The heavy rain finally stopped after half a month, giving us a chance to breathe, and we were damp, and after half a month, we finally felt the temperature of the sun again.

When the rain stopped, all of us turned into masons, reinforcing our trenches in knee-high muddy water, reinforcing the places that had been washed away by the heavy rain.

The stagnant water in the traffic trench must also be cleared out, otherwise we will have to wade in the muddy water like this every day, like mud and dirt turned into essence.

The situation of the siege of Linmeng City has also been temporarily alleviated, and the road surface has begun to be exposed in some slightly higher areas. But judging by the extent of the road damage, we need to carry out a large-scale road repair project.

Within a few days, Linmeng City began another round of requisitioning coolies to build roads. This is the most urgent thing now, there is no road, neither supplies nor weapons and ammunition can be brought in, and no matter how much there is on paper, it is empty talk.

In the name of the unity of the army and the people to resist the war, the willing and unwilling strong men gathered on the washed-out roads in Linmeng to start a huge road construction work.

Our battalion was in the least likely position, so we were naturally assigned to supervise and direct the construction of the road. I assigned this errand to Tan Weimin to carry it out, and asked him to set up a military road construction department to coordinate and supervise the progress and quality of road construction.

Although Tan Weimin is reluctant to do this kind of thing that has nothing to do with combat in his opinion, he has no other way, he can't refuse, and I won't agree with his refusal. Engaging in nepotism in the military is a matter that is very criticized if there is no strong backer.

Although God has temporarily stopped the continuous rain, it does not mean that the sun will be shining brightly and cloudless. Every once in a while, it rains, then stops, and then it rains again in a few days, so that it stops and stops again and again, and the progress of the road repair project can be imagined.

As a military officer, my subordinates are responsible for supervising the construction of roads, so I naturally have to lead by example, wading through muddy water from time to time to "personally supervise and show my attention".

When Tan Weimin saw me coming, he immediately began to pour bitter water, and said, "Battalion Commander Anda, you better replace me, this errand is not done by people at all!" ”

I watched as the coolies carried sacks of stones back and forth in front of me, carrying them from the nearby mountains and carrying them to where they were needed, every day without interruption.

I said, "What's the matter, did you let you go up the mountain and smash the stones yourself, or did you let you pave the road with stones on your back?" ”

Tan Weimin pointed to the coolies and said, "You go and see these coolies, carrying stones from the mountain down, don't talk about how heavy they are." With the current weather, the mountain roads are slippery, and you know that there are people who fall to their deaths every day! There was also a slip and fall today, and he was killed by a stone on his back! ”

I sighed and said, "It's like this in wartime, and in order to meet the deadline and speed up the schedule, it is inevitable that there will be some casualties. Don't feel guilty, it's none of your business, you can't help them. ”

Tan Weimin said angrily: "What kind of theory is this? In order to meet the deadline, you have to sacrifice the lives of ordinary people? They are human beings, they are our compatriots, how can we treat them like this! ”

I said, "One will make all the bones dry." This has been the case since ancient times, as a general, under the weighing of pros and cons, they can only give up small righteousness and take into account the overall situation. ”

Tan Weimin said: "But our sacrifice of life and death to fight bloodily, isn't it for them? Sacrificing them like this, what's the point of our battle! ”

I was also very angry, feeling that he was not eating oil and salt, so I held back my anger and said, "You are a woman's kindness!" Moreover, these deaths and injuries are also accidental disasters, and no one wants such a thing to happen. It's okay for you to talk to me about these words, and another commander will inspect them, if you say these words to your face, be careful that you will be charged with disturbing the morale of the army! ”

Tan Weimin was silent, and only sighed for a long time before he said: "When I returned from England, I just wanted to expel the Tartars for the country and the people. I hate those warlords who prey on the common people, and I can't imagine that I have become such a warlord today! What a huge irony! ”

"Warlord, you dare to open your mouth? My eldest brother! When you speak, can you go through your brain and then make a sound out of your mouth! "I was so angry that I didn't know what to say.

Tan Weimin was not convinced, and said in a self-defense: "What we are doing now is the business of warlords, can't I still say it?" ”

I watched Tan Weimin stalk his neck and I stiffened, there was no way at all, I couldn't beat or scold, I could only persuade and educate and explain slowly like a child.

His bookish aura is still very strong, and I can see myself in him two years ago. Reckless, impulsive, hot-blooded, take ignorance as personality!

In our military, there are many taboos that cannot be touched. For example, who dares to say that our supreme commander in Chongqing is a single husband, as soon as this word comes out, he will never say it, and he is likely to end his military career.

Then there is the fact that you can't touch the red, you can't get involved with these people, although it is now the period of the united front, but in the final analysis, you can do it.

Never think that under the protection of the united front, the world will be peaceful and peaceful.

People who have this kind of thinking will either die stupidly or stupidly, and the road to promotion will naturally come to an end.

Moreover, since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, no matter whether it is a faction or a department, the word warlord should never be mentioned again. Even if as Tan Weimin said, many of the things we do are the legacy of warlords, but we can only slander and cannot explain it.

As for forming cliques and forming cliques and factions, that is something that only the high-level people are qualified to do, even if you think it is a black miasma, this kind of black miasma is not the turn of us junior officers to participate, that is to say, there is nothing to do with us.

I told Tan Weimin all these truths, and then pretended to be sincere and said to him: "What we can do now is to face the reality, even if it is cruel!" Nowadays, this is the environment where the fittest survive. You can't get used to it, you can't bear it, I can only find a crime and dismiss you home, lest you accidentally say a word and kill yourself again, and then I can't explain to your parents and Qinrou! ”

After all, Tan Weimin is not a three-year-old child, and there is no problem with his IQ, and his ability to understand affairs is definitely better than most Qiu Ba.

Under my painstaking persuasion, Tan Weimin can barely accept the reality. He didn't want to be dismissed and go home, in that case it would be pointless for him to come back from England.

With my heart on his mind, I think Ani's presence is also one of the reasons why he finally chose to compromise and choose to tolerate.

Every Qiu Ba who goes to the battlefield, not everyone is shouting that the iron-blooded defense of the country is fierce, we all have one reason or another, but no one will be cowardly because of this.