Chapter 60 Chapter Fifty-six

And when Mu Liangfeng walked out of the Taoist temple, he also dispatched several groups of vanguard soldiers to guard in a fan-shaped area about one kilometer in front of the company. The number of brothers in the company has been reduced by nearly one-third. He took all his brothers back safely, but when he looked at this murderous primeval jungle, he always had an ominous feeling: the devils hadn't gone far. The old Taoist leader sent them to the door and pointed them to a way home: "Walk ahead for half a day, and you will be outside the mountain. There is a mountain village there. After walking through the mountain village for another two hours, you can see the road back home." way home."

Because of his arrival, the Taoist temple suffered a catastrophe, which made Mu Liangfeng's heart extremely heavy. He knew that it was meaningless to say anything, so he bid farewell to the only two Taoist priests left in the Taoist temple, one old and one young, and led the team on the road up. There is not a single road in the dense forest, and everyone is overwhelmed by thorns and thorns, and opened a road from the jungle. After walking for an hour, Mu Liangfeng found a "road". Some of the waist-high grass and trees were cut by bayonets.Mu Liangfeng knelt down and observed carefully. The strength and shape of the knife edge came from their direction. From this, it can be deduced that the devils also retreated from here.

"Company commander, could it be the 'road' we stepped on when we came? Or the devil stepped on it when he came?" Several soldiers gathered around to analyze. Mu Liangfeng shook his head: "No, we came in a fan shape, just like the devils. It can only be stepped on when they retreated. Look at the cut off twigs, look at the knife edge." Xiao Wu picked up the bayonet and made a gesture. It was really cut from his own direction. "Commander, what should we do?" "Let's go along the ready-made 'road'!" Mu Liangfeng thought for a while and said, "The devils will never think that we will follow them."

Because there is a ready-made "road", the marching speed is suddenly much faster. "Company commander, there is a situation!" The two scouts who opened the way rushed back to report with cats on their backs. Mu Liangfeng immediately signaled everyone to lie down on the spot. "There are people in the woods ahead." Mu Liangfeng frowned: "Shouldn't it be a devil?" The scout said, "There is the cry of a child." "Xiao Wu, take two more people to touch it to see the situation." "Okay!" Xiao Wu led a few people to touch it. The crying of the child came from the woods in front, but when Xiao Wu and the others passed by, the crying had stopped.It was strangely quiet in the woods.Mu Liangfeng chased Xiao Wu and the others with a telescope, and after a while, Xiao Wu waved towards them.

Everyone went up to have a look. It turned out that dozens of ordinary people, men, women and children, were hiding in the woods. When they saw a large group of soldiers in military uniforms and carrying spears appearing in front of them, they were in a panic.Obviously, these are the mountain people who have lived in the mountains for many years. Many of them can't tell the difference between the Chinese military uniform and the Japanese devil's military uniform. "Folks, don't be afraid, we are our own people." Seeing this scene, Mu Liangfeng felt a little sad for a moment, the horror in the eyes of the villagers, the crying of the children, everyone's clothes were ragged, and their expressions were flustered.

"My own people?" A mountain man stared wide-eyed, and looked up and down the group of soldiers in front of him. "We are the national army, everyone, don't be afraid." Mu Liangfeng looked at the child who let out one or two weak cries from time to time. He looked like he was only three or four years old. His face was sallow and thin, and his lips were clear. His mother ——A mountain village woman who was overly frightened was trying to cover her child's mouth with her hands. "The child is sick." Mu Liangfeng turned around and called the medical soldiers: "Go and check the child."

Two medical soldiers opened the box and walked over to the child. When the mother saw that others were going to touch her child, she screamed and resisted: "You can't touch my child!" The soldier said, "Sister, we are saving your child, who is sick." The young mother was obviously stimulated, she was dubious, and looked at the soldiers carrying killing tools with vigilance.The hand holding the child still did not let go. Mu Liangfeng said to everyone: "Everyone, don't be afraid, we are really our own people, and we won't hurt everyone." Finally, a villager who had seen the world stood up. He looked at their military uniforms, nodded and said, "They are the national army, and they are our own people."

