Chapter 51: Purgatory

Sheng Zheng rubbed his delicate face with both hands, wiped the beads of sweat from the corners of his forehead, and although his eyes seemed to be slightly red, he still smiled proudly without any pretentiousness in his tone, "I will not be dishonored." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoGeneral Fu also killed the enemy well, this stop, who of us killed less, and the battle achievements were small, but we have to go back and lose a game of jade chessboard chess pieces on the jade board——"

I couldn't help laughing, high-fived him again, patted his arm, and then led the team to turn around and walk down the staircase, and walked to the lower deck to prepare for landing. In the heavy rain, the Bird Fortune Boat, sailing against the wind, rushed out of the edge of the rain cloud area, and the huge artillery fire finally began to roar and roar earth-shatteringly. The smell of black oil and yellow powder bloomed on the island, like an earth-shattering waterfall, and like a dark and boundless mandala flower.

"Bring your armor, bring your weapons, thatch, and clips, and get ready to land on the island!" The outer fence had been opened, I drew the full moon scimitar, pointed it to the sky, drew the symbol crescent of the battle, and the soldiers of Beiming, who had paved the muddy shallows with thatch, rushed in formation to the Luo Wei garrison on the east side of the harbor in the trumpets and war drums.

In the summer forest, there are large trees that can only be hugged by three people, blending into the clouds, without branches, and in order to fight for the sun, climbing plants and woody vines have changed their usual slender, flexible and thick like wine barrels, they are intertwined, and the roots are coiled on the tall trees with tendrils and hooks. Deep in the summer rainforest, it is damp and dense, and it is like dusk when the red sun is scorching. The strangulation tree strangled the tree it was attached to, and it became a tree itself, greedily sucking the rain and sun in the place occupied by the dead tree. The dense layers of plants are engaged in a life-and-death war for sunlight and rain, and under the invasion of heavy rain, layers of ripples are washed out.

The rush in the forest stirred up the humid air, and the fresh young blood splashed on the moss-strewn, slippery green rocks, and in an instant, the sentry and defense line of Luo Wei on the east side appeared in front of them, and the soldiers who had already landed on the shore caused a rain of attacks by gunners and crossbowmen on the opposite side. Sheng Zheng took advantage of the fact that the Luo Wei warship was not ready, and was still covering the artillery fire on land, and the three stages of alternating bursts continued, and the yellow signal made the flag slide all kinds of flags.

"Attention helmsman, fifty on the left helm, halve the speed again!" As soon as the flag commanded, the five bird ships turned their bows in unison, and when they reached the east side of the reef on the east side of Pingfeng Harbor, Sheng Zheng gave another rudder order, "Seventy-five on the left side, all gunners are ready to shoot," he stood next to one of the gunners and commanded the calibration, "The main gun is offset to the right for three minutes based on the local hill stronghold, the distance is two thousand meters, the target, the hill stronghold, the poison bomb is prepared-"

The two gunners next to him quickly adjusted the fuse, pulled out the safety bolts of the chain bullets and poison bullets, and the yellow powder and incendiary materials that were instantly filled in were clicked into the barrel, "Fire, release-" Sheng Zheng ordered.

At the same time, the heralds continued to wave the flag and give the order to open fire, and the hull of the bird ship also shook. The cannon spewed out a long dazzling light, arcing with the letter of death and viper, and the burning flames were connected. The soldiers who rushed to the case were forced to choose fire guns and crossbows to attack, but the effect was not great, like countless fire points splashed into the air, and the sky and earth were red and hot for a while. In the direction of Tie Low Bay in the middle of Chami Island, dark clouds and torrential rain poured violently on the reefs on the east side of the harbor, as if boiling water had been poured on a sea of boiling fire. After three rounds of artillery fire in a row, Sheng Zheng continued to order, "No correction, twenty rounds of rapid fire from each cannon, the longest range, release-release-"

The dense barrage of crossbows and firebolts kept us from getting closer, "Get down—crawl forward—" I commanded aloud. The leeches that fell from the trees and the scorpions on the ground burrowed into the robes everywhere, desperately and feverishly sucking blood. And we were so intimidated by such a powerful firearm that we moved as slowly as if we were nailed to the beach. Suddenly, a group of Luo Wei warriors rushed down the hill above with cross cannons and Tang knives. In my heart, the Luo Wei charge tactics that I often saw in Xinyue resurfaced: dense frontal direct charges, narrow ranges, extremely high impact velocity, and coordination with large impact momentum and firearms -- it was this tactic that made Xinyue go northeast to central China to bleed and drift. The first time I saw this kind of soldiers rushing into battle, I must have been greatly intimidated, because they came to us almost instantaneously from top to bottom.

