Section XV

Since the platoon fought a successful ambush on the south bank of the Xiaoliu River, the Japanese troops in the direction of Luodian, as if they were frightened, did not launch a consistent continuous attack, and unusually let the officers and men of the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company of the 302nd Regiment, who were nervously guarding the other side of the river on the south bank of the Xiaoliu River, enjoy nearly a whole day of calm.

When the next day's sun was shining on the earth, the stone sat in the mound a little unbelievably and looked strangely at the distance to the north.

It's a pity that in the distant fields on the north bank of the river, the lush weeds block the view, and it is difficult for Shi's gaze to see the situation in the distance, and no one knows what the Japanese troops in the direction of Luodian are doing.

"Platoon commander, lie down and rest, the little devil's plane hasn't come, and it won't come for a while." Liu Wenfeng, who was on the side, said with concern, looking at the young platoon commander with admiration. From midnight to now, it seems that the platoon commander has not moved, this body is really iron, don't you know that you are tired? He thought to himself, full of puzzlement.

Shi shook his head, grabbed the rifle that was placed beside him, simply patted his ass and stood up, pointed to the distance on the north bank of the river and said: "Send two people to the front to investigate, I don't know where the devil is, this is not solid." ”

Liu Wenfeng thought for a while and said, "Then I'll go in person, and I'll give the platoon commander a satisfactory answer before noon." ”

Shi thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Let Li Wenguang go, the skirmish trench in front is not deep enough, and the intensive attack of the devils may not have much effect." ”

Liu Wenfeng agreed, got up and saluted a military salute, and began to shout at the brothers in the grave, this is now the defense area of their third class, which is the first line of defense on the north bank of the river, in order to increase the depth of the position, they began to dig skirmishers on the road in front of the cemetery, fortunately, it is not too far from the regimental headquarters here, there are a lot of sapper shovels, and the efficiency is okay.

The stone turned around and went to the small hillside behind the cemetery, guarding here was the second class, because it was not too far away from the position of the third class, they could see the movement of the stone clearly, Chen Daaxe immediately greeted him and said with a smile: "Stone, let's go to sleep, otherwise Old Man Meng will come over and complain to us again." ”

"Chen Daaxe is right, stone, you have to pay attention to your body, you are now the backbone of our row, and everything depends on your decision." The squad leader sat with his back against the tree, stretched out his legs and relaxed as much as possible.

Shi Shi went over and sat down next to the pillar, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhuzi, it's not that you don't know me, I don't know anything, and I have to command a platoon, and I'm about to be crushed down." ”

The pillar took out a cigarette from his pocket, yesterday's battle, let them capture a lot, at this time it seemed very heroic, threw a stone, took one in his own mouth, and then simply threw the whole box of cigarettes to Chen Daaxe and said: "Give the brothers a refreshment." His voice immediately made the people in the second class who were busy on this small hillside cheer, and shouted that the class seat was wise.

The pillar didn't know the stone at this moment, and there was a kind of fear and uneasiness about the war, so he lit a cigarette for the two of them, and said while smoking: "What are you doing so seriously, the big deal is to be loyal to the country, and then it is glorious to die, on the road, run faster, maybe you can meet the bald head and the squad leader, and it will not be lonely." ”

"Brother Zhuzi, it would be nice if this was the case, but the battalion commander said, let me bring back the old brother of the third company alive, and let me leave him some old books." Stone said helplessly.

"Nonsense, who died and who lived in this war, can this still be controlled? Maybe the little devil will come down with a cannonball, and we'll all be fucking finished, and it's spectacular to go on the road together. Chen Daaxe had already finished his cigarette, so he interjected on the side.

Zhu Zi glared at him dissatisfied, and scolded: "You can't say something nice with your bird's beak?" Who the fuck wants to go on the road with you, it's annoying, get out of the way and play. ”

Seeing the obedient appearance of Chen Daaxe, who has always been very heroic, in front of the pillar, the stone felt a joy, this pillar usually does not make much noise, and this means of cleaning up people is neat. The stone felt very interesting, and he wanted to ask, but he heard Lao Meng calling him from far away.

The first shift had been on guard for a day yesterday, and had been arranged as a reserve last night to rest in the distance behind the hill. Behind the hillside was all farmland, and the crops had been harvested, and it was very empty, and at a distance of twenty or thirty zhang, there was a small slope, and a few holes were dug on the slope where things were placed, and this place was used as a place for them to rest their baggage.

