Chapter 1 1937年12月14日上午

Outside Chunhua Town, nearly three thousand soldiers from two regiments of the 63rd Army surrounded the four piles of spoils of war stacked on the ground by Zhen Danxiao's squad.

In reality, the spoils of war that Zhen Danxiao's squad had collected were far less than these four piles.

Beside these four piles of satchels, there were also larger and more numerous piles of clothes, leather shoes, and Japanese bedding that had been seized.

Various weapons and ammunition bags captured from the battlefield were also piled here.

In total, there were more than a dozen piles of items here.

Soldiers from the two regiments of the 66th Army had also voluntarily thrown the Arisaka rifles they found onto the pile of rifles here.

Now, their focus was no longer on the other things.

Thousands of people were looking at these satchels, ignoring everything else.

Among the soldiers, many were whispering.

"So many satchels!"

"Of course! So many Japanese."

"They blew up so many Japanese, of course, there would be more satchels collected."

"Do you think they know there's gold in those satchels?"

"They definitely don't know!"

"Right! They definitely don't think there's gold in those bags, otherwise those soldiers wouldn't have just torn the satchels off the Japanese and left them alone."

"If we went over and took a satchel, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

Long Feihang fired many shots during the battle today.

When chasing the Japanese just now, he ran at the front, chasing and shooting at the Japanese.

He personally killed two Japanese soldiers! But at that time, he didn't know that there was gold in these Japanese soldiers' satchels.

By the time he found out, all the satchels had been picked up by his brothers.

Only then did he realize that the Japanese had valuables on them.

All the Japanese they had chased and killed were cleaned up by his brothers, and he searched these Japanese soldiers for a long time, unwilling to give up.

He didn't find anything and could only resentfully take off a pair of leather shoes from a Japanese soldier's feet and put them on.

This slightly comforted his aggrieved heart.

When these soldiers were walking back from afar, Long Feihang noticed that everyone didn't go directly back to the front line.

Instead, they walked towards the position where the special company was piling up the spoils of war.

If it weren't for two heavy machine guns and a dozen soldiers guarding it.

Long Feihang was sure that his brothers would definitely squeeze up and each grab a satchel and leave.

He had already learned from his brothers that there was something in each satchel.

Some brothers found gold rings and silver bracelets in the Japanese satchels.

Some brothers found earrings, necklaces, and other small items.

The luckiest, Kou Zimo, found five gold ingots in a Japanese soldier's satchel.

Even now, many soldiers were still looking at him.

They were clamoring that they had never seen what gold ingots looked like and insisted on taking a look.

Kou Zimo couldn't resist everyone's request and reluctantly.

Slowly took out a gold ingot from the satchel.

He held it tightly in his hand for the surrounding soldiers to see.

Immediately, he put it back into the satchel carefully, as if afraid of someone snatching it.

The surrounding soldiers, looking at the golden color of the gold, didn't hide the envy and jealousy in their eyes at all.

From the eyes of those soldiers, Long Feihang also saw something called greed.

Kou Zimo's heart was also big. After putting away the gold ingot he had just taken out.

As if feeling a little embarrassed, he wanted to impart some true knowledge to the surrounding people.

He said with a smile in the ranks:

"When you were all rushing forward just now, I followed behind.

I just wanted to pick up a satchel to use, but I didn't expect to pick up five gold ingots all at once."

Yi Zimo said resentfully, "I saw you stop, I should have shot you back then.

Damn it, you're no good at charging in battle, but you're the first at grabbing spoils of war."

Kou Zimo smiled, "I know the rules, so I only picked up one satchel and ran for a while.

Then go find the next satchel."

This sentence exposed him!

In fact, he searched more than one bag.

Xin Xinyue, who heard what he said, was unhappy. "I was wondering why there was nothing in my bag, it turns out you stole the things.

Come on! I don't want much, just two gold ingots."

Xin Xinyue opened the satchel hanging on his shoulder, revealing a large opening, showing the things inside.

He said to the others, "Everyone, take a look, is there anything in here?

There are only some bandages, the things inside have been robbed by him.

Shouldn't he return them to me?"

As soon as Xin Xinyue finished speaking, several voices echoed immediately, "He should! This thing should be one for each person.

We are fighting the Japanese on the front line, and he is robbing spoils of war in the back.

What's the matter?

Logically speaking, whoever kills the Japanese, the spoils of war should belong to him."

His words this time aroused more people to echo, "Yes! We are charging forward.

Why should he rob our spoils of war in the back?

