"The three of them are not sick themselves, but they have been hungry for a long time and their bodies are weak, so they don't need to spend 'medicine' to treat them at all, as long as they recuperate their bodies, after two or three days, when their stomachs and intestines get used to it, they will be fine. ”

"That's good, that's good!"

Zhang Qingshan felt a little better, which can be regarded as a little relief in helplessness!

"Bang! bang!"

At this moment, three gunshots of box cannons were suddenly heard in the distance.

Zhang Qingshan turned his head to look over.

It's just that although there is a moon pass, the visibility may be limited, and what Zhang Qingshan sees is only a blue-gray 'colored' earth, and the sky is gray and dark farther away.

"Xiang Tao?"

"Here!"

Zhang Qingshan shouted, but he didn't expect that Xiang Tao was on the edge of the small dirt slope more than 20 meters away.

Soon, Xiang Tao ran to Zhang Qingshan's side, saluted and asked, "Company commander, do you want me to take the security squad to pick up, right?"

"Hmm!" Zhang Qingshan nodded, but his eyes looked at the direction where the gunshots came, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Judging from the gunshots, they should be a kilometer or two away from us." No matter what the situation is over there, we should have time to rescue ......" Speaking of this, Zhang Qingshan groaned for a while, stared at Xiang Tao, and said in a deep voice: "It's just that it's night, and there is a lot of danger in this water and grassland, when you take the comrades of the security squad over, you must bring a few more torches, you must be very careful with your feet, you must always remind the comrades to pay attention to the safety of yourself and the comrades around you, and you must remind the comrades if you walk for a while, at least if you walk a while, you must report the number, you must ...... Forget it, I can't think of more for a while, in a word: you must be cautious, and you must not rush forward. You know what?"

"Yes! Please rest assured, the company commander, I promise that I will definitely bring back a lot of comrades safely. ”

"Well, if you have that confidence, go ahead. If there is anything, you can practice with me with two long and one short gunshots. ”

"Yes! ”

watched Xiang Tao quickly run to the edge of the dirt slope to assemble the team, watched the soldiers of the defense squad light up three torches, and watched the torches fade away...... Zhang Qingshan sighed inexplicably and said, "Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, and hope that the comrades of the defense squad will go safely and come back safely." ”

Qin Fang nodded and said, "I am sure I will come back safely." ”

Zhang Qingshan glanced at her, smiled and nodded: "Let's go, Xiaofang, you go and take care of those three comrades." I'll go and watch the porridge for you, lest anyone steal it. ”

"Discipline is there, who dares to steal it?"

This is the truth: Although the main force has long run out of food, the original regulations have been seriously and strictly enforced: Stealing food from one's own hands will be criticized and educated at the least, and reviewed in public at the worst; if one dares to steal the collective's grain, there is a good chance that one will be shot...... Although the punishment is a bit severe, at this time, it is also necessary. At the same time, it also shows how bad the situation was at that time.

When they came to the only fire, the water in the pot was just boiling, and Zhou Ping and Lao Wang carefully poured barley flour into the pot, while the other kept rolling the long spoon in the pot, so that the barley flour could be cooked as soon as possible. There were also a few wounded and sick people around the fire, keeping an eye on the fire as they roasted it. However, they only whispered a few words in a low voice, but from time to time they peeked in the direction where the gunshots were coming from, apparently speculating about the situation over there.

To Zhang Qingshan's surprise, Liu Bing and Peng Peng were actually cooking here, but both of them lowered their heads and silently 'smoked' cigarettes. The two of them were so silent, especially for Peng Peng, who muttered a few words from time to time, it was really rare to see, not to mention that these two masters, who were already a little bit of a restraint, were still like this after getting together, which naturally aroused Zhang Qingshan's curiosity.

Feeling that someone was going to squeeze between them, they frowned, and at the same time turned their heads to look at the past, and after seeing that it was Zhang Qingshan, they consciously moved to their respective sides, making room for Zhang Qingshan to sit, but they still didn't say a word.

"Lao Liu, it's rare that you and Lao Peng can be so silent when you get together, what's going on?"

After finishing speaking, after seeing Liu Bing squinting at him, he still lowered his head and 'smoked' a cigarette, and was silent. Zhang Qingshan turned his head and glanced at Peng Peng on the right again, and saw that this guy didn't look at it at all, but frowned, and 'smoked' a cigarette in a big gulp.

This aroused Zhang Qingshan's curiosity even more.

It can be seen that these two guys are so careless about themselves, as a last resort, Zhang Qingshan has to ask for help.

"Old Zhou, what's wrong with them?"

Zhou Ping smiled bitterly, shook his head, and then looked down at the barley flour in the pot, and felt that it was almost there, so he put away the grain bag. While fastening the button on the grain bag, he quickly glanced at Zhang Qingshan, then looked at Liu Bing and Peng Peng, shook his head slightly at Zhang Qingshan, and after snorting his mouth, he left with the grain bag.

Zhang Qingshan couldn't figure out what Zhou Ping's 'color' meant, so he had no choice but to ask Lao Wang.

"Lao Wang, tell me what happened?"

