War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1601 The opposite direction

"Why are you crying? What's the point of crying?"

In the "living room" of the mine filled with the smell of horse urine and mule dung, Miss Hongxia pulled Miss Eleven up and untied the ropes that were still tied to her body while asking, "What are you yelling about? Tell me how that beast bullied you? I'll take care of it for you. If it doesn't work out, we'll kill him!"

Miss Eleven seemed to have found her backbone when she heard this. She subconsciously moved closer to Sister Hongxia, who was only two or three years older than her. She wiped away her tears with her red hands and stammered, "My name is Cao Eleven, my mother's surname is Yang, and she named me Yang Shiyi."

After she finished introducing herself, the little girl burst into tears again. She pointed at Young Master Cao who was not far away and said angrily, "He has been trying to humiliate me since the year before last. It was my mother who begged the manager on her knees for several days, and only then did she let me learn foreign languages ​​from Second Aunt, so that I could avoid him."

Wiping away tears again, the little girl said sadly, "This autumn, he...he bullied my mother!"

"Damn it!"

Miss Hongxia cursed as she walked towards Young Master Cao.

"Don't rush yet"

Wei Ran quickly stopped Miss Hongxia and turned to ask Yang Shiyi, "Where is your mother?"

"died"

Yang Shiyi sniffed her bubbling nose and said sadly, "When the Japanese invaders rushed in, my mother let me escape and then she shot herself.

She was kidnapped in the first place. If I hadn't been a burden to her, she would have wanted to die long ago. You guys, let me follow you to fight the Japanese."

At this point, Yang Shiyi knelt down with tears streaming down her face. "My mother asked me to go find the Anti-Japanese United Army. She said only the Anti-Japanese United Army could save me. Please let me follow you to fight the Japanese!"

"Okay! Then stay and fight the devils together!"

Miss Hongxia once again made a decision before Wei Ran could speak, without even thinking about whether she should first ask the opinions of the nearby Anti-Japanese Allied Forces fighters.

"Sister Hongxia, we also want to stay and fight the Japanese." The Sun sisters said in unison.

"You're not going home?" Sister Hongxia asked subconsciously, "Uncle Sun, please."

"If we go back, we might get tied up by the bandits again one day," said one of the Sun sisters. "We're going to die anyway, so we might as well stay and fight the Japanese with the Anti-Japanese United Army!"

"That's right!" echoed the other sister.

"Then let's become sworn brothers today! From now on, we'll fight the Japanese together!"

After saying that, Miss Hongxia looked at Wei Ran, pointed at Young Master Cao who was standing not far away with a look of fear on his face, and asked, "Brother Wei, is that living beast still useful?"

  You asked this question.

Wei Ran grinned. Seeing that Young Master Cao kept shaking his head at him, he said indifferently, "He himself shook his head and said it's useless."

As soon as these words were spoken, the four young girls couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Wei Ran wisely took a step back.

  As for the life or death of Master Cao.

Now the body of Manager Cao is frozen solid, and such a scumbag has naturally lost his last bit of value.

"Sister Shiyi, please give me a token of your loyalty!"

He had just made way when Miss Hongxia picked up the small axe that Cui Da Huzi had thrown on the ground when he came in not long ago and handed it to Yang Shiyi. Then she raised her finger and pointed at Young Master Cao who had a terrified look on his face.

Hearing this, Yang Shiyi took the axe without thinking and walked towards the struggling Young Master Cao in the flickering light of the oil lamp.

Looking at the girl's thin back, Wei Ran did not step forward to stop her.

According to the standards of later generations, she was still just a child, but at this moment, there was no child here. She was just a daughter who wanted to wash away the shame of her mother.

"puff!"

Amidst the screams that were stuck in Young Master Cao's throat and the noise made by the sled leaning against the wall swinging back and forth as he was pulling it, Yang Shiyi chopped his crotch hard with the axe in her hand.

When the girl raised the axe again, everyone saw blood dripping from the axe blade.

