Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Forced to Resist Japan
"Guo's family, I'm your mother!"
Holding a pitchfork, Lao Dan stood on the west side of the old well with one hand akimbo, pointing at the Guo family on the opposite side, and behind him was the Xie family like him in No. 100. No hoes and sticks were empty-handed.Most of the Guo family is also like this, but the cannon that killed Lao Dan's father is missing. It is said that it was washed away by the flood in the vegetable cellar.The Xie family and the Guo family have been quarreling for an hour. After counting all the allusions that both sides can remember, and discussing the truth about which side the water must drink from, their mouths are dry and their voices are lost, but they still can't come to a decision.The Xie family was stupid, while the Guo family was dumbfounded. Either the donkey's lip was wrong, or the dog's head couldn't be crushed. The women on both sides looked impatient and came to meddle with their children.
"My mother! It's been a long time since you've been here, you're either going to hit me or get out, you old dick, you pretend to be Erlang God with a dung fork, you grew up eating urine mud, how dare you stand in front of the Guo family? If you want to make an appointment, let’s have a look at your stuff! Or ask Mr. Yuan Bai to come out and comment.”
The one who scolded back was Guo Erzi, the prodigal son of the Guo family.These two people are about the same age, they will fight when they meet, and they can't beat them badly, it's nothing more than a bruised nose and a swollen face, if you beat him across the river, he will beat you downhill.I really don't want to fight each other, so I throw dirt or wet cow dung from a long distance, and see who is squatting in the hut at the entrance of the village, and throw a big stone into the cesspit.At the end of the fight, winning or losing didn't matter anymore, so it became a joke and a tease. I didn't know who would win and how much, but the looks were all predictable.Lao Dan got married and gave birth to a child, so the beatings were even less, and he could still nod and ask if he had eaten.The second son was unlucky, his father died of illness early, leaving only his old mother who was foaming on the kang.The second son is still unmarried, and no one will marry him if he wants to marry him. He is not in a hurry, just idles around and waits to pick up rabbits on the mountain.The second son of Guo has the energy of being stupefied that the Guo family doesn't have. If he hadn't encouraged him, the current Guo family would not dare to come here to fight with a stick, plow and hoe.
"Mr. Yuan Bai has gone to the county seat. What is the reason for him to comment on things that are just and right? You are not allowed to drink the well water. The Daizi River is dry. It is just such a life-saving well. The whole village must have a way to drink water. You Guo Erzi led people to steal water in the middle of the night, and there was only mud soup left in the well, and the water could not be turned up for two days, is this a good thing you did?" Lao Dan was full of confidence, his voice was rough and his face was red.Xie's family shouted in unison, and the sticks jingled.
The second son stared and said: "You fart! Yes, I led someone to steal water, what's the matter? You have already cleaned up the good water, and if we don't steal it again, there will be no mud soup left. Quietly save the water, the water tank can't wait to be full, why don't we let our Guo family scoop up some muddy soup?"
The Guo family also shouted in unison, not to be outdone.The second son said disdainfully again: "Lao Dan, you are playing the big role for Xie's family, who are you? Your Lao Dan's father is just a bastard with no name and surname thrown by this well. You, dare to turn against the Guo family? Take out your egg at the well and take a photo to see what the name of your donkey and horse is?" The Guo family laughed, and the second son laughed with his belly shy.
Lao Dan was furious, but he couldn't keep his mouth open. In his frustration, he untied his trouser belt and took it out. He pointed at his second son and called, "Qiu! Guo Erzi, why don't you kowtow when you see your father?" Picked up the hoe and shouted: "Old dick Dan, I hacked you today!"
The two sides finally started fighting with the guys, hula entangled, most of the guys holding the guys didn't know who to hit, they aimed at one and raised the stick, fork and rake high up, cursing violently, but the smashing was not so hard, the ruthlessness was also hitting The opponent's guy is on the ground or on the ground, at most it is on the legs and waist.They chased each other in the channel of the Daizi River, smashing up dry powdered loess.Lively is lively, frightening is frightening, but it is not as murderous as it was decades ago. The unreasonable hatred has long been wiped out by even more unreasonable intimacy. The previous generation is old and dead. Meet and greet.The turtle monster couldn't help either side, so he stood on the slope and blew the suona.Holding a fork, Lao Dan squinted his eyes, stabbing his butt when he saw it, but he couldn't see Er Zi's butt, squinting his eyes to look for it, a pickaxe came from somewhere, and he fell to the ground.The women ran to watch and said that the fight had finally started, our legs were sore from standing, we hadn't seen a weapon fight for many years, and it finally started, the men were very manly, and the men were really manly.Hundreds of people were beaten violently, and soon they were all unkempt and unable to open their eyes.After all, the Guo family is small, so it is fierce to hit the second son alone, but it can't be taken advantage of in a group fight. Just as Lao Dan was about to be knocked down, he was pushed to the ground and ate a few taels of dirt, and his buttocks were kicked countless times.He is an elf, got up and ran to the entrance of the village.As soon as he ran away, the Guo family ran away.Lao Dan saw that the second son was in a panic, half of his trousers fell off, so he took a fork to chase after him, and the Xie family followed suit.Lao Dan didn't understand why Er Zi ran to the entrance of the village. He only knew that there was a hundred-year-old pagoda tree. Er Zi couldn't beat him once, so he climbed up to pee on him.
The Guo family arrived under the tree in the blink of an eye, but they stood there without moving, and the second son was not seen climbing the tree.Lao Dan rushed over with Xie's family screaming, everyone was stunned.A few dirty trucks were lined up at the entrance of the village, and the bosses with guns stood beside them. They looked coldly at the man with the guy who ran out of the village, and slowly raised their guns.
"What is this... for?" Er Zi backed away in a panic.
"What is that? Is it a gun?" The turtle poked its head out of the crowd.
"It's a gun, what boss is this?" Guo Laosi said.
"Eighty percent of them are bandits, right?" Xie Shuanzi said.
"Nonsense, how can the bandits be so organized? This is the national army." A knowledgeable person said.Lao Dan hurriedly glanced at him, seeing that this man was covered in dirt, he couldn't tell whether it belonged to Xie's family or Guo's family.
"What is the national army?" Both the Xie family and the Guo family asked.
At this time, a loud shout came from a hundred steps away, no one could understand what the man was shouting, but saw the soldiers in front of the chariot standing up straight.The voice yelled again, and saw them walking towards this side in unison, they walked at the same pace, and the dust was flying.The leader is a big black man with a crooked hat. He doesn't hold a gun in his hand, but a smoking pot with a scary big knife stuck in his back. But these are not as scary as this guy's face. Why is there a murderous look in his smile?
"Damn it, catch soldiers! Run away!"
The second son bumped his head on Lao Dan's shoulder, pushed him away and ran towards the village.Lao Dan and the others were slightly stunned, and quickly dropped their things and followed, running, when another loud shout came from behind, and they saw those soldiers also running.For the first time, Lao Dan felt that his crotch was tightening, so he couldn't help but bent down, covered his head, and his legs were stretched like rabbits.He saw Yougen and Tweety standing on a high place looking over here, so he ran towards them.
