War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 432 Strong Men (Thanks to '一春冬一' for the reward)
"I disagree!"

Under the cover of night, the lights in the backyard of the bookstore were finally lit, oil lamps.

Xu Chaoyang, the bookstore clerk, Lao Li, the bookstore owner and several others were sitting on the kang inside the house, surrounding a kang table. Another bookstore clerk was sitting at the gate of the courtyard, guarding the door with a dogtail grass in his mouth. In this situation, a suppressed but powerful voice came from the house.

"No one asked you to agree."

Old Li looked at him and said, "I am just telling you to send Comrade Chaoyang back home safely."

The bookstore owner complained, "Commander, didn't we agree that after the 67th Army left, our comrades from Datong would take you to Nanjing? Why did the plan suddenly change?"

"It's too dangerous. With my status, if I'm not careful, everyone will become a target."

"Who could reveal your identity? The fact that you can come to Datong proves that our comrades in Datong are as strong as a fortress of steel!"

The bookstore owner felt that he couldn't win the argument with Old Li, so he looked at Xu Chaoyang and asked, "Why don't you say something?"

What could Xu Chaoyang say then?
He just came here. It would be inappropriate for him to say anything about such an important matter, right? Moreover, he had never done underground work and had no idea what the process was. So he could only shut up.

"I..." Xu Chaoyang smiled embarrassedly.

Old Li scolded, "Don't embarrass Comrade Chaoyang..." He turned to look at Xu Chaoyang and said, "When you get back home, remember to go to the Anti-Japanese University and study hard."

"Okay, I want to go to Anti-Japanese University." Xu Chaoyang meant it sincerely.

The bookstore owner slapped his thigh in anger and said, "Who told you to say that?"

"Watch your attitude!" Old Li glared at the bookstore owner: "This is an anti-Japanese hero."

This statement hit the bookstore owner right in the gut: "Who in this room isn't a hero?"

He pointed at his buddy who was just in his early twenties and said, "This guy is a platoon leader under my command. He followed us on the Long March!"

"The guy outside the door is only eighteen. During the battle, there were only three of them left in the entire company, but they managed to hold on to the hilltop!"

"Who isn't a hero?"

"But what happened today is not a matter of being a hero or not!"

when!
Dang Dang Dang Dang!
Dang Dang!

There was a series of knocks on the door. Everyone in the room turned their heads to look. A Shanxi man's voice came from outside the door: "Boss, our relatives in the countryside wrote to us. Can you help write a reply?"

At that time, bookstores specialized in this business, writing letters for people. In addition to bookstores, fortune tellers who set up stalls also engaged in this business, all for the purpose of making a little extra money.

After hearing the noise, the guy at the door quickly opened the door, and a fifty-year-old man with a half-bald head and few hairs on the front half of his head appeared. He was the one who had accompanied Xu Chaoyang on the train.

Seeing the door open, the old man slipped in through the crack and said, "Don't worry, I turned around three times and there's no tail." Then he went into the house. After entering the house, he didn't even look at anyone else and ran straight to Lao Li and said, "Commander, the 67th Army has started to conscript men!"

"Let's go now, we can just catch up."

Lao Li quickly asked, "Where is the location?"

"South Street."

Datong's South Street is a bit like the Beijing Tianqiao in those days, with shops and stalls lining the streets, and people coming and going during the day.

Logically speaking, conscripting men in a place like this would definitely have a very bad impact, and Old Xizi Yan would never do it, unless...

"They are about to set off!" Old Li reacted extremely quickly and gave his conclusion on the spot.

They kidnapped a bunch of people and took them to the train station and left directly. Even if you, Old Xizi Yan, curse in the street, can it be heard eight hundred miles away? It's obvious that they don't do anything bad in front of you, but will rip you off before leaving.

"Commander..." "Don't worry..."

"Chief..."

Old Li ignored his dissuasion and got off the kang and put on his shoes.

In fact, Xu Chaoyang really thought this was a good idea. There was nothing safer than following the 67th Army on a train southward. They would definitely reach Songhu. The problem was whether they could get out again after arriving in Songhu. That was another matter.

Songhu is a battlefield. Starting from August 8, that place has become a real meat grinder...

"Limin, let's go."

The old man that Lao Li and Xu Chaoyang had met walked out, but at this moment, what he thought of in his mind was the cigar in Song Zheyuan's mouth, the foreign pajamas on his body, and the luxury of the Peking Military Branch Office.

In order to carry out the mission, a person of such high status would rather risk going to Jinling as a "strong man". This kind of courage alone is something that ordinary people cannot do!

"Old Li!"

After leaving the house, the bookstore owner didn't dare to call the chief anymore. Seeing Lao Li's receding figure, he was so angry that he stamped his feet and beat his chest. At the same time, Xu Chaoyang also saw that the doors of the surrounding houses were pushed open almost at the same time, and nearly a squad of soldiers quickly followed in the shadows under the night.

"I was saying that such a big leader couldn't possibly go into a small bookstore by himself..."

The bookstore owner seemed to still be angry with him for not speaking up for him, and he said on the spot: "You don't understand again, right?"

Xu Chaoyang was so happy looking at the bookstore owner. When he was in the army, he had comrades like him. As long as he felt that he was doing it for your own good, he would turn against you immediately if you dared not to accept it.

Beep~beep~
These people were standing in the darkness of the night, and all they could hear was the sound of horns. The bookstore owner was still talking when a truck stopped directly in front of the bookstore and a sharp brake sound was heard!
呲!
"do not move!"

"Don't even move!"

"Stand there!" The soldiers in the back of the truck jumped down with guns in hand, and then quickly surrounded them.

Click!

The soldiers holding guns raised their guns and pointed them at the four people present, screaming loudly!

"Isn't it South Street?" This thought just flashed through Xu Chaoyang's mind, and the bookstore owner went over to chat with him: "Sir, we are all ordinary people. We don't cause trouble or trouble on weekdays... We haven't broken the law..."

bump!
The soldier was shot in the buttocks, knocking the bookstore owner down.

"do not move!"

Immediately afterwards, several soldiers nearby put their guns against Xu Chaoyang's face. If he offended them at this time, he would be beaten to death and would have no place to complain!

"Listen carefully, the Ministry of National Defense has issued an order that the former 67th Army of the Northeast Army replenish supplies and manpower on the spot, rest for two days, and then march south immediately!"

"Now, the four of you are being drafted into the army by the country. If you disobey, you will be executed on the spot!!"

Xu Chaoyang laughed when he heard this, with a look of contempt on his face.

They said it was an order from the National Government’s Ministry of National Defense;
They said that Lao Li and his gang were "red bandits";
They say they are the country's army!
But what a result!

The Nationalist army was conscripting able-bodied men, and in order not to cause trouble for his men, the leader of the "Red Bandits" was willing to take the risk himself by serving as an "able-bodied man"!

This is what Xu Chaoyang saw, not what anyone said...

This time Xu Chaoyang felt at ease. After seeing all this, his heart had been stained with ink-black, as if he had seen holiness!

　Thanks to '一春冬一' for the reward. Thank you very much!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)