I will fight you to the death!"
"Soldiers, I must get to Muncie as soon as possible."
Luke quickly stopped Zhou Guochang and said, "If you need those medicines, just take them! But we have to get to Muncie, so if you can escort us there, I promise that when we get there, I will let the British team
The commander will pay double, no, triple! I guarantee that he will be willing to pay triple the amount of medicine as a ransom in exchange for my life and Zhou’s life!”
"What we want to say is that we are also going to Muncie, and we can go there together."
While Squad Leader Liang was speaking, he had stuffed the lunch box filled with medicine into his backpack, and then handed the backpack to Luke. However, the pistol that was still in Tan Shouzheng's hand was not returned to him.
"Wei Ran, return the baggage and medicine to brother Zhou Guochang." Squad leader Liang stepped back and reminded.
Hearing this, Wei Ran happily put the lunch box back into his bag and tied it up. He picked up a box of 9mm bullets without leaving a trace and held it in his hand.
Using the cover of the baggage to put the bullet in his pocket, Wei Ran stood up and returned the baggage to the other party. Then he opened the robbery box hanging on his body and pulled out a Browning high-power pistol of the same style from it. He skillfully
He took out the magazine and took a look.
It was only at this time that Squad Leader Liang continued, "The main force of the regiment is stationed in the southern town. If they go further south, they will be pursued by the Japs. Whether you want to go south now to buy horses to heal your wounds, or follow us to the north of Manchu
Xi, after you make your decision, we will return the weapons to you."
Having said this, Squad Leader Liang fumbled around and took out the only silver dollar from his pocket, "Of course, if possible, I hope you can sell me a few quinines. Many of the wounded in our company are in the north of Manxi Town."
We were recovering in a village, and many of them had malaria."
Hearing this, Zhou Guochang subconsciously looked at Luke, who was also covered in mud, and the two communicated again in English that they thought no one could understand.
"Uncle Luke, what should we do?" Zhou Guochang asked slightly confused.
"Let's go with them"
Luke gritted his teeth and said, "We must get to Munsi as soon as possible. As long as we get there, we can leave alive."
"Uncle Luke, I have said many times that I will stay to fight the Japanese. After the Japanese are beaten away, I will go find my brothers and sisters." Zhou Guochang said seriously in English.
"Zhou, I'm sorry, your sister and brother will not survive."
Luke covered the wound on his arm and reminded, "I just saved you from the oxygen light."
"I rescued you"
Zhou Guochang once again interrupted the other party's unfinished words, "If you hadn't robbed that Japanese reporter's things, we wouldn't be in such an embarrassing situation!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay, you rescued me."
Luke responded helplessly, "Anyway, I think we can go with the three of them. I want to get there earlier, and if it is like what they said, I don't think that town in the south is safe, so we went
, he will probably be caught by those devils."
Seeing Zhou Guochang open his mouth to say something, Luke sped up and added, "And didn't you listen to what the bearded man said? There are many people recuperating in the north of Mansi, and they definitely need those medicines more."
"Then let's go to Manxi with them!" Zhou Guochang took a deep breath and said in Chinese, "We have decided to go to Manxi with you."
"This is your gun"
Wei Ran first handed over the wooden gun case in his hand and the Browning pistol in the other hand.
Upon seeing this, Squad Leader Liang also winked at Qin Shouzheng, who immediately and reluctantly returned the Browning pistol in his belt to Luke.
It was only then that Wei Ran returned the magazine he was holding to Zhou Guochang, and said frankly, "I took a box of ammunition from your bag. How about I bought it? I still have some here.
money."
"I'll give you those bullets."
As Zhou Guochang spoke, he took the magazine and put it into the handle of the pistol, then stuffed the pistol back into the wooden case and hung it casually on his waist.
This was not over yet, he then took the initiative to take out the Japanese lunch box from the bag, and generously took out three bottles of chill pills and distributed them to Wei Ran and the other three.
"How much?" When Squad Leader Liang took the chill pill, he had already taken out a polished silver dollar from his pocket.
"Need not"
Zhou Guochang waved his hand, "When we get to the village you mentioned, these medicines will also be provided to them."
"Thank you, thank you." Squad leader Liang and even Qin Shouzheng all said their thanks quietly, and then they all raised their hands and saluted.
However, whether it was Zhou Guochang or Luke, their responses to the salutes of these two people were gurgling sounds coming from their respective stomachs.
"How long have you not eaten?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, deliberately changing the subject.
“It’s been a whole day”
Zhou Guochang grinned stupidly and said, "Those plainclothes devils have discovered us since before dawn this morning, and they have been chasing us all day."
"If you bear with me a little longer, let's go to another place to drink oil tea!"
After finishing speaking, Squad Leader Liang pointed to the fish pond on the other side of the road, "You two go and wash the mud on your bodies. We'll go hide in the woods later."
"I'll go first!"
Luke said first, "Zhou, keep an eye on the direction we are coming from, lest those bastards catch up again!"
Zhou Guochang was stunned when he heard this, took the backpack and weapons handed over by the other party, nodded and said, "Okay, you go first, I'll keep an eye on it!"
"It's not me"
"Shut up!"
Squad Leader Liang gave Tan Shouzheng a gentle nudge on the back of his head, causing him to swallow back the rest of his unfinished sentence, "Who do you know who is here to chase them? You should go and wash up quickly, if you have free time."
Just cast a few more nets.”
"Sprinkle"
Tan Shouzheng grinned, walked barefoot to the pond across the road again, picked up the fishing net and threw it out skillfully, completely ignoring that Luke not far away had jumped into the pond, relying only on his uninjured
That hand scrubbed the mud all over his body, face and head.
Waiting patiently for the two of them to wash off the mud and change into extra clothes and shoes that they brought with them or that Tan Shouzheng lent them. Wei Ran also noticed that Luke looked like he was in his forties.
A 4-year-old white man with a shrewd look that cannot be concealed on his thin face.
Zhou Guochang, on the other hand, was a young man who looked to be about the same age as Tan Shouzheng, which Wei Ran and others did not expect.
Without daring to waste too much time, a group of five people, plus the donkey loaded with weight again, got into the dense jungle on the roadside. At the same time, including Wei Ran who was responsible for cleaning up the traces after the break, they also put on anti-mosquito masks and took the opportunity to go to their respective places.
His body was sprinkled with 666 powder to prevent leech.
After walking about a mile into the depths of the jungle, Squad Leader Liang stopped at the edge of a large moss-covered stone.
"This is it. Let's rest here and have a meal before leaving."
As Squad Leader Liang spoke, he had already tied the donkey to a small tree near the stone. Seeing this, Wei Ran and Qin Shouzheng immediately stepped forward and once again helped to unload the donkey's load.
"Stay upright, dig a stove, cook oil tea and drink it!" Squad Leader Liang ordered expectantly, "Wei Ran, take Guochang to the surrounding area to chop some firewood and come back."
"yes!"
Wei Ran and Qin Shouzheng each responded, then each took out the hatchet and engineering shovel from the unloaded backpacks, and began to busy themselves with their work.
"Come with me"
Wei Ran greeted Zhou Guochang with a hatchet and led him in the direction he came from, searching for any dry firewood that could be used as fuel in the damp jungle.
At the same time, at a bend in the mountain road some distance away from them, four men on horseback carrying guns also saw two groups of horses standing by the stream.
After cautiously observing around the two horses, the leader immediately turned the horse's head, waved the horse's side, and with the other three people, ran again towards the fork in the road they had just passed half an hour ago.
