Unconsciously, it has been half a year since Lin Xiaotang joined the training class.

During this period, many major events happened, but basically there was no good news. On the Sino-Japanese battlefield, the Chinese army was retreating steadily, Wuhan and Xuzhou were lost one after another, and the Japanese army's southward march was directed towards Hunan. In Nanjing, a captured

The puppet government supported by the Japanese army is making intensive preparations and will soon make its official debut.

Training is boring and reality is cruel.

The students in the training class also quietly changed. The students gradually differentiated, and the original lofty ideals slowly dissipated. Some students, represented by Pei Gang, who were from well-off families, were good at dancing. It didn't take long for them to start fighting with the instructors and the leaders of the training class.

If the situation is hot, the officers like to drink, so they will buy wine and meat; the officers like to play cards, so they will settle the game. Anyway, their families are well-off, and they will definitely get a good job in the rear after graduation.

However, the exiled students represented by Lin Xiaotang and Datou can only study hard and train hard. They are the main force in manual labor, but rewards and promotions are basically not available to them because they have no money to honor their superiors. Even after graduation

, waiting for them will also be the most dangerous tasks and positions.

One can imagine the depression in Lin Xiaotang's heart. He began to doubt whether his decision to come to the training class was right.

In the blink of an eye, it has entered early summer, and there have been several spring rains here in Linli. For several days, the air has been humid and muggy. According to locals, there may be more severe rainfall in the near future.

In the afternoon, director Yu Lexing gave a report in person, so all the students gathered in the school auditorium. Strangely, the girls squadron did not participate.

Because there were hundreds of people gathered in the auditorium, and the auditorium itself was not large, many people who had no seats had to sit on the floor. Lin Xiaotang, Datou, and Xiaopi followed their usual practice and sneaked out after hearing the opportunity.

Behind the school auditorium is a small tributary of the Xiangjiang River. In order to please Dai Li, Yu Lexing built a "Rain Farm Embankment" named after Dai Li on this river, which was usually used as a resting place for students during outdoor training.

place.

Dense trees are planted on the river embankment, which is the coolest place in summer. In addition, the location is hidden, so it has always been the best place for the three of them to skip class.

But today, Lin Xiaotang and three other people had just sat down in the shade of a tree, and before they could light up a cigarette, Lin Xiaotang saw a dozen people walking along the path along the river embankment. The three of them quickly ducked and hid in the bushes under the river embankment.

middle.

After a while, more than a dozen people strolled to the middle of the river embankment and stopped right above Lin Xiaotang and the others, as if admiring the scenery of the river embankment.

Lin Xiaotang couldn't help but groan secretly. He stuck out his head and peeked up secretly. Through the trees, he discovered that these people were actually the officers of the training class.

Standing in the middle is Xie Legong, the chief instructor of the training class. Next to him are Wang Zuhua, director of the political training department, Wang Xiang, director of the general affairs department, and others. Shen Zui is also among them. They are all accompanied by a middle-aged man wearing a gray tunic suit.

Pei Gang, who had returned from recovering from his injuries, actually stood next to the middle-aged man with a proud look on his face.

When he saw the middle-aged man's face clearly, Lin Xiaotang's heart couldn't help but move. He didn't expect that this middle-aged man was still an old acquaintance, and turned out to be Pei Zhongwei, the commander he and He Chong rescued in Nanjing.

Now, he was in high spirits, standing next to Xie Legong with his hands behind his back, completely losing the desolate look he had at that time.

I only heard Xie Legong say: "Brother Zhiquan, I'm really sorry today. Director Yu has a report to make. This was arranged by Boss Dai personally. I can only accompany you to inspect the work of the training class. Director Yu explained it again and again. , be sure to let me apologize to you, and he will toast you to apologize later at dinner."

Pei Zhongwei chuckled lightly and waved his hand, "Director Yu is too polite. This time I am accompanying Director Fu Shenglan. There is absolutely no mention of inspection. Brother Jingzhong, as you know, I am going to Shanghai soon, coming to Lili." The selection of a work assistant is purely based on the arrangement of the superior."

Xie Legong chuckled and said, "Brother Zhiquan, please rest assured that we will fully cooperate. There are sixty students in the special training class girls' squadron, all of whom are exiled students. I will let brother Zhiquan choose one he is satisfied with tomorrow."

The people behind him suddenly let out a tacit and lewd laugh. Shen Zui stood at the end of the team, with a very unnatural expression on his face.

Pei Zhongwei patted Pei Gang on the shoulder and said to Xie Legong: "Brother Jingzhong, is my useless nephew okay in the class? I'm not causing any trouble to you, am I?"

Xie Legong smiled warmly and said, "My nephew is excellent both in character and academics. After graduation, he will definitely be a pillar of the party and the country. Director Zheng Jiemin also said hello to Director Yu and me. When his studies here are over, he will be arranged Going to work in Chongqing."

Pei Zhongwei nodded, "To be honest, my eldest brother means the same thing. Xiaogang is a child who has been spoiled by his family, so it is better to be with his elders."

The group chatted for a while, but Pei Zhongwei obviously didn't care and urged everyone to turn around. Everyone laughed and walked towards the campus.

When a group of people walked away, Datou sat down on the ground, pointed at their backs, and said bitterly: "Did you see, this is our commander, he has such a fucking face, he only knows how to find work assistants, and what kind of assistants are there?" Isn’t she just a work wife (Note 1)!”