After returning home and roughly packing up the valuables, he dragged Tweety and You Gen to the back road of the village, only to realize that all this was in vain.A few soldiers with guns stood on the high slope behind the village, staring down gloomyly.Xie's family and Guo's family were all crowded behind the village. Looking at this posture, they ran to the west of the village, but they met a man with a machine gun head-on, and there was a bunch of them at their feet.When everyone heard the scary gunshots and saw the bullet marks under their feet, they ran back like shit.The bosses from several parties slowly forced them down, pushing everyone to the side of the old well that Huo Bin had just done.An official guy stretched out his tall and straight military uniform, and kicked the edge of the well made of bluestone. A soldier moved an ammunition box to cover the well, and the officer went up, stood firm and said, "Where is the village chief? Paul Where did you grow up?"
He has a strange accent.The second son said it was a Shandong accent, and the turtle monster said it was a Hexi accent. Mr. Yuan Bai's disdainful voice came from behind, saying that you all shut up, this is a Zhejiang accent, and these soldiers retreated from the east.
Banzi Village has neither a village head nor a security chief. The two unlucky ghosts were kidnapped by bandits half a year ago to extort money.The women went to the county to report to the police, and the police scratched their heads and took notes, but nothing has been said about it so far.
"Mr. Yuan Bai, hurry up and talk to them about love and reason, they want to arrest people..." Seeing him back, Lao Dan seemed to see a savior.He realized again that this gentleman hadn't been to the county at all. He knew that everyone was fighting but hid himself. He must have been too lazy to persuade him.
"That's right, Mr. Yuan Bai, don't let them take us away, my mother will starve to death." The second son actually came up and said.
Mr. Yuan Bai frowned and did not answer, but listened carefully to the officer's words.Someone brought a table next to it, and a soldier spread out a white book, sat down and waited with a pen in his hand; another table sat two people, but they were not soldiers, like a gentleman from the county town, and one also held a pen and paper. Inkstone is waiting.The officer stood on the side and looked at it, then walked away with his hands behind his back. When he got far away, he turned his head, waved at the man with the crooked hat and the big knife on his back, and said, "Hurry up, horse smoke pot, don't delay me!" rise!"
The man called Ma Yanguo yelled: "Anyone with arms and legs, hurry up and register, hurry up!"
This is the Henan accent, not too far away.The crowd suddenly became bustling, and Mr. Yuan Bai walked out, walked slowly towards this person, and said something in a low voice.The man listened with his hands behind his back, shook his head, listened for a while, shook his head again, then said a few words impatiently, then walked away with his hands behind his back, waving at several soldiers.The soldiers raised their guns and shouted:
"Hurry up and line up, women get out! Line up this side first, and get the money on the other side after registration!"
"Hurry up, go kill devils and serve the country, why are you so shy?"
"If you don't line up again, I will shoot!"
A few soldiers clattered and pulled their guns, and more soldiers pushed Lao Dan and the others with the butts of their guns. The women were quickly separated, and they piled aside and cried, causing the loess all over the ground to float up.Their cries overwhelmed Mr. Yuan Bai's roar.Mr. Yuan Bai yelled and grabbed the crooked hat that was going away, but the man broke free.Mr. Yuan Bai was still chasing, but a gun butt was thrown from the side, and the old man fell like a bamboo pole, his glasses flew to one side, and dark red blood flowed from his forehead.Lao Dan and others wanted to rush over to help them, but how could they get by?They were pushed into a single line and approached at gunpoint towards the dreaded table.I pressed my fingerprints, reported my name, took a hard card, was pushed to the table next to me, took a stamped note, and someone said to one:
"Three yuan per person, let family members go to the county government to get it."
"What does he mean?" The second son held the note and looked at Lao Dan in a daze.Lao Dan looked at the note carefully, and knew that it was just an IOU, something that could only be cashed in a year of the monkey.Lao Dan turned around to look for Tweety and Yougen, and saw them standing blankly not far away, Tweety was not crying like others, so she didn't lose him.Lao Dan looked at them, and his heart became stronger. When he saw the horse smoke pot sitting by the mouth of the well and lit the smoke pot, he trotted over. Before the soldiers could stop him, he plopped down on his knees.
"Boss, I beg you to let me go. If I leave, the family will be ruined. Orphans and widows will not be able to survive. Please do me a favor, for the sake of my two-year-old child."
Ma Yanguo smoked the pipe without saying a word.Lao Dan was about to kowtow, but the second son also knelt over, and then a group of people came over, kneeling like dumpling.
"Boss, let me go, my mother has been blind for two years, she must be dead after I leave..."
"Boss, please, my father is a lunatic, he died of starvation when left alone..."
"Boss, please forgive me, my family has been passed down for three generations, and I have no descendants..."
Lao Dan looked resentfully at these tampons who were disturbing things, he shrank into a ball, and sighed helplessly.The horse smoke pot gently knocked the smoke pot on the side of the well, as if watching a smashing scene, got up and went.A few soldiers came up with guns, kicking and kicking these useless men.The dazed Lao Dan was grabbed by the neck with one hand, and a curse sounded in his ear: "You son of a bitch, get up, I missed the military order and cut off your head!"
Lao Dan twisted his neck to look, and saw that the soldier was holding a gun in one hand, his face was black and his teeth were white, and there was a knife scar on his nose, which forced an upturned nostril.Lao Dan didn't know where the arrogance came from, and suddenly went to grab the gun, and managed to snatch it with brute force.The soldier panicked, rushed forward and grabbed again, and the two twisted fiercely.Lao Dan received a lot of punches and kicks on the head and face, and incomprehensible curses rang out in his ears. This man had a vigor he had never seen before.Just when he felt that he was about to lose the courage to take it again, a glaring flame exploded in front of his eyes, and the explosion deafened his ears.He rolled aside in astonishment, and saw the man standing still, his fists clenched like stones.He blocked the blazing sun, with endless hot blood gushing from the top of his head, covering his wide open eyes.He stared at Lao Dan on the ground, his eyes seemed to take away his soul.He muttered as if to say something, but more blood flowed from his mouth.He rolled his eyes, or maybe he glanced at the blue sky, and then fell on his back stiffly, and the dust he threw up caught Lao Dan's eyes.This is the first time Lao Dan has seen a person who died suddenly.
A group of crows fluttered away from the big locust tree, and the audience fell silent. The women stopped crying, the men stopped screaming, the soldiers stopped scolding, and even the wind stopped blowing.Lao Dan only heard a series of heavy footsteps coming from behind, and heard the sound of a big knife leaving its scabbard. Lao Dan knew that he didn't have to go to the battlefield anymore.
