Section III

The neighborhood quieted down, and the sound of smoking seemed to have become the main theme here, but the lack of materials made them dare not be careless in the consumption of paper cigarettes, although Company Commander Zhou would come to "support" them from time to time, but everyone knew that Company Commander Zhou's "supply" was not too much, and after each person smoked a cigarette to satisfy their hunger, they all stopped involuntarily.

Looking at the sky, the sun had already risen, and in the cold morning, the chill gradually subsided, and everyone felt the heat when the sun shone on their bodies. The moisture in the woods gradually dissipated, listening to the birdsong around them, everyone felt comfortable, this environment, this sound, is much stronger than when they were in Luodian, in the interval of the battle, lying in the woods and enjoying the leisurely environment, the body and mind are very comfortable.

Zhou Yuan threw the cigarette butt to the ground, stood up and said to the stone, "Let the brothers get ready, I'll go to the second row to have a look first." ”

"The company commander will no longer sit in the meeting? Breakfast will be delivered immediately, why don't we eat a little together before leaving. Lao Meng hurriedly followed Zhou Yuan to get up, looked at the stone leaning against the tree in a daze, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly, the platoon commander of the stone is too poor in dealing with human feelings and sophistication, if it goes on like this, something will happen, he is now a platoon commander, which is different from when he was a soldier. But thinking of the stone's head, he was helpless, this kind of thing happened, and he forgot about this aspect, and there was really nothing he could do.

Zhou Yuan looked at the stone, there was not the slightest unhappiness on his face, patted Lao Meng's shoulder and said with concern: "I won't stay longer, Lao Meng, usually share a little more pressure for the stone, a row has now become the pillar of our third company, something can't happen." ”

"Company commander, don't worry, our platoon will definitely not disgrace you." Chen Daaxe and Liu Wenfeng expressed their positions one after another.

Zhou Yuan nodded, didn't say anything more, then turned around and rushed towards the station of the second platoon, with the rise of the official position, Company Commander Zhou now looks much more stable than when he was the commander of the 3rd platoon, which made everyone secretly sigh in their hearts, and at the same time thought strangely, if the first platoon commander had not been killed, what would it be like to be a company commander now? Thinking of Liu Yuanda's fiery temper, everyone sighed with emotion, these short ten days have passed as long as a few years.

The departure of the company commander suddenly enlivened the slightly depressing atmosphere here, Chen Daaxe looked at the stone that was still sitting there, and immediately joked: "Platoon commander, you can't do this, sooner or later you will offend the commander." ”

Hearing Chen Daaxe's words, Shi raised his head and asked puzzledly, "What offended the chief?" I didn't talk nonsense, did I? ”

These guys on the side, although they are of different ages, but they are not short when they were soldiers, and they still know a lot about the Tao in it, at this time, Xiao Shandong interjected and smiled: "Brother Shi, I know about this!" When Company Commander Zhou came, you didn't get up to salute, and you didn't send it down when you left, the commanders would be angry, and maybe they would find an opportunity to rectify you in the future. ”

Listening to Xiao Shandong's words, everyone nodded one after another, and Shi Shi was stupid, and said incredulously: "Company Commander Zhou has always taken care of us, how can he fix us?" ”

Lao Meng sighed and said: "Stone, I didn't want to talk too much, but today Xiao Shandong has opened his words, and I am going to talk about you." ”

Looking at Lao Meng's serious expression, Shi was suddenly startled, he also knew a lot about the temper of these people, and when he saw Lao Meng's appearance, he knew that this was a big deal, and suddenly said in surprise: "Uncle, what did I really do wrong?" ”

"Stone, just shout at you, uncle, even if you are not happy today, I have to make it clear to you." Lao Meng's old face suddenly became solemn, and the wrinkles on his face were even more wrinkled together, so that people could see the old man's serious expression at a glance.

"Uncle, you saved my life, there is really something wrong with it, just say it! I'm like this, it's not like you don't know, to be honest, I really didn't think about being a platoon commander, just like me, how can I have that ability. Shi Shi looked helpless, shook his head and smiled bitterly, obviously feeling very uneasy about sitting in the position of platoon leader.

"Stone, although the value in this army is ability, but it is very important to deal with the relationship with the commanders, just now Xiao Shandong was right, you lay down when the company commander came, and you didn't get up to send it off when you left, although Company Commander Zhou is our own person, but who knows what he thinks in his heart." Lao Meng said solemnly.

