Now what Captain Jiao is most anxious about is that both sides of the Handong have collapsed, blocking the entrance of the cave, how to get out. The confusion of the recruits just now was a life-threatening, desperate reaction. Although it has been released, if they don't come up with a way as soon as possible, so that they can feel hopeful and get out of the letter hole, this release will always be temporary, and when they encounter even a little fluctuation, they will be chaotic again. The soldiers were also young people in their twenties, and they also had worries about their lives, and the danger also loomed over them, but it was just a kind of responsibility to substitute for the soldiers, and there was no chaos. He is also very chaotic in his heart, and the danger is approaching step by step, and he is also worried about his life. But he understood that now hundreds of people were staring at a few of the substitutes, and the substitutes were staring at him. He is the chief, the supreme commander of the entire train, and his every move affects all the people in Handong. If he shows the slightest uneasiness and panic, it will immediately affect the mood of the substitute soldiers, and it will immediately affect the new recruits, and there will be chaos in the entire Handong people, and he alone will not be able to stop it at all, and more people will be killed and injured. He paced back and forth, his brain racing, sorting out his thoughts. can't wait for the outside to come to help, we must sort out a plan for self-help as soon as possible, and give everyone a kind of confidence; Taking it out a minute later increases the danger of confusion. He took a torch and walked to the front, and looked at the mountains of stones and miscellaneous soil, which were the size of half a house, and could not be lifted by human strength, and the rubble and miscellaneous soil alone could not be cleared in a short time. He felt a chill in his heart, this was not a small project, especially without any digging tools. He walked back and forth a few times, and saw a place against the wall, with large rocks erected, and digging from below might save some time. He wants to organize everyone as soon as possible, so that the substitute soldiers have a sense of responsibility and the recruits begin to excavate, so that everyone can feel the hope of life, and there will be no confusion when there is hope.

Commander Jiao waved his hand: "Comrades who are acting for the soldiers, come here, let's have a meeting." ”

The soldiers surrounded one after another, and Platoon Commander Wang pulled Liang Guocheng and walked over together. Captain Jiao glanced at Liang Guocheng, and Platoon Leader Wang hurriedly explained: "He is a college student, very smart, and can help us come up with ideas." ”

Head Jiao nodded, turned around and said to everyone: "Now we are encountering a special situation, so many people are trapped in this letter hole. We are a little older than the new soldiers, and after the liberation war, we have more experience, and we are the backbone of the new soldiers. Our every move affects hundreds of people. We must have confidence, believe in ourselves, believe in our battlefield, and with the joint efforts of all our comrades from top to bottom, we will certainly be able to dig a passage and lead everyone out of the Handong alive.

Commander Jiao deliberately spoke loudly so that the recruits could hear him.

"I think I should put out the fire first." Leng Buding Liang Guocheng added.

Captain Jiao glanced at Liang Guocheng dissatisfied, and didn't answer his words. He continued: "Now it's how to dig, how to dig from the front or from the back, how to organize the people. ”

"Now it's not a question of how to dig, we should organize people to put out the fire first." Liang Guocheng spoke as if they were arguing.

Jiao Tuanchang's face was pulled down, and his brows were tightly locked. In the troops, there has never been a speech by a superior leader, and the subordinate has interjected casually, and it is not as good as the thinking of the superior leader. He put up a shelf, stretched his voice and deliberately asked, "Who is interfering?" ”

"Me." Liang Guocheng took a few steps forward and replied loudly.

Platoon Commander Wang brought Liang Guocheng over, his hands and feet danced in a hurry, he hurriedly took a step forward, grabbed Liang Guocheng and dragged him back, and said, "The chief can't interject when he speaks." ”

Liang Guocheng was dragged sideways by Platoon Commander Wang and shouted loudly: "If you don't hurry up to put out the fire, everyone may suffocate in this hole!" ”

The recruits who sat against the wall, there was some commotion, and some stood up.

What to be afraid of, what to come; Captain Jiao is most afraid of chaos now, and Liang Guocheng keeps talking. His angry face was like a purple eggplant, he pointed at Liang Guocheng with one hand, crossed his waist with the other, touched the holster of the pistol, and reprimanded loudly: "You are alarmist and deliberately create chaos, and I will shoot you!" ”

Liang Guocheng's face also turned red, and Platoon Commander Wang dragged him with one hand and pointed at Commander Jiao with the other: "I have to say that I am shooting for the safety of hundreds of people!" ”

When the recruits saw the quarrel and the quarrel was about the safety of their lives, they all stood up with red eyes, surrounded Commander Jiao and the soldiers, and surrounded them in the middle. He knew that what Liang Guocheng had just said touched the sensitive spirit of the recruits; As long as you can't get out of the cave, fear and danger will always hang over everyone. If he doesn't handle it properly, this fear will turn into anger, because after all, it is he and the soldier who have brought everyone to this dangerous place. Although this is a special situation, these young people who have not experienced the world are in danger of life. When the spirit is highly nervous, who dares to guarantee that he will not be angry with him and the soldiers. At that time, there will be even more chaos, more people will die, and several of them will lose their lives. He suppressed his fire and stopped arguing with Liang Guocheng, lest he say more urgent words and provoke these recruits.

