Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Farewell, brother!

Walking into the deeper mountains, Lao Dan realized why this place is called Songshiling.The towering ancient pine branches are luxuriant, and the roots are wrapped with huge red stones. From a distance, it looks like a giant spirit god and a devil are fighting.There are strange creatures on the road, blue-eyed monkeys chasing squirrels as big as rabbits, red birds with yellow crowns; a branch in front of him suddenly moved when he relieved his hand, and it turned out to be a snake the same color as pine bark.Lao Dan was so frightened that he fell down the hillside and pissed all over his crotch.The second son and the others thought he had seen a devil, took up their guns and aimed around, and saw that Lao Dan got up and put on his trouser belt with a blushing face, so they guessed about half or eight.

"Brother Dan, have you met a snake demon? Isn't that woman pretty?" Brother Haitao from Hubei put away his gun with a smile. "You're working so fast, you put on your pants so soon?" Er Zi tilted his head and pointed at his pants. "It's a snake, damn it, such a thick snake..." Lao Dan felt lingering fear, this was not a good omen. Daxue and Erzi led them around three times and twice, turning over a hill in the dense forest, wading through a narrow mountain stream, and climbing up a mountain full of camphor trees.Daxue said that this was a shortcut and he could get ahead of the devils.The second son said that this is to seek guilt and suffer, it is better to wait for work at the mountain pass.According to Yang Tiejun's order, Lao Dan resolutely followed this path to find out what the devils were doing.After climbing up the highest mountain of Songshiling, Lao Dan looked back with binoculars. He didn't know where he came from. There was only mountains and rain, covered by rain and fog, and the bamboo house by the lake disappeared without a trace, as if hidden in a dream.Looking forward, the hills are endless, and the drizzle moistens the world.He suddenly felt confident in the war. There are so many soldiers like them hidden in such a great river and mountain. Even if the devils are fierce, how can they hold them?

The mountain road is so strange, just like the road I have traveled in the past six months. After hard work, I only remember the difficulty of the road.The strange trees lying crookedly and vertically and the jagged cliffs made Lao Dan feel nervous, and his neck was so tense.Daxue and Erzi lead the way, and there are marks left by them everywhere, such as the knife marks on the tree, the cutting of branches and leaves, or the corners of two stones twisted to one side, all of which were taught by Yang Tiejun in his class Method.The dense forest is like a giant holding hands, every step forward seems to be desperate.Lao Dan had hallucinations, thinking that he was not going to perform any mission, but just wanted to go through the dense forest, and then gritted his teeth and turned over a mountain ridge, maybe he could see the smoke from Banzi village.

"The enemy is approaching..." The news came one by one, everyone fell silent, packed up their camouflage, stopped to check their weapons, and smeared black mud on their faces.Lao Dan looked at everyone and knew that they had a plan in mind, and to deal with the devils was just chopping melons and vegetables.It rained heavily at this time, which is very good, and the ghosts with sharp ears can't hear anything.Lao Dan walked forward and got down on the top of the hill according to Er Zi's instructions. Er Zi pointed to a hill a hundred meters away with a branch.Lao Dan looked through the binoculars and saw that the mountain was unobstructed, and many trees had been cut down by the devils.A few devils were wearing raincoats, and they were building a wooden tower on the top of the mountain. They climbed up and down, and tied some things on it.Some were discussing below, looking at a piece of paper as if they were measuring something.Lao Dan couldn't figure it out after looking at it for a long time, so he called Dapeng over. Dapeng looked like a bear, but he had worked as an electrician in the county town, and his factory was blown up by a devil plane, so he became a soldier.

"The devil must be measuring the height of the surrounding hills. The thing next to it seems to be a radio. I can't recognize it clearly, but the thing on the top of the devil must be an antenna, which is used for communication." Dapeng twisted the telescope and said. . The devils are holding this thing in the mountains, so they must not be coming for them.That antenna may be related to the airport.Lao Dan took a closer look and found that the devils did not carry any heavy weapons, just seven or eight people, not even a machine gun, so it would not be difficult to touch them quietly and kill them.

"Brother! Look!" Haitao touched him.Haitao is clairvoyant, he can see how many miles away. Lao Dan hurriedly looked at the place he said, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. Thirteen, fourteen... twenty... twenty-two... twenty-six.Twenty-six ghosts in disguise slowly came up from the other side of the hillside, each at a distance of three to five meters, watching as they walked.Looking at their cautious posture with their guns advancing, they are very experienced soldiers.Lao Dan counted with his fingers, and together with the eight engineering soldiers, there were thirty-four devils in total.The devils who came up later were fully armed, many of them were carrying ammunition boxes, and two of them were carrying light machine guns.It looks like they're going to set up camp and guard the communication point.An officer scolded a few devils, and they started digging as soon as they arrived.

Lao Dan turned to look at Daxue and his second son.Daxue lowered his head.Lao Dan didn't mean to reproach him, he patted him, and pulled the second son who opened his mouth and frowned to slip down.Everyone waited below, and Chen Yuming sat on the side like an old pine tree and looked at Lao Dan without blinking. The number of devils increased sharply, and Lao Dan was worried. Even if he didn't provoke them, the devils would find the nest behind the two mountains sooner or later.Lao Dan pulled out the cigarette that the second son had just lit, took a puff and said, "Damn it, thirty-four devils, and a machine gun..." Everyone was silent, some swallowed, and some held the gun. "Everyone express your opinion." After Lao Dan finished speaking, he handed the cigarette to Dapeng.Dapeng took a sip and wanted to pass it to Chen Yuming.Chen Yuming shook his head, still looking at Lao Dan.

The soldiers passed Lao Dan's smoke, and someone spoke. "Evading the first day of the junior high school but not the fifteenth day, let's fight, the first strike is the best." "After raising it for half a month, my hands are itchy, what a fucking fuck!" "Catch a few alive and give them to Company Commander Yang..." "I listen to my brother." It was the second son's turn, the cigarette was only left on his butt, he threw it away and took out a grenade: "It's not safe to live in the mountains, fuck him..." Seeing that Chen Yuming remained silent, Lao Dan asked, "Brother, what are you talking about?"

Only then did Chen Yuming raise his eyes: "I obey the order. But the devil's firepower is too fierce, and we don't have much ammunition, so we can't fight hard. We have to figure out a way." Everyone turned their heads to look at Lao Dan one after another, making him feel guilty and hot.Avoiding the eyes of the soldiers, he stood up pretending to be deep, looking at the rolling mountains, the pouring rain, and the dense jungle swaying gently.They seemed to know his thoughts, and they all slowed down. When Lao Dan calmed down, he was no longer himself. The previous battles were condensed into logical fragments. He saw his actions in these fragments. His throat screamed to the sky...he knew what to do.

