Section 42

The wind was cold, the weather was freezing, and in this kind of ghostly weather that even the air seemed to be freezing, it seemed that the only thing to do was to huddle at home and bake a brazier.

But the cruelty of reality is far from what is imagined, behind a small dirt slope not far from Fang Mountain, there are forty or fifty figures densely crowded, there is no brazier beside them, even the clothes on their bodies are not thick, and at this moment, those already worn military uniforms, stained with blood and soil, look extremely shabby, and some of the places that have been burned by the fire are pitch black, faintly, there seems to be a burst of scorching stench.

However, no one paid attention to these things, and everyone's eyes fell on the silent woods ahead, listening to the howling of the wind, listening to the trees*, discerning all the sounds that might be abnormal.

"Bah...... "Not too far from here, there was a fierce exchange of fire on Fang Mountain, which was not too far from here, and this was the second time they heard a dense gunfire after leaving Fang Mountain, without looking back, they could roughly judge that this was the second wave of offensive launched by the devils, and when they thought of the situation when they left the extra weapons and ammunition for the brothers of the second company when they left, that deep worry was enveloped in their hearts.......

The heavy casualties that Company Commander Li said earlier were really not exaggerated because they wanted to compete for the task of blocking the enemy, looking at the appearance of almost all the brothers in the second company with gauze tied to their bodies, the kind of situation where they all held weapons as long as they still had a breath, although they were full of fighting spirit, but they were also full of sadness and worry, it was already the second wave of attacks, could the brothers of the second company still withstand it?

"Company Commander Shi, what are you waiting for? If you don't leave, you're going to be dumplings by devils. Staff Officer Dai looked at Shishi's expressionless face like a stone, and suddenly said uneasily on the side.

Speaking of which, he was also depressed, although he was a staff officer sent by the regiment headquarters, responsible for supervising the execution of orders by the troops, and even influencing the decision and command of a battalion-level officer like Zheng Pusheng, but he did not have the power to command the troops to fight. This also made his position awkward, and he became dispensable, and even in the feeling, he was not as effective as those second lieutenant platoon commanders.

Shi retracted his gaze, but he didn't have the feeling of not taking Staff Officer Dai in his eyes, he pondered for a while and explained: "Staff Officer Dai, we have to wait a little longer, once our whereabouts are revealed, this breakthrough will be a complete failure." ”

When Staff Officer Dai heard this, his face suddenly became even more embarrassed, and he asked in surprise, "Wait a little longer?" How long will we have to wait? Do we still have that much time? ”

Hearing this, the stone suddenly smiled bitterly, and the pillar and Xiao Shandong on the side looked at it with an unkind expression, and the second platoon leader Liu Wenfeng and the third platoon leader Gao Sledgehammer in the distance also looked here, and their eyes were very cold, after all, they were all people who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and that kind of momentum alone was terrifying enough.

"The gunfire on the mountain is very intense, not much different from the previous situation, the attrition of the brothers in the second company should not be serious, besides, the position they are guarding is the most dangerous place in Fangshan, in the case of enough guns and bullets, it is difficult for the devils to break through their defense line in a short time, however, once the firepower is not enough......" The stone said this, his expression was also gloomy, although the latter words were not said, but the ending was very clear to everyone, in this case, after the break, it was basically a situation of death and no life.

Staff Officer Dai on the side didn't know if he was depressed because he heard the ending of everyone in the second company, or if he was impressed by the stone analysis words that still maintained enough sanity and sharpness at the moment, and finally took a deep breath and nodded slowly.

Shi looked around, there was still no change, and he couldn't see anything famous when he thought about it, so he simply withdrew his gaze, looked at Staff Officer Dai and continued: "The battalion commander took the Chu company commander and they broke through in the direction of Chunhua Town, the purpose is to attract the attention of the devil and involve the troops on the periphery of the devil, but now it is just past the time of tea, it is estimated that the devil has discovered the movement of the battalion commander, and at this moment, most of them are in the process of mobilizing troops to encircle, and at this time, the scouts and sentinels are the most intensive. Once we take action, we may be exposed, if that is the case, everything that the battalion commander and Company Commander Li have done is in vain, if we can't succeed in killing, how can we be worthy of so many dead brothers? How can you be worthy of the battalion commander who uses his body as bait? ”

Hearing this, the people around involuntarily clenched the rifles in their hands one by one, the previous action was too urgent, they didn't have time to ask about the breakthrough, they only knew how to do things according to orders, and there were too many things to deal with with the stone, so naturally they wouldn't say anything, and now for fear that Staff Officer Dai on the side was too impulsive and eager, he could only analyze and describe his thoughts and understanding in as much detail as possible.

