South of Huaxian County.
There were fires everywhere on the endless grass.
There is a camp tent next to the fire.
A patrol company of more than 30 puppet troops moved back and forth from east to west.
The dark village not far away was also blazing with fire.
The puppet troops did not live in the village at night, but lived in the wilderness, which was unusual.
A tall figure looked southward with a telescope.
Gao Yidao, commander of the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment, hid in Tibet for several days after entering the plain.
The team rested in the village not far behind him, and he had been lying there quietly for a long time.
The telescope has been looking at the fire in the south.
The fire stretched as far as the eye could see from the east, and when it disappeared into the distance, it was still a fire.
His instructor, Lao Li, walked up behind him. That was right, he was the instructor. The previous time the independent group's duties were adjusted, Lao Li didn't take his turn.
"Old Li, is there any new news coming from the mountains?"
"There are a lot of things, I will tell you one by one."
Gao Yidao turned down the telescope and lay down directly on the ground to interrupt Lao Li: "Where are Wu Yan and the others?"
"Wujia Village is about ten miles east." Old Li sat down next to Gao Yidao and pushed Gao Yidao smoothly: "It just rained and the ground is not completely dry. If you sleep like this, you will get the root of your disease."
"How long can the food last?" Gao Yidao first asked himself the question he was concerned about.
"Eat less and you can still last for two or three days."
"Is there any news about the Nine Battalions?" Gao Yidao sat up and hesitated for a while.
"I heard that he was borrowed by the Three Columns to reorganize the Autonomous Army."
"Reorganize, can he train good soldiers?" Gao Yidao suddenly screamed: "Not good!"
"What's wrong? Don't be so surprised." Lao Li was almost startled.
"The face of our independent group will probably be disgraced!" Gao Yidao took a long time to exhale.
In fact, Lao Li was deceived into the Second Battalion by Gao Yida. When he led the Black Tiger Army to sweep away "bandits" everywhere, he accidentally ran into Lao Li, and the two hit it off.
So far, I haven't found a chance to bring the independent regiment back to the regiment leader and political commissar to show his face.
The instructor Lao Li was also given privately by Gao Yidao, so he knew a little about the bloody past of the Second and Ninth Battalions, but not deeply.
Without answering Gao Yidao's words, he changed the topic: "By the way, the former enemy commander sent an order. All teams should be prepared for jealousy and are not allowed to drink raw water. Violators will be imprisoned for three days!"
"Confinement? Three more days. Where can we find a confinement room?" Gao Yidao was annoyed.
"The regiment sent Xiao Bing over to tell him that the enemy might use the Tiger Leella bacteria." Seeing Gao Yidao, he stopped asking, and Lao Li began to talk about his work as a guide.
"I heard from Hu Za some time ago. People from Jiuying said that you don't have to worry too much about this matter. As long as you don't drink unboiled water and if anyone coughs, you can immediately isolate yourself." Gao Yidao didn't care much about Hu Liela. .
The Independent Regiment once had collective diarrhea and many people died. The cause was not known before, but now it is almost certain that they were infected with the tiger strain bacteria.
I heard Liu Yuanqing say that as long as you master the temper of bacteria, you don't have to worry too much. Besides, can bacteria be as powerful as my bayonet?
After talking about the trivial matters, Lao Li asked: "How long do we have to wait?"
"If it hadn't been for the damn heavy rain a few days ago, maybe we would have passed through the puppet army's defense line." Gao Yidao didn't have a temper.
"How is the situation in Black Tiger Village?"
"The team is developing very fast, but the food can't keep up. The superiors have arranged for Kang to work in the branch school to find a solution."
"The superiors reported that the Taihang Security Brigade of the puppet army entered the mountains a few days ago for encirclement and suppression. They were ambushed by the Lingqiu Squadron. The security brigade captain was shot and seriously injured. They rested at the mountain pass for two days and went to Tangyin this afternoon."
Jiujianfang Village.
Goudan woke up from his sleep, his heart beating violently, as if something bad was about to happen.
Raise your ears and listen carefully. Someone seems to be crying at the east end of the village?
Grandpa Geng, who slept next door, finally stopped coughing and slept soundly.
Only then did he feel relieved.
