Chapter 1750: A Step Late

Shang Zhen and his companions were all stunned when they arrived outside the village that Qian Chuan'er mentioned.

Outside the village was a wheat field with white and yellow wheat stubble. The wheat had been bundled on the carriage, but the carriage had already collapsed!

The reason was that the horse pulling the carriage had fallen down.

There was more than one carriage that collapsed, and naturally more than one or two horses were knocked down.

Some horses were killed and motionless, while some horses were injured and struggled on the ground but could not get up, so they cried.

In particular, one of the horses pulling the carriage should be a mare. It fell to the ground and was motionless. Its big eyes were as dull as those of a dying person.

But a foal had no idea that its mother was about to die, and it was lowering its head and trying to suck her milk.

The scene in front of them made Shang Zhen and his companions look gloomy. The living foal sucking the milk of its dead mother brought back the sad and angry memories they had seen before.

"The merchant girl knows not the hatred of losing her country, and still sings the back garden flower across the river. The young child does not know that his mother is dead, and still seeks milk in her arms." Chen Hanwen's sourness and pedantry come back again!

"You will die if you don't shut up at the critical moment!" Ma Erhuzi scolded directly.

"I——" Chen Hanwen is now a platoon leader. Chu Tian became a company commander, and he was promoted from deputy to regular. Seeing that Ma Erhuzi did not give him any face and scolded him, he was also anxious.

But at this time, Shang Zhen swept over with a sharp look, and the two people shut up at the same time.

The horses pulling the cart were beaten to death and injured, and the people driving the cart were also killed and injured.

But at this time, in the eyes of Shang Zhen and other veterans, what can touch their hearts the most is not the people, but the colt that is still sucking breast milk.

The reason is that when they saw the villages massacred by the Japanese devils, they had seen young mothers beaten to death, but the ignorant children were still looking for milk in the mother's arms.

"We are late." Shang Zhen was in a sad mood.

When they were coming here, and they were still a few miles away from here, Da Laoben said that he seemed to hear gunshots, and others said, "Where is that? I guess you heard it wrong."

But now it seems that the gunshots they heard were the sound of the Japanese army's advancing team beating people and horses.

"Aren't we late?" Originally Shang Zhen just sighed, but at this time a young man opposite them actually stiffened his neck and answered angrily.

"Stubborn cow, don't talk!" At this time, an old lady next to me, who was already gray, stretched out her hand and pulled the corner of the young man's clothes to stop him from speaking.

"It's late, it's late, what can't you say? Aren't you here to rob food? Look, the horses are all killed now, how can you pull them back?" The young man seemed really stubborn, but he said again.

But this time his words surprised Shang Zhen and others.

It turned out that people were talking about being late. People didn't say that they were late in fighting the devils, but they said that they were late in robbing food!

Shang Zhen and his men were dressed like common people, but what was the point?

When they saw the fallen carriages, they couldn't help but pick up their guns from the carriages.

And no matter whether it was Chen Hanwen, Ma Erhuzi or Shang Zhen, they couldn't get rid of their Northeastern accents when they spoke.

In this way, it was not surprising that the stubborn young man opposite could tell that they were from the Northeast.

Northeastern people, Northeastern people, where did the Northeastern people come from if they were not from the Northeastern Army?

So they must have regarded them as Northeastern Army disguised as common people to steal food.

"Brother, we are not here to steal food, we are here to fight the Japanese devils." At this time, Shen Mugen spoke.

When Shen Mugen said this, the stubborn young man couldn't help but look at him.

Shen Mugen was originally from Shandong, so he spoke with a Shandong accent. Originally, Shang Zhen and his group often used Shen Mugen and Wu Ziqi as guides, but there was no news of Wu Ziqi after he was conscripted in the last battle.

"Are you really here to fight the Japanese devils? Great!

The Japanese devils are heading to Shuiquan Town, go and fight them!" The stubborn bull looked at Shang Zhen and his group and said that he was not willing to admit defeat. He said that, but from his tone of voice, everyone could tell that he was speaking in a sarcastic way. He did not believe that Shang Zhen and his group were really here to fight the Japanese devils. .

"Brother, tell us, what clothes do the Japanese devils wear, what guns do they carry, how many people are there, and what kind of carriages are they sitting in?" Shen Mugen asked again.

Shen Mugen was also a veteran. He always followed Shang Zhen and learned the basic ideas of fighting. The first thing was naturally to understand the enemy situation.

"Just you guys?" The stubborn bull expressed his disbelief.

It's no wonder that the young man didn't believe it, because he could only see Shang Zhen and his group of more than 10 people, and the large army behind them didn't show up at all.

