Chapter 3 Arson 2
At that time, the location where we were was called Little Red Mountain, when I was a child, I thought Little Red Mountain was red, but it wasn't. I heard the old man in the town say that the Kwantung Army once stationed a unit here, and later the people of the Anti-Japanese Union and the Kwantung Army had a fierce exchange of fire here, and the battle was extremely tragic for several days and nights, and the corpses were all over the field, and the blood stained the entire mountain, so it was later called Little Red Mountain.
In fact, our town was not inhabited at all, it was a primeval forest at that time, and it was not a strategic place. What did the Kwantung Army do when they went to this deep mountain and old forest to station, if the people of the Anti-Japanese Federation could still understand it, no one could find this large area of primeval forest that was inaccessible. Moreover, the strength of the Anti-Japanese Federation at that time was no longer enough to have a frontal large-scale exchange of fire with the Kwantung Army, and most of them were mainly guerrillas. I really don't know why I came here to fight the Kwantung Army to the death. It wasn't until the three of us saw the inhumane scene that we understood why.
Just as my thoughts were wandering, the wind suddenly rose! The wind-fueled fire ignited combustibles such as weeds around us almost instantly. It happened so suddenly, and my brain was basically in a state of death, empty and blank.
"It's on fire! It's on fire!! Tatsuko shouted in panic.
"Don't be stunned! Find something to put out the fire!! Dongzi slapped me and shouted, then searched for something that could be used around the three of them.
"it!" I was slapped by Dongzi, and I also recovered from the state of death, exclaimed, and then quickly began to look for everything around me that could put out the fire.
The three of us scrambled to make use of all the available objects around us to fight hard, with dirt, sand, branches, and clothes, but to no avail. The fire is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more combustibles, and the wind is not at all something that human beings can fight. Supported by a steady stream of weeds, shrubs, dry branches and other combustibles, we lost our original positions almost instantly.
"I can't stand it! Come on!! I shouted, and without hesitation, I ran quickly into the woods behind me. Toko and Tatsuko didn't stop either, following me and running quickly in the direction of the woods behind me. Now that I think about it, the three of us should have covered our heads in our clothes and ran down the hill instead of running into the forest behind us. Because the wind was blowing in the direction of the woods, and there was a large clearing under the mountain, there was not much combustible material that belonged to the natural isolation zone, and the forest behind us... It can be said that the three of us ran into hell on our own.
But at that time, the three of us who had never been in the world were already frightened by this sudden incident, how could we have time to analyze and consider these factors, it would be good if we were not directly paralyzed.
Run! Non-stop running! Constantly shuttling between the woods. The clothes on his body have been torn by tree branches and thorns, and there are I don't know how many blood cuts have been scratched on my face and body. But I didn't feel any pain at all, maybe it wasn't that I couldn't feel pain at that time, but that there was something more important than pain in the subconscious of the brain, that is, to escape!
From time to time, the three of us ran past some animals that are usually hard to see. Robes, wild boars, hares, foxes, squirrels, bobcats and more. You'll see the fox chasing after the rabbit, but not to eat it, but to run faster than him. The squirrel clung to the back of the robe and acted as a high-speed vehicle. And so on contrary to common sense, yes, in the face of natural disasters such as fires, flash floods, earthquakes, etc., the common sense and rules of the past are so fragile and ridiculous.
I don't know how long I've been running, my chest looks like it's going to burst, my legs are numb and just mechanical, my brain is severely deprived of oxygen, and I may pass out at any time, leaving only my subconscious and survival instincts to support my body that is about to collapse. At that time, I suddenly saw Dongzi running behind us for no reason, and I was thinking, is this crazy! Afraid of dying fast enough? But at that time, I couldn't speak at all, I could only keep panting, and I couldn't call him, let alone stop him. I had to stop and look back.
It turns out that I don't know when Tatsuko can't hold it anymore and faints! At that time, I had already reached my limit, and although I hadn't fainted directly, I was almost there. I spread it on the ground and watched as Toko staggered on her back and walked towards me. It feels like it's also crumbling, and it seems that Dongzi has also reached its limit. The originally green forest sea behind him was now engulfed and covered by flames, and it was about to burn to us by the wind. I know we're finished, and once people stop in this situation, they're basically useless, and it's hard to stand up, but even if you don't stop, how long can you hold on?! It's just a matter of time.
Behind us we were covered in red flames, which pierced the sky through the treetops as if they were about to burn the entire sky. Before the heat wave came, the air was so hot that the exposed skin could no longer bear it. This was followed by a pungent smoke mixed with the smell of scorched flora and fauna. The sound of the wind was ringing, the screams of animals that didn't have time to escape, and the explosion of trees being burned. Consciousness gradually began to blur.
Just when I thought it was about to cool down, a loud bang brought back my consciousness that was about to disappear. Before I could react, I suddenly flew up! Yes! It's really a special meow that flies! Based on the final picture, I judged that it was Dongzi who suddenly burst out and rushed over and threw me out with all his might. "Nima! How many consciousnesses is this? "That was the only thought I had at the time. Immediately after that, I watched Dongzi rush in my direction with several consecutive jumps that violated human body mechanics.
Before he had time to think about it, he felt a sharp pain in his back, and Dongzi fell almost the moment the sea of fire swallowed it. Wait a minute! Fell? It turned out to be a pit, and then it was dark. This was my last realization.