The War of Resistance

The sky finally turned dark, and the river surged. Amidst the roaring sound, someone whispered, "The password!"

"Little white dragon crossing the river" someone answered.

"Why are you throwing it?" The person who asked for the password was stunned. The password they had set was "cross the river", but it was not "little white dragon crossing the river"!

But at this time, someone on the opposite side replied: "The black loach crosses the river, the big fat head crosses the river, and the mud bodhisattva crosses the river." Then the man started laughing.

(Note: Fathead refers to fat-headed fish.)

"You are so careless, are you saying this password nonsense?" the person who asked for the password said angrily, but even though he said it angrily, he also let out a low laugh.

The person who asked for the password was Ma Erhuzi, but the person who answered the password was Xiaodustpan.

The sound of messy footsteps came, and then Old Man Wang asked: "Have our people brought them back?"

"I brought them back, every one is good." One person asked, but two people answered.

Old Mao Wang had already heard it, and the people who answered should be Xiaodustpan and Bai Zhan.

Since the two of them said that they were all right, Shang Zhen must have come back. Just as Mr. Wang was thinking about it, Shang Zhen's voice was already in front of him: "Has the roll call been called? Are all our people here? "

"It's over. All the people sent out are here, and the people guarding the raft are also there." Mr. Wang replied.

"Hurry up and get on the raft! The kid should have entered the town already." Shang Zhen said.

"Okay, everyone get on the rafts. There are three rafts in total. There are about ten people on each raft. Please help each other and don't fall into the water!" Mr. Wang ordered in a low voice.

So, against the faint water light, the black figures began to move, and the low voice of reminder, the collision of firearms, and the slight sound of water were mixed together, and there were also many gasps among them. sound.

It is already winter, with temperatures below zero during the day. You can imagine how cold the water in the Yangtze River is.

You must know that the raft they boarded was a bamboo raft. Although for the sake of safety, the bamboo raft Shang Zhen and the others built had two layers of bamboo horizontally and vertically, but on this dark and gloomy night, it was impossible for their feet to get in at all. It is inevitable that your whole foot will be in the water.

But Shang Zhen and the others must cross the Yangtze River tonight, otherwise, they may really not be able to cross the river, and they have to endure the water no matter how cold it is.

Facts have also proved that Shang Zhen was a wise decision to have his people wait until dark to cross the river. If they had crossed the river during the day, if the Japanese troops who came after hearing the news fired a volley into the river, they would It’s just like the blood-stained Yangtze River water!

"Shang Zhen." A low voice sounded from the waterside. It was Gao Yuyan's voice.

"I'm here." Shang Zhen walked over after hearing the sound.

Women always have privileges that men do not have. As for why Gao Yuyan called Shang Zhen, is it still useful? This is not the time to be pretentious.

In the darkness, a man's big hand held a woman's slender hand. Under the guidance of Shang Zhen, the two finally stepped onto a bamboo raft.

"Have you all come up? Is there anyone on the shore?" When Mr. Wang's voice sounded again, people on the three bamboo rafts answered, but no one on the shore responded. Everyone came up after all.

"Let's sail!" Old Mao Wang said again, so a bamboo pole was propped up on the shore, and the three bamboo rafts finally left the shore. After a while, as the river water became deeper, the sound of oars could be heard.

The oars are used to row bamboo rafts, but who cares about it? It’s good to just cross the Yangtze River.

Water seeped up from the gaps in the bamboo rafts, and the cotton shoes of the people squatting on the bamboo rafts became wet. However, who would care about it, as long as they could cross the Yangtze River.

Since they boarded the bamboo raft, Shang Zhen and Gao Yuyan's hands have not separated. It's not that Shang Zhen didn't want to separate, but when he just wanted to let go, Gao Yuyan's cold hand grabbed it again. Lived him.

Shang Zhen sighed inwardly, what could he do, so he could only let Gao Yuyan hold it.

Because we were crossing the Yangtze River at night, in order to prevent the three bamboo rafts from getting lost, the three bamboo rafts were all connected together by ropes. However, even so, the bamboo rafts were not boats after all. It felt like the three bamboo rafts were used by the soldiers in various ways. All kinds of oars were rowed hard, but they still went diagonally to the other side.

It's a bit cloudy today, so even though there is light from the water, it's pitch black in the distance.

No one knew what was happening on the other side of the river, whether there were any Japanese troops there, and even Shang Zhen and the others didn’t even know what the terrain was on the other side of the river, or whether the bamboo raft could reach the shore. Sometimes the fear caused by the unknown even exceeded the battlefield. So Gao Yuyan held Shang Zhen's hand tighter and tighter.

"Is it cold under your feet?" Shang Zhen finally couldn't bear to ask Gao Yuyan's ear.

Now that the shoes on Shang Zhen's feet were completely wet by the river water, Gao Yuyan couldn't be any better.

"Fortunately, I wrapped my feet with oilcloth." Gao Yuyan turned around and replied softly.

Just because it was dark, Gao Yuyan's cool lips touched Shang Zhen's face at this moment.

Shang Zhen shuddered, and Gao Yuyan, who was above the cold river, suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart, as if no matter how difficult the environment was, it didn't matter.

