The sky is high and the clouds are light.
The early summer sun shines warmly on my body.
Qin You didn't wait for Su Qing after receiving a notice to go to the mountain for a meeting last night.
When the news reaches the county town, Su Qing may not be able to make it in time, and Su Qing will most likely not return to the base but go directly into the mountains.
Qin You planned to go to the wine station first, tell Sun Youshang and Lao Meng about the base area, and then ask Pu Buhuan to pick up Su Qing at the blockade.
He led a platoon himself and set off overnight. He walked all night and passed the Lushuipu gun tower at dawn.
A team of more than thirty people carrying large and small bags was directly left behind by him.
On the rugged mountain road in the barren mountains, Qin You, who had seven or eight military patches on his body, was walking in the middle. Two young soldiers walked one behind the other, and the three of them walked quickly into the mountain.
There was a company of soldiers on the mountain ridge along the way, so there was no major safety problem.
Qin You occasionally greeted the soldiers on guard on the mountain ridge.
Soon, the three of them arrived near Qingshan Village.
Lao Qin carried a small baggage and took two young people to the graveyard outside Qingshan Village.
The three of them started working together to spread grass and soil on the grave.
After a while, Lao Qin struck a match and lit a pile of paper he took out of his bag.
The white-washed and patched military uniform was stained with immature grass seeds and leaves. Old Qin raised his hand and took off his military cap and wiped his tears: "I didn't take time during the Qingming Festival. Dear fellow villagers, I, Qin Yu is here to nag you again."
The two young men next to him knew what had happened here.
Standing by and watching quietly, wiping tears with Lao Qin.
Lao Qin's voice drifted away in the wind.
One of the young men took out a cigarette, lit it with a match, and took a long puff of it into his nose.
He had never seen the scene where the Japanese killed people, so he didn't have a deep understanding of it.
Feeling a little bored, I raised my head and looked around.
The thick smoke from Lao Qin's burning paper attracted a group of children from the village.
The boys and girls in their twenties and a half were aggressive, holding red tassel guns, wooden sticks, and small hunting bows. They looked at the three people in front of the grave with vigilance. The leading boy, who was half a year old, started shouting from a distance: "Hey, you are who?"
Qingshan Village was populated by refugees who had fled from the mountains. None of the half-grown girls knew these three Eighth Route Army soldiers, whose clothes were of different colors. One of them was covered in patches.
Lao Qin and the Lao family members in the tomb were often murmuring and their childish voices were interrupted, feeling a little unhappy.
Turning around, he saw all half-grown children, and a smile appeared on his wrinkled face: "Are you... from the Children's League?"
The tallest half-year-old child in the crowd raised the red tassel gun in his hand: "What part do you belong to? Why do you come here to burn paper?"
Lao Qin found it interesting: "What? Isn't it allowed to burn paper?"
"There is an order in Jiuzhan Village that no one is allowed to light a fire and smoke outside the village!"
"How did I not hear it being said?"
"You must be from the mountains... You are so ignorant. Don't you know that beacons can send messages? Seeing that you are still a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, I will forgive you this time. If there is another time, you will be put in solitary confinement." The eldest child finished. Walk forward, lift your feet and step on the unburnt paper on the ground.
The young soldier next to Lao Qin gave up and was about to step forward to stop him angrily.
But Lao Qin grabbed the young soldier and said: "They did the right thing. Setting fire to the paper is our fault. Let's go."
The tall boy who put out the fire suddenly said to Lao Qin and the others who turned around to leave: "You three, all stop? Who told you to leave?"
Lao Qin staggered and turned around: "Hey, do you have anything else?"
"You haven't said which part it is, where it comes from, and where it's going. If you don't explain it clearly, don't go anywhere." After the eldest child said this, he waved his hand, and the children hiding behind immediately dispersed and showed their hands one after another. Hunting bow.
Then they set up a battle array, bent their bows and arrows, and their momentum was extraordinary!
Lao Qin had a black line on his head and was a little confused about whether to laugh or cry: "My name is Qin You. Have you heard of it?"
"The instructor of the ninth battalion seems to be named Qin You." The half-grown child looked up and down at Qin You's dress: "Comrades, arrest them."
Lao Qin quickly raised his hand to stop him: "Hey, hey, tell me what you have to say! If you don't know me, go and call the sentry from the company at the south intersection of the village. He knows me."
A child next to the older child suddenly said: "Hey, he shouldn't be a bad person, otherwise, the sentry at the intersection wouldn't let him come."
Lao Qin quickly said: "Look... how smart this little comrade is."
The eldest child rolled his eyes and said, "You said you are instructor Qin?"
"That's right, it's me. Why...don't you believe it?"
The older child was still dubious: "Uncles and aunts in Jiuying don't seem to wear patched clothes."
Lao Qin was suddenly shocked. If the child hadn't said this, he would have almost forgotten this incident.
In the Independent Regiment or the 1, 2, 3, and 9th Company, whoever dressed better would only be envied.
But now, the enemy headquarters in front of the division is at the wine station, and there are many people coming and going.
If it fell into the eyes of some people, what would happen to this matter? God only knows.
Lao Qin's face became serious and he nodded: "Little comrade, thank you for the reminder."
The older child did not relax his vigilance: "You have to prove that you are instructor Qin now, otherwise, you have to come with us!"
The two young men next to Lao Qin were a little superior: "Which wild child are you from, and you don't even recognize Instructor Qin?"
