Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

Zhang Dabao and Niu Kekai were chatting when they arrived at Zhangjiakou at dawn. They had only run less than 200 kilometers in the middle of the night.

When he arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhang Dabao took out his letter of introduction and not only filled up his car with gas, he also bought two large oil drums filled with spare diesel. Zhang Dabao also had an internal employee breakfast and bought a lot of good things that only employees could buy, such as snacks and two military coats with buttons missing. Of course, Zhang Dabao also paid for a few packs of cigarettes.

"Da Biao, you're awesome." Niu Kewu's admiration for Zhang Da Biao is as endless as the torrent of a river.

"Brother Niu, there won't be any problem during the day. Now we are afraid of tonight. If everything is fine at night, then it will be really fine. But I just felt that someone was watching us." Zhang Dabao said what Niu Kewu didn't want to hear.

"Really?" Niu Kewu wanted to know why.

"Of course it's true. This is the only way to the outside. No matter how you change the route or hide your identity, your car is loaded with such a large load and is going outside. It will definitely arouse suspicion," said Zhang Dabao.

"No, should we find a place to hide at night?" Niu Kewu suggested.

"That's a solution, but if we don't move, the enemy will move and surround us, which is the most troublesome. We'll see the situation in the afternoon. We can't park the car from now on," said Zhang Dabao.

"Okay." Niu Kewu also realized that what Zhang Dabiao said was right. There were not many cars out there, and if they wanted to sabotage, they would rather kill the wrong ones than let them go.

The visibility was good during the day, but the road conditions became worse and worse as they went up. The two of them were pulling heavy objects and could not run at all. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, they had driven more than 200 kilometers. They calculated that they would not reach the destination tonight. Moreover, the further north they went, the less people there were, and driving at night increased the danger.

"Brother Niu, stop, let's discuss a solution and take a break," Zhang Dabao suggested.

The two parked the car on the side of the road, took out the prepared food and started eating. After eating, Zhang Dabiao said, "Brother Niu, we can't hide from the enemy. We must face them. If we don't leave here, they will chase us at night."

"Da Biao, do you have any ideas? Tell me." Niu Kewu didn't have any good ideas now.

"Brother Niu, let's cut some grass and put it on the roof of the car, and then we..." Zhang Dabao gave his own idea.

"This is a good idea." Niu Kewu agreed with Zhang Dabao's approach and got out of the car to cut grass. The grass on the grassland had not turned green yet and was still mostly yellow. After two hours, the two of them camouflaged the entire roof of the car with grass and put a large amount of grass on the car. After parking the car, they camouflaged the car body with grass.

The two got in the car again and slowed down. The sky gradually darkened. At a little after nine o'clock, they had driven another sixty or seventy kilometers when a small hill appeared in the distance. "Brother Niu, what do you think they would do if there were enemies?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"They must have destroyed the road first, and then ambushed on the nearby high ground. Dabiao, do you mean the small hill in front?" Niu Kewu asked.

"That should be it. Do you see the small hill ahead? We have headlights, and the enemy will definitely be able to see us from a long distance. We drive forward for a while, then turn around and park the car on the small hill, quickly camouflage the vehicle, and then one person at a small hill ambush the enemy. Brother Niu, safety first." Zhang Dabao patted Niu Kewu heavily.

"Da Biao, you too, let's fight them." Niu Kewu's bloody aura as a soldier also rose up.

The two men drove towards the small hill as planned. When they were still a quarter of the way to the hill, the vehicle turned around, turned off the lights and drove back. When they arrived at the small hill, they camouflaged the car, and the two men went up the small slopes on both sides of the road and hid.

Things happened just as Zhang Dabao had thought. After about fifteen minutes, seven horses came and ran over quickly. Then after half an hour, they slowly came back and began to look around with flashlights.

Zhang Dabao picked up the bow and arrow and shot an arrow. A man fell off his horse. Then someone shouted, probably calling that man's name. At this time, Zhang Dabao shot the arrow again, and another person fell down.

"They are here, dismount and hide," someone began to command.

Niu Kewu's gun fired, the commander's voice disappeared, and then Zhang Dabao's Type 56 also started. After a burst of gunfire, there was no sound on the ground.

Zhang Dabao carefully came down the slope and continued shooting at the enemy. After all ten people had finished shooting, he said to Niu Kewu, "Brother Niu, pack up the weapons. These are the people sent out to check the situation. There may be more enemies behind us. They will come here soon after hearing the gunshots. Here are rifles and grenades. Let's take them up there and use them. Hurry up."

After hearing what Zhang Dabao said, Niu Kewu quickly got down, collected weapons, ammunition, and grenades, then the two of them drove the horses away, walked forward about twenty meters, and continued to ambush.

The closer to the border, the more rampant the activities of the enemy spies. Zhang Dabao just saw that these are all Mongolians. They should be the Outer Mongolian personnel sent by the Russians to carry out sabotage operations.

The sound of gunfire could be heard from far away on the grassland. Less than ten minutes after Zhang Dabao and Niu Kewu had been lying in ambush, a horse team of about thirty people arrived. This time the enemy had a large number of people, so they had to kill some of them quickly. As for the horses, it would be troublesome if they charged forward.

Zhang Dabao threw grenades, and Niu Kewu also threw grenades. The two used all the grenades they had captured, leaving no one behind. They also threw out all the grenades they had brought with them. Then they used the Type 56 half-axe to start strafing the cavalry of thirty people. When the grenades exploded, except for those who were blown away, those who reacted quickly fell off their horses.

After two rounds of attacks, more than half of the enemy were killed and their guns began to counterattack. Due to his training, Zhang Dabao's shooting skills were very accurate. He killed one enemy with one shot. After all the enemies on his side were killed, he began to use the captured rifles to attack the enemies on Niu Kewu's side. The gun battle lasted for half an hour and the last person was shot by Zhang Dabao.

He reloaded the Type 56 and shot the enemy again, "Brother Niu, what happened to you?" When he reached the small slope opposite, Zhang Dabao discovered that Niu Kewu had been shot.

"Da Biao, I was shot and may not be able to go back. Go back and tell my leader that I didn't abandon anyone in the factory. Tell my wife to raise the child..." Blood kept flowing out from the upper right side of Niu Kewu's chest.

"Brother Niu, shut up. You have a penetrating wound and the enemy is using the Type 38 rifle. You won't die as long as I'm with you." Zhang Dabao took out first aid supplies from his pocket, applied medicine to him, stopped the bleeding, and also gave him antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs.

Niu Kekai fell asleep. Zhang Dabao thought, Niu Kewu, you are lucky that you set out with me. I brought all my belongings. If you had been with others, our destination would still be more than two hundred kilometers away. With your injuries so severe, it’s hard to say whether you could have survived.

Zhang Dabao used a Seagull camera to take pictures of his and Niu Kewu's battle results, stored the weapons and ammunition in the space, searched the enemy's bodies, and seized five watches, more than 200 yuan in cash, and two gold bars.