"You Mazi, Li Rabbit, come here and set this boy up for me!" Ma Yanguo's roar was so ferocious that Lao Dan suddenly felt like peeing, smelling the thick smell of urine below, and seeing tears falling on the fine loess.A huge fist hit the left ear, and half of the head seemed to be blown away.The roar is still there, a stinky foot is raised on the front door, on the stomach, on the neck, on the back waist, and in the crotch, there are kicked leather shoes and smashed gun stocks everywhere. Lao Dan feels that he has become a threshing floor. The rats will turn into meat sauce in an instant.When he was fainting, two arms suddenly lifted him off the ground and dragged him to the front of the crowd. He saw himself vomiting all the way, as if pouring out.He was thrown to the ground again, his trembling arms were straightened abruptly, and his feet stepped on his shoulder blades hard.Lao Dan let out a scream from the bottom of his lungs, spat out a rotten tooth that he almost swallowed.He could only stretch his neck long, waiting for the sharp knife to cut it down.
"Listen to me, kid. Sixi fought more than a dozen battles with me, and killed seven or eight devils. Such a precious life was killed by you in such a stupid way. His wife and the child in his stomach were killed by devils." You were stabbed with a bayonet, and the whole family died. What kind of a ball are you? I cut you off today, and you are not wronged! You straightened your neck!"
With a wave of Ma Yanguo's big knife, the knife reached the mid-air, shining brightly, piercing the sunlight into Lao Dan's eyes.But he only felt a darkness, his eyes collapsed into his heart, and his heart collapsed into despair.He wanted to turn his head to look for Tweety and Yougen, but he only saw rows of cold gun muzzles and countless pairs of legs and feet trampling in a panic.
"Keep people! Keep people under the sword!"
Mr. Yuan Bai, with a white cloth on his head, got into the circle surrounded by the soldiers and grabbed Ma Yanguo's hand.
"Young man, don't risk your life, I'll tell you the truth!" The old man gaped openly, his beard blowing up.
"Get out of the way!" Ma Yanguo shouted. "The lives of all of you in the village are not worth his life!" Ma Yanguo said, pointing at the soldiers on the ground.
But the old man didn't let go, and struggled to say: "The young man, since he killed the enemy and misunderstood him, he was chopped off. You might as well save his life and go to the battlefield with you to perform crimes and meritorious deeds. Exchange the devil's life for this brother's life. Can it be done?" Mr. Yuan Bai turned back and shouted to the crowd: "The men in Banzi Village are all out to defend their homes and the country, and they are doing it for themselves, so just go! Banzi Village is small, but there are only good men who lie down and die. You bastard who kneels and cries!"
Mr. Yuan Bai let go of the smoke pot.This tossing exhausted all his strength, he lowered his head and panted, his beard was stained with blood and loess, and when he raised his head again, there were two more old tears in his eyes.The young people of Banzi village lowered their heads to dodge in the crowd, but the first one to come out was the second son who was fooling around. He simply walked up to Lao Dan and knelt down.
"I'm going, isn't it just killing people? What a big deal, save my brother's life, leave food and drink for my mother, and I will go with you." The second son shouted tensely, and a dozen brothers were called, and everyone He knelt down around them and surrounded Lao Dan in the middle.Seeing this situation, Ma Yanguo took a few steps back, and seeing the biggest officer coming again, he lowered his knife and straightened his crooked hat.
Mr. Yuan Bai wiped the blood, bowed and bowed without hesitation, and said, "Master Jun, I am from this village. I am neither the head of the village nor the head of the security guard. I am just someone who can speak a few words. Can't be resurrected, but the misunderstanding can be eliminated. Everyone didn't want to go, but they were forced to go, and they couldn't become a strong man even if they trembled and killed the enemy. Now that we have come to this situation, we can't keep the younger generations if we want to. This debt, let them Go to the battlefield and pay back. Those who can come back are a blessing, and those who can’t come back are also heroic. I hope that the military master will be considerate of the hearts of the people and teach recklessness. It will be a good story to bring these useless children back to a few heroes..." After finishing speaking, the old gentleman bowed deeply to the official again.Lao Dan knelt in the crowd, feeling his heart floating out of the darkness, he had never seen the old man like this, it was to save his life.He saw Tweety crying in the crowd, and saw You Gen looking around while hugging his fucking legs.The officer nodded at the horse smoke pot, but the man refused to release the knife, and a soldier behind him cried until he was in tears, holding the smashed head and refusing to let go.
"Let's go, we don't have time to cry here, leave Sixi in the village and let the villagers bury her." The officer said coldly.He walked up to Mr. Yuan Bai, saluted the military salute respectfully, and said, "don't worry, sir, we are helpless. You know the righteousness. The devils are extremely vicious and have already approached the Yellow River. Alas... don't say anything, the rudeness is still there." I hope you will forgive me, our brother, and hope that the old man will be buried properly."
"A grand burial!" Yuan Bai clasped his hands, "Since we're leaving, let the younger generation say goodbye to their families, and I hope the military master will allow it."
"Okay, but hurry up, we have to rush back to the assembly point today." The officer went after he finished speaking. He bent his back like a farmer who hadn't borrowed money.
Or because of this accident, the farewell to women and children is no longer as sad as Lao Dan imagined.Cui'er stood in the courtyard blankly, touching the bruises and bruises on Lao Dan's body. "You Gen'er, pour a bowl of wine for your father." Tweety's voice was choked with sobs.She took off Lao Dan's clothes, first let him drink the white wine, then swallowed it herself, and sprayed it on him with a bowl, and wiped it off with a dry cloth after spraying.
"It's all here, it's okay not to go, anyway, if you want to go, don't be so worthless with others. I can live with my roots, don't I still have so many folks? Isn't there still Mr. Yuan Bai? You go to fight a dozen, maybe you will make some meritorious deeds, come back to show your son the whole appearance, Hua Mulan served in the army on behalf of her father, what are you afraid of as an old man? I heard that my grandfather is a great general, and his hometown still There is a general’s plaque hanging on it.” The woman took a sip of wine herself, gave the rest to Lao Dan, and said to her son, “Untie your red string.”
Unable to understand, Tweety impatiently untied the rope around his waist, and then tore off Lao Dan's belt rope.
"What are you doing?" Lao Dan asked in surprise.
"Don't move..." The woman lightly tied the red rope to Lao Dan's gadget, and tied the two eggs in a tight knot. "This was given by your mother. It has been safe at home all these years. It has some aura. It is tied here. It cannot be undone. As long as no woman pulls you, it will not be removed." Something, tears rolled in my eyes.Seeing Tweety like this, Lao Dan burst into tears, wanting to hold her warm for a while.The woman pushed him away and slapped him tearfully.
"It's useless, don't cry! Go out later and look like a man to me!"
The woman and You Gen sent him out, and the woman softened again, and pulled the hem of his clothes and said, "My father said, once you look at your Tianmen, you will know that you are blessed. Don't be afraid when you go, you little devil." The guns that can hit you haven’t been shipped to Henan yet! You’re not here, and you don’t have to open your mouth at home. I’ll take the baby back to my mother’s house if I have nothing to do. You won’t be back in half a year? Where did the devil look like? , You don’t care about the ball, you come back after killing a few, how is this different from going to a remote place to work as a long-term worker? After you come back from the game, we’ll take care of it...you have to pay attention to yourself, Don't always work hard all night like you are on the kang, and you won't move your nest..."
