The Republic of Heroes

At the end of February, the Suifen River was still frozen. The ice surface was covered with snow that had accumulated all winter.

The seven large sledges with the animals were loaded with goods and moved forward slowly, and the escorts were sitting on the piles of goods.The middle-aged man on the first sledge scanned the dense forest on the bank vigilantly, anxious and uneasy. If they didn’t make it to Dongning before dark, they would spend the night on the river and face threats from the cold, wild animals and old men at the same time. It can be said that it was a narrow escape.

Two months ago, in this section of the river, a caravan of more than 100 people was shot and killed by the old Maozi. The goods were robbed, and many people were ruined. This trade route has become a real road of death. In the past, sledges were traded on the river for business, but now they walked for a whole day without even seeing a ghost.If the creditor hadn't been so ruthless, he wouldn't have brought his brothers to take this risk.

This person is wrapped in a sheepskin coat, wears a dog fur hat, and bare dog leather boots. His surname is Ma and his name is Kaishan. He is the head of Sanchahezi's business on the Suifen River. These seven large carts are all his and his brothers' belongings. , If you have a life to return to Dongning, you will earn a lot of money. If something unexpected happens, there is no difference between being alive and dead.

It was nearing evening, the sun was slanting westward, and the light was gradually dimming. Seeing that he could not reach Dongning before dark, Ma Kaishan jumped off the sledge to greet everyone, and was ready to discuss what to do.Suddenly piercing gunshots sounded in the woods on the bank, and flocks of frightened birds flew up.

"It's broken, there are bandits!" Ma Kaishan was extremely nervous, and finally met the bandits.Several escorts pulled out old foreign cannons one after another, took off their gloves, and pulled the bolt of the gun, making a loud rattle.

Soon, more than a dozen people came out of the dense forest on the side of the river, all of them were tall, dark-eyed and bearded.

"Damn it's an old man!" Ma Kaishan felt his throat tighten and spit out thick phlegm. They had encountered the worst situation, and they could get out of trouble as long as they encountered a pack of wolves until daytime. Wealth keeps people, but meeting Lao Maozi not only loses both wealth and goods, but also costs his life.

At the same time, people poured out from the other side, and more and more foreign bandits gathered.

One of the escorts was desperate, spat on the palm of his hand, and said with determination: "Big head, you're going to die anyway, let's fight the old man!"

Ma Kaishan will never give up the hope of life until the end, and urges everyone: "Quickly lie down and hide, and shoot when they get close, old man, come back to me, don't do stupid things..."

Before the words fell, the scream of bullets piercing the air rang from the ears, and the young escort beside him fell to the ground before he could get down, with blood gurgling from the bullet hole in his chest.

"Old Pimple—" Old Four cried out in a crying voice, just as he got up, Ma Kaishan held him down.

"Are you tired of living?"

The resistance was in vain, the old Maozi's eyes gleamed, and he rushed towards him yelling, seven carts piled up like hills of goods, attracting these vicious bears like a magnet, getting closer and closer.

Ma Kaishan and his group closed their eyes in despair.

In another dense forest beside the Suifen River, a few Chinese soldiers in gray military uniforms were lying in the snow nest. Seeing that the tragedy was about to happen, one of them, a thin man with white face and glasses, said anxiously: "Are you really going to die? "

"Damn, we only have five people, how can we save them?" a fat man scolded angrily.

The soldier who looked like the leader stopped their quarrel: "Stop arguing, Liang Yucong, you use the infantry gun to land in the woods on the other side, Li Qiuda, set up your light machine gun and target the Russians, listen to my command, you two fire at the same time, the others Each finds a target and shoots."

"Fire!"

Light and heavy weapons fired at the same time. Although there was only one squad, the momentum was still not something the old-haired bandits could bear. The infantry artillery shells exploded among the bandits, killing and wounding them immediately.

The gathered old men began to flee in all directions. According to past experience, the people who can have such firepower must be the army, and only fools and drunkards will do it if they work hard with the army. Goods can be snatched at any time, but they only have one life. When will you escape?

The fat man was not satisfied with a few rounds of bullets. Seeing that the old man withdrew, he scolded: "These red-haired ghosts are so fucking cowardly, they were scared away before they really hit them."

The white-skinned glasses wiped the sweat off his face, secretly thinking that if these people really fought, they might not be able to return to the regiment headquarters.

The lead soldier stood up, and the dumpy man had half his head.

"Go, go and see the injured people."

Ma Kaishan thought he was going to die this time, but he killed the Bodhisattva on the way. Seeing soldiers in gray uniforms walking out of the forest, the leader took off his hat, revealing that he was Chinese with black hair and yellow skin. His heart fell back. in stomach.

Ma Kaishan climbed up to meet him, knelt on the ground with a puff, and said with the excitement of the rest of his life: "Sir, I kowtow to you, the officers saved the lives of our brothers, you take four of these seven carts , as a reward from the little people, and the remaining three cars are the little people’s capital."

Although the leader dwarf has seen big things before, this is the first time he has encountered such a scene. He hurriedly helped Ma Kaishan up, "Brother, we are soldiers of the Beiyang Suifenhe Public Security Army. We don't take anything from the common people. These goods are all exchanged by your lives." If you come here, you can't take it, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, and we don't have many people, so we will escort you back to China first."

Although Ma Kaishan has lived in the remote mountains for a long time, he has seen the market more or less. After thanking him a thousand times, he asked, "I don't know if the commander is under the account of Governor Meng or under the account of General Zhang?"

Before the dwarf could answer, the fat man next to him held the Madsen light machine gun on his shoulder, and said disdainfully, "What are they? Listen carefully, our men are non-commissioned officers under the command of Brigadier Wu of the Suifenhe Security Force directly under the Ministry of War."

Seeing his complacent look, Ma Kaishan thought to himself: It seems that the non-commissioned officer is not a small officer.

This dwarf is none other than Qian Mingjun, the former chief of the general affairs section of the Northwest Frontier Defense Preparatory Office, and now the sergeant squad leader of the Beiyang Suifenhe Public Security Army.No one expected that the first shot in Russia was fired by this dandy, and he also drove away hundreds of old Maozi bandits and saved the Chinese people.

Wu Xiaoliang was rewarded according to his merit, Qian Mingjun was promoted to the platoon leader of the fourth battalion, and Liang Yuchun, a man with glasses, was the deputy platoon leader.Everyone is jealous of the good luck of these two people. Usually, a patrol can get a big credit for nothing.

The security forces are temporarily stationed in Dongning, a border county in Jilin Province. After Ma Kaishan was escorted back to Dongning, Wu Xiaoliang met him and asked him about the situation along the Suifen River in detail.

Ma Kaishan met the general for the first time in his life, and he replied tremblingly and respectfully: "The old Maozi started to mess up after he defeated the emperor. There were more and more foreign bandits, and then Meng Weiwei came from the west. He recruited bandits and formed some kind of guerrilla." The team specializes in playing Potemkin of the Twin Cities."

When Wu Xiaoliang heard this name, he subconsciously thought of Catherine the Great's lover, and asked, "Who is this Potemkin?"

"He was the brigade commander of the Shuangchengzi infantry brigade. He was ruthless and killed many of us Chinese."