War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 219 Met Gazi

The moment the gunshots came into the reeds, Wei Ran and Zhou Houpu stopped their work one after another.

"What's wrong?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice.

"Take the fishing line." Zhou Hopu quickly put away the incense sticks waiting to be dried in front of the two of them while speaking, and then squeezed through the dense reeds with the small wooden boat.

Sitting at the stern of the boat, Wei Ran pulled out a crucian carp that was a foot long by the hemp rope. Before he could take the fish off the hook, Zhou Houpu had already stopped the boat.

Looking through the edge of the reeds, Wei Ran was surprised to find that a large number of cargo ships were parked quite far away from their reeds.And behind the pier surrounded by these boats, it seems to be the Dongguan City Gate!Turning his head and looking to the left, at most less than a kilometer away was the heavily guarded Nanguan City Gate.

"Are we outside the county seat?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice, belatedly.

Zhou Houpu nodded his head unobtrusively, squinting his eyes to find the location where he just shot.Seeing this, Wei Ran took out the telescope from the metal notebook and handed it over while the other party was not paying attention.

"You still have this treasure?" Zhou Hopu took the telescope in surprise.

"Given by Qiu Ermazi." Wei Ran consumed a handful of Qiu Ermazi again, and said casually, "I'll give it to you when you need it."

Zhou Hopu didn't speak, he raised his binoculars and looked around.After a long time, he returned the telescope to Wei Ran and motioned him to look in the direction of Nanguan.

Following the other party's guidance, Wei Ran raised the binoculars, and then saw a figure in a suit hanging above the gate opening of the south gate.And directly above the hanged man, there was a little devil standing with a command knife on his waist and a gun in his hand that seemed to be angry.

Zhou Houpu explained in a low voice, "The one on the city wall is probably Kamemoto."

"It's a pity that the anti-tank gun can't be taken out." Wei Ran muttered to himself. If the anti-tank gun could be taken out, he was sure enough that even if he couldn't hit Kamemoto with one shot, he could at least half-mutilate him.

Seeing that the source of the gunshots was unclear for a while, Zhou Hopu cautiously returned the boat back to the reed marsh.Under Wei Ran's gaze, he parked the small wooden boat and re-hooked the fish, took out the small wooden board and continued to make incense sticks, as if he was not worried about the situation outside at all.

Gradually, the sky completely darkened, but Uncle Zhou never came back.However, compared to Wei Ran who was getting more and more restless, Zhou Houpu was also extraordinarily calm. He looked up at the stars that were looming in the night sky, and finally stopped his work again, slowly shaking the boat and continuing to walk through the reeds.

After a long time, the boat again approached a small shack hidden in the depths of the reeds.Greeting Wei Ran to get into the shack, Zhou Houpu took out the two pancakes left in the lunch box and the unfinished pickles at noon, put them on the lotus leaves that were about to be dried and said in a low voice, "Eat something, eat Get some sleep after that, my dad should be living in the city today."

While talking, Zhou Houpu lit a stick of incense sticks around the small shack to smoke the mosquitoes, then picked up a sickle, cut a handful of reeds around, folded them carefully and tied them into two small pillows.

"Is this how you usually guard?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice, taking a bite of the dry and hard pancake.

Zhou Houpu took a bite of the pancake and responded in a low voice, "It's not bad, at least there is a shack. Last winter, the little devil went to the villages to sweep over and over again, and everyone could only hide in the reeds. At that time, even the shack None, everyone can only put the reeds on the ice to cook. The whole winter, I dare not light a fire, and I don’t have any bedding, and I don’t even have food, so many people have fallen to the root of the disease.”

"Sigh..." Wei Ran who was listening on the side became more and more unhappy, and he didn't know how to continue this topic.

"I don't know how long it will take"

Zhou Houpu tore off a small piece of pickles and threw them into his mouth, chewing them loudly, "This little devil has guns and cannons, and planes drop bombs on his head at every turn. If they can't be driven away, the days to come will be terrible." There's no running around at all."

