Under the hot sun.
Two sentries were hidden under the trees on the hillside, carefully observing the two approaching figures.
"Hey, that one looks like Luo Fugui to me?"
"Of those five big and three fat people, who else could be there besides him?"
"Isn't that a girl behind him?"
"It's, uh... the one in military uniform with pigtails on her head must be her. How could the job of being a top soldier fall to them?"
"We've already gone home. What's so strange about them running ahead?"
"Then, why don't you go back to the village and report first?"
"It's useless to report. We are sentries. Those who come back are our own people. There is no need to report. How can they not know the way? Why are you worrying so much?"
"I mean, running around might be beneficial."
While they were talking, a team turned around the hillside and slowly followed behind the two people who came slowly under the scorching sun.
"The number of people is wrong. Why are there still so many stretchers?"
"The company commander must be back. There is a stretcher. They probably encountered friendly forces. Do you want to help?"
"Forget it, it's so hot, they're coming anyway."
Luo Fugui walked to the bottom of the hillside and looked around with a pair of ugly eyes with a gray face: "There should be someone on duty here, why didn't I see him?"
The girl behind him bent down and picked up a small piece of dirt from the ground, twisted around and threw it up the hillside. It hit the tree trunk with a thud, and the mud piece shattered and sprinkled all over the heads of the two sentries.
The two of them got up quickly, and one of them smiled awkwardly: "Hehe, hehe, that's great. It turns out that Hongying and Captain Luo are back. I'll go back now and let the captain prepare food."
"Stop, you two hurry over and help carry the stretcher." After the little girl said that, she took the lead and walked to the small tree on the hillside, preparing to find a shady place to rest for a while.
The two soldiers had no choice but to run towards the team coming from behind.
Seeing that Captain Hu was carrying the stretcher himself, the two soldiers rushed forward: "Report to Captain Hu that you are back. Oh, please let go and let us come..."
"No, just help the soldiers at the back." Hu Yi was sweating profusely and his clothes were soaked.
Looking at the company commander who was sweating profusely carrying a stretcher, behind the stretcher was Chen Chong. The two soldiers were stunned. One company commander and one platoon commander personally carried the wounded. Who could be so proud? There was a marching blanket held up by wooden sticks on the stretcher. Doesn't it look like a steamer underneath?
Two sentries took over the task of carrying the stretcher, and when they reached the bottom of the hillside, two other soldiers went up the hillside to take over from the two men, one large and one small, standing in the shade of the trees.
Lao Meng was sitting under the eaves of a large courtyard facing south and north. There was some noise in the courtyard. The Jiulian Company's dining group was here. Suddenly he saw two figures, one large and one small, turning behind the gate, and then Hu Yi was carrying a stretcher. Turned into the courtyard.
"Get He Gensheng here quickly." Hu Yi looked a little anxious and said to Lao Meng who was still in a daze, and carried the stretcher into the side room.
He ran to the kitchen with his braided braids on his head, and found no one there. He turned to Wang Xiaosan and shouted to Wang Xiaosan behind him, "Why don't you hurry up and get something to eat?"
Wang Xiaosan quickly moved the stretcher to the soldiers watching the fun nearby, took another soldier and got into the kitchen.
After a while, after receiving the news, Ma Liang and Tian Sanqi appeared in the compound wearing bandages.
Hu Yi came out of the house, with deep, cold and narrow eyes, sat on the threshold and took off his leggings, then adjusted the brim of his hat into a curved arc and put it on.
He Gensheng ran in from the gate carrying a box: "Who is injured?"
"There are more than ten wounded people. If you have something to do, go to Boss Hu's place first." Luo Fugui ordered He Gensheng while holding the kettle.
Seeing He Gensheng come in, Hu Yi stood up and asked He Gensheng to go in first, then turned around and followed.
People kept walking in from outside the courtyard, and soon the whole courtyard was filled with spectators.
Several female militiamen who came in quickly went into the kitchen to help.
"What are you all doing here? Do whatever you have to do!" Luo Fugui shouted.
But no one paid attention.
The soldiers who were separated from the company commander just last night felt a little strange. They counted their heads carefully, and it seemed that there were many who had been separated last night. They asked around where the wounded soldiers who were carried into the main room came from.
Ma Liang asked the girl next to him: "What's going on with these wounded people?"
The girl rolled her eyes in a circle, feeling a little lonely: "Do you know who we met?"