"There is a large army behind, just tell us quickly, we should catch up now, maybe we Chinese can die less!" Shen Mugen said unhappily.

After Shen Sengen said this, the stubborn bull was skeptical. Who doesn't want to destroy the Japanese devils?

At this time, the villagers who had gathered together started talking.

Don't say, although it was a bit messy, it was just as Qian Chuan'er had found out. This group attacked the Japanese puppet army who were pulling the people into the village. There were a total of 70 or 80 people, all dressed as ordinary people.

The reason why the common people were able to recognize that these people were disguised as Japanese and puppet soldiers was because they saw that among these people there were short ones, so they should be disguised as Japanese devils. Of course, there were also puppet soldiers among them, who were just like them. local accent.

The weapons they used included short guns, long guns, and machine guns. As for how many machine guns there were, the common people were not sure, and a few people even started fighting.

Seeing that the situation was almost over, the soldiers all looked at Shang Zhen. At this time, what Shang Zhen was thinking about was why the Japanese soldiers did not grab food, but only killed the horses and even a few civilians.

I think this Japanese advancing team was afraid of being wiped out by the Northeast Army or the Eighth Route Army.

They beat these horses to death so that the people could not pull food. Then they waited for the Japanese army brigade to come and rob these people.

Shang Zhen thought about it again and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he ordered: "Wang Xiaodan'er, go back and tell our people to follow, let's go to Shuiquan Town!

Oh, by the way, throw some wheat on the carriage and pretend to be a commoner harvesting grain. "

Hearing what Shang Zhen said, he was about to throw wheat on the carriage. The eyes of the people next to him, especially the stubborn cow, changed again when they looked at Shang Zhen. This undoubtedly meant that you were talking nonsense before. After all, you were not thinking about us. This little food?

But he didn't expect that Shang Zhen would then say: "Chen Mugen, give them the food and money."

People from the Northeastern Army came over to pull a few bundles of wheat and asked for grain money. At least in the eyes of these villagers, this was relatively new!

Just when they were doubtful, Shen Mugen had already taken out a few pieces of ocean from his satchel and handed them over.

"Boy, don't say that we are robbing you of your food. Remember, our number is the battalion directly under the 113th Division!" At this time, Shen Mugen had not forgotten to report the number of his unit again.

After all, the original flip number can no longer be used!

When Shang Zhen and others got on the carriage to drive north, a mature and serious villager next to them said: "Isn't it just a few bundles of wheat? Then why should I pay?"

What the villager said is right. You must know that what Shang Zhen and the others are moving into the car is wheat. It is wheat with straw that has not been cut off. If you want to harvest wheat grains, you have to transport the wheat to the yard to dry and beat it. Then use a stone mill to grind it, and then you will get the wheat kernels and finally process them into white flour.

So, you said, even if Shang Zhen and the others threw twenty or thirty bundles of wheat onto the carriage, how many ears of wheat would there be? As for wheat straw, it is called wheat straw in the Northeast. It is just firewood and is worthless.

So, even if it’s only a few dollars, if you buy wheat ears for the car, you’ll still be rich.

"Just take it and treat it like we gave it back to you on behalf of other Northeasterners!" Ma Erhuzi, who was getting into the carriage, replied.

Ma Erhuzi was also sincere. He always felt that the Northeast Army should not rob the people's things. He was ashamed for his fellow Northeasterners, so he spoke out what was in his heart!

Sometimes, communication between strangers is just that simple.

With these words, Ma Erhuzi moved the young man who was called "Stubborn Niu", and the previous unhappiness disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Take me with you, I'm familiar with the place!" Shang Zhen and the others were overjoyed by Na Niu's words.

Shang Zhen and the others took the volunteered guide to the north, in the direction of Shuiquan Town, and more than 10 minutes later, a large force from Shang Zhen's battalion also passed through this village.

Only then did the villagers realize that Shang Zhen and his team really wanted to fight the Japanese and did not steal their food.

But they thought that was the end of it, and they were still discussing today's events, but after a while, several more carriages came over, and the people on them still spoke with a Northeastern accent.

No need to ask, this is also from the Northeast Army. The soldiers asked them about Shang Zhen's whereabouts.

The villagers naturally thought that these people should be in the same group as the previous group, that is, Shang Zhen's group. Naturally, they knew everything, so the carriages went after Shang Zhen and them again.

The matter passed like this, but the whole process, from the time Shang Zhen and the others arrived, stopped to ask the villagers, to the last few carriages chasing Shang Zhen and the others, was observed by a person with a telescope in the distance. arrive.

"Hurry and report to Taijun, they are rushing to Shuiquan Town." The man said, and someone next to him hurriedly responded: "Yes."