Chapter 95: Old Friends Reunited
The more Liu Zhengfeng thought about it, the more embarrassed he felt. He didn't know what to do. After pondering for a while, he decided that he should first figure out the situation before making any plans.
He laid himself flat, protected by the car's fenders to prevent his attackers from shooting him inside the car.
Listening carefully, it seemed that there were only two attackers, but these two men seemed to be good marksmen. In an instant, they had killed three Japanese soldiers.
A Japanese sergeant and a Japanese soldier hid behind a large truck and banged on the carriage.
"Sakai-kun, the enemy is attacking. Please help us repel the enemy."
Liu Zhengfeng's heart moved. He could not hesitate any longer. Otherwise, after the attackers killed all the Japanese, he would not be able to clear his relationship with the Japanese even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
He immediately jumped out of the car and saw a Japanese sergeant and a Japanese soldier bending over and shooting outside. Without thinking, he took out the box from his waist, opened the safety, and fired four shots in succession, killing the two men.
Liu Zhengfeng thought for a moment and shouted, "Hey, friends outside, I have killed the Japanese. Don't shoot."
After a while, Liu Zhengfeng faintly heard a voice saying, "Big Beard, listen, it seems to be Brother Liu's voice."
Liu Zhengfeng suddenly smiled, and a silly face appeared in his mind. The person who spoke was Wu Erdan, who was in the same class with him.
"Erdan, is that you? I'm Liu Zhengfeng."
"Ah, it's really Brother Liu."
Wu Erdan stood up from behind a small mound of earth and ran towards Liu Zhengfeng happily. The bearded man also walked over quickly, both of them holding a Type 38 rifle in their hands.
The smile on Liu Zhengfeng's face suddenly froze. He found that Wu Erdan and the big bearded man were both in tattered clothes, with unkempt hair and dirty faces, and they looked extremely miserable.
"Erdan, what's going on? Why are you here?"
Wu Erdan's eyes suddenly turned red and he looked very sad. He told Liu Zhengfeng the whole story.
It turned out that after Guo Wanlin's division returned to Wuhan for rest and recuperation, the troops were quickly replenished and returned to the battlefield of the Wuhan Defense War a week later.
At that time, a group of Japanese troops landed on the north bank of the Yangtze River, preparing to move north to provide supplies to the trapped Sixth Division, following the route of the Miura Detachment.
The Fifth War Zone Command believed that Guo Wanlin's Division had achieved excellent results on the Xiaotangshan front, so it ordered Guo Wanlin's Division to return there to block the Japanese army's advance.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the two sides started fighting, Guo Wanlin's division suffered a crushing defeat, lost its position, and was almost wiped out. Those who survived by chance could not find their troops and did not know how to return to the organization.
In the end, there was really no other choice. Since Big Beard was from Shandong, Wu Erdan followed Big Beard and prepared to return to his hometown in Shandong. Unexpectedly, he met Liu Zhengfeng here.
Liu Zhengfeng's face was tense, and he asked, "Where is the commander? How is he now?"
The bearded man shook his head and said dejectedly, "No one has any information about the whereabouts of the division commander."
Liu Zhengfeng looked stern and suddenly he let out a long sigh.
No matter what, Guo Wanlin was quite kind to him, and it is really regrettable and sad that he ended up like this.
Seeing that Wu Erdan and Big Beard looked pale, as if they had not eaten for several days, Liu Zhengfeng took out a few buns from his bag and gave them all to them.
Wu Erdan and Big Beard wolfed down the food and soon finished it all.
"Brother Liu, weren't you imprisoned? Why are you here?"
Liu Zhengfeng smiled slightly and recounted his experience in general, especially highlighting his plan to establish a special forces unit, because he had taken a fancy to Wu Erdan a month ago and even taught him some skills intentionally or unintentionally.
Wu Erdan asked tentatively: "Brother Liu, can I join your special forces?"
Liu Zhengfeng was waiting for Wu Erdan to say this, and immediately expressed his welcome.
"Of course, I've always had faith in you when we're fighting side by side."
The bearded man looked at Liu Zhengfeng eagerly: "What do you think of me? My hometown is in the Yimeng Mountains, and I also want to contribute to my hometown's anti-Japanese war ."
The bearded man is stronger than Wu Erdan, and he admires Liu Zhengfeng deeply. At the same time, he knows in his heart that the troops collapsed in an instant this time, while they were praised by their superiors last time. The key is that Liu Zhengfeng was not there this time.
Liu Zhengfeng was overjoyed to have recruited two team members at once.
"Big Beard, what's your name? Everyone calls you Big Beard, but I really don't know your full name."
The bearded man smiled widely and said, "My name is Zhou Laifu, you can just call me Bearded Man."
Liu Zhengfeng nodded and said, "Okay, Big Beard, Erdan, clean up the battlefield now, take away all the Japanese's belongings, and change into their clothes. Then we will drive to Yimeng Mountain in a grand manner."
Wu Erdan frowned and said, "In the devil's car? Can you drive?"
Liu Zhengfeng laughed: "Of course, a qualified special forces soldier must not only be able to drive, but also be able to drive tanks and armored vehicles, be able to adjust the firing parameters of various artillery, be able to send and receive telegrams, translate telegrams, and also be able to speak Japanese."
Bearded Zhou Laifu and Wu Erdan looked at each other. They both felt a little headache and their faces turned bitter. It turned out that it was so difficult to become a special forces soldier.
"Brother Liu, are you serious? When will you be able to learn so many things?"
Liu Zhengfeng thought that he should take things slowly and not scare them.
"Don't be afraid. You can learn these things slowly. Look, I have learned them, haven't I?"
Wu Erdan and the bearded man looked at each other, smiled bitterly, and began to clean up the battlefield. They changed into Japanese soldiers' clothes and put all the supplies into the cabin of the truck.
The two men then placed the Japanese bodies on a three-wheeled motorcycle and pushed it to a remote place.
Liu Zhengfeng put on the clothes of a Japanese sergeant and took away his documents, including his identity document and the documents for transporting materials.
Wu Erdan and Big Beard's faces were too dirty, so they went to a nearby river to wash them.
Liu Zhengfeng and Wu Erdan sat on the front of the truck, while the bearded man got into the cabin.
The group headed north, passing several Japanese checkpoints along the way. Liu Zhengfeng first took out the documents for transporting supplies. When it came to taking his own document, he just waved it in front of the inspector and then took it back. He actually managed to get away with it.
At five o'clock in the evening, the car drove into Gaoyou and saw a checkpoint in front. Liu Zhengfeng stopped the car and, as usual, took out the documents of the supplies to show the intercepting Japanese soldiers and took the initiative to greet them.
"Thank you for your hard work, please take care of me."
The Japanese soldier who was checking the supplies looked unhappy as he returned the documents and identification of the supplies to Liu Zhengfeng.
"Please show your ID."
Liu Zhengfeng pretended to casually open his identity document and waved it in front of the Japanese soldier who was checking it, but did not hand it over.
The Japanese soldier's face darkened: "Bakayalu, bring me your ID."
