Chapter 32: Not Ruthless Enough
Lying on the 'bed' tossing and turning can't sleep. Suddenly wanted to see how the tunnel had been built, so he took Zhang Mingxue and climbed along the passage next to him towards other tunnels.
When passing by the big tunnel that Wang Yuehan took me to see last time, I found that the soldiers had nailed a wooden sign to the entrance of the 'gate', and the sign was clearly engraved from right to left with several large traditional characters - "Invincible Tunnel". Seeing this, I couldn't help but feel funny, saying that we Chinese just like to add the word "invincible" in front of extra-large and extra-powerful things. For example, the Shenwei Invincible Cannon, the Invincible General Cannon, and the Invincible Warship or something, I didn't expect that now even the tunnel can be called invincible.
"Who's got that name?" I asked casually.
"It's Counselor Wang!" Zhang Mingxue responded: "I originally wanted to wait for the head of the regiment to come back and give him a name." Later, everyone thought you were glorious, so Counselor Wang took this name. He said that Commander Cui had never encountered an opponent on the battlefield, so he named this tunnel built according to your will "Invincible Tunnel", and regarded it as a memorial to you! ”
"Hmm! This feeling is good! Hearing this, I couldn't help but quip: "I'm not dead yet, this memorial hall has built me!" ”
Zhang Mingxue listened and couldn't help laughing.
"Captain Cui! It's Regiment Commander Cui" One of the soldiers inside heard the movement outside, poked out his black head and saw that it was me, and couldn't help shouting excitedly into the tunnel: "Comrades, it's Regiment Commander Cui, Regiment Commander Cui is back."
With a "whew", I clearly felt a gust of wind rushing out of the channel, and a dozen soldiers followed the sound of the wind and surrounded several of us in an instant.
"It's really Captain Cui, we still think you're "that".
"That's it! When the net hears the news. We haven't had any work all day, and we're bored to do it! ”
As soon as the soldiers poured out, they rushed to speak, and some of them asked this and that, but I didn't know what to answer.
"By the way, what about Counselor Wang?" I asked, "I've been here for a while, why haven't I seen Counselor Wang!" "He's busy in another tunnel!" Zhang Yu replied: "He heard that you were here last night, and he immediately wanted to go and see you." But he didn't dare to leave the position without permission, and finally endured it. But I know that you are back alive and kicking, not to mention how happy you are, I was busy in the pit all night last night, and I was full of energy! ”
"Isn't Company Commander Zhang the same? . The other warriors soon burst into action.
"It's all the same, it's all the same!" Zhang Xiaoxiao smiled, and then pulled me to the tunnel: "Commander." Let's take a look at our invincible tunnel, this time! We won't even have a problem hiding here for the first month! ”
"Oh! Is it stored water? I asked.
"That's right!" Zhang Xiaoxiao, who was walking in front, nodded.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but be a little puzzled, if I said that I wanted to store water, although it would not take much time to lift dozens of gasoline barrels up with my method, if dozens of gasoline barrels were placed in the tunnel, the tunnel would soon become crowded. So I should have built a few more tunnels to store water, but I've only been out for a few days, so the soldiers have built the tunnels?
With suspicion, he and the warriors bent into the horseshoe shape.
The front section of the "invincible tunnel" is a relatively narrow horseshoe-shaped tunnel. The advantage of this aisle-type tunnel is that the amount of work is not large, and there is no need for log support. And because it is arched above, it is relatively strong, and the lower part is widened and leveled, which is convenient for soldiers to carry weapons and equipment in and out quickly, so it is widely used in the aisle.
After walking inside for a while, I found that the warriors had also made new articles in this horseshoe-shaped tunnel. Because every few meters I walked, I found a small pit dug next to the tunnel, and a lot of sandbags and iron were piled up in it.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but ask, "These are."
