Hu Yu got out of the jeep, trotted all the way to the commander, stood upright, saluted, in peacetime, the commander will take the initiative to reach out and shake his hand, and affectionately slap him on the shoulder a few times, praise him a few good words to hear. After the commander shook hands with him, he would cordially pat him on the shoulder and say that he had worked hard, and ask about the situation of the troops and how his health was. However, when he saluted and stretched out his hand to shake the commander's hand, the commander's smiling face suddenly became serious, and instead of reaching out to shake his hand, he glared at him with wide eyes. Hu Yu's embarrassed outstretched hand didn't know whether to take it back, and his legs didn't know whether to go forward or backward. The commander ignored him at all, turned his head and laughed with the other commanders.

At this time, Li Boru's face turned pale and he walked over with his stomach pinched his hands, and was just about to raise his hand to salute, when the commander took the first step to hold his hand and asked, "Does the stomach hurt again?" Li Boru bent over painfully and waved his hand without speaking. The commander knew that he had been sick with stomach for many years, and this time it must be the reason why he could not eat well on such a cold day and a rainy day.

The commander turned back to the guards around him and said, "Send Political Commissar Li to Zhisi Hospital for medical treatment immediately." ”

Li Boru waved his hand and said, "I can insist, I'll go back after the meeting." ”

"The body is more important than the meeting, there will be a bigger battle soon, the body is like this, how can you command the troops?"

"But the meeting?" Li Boru was a little sluggish.

"Just have him," the commander pointed at Hu Yu and said, "When the war is more relaxed, I will arrange for you to return to China to cure it thoroughly, so the old pain is not a way!" ”

Hu Yu looked at it on the side, anxious in his heart, and was particularly unbalanced. If his army delays the fighter plane, he and Li Boru are commanders at the same level, a military commander and a political commissar, and the responsibility is for two people, so why don't they even hold a hand at him? He glared at him like a monster. And for Li Boru like his own brother, ask this question and arrange for him to return to China for treatment. Is it because he is a military commander? He felt particularly aggrieved, since the Long March road to the head of the regiment, his regiment became the main force in his hands, after he served as the division commander in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, his division became the main force under his command, and he was the commander of the Liberation War until he entered the Korean War to participate in the war His army was the main force, "It is the master who is loud in front of people, farting and smashing pits." Now in front of so many commanders at the same level, he has caused him such a big embarrassment, he is simply embarrassed, and it is more uncomfortable than slapping people in person.

"Have you all arrived?" The commander asked the staff officer beside him.

"It's all there." The staff officer replied.

The commander's expression became serious: "Now for the meeting." ”

The conference room was the size of ten houses, with a hillside on one side and a wall of logs on three sides, covered with mud. The tables inside are all made of logs. There were three large iron fires in the center of the room, and the big iron kettle sitting on the fire was steaming. Although there was frost outside, the house was hot. As soon as everyone entered the house, someone shouted heat. Familiar with each other, good relationship, snorting at each other, wanting to sit together, messing around for a few minutes, before sitting. Hu Yu usually sits at the front before meetings, greets people loudly, and gets up to shake hands with everyone one by one. Commanders at the same level also know his personality, show off themselves, and brag about how well he commands. The attitude of the chief towards him just now shows that there will be no good results from today's meeting. He stood outside the door and hesitated, waiting for all the staff to enter the venue. The staff officer of the headquarters urged him, and he was the last to enter the venue. He didn't sit down next to the commander as usual, but moved a stool by the door and sat down with his head bowed.

The commander watched him enter the venue at the end and asked, "What about Hu Yu?"

The whole crew seemed to just remember him, and when the commander asked, he twisted his head to look at the commander, as if that was his place. I couldn't see anyone, and I started looking around the house again, "by the door." "I don't know who said it. Everyone's faces turned towards the door. Hu Yu blushed.

The commander pointed to his side and said, "How do you sit at the door?" There's a special place for you. ”

Some people specially coaxed: "I said that the venue was so quiet today, because Commander Hu didn't speak!" ”

The commander spoke, and Hu Yu replied: "I'll just sit here, it's hot inside." ”

The commander gave him a blank look, waved his hand and told everyone to be quiet: "Now for the meeting." ”

The commander first talked about the situation of the domestic economy, the assessment and decision-making of the party Central Committee on the Korean battlefield, and the overall plan for the later period. Then the words changed, and his face became serious: "We have people who think they are the main force, and the troops are well-trained, functional, and strong; In fact, it is nothing, the troops are dragging their feet, the march is slowly soaring, and a little rain has become the reason why he can't complete the task...... "This veteran soldier who was born in martial arts and has been fighting horses all his life, has a bold personality, is upright, and does not tolerate a little sand in his eyes.

Hu Yu's face was red and purple when he was scolded by the old chief, his black and red face was bruised, and the age spots became more and more obvious, and he couldn't wait for a crack in the ground to drill into the ground. He wanted to explain the difficulty of not arriving at the attack site at the appointed time, but he stood up sharply, and slowly sat down again at the sight of the commander's stern gaze. Although the leaders and comrades have praised and deprecated him for more than 20 years, there are many more praises than disparages. The chief didn't say it, but everyone recognized that the chief's left and right hands were the main force of the entire army. From the time he became the commander of the regiment, his troops were known for being able to attack and defend well, and to fight tough battles, difficult battles, and evil battles; Every time he does a pre-war assignment, the most solid task is always his. However, today's indiscriminate criticism of the commander, who did not even let him explain the reason, embarrassed him to the extreme. What he couldn't tolerate in particular was bursts of laughter, among which Chen Sanwa, who laughed the loudest, was surrounded by the enemy on the Long March, and was in danger of being annihilated. Now I see that he is criticized, and he is happy not to help. "Villain!" Hu Yu scolded in a low voice.

