After the train arrives at its destination.
Zhang Yingzhang divided the team into two parts.
Part of the train is stationed to prevent enemy sneak attacks.
The other part went to Taoist Temple to catch the bandits.
On the west side of Maoer Mountain, there is a small mountain. Although the mountain is low, the terrain is extremely steep.
There is only a narrow path leading to the Taoist temple. It is difficult to climb up even during the day, not to mention during the dark day.
It has been snowing heavily for three days in a row recently. The roads are covered with snow and it is even more difficult to climb. Some soldiers slipped and fell and got up covered in snow.
Li Aiguo breathed in the cold air and exhaled clouds of white air. Then he picked up a soldier who had fallen into the snow nest and turned to look at the team behind him.
The team of more than 500 people was like a fierce dragon, marching hard in the snow.
"Driver Li, how are you? Can you hold on?" Zhang Yingzhang saw Li Aiguo stop and walked over and asked with concern.
"Haven't you heard what Master Lu said? We train drivers are all made of steel!"
Zhang Yingzhang tilted his head and looked confused. Who is Master Lu?
Li Aiguo took a breath and started walking again, stepping on the thick snow and climbing up the mountain with difficulty.
The march in the snow was very slow, and the five-mile journey took a full hour.
Over the hillside, there is an open flat land ahead.
Seeing a Taoist temple standing five or six hundred meters away, Li Aiguo stretched out his fist to signal the team to stop advancing and hid in the woods.
Looking up from the Taoist temple in the heavy snowfall, it was shrouded in haze. The whole Taoist temple looked like a huge ghost, staring covetously and silently.
The dilapidated gate with mottled vermilion paint has locked everything, and I wonder if there is still light in the windows.
It seems that here, at any step, you will hear the sound of breaking, and there will be waves of coldness, making people feel uneasy.
The telescope was returned to Zhang’s camp. Li Aiguo took off his old felt hat and brushed off the snowflakes on it. He lowered his voice and said, “Old Zhang, according to Zhang Laodao, there are more than twenty bandits hidden inside.
They are different from Wu Quanfu's group. They are all elite bandits, and they also have two 36-year-old heavy machine guns.
That thing was modified from the Maxim heavy machine gun. It was equipped with air cooling, a replaceable barrel, and could fire 5,000 rounds continuously.
If we attack rashly, it may cause an accident.
How about I take someone to explore it first? "
Zhang Yingzhang is very aware of the power of heavy machine guns.
As long as two of them are set up at the commanding heights, no matter how many of them there are, they will not be able to get close to the Taoist temple.
"It's still me. Go ahead, you are a train driver."
Zhang Yingzhang was about to say something.
But he was interrupted by Li Aiguo: "You are the chief officer of the army. If something happens to the team, Who takes it? Besides, I want to take Zhang Laodao with me this time. ”
Zhang Yingzhang also knew that for the time being, only Li Aiguo could defeat Zhang Laodao, so he nodded and agreed.
He waved to the back, and seven or eight soldiers in civilian clothes came forward bent over.
The clothes they wore were those of the bandits.
As for the bandits, they are still lying naked in the tanker.
"Second Platoon Commander, you must ensure Driver Li's safety later!"
The Second Platoon Commander saluted and promised: "Battalion Commander, don't worry, I'm here. The enemy can’t even think of harming Driver Li.”
Good guy, before he started taking action, he set up a small flag, and Li Aiguo quickly interrupted a few people.
"Go and bring Zhang Laodao up."
At this time, Zhang Laodao was tied up with five flowers and pulled by two soldiers on an earthen sled.
Although he didn't have to work hard to travel, his face was livid from the cold and his nose was running.
“Leader, do you want me to deceive you?”
Zhang Laodao climbed up from the "sled", walked over shivering, looked at Li Aiguo, nodded and bowed.
Li Aiguo grabbed his collar and lowered his voice: "If you dare to cheat later, all our transactions will be void, and you know the consequences!"
Zhang Laodao was so frightened that he started to fight. Shivering, he nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, I will definitely cooperate."
Li Aiguo is not afraid of Zhang Laodao's tricks.