"Commander, these are for fire prevention and poison prevention!" Zhang Xiaoxiao explained: "If the enemy's flamethrowers and poisonous gas are sprayed inside, we will not be able to get in just a pile of fires with these sandbags." 'Get' a few more layers, and then spread a thin layer of soil, and even the poison gas was not removed from us. ”
"Hmm! That's a good idea! I couldn't help but praise in my heart, this is a practical and fast method of fire prevention and anti-poison, which once again shows that the power of the masses is unlimited.
"And, ah". After a pause, Zhang Xiaoxiao continued: "We are full of sand in this sandbag, and the sand is not easy to clump and easy to pour out." If we want to put out the fire in the tunnel, we just need to put a few 'holes' in the sandbags and sprinkle all the way."
"Hey! Even this has come to mind! When I heard this, I couldn't help but admire the meticulous preparation of the soldiers again.
As he was talking, my eyes couldn't help but light up, and the soldiers and I had already walked into the cantonment tunnel of the "Invincible Tunnel". After watching it for a while, I couldn't help but be stunned. Originally, I thought that the tunnel should be full of gasoline barrels, but when I walked in, I found that there was not a single empty gasoline barrel. I looked for a while on the wall of the tunnel by the light of the torches, but I didn't see any special 'doors' for storing water. couldn't help but look at Zhang Xiao suspiciously.
Zhang Xiaoxiao and the soldiers laughed, and said meaningfully: "Commander, let's stump you once!" This vapour bucket full of water is in this tunnel, see if you can find it! ”
"Give me a problem!
Rotten B, the second by the goods have to have this funny. At the same time, I was a little unwilling to hide such a big heart in this tunnel, and I couldn't even find it!
Unconvinced, he continued to look in the tunnel, but he couldn't see a single gasoline barrel. Zhengfan was embarrassed, and suddenly found that there were dozens of floors paved with logs under his feet, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Zhang Xiaoxiao in amazement.
Zhang Xiao smiled and nodded, walked up and lifted the log cover, and a gasoline drum with a wooden plug on it and buried in the soil appeared in front of me.
"Commander, look at the idea of burying the gasoline barrel here!" Zhang Xiaoxiao grinned and said: "This is the method that Wang Yiming thought of, burying the water here to get water is convenient, and it is not 'wasted' space, and don't increase the amount of work to open a few more tunnels, it is really a lot of work!" ”
"I can't see that this Wang Yiming still has a little head!" Listening to Zhang Xiaoxiao's words, I couldn't help but nod my head frequently. The problem of water shortage on Shangganling has finally been solved.
"Captain, taste this water!" As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoxiao pulled out the wooden cork on the gasoline can, and then quickly put a straight spoon made of bamboo knots leaning next to him into his mouth, scooped it out and handed it to me.
I took half of it and couldn't help but praise: "I taste this water, it's sweeter than other places!" ”
There was a coax, and the soldiers all burst out laughing.
"Commander Cui, Commander Cui," before anyone heard his voice, Wang Yuehan and Wang Yiming ran in excitedly all the way, and later followed Yang Zhenshan, Hu Zudi and other soldiers. As soon as they saw me, they rushed up and hugged me tightly without saying a word. More than a dozen people hugged each other and cheered, jumped, and flapped. Not to mention how excited I am.
"It's good to be back! It's good to go back to the curtain! After a long time, Wang Yuehan patted me on the shoulder and said, "I thought I would never see you again!" I didn't expect your life to be harder than that stone! ”
"It's just the third squad leader," Yang Zhenshan's words made all the soldiers in the tunnel silent.
"Oh, Liu Yawen, they're back!" Wang Yuehan explained: "You are really, you didn't send anyone to inform us when you came back, and you ran into the pit by yourself." We only heard Liu Yawen and them talk about it, and we knew that you came back one step earlier than them. ”
"Hmm!" I nodded and said, "Squad Leader Huang is good, he sacrificed himself and two other fighters, Wu Weimin and Chen Hai, in order to cover us and not *** us!" Come, let's all replace wine with water. See them off! ”
When the warriors answered, they took the bowls and took the bowls. The spoon was filled with water and lifted it high, and then shouted dry, and each drank the water in his hand.
