Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Because they were hiding near the corner and the place was small, the four people were very close to each other at the moment.

Li Guotao turned his head to look at Duanwu, sneered and said softly: "How about you go over and ask?"

Go and ask?
Are you kidding me?
By then, they might be regarded as deserters and shot together.

Li Guotao was just joking. After he finished speaking, he saw that there was no one around and no one was paying attention to this side, so he crouched down and lowered his head as he crossed the street and went into a dark alley opposite.

Lao Hulu pulled Duanwu, and the three of them continued to follow Li Guotao carefully. At this time, the three guys actually didn't know what Li Guotao was thinking or where he was going.

They had asked this question before, but Li Guotao did not answer.

However, these three guys became more determined to follow Li Guotao.

It was because of following Li Guotao that they were able to escape danger along the way. Otherwise, they might have died long ago.

And in their opinion, Li Guotao would never take them to die.

What they could never have imagined was that the place Li Guotao wanted to go was indeed a place where one could be sure of death.

The three men followed closely behind Li Guotao, stopping and walking along the way, and crossed several streets. Li Guotao stopped again, hid in a corner, and secretly looked out.

I saw a large number of troops marching in a line on a main street in the distance. Judging from the direction they were moving, this force should be preparing to withdraw from Songhu.

According to Li Guotao's understanding of the current situation, the main force of Bald Man's troops is now withdrawing from the urban area of ​​Songhu, and the fall of the Songhu area has entered the countdown.

After the main force withdraws from the urban area, the Sihang Warehouse will become the last isolated island in the urban area.

The bald man chose to leave a troop to defend the Sihang Warehouse just for the sake of face, to prove that they had not given up the Songhu urban area.

No one had ever thought that such a troop that was left behind to die could actually hold the Sihang Warehouse for several days, creating the miracle of 800 warriors holding the Sihang Warehouse.

However, based on Li Guotao's understanding of history, the final outcome of the eight hundred warriors (actually only more than four hundred people) was quite tragic.

The surviving troops were forced to retreat into the concession and surrender their weapons. Moreover, the foreigners broke their promise and did not allow them to retreat to the west of Shanghai.

Instead, they were all imprisoned in prisoner-of-war camps, where they stayed for several years.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the foreigners did not hand them over to the Japanese.

But a few years later, the Pacific War broke out and the Japanese took the opportunity to occupy the concession. These brave men became prisoners of war of the Japanese. Some of them died heroically, while most of them were sent to Southeast Asia to work as coolies and eventually died in a foreign land.

This is definitely not the outcome that Li Guotao wants to see, but given the current situation, it is extremely difficult to change this tragic outcome.

But now Li Guotao is not afraid of any difficulties and challenges.

The more difficult it was, the more excited Li Guotao became.

Duanwu squatted nearby and saw so many troops marching. He couldn't help but ask, "So many people, are they here to help?"

Duanwu said this and was about to stand up and walk over.

Old Gourd grabbed Duanwu and scolded him, "Are you stupid? The Japs are in that direction, and they are obviously running away."

"Besides, if you go there now, aren't you afraid that you'll be shot as a deserter?"

Duanwu slumped down on the ground and said in despair, "What should we do then?"

Li Guotao turned his head and glanced at Old Hulu. He didn't expect that this old guy still had some brains.

At this time, Lao Hulu also realized that something was wrong. He turned his head to look at Li Guotao next to him and was about to meet Li Guotao's gaze.

Old Gourd asked again: "Xiao Li, where are you taking us?"

Li Guotao said: "I never asked you to follow me?"

Old Gourd was slightly stunned, but after thinking about it, he realized that it was indeed the case.

From the beginning to the end, Li Guotao never asked them to follow him, but they insisted on following Li Guotao.

The old gourd begged: "Then please tell us, where are we going?"

"Go fight the devils!"

Li Guotao said this casually, then turned around and began to observe the situation around him. At the same time, he opened the system map and checked the possible routes.

