Section XII

After the bloody battle, the position constantly sounded crackling, and the position that had been cleaned by the shells once was ruthlessly cleaned up by shells, green smoke could be seen everywhere, and in the face of this dilapidated defensive line, the officers and soldiers even lost the idea of repairing it, and the previous battle had already told them that no matter how strong the defensive line was, it was like paper paste under the terrible artillery attack.

The soldiers of the national army shrank in the trench, and the smoke of gunpowder mixed with the smell of blood, emitting a pungent smell, which was really unbearable, but the bloody and cruel reality made the people here helpless to adapt, as early as when they had just arrived, the company commander had given an order, if anyone dared to retreat without authorization, he would be shot on the spot.

The stone, like the other soldiers, leaned quietly in the trench, but after a morning, the stone that spoke aroused the interest of everyone around, and the lucky group had not suffered any major losses since the start of the battle, which also caused the stone to be surrounded by a circle of people today.

"Stone...... Little brother, how old are you? The iron head looked at the stone with a look of adoration, and his respectful look was like a different person than before.

Stone shook his head helplessly, and smiled bitterly as he wiped the rifle in his hand with a rag he had found somewhere.

didn't get an answer, everyone's interest was undiminished, and even the always silent squad deputy Zhou Wu came over and asked, "Where is your hometown?" Listen to your accent, it should be southerner. ”

Perhaps this question involved the matter that Shi cared about, he suddenly looked up at Zhou Wu, and the object was a simple and unpretentious middle-aged man, with a Chinese face, a collapsed nose bridge, and under the two thick eyebrows, there was a pair of small eyes that did not match well, and the dark and rough skin and short stubble looked very serious.

Shi glanced at it and involuntarily asked, "I'm a southerner?" Can you be a little more detailed? ”

Zhou Wu looked back at his partner beside him, obviously embarrassed, reached out and scratched his head, and said uncertainly: "I listen to this little brother's accent, like a person from the capital (Nanjing), what do you think?" ”

Xu Qiang, the squad leader on the side, said: "Like, it's a bit like, I'll take you to the company commander later, he has stayed in the capital, and he knows that place well." ”

Shi nodded vigorously, and finally showed a smile on his face, hometown? This kind and unfamiliar word kept hovering in his mind at the moment, Beijing? Is that really your hometown? And what about my loved ones? Do I still have parents and brothers? Will I ever make it home alive? Thinking about it, the smile on the stone face disappeared, and a solemn look surged up, obviously after thinking of the fierce attack of the enemy before, even he himself did not have much confidence in surviving.

Lao Meng, who was smoking a dry cigarette, seemed to see the stone's thoughts, patted him lightly on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, take your time, when the battle here is over, you can go to the military doctor in the back to have a look, maybe the doctor there has a way to remind you of the past, and then you will know everything." ”

Xiao Shandong on the side also grinned and said: "Brother Shi will be well in the future, don't ignore me, Staff Officer Zhang said, your identity is not ordinary." ”

Shi smiled rarely, reached out and touched Xiao Shandong's head and said, "You saved my life, how could I forget you." ”

"It's not it, it's not it, it's the squad leader who carried you back, and I ran errands behind me." Xiao Shandong said with an embarrassed face.

Xu Qiang grinned and scolded: "You little ghost, why didn't you say that the night before yesterday?" Did you see the company commander's eyes at that time? It's like Lao Tzu called you as a coolie, and then he specially called me to educate the company for a long time, what is this fucking matter? ”

Everyone chuckled, and the iron head shouted even more, "Who told you not to take me there?" It's okay now, don't talk about bringing a small bean sprout as a drag, you have to be scolded, you are the squad leader, and your brain should be broken. ”

Xu Qiang grabbed a handful of mud from the ground and threw it over, scolding: "Bald head, you don't have much strength, but this courage is a lot bigger, do you know how to carry it with me?" Let's see how Lao Tzu will clean you up. ”

"Don't, don't, sir, I'm not kidding!" Tietou came over with a smile on his face, quickly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, then took out a pair of hands and offered it, and at the same time took out a pack of matches, lit one and lit it for Xu Qiang, then stuffed one into his mouth, and immediately took a deep breath quite leisurely.

"Hey, bald head, you can't just slap the ass and not dig out the dung, why are you just pumping it alone?" Chen Daaxe on the side shouted in a thick voice, which immediately attracted a response of "yes" from everyone around him.