"There was nothing wrong with the construction of the tunnel." After drinking, I asked Wang Yuehan.
"Fortunately," Wang Yuehan nodded and responded: "It's even the logging of logs, and it's difficult!" ”
"How?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but ask in confusion.
"The main thing is that there is no wood to cut nearby!" Wang Yuehan smiled bitterly: "As soon as the Yankees started the war, the incendiary bombs, artillery shells, and aerial bombs were thrown vigorously where there were trees and grass, isn't this?" In just a few days, the neighborhood was burned to the ground! Now we're going to cut the logs. At least four or five miles away."
"I see!" I felt helpless for a while, the Yankees didn't realize that we were hiding in the tunnel, and thought that we were hiding in the forest like when the net entered the court, no wonder they would ignore the three-seven-twenty-one as soon as they started fighting, and first burn and blow up the forest.
However, although they blew up the wrong place, they hit it crookedly, which made it more difficult for us to build the tunnel. "Report!" At this time, a communication soldier's voice came from the mouth of the tunnel: "Report to Commander Cui!" Master Wang asked you to go to the division headquarters! ”
"To the division?" I secretly wondered in my heart, didn't I just come from the division? Now let me go to the division headquarters again. It won't be this Master Wang, because I lost my temper at the division headquarters just now, so now you want to find me for a meal!
"You're all busy, I'll be here later!" I said to the soldiers, and I followed the messenger towards the division headquarters with suspicion.
When I walked out of the tunnel, I found that the sky had darkened. The sky is full of stars, and the sky is so dark and bright. A crescent moon hung high illuminating our path. The correspondent and I walked down the high ground and down the snow-covered stop. Dao trotted all the way, and after more than ten minutes, he came to the division headquarters, and before he entered the tunnel, he heard a familiar laughter from inside.
"Haha, this kid's temper is not small! Dare to be wild in front of you, Master Wang! ”
"Wrong! It's my fault, my fault". Master Wang laughed on the side.
"Master Pang!" Listening to this familiar voice, I couldn't help but be stunned, hurriedly shouted a report outside, and rushed in impatiently before I could get permission.
"Master Pang, it's really you! After entering the tunnel, I saw Master Pang sitting at the table, talking and laughing with Master Wang and Political Commissar Xie while drinking tea.
"You kid!" As soon as he saw me, Master Pang smiled bitterly, and scolded with his fingers in the air: "Do you know who Master Wang is?" He's my old ***! I think I was also the deputy of Master Wang, and I worked under him for five years! It was he who single-handedly promoted me, and in the formation of your strong regiment, Senior Commander Wang has also contributed a lot of strength, do you know? You guy still dare to lose his temper at him, "What? You want to fight against the two of us, don't you? ”
Wenjie Xiaoyi is a Pang teacher, I am one by one, and I am usually sharp and sharp. When I arrived, I was so stupid that I didn't know how to say it, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "Master Pang, I don't know, you also tell me before leaving!" ”
"Hey! I said Cui Wei! When Master Pang heard me say this, he was even more energetic, stood up and said: "What do you mean by this, do you mean that if Master Wang is not my old ***, you can lose your temper at him and spread wild in front of him?" ”
"No, no, no, I didn't mean that". I scratched my head, and I didn't know how to answer for a while. It only caused Master Wang and Master Pang to laugh.
"Come on, Xiao Cui, sit!" Senior Commander Wang cordially pulled me to his side: "Don't listen to your Commander Pang's nonsense, I can't escape the guilt of this matter, I should have explained the situation to you, but I was worried about your identity and the reaction of my nephew and the soldiers, so I didn't tell you clearly," "Senior Commander Wang, I understand!" I hurriedly stood up and saluted Commander Wang: "A soldier should obey the orders of his superiors, and it is the same whether he understands the situation or does not understand the situation, so Commander Wang is not wrong, it is me who is wrong."
