Section I

Early morning, September 16, 1937.

The stone slowly opened its eyes, and the sight was the green leaves, in autumn, with the speed of heat dissipation, the temperature difference between day and night also increased, at this moment the sun has just risen, full of warm sunlight has not yet enveloped the earth, which makes the autumn morning with a hint of coolness, but also let the stone involuntarily tighten the futon on the body.

Looking at the leaves above their heads, the stone did not have the slightest intention of getting up, the sound of gunfire that had filled their ears these days disappeared at this moment, and the buzzing roar was then occupied by a cheerful birdsong, in this wood, there were still small birds, and the sound from their mouths also made the stone's irritated heart become happy, but when he thought of the life experienced in such a short period of ten days, the stone couldn't help but sigh.

This is the Shi Xianggong Temple south of Luodian, there are twelve or three miles away from Luodian, for this Shi Xianggong Temple, the stone knows not too much, only know that Shi Xianggong is one of the gods worshiped by believers in this area, listen to Lao Meng They said, the temple here is just a small temple, around this area, there are countless large and small Shi Xianggong temples, and the temple here has been occupied by the division headquarters at the moment, used as a headquarters.

Thinking of the division headquarters, Shi couldn't help but think of their regiment commander Cheng Zhi, who followed Cheng Regiment Commander to attack the Japanese army position at night in the early morning of the 7th, which echoed in Shi's mind at this moment, even after such a long time, whenever he recalled it, Shi still had a strong uneasiness, that night, perhaps the most dangerous moment he had encountered during this time, that night, Shi felt that he had stepped into the ghost gate countless times, and after bloody battles again and again, he was pulled back to reality......

Zhu Jianghai found a turning point when they were about to encircle and annihilate, on the right flank of Luodian, the friendly forces of the 11th Division and the 67th Division launched a fierce attack on Luodian, the 74th Army was the main force defending Luodian in this operation, and the 18th Army units that had previously experienced a bloody battle were used as auxiliary forces, and after finding that the Japanese offensive was extremely fierce, they did not hesitate to launch a counteroffensive from the right flank, coupled with the repeated impact of the 58th Division on the left flank at all costs, the Japanese army attacking Luodian had to concentrate most of its defensive forces, Secure the occupied positions with intensive fire.

Cheng Zhi led this small group of men and horses to fight bravely without fear of death, and its fierce offensive, coupled with the strong attacks of friendly forces in the distance, completely opened a gap from the position hastily established by the Japanese army. It's just that when they were lucky enough to get out of the battlefield, the extremely serious losses also made them lose the comfort of escaping death.

Staff Officer Zhu Jianghai was killed, this staff officer who felt good to the stone, when he turned back with the guard squad to block the pursuers again and again, he was blown up by a *, thinking about the way to evacuate, he took great care of him, and the stone couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

Regiment Commander Cheng's guard squad was completely defeated, and the original dozen or so people lost about half of them when they blew up the enemy's artillery position with the regiment commander, and in the subsequent process of blocking the enemy, they were reduced again and again, and when they finally got rid of the Japanese pursuit, they suddenly found that the seriously wounded man who was carried by Liu Wenfeng also stopped breathing because of excessive bleeding.

Commander Cheng was also shot in the leg, but fortunately, the warhead only grazed and did not break the bones, otherwise it would be a big trouble. A battalion commander Zheng Pusheng's shoulder blade was pierced by the Japanese army's bayonet, the wound looks very deep, although it has been treated and disinfected, but if you want to heal, I'm afraid it will take a long time, the people of the first squad leader are really very lucky, except for the two ribs of the stone were left a few wounds by the Japanese bayonet, there is basically no loss, of course, this is also relatively speaking, at this moment, everyone is wrapped in gauze, it looks extremely scary, but it can leave a life, and there is no possibility of cripplement, This is also a great blessing in misfortune.

Although the sigh of the stone in the early morning was not loud, but the people whose ears were clean were extremely sensitive to the sound at the moment, as soon as the sigh of the stone disappeared, Xiao Shandong had already come over and asked with concern: "Platoon leader, are you still thinking about Platoon Commander Xu?" ”

Shi listened to Xiao Shandong's voice, sat up slowly, and then leaned against the tree on the side weakly, and said softly, "Is there smoke?" ”

"Platoon commander, why are you okay with this?" Liu Wenfeng, who was not far away from him, chuckled and said, throwing a cigarette case in his hand.

Catching it steadily, the stone familiarly took out one from it and put it on his mouth, while Xiao Shandong quickly lit a match and lit it for the stone. Taking a deep breath, the choking smoke swallowed straight into the stomach from the mouth, for this taste, the stone is no stranger to these days, and naturally it will not choke, open its mouth and spit out a cigarette roll, the stone recalls the truth in the stomach, and reached out to touch the short blade in his arms.

Xu Qiang had already died in battle, and the squad leader who carried him out of Luodian Town with Xiao Shandong, not long after becoming the platoon commander, remained forever in the blood-soaked land, and the entire second squad was also killed and wounded in the rush with waves of Japanese troops. In fact, not only the second squad, the entire 302 regiment has been almost consumed in the offensive and defensive battles in Luodian during this time, the Japanese attack is too fierce, and countless troops are continuous wave after wave, as if they can't be killed at all, and if they die, they will continue to rush up a group.