Shi stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said strangely: "Probably not, I see that the company commander has been telling us jokes!" ”

Chen Daaxe immediately interjected and said: "Stone, this is not right, the old saying is good, this person knows the face but does not know the heart, the company commander is smiling on his face, but how can you know what he thinks?" Seeing that you don't care much about him, maybe I'm angry with you in my heart, and when the time comes, he can arrange it casually, and we'll be finished. ”

Liu Wenfeng, who was on the side, also nodded and said: "Platoon commander, Deputy Chen Ban is right, but I heard that most of the Shangguan talk about face, this pomp and face are not enough, in case any of the commanders are unhappy, it is not something we can afford." ”

Shi looked at everyone and asked a little uneasily, "Is it really as serious as you say?" ”

Lao Meng sighed: "This is already said to be light, let's make a casual analogy, if you are like this today, if you make the company commander feel unhappy, what will he do?" When the devil comes up, he can order us to block, don't look at our platoon now replenishes the No. 30 people, but the strength of the little devil is not constantly replenished, a few times to block and fight, our platoon will be over, just this matter, even if Battalion Commander Zheng wants to help us speak, it can't be said, which platoon to go to the battle, it is all reasonable. ”

As soon as he heard Lao Meng say this, Shi suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and the fresh air around him was inhaled into his lungs, but every pore of his body felt a chill to the bone, and he couldn't help but shiver. At this time, he thought of the situation of fighting with Regiment Commander Cheng that night, the terrible situation of those guards rushing towards the dense Japanese army like suicide under the command of Staff Officer Zhu, and being swallowed up in an instant, replayed in his mind from time to time, he didn't know what was going on, he felt that this scene was so familiar and so memorable, that when he thought about it, he felt extremely terrifying.

The others stopped talking, looking at the way the stone looked, they knew that what they said before should have had an effect, although they didn't think they were the kind of people who were good at slapping horses, but in this environment, if you don't do it, it will be angry.

The deep silence of the woods, even more comfortable, comfortable temperature, let these soldiers who crawled out of the pile of dead people feel a rare ease, but the previous words about the stone, still make them a little difficult to put their minds at ease, thinking of some things they have heard before, everyone silently thought about their hearts, in just ten days, they have become squad leaders, deputy squad leaders, this sudden change in identity, let them become cautious, for fear of which place accidentally made some mistakes.

This silence did not last long, and he was awakened by a nervous question from a sentinel in the distance, and then turned his head and saw a group of people walking deep in the woods, but the first one was Zheng Pusheng, the commander of the first battalion.

The stone climbed up in vain, Lao Meng's words were still spinning in his ears, he didn't expect the battalion commander to come at this time, which made him very uneasy, especially thinking that he was sitting with the battalion commander smoking in Luodian a few days ago, and listening to the battalion commander talk about some private things, which made the stone a little shocked, he wouldn't offend the battalion commander unknowingly, right?

Zheng Pusheng's spirit is good, and he also has a rare smile on his face, and he doesn't know if he has recovered well after resting for a few days, or if he has encountered something happy, anyway, he shouted at the stone from a distance: "Haha, stone, my brother is a little busy this time, I won't blame me if I didn't come to see you." ”

Looking at the smile on Camp Commander Zheng's face, listening to the laughter, Shi thought of Chen Daaxe's words that knew people and faces, but did not know their hearts, and suddenly felt a pang in his heart, and when Zheng Pusheng was just a few steps closer to them, he shouted in vain: "Salute!" ”

With a sound of "brush", several squad leaders and squad deputies in a row suddenly raised their arms neatly, looking extremely serious.

This sudden action really startled Zheng Pusheng, the third company is his old army, usually he is used to being with these people, where do you know that the stone will make this kind of trick, suddenly the advancing body paused, instinctively raised his hand to return the salute, but put down his hand, Zheng Pusheng's face changed, and he scolded in his mouth: "Fuck, what are you doing,!" ”

Bursting into a foul mouth, Zheng Pusheng's eyes swept over these people, and then fell on the body of the stone, looking at the young platoon commander with slightly larger eyes and dark skin standing there with a serious face, he suddenly asked unhappily: "What, the injury in the ribs is healed, can you toss?" It's not good to lie down when you're injured, what are you busy with here? ”

Shi Shi was even more depressed in his heart, and looked at Lao Meng and them for help, and found that these guys turned their heads one by one in embarrassment, which made Shi even more overwhelmed, and said stubbornly: "Battalion commander, why are you here?" ”

"I'm here to bring you food, and by the way, I asked for a little ordnance and materials from the regiment to replenish for you, you kid is good, play such a set of tricks for me, why, the injury just happened to learn to be slapped, I can't see it, you kid still has this kind of ability?"

Zheng Pusheng's words suddenly made the people in the row lower their heads, as if they were about to fall down when they looked up.

After glancing at everyone, Zheng Pusheng looked at the helpless stone again, and basically guessed what the situation was, and suddenly said with a cold face: "A few of you go and get the things down first, I want to talk to your platoon leader." ”