Only then did everyone's attitudes gradually come to an end, and the woman handed the child to two medical soldiers to check the child's condition.Here, Mu Liangfeng chatted with other villagers. Everyone told him that a group of people in military uniforms ran into the village in the middle of the night yesterday. After killing the livestock raised by the villagers, killing chickens and sheep, and feasting on the big pieces, they began to drive the villagers out of the house and slept in the house by themselves. Several villagers came forward to argue with them, but they were shot by bayonets Just stabbed to death.Then, after they raped and plundered the village, they let the villagers go. Everyone panicked and dragged their children and fled to the mountains to hide.

"A group of beasts." Mu Liangfeng guessed that it was the devils who exchanged fire with him yesterday, and was furious for a moment: "Have they left now?" The mountain people shook their heads: "I don't know." "Company commander, let's fight! It's too useless to hide like this." When the brothers heard this, they were filled with righteous indignation, and all of them impassionedly came forward to ask for a fight. Mu Liangfeng thought calmly.After all, the opponent's military strength is three times that of his own. If he acts impulsively, not only will he not be able to avenge the villagers, but he may also be in danger of annihilating the entire army.Xiao Wu said: "Company commander, how about I take a few more brothers to check the situation, if there are not many of them, we will eliminate them."

To be on the safe side, Mu Liangfeng agreed.Accompanied by a fellow villager, Xiao Wu sneaked closer to the mountain village two miles away. It was midday, and the gray sun fell lazily on the forest.The two medical soldiers who checked the child's condition said: "Company commander, we can't find out what the disease is." The medical soldiers in the company usually deal with simple knife and gun injuries, but they really don't understand pediatrics, and they seem helpless.Seeing that they were sweating profusely, Mu Liangfeng became anxious too. "Company Commander, if we can't be treated in time, I'm afraid the child will be lost."

When the child's mother heard this, she burst into tears. The Japanese female military doctor looked at them, and walked forward with a blank expression: "Can I try it?" These words are undoubtedly shocking, everyone has never seen devils treat Chinese people, Mu Liangfeng also looked suspicious: "You help children see a doctor?" The Japanese female military doctor nodded. "Company commander, don't trust her, maybe she wants to kill our child." "Yes, wolf ambition, we can't trust her." Mu Liangfeng looked into her eyes, her eyes were much calmer, perhaps the two days of getting along with her had allowed her to slowly see something she had never seen before, and some subtle changes were slowly taking place in her rationality. Variety.Just now, the villagers complained to the Chinese army about the atrocities committed by their compatriots in tears. She believed it was true, because these simple Chinese mountain people could not even be recognized by the army of their own country, let alone lie. Therefore, she is willing to save this Chinese child and forgive the crimes committed by her compatriots. "I'm just a doctor, and my duty is to save people, not kill people." The Japanese female military doctor said loudly. Mu Liangfeng nodded in agreement.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Japanese female military doctor borrowed medical tools from the Chinese medical soldiers to examine the child's condition. After a few minutes, she came to a diagnosis: "The child has toxic dysentery. Do you have any antibiotics?" The Chinese medical soldiers searched in the bag: "We have this medicine." The Japanese female military doctor took the medicine and the military water bottle from him and fed it to the child. "The hygienic conditions in this mountain are too poor. Children are prone to this disease. It is not a serious disease, but if it is not treated in time, the child will die." After taking the medicine, the child looked much better and began to fall asleep in his mother's arms.The Chinese are all grateful, because she saved the Chinese child, and the attitude of the soldiers towards him has improved. Everyone no longer calls her a female devil, but a Japanese doctor instead. Not long after, Xiao Wu rushed back with a few brothers who were scouting the enemy's situation.