The cold wind was howling, pouring into the collar all-pervasively, and a group of guerrilla officers and soldiers with guns were walking in the depressed and dilapidated fields.
Several wild dogs covered in dirty mud appeared in the sight of the guerrilla officers and soldiers. Seeing this group of guerrilla officers and soldiers, the wild dogs raised their heads in alarm.
"It's a wild dog!"
Seeing such a few fat wild dogs appearing in the field of vision, the guerrilla officers and soldiers who were searching and advancing stopped all for fear of scaring away the wild dogs.
"I'll treat everyone to dog meat tonight."
A brother with good marksmanship leveled the 38 rifle in his hand at the wild dog that was grinning and growling at them from a distance, with excitement on his face.
Although Yang Ling tried his best to ensure that the guerrilla officers and soldiers were well fed and clothed, it was still an area behind enemy lines and supplies were scarce.
Moreover, now that the Third Guerrilla Detachment is constantly expanding, so many people are eating horse chews, and military supplies are under great pressure. Although the staple food tubes are full, the meat ration has begun to be reduced, and there is no way to do this.
During the war-torn years, many of the poultry and livestock raised in many villages became ownerless and often wandered in the wilds, becoming good items for the guerrilla brothers to beat and sacrifice.
Seeing several fat wild dogs appearing in the distance, many of the guerrilla officers and soldiers in charge of the search became excited, thinking that they could eat meat at night.
The brother who was good at shooting had already pulled the bolt of the gun cleanly, and the crosshairs were already aimed at a big black dog that was barking at them.
But when the brother was about to shoot, he saw another dog breaking into his field of vision, with a severed hand in its mouth, dripping with blood.
Seeing this scene, the excited brother's face immediately darkened, and he finally understood why the dog who was baring his teeth and barking at them had a blood-red mouth.
"Why don't you shoot? If you don't kill the wild dog, it will run away."
Seeing that this brother did not fire, he lowered the rifle in silence. The other brothers were puzzled.
"Why don't you take a look and see what the wild dog has in its mouth? It didn't eat the dog meat, but it ate something else."
The brother turned off the safety button with an unlucky look on his face and pointed at the wild dog in the distance.
When the brothers saw clearly what the wild dogs were eating, their faces suddenly became extremely ugly, and some couldn't help but retched.
Thinking that they had killed a few fat wild dogs for meat a few days ago, seeing this scene now, their faces were covered with black lines.
"Let's go over and have a look -" Hua Gou, the guerrilla company commander who led the team, waved his hand and took the lead in walking in the direction of the wild dog.
"Woof woof woof - woof woof woof -"
The wild dogs have been wandering in the wild for a long time and have become very ferocious. They bared their teeth and barked at the guerrilla officers and soldiers, very fiercely.
Several hard stones were thrown at it. The wild dog was hit and let out a sharp cry, then fled away into the distance with its tail between its legs.
"These stupid beasts!"
Seeing these wild dogs disappearing into the grassland, some brothers couldn't help but curse.
When the guerrilla brothers stepped onto the ridge, a stench hit them, and everyone was shocked when they saw the scene behind the ridge.
In the pit behind the ridge, the covering layer of floating soil was completely destroyed by wild dogs, revealing the piles of corpses inside.
Although it is already winter, the corpse has begun to rot and exudes a stench.
"You bastard little devil, I'll bastardize your ancestors!" After a brother was stunned for a moment, he roared with anger.
Hua Gou, the company commander who led the team, also had a dark face and said nothing, but his white knuckles showed that he was very angry now.
Although Yang Ling and others annihilated the Japanese Miyasaka Squadron, they also rescued Liu Jinhu and others who broke out from Huaiyin City.
However, they have never figured out the whereabouts of the main force of the Ninth Guerrilla Column, so in the past few days, they have been preparing for the Japs in Huaiyin to attack Qinghe Town while inquiring about the whereabouts of the main force of the column in the surrounding areas.
Although Liu Jinhu and others who broke out learned that the main force of the guerrilla column was probably in danger, Yang Ling didn't take it to heart.
After all, there are thousands of people in the Ninth Guerrilla Column. If Liu Jinhu and the others can break out, there may not be other brothers who can break out.
However, after many days of inquiring and searching, there was no news of the main force of the Ninth Guerrilla Column breaking out, and not even one of the broken troops was seen.
It was as if thousands of brothers in the Ninth Guerrilla Column had disappeared without any reason, which puzzled them.
Even if they were wiped out by the Japanese, they would still have to see corpses, but now we can neither see corpses nor living people.
Martial law was enforced in the direction of Huaiyin City, and the enemy situation was unknown. Yang Ling and the others did not dare to approach, so they searched around for several days.
"Pull up the soil -" Hua Gou ordered the brother who was carrying the engineer shovel on his back.
The brothers quickly took action and lifted up the outer layer of soil in the pit, exposing more corpses.
These corpses include people wearing various military uniforms and people wearing civilian clothes. The large pit is full of corpses.
Hua Gou and the others have figured it out. No wonder they haven’t found the breakout brothers of the Ninth Guerrilla Column after searching for so many days. They were all killed in action and were casually buried in the wilderness by the Japanese, becoming food for wild dogs.
The news soon reached Yang Ling, the leader of the third guerrilla detachment. Yang Ling did not dare to neglect and hurried to the location where a large number of corpses were buried.
"embolus!"
"Maste!"
...
The brothers brought by Liu Jinhu and others also found their familiar figures in the pile of corpses, and they rushed over and cried loudly.
Their brothers who had fought side by side before were now all turned into rotting corpses lying here. The farewell turned into a separation of life and death. Hot tears couldn't help but fall from their eyes. They hugged the corpses and choked with words.
The surrounding guerrilla officers and soldiers stood solemnly in the cold wind. Seeing the people crying and howling, their throats felt as if they were blocked by stones, and they felt tight and uncomfortable.
"Leader, I checked. Among the brothers who died in battle, many of them had their hands tied with ropes. They must have been massacred."
Wang Huzi walked from the pile of corpses with a dark face and reported to Yang Ling.
It goes without saying that many brothers were first captured and then executed by the Japanese for unknown reasons.
Yang Ling had long been familiar with this trick of the Japs. During the Battle of Nanjing, many brothers put down their guns when they ran out of ammunition and food. They thought they would be able to survive, but in the end the Japs still killed them.
Because the Japanese emperor once ordered that the Chinese did not enjoy the treatment of prisoners of war and were not protected by international law. Facing the extremely vicious little Japanese, the only option was to fight to the end!
"Send someone to find some white ash to sprinkle on it, and then bury it deeply."
Yang Ling knew that the dead were gone, and the living should live a better life to complete their unfinished business, resist to the end, and kill all the Japanese.
Although it is winter, with so many corpses buried here, there is still a great risk, and the plague can easily occur.
During the long process of resisting the Japanese invasion, many battles produced more or less epidemics due to too many corpses.
As a result, hundreds of miles around became an epidemic area. For a long time, it was deserted and all humans and animals died. Even the little devils had to stay away and take a detour. Yang Ling did not want Huaiyin to become a red land full of bones.