But Gao Yuyan didn't know that at this moment, Shang Zhen suddenly remembered a kiss that a girl printed on his face in the winter several years ago.

The girl said that the kiss was a poke, and since I have stamped it on your stupid face, you are mine.

So, at this moment, the longing in Shang Zhen's heart subsided, he turned his head slightly and turned his attention to the east coast that he had left.

But it was at this time that Shang Zhen saw the fire!

Yes, fire, the fire of torches!

"Everyone squat down! If you can't, just lie down, as long as you don't fall into the river! Hurry up and row!" Shang Zhen suddenly shouted.

And when Shang Zhen shouted, everyone became nervous, because everyone also saw the fire!

Although it was dark night, veterans like them estimated that they were only about 400 meters away from the shore. This distance was definitely not within the range of the Type 38 rifle.

"Is there a traitor? When we were here in the afternoon, someone came over and looked at us with a stern look. Didn't they invite the Japanese?" Gao Yuyan said eagerly at this time.

"It's okay, they can't see us." Shang Zhen comforted.

But what happened next proved the opposite. Shang Zhen's comfort was not convincing, and suddenly there were chaotic gunshots.

In the dark night, the faint red line of the bullet appeared much clearer, but it was shot into the river!

The people on the bamboo raft became more nervous, and the people rowing the bamboo raft naturally used more force, but so what? That man couldn't outrun the bullets even on horseback, let alone them who were just paddling a bamboo raft?

Seeing that the bullets were flying, some of them had no trace at all, but some of them had already flown over the bamboo raft.

"You can't fight back, hold on!" Wang Laomao shouted amidst the sound of the paddle.

Yes, you can't fight back. If you fight back, the position of the bamboo raft will be exposed. No matter how many Japanese troops there are on the shore, there will definitely be more than them. So how many of them can survive under the concentrated fire of the Japanese army?

As for why the Japanese army shot into the river, what Gao Yuyan said is pretty much the same. There must be a traitor in the town, and only the traitor would know that they had built a bamboo raft.

But none of this is important anymore. What is important is that, looking at the current situation, they have no other choice but to fight hard. They can only pray that the Japanese troops on the shore will not find the current location of the bamboo raft.

"Why did I remember the order on September 18th? Damn it, I'm so frustrated!" Mr. Wang suddenly cursed.

Some people heard what Mr. Wang said, and some people didn't. But even those who heard it can only understand it if they are veterans who have experienced the September 18th Incident.

"Put the guns in the warehouse, and everyone will hold on to death." This is an order that was regarded as a shameful insult by all the Northeastern Army after September 18. Any Northeastern military officer with any ambition will think that I will never use a gun again. Hold on and die!

But they say thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. It hasn’t even been thirty years yet. Why is it their turn to die now? You say you are feeling aggrieved or not!

There were three bamboo rafts, Shang Zhen was on the last one, and Wang Lao Mao was on the middle one. But at this time, they were really at their wits' end. They saw a few more fires on the shore, and the sound of gunshots. It was even more chaotic, and Shang Zhen even heard the "pop" sound of a bullet entering the water in front of him!

How can this be done? Do you really want to wait for death?

But at this moment, Shang Zhen suddenly heard someone behind him shout loudly: "Idiots! Where are you guys?"

Shang Zhen turned around, and something happened that stunned Shang Zhen. He actually saw another bunch of fire!

It was a round lantern placed in the water, and the surging river water was heading downstream towards the lantern.

"Everyone get down!" Little Dustpan shouted.

"Huh?" Shang Zhen was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "Everyone get down! Don't stop rowing!"

And then he, who was squatting on the bamboo raft, reached out and hugged Gao Yuyan, who was beside him, and lay down!

This section of the river is open, but now that the boat has almost reached the center of the river, the current is still very fast.

The lantern was carried downstream by the water, and the rowing soldiers rowed hard to make the distance between the boat and the lantern wider.

From a distance of about 400 meters, the Japanese army could definitely see the light, but it is unclear whether the Japanese army noticed it at the moment the lantern was launched into the water, and whether the Japanese army could clearly see the bamboo raft they were riding on. , although that light is eye-catching in the dark night, it is still dim after all.

Shang Zhen couldn't figure out where the front boat was now, and the whole lantern came out, and then he lowered the lantern along the river.

This trick was undoubtedly to use the lantern to attract the attention of the Japanese soldiers, so that they could escape in the darkness.

And that lantern must have been covered with waterproof oil paper, otherwise it would have been extinguished by the river.

"Pa", "pa", "ta da da", the gunshots of the Japanese troops on the shore rang out.

But this time Shang Zhen and the others saw that the trajectory of the bullet's flight was even more obvious.

I saw shining bullets like meteors in the night sky, flying towards the lantern with bright light.

Those are tracer bullets, used to indicate targets to others when fighting in the dark.

Unfortunately, Shang Zhen and the others were really lucky. Although some bullets flew towards the bamboo raft, Shang Zhen did not hear anyone shouting about being injured. More Japanese bullets still flew towards the round lantern flowing down the river. go.

Finally, under Shang Zhen's gaze, the round lantern went out, and no more bullets came back to them. They were finally safe.