Chapter 42: The Scarlet Meteor (Part II)
Several combat staff officers put down the folders in their hands and quietly walked out. They could all see that Hai Qingwu's physical strength and willpower were on the verge of collapse, and she needed rest and relaxation so much.
When the last operational staff officer to walk out of the command room gently closed the door of the command room, which was made of steel plates and thermal insulation, all the disturbing noise of the outside world seemed to be far away from them in an instant. In this enclosed space, only one gas lamp emitting a dazzling white light remains, plus two classmates, comrades-in-arms, brothers and friends who get along day and night.
"From the very beginning, vodka was a bad drink that the lowest class of Russian laborers and craftsmen would drink, spicy, astringent and choking, but only now do I understand that the greatest significance of this wine is not how to taste mellow, but that it has enough roughness and enthusiasm to make people's bodies almost burn, and no longer afraid of the cold snap of Siberia!"
Lei Hongfei moved an ammunition box and poured the liquor in the kettle into the two rice bowls in front of Hai Qingwu, "If it is said that China's fine wine, mellow and soft, can be called a gentleman in wine, vodka, a strong liquor from the northern cold land, is as loud as fire and stoic as a mountain, it represents the warrior in the wine!" Big sister, please! ”
Hai Qingwu, like Lei Hongfei, used the most natural movements to sit directly on the ground. She didn't say anything, grabbed the rice bowl and raised her head suddenly, and drank the liquid inside.
Lei Hongfei grabbed the kettle and filled the rice jar in front of the two of them with liquor again, "Eldest sister, you are the person I admire the most in my life, but there are some words that I have been holding back in my heart for a long time. ”
Hai Qingwu tilted her head, stared at Lei Hongfei's face quietly, and finally nodded slightly. She likes to see Lei Hongfei's eyes that burn with unyielding fighting spirit no matter what time she arrives, Lei Hongfei regards her as the person she admires the most, and in the depths of her heart, why didn't she regard Lei Hongfei as the most reliable support?
"If I were to stand in the position of the eldest sister, I would directly renunge from Chinese nationality and then try my best to become a British citizen. If I could, I would even spare no expense, make public donations, participate in various social activities, and seek capital for myself, until I was personally summoned by the Queen of England. ”
Hai Qingwu nodded noncommittally, picked up the rice bowl and took the initiative to touch Lei Hongfei, the two of them drank the high spirits in the rice bowl together, wiped the wine juice from the corner of their mouth with the back of their hands, and Hai Qingwu said indifferently: "Go on." ”
"A person with a Chinese passport who wants to go abroad will be subject to many harsh conditions. And those with a British passport can enter most countries directly without a visa. If we had stayed at home, we would have been able to ignore the blockade that had been imposed on us back in the fifties, but now that we are overseas, the constraints imposed on it are all too obvious. ”
Lei Hongfei stretched out his hand and gently flicked the kettle in front of him, and said in a low voice: "At home, what we hear every day is China's progress in the diplomatic field, and everything we see and hear is praise, but in fact, whether it is Russia, the United States, or the Republic of Korea and South Korea, most of them will choose to regard China as a potential enemy when they do a national sample survey or telephone interview. I don't want to go into a long analysis of what caused such attitudes and cognitions, but according to my opinion, if we want to reverse this situation, it is far from enough to rely on an Olympic Games, which requires our country's political axe to spend at least 20 years to cultivate quality internally, shape virtue externally, and gradually let the world accept us again through economic, cultural, and sports all-round exchanges. ”
Speaking of which, Hai Qingwu already understood.
Twenty years!
For a nation with a history of 5,000 years and civilization, 20 years may be just a drop in the ocean, but for those of them who go abroad and try to support a blue sky overseas, it is too long, too long. They are all small people, and no matter how hard they try, it is impossible for them to change the world's view of China in a short period of time, so they might as well temporarily give up their identity as "Chinese" and continue to do things that benefit the motherland after getting enough convenience.
Although Lei Hongfei's suggestion sounds like betraying his ancestors and abandoning his ancestors, and it is more likely to provoke the criticism of some defenders, it is undeniable that this is a good way that must face reality and take a circuitous curve, but still keep his original intention unchanged!
