Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"There are more than 1000 Japs in Guyang County. It will be very difficult for us to kill the culprit unless we can lure him out." Tian Xiaoqi said that attacking the city is not realistic, but it would be different if we could lure him out. .

Li Jin rolled his eyes, isn't this nonsense? If we don't lure Eita Ichiro out, why don't we go to the county town to kill him?

The death of a Japs in the county town was a big deal to those Japs officers. They might search the county town in a matter of seconds, and by then, the people in the county town would be harmed.

But the key is, how to lead it?This is a very difficult question.

Eita Ichiro is not a fool, he would run out to die foolishly.

For a moment, everyone fell into deep thought.

There were crackling sounds from the bonfire from time to time, and the cold wind penetrated through everyone's collars, making them shiver.

Tian Xiaoqi took a deep breath and said: "I don't think we should consider how to kill Eita Ichiro now. On the contrary, after meeting those children tomorrow,
How should we explain it to those children?How to talk about the fact that their parents have been killed by the Japanese? "

As soon as the words came out, Li Jin's heart sank. You can't say that your parents are dead, and you will be a child without a father and a mother.

How sad will this be for those children, and what kind of harm will it bring to them in the future?
Li Jin didn't dare to think about it, and the others didn't know what to say.

At this time, Brother Zhu said: "Let me tell you, they are still young, and you can deceive them with lies. Although the long-term pain is not as good as the short-term pain, this is for adults.

For children, they can't bear it. When they grow up, they will naturally understand.

By then, there won’t be so much sadness. "

"Is it possible?" Li Jin asked.

"Okay, I know those children very well, they will believe what I say." Brother Zhu nodded.

"Well, go ahead and tell them. Don't mention the fact that their parents are dead!" Li Jin took a deep breath and said.

Hundreds of people in a village were all killed!Only a few children were left.

This made Li Jin hate the Japanese even more!

"Go and have a rest. After picking up the children tomorrow, we will go to the base and discuss the situation carefully!" Li Jin said.

"Yes!" Everyone nodded. Except for the soldiers who needed vigilance, everyone dispersed to rest in the tent built by the devils. Although people died in the tent, they would not dislike them if there were ready-made ones.

Only Brother Zhu remained where he was.

"Aren't you going to take a rest?" Li Jin said.

"I can't sleep for the time being." Brother Zhu said and walked towards the corpse of the Japanese.

Looking at these corpses, Brother Zhu gritted his teeth and murmured, "These devils are just the beginning, and there will be many devils to accompany you in the future!"

Brother Zhu ran to Li Jin and said, "Sir, I have something to ask you."

"Don't call me sir, my name is Li Jin. If you have something to say, just tell me." Li Jin said.

He doesn't like people calling him "sir".

"I want to join the Eighth Route Army and fight the Japanese! I want to avenge my fellow villagers!" Brother Zhu said seriously.

He believed that Li Jin would not harm him or the children in the village. Since the safety of the children was guaranteed, he should also avenge the dead villagers!

"I won't accept people here for the time being, but when we go to the base area, the base area should still be recruiting people. When the time comes, you can just sign up." Li Jin said.

His team no longer accepts people, but the brigade commander must still accept them. After all, one more person means more strength.

"Thank you, Chief Li!" Brother Zhu bowed. He heard the first half of Li Jin's sentence before and thought he would not be able to join the Eighth Route Army, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a twist.

"Why don't you just call me Battalion Commander Li? The word "sir" doesn't sound right to my ears." Li Jin emphasized.

"Yes, Battalion Commander Li." Brother Zhu stood up straight, then looked at Li Jin and asked, "Are you really the battalion commander?"

There was no way, Li Jin looked too young, at most 24 or [-] years old. He had never seen such a young battalion commander.

"It's guaranteed." Li Jin said, "Okay, you should go and rest quickly. Get up early tomorrow to pick up the children and then rush to the base. I don't have so much time for you to rest."

"Yes!" Brother Zhu also ran into the tent to rest.

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The next day, around five o'clock, the wind was cold, the shadows of the trees were whirling, and many leaves fell with the wind.

Li Jin and the others had also woken up. After a brief breakfast, they followed Brother Zhu to pick up the children.

