Company commander Hu Biao did not join in the soldiers' fight. Instead, he looked out into the woods, lost in thought.
They have now checked the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, and there are naturally experienced soldiers on guard outside, but Hu Biao still feels worried.
It doesn't mean that the whole thing would be over if Shang Zhen discovered the Japanese army's sneak attack on their company in time and killed three Japanese soldiers.
It was obvious that the number of Japanese troops who attacked them would not be large. If their number was large, there would be no need for them to sneak over in the middle of the night. They could have launched a strong attack during the day.
When did the Japanese army catch up with my company? Why didn’t I notice it?
A picture seemed to appear in Hu Biao's mind.
There were not many Japanese soldiers, at least fewer than the forty or so of them, who followed them secretly. When they went into the woods to rest, the Japanese soldiers were spying on them in the dark.
When the Japanese saw Shang Zhen, the sentry, picking up dead branches in the woods, they thought they were going to make a fire to cook.
However, the Japanese army did not expect that Shang Zhen had only set up a small mechanism by picking up dead branches, thus exposing themselves in the dark and being caught off guard by Shang Zhen.
There should be some injured Japanese soldiers.
Because Shang Zhen was shooting with a submachine gun, he had used up all the bullets in the magazine, so it was impossible that only people were killed and no one was injured.
So, when the Japanese saw that the situation was not good, they dragged the wounded back, and there are still traces of dragging in the woods.
I don’t know if the Japanese army will come again at this time.
"What is the company commander thinking about?" Wang Laomao came over and asked.
"I think there shouldn't be too many Japanese soldiers this time, otherwise they wouldn't follow us like this. It's not good to keep the thieves on the lookout!" Hu Biao turned his head and answered, and at this time he saw Li Fushun.
"Li Fushun, come here!" Hu Biao shouted.
Li Fushun ignored the laughter and scolding between Shang Zhen and Hou Kanshan and hurried over.
"Lu Zhian is dead now, so you can be the platoon leader!" Hu Biao said.
Hearing Hu Biao say this, Li Fushun was stunned for a moment, and his face did not show a particularly happy expression. Instead, Wang Laomao smiled and said, "Oh, Fushunzi got promoted, congratulations!"
Li Fushun glanced at Wang Laomao again but remained silent.
"What's the matter? You're not willing to take the official position I gave you? Who the hell are you trying to show off to?" Hu Biao glared at Li Fushun.
Li Fushun was helpless and could only say, "Thank you for your cultivation!" He saluted Hu Biao reluctantly.
He is not unwilling!
There are people called regimental commanders, division commanders, and bureau commanders, but who has ever heard of someone called a "companion commander"? When one person commits a crime and the entire family is punished, that's called "companion commander"!
So Li Fushun's words "Thank you for the cultivation" sounded so reluctant!
Li Fushun certainly doesn't want to be an official, especially now.
If there had been no war with the Japanese, he wouldn't have minded being the platoon leader. With dozens of people under him, there would naturally be soldiers who would flatter him. When he had nothing to do, he could even drink some wine with Hu Biao.
But what time is it now? It's wartime. Being a platoon leader is not only stressful, but also leads to death quickly, just like the previous platoon leader Lu Zhian who died.
But Li Fushun couldn't say this no matter what, he could only accept it.
In fact, not only him, but also Hu Biao could guess Li Fushun's psychology.
But Li Fushun is also a veteran under his command.
Is it up to me or you to decide whether to be platoon leader? If you say no, then no? Even if you force a cow to drink, you have to be one!
If you dare to say anything else, I'll slap you in the face!
They are all veterans and know each other very well, so they finally reached a tacit understanding.
At this time, Hu Biao saw that Li Fushun had to hold his nose and became the platoon leader, and he didn't care whether he was in the same company or not!
His expression softened, and he smiled, "Come on, Platoon Leader Li, analyze why the Japanese would attack us."
"First, there are few Japanese soldiers. Second, there must be our people around. They dare not get entangled with us." Li Fushun answered quickly. It was obvious that he had thought about this problem.
"Ah?" Hu Biao was surprised. He wanted to say that great minds think alike, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his mind.
"It seems that I have wasted your time by letting you be the platoon leader!" Hu Biao said with a smile.
When Li Fushun heard Hu Biao say this, his eyes turned to the box gun hanging on Hu Biao's waist.