"Each of us, with the same goal, gathered together from all over the world, we have the ideals and purposes that other mercenary organizations have never had, so that our group of people, under the leadership of your eldest sister, can rise rapidly and legendarily and become the most dazzling star on the mercenary stage. But sister, have you ever thought that we only recruit Chinese veterans, and our entire organization, including handymen and grassroots skilled workers, are Chinese, and in the eyes of others, we are an extension of the Chinese [***] team? And if we go around fighting, will it be interpreted by some people with ulterior motives as an overseas military operation of China's political axe?! ”
Hai Qingwu drank all the liquor in the rice tank with Lei Hongfei for the third time, the expression on her face was still calm, but deep down, she sighed lowly. Throughout the military history of mankind, all dynasties and dynasties have produced many famous generals, but there are very few women who can be recorded in the history of war, otherwise, a mere Mulan would not have been sung by the Chinese for nearly a thousand years, and it is still happy to do so.
The biggest reason for this is not that women's physique is weaker than men's, and they are not suitable for the most direct physical confrontation on the ancient battlefield, but because women's surnames are too delicate, and their natural surnames are "protection", so in their lives, there are too many, too many things that cannot be parted, and these feelings often become their biggest triplines in the military arena.
And men, their natural surname is adventure, even destruction. The best leader among them is ruthless to the enemy and even more ruthless to himself, and when faced with the choice between life and death, the man's pursuit of victory will make them make a decision on the spot, even if the strong man breaks his wrist and abandons the car to protect the handsome.
Although Hai Qingwu is strong enough, in comparison, she must admit that from the perspective of the surname Tian, she is really not as ruthless as Lei Hongfei, let alone Lei Hongfei!
"If I stand in your place, eldest sister, I will also open the gate and destroy the mercenaries of other countries. We can look down on those people who are willing to do anything for the sake of money, but we must admit that their fighting ability should not be underestimated, and most importantly, we have no need to put ourselves in a hostile position against them. ”
Lei Hongfei stared at Hai Qingwu's eyes, and on his face, a strange expression suddenly appeared, and he said word by word: "You must know that Chinese philosophy is that the sea is tolerant of all rivers, and tolerance is great!" ”
Hai Qingwu shook her head vigorously, because she found that she didn't know why, the figure of Lei Hongfei in front of her had become blurred. She had tried very hard to listen, but even Lei Hongfei's voice became ethereal.
"Am I drunk?"
As soon as this idea came to mind, Hai Qingwu shook her head vigorously, denying this possibility. That's right, vodka is indeed a high-purity spirit, and it is easy to get drunk, but don't forget, she is the Haiqing Dance of the Fifth Special Force, if she just drinks half a catty of spirits, she loses control, and she is not qualified to become a heroine even if Principal Li Xiangshang looks at her differently!
"Lei Hongfei, you ......"
Hai Qingwu tried her best, and she could barely maintain the last sobriety of her consciousness, but her body no longer listened to her commands, and even the scolding she blurted out stopped abruptly halfway.
Under Hai Qingwu's gaze, the expression on Lei Hongfei's face was still calm, "That's right, I added anesthetics to the wine, and I have been preparing them for you for three years, and every once in a while, I will replace a batch of anesthetics to ensure the efficacy of the medicine." Eldest sister, although you have received anti-drug training in school, but during this period of time, you are really tired, whether it is physically, or will, your resistance has dropped to an all-time low. In fact, it is a miracle that you can still stay awake and still sit in front of me without falling. ”
In front of Hai Qingwu, Lei Hongfei craned his neck and poured all the remaining spirits in the jug into his throat. Then he slammed the kettle on the ammunition box, stood up and stretched out his hand, and hugged Hai Qingwu by the waist.
If you change to a normal woman, in the face of all this, you will definitely panic, and you will definitely think that the man in front of you, who is so drunk that her face is red, and with every breath and breath, the mouth spews out a strong smell of alcohol, will violate herself.
But Hai Qingwu didn't, she just looked at Lei Hongfei quietly, and watched Lei Hongfei's every move with an attitude almost of a bystander.
