"Okay! You have some good sense, kid!" Wang Laomao laughed, and then shouted, "Lights out!"
With a "click", the light went out and the room became quiet.
Platoon leader Wang Laomao actually shouldn't sleep at the end of the kang.
All the people in their platoon slept on this big bunk bed. Logically, the platoon leader, Wang Laomao, should sleep in the best position on this kang.
Where is the best place to sleep on a kang? Of course, it's at the head of the kang.
Just like when a guest comes to someone's house in Northeast China on a cold day.
That's how the family always greets us: Come and sit on the kang, it's warm!
Look at which family greets guests by saying, "Come, sit at the end of the kang!"
That's not the way to treat guests. You don't treat guests like this!
If people want to relieve fatigue, they have to sleep on a hard kang.
When a large kang is heated by fire, the head of the kang will naturally be very hot. At this time, it will feel particularly warm when you massage your waist.
But why did Wang Laomao, the platoon leader, take the initiative to let Shang Zhen, a new recruit, sleep on the kang? It was because the Japanese army was already eyeing Fengtian.
The so-called modern China is a history of humiliation and blood and tears.
It would have been fine if China had been defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, but the Russo-Japanese War was fought in Northeast China, and the Qing Dynasty at the time actually declared neutrality!
Two enemies came to your territory to fight for your territory, but your family declared neutrality and said that this had nothing to do with me.
This kind of behavior is no longer just an attempt to cover up one's faults, it's extremely cowardly!
Since then, the Japanese began to build their own power in the Northeast.
At this time, a man named Zhang Zuolin emerged in Northeast China.
It is said that Zhang Zuolin could hardly read or write. He had been a farmer, a peddler, and later a bandit.
It would have been fine if he had just become a bandit, but he happened to become the biggest bandit leader, and finally became the King of Northeast China.
According to the words of later generations, this is definitely a model of grassroots counterattack, and it is definitely a case of heroes emerging from the grassroots.
Zhang Zuolin became the King of Northeast China. He relied on the power of the Japanese, but was unwilling to completely obey the Japanese. Naturally, there was both cooperation and struggle.
He didn't know that the Japanese had already planned to completely occupy Northeast China and turn it into a second Japan. In this way, he became a thorn in the side of the Japanese.
Just a few years ago, in the 17th year of the Republic of China, the train that Zhang Zuolin, who was already known as the old marshal, was riding on was bombed by the Japanese when passing through Huanggutun.
The seriously injured Zhang Zuolin was taken back to his residence and died soon after. His position as commander was then passed to his son, the Young Marshal.
This young marshal, burdened with family feuds, directly accepted the leadership of the Nationalist government and changed the flag of the three northeastern provinces to a blue sky, white sun and red earth.
At least in name, the three northeastern provinces have returned to China's embrace.
But since the Japanese have already made a national policy to annex the three northeastern provinces, how could they let them go?
So the Japanese increased their troops stationed in the three northeastern provinces and began to provoke them. Recently, the situation in Fengtian City has become increasingly tense.
Marshal Zhang was absolutely unwilling to surrender to Japan, but he also felt that he could not defeat the Japanese, so his strategy was just one word - endure!
China has been weak since the Qing Dynasty.
Although some people of noble character and lofty ideals said that they wanted to drive out foreign aggression and restore China, the three-foot-thick ice did not form overnight, and everyone from top to bottom had become somewhat numb to the arrogance of the invaders.
But as the ancients said, "When a country prospers, the people suffer; when a country perishes, the people suffer." If the top leaders decide to endure it, then the people below will suffer.
The Japanese army killed a few people in the three northeastern provinces today, dozens of people tomorrow, and hundreds of people the day after tomorrow.
When someone dies in a family, that family is sad, and the common people below feel the pain deeply.
At this time, we have to mention Wang Laomao, the platoon leader of the second platoon of the second company of the second regiment of a certain brigade of the Northeast Army.
Small people also have great wisdom.
Old Wang was muttering in his heart.
Tolerating everything is not a good thing. The Japanese will become more and more demanding, and you can't be sure that something big will happen one day.
But the problem is that the order given from above is that if the Japanese army invades, no resistance is allowed!
People from Northeast China have bad tempers!
Although the Northeast Army is also an army, how is it possible to say that you are not allowed to resist when they are pointing bayonets at you?
