Section II

A jeep sped from the direction of the capital, its wheels rolling, kicking up more than a foot of dust, like a gray mud dragon soaring straight into the sky, from a distance, it was not much weaker than the piles of cooking smoke they had here.

has returned to the stone of the third company, looking at the "mud dragon" from a distance involuntarily frowned, a few days ago when they retreated all the way, the smoke of their fire to make food brought them a lot of losses, the skyrocketing smoke undoubtedly pointed out the direction of the devil's plane, the shells dropped down that was a smash of a quasi, let them suffer a lot, so looking at the smoke rising and dust flying in the four directions, he had an inexplicable sense of unease.

The jeep came at a very fast speed, and it only took a few breaths to reach them, and the three companies of people looked at them in disbelief, guessing which commander was in the car.

Before the car stopped, they saw an agile figure open the door and jump down, and what made them stunned was that the person who got out of the car was their battalion commander Zheng Pusheng.

"Where's your company commander! Tell your company commander to come here! As soon as Zheng Pusheng got out of the car, he saw Liu Wenfeng, the leader of the second platoon, who was on duty in the second platoon at the moment, and it was his duty to deal with various situations as soon as possible.

Liu Wenfeng saluted and said that the company commander was behind, and I immediately went to call, but as soon as I turned around, I saw the stone that was coming.

"Battalion commander, why did you come back so soon? Is there no food at the regimental headquarters anymore? Stone hurried over, asked anxiously, and looked at the jeep as if it didn't seem to be loaded with anything, and his anxious expression was overflowing.

"Stone, I heard that you have been promoted again? Isn't it time to treat me to a drink? The car door opened, a hearty laughter came, and when I heard the sound, I saw a colonel officer wearing a straight military uniform walking down from the jeep, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, resolute lines, and a fierce momentum all over his body, it was Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 305th regiment, who had not been seen since Xiaoliuhe separated.

Shi Shi was taken aback, his body instinctively straightened, he saluted with his hand, and asked in surprise: "Head Zhang, are you...... How do you have time to come here. ”

Looking at the stone's restrained appearance and obviously weakened body, after Zhang Lingfu returned the salute, he stepped forward quickly, patted him on the shoulder, looked at the rank of captain on the collar of the stone with interest, and said in a loud voice: "Your promotion speed, it is really unprecedented, and you have been promoted from a small soldier to a captain in two months, and you can't believe it to anyone." ”

Shi was anxious about the problem of food and wanted to ask the battalion commander, but in the face of Commander Zhang, he couldn't talk about him, so he could only smile bitterly and said, "I'm all lucky." ”

Zhang Lingfu didn't care about it and laughed: "This battle is half the strength plus half the luck, according to what you say, you can be regarded as a lucky general, it seems that this meal of wine is definitely indispensable." ”

Shi Shi said in a voice that almost cried: "Commander Zhang, we can't even eat, where is there still wine!" ”

Zheng Pusheng said at this time: "Stone, just now the group seat said, supplies will be sent to our camp before dark, in addition to food, there are also some firearms, tsk, what Commander Zhang said is right, you kid is really a lucky general, what you lack, all good things will happen to you." ”

"Really?" Shi was overjoyed when he heard this, and grabbed Zheng Pusheng's arm in a hurry.

Seeing Zheng Pusheng's frowning appearance, Shi also woke up suddenly, hurriedly let go of his hand, and instantly understood that he was indeed a serious gaffe.

Maybe it was because Zhang Lingfu was on the side, Zheng Pusheng just rolled his eyes at the stone, but he didn't say anything more.

Regarding the expression of the stone, Zhang Lingfu on the side just looked at it with a smile, and when they finished speaking, he said to the stone: "Get in the car, take advantage of the early time, and go to the city with me." ”

Faced with Commander Zhang's sudden words, Shi couldn't help but look at Camp Commander Zheng suspiciously, this series of words in a short period of time really made him feel like he was at a loss in the sky and on the ground.

Zheng Pusheng looked at the stone with a blank look, and suddenly said helplessly: "Head Zhang came this time to specially pick you up to see a doctor in the city. ”

"See a doctor?" Shi Shi read a sentence, and then his hands suddenly trembled, and he stared at Zhang Lingfu with wide eyes and said, "Is it looking at the head?" Is it to get back the things I forgot? As he spoke, his whole body trembled even more, and the emotions that had been suppressed in his heart because of the repeated bloody battles finally burst out at this moment.