"I know you've planted a powerful bomb in your body, but I'm so intent on dealing with you, of course, there are ways to dismantle it, at least, if I really want to violate you, so that you can't detonate it until I get my hands on it!"
Listening to Lei Hongfei's words, Hai Qingwu's face was still calm, and at this time, she could even look at Lei Hongfei without blinking.
"I've done so many things that seem to be bad for you, and I've even threatened your most prized chastity, but you're ...... Still trusting me unconditionally, believing that I won't do anything to be sorry for you, believing that I am still your most trusted brother?! ”
Holding the woman in his arms tightly, Lei Hongfei smiled, he laughed wildly, and laughed freely, "It's really wonderful confidence, such a wonderful life, and such a wonderful woman!! ”
After saying these words, Lei Hongfei actually held Hai Qingwu with both hands like this, and strode to the door of the command room, he used his toes to pick open the heavy door, when Lei Hongfei used this action, holding the Dongfang Haiyan mercenary group, the supreme commander, and walked to the corridor outside, no matter how many times he speculated about the current situation in his heart, Hai Qingwu's eyes still couldn't help but widen.
The little fox Zhou Yuqi and Tie Niu, these two descendants who left the Fifth Special Force at the same time as Hai Qingwu, stood quietly outside the command room. As long as he looked at the eye contact between the two of them and Lei Hongfei, Hai Qingwu clearly understood that this time Lei Hongfei's behavior was actually conspired by the three of them.
"It's not the three of us." Lei Hongfei actually guessed Hai Qingwu's inner thoughts, he lowered his head, whispered in Hai Qingwu's ear: "This is a decision made by all of us from the Fifth Special Force three years ago. ”
"Uncle Lei Hongfei, what's wrong with Mom, why are you holding her?"
Tie Niu tightly pulled a little boy who looked to be about seven or eight years old, his face was seventy percent similar to Hai Qingwu, although he was still young, but his face had faintly shown angular outlines, a tall nose bridge, childish but surname lips, and slightly slanted eyebrows, which was enough for any woman to let out an exclamation when she saw him...... This little guy, in less than ten years, will become a "stunner" who turns all beings upside down!
The most attractive thing is probably his eyes. His eyes, like the blue sky in the Himalayas, are so clear and quiet that they reflect everything around him. As long as he saw these eyes, Lei Hongfei couldn't help but think that fourteen years ago, that person who had never smoked or drunk, and who looked like a rabbit was timid and cowardly, but when it came to the critical moment, he dared to desperately worship his brother for him and the instructor of the Fifth Special Force.
Therefore, Lei Hongfei will never rely on the old man to put on the face of an "adult" in front of the little boy, let alone make up a lie to prevaricate, in the face of the child's problem, he just said indifferently: "Xiaofeng, come with us." ”
After saying these words, Lei Hongfei turned around, hugged Hai Qingwu, and strode to the other end of the underground air-raid shelter without looking back.
The underground bomb shelter they got was bombarded by Allied bombs during World War II, and part of its tail was blown up. After they occupied this underground air-raid shelter and used it as the main body to build an underground command center, they cleaned up and strengthened the collapsed air-raid shelter.
Walking into a half-collapsed basement, without Lei Hongfei's order, the little fox Zhou Yuqi and Tie Niu grabbed a shovel and quickly dug up a layer of floating soil on it, until a door that had been technically camouflaged was exposed to all of them.
The little fox Zhou Yuqi was the first to walk into the dark passage, Lei Hongfei followed closely, and Tie Niu pulled the child and walked at the back.
With the blue light emitted by the lighting rod in the hand of the little fox Zhou Yuqi, Hai Qingwu looked at everything around her, and even she, the supreme commander, didn't know that there was such a secret passage in this underground command center.
After taking a "U" curve, Lei Hongfei and the others turned back to the right path, and when the little fox Zhou Yuqi turned on an electric lamp on the wall that was powered by batteries, the surroundings suddenly became bright and spacious.
What appeared in front of Hai Qingwu was an underground space with a total area of more than 40 square meters that had been repeatedly reinforced. Lei Hongfei and the others actually carried Hai Qingwu on their backs, and took advantage of the opportunity when she often went out to perform tasks to re-dig the part that had been blown up behind the bomb shelter, but still retained the obstacle of the collapse in front.
