The War of Resistance

"Who knocked down the horses? Put your hands up." Hou Kanshan shouted in the woods.

After Hou Kanshan said this, the machine gunners who were still grinning raised their hands in the end, and then they did not forget to look at their companions.

"Oh, not bad, how many horses did you knock down? How many trucks can you knock down? Hey, Liu Hengtai, why didn't you raise your hand? You didn't hit any of them?" Hou Kanshan praised and asked.

"I--" The man named Liu Hengtai was hesitant to speak, he was originally a person with a bad mouth.

"Brother Hou, he hit the Japanese's horse, but he didn't knock the horse down, it seems that he was injured and hairy!" At this time, Liu Hengtai's ammunition man hurriedly said.

"Then you are even more powerful! If you injure the horse, the horse will run and kill a few more Japanese devils, and both the man and the horse will be killed!" Hou Kanshan, as a veteran, praised.

After Hou Kanshanshan said this, some of the other machine gunners started laughing, even though they were grinning.

And Liu Hengtai, who was always very honest and taciturn, also laughed.

Hou Kanshan's words made this honest man feel very proud!

"Raise your hands if you knocked down two horses and knocked down the carriage." Hou Kanshan said again.

"Me!" Hu Lielie raised his hand, "Not only did I knock down the carriage, I also gave the little devils on the carriage a short burst of fire!"

"Hey, Hu Lielie, you can't be so careless about this!" When someone saw Hu Lielie say this, he was not happy. It was another machine gunner in their company named Shi Laosi.

Shi Laosi was serious about everything. Everyone knew that Shi Laosi and Hu Lielie didn't get along. According to Hu Lielie's evaluation of Shi Laosi, he was a smelly and hard shit in the pit!

"Just because you didn't hit it doesn't mean I didn't hit it, and I was the last one to retreat!" Hu Lielie retorted.

"I can prove it! Lao Hu was indeed the last one to retreat." The ammunition handler who was also Hu Lielie also testified for him.

Except for the machine gunner, the ammunition handlers assigned to the people brought by Chu Tian were all able to run and fight, just in case they ran too slowly and their own people were injured or killed.

Since they were temporarily paired, there was naturally no false testimony involved.

When Shi Lao Si saw that his attack on Hu Lielie failed, he argued: "Why are you the last one to retreat? The last one to retreat was the company commander! You were covering behind?"

"Who was covering behind? I didn't cover. I said I was the last one to retreat among the machine gunners!" Hu Lielie was angry when he saw that Shi Lao Si was still attacking him and argued.

"Even if you were covering, you have no credit! The company commander said that this time we are going to knock down the Japanese carriage and try not to kill anyone.

If you are covering and die at the end, you are not obeying orders!" Shi Lao Si fully demonstrated what it means to be two-faced.

"Hey, Mr. Shi, you idiot——" Hu Lielie was getting impatient and was about to start cursing.

"Enough! Enough! What are you talking about? Let's talk business!" Hou Kanshan interrupted Hu Lielie directly, "Count how many carriages we have knocked down? How many carriages can the Japanese still use?"

Hou Kanshan's words must be effective.

There is a saying in Northeast China that "If there is no leader behind your butt, your fart will not make any sound."

This "leader" refers to the "leader" behind the squad leader, platoon leader, and company leader.

There is indeed no "leader" behind Hou Kanshan's butt, but it does not mean that his words are ineffective.

The reason why he does not have a leader behind his butt is that he is not willing to be one!

If it comes to commanding battles and being brave in combat, he is fully qualified, because the three company commanders have to consult him before fighting, so he has prestige among the soldiers.

Seeing that Hou Kanshan was unhappy, the machine gunners stopped talking and started talking about hitting the horse carriages. Hou Kanshan's statistics showed that, as Chu Tian said before the war, about 16 or 17 horses were hit.

But the problem is that most of the horse carriages brought by the Japanese army this time were horse-drawn carts, which means that most of them were pulled by three horses together. If you knock down a batch of them, the remaining two horses will pull the carts.

So if you want to delay the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops, you have to find a way to knock down the remaining horses pulling the carts, so that you can delay the marching speed of the Japanese army. Even if the Japanese army arrives at Shuiquan Town and grabs food, they can't pull it back.

"I say, Shi Laosi, don't talk nonsense. If you are really capable, let's see who can knock down more Japanese devils' horses next time.

Many of our brothers in the Northeast Army, whether you know them or not, have died fighting the devils. You are thinking more about avenging your brothers. It's annoying to talk nonsense like a woman!" Hou Kanshan stood up and threw down these words and went to find Chu Tian.

It has been many years since the tragedy of Hou Kanshan's wife and children. Perhaps it is really the effect of time and what Leng Xiaozhi said that Hou Kanshan now speaks more than before.

Let's not talk about the effect of time. The dead are gone, and the living always have to think about the living.

After Leng Xiaozhi reunited with Shang Zhen and other old people, Leng Xiaozhi, who is good at ideological work, persuaded Hou Kanshan to help Shang Zhen more when he is free. What can he do alone? Doesn't he still rely on the help of his brothers?

Let's not talk about Shang Zhen, let's talk about you old people. How many of you are there? Don't you still have to rely on all the soldiers to fight the Japanese?

Leng Xiaozhi is really good at talking now.

Then Leng Xiaozhi copied this truth to all the soldiers and said that fighting the Japanese can't rely on you soldiers alone, and you can't take a purely military route.

You must have good discipline and unite all the people you can unite, such as friendly forces and ordinary people.

The more people we unite, the more strength we will have, and we will definitely be able to beat the Japanese devils back to Japan!

Leng Xiaozhi explained the lofty anti-Japanese united front so simply, and moved the hearts of all the soldiers with these words. If we follow the saying of later generations, these words go straight to the depths of the soul!

It is said that men and women work together without getting tired, which is naturally reasonable. Leng Xiaozhi's words are sometimes more effective than Shang Zhen's.

Northeast men are very manly, and there is always male chauvinism.

The soldiers thought, Leng Xiaozhi, a delicate woman in the world, followed the Eighth Route Army with only a few broken guns and fought against the Japanese devils and refused to surrender, so what's wrong with these rough men in the Northeast Army?

People grow up in life, and so do soldiers.

Hou Kanshan was originally a smart person.

If he were a stupid person, could he have "scrambled" to find a female student as his wife?

Retiring to the countryside with a wife and children is Wang Laomao's consistent ideal.

Wang Laomao was already in his fifties when he realized his goal, but Hou Kanshan did it shortly after the September 18 Incident. If he hadn't encountered it later, he would definitely be a winner in life!

Comparing the two, do you think Hou Kanshan is smart?

It is precisely because of this that Hou Kanshan, who is familiar with the psychology of soldiers, did not say who was right or wrong between Hu Lielie and Shi Laosi in such a small matter, but compared them with those sacrificed Northeast Army officers and soldiers. The implication is that you are still alive, and others have died for you, what are you talking about here? You have the energy to go to the Japanese devils!

He made Hu Lielie and Shi Laosi feel ashamed with a few simple words, and transferred their emotions to hatred for the Japanese army, which is much smarter than arguing over small matters!

So Hou Kanshan went to Chu Tian to discuss how to fight the next battle, while Hu Lielie and Shi Laosi glared at each other and said nothing.

Both of them were thinking about how to fight the Japanese to make themselves look good and how to make the other side lose face, so as to embarrass the other side!