Section XIII

The surroundings seemed very quiet, although the shelling in the distance did not stop for a moment, but the distance from them was very far away, which made everyone who had tried the power of the devil in the past two days seem a little surprised.

Looking up at the sky, the crystal raindrops streaked across the sky, falling to the ground without stopping for a moment, mixing with the "companions" who fell before, and finally forming a "stream", along the crooked paths into bullet casings filled with debris, forming puddles of large and small waters.

"Uncle Meng, the devil's cannon seems to be dumb and on fire, is it damaged by the rain?" Xiao Shandong asked in a muttered voice.

Lao Meng on the side distressed Xiao Shandong's clothes, but this action did not have the slightest effect, the hat had been soaked by the rain, so that they all became soup chickens, Xiao Shandong's military uniform was tightly attached to the meat, the emaciated body was so weak against the ditch wall, the rain mixed with the mud slid into his side, a small part of it was stuck on his clothes, and most of it slipped to the bottom of the trench. At this moment, the bottom of the trench, which had barely allowed them to rest, had accumulated an inch of water, and their feet were soaked in it.

The iron head said weakly: "Little bean sprouts, your brain was damaged by the rain, didn't you hear the sound of cannons in the distance?" ”

"Oh!" Xiao Shandong lowered his head in shame, but asked unwillingly: "Uncle Tietou, why doesn't that devil fire at us?" ”

Without waiting for the iron head to answer, Chen Daaxe, who has always had a bad relationship with the iron head, interjected and scolded with a smile: "The head of the iron fart, isn't it just a bald man, and the iron head is still iron." ”

The iron head was stepped on by someone and stepped on the small whip, and he was furious, "Chen Daaxe, you fucking want to die and just say it, don't jump here." ”

"I'm sorry, just your body, it's almost the same to scare and scare Xiao Shandong, pretend to be an uncle in front of me, be careful that I slap you to death." Chen Daaxe scolded without showing weakness.

However, maybe it was because the rain was too big, and the strength on their bodies was washed away, a few people scolded lazily like this, no one had the intention of getting up and doing it, and Xu Qiang, the leader of the first squad, ignored them directly, and looked at the sky and sighed, letting the big raindrops wash his face, revealing his weather-beaten face.

"Stone, are you still thinking about your own background? Alas, let's take our time, and when this battle is over, I will go to the military doctor to let the doctor take a look, and I should be able to look good. Lao Meng finished sorting out the military uniform for Xiao Shandong and set his eyes on the stone.

The stone, which was not much different from Xiao Shandong's age, showed a calmness and ability that did not match his age at this time, stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face, and asked rhetorically: "Uncle, why do you still come to fight at such an age?" ”

Lao Meng was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand what he meant, but then he remembered that he seemed to have forgotten what happened before, and suddenly said with a wry smile: "I'm not too old, and those who are older than me are still fighting?" ”

"So that's going to happen?" The stone seemed to be taken aback, and involuntarily looked around, and after not seeing anyone older than Lao Meng, the puzzled look on his face became a little heavier.

"Stone, when your head is cured in the future, you will remember, after so many years of chaos, it is another warlord melee, and it is extermination*, and the qi has not been straightened out, and the devil is here again, chaos. When the army is gone, the strong men will be arrested, and when the strong men are dead, it will be the turn of us old and young, and when we will die one day, I am afraid that even women will go to the battlefield. Lao Meng kept sighing, with a sad and indignant look.

The stone sat there dumbfounded, as if he couldn't believe what was happening before him.

"Warlord scuffle? Extermination*? Uncle, who are these people? Stone asked with a solemn expression.

"Who? Ordinary people like us! Their own people fought back and forth for some territory, and in the end, the chiefs were promoted and made rich, and ordinary people like us died. Lao Meng's eyes shone with a trace of tears, as if he had thought of something sad. And the noise beside them also disappeared at this time, obviously Lao Meng's words also made their mood very heavy.

The stone said incredulously: "Your own people are calling around? His voice was very low, obviously seeing Lao Meng's sad and angry expression, and he was afraid of his own words, which aroused the sadness of the old man in front of him. It's just that after losing his memory, he really can't understand these things.

I don't know how long it took to wash in the rain, and someone brought food to the position, which surprised them one by one, I didn't expect that when it was so soon, it was time to have dinner? But the sky is really dark, they thought it was the dark clouds getting thicker and thicker, it looks like it's really dark, and when they think that the devil's usual "dusk offensive" didn't come, everyone's hearts are a lot easier, after all, in the face of the overwhelming cannonballs, they are too vulnerable, this kind of survival depends entirely on luck, it would be better to experience it one less time.