If that's the case, we can also go pick up those on the road now."

After saying this, all these soldiers looked enviously at the special company soldiers who were still busy on the road.

After they found out the secret of the satchels, they wanted to help the special company soldiers.

They were verbally warned when they were twenty meters away from the road. Some soldiers didn't believe it.

Continuing to walk towards the road, machine gun bullets were immediately fired at their feet, and the muzzle of the heavy machine gun was also pointed over.

Those people were driven away by the special company with machine guns.

These soldiers didn't dare to pester too much, because those Japanese were indeed blown up by landmines.

And they also blocked the Japanese. At that time, everyone didn't know that these Japanese were so rich.

The special company soldiers didn't clean up the battlefield and returned to the road.

The Japanese they killed were cleaned up by the brothers of the 66th Army, which was considered a step back for the brothers of the 66th Army.

It's just that there were too many soldiers in the two regiments, and there were not enough Japanese to share.

At this time, the soldiers of the two regiments of the 66th Army were complaining that there were too few Japanese.

These soldiers echoed Xin Xinyue's words, and there was more ruthlessness in their eyes.

These ordinary soldiers, aren't they just enlisting to make a living?

There were too few Japanese, and there were too many soldiers in the two regiments. There were not a few soldiers like Kou Zimo who picked up several satchels alone.

The soldiers who really rushed to the front to fight the Japanese didn't pick up anything.

This aroused the dissatisfaction of most soldiers.

Battalion Commander Yun Xingyuan was also unhappy: he had personally killed two Japanese soldiers just now, but he didn't pick up anything.

Now, watching these soldiers making trouble, he was unwilling to stop it.

He was waiting for Kou Zimo to be sensible.

Long Feihang walked directly to Kou Zimo and said, "Give it to me! I killed two Japanese soldiers just now.

I only want one gold ingot."

Kou Zimo sneered, "You said you killed two Japanese soldiers, who saw it?"

Squad Leader Hua Hongsheng said loudly, "I saw it! He did charge to the front in battle.

He shot and killed two Japanese soldiers."

Kou Zimo sneered and said, "You testify, you give it to him.

Whoever testifies, you go to him to ask for it."

Squad Leader Hua Hongsheng was angry, "If I pick up a bag, I will definitely share it with him!"

Long Feihang rushed up and wanted to use force, Kou Zimo had four grenades around his waist, all with the lids opened.

He said coldly, "People die for wealth, and birds die for food! Those who are not afraid of death come up, let's die together.

Benefit others!"

Long Feihang's steps forward stopped suddenly.

Liu Wan knew what his soldiers were arguing about.

He didn't know what to do now?

According to the previous rules for battlefield trophies: soldiers must hand over large items such as weapons.

It's okay if the soldiers don't hand over things like daggers and broadswords.

Sometimes soldiers would also seize valuable things like one or two watches, and the soldiers who seized them would take them themselves.

This situation was not common, who would have money to wear a watch as a soldier?

Generally, only high-ranking officials of the enemy had them. The soldiers who could kill or capture high-ranking officials were the bravest soldiers.

Even if they were lucky enough to seize a watch, the other soldiers would not say anything?

After all, they risked their lives to get it.

In that kind of situation, he, the regimental commander, would get credit, and the soldiers would get benefits.

A win-win situation!

Today was different, these Japanese were too rich.

Everyone had gold and silver on them, which no one would have thought of.

Those who fought the bravest and rushed to the front.

After killing the Japanese, they didn't have time to search the body and continued to rush up to fight the Japanese.

Instead, it benefited those who were dragging their feet behind.

They became the biggest beneficiaries of this operation.

The most capable fighters suffered losses instead!

What to do?

If this matter was not handled well, it would be difficult to lead the team.

In the future, who would be willing to charge to the front, the braver they were in battle, the more they would suffer!

The two Regimental Commanders Liu were in a dilemma.

They also knew that it couldn't go on like this:

They had just killed so many Japanese soldiers,

The soldiers of the two regiments were very excited.

Clearly, they had won a great victory, and the whole regiment was happy just now.

The soldiers were also very happy discussing how to fight the Japanese next time.

They were discussing how many machine guns, heavy machine guns, and infantry guns their troops could be allocated this time.

As a result, the whole atmosphere had completely changed: the soldiers who got gold and silver smiled widely.

The soldiers who didn't get it had faces as black as the bottom of a pot.

They looked at everyone with ill intentions.