"Hahaha," Hu Biao laughed, looking up. He asked Li Fushun mischievously, "Do you like my gun? Don't worry, I'll let you be the company commander when I become the battalion commander!"
His words made Li Fushun curl his lips and mutter two words in a low voice: "I would rather -"
As for what he would rather do, he did not say.
But just by saying this, Wang Laomao next to him burst out laughing, but then he felt something was wrong and hurriedly covered his mouth to hold it back.
"Hey, what did you say?" Hu Biao came over quickly and stretched out his hand to grab Li Fushun's ear.
Li Fushun had anticipated this and immediately hid behind Wang Laomao. He said, "You are the company commander, a man of status. You must be mindful of your authority!"
Hu Biao glanced around and saw that the soldiers around were looking at the three of them. He finally coughed fakely and became serious again.
Veterans have their own stories, and those are stories that belong only to them and are unknown to outsiders.
What Li Fushun was saying just now, although he only said the word "rather", he was actually exposing Hu Biao's shortcomings! He meant that Hu Biao's words should never be believed.
The whole sentence he said is like this: "I would rather believe Widow Li's legs than Hu Biao's mouth"!
This is an anecdote that happened seven or eight years ago.
At that time, the old commander of the Northeast Army was still alive. Once, their Northeast Army entered the interior and fought with other factions.
Hu Biao, who was just a squad leader and had not yet married at the time, was chased by the enemy during a battle. Then he was rescued by a young, beautiful but widowed woman named Li.
According to the veteran's later speculation, something must have happened between Hu Biao and the woman at that time.
Hu Biao vowed that he would marry this woman.
But later, when the troops set out, they returned to the outside of the Great Wall.
If that were the case, naturally no one would know about this matter.
But no one knows what kind of love potion Hu Biao gave the woman surnamed Li, but she actually took a train and traveled thousands of miles to Fengtian to chase him!
It would have been fine if they had chased him to Fengtian, but since they couldn't find Hu Biao, they simply wrote a big sign and stood in front of the military camp, which caused a sensation.
The matter was finally known to the old coach.
The young marshal's father, the old marshal, is definitely down-to-earth.
Just imagine, he was originally from Northeast China, with a poor background. He had been a peddler, a farmer, a fur collector, and even a bandit. He had seen everything.
The old marshal called the woman surnamed Li to his front and asked her. She told him Hu Biao's name, what he looked like, and which unit, brigade and regiment he was from. She described it with all the details!
According to later rumors, the woman almost told the truth about the color of shorts Hu Biao was wearing!
The old general said, "How could we people from Northeast China do such a wicked thing? I'll take care of it for you. If he is Chen Shimei, I will castrate him!"
As a result, Hu Biao was really found.
No one really knows whether Hu Biao returned to the interior with the troops out of necessity or because he was abandoned after having seduced them.
However, after Hu Biao saw the woman surnamed Li, it was not known whether he was truly in love with her or he saw that the old marshal was going to deal with him and the situation was not good. Anyway, he hugged the woman and cried.
Then Hu Biao decisively resigned from the old coach, saying that he wanted to start a family and could no longer conquer the world with the old coach, and so on.
It is said that people in Northeast China are eager to help others and the old general was moved by the deep affection between Hu Biao and the woman.
The old commander made the decision immediately and Hu Biao was promoted from squad leader to company commander, and then he designated Hu Biao to marry the woman.
The old general also said at the time that the saying "a good woman will not marry a second husband" was all bullshit. We Northeasterners don't have that rule. A good woman is one who can give birth to children!
That's what happened.
Now the woman surnamed Li has given birth to four children for Hu Biao, and all of them are male.
This is a wonderful marriage of laughter and tears, but the old soldiers don't say so. Perhaps out of jealousy or other reasons, they spread a story like "I would rather believe Li Sanniang's legs than Hu Biao's mouth".
That undoubtedly means that Hu Biao made a vow, "Even if the sea dries up and the rocks rot, my heart will never change," took advantage of the widow, and then walked away with his money.
Later, the woman chased him to the Northeast. If he hadn't chased him, that bastard Hu Biao would have taken advantage of him!
Since the incident itself had a happy ending, Li Fushun brought up the old matter just to tease Hu Biao.
Hu Biao naturally wouldn't take it seriously. Among veterans, their lives were entrusted to each other on the battlefield, so what was the big deal if they just had a quarrel?