"Raise your hands!"
In front of the tin wooden house on diaojing ridge, di Zhen, Han Chongshan''s brother and Deputy platoon leader of the 47th company, put a gun against the back of Sheng Zhaozhong''s head and spoke darkly.
There were seven or eight KMT disabled soldiers behind Di Zhen. At this time, they all stared at Sheng Zhaozhong with bad eyes.
Sheng Zhaozhong slowly raised his hands with a smile in his voice: "brother, be careful that the guy in your hand is on fire."
Di Zhenli ignored Sheng Zhaozhong. One hand was still holding a gun, and the other hand touched down Sheng Zhaozhong''s back. After touching his waist with a gun, he took it off directly, and patted his legs. After confirming that Sheng Zhaozhong had no weapons on his hands, he continued to speak: "turn around."
Sheng Zhaozhong turns around according to his words. Only then can he see clearly the appearance of the man behind him.
Di Zhen looks like he is only in his early thirties. He has been hungry for a long time on diaojing ridge, which makes him look a little thin. He can''t even hold up the military uniform that has been full of patches for a long time.
The only thing you can see clearly is the rank of a plum blossom sewn on his military uniform.
Sheng Zhaozhong narrowed his eyes and raised his mouth: "major? I guess you must not be an official. Why don''t you go to Taiwan with me and I''ll help you get a real job?"
After graduating from Huangpu Military Academy, Sheng Zhaozhong and Tan Jingwei were both awarded the rank of major. It seems that they are on the same level as di Zhenwei in front of them, but in fact, Sheng and Tan obtained the official rank, while Di Zhen was the post rank, which can not be confused.
During the wartime, the Kuomintang army was divided into official ranks and official ranks. Although they were both ranks, there were actually many differences.
The so-called formal military rank must be signed and issued by the chairman of the top Committee, while the procedure for the conferment of post military rank is much simpler. The chairman of the Military Commission can sign and issue an appointment order according to his post.
In terms of KMT law, only the official rank can be regarded as the military rank, and although the official rank was officially granted, because there were too many officials above the battalion commander in the KMT at that time, the official rank almost reached the level of flooding, and a large number of people made up the number, so that the people at that time satirized the system with the ballad of "major general walking all over the street, major is not as good as dog".
Then, at the graduation ceremony of the first phase of the Kuomintang officer training regiment in 1935, the top chairman of the Kuomintang put forward the difference between the official rank and the post rank for the first time in public, which is equivalent to having made it clear that only soldiers who have the official rank and have been personally issued an official certificate can be qualified to call themselves Kuomintang officers.
Since then, the rank has become more and more worthless. During the Anti Japanese War, the rank needs to be changed frequently in matters such as the change of designation, officer casualties, military transfer and puppet army anyway. For convenience, the direct awarding procedure of the rank has been omitted, and their combat units are simply allowed to appoint freely.
Sheng Zhaozhong is well aware of the chaos in Han Chongshan''s army. Even Han Chongshan''s rank of lieutenant general has not been granted official status, not to mention the major standing in front of him now? Because of this, he was very confident and promised Di Zhen to help him win a real job in Taiwan.
Di Zhen didn''t open his mouth and looked at Sheng Zhaozhong carefully. The man in front of him made him feel familiar, but he couldn''t think of where he had seen each other for a while.
"Have I seen you?" Di Zhen crooked his neck and looked up and down at Sheng Zhaozhong.
Sheng Zhaozhong smiled and didn''t answer.
At this time, a man behind Di Zhen suddenly said, "brother Zhen! He came with Tan Jingwei before. I remember him! He killed brother Shan!"
When Tan Jingwei brought several civilian subordinates of Sheng Zhaozhong to Han Chongshan that day, Sheng Zhaozhong''s subordinates did not have direct contact with Han Chongshan. Di Zhen heard that Tan Jingwei was an official from Taiwan, so he was excited to focus all his attention on him. He just glanced at Sheng Zhaozhong like an entourage. Now when his subordinates mentioned it, it was like an electric light flashed through his mind, Sheng Zhaozhong''s vague face gradually overlaps with the person in front of him.