The villagers gathered and sent their babies off at the entrance of the village.The trucks of the national army are like mung bean flies, with green light and pungent smell.Lao Dan carried the burden on his back, and the second son and others filed up, like pigs driven into a wooden cage to be knifed.The villagers were crying and shouting, but they stopped moving forward.Tweety was not sad, seeing Lao Dan got into the car and turned around, she smiled and waved to him.When the car started, the villagers of the Xie and Guo ethnic groups finally burst into tears.Lao Dan and the juniors also started to cry, and the second son and him lay on the side of the car, crying until their noses flowed out.The oily hemp seed grabbed their necks one by one, presumably afraid that they would jump out of the car.The horse smoke pot sitting next to him scornfully dodged a foot, spit a mouthful of thick phlegm towards the back of the car, and pulled down the thick canvas.Lao Dan tilted his head and looked outside for the last time, and saw Tweety's big hands covering her kind face, tears streaming down his five fingers and pouring down.
It was dark inside the carriage, but because of the bumping of the car, the light came through the gap between the canvas and the carriage.The roar of the car was rampant in the darkness, Lao Dan was heavy in his heart, and just as he was thinking about something, he grabbed his arm with one hand, that must be the second son, who said two hours ago that he would kill his deadly enemy.Turning his face to look at him, he couldn't see anything, Lao Dan only knew that from now on, this guy would be his partner.
"Sir, where are we going?" a young man inside asked.
"You'll know when you get there," Ma Yanguo said.
"Where are the Japanese devils?" asked another.
"They have already captured Xuzhou, and they are busy burning and killing. You will see them soon. Let me tell you, if you don't fight hard, you will be finished. The devils are here, and the people who are going to be bloody in your village must be humans and animals. If you don't keep it, the devils are all made by beasts. Let alone burning and looting, your wives will be ruined. If they are ruined, they will be picked by bayonets. If they are picked, they will be ruined again... "The sound of oil hemp seeds is the same as that coming from oil gourd.The horror he described frightened the young people in the car, and some of them cried again.
"Cry your mother so hard! Cry again and throw you down!" Ma Yanguo cursed angrily.He struck a match viciously and lit his pipe.Thick smoke filled the carriage, and many people coughed, but Lao Dan relaxed a little. He liked the smell of shredded tobacco.
"What's your name?" Ma Yanguo asked him suddenly.
Lao Dan thought for a long time before saying, "Everyone in the village calls me Lao Dan."
Several veterans laughed.Ma Yanguo didn't laugh: "Why did your father give you such a name?"
"It wasn't my father who started it, but the head of the village. My father died early."
"Don't dare to call Lao Dan when you are young, show it to the brothers!" You Mazi interrupted with a smile.
Ma Yanguo asked again: "How old is your baby?"
"Two years old." Lao Dan lowered his head and said.
"Your name is strange, but it is easy to remember. You will definitely be popular in the army!" Ma Yanguo said again.
"Brother, what's your name?" Lao Dan raised his head and asked him.The horse smoke pot was smoking the pot, only squinted at him, and exhaled a mouthful of wet smoke.
"The little devil's women all walk forward with their crotches sandwiched. Do you know what's going on? Hey! It is said that the devil's thing is too small, and Japanese women are afraid that they won't be able to hold it, so they usually walk in this posture." Li Tuo chatted with several veterans including You Mazi.
"What are you talking about? The last time I heard from the young man outside the pass, a group of Japanese soldiers intercepted two women on the road and pressed them to the ground. Once you close your mind, you'll be done. But when the seven or eight devils are done, these two Northeast ladies are still not motivated. What's the matter with you Orientals? Isn't your thing as good as a peanut?" One said the veteran in the dark.
Everyone laughed, and Lao Dan wanted to laugh too, but couldn't.
"Stop chewing some useless things, your wife will see you not working hard?" Ma Yanguo said sternly.
Ma Yanguo's tone made Lao Dan shudder, the mouth under the slightly flattened bridge of the nose was like an iron gate, the corner of the mouth was tightly holding the cigarette pot, and the smoke pot was sucked to the bottom with just one puff, the thick smoke seemed to be in his stomach It has been turned countless times before it slowly floats out of the nostrils. "The devils outside the Guan don't know how many Northeast women have passed by. They picked up bayonets at the end of the day. Now that the devils have arrived in Xuzhou, they may come to your house one day, and they will come to your kang every day! Do you want to chew a ball?" Ma Yan The pot turned his face viciously.
"Stop talking nonsense, and sleep if you have nothing to do." He knocked out the cigarette pot in his hand.
Lao Dan didn't expect the assembly point to be so close to his home. After driving for only two days, he saw a large number of troops and smelled a lot of blood.The young people from Banzi Village were separated and assigned, and Lao Dan and his two sons were together.The company that Lao Dan was in was transferred from the south to the north. I don't know where the team returned from.Ma Yanguo reported here with his soldiers and these new recruits, and soon asked Lao Dan to wait for the recruits to pick up their equipment.A one-eyed officer gave him a big, rough gun, and asked him to change into a military uniform that was as dirty as a dead man's body, with a large curly knife on his back, and pushed him to line up there.These things related to death made Lao Dan tremble with fear. Usually, even killing chickens has to be done by a woman. How can he make a living like this?
The military uniform had not been washed at all, and the army logo on the chest had been covered by a black stain with a bullet hole in the center.He poked his chest through the hole with his finger, feeling the scene when the bullet penetrated into the hapless ghost, his scalp went numb for a while.Laodan and Erzi's guns are of different lengths, but the bullets are the same.The recruits were bombarded everywhere in the assembly area. Lao Dan saw that the people over there were all holding big swords, and wanted to get one too, but was kicked away by You Mazi, saying that you still want to use a big sword?Are you worth that iron money?After a while, he heard that people here called the horse smoke pot the platoon leader.Ma Yanguo's body was bulging, and those people stuffed him with good stuff.He asked You Mazi, Li Rabbit and others to arrange meals for everyone, lined up to the hut, trained them to stand up in line, and drove everyone to the car again.
The car drives faster than yesterday.Ma Yanguo sat on the bench behind as usual, and lifted the curtain to let Li Tutu teach everyone how to use a gun.It's the last one in the fleet and can shoot back.Lao Dan knew from Li Tutu that it was a "made in Hanyang". The gun was very heavy, and it was rusted in some places.In the first test firing, a force almost knocked off Lao Dan's shoulder. When the bolt was pulled, the bullet casings flew out with a whistling sound, scaring him to sit down in the carriage.The veterans laughed and scolded him in different accents, even the second son scolded him.Everyone fired a shot, but they didn't feel the feeling yet, but Ma Yanguo said that he didn't need to practice any more, just shoot with bullets in the meeting, and go to sleep quickly when he had time, so he pulled down the canvas again.
The compartment was stuffy and filled with various odors.Holding the big gun in his arms, Lao Dan watched Ma Yanguo take out a strange object, and when he got it to the top of his head, he recognized it as a horn comb.Ma Yanguo combed his hair up and down, and the light from the cracks illuminated his dark face.What kind of past can grow such an indestructible face?Lao Dan was caught up in this question.The second son was snoring heartlessly, and Lao Dan lowered his head, thinking of Sixi, whose head had been smashed.Such a veteran would be finished with just one bullet. Wouldn't the recruits who had only fired one shot in this car die dead?
