Chapter 140 Section 7

This is a small village on the edge of a swamp.Peaceful and quiet.The rivers and branches beside the village are criss-crossed, and the reeds are endless. In the mist, on the branch of the quietly flowing river, a girl in her 20s came over to a wooden boat. There were several freshly caught fish in the cabin. An old woman with white hair was sitting in the stern of the boat. She was pulling in the net. , while saying to the girl paddling: "Axia, that's enough! After finishing this net, let's go home and have breakfast." "Okay, grandma." "Axia, you are not young anymore, the marriage with Shuanzi should be done sooner. Shuanzi is a good boy, he has gone to the city to become a cadre, and he has not forgotten his roots! He is still thinking about his relationship with you, you have to treat him well! These days, there are not many such young men!"

"Understood, grandma. We are going to do it for the Spring Festival, do you think it will work?" "Okay! The sooner the better!" Axia paddled towards the shore: "Grandma, there seems to be something in front!" The old lady straightened her waist and put up a shade with her hands: "Ah Xia, paddle quickly!" "Hey!" The wooden boat quickly paddled towards the swamp. In the mud lay the unconscious Xiaozhuang. The old lady took a closer look: "Fill it out." Axia dragged Xiao Zhuang onto the boat: "He's carrying a gun! Is this a fugitive?"

There was a muddy black beret in Xiaozhuang's chest pocket. The grandmother pulled it out, wiped off the mud, and revealed the August 1st Army emblem: "It's the People's Liberation Army! Axia, it's the People's Liberation Army!" "It's really the People's Liberation Army? Why are you here?" "Axia, hurry up! Send the PLA back to the village." "Hey!" Axia rowed the wooden boat, and the boat swung quickly towards the village... The grandmother's home is a few low walls, a few farmhouses.There is a sign of "Glorious Martyrs" hanging on the door.In the yard, Axia was drying the cleaned camouflage uniforms on the clothesline.

A group of children gathered around the door of a house and looked inside. A flower hen is fighting. After Axia finished drying the clothes, she grabbed the old hen with her hands. In the room, Xiaozhuang opened his eyes slightly, and saw the faces of a group of dolls at the door.The dolls laughed and scattered: "He's awake!" "He's awake!" Xiao Zhuang's lips twitched, wanting to say something.The old lady came over distressedly: "Son, don't talk!" Xiao Zhuang looked at her old face: "The gun..." "Don't talk, take care of it." She patted Xiao Zhuang's side, "Here it is!"

Xiaozhuang touched the two guns and relaxed. In the kitchen, Ah Xia is making soup and blowing wind on the bellows. In the village, the dolls ran and shouted: "Father! Mother! Wake up!" "Uncle Liberation Army wake up!" The whole village was boiling, and the adults came rushing in with baskets full of eggs or other things.After a while, the grandma's house was full of people. The village chief sat on the edge of the kang, smoking a dry cigarette: "Since the Eighth Route Army came to our village in 1944, there has never been a member of the team. What are you doing?"

Xiao Zhuang said weakly: "We are a drill." "What? Acting?" "Exercise, not acting!" "Then you are fighting for real?" Xiao Zhuang smiled wryly: "This... it's a real fight!" The village head became nervous: "Little Japan is calling again? Didn't you hear it in the news?" "No, no, we are fighting against ourselves." "Hit yourself against yourself? Isn't that sick?" Xiao Zhuang smiled wryly: "I think it's quite sick... Village Chief, I can't stay here any longer, I still have tasks to do!"

The old lady hurriedly held him down: "Don't move, don't move, you're exhausted!" Ah Xia came in with chicken soup: "Grandma, the chicken soup is ready!" The old grandma took the bowl: "Come here, drink up the chicken soup!" She fed Xiaozhuang. The village chief asked puzzledly, "Chun's family, where did you get the chicken soup?" The old woman said, "Isn't that my white reed?" "You slaughtered Luhuabai? That's the precious chicken that laid eggs for you!" "Cough! What's that? During the war in Japan, my mother gave her dowry bedding to the Eighth Route Army to sleep in! That's why I didn't get out of the court. What's the point if I kill a chicken?"

The village head said with emotion: "Yes, you are considered a model for the support." Xiaozhuang burst into tears: "Grandma..." Axia smiled: "Boys, they are all members of the People's Liberation Army, and they are still crying!" The old lady laughed: "Eat it, eat it, it's good to hit Japan!" Xiao Zhuang nodded: "Yeah!" On the road, the search team's car was parked.Company Commander Zhao opened the map: "He must have entered the swamp." Xiwa asked worriedly: "Xiao Zhuang... can he go out?" Squad leader Lao Lin asked: "Company commander, you mean someone will help him?"

