Chapter 101: Winter
Muto hurriedly put on his military uniform and ran to the blockade area, the bright searchlight shone on the bridge of a dozen dead imperial soldiers, the independent regiment did not sneak attack, it was his own soldiers who were smart, but died in the cold wind, and there was no one to collect their bodies, which was really a bit desolate and pitiful. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Muto redeployed a squad of troops to garrison the bridgehead, and this time gave them a death order: "If the enemy does not move, I will not move, and if the enemy moves, kill them on the spot."
Muto, an old Chiang who galloped across the field, made any decision that was well thought out, stood by on the spot, and sat back and watched the changes, doing so for two purposes, one is that since it is difficult to rush over the bridge, it is better to take advantage of this time period to adjust well and let the soldiers rest and rest, and wait for Koji Higashino's river warship to be invincible, and it is not too late to set foot in the south of the city.
Second, Muto deeply felt that the temperature in the depths of this mountain had dropped much faster than that of the plains, and even if it had just entered winter, there were already signs of frost, and the independent regiment that had been beaten in such a large arc of cooling could not bear it in a hurry.
Although the sky was bright, the breath of the soldiers became more and more rapid, their hands were put in front of their mouths and the atmosphere was hauled, the fog shrouded the entire county, coupled with the chill brought by the whistling river wind, the brothers huddled together and rubbed each other to keep warm.
A thin layer of frost condensed on the sacks fortified at the bridgehead, and the heat of the soldiers slowly faded away and the frost turned into cold mist, and the old cloth shoes under the soldiers' feet were soaked in the heavy rain yesterday, and the frozen red thumbs were exposed outside the torn cloth shoes.
This is not the most serious, I thought that when it was time to open the meal, I could drink a sip of warm rice porridge to warm up, but in the cooking class, there was only boiling boiled water and two cabbage leaves in the cauldron.
The grain depot of the independent regiment in the west of the city was bombarded by the devil's artillery, coupled with the heavy rain and the hasty retreat, there was no time to rescue the grain, although Wu Guoqiang had already requested support from Wulong County in advance, but it would take at least a whole day to transport grain from Wulong.
Wu Guoqiang still saw the reluctance and even resistance in the eyes of the soldiers, which can't be blamed on the soldiers, they went to the battlefield to kill devils needlessly, but they couldn't eat a full meal, and it was normal to have a little emotion.
One or two tender-headed soldiers drank two mouthfuls of bowls and threw them away, turned around and ran out, the veterans were used to these scenes, sitting around the bonfire and roasting the fire, slowly sucking the boiled water in their hands, thinking of it as meat-like food, the veterans were calm and calm.
"It's hard, it's hard" An elderly grandmother walked over with a crutch and led her little granddaughter, carrying a large basket of cabbage on her back, and she braved the cold wind to pick it in the field.
"Commander Wu, this army is in chaos, and there is nothing good? The devil didn't dare to grow food in the field when he came, only such a little greens, everyone will, let's go! The old woman slowly moved her steps and waved to the soldiers.
"You have worked hard, I thank you for the soldiers of the Independent Regiment!" Wu Guoqiang helped the old grandmother to sit on the side.
"Yes, old man, we just have some water to drink."
The soldiers said with a smile, the old grandmother looked at the smiles of this group of young men, and felt a happiness that she hadn't seen for a long time, and a kind smile slowly opened on the folds of the wrinkles, immersed in this happy atmosphere.
"One day the fuck eats this grass, so how can we fight?"
An ignorant young man was arrogant, impulsively threw the bowl on the ground and stood up, the old man who finally laughed frowned, stared at the young man, felt very powerless and helpless, the old grandmother still had a little guilt, she couldn't even take out a little rice, to help these soldiers who fought for the country, the corners of her eyes naturally moistened, and the old grandmother's wrinkled hand slowly raised to cover her eyes and cover the pain.
"Sit down, so ignorant?" The soldier's squad leader slapped the stool and yelled at the soldier.
The soldier did not respond, he looked reluctant, and ran out unwillingly, the squad leader's anger was difficult to dissipate, and he had to teach this ignorant young man a lesson, and was stopped by Wu Guoqiang.
"Forget it, no one is having a good time with this ghost weather" Wu Guoqiang comforted the squad leader.
The little girl picked up some firewood everywhere and added it to the soldiers, for this innocent little girl like her own child, the soldiers rushed to pamper her, maybe there would be such a little elf in the hearts of this group of men to become their daughter, the desire to form a family is not only what the soldiers are looking forward to, Wu Guoqiang is the same, looking at the pocket watch on his chest, the woman in the photo is still waiting for his groom in the boudoir.
There was talk and laughter, but the weather gradually became warmer this cold winter, and the soldiers sat around the campfire and their faces were also red from the fire.
"Oh no, Captain Wu, something happened!"
A soldier rushed in, put his hands on his knees, gasped for breath, and said, "Let's go and see!" Otherwise, someone will die."
Wu Guoqiang looked frightened and nervous, quickened his pace and followed, and when he came to a thatched house, he heard the cry of the common people: "You brutes, even the common people's things have to be robbed, this is the big cake I baked for my grandson, there is no law in vain!" ”
The numb cries of the common people penetrated into Wu Guoqiang's heart, making him extremely uncomfortable, Wu Guoqiang hurriedly walked up, pushed them away, and almost made himself angry when he saw the scene.
Just now, the grumbling soldier led two gangs to rob the food in the people's pot, an old woman sat on the ground covered in dust, and there were footprints of cloth shoes on her upper body, which should have been kicked by the soldier, and a shivering little boy squatted on the side of the firewood pile in the corner, covering his mouth and staring at this group of strangers with watery eyes.
"Spicy bitch, what the fuck are you doing?" Wu Guoqiang pulled out a pistol from his waist and wanted to be executed on the spot at the three soldiers, when did the independent regiment come out with such a bastard thing, robbing the food of the common people, what the fuck is the difference between this and bandits? The quality of the military went there.
It's not easy to say anything, Wu Guoqiang had to shoot these three bastards, and the other two soldiers came to their senses and knelt on the ground to apologize repeatedly, begging for forgiveness, but the tender-headed soldier bit the big cake in his mouth with a look of disdain, which was really a provocation to the authority of the soldiers.
Wu Guoqiang pulled the safe, the muzzle of the gun was pointed at it, a "bang" shot, the pistol was lifted by Hu Xiujiang, the bullet flew out of the roof, and the little boy next to the pyre was frightened and buried his head in his arms.
"Commander Wu, no, the enemy is currently killing soldiers and affecting the momentum, now the independent regiment is so small, let's keep it first"
"Pull it all down for me, be confined in custody, damn" Wu Guoqiang put away the gun, walked to the tearful old woman, slowly lifted it up, gently patted off the ashes on her body, and bowed deeply, "I'm sorry to make your old man frightened!" ”
The old woman brought her grandson over, "Actually, my grandson wants to be a soldier, a soldier who protects the people, sir, I believe you are such a person."
Wu Guoqiang got the old woman's understanding, felt guilty, turned his head and faced it facelessly, and walked to the door.
"Sir, let's fill their stomachs with points, the family is poor, and that's the only way to do it" The old woman took out two hot flatbreads from the pot, spread them in her hands and handed them to Wu Guoqiang, the old woman's hands trembled, bent over, and those clear and simple eyes made Wu Guoqiang unable to refuse and look at each other.