Chapter 3 The Night of September 18 (1) Stunned
"Okay! You guys have some sense!" Wang Laomao laughed, and then shouted loudly, "Turn out the lights!"
With a "pop" sound, the light went out and the room became quiet.
Platoon leader Wang Laomao should not sleep on the edge of the kang.
Everyone in their platoon sleeps on this large bunk bed. Logically speaking, the platoon leader, Old Man Wang, should sleep in the best position on this kang.
Which is the best place to lay a kang? Of course it is at the end of the kang.
Just like when the weather is cold, guests from Northeastern China come to their homes.
That family always greets me like this, come and sit on the kang, it’s so warm!
Look at who greets guests by saying, "Come on, come and sit on the edge of the kang!"
Isn't that the way to treat guests? There is no such thing as hospitality!
If people want to relieve their fatigue, they have to sleep on a hard bed.
When a large kang is heated by fire, the head of the kang will naturally be scalding hot. At this time, the waist will feel extra ironing.
But why did Mr. Wang, the leader of the platoon, take the initiative to let the new soldier Shang Zhen sleep on the kang? That was because the Japanese army was already eyeing Fengtian.
The so-called modern China is a history of humiliation, blood and tears.
It would be fine if China was defeated in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1894, but the Russo-Japanese War was fought in Northeast China, and the Qing Dynasty at that time actually declared neutrality!
In order to compete for your family's territory, two enemies came to fight on your family's territory, but your family declared neutrality and said that this matter had nothing to do with me.
This kind of behavior is no longer a cover-up, but a coward at grandma's house!
Since then, the Japanese have begun to manage their own power in Northeast China.
At this time, a figure named Zhang Zuolin emerged from the Northeast.
It can be said that Zuolin didn't know a lot of Chinese characters. He worked as a farmer and a small businessman, and later became a bandit.
It was enough to become a bandit, but he happened to become the largest bandit leader, and finally became the king of Northeast China.
According to later generations, this is definitely a model of grassroots counterattack, but it is definitely a model of heroes emerging out of recklessness.
Zhang Zuolin became the king of the Northeast. He not only relied on the power of the Japanese, but also refused to completely obey the Japanese. Naturally, there was both cooperation and struggle.
Little did he know that the Japanese had already planned to completely occupy Northeast China and become a second Japan. As a result, he became a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Japanese.
Just a few years ago, in the 17th year of the Republic of China, the train riding on Zhang Zuolin, who was already known as the old commander, was bombed by the Japanese when passing Huanggutun.
The seriously injured Zhang Zuolin was pulled back to his mansion and died soon after, so his position as commander was passed on to his son, Marshal.
With a family feud in mind, this young marshal directly accepted the leadership of the Republic of China government and changed the flags of the three eastern provinces into blue skies, white sun, and red earth.
This brings the three northeastern provinces back into the arms of China, at least in name.
But since the Japanese have already made a national policy of annexing the three northeastern provinces, how can they let it go?
So the Japanese began to carry out provocations while increasing their garrison in the three eastern provinces. Recently, the situation in Fengtian City has become increasingly tense.
Marshal Zhang would never surrender to Japan, but he also felt that he could not defeat the Japanese, so his strategy was just one word - endure!
China has been extremely weak since the Qing Dynasty.
Although there are people with lofty ideals who say that we will drive away foreign aggression and restore China, the situation is not as cold as a day. From top to bottom, everyone is somewhat numb to the arrogance of the invaders.
It's just as the ancients said, "When things prosper, the people suffer; when they die, the people suffer." If the top people decide to endure it, then the people below will suffer.
The Japanese army killed a few people in the three northeastern provinces today, dozens more tomorrow, and hundreds more the day after tomorrow.
Whoever dies is grieving, and the people below feel the pain.
At this time, we have to mention Mr. Wang, the platoon leader of the second platoon of the second company of the second regiment of a certain brigade of the Northeast Army.
Little people also have great wisdom.
This old man Wang was muttering in his heart.
It's not a good thing if you tolerate everything. If the Japanese don't push even further, there's no guarantee that something big will happen one day.
But the problem is, the order given above is that if the Japanese army invades, no resistance is allowed!
Northeastern people have such a bad temper!
Although the Northeastern Army is also an army, how is it possible to say that you are not allowed to resist when people are pointing bayonets at you?