So the higher-ups gave another order: all weapons and swords must be put into storage! During the drill today, the company commander, Hu Biao, reiterated the order: "No resistance!"
Wang Laomao actually came from a bandit family and he attached great importance to his life.
It's not that he was afraid of death, but even if he died, he would rather fight to the death than be stabbed to death!
But the gun was taken away, and there was nothing he could do.
It was because of this consideration that he took the initiative to give the head of the kang to the new recruit Shang Zhen, while he himself sat at the end of the kang!
In Wang Laomao's subconscious mind, if the Japanese army rushed into the military camp, whoever was sleeping on the kang would be unlucky!
Isn’t it said that everyone is selfish?
Even Shang Zhen’s third brother Li Fushun didn’t expect that Wang Laomao was playing such a trick, let alone Shang Zhen, the newcomer.
At this time, Shang Zhen had a cloth tied around his mouth and was staring at the dark ceiling.
He couldn't understand why he had become so timid.
It turns out that I am not like that!
Just two years ago, when I set off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, I still dared to hold the firecrackers in my hands and set them off.
The double-kick firecrackers work like this, first there is a "bang" sound and then it jumps into the air, then when it is in the air there is a second "bang" sound.
Because the first sound of firecrackers flies out from your hands, they will never explode in your hands unless you squeeze them hard.
But just last year, he was scared to death when he set off firecrackers again.
This time, he followed his third brother Li Fushun to join the Northeast Army. The moment he saw the bullet pierce the German wolfhound, he felt an innate fear.
He didn't even dare to tell Li Fushun that his legs were shaking like sieves!
Could it be that I am faint from blood?
No, Shang Zhen immediately denied his idea. He had already experimented with it at home.
He had seen someone who fainted at the sight of blood. That person was Wu Laoer from their village.
That Wu Laoer is a big and strong man, and he is usually very arrogant.
But one time, when Wu Laoer saw blood, he was so frightened that he went straight into the arms of his wife, who was a head shorter than him!
Just imagine, a man as strong as a bear goes into the arms of a little white rabbit. What a funny scene that would be!
But no matter how funny it is, that is Wu Laoer's business. Even though he becomes timid, he doesn't faint at the sight of blood!
Shang Zhen couldn't figure it out.
And what changed last year was not just that he became less courageous, he suddenly found that he had become more gluttonous!
My appetite has actually increased two or three times!
Ever since his father passed away, he has been dependent on his mother.
My eldest brother is already married, and there are three children in the family, so we can’t count on their help.
But he just didn't learn his father's carpentry skills.
This made it difficult for him and his mother to have meals.
Finally, his eldest brother said, "Come on, second brother, go and join the army with Brother Li San. I'll take care of Mom after you're done. I can afford to feed Mom, but I can't afford to support a fat man like you."
So that's how he became a soldier.
But now I have become so timid. If it weren't for my third brother backing me up, wouldn't I have been chased back? It's really depressing just thinking about it!
Thinking of this, Shang Zhen couldn't help but let out a "wuuuu".
Why did he say "ooh"? He meant to sigh.
But when he sighed, he forgot that his mouth had been tied up with a cloth. How could he sigh? He could only "wu"
He didn't sleep well last night.
No one would be able to sleep well then.
Last night he had two smelly torn socks stuffed in his mouth, but even now when he thinks about it, the taste still lingers on his lips and teeth!
Forget it, let’s go to sleep.
Shang Zhen became sleepy and confused, but in this state between sleep and wakefulness, two words suddenly popped up in his mind. Those two words were - gunshot shock!
Thinking of these two words, Shang Zhen suddenly shuddered. Could I be gunshot-sick? If I'm gunshot-sick, what kind of soldier am I?
Shang Zhen was actually very sleepy, but his mind was already racing with thoughts.
He remembered that last year he saw soldiers from the Northeast Army carrying guns passing by his house, and his legs felt weak at that time.
This time, when the big wolf dog was directly pierced by the bullet, it seemed as if its eyes were staring straight at the rifle in the hands of the soldier who accidentally fired the gun.
Just when Shang Zhen was almost certain that he had fainted from the gunshot, he suddenly heard a scream of "Ah" coming from outside the house!
Then there was the sound of a rush of running feet!