They couldn't stay in this area for too long, the wind would be stronger in the afternoon, and they had to take advantage of the noon period to cross this area that looked like the Gobi Desert.
The strong wind swept the sand and dust on them, not including this area. Most areas in the entire Jizhong Plain had such sand and dust, so people living here had to wrap their heads in towels, otherwise they would go out for a walk.
There is a circle of sand in the hair, which is very difficult to clean.
After all, there are no shampoos or conditioners in this era.
It took a lot of time to walk through this windy and sandy area. When they came out of the windy and sandy area, the three of them were covered in dirt. Although this road was difficult to walk, it also had advantages, that is, they would not encounter Japanese devils. Japanese devils would not
Coming to a sandstorm area with such a harsh environment, it can be seen that the old village chief has put great effort into choosing the road to the subdivision.
Passing through the sandy area, the strong wind continued unabated. After walking for more than ten minutes, I could vaguely see the outline of a village.
The old village chief raised his head and looked up, and said: "Lizhuang is just ahead. I haven't been here for a long time. I don't know what the current situation of Lizhuang is."
Sanbao said: "This place is relatively close to the sandy area, so the possibility of Japanese invaders coming is not high."
The old village chief nodded: "The population of Lizhuang is not large, just a few hundred people. It is close to the sandy area, and there are few crops growing. Many people have left."
Where the two of them couldn't see, Xia Yuan turned on his eagle eye. In such a vast plain, the eagle eye skill can exert a super powerful effect and can see extremely far away positions. With the blessing of eagle eye, Li Zhuang's
The situation appeared in Xia Yuan's eyes.
A village with no moving figures is a bit strange.
Xia Yuan didn't say anything, but just observed. After confirming that there was no one in Li Zhuang and no Japanese, he felt relieved and followed the two of them and walked in the direction of Li Zhuang.
After getting closer, Sanbao looked at the village entrance of Lizhuang with some curiosity and said, "Strange, why is there no one there?"
The old village chief said: "At this time, everyone should be having lunch, so go in and take a look."
But Xia Yuan saw another different scene. After turning on the eagle eye skill, the almost dilapidated image of Lizhuang appeared in his eyes. There were cracks on the walls of some houses, and the ground was covered with
There were weeds, the window paper had long been torn by the wind, and the broken wood was covered with dust. The doors of some houses were open, the doors of some houses fell to the ground, and some houses had no doors at all.
Not to mention human figures, not even a ghost figure could be seen. The entire Li Village was in a very dilapidated state.
When the three of them got closer again, except for Xia Yuan, Sanbao, Sanbao and the old village chief all looked very shocked. Sanbao put down the cart in his hand, looked at the village in disbelief, and murmured: "
How could it be like this?"
"Xia Yuan, look at the car, Sanbao, follow me in to see if there is anyone else in the village!"
The old village chief stretched out his hand to hold the towel wrapped around his hair, and hurriedly walked into the village with Sanbao. Xia Yuan followed behind, walking leisurely. He had already determined that there was no one in the village, and there was a high probability that there would be no one in the village.
It became a deserted village.
There is a difference between a deserted village and a village that was raided by the Japanese. A deserted village is the result of the arrival of the Japanese and the villagers of a village decide to flee west collectively. Then the whole village gradually becomes deserted, while a village that has been raided by the Japanese is the result of the entire village being raided by the Japanese.
The villages were burned down by the Japanese, all the people were killed, and all their property was robbed.
The three of them walked around and found a fairly complete house. Sanbao sat on the threshold and Xia Yuan leaned against the door. The old village head looked at the abandoned village with a complicated face and sighed slightly and said: "Li Zhuang
The situation they faced was very difficult. They bordered on sandy areas, and their own grain production was not much. After the Japanese invaded the Jizhong Plain, they began to collect grain everywhere. Their lives were very difficult. If they were given grain, everyone in the village would be exhausted.
There is no way to survive, we have to leave, we have to leave.”
Sanbao lowered his head, and Xia Yuan's eyes flashed with ripples. In the old society, productivity was low, food output was not high, and there was no systematic planting. In addition, it was located in a sandy area with harsh environment. The food output could barely feed a whole family.
