Chapter Twenty-Three: The Burning Man

Of course, it is not a fire, and the fire does not move, let alone limp away. So it was a man, a man draped in a burning quilt.

In the light of the school fire, the fire was so inconspicuous, it almost deceived my eyes, almost fooled him, if it wasn't for the fact that "that fire" was a little lame, if it wasn't for the speed of "that fire" not fast enough, I think he would have escaped from my sight before I reacted.

But now...... Although I felt a kind of respect and pity for him in my heart, I still pulled the trigger without thinking. The experience on the battlefield has taught me that I can't be merciful to the enemy, let alone such a dangerous enemy, if I spare him this time, then I may be the one who dies next time.

"Bang!" The fire stopped moving.

After a while, the quilt was lifted, and a British soldier armed with a sniper rifle and black paint on his face appeared under my scope, holding his stomach with his left hand and the ground with his right hand, smiling softly in my direction.

I put away my rifle and ran towards him, I felt the urge to see him, the urge to pat him on the shoulder.

The volunteer soldiers were chasing and killing the British troops who were retreating to the heights on both sides, and were busy attacking the high grounds, and no one noticed this sniper lying in a pool of blood and dying, which was exactly what I hoped for.

A minute later, I was crouched in front of this venerable foe, he looked weak, blood gushing out of his mouth, but his eyes were full of friendly smiles.

"Youaregreat! He struggled to utter the words, spitting out a mouthful of blood for almost every word he uttered.

"The same goes for you." I replied in English, in fact, whether it is endurance, marksmanship, mental quality or disguise, he is better than me and I am better, and now it is he who has been shot and fallen to the ground, not me, to a large extent by luck.

He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw that I could speak fluent English, then coughed a few times in pain, and said weakly: "If we hadn't known each other on the battlefield, I think we would have been friends!" ”

I nodded silently, and only then did I know what it was to sympathize with each other.

He freed his hand to cover his stomach and tried to pull something out of his arms, but in the end he couldn't. I watched him exhale his last breath and lie straight down, his head slamming into the snow, his whole body convulsing and then not moving, no longer seeing a trace of life in his blue eyes.

I dug into his arms for a while, and found a photograph in the pocket of his jacket and a letter that had not yet had time to be put into the envelope. The photograph is of a full army portrait of him holding his wife and two seven or eight-year-old daughters with open arms, looking like twins, smiling happily and happily......

War is not only hurting Chinese soldiers and families.

I picked up his sniper rifle and put it on his chest, and I think he wanted it to be so. Then I picked up some burning sticks and threw them at him, and that's all I could do for him.

At this time, a loud military horn sounded, and as soon as the nail of the school was pulled out, the whole regiment plus the soldiers of the People's Army were all thrown into battle, and suddenly there were volunteers and People's Army soldiers everywhere in front of and behind me.

Under the impact of the steel torrent of the volunteer soldiers, the British army could no longer resist and began to retreat on the whole line, and the quick reaction jumped on the car parked on the side of the road to escape, but before driving far, the volunteers who were chasing after it were blown up with grenades and bones, and those who could not escape quickly had to raise their hands and raise their guns as prisoners, and after chasing the enemy for a while, the regimental commander Chu was worried that the troops were bombed by enemy planes, so he ordered to stop the pursuit, and the battle finally ended before dawn with the complete victory of our army.

Then, under the order of Regiment Commander Chu, thousands of volunteers and People's Army soldiers scattered and disappeared into the forest, never to be found again.

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"Company Commander Cui!"

"Company Commander Cui is back!"

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When I found the hiding place of my company, the recruits surrounded me with a hula, and then handed over dry rations, gave way to those who gave way, and even some people diligently unloaded my equipment and spread out the quilt for me, all of them were full of smiles on their faces, and they were so busy that I was a little puzzled.

"What's wrong with them?" After I sat down, I asked Zhao Yongxin beside me suspiciously: "I have only been away from the company for a few hours, how can they ...... Have you offered me as if you were offering to God? ”

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Yongxin opened his mouth and smiled: "What are you talking about?" That's not for God, it's for heroes, it's for example! ”

"Heroes?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and then I said, "Just the few British devils I killed last night?" That can also be called a hero? So what are we calling when we kill so many Yankees? ”

"You can't say that." Instructor Zhao walked up and said: "Killing a few British devils is nothing, but the idea that Commander Cui came up with is different, a fire will burn the British Yankees all over the mountain, and the soldiers are all impressed." What do you think? Company Commander Cui, when will we have a meeting, you can give the comrades a detailed introduction to the combat experience, so that the comrades can learn and learn! ”

"This ...... No need for it! I hurriedly excused myself: "I am a rough man, I have only participated in revolutionary work for a short time, I have not made any achievements, and I have no combat experience to introduce." ”

"Alas! I said Company Commander Cui......" Instructor Zhao looked at me fixedly for a while and said, "What are you still modest?" I think that introducing my combat process and combat experience to the recruit comrades will be of great help to the growth of the recruits, so Company Commander Cui ......! ”

"I really don't have ......"

"Company commander!" I was about to deny it when the old squad leader came up and reminded me in a whisper: "Last night, when you went to take over the task alone, the instructor took the time to hold an ideological and political meeting. ”

"What?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and turned my head to look at Zhao Yongxin.

"Hmm!" As soon as Zhao Yongxin saw my murderous eyes, he immediately raised his hand and surrendered: "I confess, I confess, that ...... And Huzi, he said more than me! ”

With a coax, the soldiers, including myself, were all amused by Zhao Yongxin.