What was even more deadly was that the soldiers wanted to go to the special company to make a profit.

The special company didn't hesitate at all, and the machine guns fired directly.

Although no one was injured, it startled the soldiers of the two regiments.

Therefore, those soldiers squeezed towards the position where the special company was piling up satchels again.

Those soldiers saw Kou Zimo's unyielding appearance just now and decided to try a different target.

At this time, on the pile of satchels, a bag that was originally piled up casually, for some reason.

It was slowly sliding down. Although it didn't move much, the things inside it were like a young lady leaving her pavilion.

Slowly slid out of the satchel.

As soon as it was half exposed, it attracted the attention of many soldiers.

Although it was a little rainy today, and although that satchel was a little old.

But this didn't prevent the bracelet that slid out of the bag from shining.

As soon as it appeared, it seemed to suppress all the light in this world.

It was a gold bracelet inlaid with many gems.

At just a glance, everyone knew its value.

Among the soldiers who saw this bracelet, Kou Zimo immediately said:

"You see, that bracelet is more valuable than everything I found."

Regimental Commander Liu Wan, who heard this, just glared at him resentfully.

Everyone understood the little soldier's thoughts: shift the blame!

He just wanted everyone not to focus on the five gold ingots in his hand.

In order not to make his harvest too eye-catching, Kou Zimo also used his brain.

He wanted everyone to go and see the harvest of the special company, more than a hundred people, more than four thousand bags.

Each person had dozens of satchels to share.

This was unfair! They each shared dozens of bags, but you didn't go to rob them.

Coming to get my idea was really unfair.

Liu Wan, Liu Yong, Li Zhize, and all the other officers and soldiers present saw that:

The officers and soldiers of the special company seemed not to know that there was gold in those bags.

They still routinely cleaned up all the things on the Japanese.

After they cleaned up the battlefield, the Japanese were bare.

Besides the bodies of the Japanese, there was nothing left on the ground.

The special company even recovered the iron pellets that fell on the ground after the directional bomb exploded with magnets, ready for the next use.

It was true: Lao Zhigang and the others recovered dozens of kilograms of iron pellets this time.

Zhen Danbiao felt that he had found another way to save money and get rich.

Even if the soldiers of the special company didn't know there were good things in those satchels at first, they all knew it now.

It was just that they clearly knew that all the things seized on the battlefield had to be handed over to the public.

Although the soldiers who came from the 128th Division didn't get the treatment of each person getting a watch, they got the treatment of twenty yuan of French currency per person as soon as they entered the special company.

They also received a pound of chocolate per person, which was said to be used to maintain their physical strength.

Just yesterday, they had uniformly eaten a few pieces under the order of the company commander.

After eating it, they did have the strength to walk, and their feet were not weak.

It tasted especially good!

As for those veterans who had fought with Lin Fan since the Sihang Warehouse, after seeing the gold bars and boxes of money in the Japanese bank.

They didn't have much feeling for these things anymore.

More and more soldiers from the two regiments of the 66th Army saw the bag that had just slid halfway down from the top of the satchel pile.

The half of the bracelet that had just slid out of the bag, with its pearly light and gold inlaid with various gems, finally revealed its full appearance.

The entire bracelet was made of gold, inlaid with many rubies and sapphires.

Although the weather was not good today, and it was a little gloomy, it didn't affect its brilliance at all.

These soldiers' eyes were about to turn red as they looked at it. They wished they could grow a hook out of their eyes and hook it into their arms.

Wait!

There was more than one bracelet in that bag!

Maybe it was because there were so many things in it that it slid down from the top.

Slowly, another half of the bracelet slid out of it. It was exactly the same as the first bracelet. They were a pair!

This pair of bracelets must be valuable! Everyone who saw it would think so.

This pair of bracelets made those soldiers who had just been forced back by the machine gun bullets take a few steps forward again.

Several machine gunners from the fifth squad looked at these people with serious expressions.

Wu Cailiang shouted loudly, "What are you looking at? This is to be handed over to the public!"

His words were obviously not heard by any of the National Army soldiers on the opposite side.

On the contrary, these soldiers saw a round, snow-white pearl that reflected light sliding out of the satchel.

Looking at the pearl the size of a thumb, these soldiers' eyes turned green.

How many good things were there in this bag?

How many good things were there in this pile of bags?

These National Army soldiers' eyes finally attracted Wu Cailiang's attention.

He looked back and realized the jewelry sliding out of the satchel.

He strode over and picked up two gold bracelets.

