Section VI

Chunhua Town, a battalion at the east gate.

This is a slightly dilapidated hut, the owner of the house fled from his home because of the war, making this originally warm house, seem bleak and lonely, and then the temporarily requisitioned officers and soldiers were busy erecting lines and dealing with confidential information, and there was not much time to clean up the clutter around, which also kept the situation when the owner left, and it looked a little dirty.

On a table of eight immortals in the room, a kerosene lamp illuminated the surrounding hall, making this mess more conspicuous, but in this quiet situation, no one paid attention to these at all.

Next to the table, the commander of the first battalion, Zheng Pusheng, sat there in a daze, holding a small purse in his hand, and did not move for a long time, as if he was wandering into the world, and in the corner of the house, Shi Shi also looked at Zheng Pusheng expressionlessly, and his eyes occasionally moved from his face to the package opened on the table, as if he wanted to see what he brought.

However, Stone's curiosity did not seem to be very strong, and after a day of running, fatigue and fatigue also came up, which made him straighten his legs, and after his body was a little lighter, he gradually lowered his eyelids.

It was at this time that Zheng Pusheng, who had been silent, finally spoke, he looked at the half-asleep stone, and asked hesitantly: "Stone, Qian...... Qianqian, is she okay? ”

Shi opened his hazy eyes and said puzzledly: "It seems to be good, why, battalion commander, didn't the letter say this?" ”

"That's good, that's good!" Zheng Pusheng seemed to be quite satisfied with this answer, and as he spoke, he instinctively touched his pocket again, but he seemed to forget that in the previous period of time, a pack of paper cigarettes on his body had been smoked.

"Is there any smoke?" Zheng Pusheng's eyes fell on the stone again, but he only saw this guy shaking his head helplessly, and then he thought that this was really a vain question, the stone kid is a poor bastard, and it seems that there is nothing else except the dagger.

Looking around, the signal soldier was already asleep next to the telephone, and there was no one else in the room, which made Zheng Pusheng, who was addicted to smoking, very helpless, after thinking about it, he bent down again, and after groping under the table for a while, he finally found a cigarette butt that had not been completely smoked, and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation.

However, this was only the beginning, and in the following time, Zheng Pusheng began to walk back and forth in the room again, and his tightly knit brows made him look quite uneasy.

This noise naturally hit the stone, making him gradually come back to his senses from his half-asleep and half-awake, and his eyes widened blankly. "Battalion commander, what's wrong?"

Zheng Pusheng listened to the sound of the stone, shook his head helplessly and sighed: "You don't understand, you still don't understand these things." ”

Shi suddenly hesitated and said, "Battalion commander, what is the matter?" After receiving this package, I feel that you are weird. ”

Zheng Pusheng also sighed again, sat back on the bench, and said in a confused manner: "What should I do?" What can I do? What the hell am I going to do? ”

Shi was helpless, he was confused, he didn't know what Zheng Pusheng was talking about, what surprised him was that it seemed that when they were in the most critical situation on the battlefield, they hadn't seen the appearance of the battalion commander, and then thinking about the battalion commander's excited appearance before, it didn't seem like something difficult to solve had happened.

After Zheng Pusheng was silent for a long time, he couldn't help but hesitate to look at the stone, but he himself couldn't make up his mind, so he put his mind on the stone, and when he felt his scalp tingle, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "Stone, you are my brother, we have been born and died together for so long, even if we are not brothers, it is not much worse, you can help me take an idea." After a pause, Zheng Pusheng said with some difficulty: "Qianqian said in the letter that the thing she regrets the most in her life is that she didn't marry me last time when I was in the capital, and she won't miss this opportunity next time, what do you say I should do?" ”

Shi Shi was dumbfounded, for a person who had forgotten everything before and didn't know what marriage meant, this question was too difficult to answer, not to mention that he had basically not been in contact with a woman during this time, except for yesterday, and after squeaking for a long time, he muttered: "That...... Battalion commander, when you were in Luodian, didn't you call her what kind of wife? ”

Zheng Pusheng suddenly rolled his eyes and said: "It's his fiancée, unmarried, he just doesn't mean to get married, he is engaged!" ”

Fortunately, Zheng Pusheng knew that there was something wrong with Shishi's head, and he could resist the urge to vomit blood to solve it with him, but at this time, he also knew that it was a mistake to discuss this matter with this idiot.

"Battalion commander, aren't you already engaged? Then getting married is a natural thing, is there anything wrong with that? Stone asked confusedly.

