Section I

On the afternoon of August 30, 1937, in the southern suburbs of Luodian.

After a busy night yesterday, coupled with the continuous repair during the day, the preparatory works in the southern suburbs of Luodian have been basically prepared. While the area doesn't have particularly large and hard rocks to use as cover, the criss-crossing trenches and the wide horizon of sight are enough for them to make this a solid and formidable forward position.

The officers and men who had been busy all night were each cowered at the bottom of the trench under the threat of Japanese aircraft and artillery, and except for a small number of sentries left to guard the surroundings, everyone else hurried to rest and strive to recover their huge physical strength before the big war came.

The 302nd Regiment 1st Battalion and 3rd Company are the troops stationed at the forefront of the southern suburbs of Luodian, compared to the 2nd Company and the machine gun company on the flank, they are most likely to face the enemy's attack, especially in the whole day watching Luodian two or three hundred meters away was almost bombarded into ruins by the Japanese heavy artillery and aircraft, to say that it is a lie not to be afraid, but looking at the vicious eyes of the Inspector Team, the idea of escaping, only flashed in his heart, and was pressed down by the vicious, and he could only wait for the bloody battle almost numbly, Therefore, everyone's hearts are very depressed.

However, there is an old Chinese saying that "lice don't itch, debts don't worry!" "No matter how nervous a person is, after a whole day of suffering, by the afternoon he has begun to become nervously numb, and he can be regarded as a kind of reflexive resistance to external dangers.

"Be in good spirits, it will be dark in another hour, and the division headquarters has an order to come down and be careful to guard against the twilight offensive of enemy aircraft......" Lian Deputy Wang Bao scrambled around in the tortuous trench with his throat, the hoarse throat was obviously caused by shouting too much, and his vocal cords were a little unbearable, but looking at his appearance, there seemed to be no intention of stopping......

Liu Yuanda, the leader of the platoon, looked up at the people around him, and the officers and soldiers with drooping heads obviously did not take the words of the company deputy to heart, and jumped up with a "rub", raised his foot and kicked the third squad leader on the side, shouting: "Mom, it's all, the battle hasn't been fought yet, and one by one is out of breath?" ”

The third squad leader symbolically moved his body, and responded weakly: "Platoon leader, you old man sit down and save your breath, I haven't closed my eyes for a day and a night, who can hold it." ”

"Fuck your shit, haven't slept enough this morning? I haven't seen you move your ass since morning. Liu Yuanda's voice was higher, I don't know how many times louder than the hoarse throat of Lian Deputy in the distance.

All around, the officers and soldiers of the platoon laughed lightly, who does not know the character of the platoon leader, that is, a bully temper, it seems that the third squad leader is going to "suffer" again today.

The third squad leader said very depressedly: "Platoon leader, platoon seat, my ears are almost deafened by the sound of artillery, how can I sleep like this?" Would you like to be reasonable? ”

"Lao Tzu is unreasonable? Then according to your meaning, Lao Tzu still has to move a bed for you to lie down? Get two more chicks to beat your back and rub your legs? Liu Yuanda said, and raised his leg and kicked the third squad leader a few times, which looked full of momentum, but everyone knew that there must be no force on his feet, otherwise the guy on the ground would not lie so stable.

Looking at the appearance of the platoon leader "male and energetic" and the third squad leader "dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water", everyone laughed again, and the previous serious atmosphere was also swept away in bursts of laughter.

At this moment, a stern rebuke came from a distance, "Who dares to oppress soldiers on the front line?" Earning a long life? ”

Everyone's hearts froze, Liu Yuanda was even more startled, this voice was very unfamiliar, as soon as he heard it, he knew that it was not from their third company, don't you run into someone from the gendarmerie, right? You must know that Division Commander Wang has always been strict in leading soldiers, and if he finds that there is a situation of bullying soldiers, he will be whipped lightly, and it is very likely that he will be dismissed.

Liu Yuanda didn't expect to encounter such an accident when he made a joke on his company's position, and the cold sweat on his whole body suddenly rushed out of his pores, and he had the urge to shout injustice when he opened his throat.

But when he turned around and saw the comer, he was stunned again, at this time, he instinctively looked at the collar badge of the comer, but saw a touch of bright red like them (the bottom of the gendarme's collar badge is pink), and then look closely, there are only three light version of the triangular star on it, and the two people who came over are obviously two senior soldiers, which suddenly made him feel a little "the second monk is confused".

