industrial overlord

Chapter 184

In northern Myanmar, there is a tropical rainforest full of miasma.

Lan Wufeng walked in the forest full of dead branches with one foot deep and one foot shallow.Before leaving the country, the frontier residents gave him directions and said that he could find a town 20 miles ahead. However, he lost his way in the vast jungle and couldn't find the town no matter what.

The dry food he carried with him has been eaten up, and he lacks the ability to identify wild fruits and vegetables, so he has to endure hunger and keep walking. He doesn't know how long he can hold on. Every moment, he feels that he may fall head over heels Down, and then sleep forever.

No, I must live on, Yanzi is waiting for me, and our children... Lan Wufeng said to himself silently in his heart.

"Snowy, nighty
The plateau is cold, and there is no food for cooking..."

A ray of singing faintly floated over, reaching Lan Wufeng's ears.For a moment, Lan Wufeng wondered if he heard it wrong.The place he is staying now is outside the country, and this singing voice is clearly the melody of the Long March group songs that he was familiar with when he was in China.

"Is anyone there!" Lan Wufeng shouted loudly in the direction of the singing.

There was no reply from the other party, and the singing stopped abruptly, as if alarmed by Lan Wufeng's shout.Later, Lan Wufeng heard someone walking through the bushes not far away, but no one came out, perhaps because they were worried that the Lanwu Summit would be bad for them.

Lan Wufeng hesitated for a moment, and sang with the last of his strength:
"The strong wind in Saibei has hardened our muscles and bones;
The scorching sun of the southern country has sunburned our arms..."

"Is it an educated youth!" A shout finally came from the opposite side. Lan Wufeng sang the most popular song among educated youths, and this was their ID card.

"Yes, I'm an educated youth!" Lan Wufeng replied.He could hear that the person on the opposite side was speaking pure Mandarin, obviously not a Burmese, but the overseas educated youth he was looking for.As soon as he relaxed in his heart, he felt his eyes go dark, and his body limp on the ground.

After an unknown amount of time, Lan Wufeng woke up slowly.He felt that someone was feeding rice soup into his mouth with a spoon. The warm rice soup gave him some energy and he was able to open his eyes with difficulty.

In front of him was a female face, who looked about 24 or 10 years old, but with a mature and weather-beaten feeling that was not commensurate with her age.The girl was wearing a green military uniform without a collar, a green military cap without a badge on her head, and an armed belt around her waist. This was a typical Red Guard outfit [-] years ago, and Lan Wufeng was no stranger to it. .

However, both the military uniform on her body and the military cap on her head are already dilapidated and have been patched many times.There were some dark red marks on some patches, Lan Wufeng could guess that it should be old blood.

Unlike the Red Guards, the girl had a leatherette holster stuck on her armed belt, and inside it was a five-four type pistol with bright stirrups. This gun was by no means a fake toy.

Lan Wufeng turned his head and looked around again. He saw that the place where he was lying was a clearing in the forest. A bonfire was lit in the middle of the clearing. Dozens of men and women were sitting by the bonfire. This girl is not too different, except that some people don't have military uniforms and only wear ordinary people's clothes.A little farther away, there are six or seven mobile sentries, holding Type [-] or [-] semi-automatic rifles in their hands, patrolling the surroundings vigilantly.

Obviously, this is the camp of an armed force. The singing that Lan Wufeng heard just now should be the performance of these guerrillas for their own entertainment.

"Who are you?" Lan Wufeng asked.

The girl put down the spoon in her hand and asked, "Who are you?"

There was some domineering in the girl's tone, which matched the image of her with a pistol on her waist, very similar to the temperament of the female guerrilla leader in "Reconnaissance across the River".

Lan Wufeng didn't intend to conceal his identity, so he replied: "My name is Lan Wufeng, an educated youth from Yunnan, you can call me Fengzi."

"Haven't all the educated youths returned to the city?" The girl continued to ask.

"Yes, I went back to the city, ran into something, and fled back."

"What happened?"

Lan Wufeng did not answer directly, but asked: "Excuse me, comrade, where am I now? In Yunnan, or in Myanmar?"

"Of course you are in Myanmar." The girl said, "We are from the Yan'an Company of the Red Educated Youth Brigade in northern Myanmar. My name is Qi Yue, and I am the company commander of the Yan'an Company. Those beside me are all my comrades in arms. As for you, now you are our captive."

Lan Wufeng asked with a wry smile: "Company Commander Qi, I'm not your enemy, how did I become a prisoner?"

"If you were not an enemy, why did you flee from the country?" Qi Yue asked.

Lan Wufeng said: "Who said I was treason?"

Qi Yue said: "It's not treason, what are you doing here?"

Lan Wufeng said: "Aren't you also abroad?"

Qi Yue said: "We are here to support the revolutionary struggle of the Burmese people. Why are you here? Don't think that we don't know the situation in the country, and we don't go to the mountains and the countryside anymore. Impossible to come here."

