Masao Yamashita himself didn't realize that he was doing a disservice, which didn't mean that the other two people on the boat didn't notice.
For example, Ye Xiaozhou, who was on the same side as Masao Yamashita, discovered this problem, and he immediately used all his strength to paddle with his oars, deliberately making the stroke on this side stronger.
Ye Xiaozhou knew that the river was not wide, and he couldn't let Yamashita Masao row the boat to the opposite bank quickly, so as to buy time for the two boats chasing them.
Li Yixin, who was on the other side of the boat, of course, also knew that Yamashita Masao was doing a favor at this time, he deliberately reduced the strength of his paddling, so that the direction of the boat was more tilted, according to his idea, it was best to let the boat turn in a circle in the middle of the river.
Anyway, in the future, he can pretend to be innocent and say that the power of rowing on one side of the boat alone cannot match the rowing power on the other side.
When the direction of their boat finally became parallel to the opposite shore, Masao Yamashita realized that something was wrong, and the harder he rowed, the more the boat was moving away from the opposite shore.
He finally came to his senses at this time, stopped the paddling action in his hand, and shouted to Li Yixin on the other side: "You have to paddle harder over there!"
” It was also at this time that the pursuers behind apparently noticed that the people on the boat were rowing in a hurry, so they immediately opened fire.
'Smack'!
The first bullet almost flew over Masao Yamashita's head not far away, Masao Yamashita was taken aback, quickly shrunk his neck, grabbed the oars and stepped over to Li Yixin's side in two steps, and began to help Li Yixin paddle so that the direction of the boat could return to the right direction.
Soon after the first shot, the sound of 'pop papa' gunfire rang out, and the sound of bullets flying in the air was like a wasp flying over Li Yixin's ship, and at the same time, two bullets directly hit the sack containing the bristles on the ship, making a dull pop sound.
Masao Yamashita still didn't give up and was still paddling hard, because he had no choice but to hope that the boat would be rowed to the opposite shore sooner.
He thought that the sound of gunfire on the river would definitely attract the attention of the Imperial soldiers stationed on the other side, and that he could shout for the Imperial soldiers to shoot at their boat for cover as long as the Imperial soldiers came to check on them.
The second round of gunfire intensified, and the direction of the ship was corrected back to the opposite shore, but at this time the water near their boat kept bullets bouncing into the water.
Seeing that the direction of the boat had been corrected, Yamashita immediately stopped paddling and prepared to pull the oars out of the water so that he could help correct the direction if he noticed that the direction of the boat was going was wrong again.
It was at this time that Masao Yamashita suddenly felt that his right shoulder and right forearm were hot, and then he began to feel severe pain, and he was hit by two bullets respectively.
Seeing such a situation, Li Yixin couldn't help but exclaim: "Old Sun, you are injured!"
” Li Yixin's voice was very loud, he wanted to remind Ye Xiaozhou, who was on the other side of the boat, that he could almost abandon the boat through such a shout.
When Ye Xiaozhou heard this, he immediately stopped paddling, and then bent over and ran to Li Yixin's side, and said to Masao Yamashita: "The firepower of the chasing soldiers is too fierce, I can't stay there at all, and there is no way to continue rowing."
If I had been rowing, I would have been sieveed by bullets.
Mr.
Sun, you are injured, what should we do now?
” Masao Yamashita is pressing the eye-catching on his right shoulder with his left hand to prevent himself from leaving too much blood.
Of course, he heard Ye Xiaozhou's question, but he still didn't want to give up, and said: "We can only continue to work hard to row now, we can't give up this batch of bristles!"
” Li Yixin knew that it was time for him to persuade Yamashita Masao to give up the bristles, and he suddenly stuck his head out and looked at how far the two small boats chasing them were.
Then he quickly retracted his head and persuaded Yamashita Masao: "Old Sun, the situation is very anxious now, you have to make up your mind, otherwise we will definitely be caught by the patrol of the Chinese army."
The three of us are going to die here for these bristles.
If it didn't work, we just jumped out of boat and swam to the other side, and it wasn't far anyway. ” Masao Yamashita stiffened his neck and retorted forcefully: "No, these bristles are too important to the Imperial Army, and we can't give up easily."
Why has it been so long since the gunfire rang out, and the imperial army on the other side has not appeared?
Damn it, I'm going to have to get an explanation from their officer when I get ashore!
” Before his words fell, he only heard Ye Xiaozhou also scream, and his left hand was not noticed hidden behind the sack containing the bristles, but was exposed.
Even if he was lucky, his left hand was inadvertently hit by a stray bullet, causing his blood to keep flowing out.
Ye Xiaozhou immediately held his left hand with his right hand, while Li Yixin immediately bent over and took out Ye Xiaozhou's clothes pocket, and took out a handkerchief to bandage Ye Xiaozhou.
Bullets were still flying densely over their heads, and even the hull of their small boat was hit by bullets in multiple places, and sawdust flew everywhere.
After Li Yixin finished bandaging Ye Xiaozhou, he also took out his handkerchief to bandage the wound on Yamashita Masao's shoulder, and he continued to persuade while bandaging: "Yamashita Jun, you have also seen the current situation, if we insist on keeping this batch of bristles, we may all have to die here."
You can see the difference in strength between us and the other side, there are so many people and guns on the other side, we are unarmed, and the imperial army on the other side has not arrived for so long after the guns are fired, and we have no chance of winning.
Besides, two of the three of us were already wounded, and even if we tried to row the boat to the other side, there was nothing we could do, and I couldn't row this boat alone.
So I suggest that while the other party is not completely close, it is only wise to jump ship and swim to the opposite shore now.
Now you have gunshot wounds in the shoulder and hand, and even now you have to help you in the water.
And Ye Xiaozhou only has one gunshot wound, and he may be able to swim to the other side without my assistance.
So please make a decision early, and we may all be killed. ” Although Masao Yamashita's two gunshot wounds have been bandaged on his shoulders, the wounds on his hands have been bleeding, and he knows very well that the current situation is very dangerous, and it is completely impossible for him to insist on keeping the bristles, unless the Imperial soldiers on the other side of the river arrive now to cover them.
Li Yixin's suggestion is very pertinent and reasonable.
He had to make a choice.
After hesitating for two seconds, Masao Yamashita looked at the sacks of bristles on the boat reluctantly, gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind: "Okay, Li Sang, we are on the boat."
You'll have to help me swim to the other side. ”