This is the strangest team Meng Shaoyuan has ever led.
A follower, two foreign women, a guide, ten guards, plus thirty children!
It's dangerous.
Damn, less counts.
What about the support expenses for these thirty children after they arrive in Shanghai?
That's a lot of money.
It's not safe to leave it to a charity.
Looking for someone to adopt? Even more worried.
No, as soon as I return to Shanghai, I have to make trouble for those traitors.
They still have to pay for this!
The traitors in Shanghai, big and small, never dreamed that the greedy Master Meng would return to Shanghai after just a few days of silence.
Their wallets couldn't cover themselves again.
It’s the same sentence repeated countless times:
It's not easy to be a traitor.
Shi Erzi is still very familiar with the road.
Along the way, he specifically looked for paths that could avoid the Japanese.
It's just that there's really no way to go fast with these children.
There is no place to get a car.
Master Meng, who has always been pampered and pampered in Shanghai, has suffered a lot this time.
It’s hard to take care of one child, let alone thirty.
And even though there were so many adults along the way, except for Shi Erzi, who was married and had children, no one had any experience in taking care of children.
There are also eating, drinking and diarrhea, which makes me have a headache just thinking about it.
Dry food has been prepared for a long time. The problem is that many children are growing up, and eating these dry food is not nutritious.
In order to appease these children, Meng Shaoyuan has been painting a beautiful picture for them:
After arriving in Shanghai, they can eat whatever they want.
There is everything delicious.
People need spiritual support, and children are no exception.
Most of these children have been pampered since childhood. Where have they ever suffered such hardships?
Many children can no longer walk after only walking a short distance.
He can't be beaten again and again, and he can't be scolded again and again.
what to do?
Sophia and Alison fully demonstrated the tender side of women, and they tried their best to comfort and encourage these children.
There are actually many children who understand English more or less, and some can even communicate with them directly.
But two women alone cannot take care of so many children.
At the critical moment, Shang Heng, the oldest child, stepped forward.
He kicked a child who was about the same age as him and said, "Let's go, let's go."
"Brother Shang Heng, I really can't walk anymore. The soles of my feet are almost blistering."
"Let's go!" Shang Heng's voice became louder: "Do you still want to go to Shanghai and avenge our parents? Get up and let's go!"
The child struggled to stand up and glared at Shang Heng angrily: "Who doesn't want revenge? Let's go, let's go!"
More and more children stood up, gritted their teeth and walked forward.
Xiaodie suddenly cried "Wow": "I miss my mother, I miss my mother."
As soon as she finished crying, more children started crying too.
"Don't cry, Xiaodie!"
Meng Shaoyuan quickly picked her up: "Brother will take you to Shanghai, to Shanghai."
That's all he could say over and over again.
Being a parent is hard.
Just walking around like this, coaxing and deceiving for a while, we finally got close to Huangshi.
"Sir Meng."
Taking advantage of another break, Shi Erzi walked up to him and said: "After this town, there is Huangshi. The problem is, there is a Japanese detachment stationed there, plus about twenty puppet troops."
Meng Shaoyuan called Li Zhifeng over: "How are you doing? Are you sure?"
"Not sure." Li Zhifeng said without hesitation: "With just a dozen of our guns, if we can break through the defense of a Japanese detachment, a failed raid will turn into a hard fight, not to mention the assistance of puppet troops, and once it starts, the Japanese army will Reinforcements can come up at any time. Also, even if we successfully break out, it will alert the Japanese troops elsewhere."
Damn it, there are only thirteen people in a Japanese detachment, right? Plus twenty or so puppet troops, wouldn't you be able to fight one against three?
Well, if you think about it carefully, an ordinary Japanese army unit has one machine gun and eight riflemen. If the machine gun is aimed at that one, the battle will be difficult to fight.
Meng Shaoyuan frowned and thought for a moment: "Second son, is there any other way?"
"Yes, we will go around the edge of the town at night." Shi Erzi said immediately: "It will probably take more than twenty miles to walk. The key is that the children can't make too much noise."
"Nothing to do, go around."
Meng Shaoyuan thought this was the safest way: "Go and call all the children."
Thirty children were called over, and Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile: "Children, let's play a game, okay?"
"Okay, okay." He was still a child after all, completely forgetting the danger he was in.
"Listen, this game is like this." Meng Shaoyuan explained carefully: "We will go to bed for a while, and at night, we have to walk a lot of roads, but whoever is the quietest, when we get to Shanghai, I will give her the most beautiful one. toys."
"Whatever you want?"
"Yes, no matter what toys you fancy, I will give them to you!"
"well!"
The children cheered.
"Shh!"
Meng Shaoyuan quickly silenced them: "The game starts now!"
Some clever children actually fell asleep immediately.
