Chapter 166: Continental (Part 2)

This is a wedding that makes people feel sad when they look at it: the groom was wearing a thin pair of trousers with legs of trousers. His cotton pants and cotton wool had fallen to the crotch of his pants, and a ball of cotton pants had become like a cloth bag. The bride's lower body was worn. The two hosts were also ragged in rags, and the Kuomintang military uniforms were often swept up by the wind and exposed inside. They dressed in enemy uniforms of the city's Japanese to facilitate the convenience of dressing up the enemy's military uniforms. However, this scarred military uniform represents the motherland they fought for for bloody battles, and of course they wore it outside.

There were many guests attending the wedding - the acquaintance that "Laoguz" met on the road and came back and saw him buying a lot of things and meat. As a result, a group of eight idle men who usually bully him came over on Baguazhou. They all knew where "Laoguz" would usually hide.

Eight idle men were scared to death before the two Northeastern men and they didn't even dare to breathe, but this was a wedding not a place for fighting, and these were not enemies; the eight idle men became a hero.

They usually bully the "Lao Gu Scrats", but after the Japanese came, they all understood the feeling of being bullied. Now they began to envy this honest man who was bullied by them. He actually had such a big brother, and he also had a "big brother". Although he was injured, he could make the man who was very capable of hitting two guns and obedient. He was a high-ranking official!

Eight people worked as helpers and looked for food of one kind in the reed marsh on the mudflats, such as citrus mushrooms, celery, snails, etc. Of course, the most common one was the reed roots. All the food and a large piece of fat were put into the pot of "Laogu Zhazi" and cooked. There was no other condiments, but some salt was dug up a lot of wild onion roots and put them down, which smelled very fragrant. What made "Laogu Zhazi" feel regretful that the weather was too cold and the fish went into deep water. He could not perform his unique skill of going into the water to catch fish with empty hands.

In order to add some fun to the wedding, of course, Cao Xiaomin arranged for everyone to hold an arm wrestling competition; as he expected, in addition to the "Northeastern Gu" who was the referee, the most powerful among this group of people was "Laogu Scrats". Then he personally told everyone some stories of them fighting with the Japanese. In the story, the "Northeastern Gu" would teach everyone some hand-to-hand fighting techniques, and often used everyone as a demonstration to make a group of idle men dizzy; but everyone was still very happy, and they fantasized in their hearts that they could also deal with the Japanese who bullied them.

Cao Xiaomin planned to ask the Northeasterns to focus on training "Laogu Zhazi" in the next days. He really didn't want to see this honest man being bullied by others. The Northeasterns understood what Cao Xiaomin meant, so he always dealt with those idle men lightly when fighting them, but when fighting with "Laogu Zhazi", it seemed a little harder to fight with them. Those idle men also seemed to have discovered that the honest man who was bullied by them for many years was actually better than each of them, and they didn't dare to get along with "Laogu Zhazi" too casually; especially this timid and cowardly person dared to do something they hadn't done and took in two Kuomintang troops; now they looked at "Laogu Zhazi" with some respect.

A group of people were making noise by the fire, fighting, fighting, and fighting. There was no alcohol, but Cao Xiaomin felt a little drunk: it turned out that when there was no gunfire and smoke, ordinary and difficult days would be so comfortable! "Lao Gu Zhazi" may have never been so happy, maybe he never really knew what marrying a wife; they were very happy to worship the world, because the woman who was already mentally ill thought it was fun and happy, so they kept worshiping each other, one after another... laughter and joy were floating in this deserted reed marshes, and everyone forgot the sound of gunfire still in their ears and the bayonets that they might face tomorrow, and rolled and laughed to the heart's content...

"Sir!...Brother!" Suddenly a figure jumped out of the reeds on the edge of the fire.

"Xiao Kuan!..." With surprise and disbelief, Cao Xiaomin and the "Northeastern Man" opened their mouths and stared at Liang Xiaokuan, who was also in ragged clothes in front of him! The next moment, the three brothers hugged each other tightly, and Cao Xiaomin even found that his left hand was raised in pain...

"That day, I and my brothers from the Marine Corps counterattacked..."

Every charge soldier knew that this was a charge without returning. The morning mist had not yet dissipated. The artillery fire that exploded everywhere seemed to be hazy and brilliant with scattering agent, as if it was to set off this scene to the extreme of tragicity, as if everyone who had seen this scene could not forget it...

Liang Xiaokuan, who buried himself in the floating soil like Cao Xiaomin, was watching all this in a daze on the side of the battlefield. He had heard the brothers who participated in the Shao family war talk about how shocking the five-kilometer mountain road was. The heroes who existed in the legend were resurrected at this moment! Or their souls were attached to the charge of the Marines! Along the pond ridges and fields, they were squads in the crisscrossing fields.