Little Company Commander Zhao was surprised and looked up at Lao Lin.Lao Lin smiled embarrassedly: "Company commander, tell me. Where do you point, I will hit!" Company Commander Zhao smiled: "This is a wetland nature reserve with a radius of more than 1,000 mu. He can't go out alone without transportation. But there is a natural village in the middle of the wetland, which is here—Jijing Island. If He's alive, he can only be here. The villagers will help him, we'll find him here." "Let's row a rubber boat and I'll get ready." "The rubber boat is too slow. There are still units of the ** Special Forces active. We can't spend too much time on him. Radio soldier, call the headquarters, I want a helicopter!"

"Yes! The night tiger called the headquarters, the night tiger called the headquarters, we have determined the location of the target, and we need transport helicopter support..." Granny's house.Xiaozhuang was still chatting with the villagers. The village head asked curiously: "Then what are you doing here for your exercise?" "The enemy is chasing me." "What enemy?" "It's just another call." "Oh... why are they chasing you?" The old lady glared at him: "Are you confused? I understand everything, thanks to the fact that you were the commander of the militia before! What he meant was—he is the Eighth Route Army, and the other group is pretending to be little Japan!"

The village head suddenly realized: "Then I understand. Son, you stay here. When the Japanese leave, we will send you out..." The faint sound of a motor came.Xiao Zhuang immediately became alert.The children outside began to cheer, just like Chinese New Year. Xiao Zhuang got up and went to the window to have a look, his face was startled. A camouflaged helicopter is flying. In the helicopter, Company Commander Zhao picked up the binoculars. He was searching the whole village, but suddenly he stopped. In a yard, Xiaozhuang's camouflage uniforms were hanging out to dry. Company Commander Xiao Zhao put down the binoculars: "He's inside, let's go down! Get ready for battle!" The scouts began to inspect the weapons and equipment. "Attention! His individual combat ability is extremely strong, we fight in squads! Absolutely don't let the order go, otherwise it will be easy for him to find loopholes!" "Yes!" The soldiers' eyes were piercing, ready to move. The helicopter landed slowly in the open space in front of the village.The villagers gathered around the empty field to watch, just like during Chinese New Year, constantly stretching out their hands to block the dust raised by the helicopter. When the helicopter landed, Lao Lin was the first to jump out, holding a gun and squatting on guard.The scouts jumped out one after another and lined up the cordon. The villagers looked at them curiously. The helicopter's propellers slowly stopped turning and the engine went out.Company Commander Xiao Zhao came down and waved his hands: "Put away your weapons, beware of fire." The scouts turned off the insurance, got up and stood scattered.The children ran over and surrounded them curiously, touching their guns boldly. Xiwa smiled, took out her compressed biscuit and handed it to a child. The child took it and ate it. The soldiers gave them dry food.Company Commander Zhao smiled, took out a piece of chocolate and handed it to the child in front of him.He watched the child stutter: "Tell uncle, have you ever seen a People's Liberation Army with guns like us?" The child looked at him: "Yes." "Where did you meet?" "On TV." Company Commander Zhao's smile froze. The parents hurriedly pulled the children away. Company Commander Xiao Zhao stood up and saluted. The village chief quickly returned the salute: "Hi, comrade!" "Grandpa, hello. I want to find the village head and security director." "I am?" "Then are you the village head or the security director?" "I am both, the village head and security director." "Oh, hello. Well, we're looking for a pawn who's fallen behind. Maybe in this swamp, and we want to take him to the hospital." "Soldier? What soldier?" "Soldiers like us." The village chief turned around and shouted, "Hey! Did any of you see that soldier?" The villagers all said no. The village head smiled: "Look, I didn't see it. That soldier is not with us." Company Commander Zhao smiled: "Village Chief, whose camouflage uniform is that?" The village chief turned his head and saw that the old lady was collecting camouflage uniforms in the yard and quickly disappeared. The village head blinked: "What is a camouflage uniform?" Company Commander Zhao pointed at himself: "It's the same military uniform as ours." "Military uniform? Where is it?" Company commander Xiao Zhao immediately knew what was going on. The village chief smiled: "Chief, are you blind?" Company commander Xiao Zhao smiled: "Master, can we go to that house to see?" "Hey! That won't work." "Why?" "That family is an old widow. As the saying goes, don't you go to the widow's house! She also has a little granddaughter, a big girl who hasn't been out of the cabinet, can't!" "We're just going to have a look." "No, no, no, her son is also a member of the People's Liberation Army and a martyr! Lao Shan died in 1984! Are you going to search her house? Her house never lets men in, not even me." Little Company Commander Zhao was stunned for a moment, knowing that he was powerful, he smiled: "Okay then, thank you!" "I'll tell them to prepare dinner!" "No, no, no, we