People in the village, now that the Japanese have fully invaded China and occupied the Jizhong Plain, they are requisitioning grain and conducting raids. They also capture some strong men every now and then to build bunkers for them. However, few of the captured strong men can come back.
There are very few.
Under such circumstances, not only Lizhuang, but also other villages would find it difficult to survive. It was a right choice for Lizhuang to collectively flee westward.
If it were him, he would have chosen to let the villagers flee when he was incapable of defeating the Japanese and unable to ensure that the entire village had food to eat. Maybe there was still a chance of survival in the escape, at least in the West.
It was too difficult to survive in enemy-occupied areas without being invaded by the Japanese.
Deserted villages like the one in front of us could be seen everywhere throughout the anti-Japanese era.
The three of them rested temporarily in Lizhuang, ate something, drank some water, and rested for about ten minutes before continuing to set off. Lizhuang was already deserted, and there was nothing useful. All the useful things had been taken over by the villagers of Lizhuang.
Went with him to escape.
Therefore, the three of them did not stay much longer in Lizhuang, and continued to set off after a brief rest. The road chosen by the old village chief bypassed the Japanese strongholds and gun towers, and it was a large circle. The journey took at least
It took a day and the road was a bit detoured, but the safety of the three of them was guaranteed.
I left Lizhuang and walked for more than two hours. The sun hung high above my head. Even if I wrapped my head with a towel, I could still feel the hot breath. The water in my body was also losing rapidly. I stopped and walked along the way.
Crossing the plain, under a lonely big tree on the road, the old village chief asked the two to stop and have a rest and drink some water.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The old village chief took a sip of water and said: "The nearby villages are all empty and they have all fled."
Along the way, the three of them encountered several villages besides the first Lizhuang they met, and all of them fled without exception.
Xia Yuan said: "Living in enemy-occupied areas, it is basically impossible to live a stable life. If you resist, you will die faster. If you don't resist, you will die slowly."
Sanbao murmured: "Slow death..."
The old village chief handed the kettle to Sanbao and said: "You still have to resist. A happy life is achieved with your own hands, not on charity from others. A life of charity from others is not happy."
The old village chief came from the era of the feudal landlord class. He knows how valuable it is to be the master of the land divided by the people. Naturally, he does not want his current life to be ruined by the Japanese devils. If he can protect the current life with his own hands,
In life, no one wants to live the same life as before.
No one would want that!
The old village chief's ideological consciousness is undoubtedly very high. After all, he joined our party, took ideological education classes, and knows how well the people are the masters of their own affairs. The arrival of our party has allowed the people to truly live their own lives.
, they drove away the landlords and distributed the land to the people, allowing the people to have their own fertile land and grow their own farmers. This was something they could not even think of before.
Sanbao did not come from a feudal society, and his understanding of being the master of his own country was not deep enough. After all, he had never experienced the feudal era, so naturally he could not feel how heavy the words of the old village chief were. He was optimistic and very naive.
shouted:
"Then use your own hands to fight for it!"
Xia Yuan knew that the happiness gained with his own hands would require tens of millions of sacrifices.
The War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Sino-Indian Conflict, the Sino-Vietnam Conflict. I don’t know how much we have gone through and how many people have been sacrificed in exchange for the happy and beautiful life we have today. Is such a sacrifice worth it? After all, those who sacrificed their lives are not even
They did not enjoy a happy life for a day, but they used their young lives to build a peaceful and peaceful society for their descendants.
I don’t know if it’s worth it for people in the future. Even Xia Yuan doesn’t know if it’s worth it. Their peaceful life now is built with the blood and blood of martyrs. But even with this kind of life, some people still feel dissatisfied.
Some people feel pain.
But for people in the old society, their sacrifices were worth it. If they exchanged their own lives for their children to live a happy life, it was certainly worth it.
Maybe the thoughts of people in every era are different. For example, the old village chiefs think more about using their own hands to protect their village, their food, their relatives, and their family.
The current happy life is hard-won and very fragile.
For them, there is no oppression from the landlords, no regular payment of grain, and the family can have a bite of food. This is a happy life.
