Chapter 32 Chapter Twenty-Eight Encounters Bandits on the Mountain Road

The division headquarters is located in a big mansion on the hill to the south of the county seat. At first glance, it looks like the manor of a rich man, the Zhulou Cuige, which is majestic.If it weren't for the barbed wire fence on the surrounding high walls and the guarded soldiers in front of the gate, no one would have thought that this is a military important place. "It's really grand!" Mu Liangfeng couldn't help but sigh. Mengzi said: "Yes! This is much better than the division headquartered in the temple before." "That is the temporary division headquarters on the front line. Of course, this one is also temporary. The house was lent to our division by a wealthy local family." Commander Zhang said, "Everyone get out of the car!"

The jeep was parked in front of the gate, and a guard knew Commander Zhang, and immediately greeted him when he saw him: "Commander Zhang, the division seat is waiting for you inside, please follow me." The yard is very quiet, with two or three plane trees stretching out the deep green shade, the teacher is walking slowly in the yard. "Report to the division seat, Commander Zhang and the others are here!" the guard announced. Head Zhang, Mu Liangfeng and his party hurriedly saluted the teacher. "Sit down!" the teacher said, "I called you here today, mainly to commend you and thank you in person for your contribution to the War of Resistance. You have done a good job in the occupied area this time, showing the prestige of our division. After finishing speaking, the division commander took out a piece of paper from a leather bag: "This is a commendation order from the Commander's Department of the war zone."

Mengzi used to be the guard of the division commander for a period of time, knowing that the division commander is a soft-hearted person, he asked carelessly: "Master, is it just a piece of paper!? Is there any other reward for us?" "The Commander of the War Zone will reward you with 5,000 yuan each and a good gun." As soon as Mu Liangfeng heard the good gun, he became energetic, but he didn't care about money. "What gun?" The division commander made a gesture, and a soldier brought out three sniper rifles. They are really good guns. All three are brand new M1903 Springfield sniper rifles. Just use this."

After speaking, the teacher made fun of Mu Liangfeng: "Do you still want to be a deserter?" Mu Liangfeng chuckled and shook his head. "Haha..." The division commander laughed, and then said to Commander Zhang, "I'm going to transfer the three of them to the special agent battalion of the division headquarters. What do you think?" When Captain Zhang heard that the division commander wanted to poach his corner, he became anxious: "Master, they have stayed in our regiment well, are we going to transfer them away!?" "Okay, okay, I know you don't want to part with these three good guns. Originally, the neighboring army also borrowed a few of them from us as shooting instructors. I didn't agree. Now I will borrow from you. I let the three of them serve as the spy battalion. Shooting instructor, I will return it to you in two months, is that okay?" The division commander gave Zhang a glance, and Zhang smiled: "Then lend it to the secret service battalion!"

"The little devil will make some big moves in Guangxi soon. In the past two months, we should hurry up and train our troops. Don't slack off, understand?" The division commander glanced around the crowd: "We must pull them out to win and show the prestige of our army." Everyone stood at attention together. "If you have nothing to do, the three of you will stay in the division headquarters. I will host lunch and treat you to authentic Hunan cuisine." Mu Liangfeng was still thinking about going home, but when he thought of the imminent war, he obeyed the order and stayed.

The division commander said: "I don't treat you few heroes badly. From today onwards, all of you will be promoted to second lieutenants. After completing the military training tasks, you will be sent to serve in various companies. Do you have any opinions?" Naturally, Mu Liangfeng and the others had no objection, but Head Zhang disagreed: "Master, you are Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou!" "Hahaha..." The teacher laughed endlessly.After laughing, he seemed to think of another thing: "Mu Liangfeng." "arrive!" "You are Fenglingduren, right?" the teacher asked him.

"Teacher, you have a good memory! I'm from Fenglingdu." Mu Liangfeng grinned. The teacher asked: "After returning from Wuhan this time, have you ever returned home?" Mu Liangfeng said: "I just came back last night, and I haven't had time to go home yet." The teacher was thoughtful: "Well, how about this! I will give you two days off and go back to stay for two days, okay?" "Okay! Thank you, teacher." Mu Liangfeng blurted out without thinking. The teacher sighed: "The war is imminent. I don't know when I will come back from this trip, or...whether I can come back. It is right for you to go home once."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. "Come on, everyone, come with me, today I will entertain you with good wine and food." The teacher stood up and entered the main hall.Captain Zhang looked at the young men still in a daze, and said, "Brothers, let's eat and drink at the teacher's place today! Mu Liangfeng will go back with our car later." Several people entered the main hall and looked at the furnishings in the room, the desk, the coffee table, the high-back carved armchair, the Eight Immortals table... The interior is full of mirrors and all kinds of furniture, which looks very lively.

The orderly is already serving the dishes. The seven bowls and eight dishes on the table are all authentic Hunan cuisine, and there is also a bottle of old Shaoxing. The division commander asked them to sit down, and filled a bowl of wine for each of them himself: "This wine has a lot of origin! It was given to me by the commander of the war zone, and I have never been willing to drink it. Today, I will take it out for you guys to open up." Meat." "It is said that the old Shaoxing amber wine ointment is crystal clear and brilliant, and it makes people want to get drunk. It is true! It seems that the master has really spent a lot of money!" Captain Zhang is a person in the wine industry, and he knows the origin of the wine after taking a sip.

Mu Liangfeng didn't know much about wine, so he was persuaded by his teacher to drink half a bowl of wine on the grounds that wine was the blood of a soldier, but he was not drunk. After a few people ate, the teacher asked Captain Zhang to take them to the logistics department. Received a new set of officer uniforms. "From now on, you should teach shooting in the secret service battalion. Don't embarrass our 204 regiment, understand?" Captain Zhang watched them change their clothes cheerfully, and said admonishingly. Meng Zi chuckled: "Tuan Zuo, when we come back, shouldn't you let me lead you?"