"That's enough. This axe is enough." It was Miss Hongxia who stopped Yang Shiyi. "Let him die slowly in pain!"

"Clang!"

Having avenged her great hatred, Yang Shiyi immediately let go of the axe in her hand, threw herself into Miss Hongxia's arms and couldn't help crying.

  In this era, the daughters of bandit families are also living in hell.

Wei Ran sighed silently, took out his camera silently, and amidst the muffled screams, he secretly pressed the shutter towards the four girls who were huddled around the dim oil lamp for warmth.

He had just put down his camera when he heard rustling noises in the mine tunnel.

Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately stuffed the camera into his arms. The girls from the Sun family, who had just helped to comfort Yang Shiyi, also picked up a pile of straw and covered the still struggling Young Master Cao with it. They even wiped the blood off the axe and threw it far away.

"Come and help!"

Almost at the same time, Zhao Jinyu, holding several guns, came out crouching, "Brother Wei, we have to set off now to move all the things away. Sister Hongxia, you guys should also come and help move the things."

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have bothered going in there!" Miss Hongxia said regretfully, and hurriedly called the three girls behind her to help.

While everyone was busy, all the weapons, cotton clothes and even the Japanese backpacks were moved out one by one.

"Hongxia girl"

Zhao Jinyu led a black horse and walked out while saying, "I'll leave the mule meat and some coarse salt for you. You take them here to take care of the wounded and wait for Hu Bazhi to come. Then he can take you away."

"We want to fight the Japanese, and we will fight the Japanese together with you!" Miss Hongxia said seriously, "We have discussed it all!"

"You can fight the devils if you want."

Cui Da Huzi said, with some suspicion of shirking responsibility, "Taking care of the wounded is also a way to fight the Japanese. You just stay here and take good care of Xiaohu and the others. When that Hu Bazhi comes, tell him that you want to fight the Japanese and let him arrange for you!"

"You can't fool us!" Miss Hongxia said vigilantly.

"Why did I fool you?"

As Cui Da Huzi was talking, he also led a mule and said, "If you girls really want to help, quickly lead the mules and horses out and move all the things out. We are very short on time."

Hearing this, the girls led by Hongxia stopped asking questions and hurriedly helped to lead the remaining two mules out of the abandoned mine. Then they delivered the supplies that had just been carried into the "living room" one by one.

This time, there was no wounded person on the sled, but it was filled with all the captured items.

Not only that, in order to run faster, this sled was pulled by three mules.

It was during these loading trips that Wei Ran noticed the eight grenades that Zhao Jinyu had just found out from the things seized by Cui Da Huzi.

While they went back to move other things, Wei Ran quietly stuffed the two boxes of eight grenades into the Japanese backpack he was carrying.

Not long after, as the last batch of things were moved out and loaded onto the Japanese sled, Cui Da Huzi called on Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu to help. They used a piece of Japanese waterproof canvas to cover the things in the car tightly and tied them up carefully.

"We left you some mule meat, and we also left you some bags of rice from the devils."

As Cui Da Huzi got on the sled, he said, "You girls must not make any noise. Just wait inside quietly. If you are discovered, you can run away, but the three injured soldiers can't."

"We are not stupid," said Miss Hongxia, who was holding a Japanese medical kit in her arms.

Hearing this, Big Beard Cui said no more. He hung a medical bag around his neck, gently shook the reins in his hand, and shouted at the three mules to run together in the flying snow.

"Let's go too."

Zhao Jinyu, who was also carrying a Japanese medical bag, had already jumped on the horse and started running at the black horse. At this time, there was a large knife on his shoulder that belonged to Tian Xiaohu.

"Go back quickly"

Wei Ran, who also had a Japanese medical bag slung across his shoulder, gave a final instruction, mounted his horse and followed. Finally, under the gazes of those young girls, he disappeared in the darkest snowy night before dawn.

"Go, go back!"

Miss Hongxia said hello and took the Sun sisters and Yang Shiyi back to the abandoned mine and locked the iron gate again.