The sound of cannons outside the carriage is faint, like the muffled sound of the stomach when hungry.The horse smoke pot put away the comb, put on the hat, and stretched the canvas tighter. The only light in the carriage was wiped out, leaving only people's shortness of breath and fear next to each other.The sound of cannons was getting closer and closer. It was not what Lao Dan imagined...the sound of cannons, but a series of violent explosions, large and small. Of course, Lao Dan guessed that it was the explosion of shells. They were so loud at such a distance, they must have There was a hole as deep as a well on the side of the road.But after a while, he heard again that it was not a single explosion, but a whole bunch of explosions. There were too many of them, and they exploded in a mess like a bunch of firecrackers thrown on the ground.Lao Dan clenched the barrel of the gun secretly, with his forehead resting on the barrel of the gun, and the sweat on his forehead flowed down the barrel of the gun.The recruits in the car were all awake, and the noise outside grabbed their souls and made them tremble like chaff.The horse smoke pot leaned against the side of the carriage with eyes closed, and the smoke rose slowly from the smoke pot, as calm as the Daizi River at night.You Mazi closed his eyes and meditated on something, turning a string of wooden beads over and over again, his huge eye bags seemed to have been filled with tears for half his life, and they could flow out sticky in a blink.
As Lao Dan guessed, the explosion began to shake the canvas of the car.Lao Dan heard some sharp things get into the carriage, like mosquitoes and flies, small but nervous.Just as he was listening with his ears up, a huge explosion suddenly came in front of him, causing the front of the car to turn sideways, the bearings rattled, flashing fire flashed in the cab, and a terrifying blood mist poured in through the curtains.The people in the carriage were thrown into a mess, and the horse smoke pot almost fell down.Lao Dan and the others screamed and grabbed each other, while Er Zi desperately burrowed into his ass like a mouse.
"How did you open it? Did you run over a ghost?" Mayan Pot shouted.
"Platoon leader, Danielu's car was blown up, and everyone in the car fell into the ditch, and I ran into it when I dodged slowly." The driver yelled backwards, and said, "Fatty is dead! "
Ma Yanguo hummed and stopped talking.Lao Dan was startled, there might be more than a dozen young people from Banzi Village in front of the car, and they just disappeared?He looked at the second son with trembling mouth, and the second son was also looking at him.But neither of them was in the mood to think about it, because the shells were still falling.
"With the devils blocking it like this, there are not many people left there." Ma Yanguo said to himself.
"Isn't it like this every time?" You Mazi was still fiddling with his prayer beads.He got a steel helmet from somewhere and put it on, but his head was too big, the helmet couldn't be fully buckled, and the grooves squeezed out.Seeing Lao Dan looking at him stupidly, he reached out and tapped the pot on his head.Lao Dan didn't know what he meant, and was about to ask, a huge fire exploded outside the opposite canvas, and the thick canvas leaked like a fishing net in an instant.Lao Dan was blown closed by the forced hot wind, heard inexplicable things flying in the air one after another, heard them colliding with carriages and people, and he even saw something sparking on the pot on top of You Mazi's head.Screaming suddenly filled the carriage.The second son opened his throat and howled in alarm, and Lao Dan saw the blood red everywhere.On the opposite side, one of the two descendants of the Guo family has no head, and the other is full of holes. He is being thrown down by the horse smoke pot and oil hemp seeds. Most of his head is rolling in the carriage. I don’t know who kicked it out. He hit his leg and flew out.There was a half-foot-wide crack in the carriage, like a pair of blood-stained steel teeth.Many people rolled and wailed in the carriage.Lao Dan couldn't see clearly what injuries they had suffered, and it was useless to see clearly. He was so frightened that he couldn't move, and urine flowed from any crotch.The torn canvas caught fire, and several veterans picked it up and threw it away, and the world suddenly lit up.
Lao Dan rubbed his eyes and saw the terrifying land in front of him: the gunpowder smoke covered half of the sky, and the sky was covered with dense flames. The exploding fireball was like a giant snake on the ground, flying and spreading across the entire horizon. .The blood-stained curtain of the cab fluttered, and Lao Dan saw the dead one through the gap. His sky cap was gone, and the cab was full of blood splashes.Lao Dan turned his head, but he couldn't escape the full smell of death. The barking blood flowed back and forth with the bumps of the car, rippling slightly on the car deck, and gradually solidified into a trembling lump of blood cake.
Lao Dan shrank back to the corner with his shoulders in his arms, and saw a veteran vomiting blood in the corner of the pile of corpses opposite.Yau Mazi went to help him, touched his body to look at the injury, and finally touched his face like a woman.
"How is it?" Ma Yanguo asked without raising his head.
"It can't be done." Youmazi turned around and said.
"You can recite scriptures for him." Ma Yanguo took off his hat and said.
You Mazi hugged the veteran, muttering something, the man left after listening for a while, his eyes were as wide as a peach.Lao Dan was so uncomfortable being stared at by him, and when he saw the oily hemp seed put him down, he took out a vest from his pack and covered his face.Lao Dan swallowed, touched his eyes, then raised his head, and saw Ma Yanguo smiling at him.
"Follow me if you want to survive, follow me no matter how tired or afraid you are." Ma Yanguo said.
Lao Dan nodded in a daze, then suddenly remembered something, pulled the dazed second son, and said to Ma Yanguo, "We will follow you." Ma Yanguo glanced at the second son.
The car came to a sudden stop, the trunk lid slammed down, and gunpowder smoke choked in.A big hand pulled Lao Dan out of the carriage, and Lao Dan woke up from the fall.You Mazi slapped a huge slap: "Don't be stupefied, those who die will die, and those who live hurry up!"