"In this way... this mountain is not small, and the devils are scattered on it. Even if we touch it quietly, we won't be able to catch it all at once. Those devils who came later can be beaten. We need someone to lure the devils away. To lure them a little further away, a few people set up an ambush. I led people down the hill, grabbed the machine guns, and flanked the devils on both sides. As long as there are machine guns, we can’t lose.” Lao Dan drew a picture on the ground and said. Chen Yuming nodded, and the others remained silent. "I'll take someone to lure the devil, brother, you take other people to occupy the top of the mountain to grab the machine gun first, and lead them this way." Chen Yuming pointed to a place in the col, "Da Xue, Xiao Si'er, and Zhang Chi are lying in ambush on this mountain. If you play cold shots, the devils will not dare to chase me after they are knocked out a few times." After finishing speaking, Chen Yuming looked at Lao Dan.Lao Dan looked at Daxue: "Are you sure?"

"The shooting range is very good, killing a few is not a problem." Da Xue did not hesitate, Xiao Si'er and Zhang Chi were also good at marksmanship, Chen Yuming picked them to do this job, and Lao Dan knew it well. "Who and Yuming are going to lure devils?" Lao Dan looked around. "Let's see who runs the fastest." Chen Yuming smiled.Everyone looked at each other, and they all looked at the second son who was playing with grenades. The devil dug two holes and was filling the sack with soil.Someone was loading a machine gun case.The engineering soldiers grabbed the ropes and smashed the piles, busy setting up airs, and some devils huddled together and smoked and chatted.They didn't wear raincoats, so they probably wouldn't stay for long, and they didn't care about the safety of the surroundings. They just lit a small fire to boil water with their mouths and hands.These engineering soldiers and devils were yellow and thin, and they couldn't stand the battle for days.And those who came later stood around the top of the mountain with guns in hand, looking around vigilantly. Lao Dan led people down the slope, climbed up from a blind spot, and quietly directed everyone.The soldiers are covered with branches, and the straw hats are rubbed upwards a little bit on their heads.The big tree covered it, and the devil didn't notice it.The first group went from the left, the second group went from the right, and the hillside in the middle was reserved for the ghosts chasing Chen Yuming and his second son to go down the mountain.Lao Dan raised his head and looked opposite, there was something moving under the dense forest on the top of the mountain, and Da Xue and others were already in place.Only a few steps away from the top of the mountain, Lao Dan told everyone to stop, and they all lay still on their stomachs.When Chen Yuming and Er Zi turned around from the intersection facing the slope down the mountain, if the devil was not blind, he would definitely see these two stragglers. The devils on the top of the mountain screamed and the guns went off.The sound of gunshots echoed in the mountains, shaking Lao Dan's heart.He saw seventeen or eight devils rushing down the hillside, shouting loudly and shooting at the people below.Seeing that the devils on the mountain were all looking there, Lao Dan waved his hand, and the soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain with hands and feet. Daxue and others fired, and the devil screamed in the col.Lao Dan climbed over a big rock, stretched out his head, and saw a dozen devils looking down the mountain, and four devils were squatting in two machine gun pits.Dapeng and other soldiers reached the top of the mountain from their left rear side, and they made a move with Lao Dan.Lao Dan nodded, and five or six grenades flew up on the opposite side.Everyone practiced well, and a grenade hit the machine gunner's head jokingly.The machine gunner was taken aback for a moment, took a look, and the familiar thing exploded.The two machine gunners blew up like rotten twists, and an intestine flew like a snake in the sky.The other devils were not much better, four or five of them were blown away, and the older one turned his gun and screamed hysterically at Dapeng, but Lao Dan fired again.The devils didn't expect to be attacked from both sides, four or five fell down, and the rest were caught in the fire from both sides and dared not lift their heads.There was a machine gun left on purpose, and just as the two devils turned their heads around, seven or eight bullets smashed them to pieces. Lao Dan got excited and rushed out, shot one with a broken arm, and was about to kill another with his gun when he was thrown down.There was an explosion, and Si Shuan'er and another brother flew into the air, rolling down the hillside.The devil who threw the grenade was targeted by Dapeng and others. The bullet smashed his nose and face, and stabbed him in the stomach again.Everyone surrounded the remaining three or four devils, and Lao Dan let them be caught alive.A devil wanted to fight with a bayonet, but was kicked in the crotch from behind by the black bull. The devil opened his mouth wide while covering his eggs, and the two painful eggs seemed to escape from his mouth.The other was lying on his stomach and was about to run, but Dapeng's thick legs stepped on his head like a pile, and he passed out with one foot.Seeing that two were captured alive, a dozen soldiers smashed to death the remaining few who were injured.The butt of the gun is a useful thing, and the sound of clicking