The baggage convoy was ready to go, and the mule carts were loaded with goods, which were all the food urgently needed by the frontline troops.
Pot helmets, steamed buns, and pickles for the soldiers, oats and hay for the war horses, as well as cigarettes and liquor for the officers.
Ten carts.
The drivers were all civilian men brought by the rebel army from the suburbs of Tianjin.
They were sitting on the cart holding whips.
The mules stood quietly, snorting from time to time.
Not far away, twelve big soldiers from the cooking class were lining up to gather. , accept the instructions from your boss.
The director of the munitions department said a few words very briefly, saying that the battle on the front line was tight, and the brothers had to transport the dry food safely and quickly, which would delay the military affairs of the warplanes.
Finally, he asked: "Brothers, please work harder." , defeat the border guards, and I’ll treat everyone to a drink.”
"Follow the order."
Zhao Yufeng saluted and directed the soldiers to board the vehicles, and the convoy drove westward in the night.
Fifty carts drove along the rural dirt road to Gaobeidian.
Since they were marching in the rear area, there was no need to worry about the story in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms about killing a group of people and intercepting grain.
The moon hung high in the sky, the stars were bright, and the air The fragrance of earth exudes in the air.
On such a beautiful summer night, Zhao Yufeng's mood does not get better at all.
The scene in the Military Justice Department still frightened him.
The military police captain's smiling face must have known about his embezzlement of military rations.
If he hadn't been on an emergency mission to escort the military rations, he must have been tied to the tiger bench of the Military Justice Department. , Marshal Wu has always been rigorous in running the army.
Even though he only embezzled five hundred yuan of black money, it was enough to get him shot.
For the time being, he had escaped disaster, but the shit on his butt could not be wiped off.
He would definitely be questioned by the Military Justice Department after he returned.
Zhao Yufeng was so confused that he didn't know what to do.
On another mule cart, there was also a man sighing.
Li Changsheng, the coachman, was almost shot during the day.
Thanks to the intercession of the brothers, he was saved.
He thought that his eighty-year-old mother was about to pass away, but his unfilial son could not go home to serve on the bed.
In front of him, his heart felt like a knife piercing his heart.
Following the cooking team to escort grain and grass, this is a good opportunity to escape, but if you run away, the brothers will suffer.
You can't just care about yourself.
Mother, mother, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety.
My son can only wait until the war is over before he can kowtow in front of your grave.
Li Changsheng shed tears silently.
The mule cart he drove was filled with wicker baskets, and the baskets were full of pot helmets made by the cooking team who worked overtime.
This dead-faced pancake is made by repeatedly beating the dough with a mallet and baking it.
It is hard and thick enough to be used as a shield.
After using it, it not only suppresses hunger but also lasts for a long time.
It is indeed top-grade military food.
Chen Zikun was sitting on these pot helmets, holding a straw stick in his mouth, holding his Mauser carbine in his arms, and his heart was filled with emotion.
This is not the first time he has been on the battlefield.
When he was a horse thief in Guandong, he was used to licking blood from the edge of his knife.
But regardless of whether he was robbing homes, smashing kilns, or resisting encirclement and suppression by the army, there were hundreds of people fighting back and forth.
This kind of big battle involving hundreds of thousands of people has never happened.
Finally, I can go into battle to kill the enemy and make achievements.
It’s all up to you, old man.
Chen Zikun picked up the carbine and kissed the cold barrel.
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Wang Degui was sleeping soundly.
The bullet belt on his chest was full of straw and no bullets at all.
He also advised Chen Zikun to come and escort the grain and grass, so there was no need to be so nervous.
In the early hours of the morning, people and horses were exhausted, so the coachmen worked hard to continue driving.
Some of the soldiers escorting the carriage had already fallen asleep, snoring loudly.
Only the worried Zhao Yufeng, Li Changsheng, and an overly excited Chen Zikun did not fall asleep.
As the motorcade entered the vast green gauze tent, the surroundings were extremely quiet, except for the occasional hoot of an owl.
Suddenly, Chen Zikun felt a chill on his body, and an ominous premonition came to his mind.
Before he could recover, Wang Degui, who was lying in the car with his body stretched out, suddenly opened his eyes, shouted something bad, and kicked Chen Zikun to the ground.
Get off the car.
With a "chirp" sound, a bullet hole suddenly appeared where Chen Zikun was sitting.
If he had been a second later, he would have been killed on the carriage.
There were loud gunshots and killing sounds.
The one who reacted fastest was Zhao Yufeng.
He somersaulted under the car and plunged into the green gauze tent.
Li Changsheng's movements were not much slower than him.
He threw away his riding whip and ran away with his waist hunched over.
Others suffered a disaster.
The escort soldiers who were sleeping on the cart were treated as live targets, and there was a chaos of gunshots, cries, and horses' neighing.
Chen Zikun reacted very quickly, rolled on the spot, used the wheels as cover, loaded the bullet with a clatter, and was about to look for the enemy's shooting position.
Wang Degui jumped out of the car, pulled him up and walked away: "Run quickly, we are in an ambush." ” "What should we do with military rations?"
Chen Zikun suddenly had veins on his neck.
"Listen to the sound of gunfire, at least one company can leave the green hills without worrying about having firewood, run away."
Wang Degui's face didn't have half the usual carefree look on his face.
He held the Mauser rifle flat and pulled the bolt to shoot without even aiming. , the movements are extremely smooth and done in one go.