How long the meeting lasted and what was going on, Hu Yu didn't hear it at all. He only felt that this was not a summary of the battle at all, it was a one-man criticism meeting, a meeting that embarrassed him and made him unable to get off the stage. He didn't even notice it until the meeting was over, everyone dispersed, and the staff officers began to clean the venue.

A sweeping staff officer swept up to him and said softly: "Commander Hu, the meeting is gone, and everyone is gone." ”

Hu Yu raised his head, and the venue was empty. Only Li Boru came back from seeing a doctor and sat beside him at some point.

In fact, as soon as the meeting began, Li Boru came back from seeing a doctor. Seeing that the smell of the venue was strong and the commander was angry, Hu Yu was criticized for lowering his head, his face was pale, his hands trembled slightly, and his lips trembled and he couldn't say it. He felt that he had the same responsibility as Hu Yu, he didn't speak, found a son to sit down with Hu Yu, and let the chief criticize him.

The staff officer who cleaned the venue swept the venue, but only Hu Yu and Li Boru did not sweep it, and urged: "The chief said that there is no food today." People are gone. ”

According to the long rule, after each battle, a summary meeting is held, and the commander will arrange a meal to tell everyone to relax and welcome the next battle.

"Who's going to eat?" The commander, who had gone out of the meeting, came back without knowing what had happened, just in time to hear what the staff officer said.

The commander walked into the conference room, saw Hu Yu, his face fell, and asked, "Why don't you leave?" ”

Hu Yu didn't know what to do, and his face turned red: "I ......"

"The battle is like this bear, and there is a face waiting to eat,"

"I didn't ......," Hu Yu stammered, speechless.

"It's still the main force, if it rains a little, you won't be able to complete the task, and the fighter will be delayed, so I think I will be a logistics army in the future." The chief Tie said with his eyelids blushed.

"But the mountain road that day." Hu Yu wanted to explain

"Why not organize assault troops?" The chief asked.

"I organized a battalion." Hu Yu said.

"In the face of such a powerful United Nations force led by the United States and South Korea, we must think about the gap in equipment between us and them. Why organize only one battalion? Why not a regiment, a division? I think you're just material for being a battalion commander, not worthy of this army commander! "The chief also hates iron and steel.

Hu Yugan opened his mouth and couldn't speak. He had so many reasons in his heart, and he had no reason to be told by the commander in a few words.

After a pause, the commander said: "The country has just been liberated, all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, and materials are particularly scarce, we organize a campaign of more than 100,000 people, do you know how many domestic resources will be wasted?" Just because you have made the campaign a failure, and you have lost both the people and the money. How can we support our people across the country? ”

"My troops don't eat for nothing." Hu Yu knew that he was not reasonable, and he spoke in a very small voice, almost nagging quietly.

The commander was furious, and his eyes widened, "Don't you eat in vain and fight like this?" I have the heart to shoot you, don't you think I won't tear and kill the horse? With that, he threw the document in his hand on the table and walked out.

Hu Yu opened his mouth widely, with an embarrassed face, in front of the cleaning staff and staff officers, he didn't leave such a little affection, as if he had nothing to do, especially when he said that he was going to shoot him, he felt the grievance of the boss in his heart. He felt that the commander only knew that it was raining heavily, and did not know that the storm was more than 100 kilometers a day and night, and half of it was a steep mountain, and the mountain was high and windy, and the heavy rain did not catch fire, and the soldiers could not eat. also ridiculed his troops for not being worthy of being the main force, and even said that he was not the material for being a military commander, and he was not convinced by the boss in his heart. After becoming the commander of the regiment on the Long March, it was he who led the regiment into the main regiment; to the main division of the Anti-Japanese War, the main force of the Liberation War. Although the commanders from the chief to the commanders at all levels did not say anything, everyone always felt that he was the right and left hand of the chief. In the past ten years, he has commanded the troops to fight many tough and difficult battles; How many hard bones were gnawed. Today's meeting seems to have been held entirely for him, saying that he and his troops have nothing to do but do logistics, and that most of his military career has been denied.

That's where the opening words appeared. The more Hu Yu thought about it, the more angry he became, more than 20 years of military life, eating and sleeping in the open, making his not beautiful face wrinkled like an old man, his skin was rough as if he never washed his face, and the color of his face in his forties was purple and dark like pig liver, and even a faint age spot. Because I was holding my breath at the meeting just now, the age spots became more obvious.

In the empty conference room, the empty meeting seemed to be frozen, and there was no sound at all, only Hu Yu and political commissar Li Boru stood there in a daze. The orderlies and staff officers who had been cleaning just now saw the commander reprimanding Hu Yu, and they all exited the room with interest. Li Boru gently dragged Hu Yu, and the two walked out of the room. Hu Yu's brain was in a mess, and the guards outside the door saluted him, and he didn't feel anything about how to get into the car. The jeep was bumpy all the way, and his mind went blank, as if it had come to a standstill. Suddenly, the jeep braked suddenly, Hu Yu didn't notice, and his head hit the front backrest. He poked his head out of the window and looked at the commotion. The guard who was sitting on the side of the bench ran down and looked at it and said, "A bullock cart from a North Korean villager in front of me has been stuck in the mud."