With more than 500 soldiers and more than 20 bandits, I have the advantage.
The group loaded their weapons, and Li Aiguo pushed Zhang Laodao towards the Taoist temple.
More than thirty meters away from the Taoist temple, a shout suddenly came from the distance.
“Stop, stop, stop, where are you from?”
Li Aiguo followed the sound and squinted carefully for a long time before he saw the towering tree at the entrance of the Taoist temple. , the bandits actually made a small house out of wooden sticks.
At this time, a little bandit was wearing a torn quilt, with only his head exposed. He was holding a long gun and aiming downwards.
He saw Li Aiguo and the others getting closer and closer, and became a little panicked.
Crack, the bullet is loaded, and your finger is on the trigger.
“Go forward, be careful I’m going to shoot you.”
“What a shame, I’m blinding you. Commissioner Zhang is here, and you dare not come down to greet him!”
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As Li Aiguo spoke, he fired a shot.
Pop!
The bullet hit the calf.
The little bandit was originally riding on a wooden stick, but he lost his balance due to the pain and fell into the snow nest.
The sound of gunshots and the sound of wind mixed together and echoed in the air, like an ice-breaking pickaxe, breaking the long-frozen silence.
Zhang Yingzhang, who was hiding in the distance, was startled.
Deputy Wang Yingzhang drew his pistol and was about to attack: "Battal Commander, Driver Li is in trouble, let's get in!"
Before he could get up, his shoulder was pressed down by Zhang Yingzhang's palm.
"That train driver is not a reckless person, let's wait a little longer."
Deputy Wang suppressed his impatience, picked up his binoculars, and stared into the distance.
In the hazy vision of snowflakes, the dilapidated Taoist temple door opened from the inside.
Seven or eight bandits ran out with spears in hand.
When they saw the sentry being brought down, they immediately became vigilant. They all raised their spears and pointed them at Li Aiguo and others.
The leader has a pockmarked face.
He was wearing black leather gloves on his hands, and his shoes were also worn leather shoes. There are some scars on the face, which echo the pockmarks and look even more terrifying.
Pockmarked face had a thick hemp rope tied around his waist, and hanging on the rope was a knife wandering in his hand.
Li Aiguo had listened to Commissioner Zhang's introduction and knew that this man was nicknamed "Pockmarked Face" and was a ruthless guy who was good at swordsmanship.
Pockmarked face was chased by soldiers. When he escaped, he didn't eat for several days. He went to the villagers' houses to beg for food. After eating sweet potatoes, he insulted the villagers' daughters and forced the villagers to steam another pot of sweet potatoes for him.
Then the villagers’ homes were set on fire.
This kind of immoral and smoking thing is the bandit's specialty.
Before liberation, what bandits liked to do most after they captured a village was to kill all the men and take away the women.
In later TV dramas, there are often plots where bandits fight against Japanese and help villagers, and the villagers become as close as one family. This is all nonsense.
So, a day without bandits is a good day.
Li Aiguo's fists clenched slightly.
Pockmarked Face was originally in a menacing tone and was about to ask the brothers to take action. When he saw Commissioner Zhang standing outside, he frowned immediately.
"Commissioner Zhang, why did you want to kill my brother."
There was no respect in the pockmarked words. This was the embarrassment of people like Commissioner Zhang.
In the beginning, they were able to get the support of these bandits by relying on the endorsement of those people.
But as time went by, these bandits also understood that now that you have been driven away, how can you still have the energy to help them?
The conditions set out are just drawing a big picture.
Commissioner Zhang did not expect that Li Patriotic Association would suddenly take action. Faced with the fierce pockmarked face, Commissioner Zhang was speechless at this time.
Pockmarked face is a ruthless person with extremely strong fighting ability, even those on the peak have to try their best to win him over.
The atmosphere at the scene became tense instantly.
A gust of wind came out and picked up a piece of snowflake, which swirled around everyone's feet.
Tap. Tread.
Li Aiguo held a box cannon and walked forward leisurely, stepping on the snow.
"You have a pockmarked face? Do you understand the rules?"
The pockmarked face didn't pay attention to Li Aiguo at first. Hearing this, he frowned and looked up and down.
