1942, I lived on hunting

"Who? Password!"

As soon as Li Hao approached the village entrance, a sentry shouted at him to stop and gave him a command.

How could Li Hao know the password? He could only stretch out his hands to indicate that he had no weapons and no ill intentions, and shouted to the sentries who were already pointing their guns at him: "I am one of you. I have an emergency and need to find Captain Li. Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong asked me to notify you. Comrades and brothers, don't be nervous, don't shake your hands, and move the muzzle away a little. Your old guns are not reliable. Don't accidentally fire and kill your own people."

The person in charge of leading the team on duty was also a veteran who spoke humorously. He approached Li Hao alone and observed Li Hao vigilantly, saying: "Comrade, you are wrong. It is safer to aim our guns at you. Even if they go off accidentally, we won't hit you. It will be dangerous if the gun misses and then goes off. No one can guarantee where the bullet will fly!"

Li Hao was immediately amused!

Li Hao: "Please notify Captain Li to come see me. I have an emergency to report. Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong specifically told me that if there is any good thing that can take advantage of me, it is best to notify the captain directly."

Veteran: "I don't know. Usually whoever is on duty will come to see you. It could be the captain or the instructor."

As he spoke, he waved his hand back, and a figure flashed out from the shadow behind the tree and ran quickly towards the village.

Li Hao: "Can I turn off the lantern? I feel like a sitting duck with a bright lantern in the night, and I'm uneasy."

The old soldier smiled and said, "You are quite careful at such a young age, not bad. Give it to me, I will take it. Please don't move your hands to avoid misunderstanding."

Li Hao carefully leaned aside and handed over the lantern. The old soldier took the lantern, but remained vigilant and did not invite Li Hao into the village. Li Hao could only stand there with his hands raised.

After a few minutes, two figures walked over here. When they got closer and took advantage of the light, I saw that it was a middle-aged man with a beard and a child of about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Li Hao had seen the bearded man before. He was the captain of Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong. His last name was Li. He was not tall, but he was quite sturdy. His messy hair stuck out from under his hat brim and entangled with a beard on his rough face. He had a big mouth, a high nose bridge, and small eyes. His eyes stared at Li Hao with a piercing gaze. He was wearing a gray uniform of the Eighth Route Army with several holes torn and several patches made with cloth of other colors. He had two box guns on his body, one slung across his left side and the other inserted into the belt around his waist. He had leggings tied around his legs, and underneath was a pair of black cloth shoes with a thousand-layer sole. There was a hole at the toe, and his big toe was exposed through the torn socks. This outfit was not bright and beautiful, but it was very consistent with the image of the Eighth Route Army fighting hard behind enemy lines in Li Hao's mind.

When Li Hao watched TV dramas in his later life, he couldn't understand them. In many anti-Japanese dramas, the leaders of the Eighth Route Army were wearing windbreakers, leather boots, white shirts, and slicked back with wax. They carried heavy Maxim machine guns that never ran out of bullets and flew around. They were beaten to a pulp, but their hair didn't even mess up. There were also Japanese soldiers who were reduced to idiots. It made people sigh that it was not easy for the Japanese to survive the eight-year war of resistance against Japan!

The kid next to Captain Li was wearing a big, ragged cotton jacket that didn't fit him at all. I don't know where it came from, and there were traces of bullet holes on it. He was holding a red tasseled spear in his hand, tilting his head, and looking at Li Hao curiously with a pair of big black eyes. His two big snots were almost hanging from his mouth, and they would shrink back with a "slurp" sound from time to time, and flow out again after a while. Li Hao was almost suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder when he saw this, and he wanted to take out toilet paper from the space to wipe it clean for him!

Captain Li: "Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong asked you to come? How are their injuries?"

Li Hao: "They are basically cured. I gave them some special medicine and they can move around now."

Captain Li: "What's your name? Which unit are you from? What news do they want you to bring?"

Li Hao: "My name is Li Hao. Is it inconvenient to talk here? Is there a place to sit? It took me a long time to get here. Captain Li, you won't be reluctant to give me a bowl of tea, right?"

Captain Li laughed embarrassedly: "There really is no tea, but there is plenty of boiled water. It was my negligence. I couldn't help but get excited when I heard the news about them. Don't blame me, brother. Please! Let's go to the house, warm up by the fire, and then sit down and talk slowly."

After saying that, he took Li Hao to the village. Captain Li was very enthusiastic and spoke with a Sichuan accent, which sounded quite interesting.

The old soldier waved to the other sentries to perform their duties seriously, and followed the child into the village.

Li Hao followed them to a small courtyard in the village. The courtyard was clean and tidy. The door of the main house was open, and the light of an oil lamp was spilling out. Captain Li led Li Hao to sit down at the broken square table in the house and asked the child to bring a bowl of water.

After watching Li Hao finish his drink, Captain Li spoke again: "Brother, you haven't answered yet. Which unit are you from? You don't look like a member of our team, do you?"

Li Hao: "I am not from any unit. I am a solo soldier, but like you, I fight the Japanese and kill traitors. In fact, when you, Captain Li, arranged Zhang Lianshun, Qiao Dadong and others to the village of Liujiayuan that day, I happened to be there. I accidentally heard that you were from the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, so I helped you."

Captain Li: "Thank you brothers for taking care of our people and using precious special medicine. I am really grateful."

Li Hao: "Captain Li, you misunderstood. I'm not talking about healing and saving lives. I don't know how you were discovered by the traitors of the Liu family. Liu Laobala's eldest son was quietly rushing ahead of you to the artillery tower to inform on you, waiting for you to pass the blockade and suddenly attack you by surprise. I caught up with him and killed him. After you left, I simply went to their homes and killed Liu Laobala and his gang of traitors and landlords, and killed all the people in their family who had blood debts on their bodies."

Captain Li: "Oh? I didn't expect you to be so capable at such a young age. You are such a hero!"

Li Hao blushed at the compliment and quickly waved his hands and said, "Not really, not really!"

Li Hao: "Because I didn't understand the situation, after killing Lao Ba La and the others, I released the people in their family who were not guilty of capital crimes and the servants. Then I seized some money and piles of food from their house. I couldn't transport them away, and I was reluctant to burn them! Only then did I realize that I had ruined Captain Li's plan. After they left, the security team would definitely receive the news. They would definitely covet the food in the Liu Family Compound. If they came to the Liu Family Compound village to search for food, the old couple and Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong would definitely be discovered, and they would be in danger. There was no other way, I could only pretend to be a guerrilla passing by, let the old couple go out to hide, and then take Zhang Lianshun, Qiao Dadong and the women and children of the Liu family who had nowhere to go to hide in the hiding place you prepared before, which is the abandoned brick kiln."