"It will definitely drive them away." Wei Ran whispered with great certainty, "It will take four or five years at most."

"Four or five years?" Zhou Hopu's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to say something, there were a few weird frog calls from outside the reeds.

"Someone is coming!" Zhou Hopu quickly swallowed the pancakes in his mouth, and responded to the frog calls a few times.

After hearing another response from outside, Zhou Houpu pushed the boat out immediately, and then saw a man pushing a bicycle on the side of a dirt road next to the reeds, carrying a bamboo basket in his hand man.

"Captain Zhao? Why are you here?" Zhou Hopu asked unexpectedly.

"Bring you some food along the way." Captain Zhao handed over the bamboo basket covered with floral cloth while speaking.

After Zhou Hopu took the basket, Captain Zhao reached out to Wei Ran, "Are you Comrade Wei Ran?"

"It's me..." Wei Ran hurriedly jumped from the boat onto the road, and shook hands with the other party.

"Brother Wei has done a great job, now all the devils in the county are looking for you!"

Captain Zhao exclaimed in a low voice, "I went to the county seat at noon to have a look, good guy, I heard that the water in Xiaonanmener's bathhouse was stained red, and six or seven dead traitors were lifted out of it."

"so much?"

Zhou Hopu looked at Wei Ran in surprise, although he and Wei Ran have not been separated since they met in the morning, but the other party has never elaborated on what they did in the county.

"Thanks to Qiu Ermazi for giving birth to a good son, I couldn't do so much without his help." Wei Ran smiled modestly, "Captain Zhao, what's the situation in the city now? Also, the owner of the tea shed in Dongguan is not affected. implicated?"

"The city is in chaos. The owner of the tea shed didn't come out for a long time today. When I heard that the little devil went to find him, the storyteller owner had already run away. Before he left, he went to your yard to put tea If it wasn't for the quick response of the neighbors around, it would have burned a large area."

"The boss probably hates me to death."

Wei Ran said indifferently, can you not hate?Killing his cousin He Translator who sheltered him from the wind and rain, and turning his tea shed into a yellow stall, just lighting the fire and burning the broken yard is already considered light, even if the other party scolds him when he writes himself as a storyteller, Wei Ran He was not surprised at all.

"Then you have to be careful not to bump into him again"

Captain Zhao lit the pipe and pot while joking, took two puffs and pushed towards Wei Ran, and waited for the latter to wave his hand to refuse, then glanced at the camera hanging around his neck and continued, "Brother Wei, I'll stop by." I came here mainly to ask you, did you kill a devil in the Xiaonanmen bathhouse?"

"It seems to be called Fujii, a reporter." Wei Ran picked up the camera hanging around his neck and shook it, "This thing belongs to that little devil."

"That's right"

Captain Zhao suddenly realized, and before Wei Ran asked, he took the initiative to say, "When it was dark, the commander of the little devil, Gui Ben, killed a traitor from Jingu at the gate of the south city, and I heard that there was a big fuss. , I got the news that it seems that some kind of relative of Kamemoto also died in that bathhouse."

"A traitor from Jingu?"

Wei Ran became interested, "When I killed him, there was an interpreter next to him. Qiu Ermazi told me that the reporter was taken over by interpreter He from Jingu. Why is there another one?"

"Translator He is from Er Mazi, and Er Mazi probably invited that jerk reporter to take a bath, and picked a jerk son-in-law for his daughter." Captain Zhao laughed softly, "This Er Mazi has always wanted to be the old man of the little devil. people."

Wei Ran also laughed when he heard the words, "I also caused a happy event by co-authoring?"

"Not only disturbed their happy event, but also caused two more funerals for the Qiu family." Captain Zhao continued, "According to the long-term worker of the Qiu family, Mr. Qiu has not woken up until now, and even Uncle Zhou has been invited over. Look sick."

Hearing this, Zhou Hopu breathed a sigh of relief, "No wonder my father didn't come back."

