Section XXXI

Late autumn of the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), November 5.

There are still a few days before the beginning of winter, and the weather is getting colder and colder, especially in the early morning when the sun has not yet risen, the cold air makes everyone involuntarily wrap the quilt on their bodies tighter, and it is precisely because of this that the surroundings seem extraordinarily quiet, no one will make a noise at this time, and they are extremely afraid of waking up their companions on the side.

It is a dilapidated room with three rooms, the bedroom to the east, the kitchen to the west, and the central one, naturally, the living room. There was a bed in the east bedroom, a cupboard and nothing else, the quilt on the bed was very messy, and the door of the cupboard was ajar, revealing the mess of clothes inside, all of which showed how eager the owner of the house was to leave.

The living room and kitchen are even more simple, a table and a few benches are all, at a glance, people really understand what it means to be washed. At this moment, a dozen or so soldiers of the Nationalist Army wrapped in quilts were huddled around the living room, leaning against the wall, leaning against the brother beside them, and fell asleep, and no one entered the bedroom to lie on the bed.

In this silence, time slipped by half an hour again, leaning against the stone next to the door finally opened his eyes, the light that penetrated through the crack in the door, so that he could see the surrounding situation clearly in the dark, at the same time, a foul smell was also coming, this is the smell of feet and sweat smell of the fusion, when I fell asleep, I didn't feel much, but after waking up, I couldn't dodge, but this is also a helpless thing, frowned, the stone moved his already numb arm with full exhaustion, In fact, he really wanted to lean on it like this, but when he thought that there were still people on duty outside, he secretly shook his head and gently lifted the military quilt on his body.

The cold wind in all directions suddenly drilled into the stone, although he had already put on the cotton clothes issued by the group, but after leaving the quilt, the cold that was almost cold still made him shiver involuntarily. In this way, the stone could not lie down even more, and after moving his numb joints, he opened a crack in the door lightly, and when a more biting cold wind penetrated in, the stone jumped out with his gun.

Although the action of opening the door of the stone was very light, it seemed to be very loud in this situation of extraordinary silence all around, and as soon as he came out of the house, a shout came from the corner of the wall outside: "Company commander, get up so early in the morning?" ”

Shi looked at Li Wenguang's body wrapped in a quilt, his hands shrunk in his sleeves, and his arms were huddled in a ball, and he didn't blame, but asked with concern: "How about it, let's eat it!" While it's still early, you go back to the house and rest for a while. ”

"Company commander, don't spoil this kid, others can stand it, why can't he? Now that he is a squad leader, he must lead by example, otherwise how will he lead the troops in the future? Besides, I usually eat, and I don't see less food than others! Liu Wenfeng's voice sounded behind the corner, this is a small alley, there are houses on both sides to block the wind, it is somewhat a good place, plus the quilt wrapped outside, as long as it doesn't rain, the temperature on the body can still be maintained.

Li Wenguang also fought back when he heard this: "Crazy, I have an opinion if you say that, during this time, we run away during the day, and we can't sleep well at night, and we can't bear the iron beating, the blisters on my feet are grinding and bleeding, this can also be called habitual, this light pole squad leader, I really don't like to do it!" ”

Liu Wenfeng glared at him and said: "You have walked so much, you are on duty at night, everyone else is sleeping, for so many days, I heard your ghost talk, have you ever heard Xiao Shandong complain, have you ever seen Lao Meng say anything?" People are old and old, and the little ones can be resolute, but you are a young man who talks nonsense all day long, and the face of the second row makes you lose everything. ”

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Shi shook his head and said: "Forget it, forget it, crazy man, you just say a few words, Wenguang is right, everyone is really hard during this time, and I can't hold it anymore." Stone smiled bitterly as he spoke.

"Company commander, then you better go back and sleep again, I'm not tired, I'm just idle!" Looking at the bloodshot eyes of the stone and the tired face written on it, Li Wenguang suddenly shook his hand and said, he is not the kind of person who messes around, during this time, the brothers of the three companies stayed together every day, and they were not separated at all, they naturally knew how the stone came over, and saw that every place where the stone went, he did everything himself, such as setting up whistles, camps, and the supply of food, the distribution of equipment, etc., he was indispensable everywhere, and he was greatly ashamed, and it was only more than half a month since he withdrew from Xiaoliuhe, Shi Shi's whole person has lost weight for a while, and if you want to say that it is hard, the whole company is the hardest for him, the company commander.

Liu Wenfeng heard Li Wenguang say a word, and his tone gradually slowed down: "Company commander, what the monkey said is right, you should go to the rest meeting, anyway, there is nothing else to do during this time except retreat, don't worry too much." ”

"Ahem......" A coughing sound came from the door, interrupting their conversation, and the three of them turned their heads away, only to see Lao Meng walking out with his body bent.