Xiaopi nodded, "That's the kind of virtue an official should have. I just didn't expect that Pei Gang's backstage was so strong that Zheng Jiemin could say hello in person!"

Lin Xiaotang frowned, "Xiao Xi, you will go down first in a moment and go to the girls' squadron to find Xia Rou and tell her to be careful!"

Little Fart nodded.

The three of them stayed for a while, watching the sunset slowly sinking and the surrounding area gradually becoming darker. Xiaopi said hello to Lin Xiaotang and the others, and prepared to go back to find Fang Rou.

Lin Xiaotang stopped him and asked him to simply call Fang Rou here and get some wine and side dishes. The sky was cloudless today and the moonlight at night must be very good. A few people took the opportunity to get together here. Anyway, in the afternoon The superior has announced that he will receive the inspecting superiors in the evening, and the students can move around freely.

Lin Xiaotang suddenly felt a little urgent to urinate, so he said hello to Datou and ran to the side of the embankment facing the river to find a place to relax.

After peeing, Lin Xiaotang let out a deep breath, buckled his belt and was about to go up the river embankment when he heard a slight noise coming from the river. He didn't pay attention, thinking it was the fish and shrimp in the river.

But before taking two steps, Lin Xiaotang keenly heard two faint breathing sounds. He immediately squatted down and lurked in the tall grass on the shore.

The surface of the river was dimly illuminated by the newly rising moon, and with the breeze blowing, the sound of flowing water was heard from time to time.

Lin Xiaotang observed the surroundings carefully. It was still silent, but he shouldn't have heard wrong.

Lin Xiaotang looked around and slowly moved his gaze to the river.

No! There are two thin pipes about five or six inches long standing abruptly on the water. If the students hadn't just cleaned up the reeds and aquatic plants on the river in order to cope with today's inspection, these two pipes would definitely not be easily removed.

Discover.

The two tubes seemed to be alive, sliding straight and quietly towards the shore. As they got closer, the sound of breathing became clearer and clearer.

Lin Xiaotang stared at the two pipes without blinking. There was no doubt that there were two people under the pipes, but who could they be? What were they doing lurking here? Besides, there were also local garrison sentries on the other side of the river.

This place is tightly sealed, what is the purpose of their painstaking efforts to sneak in?

Not long after, the pipe approached the shore, and two ghost-like figures appeared in the water one after another. They carefully scanned the surroundings until they were sure it was safe, and then slowly climbed ashore.

The two black figures simply wiped the river water off their bodies, and then quickly climbed up the river embankment. Lin Xiaotang followed closely behind, hiding not far from them.

The two black figures took out small telescopes from their arms and carefully observed the activities in the training class teaching area in the distance, exchanging words from time to time.

Lin Xiaotang could only vaguely hear a few words, which surprised him even more because the two men in black spoke Japanese.

Lin Xiaotang heard the words "force deployment", "core area" and "key attack".

Lin Xiaotang slowly and quietly moved towards the back of the man in black. In order to understand the mystery in his heart, he had no choice but to catch these two people, even if it meant leaving one alive.

But not long after climbing, a deep voice suddenly sounded, "Old Qi, where did you die? Didn't you fall into the river? I can't swim! Hey, is this?"

Datou was standing in front of two men in black, and was stunned by the two black figures lying on the ground. The two men in black were also frightened by the fat bodies that suddenly appeared, and three pairs of eyes were opened.

As they looked at each other, they fell into an eerie silence for a moment.

A man in black reacted first, grabbed Big Tou's ankle, and pulled him into his arms. Big Tou said "Ouch" and fell onto the river embankment.

Another man in black pulled out a dagger from his arms and stabbed the big head viciously.

When Lin Xiaotang saw something bad, he shook his hand and threw a stone that he had already held in his hand, hitting the man in black on the wrist. At the same time, he shouted, "Run!"

After all, Datou also came from the training class, so his reaction was not too slow. He immediately rolled on the ground and rolled three to four meters away.

The man in black's wrist hurt, and the dagger fell with a sound. He was about to reach for the gun in his waist. The other man quickly held him down and whispered in Japanese: "Don't use the gun!"

The man in black nodded, picked up the dagger and ran towards Lin Xiaotang's hiding place.

The man in black who was shouting went straight towards Da Tou. Da Tou also got up at this time and broke off a thick branch. He danced so hard that the man in black could not do anything to him.

Lin Xiaotang quickly rushed to meet the man in black who was running toward him, dodged his all-out thrust, turned around and grabbed his wrist, and with a strong effort on his arm, the man in black's hand holding the dagger couldn't use any strength at all, obediently.

He changed direction, and with a "pop" sound, the dagger pierced directly into his own lower abdomen.

The man in black groaned, Lin Xiaotang took the dagger, leaned against the man in black, and stabbed him several times in succession. The man in black opened his eyes wide, looked at Lin Xiaotang in disbelief, and slowly collapsed.

Lin Xiaotang grabbed the dagger tightly and ran in the direction of Datou, shouting at the same time: "Datou, catch them alive!"

Note 1: Work Wife: In addition to full-time and part-time instructors at the Military Command Linli Training Class, Dai Li also regularly dispatches internal mid-level cadres to give lectures, including Hunan Provincial Station Director Li Renren, First Division Director Yang Jirong, etc. Dai Li excepted the order

In addition to giving lectures, they also allowed them to select female trainees to serve as "work wives", which in fact served as lovers or playthings of these cadres. For example, Li Guozhan, the special agent who went to Wuhan to serve and was later sent to the Shanghai Naval Command Station, rebelled.
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