新兵们滚爬下来，有七八个人没动，除了几个缺胳膊少腿掉脑袋的，几个原本挣扎的也没甚动静了。“都死了，我看了……”二子将他搀起来说，“炸弹炸的，有东西钻到他们肚子里了。”
他们俩相扶着朝油大麻子指的方向跑去。老旦不知这是哪里，反正和干锅烧的蒸笼一样，满地的黄土变成了黑色，到处是一汪汪干涸的血迹。跑了一会就看见马烟锅了，他和没事人一样又在抽那斤把重的长烟锅。大家在他面前站好了队伍。老旦这才听到枪炮声还有些距离，腿便结实起来，老兵们和他们站到一起，新兵们的脸便缓过颜色来。老旦被呼呼吹来的带着火药味和血腥气的热风吹出个喷嚏，竟打得耳聪目明了。四周一看，集合地像买卖牲口的集市，很多军官举着枪嚷嚷，号令自己的人集合。十几个连队大概有两千多人，不一会便分成了堆儿。大车扭头就走了，送到头了，它们跑得一溜烟似的。油大麻子在前面背着刀点数，跟羊倌点羊头那样，然后对马烟锅说：“出发时全员一百二十一人，到达八十一人，路上伤亡四十人，其中新兵三十五人，老兵五人。三班班长和副班长与一车新兵被炮打了，都死了。”
“知道了，走。”马烟锅说罢插起烟锅，向一条弯弯的路跑去。各班长们吆喝着各自的人紧随而去，油大麻子又上来扇了老旦一下，老旦就知道他是自己的班长了。一匹马慌张跑来，马烟锅在向马上的人敬礼。
“必须三十分钟跑到，听到没有？”这军官嗓门好大，把那些炮声都压住了。
“是长官，一定跑到。”马烟锅也扯了一嗓子。大嗓门长官说罢就纵马去别的排了。马烟锅看了大家一眼，啥也不说拔腿开跑。
“大伙都听见了！跟着跑，路上有任何事，排长不停就都不许停。死了的伤了的一概不管，只管往前跑，听到没有！”油大麻子扯开嗓子喊着。
一个老兵跑在老旦后面，见老旦人高马大的只有杆枪，就把一个手榴弹袋子给他套上。“新兵娃子受点累不算啥……先学着点，猫在俺屁股后面跑，先别跟着人家往前瞎冲，你个儿越大就越容易挨枪子儿！没事儿多替人背背东西，吃不了亏……有人死了就把他兜里的东西收起来，没准儿用得着……要是熟一点的就留着，看啥时候能给人家捎回去。”
老旦不知该感激这家伙还是该啐他一口，这手榴弹口袋足有二十颗，和半个碾盘似的重，他一下就心凉了。看了眼二子，身上也多了不少物件，嘴撅出驴那么长。其他新兵也大多如此。老旦记着马烟锅的话，发狠介跑去他后面，咬牙跟着他。跑的时候他回头看了看，见两千多人都这么狂奔着，心下便多了些侥幸，只是从没有连着跑过这么远的路，累得太阳穴直跳，真是七死八活，后面就有几位老兵轮流帮他坚持下来了。跑了约摸几十里地，一路上的村子都火光冲天，就快到的时候，炮弹和讨债鬼似的又带着响追过来，不时落在队伍里，火光一起就是一片惨叫，几个兵就四分五裂地飞了。前面三丈左右的地方炸起，几个人闹鬼似的就不见了，老旦震得头皮发麻，却没倒，只觉得下雨了，还有雹子，可都是热乎乎的，手一抹，却是血和骨头渣子。一条胳膊悠悠飞来，啪嗒落在他肩上，热乎乎地挂着呢，手上还攥着个木头观音呢。老旦的头发嗖地立起来，诈尸般惊跳了。他缩肩夹脖地想甩开那个东西，它却像长在身上了，几下没甩掉，就紧跟上来一阵恶心，胃里就翻江倒海了，中午吃的馒头全吐出去，有一口还吐在马烟锅屁股上。马烟锅倒不在意，只帮他扔掉那只冒烟的胳膊，再给他灌下一口凉水，拽着他继续跑。
老旦真希望马烟锅能停一下，可他一直往前跑着，连口气都不喘，他怎么能有这么多力气呢？路上死人不少，都呼呼地冒着血，他们的装备马上被兄弟们拿走，伤兵就被拉到路边等着后面可能有也可能没有的担架队。行军路上惨叫不断，时而还有飞机飞得很低，声音很大，把老旦等新兵吓得趴了。老兵们满地踢着这些胆小鬼，说那只是鬼子侦察机，不会下蛋的。经过一个大村子时，老旦看到路旁百十具死尸横陈，男的女的有不少光着腚，而且大多血肉模糊，肢残体缺，有的烧得只剩一点皮肉，将就看出是个人。老兵边跑边说，这些都是周围村里的，没来得及跑，有的是被日本鬼子飞机炸的，有的是抢东西被打死的，这一大排估计是被鬼子机枪突突了。老旦抖着双腿跑过去，他只见过炕上翠儿白花花的身子，哪里见过这么多不穿衣服的死人，想到有天自己的女人会否遭此厄运，后背就一阵发凉，开始哇哇吐了。他吐了二子就吐，其他新兵也跟着一起吐了。这一路吐得狼狈，直吐到黄澄澄的胆汁都没了，腿脚也软了，仍是奔命地跑着。老兵们跑得轻松，冲他们哈哈大笑着，说这帮夯货真他妈的没用，没到战场就得被吓球死了。
这是去打仗吗？南腔北调的老兵们还笑得出来哪，几个老兵欢呼着从着火的房子里掏出两只被炸得半熟的鸡，拔了毛就啃，剩下血红呲啦的还要拴在腰上。大嗓门的长官骑马追了上来，他袒胸露怀满头大汗，挥着鞭子和手枪，像赶羊一样赶着连队。马屁股上挂着一个巨大的杠子头烧饼，这真让老旦大开眼界——河南这地界儿可没有这么大的饼，烙出这么大一张厚饼，估计找遍板子村也没这么大的锅，听闻只有山东有这玩意，那这长官就是山东人了。
大嗓门长官有点声嘶力竭了：“禁恁妈的！还不赶紧快点儿，赶不到那个地场咱全得吃枪子儿，把恁操逼的劲头都给我拿出来！这个时候不发死狠就是死路一条！俺山东老家已经被鬼子占了，有口气儿的都在这个地场，恁要是不跟上劲儿，禁恁妈的，就跟俺一个下场，杀了鬼子吃他们的肉！后面就是恁家，把恁炕头上的劲头儿都拿出来，恁要是不想恁老婆恁闺女叫日本人操了，禁恁妈的，就往前杀！”
大嗓门长官刚喊完，嘴还没合上，一颗炮弹悠着哨音落在他的不远处，轰的一下就把他掀下来了。那马和纸糊似的也翻了，圆滚的肚子炸开个大口子，下水哗啦洒了一地，这畜生疼啊，叫得那个瘆人。大嗓门长官打了几个滚儿，居然没事样儿地站了起来，还骂骂咧咧地找那杠子头，可他只找到了几块碎饼，显是气急了，见马还没死，他抽出大刀照着马脖子就是一下，却没砍死，马喷着血沫子看着他，他就又是一刀。马血飞溅，染了他一身一脸，他便站在那儿了，哼哧哧喘着气。二子瞪着大嗓门长官半天，拉了下老旦的衣服说：“他哭了。”
在这条死亡之路上，老旦竟也慢慢习惯身边的人被炸上天，也习惯了天上鬼子的飞机掠来掠去。在炮火的间隙里，他还从一个只半截身子的兵身上掏了一包烟，堆着笑脸孝敬给了老兵。炮火掀起迷尘，遮得昏天黑地，日头看不见了，闷热却有增无减。裤裆里像堆着柴火烧，汗水和尘土和了泥，从两颊流进脖子里，把湿透的军服粘在了身上。嘴里的土腥和鼻子里的血腥味混在一起，像吃了牙碜的生肉。不管轻伤还是重伤，能动的都不敢停，谁知道哪里又落下来一颗不长眼的炮弹？路边的重伤员哭爹喊娘，四处乱爬，担架队连个鬼影都看不见，八成也都炸死了吧？老旦迈着沉重的腿脚，死死盯着马烟锅的背，跑死也要跟着他。二子也是个蛮狠的，在他身后寸步不离。就在他们真的要跑死的时候，油大麻子的声音传来：
“到啦，原地趴下，找掩护，等待命令！”
老旦已是眼冒金星，再也坚持不住，和二子扑通栽倒，眼皮上翻，狗一样地喘着气。马烟锅回过头来，照着他的腚踢了一脚：
"Get up! Don't want to live anymore? Find a hole with me!"