and clicking is clear and cruel. The devils vomit blood and brains, and they can't die after a while. Lao Dan didn't care about them, so he hurried to get the machine gun, went after Chen Yuming's devils, turned back, and crawled up.Lao Dan hurriedly turned around to call everyone over, a flash of fire flashed in front of his eyes, and the soldiers flew out one by one.Lao Dan was dizzy from the shock, and when he opened his eyes again, the devil on the ground was shattered into pieces, and this desperate guy pulled a string of grenades from his clothes.The soldiers were too careless, so they knocked down seven or eight of them.Zhang Chi's stomach was broken, and holding a handful of rotten intestines, he let out his last breath.Hei Niu was lying on the ground wiping the blood from his forehead. He was blocked by a huge roc in front of him, so the injury was not serious. The roc was like a cow that had been disembowelled, with only a little meat attached to its neck, and its head turned over on its back superior.Lao Ding walked with his head covered as if nothing happened, but his neck was open. He coughed while covering his neck, and sprayed out bloody droplets every time. "Wake up alive, the devil is back!" Lao Dan took the machine gun, pulled the bolt and was about to shoot, but there was no response when he hugged the trigger, and it still didn't work after two shots, and he broke out in a cold sweat.The soldiers opened fire one after another.The devils rushed up like crazy, the Dongyang people were really strong, they could always throw grenades up, Lao Dan picked up the one that fell at his feet and threw it back, blowing up the one that was climbing up. The devil who went after Chen Yuming took away a light machine gun, and now he carried it up to the hill next to him, set it up and opened fire.Two fighters fell.Hei Niu stunned two prisoners and joined the battle, but they were all suppressed by the machine gun, and Lao Dan was lying in the pit with the machine gun.The seven or eight devils who climbed up lost their pressure and were about to come up with a grunt. There was an explosion from the other side of the mountain, the devil's machine gun went silent, and then it rang again, but it was not shooting at the top of the mountain, but at the devil on the mountainside.Lao Dan looked up and knew that it was the second son and Chen Yuming who ran back and took the devil's back.The devils on the hillside were beaten up and had nowhere to hide.The brothers from the three directions looked at and fought slowly, even if the devil didn't take his life seriously, he also met the king of hell.The last one yelled, threw away the empty gun, and rushed upwards with a grenade in his hand.Lao Dan stood at the top of the mountain, took out his pistol, and was about to shoot him in the head when a bullet shot from a distance and hit the devil in the back of the head.Lao Dan looked up and saw that Daxue was holding a rifle on the hillside a hundred paces away, as steady as a rock. The gunfire stopped, and Lao Dan waved to the brothers on both sides, and they all came out cheering.Cleaning up the battlefield, Lao Dan regretted and felt distressed. He missed a word of advice, and ten soldiers died and six were injured to varying degrees.Xiao Si'er, who was in ambush with Da Xue, was killed, while Er Zi and Chen Yuming remained unscathed.Only then did Lao Dan think of touching himself, and it was actually intact, which is really rare.The faces of the two captives were beaten like steamed buns by the black bull, their arms and legs were tightly bound, and their mouths were stuffed with leggings.Lao Dan asked everyone to dismantle the wooden shelves and throw everything into the valley. He looked at the two machine gun pits and asked the brothers to dig them bigger, one to bury the brother and the other to bury the devil. The dead brothers lay in rows in the pit, neat as bullets in an ammunition box, no matter how rotten their bodies were, their faces were still wiped clean.The devils all faced the loess, and the second son took everyone to urinate a dozen strings, saying that this would send them to the underworld to fry the oil pan, and the fried oil smelled like urine.The pit was filled with muddy water, and it was quickly smoothed out. On such a rainy day, grass would soon grow on it.Everyone packed up the available things and lined up to salute in front of the grave. No one shed tears.The rain was getting heavier and heavier, sometimes rolling over the thunder, and the thunder came from afar, as if growing out of the ground.In this short period of half an hour, ten brothers who were alive and kicking were lying in this nameless grave.Buried next to them are thirty-two Orientals who came from afar...they will continue to fight in the underworld.Lao Dan took a deep breath, wiped the rain off his face, straightened his military cap, and left with everyone.For the first time he didn't feel the grief of losing his brother, which frightened him. The rain in Songshiling was getting colder and colder, and when he was about to return to the row of bamboo houses, Lao Dan's teeth were already chattering.But seeing Yang Tieyun sitting at the intersection with a coir raincoat in his hand and a gun in one hand, his heart warmed up again.A woman in grass clothes stood, using an umbrella made of branches to protect him from the rain. It was Ah Feng.Seeing them come back, there was a faint green smoke coming out of the bamboo house again, and a looming fire blazed from an open door.The women must have cooked wild vegetable