As for the corpses of the Japanese, Li Jin would not clean them up. He would kill them but not bury them!Just leave it to the Japanese to take care of it. Of course, he couldn't guarantee whether he would be able to receive the complete body when the Japanese came to find him!
At around seven o'clock in the morning, Li Jin and the others came to a cave in the deep mountains.

"Xiao Wu, I'm back." Brother Zhu called out.

Soon, a fifteen or sixteen year old boy ran out.

"Brother Zhu." Xiao Wu shouted as he ran. However, when he saw Li Jin and the others, Xiao Wu's footsteps stopped.

Aren't these people the ones who help the villagers collect the corpses?

"Don't be afraid, we are on the Eighth Route Army and will not harm you." Li Jin saw that Xiao Wu was a little scared and quickly explained.

Xiao Wu looked at Brother Zhu and felt relieved when he saw Brother Zhu nodded.

"Brother Zhu, what's going on?" Xiao Wu pulled Brother Zhu aside and asked in a low voice.

"They are our benefactors." Brother Zhu told Xiao Wu everything about Li Jin's murder of devils, and also told about Li Jin's plan to take the children to the base area.

"Xiao Wu, you didn't tell the children about the situation, right?" Brother Zhu said.

It would be troublesome if Xiaowu told the children.

"Don't worry, Brother Zhu, I didn't say anything." Xiao Wu said.

He still knows his priorities well.

"That's good, you have to cooperate with me in acting later, otherwise I'm afraid the children won't believe it." Brother Zhu told Xiao Wu the lie he thought again, and asked Xiao Wu to cooperate with him.

"Okay, I remember." Xiao Wu nodded.

Brother Zhu ran to Li Jin and said, "I'll go in and take the children out."

"Yes." Li Jin nodded, while the other soldiers were on guard.

Only then did Brother Zhu and Xiao Wu enter the cave.

After a few minutes, Brother Zhu came out with the twelve children.

These children are very young, all around four or five years old, and the only older child is only seven or eight years old.

"Brother Zhu, when we grow up, our parents will definitely come back, right?" A little girl looked up at her little head and looked up at Brother Zhu, her voice was very childish.

"Of course, your parents just had something to do and went to a far away place. When you grow up, they will come back." Brother Zhu squatted down and pressed the little girl's shoulders. "Will my brother come back too?" the little girl asked.

Hearing this, Brother Zhu suddenly became red-eyed. The little girl's brother was only a child who was only four or five months old. In order to prevent them from being discovered by the Japanese when they escaped, her parents could only lie to the little girl.

"Yes, yes. When the time comes, your brother may also grow up. You must eat well and grow up healthy, lest your brother is taller than you and bully you." Brother Zhu said with a smile. .

"Hmph! How dare he! See if I don't beat him to death!" the little girl exclaimed angrily.

When Li Jin and the others saw this scene, they couldn't help but blush and feel worried.

"Eat first, we are on our way." Considering that these children had not eaten, Li Jin immediately asked someone to get the captured Japanese cans for these children.

"Well, this is delicious, I want more."

"I also want."

"I also want."

A group of children were happily eating canned food, but they didn't know that their parents had already died.

But Li Jin discovered that the older child took the can and ran to sit under a tree, not eating the can.

Li Jin walked over and said with a smile: "What's wrong? Is the canned food not delicious? How about I change it for you?"

The little boy raised his head, stared at Li Jin with his dark eyes, and said, "Uncle, can I ask you a question?"

Li Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "What do you want to ask?"

The little boy stood up, glanced at the children eating cans, and said, "Let's go farther away to talk."

As he spoke, the little boy turned and walked into the woods.

Li Jin looked at the little boy's back, and he knew that the little boy might already know something.

Following the little boy into the woods, not far away, the little boy stopped.

"Uncle, are my parents dead?" The little boy's voice trembled and he did not turn around.

"You, what are you talking about? Your parents just..." Li Jin replied guiltily, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by the little boy.

"When grandpa died, my parents also lied to me like this, saying that grandpa had gone to a far away place for something and would not come back to see me until I grew up. In fact, I understand everything. I understand everything!" The little boy turned around, his eyes wide. Already covered with tears, tears were about to fall from his face.

