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A shrill whistle, in; Voices rang out in the kilometer-long river valley, east of the valley. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Jane... Ling Qi soldiers raised their hands high, and waited for the battle, and half a minute later, with the two signal flags in the hands of Ling Qi soldiers decisively fell. In the valley, there are puffs of green smoke rising from the 300-meter embankment of the mountain. ”

Rumbling explosions rang out one after another, and stones, dirt, residual leaves, and broken trees rose into the sky, accompanied by the thick smoke of gunpowder, rolling straight up, obscuring the sky and the sun. The entire valley shook like an earthquake. The heat generated by the explosion shook the trees and weeds all over the mountains violently, and countless broken stones and broken trees fell to the surface of the river, smashing up waves. Soon under the impact of the torrent, there was no trace.

On the high ground east of the valley mouth, Dai Zhengliang, the commander of the Anjia Army's cantonment base wearing a steel helmet, strode up the stone ridge and looked at the smoky and steaming river valley in the distance. Nodding with satisfaction:

"Huaiqing, your Second Engineer Regiment is doing very well. It ranked first in the construction progress of the five key main roads in our Simao Prefecture, and maintained this winning red flag for five consecutive months according to quality and quantity. It's remarkable! You have also done a good job in strengthening the relationship between the military and the people and mobilizing the people of all tribes to participate in the construction of highways, which is worthy of praise! ”

"Thanks to the commander's encouragement, our second regiment has not done a perfect job until most of this road is completed. Only then did we sum up a set of effective experience, compared to the group responsible for the construction of the Sijiang line (Simao to Jiangcheng Highway) in the east. There is still a big gap.

"Since the death of Chen Junjie, the commander of the first company, in the construction last month, the brothers of the entire regiment have been greatly touched, and they have undergone surprise rectification and safety education. This is slowly recovering, otherwise I am afraid that it has been repaired to Menglian Town by now. Junjie is the most educated and promising grassroots commander of our regiment, and I am afraid that he will not be able to change it in this life.

Dai Zhengliang and party representative Ma Yuanjiang glanced at each other. The two looked at Li Shunzhang, the regiment deputy and instructor beside Chu Huaiqing, again. The tanned Ma Yuanjiang asked, "Have all the things in Company Commander Chen's family been settled?" ”

Li Shunzhang nodded sadly: "Settle down, Junjie is an orphan when he is a child, there is no stumbling in his hometown, and it is very smooth to appease Shangzuo." His father-in-law and mother-in-law are both old residents of Simao, and they are very satisfied with the headquarters burying Junjie in the Ximapo Martyrs Cemetery in the east of Simao City.

It's just that we are all very sad, Junjie is a very good kid, after being adopted by the commander in the Central Plains War, he entered the Boy Scout Academy to study, and later entered the non-commissioned officer school for half a year, the cultural theory and military technology are very solid, and the future should be very ambitious. I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, alas! Junjie's new wife, Zhu Yun, works in the Civil Affairs Bureau of our regional office and is responsible for ethnic minority affairs. is a girl with a strong personality, which is just the opposite of the character of the old man Zhu, who has a weak family background. I heard that the eighth day after Junjie's funeral was held. She went back to work, there were few people in the Civil Affairs Bureau, and she couldn't do without Zhu Yun, who was familiar with the customs of various ethnic groups and could speak various local languages, but from now on, I am afraid that no one will be able to hear her lark-like gentle singing. ”

"Our brethren did not come to the battlefield. But he died in an engineering accident, this teaching is profound! Junjie is really a pity, the old generation and I originally wanted to train for two years, and then recommend him to study at the commander's side, and then come out to lead the troops to fight in the future" Speaking of this, Ma Yuanjiang lowered his head and let out a long sigh.

Dai Zhengliang patted Chu Huaiqing, the commander of the Second Engineer Regiment with a sad face, on the shoulder, took out a cigarette and lit it together, and stood on a high place. Let's look at the construction site of the river valley that is busy again.

Chu Huaiqing was a twenty-nine-year-old stocky man from the 16th Division Engineer Regiment under Yin Jinan. He participated in battles such as the Western Expedition and the Central Plains War, and relied on tenacious perseverance to grow from an illiterate person who could not read big characters to an engineer company commander who could read books and newspapers and write official documents in just two years. After An Jiajun was stationed in southern Sichuan, Chu Huaiqing and 300 meritorious old brothers were ordered to be transferred to the newly formed engineering corps, and under the call of An Yi and other commanders, the marriage matter was finally resolved. A year later, he entered the non-commissioned officer school for six months of advanced training in the engineer major, and was promoted to major battalion deputy upon completion. When he entered southern Yunnan last year, Chu Huaiqing took the initiative to sign up. As he wished, he entered the newly formed Advance Force Engineer Corps and was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Second Regiment of the Southern Yunnan Engineer Corps. Two months ago, I just picked up my wife and children from Syria, but it was rare to go back to my home in Simao City, where the headquarters was stationed, and live a stable life with my beloved wife and young son for two days.