Lan Wufeng said: "I did abscond in fear of crime, but I didn't commit any crime."

A smile appeared on Qi Yue's face, and there seemed to be a bit of naughtiness in that smile, which made people feel that this was her real face.If a young girl like this lives in China now, she should wear pearl cream every day and go shopping with her boyfriend's arm.

"Tell me, why do you want to abscond without committing a crime?" Qi Yue said, she thought for a while, and added: "If you can convince me, I will let you go."

Lan Wufeng knew that if he didn't explain the matter clearly, he would definitely not be able to gain the other party's trust.Since this place is already outside the country, he doesn't have to worry about being turned away by the masses and sent to the Public Security Bureau, so he briefly talked about the matter between himself and An Yan.

Qi Yue asked a few more details, and realized that Lan Wufeng did not appear to be lying.She frowned and said, "What kind of father is this? Isn't this pushing your daughter into the fire pit?"

Lan Wufeng sighed, and said: "The main reason is that I am not in the right family. I am self-employed, and her father is the county magistrate. We are too incompatible."

"Is a county magistrate really great?" Qi Yue said contemptuously, and then she became concerned about An Yan's situation: "You ran away, what about your girlfriend? She is alone and has a child. How do you live?"

Lan Wufeng said: "I have a very loyal friend. I can trust my girlfriend to her."

Qi Yue nodded and said, "It's really rare to have a few friends like this in a lifetime, and to be able to entrust your life, property, and fiancée to him."

Lan Wufeng said: "I don't have to worry about domestic affairs. What I have to do now is to survive. My girlfriend is still waiting for me. Can you help me?"

Qi Yue asked, "How do you plan on asking us to help you?"

Lan Wufeng said: "My eyes are dark about foreign affairs, and I don't know anything. I want to stay in Myanmar first, and after a few years, if the domestic policy changes, maybe I can go back."

Qi Yue snorted softly, as if she didn't have any hope of returning to China.However, she did not provoke Lan Wufeng, but said: "It is not difficult to stay in Myanmar now, as long as you can get money, buy some local government officials, and get a local identity. You can stay here."

Lan Wufeng hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then what's going on with you now? Who are you fighting with?"

"And the Burmese government army, they have been besieging us." Qi Yue said, "We had already occupied the nearby Menggu County and formed an armed separatist regime. But last month, the Burmese government army launched a large-scale attack on us. We were outnumbered and forced to withdraw."

"Why are you fighting the government army?"

Qi Yue laughed at herself and said, "I don't know either."

"I don't know?" Lan Wufeng was puzzled.

Qi Yue said: "Our educated youth brigade is composed of educated youths who came from Yunnan. When we were the strongest, we occupied one-third of the northeastern part of Myanmar, where we carried out land reform and established a red regime. However, over the years, the government forces have continued to put pressure on us, and the number of people coming from the country has become less and less, so our strength has become weaker and weaker. Now the educated youth brigade has been disbanded, and our company has already I haven't been in touch with the organization for more than two years.

According to what we have learned, the country does not support our struggle now, and an official link has been established between the governments of the two countries.So, I don't know who we are fighting for now. "

"Company Commander Qi, if that's the case, why don't you go back to China?" Lan Wufeng asked.

Qi Yue said sadly: "Going back to China, how easy is it? We all sneaked here back then, and over the years, all our files and household registrations have been cancelled. If we go back, the review alone will make us lose a lot of skin. "

"Then... are you going to keep drifting like this?"

"No, we will keep fighting." Qi Yue said, "In any case, we are also defending the southwest gate for the motherland. If the Burmese government dares to have any bad intentions against China, let them pass us first. "

When she said this, a look of pride appeared on the girl's face. This is the pride of a martyr, a pride that regards death as home.

Lan Wufeng was speechless, he turned his head and looked at the entire camp.He saw that the educated youth fighters in the camp all had thin faces, but they all had Qi Yue's expressions on their faces.

In China, with the abandonment of the concept of class struggle as the key link, people are increasingly returning to normal life, political ideals are gradually indifferent, and the pursuit of a happy life is becoming increasingly intense.Whether it is a lack of faith or a return of humanity, in short, the slogan of dedicating oneself to ideals has become less and less in daily life.

However, in the mountains of northern Myanmar, there are still such a group of young people who still retain the revolutionary passion of more than ten years ago and are still fighting for their ideals.

"Company Commander Qi..."

"Call me Qi Yue, that's what they all call me." Qi Yue said, "Everyone is a revolutionary comrade, there is no distinction between high and low."

"Okay then, Qi Yue, I don't have anywhere to go now, can your company take me in first?"

"Do you know how to fight?" Qi Yue asked.

Lan Wufeng nodded: "I have received some military training."

"That's good." Qi Yue said, she got up and took a rifle, handed it to Lan Wufeng, and said: "This gun belongs to Comrade Tian Jun, he died last month, you take his gun."

(End of this chapter)