The six soldiers and seven students finally set out on a journey outside the Great Wall together.
Of course, it can also be said that these six soldiers were protecting these seven students.
Wang Laomao did not have the courage to stay and fight the Japanese army, but he did not want to surrender to the Japanese, so he chose to return to the team.
At least the Northeast Army now inside the Great Wall doesn't have to fight.
As compensation for a certain kind of guilt in his heart, he naturally took those students along.
Of course, everyone was happy with this result. Wang Laomao didn't have to stay in the Northeast with these people to continue fighting the Japanese army, and the students who went out of the border now had bodyguards.
However, the happiest person among them was naturally Hou Kanshan.
As for the reason why Hou Kanshan was so happy, is there any need to ask?
"Come here, let me help you with your package, female classmate!" Hou Kanshan enthusiastically went to take the package from the most beautiful female student.
How can students go out without taking anything with them when they are going on a long journey?
"I dare not trouble you, sir. You saved our lives, and you are still the hope of us ordinary people in Northeast China." The female student spoke very politely, and no longer had the manners of using the "large horseshoe needle" to prick Wang Lao Mao and others.
"A long journey is not easy. We don't know how long we will have to walk. With your bodies, you have never done heavy work. Come on, let me help you carry it!" Hou Kanshan was still considerate.
"I dare not trouble you, sir. So, when I can't carry it, I will ask you to help me." The beautiful female student saw that she couldn't refuse and decided to settle for the next best option.
Hou Kanshan couldn't say anything else. Instead, he walked directly with the students and asked the three girls' names one by one, asking "Excuse me, Miss, what's your name?"
The students looked at Hou Kanshan in surprise. No one knew what they were thinking, but Wang Laomao, who was walking with them, felt as if his skin was crawling all over.
"The yellow fox is paying New Year's greetings to the chicken - he has no good intentions!" Qian Chuan'er, who was walking more than 20 meters behind, muttered.
Of course, what Qian Chuan'er said expressed his dissatisfaction with Hou Kanshan, but he also said it to Shang Zhen.
According to Wang Laomao's assignment, Ma Erhuzi and Erhanzi walked at the front of their team, Wang Laomao and Hou Kanshan walked in the middle with the students, while Qian Chuaner and Shang Zhen walked at the back.
There must be a reason why Wang Laomao made such an assignment.
According to his plan, they had to walk through Jinzhou and head southwest.
Jinzhou has now been occupied by the Japanese army. No one knows whether the Japanese army has attacked southward again, and whether those places in the south, such as HLD Ningyuan Suizhong, are also in the hands of the Japanese army.
Although the Japanese army is unlikely to set up a blockade in the narrow Liaoxi Corridor, they still need to be cautious.
There were six of them in total, divided into groups of two, so that they were in the front, back, and middle. If anything happened, they could protect the safety of the students.
"What did you say?" Shang Zhen was thinking about his own things and didn't hear clearly what Qian Chuan'er was muttering.
"You didn't hear me clearly. What I meant was that it's not enough for that dead monkey to show off!" Qian Chuan'er said again.
Shang Zhen heard it clearly this time and said "Oh".
Hou Kanshan is so annoying, so Shang Zhen and Qian Chuaner naturally become good friends now.
However, Shang Zhen has always been taciturn and rarely speaks. If Hou Kanshan had not come to him yesterday to flatter Wang Laomao, Shang Zhen would have been too lazy to pay attention to him.
"Are you always so quiet? What are you thinking about?" Qian Chuan'er would ask Shang Zhen again.
"I didn't think anything." Shang Zhen replied casually.
Qian Chuan'er had no way to deal with Shang Zhen's silence, so he stopped talking.
But at this moment, Wang Laomao, who was walking in front of them, suddenly turned around and shouted, "Ma Gan'er, come here!"
The platoon leader was calling him. Shang Zhen naturally trotted forward.
The students who were walking with Wang Laomao and Hou Kanshan looked at Shang Zhen curiously.
The reason for their curiosity was that those students had noticed Shang Zhen a long time ago, and they couldn't understand why Shang Zhen was thinner than them.