"Fight the devil?"

When Old Gourd heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat and said, "So you are not running away with us."

"I should have thought of this at the beginning. How come we are running and running and finally we are in the downtown area of ​​Songhu?"

"We trusted you so much, but you led us into this fire pit."

"you……"

Halfway through his words, Old Gourd suddenly shut his mouth obediently and dared not fart again.

Because at this moment, Li Guotao was staring at him with a hint of anger in his eyes.

Old Gourd was so frightened that he dared not speak, muttering to himself, this guy would not attack him.

Thinking about how this guy killed the Japanese before, his method was so quick and efficient. Killing the three of them seemed like a piece of cake, right?

Li Guotao said impatiently: "I just said it, I didn't ask you to follow me."

Old Gourd was quite sensible, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it was us who had to follow you."

"but now……"

Li Guotao sneered and said, "Humph, if you want to leave, get out as soon as possible."

"I'm bringing you three idiots with me, and you still think I'm a burden."

After Li Guotao finished speaking, he stood up, crouched down and ran to the other side, carefully crawled over a piece of ruins, then continued to move forward and soon disappeared into the darkness.

Duanwu asked in confusion: "Uncle, are we not following him anymore?"

Old Gourd said angrily: "Nonsense, he said he was going to fight the Japs, didn't you see the direction he was going, getting closer and closer to the Japs?"

"Now that the main force of the Guo army has retreated, what is he going to do?"

"He's clearly going to die. If we follow him, isn't that courting death?"

Duanwu said with a sad face: "But what should we do now? We are afraid that our own people will be misunderstood and shot for escaping. We also have to prevent ourselves from being caught by the Japanese. What are we in now?"

"Street rat?"

The old gourd said impatiently: "No matter what it is, save your life first."

At this time, Xiao Hubei, who had been silent, suddenly said, "Where are we going now?"

Old Gourd was also a little confused, but he definitely couldn't follow Li Guotao forward. If he went any further, he would really reach the Japanese-occupied area, and that would be walking into a trap.

What about retreat?
So many troops are retreating. If we run into them, we might be caught as deserters and shot. That would be very unfair.

Old Gourd frowned and was sweating profusely. Finally, he decided to go back and be careful to avoid friendly troops. It should be possible to escape from here.

Old Gourd gritted his teeth, waved his hand and said, "Let's go back."

So Lao Hulu took the two people and started to return along the same route.

When they came here before, the journey was relatively smooth and they didn't meet any other people, so no one noticed them.

That was because Li Guotao led the way. Li Guotao deliberately split the people, so that they could get here smoothly. Now there is no Li Guotao leading the way. Just after walking a short distance, the three people ran into a troop coming over.

Lao Hulu pulled Duanwu and Xiao Hubei and was about to run to the ruins nearby, but the people on the opposite side had already discovered them.

"Stop, if you run again, we will shoot."

"Don't shoot!"

The three were immediately frightened.

Several soldiers immediately rushed over and surrounded the three people with guns pointed.

At this time, a captain came over and shone a flashlight at the three people. The three people were dazzled and quickly covered their eyes with their hands.

The captain asked, "Which part?"

Old Gourd was also terrified, and he stammered, "We are from the Hubei Security Corps, and were ordered to come to Songhu for support. As a result, we encountered the Japanese in Dachang, and our team was dispersed."

"Hmph~!"

The captain snorted coldly and said, "Then why are you running?"

"I……"

Old Gourd racked his brains to think hard, but at this moment, because of fear, his brain seemed to have turned into a bucket of paste.

"We thought they were the Japs, so we ran away."

The captain said in a cold voice: "You met the enemy in Dachang and were scattered, and then ran to the Songhu city area dozens of miles away. You are quite good at running."

Old Gourd said helplessly: "The situation was chaotic at the time, and we were just running around aimlessly. We never thought we would end up here."

A soldier nearby said, "Captain, these three guys are clearly deserters. I think we should just shoot them."

