Although Niu Tiezhu has served as the squad leader of the third company and one platoon and one squad known as the "sharp knife class" for more than a year, he has been releasing cattle for the landlord's family for six years when he was a child, and his voice is still quite loud, and he has not changed until now.

As soon as his words fell, sitting in these tiled houses, all the officers and soldiers of the third company listened to it and looked in the direction where he and Sun Lei were.

Zhao Yifa, the company commander who had not yet stepped out of the door, heard the squad leader Niu Tiezhu say in his throat that the recruit named Sun Lei, who had formed a bond with him before, wanted to be a deserter, and immediately attracted his attention.

In his opinion, as a company commander, this damn repaid it, just crossed the Yalu River into the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, only more than 100 miles of hinterland, and the battle had not yet begun, if there was a deserter in the third company of the "sharp knife company" of the whole regiment.

Not only will it ruin the good reputation of their third company, the "sharp knife company", but I am afraid that he, the company commander, will also receive severe punishments, and it will be a little difficult to continue to lead troops to fight, so it is natural to ask for a clear understanding.

Zhao Yifa, who realized the seriousness of the problem, turned around and walked to Niu Tiezhu and Sun Lei, and he first glared at the two of them angrily.

Then he ordered in a stern tone: "Niu Tiezhu, Sun Lei, both of you have it, listen to my command and make up." ”

With Zhao Yifa's order, next to Niu Tiezhu and Sun Lei, who were squatting on the ground, they quickly stood up and made a standing military posture.

Zhao Yifa, who put his hands behind his back, faced Niu Tiezhu, and asked without anger: "Zhuzi, you just said that this recruit next to him wants to escape as a deserter, isn't it?"

Niu Tiezhu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately replied: "Report to the company commander, it was indeed what I said just now." ”

Sun Lei, who was standing on the side, felt that the war was about to be a deserter, but he was going to be shot, this was not a joke, he quickly took over the conversation and denied it: "I don't want to be a deserter, the Niu squad leader is framing me, and I ask the company commander to find out." ”

After squinting at Sun Lei, Zhao Yifa first scolded him and said, "You rookie egg, did I let you speak?" Do you understand the rules in the army? If you want to speak, you need to report first. ”

After teaching Sun Lei a lesson, Zhao Yifa shifted his gaze to Niu Tiezhu, who was standing opposite him, and continued to ask: "Zhuzi, you said that this recruit under your hand wants to be a deserter, but you should tell me, how did you make this judgment, is there any evidence?"

was suddenly asked by Zhao Yifa, and Niu Tiezhu, who had just insisted that Sun Lei wanted to be a deserter, was speechless when asked, and couldn't find a reason to be ugly to answer.

After scratching the back of his head, Niu Tiezhu replied honestly: "Report, report to the company commander, I, all the way I have been, have been staring at this kid, yes, for his every move, I, I have seen it in my eyes."

"I, I found out, Sun Lei, this kid, he, when he was speaking to you just now, not only did he not listen carefully, but, moreover, he sighed a few times. This, this is not counting, when you are about to walk out of the door, this, this kid has to stand up, quasi, ready to leave.

"Thanks to my quick reaction, I pressed this kid in place, no, otherwise, if this kid walked out of this house, he might have run away, dang, as a deserter."

After hearing this, Zhao Yifa, who finally made his whole body tense his nerves, breathed a sigh of relief, originally he really thought that the recruit named Sun Lei who had been cleaned up by himself wanted to escape, but it turned out that all this was just the subjective assumption and speculation of Niu Tiezhu, this kid.

In the absence of real evidence, it is naturally impossible to determine that Sun Lei wants to be a deserter, and the big hat of a deserter cannot be casually buckled on someone else's head, this truth, as a company commander, Zhao Yifa naturally understands.

So, Zhao Yifa glanced at Sun Lei, who maintained a straight military posture, with curious eyes, and asked: "You rookie egg, let me ask you, why did you shake your head and sigh when I spoke just now." Is there anything wrong with what I just said?

"Besides, when I was about to walk out of this house just now, why did you kid stand up, and still look around, what is your kid's intention? Give me an honest answer, or I'll be able to clean you up." ”

For Sun Lei at this time, so far, he can only tell the truth, otherwise, this company commander Zhao Yifa will definitely not spare him.

Thinking of this, Sun Lei finally told him what he had just thought in his heart: "Report to the company commander, I think there is indeed something wrong with what you just said. Just now, the reason why I had to stand up was because I wanted to report this matter to you alone with the company commander. ”

As soon as Sun Lei's words fell, the officers and soldiers of the whole company who stayed in this house immediately exploded, and they all thought that Sun Lei, this kid, was really bold and reckless, and dared to say that their wise and decisive company commander had something wrong with what he said, which was really ridiculous and laughed to death.

In the eyes of most of the veterans of the company who had followed Zhao Yifa during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Zhao Yifa never missed what he said and what he did, and Sun Lei, a rookie, was deliberately against the company commander.

Of course, this also includes company commander Zhao Yifa himself, because even he doesn't know what was wrong with his speech just now.

was stunned for a moment, and then Zhao Yifa said to Sun Lei with a somewhat angry tone: "Okay, you said that what I just said is wrong, then you kid don't hide it, in front of the officers and soldiers of our company, point it out to Lao Tzu, I want to see what is wrong with me." ”

Originally, Sun Lei wanted to report the matter to Zhao Yifa alone in private, but now that he saw Zhao Yifa asking him in front of the officers and soldiers of the whole company, he had no way to retreat, and he had to answer positively.

After breathing a long sigh of relief, Sun Lei strengthened his courage and said confidently: "Company commander, you just said that the officers and soldiers of the whole company should be stationed in these abandoned and dilapidated houses to rest, and I have no objection to this.

"However, it is very inappropriate for you to let the soldiers make a fire in the room to keep warm, and the soldiers called the cooking class to go outside the house to make a fire and cook. Because it was early in the morning, the smoke from the burning of these branches could easily reveal where we were.

"Once there are ground troops from the United States or South Korea advancing north, or US fighter planes that are reconnoitring from the air, they find that there is green smoke coming out of these houses where we are. Moreover, the comrades of the cooking class are more likely to be exposed if they light a fire outside, which is very dangerous. ”

For Sun Lei's kind reminder, the company commander Zhao Yifa didn't care about it after listening to it, and he refuted disappreciatively: "You kid is too alarmist when he says these things."

"Lao Tzu, I have fought little devils, and I have also fought the national army, we marched and fought, ate and slept in the open, and we also cooked on fires in the wild, found some broken houses where no one lived, we went in to rest, lit a fire to keep warm, and never been found by the little devils or the national army.

"Here, in the name of the company commander, I remind you boy, don't imagine the enemy so powerful, the great man said that all enemies are paper tigers. It is impossible for either the foreign devils of the US imperialism or the puppet army of South Korea to discover us. ”

After the company commander Zhao Yifa said this, he immediately caused the officers and soldiers of the third company who were standing on the sidelines to echo and nod their heads yes, and they all pointed at Sun Lei and ridiculed him.

Just when the soldiers in the room were discussing and laughing at Sun Lei, less than half a minute later, there was a "buzzing" roar of the plane in the distance, from far to near, the sound was getting louder and louder, and it was clear to the ear.

Sun Lei, who had very sharp ears, was very alert at this time, and immediately shouted: "It's not a good thing, it must be that the US fighter plane discovered the inside of this dilapidated house, constantly smoking outside, and came to reconnoitre." ”