Who are you? Where is home? What happened to my parents? This series of doubts rushed up and suddenly took over Shishi's mind, making him suddenly want to give up everything to find these clueless answers. Two and a half months, for ordinary people, it is not long to say, but short is not short! But for him, it is like a year, the kind of confusion about his identity, the longing for his relatives deeply tormented him, if it weren't for the bloody battles one after another that he didn't have time to think about these things, I'm afraid he would have been tormented by this confusion and madness.

Zhang Lingfu looked at the fierce and incomparable stone that slaughtered the enemy like a chicken, and suddenly almost collapsed, his heart was also sour, and he suddenly sighed: "When I was in Luodian, I asked the master to let you go to the back to find a doctor to see, but at that time, the battle situation was scorching and the situation was tight, so there was really no way. Now that Songhu has been occupied by the Japanese invaders, the army has been crushed for thousands of miles, but we are empty, it is better to take this opportunity to take a look. ”

Listening to Captain Zhang's words, Shi couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, and his gratitude to Captain Zhang also made him not know what to say for a while! He didn't have anything to do with Commander Zhang, when he was in Luodian, he even almost killed Commander Zhang, who was still a staff officer at the time, and after such a long time, in such a chaotic situation, Commander Zhang still remembered what he used to say casually, and this kind of action of practicing his words really deeply touched the weakest place in Shi's heart.

However, after the stone calmed down a little, he said unexpectedly: "Captain Zhang, can you take the old man into the city together!" If it's really inconvenient, can you send the old man to the hospital first! ”

Zheng Pusheng, who was on the side, was stunned for a moment, and he also secretly sighed in his heart, and added: "Head Zhang, Lao Meng has been lying on the single frame for four or five days, and the situation is not very good. ”

Zhang Lingfu obviously still had an impression of Lao Meng, and immediately frowned and said, "Is it the oldest veteran of your third company?" ”

"Yes, the military doctor at the regiment headquarters has seen no improvement after a few times, I'm afraid it won't work if it drags on like this!" Zheng Pusheng naturally did not say the previous diagnosis of the military doctor, this is also to let Lao Meng go to the hospital to have a look, after all, military doctors are generally good at gunshot wounds and knife wounds, and behind him is the capital, being able to go there to have a look, it is definitely very good for Lao Meng's illness.

Zhang Lingfu also nodded solemnly and said, "Without further ado, let's move quickly!" ”

The car started quickly, there was the battalion commander in the town, there were pillars and Liu Wenfeng and others left behind, Shi didn't need to worry about any sudden changes, he took Xiao Shandong and Lao Meng to sit behind the jeep, looking at the scenery outside the window and quickly jumping back.

Although the speeding jeep was very bumpy, for the two people who were riding in the car for the first time, this novel situation made them secretly surprised, and the stone faintly felt a little similar, but after thinking about it, it was nothing.

The car drove for a while, after the novelty, their expressions became more and more solemn, outside the car window, as they got closer and closer to the capital, there were more and more people dragging their children and daughters, they were either carrying burdens, or pushing carts, and even people drove ox carts to drag full of belongings along the road all the time.

I vaguely heard the head of Zhang, who was sitting in front, sighing: "Self-leaning, trapped in rebellion, the country is ruined, and relatives and friends are crippled." If you are in a battle, you will have all kinds of worries, and if you sit alone, you will be sad and angry for two episodes! Shame, shame for the military, shame for all Chinese! If you don't destroy the Japanese invaders, you will not return home in this life! ”

Shi couldn't understand what Head Zhang was reading in front of him, but the deep sadness and grief between the words deeply affected him, making him involuntarily ask: "Head Zhang, I haven't figured it out, why do we want to give up Qingpu?" Why give up Suzhou for nothing? Along the way, why did several big cities, dozens of county seats, and countless villages and towns give up to the devil in vain? We still have the army, and we still have guns, why did we just leave the people alone? Doesn't it mean that being a soldier and fighting a war is to protect the country and the people? ”

Zhang Lingfu listened to the voice coming from the seat behind him, and did not look back, but sighed and said: "The army is defeated like a mountain, and it is a thousand miles away!" With so many troops retreating in a hurry and the formation running away, the order does not know who to target, how can this continue to fight? And Shangfeng considers the overall situation, what we see is only the surface, with the size of China, how can we be trapped in the loss of one city and one place, these are not things that we can understand! ”

Shi Shi was also silent when he heard this, and only asked after a while: "Commander Zhang, then we will retreat here and not leave, are we going to fight the devil to the death here?" ”

"The significance of the capital of a country is far-reaching, and naturally it will not be easily given up, but whether we will participate in the war or not, no one can say clearly before the order is issued." Immediately, Zhang Lingfu also said in a cold tone: "If you can bury your bones on the battlefield and live and die with the capital, it is really the only destination for soldiers!" ”