"Your father will have to stay at Qiu's house for a few days at a time." Captain Zhao comforted him. "You have to work hard and wait here for two more days. I think news will come from him soon."

"Leave it to me," Zhou Hopu promised without thinking.

Captain Zhou knocked the cigarette bag on the sole of his shoe, "Brother Wei, let's have a chat alone?"

Wei Ran was taken aback when he heard the words, nodded happily, followed Captain Zhao and walked a few steps away along the dirt road, until Zhou Houpu and the bicycle behind him were completely out of sight, and then the two stopped one after another.

Captain Zhao put the cigarette bag on his waist, and after a moment of silence, he asked in a low voice, "Brother Wei, I want to know who you are. In the afternoon, I robbed the owner of the tea shed who was running away. He said you were where he went from his hometown. We met on the way to translate and we came here together."

Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, then stood up straight, and solemnly reported a number that almost disappeared, but still haunted him, "Formerly the 41st row of the pistol company directly under the 122th brigade of the 364nd division of the 1st Army of the National Revolutionary Army Wei Ran of Squad 1 is a second lieutenant, and my squad leader is Li Hexian."

"The 41nd Division of the 122st Army?"

Captain Zhao's eyes widened after muttering something, "Three years ago, the 41st Army defended Teng County?! How did you survive?"

Wei Ran smiled bleakly, but did not answer. What he reported just now was exactly the number Li Hexian was in during the Teng County Defense War in 1938. It was also that battle that made the first page of his metal book There was an extra rank of second lieutenant.

"Stay here." Captain Zhao solemnly patted Wei Ran on the shoulder, and extended the invitation in a very sincere tone.

Wei Ran nodded without hesitation, and at the same time put forward his request "I want to fight devils".

"Let's fight devils together!" Captain Zhao solemnly stretched out his hand, and held Wei Ran's hand tightly again.

After solving the problem of identity, the two chatted for a while, and then walked to the side of the bicycle again.

"I still have to go to other villages to make some arrangements." Captain Zhao kicked off the bicycle's kickstand, "Houpu, Wei Ran, I'll leave this to you. News from the city will be sent back in time."

"Captain Zhao" Zhou Hopu called to stop Captain Zhao who had turned his bike around.

"what happened?"

"If there is a chance to fight devils this time, can you take me with you?" Zhou Hopu asked seriously.

Captain Zhao glanced at Wei Ran, and after thinking for a moment, he said cheerfully, "Okay! If there is a chance this time, I will take you with me!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already got into the car on parallel legs, and ran along the dirt road covered in starlight without a trace.

When Wei Ran jumped on the boat again, the excited Zhou Houpu hurriedly supported the bamboo pole and hid back in the small shack deep in the reeds.

"Brother Hopu, this Captain Zhao is..."

"Yan Ling team, have you heard of Yan Ling team?" Zhou Hopu asked in a positive tone.

"I have, of course I have!"

"He is an old scout of the Yan Ling team, and he is also the captain of our scouting team. He usually takes us around the county to investigate the movements of the little devils. Don't look at me, my father and Shou Tian who have no chance to fight the devils, but the Yan Ling team wants to fight the devils." Devil, it wouldn’t work without the information we got.”

While talking, Zhou Hopu took out some food and a large pot of tea from the basket.

Wei Ran's heart moved, and he asked in a low voice, "What's Captain Zhao's name?"

"Zhao Bo!" Zhou Hopu's tone was full of admiration.

"It's him?!"

Wei Ran was secretly surprised, the name Zhao Bo may not be heard by many people in later generations, but everyone knows the Gazi who blocked the chimney, and the former is the prototype of the latter!

"I knew you must have heard of him"

Zhou Houpu leaned against the pillars of the shack, and his voice was full of hope, "I begged Captain Zhao several times before to fight the devils, but he didn't agree. This time I finally have the opportunity to fight the devils."

"Yeah, I finally have a chance to fight devils." Wei Ran lay down on the edge of the shack, looking at the bright night sky above his head, his tone was also full of anticipation.

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(End of this chapter)