Chapter 37: Fever
At this moment there was a clutter in the yard, and the sound of tools clashing, as if the people who had been driven to work had returned. Liang Guocheng was dragged out of the prison by two South Korean soldiers. Company Commander Zhang knew that another volunteer prisoner of war had caught him. There were already many people standing in the courtyard, and it was only then that he noticed that there were still many Korean People's Army prisoners of war in the prisoner-of-war camp. At the front of the line stood a South Korean officer, while South Korean soldiers escorted two Korean prisoners of war trembling and covered in blood. Today it seems that the South Korean military is presiding, the coalition forces are in the outer circle, and not a single officer is present. This is because South Korea and North Korea are originally one country, and the Korean prisoners of war were captured when they escaped, and the escapees were executed in front of all the prisoners of war as an example. And the execution of prisoners of war is a violation of international conventions and condemned by the international community! In order not to make trouble for themselves, they wanted to kill and deter all the prisoners of war, so as to prevent similar incidents from escaping, so that the Koreans were the protagonists to kill their own compatriots!
The South Korean officer stood in front with a murderous face: "I'm very unhappy today, very unhappy!" Because someone violated the regulations on the management of prisoners of war, he left the road to work without authorization, and wanted to escape and was arrested! ”
The officer beckoned, and the soldier carried the collar of the North Korean soldier to the front of the crowd. Two North Korean soldiers looked like children of sixteen or seventeen; I don't know what the result is, one can still stand, and the other is trembling like chaff in fright, and he still can't stand even if someone is holding his collar legs. The soldier holding his collar whispered, "So spineless, isn't it a child of the Korean nation?" ”
A sixteen or seventeen-year-old child is already frightened and does not possess his body. He couldn't hear him at all.
A coalition soldier parted the crowd and came to the South Korean officer to say a few words, and he nodded repeatedly.
"We have more projects that we hope you will work on to complete without delay. Now I pronounce the verdict that the prisoners of war of the Han Xian People's Army have violated the regulations on the management of prisoners of war, and are sentenced to death and immediately executed! ”
Two young soldiers of the Korean People's Army were pulled in front of the barbed wire. The firing squad had already been arranged, and the line stood behind the person being executed. The executive commanded: "Attention, guns are on fire, aim, shoot!" "It seems like a few simple passwords, like a talisman from hell. After a row of gunshots, two fresh lives disappeared in an instant, and a smell of blood came to my nose. Originally, everyone's mood was depressed, and the smell of blood made it uncomfortable as if they were about to suffocate. There was some commotion among the Korean prisoners of war, and the guards immediately loaded their guns as if they were facing a great enemy. Then he escorted them out to work. The guards were worried that the North Korean soldiers would make trouble and affect the volunteers, so they deliberately separated the time of the two people from the labor site today, so that it would be easy to control it in case of trouble.
Company Commander Zhang sent Liang Guocheng back to the prison before leaving. He was left alone in the empty prison cell. The execution of two Korean People's Army soldiers was like a movie before his eyes. Today they shot and killed North Korean soldiers on the pretext that the prisoners of war had escaped, and tomorrow they may find some other reason to kill the volunteer soldiers. Now it is obviously a plate of scattered sand, although Company Commander Zhang often fights for power for everyone, but the strength of one person must be limited. There is a saying in China that 'a gun shoots a bird in the head', and too many people are likely to be persecuted! We should organize ourselves and use the power of the organization to fight for power. Since it is an organization, it should have a core, and this core personnel must be members of the party. It's a bit worrying to think about this, because at that time the grassroots party organization was secretive; The comrades-in-arms who share life and death in the same unit, the one who is in the organization knows no one. If you ask directly, in such a harsh environment as a prisoner of war camp, no one will admit to organizing in order to prevent leaking the secrets of the Party organization and troops and causing unnecessary losses to the Party organization and troops, and then it will violate the oath of enlightenment. He thought of Company Commander Zhang, the company commander of the combat unit, who should be a person with organizational ability in the party. He decided to talk to Company Commander Zhang about the matter after they finished work tonight.
The door opened, and the major who had interrogated him yesterday entered the cell with the doctor. The doctor couldn't help but say that he squatted beside him to check his injuries, and after the examination, he said: "The prisoner's wounds are all infected, and they are not suitable for interrogation, let alone execution!" ”
The major pointed at Liang Guocheng and said, "I see that his eyelids are red, and he is healthier than us?" ”
The doctor said, "The antipyretic medicine I gave him last night has passed. The red eyelids are that he has a fever again. ”
The major's purpose has not yet been achieved, and he is in a hurry. "Won't you die?" ”
The doctor said, "If you continue to have a fever, you will die at any time if you torture again!" ”
The major was anxious to know how much information Liang Guocheng knew about their position and how much he sent out. Now the doctor told him that he could not be interrogated, which shows that he is anxious. He didn't care about the death of one or two prisoners of war, but he couldn't let him die now, and if he died, they would never know how much the volunteers knew about them, and they would not be able to improve their positional defense in a targeted manner, so that they would be in a situation of being passively beaten.
