Devil's Army

At this time, the commander of the Eighth Brigade also came over and asked Political Commissar Yang about the situation.

Among these eight people, the Eighth Brigade Commander paid the most attention to a mother and daughter.

The mother and daughter looked pale and thin, and it was obvious at first glance that they were often not full and were severely malnourished.

The scene when Sister Juan first arrived in Tieling County came to my mind again.

After separate questioning, the mother and daughter gave the same answer: their family's land was forcibly occupied by the Japanese pioneering group, and their father was also killed by the Japanese in the conflict.

My mother once had three daughters. Due to financial difficulties in her early years, the eldest and second sisters were given to others to raise.

My second sister’s whereabouts are still unknown, and I heard that my eldest sister is living in Fushun.

"What's your elder sister's name?" the commander of the Eighth Brigade asked the girl.

"My eldest sister is Sun Dazhen, she is six years older than me and should be 28 years old this year."

"Someone come here." The commander of the Eighth Brigade shouted to the guards.

A guard stepped forward, saluted Chilang and asked, "Brigade Commander, what can I do for you?"

"Go to Jinkuangxin Village and find the village chief. Ask him if there is a woman named Sun Dazhen in the village who is nearly 30 years old. And ask him if there is such a person in Fushun."

"Yes," the guard saluted and left.

The head of Jinkuang New Village thought hard and realized that there was no woman named Sun Dazhen in their village. He had lived in Fushun for decades and had never heard of a woman named Sun Dazhen.

Chilang regretfully told the mother and daughter the results of the investigation.

The mother and daughter's faces were filled with disappointment.

"If your eldest daughter really lives in Fushun, you and your daughter will meet each other sooner or later." Chilang comforted her mother.

The mother nodded without saying anything. She and her little daughter had been living in the open air in Fushun. She heard that life in Qingyuan, which was under the management of the First Army, was much better than in Fushun, so she followed the fleeing miners to come here.

Now that their eldest daughter has not been found, they are again in the embarrassing situation of having nothing to eat or wear.

Chilang may have sensed the awkward situation of the mother and daughter, so he sent some food to them and asked them to stay in the Gold Mine New Village temporarily while continuing to inquire about the whereabouts of their eldest daughter. If they had any difficulties, they could seek help from the Self-Defense Forces.

In order to ensure the internal security of the base, Political Commissar Yang arranged two soldiers to investigate the hometowns of six other villagers who were registered but no one knew them.

The life of the mother and daughter in Jinkuang New Village is indeed much better than that in Fushun, at least they have guaranteed food and accommodation. But they feel very depressed when they have nothing to do every day.

They decided to go to the Self-Defense Forces to see if they could arrange something for them to do.

Before the mother and daughter reached the Self-Defense Force headquarters, the mother saw the back of a female Self-Defense Force member in front of her carrying a gun and her walking posture seemed familiar, but she had gained a lot of weight.

"Dazhen?" the mother called out tremblingly.

The female Self-Defense Force member stopped for a short while and then continued walking forward.

This voice used to be very familiar to me, but now I can only hear it in my dreams.

The mother still did not give up and called out again, "Dazhen?"

The daughter also called out, "Big sister?"

The female Self-Defense Force member turned around, and when the three of them looked at each other, they all burst into tears.

The mother and daughter finally found their loved ones after searching for many days, and the mother that the eldest sister had been dreaming about also came.

The three of them hugged each other and cried.

Dazhen suddenly realized that she was still on patrol, and hurriedly handed a key to her mother and said:

"Mom, I live in No. 208. You and my little sister go over first. I'll be back after I finish handing over."

After the handover, the fat woman hurried home.

When I got home, my mother had already prepared lunch with the food in the kitchen. My son, who was staying at the neighbor's house, had also returned and was playing with my little sister.

"Dazhen, wash your hands. You can eat soon." The mother shouted to the fat woman.

"It feels so good to have a mom!" Dazhen smiled and scooped a spoonful of water and asked her son to come out and wash their hands together.

During lunch, my mother asked Dazhen, "You live here, so why did an officer in the army ask someone to help us find you, and they said you don't live here?"

Dazhen sighed and said, "Well, I used to do business in Fengtian with my adoptive parents. When I came back from outside that day, I found my adoptive parents lying in a pool of blood. The house was also looted. A neighbor told me that the Japanese suspected that my parents were supporting the anti-Japanese armed forces, so they killed them all. The neighbor stuffed some food into my pocket so that I could escape."

The mother hugged Dazhen and said with tears in her eyes, "Dazhen, I'm sorry for making you suffer."

"I fled to Fushun and met Gou Wa's father. I lived there and changed my name to Sun Xiuzhen. By the way, Mom, where is Dad?"

When the mother heard this, she cried even more.

The younger sister also told Dazhen in tears: "The fields at home were occupied by the Japanese pioneers, and my father is gone too."

After hearing this, Dazhen cried and said bitterly, "If I have a chance to go back, I will definitely kill these beasts and avenge my father!"

"Sister, I heard that our large army was driven out of the four eastern provinces by the Japanese?"

"The main force was driven away by the Japanese, but we still have a force here to fight the Japanese. I heard that the Japanese are quite afraid of them and call them the Devil's Army."

"Really?" The younger sister looked at her elder sister happily. She saw her elder sister carrying a gun today and felt that she was very majestic.

At this moment she also wanted to join the army, but she didn't know anything and didn't know whether the army would accept her.