He Daqing, do you know how I've lived these past years?

"Boom boom boom"

"Boom boom boom"

Leyou lunged forward, a wave of heat hitting him from behind. He glanced back casually...

The bomb exploded right next to the students, and a burst of flames engulfed everyone.

Leyou was blasted another meter by the impact, his head hitting the ground.

He murmured before he fainted.

"Damn it! How could this happen!"

Leyou lay motionless in the black smoke, tears streaming from his eyes, the only sound the crackling of burning trees beside him.

……

"Quickly, folks, catch up!"

"The Japanese soldiers have left! Hurry and rescue the students!"

Many villagers came from the other side of the bridge and ran towards the two high slopes.

"Why haven't the students arrived yet? The gunfire has stopped."

"Could it all already be..."

"Let's go back and check. If we've won, we'll wait for them to recover before we leave."

"If we're killed, a dozen or so of us will fight the Japanese to the death!"

After talking, the dozen or so students who had stayed behind to provide backup several miles away also ran towards the place where the students had previously blocked them.

When they arrived at the location, the entire area was filled with wisps of black smoke.

The ground was covered in patches of white and black, and Japanese soldiers lay scattered across the road in the middle of the street. No students' bodies were found.

Everyone hurried up the slope. Some villagers and classmates went around to the back to climb the slope, while others grabbed the soil with their hands and climbed up directly.

Upon reaching the slope on the left, one sees the bodies of classmates lying on the ground.

Some glared angrily, while others had seven or eight men pressing down on the Japanese soldiers.

Some of the students had lost their hands and feet and mostly collapsed beside the few scattered Japanese corpses.

With tears streaming down their faces, some people collected the bodies while others ran towards the slope on the right side of the road.

What met the eye was a scene of blood red, with about a dozen black craters left by artillery bombardment in the middle.

There were severed limbs all around, the bodies of students mixed with those of Japanese soldiers, and the number of corpses increased towards the center.

Upon reaching the middle, they found a dense circle of Japanese corpses lying there, with more than a dozen charred and incomplete bodies in the center. Further ahead, they found a man in military uniform lying there, with a patch of blackness behind him.

"Leyou?"

"Quick, that's Leyou!"

A classmate, recognizing the military uniform and noticing the single ear, immediately exclaimed.

The students quickly ran over, turned Leyou over, and put their fingers up to her nostrils.

"Come quick, there's still air!"

"Leyou"

"Leyou"

"Who brought water? Bring it over here!"

A classmate helped Leyou up, placed her on his lap, and gently rocked her.

"I have it, I brought it with me."

"I brought some too."

The classmate who helped Leyou up took the water bottle, drank a mouthful, and then sprayed it onto Leyou's face, repeating this several times until Leyou's eyelids twitched slightly.

"She's awake, she's awake!"

Leyou opened his eyes and looked at his classmates surrounding him, weakly asking:

Are they still there?

"Um, well... the Japanese soldiers in this area have already returned to the city, and your classmates who were with you are... are all gone."

A hesitant reply rang out from among the students who were all keeping their heads down and remaining silent.

"Hey……"

Leyou sighed, closed her eyes, and two lines of tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Give me a drink of water."

After a while, Leyou opened his eyes and said.

"Go and pick up any usable guns. The Japanese are fighting with bayonets; some have the safety on, and some have unloaded their bullets."

"Make sure you take your guns and are on the safe side when you retreat."

Leyou sat up abruptly, took out a pack of cigarettes, distributed them to a group, and then lit one for himself, slowly inhaling and exhaling.

After smoking two cigarettes, while everyone was cleaning up supplies, Leyou immediately put the light machine gun next to him into his storage space.

He staggered over to his classmates who had been bombed, lit three cigarettes, then walked to the edge of the slope, lit three more cigarettes facing the opposite slope, and murmured softly:

"Farewell, students. The Japanese will be defeated, and our country will become strong!"

"Leyou, let's go. The villagers want to take the bodies of our classmates back to the city and bury them in the clan."

When Leyou heard the sound, he turned around and saw about ten classmates, each carrying two guns on their backs.

"it is good!"

At that moment, a classmate carrying a gun came up and helped Leyou.

And so, supporting each other, they walked southeast. When they rested along the way, two classmates came over, said a few words to Leyou, and then left.

"Huh? A reporter asked me my name and even inquired about the Expeditionary Force? My classmates also mentioned my nickname 'Little Mengchang.' What's going on? Oh well, never mind."

After several days of traveling and stopping, and with the financial support of Leyou,

In Lianping, we bought a donkey cart and some food, and everyone took turns riding in the donkey cart to travel.

They quickly caught up with most of them in Longchuan, and after so many days, Leyou had basically recovered.

Seeing that his master and three junior sisters were all safe and sound, he felt relieved and let his master and the elderly professors get on the donkey cart and continue on their way to Meixian.

Leyou, carrying a submachine gun, led five classmates carrying Type 38 rifles at the front, while the other ten or so armed classmates followed behind the majority to guard against a surprise attack by the Japanese.

"Wait! Everyone, halt and stand ready!"

Leyou, looking intently at the approaching figure in the distance, immediately shouted a warning.

The students with guns immediately took off their Type 38 rifles and released the safety. The ones in front faced the approaching figures, while the ones behind looked around warily.

"Are those comrades from Sun Yat-sen University ahead?"

The principal also came out, looked at the people coming from the opposite direction, glanced back at Leyou and the others, and said:

"Comrade, I am the president of Sun Yat-sen University!"

"Hello, this is the Jiangdong Brigade. Please wait a moment, our commander is just behind us."

Speak of the devil, and he appears! The commander, leading a group of team members, ran over to the main force, quickly stepped forward, grasped the principal's hand, and excitedly said:

"Hello, Principal, I am the commander of the brigade. I received news that you were coming, so I led my team to meet you. It's so good to see that you are safe and sound."

"Commander, we've faced many hardships along the way, but thankfully, thanks to the students' resilience and the protection of many other patriots, we were able to make it through smoothly."

The commander nodded repeatedly after listening, then suddenly noticed Leyou behind the principal laughing heartily.

"You little monkey, it's been years! You've become quite famous. I've heard about it several times already. Where's your master?"

Leyou scratched his head and called out:

"Greetings, Commander! My master is behind me."

The commander nodded, then turned to the principal and said:

"Let's hurry to Meixian, where many people are waiting to welcome you."

Thus, under the protection of the Jiangdong General Team, the main force headed east towards Meixian.

"Master, we joined the brigade before, and later I went to the Expeditionary Force. I was awarded medals and served as a company commander. Now I've run into the commander. What should I do? It's a bit awkward!"

Leyou quietly approached his master and whispered something.

"Foolish child, we were all fighting the Japanese invaders during the War of Resistance Against Japan, what's there to be embarrassed about? We also joined the brigade first."

Those are people from the headquarters. We'll explain the situation when we meet. Sometimes you have to be decisive and not hesitate. Whether it's right or wrong, as long as you have a clear conscience, that's enough.

"Yes, Master."

After traveling safely for several days, he soon arrived in Meixian County, where a large crowd was standing at the city gate to welcome him.

The students and teachers breathed a sigh of relief, their tense mood of the past few days instantly dissipated, and they smiled.

Leyou arrived at the resettlement point along with most of her classmates.

Because they have family members with them, they were temporarily housed in a small courtyard.

After resting for a while and eating some food, Leyou informed his master and then went out to find the commander.

……