This young man wore a ragged felt hat, a sheepskin jacket, and a pair of ragged trousers on his legs. He looked like a little bandit.
It’s just that his cuffs were stained with a lot of red and black paint.
No, that's not paint, it's the traces left after blood dries.
"Who are you?" Pockmarked's eyes narrowed, and the sword in his hand could not help but lower.
Li Aiguo puffed up his chest: "I am Wu Quanfu, the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer National Salvation Army in northwest Jiangxi. I am in charge of all the bandits in northwest Jiangxi. Just now, that little guy of yours dared to yell in front of me. I didn't ask for anything. His life is a mercy from this commander.”
“Wu Quanfu, Liao’s adopted brother!” Pockmarked Face took a breath: “I didn’t expect you to escape alive?”
"Those mud-legged guys are no match for me." Li Aiguo suddenly stepped forward. With his pockmarked face, it was too late to dodge, and the muzzle of the gun hit him in the head.
Originally, this time was supposed to be the time to report the trade number. Everyone is a bandit, and if they give each other face, they will definitely not get into a fight.
No one expected that Li Aiguo would not follow common sense, and by the time they reacted, it was already too late.
With the gun pointed at his head, the pock-marked man could only throw away the sword and raise his hands high.
The bandits panicked and raised their spears, aiming at Li Aiguo.
Being targeted by seven or eight jet-black guns, Li Aiguo acted as if he hadn’t seen it and said in a cold voice: "The laborers and their brothers braved the heavy snow to rob the train and completed the mission of the special commissioner.
You're a good boy, you're hiding in bed and sleeping, but you still have to have someone bring it to your mouth! Are you a pig?"
Hearing this, the pockmarked face appeared in the eyes of the throat. My heart finally returned to my stomach.
It turned out to be the back accountant.
He waved his hand, signaling the bandits to put down their weapons.
Sneered and said: "Commander Wu, you may have made a mistake in this matter. In order to avoid being discovered by the mud-legged people, according to the agreement with the special commissioner, I need to take people to wait in the Taoist temple."
"Did I make a mistake? Well! Were you just accusing me, the commander, of making a mistake?" Li Aiguo pressed a little harder.
The barrel of the gun made deep marks on the pockmarked forehead.
This man is really as unreasonable as the rumors say.
Bandit, he is a bandit.
There was a huge pain in his forehead, and cold sweat flowed down. His pockmarked face quickly explained: "Calm down, it was indeed my mistake."
Bang!
The sudden sound of gunfire interrupted Pockmarked Face’s confession.
The bullet spun out of the muzzle and entered the right side of the head.
The huge kinetic energy stirs and spreads with the bullet, instantly destroying the surrounding biological tissues and neural tubercles in an explosive manner!
Pop!
The right eyeball was blown open, and half of the pockmarked head turned into scattered pieces of meat.
"Wrong, wrong, wrong."
The unfinished sentence stuck in his throat and he fell heavily to the ground.
The lungs were squeezed by the impact of the ground, and the sentence was finally squeezed out. It sounded like the sound of a radio with a flat battery. "What the fuck!" Commissioner Zhang couldn't believe it, and he actually burst out with a classic Chinese curse.
This train driver’s temper is too grumpy.
It took only a moment to knock down two of them, especially this one who was the bandit leader.
Commissioner Zhang was stunned for a moment, trembling violently, and turned to look at the bandits.
The leader of this gang has been beaten to death, and they will definitely betray him. This is going to be troublesome!
The gang of bandits were also stunned at this time. They were holding long and short spears as if they were holding fire sticks.
Zhang Yingzhang, who was hiding in Shunli, was startled.
Deputy Wang Zhang drew his pistol and was about to attack: "Battal Commander, Driver Li is in trouble, let's get in!"
"Don't worry, Driver Li may have done this intentionally." Zhang Yingzhang held him down gently. shoulders.
Intentional?
If you kill the leader in front of the bandits, don't you be afraid that they will shoot you to death!
Deputy Wang felt that Li Aiguo was a bit too much, so he secretly set up his rifle and put his finger on the trigger, always ready to fire.
At this time.