"If you have the ability, I'll give you a battalion." Captain Zhang looked at his favorite generals, and snorted, "Mu Liangfeng will go back with us, Meng Zi and Xiao Wu will stay." Head Zhang, Mu Liangfeng, Li Tianyou and Xiao Dongbei got into the car, and drove out of the division headquarters under the military salute and watch of Meng Zi and Xiao Wu. It takes about four hours to drive from the county seat to Fenglingdu. Most of the areas are mountain roads, surrounded by mountains with strange stones and ravines.The mountains are full of vigorous pines and colorful greens, and there is no sign of the depression of everything in winter. When the car was halfway through, a big stone stopped in the middle of the road. "Damn it! Who is so wicked!" Xiaobei, who was driving, cursed and stopped the car: "Everyone, come down and help lift the stone." The vigilance Mu Liangfeng developed in the occupied areas made him subconsciously take out the new M1903 Springfield sniper rifle on his back, loaded the bullets, scanned the surrounding environment with his eyes, and they stopped This place happened to be a turning point, with towering dense forests on both sides of the road, gurgling springs on the mountainside, and white clouds, it was an excellent location for ambushes. Commander Zhang and the others are also veteran soldiers who have experienced many battles. Seeing that there was something wrong with the situation, they all pulled out their guns. At this moment, they suddenly heard a sharp whistle, rushing from the nearby dense forest Twenty or thirty masked men with long and short guns came out. "Damn it, I ran into a bandit." Captain Zhang was impatient, and when he saw the situation, he immediately loaded the bullet. "Sir, I'm sorry, we don't want anything else, I just hope you keep the guys in your hands." One of the leading bandits pointed the box gun in his hand to the sky. "You bastards really don't know how to live or die, even dare to rob me." Captain Zhang was furious. "I'm sorry, sir, none of us dare to rob these days, brothers don't want your money or your life, just want to save a few guns to occupy the mountain and make a living." The bandit leader said in a strange way. Li Tianyou and Xiao Dongbei stood in the car, and raised their submachine guns: "Have you eaten up the guts of a bear? Do you know who this is? Commander Zhang of the 204th Regiment of the National Army." The bandit leader didn't panic at all: "We're all in the mountains, I don't know what kind of leader Zhang and Li are you... You'd better cooperate and keep the guns, otherwise we will beat him into a hornet's nest no matter who is." A bandit next to him interjected: "Second brother, stop talking nonsense with them, just shoot him to death and let him come to a dead end." "Damn it, I'm going to take care of you bastards right now." Captain Zhang was completely enraged when he saw that the bandits were too arrogant, and he raised his gun and was about to open fire.Mu Liangfeng stopped him, he knew that with one shot, dozens of bandits would turn them into a hornet's nest.He had some dealings with bandits, and he knew that they had no guts to fight against the army, they just took advantage of their numbers to snatch a few guns. "I'm a native of Fenglingdu. The brother on the other side is from that mountain. Please give me a name." Mu Liangfeng stood up and shouted: "You are in this area, and you can be regarded as fellow villagers. Rabbits don't eat grass by the side of the nest." Do you understand the truth!?" The bandit leader was a little surprised: "Are you from Fenglingdu?" "Exactly!" "If that's the case, why don't you keep a gun, how about I let you go?" The bandit leader bargained, "I want the gun in your hand." Mu Liangfeng was annoyed: "You want to shoot me? You haven't reported your name yet?" The talkative little bandit next to him interjected again, "Second Brother, stop giving them such trouble." Mu Liangfeng said, "You really want to shoot our guns, why don't you give it a try." The bandit leader knew what was going on. If there was a real fight, two submachine guns would knock them down in half. The bandits just begged for guns and didn't dare to fire. "Of course I won't keep my name, otherwise do we still want to hang out in this area in the future?" The bandit leader is not stupid. Mu Liangfeng laughed loudly: "It turns out that they are all idiots, who dare not even keep their names, so they don't have to hang out in this area anymore! Let me tell you, I can't even get my gun down, let alone you guys." Make way for us sensibly, or don't blame me for being ruthless, the first shot will kill you." This group of bandits usually robs the national army that is alone here, and they have tried and tested repeatedly. They didn't expect to encounter hard goods today, and they were at a loss as to what to do.After thinking for a while, he asked Mu Liangfeng: "You are from Fenglingdu. If you have the ability to leave your name, brothers will definitely visit you in the future. As long as you dare to leave your name, I will let you go." These words are undoubtedly threatening Mu Liangfeng. "Listen up! My name is Mu Liangfeng. If you have the guts, come to me." Mu Liangfeng said fiercely: "Now that the country is in crisis, you people don't contribute to the country. Instead, you openly attack the anti-Japanese soldiers and harm the local people , you don’t want to live anymore?” Mu Liangfeng was certain that they would not dare to fire first, so he spoke with a lot of loyalty. The bandit leader was quite surprised when he heard this, he didn't say anything more, he blew his whistle, and led a group of bandits to disperse all at once, and disappeared into the dense forest by the roadside in a blink of an eye. "Bastard, I haven't had a fight these days, so I'm going to wipe out this group of bandits tomorrow." Captain Zhang watched his men lift the stones in the middle of the road, and then roared angrily: "Mu Liangfeng, you are a local and familiar with the situation in this area, so don't go home these two days, and serve as our guide to eliminate these bandits." "..." "Mu Liangfeng, did you fucking hear that?" "heard it!"