The doctor came to give an anti-inflammatory injection every few hours according to the effect of the drug, but the bullets from the two wounds on his back were not removed, and the inside was inflamed and rotted out. From time to time, it causes a high fever, and antipyretics cannot be taken at regular meals, but only when there is a fever. So he often burned into a coma. Today I started gnawing and coughing and coughing again. The people who got off work came back and entered the prison one after another. Because in the morning everyone witnessed the shooting of the prisoners of war, they all began to worry about their fate, sighing and making the prison very depressing. When dinner came, I was not in the mood to fight, and I urged the Korean soldiers who were cooking several times in a row, and only then did someone eat one after another.
Since Liang Guocheng was wounded and taken prisoner in the prison, because he was the most seriously injured person in the prison, Company Commander Zhang moved to take care of him. He came to him tonight and offered to reach out and shake his hand. Company Commander Zhang felt a little sudden, and then after thinking about it, he had dispelled his worries and began to believe him.
"My name is Liang Guocheng, the staff officer of the XX Army Artillery Regiment, a member of the *!" To prevent everyone from hearing, he said in a suppressed voice.
Seeing that he believed in himself, Company Commander Zhang excitedly shook his hand and said, "Thank you, you trust." We can finally discuss big things together. ”
Liang Guocheng said: "Today they shot Korean prisoners of war, the enemy may see us scattered, and tomorrow they may shoot our volunteer prisoners of war." We should organize ourselves, give play to the leading role and cohesion of party members in the struggle against the enemy, fight for the power of prisoners of war, at least not kill prisoners of war indiscriminately, and leave more builders for the party and the nascent republic! ”
Company Commander Zhang said: "There are four party members in our prison cell, and they have been discussed to become a branch, but there is no suitable secretary. Originally, everyone chose me as a secretary, but I couldn't read or write, so it was okay to command 100 brothers to fight, but it was not okay to fight with the enemy. You are a staff officer of a higher-level unit when you come, you see a big scene, and you are educated, you are the secretary and lead everyone to fight with the enemy! ”
Liang Guocheng said: "How can I do this body? ”
Company Commander Zhang saw Liang Guocheng's tone of speech and agreed. Waving his hand, he said, "You don't have to do anything, just come up with ideas and command."
Company Commander Zhang stood up and walked around the prison cell, giving the other three party members a look, and Company Commander Zhang helped Liang Guocheng out of the prison together. The prisoner of war camp does not lock the door at night, and it is allowed to move around before the ban is lifted, but many people are not allowed to gather. In the open space in front of the prison hall, several people sat on the ground and held a branch meeting of the prisoner of war camp. Elect Liang Guo as secretary and set goals and tasks:
1. Strictly abide by the party's discipline and never divulge the secrets of the troops, no matter how bad the situation is
Betrayal of the Motherland!
2 With the Party branch as the backbone, unite with the prison and other prison houses [also included
Comrades, fight against enemy guards and fight for the rights of prisoners of war.
3. In the event of shooting, beating, scolding, and insulting, lead everyone to fight resolutely.
4 Prisoners of war were to be treated by a doctor for their injuries and illnesses.
5 Let the food be washed, and there shall be no sand.
6 When appropriate, lead the group out of the prisoner of war camp and return to the motherland.
After the meeting, several people were very excited. There is no nutrition on the pale eyelids, because of the excitement has a happy vitality. With the power of the organization, it will be possible to unite all the captured people to act together, and it will be possible to return to the motherland alive. When the evening management time came, they returned to the cell as if nothing had happened. Liang Guocheng felt duffled and coughed constantly. The coughing of the cough affects the rest of the people. They all stared at him with strange eyes, and they didn't understand what was going on when they went out for a while and coughed non-stop when they came back. Company Commander Zhang was beside him, looking at his curved body and trembling slightly. He touched his forehead, and it was as hot as a brazier. A person with a fever is cold to the touch. Company Commander Zhang put his blanket over him. This is only a stopgap measure, and it will not solve the fundamental problem. He didn't know that Liang Guocheng's back injury had not been operated on so far, and the bullet was still in his body. He only felt that the fever was an inflammation of the wound, and it was urgent to take antipyretic medicine to reduce the inflammation of the wound. He thought of the method that he shouted in unison last night, and he felt that the method he had only used would be used again today, and the enemy might be prepared to use any method against you that you could not think of. Seeing Liang Guocheng getting more and more serious, his face was flushed with burning, and he looked a little unconscious. He felt that he could use his fever as a breakthrough to unite all his captured comrades, fight against the enemy guards, and fight for the power of prisoners of war! Tomorrow, while working on the construction site, I will first contact my comrades-in-arms, and the North Korean comrades will talk about it later because of the difference in language. The best thing to do is to go on a hunger strike, so that everyone can join, and the more people who join, the more shocking it will be, and our conditions will be accepted!