The narration of the stone also made the brothers of the third company finally understand what was going on, while they were shocked by such a thorough and complete plan, on the other hand, they were also shocked by the tragic cost of this battle, a battalion, a complete two companies are bait and cannon fodder, just in exchange for giving them a chance to break through, which makes everyone's hearts extremely complicated, if it is normal, they may ask a few more details, but at this moment, everyone seems to be infected, one by one closed their mouths, silent, but the extra firmness in their eyes makes people see at a glance the will and determination in their hearts.

Staff Officer Dai also seemed to be affected, bowed his head and pondered something, and stopped talking.

The battle on the hillside did not last long, I don't know if it was because Commander Li's firepower was too fierce and fiercely defeated the devil's attack, or if the devil had too many troops and had broken through their position, but after the time of the pillar incense, the mountain broke back to calm, which made the brothers of the third company nervous, and involuntarily looked back from time to time, as if they were afraid that the devil would suddenly be killed behind.

After about half an hour of unconsciously waiting like this, when the gunshots rang out again on the top of the mountain, Shishi, who had been silent for a long time, finally shouted with a blank face: "Go!" ”

His voice was not loud, but it was full of strength, listening to the ears of the people around him, as if it had aroused the potential of their whole body, and suddenly according to the previously assigned order, Zhuzi, Xiao Shandong, Liu Wenfeng and others rushed out, and one after another vigorous figures were like a long-dormant cheetah, rushing towards the prey like thunder.

Seeing that the assault team composed of the only remaining elites in the second row had successfully broken into the woods, and there was no situation, the stone also clenched his rifle and was ready to follow, but when he was about to get up, he involuntarily slowed down, and then turned his head to look at the hillside behind him, Fang Shan, this hillside that had been stationed for three or four days, buried the bodies of hundreds of brothers in a battalion, the old man, Chen Daaxe, Chen Pi and others fell on this position without any warning, only this battle, So that the three companies that reached the full strength in Chunhua are now less than half of them, and the tragedy of the battle situation really makes the stone want to cry without tears, especially the fall of Lao Meng and Chen Daaxe and others who were killed together from Luodian, which made the stone's heart tremble, and his eyes were red.

"Let's go!" I don't know when, the tall sledgehammer's tower-like body has reached the side of the stone, the third platoon commander of the lieutenant, who is usually silent, looked at the stone with complicated eyes at the moment, and said in a rare soft voice, as if even he didn't feel the change in his tone.

The words of the tall sledgehammer woke up the stone, and he gritted his teeth, and after the word burst out from between his teeth, he followed the team without looking back.

The devils around seemed to be really attracted by the battalion commander's breakthrough, and they did not encounter any obstacles along the way, and even found a lot of traces left by devils in some dirt slopes and dry canals, shredded paper, residual cigarette butts, and yellowish cloth strips, the discovery of each item made the people of the third company can't help but break out in a cold sweat. is also full of pessimism about the fate of Camp Commander Zheng, thinking that at this moment, the devils who were originally ambushed around have gone to intercept the camp commander, but everyone's hearts are not the slightest joy of highlighting the encirclement.

They did not dare to walk on the road, even the country roads could be avoided, the open slopes, the remote woods were their preferred targets, although walking in such a place, the speed was not too fast, but this caution obviously worked, at least until now, they did not find anything unusual along the way.

More than an hour later, Shi huddled behind a huge bluestone and quietly looked at the map in his hand, but soon, his face changed, his expression was cloudy, as if he had found something.

However, his expression was not noticed by everyone, except for the vigilant sentinels, everyone around him leaned on the stone one by one and gasped for breath, fortunately, in order to prevent a surprise attack, the stone has been asking the pillar in front of him to control the speed of the march, which makes them not as tired as the usual forced march, correspondingly, the distance of the march has been shortened a lot, and the usual rapid march can reach about 20 miles in half an hour, and they have walked for an hour.

Feeling that the time for rest was almost over, it seemed that everyone's rough panting had gradually subsided, and the pillars in charge of guarding the surrounding areas came over and asked, "Stone, it's almost time to rest, should we continue to hurry?" In another hour, we will be able to reach the friendly positions in the area of Heding Bridge. ”

As soon as Zhu Zi's words were finished, he asked in surprise, "Stone, what's wrong with you?" Is there something uncomfortable? ”