"I don't know. After replying with a smile, he put the lid of the pot on the pot, put the long spoon on the lid, and instructed a soldier of the cooking squad next to him to be optimistic about the barley powder in the pot, stir it when it comes out, he stood up, patted his buttocks, and left.

At this moment, Zhang Qingshan's heart was a little angry: You usually ask me for cigarettes, but it's very affectionate, not to mention the company commander, just treat me as an ancestor. It's okay now, something I don't know is, ask you about it, you guys are so ruthless?

The anger in his heart is angry, and Zhang Qingshan, who has already had some city governments, can't do anything to get angry immediately, but his heart is unhappy after all, so he has to joke: "Lao Liu, it's hard to say, you both have been 'touched' on the head by wild ghosts, so there will be such a big change?"

"You just got 'touched' on the head by a ghost. ”

After Liu Bing scolded Zhang Qingshan angrily, he lowered his head and 'smoked' again.

Look at Liu Bing again, he still has the same look of not being allowed to enter.

At this time, their indifferent attitude finally angered Zhang Qingshan.

"Are you two still *** Lao Tzu your company commander?" Zhang Qingshan stood up suddenly, slapped his big 'leg', pointed at this, and pointed at that, and said in a deep voice: "If you really take Lao Tzu as your comrade, say it if you have something, otherwise, don't pretend to be a soft egg in front of Lao Tzu who can't beat a fart with three sticks." Say, what happened?"

Liu Bing and Peng Peng didn't expect Zhang Qingshan to suddenly get angry, and looked up at Zhang Qingshan a little uncomfortably for a while, and then glanced at each other again, frowning at the same time.

But just when the two of them wanted to say it, they heard the direction of the gunshots just now, and suddenly remembered "Bang, bang, bang!" three gunshots. However, the other party may be afraid that the gunfire of the box cannon before was small, and Zhang Qingshan and their side couldn't hear it, so this time it was the sound of a rifle. Moreover, it is still the method of contact with the guns temporarily stipulated by the Red Second Front: one long and two short!

The other party actually used gunfire to send two contact signals in such a short period of time, indicating that the other party was very anxious, that is, something bad must have happened on the other side, otherwise, the break would not be like this.

Almost everyone looked in the direction where the gunshots came from for the first time, and Zhang Qingshan and the three were no exception.

It's just that because Liu Bing and Peng Peng have something on their minds, they don't care much. And Zhang Qingshan took the opportunity to look at the torch light that was already only a small size in the security class, and felt that no matter what he did now, he couldn't help, it was better to ask what happened to the two guys around him, so he only glanced at the two people around him.

Seeing that he couldn't ask, Zhang Qingshan had to find another way.

took out the cigarette box from his pocket, deliberately 'smoked' a cigarette slowly, and deliberately lit the cigarette on the cigarette box to put it in normal times, not to mention that Zhang Qingshan took out a cigarette and didn't hurry to put the cigarette box away, even if he had a cigarette action, the two around him would also keep an eye on it for the first time, so as to determine which pocket Zhang Qingshan put the cigarette in.

But now it made Zhang Qingshan a little depressed, because he slowly put the cigarette box back in his pocket, picked up a piece of firewood to light the cigarette, and deliberately 'exposed' his right pocket.

However, Zhang Qingshan was more and more sure of one thing: something big had definitely happened, and it could only be more attractive than cigarettes that would make these two smokers give up smoking and focus on that big event.

"I said, everyone is a comrade and a comrade-in-arms, what's the matter, can you not hide it from me?"

Liu Bing probably felt that although these two things were 'private' matters between himself and Peng Peng, Zhang Qingshan asked again and again, if he didn't say it, it was indeed a bit unkind, and he was sorry for the title of 'comrade-in-arms'.

After glancing at Peng Peng, he leaned closer to Zhang Qingshan and whispered the reason in his ear.

Just now, Liu Bing and Peng Peng went to visit the three soldiers who fainted from hunger, and coincidentally, the two were familiar with two of them. After the two of them came to their senses, the four of them naturally wanted to talk affectionately, and while talking, they naturally asked about the situation of their own troops, and as a result, something sad for the two of them came.

The reason for Liu Bing's sadness was that his company, due to various reasons, had an accident. As far as that comrade knows, in addition to the platoon that Liu Bing is now leading, the other two platoons, those who have straggled, those who died of wounded and sick, and those who left quietly, are counted together, and at least 15 people are buried here. Coupled with the losses in the Swallow's Mouth Blockade, they lost almost one-third of their personnel.

As the company commander of the company, he has always been arrogant, and when he suddenly learned of such a situation, it was strange that Liu Bing was in a good mood.

"Could it be a rumor...... Are you sure?"

"That comrade is a communications soldier in our battalion, and I have spoken to him several times before. ”

Zhang Qingshan sighed in his heart, not only because he was sad for Liu Bing, but also because he was worried about the current situation of the main force, and even more worried about what happened to the assault company...... I just hope they are auspicious!

"Alas~!" Zhang Qingshan looked up at the starry sky, and after a long sigh, he patted Liu Bing's shoulder and comforted: "Old Liu, now, we can't do anything about this matter, we can only ...... Hey~!Oh no!"