He also did several missions. Regarding different eras and different wars, Xia Yuan discovered that all wars were fought for a happy life. The Anti-Japanese War was to drive away the invaders and protect their homeland. The War of Liberation was
It was for the reunification of the motherland, the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid to Korea, the Sino-Indian war, and the Sino-Vietnam war to protect the homeland. Fighting in each war and sacrificing one after another led to the happy life we have now.
"Let's go, keep going."
The old village chief's voice brought Xia Yuan's thoughts back. He looked up and looked at the plain in the distance. On the undulating plain, you could vaguely see the outlines of villages. On the deserted field ridges were people walking out from work.
On the road, pushing the cart, walking on the ridges of the fields, along the endless plains, heading in the direction of the unknown destination.
The old village chief remembered the road. After walking for a while, he stopped, looked around, and said: "If you go further, there will be a Japanese blockhouse. Bypassing this blockhouse, the rest of the road will be safer.
The village is Niulao Village. A dozen miles across the old village is a Japanese artillery tower, but it is not as big as the Heifengkou artillery building. The old village has been abandoned, and the Japanese devils have forced people to die."
The Heifengkou Fortress is a very important stronghold for the Japanese. With Heifeng Town at its back, the construction of the Heifengkou Fortress is also unprecedented.
The Japs' artillery towers are basically neither too big nor too high. There are four or five Japs soldiers in each gun tower, and seven or eight puppet troops are responsible for garrisoning them. The gun towers are generally set up on higher ground, and the construction materials of the gun towers are also low.
Not too particular.
Blockhouses are different from professional fortresses in that they are not permanent fortifications made of reinforced concrete. After all, if the entire Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Northeast regions were built at this level, the consumption of materials and manpower would be incalculable. At that time,
Under such circumstances, it is basically impossible to realize it. Therefore, the structure of the blockhouse is mostly based on masonry structure. In addition to some necessary materials, it is often built with local materials.
The gun towers at Heifengkou are relatively large, and they are large-scale gun towers. The walls are of brick structure. The walls of this structure are not very strong, but they are just like tanks to the anti-Japanese guerrillas and militia. The anti-Japanese guerrillas at this stage
The only heavy firepower the militiamen had were hand grenades made in the border areas. However, the power of such grenades was pitiful. It was as powerful as a large firework in later generations. It basically couldn't kill anyone and could only cause some skin injuries.
Even if it explodes when thrown around, it has no power. With this level of firepower, the brick turret is already a turtle shell that they can hardly break open.
In addition to the smaller number of troops stationed in some small Japanese gun towers, the number of troops stationed in slightly larger gun towers, or important gun towers located on some traffic arteries, will increase slightly, and the weapons and equipment will also be different. In addition to rifles and light machine guns,
In addition, some are equipped with grenade launchers and Type 92 heavy machine guns, with a total number of about 20 to 30 people. If necessary, some additional garrisons can be added, and they can also serve as temporary garrison stations.
What does not match the name of the gun building is that they have no artillery at all, and the ammunition reserves in the gun building are not much, at least not for fixed facilities such as bunkers. This is mainly because the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas have poor weapons and equipment.
It is enough to deal with it, and secondly, the ammunition of the Japanese army is not sufficient, and it needs to be supplied to the frontline combat troops first.
With the weapons and equipment of the militia and guerrillas, it is basically impossible to pull out the Heifengkou gun tower.
When passing by the old village, the three of them went in and took a look. The old village had been abandoned for a longer time, and many houses had collapsed. Few villages living in enemy-occupied areas were good. Even Gaojia Village was sometimes in ruins.
It was extremely painful to face the enemy's raids two or three times a day.
The time when Xia Yuan came to this world was the time when the Japs were carrying out a large-scale raid on the Jizhong area. The Japs at Heifengkou were not raiding Gaojia Village. He was lucky. Normally, the Japs at Heifengkou would
It can come two or three times a day, which makes the people of Gaojiazhuang miserable.
But the war of resistance is like this. Only by persisting and persisting will victory belong to us.
With this desire for victory, the people of Gaojiazhuang survived with difficulty.