The Luo Wei warrior led by the Jiao Shark Golden Silk Soft Armor was on his body, the war knife was waved with both hands, the fierce cold light was fierce in the rainstorm, he rushed all the way, and the same two Jiao Shark Golden Silk Soft Armor soldiers behind him slashed the rattan player and spearman in the middle of the two rows in front of us at a thunderous speed, and a strong step rushed towards me, and the Beiming Fire Gun next to him fired at him, but he did not hit, he approached and stabbed fiercely, I hurriedly swung out the scimitar against the long knife, but the long knife was extremely powerful, almost shaking my arm like a wood, at this time, The crossbowman behind him shot the repeater crossbow and hit him in the forehead, and he collapsed at his feet, I kicked him away, and heard another burst of artillery fire on the shore, which seemed to be the sound of the exchange of fire between the sailors of the two sides, but there was no time to see, batch after batch of Luo Wei warriors rushed up, brandishing their war knives and slashing wildly, and the cannons behind them were already about to be in place, I hurriedly ordered "Disperse, prepare for the cloud sail array", after saying a word, the team began to scatter things like mercury, and the artillery exploded around them, rolling up the body and minced flesh, Cruelly throwing a miserable life to death. The east-west dispersion of the Cloud Sail Array caused the hillside jungle to be full of scuffles, the cannons were useless, and the torrential rain caused the bows and crossbows to deviate from the crosshairs, and they could only fight with wolf swords, fire guns, katanas, and long knives.

Every less than half an hour, the same assault rushed down from the Rowe's fortifications again, and the same way again, bursting out as accurately as if it were gathering momentum, but it was almost impossible for us to regroup, and the formation was made extremely difficult by the casualties and their constant onslaught. The soldiers around him were all covered in blood, Luo Wei warriors, either their own, or their own people, and many others were injured by artillery fire and broke their hands and feet, and some even had their flesh and bones stripped from the artillery fire, some had their chests disemboweled, their heads were swords, and all kinds of blood and mucus were poured into the summer jungle full of insects, the situation was so miserable that I even hated that I had brought them to embark on this purgatory desperate situation of no return.

Yes, luring the enemy is the hardest, hardest, hardest, worst and least distinct task, but the hard bones must always be gnawed, if everyone wants to eat meat, want to pick up so much merit and less sacrifice, then in the end it can only be failure. All wars must have hard bones to gnaw, perhaps this is the price of our rescue of Prince Li, although many of the doubts in my heart have gradually been answered, but they are still drawn by the tragic sacrifice of the life in front of me and the life of the pillow. I hurriedly pulled a turban to wrap it for him, but to no avail, he gradually died of pain and lost his last breath. The heavy rain constantly washed and corroded the blood.

War, war so that politicians or because of support, or because of opposition to bring talking points, let careerists get the desire for power, so that businessmen get countless business opportunities, in the division of maritime trade interests, the story of the battle for the sea frontier, the young lives of the soldiers in addition to the protection of the family and the country, seems to be as light as a feather, and even can not get the respect and faith of the military god like the Luo Wei warriors, we can only count on the favor of the god of fate, or return with a full load, or bury the bones in a foreign land, I don't believe in the afterlife, the vast majority of soldiers in the Beiming army do not believe. I always thought that if I was happy in this life, I would rather have no afterlife, and if I was miserable in this life, then this life would be enough.

