Chapter 115: The Funeral
This fake show of a woman dressed as a man is Liu Liting, at this time, she was robbed by the naturalized citizen and had nothing to say, so she didn't say a word. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, Li Xijue was shocked to realize that this naturalized person was dressed ordinarily, and from the tanned skin and thick calluses on his hands, he knew at a glance that it was not a real beard, and even a wig could speak so well, and these people really taught these wigs to read?
His location is opposite the Xishan Martyrs Cemetery, and he can see the situation inside the cemetery.
At this time, the cemetery had been enclosed by a wooden fence, and he knew that this place was a hill more than ten zhang high, and although the terrain was gentle, it was all overgrown with big trees before. In fact, the place where he is now was once a dense forest, cut down from the woods by the beards.
In the fenced cemetery stood a row of seven soldiers in dark blue shirts and white trousers underneath, each holding a shiny bird gun, which, unlike the soldiers who walked behind the iron beast, had no bayonets on them. A little farther away, there was a cannon with its muzzle pointed south, and six soldiers, also wearing dark blue shirts and white trousers, stood nearby. These soldiers are all taller and have better appearances than ordinary Wuguo and Annamite people. The Marines wore a new Marine protocol uniform and wore a newly-made large-brimmed hat from a garment factory.
As a rule of thumb, people wearing large-brimmed hats and carrying guns appear to be much taller than they actually are, and more than a dozen Marine honor guards perfectly attest to this experience.
As the Rolls-Royce convoy drove into the cemetery side by side, everyone held their breath and went into complete silent mode.
As the convoy stopped, the people in the front seat followed the command, pulled the handbrake at the same time, and then stood on either side of the back seat at the same pace.
Then the officer at the front shouted the command, "Carry the coffin!" Then a beautiful one turned back and shouted to the guard of honor: "Ready!" ”
The soldiers standing at the back of the seat lifted the coffin off the ground in a neat motion, and then walked towards their pre-arranged burial positions at a standard pace of 75 steps a minute, their movements very standard, and they walked very smoothly. Lying in these coffins were their comrades-in-arms, some of them brothers and relatives, these soldiers had tears in their eyes, their faces were full of resolute expressions, and they were marching almost mechanically according to the movements of the drill code.
The Marines of the honor guard opened the magazine according to the command, and they were now armed with a brand new Type 1628 rifle instead of the Senate rifle. I saw that they quickly stuffed the empty cartridge into the chamber of the gun, and according to the order of the non-commissioned officer, they raised their guns together towards the sky to the south.
"Shoot!" With the non-commissioned officer's loud command, the seven marines pulled the trigger at the same time, and the crisp sound of gunfire alarmed the birds in the nearby woods, and a flock of birds flew out of the woods and chirped like a dark cloud over the cemetery, causing everyone who saw the flock of birds to let out an exclamation.
None of the soldiers looked up at Asuka, but continued their previous actions as they had been ordered.
After three rows of gunfire, all the soldiers carried the coffin to the grave that had been dug, lowered it, and stood on either side of the coffin.
There were four people walking on a platform in the distance, and those who were familiar with the Executive Committee knew that these were the four members of the Executive Committee, Zhang Yuan was injured and was still in the hospital at this time, and he couldn't come here.
Yang Minghuan walked to the podium and took a deep breath, he had never spoken in front of thousands of people, but as a member of the executive committee, he always had to speak.
Finally, after his second deep breath, he said into the microphone in front of him: "At the moment of their sacrifice, their souls have ascended to heaven, and at this time they are looking down at us in the sky to say goodbye to their bodies, may they rest in peace!" ”
Next to the coffin, the soldiers followed the same action, untied the blue cloth that was used as the national flag, folded it into triangles with mechanical and beautiful movements, and placed it next to the cross that temporarily served as a tombstone.
Li Xijue saw the coffin on the gun carriage in the distance, and he was surprised to find that the people next to the coffin were all veterans who were obviously dressed differently, and the coffin was buried in a higher place, which was obviously better than the position of the coffins below.
Although Zeng Zhigang's wounds were mostly healed at this time, as his attending doctor, He Yongkang did not agree to him attending the funeral in person. However, he couldn't survive the army's second stunned group, and finally agreed that Zeng Zhigang would personally protect the spirit under the care of Dongmei.
At this time, Zeng Zhigang took the national flag on the coffin of the dog handed over by the veteran officer opposite, because the dog was already alone at this time, the national flag could only be placed in the Dongfanggang Martyrs Memorial Hall under construction.
After Zeng Zhigang took the national flag, Lizheng turned around and handed the national flag to Dongmei, who was wearing a nurse's uniform on the side, and then turned to the dog's coffin, a standard military salute.
At this time, the non-commissioned officer of the artillery crew in the distance shouted an order, "Salute!" ”
After a loud "boom", Yang Minghuan on the rostrum said in a sad tone: "Senate Army soldier Dog, I'm sorry that none of us have figured out his real name, he used his own body to protect the lives of his comrades in the defense of Dongfang Port, and he is hereby awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of his heroic performance in the battle. ”
At the same time, a female veteran officer in a skirt walked up to Zeng Zhigang holding a wooden plate covered with red satin.
