Devil's Army

After the soldiers danced happily, they slowly and naturally cleaned up the battlefield.

Since the day the battle started, the folks in Tiaobinshan County have lived in fear every day, fearing that the First Army would not be able to hold on, and the Japanese would reoccupy Tiaobinshan County and retaliate against them.

When they heard that the Japanese had been repelled, they happily went to the fortifications to comfort the soldiers of the Second Regiment with water, eggs, fruits, etc.

When they arrived at the fortifications, the soldiers of the Second Regiment kept in mind the military discipline: not to take even a single needle or thread from the masses. So no matter how much the villagers who came to visit them complained, they just refused to eat the eggs, fruits and other gifts they sent.

The villagers saw that Gray Wolf from the regiment looked like an official, so they pleaded:

"Sir, we have cooked the eggs and brought the fruits. Please ask the soldiers to take some. Do you want us to take some back?"

Gray Wolf thought for a moment and asked Wu Wolf and the others:

"Whoever of you has money, take it out."

Who knew that except for Huang Lei who took out a dollar, Chen Dongbei, Wu Lang, and the second captain didn't have a penny.

"You are such poor fellows. Where did your allowance go?" Gray Wolf cursed.

The second captain replied with tears in his eyes:

"Deputy Commander, who brings their allowance with them when they go to war? They must have been put in the barracks."

"Remember what you owe me, go back and give it to me and Deputy Brigade Commander Huang." He took out two dollars from his pocket, plus Huang Lei's dollar, a total of three dollars. He stuffed them into the two village representatives and said:

"Fellow villagers, we have discipline in our army and cannot take anything from the people. I appreciate your kindness. Put all these things down and I will buy them. Do you think three dollars is enough? If it is, you can go back and divide it among yourselves. If it is not enough, tell me how much is missing and I will make up for it tomorrow."

"Sir, we are here to deliver gifts of comfort, not to sell things," said the two representatives of the villagers.

"I still say the same thing. Our army has discipline and we will not take a single thing from the masses. I've bought the things, okay, you can put them down. If you don't want money, you can take them all." Gray Wolf said with certainty.

"Sir, that doesn't cost that much."

"It's not easy for you either. Please take the extra money. If the money is not enough, I will make up for it tomorrow."

In the end, the two fellow villager representatives accepted the three dollars from Gray Wolf amidst the scuffle. The villagers placed all the gifts at the entrance of the regiment and left.

As soon as the villagers left, the second regiment commander shouted to the soldiers: "Comrades, the deputy army commander and deputy brigade commander Huang are inviting everyone to eat. Come and get some."

When the soldiers heard what the second commander said, they all gathered around, picked up the eggs, fruits, etc. in the basket and started eating.

The third company commander of the third battalion grabbed a few berries and said to the second regiment commander while biting them:

"Captain, it's delicious."

The second regiment commander shouted at him angrily, "Call the battalion commander!"

The third company commander looked at the second regiment commander, then at the second brigade commander, then walked away with his head down.

"Oh, you are showing emotions." Wu Lang said to the second captain.

"Brigade Commander, I have no emotions, I just feel uncomfortable."

"Call me regiment commander. You are already the battalion commander, and I can only be the regiment commander." Wu Lang responded unhappily.

"Okay, stop looking so sad. As soon as the army gets new recruits, I'll give priority to assigning them to your brigade."

"Deputy Commander, you said this, and you all have to bear witness to it."

"Don't worry, our deputy commander keeps his word." Wu Lang responded immediately.

"Why do I feel like you are playing a trick on me? I seem to have fallen into your trap." asked Gray Wolf.

"No, deputy commander, we don't have so many tricks. Try this egg, it's delicious." The second commander said as he stuffed a half-peeled egg into the gray wolf's mouth.

The wolf ate the eggs and said incoherently:

"It seems that I have fallen into your trap. You have to gag me now."

The other people in the regiment burst into laughter.

Two days later, Leng Feng held a solemn memorial service for the fallen soldiers on the tribal playground.

After the meeting, the fallen warriors were buried in the cemetery on the north side of the tribal cliff.

The younger brother of the third company commander of the second battalion took his brother's red underwear back home.

After the bombardment, the third company commander's body was not found. Only this red underwear was found.

The younger brother pushed open the door with heavy steps and walked into the house. His sister-in-law had not returned from work yet. He had been sitting in the house alone.

In the evening, his sister-in-law got off work.

My sister-in-law opened the door and saw her brother sitting in the room and shouted:

"I was wondering why the door was not locked? I remember I locked it before I went to work." The sister-in-law did not notice her brother who looked a little strange.

"Xiaobin, your brother hasn't come back yet?" asked my sister-in-law while preparing dinner.

"came back".

"Oh, ask your brother to pick up Jiaojiao. I'll make dinner and you can eat here today."

My sister-in-law was busy in the kitchen for a while, and when she heard nothing, she came out and looked at her brother who looked a little strange and asked:

"Xiaobin, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Where's your brother?"

The younger brother slowly took out his brother's red underwear from behind.

The moment my sister-in-law saw the red underwear, her whole body trembled.

She was very familiar with this red underwear, which she bought with him when she went shopping in Fengtian City in the first year of her marriage. He said that if she put on this red underwear, her life would become more and more prosperous in the future.

She leaned against the wall with her trembling body, and then told her brother, "Go pick some cabbage and bring it back. We will have cabbage dumplings tonight."

As the younger brother got up and left the house, he heard his sister-in-law crying heart-wrenchingly from inside the room.

After that, Liu Cuihua, who stayed in the cemetery, would occasionally see a young woman carrying a small basket of dumplings, sitting in front of a tombstone, and muttering to herself in front of it.