soup, perhaps for twenty-three people. Yang Tieyun tried to stand up, but the severe coughing crushed him.Lao Dan ran quickly, stood at attention in front of him, and bent down to support him again.Yang Tiejun pinched his shoulder with cold hands, seeing that only half of the people came back, his eyes widened. "Company commander! We caught two devils." Lao Dan said.He glanced at Ah Feng.There was a strange surprise in Ah Feng's eyes, and he ran to help a wounded soldier.The women had all come out and brought the wounded into the house one after another. Some of them shed tears when they saw that they hadn't come back.Daxue sat alone, with layers of gauze wrapped around his neck, looking at the gun in his hand lightly, the second son said that a bullet had blown his throat, and he would not speak anymore. "Why did so many brothers die?" Yang Tieyun's eyes were sullen. "There are more than 20 devils here, and there are a few machine guns. It was all right at first. It was calculated, but something went wrong. I blame it..." Lao Dan still felt ashamed. Yang Tieyun's face relaxed, and instantly became sad.He looked at his brothers distressedly and saluted everyone. "Have all the brothers been buried?" Yang Tiejun pulled out Lao Dan's tobacco pot from behind, and it was stuffed with shredded tobacco. "It's all buried, and the battlefield has been cleaned up." Lao Dan said with hot eye circles. "Just bury it... Apart from capturing the prisoners and getting back the machine gun, what else is there to gain?" Yang Tieyun was relieved for a moment, and immediately became curious. Yang Tieyun fiddled with the machine brought back by Lao Dan, his eyes glowing with surprise.This thing is packed in a big bag, showing strange parts.Yang Tieyun found two leather notebooks from the lower bag, and packed them in waterproof leather bags.He opened the two books and looked at them. After only turning a few pages, he suddenly jumped up on one leg and almost fell over. He yelled in surprise: "Lao Dan, this is a treasure..." Yang Tiejun pulled Lao Dan back into the room, and told him that this was the Japanese army's communication telegraph, and these two were code books!This is what the devils use to mobilize and command troops! "Now, we have to go back quickly." Yang Tieyun shivered slightly, not knowing whether it was excitement or cold. In the thatched hut is an iron pot with red-hot charcoal underneath.The women covered the surrounding area with grass curtains, leaving only a hole for ventilation. Although the fire was not strong, the room became very warm.Lao Dan took off his wet clothes, sat on the fire and listened to Yang Tieyun's words. "The devils are like us. They use password transmitters to command large troops. Combat orders are changed into digital combinations using this codebook, and then encrypted again. The person who received it over there uses the codebook to restore the order. We The army can intercept many of the devil's telegrams, but they can't fully decrypt them. With these two original codebooks, it's ok, at least at this stage. They may come to the mountains to send important orders. It's really wrong! We once You used the strength of two regiments to snatch it back and failed to get it back, but you got it back, Lao Dan! Just because of this incident, the military department will definitely give you a great credit!" "But... how do we take it back?" Lao Dan was dumbfounded, thinking about the difficulties. "We can also use the devil's transmitter. It can be tuned to the frequency of our troops." "But we don't have the communication code of the headquarters. If we don't have the code, to be honest, wouldn't the devils hear it?" Lao Dan asked with staring eyes. Yang Tiejun looked at Lao Dan with a smile, tapped his head and said, "They are all in my head!" The two devils stared at the row of Chinese soldiers in front of them, looking at this and that.There are two long pits in front of them, which are exactly the width of two people.It was still cold after the rain, but fine beads of sweat oozed from their faces. "Let go of this mouth..." Yang Tieyun said. Hei Niu pulled out the rag from the devil's mouth, and because it was stuffed too tightly, a bloody tooth came out.The devil vomited, and then yelled loudly, throwing himself all over the ground, like a boar about to be stabbed.The black cow kicked his legs and feet, and stepped his face on the ground.Lao Dan raised his hand and picked up the devil again.He was a little curious about this living devil, who clearly had single eyelids with navel sockets.This quality is far worse than that of Hattori Nobita, and devils are also divided into three or six or nine grades.Yang Tieyun sat in front of them, although he was missing a leg, he still sat there motionless. Yang Tieyun spoke.The devil gasped and closed his mouth when he heard the one-legged Chinese man speak authentic Japanese.Yang Tieyun is sometimes kind and sometimes severe.The devil who lost his teeth didn't eat sweet and salty food, and he talked back to Yang Tiejun with his neck stuck and his small eyes staring.The other one was not stubborn, looking left and right, obviously flustered.The soldiers didn't understand, they stood or squatted foolishly, and the second son pretended to be an executioner, holding Lao Dan's saber by his sleeve - he had been waiting to kill these two guys.Chen Yuming stood behind the devil, holding a loaded pistol behind his back. While talking, Yang Tiejun spit, the kind of gnashing of teeth, just like the second son usually - Yang Tiejun would never