Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Zi Yan carried two large suitcases and ran forward, saying as she ran: "I'm definitely not slower than you guys!"

"Let's go!" Wan Qili didn't let Su Bai argue with her. She just let her go. She would naturally give up when she couldn't lift it anymore.

Su Bai was more worried about Xu Tianyi's injury, but Xu Tianyi said that his leg was not injured and it was not serious.

Taking advantage of the chaos, I ran a few dozen meters and went around a small hill. I could no longer see the Japanese on the road.

At this time, the Japanese on the road also adjusted themselves from the chaos.

After a burst of machine gun fire, the brave passengers who rushed towards them fell in a pool of blood. Now, they only had to deal with two groups of people, the four soldiers and Su Bai and others who had escaped.

An anxious Hayakawa was shouting in Chinese and Japanese, and six Japanese soldiers and traitors with guns chased in the direction Su Bai fled.

On this side, Zi Yan was really capable. She looked more relaxed than Su Bai when running, carrying two large suitcases. She even greeted Su Bai from time to time while running.

After running over a small hill, Wan Qili and Xu Tianyi stayed behind, ready to block the pursuing Japanese invaders.

Su Bai and Zi Yan ran for several hundred meters in one breath, bypassed two small hills, and found that a group of more than 20 passengers who had fled along the foot of the mountain before them were resting here.

"Let's take a break," Zi Yan saw that Su Bai was so tired that he was out of breath, so she put the two suitcases on the ground.

Su Bai nodded. We could only rest for three or two minutes. The Japanese wouldn't let us rest before running.

There were several elderly passengers among the group. Their physical strength was not as good as that of the young people. One of them simply lay down beside the bushes on the grass slope, closed his eyes, and refused to move.

An old man who looked nearly 70 years old said to everyone while gasping for breath: "I won't run away. My son has fought the Japanese. What's the point of me living? I'll just wait here. If the Japanese catch up, I'll take a bite of them and it'll be a good deal!"

"Yes, let's fight!" Several other old men also responded, and even the old man lying on the ground sat up and waved his fist.

He looked older.

"Big brother," a middle-aged woman holding a boy's hand said to the old man, "If you don't leave, we won't leave either!"

Big?

Is this what father meant?

Su Bai didn't know where this accent came from. Most of the passengers on this train were going to Xuzhou. They should be from Xuzhou or further north, Shandong? Hebei?

Su Bai heard that among the passengers who had just rushed towards the Japanese were the relatives of these old men.

The old man was very stubborn: "Leave quickly, raise my grandson, and avenge me and his father!"

Su Bai felt a lump in his throat when he heard this.

She came up to a few old men and told them not to fight if the Japanese caught up with them, and that they would not do anything to the old men.

Will the Japanese let the old man go?

That's weird.

But this time is different, they want to chase Su Bai and have no time to do other evil.

Su Bai's words caused a complaint from a woman holding a child. She said that it was Su Bai and his men who attracted the Japanese, causing everyone to suffer.

It was almost like saying that Su Bai and his companions were doomed to fail.

The old man who first expressed his willingness to stay and give the Japanese a bite immediately rebuked his daughter-in-law: "Don't talk nonsense, the people the Japanese want to kill are all good people!"

There was no time to express patriotic feelings here. Su Bai told the women that if they did not follow him, there would be no danger, as the Japanese were indeed here to kill them.

"You guys run over there later!" Su Bai pointed to the south.

Su Bai was planning to run eastward.

After saying that, he gathered his spirits again and continued running eastward.

The gunfire from behind never stopped. Wan Qili and Xu Tianyi had been hiding behind the first small hill, shooting at the pursuing Japanese soldiers.

If Zi Yan hadn't urged her, Su Bai might not have left this place. She wanted to wait for them a little longer.

She was worried about Wan Qili and Xu Tianyi, especially Xu Tianyi's injury, which was a vital part.

