Two and a half months later...... Lei Zhen, who lived in the hospital for four months, left the ward that benefited him a lot in his life, and when he held a thick stack of books and a dictionary, and followed Xie Jinyuan to the gate of the "lonely military camp", he looked at Lei Zhen who memorized new words all the way, and was really stunned.

Xie Jinyuan told Lei Zhen that what they settled in was a military camp!

The question Lei Zhen wants to ask now is, is this really a fucking barracks?

It was not so much a barracks as a pigsty, a stable, a cattle pen, a prison with barbed wire on all sides, machine guns on the guard tower, and a few White Russian soldiers with weapons in hand and looking at them with disdain!

You don't need to ask Lei Zhen to know that Xie Jinyuan and his subordinates have been restricted in this extra-large prison, otherwise, why did Yang Ruifu, the battalion commander and more than 20 officers who made a special trip to pick them up, all of them blushed with excitement after seeing Xie Jinyuan, but they didn't rush out of the door of the "barracks" as if they were stuck with glue under their feet? !

"Lei Zhen," before entering the barracks, Xie Jinyuan said in a low voice: "You can see clearly with your eyes open, this is the lesson that the weak deserve!" In this world, being weak is a sin! ”

Lei Zhen nodded vigorously, he had survived alone in the mountains for three years, and he had already seen through this truth with his own eyes.

Xie Jinyuan suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Lei Zhen, and took him into this "lonely military camp" that did not look like a military camp.

Frankly, this military camp is much better than the three months ago when they first moved in, at least all the weeds in it have been shoveled, and the garbage littered everywhere has been cleaned up. And Lei Zhen's son, who has been fostered here, is obviously a little fatter, and it is also crowded with Yang Ruifu's battalion commander, when it finally sees Lei Zhen, a trace of excitement suddenly flashed in its eyes, and it flew directly over and threw itself into Lei Zhen's arms.

Holding his son's familiar body, watching it stick out its tongue and lick it carefully on his face, making him salivate, even Lei Zhen, who obviously lacked facial expression, couldn't help but show a happy smile in his helplessness when a loving father faced a naughty child.

It can be seen that it is doing really well, not only is it regularly brought food every day, but even its gray fur has been washed and cleaned. Obviously, it was its performance in transporting bullets for Lei Zhen on the battlefield of the right flank of the Sixing Warehouse that had won the recognition and respect of everyone in the barracks.

Although it is already January and the weather is freezing, the noon sun pours on the barracks, still carrying a long-lost warmth. It was under such sunshine that a group of soldiers sat quietly on the field where they had shoveled clean with their own hands and flattened with shovels, facing a blackboard supported by a wooden frame, and under the leadership of a company commander, they did not know what they were doing.

"In accordance with the instructions of the regiment commander, I not only carried out all kinds of exercises as usual every day, but also was led by the company commanders to teach them to read and write."

Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu reported to Xie Jinyuan: "Probably God also knows that the regiment commander is coming back, and it is rare to have a sunny day, so it is the turn of the company commander who gave a lecture today, and at the request of everyone, moved today's cultural class directly to the open-air classroom. ”

Xie Jinyuan nodded, he looked at Lei Zhen, and suddenly asked: "We have been exiled to this barracks that is not a barracks, except for a national flag in our hands, even the weapons have been confiscated. Do you know why I still ask them to practice on time every day and learn all kinds of cultural knowledge? ”

After thinking for a while, Lei Zhen quickly replied: "You once told me that on the battlefield in ancient times, if the city you defended was surrounded by enemies on all sides, even if you faced an enemy a hundred times your size, a first-class city defender would send elite troops to raid the enemy camp at night from time to time. The purpose of this is not to inflict some fatal damage on the enemy in order to turn the tide of the battle. But the general who defends the city clearly knows that the city is surrounded on all sides, which is equivalent to a pool of stagnant water, no matter how elite the troops, no matter how high the fighting spirit, can not withstand the trapped and lonely city, and the consumption of one after another, once the morale is low to a certain extent, the city will be ruined and killed. And constantly fighting surprise battles at night can not only wear down the enemy's morale, so that they do not get enough rest at night, affecting the siege of the next day, but also can make their troops active, through small-scale active attacks and small-scale local victories, coupled with a little guidance from the defending general, you can rekindle the hope of victory in their hearts! ”