spit like this.He stretched out two fingers at Lao Dan without turning his head. Lao Dan was stunned for a moment, but the second son understood it and made a smoke on his mouth.Lao Dan hurriedly took out a cigarette and handed it to him, and lit it again. Seeing the devil squinting at him, he flicked the matchstick in his face.The devil was furious, and struggling to stand up, his teeth snapped.Chen Yuming kicked, and the devil bit a stone on the ground, and knocked down two more, making his teeth shattered and his mouth cracked.He yelled a lot, and even laughed badly, spitting blood at Yang Tieyun.Yang Tieyun turned his face away, wiped off the sweat on his body, took a few puffs with a cold face, slowly took out his pistol, and pointed it at the devil's head.Xu was afraid that the gunshots would attract devils, so he put it down again and glanced at the second son.The second son was overjoyed, he pulled out his saber in a jerk, howled like a madman, and slashed at the head.The devil's head fell off and rolled in front of another devil, the white veins on his neck were still jumping.The devil was so frightened that he fell on his back.Chen Yuming kicked the headless devil into the pit, and the blood from his neck stained the puddle in the pit. The two soldiers immediately began to bury the soil, and it would not take long to fill it up.The brothers kicked the devil's head, giving it to you and me like a ball. When it hit the pit, it was already a ball of mud, buried in the soil and disappeared.Yang Tieyun stuck the gun back into his waist and said, "He didn't say anything, but scolded our dead brothers." The other devil looked at his companion shaking like chaff, spitting out sticky saliva.He closed his eyes tightly, and then opened them in a daze.Yang Tieyun asked impatiently.He didn't say anything at first, just shook his head with his eyes closed.Chen Yuming kicked, and the devil hit his head on the ground, bleeding from his nose.The second son jumped out with a knife in his hand, gestured in front of his eyes, grabbed the devil by one ear and was about to strike with the knife.Lao Dan was about to speak when she saw Ah Feng walking quickly with a pot in her hand. She froze her brows, clenched her teeth, her dirty hair was messed up, and the pot in her arms was steaming, and she rushed towards the devil. Splash it on your head.Chen Yuming had been on guard for a long time, and hurriedly pulled the devil away.Terrifying steam rose from the boiling water on the ground, and Lao Dan jumped up in fright. If he stayed a little slower, one of his feet would become a stewed pig's trotter.The devil was terrified, and knelt up and begged for mercy loudly. It's amazing that this bastard spoke Chinese. "Are you Chinese?" Yang Tieyun wondered. "No, I'm Japanese, a Japanese expatriate in China..." Lao Dan was very envious of the devil's urban dialect. "The spy who came first, right?" "No, my family used to be in the pharmaceutical business in Shanghai. After the jihad began, the Japanese expats in Shanghai had to join the army... There are tens of thousands of Japanese in Shanghai, and all the men have joined the army..." "Then I'm sorry, you also have Chinese blood on your hands, have you been to Nanjing?" Yang Tiejun gritted his teeth. "I'm sorry, I haven't killed anyone, I'm just an engineering communication soldier, my wife is Chinese, and right now... still in Shanghai... Please... don't kill me. I like China, I can't help it..." Devil Said and lowered his head. "I don't care about these things, what are you doing here?" Yang Tieyun's tone was icy.His hatred of devils surprised Lao Dan. "We are a communication battalion of the Itagaki Division. We came here to find a wide mountaintop to install a signal antenna, and by the way, install a lighthouse to indicate the route for the aircraft. Today is just a test, and there is no other task." The devil still lowered his head. "Why are there so many people here? What are you doing with a password transmitter?" Yang Tieyun said coldly. The devil shook, and the sweat on his head fell from the tip of his nose.The military transmitter that was intended to be concealed was seen by the cripple at a glance, and he must have panicked. "It's only used to test the signal strength. We didn't know there were...you guys. You should know that our full-scale attack on Wuhan has already begun, and we will soon take down Xinyang, so we need to increase the ability to coordinate operations , increase the strength and coverage of the relay station signal." The devil's voice was low, as if he was talking to the land. "Xinyang? You fart, donkey!" Lao Dan suddenly became angry when he heard that his hometown in Henan was mentioned, and he was about to kick him up.Yang Tieyun stopped him, but not resolutely. Lao Dan's feet were in front of the devil's eyes, which still frightened him. "This is no longer a military secret. Your newspapers have said it...you don't know it in the mountains...the south of China will soon be taken down by us. Wuhan, you can't hold it!" The devil stared at the ferocious old Dan, seeing that he seemed to be kicking his own body, he flinched and finished speaking quickly.The soldiers shook, the news was disturbing.Yang Tieyun didn't show any surprise, and still asked in a leisurely manner. "Because you didn't kill the Chinese and your wife is also Chinese, I spare your life, but you have to go back to the rear with us. No matter who wins or loses in the future, you can go back after the battle is over. How about it?" ?” The devil looked at the crowd in