In less than half an hour, the heavy snow once again covered the fence gate and the footprints, horse hoof prints, and sled prints on the snow.

At the same time, Wei Ran and the other two had quietly left Langcaozigou. Led by Cui Da Huzi, they were galloping on the snow with their nerves tense.

"Brother Cui, how long will it take us to get there?" asked Zhao Jinyu, who was riding a horse. "At this speed, we should be there by noon," replied Cui Da Huzi.

"I don't know what's going on with my brother."

Zhao Jinyu muttered something incoherently, then lowered his body and lay on the horse's back, trying to reduce the impact of the wind and snow on his body.

Taking advantage of the time before dawn, the three men desperately ordered the animals to run faster and farther than possible.

As the white mist exhaled by people and animals continued to dilute, the sky gradually became brighter and brighter, the snow gradually stopped, and they even saw the rising sun.

  This is definitely not a good thing!

"Chirp! Chirp!"

Big Beard Cui shook the reins vigorously, urging the three mules that had been running for a long time to continue moving forward, wading through the thick snow that was up to their knees and moving forward with difficulty.

“We have to stop for a while.”

Zhao Jinyu, who was covered with snow, said, "If they keep running like this, the animals will die of exhaustion."

"It's not far," said Cui Da Huzi.

"It's not far to go, so we need to take a rest."

Zhao Jinyu said distressedly, "These animals can't stand being ordered around like this."

Subconsciously looking behind him, Cui Da Huzi finally pulled the reins and stopped the three mules beside a birch tree. Seeing this, Zhao Jinyu and Wei Ran also hurriedly shouted at the horses to stop.

After shaking off the snow on their bodies, the three of them did not dare to rest at all. They quickly picked up some pine branches and helped the animals to clear the ice and snow off their bodies.

"Brother Cui, how far is it?"

Wei Ran asked as he poured some salt into his hand and put it into the horse's mouth.

"almost"

Cui Da Huzi, who was also feeding salt to the mule, said, "There is a river after crossing this forest. After crossing the river and going around four or five ridges, we will arrive."

Hearing this, Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief but at the same time he couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation. He was looking forward to meeting the legendary Commander Zhao and to having the opportunity to take a picture of him.

"Can we go back after we deliver the stuff? I was sent out just after meeting my brother."

While speaking, Zhao Jinyu subconsciously pressed his chest. In his arms, in addition to the letter, there was also a small flag of the First Guerrilla Team.

"should be"

As Cui Da Huzi spoke, he lit his pipe and took two puffs. "Just listen to the instructions when the time comes. This time, your first team has seized so many things, and you also destroyed the bandit nest of Cao Dazhangpan. This is a great achievement."

"The shopkeeper Cao is gone, but the mountain leader is still here."

Zhao Jinyu took the cigarette handed over by Wei Ran, lit it, took a sip and said, "When spring comes next year, we will have to have Zhang Dazhang and Wang Dazhang. This forest cannot be without beards."

"We haven't killed all the Japs yet, and you're still thinking about killing all the Hu Zi?"

Cui Da Huzi sighed, "Let's just worry about the present. How are we going to get through this winter is still a question."

For a moment, the only sound in the forest was the sound of the wind.

"How difficult is our current situation?" Zhao Jinyu asked abruptly.

“How difficult it is.”

Big Beard Cui took a breath and said, "Since the beginning of winter, the Japanese have been surrounding us. In order to cut off our food and drink, they burned down the surrounding villages and moved everyone together.

Those villagers who moved there had to show the Japanese a good citizen certificate when going in and out, and they were also checked to see if they had any letters or food with them.

It has been so many days since the beginning of autumn, and we still haven't gathered enough food and cotton clothes for the winter, let alone bullets."

"These damn devils!" Zhao Jinyu clenched his fists and cursed fiercely.

"Scolding is useless"

Cui Da Huzi sighed and looked up at the sky in despair, "When will this damn day end?"