Captain Jiao smiled strongly, "Tell me why you want to put out the fire first?" Before Liang Guocheng could pick up the conversation, he then said loudly to Liang Guocheng, more like to everyone: "The back compartment is on fire, we are all in front of the front of the car, and we can't threaten everyone's safety at all; Besides, if we decide to dig from the front, how much can we still shine on, so why put out the fire first? ”

Liang Guocheng's anger has not subsided, and his eyes are like quarrels: "Now that both ends of Handong have collapsed and blocked, fresh air can't come in, and the fire in the back compartment is fueled by air, and when the air is burned out, so many people will suffocate to death."

Liang Guocheng's words, most people were at a loss, and few people could understand them.

Commander Jiao, who had never been to school, only knew a few words after becoming a soldier, and he didn't believe that fire was fueled by air, let alone that air could burn out. He was so angry that a new recruit dared to talk back to him like this, and said something that no one could understand; Geng Wang's platoon commander was angry, and he brought him to a meeting when he thought he couldn't get involved, and said some frustrating words, which simply disturbed the morale of the army, and if he was on the battlefield, he would shoot him personally.

"Haha!" Captain Jiao sneered, "Laughing to death, the fire is based on the air, and the gas can suffocate people to death after it is burned, who believes it!" The last sentence, he said harshly.

Platoon Commander Wang saw that no one could convince anyone, so he took a few steps forward and walked in front of Commander Jiao, "Let him talk about his reasoning, there may also be some reasons for him, after all, he is a college student and has a higher education." Along the way, he liked Liang Guocheng's character and believed the reason he said, although he couldn't figure out why the fire burned by air.

Captain Jiao turned his head to look at everyone, because he didn't understand, he was at a loss, his eyes were full of scorch, and he was worried about his own life. He didn't want to quarrel any more, so he discussed a feasible method as soon as possible and began to dig, only by starting to dig out the hope of life that everyone can feel, and he would be motivated; When everyone concentrates on digging, there will be no riots.

Captain Jiao said impatiently, "Let him speak." ”

Liang Guocheng walked a few steps forward, stood in the middle of the crowd, and said to Captain Jiao: "For example, the kerosene lamp with a lampshade in our house, the glass cover is used to block the wind, and the hole on it is for ventilation. Now both sides of the cave are blocked by collapsed stones and miscellaneous soil, the air can't come in, the fire behind is burning the air, hundreds of us breathe, soon the air will run out, and everyone will not suffocate to death by then. ”

Although Captain Jiao didn't seem to understand it, he felt a little reasonable, and said, "Then, what do you say?" ”

Liang Guocheng believed him when he heard the tone of the head of Jiao, and he was very happy: "Divide the people into two groups, one group to fight the fire, one group to dig, and then divide the digging group into three to four groups, dig in shifts, and try to sit still as much as possible to reduce the amount of air." ”

"Dig before, or dig from behind, how to dig, what if we don't have tools?"

Liang Guocheng continued: "I think it should be dug in the front, because the US military plane was blown up in the back, and there must be a lot of earth and rocks falling; The front was bombed and collapsed, and there should be less rocky soil than the back. Besides, we are going to the front line, and if we dig from the back, even if we dig through such a person and have to climb the mountain, I don't know if there is a road to this mountain. As for how to dig, I think we should dig from the top of the collapsed rock, the bottom area is large, and the top area is small, and dig a hole as soon as possible to let fresh air in. ”

"I think so." As soon as Liang Guocheng stopped, Platoon Leader Wang added. Everyone's eyes turned to Captain Jiao, and when he made a decision, he would be the supreme leader of the entire train.

"Hmph," Commander Jiao saw that everyone was inclined to Liang Guocheng's statement, although he was unwilling to give command to a new recruit in his early twenties, a hairy young man, so he had to follow everyone and said: "Let him arrange, you follow him, don't make trouble." ”

Platoon Commander Wang walked up to Liang Guocheng and said to him: "The chief has given you the right to command, and you can do whatever you say, and we will all obey your command." ”

When the command of a few hundred people was handed over to a young student who had never commanded a unit before, he suddenly felt uneasy and a little overwhelmed. Although he had told so many reasons when he was arguing with Captain Jiao just now, and he had planned several sets of plans in his heart, he really let him take full command, and he didn't know where to start. Sweat immediately oozed from his head, cold sweat broke out in his palms, and his hands kept rubbing. He went to school since he was a child, until he became a soldier, he never commanded anyone, and now he saw hundreds of people sitting against the wall of the cave, and the soldiers all stared at him with clear eyes, his brain suddenly went blank as if the power was off, and he continued to come up with several plans. He quickly sorted out his thoughts, he was worried that he was a recruit, he had no authority, and everyone would not listen to his command; I am also worried that my plan will not be agreed upon. He looked at Captain Jiao with his eyes, and then looked at Platoon Leader Wang with pity, and Platoon Leader Wang understood that he wanted his help. Platoon Commander Wang smiled, he saw Liang Guocheng's entanglement, it was simply his first day when the superior chief announced that he was the platoon commander, standing in front of the whole platoon soldiers and wanting to speak, but he didn't know where to start, and his face was flushed. Platoon Commander Wang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, take it a look and arrange it according to your ideas." ”