As soon as they saw that someone had done it first, all the children fell asleep on the floor.
Looking at these cute children, Meng Shaoyuan sighed softly while instructing Li Zhifeng to be more vigilant.
"Your method is very good. The children listen to you." Sophia sat next to him.
"These children." Meng Shaoyuan sighed again: "At such a young age, their parents are gone, and now they are all sleeping on the ground. When have they ever suffered like this?"
"You did your best, Meng." Sophia comforted in a low voice: "When we get to Shanghai, we can compensate them properly."
Maybe, this is the only way.
"Is there anyone?"
Suddenly, Li Zhifeng let out a low drink.
Everyone drew their weapons.
"Is the person opposite from Dayuwan?"
The visitor also asked in a low voice.
"It's us, which part are you from?" Li Zhifeng still held the weapon tightly.
"My name is Xiang Yan, from the Fourth Route Army and Huangshi Guerrilla Force, and I have been ordered to come to meet you."
"Tell him to come over and be alert."
"yes!"
Xiang Yan is in his thirties and is a capable man. When he arrived, he said, "Who is the chief?"
"It's me." Meng Shaoyuan came to him: "How many of you are here?"
"Originally there were five, but four couldn't come, and I was the only one." Xiang Yan reported quickly: "I was worried that I wouldn't be able to catch up with you. A new Japanese army team came to the town today. Those who are passing by will not leave until tomorrow. .”
Everyone gasped.
Good guy, luckily I didn't force my way in just now, otherwise it would be all over.
"We are going to go around the edge of the town." Meng Shaoyuan expressed his thoughts: "Do you think there is a possibility of success?"
"Yes, and it is the only way." Xiang Yan said without hesitation: "Go around and pass through Jingxiang Town, and you can meet up with our guerrillas. Near Jingxiang Town, only Linshan County has a group stationed there. The puppet army has about one company, but it is said that there are only about fifty people in a company. Generally, they will not go to Jingxiang Town. Unless our luck is really bad."
"No Japanese?"
"No." Xiang Yan quickly replied: "Linshan County was originally a small county. Later, it was almost destroyed by Japanese bombing. The Japanese army thought it was too poor and was unwilling to station. They were all stationed in a town very close to Linshan County. Xinxian County, not to mention the Japanese army, even the puppet soldiers often complain there, and the supplies sent are always inconsistent, and they often have to find their own solutions."
"That's done." Meng Shaoyuan also made up his mind: "At night, take action!"
…
The night is quiet.
Thirty children started a "game".
In order to get the toy promised by Brother Meng, these children worked hard and covered their mouths and no one made a sound.
After all, it is the children who have walked so many roads.
Xiaodie was in tears there, but she couldn't hold it in and wouldn't cry.
She was afraid that if she cried, the toys would be gone.
Sofia took a look and saw that Xiaodie's shoes were torn and there was a huge blood blister on her foot.
She carried Xiaodie on her back without any explanation.
"Everyone is responsible for carrying a child." Meng Shaoyuan whispered: "Carry the little one first, the one with blisters on his feet."
This is just the beginning.
From here to Shanghai, there is still a long journey.
Meng Shaoyuan got a headache again thinking of this...
…
This night was a near miss, and we safely bypassed the town.
By daybreak, Jingxiang Town was not far from here.
Once it was safe, several children finally couldn't help it and cried "Wow".
This is great, one person cries, everyone cries.
After persuading this one, I have to appease that one.
"boom"!
At this moment, a gunshot rang out.
"Hidden, hidden!"
…
A large number of puppet troops appeared.
Meng Shaoyuan looked at Xiang Yan.
Xiang Yan looked innocent: "I said unless we are unlucky, it seems that we are really unlucky. They are puppet troops from Linshan County. The leader is Fan Changliang. We have tried to win over him several times, but without success."
Crow's mouth.
"Let's fight." Li Zhifeng looked at the terrain and said, "It's still possible to defeat these puppet troops."
"Fan Changliang used to be in the national army and knows how to fight." Xiang Yan said quickly: "We tried to fight in Linshan a few times, but Fan Changliang was a good commander and was able to persist until Japanese reinforcements arrived every time. We can't fight in this place. Try not to fight. If we fight, the Japanese troops in Xinxian County and the town behind us will soon be reinforced, and we will be outflanked by then."
Don't forget, there are thirty children.
Everyone turned their attention to Meng Shaoyuan.
See what I do?
I'm not a god.
What can I do?
Meng Shaoyuan murmured: "If we can't fight, then surrender."
"Huh?" everyone blurted out.
surrender?
At this time, the voice of the puppet army on the opposite side came again:
"Come out, everyone, or we'll shoot!"
"Don't shoot, don't shoot, I'm out!"
Meng Shaoyuan came out of the hiding place holding something in his hand and shouted loudly!
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