The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 202 Trouble?

I really don't know why he suddenly asked this question.

Jiang Cheng put down his chopsticks and looked up at him in astonishment: "Brother Sun, what are you doing?"

Sun Zhengnan looked around: There weren't many people in the dining car at this time, and he didn't see anyone who had anything to do with the Military Academy.

He lowered his voice even more and told Jiang Cheng and the others that before getting on the train at Fengtian Railway Station, he felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach so he went to relieve himself, and then he heard the two "team leaders" arguing in the bathroom.

He didn't quite understand the content, but after all, he was a top student at Yanda University, so he basically repeated the original words completely.

His heart skipped a beat and Jiang Cheng quickly calmed himself down.

"Feilan, what do you mean by this? I don't understand it at all."

Seeing that his expression seemed somewhat serious, Sun Zhengnan licked his lips and looked back.

Seeing Hai Pingchuan and Cai Yuanming also turned their gazes over, Jiang Cheng shook his head silently: "I... don't quite understand either."

In fact, Sun Zhengnan almost understood it the moment his words flickered:
Although the other party regarded him as a fellow countryman, there were still some things that he could not say in front of him.

After finishing the meal in no time, Sun Zhengnan made up an excuse and left.

"This kid is quite perceptive."

Jiang Cheng watched him leave. Cai Yuanming blinked and smiled, then continued, "Tell me, Feilan, did you hear something?"

"I always feel that Guizi Guo has a lot of tricks up his sleeve!"

Nodding, Jiang Cheng took a deep breath and lowered his voice: "Your guess is correct. Guizi Guo has arranged an assessment for us."

"Yes, that's right, that's what you said, he's going to do something fancy."

The two were shocked and asked almost in unison: "What are you going to do?"

Jiang Cheng glanced around, winked at the two of them, then stood up and walked towards the connection between the dining car and the hard seat car.

It is quite different from modern trains: in addition to the direct bridge between the single compartments and the dining car——

However, the dining car and the hard seat car are connected by the old-fashioned train buckle, and there is an iron guardrail at the rear of the car.

All three of them had received rigorous military training, so they had no problem climbing over and jumping over the train while it was running.

Standing inside the guardrail, Jiang Cheng first made sure that the passengers in the car had no intention of looking over here. He then lowered the volume so that the noise could be heard clearly:

"The last time we three entered the Great Wall to fight, we took this South Manchuria Line. But as a military train, except for the supply stations of the three troops, we will not stop at other stations."

Cai Yuanming nodded: "Yes, I remember that we stopped in Jinzhou for a longer time. We were given some food and drinks. We didn't stop at other stations."

"I told you to let Feilan finish speaking."

Listening to Hai Pingchuan's urging, Jiang Cheng continued: "Before we set out from Fengtian, I heard Huixin tell me that there were bandits around Jinzhou..."

"And on the night of our departure, Han Qing came back from Guo Maochen's place and asked us to prepare our weapons, remember?"

Seeing them both nodding silently, Jiang Cheng continued, "Just now Sun Zhengnan said: I heard that Guo Guizi and his men were going to get off at Goubangzi station..."

"Most likely before departing from Fengtian, they already knew about the bandits near Jinzhou, which had affected the operation of the train to a certain extent - if things go wrong, this train might not even reach Jinzhou!"

This kind of thing is quite common on the South Manchuria Railway:

In the chaotic times, bandits were rampant and robbery along the way was not uncommon.

Moreover, this group of bandits were no longer satisfied with looting along highways, mountain roads and country roads, and even began to get involved in the South Manchuria Railway: they robbed the railway, robbed trains, and basically robbed whatever they could get their hands on.

"Then, shall we get off at Goubangzi as well?"

Hai Pingchuan scratched his head, "Then hire a car from Goubangzi to go to Jinzhou, and then find a way to go to Shanhaiguan?"

Jiang Cheng shook his head silently.

"I think... it's not very realistic."

In terms of intelligence, the thief Lao Er is still smarter than the honest Hai Pingchuan, "Goubangzi is quite a distance away from Shanhaiguan, and the gathering time does not allow us to walk slowly!"

"Guo Guizi and his men must have calculated the time in advance and asked the General Staff to contact military vehicles on the spot... What about us? How can we leave? We don't have enough time to rent a car or ride a horse!"

Hai Pingchuan then remembered: "That's right, the time given to us is basically fixed!"

"Even if I can get to Shanhaiguan smoothly by train, I've made it. Even if we run to the meeting place, we only have half a day at most!"

Cai Yuanming looked at the two of them and smiled slyly: "I wonder if you have forgotten someone?"

"We can look for Han Qing. Isn't his face a pass? Let him find some troops to garrison there... As the son of a military governor, it won't be easy for him to get us a few cars."

Jiang Cheng frowned: "Let's not talk about whether the local troops are so obedient. How can we drive all the way to Shanhaiguan... Where is the gasoline? From Goubangzi to Shanhaiguan, it's not a short distance, right?"

"However, I don't think Guo Guizi will cause us too much trouble—"

"He brought everyone here to study and practice, but he could have stuck everyone on the way to Shanhaiguan?"

Cai Yuanming also nodded repeatedly: "That's right, maybe we are overthinking it."

"Let's go, we've been out for such a long time, I'm afraid our seats will be occupied by people standing later."

As they talked, they went to their own carriage.

It was exactly as Jiang Cheng had thought: each carriage had varying numbers of cadets, and the seats were almost all separated.

Even if there are occasionally adjacent seats, they are arranged between the cadets and ordinary passengers.

When they returned to carriage No. 9, Jiang Cheng discovered that the brothers Bao Yulin, Wu Taixun, Feng Yong and Zhang Hanqing had all swapped seats and were squeezed together.

"Hey, you guys are interesting. Why did you change seats and squeeze together?"

Cai Yuanming asked casually with a smile, and Bao Yulin pouted and said, "Are you still asking? Isn't it all because of this Han Qing..."

Zhang Hanqing hit him on the elbow, and Feng Yong, who was standing beside him, immediately took over and asked, "Where have you three been for such a long time? Are you okay?"

Jiang Cheng waved his hand: "It's okay, Gui Guo... ahem, Instructor Guo has actually arranged everything. We are actually thinking too much."

The topic ended there. Seeing that they had changed seats, Jiang Cheng also moved his "little group" to a nearby seat.

Several people kept chatting with Sun Zhengnan and they were all very excited. They were all open-minded people and soon became friends.

After passing Panjin Station, the sky gradually darkened and they were panting heavily due to fatigue.

"Let's follow the old rules and take turns sleeping, so we don't all fall asleep and lose things."

Then Jiang Cheng said to Zhang Hanqing, "Leave someone to watch the luggage even when you sleep."

(End of this chapter)