Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 245 Erlong Mountain and North and South River Five
The Japanese military maps are very rigorous and detailed, even a small river ditch is not spared.

When Qian Xiaobao looked at the map in Heisaku Yamamoto's office, there was no village within tens of miles on both sides of the Nanbei River.

Qian Xiaobao walked on the ice of the Beinan River and slowly turned south towards the upper reaches of the Beinan River.

The hundreds of square kilometers in this area are either rivers or swamps when the ice melts.

Qian Xiaobao carefully studied the map before coming here, and he walked to the source of Nanbei River from here to Jingjiadian.

Although it was a deserted place, just in case Qian Xiaobao walked close to the weeds by the river.This is not easy to be found.

The cold wind blows the weeds and shakes them non-stop, as if tens of thousands of devils emerged from hell and are showing their teeth and claws.

Qian Xiaobao unbuttoned his cotton-padded jacket on his chest and inserted the hand holding the pistol into it to keep warm.

From Changhe River to here, the terrain is flat. If you have a sledge, you can walk much faster with two nailed wooden poles.

The east gradually turned white, and the river began to narrow and steepen.From time to time, stones emerged from under the ice.

Qian Xiaobao looked up into the distance, and black mountains appeared on the horizon.

When the sun rose to the top of the mountain, Qian Xiaobao had already reached the foot of the mountain.

There is a big mountain in front of you, and there are dense patches of larch on the top of the mountain.

Qian Xiaobao has seen the map of this area, and there are only three points marked here: Daqingguan, Daxiantang and Jingjiadian.

In the Northeast, Daxian is a psychic animal.If you meet a great immortal in the mountains, you have to walk around, and even worship twice.

Qian Xiaobao also broke two grass sticks and held them up with both hands, and bowed to the mountain twice to bless him all is well.

Then he raised his legs and climbed up the mountain along the gully that was washed out by the mountains and rivers.

Qian Xiaobao stopped on a bare hillside.Tree trunks and stumps were lying all over the place.

The Japanese are very strict in choosing wood.The section close to the tree root and the section of the crown are all sawn off, only the straightest and roundest section in the middle, and the diameter should exceed [-] centimeters.

Such a tree needs at least two or three hundred years to grow in the mountains.

Qian Xiaobao felt that it was time to deal with the four guns he was carrying.

There will be more opportunities to meet people in the future, and it is not appropriate to carry three guns on your back.

The big-eyed guns I brought from Harbin can't be thrown away, and the remaining three pistols are gun brand guns, and they are all good guns.But if Dian'er's back is found, it's easy to think of the three people who died on the ice of the Changshui River.

Qian Xiaobao hesitated for a long time to take off the padded jacket, put a holster with a gun brand on his back, fastened the straps and put on the padded jacket again.

The other two holsters he could only hide in the bushes, then holstered the Colt in his waist and continued east.

Jingjiadian, Chenjiadian, Sihaidian, several places in this area are named after the store.

Before the Japanese occupied the Northeast, these inns earned money from loggers who went in and out of the mountains and merchants doing timber business.

There are as many people as there are in the North and South Big Kang.When sleeping at night, the lice that slept on the person on the top of the kang can completely crawl to the person sleeping on the top of the kang.

But now almost all the wood is rounded by the Japanese.The loggers were all hired by the Japanese, and there were no people in the timber business.

Qian Xiaobao has already changed into his original pair of Ula shoes.He stood outside the Jingjia store and looked at the word "well" written in ink on the wooden sign outside the courtyard gate.

The money was not in vain, Qian Xiaobao took out all the money in his pocket, put two or three yuan in coins and ten-cent bills in one pocket, put the remaining dozens of yuan into the inner pocket, and then strode into the courtyard.

A big yellow dog came out and barked at Qian Xiaobao.Qian Xiaobao stomped his feet fiercely, and the big yellow dog turned around and ran away in fright.But still standing in the distance and yelling at him non-stop.