When Old Gourd heard this, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Please spare us, we are really not deserters, we were really separated and ran here in a daze."

"Please let us go!"

Duanwu was also terrified and begged, "Please spare us."

At this time, a second lieutenant came over and said, "Captain, there is no point in keeping these three cowards. Just kill them to avoid wasting food."

The captain couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Aren't there enough deaths in this battle?"

The company commander stared at Lao Hulu and the other two and asked in a cold voice, "Do you want to die or live?"

"Of course I want to live!"

The company commander said: "Since you want to live, I will give you a chance to redeem yourself by making meritorious contributions."

"Now is the time to hire people. Come with us."

"Let them carry the weapons and ammunition. Didn't someone just say they couldn't carry it anymore? Give some to the three of them."

"Yes!"

"Come here you three."

"Thank you, sir."

Seeing that they had finally saved their lives, the three old gourds hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

As for asking them to carry supplies, the three did not dare to complain at all. Each of them carried some weapons and ammunition and continued to move forward with the team.

Duanwu complained: "Uncle, if I had known this would happen, I would have followed Li Guotao."

"They are taking us back!"

Lao Hulu also guessed in his heart that these people were definitely going to the front line with so many weapons and ammunition.

But this old guy is a seasoned man. He was thinking that he must find an opportunity to slip away quickly. He didn't want to follow these people to the front line to die.

At this moment, the large army was quickly withdrawing from the city along the streets.

Only this small force went against the flow and went upstream in the direction of the main force's retreat.

Duanwu asked softly: "Uncle, where do you think they are going?"

At this time, a soldier next to him scolded: "Shut up, if anyone dares to speak again, don't blame me for being rude, hurry up and catch up."

Duanwu was so scared that he could only shut his mouth obediently.

Old Gourd was also thinking about this question: where are we going?

But he had no idea about the topography of Songhu City, so how could he know which was which?

Under the current circumstances, he could only follow obediently.

However, this old guy's eyes were rolling around, and he was observing the situation around him, ready to wait for an opportunity to escape.

But there were soldiers with guns on both sides, specifically watching these gathering fleeing soldiers.

At this time, Lao Hulu and the others also discovered that there were more than a dozen soldiers in the team with different uniforms. Their uniforms were different from those of the soldiers under the company commander. They obviously did not belong to this army and were probably deserters gathered along the way.

Old Gourd was also worried. They needed them now and needed their help in transporting supplies. Once they arrived at the destination, they would not be shot again, would they?

Thinking of this, the old man became even more determined to find an opportunity to escape.

At this moment, Li Guotao climbed onto the roof of a small building that had been bombed beyond recognition and looked into the distance.

Standing here, you can vaguely see the Sihang Warehouse, and there are two searchlights shaking on the roof of the warehouse.

Behind the Sihang Warehouse is the Suzhou River, and across the river is the concession. You can clearly see that the streets across the river are brightly lit, bustling with lights and night life.

At this moment, the Zhabei area under his feet was a ruin, with corpses that had not been cleaned up in time scattered everywhere, and the streets were filled with a foul stench.

The Japanese at that time did not dare to provoke the great powers and create unnecessary trouble, so the war did not spread to the concessions at all.

As the most prosperous area in the entire Songhu urban area and even in the whole country, there was naturally singing and dancing there, as if nothing had happened.

But this side across the river is a complete hell on earth.

Li Guotao looked at the Sihang Warehouse and couldn't help frowning.

According to his guess, he must enter the Sihang Warehouse this time.

Because until now, the system has not released any new tasks.

Li Guotao guessed that the system would only issue tasks after entering the Sihang Warehouse.

But the question is how to get in?

You can't just walk in like that?
The people inside asked.

who are you?
Why come here?

How did Li Guotao answer?
The people inside are not fools, and it is not easy to make up a reasonable excuse that can deceive everyone.

If you are not careful, you will be treated as a spy. (End of this chapter)