Zheng Pusheng was so depressed that he almost vomited blood, and said angrily: "Get married, get married!" You're saying it simply, you know what it means to get married? Do you know the difference between a woman who has ever been married and who has not? If I marry Qianqian, this is not to bring her happiness, not to marry her future, this is to harm her, to ruin her! ”

After speaking, Zheng Pusheng smashed his fist on the table, almost knocking the kerosene lamp down. His roar and sound also woke up the sleeping signal soldier, looking at those suspicious eyes, Zheng Pusheng couldn't care so much, he was quite troubled in his heart, but he still asked in a suppressed voice: "Is there any smoke?" ”

"Yes, yes......" he said, and hurriedly took out half a pack of paper cigarettes from his pocket.

Zheng Pusheng took the cigarette, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go outside and sleep again, it's still early." ”

"Yes, Battalion Commander!" The signal soldier agreed, and after saluting, he turned around and left, but the stone was still lying in the corner, without any movement, Zheng Pusheng's rough movement just now seemed to make him not even beat his eyelids.

Smoking a cigarette and lighting it, Zheng Pusheng took a few puffs hard, the taste of the extreme rush made him calm down a lot, and then he sighed and said: "Stone, we have defeated the battle of Songhu, you have also experienced the strength of the little devil, this is already the capital, once this battle starts, it will be a never-ending situation, we people, who can live to see the sun tomorrow can't tell, get married?" If you get married, it really hurts her! ”

Listening to Zheng Pusheng's words, the stone somewhat understood the meaning, it seems that the battalion commander's idea is also right, in the past two or three months, countless comrades-in-arms have fallen down, in the rain of bullets and bullets, no one knows who will die in the next moment, it is conceivable that if there is still a woman, then the situation is really not good.

However, Shi thought of that Qianqian's gaffe when she heard the news that Battalion Commander Zheng was still alive, and felt a little unbearable in her heart, and somehow she also persuaded: "Battalion commander, whether we are fighting or withdrawing, there is no order yet, today I asked Commander Zhang, saying that our 74th Army has suffered too much loss on the Songhu battlefield, and if it is not repaired, this strength will be greatly reduced, so it is very likely that we will withdraw across the river for training for a period of time, and then come back to participate in the war when the situation is severe." We have no solid defensive position in Songhu, and we have fought with the little devil for about three months, the capital has a strong city wall, and it is said that there are complete national defense fortifications around it, this time it will definitely give the devil a hard blow, maybe there is no chance for us to kill the devil. ”

Zheng Pusheng shook his head and said: "We lost in Songhu, hundreds of thousands of troops did not resist the attack of the devils, now the devils have a place to stay, and the backup and equipment can be slowly and continuously transported everywhere in this case, and it is too difficult to defeat the devils, this battle may have to be fought for several years, a few years!" Who can guarantee that our luck has always been so good, who can guarantee that we will not be shot! We put on this garment to defend our home and country, and if we die, we will die, but I can't die and harm Qian'er! ”

"Battalion commander, if you don't get married, she looks forward to you going back every day, isn't that more pitiful?" Stone asked with a long sigh.

These words can be regarded as a soft threat to Zheng Pusheng, making him speechless for a long time, and only after a long time did he say self-deprecatingly: "She is still waiting for me now, because I am still alive, she still has hope, and when I die one day, she will have no ideas, with Qianqian's beauty, whether it is looking for a landlord or a wealthy businessman and a high-ranking official, she can always live a stable life." ”

Hearing this, although Shi felt that there was nothing wrong, he always felt that something was not right, and after muttering for a long time, he still said: "Battalion commander, I think it's better for you to go into the city to see her, she seems to have been worried about whether you have something, let's finally withdraw here, you go and take a look, maybe you can reassure her, and what you said earlier is very reasonable, it's better to tell her directly!" ”

Zheng Pusheng almost fainted, picked up the cigarette case on the table and smashed it at him, and scolded hatefully: "You idiot, can you say this to others?" If I say this, she won't kill herself right away? You don't have a brain! ”

After speaking, Zheng Pusheng was also stunned, thinking that the stone seemed to be really brainless, and he didn't know what to say.

"Stone, go back to sleep for a while, don't mention tonight's events to others, lest you make some gossip." Zheng Pusheng said as he grabbed the small purse again, and suddenly a fragrance came, making him unable to extricate himself, in the haze, he seemed to see that familiar and beautiful face, but the next moment, his mind was the battlefield formed by the gathering of corpses and a sea of blood, countless familiar brothers fell under the enemy's muzzle shells, and could not get up again, this contradictory mood made him almost crazy.

Shi looked at the battalion commander's solemn expression and nodded seriously, and then walked towards the outside of the house, two different faces, but both extremely beautiful faces also appeared in his mind, but the appearance of these two faces made Shi involuntarily shudder, thinking of a smart and wise person like the battalion commander at this moment, he deeply felt the horror of a woman, and its lethality did not seem to be much worse than that of a devil!