老旦挣扎起来，拉起二子，跌跌撞撞地跟着马烟锅向一个弹坑跑去。在坑里喘了会儿气，马烟锅又抽起烟。大地微颤着，老旦缓了缓神，从坑里抬眼向前望去。冲天的炮火就在前方二里多地，绵延的地平线上，炮弹此起彼伏地炸响，这让他想起过年时大户人家挂在门口噼噼啪啪的炮仗。浓烟像天上降下的乌云，低低地趴在地面，锅盖一样扣在前方阵地上。烟雾中爆起的火光像黑夜里的闪电，大地都像要震塌了。老旦哆嗦着趴回坑里，闻到弹坑里刺鼻的死人味儿。马烟锅把块破布猛地一掀，就看到那个死人了。缺了左胳膊少了右腿，还熏得灰头土脸。奇怪的是衣服和老旦的不一样，裤子也被扒掉了。马烟锅在他身上翻东西，翻出个漏斗一样的酒瓶子，马烟锅打开喝了一口，又呸地一口吐了，骂道：“日本人的酒和尿差球不多，咋就稀罕喝这东西哩？你喝不喝？”他举着酒瓶伸过来。
老旦忙摇头，老人说吃喝死人的东西肚里要长虫子的。
马烟锅把酒壶扔到了一边，继续在那人身上掏。老旦斗胆去看这日本鬼子。袁白先生说那东洋兵都是小个子单眼皮，肚脐眼都长成了活口，着急了能喘气儿。这还不算啥，最出奇的是他们的命根子，前面是分着叉的。老旦战战兢兢地扳过他的身，一看吓了一跳。子弹在他左眼打了一个洞，深不见底；另一只眼瞪得像条死鱼，眼眶都裂了，硬是裂出无数层眼皮，嘴也大张着，青黑的舌头四边不靠地伸将出来。这么狰狞的面孔让老旦浮起一层鸡皮疙瘩。鬼子肚子上还有三个窟窿，都骡子眼那么大。
“这鬼子刚死不久，你看还流血呢。”二子指着那几个窟窿说。一个窟窿在肚脐眼旁，老旦无从判断日本兵的肚脐眼是否可以喘气儿。而日本兵赤裸的下面，那东西居然是白的，这与老旦的常识大相径庭，再仔细一看，其末梢也并没有如袁白先生所言那般分着叉，心里不禁嘿嘿一笑：看俺回去咋埋汰你这老秀才。
“他杀了三个咱们的人！”马烟锅轻轻地说，“他这儿有三个士兵的胸章，有的鬼子喜欢弄这个存着。”
马烟锅拎起那三张胸章，似乎还可以攥出血来。二子拿过鬼子的钢盔，试了试觉得很贴。马烟锅一巴掌已经抽上去：“想死啊？戴这么个东西，自己人就敲了你。”
马烟锅取下鬼子的步枪，试了试塞给老旦，说：“用这个，鬼子的枪好使，子弹在鬼子身上多掏点，别嫌脏。”说罢就爬去坑边儿了。
老旦去掏鬼子的子弹匣子，发现被血泡得满满的。他把那些子弹都倒出来，一排排和二子擦着。鬼子的枪看着是威武，崭新崭新的，老旦将一排新子弹压进去，按李兔子说的那样调了射程，既然要打远点的，就一百米吧。
大嗓门长官跑回来了，大声嚷嚷着：“集合，快点给老子集合！”
趴在各个隐蔽地方的士兵们重新跳出来，几个连队在低洼处排起了长队。大嗓门长官看来是这个连的头，只对这边喊着话：
“命令下来了！咱们配合3连和7连攻打右侧的机枪火力点。那个地方上午还是咱们的，鬼子撂下两百多条命才打下来，现在还有一百多个守在那儿……咱们要去收拾他们，把阵地抢回来……禁恁妈的，咱们拼死拼活地跑了几十里地，还死了几十个弟兄，恁都给老子赚回来。鬼子投降的不要，禁恁妈的全宰了！怎么宰都行，老子告诉恁，这一仗打输了，咱们又得退回五十里地，恁的腿儿跑不过日本鬼子的汽车，跑不过日本鬼子的飞机，要想活命，就禁恁妈的往前冲！”
每个人将重物卸下。老旦的包袱被马烟锅一把丢了。大家只带着枪支弹药进入了出发阵地。老旦头一次听到炮声从自己这边传来，纳罕地回头伸脖子看。老兵们叫起了好，说是兄弟炮兵部队开始轰击日本鬼子了。果然，一阵弹雨落在前方几十丈左右的阵地上——鬼子原来这么近啊？炮弹里也有红色的烟雾弹，在地上慢悠悠地冒起来。只片刻，整个阵地前方就烟雾弥漫了，像板子村外红色的黄昏。
“你俩就跟在我们几个后面，别往前愣跑！”马烟锅在老旦和二子身上挂了一串手榴弹，又让每人多背了一支步枪，说，“这手榴弹你们不会用，我要的时候就给我。”马烟锅帮他俩紧了紧，又检查了他的装备，他抽出大刀看着，在刀刃上吐了口唾沫又插回去了。他吐了口气，突然看着老旦发愣，眼珠子转来转去，然后从怀里掏出那把牛角梳子，按住老旦的头给他梳着。老旦惶恐地不动，眼前落下梳下来的碎肉和污泥。马烟锅又自己梳了梳，再小心翼翼地把梳子擦了，揣进里面的兜，看着老旦的脑袋发愣，半天才歪着头问：“你到底叫个啥？”
“就是……叫老旦……”
“不管老不老，把你的旦夹紧了。”马烟锅指了他那儿一下，老旦的腿发起抖来。
喇叭猛地响了，吹得和要死人似的。大嗓门长官大喊一声：“杀！”就跳出战壕去了。他的嗓子真是不赖，整个阵地上都听得见这把嗓子。A trench was immediately set in motion.马烟锅也不理会老旦了，也冲着大伙大喊一声：
“5排的人，跟俺宰日本猪去啊！”
战士们哇啦一声，一个个蹿了上去。老旦和二子也跟着喊，跑了几步就心虚起来，因为他们听见日本人的炮又开始响了。战场上的动静骤然大了很多。老旦才跑了十几步，不远处就炸了一颗，他习惯性地就滚进一个坑里了。他就像一只钻进大鼓的耗子般心惊胆颤，裤裆里突然觉得温热，估计又他妈尿了。
马烟锅像是早料到了，一把将死猫一样的老旦拎出来，抡圆过来两记耳光。
"Come with me! Put on the bayonet!"