The iron head glared at them angrily, and said disdainfully: "Call, you know call, which of you hasn't reaped the benefits of the little devil?" One by one, like hidden treasures, when who doesn't know? ”

"That's right, bald, this class, it's more intimate for you!" Xu Qiang took a deep breath of cigarette and said.

Seeing their baby-like appearance, "Pze ......" couldn't even hold back the stone at this moment, and laughed out loud all of a sudden, and Jiao Yuan on the side, because he was injured by the shelling before, coughed violently after this laugh, which attracted Luo Fang on the side, and hurriedly beat his back for him.

At this moment, there was a cheer of excitement in the distance, and when I got up and looked at the place where the cheers were made, I saw a few disheveled soldiers, who were hurrying towards their position with their burdens.

"Aha, the food delivery is here, brothers, prepare to start a group." Xu Qiang's shout suddenly made the position of the first class boil, and a group of people shouted loudly like starving ghosts reincarnated.

The sky became more and more gloomy, and in a short time, thick clouds obscured the light in the sky, and at noon, it was as dark as dusk.

Zhang Lingfu, who had eaten a little indiscriminately and was looking at the map, couldn't help frowning and looking at the sky, only to see a lightning bolt crossing the sky, and the dark sky suddenly had rain dripping.

It was raining, and the sky, which had been overcast for several days, finally began to rain.

"Company Commander Zheng, let the brothers find a way to clear the water in the trench, the moisture is heavy enough, and no matter how much you soak in the water every day, your iron body can't bear it." Zhang Lingfu said uneasily, obviously he had a headache for this harsh environment, but he had no choice at the moment, the position could not be lost, the troops could not retreat, so he could only stay here with his head stubborn, gritting his teeth and bearing all the blows.

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Zheng Pusheng's voice came from the rain, and then I saw the commander of the 3rd company shouting through the trench.

"Sir, there's someone coming from behind." The voice of the orderly Zhou Tao came from the side, and Zhang Lingfu, who was paying attention to the distance, put his attention to the rear of the position.

The torrential rain poured down, causing a thick rain and fog to rise all around, and the vision became a little blurred at this time, but it was vaguely visible that there were still a lot of people coming from behind.

"Staff Officer Zhang, Brother Zhonglin, I can make you miserable." The people who came from afar seemed to have seen the situation on their side a long time ago, and shouted with a wry smile from a long distance.

Zhang Lingfu's frowning brows immediately let go after hearing this voice, and he immediately greeted him regardless of the difficulty of the rain, and said with a smile: "I said why is it raining all of a sudden, dare to say that Captain Cheng wants to come over, and God will use the rain to clean the road for you." ”

"Alas, Brother Zhonglin, you still have the heart to joke with me, I can make you hurt a lot." A middle-aged man had walked in front of Zhang Lingfu through the heavy rain and fog at this moment, the two raised their hands almost at the same time and gave a military salute, looked at each other, and laughed involuntarily.

"Let's go and shelter from the rain first, I have something to look for you." Commander Cheng looked at Staff Officer Zhang's face full of rain, smiled and said.

"Shelter from the rain?" Zhang Lingyu listened, the smile on his face became stronger, and then patted Commander Cheng's shoulder and said, "Commander Cheng, you said that you don't stay with the regiment headquarters, what are you doing on the front line?" Still sheltered from the rain? It's a great thing that the devil's artillery didn't send me to the sky. ”

Regiment Commander Cheng obviously also knew the hardships of the front line, shook his head and didn't care about this, but complained to Zhang Lingfu: "Brother Zhonglin, the division asked you to come to the 302nd regiment, you are good, the regiment headquarters didn't go, and went directly to the front line. Brigade also spoke, if you lose a hair, he will burn all my hair. ”

"If I don't go to the front line, where can I know the hardships of the battle, what can I do in the regimental headquarters? I'm not old yet, and I don't want to be offered now. Zhang Lingfu also shook his head and said, obviously a little dissatisfied with the fuss of the division commander and the brigade commander, but when he thought of their care, he really couldn't get angry, so he could only sigh secretly.

Immediately, Zhang Lingfu seemed to think of something, looked at Head Cheng in confusion and asked, "You came here, won't it be because of this little thing?" ”

Regiment Commander Cheng shook his head and said, "With such a defense line for several miles to keep an eye on, how dare I leave my post without permission." Looking around, he immediately lowered his voice and said: "Shangfeng gave an order to the division, let us take Luodian no matter what, I came this time to discuss with you about tonight's attack." ”

Zhang Lingfu asked in surprise: "Counterattack tonight?" ”

Regiment Commander Cheng nodded without hesitation and said, "It's not just our division, this is a big operation." ”