The attacking troops rushed forward and backward, and the Japanese in front could no longer stop them. They were retreating; but they couldn't even retreat! The Marines who chased after the enemy with bayonets approached the enemy and pulled the grenade lead hanging on their chests, and rushed towards the Japanese who were fighting back with blue smoke! Who dared to fight for bayonets with such a group? Is this a bayonet?! The Japanese in the wilderness were in a mess, crying and calling the Japanese mother as they were defeated!

"Boom!...Boom!..." The entire open riverside land of the field pond was accompanied by explosions and soldiers disappeared out of thin air. The fields were covered with flesh and blood. The roars of martyrs, thunderous explosions and the wails of the Japanese... Liang Xiaokuan was simply stunned. He had only seen those who were desperate, but never saw those who were dead! These Marine soldiers were not something they could say that they were willing to die. They were as if they had a grudge against the little ghost of Yan Luo and were eager to find them!

These students from the Lightning and Thunder School have all studied. Unlike many troops who were arrested and enlisted in the army, they were all students who joined the army with a passionate bloody force to strengthen the army and the country. They had experienced the Jiangyin War and they had taken the initiative to attack behind enemy lines many times. Every time they quietly went to the enemy's back, they would see the empty fishing village, see the dead bodies of fishermen piled up together and not handled cleanly, and see all kinds of abuses and killings... The evil deeds committed by the landing on the coast and the crimes committed by Liang Xiaokuan, who had killed all the way back from Wuxi!

When they landed in the coal port, they saw the people rushing to the crowds, their hearts sank, as if they saw the bodies of these people being piled up; at that moment they already knew: the time for dying for their country has come!

These completely desperate Marines went on one after another, just like the Sichuan Army soldiers in the Shao Family War. Except for those who were hit by the Japanese, most of the officers and soldiers who died with the enemy died in pieces were killed in their country...

When it comes to how the brothers of the Marine Corps fought to the death, Liang Xiaokuan could no longer hold it back. In front of Cao Xiaomin, he was no longer the platoon leader and became a little brother. He was already crying...

When the last ferry left, the scared Japanese still did not dare to send infantry to attack. Liang Xiaokuan took him to reconnaise the remaining subordinates and the remaining brothers who had fought at night. The Marine Corps survived the narrow Jiajiang River and went to Baguazhou to avoid the limelight. These days they had been hiding in the barren continents in this area. Like Cao Xiaomin, they almost completely relied on reed roots for food, and they all had their faces and were pale and thin. However, Liang Xiaokuan, who came out to reconnaise this night, actually smelled the strong fragrance of stewed meat in the reed marsh...

The moon was covered with dark clouds and the cold wind was like a roar. In the reed marsh, half of the wounded Kuomintang soldiers were shaking and unable to fall asleep. Their bodies were trembling but their hearts were warm. They felt that today was a good day because they found several coffins on the riverside and they saw hope of crossing the river.

After crossing the river, you can reunite with your brothers... Everyone has a beautiful vision. As long as you can cross the river, they look like they are entering heaven; of course they know that these coffins, these opportunities to cross the river were given by the dead brothers, and those brothers who rush to cross the river the night before. Those brothers should use coffins more than them now, but they can only be buried in the belly of fish.

That night, there were shellings everywhere on the riverside, which made them frightened to see them across the Jiajiang River. They were really worried that they would encounter a big search of the Japanese the next day. The Japanese really searched the next day, but it was very hasty, because they had only one small team of troops on Baguazhou, and they just sent a squad to circumference of several reed marshals. But who can guarantee that the Japanese would not come again? It is very unsafe, but everyone can only continue to stay nervously because they must rest for action. They had already overdrawn in the battle ahead.

Half of the Kuomintang officers and soldiers hiding here were injured, and all of them were blown by the cold wind, but they were used to it. This was the case on the battlefield, and it was the same when hiding in the reed marshals. They all felt pain all over and felt a little dizzy.

"You said, will the platoon leader bring food back when he goes out to reconnaissance?" "How about you have such good luck? You can pick up the leftover lunch boxes of the Japanese every time..." "Yes, the people in this place are poor enough, and they have shave off the Japanese. If he steals something, it will be bad if the owner starts to make trouble and starts to alarm the Japanese..." "When you pass the river, you can eat whatever you want..." "Hey, why do I think the platoon leader will definitely bring something back..."

Liang Xiaokuan came back and brought a pot of meat! When the brothers were surprised, they saw the platoon leader appearing behind the platoon leader, who would always fight with them and never leave their brothers to escape!
Chapter completed!