Chapter 2 The Right to Die
Yang Tingting did not see the lieutenant again, at 11:47 that night, Yang Tingting died in a corner of the No. 4 Heights, the tide of the enemy did not take much effort to break through the No. 4 Heights, which also lacked manpower and skilled soldiers, in fact, when the enemy approached the Snow Mountain Base, the strength that the base could resist was not much, otherwise how could the personnel and materials from the 1st to the 7th Heights on the periphery of the base be insufficient, and if the peripheral Highlands fell, then the Snow Mountain Base would not exist, Smarter people have already begun to pray, Yang Tingting seems to understand that death is inevitable after the most reckless, fired a few shots at the enemy aimlessly, she only had those few bullets, and then Yang Tingting shrank in a corner, anxiously opened her ration belt, grabbed a handful of mixed coarse grains and stuffed it into her mouth, just tasted a little taste, in order to satisfy her last wish and sighed lightly, the enemy had come to Yang Tingting, and then Yang Tingting fell in a pool of blood, and the rations in her hand also slipped down weakly, It was just a mixture of potato flour and barley flour and bark powder, but Yang Tingting didn't know what the taste of food was for two years, all the food was rationed and given priority to the army, Yang Tingting was conscripted and counted today It was less than three days, and at that time, even this little food army could not be supplied, or the lieutenant asked them to take away some miscellaneous grains in the supplies that were cherished by the girls and everyone shared a little, just this Yang Tingting was not willing to eat, although she ate it after the last, but she didn't come to swallow it urgently and died.
When Yang Tingting's eyes were dull and covered in blood and she lay on the cold ground and stopped breathing, the lieutenant who should have died in battle was not dead, but was sitting on an iron chair very tired, and above the lieutenant's head was a simple big tent built next to the mountain, which was full of strange things, an old man in an unkempt white coat who could barely be seen was busy in these miscellaneous things, and outside the open tent was a small valley, Thick pipes nearly fifty kilometers long swirled and bent and occupied almost the entire small valley.
The lieutenant didn't seem to have changed, he still looked hideous, but if you looked closely, you would find that the lieutenant had a simple bandage around his waist, which was bleeding outward, and a large piece of flesh was obviously missing from a leg that had not been lost, and it was also simply tied with an almost jet-black bandage, and the blood dripped down the black soil and stones, making the damp black soil and stones turn purple.
This is probably the reason why the lieutenant can only sit, the lieutenant is motionless, as if waiting for the blood to drain and die, but in fact he is thinking about something else, thinking about the last battle a few hours ago, thirteen soldiers plus him fourteen, already dead sergeant does not count, after repelling an enemy attack, except for the lieutenant added a few more injuries that were not light or serious to him, there were only five of the thirteen soldiers left, and three of them were seriously wounded and dying, the lieutenant looked at his soldiers and did not move, and the three seriously injured could not be saved even if they had medicine, What's more, there was no medicine for a long time, the lieutenant finally sighed after listening to the soldier's painful moans, and the soldier's last words didn't have to be listened to, it didn't make sense, he pointed his pistol at the seriously wounded soldier, and then looked into their eyes, the soldier smiled miserably and thanked his commander, and the lieutenant immediately pulled the trigger.
The remaining two lightly wounded one barely stood up, saluted the lieutenant and asked for the lieutenant's forgiveness, he no longer wanted to fight full of despair, the lieutenant nodded, and agreed to his request, the soldier immediately raised the automatic rifle against his chin, and immediately pulled the trigger without even taking a deep breath The lieutenant and the youngest soldier were left on the seventh height, he was probably not yet fourteen years old.
The lieutenant looked at the soldier, intending to ask him if he had any decision, the young soldier's lips were purple in the cold wind, and after looking at the corpses of his comrades around him, his hands trembled violently and tried to end his life with a rifle, but he failed several times, and finally the soldier suddenly threw away his rifle and knelt in a pool of blood of his comrades and wept bitterly, the lieutenant looked at the helpless soldier, and then looked into the distance, where it was already dark.
The young soldier in the darkness slowly stopped crying, crawled in front of the lieutenant, reached out and grabbed the lieutenant's cold prosthetic, the lieutenant looked down at the soldier, the young soldier gasped rapidly, pleading at the lieutenant, the lieutenant chuckled, patted the soldier's shoulder to comfort him, and then raised the pistol and aimed it at the young soldier's temple, the young soldier was very afraid of the feeling brought by the cold muzzle, but still closed his eyes with relief and a hint of relief, let out a sigh, and his body slowly stopped trembling, The lieutenant and the other soldiers were fully prepared and gently pulled the trigger.
After the young soldier fell down calmly, the lieutenant withdrew his pistol, and after a moment of silence, he used his remaining fingers to find a bloodstained photo from his pocket with difficulty, which was taken two days ago when he and his wife were married, and now even though the photo was in front of him, the lieutenant could hardly remember what his wife looked like, in fact, his wife was the penultimate group of reinforcements to be sent, because the lieutenant guessed from the signs of the enemy that the worst moment was coming, so he anxiously asked for help, But after only a few female soldiers were sent to the base and not much ammunition was brought, the lieutenant knew that everything was over, and that the base had been exhausted from previous resistance, including human resources.
Since then, the seventh heights have fallen into despair, one of the female soldiers has a girl who listened to the lieutenant's analysis of the current situation, and then saw a large number of comrades killed in battle, and suddenly asked to marry the lieutenant, she didn't want to die alone without being cared for by anyone, it was too miserable, and it was too much for the girl to feel helpless, the lieutenant agreed indifferently at that time, so there was this photo, less than two days after the two got married, the lieutenant's wife died in battle, and they were together for less than half an hour, Before dying, he had to worry about it more, and the lieutenant couldn't help but feel a little bitter, who would care about himself in this broken world? I wanted to throw the photo in the wind, but in the end I stuffed it back into my pocket, and then packed up my weapons and ammunition, he would die, but he had to die in the battle with the enemy, this was one of his last wishes, but unfortunately, the lieutenant was destined to not be able to fulfill his wish, and when he waited for death to come, the base sent someone to bring an urgent order, ordering the lieutenant to return to base No. 1 immediately to stand by, the lieutenant did not agree with this order, and was not even afraid of being executed for violating the order, but then the lieutenant was knocked unconscious and taken away, He woke up in a chair at Dr. Custer's camp at Base 1, and the wound was treated simply to ensure that the lieutenant would not die too soon from blood loss.