Took the bowl and took it full, Xiao Shandong was about to pick up the chopsticks and start his hands, then he saw the master who delivered the rice picked up a piece of meat and put it on his bowl, the smell of meat that had not been smelled for a long time, when there was a distance between him, he found it, at this moment, Xiao Shandong was very excited, and looked at this master incredibly.

Perhaps because he had long been accustomed to seeing such a gaze along the way, the forty-year-old master grinned and said, "Everyone has ...... Everybody has it. ”

Immediately, in Xiao Shandong's surprised target, everyone who finished the meal would be sandwiched a piece of meat and put on it, which made Xiao Shandong understand that this kind of treatment was really not exclusive to him, otherwise, he really didn't know how to thank others, even so, he still asked with great interest: "Uncle, why do you eat meat today?" Is it because it's raining? ”

"I don't know, what the chief told us to do, we'll do it, how can we guys know these things." After speaking, the man chuckled, looked at Xiao Shandong's thin body again, looked at his immature face, and said a little distressed: "There is still a little broth here, although it is not a good thing, but it is very good, don't be polite to me, speaking of which, it is still tiring for me to pick it back." ”

"Alas, thank you, uncle." Looking at a bowl of oily soup poured on his rice, Xiao Shandong's mouth smiled crookedly, speaking of which, he had not eaten such a fragrant meal for a long time.

Only a few experienced people on the side had a sad face, Lao Meng sighed while eating, and then picked up the meat in his bowl and put it on Xiao Shandong's rice, looking at Xiao Shandong's surprised gaze, Lao Meng smiled: "My old man, I can't eat such oily things, cheap you little guy." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Meng, thank you, Uncle Meng." The saliva almost flowed to Xiao Shandong on the ground, shouting inarticulately, and almost jumping up happily.

Only the squad leader Xu Qiang shook his head in the distance and muttered in a voice that only he heard: "It's another gang, and you're going to fight a bad battle again?" ”

Sure enough, after the sky was completely dark, the company commander summoned the officers above the platoon commander to a meeting, and looked at the officers gathered under a kerosene lamp in the distance from afar, and everyone began to feel uneasy in their hearts.

Subsequently, the platoon commander began to convene a meeting of the squad leaders, obviously conveying the spirit of his superiors, watching the platoon commander who had always been very arrogant and extremely serious about explaining something to several squad leaders, even Xiao Shandong, who had the least sense of danger, began to know that things were not good, however, he was a small soldier, in this case, he had no ability to change anything at all, and could only wait for the arrival of the order in fear.

After a while, Xu Qiang finally returned to the position, and after watching a group of people gather over, he was not verbose, and said directly in a deep voice: "Everyone don't sleep tonight, clean up your things immediately, and don't make a noise." When the attack begins, you rush behind me, as fast as you can, don't break up. After speaking, Xu Qiang's eyes fell on Xiao Shandong's body, obviously worried that something would happen to this little guy.

"Squad leader...... Don't worry, I'll follow Uncle Meng. Xiao Shandong said a little nervously.

Xu Qiang nodded, and then said to Luo Fang: "Thin man, you take care of Lao Meng and Xiao Shandong, the night is more chaotic, you should brighten your eyes a little." ”

Luo Fang's voice with a little stinginess suddenly said: "I'll try my best, I will definitely not let them run away." ”

"That's fine." After speaking, Xu Qiang said to Zhou Wu again: "Old Zhou, if I die at the hands of the little devil, you are the squad leader, you come to command a squad, watch the platoon leader's movements, where the platoon commander's gun goes, we have to rush to, understand?" ”

Zhou Wu grinned reluctantly and said: "Squad leader, don't you need to be like this, what does this little devil look like, we have seen it during the day, if it doesn't rely on aircraft artillery, it will be similar to us." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, remember what I said, if I drag down the other brothers, I will come to strangle you as a ghost." Xu Qiang glared and scolded lightly, with a touch of sternness in his tone.

"Stone, the platoon commander asked me to pass the word down, saying that Staff Officer Zhang is specially cared for, if you don't want to act with us, go to him now, and go back to the division headquarters with him at night, the doctor in the military medical department may be able to take care of the problem in your head." Xu Qiang turned his head and said to the man who was silently staying in the corner.

The stone didn't say anything immediately, and there was a strange look on his face, obviously he didn't expect Staff Officer Zhang to think of himself at such a time, and then just a blink of an eye, he said firmly: "Squad leader, you saved my life, and I have been eating and living with you for the past two days, how can I run away when I encounter a war." ”

Xu Qiang shook his head and persuaded: "This is not just a matter of fighting, your skills, at first glance, are not ordinary people, maybe your head is optimistic, you can remember important things......"

"Then let's wait until the battle is over and come back and see." After speaking, the stone stopped saying a word, and began to wipe the rifle in his hand again.