Chapter 9 Labor Army

  It was said that the county head had already run away, Wang Yuzhu was very surprised, and immediately felt that they were being used as cannon fodder by others. The so-called defense of the territory and protection of the people was actually just to buy time for these officials to escape.

  "How come I didn't see the county magistrate running away?" Wang Yuzhu still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, but deep down he believed it, and he was very clear about what kind of people these officials were.

  These officials are all masters of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. In peacetime, they ride roughshod over the common people, but when danger comes, who still cares about the people under their rule? Preserving one's life is paramount; as long as you have a life, you have the capital to make a comeback. If you lose your life, what use is leaving behind a good reputation? Besides, in today's political climate, which official still hopes to gain a good reputation? Making money by any means necessary is the only way to get ahead, even if it means scraping the ground bare.

  Lin Feng took a glance at Wang Yuzhu, sat back down, and wrapped the Han Yang sword that had shared his life with him in his arms. Only then did he say, "Do you know the county magistrate? Have you met him?"

  "No." Wang Yuzhu replied firmly.

  "That's it, even if the county head slipped away under your nose, you wouldn't be able to recognize him." Lin Feng said with a hint of pride.

  "I haven't seen the county magistrate before, but I think the county magistrate's demeanor and attire are not ordinary." Wang Yuzhu explained.

  Lin Feng looked at Wang Yuzhu again, as if looking at an idiot: "What is this? The county magistrate wants to escape and still makes a big fanfare? Don't you have to disguise yourself and sneak away quietly?"

  "If so, then how did you know that County Mayor ran away?" Wang Yuzhu didn't disbelieve Lin Feng, he just wanted to confirm again.

  Speaking of this, Lin Feng couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Why did I know? Hehe, because I saw that old guy!"

  "Did you see?" Wang Yuzhu was somewhat surprised, "Do you know him?"

  "Nonsense, I'm the young master of the Lin family after all. The officials in this county town don't know me one by one, and several big shots have seen me." Lin Feng said with a complacent tone.

  Wang Yuzhu stared at Lin Feng with a piercing gaze, making Lin Feng's scalp feel numb.

  "What do you mean?" Lin Feng said nervously, "How can you look at people with such eyes?"

  "Are you really the young master of the Lin family, the son of the Chamber of Commerce president?" Wang Yuzhu asked, somewhat disbelieving.

  How did you just grab someone on the street and bring back a grandfather?

  "Hey, Wang, what do you mean by this? Didn't you say last time that you already believed me? Why are you asking again now?" Lin Feng said angrily, "Although you're the class monitor, you can't just speak without keeping your word!"

  "Was I saying I believed it last time?" Wang Yuzhu somewhat admired Lin Feng's ability to take things out of context: "I remember last time I said I was a bit convinced, but I didn't say I believed it."

  But this time Wang Yuzhu really believed it. Since the county magistrate recognized him, what else was there to doubt? Could a county magistrate be someone that just anyone could go and get to know?

  Just as the two were talking, someone shouted: "Brothers, the labor troops have arrived!"

  He stood up with his rifle and waved his hand: "Leave the observation post, brothers go take a look."

  Damn, rushed over from the county town at noon, arrived in the afternoon, reorganized troops, deployed defense, and then started fighting, didn't even have time to eat a bite of rice, already starving with hunger.

  Now as soon as they hear that there is a labor army, their excited faces shine brighter than when they were running counter-guerrilla warfare.

  The second lieutenant has sacrificed, now the platoon leader is the highest officer on the battlefield, so it's normal for him to issue orders.

  Lin Feng and Wang Yuzhu stood up and walked towards the back.

  After walking for a while, Lin Feng looked back in confusion, only to see that the old soldier hadn't moved, still standing with his rifle propped against the sandbag, silently watching those young soldiers running like flying, with an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.

  "What's wrong, playing dumb?" Lin Feng muttered a sentence and walked forward on his own.

  Wang Yuzhu stopped too, and he also found that Liang Chang was standing still on the spot.

  "Hurry up!" Lin Feng saw that Wang Yuzhu didn't move, so he naturally stopped too. However, in his heart, he was a bit anxious and urged, "If we're late, the good stuff will be snatched away by others."

  Wang Yuzhu turned around and walked towards the queue, saying "You go first, I'll be right there."

  Although Lin Feng still has opinions about Wang Yuzhu, he can't just abandon him and leave. After all, Wang Yuzhu spoke up for him on the city wall and took care of him repeatedly on the battlefield. The relationship between the two has already risen to "shouldering guns together", but for now, they have only shouldered guns together, other things will have to wait until later.

  Lin Feng followed Wang Yuzhu with a helpless expression, but his head turned in another direction, avoiding the annoying queue.

  "Off you go, Squad Leader!" Wang Yuzhu walked up to the squad leader and didn't salute, but his tone was very respectful.

  He glanced at Wang Yuzhu with narrowed eyes and said, "You go, I'll observe the sentry for a while."

  Wang Yuzhu looked around and saw that there were indeed only a few people on the ground, so he said: "You go, we're here." After finishing speaking, he looked at Lin Feng again.

  Lin Feng's mouth twitched.

  Mom's, you flatter if you want, but don't drag me into it.