front of him, his eyes rolled back and forth. "But... how do you go back?" The soldiers all looked at Yang Tiejun, yes, everyone thought the same as this devil. "If you can't go back, I will kill you first and tell you everything you know, otherwise I will lie in the pit by myself. If you tell me, I won't kill you." Yang Tiejun looked up at everyone and said, "Brothers, first Go and rest..." Only Yang Tiejun and Lao Dan were left in front of the devil, and Lao Dan carried him to a chair. "Untie him." Yang Tieyun said, Lao Dan was taken aback, and executed.Chen Yuming didn't go far, just strolled at the intersection, Lao Dan knew he was worried.The devil touched his sore wrist, hesitated for a while, and said, "There are nearly 100,000 troops everywhere outside the mountain...you can't get out of the water, and the patrol boats on the lake are dense..." "When did you originally plan to send the report?" Yang Tieyun interrupted him. "This afternoon." "If you don't go back, they will change these passwords, right?" "Yes, of course." "How long will it take to replace everything?" "It will take at least a week to change the password in the entire theater. The new code book must be secretly printed and delivered by the Air Force. Now that the troops are scattered, this change...maybe half a month." The devil said seriously, Lao Dan Give him a cigarette.The devil accepted it in panic, nodding and bowing to him. "If there is no report and no return, the brigade will definitely send troops into the mountain to search, and the air force will probably join in." The devil spoke in an orderly manner, so he believed that he would not be killed.He has lived in China for a long time, and he does not have the terrifying spirit of the local devils in him, so he must have been forced to join the army.Lao Dan looked at him, as if seeing himself when he was taken away. "What's your name?" Lao Dan couldn't help asking.Yang Tieyun glanced at him, but said nothing. "Koizumi Junhei II." The devil raised his head and said. "Does it have a Chinese name?" Yang Tieyun said with a sullen face. Koizumi lowered his head: "My name is Sun Shaoquan...Only my wife is still called by this name." "Where is your wife from? Do you have any children?" This is a thankless devil who married a Chinese woman.This shameless woman!Lao Dan thought bitterly, after the war broke out, why didn't this woman castrate him with scissors in the middle of the night? "She is from Shanghai. Our child is three years old... We all live in Shanghai. I haven't gone back after the child's full moon... Thank you, sir, for your life... I miss them... please save my life... so that I can survive Go back and see them..." Koizumi burst into tears, Lao Dan was surprised at first, and then surprised, how similar he was to himself. "Take him down, give him food, and call everyone to my room for a meeting later." Yang Tieyun said, took the crutches and stood up. After sitting for a long time, the tight wound made him feel unbearable pain.Lao Dan knew that he didn't like to be helped, so he waved to Chen Yuming. Chen Yuming threw the cigarette butt and walked over, picked up the devil and left.Yang Tieyun recovered in a moment, a smile appeared on his pale face, and said to Lao Dan: "Brother, I have an idea!" That night, the rain stopped and the world was eerily quiet.Everyone gathered in front of Yang Tiejun's house.The second son lit an oil lamp, which will illuminate everyone's faces.Lao Dan casually ate a la carte dumpling and ate a roasted field mouse. He wanted to visit Ah Feng, but he didn't have enough time, so he came barefoot. "We need to bring the devil's transmission code and the devil back to the military headquarters as quickly as possible, and hand them over to Staff Officer Hu. Our army will be very beneficial in fighting the enemy in this half month. The Japanese army just changed the code, or Changing the encryption method, it will still be of great help to the deciphering work of the intelligence department. This thing may have a major impact on the entire campaign! Therefore, no matter how big the sacrifice is, we must keep these two code books Take this second devil back to Wuhan!" Everyone was silent, the second son handed over half a ladle of water, Yang Tieyun took it and drank it, and wiped his mouth smartly.Lao Dan looked at his brothers, each of them a little stunned.Everyone was waiting for him to say something important. "The devils will send troops in tomorrow at the latest... Maybe sooner. They lost such an important thing, and there will be many people coming. This place is no longer safe." Yang Tieyun asked for another cigarette as if he was trying to trick him. "Company commander, but... how do we go?" The second son finally couldn't hold back, "This is so far away from Wuhan, we can't even fly there!" "There is only one way. Although it is risky, both the military department and us are worth a try!" Yang Tieyun looked at the brothers with big eyes and small eyes proudly, pointed to the second son and said, "You are right, let's intervene." Fly back!" The brothers chattered, and Lao Dan clicked the pipe and looked at the sky. There was nothing in the sky except stars. He didn't know how to grow wings. "Wuhan has a Russian aircraft brigade to support China, called the Kurishenko brigade. I remember they brought a few seaplanes, but they haven't used them yet." Yang Tieyun nodded affirmatively. "Seaplane? Can planes run on water?" Hei Niu stared wide-eyed and made a flying gesture with one hand. "It doesn't run on the water. It takes off