"Instructor Qin is outside the mountain, why should I get to know him?"
This makes sense. Lao Qin raised his hand to stop the two young soldiers from talking, and turned to look at the older child: "How about we go meet the sentry together, and we can definitely confirm my identity?"
Seeing that Lao Qin dared to propose going to see the sentry together, the eldest child was a little convinced: "How about you get the letter of introduction and let me see it?"
Is this kid literate? Lao Qin immediately felt happy, thinking that he was still in a hurry, so he didn't want to bother anymore: "I have something urgent to do now, let's go to the sentinel first."
A group of children escorted Lao Qin and three others to the entrance of the village.
The Mingshao standing on the roadside outside the village raised his hand and saluted: "Hello, instructor Qin!"
Lao Qin turned to the eldest child and said, "Can you confirm my identity now?"
The older child blushed a little: "Well, instructor Qin, I'm sorry."
"You are very vigilant and a good comrade. From now on, you must stick to your principles and prevent bad people from sneaking into the mountains."
The older child puffed up his chest and said, "Hey, we caught a spy from the detective team a few days ago."
Lao Qin nodded and waved: "Goodbye."
In the past, Su Qing would set up schools wherever he went, and the two soldiers led by Lao Qin were educated student soldiers.
It was originally planned to open a primary school in Liquor Station.
Liquor Station Village on the other side of the river.
With a dark face, Xiaodou found Sun Cui who was busy: "Sister Sun, please find a shack and create a confinement room."
Sun Cui was stunned for a moment: "What are you doing? Who committed the crime again?"
Xiaodou lowered his voice: "The leader wants to put the little girl into confinement."
Sun Cui raised an eyebrow: "The head of our Jiuzhan Village hasn't been home for half a year. He will be put into solitary confinement as soon as he comes back. I'll go find the head of the group!"
Xiaodou was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the village chief of Jiuzhan Village was Xiao Hongying! He quickly grabbed Sun Cui and said, "Hey, it's okay if you mean it. This time Xiao Hongying's crime seems to be very big. If he can be put in solitary confinement...it will be a blessing!"
"What on earth is going on?"
Xiaodou lowered his voice: "The Ninth Battalion captured more than a hundred puppet soldiers and Japanese wounded soldiers. The little girl connived at the friendly forces and gave all the Japanese and puppet soldiers to Niutou Mamian."
Having been doing business with Qianjiu for many years, Sun Cui is not easy to fool: "Wait a minute, you just said it was a friendly force that did it, right?"
"yes?"
"What's going on at Guan Jiuying?"
"Because the Ninth Battalion recruited those friendly troops"
"According to the regulations of the Eighth Route Army, the recruitment of friendly forces must be reported to the regiment level for approval. The Ninth Battalion has just returned, right? In other words, their recruitment is temporarily invalid!"
Xiaodou was stunned for a moment: "Why haven't I heard that the approval of the regiment leader is required?"
Sun Cui said proudly: "That's what Director Su said."
"That's not right. The Ninth Battalion had recruited puppet troops before when it was still a company."
"Don't bullshit me about this."
Xiaodou immediately darkened his face: "According to what you said, Luo Fugui was recruited into the Nine Battalion when we were still in the squad."
Sun Cui looked determined: "The rules are the rules. The regiment leader asked you to arrange the solitary room. It is definitely not about killing prisoners. There must be another reason!"
Xiaodou was shocked: "Huh? Is there anything more serious than this?"
Sun Cui immediately told Xiaodou: "Hurry back to the regiment headquarters and inquire. I will arrange for someone to follow. After the confinement room is secured, I will go to Battalion Commander Hu to discuss it."
Two soldiers, with submachine guns hanging on their chests, escorted Xiao Hongying who came out of the regiment headquarters straight to the solitary room.
In fact, most of the villagers in Jiuzhan Village are from bandits, and the villagers' concept of survival is almost equivalent to the thinking of bandits.
It is very difficult for refugees outside the mountains to truly integrate into these bandits.
Therefore, Qingshan Village became a refugee camp, and a gap naturally formed between the refugee camps in Jiuzhan Village.
Xiao Hongying, the village chief, was not just someone who was rumored to be, but actually recognized by the villagers who had been to the wine station.
So the best hut immediately became a solitary confinement chamber.
If Commander Lu and the political commissar hadn't still stayed at the regiment headquarters, the shack at the regiment headquarters might have been demolished.
A large group of people gathered outside the regiment headquarters, but no one said anything.
Captain Lu in the room looked at the villagers who were armed with live ammunition, and immediately went out. Just as he was about to scold them, he suddenly discovered that there was a machine gun on the broken roof of the solitary room not far away.
There were at least dozens of men, women, and children surrounding him, their shuttle marks were bright and their bayonets were dark.
I don’t know on which day the soldiers of the Ninth Battalion painted their bayonets in messy colors except for the blade.
In sharp contrast to the sharp bayonets of the Second Battalion.
As soon as Commander Lu raised his hand, the villagers around the regiment headquarters immediately dispersed.
Commander Lu had a dark face and went straight across the river to find the political commissar who had gone to report to the enemy's Ministry of Industry first.
This time in confinement, Hu Yi can't escape!
The Ninth Battalion inoculated the Japanese with bacteria on the battlefield.
It wasn't a big deal originally.
But the bacteria may well have spread.
Can bacteria be played with?
