At six o'clock in the morning the next day, the transportation team came out in full force, driving three carts and riding dozens of horses borrowed from the logistics department and set off in the direction of Ertang Village.
Originally, Zhou Wen only planned to take some people there, but he couldn't resist the numerous requests from the teenagers. After all, most of the team members have relatives in Ertang Village. What's more, there is Xu Dacheng, a fool who encourages Hongxiu to follow her. Zhou Wen simply waved his hand and everyone went. It also allows the team members who have been training hard recently to relax.
The marching column still maintained a combat formation, with the reconnaissance group marching forward in a fan-shaped search for three miles, followed by the assault group and machine gun group. Two pike groups protected the convoy in the middle, and one pike group stood behind. The artillery crew followed the convoy. This area used to be the defense line of the Northwest Army. Although they have all been evacuated now, Zhou Wen did not dare to be careless. If there were still some small units that broke or fell behind, he would have to fight again.
The drivers were naturally Old Uncle Wu and three other old brothers. Uncle Wu was talking to Zhou Yongbin in the car, Uncle Wei was driving happily, and Uncle Zhang was the only one who was unhappy. Do you think a man who has just learned to drive a truck would be happy if he came back to drive a carriage?
Speaking of old Uncle Zhang, he suffered a lot when he learned to drive. For a country man in his forties who is illiterate and has only seen cars a few times recently, it is indeed difficult for him to learn to drive. The first batch took part in driving lessons, and it was not until the fourth batch that they were barely able to leave. For twenty-eight days, the two masters worked hard to teach him, taking turns to open the small stove for him day and night.
Old Uncle Zhang was a little bit good. He knew how much he weighed, so he practiced hard and lost a lot of weight. He finally got out of the gym. This is so bad, I'm addicted to driving. As I watched the borrowed car being returned to the logistics department, I felt itchy in my heart! So whenever he saw Zhou Wen, he would ask when he was going to buy a car, causing Zhou Wen to avoid him.
The two driving instructors, Zhou Wen, didn't deduct any money from them. Instead, each of them received a little more money, making up a thousand yuan. The bearded man was very grateful to Zhou Wen when he left. He also left his address in Shanghai and told Zhou Wen to find him if he went to Shanghai.
Hongxiu sat on Zhou Wen's horse as usual, but this time she was surprisingly well-behaved and kept silent. Because she saw her eldest brother wandering in the sky, looking very worried.
Zhou Wen has not fully recovered from yesterday's shock and surprise. The fact that Uncle Huzi had a baby gave him an outlet and a little comfort for the self-blame and guilt he had been hiding deep in his heart since Wang Huzi's death.
He learned yesterday from Gao Xiaoshan and Old Uncle Wu that Gao Xiaoshan had been married since he was a child to the daughter of another old brother named Zhang. The old brother later died in the battle to attack the first line. His widow Zhang Aunt and daughter Zhang Erya have been supported by the regiment.
Later, after Wang Huzi took the child, he entrusted it to Aunt Zhang to raise him, and he became Erya's younger brother. In ordinary times, Old Uncle Wu secretly sent money and food. Later, after Gao Xiaoshan joined the army, he often helped Gao Xiaoshan, so life was pretty good, and the children were not short of food and clothing. But Gao Xiaoshan only thought he was Wang Huzi's nephew.
Before the child was three years old, he was no different from other children, but as he grew older, the difference became apparent. In village parlance, he was a fool, but in reality he was a bit mentally retarded. At that time, the country people were a bit discriminatory towards fools and gave him a fool's name. But country people are accustomed to giving their children cheap names, so Wang Huzi didn't care.
But the fool has a stupid heart and knows who is good to him and who dislikes him, so he is not very gregarious. As time went by, the child only interacted with a few people who were good to him from the bottom of his heart. He ignored anyone else who was a little bit discriminatory towards him. I just play by myself. In the morning I like to look up at the birds flying in the sky. I can watch them quietly all morning. In the afternoon, I played in the mud by myself. Go to bed when it gets dark at night. Very regular and well-behaved.
Zhou Wen felt even more pity after hearing this. I vowed to give this child a happy future.
After thinking about it, he said to Hongxiu: "Hongxiu, my brother is going to bring back a younger brother this time, but he is two years older than you, so you have to call him brother. He has lost his mother since he was a child, and has a brain disease. He is different from ordinary people. It’s different. His father is gone now, which is very pitiful. But my brother cherishes him very much and wants to take him back to his hometown with us. You should not look down on him in the future, but learn to respect, care for and love him. Can you do it? "
This was the first time Hongxiu saw Zhou Wen talking to her so solemnly. She immediately raised her little face and said to Zhou Wen: "Brother, I promise you that I will respect him, take care of him, and love him. When Hongxiu grows up, We must also protect him and prevent others from bullying him." At the end of the sentence, Hongxiu waved her fist.
Zhou Wen smiled happily and said: "We, Hongxiu, are still the most obedient and sensible. Brother, I believe in you."
At this moment, Ergazi's voice came from the front: "Have you seen Xiaoli Village? Why is it all destroyed?" It turned out that the team had arrived at Xiaoli Village without knowing it. Zhou Wen looked over and saw that this arms black market, which was once a gathering place for various forces, was full of ruins. There was no intact house, and weeds had grown on some of the ruins. Bullet holes and craters could be seen everywhere.
"It seems like there was a war here! I hope all the villagers have escaped." Gao Xiaoshan sighed from the side.
This place is only thirty kilometers away from Ertang Village. Thinking of this, Zhou Wen and Gao Xiaoshan looked at each other and felt nervous. He ordered to speed up and hurry up. At the same time, Zhang Xiaoping's reconnaissance team was ordered to be more vigilant.
Along the way, the two of them had no intention of chatting anymore and kept urging everyone to hurry up. Only Xu Dacheng, a fool, was still bragging to his brothers about how he ambushed Fatty Zhao and the bandits on this road.
At noon, the report from Zhang Xiaoping through the intercom made Zhou Wen anxious, "Brother, there is a battle in Ertang Village. There are more than fifty bandits looking like attacking the village. Some people in the village are shooting to resist, and there is also a Czech The machine guns are firing. I think the bandits won’t be able to get in for a while. Should I bring people up immediately to support them?”
Zhou Wen immediately ordered: "Xiaoping, you decide based on the situation. If it's not an emergency, don't shoot. Wait for support to come and fight together. Don't let us go. The assault team will arrive soon."
He immediately turned to Gao Xiaoshan and said, "Brother Shanzi, lead the team to speed up for support and bring the machine gun team with you."
Gao Xiaoshan also knew that the situation was urgent, and immediately said loudly: "The first group, the second group and the machine gun group are following me."
Zhou Wen watched Gao Xiaoshan gallop away with more than a dozen horses, and his heart had returned to calm. With Xiaoping and Tijing present, there is no danger in Ertang Village. Gao Xiaoshan's support is mainly to annihilate the enemy. Anyone who dares to attack Ertang Village is a damned enemy, and no one can escape. I just wonder in my heart. When I left last year, I only left a few rifles in Ertang Village. How come there are even machine guns now? No one can use the old, weak, sick and disabled in Ertang Village?
