Chapter 39: The Struggle

Company Commander Zhang helped Liang Guocheng sit down. It may be that he was beaten too badly today, just now he came out alone and exerted his strength, he coughed and coughed, and the more he coughed, the more he suffered, and he coughed one after another. Everyone was worried about his injury, and the branch meeting could not be opened, so they had to send him back to the prison first. Company Commander Zhang watched Liang Guocheng being interrogated and beaten twice, and felt that his injuries were even more serious, and he couldn't wait any longer, and he had to start fighting! Although he is not a doctor, he can see that his injuries are mild, and if he does not get good treatment, his life will be difficult to ...... He didn't dare to think about it any further, and he didn't care about setting up an organization in the Zhanfu Battalion; Possible risks if exposed. He wants to expand the members of the organization, unite as many comrades-in-arms as possible, and organize a force that guards dare not be small! He went to the prison cells on the left and right, and found them; The head of the prison cell contacted in the morning. took them to see Liang Guocheng's injuries and introduced other branch members to each other. He asked the acting secretary to start a hunger strike at the same time tonight in all three prisons! Got the consent of the attendees.

The struggle must be face-to-face with the guards, and the confrontation must have a purpose, and the goal must be set in advance. Company Commander Zhang set several struggle goals on the basis of the goals and tasks set by him and Liang Guocheng.

1. Prisoners of war are not allowed to be killed.

2. It is forbidden to beat, insult and insult prisoners of war.

3. For the injured and sick, there should be a doctor to treat them.

4. Prisoners of war work for 8 hours a day and cannot be extended without reason.

5. Improve fire food, and no longer eat grain with sand; Be able to eat enough!

Company Commander Zhang is a bold and enthusiastic person, and his biggest flaw is that he is uneducated. These are the few things that we have to face every day in reality, and they are also the minimum conditions for survival. After discussing with everyone, several people are uneducated, and they can't think of any other conditions. The branch meeting is temporarily over, and each of them will go back to the prison for mobilization, and today dinner will begin, and the three prison cells will go on a hunger strike at the same time!

When it was time for dinner, two Korean soldiers wore large aprons and one carried a corn paste bucket; One came to the door of the prison with a basket of nest heads. The soldier carrying the bucket knocked on the bucket with a rice spoon, and everyone would go out to eat one after another in normal times. Because they couldn't eat enough food every day, and after a hard day's work, everyone was hungry. They are all looking forward to starting the meal early, so as soon as the meal comes, there is no need to say hello, and people who are hungry will rush to eat. Tonight was unusual, and no one cooked after knocking on the bucket a few times. The two South Korean soldiers looked at each other and couldn't figure out what was going on? The soldiers who were carrying the baskets put down the baskets and stood at the door of the prison cell and shouted a few times, but still no one got up to eat. He looked around the room, dozens of pairs of eyes were on him, except for Liang Guocheng's coughing sound in the room, it was a little too quiet than usual, and the silence was scary. He sensed the tension and that something might happen. But he couldn't see that something was wrong, what could happen? He was just a soldier forcibly recruited by his relatives, and although he was not tied up, he was not voluntary. He didn't want to get himself involved and hurt himself or lose his life because he couldn't figure it out. He withdrew from the prison and beckoned his companions to get out of here!

The next morning, there was still no one to eat, and the soldiers who delivered the food felt the seriousness of the problem. They reported to their superiors. The camp was a temporary institution, and prisoners of war could only be produced if there was a larger battlefield between the warring parties. The administration of prisoners of war was also an ad hoc institution. Young officers were temporarily transferred to manage prisoners of war with little experience. The prisoners of war were reported from below to refrain from eating, and he only felt that a few lazy people were making trouble and did not want to participate in labor. He informed the prisoner of war canteen that from today onwards, the food of all prisoners of war would be halved, the intensity of labor would be strengthened, and no work would be allowed to be closed until it was dark. He felt that what happened because of a small number of people would eventually affect everyone's food and increase the number of working hours, which would cause the majority to be dissatisfied with the minority, and thus cause a split within the prisoners of war, and the prisoners themselves put an end to the hunger strike! He did not expect that the difference between Eastern and Western cultures created a difference in thinking and lifestyle. Also in a foreign country, Chinese are more home-loving. The Chinese have a saying that 'I would rather be a ghost of my hometown than the soul of another family'. Moreover, they are now all prisoners of war, and life and death are in the hands of the enemy with weapons in hand. In order to fight for more chances of survival, the more difficult the situation is; It's easier to unite, which Western culture could never have imagined.

