At daybreak, Hu Biao and some soldiers stood in front of the stream.
Three Japanese soldiers lay in the water.
Because the stream flows very slowly, there are puddles beside it, and those puddles have turned red.
"Turn them over!" Hu Biao ordered.
Two soldiers stepped forward, grabbed the Japanese soldiers' shoulders, and struggled to pull one of them over.
Then everyone present saw the face of the Japanese soldier.
How old was the soldier? Was he handsome or hideously ugly?
It doesn't matter anymore. What matters is that he is an invader. No matter how handsome his face is, it is still the face of an invader, the ugliest face in the world.
At this time, a foot stepped up. It was Hu Biao's. The sole of Hu Biao's shoe stepped hard on the invader's face, and then twisted it hard, so the invader's face became ferocious.
"They're so fucking ugly!" Hu Biao said with disdain, and then he said to his two soldiers, "Don't even bother looking at those two."
Then he turned his head to look at Shang Zhen, who was standing beside him and seemed a little at a loss.
Shang Zhen was still carrying his submachine gun on his back, but the magazine had been removed and was in his left hand, while his right hand was holding a few bullets.
Before Shang Zhen could fill the magazine, Hu Biao and his men came up.
"Originally, I shouldn't have used up all my bullets at once." Shang Zhen said somewhat guiltily.
As a new recruit who came in through the back door, Shang Zhen was of course afraid of the company commander Hu Biao.
Although he had been in the Second Company for several months, the company commander Hu Biao had never even looked at him.
There was even one time when Platoon Leader Wang Laomao asked him to report something to Hu Biao.
After he finished reporting to Hu Biao, Hu Biao had a blank expression on his face. It would have been fine if he had just said "I understand" or "Oh"!
But he didn't.
He seemed to have not heard Shang Zhen's words, and his face was expressionless, like a clay statue in the temple that was awe-inspiring without even being angry.
Hu Biao's appearance at that time put Shang Zhen in a dilemma, and he could only wait for instructions from the highest commander of his company.
No one knew what Hu Biao was thinking at the time. Was he thinking about his brother who had carried a gun and visited prostitutes with him, or was he thinking about his brother who had been shot because of visiting prostitutes with him?
Anyway, when Hu Biao woke up from his trance and saw Shang Zhen still standing at attention in front of him, he said "Get lost", and then Shang Zhen obediently "got lost".
From this incident, it can be seen that Hu Biao has left a shadow in Shang Zhen's mind.
At this moment, how could he not panic when he saw Hu Biao looking at him with that expressionless look?
Hu Biao looked at Shang Zhen, a barely perceptible smile on his face, and then he suddenly called out, "Liu Chuan!"
"Here!" The soldier named Liu Chuan stepped forward.
Liu Chuan is Hu Biao's communications soldier, or he can be called a messenger. As mentioned in a later anti-Japanese war drama, the messenger must be within three meters.
"Give him one of my drum magazines!" Hu Biao ordered.
"Yes!" Liu Chuan replied, and then took out a machine gun drum magazine from his bag and threw it to Shang Zhen.
Shang Zhen's hands were fully occupied and he couldn't catch it. In a panic, he could only lean forward and catch the drum directly with his arms.
Seeing Shang Zhen's embarrassed look, the soldiers around him laughed, and Hu Biao also laughed.
"Okay, Ma Gan'er, tell us quickly, how did you find out that the Japanese army was approaching?" Hou Kanshan came over and asked Shang Zhen admiringly.
It cannot be said that Shang Zhen is a shy person, but he is definitely not someone who shows off after achieving some achievements. However, he had to answer Hou Kanshan's question, so he pointed to the open space on the other side of the stream.
In Northeastern dialect, "kongchang" means empty space.
The open space on the other side of the stream refers to the relatively large gaps between the trees, but it is obviously filled with dead branches that are much thicker than other places.
Wang Laomao's eyes lit up and he asked, "Did you plant those trees?"