Shi immediately got up to greet him, grabbed Lao Meng's arm and complained: "Uncle, why don't you sleep more on such a cold day!" ”

"People are old, they can't sleep if they want to, besides, what kind of sleep is this, my old bones are about to fall apart!" Lao Meng sighed and said, his face full of wrinkles was also extremely pale at the moment!

Liu Wenfeng also greeted him, and welcomed Lao Meng to their sentry post, in this alley, the wind was lighter, relatively warm, and at this time he whispered to the stone: "Company commander, I can see that the old man will be lying down at night, the old man is old, if it goes on like this, I am afraid it will not be bearable!" ”

Shi nodded slowly, but he thought of the humble bedroom, the empty bed, could the old man sleep at night? Anyway, the owner of this house doesn't know where to go! But thinking that Regiment Commander Zhang once taught him to lead troops to be strict with law and discipline in order to bring out a force that can fight tough battles, he seemed a little hesitant, and this kind of embezzlement of other people's property is obviously inconsistent with military discipline.

Lao Meng lit a long pipe, took a deep breath, "cough cough", accompanied by a cough, the smoke in his mouth suddenly erupted, and the stone patted on Lao Meng's back, that look, where is it like a young company commander, but like an ordinary teenager, taking care of his elders.

Lao Meng coughed for a while, shook his head and said: "Forget it, military rules and discipline, we also have to abide by it, the stone is still young and has a great future, we can't drag him back." ”

Shi smiled bitterly: "Uncle, don't make fun of me, we people don't even know if we can see tomorrow's dawn, where is there any future?" If you want to have a future, you have to be a person like Regiment Commander Zhang, if the command is determined, talk and laugh and kill the enemy, the 305th Regiment has only been formed in such a short time, and the devils killed in Xiaoliuhe are turned on their backs, and Commander Zhang is too powerful. ”

Li Wenguang was unconvinced and said: "Commander Zhang didn't start from a small soldier, and at the age of the company commander, maybe he was far worse than the company commander, what is there to compare." ”

Lao Meng smoked his pipe and sighed: "I don't know where the 305th Regiment has withdrawn now, Commander Zhang commands the battle, it's really amazing." ”

Everyone was silent when they heard the voice, and the time they stayed in the 305th regiment gave them too deep an impression, and now in retrospect, there is really a feeling of being separated from the world, it has only been half a month, as if they have been away for a few years, and the strangest thing is that their feelings for the 305th regiment seem to be far stronger than the 302nd regiment they are in.

"Company commander, we should have withdrawn from the Xu family today, if we withdraw like this, where will we stop and fight with the devil?" Liu Wenfeng's words broke the emotion between them, and pulled a few people back into the cruel reality.

Hearing this voice, Li Wenguang also said dissatisfiedly: "Where is this still called war? It's a retreat all day long, and before the devil comes, we'll run out for dozens of miles, and if we go on like this, we'll have a bird fight! ”

Stone has been studying the terrain more seriously than everyone else recently, and even went to Camp Commander Zheng to borrow a map to read when he has time, a battalion commander Zheng Pusheng has nothing to say about the stone, this little thing, naturally not a problem, in this way, the stone for the terrain and location of this area, can be regarded as a basic detail, Wen Sheng said carefully: "If we withdraw now, according to the strength of the feet, we can have lunch near Gu's house, before dark, we should go to the location of Zhujiaqiao, dozens of miles of road, it is not too much of a problem, But according to the number of miles a day we have traveled these days, today should be withdrawn to Xujiaxing, two days ago I heard Battalion Commander Zheng say that Xujiaxing has been garrisoned by friendly troops, we have withdrawn Xujiaxing, and there should be no need to withdraw too far in a short time. ”

Lao Meng also sighed: "Let's take a step back, the little devil will go further, such a large piece of land will be lost in vain, what kind of battle is this!" It's better to just stop and fight with the devil. ”

Shi shook his head, as if he had a map in his mind, and said affirmatively: "In this short period of time, we definitely have no chance to be in the line of fire, withdraw Xu Jiaxing, we may still have a chance after waiting for the manpower to be filled, now there are so many people, and there is no strong position, we can't stop the devil in a round of charge." ”

The stone's words caused a sigh, a few people next to him smoked, sighed, sighed, no one wanted to speak, during this time they discussed this matter every day, shouting for war every day, but the pace of retreat did not stop, no one knew if it would go on like this, when it would be a head, these small soldiers, except to obey the orders of the commanders, there was no other way at all.

At this moment, a roar of "buzzing ......" appeared from the sky, making them involuntarily look up, and the strange and familiar sound interrupted their thoughts, making everyone look blankly.

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