However, I really just want to live well at the moment, I know that when I go to the battlefield, what I am most afraid of thinking about is to live, greedy for life and fear of death often die faster, and the decision without distractions is the only way to live, so I try to hold my breath while chopping and looking for a way. Suddenly, I saw a dead strangulation vine next to me, and saw the rain gradually softening, I had a plan, and hurriedly grabbed the two soldiers beside me, and said, cut down this vine, come with me, and then took the scimitar and cut at the strangulation vine, and then took out the incendiary and yellow powder from my arms, and peeled off the sealing layer, and the flammable material was exposed, I smeared those items on the dead strangulation vine, and ordered them to surround it with me, and then ignited it with a fire gun, and the strangulation vine flew like a deadly chain to the rushing Luo Wei warriors, Instantly entangled the two, burning the flames and spinning to tear their flesh and blood apart, "It's done!" The soldiers behind him were like a big realization, and they went to cut and strangle the vines, and the Luo Wei warriors who kept surrendering and rushing towards them instantly plunged the entire hillside into a sea of fire again. The fire burned the skin, and the waves of explosive qi induced passed through the Luo Wei warriors, and behind them were more violent attacks that were constantly gathering.

Listening to the roar of artillery fire on the coast, you don't have to turn back to know that the battle to lure the enemy on the sea will never be less tragic than here. There was gray smoke everywhere, red fire, the rain gradually slowed down, and gradually stopped, and suddenly another muffled thunder struck down, the giant tree next to it was chopped down, a large piece of rotten trees and strangulation vines collided with thunder, and without warning, the two soldiers around him were stoned to death, and another rumbling bang overwhelmed the thunder, thrilling. The Luo Wei warriors who rushed over were like flowers blooming everywhere, and the red blood scorched us here with an immortal breath. This is the land of my Beiming, and this is the Xia Mi of my Beiming.

When I was a child, my father used to say that for men, the women of the family and the ground under our feet are our duty and dignity to guard. And today we understand that this kind of preaching is not worth the tragic war. War is only life and death, and there is no reason why fighting is better at fighting. All people must do their best, whether it is righteous or unrighteous, whether it is to expand the territory or defend the country, whether it is to plunder others or to insist on oneself, they can only do their best, because apart from victory, there is only death, and there is no room for any sublimation and encouragement - life is the greatest incentive, winning, defeating, killing every enemy in front of them, only in this way can we live, and living is the greatest incentive, and the fame, fortune, status and money that accompany it, They are all meagre compensation for the price of life that they only enjoy by living, and what really makes people brave is to defeat the other party, to live, to be the one who lives to the end - the victor.

In this way, on this beach of death, from sunrise to sunset, and from sunset to sunrise, after several dark blue skies and blood color changes, the red glow of the east was covered by the dust, the mountain peaks were blocked, and the sea was like being covered with gold, when I had already felt hopeless and on the verge of physical collapse ten thousand times I felt that I had to give up and ten thousand and one times to think about persevering, and when I insisted, suddenly, the Luo Wei soldiers who rushed down suddenly decreased, and the flower battle of the general attack was like the symbol of an angel scattered in the sky, The main force of the Eastern Army, which had suddenly attacked from the direction of Tie Low Bay, and the naval divisions that approached Pingfeng Harbor by sea attacked this tidal flat. The clouds jumped out brilliantly and transparently, but I was already powerless to hold myself on the ground, the sun jumped out of the light, the fireworks were scattered by the morning breeze, turned my head to look, I tried my best to look at the bird fortune boat led by Sheng Zheng not far away, at this moment four of the five bird fortune ships have been full of holes, as if lost soul on the water with inertia drifting, and there is a whole hull like a hornet's nest, full of large and small holes. The living and the dead on the ship collapsed in the night like me.

However, Beiming's loyal and unswerving Five Dragons Flag was finally raised here, and on the Xinming boat after the Bird Blessing Boat, I saw Sheng Zheng's tearful and staggering figure, and felt the endless throbbing of my heart surging, grasping my heart in one place, looking at each other, and my mood was ups and downs, like ten thousand years:

In you, reflecting my desire to live,

In me, the song of your emotions is written,

In you, the whimper that stirs up my thoughts,

In me, I felt a numb peace.

In you, there is a long shadow of the universe,

In me, with the dawn that is coming.

Your smile reflects the smiling stars behind the bloodshed,

And I still remember my own joyful love affair in the passing years.

In the bitter battle of loneliness and despair, between the feelings of depression and loss,

There is only life, or only death, but it is full of sincerity that longs for peace and tranquility.

The earth cracked wounds and condensed unfortunate lives.

May the wind rise, and the heroic soul will return to his hometown,

Seep into the heart and shake the ears......