However, Lao Meng is not here at the moment, and the place where he is now is the defense area of the second row, that is, the left flank of the hillside where the stone is located, the original dirt road. In a slightly lower place, the second platoon dug out straggler trenches and communication trenches there, on the one hand, as a flank cover for the first row of positions, and on the other hand, it was also a connection point with the battalion headquarters, holding the only way for the Japanese to attack, so that the whole platoon was like a protruding cone, staring straight at the south bank of the Xiaoliu River, as long as their position here was not lost, the devils could not continue to attack at all.

Hearing Lao Meng's shout, Shi took the rifle from Chen Daaxe's hand and rushed over there, Lao Meng is steady, if he is fine, he will not call him easily.

When the stone arrived at the place where the second platoon was, Zhou Yuan, the commander of the third company, had already greeted him, and beside him, he was followed by a young officer, who looked carefully, and saw that this officer was only slightly older than the stone, and he was just in his early twenties.

Shi instinctively looked at his nameplate, and saw that the word "Liu Yan" was written in the name column on it, and he was the captain and staff officer of the 153rd Brigade of the 51st Division.

"Staff Officer Liu, this is the deputy company commander of our third company." Zhou Yuan, who was on the side, introduced the two of them with a smile on his face, while Shi straightened up and saluted with a military salute.

This respectful appearance seemed to make the young officer very useful, and while returning the salute, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "You are the stone?" Tsk, so young, I thought he was a bad old man. ”

Lao Meng's face on the side changed slightly, and the stone was at a loss, and after the third company commander Zhou Yuan's face flashed, he continued to smile and said to the stone: "This is Staff Officer Liu sent by the brigade headquarters to a platoon to command the operation, Shi, you must cooperate with Staff Officer Liu well, and you must seriously implement Staff Officer Liu's orders." ”

Shi saluted again and said, "The company commander can rest assured, the platoon guarantees to obey the command." Hearing that it was the brigade headquarters to supervise the war staff, the stone didn't know how, and the figure of Staff Officer Zhang appeared in his heart, the resolute and upright figure The deep gaze on the handsome face made the stone have a sense of worship from the heart, especially thinking of the meticulous care that Staff Officer Zhang has always taken care of him, and the weight lifting when commanding the battle is light, the stone is full of excitement in his heart, thinking of this, his eyes can't help but look at this handsome young officer again, and his heart is full of admiration, the person in front of him is so young is the captain staff officer, Although he doesn't look as calm as Staff Officer Zhang, with such a commander commanding the battle, he really doesn't need to worry.

Thinking of the sense of calmness that had been pressed on his heart in the past two days, Shi Shi couldn't help but sigh lightly, it was so timely that the brigade headquarters sent a staff officer at this time. It seems that the commanders do have superior skills, do they know their situation at the moment?

After introducing the stones, Zhou Yuan asked Lao Meng to take Staff Officer Liu to the position of the first platoon, and let the stones stay for a while with the order of the regimental headquarters.

Looking at Staff Officer Liu who left with Lao Meng, the envious gaze in Shi's eyes had not disappeared, and he was stunned there.

Zhou Yuan looked at him, and immediately scolded with a smile: "What? Men are also so good-looking? ”

Shi came back to his senses with a little embarrassment and said: "Such a young man is the captain and staff officer of the brigade headquarters, this is too powerful, I don't know which of the two of them is better than Staff Officer Zhang!" ”

Zhou Yuan took out a set of military uniforms from the side and threw them into the hands of the stones, shook his head and said, "What the battalion commander said is right, you are an idiot!" You know what? Is it a person to compare with Staff Officer Zhang? This kid is also worthy? ”

Shi took the military uniform in his hand and looked at the company commander suspiciously, as if he was a little confused, and he didn't know that he was worried about the military uniform, but he was still thinking about the company commander's words.

"This is the clothes issued by the regiment headquarters, it is specially for you, you kid is also the deputy company commander of our third company, don't make it like a person who asks for food all day long, the regiment commander has specially taken care of it, the battle must be fought well, this person's image should be paid attention to, so as not to find a daughter-in-law in the future." Zhou Yuan laughed and scolded as he spoke.

"Hurry up and get some water to flush your body, change your military uniform, I'll have something to say to you later."

Stone nodded obediently, and amid the laughter of the second platoon leader, he went to a small pond on the side to wash it.

After putting on his clothes, the stone suddenly found that this military uniform was really made for him, not only the rank of lieutenant was hung on the collar badge, but the nameplate was also clearly written, the lieutenant deputy company commander of the 302nd regiment 1st battalion and 3rd company, thinking that he didn't know anything more than ten days ago, and in a blink of an eye, he became the deputy company commander, and the stone suddenly had a feeling of dreaming, which felt very unreal, so that the stone was very worried about whether he woke up and shrank in which corner?

I've been the deputy company commander for half a month? This kind of promotion speed is unbelievable!