So another order was given from above, that is, all swords and guns should be put into storage! Just when we were doing exercises during the day, company commander Hu Biao once again emphasized the order from above, that is, "no resistance"!
Mr. Wang is actually a bandit, and he takes his own life very seriously.
He was not afraid of death, but even if he died, he would have to fight to the death instead of being stabbed to death!
But the gun was taken away, and there was nothing he could do.
It was precisely because of this consideration that he took the initiative to give up the kang head to the new recruit Shang Zhen, while he himself narrowed his head to the top of the kang!
In Wang Laomao's subconscious mind, if the Japanese army breaks into the military camp, whoever gets the kang head will be unlucky!
How about saying that everyone has selfish motives?
Even Shang Zhen's third brother Li Fushun didn't expect that Mr. Wang was playing this game, let alone Shang Zhen, a newcomer.
At this time, Shang Zhen had a piece of cloth tied around his mouth and was staring at the dark ceiling.
He couldn't understand why he became so timid now.
It turns out that I am not like this!
Even the year before last, when I was setting off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, I still dared to hold the two kickers with my hands.
The second kick is like this, first it makes a "bang" sound and then jumps into the air, and then makes a second sound while it is in the air, and there is another "bang" sound.
Precisely because the second kick jumps out of the hand at the first sound, as long as it is squeezed hard enough, it will never explode in the hand.
But just last year, he was so frightened when he set off firecrackers again.
But this time, he followed his third brother Li Fushun to serve as a soldier in the Northeast Army. The moment he saw the bullet piercing the big German wolfdog, he felt an innate fear.
He didn't even dare to tell Li Fushun, because his legs were already shaking like chaff!
Could it be that he fainted from blood?
No, Shang Zhen immediately rejected his idea. He had already experimented with it at home.
He had seen someone fainting with blood, and that was Wu Laoer from their village.
That Wu Laoer is very muscular and round-waisted, and he is usually very cool.
But once when Wu Lao Er saw blood, his claws went numb and he went straight into the arms of his wife, who was a head shorter than him!
Just imagine, a man as strong as a bear gets into the arms of a little white rabbit, what a funny scene it is!
But no matter how funny it is, it's still Wu Laoer's fault. Even after he became timid, he didn't faint!
Shang Zhen couldn't understand.
What changed last year was not only that he became less courageous, he suddenly found that he became able to eat!
My appetite can actually be doubled or tripled!
Since his father died, he and his mother have been living together.
The eldest brother is already married, and the family now has three children and can’t expect help from others.
But he didn't learn the carpentry skills from his father.
As a result, eating with his wife became a problem.
In the end, it was his eldest brother who said, Come on, second brother, you can join the army with Brother Li San, and I will take care of my mother after that. I can afford to feed my mother, but I cannot afford to provide for a big-bellied man like you.
So that's how he became a soldier.
But now that my courage has become so small, if my third brother hadn't been here to support me, why wouldn't I have been kicked back? It's very worrying just thinking about it!
Thinking of this, Shang Zhen couldn't help but let out a "woo".
Why did he say "woo"? It was originally because he wanted to sigh.
But when he sighed, he forgot that his mouth had been tied up with a piece of cloth, so how could he still sigh? He could only "wow"
He didn't sleep well last night.
Then no one would be able to sleep well.
Last night, he had two nasty (nè) smelly torn socks stuffed into his mouth, and now that he thinks about it, he still has a "smell on his lips and teeth"!
Forget it, let's go to sleep.
Shang Zhen became confused as he became sleepy, but while he was half asleep and half awake, two words suddenly popped into his mind, and those two words were - fainting!
Thinking of these two words, Shang Zhen suddenly became excited. Isn't it because I fainted from the gun? Since I fainted from the gun, what kind of soldier should I be?
Shang Zhen was actually very sleepy, but his mind was already thinking wildly.
He remembered that last year he saw soldiers from the Northeast Army passing by his house with guns on their backs. At that time, he felt that his legs were weak.
But this time when the big wolf dog was directly penetrated by the bullet, it seemed that his eyes were looking directly at the rifle in the hand of the soldier who had fired.
Just when Shang Zhen was somewhat sure that he had fainted from the gun, he suddenly heard a scream of "ah" coming from outside the house!
Chapter completed!