"Alright, alright!" Master Pang pressed me back into his chair and said, "You two don't fight anymore, everyone is gay, why do you say so many kind words?" But boy! You're quite influential! The nephews are almost *** because of you! ”
"I don't know how to answer that. Because I don't know if there are also meritorious people in the volunteer army. If there is, I'm afraid I'll be removed from my post soon!
"It's good to be influential!" Division Commander Wang's words quickly made me settle down: "Influence means that this army is cohesive!" In this way, when we fight, we will be united in our hearts and minds, and we will use our lives and deaths! Only such a unit has combat effectiveness, and it is such a unit that is most needed in our volunteer army! ”
"It's just that I ran for nothing." Master Pang patted the dust on his body and said with a wry smile: "Master Wang sent a telegram saying that you are in the enemy formation. The soldiers of the regiment rushed to save people, and they couldn't hold it down, so I rushed overnight. I didn't expect to come and take a look, you kid is still good, nothing is missing!
With a coax, several people in the pit burst into laughter again.
"But Master Pang!" Laughed for a while. Political Commissar Xie praised me and said, "This regiment commander under you is really a character. It's been less than two months since he came to our army, what do you think? Not only did he teach us a lot of experience in tunnel warfare, but he also pulled up a cold gun unit with his own hands! This made us the first army to start shooting cold guns, and all the troops rushed to learn from us! Let's go out of the army and become famous! ”
"This kid has good marksmanship!" Master Pang took a sip of the teacup, and said disapprehantly: "Let him shoot coldly, that's just with him, what can it be counted?" ”
"Wrong! You can't say that." Master Wang disagreed: "I feel stunned that Comrade Xiao Cui is not only so simple in marksmanship, but also in the sharpshooters of our sword division, and there is no one who can compare to him?" This is not? The sharpshooters of the whole division are his men! If you want me to say, "Comrade Xiao Cui relies on his head!" Just like I told you just now, I didn't expect him to come back alive from this reconnaissance mission, isn't he sitting here in a good way? This can be done only with good marksmanship! ”
"Hmm!" Seeing that Division Commander Wang and Political Commissar Xie praised me like this, Division Commander Pang also seemed to feel more embarrassed, handed me a cup of tea, and said to me: "It is indeed not easy to successfully pass through the enemy's defense line, evade the search and arrest of the US army, and then successfully pass through the US army's defense line and come back with a large army of soldiers. In particular, being quick to make wisdom out of a hurry, being improvised, and taking the enemy by surprise is a prerequisite for a good cadre and a good leader. But I think there's one thing you don't do well enough! ”
"Hmm!" Master Pang's words not only aroused my curiosity, but even Senior Commander Wang and Political Commissar Xie turned their heads to look at Master Pang suspiciously, waiting for his next step.
"You're not ruthless enough!" After taking a sip of tea, Master Pang stared at me tightly and said, "This 'ruthless' is not only ruthless to the enemy, but also to his own people, do you understand?".
"Be cruel to your own people?" Although I somewhat understood what Master Pang meant, I was a little reluctant and didn't dare to admit it.
"That's right!" Master Pang nodded heavily: "I heard the soldiers say that when you hid in the cement pipe, Huang Sihu asked to take two soldiers to divert the enemy's attention and 'confuse' the enemy's sight You actually ordered them to enter the cement pipe!" Do you know where you're wrong? ”
After a pause, Master Pang continued: "If Huang Sihu really carried out your order at that time, have you thought about the result?" It's your annihilation! Not one of you is left to die at the guns of the enemy! Which do you think is the better ending? ”
I'm speechless.
"That's why I said you weren't ruthless enough!" Master Pang almost gritted his teeth and said to me: "You have to remember that a soldier can only be ruthless to the enemy, and you can only care about hitting the enemy." But being a cadre and a leader is not good, you have to learn to be ruthless to yourself, otherwise next time, you will not have such good luck! ”
Listening to Master Pang's words, I couldn't help but feel a little cold on my spine, and I only thought of that sentence in my mind: One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither,