Chapter 9 1936 Duck Set - Occupation

one 920—for my own convenience, I will say the ninth year of the Republic of China.In the ninth year of the Republic of China, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon has been seen. Everyone said that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be the Double Ninth Festival, so let's climb high.Sure enough, what we guessed and joked came true. On September 3rd, there was an official business, and we were asked to transfer our troops to Weicheng. The order was very clear: 1. The 74th Company of the Headquarters moved to Weicheng before September 10 and served as a frontier defense town. 2. Under the command of the Commander of the Seventh Brigade.

3. When arriving at Weicheng, the locals must not be disturbed in the slightest. Violators will be punished according to Article 4 of the Military Law. 4 When you arrive, you will report all the details to the Ministry. 5 The detailed topography of the area should be tested and reported five days before the arrival.According to this order, there used to be a garrison from another army in that place.In the past, due to the relationship between local distribution, there have been many times of stalemates and the use of cannons to bombard and intimidate and chase after each other.When the number of bullets consumed and the number of soldiers killed by both sides are equal, the officer will naturally stop the attack order.Isn't this a deliberate bet on human life?However, "obedience" is the bounden duty of a soldier. Even if this kind of war continues, until the youngest soldier has gray hair (fortunately, he has no bullets in every battle), I am afraid that it will continue to prolong!

A few days before we got the dispatch order, we got a piece of good news from the Seventh Brigade. "Because there's no need to keep this news secret," that's what the adjutant of the Seventh Brigade said when he saw our Chief of Staff go to pick up the food.Before he talked about the news, he said that there was no need to keep it secret, perhaps to assuage him a little of the guilt of rambunctious talk.But the news really needn't be kept secret.Even if he didn't mention it to the chief of staff of our company, within two days of the news, our 74th company, the 13th battalion living in Yongsui, and the artillery battalion newly moved from Chuanbian would also have a meeting. understood.There are many other officers in the Seventh Brigade Headquarters who talkatively like that adjutant, and according to the company commander, the adjutant is one.I haven't told you the news yet, the news is indeed gratifying, because if it is true that the places occupied by the garrison are returned to us, some junior officers with wives who are reluctant to fight a small battle will be happy.As for us, we can also have less worry, and we can undress and take off our bullet belts and sleep well for a few days.But it got a little boring in the middle. After Weicheng is owned by us, the front will not touch other people's outposts. Those who love to shoot guns will never find a chance to shoot.The junior officers were also a little unhappy.It is those trainees and assistant coaches who have no family members or positions. They are stationed in places where the rear defense is not suitable for rushing.

Has anyone ever been in the military (I say my patchwork army from the south)?As long as he has been there, he will know what kind of excitement is almost embarrassing when he is on business!I can't tell people who have never seen this kind of situation before, because the chaos is more clueless than the theater after the theater, the firecracker shop, and the prisoner breaking the rope in the execution ground. !On the street, there were messenger soldiers with sweat on their foreheads.The deputy who ran with a lot of cigarettes (it goes without saying that his master wanted to use it).The master who ran to bid farewell to the gentleman.The chief steward goes in and out of the various grocery stores, and behind the chief steward is a string of firemen carrying loads. …The sealed black-covered boats at the river pier filled the river like refugees.Most of the oars on the ferry are soldiers who hang their feet on the side of the boat and let the water wash over them leisurely, because there is no time to "live in the middle" at this time of year!The money shops are full of people in gray clothes exchanging foreign dollars.The little lieutenant, who chewed chestnuts and peanuts on the street, didn't even bother to raise his hand when he saw his own officer.Waiting in front of the camp gate are some people who ask the brothers for their daughter's romantic account; ... The trumpets of the battalions and companies gathering to find people were blowing from the top of the city.And...the horses neighed naturally at that time, participating in the commotion.

As for moving the defense out of necessity, and there are still people following behind, then the scene is different.At that time, the doors of various shops and houses were no longer open so casually. Except for the county government office and a few temple gates that had nothing to do with money, the doors of the whole city were probably closed!Then the police will no longer dare stand guard in the streets.At that time, the mountain-splitting cannons of the local regiment defense bureau must have been properly placed in front of the bureau gate. . . . All that walk in the streets are soldiers.The thinking of the soldiers is to take advantage of this time to grab some valuable things; at the same time, they can't forget the enemy who is chasing after him, with a fierce and pitiful look on his face, walking in a hurry, and his body's organs are like Involuntarily convulsed.

This errand is a victory, something like chasing others, so the atmosphere of joy can still be maintained amidst the chaos.The county magistrate did not evade, and invited all the company from the "apprentice" to the yamen to drink a feast of wine, and the brothers also sent two pigs, two sheep, and four large jars of wine.According to a soldier, he turned around from the regiment defense station, but the mountain-splitting cannon hadn't come out yet, and the guard was taking a nap in front of the station gate, leaning against the stone lion. There was a good deal of jokes about the nap, and lots of jokes about the guard's mistakes were made to spice things up.

On the morning of the seventh day of the lunar new year, the day before the business trip, we had everything prepared. I was just about to write a letter for my family, and I used a diary to draw on the wall. "Brother, I, this," a man patted me on the shoulder behind me. Hearing his voice, he knew it was the fourth cousin without turning his head. "I wrote a letter to tell my family that I will be on business tomorrow, and we will still be with you all the way." "Very good! I was thinking too—look, brother!" I turned around and saw that he was carrying four pairs of straw sandals.

"You don't need this one, brother. It's too big. I brought two pairs for you, but I chose them according to my feet. I know you don't need them, so just wear them." "Did you know I don't need it? Straw sandals are a must for walking a long distance, Ma Lian's feet will hurt!" In fact, I was also afraid when I saw those rough straw sandals, but because my fourth cousin was too loyal, I deliberately quarreled with him. "Then I'll buy two good pairs for my brother." "The ones bought outside won't be as strong." "Then use these two pairs," he said, taking half of the four pairs of straw sandals.

"Why did you bring me such a big one? How can I use it—look!" I compared my feet, "Look, these straw sandals are even longer!" At that time, I was wearing a pair of soft straw sandals with rice hearts. The result of the comparison was that I put on the pair of straw sandals that my fourth cousin brought for me, and they just fit. "There are no feet similar to yours." The acne scars near the cheekbones on his pockmarked face turned red, and he seemed to be in a bad mood. My temper is that when my fourth cousin is in trouble, I will see all the changes on his face, and I will force it again. I don't care about other people's embarrassment, I only want to benefit myself.

"Then why do you help me get it? Let me choose by myself!" I am still moving forward. I shouldn't have said that kind of thing, and I feel a little regretful when I say it.But I have already said it, and I don't want to show it as a joke, because I know he will have a better face to entertain me next time. "Then I'll retreat," he said forcefully, and he ran out. "Fourth brother! Fourth brother! I played with you! Don't get angry. I still have straw sandals." I hurriedly explained, trying to drag his clothes, but it was too late. Seeing him go out, he turned his head slightly, this time he didn't seem to be looking at me, I was at a loss and wanted to chase him out.

——Seeing that the pockmarks on his face turned red, I'm so embarrassed! ——He will seriously return the straw sandals to the steward and let him pick them up! ——You will ignore me from now on! ...from now on... one In an instant I thought of many things.The more I think about it, the more I feel that I am not good. If there is no him, the other soldiers don't know how to bully me. I quickly rushed out of the bedroom in the fourth shed. one Crossing the threshold, hugged for a person.This is a person who hid beside the door first, and when he saw me coming out, he hugged me from behind.Hearing the heavy panting, I knew it was my fourth cousin before I turned around.Even if he held his breath, from the very familiar strength of the embrace, I would also be able to detect that it was the fourth cousin. "Brother, why do you recognize the truth! Are you afraid that I will really be willing to retreat?" The fourth cousin then laughed. "I see that you are blushing, and you feel bad. In fact, I still have a lot of straw sandals. If I go to get them myself, I will get them according to your feet!" He knew that what I said was true, and he had received reliable proof from many things in the past, and he was very moved and lifted me up four times. "Brother, I have already seen that you have a childish temper. You think it is a fun thing to force me to make me angry. I am not angry. I see that your temper is very innocent, so I dare to do everything. Lord. If you say you shouldn’t get the straw sandals, I’ll admit it and leave it. Let’s see what happens to you in the future. I know you’re going to fail. It took a lot of effort to choose these pair of good straw sandals. Stupid! Your cousin is an adult. He is twenty years old. He doesn't know anything, so why did he come to have the same knowledge as a child like you? ..." When I got back to the room, my cousin said that I was coaxed by him today.I said, since I knew I was joking, why did all the pockmarks turn red?He had nothing to say.But I couldn't imagine his plan to pretend to run out and hide outside the gate to coax me out! I also forgot to tell that my cousin is our boss. Among the ten soldiers under his command, there is a younger cousin who loves to quarrel with him, he is fifteen years old. On the ninth day of the lunar new year, we should stay here until we are ordered to leave Weicheng, where we have arrived.It was around two o'clock in the afternoon, because there were chickens crowing in the stockade on the top of the mountain. Everyone says that people feel tired when they hear the rooster crowing, which means they yawn.My cousin expressed sympathy for these words, and I saw that he did yawn a lot. My burden has been transferred to the stoker's food load, and I have a carbine on my shoulder. I am not very tired after changing it back and forth. On the way, my cousin said it was the festival, and a bunch of yellow wild chrysanthemums picked along the way were all withered after being stuck in the barrel of the gun.I followed the example of other brothers and replaced the wilted ones with fresh ones, while my cousin always had the same bunch on his gun. "Brother, charge in!" My cousin joked. "Come on!" Because he was too close to the platoon leader, the voice that responded to his cousin's joke was extremely soft. "Shout to kill, and blow the forward horn!" I also said with a smile. "Don't be afraid!" The one who said this touched me. We went into town joking like that.Entering a city in such a safe and sound way, many people in the team were not happy.Although this can be regarded as a victory, but without firing a single shot, and with nothing to catch up with, it is always too boring for the brothers who are willing to shoot. "Brother, it's too ridiculous to call it an occupation!" My cousin also felt that it was boring.But he didn't want to rush in screaming and killing.However, he thought it would be honorable to occupy a place with a little more force than this.How can it be considered honorable (not fighting with blood and blood, and not as peaceful as it is now)?Ask my cousin to say that I can't explain it; it is not easy for my cousin to explain the so-called glory!However, my cousin felt disgraceful about entering the city this time. The brigade enters through the south gate, although there is only one company (our company is the forward, and there is a battalion and two independent companies behind, and we can only arrive the next day.) I feel a bit majestic.The first pair of numbers, the old melody is played from the first paragraph to the fourth paragraph, and then starts to play again after the fourth paragraph.A large military flag, a national flag, and a company flag with a triangle with a red border, when leading this group of gray-clothed men into the street, they walked in a solemn way almost like walking forward!The brethren cheered up and formed a double row.The platoon leader and the coach put the command knife on their shoulders and supervised their own team.The company commander rode alone at the rear of the team.The sedan chairs of the company commander's wife and the secretary's wife followed slowly in the last baggage-carrying team. After entering the street, the large and small welcome flags fluttering from the eaves of each house made the gangsters with blisters on the soles of their feet forget their tiredness. I saw a child holding two pieces of tofu in his hands, and opened his two big eyes to look at a kind of dusty face passing by him. In the line, there was a pair of round eyes, also on the child's dazed face. Brush one. The businessmen who were packing dried tofu stopped their work before hearing the sound of the trumpet to study the new arrivals.A dog raised by a tofu workshop was so frightened that it hid under its owner's crotch and watched. The brothers used their eyes to search for one or two pale faces hidden in the lattice of the waist door by the waist door of some residents who had closed the door halfway. Joking. "Yo!……" "Brother, yes!" "Brother, turn around, it's here again!" "Braids!" "I can't stand it, I'm going to faint!" "It used to be such a fucking garrison!" "Look, look!" The person who touched me before touched me again.A small fair face shrunk under the sheltered planks.When we passed the shop, we saw the red paper signboard with the name "Yuanmao Bank" pasted on the shop. I thought to myself, if the water is muddy, I can boldly crash into it to find the living treasure! There are always many people who feel disappointed that the water is not muddy and cannot move randomly.After seeing that little white face, I also expressed sympathy for this group of ambitious brothers. At night, each shed lives in a private house, and it's not our turn to keep watch.The cousin fell asleep while the other brother was still secretly drinking. ... February 1926 in Beijing