still have something to do. Excuse me, let's go!" He saluted. The village head looked at him: "What? Can you leave without eating?" "Military affairs are in hand, we can't stay for long." "Then we won't leave you alone!" Company commander Xiao Zhao turned around and beckoned the soldiers to get on the helicopter. The helicopter took off. The village chief smiled slyly: "Xiao Mian, come with me? You are still very young. When I covered the Eighth Route Army, your father was not born yet!" In the helicopter, Lao Lin asked unwillingly: "Company commander, are we leaving just like that?" Company Commander Zhao smiled wryly: "What else can we do if we don't leave? Can we really go in and search from house to house? Doesn't it really mean that Japanese devils have entered the village? Isn't it for nothing if the villagers are beaten with sticks?" Xiwa laughed: "Then let's let him go?" "It's definitely not possible to let him go. He has to go, can't he stay in this village all the time?" Lao Lin said eagerly, "I'll lead someone to squat and wait for him to come out and catch him!" "That's all. I'm going to deal with other special forces! Let's fly a little farther away, you go down, get close in a rubber boat, and hide. I dare say, he has to find a way to leave today! Don't care about his makeup, You just take people! Remember, don’t fight with the villagers, don’t retaliate when you scold..." Lao Lin smiled: "I can't fight back! Don't worry, company commander, these are our folks. I just came from the countryside, so how can I have a conflict with them?" Lao Lin scratched his head in embarrassment. The helicopter hovered slowly one meter close to the surface of the swamp. The hatch opened, and two rubber boats were thrown out.Lao Lin led the soldiers wearing life jackets, jumped off one after another, and climbed onto the rubber boat. The helicopter took off and flew away. Lao Lin waved, and the rubber boat paddled quietly in the swamp, crossing the reeds. Granny's house.The house was full of folks, they were discussing countermeasures. The village chief said solemnly: "Men and young men, the 'devil' has not gone far, but hid outside the village. We have to find a way to send 'Xiaobalu' back to the army." A villager said: "Let's pretend to be fishing and take 'Xiaobalu' out." The village chief shook his head: "No way! 'Devil' has sharp eyes!...I have an idea and I can definitely send 'Xiaobalu' out, but I don't know if Ah Xia will agree to it or not?" The old lady glared at him: "Old Huangtou, if you have something to say, you have to fart! What's the point?" The village head made a gesture of lifting the sedan chair: "Let Shuanzi salute Axia in advance, get on the sedan chair, and see off the relatives!" Xiaozhuang waved his hands again and again: "I can't do it, I can't do it!" The old grandma said cheerfully: "I have the final say on this matter, let's do it like this! Axia, call Shuanzi and say that we will go through the door today!" Axia blushed and said, "Let grandma decide." Xiao Zhuang's tears rolled in his eyes: "Grandma..." The old lady patted him on the shoulder: "Don't say anything, son! That's the deal!" The villagers split up. After a while, the sound of suona sounded from the village, and the sound of firecrackers also began to sound. The scouts were hiding in the reeds, and Lao Lin picked up the binoculars to watch. Xiwa heard the beaming voice and asked, "Who is going to marry a wife?" Another scout laughed: "How about we go and drink wedding wine?" Lao Lin put down the binoculars, thinking about something, he suddenly had a bad premonition. The bridal sedan chair was carried to the door of the grandmother's house.Axia came out with her red hijab covered, and got into the sedan chair. Xiao Zhuang was still hesitating, but the grandmother pushed him in. Xiao Zhuang picked up two guns and walked into the sedan chair shyly.Axia lifted her red hijab and smiled: "Are you still shy? There are many people who are not serious, so you can hide here!" Xiao Zhuang smiled awkwardly. Amidst the sound of firecrackers, the sedan chairs set off, and everyone boarded a boat at the head of the village. The boat set off, the suona player was blowing the suona on the boat, and the people on the boat set off firecrackers.The whole scene was lively and lively. Lao Lin put down the binoculars: "Thermal imager!" Xiwa set up the thermal imaging camera: "Where are you looking?" "The sedan chair!" Lao Lin pushed him away, leaned in front of the thermal imaging camera, and adjusted to the position of the sedan chair—there were two people in the sedan chair, one sitting and the other squatting. Lao Lin left the thermal imager: "He is indeed in the sedan chair!" "Ah? You mean Xiaozhuang is hiding in the sedan chair with the bride?" Xiwa was dumbfounded. Lao Lin smiled wryly and nodded. A soldier said: "Squad leader, let's search!" Lao Lin glared at him: "You can? Go and search! The villagers haven't eaten us yet? Stop the girl's sedan chair. It doesn't count if we are eaten by the villagers, and the army has to clean us up!" "Squad leader, what should we do?" "Follow up, walk close to the side! He always gets a sedan chair!" The soldiers got up and got on the rubber boat. Lao Lin turned his head: "The radio station, notify the company commander!" "Yes!" The radio soldier began to call, "The sharp knife calls the tiger head, the sharp knife calls the tiger head!..."