"If you save some drink, the water in this is enough for you and Xiaofeng to use for sixty days. The food includes compressed biscuits, canned food, Russian drunken meat, and by the way, a small amount of vodka. ”
Lei Hongfei gently put Hai Qingwu on a single marching bed, he pointed to the various materials that were neatly stacked in the room, and introduced Hai Qingwu one by one: "We have prepared a large number of oxygen concentrators here, as well as four portable oxygen cylinders, even if the air circulation is completely closed and the outside world is interrupted, the oxygen can support two months." As for the lamp on the wall, it is the most energy-efficient xenon lamp, eight dry batteries, it can be used for 120 hours, and I have prepared a total of 300 dry batteries for you. Also, there are dozens of books on that shelf, if you are bored, you can come to pass the time. ”
Hai Qingwu looked at Lei Hongfei quietly, I don't know when, tears have seeped out of her eyes, and on her face, two thin tear stains were slowly drawn.
A little-known secret room, enough food and fresh water, and even vodka, dry battery as the energy source, dozens of books, and even a toilet for unwinding, Lei Hongfei dug one out in advance, and sprinkled a large amount of lime into it to drive away the smell.
All this, of course, they have been planning for a long time. They clearly want to hide Hai Qingwu here, so that she can continue to live in this doomed war!
Looking at the buckets of fresh water and the boxes of food, Hai Qingwu really wanted to laugh, and she wanted to rush up desperately and cry loudly in her arms with these closest brothers. The most tragic war has been fought for so long, they have already run out of water and food, including Lei Hongfei, every day must use the evening to find all kinds of survival materials from the corpses of the enemy.
Aren't they thirsty? Aren't they hungry? Aren't they really afraid of death?!
Hai Qingwu really couldn't imagine what kind of will made them know that there was a lot of water and food in this secret room, and they could still hold on without looking back, allowing their lips to dry and crack due to excessive lack of water, and letting their original bodies lose their original vitality and health due to hunger and lack of nutrition.
Their patience and persistence are clearly to leave the last hope to their most respected eldest sister, Hai Qingwu!
Seeing this situation and feeling the heart-wrenching pain of life and death, Hai Qingwu couldn't help but cry.
Feeling the brothers' most selfless love for themselves, watching them pile up with their lives, using coercive methods, shoehorning into the hope in their arms, and feeling that they are not tied by blood, but they are a hundred times more intimate than blood, Hai Qingwu She can't help but cry!
"Mom, why are you crying?"
Tie Niu handed a piece of compressed biscuit to the boy who was called "Xiaofeng" by Lei Hongfei, Xiaofeng only took two bites, and saw the tears on Hai Qingwu's face, he walked in front of Hai Qingwu and sent the biscuit with his tooth marks to Hai Qingwu's mouth, "Xiaofeng has been very hungry these days, and he once hid in the bed alone and cried secretly, mother, if you are more hungry than Xiaofeng, eat this biscuit first." ”
Speaking of this, Xiao Feng gently pouted his tongue, recalling the fragrance and sweetness of the cream in the biscuits, he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva again, looked at Hai Qingwu, and said cautiously: "Otherwise, let's eat it separately for the two of us." After eating it, my mother will not be so hungry, and she will not be allowed to cry secretly alone! ”
Tears, wave after wave, kept pouring out of Hai Qingwu's eyes. How fortunate she is to have such a group of brothers, but today, because of her mistakes at the strategic level, they Dongfang Haiyan is already facing annihilation, and all her brothers, everything they are doing now, is clearly to use their corpses to support the last barrier for her!
Seeing these brothers, they were about to go to the last battle of their lives with the breath of cold wind and water, but they left the hope of survival to her and her most beloved son, but she could only lie here motionless, only like the most ordinary woman, helpless, sad, but happy with tears.
"Xiaofeng, come here."