Li Jin opened his mouth, but could not speak. He squatted down and hugged the little boy. This might be the only thing he could do now.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it was my uncle who failed to protect them!"

Compared with modern times, many eight-year-old children are still in school and playing with their classmates. Most of them do not understand what life and death mean.

They just need to be happy doing what they like and don't need to think about adults' things. However, children in this era already know everything.

However, it was the sensibility of these children that made Li Jin feel distressed. He was hurt so much at an age when he was supposed to be having fun with other children.

Maybe for those children who are still ignorant, lies can still deceive them, and they can wait until those children are sensible before they know the sadness, but for them at that time, it is not too harmful.

But for those children who are already sensible, the pain of losing their parents will accompany them throughout their lives and as they grow up, maybe they will never forget it!
After a simple breakfast, Li Jin and his party continued on the road.

The children looked at the scenery around them in the arms of the warrior, and smiled from time to time. Only the child who already knew the truth was unhappy, but did not dare to show it for fear of attracting others' attention, so he could only force a smile.

The sun, which had not appeared for a long time, also appeared at this moment. The sunlight penetrated the leaves and shone on the smiles of those children.

.........

at the same time.

Quyang County.

More than a week ago, more than 300 Japanese soldiers came to attack the city.

After a symbolic resistance, the soldiers defending the city began to retreat, leaving only a small number of soldiers who regarded death as home to hold on.

The result was that all those soldiers died in battle!
Quyang County fell into the hands of the Japanese.

The military camp in the city that originally belonged to the Jinsui Army was now occupied by the Japanese and used as a temporary military camp.

At this time, Ichiki Shaozuo was calling his men for a meeting in the headquarters.

"In the past few days, there should be no trace of the Jinsui Army around the county." Shaozuo Ichiki said, looking at the officers beside him.

"Your Excellency, Major, the surrounding areas of the county have been thoroughly investigated, and in accordance with your instructions, no massacres were carried out in the surrounding villages." A captain said.

"Well, that's right. It's better not to kill those villagers for the time being. After all, we are here to make money. If we kill them all, how will our businessmen make money selling things to the Chinese people?" Yimu The major nodded.

"Indeed, even though those people hated us at first and didn't want to buy our stuff, when we take over all the shops in the city, they will have to buy even if they don't want to." A lieutenant said with a smile.

In his opinion, most Chinese people are greedy for petty gains. When their businessmen come over,

It is not a problem at all to directly lower prices and suppress those shops, wait for the shops to close, recycle them at a low price, and then buy the goods at a high price!
After the common people find out, there is nothing they can do. Daily necessities are what those common people need!It’s impossible not to buy it!

"Speaking of which, how is the recruitment of puppet troops in the county going?" Major Ichiki looked at the lieutenant sitting at the bottom.

There is no way, most of their soldiers cannot speak the Chinese language, and it is more troublesome to manage them. Therefore, recruiting puppet troops will also make it easier to manage the Chinese people.

Moreover, to recruit puppet troops, we need to recruit more, not less.

"This, it's not going very smoothly, not many people are coming." The lieutenant said with a helpless look.

"Huh? How many people have been recruited specifically?" Yimu frowned.

"Less than twenty. I'm wondering if I should arrest them directly. Otherwise, not many Chinese people will come over." The lieutenant said.

"No, the Chinese people in the city have just continued to do business, and now they are arresting people, and they have to make a fuss. At that time, they will stop doing business again, and we will lose." Ichiki Shaozuo said.

Before the siege, the people in the city stopped doing business. Yesterday they started to reopen businesses. Now arresting people does not mean that the Chinese people will stop doing business again.

At that time, how will the soldiers have fun? Who will wash the soldiers' clothes?
"If we don't arrest people, we won't be able to recruit them," the lieutenant said.

"Then first find some people from the ruffian gang and let them join. If they don't join, they will be killed directly!" Shao Zuo Ichiki said.

"Hi!" The lieutenant nodded.

At this time, a captain said: "We can recruit some bandits. There are many bandits hiding in the mountains not far from Quyang County."

"Oh? Recruiting bandits?" Major Ichiki touched his chin and said, "Are you sure?"

"No problem. Those bandits recognize money but not people. Just give them money. I just don't know how much they will ask for," the captain said.

(End of this chapter)