Zeng Zhigang turned to the female officer, while Yang Minghuan continued, "Because Comrade Gouzi has died and has no family, his immediate superiors and comrades-in-arms who he protected with their lives will receive this medal on his behalf." ”
The dog's life was short, he didn't even know his age, but he became the first recipient of the highest medal of the Senate, the Medal of Honor, and will forever go down in history.
The "boom" salute sounded again, Zeng Zhigang saluted and accepted the medal, turned around and walked to the coffin, and nailed the medal to the coffin hard.
When the third salute was fired, the soldiers at the coffin lifted the coffin, lowered it into the grave, and covered it with earth.
A sound akin to a whimper sounded in the air, and everyone turned their faces in astonishment to the place where the sound had come from, and a veteran officer was holding a trumpet to his lips and blowing it.
"This is the lights-out horn, blowing this is going to sleep." Li Xijue overheard someone next to him explaining softly to the people around him.
Everyone present watched the funeral in silence, and no one else spoke.
Li Xijue didn't know whether he was afraid or admired what was left in his heart, although he knew that the funeral in front of him was to buy people's hearts, but he unconsciously shed tears from the corners of his eyes, and Liu Liting, who was dressed as a man in front of him, was also wiping her snot with her sleeves and tears at this time. Now that he thinks about it, he himself thinks it's very strange, he died as a soldier, what is he crying about?
As the person who held peace talks with the people at that time, he knew that the people had only been more than 500 people since they came ashore, and at this time there were more than 6,000 people. Of course, many of these people were captured, but at present, these people are working and living in Dongfang Port, and they are not restricted by their freedom at all, and after winter, the people of the surrounding counties began to rush to Dongfang Port like a demon, this is a thief! In this great martial law, throwing thieves is a big crime that is full of thieves, which can make the common people rush to thieves, which can only show that people's heart-attacking techniques are inevitably too effective.
On the way back to the camp, the soldiers who did not take the car walked more vigorously and neatly than when they came, and their spirits were even more vigorous, and they sang in unison the new army song that they had just learned:
Look northwest
The evening breeze blows cool at night
The country is a heroic man
Swing out of the tent
The night in the army is not in the sun
Play a long song
The sound of the flute is bright, and it is plugged in late autumn
The sound is heartbreaking
The sunset in the desert splashes frost, and the wolf smoke covers the city walls
Thousands of miles of yellow sand and bright moonlight, holding the sword and thinking of his hometown
There is no one to bury in the Laughing Arrow Forest, so what's the matter if you are lonely
Jin Ge Iron Horse is drunk and singing, and this life is not in vain
From the military to the Quartet
The Iron Rider is unstoppable
The north chased Hu Mang and the west to restore the Han frontier
A few heroic souls were lost
Heaven and earth are barriers
Bend the blade to hide
The horn sounded suddenly
The night was bleak
Riding alone and whipping the bow is strong, winning or losing this game
There is no one on the Huangquan Road, and I don't drink Meng Po soup
Impermanence mocks me for being too crazy, for whom to keep sorrow
The mountains and rivers have not changed, the flag is flying, and the next life will continue to be yellow
This song was sung with the tune of "Love Trading", which made the elders on the side can't help but have a weird expression, but because the words are changed very well, there is no vulgar taste of "Love Trading".
The soldiers sang in unison, causing the crowd of onlookers to hum along to the tune.
"Brother Gang, are you okay?" Dongmei was very concerned about Zeng Zhigang, and seeing that his expression was a little wilted, she couldn't help but take out an embroidered handkerchief from her pocket and wipe it on his face.
"Oh, I remembered when the dog first arrived in my platoon." Zeng Zhigang gently held Dongmei's hand, and the faint fragrance came from her hand or from the embroidered handkerchief. "At that time, I hated him very much, I couldn't tell the difference between the front and the back, the left and the right, I had to teach four or five times to reload a gun, and I had an accident......"
Dongmei felt that Zeng Zhigang's hand was very warm, if it was before, she would have to commit suicide if she was touched in public, and now she ...... Because the thermometer produced in Dongfang Hong Kong is quite insensitive, and the temperature cannot be measured at all when placed under the armpits, the nurse will "burst the chrysanthemum" for the person being measured when measuring the body temperature.
At this time, Dongmei slowly got used to this kind of work that was previously considered impossible after being scolded by Xu Qing a few times, and now under Xu Qing's influence, her living habits are getting closer and closer to the old time and space.
"I really didn't expect that I would survive such a battle, and I didn't expect that it was the soldier I always hated who saved my life." Zeng Zhigang staggered to the dog's cross and squatted down to look at the tombstone.
"I will come to see you often, and," he paused, touching his right hand on the cross, "every year on the Qingming Festival, students will come to sweep your graves and lay flowers, rest in peace!" ”