Zi Yan said that the two of them fought the Japanese with two against six and pistols against rifles just to save Su Bai and Penicillin. As long as Su Bai was safe, everything they did would be worth it.

"Sister, I feel the same way. If necessary, I will do the same."

Well, Su Bai was finally persuaded and he quickened his pace and continued to run into the mountains.

When he ran to the foot of another small hill, Su Bai looked back. There was no sign of Wan Qili and Xu Tianyi, but he saw that only a few old people were left at the place where they had just rested. The women and children were gone.

After running over several hills in one breath, I came to the edge of a slightly flat woodland.

The gunshots were getting farther and farther away.

This grove is not big, the trees are not very tall, but they are very dense.

There are neither rows nor columns between the trees. Instead, they are arranged in a random and disorderly manner, and do not look like they were planted artificially.

Zi Yan and Su Bai sat by the woods, looking in the direction of the gunshots.

After a while, Wan Qili supported Xu Tianyi and came around the side of the hill in front of them. Zi Yan quickly stood up to meet them. Together, they supported Xu Tianyi and came to Su Bai, and Su Bai also walked out of the woods.

Both of them were covered in blood, especially Xu Tianyi. The blood that kept oozing from his chest had dyed his shirt and half of his trouser leg red.

Wan Qili was not injured, the blood on her body was from when she was helping Xu Tianyi.

"Tianyi, how are you?" Su Bai asked Zi Yan and Wan Qili to help Xu Tianyi sit down, and reached out to unbutton his clothes, wanting to check his wound.

"No, I'm fine." Xu Tianyi waved his hands weakly.

"Let me carry you on my back." Zi Yan said.

If it were someone else, Su Bai would definitely not believe it, but Zi Yan was different, she did have strength. After running all the way, carrying two large boxes, she was far less embarrassed than Su Bai who was only carrying a small box.

"No Japs will catch up with us for the time being. Let's take a break and leave immediately." Wan Qili sat down on the ground, her forearms on her knees, with her hand holding the gun drooping.

She was exhausted too.

"There are no more Japanese soldiers. Did you kill all six of them?" Zi Yan asked.

Wan Qili nodded.

Originally, she and Xu Tianyi had three guns, all of which were pistols. Their range could not compare with the Japanese soldiers chasing them from behind, and they were at a clear disadvantage because the Japanese soldiers could hit them but they could not hit them.

The two sides were actually in a stalemate as they fought and ran along the way.

These devils probably knew that the two men were good marksmen, so they didn't dare to chase them too closely, trying to use their advantage in range to kill them.

But Xu Tianyi used a box gun. Although it was a pistol, its effective range could reach 150 meters.

He gave one gun to Wan Qili, and whenever they passed a hill, they would hide there and wait for the Japanese to come within shooting range.

These devils were so cunning. There was always one or two of them walking in front, and the others followed behind at a distance.

Wan Qili and Xu Tianyi could only hit the people in front of them.

Wan Qili said with certainty that the person who walked in front and lost his life must be a traitor.

They ran and stopped like this, spending a lot of bullets along the way, but only killed two traitors who were walking in front and seeking death.

The situation took a turn for the better because of the unexpected appearance of several old men. Just as they ran over a small hill and were about to stop to ambush again, several old men rushed out from behind some bushes, shouting "Kill the Japs" and rushed towards the Japs behind them.

Wan Qili and Xu Tianyi immediately turned around and rushed back, killing all four Japanese soldiers who had chased them.

However, of the seven elderly people, three were killed by the Japanese and two were injured.

Wan Qili thanked them and told them that there were no Japanese soldiers chasing them for the time being and asked them to go find other passengers.

An old man also said: "Go ahead, heal your wounds, and kill more devils in the future!"

Su Bai remained silent, and these old men still chose to die bravely.

I don’t know whether I was touched or sad, probably both.

Wan Qili stood up and said, "We need to find a nearby village and save Tianyi immediately. He won't be able to hold on for much longer."