老旦分明看到，马烟锅眼里已经冒着火了。
The Japanese machine guns fired, and the continuous gunfire sounded like fried beans.老旦跌跌撞撞地跟在马烟锅后面，恨不得用双手扶住他那硕大的腚来做一面盾。他听到子弹从耳朵边嗖嗖地掠过，干硬的地被子弹打得石头乱蹦。他还能听到子弹扑扑地穿过人体的声音，前面的背影一个个在飞溅的血雾中倒下。空中像是下起了毛毛血雨，在脸上蒙来一阵湿意。前面横七竖八的尸体总是把老旦绊倒，却绊不倒马烟锅，他边跑边射击，子弹打光了就把枪一扔，拿过二子递过去的枪。老旦见二子有了感觉，也就咬牙跟着，直到没有人绊自己了，他才发现已经冲到了前面，前方已经没剩下多少活着的人了。他看到马烟锅在一个个弹坑里跳动着射击，也学着他拎起枪来往前瞎打。The comrades rushed forward one by one, fell down one by one in various postures, and stopped moving when they fell down.The people behind stepped on their bodies, still screaming and rushing forward...
The devil's firepower was not as violent as expected.几轮冲锋过后，马烟锅把他身上的手榴弹都扔完了，终于带头冲上去了。几团火光掀起了一阵烟尘，一拨人蜂拥进了敌人的阵地。老旦跟着马烟锅往前跑着，和上百个战士跨过了鬼子的战壕，一些老兵在跳过去的时候又往战壕里扔了手榴弹，那些还动弹的鬼子就被炸成饺子馅了。过了这条沟，前面空荡起来。马烟锅猛地停了，噌地就把大刀拔出来了。一阵野兽般的叫声从浓烟里传来，几十个鬼子端着刺刀，戴着钢盔，就这么直冲过来了。大嗓门长官怒目圆睁，枪也扔了，拔出大刀就砍上去。他看准个冲在前面的鬼子，一个侧步，刀身隔开了鬼子的枪，紧接着半个转身，手起刀落就削掉了鬼子一条小腿。鬼子只剩下一条腿了，却没服软，一边蹦一边端着枪扎他。马烟锅跟上去，灵巧地转了半个身，刀横着砍进了鬼子的肚子，这鬼子终于倒了，竟还龇牙咧嘴地要拔那刀。一个老兵却不容，一刺刀就扎进这鬼子的头。老旦听见清楚的咯嚓声，就像柴刀切进了熟透的瓜，这个鬼子总算是完球了。
战场乱了套，大刀和刺刀满眼乱晃。马烟锅砍了几个，招呼着老旦蹲在一个矮处，端枪打着嚷得最凶的鬼子。二子兴奋地给他递枪，还给他指鬼子。马烟锅枪法真不错，一枪就是一个呢。老旦却吓得六神无主，端着枪不知该打谁，谁是自己人谁是日本兵他都分不清了。眼前的个个都是血葫芦，都吱哇乱叫，武器也用乱了。有的弟兄拿着鬼子的枪乱扎，也有的鬼子拿着大刀在砍，还有什么都不拿的，抱着一个在脸上咬。马烟锅打了一阵，想是觉得寡淡了，又拎着大刀去了。他一走，一个满脸是血的鬼子端着刺刀冲老旦来了，真是发疯一般来了。老旦哎呦妈地叫着，先是看了看两边，没错，二子已跟马烟锅去了，这家伙定是冲自己来的呀。
老旦吓圆了眼，哆嗦地用枪对着他，却怎么也扣不动扳机，用尽全身力气发狠开了一枪，却打在旁边一个背朝他的鬼子后脑勺上，打飞一大团红白物件儿。这鬼子才不怕他，呀呀叫着越来越近，老旦的裤裆里再次屎尿崩流。只一眨眼工夫，他已看到鬼子的单眼皮了。他又打一枪，枪膛里咔嚓一声，没子弹了。老旦万念俱灰，刚才的害怕忽地飞了，算球了，早晚的事。
老旦就要闭眼时，一道白光猛地从眼前闪过，带着火辣辣的罡风。老旦吃惊地抬头，见鬼子的头忽地飞上了天空，脖子里一标血箭划出漂亮的弧线。没头的鬼子又跑了三步，刺刀掠过老旦身侧，一头扎在老旦的怀里，那颗头在半空还叽里咕噜地叫着，在地上灵巧地蹦着。鬼子喷出的血弄得老旦一脸都是，他嗷嗷叫着用手去堵，可怎堵得住那么大个口子。老旦惊恐地扒开血糊的眼，见膀大腰圆的油大麻子像个血塔，这两百斤的家伙拎着一柄特号大刀，上面挂着粘粘的血肉，他手腕上那串木头佛珠沾满了血，大肉泡子上的一对小眼很是轻蔑地看着他。他又飞起一脚，将没头的鬼子踢出老远，便拎着刀去了。
躲过一死，老旦的腿已不听使唤，只能坐在地上，给枪上了子弹胡乱地瞄。准头当然全无。打倒了一个鬼子，也打着了一个弟兄，真是败兴，好在不像板子村的。他看到一个冒着烟的鬼子大叫着抱住了大嗓门长官，长官挣了两下没有挣脱，调转刀口朝着鬼子的背直刺下去，噗的一声，大刀竟把这鬼子刺穿了。他再拔出来再刺进去，血溅到长官的脸上。那鬼子倒下前拉了什么，怀里绽起一团火光，两个人倏地爆开了，全炸成了两截儿。大嗓门长官的上半身转了几圈儿，斜斜地戳在地上。他的脸朝着老旦，嘴大张着，青烟从嗓子眼冒出来，眼睛还眨了几下，老旦吓得闭上了眼。
战友们仿佛占了上风，因为不断在往前冲。近处打来串儿机枪子弹，嗖嗖地扫倒了一片，几颗从老旦脖子下飞过，老旦赶紧狗一样趴下了。脖子上火烫起来，他忙去摸，热乎乎的一手血。老旦顿时眼前发黑，再仔细摸摸，才知只是捎走了一小块肉。这又一吓，眼前倒亮了起来，见马烟锅正和一群战友奔向个火力点，他们大叫着扑到机枪手的战壕里，挥着卷刃的大刀把几个矮小的鬼子卸成了大块。老旦念叨着菩萨，觉得腿脚有了些气力，见二子在不远处冲他招手，就挣扎着从血泊里爬过去，一直爬进战壕。可这战壕几乎被两边的死人填平了，到处是还在抽搐的，几个兄弟正拿刀找着有气儿的。
马烟锅想是忘了他俩，又带人去纵深阵地清除剩下的鬼子了。老旦和二子坐下，看着彼此惨兮兮的样子刚想喘口气，脚下一个开膛破肚的日本兵猛地转过身来，竟诈了尸，他一把抓住了老旦的脚，另一只手去拉老旦胸前的一颗手雷。老旦和二子妈呀大叫，他们扑下身去掰那鬼子的手。二子急得蹦起来，抬脚踩着鬼子的头，那一张脸都踩稀烂了鬼子都不撒手。老旦奇怪日本鬼子个头很小力气却这么大，费了牛劲竟夺不下？情急之下他大喊一声，拽住鬼子露在外边的一根肠子用力一拉，滑溜