Turning his head to look at the soldiers who were practicing the array on the other side of the field, Lei Zhen said in a deep voice: "You said that during the Battle of Songhu, the death rate of veterans in your army was as high as eighty percent, and most of them were recruits who had just been recruited. Letting them practice non-stop in the barracks, and letting them feel the strength of the group through queue exercises, is a good way to quickly improve cohesion. Malan told me that to see if an army unit is a strictly trained elite unit, as long as you see their footsteps on the ground from a distance, it is enough to raise dust, no matter how strong the individual is, no matter how strong the actual combat ability is, if there is no highly cohesive team, they are just a group of rabble, such a force can exert its offensive power to the limit when it is smooth sailing, but once it enters the protracted war, their weaknesses will be exposed, and once they are at an inferior level, such a force will be self-defeating! ”

"And ......"

If what Lei Zhen said just now had already made Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu and the more than 20 accompanying officers around him have a feeling of being impressed, what Lei Zhen said later really surprised them. "From a game point of view, you have been in the hospital for two and a half months because of a serious injury, and the manager is out of chess, and this is a cohesive force. And being locked up in such a barracks every day is tantamount to sticking to an isolated city, and after a long time and no one is to control them, those White Russian soldiers look hateful enough, and they can easily do something drastic. In this case, letting them read and write every day can increase their personal cultivation on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also divert their attention and make their life easier. ”

Speaking of this, Lei Zhen made a final summary of his judgment: "Let them insist on practicing and learning, just like the ancient general who defended the city, sent a raid team at night, when you defended the Sixing warehouse, you knew that there were many enemies, but still insisted on placing a small army on the right side, it is the same reason!" In the final analysis, it is to work hard to make a pool of stagnant water come back to life! Even if there are walls on all sides and we can't flow anymore, at least we can still turn! ”

Xie Jinyuan recalled what Lei Zhen said, and he suddenly couldn't help laughing. "Good, good, good, even if we can't flow anymore, at least we can still turn, and it's really right! Lei Zhen, it was only at this time that I knew why in just two and a half months, you can make progress so quickly, you can draw inferences from everything you learn, and you can integrate it so quickly. It turns out that you simply regarded that hospital as a desperate situation besieged from all sides, and you just used learning to make yourself desperately turn around to maintain your sharpness! ”

When Xie Jinyuan inspected another corner of the barracks, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and he looked suspiciously at the few grass huts that had not been erected two and a half months ago. Separated by a distance of more than 20 meters, he could still clearly hear the "buzzing" sound coming from inside, and on the roof of a straw shed, there was even a chimney made of bricks.

Xie Jinyuan strode over, and when he lifted the curtain of the grass shed, Xie Jinyuan was suddenly stunned.

When Lei Zhen, who was following behind Xie Jinyuan, looked over Xie Jinyuan's shoulders and fell into the grass shed, he had survived alone in the mountains for three years, and he had already learned to face all Lei Zhen with an indifferent attitude, and he was also stunned.

It was in this thatched hut built on the wall of the barracks, about forty or fifty square meters in size, that more than 40 people sat densely, and in front of these soldiers sitting on small horses, there were even more big baskets. And when Xie Jinyuan stood outside, the "buzzing" sound he could hear came from a textile machine that needed people to step on the pedals with both feet before it kept turning!

Looking at the cotton threads that were constantly turning on the knitting machine, looking at the hands that were used to holding steel guns on the battlefield, but now picked up hooks, and looking at the semi-finished products that had not yet been completed in the basket, Xie Jinyuan's breathing suddenly became heavy, and he pushed away the battalion commander Yang Ruifu who was standing in front of him and wanted to say something, and walked out of the grass shed that had become a workshop. When he walked to the second straw shed, looking at the chimney with thick smoke still rising from the roof, Xie Jinyuan took a deep breath, and what was wafting in the air was not only the smoke emitted by the burning of firewood or coal, but also a more pungent smell.

Xie Jinyuan opened the second straw shed, until this time, he didn't know why the smell wafting outside was so bad, in the middle of the straw shed, there was a big iron pot, I don't know what was put inside, a few soldiers wearing masks, were stirring inside with shovels. In the other corner of the hut, there are rows of brackets nailed with wooden sticks, which are filled with brick-like blocks.

"Yang Ruifu!"