and lands on the water, or it can land on the ground. There is no runway in the mountains, but the lake is fine. It won't take long for the plane to go back and forth from Wuhan to here. It's just a risk to avoid the devil's plane. The devil The airport seems to have recovered, but it is still worth the risk, the military must know the meaning of the risk, and they may send fighter jets to escort it." "Then I really have to thank these ghosts, or I won't be able to go back in this life." Lao Dan said while scratching his head, but the words were insincere, and the second son saw it and smiled. "Yes, every plane is very precious now, but for this precious information, in order to capture this Junhei Koizumi, it is not an exaggeration to lose half of the squadron's planes!" Yang Tieyun slammed on the wooden table with some strength, and the table, whose branches were tied together with bark, immediately fell apart.Lao Dan, who was propped on the table, was in a daze with a cigarette pot in his mouth, and suddenly fell to the ground.The soldiers laughed.Lao Dan picked up the cigarette pot, tapped it on his leg and said, "Company Commander, it seems that you are recovering well! This palm is as good as my woman's round ear scraper. I just glanced at the neighbor's wife who was breastfeeding the baby. She His slap left half a catty of flesh on my face!" "Half a catty of meat? More than that! I've seen his face look like a pig's head for a month." The second son jokingly made Yang Tieyun amused.The taciturn Chen Yuming punched Erzi, who was squatting on the stool and fell down, hitting Hei Niu's foot again. After talking about the plan, Yang Tieyun arranged various things, and the soldiers dispersed happily. Everyone believed that Yang Tieyun could do it, and he had never been unable to do what he said. Everyone dispersed, Yang Tieyun called Lao Dan to stop, and when he returned to the room, his face sank. "The seaplane can't hold a few people, so two of them can take us all away. The women can't take them, so let them transfer." Yang Tieyun said softly. Many years later, Lao Dan often thinks of the night he was about to leave.He tossed and turned, unable to sleep on the creaky and loose bamboo bed.The moonlight outside the window was clear, illuminating the mist rising in the mountains with a mysterious brilliance.The unnamed night bird chirped lowly, looking for a mate rhythmically.There is also a slight wind that can only stir the leaves, rushing into the window, sweeping him upset.He changed countless positions, lying on his stomach, lying on his back and curling up on his side, but he just couldn't fall asleep.He felt both excited and lucky, but also regretful and hesitant. He knew that this was a farewell, and between him and Ah Feng, something seemed to have just begun.He simply sat up, grabbed the tobacco pot in the dark, and stuffed the last bit of tobacco into it.Ah Feng slept in a room he could see. Women liked to sleep crowded together. After the brothers came, many people built new houses, and now most of them are alone.A wooden stick was propped against Ah Feng's window, revealing a faint fire, arousing his uncontrollable restlessness. Lao Dan somehow got under her window.Crickets are jumping on the feet, panicked moths are passing by the corners of the eyes, and a few satiated birds are dozing off on the bamboo house.Lao Dan vaguely saw Ah Feng walking up and down through the gap in the door. He followed his beating heart, tiptoed, and walked around the house like a fox—or didn’t think about anything, just walked, walked around Only when you walk can you calm down.He went around to the window and hid in the darkness to see a fair face inside.She was looking at what was in her hands, her eyes blinking, and she had a grass in her mouth, which moved up and down with her teeth.This peep made Lao Dan uneasy, and he looked around.The sentinel did not stay on the hill.This is a big deal!He walked lightly to the foot of the mountain to see what happened, but saw two vague figures on the mountainside, wriggling slightly like ghosts.竖耳一听，男女正哼哧哼哧地忙活着。老旦又轻轻后退，心想这两个灰货真会挑地方，黑黢黢的林子里，不怕一来一往对错了道儿？ 老旦腿脚僵迟，如同套着无形的绳子。他又绕回到窗前。本就心浮意乱，月光下的天交地合令他燃起燥热的想象。他不曾想会有这么一天，竟会着了魔一般围着一个女人的小房子转来转去。夜风穿过他的衣裳，像挑逗的手挠着。纵是攥紧了拳头，他仍觉得从里到外的酸麻。树林轻摆，似低低的耳语；满月当空，若瞠然的怂劝。去吧去吧！明日便是告别，今宵谁又能眠？老旦仿佛听到无数个声音劝着他，黑暗里有隐约的手推着他，大地也长出了手牵着他。他走了又来，来了又掉头而去，但终归把心一横，腾腾地踏上木阶。他撸起袖子，深吸一口丹田气，像把世界都吸进去了。他感到肺里生疼，便狠掐两面虎口关，再按按明火执仗的那东西，猛地推门而入。 骤开的门将油灯吹得暗淡下去，但仍照亮缩去屋角的阿凤，她披散着头发，一脸惊恐，踮着脚尖站在那儿抱着胸怀，双手在胸前做成爪状，两条白嫩的腿抖索着，像踩着烧红的炭。她的肩膀抵进墙角，要从竹墙壁的缝里挤出去一样。老旦站在门口喘气，不明白为何她要护着穿着衣服的上面，却并不遮掩只穿着小裤衩的下身。一阵风穿过窄小的屋，掀起阿凤的长发，油灯噗地灭了，屋里只剩这闪闪发光的半裸女人。 “啪……”老旦脸上一阵火辣，像挨了个麻雷子炮，疼痛之后便是耳鸣，仿佛黄河涌进了耳朵。他不知何时闭上了眼，睁开时只见满眼金星。月光穿过这些晃动的星，照见阿凤溜圆瞪着的眼。她的脸颊因愤怒烧起来，似要点燃这潮湿的竹房。她见他发着愣，就蹿去屋子的另一头，许是跑起来才发现下面的凉，而衣服却在老旦的旁边。阿凤蜷缩着蹲下，低低抽泣起来。 咸咸的血在嘴里漫渍，那腥涩比羞愧真实。金星散去，老旦觉得自己在变小，会变成一只不起眼的鞋板虫，从地板的木头缝里钻出去狼狈逃离。老旦知道这是手足无措，他看见自己的双脚在竹木上慌不择路，大脚趾绊在缝里，一个趔趄就摔下梯子，爬起来时看到另一双大脚，它们肮脏不堪，十根脚趾不依不靠，他听见二子的声音在头顶说：“搞完了？这么快？” “滚！”老旦站起身来，背着手伸着嘴，也不看二子，只管蹬蹬地去了。 “你们都有的搞，就我啥球没有……”二子在背后嘟囔着，还夸张地叹了口气，像受了谢家人天大的委屈。 老旦恨恨地回到房里，将竹门一脚踹合，在里面踱来踱去，脸比刚才更热。贼心贼胆的，啥球方略都没有，更没个定心的狠劲儿，以为自己是霸王，却连弓都拉不开。他自叹没有那份收放自如、斩关夺旗的才情，遇到正经的竟慌得跑肚拉稀，真是天生遭女人耳刮子的命！ 老旦扯去衣服，胡乱洗了脚，钻进干草编成的被窝，潮气和霉气随着呼吸翻卷上来，不知名的昆虫在房顶匆匆爬过。它们爬进老旦心里，老旦觉得无奈的痒，这才想起二子的话。这小子到今天还没尝过女人的滋味。人不丑，毛病也不多，就是没这运气。再想到山腰上那一对野合的，此刻想必过足了瘾，要依偎在一起一边轰着蚊子，一边说些别离情话。老旦空落落地泛着酸气，觉得整间房子都装满辛酸的笑话。他猛然猜到自己定是想了翠儿，就像看到麦穗就想起馒头的香甜。这几个月的欲望和想念被命运的绳索牢牢拴起，吊在没天没地的半空。阿凤似是而非的眼神和那次慰藉的拥抱，让自己着了魔了。他牵肠的是自己的女人，硬起来却是眼前的阿凤。王八瞅绿豆的事儿轮不到自己，人家毕竟是正经娘们儿，不是村里那给个馒头就能拉上炕的郭十月家的寡妇。 黑夜穿过房顶，沉甸甸压在老旦身上。梦乡如春天的旷野，大地刚从蛰伏的欲望中苏醒。他仿佛回到干爽的炕头，头枕松软的荞麦皮枕头，看着被风撩动的窗花，懒洋洋等着阳光升起。