Shang Zhen first said "hmm" in a low voice, but then he remembered that this was the army and he couldn't act like a bullied young wife, so he put his feet together, stood at attention subconsciously, and said "yes" loudly.
Shang Zhen was still nervous, but he forgot that he was holding two magazines in his arms and one of his hands was holding a few bullets.
In his haste, a drum magazine fell from his hand.
That drum magazine was exactly the one that Company Commander Hu Biao had just given him as a reward.
That was the drum magazine used by the company commander, so it was naturally full of bullets.
When it is fully loaded with bullets, it will not be light. So when the magazine fell and hit Shang Zhen's foot, Shang Zhen grimaced in pain.
The soldiers next to him laughed at him again.
At this time, Wang Laomao raised his thumbs up to Shang Zhen. It was not known whether Wang Laomao was giving Shang Zhen a thumbs up to say that Shang Zhen had a good idea of using the tree branch to make a small mechanism, or whether he was saying the opposite, saying that Shang Zhen was so stupid that he could actually hit his own feet with a drum.
"That's not right!" Hou Kanshan suddenly said at this time.
"What's wrong?" someone asked.
"What's wrong?" someone else asked.
"How can a night watchman not sleep? I don't believe you weren't sleepy or dozed off last night!" Hou Kanshan asked Shang Zhen.
"Your dropper is so wide!" Hou Kanshan's question made the people around him unhappy. Even without Li Fushun saying anything, the old soldiers had already started talking in a clanging manner.
Of course, it makes sense that the veteran next to him is unhappy.
On the battlefield, heroes are judged by their success, failure, life and death.
You little monkey, ask Shang Zhen what tricks he used to discover the Japanese troops sneaking towards you in the dark. This is understandable.
But why do you care whether Shang Zhen sleeps at night?
Even if someone dreamed that the Japanese army was coming, and when he opened his eyes he really saw the Japanese army, that is also a skill. This is how success or failure determines a hero.
What you implied was that Shang Zhen slept last night. Aren't you being redundant?
But Shang Zhen seemed not to understand what Hou Kanshan meant.
Seeing that the company commander Hu Biao had gone to the side to talk to Wang Laomao, he waved to Hou Kanshan, who was full of curiosity, and turned away.
Shang Zhen's silent action made Hou Kanshan even more curious, so he followed him stumblingly.
The other soldiers were curious and naturally followed.
Shang Zhen, who was walking in front, only took about twenty steps before he stood next to a tree and pointed at the roots of the tree.
"What does this have to do with you not sleeping?" Poor Hou Kanshan still looked curious.
Only when he got closer did he realize that the roots of the tree were wet.
"This is my method, you can try it." Shang Zhen spoke.
What does it mean to experience it? Hou Kanshan didn't understand Shang Zhen's intention, but he bent down to look at the wet place.
But when he got closer, he couldn't help but sniff.
When he stood up and looked at Shang Zhen again, Shang Zhen patted the military water bottle given to him by Li Fushun, then raised his head and stretched out his hand to make a drinking gesture.
He then pointed to the stream and then to his kettle as if drinking water, but he no longer pointed to the tree.
Is Shang Zhen's answer implicit?
It should be said that he was very reserved. He didn't even untie his belt. Isn't that reserved?
But everyone can understand what it means to hold a kettle and stream water together. How can it not trigger associations? Shang Zhen kept drinking water, so the question was, where was the answer? Everyone looked at the tree Shang Zhen had just pointed at.
Suddenly a smart guy burst out laughing, and when he laughed, the others understood and burst into laughter!
Hou Kanshan is not a stupid man.
At this point, he still didn't understand what was going on? He jumped up and pointed at Shang Zhen, cursing, "You little bastard, you're going around in circles to make me smell your piss!"
Note: In Northeastern dialect, "speaking with a clang" refers to swearing. As for what "clang" specifically means, it can be understood but not expressed in words.