The War of Resistance

At least one section of the south bank of the Huaihe River was in chaos all night long.

The strong men "blowd up the camp" and fled in the dark, while the Japanese troops were chasing them everywhere under the illumination of flares.

When daybreak came, only a small part of the captured young men were captured, and most of them did not escape, but were shot dead by the Japanese army on the way to escape.

The invaders did not regard the Chinese as human beings. According to their logic, since the strong men they captured dared to run away, then they should kill them. At worst, they would go to far away to capture more strong men. Anyway, the Chinese had plenty of them, so they could not kill them. Absolutely.

The terrain in front of the Strong Man Camp was really not suitable for escaping. I don’t know how many people managed to escape in the end, but I don’t think there were many.

Shortly after dawn, a village on the north bank of the Huaihe River was in chaos. Women and children were crying, and men were unwilling and angry.

"Sir, you can't arrest the young people in our village and leave!" The old man with a gray beard on his chin begged a Chinese officer in a trembling voice.

"This is not called being captured, this is called resisting Japan! You have lived such a long life in vain, do you understand resisting Japan?" The officer directly scolded the old man.

"Then you can't take him away just because he's a boy. If you take him away from other places, you'll leave a young child for each family!" The old man also defended loudly without risking his life.

If he said he was willing to go all out, then of course he knew that in these turbulent years, he certainly knew that if he violated these soldiers' wishes, he would probably be hit with a rifle butt and become paralyzed!

But he was already old, so that was not just half buried in the earth, the earth was already buried up to his neck! It was just a matter of lingering for a few breaths before death.

So even if you can’t get a good deal, you still have to say it.

However, because of my age here, I have experienced a lot more. It is obvious that the national army is looking for young men now.

And why doesn't this old man understand? The young man who was captured will basically never come back.

The Japanese captured strong men and made them work to build fortifications. Not to mention being tortured during the work, if they were seriously ill and still had energy, they would be carried directly to the graves.

And those who survived, the Japanese will most likely not let them back, but will probably just use the machine gun to kill them.

As for what the national army does to capture strong men, do you need to ask? That means going directly to the battlefield.

Is there anything wrong with saying that a man is born to protect his family and country? That’s not what he said!

A strong man is a new recruit, and he goes to the battlefield without even knowing how to shoot a gun. It would be good if he could give you a gun, but some even have a gun and are pushed to the front by the supervising team behind them to charge. Well, what’s that? That's cannon fodder!

However, the old man knew that the young men in the village were captured by the officers to fight against Japan, but he could never say that they were arresting young men.

If he dares to say that they are looking for young men, they can directly kill him!

Therefore, he can only use the relatively euphemistic term "take people away". To put it bluntly, "take people away" is just a fig leaf for catching strong men. If he dares to use this fig leaf directly to Damn it, this officer is really angry!

"The Japs are already on the south bank of the Huaihe River. What men do you have left? They all have to go to the battlefield. Otherwise, who will protect your women and children!" The officer shouted loudly.

"Why are you arguing with this old man? If he keeps talking nonsense, I'll tie him up and let him go to the battlefield to fight against the Japanese!" At this time, several more people came on horseback. There was no doubt that the speaker was an officer with a higher rank.

Then, before the old man could say anything else, the man on the horse swung his whip, and the tip of the whip accurately swept across the old man's forehead. Although it didn't really hit him, the sound of wind caused by the tip of the whip was still there. The old man was so frightened that he knelt down with a plop, but the horse ran past like the wind. The old man was so frightened that he could no longer speak.

Half an hour later, amid the cries of father and mother, nearly a hundred strong men were escorted northward by soldiers of the national army with guns.

In order to prevent the strong men from escaping, the national soldiers formed groups of ten and tied the hands of the strong men together with ropes. From a distance, they looked like grasshoppers tied together with ropes.

They looked so dejected, and it was in vain that the name "strong man", which at least literally looked strong, was in vain.

"Didn't you tell us to use guns to protect our women and children? Why are we escorting us north?" A young and angry man among the strong men asked the soldiers loudly.

When you are young, it is easy to think about problems.

Since the soldiers who captured them told them to take up arms to defend their hometown, why not stay by the Huaihe River but go north? This doesn’t make sense!

"Who the hell told you to stay here? It's not up to you once we get here!" the escorting soldier scolded.

"How come you don't mean what you say?" The young man was very angry. When he heard the words of these soldiers, he was so angry that he became reckless.

"I don't mean what I say? Are you fucking dissatisfied?" The soldier cursed and raised the handle of the gun in his hand.

"Forget it, why are you angry with him? Let him be the first one to charge forward when the battle begins." Another soldier said sullenly.

"That's true." The soldier who had just become angry put down his rifle when he heard this, but he scolded the strong man again and said, "You don't need to be having sex with me now. I've seen you jumping around after a few days." No?"

The young man was dissatisfied and wanted to argue again, but another man who was tied behind him by a rope kicked him gently and said, "A good man will not suffer the consequences of the present."

"Huh?" The man's words immediately turned the faces of the two soldiers who just spoke.

What the hell are you talking about? Could it be that just because you people who were just captured are heroes, I am not a hero anymore?

But at this time, the strong man who tried to persuade him said in time: "What's more, we are not heroes, just farmers. Bosses, we are the real heroes when we go into battle to fight the Japanese!"

After finishing speaking, the man did not forget to raise his hands and give a thumbs up to the escorting soldiers.

When everyone gives a thumbs up, they usually extend one hand to give a thumbs up, and the reason why the person raised his hands was because he had no choice but to have his hands and wrists tied with ropes.

This person's words and actions stopped the escorting soldier's anger in time, and after he finished speaking, he lowered his eyes in a sensible manner, looking honest and courteous.

The soldiers escorting the young man could still hear the good words. They did not speak again, although the words "Bossmen are the real heroes when they go into battle to fight the Japanese" made their faces blush for no reason.

But then the man saw that nothing was wrong and then looked back.

The strong men were all tied up with ropes in groups of ten, and there were naturally others behind him.

The man next to him is tall and big-faced but extremely young. At first glance, he looks like a big stupid guy.

The person behind the silly big guy is much thinner, and his hair is messy and uneven in length. It looks like the hair was cut with something rather than cut.

However, the eyes on his young face were rolling, but there was no sadness at all like a strong man being caught and run away from home.

The person behind the thin man was a little older, but his eyes were the most distinctive. His eyes were also rolling. But when he saw the escorting soldiers staring at him, he was so frightened that he quickly turned his eyes away. .

He looked funny, like a frightened, timid rabbit!

And these four people are Shang Zhen, Da Laobeng, Li Qingfeng and Wang Xiaodan.

At this time, Shang Zhen's expression was still honest, but he was already complaining in his heart.

This was too much for me. I had just been captured by the Japanese. After finally escaping across the river, I was captured again by the Chinese army!