The stone touched the short blade, and remembered the short few days with Xu Qiang, speaking of which, he didn't get along much with the old squad leader, the usual Xu Qiang, didn't talk too much, but he was very authoritative in the class, and the relationship with Liu Yuanda, the leader of the platoon, could also be seen from the conversation, they were very good with each other, thinking about it, the stone thought of the origin of this dagger, and couldn't help but think of the iron head, this guy who was busy for paper cigarettes all day long, and Chen Daaxe was born in the wrong way, As long as the devil's artillery attack stopped, the sound of the two of them bickering could be heard, but unfortunately, the iron head was also left on the hillside north of Luodian, and I am afraid that even the body could not be found now.

Then there is the squad deputy Zhou Wu, the thin man Luo Fang and the broken leg Jiao Yuan, the stone found that these faces were very vague in his mind, no matter how he thought about it, it was difficult to remember their faces, a rough outline, a name, it was already all of them, this is only in the past ten days, some of the situations of a class, compared to the 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 302nd Regiment or higher-level 151 Brigade, 51st Division, 74th Army, are just a little bigger place, these ten or so people are on the battlefield, In fact, no one cares at all, and sometimes when a shell falls, the number of casualties is not only that. In this endless bloody battle, it should be a very difficult thing to have a name left.

What about yourself? Where is your hometown? Where will you lie down? Thinking about it, the stone took another hard breath, letting the choking smoke impact his body, and the strong smell made him feel a little better.

"Platoon leader, I don't have to smoke a little, it's too boring." There was a rough voice in the distance, you don't need to look at it to know that it is Chen Daaxe, except for him, no one here dares to roar and scream.

Stone almost mechanically threw the cigarette case in the direction where the sound appeared, and did not make a sound, he savored the days of the past ten days alone, feeling that this day was as long as a month, in addition to eating, there was only war left in his life, charging again and again, harvesting the enemy's life with a gun, cutting the enemy's throat with a knife, is this his life? Stone thought in confusion, maybe this is the life of a soldier, besides, he can't remember what other days there are.

Seeing that the stone of the new platoon commander fell into silence as it had been for a few days, Lao Meng on the side frowned and said: "Chen Daaxe, he has become a deputy on duty, but you have to pay attention to your image, why don't you take people to guard outside the forest, why are you running here?" ”

"Class deputy? The deputy of the squad is worthless now, aren't you old man Meng also the squad leader? Tsk, even Xiaoshan has become a deputy in the class, this is really unbelievable! Chen Daaxe said, while taking the cigarette case thrown by the stone, without the slightest politeness, he took out one from it and put it on his mouth, of course, Xiao Shandong did not light a cigarette for him, he took out a match from his body and lit it.

"The squad leader took the whistle, let me come back and rest, damn it, I've been here for five or six days, it's really an idle bird." After Uncle Chen sat down, he shouted.

"What's the matter, the deputy of the second shift is addicted to fighting? You can apply to the battalion commander. Li Wenguang, who was beside Liu Wenfeng, asked with a smile.

"You kid is itchy with itchy skin, who the hell wants to fight, that kind of day with a head pinned to the waistband of the trousers, it's really not a human life, this battlefield, I don't even know if I can see the sun tomorrow, except for the madman, who wants to go, I'm just suddenly idle, a little uncomfortable." Chen Daaxe smoked the flue.

"Big Axe, aren't you scolding the platoon leader!" Liu Wenfeng said in fear that the world would not be chaotic.

"Platoon commander?" Chen Daaxe said a little puzzled, and then as if he suddenly remembered something, he hurriedly changed his words: "That's different, that's very different, crazy, don't fucking mess with you." Chen Daaxe said anxiously, and threw the cigarette case over flatteringly, and the people on the side saw his appearance, and immediately laughed, one by one.

This laughter also brought back the stone who was thinking about it, and looked at everyone puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?" Telling a joke? ”

"Hahahaha......" Everyone laughed even more, only Chen Daaxe looked embarrassed, but he was not slow to react, and immediately continued: "It's nothing, it's just wondering why you didn't go to be a guard for the regiment commander." ”

In the battle that night, Cheng Zhi obviously saw the fierce skill of the stone, in the case of him being seriously injured, those Japanese soldiers who rushed to kill, no one could take the blow of the stone, almost as long as he shot, one of the enemies on the opposite side fell, this shocking strength really made Cheng Zhi look at it differently, and in the case of the guard squad was gone, he wanted to transfer the stone to be the guard squad leader.

This kind of post where being a guard next to the leader can be a little far away from the battlefield is generally the goal pursued by soldiers, but what Shi thought of was that on the hillside that day, in order to cover the retreat of the regiment commander and others, he commanded the guards to launch a suicidal counter-charge like a moth to a fire. Of course, Captain Cheng still respected the choice of the stone very much, and let him stay in the 3rd company as usual, and after getting the news of Xu Qiang's death, he personally greeted Zheng Pusheng and let the stone be a platoon leader.

"Stone, how are you preparing?" While a few people were joking, the voice of the company commander came from a distance, which immediately made them stand up one by one.