The guards were allowed to blow the whistle outside, and the three prison cells did not eat and did not come out to work. The guards rushed into the cell and dragged them out, and the people who dragged them out sat on the ground and did not move. The prisoners of war in the other cells didn't understand why, and they all stared at what was happening. The head of the labor of escorting prisoners of war was a junior officer. Fearing that the prisoners of war in the three prisons would affect the entire camp, he ordered the guards to escort other prisoners of war to the construction site. He reported the situation to the commander of the prisoner-of-war camp. After the chief ordered the meal to be halved yesterday, he only felt that he was hungry for two days and tired from labor, and he didn't care too much. Today, he reported to him that three prisons refused to work at the same time, and he felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was. He wanted to know about the situation, but he was worried that he, the supreme commander of the prisoner of war camp, would talk directly to the prisoners of war, and if they raised problems that could not be solved, they would not be able to deal with them in the middle, and what happened would not seem to be explained by the above. He asked his assistant to ask briefly and deal with it, but he didn't think that prisoners of war were not soft bones. If you come hard, the supreme governor will not talk to him if he does not come. Things have been deadlocked. It was getting dark, and the prisoners of war who had gone to work were coming back. The commander of the POW camp feared that the POWs would support each other and that more people would join the hunger strike. Ordered the guards to persuade those who were on hunger strike outside the prison to return to the prison cell, and Company Commander Zhang led the people on a hunger strike and refused to work in order to expand their influence, and it was best to force the enemy to agree to the conditions because the entire prisoner of war camp 'also included friendly troops'.

The struggle had just begun, and Company Commander Zhang was worried that the hard shoulders would affect the enthusiasm of the group. He asked everyone to obey the guards, and each went back to his cell. It was only after dark that the prisoners dragged their tired bodies to the prisoner of war camp. The grain halving that began this morning; The increase in labor intensity has made the stomach that was already unable to eat even more deflated. My stomach was growling with hunger almost all day, and I had no strength in my body, and I had to intensify my labor. Everyone is holding back the fire in their bellies, no matter who never messes with the hungry people who work; They are too hungry to get flustered, and they may do anything irrational or even kill at any time. Seeing that everyone had returned, Company Commander Zhang and the other three people in the prison unit started to publicize. Since it was decided to take Liang Guocheng as an opportunity, let as many other people in the prison as possible see his injuries and the deformed facial features of the enemy beaten, so as to get the resonance of everyone. Liang Guocheng's injuries, especially his scarred and distorted face, really angered the people who thought that there was no reason to reduce food and increase the amount of labor. Prisoners of war have different feelings abroad and at home, and at home they feel that they can be rescued, that is, they have the opportunity to escape, and they may also find their way home to the army or home. In the war abroad, he was especially taken prisoner, and he was sentenced to death from the bottom of his heart, because it was not possible for his troops to be rescued, and no one thought of escaping, but he took the risk of escaping, and the language barrier, no means of transportation, and no food could be found, and it was a dead end. So all prisoners of war think in their hearts, basically the same. Now they are shooting and beating prisoners of war, and tomorrow it is possible to find some reason to shoot and beat themselves. In times of group crisis, in order to survive, it may be better to embody the phrase 'one for all, all for one'. Soon a hunger strike under the command of Company Commander Zhang began!