Three hours later, He Ergou came back from Sandaogou with a dozen riders.
However, when He Ergou and the others returned to Erdaogou, they found that the camp on the high ground had been burned to ashes, and the dozens of trucks originally parked under the high ground had disappeared.
Disappearing along with the truck were all the brothers in the cavalry battalion.
He Ergou's eyes suddenly widened, with a look of horror on his face.
What happened? They were attacked by horse bandits? But in Hexi, what horse bandits can threaten the safety of their cavalry battalion? Even if the nearby minority villages are mobilized, they cannot be the opponent of the cavalry battalion.
, they are fully armed regular troops, how can they be compared to the horse bandits?
Could it be that the brothers in the cavalry battalion were chasing the horse bandits?
But this shouldn't be the case. If we really pursue a pursuit, at least a few people should be left to guard the camp, right? There is also a convoy of large trucks loaded with supplies. Why pursue the horse bandits with a convoy?
He Ergou was confused, but he had a very bad premonition in his heart.
Then, soon, He Ergou's premonition was proved by the cruel reality.
"The company commander is there, they seem to be over there!" a cavalryman suddenly shouted.
He Ergou suddenly turned around and saw Tiedan, the cavalryman with the best eyesight in the company, pointing at the wasteland behind the high ground. He Ergou looked over with all his eyes and could only see a dark patch of darkness behind the high ground. However,
His nose clearly smelled a trace of blood from the dry air. Yes, it was the smell of blood!
Almost instantly, He Ergou knew something was wrong!
"Let's go!" He Ergou immediately drew out his saber, cut off the poplar wood tied to the horse's tail, and then urged the horse to rush to the back of the high ground at the fastest speed. Within a few minutes, He Ergou led dozens of people with him.
Riding behind the high ground, a hellish scene appeared in front of them.
What appeared in front of He Ergou and the others was a scene of corpses lying on each other's back and rivers of blood!
There were corpses of the horse bandits, but more of them were the remains of the soldiers of their cavalry battalion.
He Ergou held up a torch and shone his light over it, and saw familiar faces. Without exception, the eyes of these brothers were all wide open, full of unwillingness!
"Iron lock?"
"Pillar?"
"Maimaiti?"
"Khatib?"
"Abdureshiti?"
He Ergou called over one by one, but no one responded.
However, He Ergou found Du Yidao from the pile of corpses.
"Batalion Commander!" He Ergou immediately rolled off his saddle and dismounted, and knelt down in front of Du Yidao.
Du Yidao had a new scar on his face, forming a cross with the old scar. However, the real fatal injury was not the scar on his face, but the wound on his abdomen. Du Yidao's abdomen was opened by the horse bandits.
There was a big gaping hole, and even though I was covering it with my hands, intestines still leaked out from between my fingers.
However, Du Yidao was not dead, at least not yet.
However, there was no trace of joy on He Ergou's face, because although Du Yidao was not dead yet, it was absolutely impossible to revive him. Even if he was sent to the hospital in Dihua now, he would not survive.
The chances are extremely slim, not to mention that we are still in the deserted Gobi Desert.
Du Yidao heard the sound of footsteps and slowly opened his eyes.
Seeing He Ergou kneeling in front of him, Du Yidao immediately released his hands covering the gap in his abdomen, letting his intestines and internal organs gush out from the gap, and then grabbed He Ergou with his blood-stained hands.
He opened his eyes wide and said word by word: "Er Gou, Ma Jiajun, it was Ma Jiajun who did it!"
"Yeah!" He Ergou nodded heavily and said with a cry, "Ma Jiajun!"
Hearing this, Du Yidao's expression relaxed slightly, but he still held on to He Ergou's clothes with both hands. He seemed to have something important to say to He Ergou, but there was already something in his throat.
There was no sound, only a gurgling sound coming from deep in the throat, and the person was on his deathbed.
He Ergou shed tears and gritted his teeth and said: "Battal Commander, don't worry, I won't go find Ma Jiajun now. I will take Tiedan and the others back to Yan'an to keep the seeds of the old cavalry division for one day."
, we will also reorganize the cavalry division, and then destroy Gou Yue’s Ma’s Army! I will destroy him!”
Du Yidao sighed softly and finally took his last breath, but his eyes were still wide open. He Ergou reached out and gently stroked Du Yidao's face. Du Yidao's wide, angry eyes also closed.
The ferocious expression also relaxed, and even showed a slight smile.
The burden I have carried for three years can finally be lifted, and I can finally sleep peacefully.
He Ergou stood up slowly, but felt that the burden on his shoulders was as heavy as a thousand. When he turned around, he saw Tiedan and a dozen other cavalrymen looking at him with sorrow and indignation on their faces.
"Company Commander, we are going to seek revenge from Ma Jiajun!"
"Yes, let's settle our old and new grudges together!"
"That's right, we're going to fight against the Ma Jiajun!"
Tiedan and the dozen or so cavalrymen immediately started making noises.
"Fight? Why fight? If you go to Ma Jiajun now, you will simply die! Not only will you not be able to take revenge, but you will also destroy the entire cavalry battalion! The division commander, battalion commander, and all the brothers who died are still pointing at us.
