My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 169 The Soul of China
"Since the Japanese came, we ordinary people have been hiding around every day. If we can't eat or wear clothes, look at us, we are living like ghosts and ghosts, and they have to shoot if they want to farm the land..."

After some explanations, the people finally let go of their vigilance. When they learned that the investigation team was going to Heshun Town, the old man offered to lead the way for them.

Along the way, the old man kept talking about what happened to them. It's been too long... It's been too long since I saw my own army.

After the Japanese occupied the West Bank, they burned, killed, looted everywhere, raped women, and did all kinds of things that were worse than animals. The people in the West Bank could not live at all.

Look at the Nantianmen, the Japanese army almost emptied the entire mountain, but this "credit" is based on the flesh and blood of the people on the West Bank.

The Japanese army captured thousands of ordinary people from various villages and towns to help them build this fortress. One can imagine how the crazy little devils would treat them?
Hundreds of Chinese people died of exhaustion in that choking mouse hole, and very few of them came back alive.

Without the hard work of these ordinary people, how could such a large amount of work be completed in just a few months with just a few thousand of them.

The common people who were tortured so badly fled into the mountains and lived like savages.But around their necks an invisible chain connects their fields.

Eating wild fruits and tree roots on the mountain may be enough to get by, but it is not a long-term solution.

It's time to plant the land when it's time for planting, otherwise there will be no food.They tossed and turned in the hut on the mountain, crumpling their moldy clothes to pieces.

In the end, they decided to go down the mountain to sow seeds, but in the field... they left a few corpses shot dead by the Japanese when they were bored.

Whether it was digging or irrigating, as long as they appeared in the fields below the mountain, the passing Japanese soldiers would shoot.If you are lucky, you can escape, but if you are unlucky, you can only lie on the cold ground, and you will never see the growth of spring buds.

Sometimes the Japanese even wounded one of the villagers but spared his life, waiting for his companions to rescue them, and kill two birds with one stone.

In the end, the little devil seemed to have reached some kind of invisible agreement with the local people. They could farm the land, but they would be used as targets for gun training.

In the eyes of the Japanese army, they were like wild beasts that still retained their farming instincts, and they became prey for them to shoot and kill wantonly.

The common people have become numb, no one came to rescue them, and they couldn't see any hope, so they could only hide around with the little devils all day long.

They even go out at night and go to the fields at night to cultivate, just to plant the crops in a limited time, but they must always be alert to bullets shot from behind at any time.

The group of people that Liao Mingyu and the others met were villagers who had just finished farming in the fields and were going back to the mountains.

Hearing this, Liao Mingyu and others pointed their fingers at each other. There is only a river across the river, but the lives of the people on both sides are as different as hell and heaven.

"Okay, I'll send you here. If you go further, you will reach Heshun. There will be no Japanese devils on this road." The old man pointed to the front and said to Liao Mingyu.

"Old man, is Heshun Town like what you said?" Meng Fanle asked hurriedly, he was very worried that his parents would end up like this, and he didn't even dare to think about... a more serious situation.

"Heshun Town? They have been ordered to live in peace, and they are living a very good life!"

The old man spat in disdain, and continued with righteous indignation: "I don't want peace in Lianhua Town, even if I shoot with guns, and I don't want peace if I let dogs bite me. If I die, I will die in my own field. That's all... that It's all our land!"

Speaking of this, the old man was already crying, his face was full of tears of pain and unwillingness, Dong Dao couldn't bear to step forward to support him.

This villager with a wrinkled face and ragged clothes expressed his determination in the simplest words, even if he died, he would never be a obedient citizen of a little devil.

Such simple Chinese people, they may not know a single character, but they live their lives better than anyone else.If a country dies, it can be restored, but if the blood of the nation dies, it will not be able to recover!
Liao Mingyu was deeply shocked by his words. At this moment, everyone in the reconnaissance team felt uncomfortable. As a soldier, he could not keep the enemy out of the country and let his compatriots be persecuted by the invaders. What a shame.

Compared with those clean and decent upper-class people, the countryman in front of him understands what is called national blood.

However, some social elites who chanted the slogan of resisting the Japanese invaders so loudly chose to be traitors without hesitation at the trace of life and death!
It is true that every time more dogs are slaughtered out of righteousness, most of them are scholars who are unwilling!ridiculous... pathetic...

Liao Mingyu only felt heavy in his heart, and he bowed deeply to the old man: "I'm sorry old man."

In the past, he thought that the Sichuan Army was not ready, and had been waiting for the opportunity to avoid excessive casualties.

But now it seems that it is really imminent to counterattack Nantianmen, and he cannot tolerate these people being continued to be tortured by the Japanese.

"No way, sir!"

The old man quickly helped Liao Mingyu up, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, smiled kindly, and expressed his understanding: "Actually, I understand, I understand everything."

"It's annoying, tell the brothers to share some of the food in the backpack with them." Liao Mingyu ordered with red eyes.

"Yes!"

The soldiers evened out some of their cans and biscuits, and everyone only kept the basic ration, and all the rest were given to these few people.Although there are not many things, they can eat for two days if they save a little.

"Old man, if you persist, we will soon cross the river." Liao Mingyu handed over two canned beef to the old man.

"Good! Good!" With tears in his eyes, the old man didn't know what words to use to express his excitement except for nodding. Their persistence finally brought hope.

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Everyone rushed to Heshun Town, as the old man said, this place has indeed been ordered to safety.The reconnaissance team entered the town in groups of three and three, alternately covering from multiple positions.

There are no pedestrians on the street, and there are no Japanese patrols. On the walls on both sides, there are several traditional characters written: Jointly build a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

It was almost 7 o'clock in the morning. It stands to reason that the common people should come out at this time, but the whole town is empty and lifeless.

"Where are the people in this town? They've all been bullied by little devils?" Mi Long put the machine gun on the low wall, looking at the deserted street, wondering.

"I'm afraid of being cleaned up, don't think that the world will be peaceful after being ordered to safety." Meng Fan complained, he raised his gun and looked around vigilantly, shifting his steps and continuing to move forward.

A group of people quickly crossed the main road and turned to an alley entrance. They kept a distance from each other, and quickly searched forward with the help of the cover of the corner.

It happened that a villager wearing a bamboo hat was walking towards him, and everyone ignored him and continued to run forward.

The villager turned his head and looked at them silently, half of his face was covered by his wide bamboo hat, and he couldn't see the specific appearance clearly.

When Meng Fanlai passed him by, he seemed to feel a little familiar, which made him stop involuntarily.

When the people in front realized that he was not leaving suddenly, they also stopped and looked at him puzzled.

The villagers took off their bamboo hats and looked at Meng Fanle's back without blinking, and the latter also slowly turned to look at him.

This is a middle-aged man with gray hair. He wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses on his thin face, and there are two gray mustaches on his lips. This longing face is very familiar.

"I'm tired of your father's tail, can you go away?" Milong who was closest to him scolded impatiently.

"Okay, why don't you greet me?"

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(End of this chapter)