Chapter 2 Crossing

"Wow...... "Why am I still in heaven?" When I regained consciousness, I was surprised to find that I was still falling in the air. Everything I just fell into the hole was a dream?

But soon I realized that something was wrong, because I had fallen to the ground and felt a choking pain in my chest, but I knew very well that it was not serious, it was like being bitten by a mosquito compared to the pain of vomiting up stomach acid just now.

"There's a ghost......

"Don't move! Hands up! ”

……

Screams, shouts, and bolts, before I could open my eyes, there was chaos all around.

I opened my eyes in confusion, instinctively sat up straight and jumped up, and by the gray sky, I was surprised to find myself standing in a large pit, and under my feet I was stepping on several "corpses" that looked like corpses in cotton jackets and military hats. I thought to myself that the only corpse I had ever seen since I was a child was when my grandfather died. But looking at the pale faces of these "corpses", which did not look like a fake, I kicked "them" a few times to determine whether they were dead or alive.

"Don't move ......"

"You...... Are you a human or a ghost? ”

I looked up at the sound of the voice, and found that the pit was already full of people in the same costume, and ...... All of them were pointing guns at me, old-fashioned rifles, and I recognized most of them as three-eight big covers.

"You...... Who are you? What is this place? I asked, confused.

The reason why newborn calves are not afraid of tigers is because calves have never seen how fierce tigers are. In the same way, I had never seen a gun before, and I didn't know how harmful a gun was, and I didn't feel fear at all in front of me when I faced the muzzles of the black holes, although I knew that I should be scared at this time. So I thought about it for half a minute, thinking about whether I should pretend to be scared......

"Quick, drag him up......" After a while, a veteran with a wrinkled face but a bright look was the first to react: "Xiao Shandong, go and call the company commander and instructor, there is a living one here." ”

"Bring me a blanket ......" After several men dragged me out of the pit, the veteran quickly put a blanket over my body and rubbed it neatly over me.

I was tossed around by them like a puppet, my mind went blank, what was wrong with me? It's not a dream, is it? It was summer, and I remember wearing short sleeves, but now it's snowy everywhere, and I'm wearing this rustic padded jacket, and these old rifles that can only be seen in movies and museums......

"The company commander is here"

"What about people? Where is it? "The voice is strong and slightly hoarse.

"...... here"

Before I finished speaking, a face in the shape of a Chinese character appeared in front of me.

"Comrade, comrade......" He looked me up and down, and after knowing that I was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and smiled: "Comrade, we almost buried you alive...... I'm sorry. ”

Then he quickly straightened his face again, and his fingers were messed up in the air: "How did you do it, whether a person is dead or not, bury it without knowing whether it is dead or not, and if you have the gas to touch it, won't it be done?" How to accomplish the revolutionary work in such a sloppy way! ”

"We've touched it, it seems like it's out of ......breath," the veteran whispered with a look of shame, like a child who had been caught stealing food.

"Then this big living person is still a fake!" Hearing this, the company commander was even more angry, and his eyes were as big as lanterns.

"Company commander...... I heard there's a live one? It was a slightly bookish voice.

"Instructor, you're just in time." The company commander's face softened, and he said to the young man who was trotting all the way: "Look at them, if they make such a big fuss, if they really want to bury our comrades alive, how can I explain to my superiors!" ”

"Ling Zhang (company commander)." A Shandong accent interjected: "If you really bury it, how can that superior know mile ......?"

"Little Shandong is less confused." The face of the person called the instructor sank, and he quickly ordered: "Quick, go and check again, we can't let our comrades die in vain because of our negligence in our work, our comrades will die!" and not at the hands of our own people. ”

"Yes......"

Captain? Instructor? Homosexuals? Battlefield? Vintage Rifle ......

My mind was in a state of confusion, looking at this man and at that in a daze. They were speaking Chinese, and I could hear every word clearly, but I couldn't understand what they were saying. The picture in front of me seems to have a sense of déjà vu, oh...... I remembered that before I went to North Korea to cover the news, I had checked a lot of information about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

I have a habit of going into as much detail as possible before every interview, looking up the past and present of the interviewee. The people in front of me, as well as these equipment, are so similar to the Chinese People's Volunteers I saw in the information, can I say, can I say......

"Comrade, comrade ......" interrupted my thoughts, and the man called the instructor said to me apologetically: "Comrade, it was our negligence in our work not to find out that you were still alive, and I will ask the higher organization to punish us." Which company are you, come with us on the road, and we'll take you home! ”

"Which company?" Still confused, I asked with a confused face, "What......'s this?" What's going on? ”

The instructor and the company commander looked at each other, and then explained to me: "That's right, comrade, you froze to death last night...... Oh, it should be said that it is freezing and not waking up, our company is responsible for burying the comrades who froze to death, and we will soon be chasing after the large army, may I ask the comrade, which company are you? ”

"You...... Are you volunteers? I looked at the people around me hesitantly, still unable to believe this fact: "You are the Chinese People's Volunteer Army?" ”

There was silence, and everyone looked at me with a strange look.

After a long time, the veteran walked up to the instructor and whispered: "Instructor, I heard that some people will forget who they are after being injured, do you think this comrade has frozen his brain and doesn't even know who he is?" ”

The instructor hesitated for a moment, nodded in agreement, and then walked up to me and asked, "Comrade, do you remember which company you belong to?"

Being mistaken for an amnesiac man, I shook my head with a smile.

"Do you remember who you are? What's your name? ”

"My name is Cui Wei."

"Okay." Instructor Wen Yan nodded, as if secretly relieved, and it seemed that he was still worried about whether I had become a fool.

"Comrade, now I tell you unequivocally that we, including you, are soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, we are now going to catch up with the big army, and revolutionary discipline stipulates that we are not allowed to leave the wounded, so you must go with us, understand?" Then he turned to the veteran and ordered, "Old squad leader...... You're in charge of taking him with you, don't get lost......"