The door opened, and an old man in his 50s poked his head out.

"The old guest is here, please come inside, the room is warm!" said the old man, lifting the cotton door curtain with a pipe stick.

Qian Xiaobao bent slightly and walked into the dark room.

It took him a long time to get used to the darkness in the room.

An old lady was standing in front of the pot, holding corn noodles in a clay pot with both hands.

"Auntie, are you sticking big pancakes or steamed buns?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"It's noodles in soup! Let's eat some soup later!" The old lady raised her gray head and replied with a smile.

Sure enough, she held a piece of noodle soup with both hands and squeezed it hard, and a thin strip as thick as a little finger fell into the boiling water pot.

Qian Xiaobao knelt down by the stove pit to help add firewood.

People in the Northeast are like this, no matter where they go, they work when they need to work, and eat with their stomachs open when they need to eat.

The old man also walked into the room and sat on the bench, coughing and smoking a pipe.

"Young man, where are you from?" the old man asked.

"Helen's. The daughter-in-law has been here for two years, and she has not been able to conceive a child. I heard that the fox fairy in the Great Immortal Hall is very active, so I came to pay my respects." Qian Xiaobao replied.

"Dare to love! The Great Immortal Hall is the main hall of the fox fairy in the world, and it is the most effective!" The old lady said while squeezing the noodle soup.

Qian Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the head of all the fox fairies in the world lived in the Great Immortal Hall in Xiaoxing'anling!

The finger-long soup rolls in the boiling water like lively little fish.

The old lady fished out the soup with a strainer and poured it into a wooden basin half filled with water.

"I want to go downhill from here to Xingnong Town to take the train back to Helen, is the way easy?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

The old man pointed to the east with a cigarette stick and said: "Go down the mountain to the east for dozens of miles and you will find Liukesong. From Liukesong, walk south along the Namin River for dozens of miles and you will arrive at Zhang Sihai's shop. Last year, the little nose The little train has been repaired to Zhang Sihai's store, and you can go to Xingnong Town by taking the little train."

"Two tens of miles add up to hundreds of miles! If you want to go now, you have to walk one night in the old forest in the wilderness! Sleep here for one night, and then leave tomorrow morning. Be careful that the blind bear will lick you!" the old man said. said the wife.

Many people in the Northeast call the Japanese a little nose.To draw timber and other resources outward, the Japanese overhauled the forest railway in the northeast.

"Okay, I'll stay here for one night and leave tomorrow morning!" Qian Xiaobao said.

"Why am I the only one (guest)? Where are those loggers?" Qian Xiaobao asked again.

"It's March now, and the Nemin River is frozen, so there's no way to release it. They all went to the Sihai store to rush to transport wood. The wood in the Sihai store is piled up!" the old man replied.

Qian Xiaobao stood up and untied the cloth bag on his waist, opened it and said, "I forgot, there is still a piece of pork head here, let's cut it up and eat it later."

Looking at the piece of pork head meat that was not much bigger than a fist, the old lady said with a smile on her face, "I never thought I could eat such a chewy one!"

When eating, Qian Xiaobao mixed miso into the soup, and ate a green onion hungrily with his left hand.

The old man coughed while eating and smoking a pipe.The sound of coughing is like pulling a bellows, coughing forward and backward.

Qian Xiaobao had the urge to cover the bowl with his hands, but he resisted it.It would be rude to do that.

After dinner, Qian Xiaobao walked into the yard.

The big yellow dog didn't bark anymore, but just stood in the distance and looked at him vigilantly.

Qian Xiaobao squatted on the ground and whistled, and took out two pieces of pork head from his left sleeve.

The big yellow dog came over timidly and looked at him eagerly.

Qian Xiaobao threw the pig's head on the ground, and the big yellow dog lowered its head and swallowed it.

"We two brothers know each other, so don't bark next time I come here." Qian Xiaobao said while stroking the big yellow dog's head.

(End of this chapter)