After trying to give an accurate or vague deadline but being denied, Wei Ran could only mutter "that day will come" while taking out the camera from his arms again and pressing the shutter towards the two of them.

After resting for more than half an hour, the three men fed some concentrated feed to the strong animals, and then gave them another half an hour to rest. Only when they saw the wind picking up did they shout at them to run again.

"Keep going straight ahead. When you get out of the forest, you will find the river." Big Beard Cui said, "Once you cross the river, it won't be far."

"Then let's go faster"

As Zhao Jinyu spoke, he shook the reins vigorously and made the big black horse run.

Although Big Beard Cui said it wasn't far away, the three of them still had to run for a full hour before they could vaguely see the so-called river.

  However, before they set foot on the frozen river, they heard the fierce barking of dogs at the same time!

"Oh no! It's the Japanese wolfhound!" Big Beard Cui was the first to make the judgment!

"What if they were hunting?" Zhao Jinyu said subconsciously.

"Hunting dogs don't bark! Run!"

As Wei Ran was talking, he saw two dogs running towards him from a distance, chasing each other! But what was even more frightening was the shadowy figures of the two dogs that appeared behind him!

"Run! Don't look back!"

Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already pulled out the Japanese cavalry rifle from the gun bag, raised the gun, loaded the bullet, and decisively pulled the trigger!

"boom!"

After the clear sound of gunfire, one of the dogs rolled and fell in the snow!

"What are you standing there for? Run! Run!"

  While Wei Ran was urging, he had already loaded the bullet into the gun again, aimed at the other dog that had rushed to a distance of less than 100 meters, and pulled the trigger decisively!

"boom!"

  After the second gunshot, the dog also fell to the ground. At the same time, Wei Ran had already knocked the horse's belly hard, and ran away from the river amid the sound of the Japanese soldiers' return fire three or four hundred meters away!

Almost at the same time, Cui Da Huzi also shook the reins vigorously, shouting at the sled and Zhao Jinyu to run deep into the forest - they must cherish the opportunity created by Wei Ran and cross the river farther away!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Wei Ran raised the box gun and pulled the trigger continuously towards the top of his head to attract attention, then risked his life and rushed into the forest with the firepower of retaliation!

  This special code is the return mission!

Wei Ran gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, then took out a Japanese grenade from his pocket, pulled out the safety pin, knocked it hard on the butt of the gun, and threw it behind him.

"boom!"

The extremely piercing explosion shook off an unknown amount of snow, which not only helped him release a curtain of snow, but also attracted all the attention of the Japanese as he wished!

All of a sudden, grenades fired from rifles, machine guns, and even grenade launchers flew behind Wei Ran.

  The enemies, who were riding sleds, skis, and even leading dogs, also started shouting and chasing, outflanking, and possibly encircling!

It seems that there is no chance to take a photo of General Zhao.

Wei Ran suppressed the regret in his heart, took out a flare from his arms, pulled out the safety pin and stuffed it into the grenade launcher. When passing by a birch tree that had lost all its leaves, he pulled the reins to stop the horse, and directly placed the grenade launcher against the tree trunk, without caring whether he could hit the target or whether the flare could kill anyone, he simply pulled the trigger.

"Tom!"

With a loud bang, the grenade flew in the direction of the grenade launcher, scaring the pursuers and shaking off the snow on the birch tree.

"Chirp! Chirp!"

Wei Ran held the grenade launcher in one hand and the reins in the other, and shouted at the horse to run again, running in a direction that was getting farther and farther away from Cui Da Huzi and the other man, and from the legendary Commander Zhao - with countless enemies behind him.

He didn't know that not long after, Zhao Jinyu, who had clearly safely crossed the river on the sled, suddenly turned his horse around.

"What are you going to do!" Big Beard Cui's heart trembled.

"Brother Wei risked his life to let us escape last time. This time it's my turn! Let's go!"

After saying that, Zhao Jinyu hit the mule on its butt with the big knife in his hand, then he controlled the horse to gallop, heading straight towards the direction behind the enemies who were surrounding Wei Ran!