Seeing Shang Zhen running in front of him, Wang Laomao said, "Hou Kanshan, you go to the back, Ma Ganer stay here!"
"Ah?" Hou Kanshan, who was trying to get close to those students very attentively, twitched his face when he heard what Wang Laomao said.
But what else could he do? Even if he had two guts, he wouldn't dare disobey Wang Laomao.
Hou Kanshan could only walk back angrily, while glancing at Shang Zhen.
Shang Zhen felt nothing about Hou Kanshan's look.
Shang Zhen was just curious why Wang Laomao moved him from the back to the middle, but he was too lazy to ask.
Shang Zhen was thinking about his own thoughts along the way.
He was not Hou Kanshan, and he was not interested in those three female students.
All he was thinking about now was how to get more food so that he could become stronger and improve his marksmanship.
It’s just that Shang Zhen doesn’t want to talk now, but those students want to talk to him.
"What's your name?" Shang Zhen, a female student with a round face.
This was what Shang Zhen was thinking about, not the girls. What he was thinking about was how to make his arms thicker.
He remembered that some people lay on the ground and used their arms to support their bodies. The veteran called that push-ups. The veteran also said that they could usually do seventy or eighty of them.
If I had the skills, I would try to do as many as I could, but how many could I do? Although my arms are thinner than a bamboo pole, I am also light in weight!
Shang Zhen, who was so preoccupied with his own affairs, never expected a female student to ask his name, so he casually replied, "My name is Ma Gan'er!"
Shang Zhen’s words stunned the students, and then the prettiest girl even laughed.
"Oh, that's a nickname and it's disrespectful to you. I'm asking for your real name!" The round-faced girl did not let Shang Zhen go.
"Oh, my name is Shang Zhen." Shang Zhen could only answer.
"How many years have you been in the army? You seem to be about the same age as us." This was also asked by the boy with glasses.
Shang Zhen, who had just had to think about his own affairs, could only helplessly answer: "I'm eighteen years old and have just been in the army for a short time."
"How can you be a soldier with your physique? Your waist is not even as thick as ours." The round-faced girl said again.
Shang Zhen glanced at these students helplessly. He couldn't understand why these students always talked to him.
Although he was a little annoyed, he was not the kind of person who would show off his temper, so he could only respond perfunctorily.
Then, these students began to ask Shang Zhen a lot of questions, so much so that Wang Laomao, who was standing next to him, suspected that these students were just about to ask Shang Zhen if he was already engaged at home!
"You students always ask him what his name is. Tell us your names one by one." Wang Laomao, who was also a little annoyed, finally said.
When Wang Laomao, the platoon leader and the highest officer, asked these students their names, of course they could tell him.
Immediately, the names of these seven students were announced.
The four boys were named Zhang Xiaoyan, Huang Jianan, Liu Wentai and Wang Yong.
The three girls were named Li Yajuan, Leng Xiaozhi, and Fan Mei.
Wang Laomao just asked casually. It would be impossible for him to remember the names of seven people in an instant and figure out who is who.
But he finally figured it out. The man wearing glasses was Liu Wentai, and the one who told him "Old Qin is a brave man. We will face the national crisis together and will not stop fighting until our blood is dried and we die" was Zhang Xiaoyan.
As for the girls, the round-faced girl who loves to talk the most is called Li Yajuan, and the prettiest girl is called Leng Xiaozhi.
"Just now, our dead monkey asked you your names, but none of you told him. But why do you talk so much to us Ma Gan?" Wang Laomao finally asked curiously.
In Wang Laomao's opinion, Shang Zhen's appearance was not unusual. He answered every question asked by these students. It was obvious that he had a personality that could not be suppressed by any force. How could these students like him?
"Because we all saw him fighting the Japanese soldiers. He killed several of them with the submachine gun in his hand. We saw it when we were lying in the woods!" The round-faced Li Yajuan answered directly.
"Oh? Can you tell me what happened at that time?" Wang Laomao became interested. If they wanted to talk about the war, he would be willing to listen.