"who?"
"Sister Su Qing!"
"Ah, where you went last night, Sister Su was there too?"
"The fox will ignore the vixen when he sees it."
"Then, is Sister Su the one who was carried into that room on the stretcher? Is she injured?"
"Hehe, she was injured, but I gave her stitches myself."
"You want stitches? Grandma...don't scare me...is she seriously injured?"
"Can't die."
"I have to go check it out."
Ma Liang went straight into the side room under curious eyes: "Brother, is this Sister Su? She is injured, is it serious?"
"It should be fine." Hu Yi quickly removed his hand from Su Qing's forehead: "There is no fever."
He Gengsheng is changing the dressing and bandaging.
"Did nothing happen to you when you came back yesterday?"
"We have nothing to do. It's just that Lao Meng found a hundred-man grave in the north of the village this morning. It is estimated that... all the people in the village were killed by the Japanese and buried in it."
"What?"
"It's the land pile in the north that Lao Meng and the others discovered. All the men, women, and children in the village were buried in it. In addition, there's another thing. After discovering the grave today, Monkey and Big Yang ran privately to the east blockade line. He said he wanted to bring bad luck to the Japanese."
"When did you leave?"
"It was almost three hours when we came back in the morning?"
"Didn't you send someone to follow you?"
"Park Buhuan took a class with him."
Hu Yi glanced at the white sun outside the door: "It's such a hot day. Pu Buhuan is still injured. Does he want to die?"
"After seeing the hundred-man pit, he insisted on going there, saying that he wanted to recover those two guys. Would Monkey and the others treat him as deserters?"
"If you become a deserter, you won't run east. By the way, what if you are injured?"
"It's okay. It's a common injury. It's been bandaged."
"Go and rest quickly, don't run around, there's nothing anyone can do if you get infected."
Not long after, a large bucket came out of the kitchen.
"It's time to eat!" Wang Xiaosan, who had walked for two days in a row, leaned against the door frame and yelled weakly.
...
Under the scorching sun, the air rises after being heated close to the ground, and the turrets in sight are constantly shaking.
Several security guards carrying large guns and a few dog policemen wearing black clothes and black trousers were wandering around outside the blockhouse in the heat, patrolling.
Two bandaged figures were lying behind dry shrubs on a small slope two miles west of the blockade ditch.
"Damn it! This is all open space. These Japs and Black Dogs can't come over. It seems like they can't fight until dark." Monkey muttered to the big man Yang next to him.
"When did you get the telescope?"
"Hehe, we were injured. Didn't we help the platoon leader lead the horse? There are a lot of things on the horse's back."
"Did you steal...our platoon leader Luo's telescope?"
"You're stealing, don't say it in such a bad way. Don't worry about that bullshit platoon leader. When did you see him using it? It's a waste to leave it alone. Anyway, it's useful."
"How are you injured?"
"Nothing's wrong. I got a cut from the shrapnel and my leg wasn't hurt. It's no problem."
"Then, how do we fight?"
"After dark, try to find a way to cross the blockade ditch and get into the turret."
"Oh my God, are you seeking death? Hey, we can't cross this big ditch in front of us. We are both injured. I really regret that I acted impulsively and came to seek death with you."
"Hehe, I feel a little regretful. If I hadn't been injured, I could have crossed this ditch easily. Now, it's really hard to get over, but it won't be difficult for you and me."
"Ah, I didn't bring a rope this time... Don't even mention taking off your leggings again. Those leggings of yours can smoke someone to death."
"Damn it, you said your leggings smell good."
"There are so many security forces in the turret, and just the two of us are just going to die."
"Hehe, you don't know this, right? These black dogs and those security forces have to come out to poop and pee at night. I don't believe they would put the latrine into the turret."
"But there is still a fire burning under the turret. Can't we get through?"
"Don't be afraid. Didn't you notice the last time I came here? There is such a big gap between the turrets. There are patrols at night. When the time comes, let's go over there and pretend to be the patrols."
"Stop talking nonsense. Their patrol team has about ten people, and there are only two of us, pretending to be nothing."
"Hey, you don't believe it when you say you have no eyesight. When they come out to patrol, there are always a few people who poop and pee behind the team. Let's attack them first, and then follow them."
"Are you really sure?"
"Didn't Big Dog use to be a member of the Secret Service Company? He did a lot of things with him before. This is nothing."