This section of the river valley constructed by the Second Engineer Regiment is the upper section of the Nanlei River that originates from the east of Lancang Mangdong. It is located in the east of Menglian Town, an important military town in the border area between China and Myanmar, and is only 4.5 kilometers away from Menglian Town. Construction of this three-kilometre stretch of road has been completed. The strategic highway from Simao to Menglian will be completed in its entirety.

Through this new highway through the river valley, the mileage can be shortened by as much as seven kilometers, and in the future, local people and businessmen and horses will come and go, and there will be no need to detour the rugged mountain road under the Nuoshan Mountain, and then cross the river to cross the rushing Laizhu Ferry.

"Huh! What's that for? Is there a situation? ”

Ma Yuanjiang pointed to the soldiers of the headquarters who jumped off their horses on the west side of the river valley, and saw two heavily armed brothers quickly crossing the construction area full of rocks. Under the astonished gaze of the brothers along the way, they ran quickly.

"That's right, there must be a situation!" Chu Huaiqingxun made a judgment.

Dai Zhengliang didn't stay any longer, beckoned the brothers around him to take a look, and ordered loudly while going down the mountain: "All the guard platoon assemble!" ”

An hour and a half later, Dai Zhengliang and his entourage, who had an urgent military situation, crossed a three-kilometer construction river valley. Stepping on the 45-meter iron chain bridge that has just been completed, riding a local bantam horse in southern Yunnan, and rushing to the ancient town. It was established during the Ming Dynasty and now half collapsed, and the Menglian Xuanfu Division dismounted in front of the yamen.

The guard company of the 2nd Engineer Regiment stationed here has separated the dense crowd of people of all ethnic groups. ran through the aisle left by the crowd, and came to Chu Huaiqing to report upright:

"Report to the head of the regiment, at nine o'clock in the morning, when the Wa villagers of Dongma Village were logging in the Banduo River on our side of the border, they were again beaten and slashed to death by the Burmese army at the command of the British, and one of them died on the spot. The other three were carried back to the village and died of serious injuries. There are also more than 10 villagers with different degrees of knife wounds and injuries, Qinma, Gongxin, Qinghe and other six villages and villagers with dead and injured villagers to our department for help. The subordinates have dispatched a reconnaissance platoon as soon as they received the information, and under the guidance of the local villagers, they went to Banduo Mountain to check and quickly send someone to report to you. ”

Chu Huaiqing replied: "Go first and take a look, and let the village leaders come in." ”

The company commander saluted Commander Dai Zhengliang and Party Representative Ma Yuanjiang again, and then strode towards a group of men dressed in various ethnic costumes gathered next to the fallen stone lions in front.

Dai Zhengliang entered the courtyard and saw the row of dead and wounded people placed under the eaves of the main hall with door panels, and their faces suddenly became extremely ugly. Gritting his teeth, he silently walked behind the ambulance soldier who was receiving emergency care. Whispered about the villagers' injuries.

After the ambulance soldier tied the shoulders of a fellow villager, he lifted an arm covered under his torn clothes and turned around, and saw that the regiment commander was next to the commander Dai Zhengliang and the party representative Ma Yuanjiang, the ambulance soldier subconsciously saluted, held up the broken arm that was still dripping blood with both hands, and reported sadly:

"The subordinates have tried their best, and under such rudimentary medical conditions, it is impossible to save this villager's hand, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to save his life. When he was carried here, the wounded had lost too much blood and were unconscious, "Sir, this kind of thing is the second time, it was better last time, the three villagers were just beaten, the tools and fire system were confiscated, a few ribs were broken, and there was no worry about life, but this time the other party was clearly going to death, chiefs, please look at the wound of the broken arm, not counting the two fingers that were broken, the wound on the shoulder was uneven, the flesh and blood were blurred, at least it took five or six knives to become like this!" There are also two seriously injured villagers over there who also have their arms cut off and have lost too much blood, which is very dangerous."

Who is Dai Zhengliang? I saw the problem at a glance, not only the features of the broken arm, but also the misalignment of the bones in the elbow joint.

