Chapter Twenty-Four: The Song of Death
CHAPTER XXIV
After the commissioner's criticism meeting, it was the funeral of the dead. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
According to imperial custom, the bodies of the dead were cremated, and the ashes were sent to the local martyr's garden after the funeral, while the soldier's nameplate was sent to Longcheng, where the name was forever engraved on the stone, and the soldier's plaque was kept for posterity.
All the people who attended the funeral wore white flowers - although they had been pitted by the gendarmerie before, after entering the funeral site, all the emotions left were heavy except grief.
"Mom, don't be sad
The trumpet of war is blowing,
The enemy has shown his bayonets.
The brave man set out on a journey,
Just to protect the land behind you!
We are warriors of the Empire,
Engraved with an indomitable and proud soul,
Even if it's a battlefield of bones,
Will also fight to the end!
The red military flag covered the body,
Mom's tears are flowing,
Forgive us for not being able to wipe away the tears of sorrow,
Because we have returned to Dragon City.
Please forgive us for our unfilial piety,
We give our blood to the Empire!
The bells of the dragon city are our guardians,
The drumbeat of Dragon City is our loyalty.
Mom, don't cry,
Behind you, there are many young people who do their filial piety for you! ”
The sad song fluttered slowly, like the weeping of the fallen heroes, and the tears of countless soldiers rained down - they used to be together day and night, once rolling and crawling, but now they were separated by yin and yang.
Ye Zhan's nose was sour, resisting the urge to cry, looking up at the military flag waving in the wind, but those once familiar faces kept appearing in his heart.
"Time will weathered everything, but the honor engraved on the stone will be the eternal memory of future generations! My dear comrades-in-arms, time will erase the traces of you and me, but it will not erase the empire for which we shed blood to protect! ”
The reverberating mourning mixed with all kinds of mournful lamentations slowly converged into everyone's sorrow.
Just now, the commissioner, who was hated by everyone, led the gendarmes to present their own honors to the dead.
The bones of the crew of the self-detonated ship were gone, and they had to replace their corpses with their soldier badges and clothing, but the commissioners and gendarmes still insisted on awarding this medal to "them".
"Sergeant Qin Hai of the Fast Reaction Squad of the Xiao Nanwu Guard Brigade, who has made meritorious contributions to killing the enemy in the fight against demonic beasts, is specially awarded the third-level badge of the Patriotic Nation!" The commissioner read the commendation in a cold voice in front of a corpse, and a gendarme solemnly placed the badge of the third class on the chest of the corpse, and then saluted solemnly - as if it were a salute to a soldier who had been honored alive.
"Xiao Nanwu's Guard Spaceship Detachment Lieutenant Officer Nan Ya Zhao, in the fight against Warcraft, killed the enemy for meritorious service, and was specially awarded the third-level badge of the Patriotic Guard! In addition, at the moment of crisis, Nanya recruited the whole ship of imperial soldiers, fought tenaciously and even bravely blew up the spaceship, and awarded the second-class badge of Nanya Zhaowei Guo! ”
"The No. 001 spaceship of the Xiao Nanwu Guard's fast reaction team, in the fight against the Warcraft, fought bravely, in order to cover the friendly forces to attract the Warcraft to attack, the soldiers of the whole ship died heroically, and the No. 001 spacecraft was awarded a collective second-class merit! Lieutenant Qin Zhongyue was decisive at the opportunity, regardless of the sacrifice for the friendly army, and awarded the second-class badge of the Patriotic Army! ”
Listening to the commissioner's solemn and solemn affirmation of the merits of the fallen and the awarding of medals, the soldiers slowly put away their tears, their eyes moved with the footsteps of the commissioner Liu Yafeng, and carefully listened to the commissioner's affirmation of the fallen one after another.
Li Feng bit his lip tightly - Qin Zhongyue was yelled at by him, and Old Qin chose to blow himself up without hesitation, which made his heart hurt to death. Although no one said that he killed Lao Qin and the eleven crew members, Li Feng was always so heartbroken whenever he remembered Lao Qin's words cursing him.
"Lao Qin, you grandson, you got the second-level badge before me, woo, you should invite me to drink!" After Li Feng listened to the commissioner's affirmation of Lao Qin, he couldn't hold back his tears anymore and cried bitterly.
Many people know the reason why Li Feng cried, compared to them, Li Feng has too many reasons to cry - don't say that men don't flick when they have tears!
A man can grit his teeth and bleed in the face of his own injuries, he can face his cripples or even die, but the pain of sending his brother into death with his own hands is too painful!
"Please don't weep for me,
The call in the wind is our promise,
The whistling in the rain is our loyalty,
The bosom of the earth is only our destination.
Dear comrades-in-arms,
Please don't cry for me,
With our will,
Burdened with our loyalty,
Keep alive for us!
Please don't cry for me! ”
The drifting sorrow slowly swept through the sad crowd, like the soul of a martyr, slowly flying through the crowd and floating in the air.
The rookies were especially shocked today - they were survivors, but they were also poor people who had survived under the protection of the veterans.
Xiao Jianyong still remembered that the sergeant named Wang Yan had a quick assault with him, and he once patted him on the shoulder and said, "Sao Nian, work hard!" ”
It's just that the last memory is fixed on the leaping foot - and with it, a blood.
"Wang Yan, why did you save me?" Xiao Jianyong recalled Wang Yan's flying kick to him, full of pain. It was that kick that saved him from the foul-smelling mouth of the demonic beast, but it was also that kick that made Wang Yan lose the opportunity to dodge, and was trampled under the feet of the demonic beast that followed.
I can't forget the life and death of that day, and I can't forget the life and death parting on that day. The dead were wrapped in military flags, but the living wept silently.
"The light of the burning fire,
The smoke of gunpowder blown away by the wind!
Those who have left home have lost their way,
All that remains of faith is loyalty and honor.
Please take me home,
Look at the old mother,
Look at the blooming petals of my hometown,
And the endless tomb of the heroic soul! ”
"I hate this song!!!" Ye Zhan muttered, but the tears slowly slipped down, those who lost their lives could only murmur resentfully, those who had guarded, loyal, and fought for, how could they not be all of them?
"The Soul Returns to ......"
The distant sound of the conjuring sound, as if it came from the long river of history, Ye Zhan looked at the military flag waving in the wind, as if looking at the conjuring flag.
"Ignition!"
The lieutenant colonel gave the order with tears in his eyes, and the raging fire rose, and the bodies of the martyrs slowly sublimated and turned into eternity in the firelight.
"I will take you and return your souls to Dragon City!" The correspondent solemnly saluted the burning flames.
"Don't let the martyrs regret it! Don't let the martyrs grieve! Inherit their protection and loyalty, protect what they guard, and be loyal to what they are loyal! The commissioner looked at the sad crowd and said slowly.
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ps: I don't know if everyone is satisfied, but the little brother really worked hard to write this chapter...... Anyway, is it okay for me to cover my face first and then hit me?