Sun Lianzhong took a deep puff of his cigarette and then slowly blew it out. Looking at the swirling smoke, he slowly continued.
"That year, the weather was very dry, and the crops of the farmers in the fields were greatly reduced. Their family could not pay the rent owed to the owner and was forced to pay the debt. Hao Deshan had an elder sister who was not even eighteen years old. His father had no choice but to accept the conditions of the owner and let his sister work in the owner's house to pay off the debt.”
"But, I'm not sure. Unexpectedly, the next night, his sister hanged herself in the owner's house. Some insiders spread the news that his sister was raped by the boss and then committed suicide.”
Sun Lianzhong paused for a moment, took a puff of his cigarette, and then continued,"
" That night, Hao Deshan sneaked into the owner's house with an axe. He killed the owner with an axe when the owner was unprepared. Then, he set a fire and ran away without a trace. Three years later, there was news that he had run up the mountain and joined the gang as a bandit.”
"A few years later, Hao Deshan was ruthless, quick-witted, bold, and careful. Especially this guy, who trained hard and mastered a good spear technique. Hence, he was hailed as the leader of the bandits."
"Ever since Hao Deshan became the leader of the bandits, he set a rule that he would rob the rich and not the poor. In his words, what could the poor have to rob? It was not worth snatching. In addition, Hao Deshan didn't squander the money he had stolen. He spent most of it on firearms. As a result, his team developed very quickly. In less than two years, there were more than a hundred people.”
"The big families from all over the country have jointly reported him to the government. The government has also organized many extermination missions, but they could not do anything about him. Every time they exterminated the bandits, they would instead send him guns and ammunition. Hence, they made a fuss in the province. The province had no choice but to consider using the army. I went to Shaanxi to appease the enemy and received orders. In fact, the main target was him.”
Sun Lianzhong stopped talking. He took a sip of tea and took a deep breath.
"That battle was really tragic. I used a regiment of troops to destroy his nest with artillery fire and surrounded him in a small village. At that time, he only had 40 to 50 people left. However, he couldn't take them down. Hao Deshan used the same tactic that he had just arranged. The three of them worked together and took care of each other. To be honest, our soldiers have never been trained in this kind of street fighting, and they are not familiar with the terrain, so they suffered heavy casualties under his tactics. So much so that I didn't dare to report the truth and set up an ambush.”
Sun Lianzhong took a deep puff of his cigarette and narrowed his eyes, as if the smoke in front of him was still the smoke from that year.
"This battle lasted for two days and two nights. After all, Hao Deshan's men were too few, and I increased my strength in the outer perimeter. They had been beaten back several times. In the end, when there were only five or six of them left, they launched a final attempt to break out of the encirclement. The direction of the encirclement was chosen to be where my command center was located.”
" It should be said that this is indeed a bold decision. Although there seem to be heavy troops stationed around my command center, it is the place with the most lax defenses because no one would have thought that he would break out of the encirclement from here. He did not expect that his breakthrough would be here.”
"That time, he was also holding two M1911s, but the bullets he fired did not stop. The firepower was no less than a machine gun. For so many years, the sound of that gunshot echoed in my ears. I couldn't understand how he did it. Today, I finally solved this mystery.”Sun Lianzhong shook his head with a bitter smile.
"The result is self-evident. Hao Deshan has no one left after all. The remaining few people are obviously trying their best to protect him. I will never forget the shout of one of them before he died. Brother, you must rush out. If you live, someone will take revenge for me.”
"Hao Deshan still rushed out?" Chi Fengcheng was now listening to his character. he asked hurriedly.
"Yes, he rushed out. The two guns in his hands were fast and accurate. I didn't even manage to block him with a platoon, and I even lost a dozen of my brothers. From the looks of it, he had been taking care of his subordinates previously. Otherwise, he would have rushed out long ago.”
Chi Fengcheng gasped when he heard this.""But Commander, you are a soldier, and he is a bandit. It is only right for soldiers to suppress bandits. Even if there is a feud, it is also an official feud.”
"Logically speaking, that should be the case. However, I was also angry at that time and attacked ruthlessly. I especially did not leave any leeway for his injured subordinates. It was no wonder. Both sides were so anxious that they couldn't care less about anything at that time. And I paid the price for it. My adjutant, who was also my distant nephew, died under his gun that time.”Sun Lianzhong said leisurely.
"You mean Hu Zi?" Chi Fengcheng stood up in shock.
"Sit down. You're right. It's Hu Zi. From then on, we had a personal grudge. All these years, I've been trying to find out where he is. And the reason why he hid his identity and pretended to be stupid to sneak into the 31st Division was also because of me. Fortunately, I left early. Otherwise, I would have long become a ghost under his spear.”Sun Lianzhong smiled bitterly again.
Chi Fengcheng also stood there in a daze when he heard this. He did not know what to say. After a long time, he said," But Commander, why did you-"
"No, now that the enemy is in front of us and our country is in deep trouble, we can only survive if we fight together. Moreover, this Hao Deshan was definitely good at street fighting. If he had shown up earlier, the battle might not have been so passive. At this time, if I continue to care about personal grudges, I will let down my ancestors in the future.”Sun Lianzhong looked at Chi Fengcheng and said slowly.
"Sir. This subordinate is too calculative." Chi Fengcheng answered seriously.
Sun Lianzhong waved his hand, indicating for him to sit down. Then, he took a puff of his cigarette, stubbed it out, and threw it into the ashtray.
"Remember, what I said to Hao Deshan just now was also from the bottom of my heart. National hatred is always greater than personal grudges. Besides, the two parties can now cooperate to resist the Japanese.”
As Sun Lianzhong spoke, he picked up the teacup, blew away the tea leaves floating on the surface of the water, and slowly drank it.
Suddenly, there was a burst of intense gunfire in the distance. Sun Lianzhong stood up and walked to the window to look outside."It's the east. It seems like Hao Deshan and the others have started fighting. Alright, I have to go back to the headquarters. Remember, tonight is the last five minutes that Officer Li said. You must grit your teeth and hold on.”
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