一只热乎乎的手从脖子和炕的空隙下伸过，它轻柔张开，抚摸着自己满是伤痕的胸口。另一只如蛇似鼠，乖巧地从屁股下两腿中间钻过，轻轻掏住了梦里的命根。快感激灵翻起，他觉得自己变成一只没长毛的麻雀，在这两只手里烘热欲睡。背后贴来女人浑圆的奶子，那分明是两团热火，烧得他滋滋冒汗……陌生的香气从耳后袭来，渗进他浅浅的梦境。老旦不知自己是睡是醒，是升起还是坠落，是活着还是死去，他觉得正在流下热泪，他不知明天到底何去何从。 "Maybe this is the only night in this life. You like me, and I don't want to think about it so much..." 这是真切的声音，如同抓着他那里的手一样充满渴望。夜风里，他听到黄河倒涌，血流在河道里燃烧，浪尖的火苗烧灼着蓝色的月，遥远的地平线正卷起红色的风暴，它们恶狠狠扑来，要将他看到的一切吞没。脚下似有苏醒的魔兽，用巨大的爪凿着深厚的泥土，一下又一下，世界开始碎裂，他看见自己的心脏跳跃着钻出龟裂的土地。他急忙摸着空荡的胸膛，干渴的咽喉无法呐喊。他只摸到那只真实的手，知道背后那个滚烫的身子一丝不挂。老旦猛地翻转过来，在夜色中瞪大了眼。月光下的阿凤像落在河滩的白鳗，她终于在对他微笑。 With just one jump, he pressed this plump body under him.女人那只坚定的细手牵引着自己，让它以最快的速度进入了她的体内，还不等阿凤疼痛的声音落地，坚如铁石的老旦就开始了翻江倒海的耕耘。他紧紧地抱住阿凤的后背，死死地堵住她的呼吸，每一下撞击都似乎要将她势如破竹地一分为二，两个人像绷紧的弹簧交错在一起扭搅着，彼此的汗水融粘在一起，在剧烈的摩擦中发散出奇怪的味道。 三十年后，老旦在死去之前回忆此生，这一刻就像他最鲜活的伤口那般清晰。他记得怎样吱扭扭地钻进阿凤，记得那包裹一切的紧张和融化一切的柔软；他记得她在黑夜里的每一声吟唱，她咬在他胸口的牙痕像伤口一样深刻；他记得自己那一晚的汹涌，勃发的洪水灌满了她，滚烫地流下满是缝隙的床板，他变成战斗中的重机枪，火舌在抖动，弹壳在腿间灼热蹦跳。敌人尸横遍野，横竖枕藉，惨叫声中，他看到她飞扬的魂魄在烈焰里升腾，一直飞到高高的五彩云端。雷声托着闪电，闪电击破天空，他似乎烧红了，烧裂了，咔哧一声炸了膛，化作焦黑的灰烬。天地骤然漆黑，只剩她化作的闪亮羽毛飘飘而落。她回到人间，她汗如泉涌，她在月光下像冰那样融化，一俟成水，便化作温暖的泪。 月影西移，鸟雀无声。松石岭的山脚之下，村落之中，一对沦落乱世的无名男女的激情无休止地进行着，在一次次的巅峰里你死我活。房屋随着他们的节奏颤抖，惊飞上面栖息的鸟儿，月光也在这抖落里斑驳落下，映着他们满是汗水的身体。老旦在最后的冲刺里弹尽粮绝，额头间光芒闪耀。不知过了多久他缓缓醒来，身下的阿凤正看着他的脸，清泉般的泪水挂满双颊，她好看的刘海儿在额前粘成了绺，像雨水打湿的沉甸甸的麦穗儿。 “会记得我么？”她问。 “忘不了呢……”他说完，轻轻抹去了她的泪，“俺觉得咱还会再见的……” 老旦说完这话，并无想象里的难过，他并不相信这个可能，但是又必须说出来。女人抱紧了他，额头抵在他的脖子上。她沉默地等着眼泪退去。野公鸡在山上嗷嗷直叫，黎明已经从窗口爬了上来。 杨铁筠用发报机和军部取得了联系，胡参谋大喜过望，情报部门迅速接管了此事。胡参谋以极快的速度制定了新计划，告诉杨铁筠：夜里一点钟在湖边点两堆火为号，两架水上飞机将按时到达。但是战斗机无法护航，不是不想，而是……都打光了。细心的胡参谋还提供了候补撤退路线，那就是继续沿着湖边向山里前进，伺机和共产党的游击队会合。 杨铁筠简短说了，众人惊喜不已，大家随即收拾行囊，分成几个小组去准备干柴和绳索。为了让飞机看到沿湖的火堆，战士们砍倒湖边好几排树，扎了两个大木筏子。飞机一到，大家撑着篙就能过去。 杨铁筠坐在湖边指挥着，他的腿伤仍没利索，一夜的低烧几乎摧垮了他，虚弱得水都喝不下，他总觉得鬼子已经摸进来，让老旦派人到山口上设置机枪和暗哨。老旦觉得他紧张过度，却照办了。 “两挺机枪，一支到山口上去，一支在房子后面。不能让鬼子接近湖边，别看是飞机，只挨几发步枪子弹就可能废了。”杨铁筠仍不放心，又说，“在湖边修个简易的工事，反正木头也多，鬼子如果钻进来，未必有重武器，一道工事就管用。” 老旦一一应了，让二子和陈玉茗分头准备。黑牛光着膀子走了过来，肥巅巅的胸脯上下颤着。他左看右看，嘴唇嘟囔着，到了眼前倒不说了。 "Company commander..." “嗯？什么事？”杨铁筠多半句都不问，老旦很佩服他这一点。 黑牛抓耳挠腮，又像女人一样玩弄着手指头。他求救般看了下老旦，老旦就猜到了。 “咋不说话哩？屁哪有放到一半嘬回去的道理？”老旦笑嘻嘻地说。 “连长，老哥，我……我不想走了。”黑牛受了鼓励，挺直了身子说。 “嗯，为什么呢？”杨铁筠看上去并不意外。 “我和小秀好上了，不忍心把她留在这儿，回去也牵肠挂肚的……” “不行！这是命令！”杨铁筠不动声色，语气像是结了冰，顷刻又道，“你是军人，现在战事吃紧，正是国家最需要我们的时候，大老爷们的，就躲在这里与过路女人厮守着，算什么？” 黑牛的脸秃噜下来，成了个蔫茄子。老旦心中忐忑，杨铁筠这话这么像和自己说呢。早上和阿凤无言而别，刚才看见她在给大家收拾东西，脸上还留着昨晚激战的潮红。她刻意地躲避着自己的目光，道别已经结束，寒暄轻若鸿毛，就这样分开便好。看黑牛那垂头丧气的蔫样儿，老旦脸红了下，壮了口气说：“黑牛你家还有啥人？这儿四边不靠的，也不是安生之地，鬼子没准儿哪天就来了，你留在这儿成不了日子。” “我家人都死光了，不是鬼子，是又是土匪又是赤匪的，我家没沾红呀白呀的，可也被杀光了，土匪杀了，赤匪再杀，赤匪杀了，政府再抓，一家全败了，没什么人惦记了……我是真心喜欢小秀，昨晚也算订了终身了，就是不成日子，我留下来还能照顾她和大姐们，鬼子来了更能护着点……”黑牛话音越来越低。老旦望向不远处，他说的那个小秀正在和战士们扎竹筏。弟兄们都说她是个哑巴，而女人们都说她原本爱说爱笑，父母兄弟都死在鬼子手里后就不再说话了。 杨铁筠不再说话，他戴上帽子，拿过拐杖站起来，慢慢冲着砍树干活的战士们去了。他费力地夹着双臂，一跳跳地撑拐前行，那只空荡的右腿随风轻摆。老旦不知这人为何如此坚强，他就是再没一条腿，想的也还是他的国家，还有……校长。老旦待他走远，拍了拍黑牛的肩膀，笑着说：“你和陈玉茗到山口守机枪去，俺晚点儿也去，如果没事，你就送俺们走！然后带女人们换地儿去！” 黑牛诧异地看着老旦，又看看走远的杨铁筠：“老哥你能做主？” “就做了，咋着？杨连长能吃了俺？”老旦故作义气，他已猜出来杨铁筠的意思，就是把这面子留给了他。 黑牛感激地看着老旦，后退一步，对他敬礼：“老哥……黑牛和小秀谢了……” “别敬礼，让弟兄们看到不好。”老旦忙拉下他的手，让他去山口找陈玉茗去了。黑牛肉球一样跑去，拎着一个劲出溜的裤子。老旦原地转着圈儿，刹那有点被人遗忘的感觉。他掏出烟来叼上，可受潮的洋火怎么也打不着，正要摔，见阿凤和二子亲热地聊着，聊着聊着就看他一眼。老旦不由得头胀胸憋，腰软肚硬，真是浑身不自在。他闭上眼定了定神，驱赶着脑子里乱七八糟的想法，慢慢拧过身子，向伫立在湖边的杨铁筠走去。杨铁筠坚定的背影鼓舞了他，他只走了几步，双腿便充满了力量。一阵风吹在脑后，湿漉漉的，他猜想阿凤又在落泪了。 “连长，俺让黑牛留下了……”老旦轻道。 杨铁筠点了点头，他丢下一支拐，接过老旦递过来的烟：“我也是想看看黑牛是不是真心。都没什么牵挂，在这儿走到一起，真是缘份呢……随他们去吧。难得黑牛有这份不离不弃的心，你我责任重大，即便有情，也得割舍干净，我们倒不如他啊！” 老旦脸一红，低头看着双脚，不知这话怎么接。杨铁筠似也没想让他接，自顾自指着湖面说：“你看，多好的河山啊。” 老旦慌忙抬头，见霞光不知何时已染红了湖面，照亮了忙乎的战士们。竹筏已经下水，战士们和女人们在欢呼着。他们错落在湖边，或站或坐，或走或停，披着灿烂的晚霞。老旦不由感慨起来，在这里住了大半月，竟从未留意这样的景致。他对自己的麻木惭愧着。杨铁筠似有同感，只见他深深呼吸了下，朗声颂道： 云覆青山三千里， 血漫九州十六关。 狼烟莽莽家国碎， 兵戈寒寒日月川。 霞湖烟舟松石岭， 雾水霓林斗方山。 断臂且埋忠丘下， 风催战马雨拍鞍。 杨铁筠竟念出首诗来。老旦虽只听懂一小半，但见青山如画，夕阳如血，红霞荡漾在碧波之上，他便觉得自己听懂了，心里不知浮上什么，双眼就有些湿了。 “连长，你多久没见着家里人了？” “两年了，我太太在湖南老家看着孩子，是她娘家……孩子长成啥样我都不知道，她要来找我，被我劝回去了，这次回去，最好也不要见，免得她们难过，等打退了鬼子再说吧。” 老旦愧得脸红，对杨铁筠敬意又生，这是个什么样的人？都残破成这个样子了，心里还只有党国。一起厮杀共处这么久，老旦竟没听他提过一星半点的家事儿，老旦听袁白先生说过这种人，这叫城府，这叫精忠，读过书的人才有这一类。 “老旦，密码本放在你身上，和俘虏分开。”杨铁筠说。 “是！”老旦知道这是命令，密码本和鬼子必须有一个能运回去。 拎来的小泉有气无力，因战士们拿他不当人，将就活着就好，因此饿得瘦了三圈儿。此刻被捆着抬过来，装在麻袋里放在木筏子上，再用草蔓盖了，这就不起眼，不会遭致鬼子狙击手的刻意射杀。战士们忙活完毕，湖边工事也修得颇为像样，正好能挡着去湖面的路。除了放哨的战士们，大家都在整理枪支，有人用布一颗颗擦着子弹，说这样能多钻一个鬼子。女人们默默走去一边，看着这些要离去的男人。弟兄们昨日各显神通，从山里打来套来各种野味，竟装了几木头笼子。不少女人流了泪，她们连夜缝制了些草鞋，缝好他们破烂的军服，如今只安静地坐着，看着男人们忙来忙去。老旦瞅着隐在霞光里的她们，不知阿凤坐在哪里。他突然意识到，这些土生土长的村姑们，有时比男人更为坚强，更能承担这日子的苦难。听到他们要离开，女人们并无震惊和难过，更没提出要求，她们只是接受。老旦便想到家里的翠儿，她也是这样的一个，估计也能带着有根熬过这样的痛苦，她会时常站在这样的霞光里望着南边，等侯他的归来。 这一等就到了天黑，晚霞渐渐变作黑云，厚厚地盖向松石岭上。老旦、黑牛和陈玉茗坐在山上，在隐蔽的工事里望着山口。陈玉茗拿着望远镜看着，这么黑的夜，也不知他能看见什么。黑牛悄悄和老旦聊，问他如果有了孩子该怎么养。老旦忍着不抽烟，不安地看着西边的天。 陈玉茗轻轻碰了碰他：“山口有光……” 老旦一惊，忙眺眼去看，见沟里一簇亮光稍亮即逝，瞪大眼睛再看，却不见了。黑牛紧张地抱起机枪，拉开保险顶在肩膀上。“我闻见鬼子的味儿了。”陈玉茗幽幽地说，他拿起步枪，轻轻顶上了火。 茂密的丛林在微风里轻摆着，黑黢黢不见五指，老旦一下子明白了袁白先生说的“草木皆兵”是个啥意思。 天空远远传来飞机声，可黑压压的啥也没见。老旦知道最紧张的时刻到了，就又拿起望远镜看，山口黑不见底，他怀疑刚才是否看走了眼。陈玉茗死盯着那里，飞机的到来丝毫没令他放松。老旦相信这个倔驴样的弟兄，他一定看见了什么。湖边火光一闪，两堆火燃起来，那是战士们点燃了湖畔的木堆，熊熊火焰撕开了黑暗。老旦清晰听到飞机由远及近，那声音不是鬼子的。 黑牛见湖边火光亮起，高兴地对老旦和陈玉茗说：“老哥，陈哥，你们赶紧去吧，我在这儿看着，有鬼子全给你们挡着，你们俩替我坐一下飞机啊！” Lao Dan and Chen Yuming hurriedly hugged and said goodbye to Hei Niu, and quickly ran down the mountain to the lake.飞机已经开始盘旋，在水上找着降落的角度。这飞机马达声大得吓人，这不把周边的鬼子都要招来么？老旦到了山下，像钻进了地里，深一脚浅一脚在黑暗里跑着，心跳豁然如鼓，隔着一片树林，老旦听到一串枪声——那不是步枪或者机枪，那是老旦没听过的一种大口径东西。火光在岸边炸起，不知哪里来的炮弹一个个炸响。他惊出一身冷汗，钻过树林，才见远远的湖面上，两艘铁船喷着火舌，间或开着炮驶来。一架飞机已经降落，正在弹雨中滑行。另一个对着敌人炮舰盘旋扫射，但这口径对铁甲船不会有用。战士们大多上了木筏，一个已经走了，另一个等着他们。老旦和陈玉茗拔腿狂奔，听见机枪子弹掠过身边，一串子弹击中两栋竹房子，它们纸片般碎了。炮火从炮艇来，口径不大，却足以摧毁这次撤退。 杨铁筠仍在湖边，炮火里冲老旦招着手。老旦心下感动，更佩服他此刻的镇定。刚到湖边，山上黑牛的机枪也响起来，密集的枪声在和黑牛对射着，山尖儿上火舌成串儿——从山里来的鬼子定是不少。盘旋的飞机扔下成串儿的手榴弹，有两捆炸中了一艘炮舰，火光炸起，虽无法将之击沉，但那机枪和炮却没用了。飞机随即在水上滑行降落，老旦知道这是最后的机会，抓住陈玉茗大喊道：“赶紧带连长上飞机，工事没用了。” 陈玉茗点了下头，扔了步枪直奔杨铁筠。二子在木筏上疯一样喊着他。老旦揪住工事里的大虎和大薛往水边跑。黑牛只有四盒机枪子弹和十几颗手雷，老旦知道他顶不住多久。杨铁筠扔了拐，陈玉茗直接背起，趟着水跑向木筏子。一个筏子已经到了飞机，战士们都钻进去了，飞机立刻开始滑行。老旦和大虎追上了筏子，二子等人拼命划着桨。飞机越来越近了。老旦猛然感到弹雨从后面飞来，刚回头看，觉得肩膀一热，一颗子弹穿过去了。黑牛抱着机枪，瘸着腿一边退一边扫射。几十个鬼子叫嚷着从山上冲下，子弹击中了黑牛的腿，他倒下了，但机枪并没