In the wind and snow, the bandits also reacted and raised their spears to point at Li Aiguo.
"He killed the leader, beat him to death quickly and avenge the leader!"
Shouts came one after another.
At this critical moment.
"Since it was wrong, it should be dealt with by military law!"
Li Aiguo was silent for a while, looked back at the pockmarked body, and suddenly shot him again.
Pop!
The piercing sound of gunfire shook the heart and lungs.
The world suddenly became quiet.
The hot blood drops gradually cooled under the cold wind. The white snow and the black and red blood drops stood out against each other, making it particularly dazzling.
Some bandits who had just wanted to avenge the pockmarked face were restrained by this shot and involuntarily released their triggers.
This man is too cruel!
Li Aiguo turned his head and looked at the bandits coldly, raised his hands high and shouted: "Who else? Who else?"
Facing the murderous Li Aiguo, The bandits all took a step back.
Commissioner Zhang did not expect that things would go so smoothly.
I woke up now, straightened my clothes, and walked forward with square steps.
He assumed the posture of a special commissioner, pointed at the pock-marked corpse and said: "This man boasted outstanding achievements and did not obey the orders from the top. I just ordered Commander Wu to kill him!
< br>I hope you can learn from this and not make similar mistakes.”
The bandits swallowed their saliva and nodded in unison.
They were all shocked by Li Aiguo and had forgotten that their numbers were superior.
"From now on, you will return to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Once this is done, we can all go to sea!"
Commissioner Zhang skillfully drew a fragrant and sweet pie. .
When they heard that they could go to sea, the bandits immediately cheered.
As for the dead pockmarked face, who is he? Don’t know me!
Deputy Wang's camp in the distance was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
At this time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and murmured to himself: "This driver Li is really brave."
"This is not just brave, he is brave and resourceful!" Zhang Yingzhang praised: "
This person with Mazilian is a tough gangster, very cunning, and he is likely to find out Li Aiguo's identity.
So, as soon as Li Aiguo came up, he shot Mazilian directly.
How could those bandits fight against the famous Wu Quanfu for a dead man?
Don’t forget, Li Aiguo is now the commander-in-chief.
This title is not usually given. Any use, but it is still very bluffing at the critical moment.
With the loss of the leader, these bandits have to obey Li Aiguo's orders. This time we may be able to catch these people without any effort. "
After listening to Zhang Yingzhang’s analysis, Deputy Wang Yingzhang finally came to his senses and said with emotion: “Take one step and watch three steps. This little driver is amazing.”
In front of the Taoist temple, seeing that the situation had stabilized, Li Aiguo pointed at a little bandit randomly: "What's your name? What's your position."
"Me?" The little man was stunned for a moment, and realized that he heard correctly. , walked out of the crowd with joy.
He bowed to Li Aiguo: "My name is Cao Peipi, and I am now the cook in the team."
"Cao Peipi, your nickname?"
"Yes. That’s right, my real name is Cao Pizi, I’m the best at skinning, I can completely remove a piece of skin from a person’s body.” Cao Paipi smiled quite proudly.
He showed his burnt-yellow teeth, and there were shreds of flesh between his teeth, which looked particularly terrifying.
"The saddle in Director Shen's hand was made by me."
Director Shen? Intoxicated? Li Aiguo remembered.
Before liberation, when Shen Zui was the director of the inspection department, a bandit leader gave him a saddle covered with human skin and decorated with human nails.
Later, the drunken old mother worshiped Buddha, and he burned her.
(See "Intoxicated Memoirs")
Good guy, a guy who can skin skin can only be a cook.
It seems that these bandits all have blood on their hands.
One by one, no one was wronged.
The gunpoint clicked on Cao Peipi, and Li Aiguo said: "Cao Laizi, from now on, you are the captain of my special mobile team. All the pockmarked men are under your control."
“Hey, Commander Wu, you are my biological father.”
Cao Peipi almost knelt down in front of Li Aiguo.
Although he knows such cruel skills as skinning, he is not popular in the bandit den because of his short stature and poor aim with a handgun.
“Commander, what are we doing now?”
“Call everyone out and let’s move the rice on the train together.”
"Yes!"