After every gunshot, the opponent's firepower density becomes weaker.
Chen Zikun gritted his teeth, hunched over and turned around to run away.
The bullet raised a row of smoke behind him, plunged into the green gauze tent, lay down on the field ridge and fired at the place where the muzzle flame flickered in the darkness, covering Lao Wang's retreat.
Wang Degui just finished shooting the bullets in a clip, holding the gun and scurrying forward like an extremely dexterous beast.
The training pacesetters on the campus can only be compared to him at the level of disciples and disciples.
Throwing himself into the green gauze tent, Wang Degui burst out one word from between his teeth: "Run" Without saying a word, Chen Zikun put away his gun and retreated, following Wang Degui as he ran desperately, the sound of gunfire gradually becoming sparse behind him.
"Old Wang, take a rest."
Chen Zikun panted.
"You are still young and can't compare to me."
Wang Degui was old after all.
He ran all the way, sweating profusely and looking miserable, but his mouth was still unforgiving.
"I'm afraid you'll be tired."
Chen Zikun took out two bullet clips, threw one to Lao Wang, and pressed the other into the chamber, holding the gun on guard.
Lao Wang lay on the ground, listened, and said, "I didn't chase him."
Chen Zikun asked: "Where are the brothers?"
"Bullets don't have eyes, I'm afraid they will all die."
There was no trace of sadness in Wang Degui's tone.
Suddenly he pricked up his ears and shouted: "Password" "Third Division, return the order." came the reply from the grass.
"Weiwei, come out, Lao Li."
Wang Degui put away his gun.
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Li Changsheng emerged from the grass, disheveled and without his gun.
When he saw the two of them, he grinned miserably: "I've asked someone to make dumplings."
Wang Degui said: "The stubborn border guards unexpectedly attacked our food road, which is not kind at all."
Lao Li said: "What should we do now?"
Wang Degui said: "You ask me, who am I asking?
All fifty carts of military rations were fucking lost.
Only a few of us ran out.
We didn't shoot them immediately when we got back."
Li Changsheng said: "Anyway, we are going to die, so we might as well just run away."
Wang Degui said: "Fight everywhere and run wherever you go.
If you let the military police catch you this time, no one will intercede for you.
You will be killed on the spot."
Li Changsheng curled his lips: "Bird feathers."
Chen Zikun interjected: "Why did you run away?
In my opinion, the opportunity to make meritorious deeds has come."
The two veterans looked at him together, as if they were looking at a monster: "You are so scared.
Your food has been robbed, and you still make a damn meritorious service."
Chen Zikun said: "Why do we only send one squad of men and horses to escort fifty trucks of military rations?"
Wang Degui rolled his eyelids: "This is behind the battle line."
Chen Zikun clapped his hands and said: "Yes, a small group of enemy troops have penetrated into our rear and robbed military rations.
If they can rob us, they can rob military trains and messengers.
This is a major military situation and cannot be delayed."
Wang Degui understood: "You mean to go back and report quickly?"
Chen Zikun said: "It's definitely not possible to just go back empty-handed.
At least we need to find out how many troops the enemy has and where they are going."
The two veterans lowered their heads and pondered for a while, and felt that what he said made sense, so the three of them returned along the original path.
The more they walked, the more frightened they became.
The vast green gauze tent was really a good place for an ambush.
I don’t know which bastard chose this path.
Road, fifty carts of military rations were all given away.
When approaching the location of the battle, Wang Degui asked the two of them to stay and crawled away alone.
After five minutes, he came back and said, "It's okay, come and take a look."
When the three of them came to the road, they saw five corpses lying on the ground.
The guns and bullets on their bodies were gone.
There were messy ruts and footprints everywhere.
Li Changsheng lit the fire folder to check and said: "The animals went north.
Judging from the footprints, there are at least fifty people and three officers."
Chen Zikun was also a master at finding traces.
A quick look revealed that there were indeed three pairs of different riding boots, and the others were cloth shoe prints.
Judging from the length, stride, and depth of the footprints, these soldiers were all tall and strong elite soldiers.
"What a great Xu Shuzheng, he is really good at using troops."
Chen Zikun murmured to himself.
Wang Degui asked: "Hey, how did you know they were soldiers sent by Xu Shuzheng?"
Chen Zikun said: "The enemy commander-in-chief on the eastern front of the border defense army is Xu Shuzheng, and the commander-in-chief of the enemy front on the western front is Duan Zhigui, and this is between the east and west fronts.
There are possibilities for both sides, but Xu Shuzheng has always liked to use cunning tactics, so I guess It was the troops he sent to intercept our food route."
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When Wang Degui heard what he said, he was very impressed and said: "Okay, you kid, there is ink in your stomach."
The three of them worked together to gather the bodies of the five comrades together.
The brothers who had bragging and spanking together during the day were now separated from each other.
Looking at the familiar faces, Chen Zikun sighed, put on his military cap and said : "Brothers, let's go."
Wang Degui urged: "Let's go.
The mule cart is slow.
We may be able to catch up.
If we don't knock down a few of them, we will be sorry for my dead brothers."
After chasing for a while, Chen Zikun suddenly made a stop gesture and pointed to the grass not far away.
Wang Degui understood, pulled out his dagger and walked around.
Just as he was about to take action, a trembling voice came from the grass: "Don't shoot. , I surrender.”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It was the voice of General Zhao
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