  Pai Chang didn't respond, pointing at his injured leg and said: "Go!"

  Wang Yuzhu understood and said: "Alright, we'll come back with some for you."

  Wang Yuzhu and Lin Feng left.

  Lin Feng gazed at Wang Yuzhu's back with an unfathomable look in his eyes.

  People who care for the troops cannot directly send things to the front line and can only send them to the company.

  In front of the department, there was a cleared area where the labor troops were stationed.

  Lin Feng followed Wang Yuzhu to the scene, where many people had already gathered on the empty ground, including some who had just come from the front line, as well as members of the Decisive Battle Unit and the Fourth Squad.

  Lian Bu built a small stage on one side using ammunition boxes, and the commander of the third company and several villagers dressed up stood on it.

  There were several boxes placed in front of the small stage, unopened and unknown what was inside, but a white paper was pasted on each one with two words written "Supporting the Army", it seemed that these were supplies for supporting the army.

  Several local gentry stood beside San Lian Chang, bowing and making obeisance, chattering on and on about the heroic exploits of the Ba An army in resisting the enemy, repeatedly asking the officer to hold onto the position at all costs and protect the ordinary people...

  Sanliang Chang's expression was wooden, without saying any words of gratitude to these country gentlemen. He just looked at the gathered soldiers in the empty space, and no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.

  "Sir, I've heard that the Japanese are committing atrocities in the occupied areas, doing all sorts of evil deeds. Sir, we can entrust our lives and property to you!" A local gentry clasped his hands together and bowed repeatedly to the company commander, "If the troops lack anything, just let us know, and we'll provide whatever is needed... even if we don't have it on hand, we'll find a way to get it..."

  Sanlian Chang really couldn't stand these people's nagging anymore, and he raised his hand to stop the country squire's words.

  Lin Feng and Wang Yuzhu arrived a bit later, blocked by the crowd behind them, unable to see the situation in front of them, so they wanted to squeeze forward.

  "What's the squeeze? What's the squeeze?"

  A senior sergeant with a loud shout turned his head back.

  I'm telling you, I've never been yelled at like this before - of course, not counting the time I got flogged on the city wall, Lin Feng's anger was bursting out of his forehead.

  Just came down from the battlefield, the hot blood in his body had not cooled down yet. Lin Feng, this greenhorn, couldn't recognize any military ranks anyway. Now being yelled at by someone, he looked at that person again and found him wearing clean clothes, absolutely not one of those sworn brothers from the battlefield earlier. So he didn't show any courtesy, stretched out his hand to grab the collar of that upper officer's uniform and scolded: "What are you yelling about? Do you believe I, young master, can take your life?"

  That upper officer was suddenly grabbed by the collar, and his heart was still startled. When he saw that it was a private who had grabbed his collar, his face turned even uglier. His sharp eyes stared at Lin Feng's face as he raised his hand to point at his own military insignia.

  Lin Feng looked puzzled and followed the direction of the person's finger with his eyes, but still didn't understand what it meant.

  Wang Yuzhu, however, was as clear as a mirror and hastily went forward to pull Lin Feng. He also said to the upper officer, "Brother, my younger brother has just joined the army and doesn't understand the rules, so let it go!"

  "Who are you?" Upper Officer asked Wang Yuzhu.

  "I'm his squad leader." Wang Yuzhu hastily said, "This kid just enlisted yesterday, he's a rookie, we're all old soldiers now, let's forget about today's matter, I'll deal with him when we get back."

  "What's going on, class monitor?"

  Before the senior officer could speak, several big-headed soldiers squeezed over, someone opened their mouth and asked a question. Seeing Lin Feng was pinching his class monitor's collar, one of them cursed "I fuck your mother" and punched Lin Feng in the face. The rest of them also rushed over with a "hula" sound, dragging Wang Yuzhu along with him...

  Lin Feng was caught off guard and punched in the face, his hand grasping the other person's collar loosened, his cheek swelled up, and a streak of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth...

  Wang Yuzhu saw that things were taking a turn for the worse, and with the other side having more people, he hastily raised both hands and waved them repeatedly: "Brothers, brothers, misunderstanding, misunderstanding..."

  "Get lost? Get lost, you bastard!"

  Several big men rushed up and pressed Wang Yuzhu to the ground...

  Lin Feng was punched in the mouth by someone and his mouth corner was bleeding, he was there tilting his head to wipe it off, when he caught a glimpse of Wang Yuzhu being pressed to the ground.

  If it were someone else who was pressing him, it would be easy to say, after all, the contradictions between the two groups have been tied up, who let the other family come, really can't afford it, and they can only eat a little loss. But these guys are now hitting Wang Yuzhu, which makes Lin Feng unbearable.

  On the battlefield, Wang Yuzhu repeatedly pulled Lin Feng back from the brink of death. Now, for Lin Feng, that was a life-saving friendship.

  To be honest, if he had to go back to the battlefield again and it was necessary, Lin Feng would not hesitate to trade his own life for Wang Yuzhu's.

  Now Wang Yuzhu has suffered a loss, how can Lin Feng still be calm? Moreover, this kid was not a peaceful master to begin with. On the spot, he didn't hesitate at all and took down the Hanyang-made...