"You are tan Jingwei''s man!" Di Zhen raised his eyebrows and his face was full of anger. The muzzle of the gun that had fallen was raised again and put it on Sheng Zhaozhong''s forehead.
Tan Jingwei frowned slightly, looked up at the body of the gun, put his eyes on di Zhen''s face again, and his eyes were calm.
Di Zhen grinned and said, "Wow, I wanted to go down the mountain to find you after brother Shan''s first seven. I didn''t expect you to bring it to the door. Today I''m going to kill you and avenge brother Shan!"
While Di Zhen was talking, his finger had been on the trigger. Until this time, Sheng Zhaozhong didn''t speak in a hurry.
Sheng Zhaozhong said sarcastically, "kill me? Well, just shoot. If I don''t report back tonight, I promise the whole diaojing ridge will be surrounded by British soldiers early tomorrow morning. You and your brothers can''t go away!"
Di Zhen was stunned when he heard the speech. His fingers pressed on the trigger, but he didn''t knock for a long time.
He asked himself that he was not afraid of death. After all, he was a soldier who had killed people in the battlefield. When he beat the Japanese, he had pinned his head on his belt. Now every extra day of life is an extra day for him.
But he had to worry about the brothers behind him. Han Chongshan took them to diaojing ridge. They died and escaped in recent years. In addition, Han Chongshan and a gang of drunkard Liang brothers were shot and killed two days ago. In those years, the brothers belonging to the 26th division of the 47th army were only left behind.
Seeing Di Zhen''s hesitation, the men behind him immediately said, "brother Zhen, kill him and avenge brother Shan. Don''t worry about us!"
Di Zhen''s gun holding hand trembled slightly, and his eyes shook a little.
Sheng Zhaozhong glanced at di Zhen''s men and smiled: "it''s a bit of a soldier''s blood, but even if you''re not afraid of death, what about your family? What about the widows of Han Chongshan and drunkard liang?"
A group of brothers behind Di Zhen looked at each other and asked for their own lives. Even if they could hold their backs and make bold remarks, they actually grabbed the life of these people when it came to their families and the widows of former comrades in arms.
Di Zhen looked gloomy and put the muzzle of his gun on Sheng Zhaozhong''s forehead: "son of a bitch! You scare me? This is Hong Kong, not Taiwan! You said that if British soldiers came, British soldiers would come?"
"You think my rank of major is false? Now Mr. Tan is still waiting for my news. If I don''t go back tonight, I''ll call Taiwan before dawn." Sheng Zhaozhong said slowly and calmly: "a Taiwanese official was shot and killed by a mob in Hong Kong. Do you think the British will resist the pressure to protect you?"
Di Zhen was indeed bluffed by these words. Indeed, although the Taiwan government is declining, Sheng Zhao and Tan Jingwei are official officials after all, equivalent to the face of Taiwan. Moreover, di Zhen these people are all black families who fled to Hong Kong. It is impossible for the British to turn their face for them and Taiwan.
Di Zhen struggled and looked at the faces of several brothers behind him.
The remaining brothers obviously had no idea at this time. They all looked embarrassed, and some ashamed bowed their heads to avoid Di Zhen''s sight.
Di Zhen gnawed his teeth in indignation, turned around and glared at Sheng Zhaozhong. The gun in his hand was moved away from his forehead and fired several shots against Sheng Zhaozhong''s ear. The bullet roared past Sheng Zhaozhong''s ear.
Sheng Zhaozhong''s face remained unchanged.
Di Zhen emptied all the six bullets in the gun, threw the gun to the ground and pointed to the foot of the mountain: "go! I don''t want to see you again!"