Revenge!" He Ergou refused without hesitation, then got on his horse and said, "Let's go to Yan'an!"
Tiedan and other dozen cavalrymen also got on their horses, and then followed He Ergou to turn north, all the way deep into the desert. There was a convoy that needed protection before, so they could only walk along the road, but now the convoy has been robbed, and they
There is no need to march along the highway. You can go outside the Hexi Corridor, which is safer.
After leaving Erdaogou, He Ergou and dozens of other riders fled directly into the desert, successfully evading the eyes and ears of Ma Jiajun. They slept in the open air and drove without hesitation. They traveled more than a thousand miles in three days and finally arrived on the third day.
Four days later, they entered the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. When they encountered an Eighth Route Army patrol on the border, they could no longer hold on and passed out.
(Dividing line)
Damei Mountain, the main peak of Qingniuling.
Xu Rui turned back to look at Sweet Potato and asked, "Daddy, are you ready?"
Digua shook his head and asked weakly: "No, can I not fly?"
"I'm afraid it won't work if you don't fly." Xu Rui said with a smile, "But I can give you two choices, either jump according to the technical requirements I mentioned, or I will throw you down. You can choose for yourself."
"Then I'd better jump by myself." Digua gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and jumped down.
Xu Rui jumped down immediately after Sweet Potato, shouting: " Sweet Potato, remember what I said! Keep your balance and don't let your body turn over. Yes, that's it! Very good!"
"Take your hands away, don't always think about the parachute bag, don't always think about skydiving!"
"Keep your balance and spread your hands and feet as wide as possible. Yes, you did a good job, sweet potato, you are flying!"
Needless to say, Xu Rui had already felt that Digua himself was indeed flying, flying in the air like a bird. This feeling of flying freely is really wonderful, simply wonderful! After successfully overcoming the fear,
After that, Sweet Potato began to enjoy the flight until he finally landed safely on a flat grassland.
It wasn't until he landed that Digua finally felt scared. He tremblingly said to Xu Rui: "Commander, I don't want to learn to fly in a wingsuit anymore. It's too dangerous. What if I encounter strong airflow or the wingsuit breaks?"
Or if it hits a tree or a cliff while flying, wouldn't it be over? So I won't learn this anymore."
"Don't want to learn anymore?" Xu Rui asked with a smile, "Are you giving up now?"
"Well, give up." Digua said simply, "In addition to wingsuit flying, do you have any other faster and more powerful means of escaping?"
After more than half a month of hellish physical training on Digua, Xu Rui began to teach Digua how to practice martial arts, and also started special warfare skills training. In order to mobilize Digua's enthusiasm, Xu Rui asked Digua to choose the skill he wanted to learn the most.
In the end, this brat chose life-saving skills without hesitation.
So Xu Rui started teaching Sweet Potato to fly in a wing suit.
In fact, Xu Rui had known that Diguo was completely repulsed, and that Digua's personality would definitely not like such a dangerous special warfare skill like wingsuit flying. However, Xu Rui still strictly followed the tutorials to train Digua.
So this is just to lead to the Qing Gong teaching later.
Xu Rui smiled and said, "Yes, are you sure you want to learn?"
"I think so." Digua nodded and said, "I definitely want to learn."
After a pause, Digua said again: "And I promise not to give up this time."
"That's what you said." Xu Rui said cheerfully, "After choosing this time, I can't regret it anymore."
"I have no regrets." Digua said with certainty, "No matter what you teach me this time, Commander, I will learn it."
"Okay, then I will teach you Qinggong this time." Xu Rui said.
"Qinggong?" Digua couldn't help but said with joy, "Qinggong of flying over roofs and walking over walls?"
"Flying over eaves and walking over walls, I'm afraid you're overthinking it." Xu Rui shook his head and added, "However, if you practice Qing Gong well, you can run faster than Shi Xiaoqian and jump higher than him. What's more important is that
, even if you jump from a height of more than ten meters, you can still escape unscathed, this is still possible."
Di Gua nodded repeatedly and said: "Learn, learn, learn, I will learn."
Xu Rui smiled slightly and was about to continue speaking when rapid footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.
When he looked back hurriedly, he saw Wang Husheng coming quickly with a livid face. Digua quickly stood up to attention, saluted, and then called out to the political commissar.
Wang Husheng ignored the sweet potato and said in a deep voice: "Old Xu, something big has happened!"
Xu Rui's heart sank when he heard this, and asked: "Old Wang, don't be impatient, tell me slowly, what happened?"
"That batch of supplies!" Wang Husheng took a breath and continued, "The batch of supplies that we exchanged for intelligence from the Soviets was robbed by Ma Bufang!"
"What did you say?" Xu Rui's face immediately darkened, "Ma Bufang?"
"Yes, it's Ma Bufang!" Wang Husheng said, "Although he dressed up as a horse bandit when he took action, the leader was Ma Bufang's only son Ma Jiyuan! This is a ferocious little wolf cub!"