People who have been bullied suddenly turn over and their attacks are often vicious.
Especially Cao Peipi knew very well who was the crony of Pockmarked Face.
After becoming the captain, he took advantage of those guys and relieved Li Aiguo from worries.
Subsequently, Cao Paipi rushed into the Taoist temple. After a while, more than 20 bandits were driven out.
Some were sleepy-eyed and wearing tattered cotton-padded jackets, as if they had just woken up. They felt a little strange when they saw Li Aiguo.
"Xiao Cao, where is our pockmarked captain?"
Pa!
As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped.
"This is Commander Wu, the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army in northwest Jiangxi. Now I have been appointed as the captain. If you dare to cause trouble, I will kill you!"
The bandit didn't expect that Cao Peipi, who had always only known how to make fires and cook, would have such a violent temper. He was so frightened that his face turned livid and he no longer dared to say a word.
Just like that, it only took ten minutes for all the bandits to gather at the entrance of the Taoist temple.
Li Aiguo's eyes slid over them, and finally landed on Cao Peipi, "Are everyone here?"
"Report to the commander, there are twenty-two of us in total. Two, actually twenty."
When Cao Peipi answered, he felt that the atmosphere was in place and he should salute.
But he didn’t know how to respect him. His hesitation made him act like waving, which was particularly funny.
Li Aiguo pretended not to see it and asked: "Where are the remaining two?"
"They are wounded. They had a gunfight with Mudlegs a while ago and received gunshot wounds. They are on the bed. "Lie down."
"Can the wounded not go to work? This time transporting food is related to the future of our volunteer army in northwest Jiangxi. All brothers must do their best!"
Li Aiguo said with a straight face: "As long as they are not dead, they will have to move food."
"Yes!"
Cao Peipi has great power and doesn't care about the life or death of the two bandits.
The two bandits with broken legs were pulled up from the bed, and Cao Paipi thoughtfully found sticks for them to use as crutches.
The bandits are all gathered.
We stood in a crooked line, sucking in the cold wind.
Li Aiguo conducted another thirty-minute review.
The bandits were almost frozen, but they did not dare to move.
If anyone dares to move, Cao Paipi will kick him immediately.
After all the hard work and feeling that the time has come, Li Aiguo pointed to the distance: "Brothers, we have hijacked a train now. Thousands of tons of rice are loaded on the train. With this rice, we will We can live a good life.
Let’s move the rice.”
"Move the rice!"
The bandits had long been frozen, and now they were moving their stiff joints, stepping on the thick snow, and followed Li Aiguo, happily walking down the mountain.
We just walked not far and passed the small woods.
Wow.
With the sound of gun bolts being pulled, hundreds of soldiers with weapons in hand ran out of the woods and surrounded them.
Faced with the magic soldiers falling from the sky, the bandits were stunned.
They also wanted to resist, but their bodies were still stiff. When they took the spear from their shoulders with trembling hands, they were already aimed at the black muzzle.
"Hand in your guns and don't kill!"
"Hand in your guns and don't kill!"
Faced with the mighty soldiers, these bandits can only throw away their weapons obediently. Raised his hands high.
The soldiers took out the ropes they had prepared and tied them up.
When Cao was tied up and skinned, the guy said with some dissatisfaction: "Oh, uncle, I am the captain, can you change the rope to a thicker one?"
Li Aiguo: " ."
Looking at the rifles, pistols, submachine guns, and heavy machine guns scattered on the ground, Zhang Yingzhang knew very well that these bandits were the most stubborn and the elite among the bandits.
Now, dozens of bandits have been captured without firing a shot, without any soldiers being injured.
Zhang Yingzhang felt that this was the easiest task he had ever encountered in his life.
Li Aiguo's actions were almost equivalent to delivering these bandits directly into the hands of the soldiers.
It’s incredible.
Excitement welled up in Zhang Yingzhang's heart. He walked up to Li Aiguo and saluted: "Driver Li, thank you."
At this time.
The sky that had been gloomy for several days finally cleared up.
A ray of golden sunlight wrapped in mist fell onto the snowy land, passing through the dry woods and drawing a rainbow bridge in the distance. (End of this chapter)