I wanted to fall asleep again, but I couldn't.
He gently got out of bed, took out the shell gun from under the pillow and inserted it into his lower back.
Grandpa, who had finally fallen asleep after coughing all day for fear of waking him up, tiptoed outside.
Habitually lift the door leaf and turn it to prevent the door shaft from making a squeaking sound.
Sneak quietly into the yard.
Then he looked up at the sky. The dark sky was full of stars, and the familiar Big Dipper twinkled from time to time.
I walked to the yard and carefully opened the door and started walking to the east of the village.
Under the starlight, I could barely see my fingers when I stretched out my hand. Fortunately, I was familiar with the alleys in the village and kept walking along the familiar walls.
Village East started to cry loudly.
The crying seems to be coming from Grandpa Zhou's house?
That's right, it's the voice of Grandpa Zhou's twelve-year-old granddaughter Sanya.
Goudan trotted to the door.
He put his ear to the door and listened carefully for a while, then knocked on the door softly: "Sanya, why are you crying?"
I heard someone talking outside the yard, and the crying in the house stopped. Then it turned into howling: "Grandpa. Grandpa"
Goudan was stunned for a moment, and without bothering to knock on the door again, he climbed over the wall from the side and entered the yard.
Sanya's cries came from the window of the wing, but the wing was still dark.
"Sanya, what's wrong with Grandpa Zhou?" Hearing Sanya keep calling Grandpa, Goudan quickly took out the matches.
She couldn't bear it anymore and didn't want to row. She went forward and pushed the door. The door was bolted from the inside: "Sanya, hurry up and open the door."
Sanya was still calling Grandpa and seemed not to hear Gou Sheng's voice at all.
Gou Sheng was helpless, so he took out a knife and inserted it into the crack of the door and started to fiddle with the door bolt.
The movements are very skillful, and it seems that he does it frequently.
I lit a match after entering the house, looked around by the dim and shining light of the match, walked directly to the doorless wing, found an oil lamp and lit it.
Sanya did not sleep in her crib, but was curled up in the corner of the big bed where Grandpa Zhou usually slept.
Seeing the lights in the room, Sanya cried even louder: "Brother Goudan, my grandpa is ignoring me."
Goudan threw away the match that was almost burning, hurried to the bed and pushed Grandpa Zhou who was sleeping soundly.
Goudan has seen dead people. He originally learned kung fu from Li Gang.
It rained heavily the past two days, and I was worried that there would be heavy floods in Jiujianfang Village before I came back.
I originally planned to go back to Baidaokou tomorrow.
Immediately realizing that something was wrong, he quickly reached out and poked under Grandpa Zhou's nose. His heart began to beat violently, and he followed He Gensheng's example and let him touch Grandpa Zhou's neck.
No, there is no familiar light jumping feeling. I ripped off the quilt covering Grandpa Zhou.
Grandpa Zhou made no movement at all.
Then, footsteps were heard outside the yard, and an aunt with a torch entered the yard and shouted: "Uncle Zhou."
Goudan came out of the house with a cry in his voice: "Aunt Qi, Grandpa Zhou is dead."
"What are you talking about?" A thin woman who came from behind yelled: "Goudan, don't talk nonsense!"
Goudan felt a bad feeling in his heart again: "Aunt Qi, look at Sanya, I'll go back and see grandpa!"
After saying that, he ran desperately in the dark.
He walked through the alley, turned a corner, and ran into the yard without falling or falling.
He jumped into grandpa's house in two or three steps.
Breathing heavily, he took out a match and struck it to light the lamp.
Then he shouted to the grandfather on the bed: "Grandpa, Grandpa Geng."
I didn’t hear the familiar voice of grandpa calling him “goudan”.
Goudan felt furious as he looked at his grandfather's protruding body lying on the bed, covered with a quilt.
Goudan felt like roots were growing under his feet, he didn't dare to step forward, and said with a cry in his mouth: "Grandpa, don't scare me."
There was still no movement on the bed, not even the familiar rising and falling of the quilt before.
Goudan's tears were streaming down his face, and he wanted to get closer to the bed to see his grandpa, but his feet refused to obey him and he fell to the ground with a plop.
(End of chapter)