Xie Jinyuan finally became angry, he grabbed the placket of Yang Ruifu's battalion commander's shirt, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the pot that was still bubbling with a pungent smell in the grass hut and on the stove, pointed to the rows of solidified brick-like objects in the corner of the wall, and roared wildly: "You were the one who sent me to the hospital, and it was you who patted your chest and assured me that you can take these soldiers well, you can manage them well, and teach them well." Yang Ruifu, I have always regarded you as a man of his word, I believe in your promise to me, I believe in a brother who was born and died with me, and as a result, when I came back, you actually let my soldiers nest together, go to knit socks like a group of coolies, and make soap! I want you to lead all your brothers in this lonely army camp to set an example for our soldiers to the world, and you will set an example of knitting socks and making soap! You, you, you...... You're a fucking bastard!! ”

"Bang!"

Xie Jinyuan slammed a punch into Yang Ruifu's face, and blood suddenly splashed out from the corner of Yang Ruifu's mouth. Faced with this absolutely unexpected scene, everyone was stunned when they looked at Xie Jinyuan, who was furious. These subordinates, even Ling Weicheng, have never seen Xie Jinyuan like this!

"You don't have to look at it, there is also a workshop in the other straw shed, and there is a platoon of brothers who are weaving towels in it." Yang Ruifu shook off the blood on his lips, at this time, in order to make Xie Jinyuan withdraw from the Sixing warehouse, this soldier who did not hesitate to pull out his bayonet and stabbed him in the thigh, this affectionate and righteous man, his whole body trembled.

Pain, sadness, guilt, and helplessness are all kinds of complex emotions, and they are constantly turning in the eyes of Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu. Suddenly, his knees weakened, and he knelt heavily in front of Xie Jinyuan in front of everyone.

"Commander, it was I who failed your hopes, it was I who ordered the construction of these three straw sheds, it was I who let all the brothers work here in shifts, and it was I who lost the face of the soldiers! But ......" Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu raised his head suddenly, he stared at Xie Jinyuan, and hissed: "But how can the brothers see that you are so seriously injured, and you are kicked out of the hospital like beggars just because of some bullshit medical expenses?" Our face is important, we really want to set an example for the world, but can face be more important than our regimental leader? Can it be more important than Lei Zhen's little brother and the Ma Lan who saved us?! ”

Xie Jinyuan Huo Ran was moved, he stared at Yang Ruifu, and shouted: "What did you say?!" ”

"Commander, you took us to the Sixing Warehouse and fought with Yu himself for four days and five nights, and now the whole of China regards you as a big hero who stands up to the sky, and even the brothers have been stained. Staying in this barracks, although there is no personal freedom, but people come to visit us every day, I don't know how many brothers have love letters secretly sent by girls in their hands, everyone can still read and write together, sometimes we will even secretly rejoice, so it is better to go to Nanjing, and die an unknown strong. But ......"

When Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu said this, he slammed his fist into the hard ground under his feet, and the gorgeous blood flowers suddenly bloomed on his hands, "Commander, how about even if you get a Blue Sky White Medal, the brothers have all become heroes, and they are called 'Eight Hundred Warriors'?" Now that the political axe is in chaos in the face of the fiasco in Nanjing, who can take care of our small army of more than 300 people who don't even have guns and can only honestly stay in the territory of the British? And who will remember to send our military pay on a regular basis? Who remembers to send over the medical expenses that the three of you have to pay every once in a while in the hospital, the head of the regiment, and then send them over regularly?! ”

Xie Jinyuan's eyes widened violently, he turned his head and looked at his wife Ling Weicheng, who spent two and a half months in the hospital, and Ling Weicheng went back and forth between the hospital and the lonely military camp to pay for him. Suddenly, Xie Jinyuan felt that his lips became heavy, and he said astringently: "Could it be ......?"

After only saying three words, Xie Jinyuan couldn't say it anymore.