Everyone's eyes were on his hands, watching Wu Cailiang pick up the pearl with his other hand without hesitation.

As he pulled, a string followed behind the pearl.

A long string of pearls of the same size and color was revealed.

Those soldiers who saw this scene couldn't help but exclaim, "Ah!"

At the end of this string of snow-white and shiny pearl necklaces, a section of red agate was pulled out again.

How many good things were there in this bag?

These soldiers all wanted to see!

It's just that Wu Cailiang had already put the pearl necklace back into the satchel.

Only a small section of agate was revealed, and no one knew what was behind it?

Then Wu Cailiang put the pair of gold bracelets back into the satchel.

He put the satchel on the pile of satchels like a small mountain.

It was as if the thing he was holding in his hand was no different from the rifles, clothes, and leather shoes next to him.

Many people with ulterior motives secretly remembered: there was a small hole in the lid of the satchel, and there was also a small hole in the satchel strap.

This was a mark!

It must be remembered!

Opportunity always favors those who are prepared!

Many people present wanted to find a chance to grab a satchel and leave.

If there was no chance, they would create one.

It wasn't just one person thinking this way, many National Army soldiers were thinking this way.

Long Feihang was a brave person. When he was fighting the Japanese just now, he was rushing to the front.

Therefore, he didn't get anything when he was cleaning up the battlefield just now.

This time, he was just as brave.

Although he also knew that from the special company's action of piling up all the spoils of war together.

Their soldiers did hand over all the spoils of war to the public and didn't want to hide anything.

But the spoils of war in their own team were their own.

This made him feel too unfair, and now he just wanted to take back what he deserved.

Long Feihang stared at the satchel that Wu Cailiang had just cleaned up, and said loudly, "Everyone has contributed to fighting the Japanese.

With so many Japanese, it's only fair if we each have a satchel!"

His words immediately aroused everyone's approval, whether it was the National Army soldiers who had picked up satchels or the soldiers who had gained nothing.

They all supported Long Feihang's proposal.

Of course, they knew that to be fair, they had to grab the satchels piled on the ground.

Liu Wan and Liu Yong seemed to be suddenly stupid at this time and didn't scold their soldiers at all.

They just silently took a step aside.

Taking a small step aside, the attitude changed a big step.

The soldiers immediately became excited.

Relying on their numbers, they walked towards the pile of satchels again.

Li Zhize led his company away from afar, and his company was watching the situation here nervously from a distance.

When they were chasing the Japanese just now, their company was blocking the front of the Japanese.

They killed many Japanese.

When they were cleaning up the battlefield, everyone in their company of more than a hundred people grabbed a satchel.

Company Commander Li ordered that no one in the entire company was allowed to say what was in their satchels:

Whether there was something? Or nothing?

They were all not allowed to say it!

This did allow the entire company to temporarily avoid disputes over the distribution of spoils.

After all, their company was the Central Training Corps, and their treatment was the highest in the country.

Their salaries had always been paid in full.

The current situation could still be controlled.

Platoon Leader Fu Mingcheng asked nervously, "Company Commander, what if they fight over the distribution of spoils?"

Platoon Leader Gu Wenwei sneered, "White-eyed wolves!"

Li Heyu said with a smile, "Those people don't even take a piss and look at themselves. Those hundred or so people killed more than four thousand Japanese.

Are they afraid of these thousands of stragglers?"

Company Commander Li Zhize said in a low voice, "Don't talk! We'll just watch from afar.

We won't help either side."

Fu Mingcheng said in a low voice, "Company Commander! They gave us so many guns, cannons, and warhorses, it's not good not to help, right?

Besides, what's there to be afraid of in a miscellaneous army?"

Li Zhize thought for a while, "Okay! Let's go take a look."

The soldiers of the Eighth Company of Li also walked towards the center of the vortex.

Nearly three thousand soldiers from the two regiments of the 66th Army squeezed towards the satchels piled up by the fifth squad.

The soldiers of the Eighth Company of Li also walked towards this direction.

Lao Zhigang was a little worried, "Squad Leader? What do we do?"

Zhen Danxiao said in a low voice, "Plant bombs! In front of them!"

"Blow up all these things?" Lao Zhigang asked.

Zhen Danxiao kicked him with a smile, "I told you to point the side that blows people up at these people squeezing over."

"Really blow them up?" Lao Zhigang asked.

"As long as they dare to cross the line, pull the string." After Zhen Danxiao finished speaking.

He carried an Arisaka rifle and walked to the front of the spoils of war twenty meters away.