Dai Zhengliang raised his hand and interrupted the ambulance's words: "Go all out to rescue, don't give up even if there is a glimmer of hope, don't we brothers know our blood type?" Gather the O blood brothers. If that's not enough, get on your horse and go to the construction site to find it. Shun Zhang, you are responsible. ”

"Yes!"

Li Shunzhang, deputy of the second regiment, was ordered to leave quickly.

"Come here, boy, smoke me first, I'm almighty blood..., let's go, my hands and feet are numb with snacks" Ma Yuanjiang, the party representative, pulled up the stunned ambulance and walked into the main hall quickly.

Then. Chu Huaiqing saw the guard company commander leading a group of middle-aged and elderly people in, and quickly approached Dai Zhengliang, whose face was blue and his eyes were red. Whispered persuasion:

"Commander, at this time, you must be calm, you must not say anything like revenge first, you must wait for the heads of several villages to express their positions, otherwise once the fight starts and the central government investigates it, they are likely to put the responsibility on our heads, and the situation in the ethnic areas is extremely complicated, and the villagers of all ethnic groups are different from us Sichuan people. No one knows what's going on in their hearts,"

Dai Zhengliang suddenly came to his senses, nodded slightly, and ordered his guard platoon commander to take out more than a dozen stools and place them in front of the main entrance; Then he sat on the main seat in the middle of the sword, and looked at each of the leaders coldly:

"Folks, please sit down, we will do our best to treat the injured, as for whether they can be saved in the end, how many can be saved, it can only depend on the will of God."

None of the eight leaders sat down, and all of them looked at the wounded and busy officers and soldiers under the eaves with miserable expressions. In the end, their eyes fell on Dai Zhengliang, who was sitting in front of him with a hideous expression.

Chu Huaiqing, who knows the local customs, sees it in his eyes. Joy in his heart, he sat on the square bench next to Dai Zhengliang and whispered in Dai Zhengliang's ear.

Dai Zhengliang listened silently; Ponder for a while. To the group of apprehensive leaders in front of him, he said again:

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"Many of you can speak Yunnan Mandarin. You can probably understand most of what I said, and since you don't take the initiative to say it, let me say a few words.

"I know that the villagers are very bitter, since our army entered Menglian, my brothers have traveled all over the villages here with what the villagers call "miracle medicine", and they have gradually become familiar with each other. In the past six months or so, the various businesses of the villagers and our government investment bureau have become bigger and bigger, and it is not easy for everyone to get along with each other and be like brothers today, but so far, there is no young man in each village who is willing to accept our training, and the leaders are also worried that we will embezzle your property and women, so although they get along with each other very well, they have never accepted our kind advice, and we also have the courtesy that a brother should have. We will not force the villages, the heads of the villages, and the villagers to listen to us.

"But, now I want to ask, why don't you unite to resist after being bullied, robbed, and insulted by those people on the other side for so many years? As your brother, I really don't understand, but I don't dare to come forward to help you, although we have guns and cannons, we can only watch you suffer and suffer, because you have never taken the initiative to ask us for help except for doing business with us and treating diseases, we are afraid of causing your misunderstanding, so we can only keep everything in our hearts.

"Today, you have brought all the dead and wounded villagers over, so that I think you should have something to say in your hearts..." I'm listening. ”

The leaders of the group were all red-faced and ashamed. No one dared to look into Dai Zhengliang's deep eyes. After a long time, several leaders gathered together in a hurry and discussed sharply and quickly in the local dialect.

Outside the door, hundreds of men, women and children dressed in Wa and Lahu costumes crowded outside the door and the broken wall, anxiously looking at everything in the courtyard, seeing a group of leaders still nervously deliberating, four soldiers lined up to walk to the table at the door of the main hall, rolled up their sleeves and let the two familiar ambulances pull out a tube of blood, the villagers were suddenly frightened and pale, and they did not dare to speak, but they all knew that the new friendly "Han Army" was treating their fathers, brothers and relatives.

When Dai Zhengliang and Chu Huaiqing, who were sitting next to him, lit the second cigarette, the eight leaders finally finished discussing, shook off their sleeves and lined up in a row, knelt in front of Dai Zhengliang and Chu Huaiqing, and began to kowtow.

The upright Dai Zhengliang was about to get up and return the salute. was held by Chu Huaiqing's quietly stretched out big hand, and after a group of first three knocks, Chu Huaiqing's voice came in a low voice:

"It's done, Commander. The leaders admit that they are wrong, and they will never treat us as outsiders again. Say whatever you want. ”

An hour later, an urgent telegram from southern Yunnan flew to An Yi, who was in Xiangxi at this time, toasting with Zhang Hongqin and other generals.