At the moment when Liu Yuanda was stunned, the company commander shouted behind the two people, "You bastard Liu Yuanda, when have you been kidding here, don't want your head?" ”

The two senior soldiers in front of them stared at Liu Yuanda with * angry eyes, and at the same time gave way to the side, the narrow trench really gave way to the true face of the person who came at this time, just one glance, so that all the people lying around involuntarily stood up, and raised their hands to salute, that situation also made Liu Yuanda's eyes black, and secretly said, "It's over, it's over!" ”

There is a saying in the national army: "When you see red, you stand upright", which means that officers and soldiers can usually judge whether they should salute from a distance by the color border on someone's badge, although the person in front of him, although not as exaggerated as the "red edge" in the saying (the red-edged name plate represents the general), but it is a yellow-edged name plate representing the school level, you must know that their lieutenant company commander can only wear a blue-edged name plate, which also shows that the person who comes is at least a few levels older than their company commander.

When the man got closer, Liu Yuanda secretly glanced up, only to see that the name column was written "Zhang Lingfu", the middle upper column was "51st Division", the second column was "Division Staff Office", and the third column was written "Colonel Staff Officer".

At this time, the company commander hurriedly took a step forward with a smile on his face and said: "Staff Officer Zhang, this is Liu Yuanda, the platoon commander of our 3rd Company, is a rough man, he is usually wild, and he likes to joke with the brothers below, what happened just now is a complete misunderstanding." ”

Zhang Lingfu didn't have any expression on his face, and he didn't seem to listen to the words of the company commander on the side, but just asked calmly: "Platoon commander?" Don't you even know that you have to salute when you see Shangguan? Is this how our 51st Division administers the army strictly? ”

The company commander on the side hurriedly squeezed his eyes at Liu Yuanda, but the head of the platoon commander was so low that he only looked at his toes, where could he see the company commander's mood, but his reaction was not slow, and after Staff Officer Zhang finished speaking, he immediately raised his head and saluted a standard military salute. It was only at this time that he saw the appearance of the person in front of him clearly, this is a young and handsome face, about 30 years old, with a white face, revealing a fierce fortitude, a pair of sharp eyes, it seems that he can see all the hypocrisy in the world, which makes people feel uneasy about an invisible escape, and the straight military uniform of the school officer on his body sets off his whole person is extraordinary, which makes people have to secretly admire, what a handsome son.

Zhang Lingfu's eyes stared straight into Liu Yuanda's eyes, and his sharp gaze seemed to pass through the other party's eyes to see clearly everything hidden under this person's appearance.

And Liu Yuanda can be regarded as open at this time, the time has come, there is no chance to hide, he can only look forward to a chance to confess, facing the aggressive eyes of Staff Officer Zhang, he did not do the slightest evasion, and stared at him with wide eyes.

The distant sound of cannon fire became closer, and the tremor of the earth became clearer and clearer.

After a long time, Zhang Lingfu finally nodded and said: "Yes, a manly man, it should be like this, look up to the sky, bow down to others, and do what you do, whether it is right or wrong, you should pick it up with one shoulder and have the courage to take it." ”

Looking at Liu Yuanda's still firm gaze, Staff Officer Zhang paused and said, "Platoon leader, let's talk, what happened here just now?" ”

Liu Yuanda immediately shouted angrily: "Report to Staff Officer Zhang, I was joking with the third squad leader just now, and the report is over." ”

Zhang Lingfu returned the salute to Liu Yuanda, and then said in a flat voice: "Now that we are fighting, a long platoon is long, it's okay to joke, but don't make too much noise, first, it will affect the rest of the other brothers, and second, it will be easy to be discovered by the enemy." As he spoke, Zhang Lingfu pointed to the sky above his head and said, "It's getting dark, and the devil's twilight offensive is coming, so let's prepare early." ”

After speaking, Zhang Lingfu turned around and was about to leave, but that free and easy look made everyone on the side a little unaware of the mystery, even the company commander on the side was also a little nervous and asked: "Staff Officer Zhang, ......what is going on here?"

Zhang Lingfu stopped, but asked puzzledly: "Company Commander Zheng, is there anything else going on here?" ”

"No, no, Staff Officer Zhang, please here, please here, let's go to the company headquarters." The company commander hurriedly continued.

Staff Officer Zhang didn't leave immediately, but glanced at Liu Yuanda and said: "Platoon leader, Liu Yuanda, I remember you, if I have the opportunity, I will take you with me to fight the devil with bayonets, do you dare?" ”

Liu Yuanda was stunned, and immediately patted his chest and said: "Staff Officer Zhang, you just give orders, if you frown, Lao Tzu is not raised by his father." ”

As soon as Liu Yuanda finished speaking, someone on the side couldn't help but "pounce", and almost laughed, at this moment, even Liu Yuanda himself felt that he had said the wrong thing, and he was always swearing, and his face suddenly turned into a pig's liver color.

Zhang Lingfu, who had already turned to leave, laughed and said: "Okay, the platoon leader is really temperamental, if I am not killed by the devil's plane artillery, I must take you to the devil's position for a walk." ”

[I'm glad to be able to see old book friends who have been paying attention to leeks here, and I want to say goodbye to you in the old age, in the new year, let us continue to make great progress! ] 】