Sheng Zhaozhong looked at di Zhen, who was very angry, and burst into a confident smile: "I can''t go. Mr. Tan asked me to hang my neck ridge to find you. I asked you to work for the party and the state. My task has not been completed."
Di Zhen''s eyes were fierce. He grabbed Sheng Zhaozhong''s neck and stretched out his hand to pull out the pistol originally seized by Sheng Zhaozhong from his waist and put it against his temples. His voice was hoarse: "did you force me to kill you?"
"I don''t like people pointing a gun at my head. You pointed to me three times and three different places." Sheng Zhaozhong looked up and grinned at di Zhen: "if you really have the ability, shoot now, or put the gun away and we''ll talk slowly."
Di Zhen breathed.
Sheng Zhaozhong stretched out his hand, broke off Di Zhen one by one, grabbed the fingers of his neck, and said, "in fact, Han Chongshan''s death has nothing to do with me and Mr. tan. Have you ever thought that it''s because there are ghosts in your own people?"
Di Zhen was obviously shocked by this sentence and looked at Sheng Zhaozhong inconceivably.
Sheng Zhaozhong smiled and gently took the matching gun from di Zhen''s hands.
After Di Zhen''s death, several KMT troops collapsed like great enemies, drawing their guns at Sheng Zhaozhong: "don''t move!"
Di Zhen stared at Sheng Zhaozhong, raised his right hand, motioned to his companions behind him to be calm, and then asked, "what do you mean?"
Sheng Zhaozhong calmly put the gun back to his waist holster, and then slowly sorted out the clothes messed up by Di Zhen. Then he looked up again and pulled out the high tone slightly: "Gui Xiuwen is your people? Han Chongshan didn''t have to die originally, but GUI Xiuwen disclosed their action plan, so..."
Sheng Zhaozhong said this and shook his head regretfully: "... It''s your people who have a problem. It''s not Mr. Tan and I who are to blame."
"Brother Wen? How could it be him?"
"No way, brother Wen won''t do that!"
"You provoke the relationship between our brothers?" Di Zhen glared at Sheng Zhaozhong: "brother Shan and brother Wen can''t talk now. You can say anything!"
Sheng Zhaozhong sneered and shook his head in disappointment: "stupid! GUI Xiuwen took song TIANYAO''s 200000 resettlement fee, and song TIANYAO promised to help him send his wife and children to Malaya for happiness. If I don''t want GUI Xiuwen''s family to starve in a place like diaojing ridge like you, of course, take the money and go away. Do you want to stay and play brotherhood with you?"
Di Zhen looked back and asked his brothers, "where are sister-in-law Fen and her sixth son now?"
The sister-in-law Fen mentioned in his mouth is GUI Xiuwen''s wife, and the sixth son is their only child.
One of his men looked a little frightened, hesitated and replied, "sister-in-law Fen said yesterday that her sixth son had a high fever and took him down the mountain to see a doctor all night. It seems that she hasn''t come back yet."
When Di Zhen heard the speech, his face suddenly changed a few times and looked at Sheng Zhaozhong in disbelief.
Sheng Zhaozhong said leisurely, "in terms of time, they should be on the ship to Malaya now."
Di Zhen always believed that Tan Jingwei''s exposure had led to the death of Han Chongshan and others. Now he learned that Gui Xiuwen, who was treated as his own brother, was betrayed. For a moment, it was difficult to accept, and he was stunned.
After a long time, di Zhen just regained his consciousness, clenched his fists a little and gnashed his teeth: "Gui Xiuwen! You son of a bitch!"
"Don''t worry, GUI Xiuwen has been killed by me, and it can be regarded as revenge for Han Chongshan." Sheng Zhaozhong smiled and stretched out his hand to di Zhen: "get to know me again. My name is Sheng Zhaozhong, major of Huangpu 19th teaching group."
Di Zhen looked at Sheng Zhaozhong with a warm smile in front of him, swallowed his saliva, hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out his hand and held it together.