Ling Weicheng nodded lightly, "After you arrived at the lonely military camp, only in the first month, when you received the Qingtian White Medal and were called the regiment commander colonel, you received a military salary, and in the following months, everyone waited for their necks to grow, but they didn't wait for anything. You are in the hospital, you need nutritious things to replenish your body, and the hospital keeps urging us to pay the medical bills, I went to the people in the concession, but they asked us to solve it ourselves. Everyone handed over to me the military salaries that they were not willing to spend, but since a few years ago, the rate of military salaries you paid has been halved, and this has only lasted less than a month. Rui Fu really had no choice, so he came up with such an idea, asked someone to find the materials outside, recruited everyone to change shifts, and worked in three grass sheds. ”

Smelling the pungent smell wafting in the air, Ling Weicheng said: "Brother Yang handed over all the money he earned to me, but the medical expenses are still more and more owed, and it is Brother Yang who keeps making IOUs and uses the factories in these three grass huts as a guarantee, so the hospital barely drove the three of you out." They are all a group of rough men, none of them know how to weave, and no one knows how to make soap, but their group of big men, in those three grass huts, made thousands of pairs of socks, more than 2,000 pieces of soap and four or five thousand towels, if you really can choose, they are all upright men, who wants to do the work of these women! ”

"Also," Ling Weicheng looked at Yang Ruifu and said in a low voice: "Brother Yang's leg injury has not healed well, and it has deteriorated very badly some time ago, but he insisted on not letting everyone send him to the hospital. He said...... He has promised you to keep a good eye on everyone, and if he is also admitted to the hospital, he will escape from the battle, and he will be the most shameful deserter! In fact, I know that he didn't say it, he was afraid that all four people were admitted to the hospital, and the medical expenses were too much, and the hospital would really kick everyone out. ”

Xie Jinyuan was stunned, he was really stunned. He quietly looked at Yang Ruifu, the battalion commander who was kneeling straight in front of him, and quietly looked at Yang Ruifu's thigh that he stabbed himself in the thigh a few months ago in order to force him to retreat into the concession alive. Yang Ruifu can obviously ask for help from those Shanghai citizens who come to visit the lonely military camp every day, as long as he opens his mouth, I believe that donations from all walks of life in Shanghai will drift into their hands like snowflakes flying in the sky.

But Yang Ruifu didn't! He may not have the kind of spiritual leadership charm that Xie Jinyuan has, maybe he and Xie Jinyuan will always be covered by Xie Jinyuan's light, but he is also a hero, a hero with the dignity and pride of a soldier!

Tears slowly flowed silently from Xie Jinyuan's eyes, but on his face, a smile that was so happy and so happy slowly rose. He suddenly squatted down, and with a stretch of his hands, he hugged Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu tightly into his arms.

"Thank you, brother." Xie Jinyuan hugged Yang Ruifu tightly, and he said softly: "I'm sorry for making you wronged, brother!" ”

Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu shook his head vigorously, and the two of them hugged each other tightly like that. I don't know how long it took for Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu to breathe lightly, raise a big smile on his face, and shout loudly: "What about Ma Lan, that girl didn't come back with you, does she still need to continue to be hospitalized?" Did the doctor say when she would be discharged from the hospital? I, Yang Ruifu, have to thank her in person, thank her for saving our three lives! ”

Faced with this problem, Xie Jinyuan, Ling Weicheng and Lei Zhen, all three of them suddenly closed their mouths together.

"Isn't it?" Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu's eyes widened, "Last time my sister-in-law came back, she told me that Ma Lan's girl seemed to be getting better, didn't even her attending doctor say that she would be cured and discharged from the hospital soon?" ”

Xie Jinyuan sighed lightly and said, "Her body will recover soon, and it is estimated that she will be discharged from the hospital in two weeks." But her injuries were too serious, and her legs were not just broken by the current, coupled with the news that the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps was wiped out in Xiaguan in the Battle of Nanjing, in the face of this double blow, she can't stand up from a wheelchair by her own strength until now. I think that if this continues, maybe in this life, she will no longer be able to support her body with her legs like a normal person. ”

Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu couldn't help frowning, and after a long time, he said in a low voice: "A soldier like her is really a good soldier who can only spend her whole life in a wheelchair, she might as well die on the battlefield altogether." At least, then she doesn't have to die in a hospital bed or wheelchair, and she can become a horse leather shroud, a martyr who died in battle! ”

Xie Jinyuan nodded lightly.

"Lei Zhen, you are a smart person, you should clearly know when you see such a 'military camp' that the situation we are facing now is definitely not optimistic. Since you choose to stay here, I welcome it. I will teach you what I know, what I know, and if one day you find a new purpose and want to leave, just let me know. ”

With Xie Jinyuan's advice, Lei Zhen and Ling Weicheng lived together in this lonely military camp that was not a military camp, and became one of the few people in the entire lonely military camp who could freely enter and exit the gate of the military camp without being restricted by the White Russian soldiers.

(To be continued)