(... Veterans will be awakened by all abnormal sounds. Not only the sound of gunfire, but this is an instinct that we can survive; of course, this also makes us very painful after the war. I always have insomnia in the rear, just because it is too calm... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

The loess slopes under the moon seem particularly desolate and cold. Although it is the best season of the year in the loess, the few old trees that are not dense still use their rugged projections to portray the earth extremely hideously.

"Brother, thank you for your hard work tonight. I will carry Sister Zhao for you tomorrow..." A guard of the 89th Army, called "Chaotianbi", completed the last work in his hand, connected an explosion spring machine, carefully tested the elastic force, and then pressed it with a stone before turning around and grinning at the "Lao Nest". However, "Lao Nest" did not respond, but instead turned his eyes to the darkness in the distance, and continued to move in the shadows - who knows whether there would be Japanese in the distance to observe this place at this time? []

Because they were able to get here after a day of walking, which means that the Japanese could do it, the four guards left for various reasons before they even had their seats. While they were still drinking in the yard, they had already gone to the front and back of the village to set up defenses.

Several old trees at the entrance of the village will definitely become the outposts for attacking the village. If they were Japanese, they would definitely hide behind the trees to observe. Therefore, "Chaotian Nose" and "Laomen" have installed a group of fan-shaped "steel helmet thunders" here, which are directional blasting thunders invented by "explosive bags" in the street fighting in Shanghai. This fan-shaped blasting combination has taken care of all the rears of several trees, because there are not so many bullet shells, and they asked the village blacksmith to fill it in a pile of iron sand; if the hidden people behind the detonation of several trees, they probably won't survive.

Because there is no electronic control device and no power, this time the trigger triggers the detonation. The bamboo springs are pressed under a not-so-small stone, and will only be activated if the stone is removed. It is impossible for people who are sneaking away at night to kick the stone away, but they can do it with just one shot from a distance - if they can hit it.

Lao Niao's marksmanship is good enough and he has repeatedly seen several reflective surfaces of this smooth stone. It is no problem to hit it with one shot through thirty or forty steps. After observing everything in silence, he said goodbye to "Chaotian Nose". Both of them disappeared silently under the cover of the shadow of the tree, and "Lao Niao" stayed to guard.

"All have been arranged?" Cao Xiaomin asked casually. He had just returned to the door and saw the "bamboo shoot head" he had just returned. Although he didn't drink well, he was dressed in formal clothes and said, "Military Affairs is in his body" on the table, and he controlled the total amount to three cups. After the table was dispersed, he still had no appetite at all.

"It's all right. Explosion cover has been arranged in front and behind the village, and even the intersections entering the village have been arranged. If nothing is wrong, you have to get up early tomorrow morning to demolish it..." "Bamboo Shoot Head" replied: "In addition to the gap we planned, another hole in the middle and waist of the village can be found. If there is any emergency, go out from there. The front and back guards know where to meet. Please rest first, the sir..."

The arrangement was very carefully, Cao Xiaomin nodded. He knew that "Bamboo Shoot Head" would have to go to the village to move secretly, and he had to get up and change his seat every hour. Now Cao Xiaomin is most worried about Chief Zhao, who is the only wounded, and if there is any emergency, he will most likely be abandoned. Because of this reason, Chief Zhao had already changed his civil service when he was resting, and once he had to stay, she would pretend to be a villager. Although the chance of survival is still very small, it is the only thing that can be done at present. In such a complex environment, everyone has to live a worried life.

"Sister Zhao is in a good condition. She just ate chicken porridge and slept. Is the sir uneasy?" He Yan walked out of the room and saw Cao Xiaomin walking over, and hurriedly stepped forward to report the situation... It would be great if he had come for her! The little girl had a fever on her face, but she knew that she should not see it in the night, so she let the blush go on her face for a long time. Since she saw Cao Xiaomin's iron-bending uncompromising and unscrupulous command on the wreckage of the plane, she developed an instinctive admiration and closeness to Cao Xiaomin. Perhaps the only thing people on the edge of life and death worship is the strong fighting. In short, in He Yan's mind, it turns out that those scholars who are so handsome on the podium can't even remember clearly. Now she only has Cao Xiaomin. Only men who dare to fight like this are men, and other talents are actually phantoms...

"Where are you? You are still not sleeping?" Cao Xiaomin asked with concern: "Are you not used to sleeping without taking off your clothes, shoes and socks?"

