Outside a temporary headquarters built on the hillside, several soldiers from the Northeast Army stood with guns. They were the guards of the 337th Brigade Headquarters.
As brigade guards, their stance is quite standard.
This is understandable. The guards of any military headquarters represent a certain image. So how can they not stand up straight?
However, at this time, these guards stood very straight, but their eyes fell on the soldiers not far opposite them.
Those soldiers were all tall and short, fat and thin, some were as tall as 1.9 meters, and some were as short as 1.6 meters.
The looks of those soldiers cannot be said to be all kinds of strange, but others always look like they are a "hodgepodge" of soldiers from all over the world!
Some are tall and dignified, and look like authentic Northeastern people. Some are extremely short and look like monkey heads in Northeastern dialect. They have high cheekbones, thick lips, and large brains, which is the image of a small southern barbarian.
There was also a disfigured face with turned-up lips. He was obviously a soldier who had returned from injury.
Of course, those soldiers also have something in common.
One thing they have in common is that they are all in ragged clothes, and they all look like beggars. Some of their trouser legs are flying off, exposing their hairy calves, and some of them look like they just got out of the kang hole. Like, all over the body is black!
And another commonality is that the weapons they hold are excellent. There must be more than 20 box cannons among the thirty people, and the box cannons used by the more than 20 box cannon people are quite different. Seven or eight of them were played with twenty rings, and they even wore a nine-dragon belt on their upper body!
Most of the rifles they used were Type 38 rifles, but there was also a Japanese Japanese sword on their body! Although the scabbard is not inlaid with gold or jade, it is made of pure cowhide. It looks high-end and classy!
It cannot be said that the guards at the brigade headquarters are so rare. What kind of soldiers have they not seen before? But this was really the first time they saw these soldiers in front of them, so it was strange if not strange!
If that's the case, then that's it. These soldiers don't stand up well in front of the guards, especially some of them who look like veterans at first glance, and they have no fear in their eyes and even some teasing.
At this time, a veteran among the soldiers touched his pocket and took out a box of cigarettes. The guards only glanced at it and determined that it must be Japanese cigarettes, but the packaging was much more exquisite than Chinese cigarettes.
Seeing the thin and wrinkled veteran take out a cigarette from the cigarette case, a soldier with a long nose and small eyes next to him reached out his hand and handed over the lighter.
With a "ding" sound, the lighter made a very clear and sweet sound. Then the soldier pulled it with his thumb, and a flame popped out of the lighter!
For a moment, the brigade guards were all a little distracted.
Oh my god! This lighter is so high-end!
They had only seen a certain regiment commander use a similar lighter when lighting a brigade commander's cigarette. The shell of the lighter was made of copper. They didn't know what kind of copper it was, but there was a rumor among the soldiers that the copper was called "ring". Copper” statement!
That "ding" sound when you turn on the lighter sounds so nice, doesn't it have to be called "ringing copper"?
The guards watched the veteran take a deep drag on a cigarette that must have come from Japan and lit it with a lighter made of brass. After a moment, he opened his mouth to reveal his teeth, which were slightly yellowed by smoke. Then he blew out a smoke ring with an Oriental flavor!
This is such a provocation!
An unknown fire rose from the bodies of the guards.
They are brigade guards. How can their dignity allow these rude soldiers to look down on them?
"Put out your cigarette, this is the brigade headquarters!" shouted a guard.
Just as he drank, the smoking veteran's hand holding the cigarette paused and glanced at him. Then he reluctantly raised one foot, but only smoked the cigarette. He pressed the cigarette out on the sole of his shoe, then put the cigarette back again.
"Their cigarettes and lighters should be confiscated." Someone from the brigade guard whispered.
That tinkling copper lighter and that pack of Japanese cigarettes really touched the hearts of fellow smokers!
"Don't be ridiculous. They have a background. Didn't you see that Commander Wang just accompanied them in with his beard untied?" A mature and solemn soldier persuaded in a low voice.
This made sense, and the soldier who asked him to stop smoking at the entrance of the brigade had no choice but to give up.
At this time, the veteran who was addicted to smoking but had no success could not take advantage of these guards. He stepped back and cursed in a very low voice: "You little bastard!"
"Uncle Wang, please keep your voice down, the eaves of the brigade headquarters are a bit low!" someone next to him whispered.
"It's just you rotten scholars who like to beat around the bush when talking, and the eaves are a bit low, so why don't you just say that people have to bow their heads under the eaves!" The old soldier scolded angrily.
Then, there was a burst of suppressed laughter among these soldiers.
This veteran is naturally Mr. Wang, and the one who said the eaves are a bit low is Chu Tian.
Shang Zhen and his group rescued the brigade commander's brother-in-law Wang Fatty Wang Qingfeng. Not to mention whether the previous grudges would be wiped out, but they were still returning to the team anyway.
Shang Zhen was taken by Fatty Wang to see the brigade commander Liu Chengyi, while Old Man Wang and others could only wait outside.
"You little brat, what do you know that you just laugh along with me?" Amid laughter, Ma Erhuzi saw Qingfeng Li laughing too and teased him.
Qingfeng Li curled his lips and said, "Why can't I smile? You're the only one with a long mouth?"
Qingfeng Li's words made the veterans laugh again. Qin Chuan even learned the phrase "Two tigers, you are the one with the long mouth?"
But at this time, Qingfeng Li had already changed the subject and asked the veterans: "How big an officer is Major General?"
"Of course the major general is the brigade commander, I don't even understand this!" Ma Erhuzi said matter-of-factly.
"Do you need to tell me this?" Li Qingfeng was not satisfied with Ma Erhuzi's answer and turned to look at Chutian, "Brother, if you are educated, please tell me."
Qingfeng Li naturally had a reason for asking this.
After Shang Zhen and the others rescued Fatty Wang, Fatty Wang didn't realize that Hou Kanshan had shot him to scare him, and instead became extremely enthusiastic towards Shang Zhen and the others.
This is normal. For Shang Zhen and others, this is a life-saving grace for him!
This Fatty Wang was so arrogant when he bullied his subordinates, and so flattering when he flattered him, not to mention that Shang Zhen and the others had become his saviors.
He also said, "I must repay you for saving my life! You all know that I am not an ordinary person, I am the brother-in-law of our brigade commander!"
Just these words of Fatty Wang made Shang Zhen and the others laugh at that time. Isn't this nonsense?
Shang Zhen and the others don't know that your fat Wang Wang Qingfeng is the brigade commander's brother-in-law. Otherwise, hehe, you bitch, you would have been beaten to death by us long ago!
But then Wang Qingfeng added, "Don't think that I am an ordinary brother-in-law, I am the brother-in-law of the major general and brigade commander!" After saying this, he looked proud, as if he had become a major general.
Only then did Shang Zhen and the others know that the rank of brigade commander Liu Chengyi had been promoted and he had become a major general!
Qingfeng Li is a new recruit and doesn't know what major general means, so he's asking now.
"Have you ever heard of generals and soldiers?" Chu Tian's explanation came, "Major general is the lowest-ranking general, but no matter how low-ranking a general is, he is still a general, which is different from a colonel. In ancient times, there was a general called a senior general. Yes, that’s how the name of the admiral came from.”
Chutian was literate after all, and his explanations were concise and concise.
"Then what is a school officer?" Li Qingfeng asked again.
But at this time, Ma Tianfang said: "We can ask again later, Shang Zhen is out."
The soldiers hurriedly looked at the door, and sure enough, Shang Zhen came out, and there were other officers with him. However, they were so familiar with each other that they noticed that Shang Zhen lowered his head with a thoughtful expression.