Lei Hongfei squatted in front of Xiao Feng, he pulled out the M9 self-defense pistol he was wearing, "I remember, you have asked me for this gun several times. ”
"It's not a few times," Xiaofeng's memory is similar to that of a certain little guy who can memorize 50,000 words of field survival manuals by rote fourteen years ago: "It's eleven times!" ”
"Xiaofeng is seven and a half years old." Lei Hongfei looked at the fact that since he was four and a half years old, he has been practicing long-distance running every day behind the butts of these professional soldiers, and he began to learn the special forces battlefield killing technique at the age of five, although until now, he still hasn't learned anything, but he has a strong physique far beyond his peers, and said in a deep voice: "I can give you this gun, but you have to promise me, if we are gone, you will use the gun I gave you to protect your mother!" ”
Looking at the heavy pistol in Lei Hongfei's hand, Xiao Feng's eyes flashed with excitement, and he nodded desperately.
Lei Hongfei untied the holster on his body, and actually tied the holster with the pistol to Xiaofeng's body, "What the man said is a nail nailed to the wooden board, and there is no repentance!" Especially you, Xiaofeng, don't forget, your father is my sworn brother Fengyinglou! ”
Everything that needs to be said has been said, and everything that needs to be done has been done.
Lei Hongfei took a deep look at Hai Qingwu again and again, he saw it so attentively, so carefully, as if he wanted to use this last glance to deeply embed Hai Qingwu into his soul, and it would never be erased. In this last eye, he no longer concealed his good impression of Hai Qingwu, and he no longer concealed the blazing temperature and penetrating ** in his eyes.
His childhood was too bumpy, the dignity of the country and the future of the nation, for him Lei Hongfei, it was all nonsense, it was too extravagant pursuit, he was willing to do this, he was willing to do this, the only reason was to protect Hai Qingwu!
And Hai Qingwu, the same, how could she forget the words that Lei Hongfei left in her ear at the end: "There is a dark passage here that has not been dug through, and when you are sure that the enemy has all retreated, you can use the tools we left behind to open the secret passage and escape with Xiaofeng." If you still remember the goodness of our brothers, and miss our love, I beg you, continue to live as an ordinary woman, by all means...... Don't avenge us! ”
"Boom !!"
In the tunnel, there was a dull roar, and after Lei Hongfei and them left this secret room, they used the ** that had been prepared a long time ago to blow up the road they passed when they came. They were really completely cut off from Hai Qingwu.
Xiaofeng is like a frightened rabbit...... No, now he looks like a wolf! A wolf that will directly show its sharpest fangs in the face of danger and will not hesitate to sacrifice his life to fight at any time! Because he heard the explosion, the first action he made was to directly pull out the pistol that Lei Hongfei had just given him, hold the gun that was too heavy for him with both hands, and stared at a pair of eyes full of vigilance, looking at the direction of the flying dust.
"My brother is desperate, facing death, but I can only lie here quietly, and even let my son, who is only seven and a half years old, carry a gun to protect me, which is for a soldier...... What humiliation and helplessness! ”
Of course, Lei Hongfei couldn't hear Hai Qingwu's heart again, looking at the pile of ruins in front of him, a relieved smile, and a faint crystal, blooming on his face and eyes at the same time.
"Farewell, Hai Qingwu, a woman who is so powerful that I respect and makes my heart move, even in the end, I don't dare, I can't bear to leave a kiss on your lips to taste the taste that belongs to you. I really didn't expect that I had slept with a woman at the age of twelve, and I was really moved by the flowers, and I really used my affection, and I would become the super eunuch of Hui Yanagishita! ”
"Farewell, Hai Qingwu, such a wonderful woman!"
"Farewell, Hai Qingwu, a woman I am willing to live for you and die for you!"
"Don't, I can already live without regrets!"
Waving his hand and shaking off the tears that had gathered in the corners of his eyes and were about to fall, Lei Hongfei Huo Ran turned his head and hissed: "Brothers, let's go, join me to let those turtle sons and bastards who think they are sure of victory open their eyes clearly, what kind of nation they are trying to fight against, what kind of army they have!" ”
Zhou Yuqi, the little fox who followed closely behind Lei Hongfei, and Tie Niu, who was a few years older than both of them and was in the same realm as Hai Qingwu, shouted at the same time: "Yes!" ”
(To be continued)