"Ah..." He Yan was a little panicked. She always felt that people, especially girls, are the gentlest and quietest when they sleep, and they should wear pajamas at this time. But since she arrived at the front line, she found that she could not even take off her shoes, because once an emergency occurred, she would not even have time to wear shoes... However, she really couldn't tolerate her feet odor like those soldiers... She suddenly remembered that she had seen Cao Xiaomin sleeping on a canvas mat like piles of garbage. The canvas mat was covered with hair of various colors on the edges of the rainy days... It seems that that is not unacceptable, right?

"I'm worried that the Japanese would come in at night..." He Yan whispered: "The situation is actually very dangerous, right? I saw the four of them quickly fill their stomachs and leave, and brought the backpack full of explosives..."

"The danger is not obvious. Which day is not dangerous on the front line? However, the Japanese can also follow the place where we have been away for a day, so we must be cautious..." Cao Xiaomin smiled and said, "I'm not surprised at all when fighting tonight. You must get used to fighting anytime and anywhere on the front line... By the way, go to bed quickly tonight. We will get up at three o'clock in the middle of the night and leave while it's dark..."

"Ah...yes!" He Yan suddenly realized that when facing Cao Xiaomin, she didn't know what to say, or she couldn't find the topic, except for military affairs; but now it seems that even military affairs are good. I don't know how to say it. I don't know if it's shy or why, He Yan couldn't find the topic. When she heard Cao Xiaomin ask her to rest early, she hurriedly turned around and wanted to enter the house; but the footsteps that seemed to be stuck revealed a trace of her inner wish, and in Cao Xiaomin's eyes, a ripples appeared in his heart - he was a person who had experienced it, and of course he could see the postures of some children...

Could it be...why could she be?! Cao Xiaomin felt a little confused: When he was in Japan, he learned in a vocational training class that "the words spoken in his mouth can deceive people and themselves, but the body language that is involuntarily expressed in his body is real..."

What should I do? Do I take advantage of this? I felt a little embarrassed. Cao Xiaomin looked back at He Yan's room when he walked to his room, but saw that the door had been closed.

"It was Chief Cao who came to see you just now. I saw that you didn't disturb you after you slept..." He Yan entered the house but saw Chief Zhao sitting at the head of the bed.

"It's okay, I look, I can walk with everyone tomorrow if I don't want to be cared by others; let alone, the doctors in this village are very high..." After entering the village, Zhao confidential staff asked the doctors in the village to see her. The doctor prescribed a lot of medicines for her, all of which were Chinese medicines. They also specially prepared a stack of ointments for her, saying that it was a pain-relieving anesthetic drugs made with Mafei San as the main method and other things. When an emergency occurs, you can apply it to the wound for a while and then anesthetics and pain-relieving it. Zhao confidential staff felt like they were treasures when they heard this. They just tried it and found that their wounds really didn't hurt and could walk! (In fact, this prescription was commonly used by the Yunnan army during the Defense of Western Yunnan. It seemed that it was an anesthetic extracted by Mafei San Mandala and Yunnan Baiyao. It is said that they had used it for seriously injured American soldiers during the first aid. The reaction was that the pain-relieving effect was no worse than that of morphine needles! Because there was no Yunnan Baiyao here, it was fooled...)

In order not to drag others down tomorrow, the two female soldiers began to prepare in advance, including food, medicine, clothes, etc., and checked the guns and ammunition for combat. Then the two lay down and slept with the gun handle as Cao Xiaomin ordered... Soon, the sound of fine and even breathing began to sound gently, and only at this moment they were like girls...

No! Cao Xiaomin suddenly woke up. It was only after he woke up that he realized something was wrong: dog barking! The barking of dogs from a distance suddenly barked and the dogs raised in the village were barking!

There must be something abnormal at the entrance of the village! The nerves that had been trained by the fire of war on the battlefield suddenly became tense. Cao Xiaomin turned over and carried a backpack, slapped his rifle across his body, and rushed into the yard with a submachine gun...

The big house on the yellow soil is a square row. Cao Xiaomin lives in the east and west of the two girls' bedrooms; the stars in the sky blinked, and everything was calm except for the barking of dogs. The girls were probably still dreaming... But Cao Xiaomin already clearly felt that the crisis was approaching. He rushed to He Yan and the others' rooms and kicked the door open: "Get up! Get up! Get ready for the fight!"

The two girls are also soldiers, but after such a long journey and the previous night battle, they were so tired that they were already exhausted. After sleeping, they didn't even wake up from the door! It was Cao Xiaomin's "preparing for battle" that made them wake up. They didn't have the instinct of the veteran who rolled on the edge of life and death to get up and enter a combat state, and the two were still wiping their eyes...

"Bang! Bang!..." The gunshot rang! The Mauser pistol fired first, and then the 38th large cover...
Chapter completed!