The bayonet dragged a long line on the ground, encircling all the spoils of war.

After he finished drawing the line, he fired a shot into the sky with the rifle in his hand.

The noisy crowd suddenly became silent.

Zhen Danxiao said loudly, "I'll say it one last time, all the spoils of war belong to the public.

The things of the special company are sacred and inviolable!

The line under your feet is the gate of hell, crossing the line means death.

My eyes recognize people, but the machine guns and bombs of the special company don't recognize people.

One person crosses the line, and everyone suffers!

Those who squeeze over to watch the excitement and are accidentally injured are also to blame.

Don't complain to others when you get to the King of Hell."

Lao Zhigang immediately started to plant the bombs that were installed when blowing up the Japanese in front of everyone, ten meters away from this pile of satchels.

Regimental Commander Liu Wan carefully watched the bombs installed by the special company.

He didn't care when the special company installed them this morning, and he had been regretting it just now:

If he had known that this kind of bomb was so powerful, he should have learned it well.

Now there was an opportunity.

He took a few steps forward, and the National Army soldiers behind him squeezed up together.

The regimental commander went forward to reason with them!

Many officers and soldiers were secretly happy.

Zhen Danxiao said coldly, "Regimental Commander Liu, gunshots don't recognize people when you cross the line."

Hearing what Zhen Danxiao said.

Company Commander Li Zhize immediately said, "Squad Leader Zhen! We're here to help.

We don't have any other intentions!"

Zhen Danxiao smiled, "Company Commander Li, if you were the tenth squad, it would be absolutely no problem to come over at this time.

Now, move aside a little, don't let the blood splatter on your body later, the special company will appreciate your kindness."

Regimental Commander Liu Wan was a little unhappy, "Squad Leader Zhen! What do you mean by this?"

Zhen Danxiao said embarrassedly with a smile, "Regimental Commander Liu! In extraordinary times, we have to do this."

Regimental Commander Liu Wan said dissatisfied, "I just want to see how you make this bomb.

How to arrange it, so that we can use it like this when fighting the Japanese next time."

The soldiers behind Regimental Commander Liu also started to clamor:

"Yes! We just want to learn how to fight the Japanese.

We are all National Army, if we learn how to fight the Japanese, we can kill more Japanese in the next battle.

Isn't that good?"

Some soldiers took the opportunity to take big strides forward, and they were less than a meter away from the line that Zhen Danxiao had drawn.

Zhen Danxiao smiled, "Regimental Commander Liu! You can learn how to make and use this kind of bomb at any time.

It's just now…

You see, is it the right time?"

Regimental Commander Liu Wan looked at the noisy soldiers behind him and ordered loudly:

"Get back! What do you look like?

Want to learn! Tomorrow, I'll ask Company Commander Lin to send someone to the regiment to teach you."

Zhen Danxiao could see that Regimental Commander Liu Wan could no longer suppress the soldiers under his command.

He walked out of the line he had drawn and pulled Regimental Commander Liu Wan over.

He raised his gun with one hand and fired another shot into the sky, and then pointed to the line on the ground and said, "Those who cross the line will all die!"

Hiding in the ranks of the soldiers, someone shouted, "Brothers! Don't be afraid, there are so many of us, we won't be punished."

Liu Wan, who had already reacted, was blushing at this time and shouted loudly, "Who is it?

Who said there are so many of us, we won't be punished.

Stand up, and I'll personally shoot him."

That voice was still in the ranks, "Brothers, we killed the Japanese together.

The spoils of war should be like hunting in the mountains, whoever sees it gets a share!"

The soldiers seemed to have found their backbone and shouted together, "That's right! Hunting in the mountains, whoever sees it gets a share!"

Regimental Commander Liu Wan had already seen that this Squad Leader Zhen of the special company was really the kind of person who dared to take action.

Thinking about when they saw the Japanese while fighting the Japanese, so many Japanese, and more than a hundred of them didn't even blink their eyes.

These people simply didn't take their team seriously.

The special company soldiers not far away were still cleaning up the battlefield normally.

As if they weren't worried about it here at all.

This was their confidence!

They weren't afraid of these rabble under their command at all!

Regimental Commander Liu Wan pulled out the pistol from his waist, "Anyone who dares to cross the line, I'll personally kill him!"

Long Feihang, who was rushing at the front of the team, finally stopped.

The regimental commander was serious!

He was close enough to see the blood vessels on the regimental commander's face throbbing, which was obviously furious.