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Hearing Zhang Qingshan's words, not only Zhou Ping, but even Zhou Baoyu were stunned, and then, the three of them were silent, because the three of them also knew that Zhang Qingshan's words were an unwilling exclamation of extreme disappointment, just because the three of them understood: I am afraid that no one will survive on the dirt slope. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

What's more, shock!

Although the Central Red Army also mentioned it at the beginning: sometimes, it is a piece of death. But when they heard and were about to witness this scene with their own eyes, the hearts of the three of them were still terrified - how could they die in pieces?

"Go check it out!"

Zhang Qingshan shouted, and was about to rush forward. Zhou Ping, who was behind him, was startled, and shouted desperately: "There is a swamp ahead, detour!

Zhang Qingshan was not carried away by this horror in the end, and hurriedly ran to the left to make a detour.

Zhou Ping followed closely, and did not forget to turn around and shout to Zhou Baoyu, who quickly climbed ashore: "Baoyu, take care of the horses, follow the detour, don't run around." ”

Zhou Baoyu was complaining and frightened at this time, and when he heard this, he didn't dare to refute, put on his clothes and pants that he hadn't had time to wash, and hurriedly went to lead a few people's horses, and didn't forget to shout: "Don't run so fast, wait for me." ”

After Zhang Qingshan rushed up the dirt slope, he was stunned on the spot with just one glance, and his eyes were full of shock: one glance swept over, and there were no less than twenty people. Lying down, lying down, sitting back to back...... Unlike the bones of the previous ones, all that remained were skeletons of bones, and they had apparently been dead for a long time. And these people have yellow and thin faces, closed eyes, but their expressions are very stable before they die, and some of them still have mud on their faces, obviously, they are already very tired when they come here, and they can't even care to wash their faces, so they can't wait to rest, and at the same time, it is certain that they died almost at the same time. What's even more unacceptable is that they should be dressed in the Red Second Front Army, and they are comrades-in-arms in the same unit as Zhang Qingshan, and their bodies are still there, obviously, they haven't been dead for long.

Zhang Qingshan has also seen and personally experienced life and death, for example, in the Battle of Zhongbao, when the bodies of more than 300 comrades who died were parked together, Zhang Qingshan at that time only had grief and anger, but he definitely did not feel weird, because after all, fighting a war is to kill people. But now in this scene, there is no blood, no fighting, the expression is serene, but the silence all around, because of this, it can make people feel frightened and sad in their hearts, and there is even a faint despair rising under the blow......

"Lao Zhang, what's the matter...... This...... This ......" Zhou Ping rushed to Zhang Qingshan, and just opened his mouth to ask, but as soon as he saw this scene, he really couldn't ask the next words.

Perhaps Zhou Ping had been a soldier for a longer time than Zhang Qingshan, and his ability to withstand such a scene was stronger than Zhang Qingshan's, so after two consecutive "this" words, he slapped his thigh and shouted to Zhang Qingshan: "What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and see if there are any comrades alive." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, check, it's to check......" At this time, Zhang Qingshan's mind was blank, and when he heard Zhou Ping's reminder, he subconsciously nodded like a puppet. But after waiting for Zhou Ping to walk over quickly, he seemed to come back to his senses and followed to check.

After a hurried examination, it was determined that all twenty-three comrades had died. But there is one thing that is very strange: the five-pointed red star on their military caps is still there -- according to everyone's unwritten rules, once they feel that they have no hope of survival, they will take off the five-pointed red star on their military caps and hand them to their comrades-in-arms, asking them to help take them out of the grass. And the five-pointed red stars on their military caps are all there, and they are still dying so peacefully, which is by no means unusual, and it is more and more weird. It's as if they died in their sleep at the same time.

After Zhou Ping heard Zhang Qingshan's question, he thought about it, shook his head, and said: "Let's not talk about this problem first, let's first determine how many injured people are among these people, especially the minor and serious injuries must be clearly distinguished, and also, we must determine how much food they have left." ”

Another round of inspections made the problem even more confusing: there were six minor injuries, but not a single seriously injured. And their food, eleven people no longer have it, but there are still twelve people who have more or less some food on them. That is, these people did not die of disease or starvation, which makes it all the more certain that they died one after the other at the same time, and that they died defenselessly.

So, the biggest and most suspicious question arises: what is it that can make twenty-three outstanding Red Army soldiers die defenselessly in such a short time?

Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Ping stood at the highest place on the soil slope, looked at the bodies of their comrades-in-arms in front of them, smoked cigarettes, lit them, and looked at each other again, although they both knew the meaning of this glance, but no one spoke, as if they were afraid to know the answer.

In the end, it was Zhou Ping who opened his mouth first, with a bit of anger and unwillingness in his tone: "Lao Zhang, what do you think, what did you do? It can eat so many of our soldiers at once quietly, damn, the reactionaries don't have this ability, and it's too weird." ”

"There were no signs of battle around, and these people died so peacefully, obviously, it had nothing to do with weapons like ammunition...... But what it is, I can't figure it out for a while. Old Zhou, what do you think?"

"I couldn't figure it out for a moment. Zhou Ping shook his head, sighed, and said, "However, I am sure of one thing: no matter what it is, we must figure it out, otherwise, this is a huge hidden danger and a huge threat to the lives of the three of us." ”

At this time, Zhou Baoyu, who led the horse to their side, asked suddenly, "You say, could it be a ghost doing something?"

Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Ping glanced at him at the same time, and they didn't even bother to answer: We ** people are atheists, although this scene is indeed a little weird, and it can't be explained for a while, but the two believe that the reason why they can't explain it is only because they know less, or their knowledge is a little lacking, but one day it will definitely be solved.

After Zhou Baoyu got two white eyes, he touched the back of his head and smiled, muttering: "Even if it's not a ghost, then it shouldn't be all poisoned, right?"

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart!

Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Ping turned their heads to look at Zhou Baoyu almost at the same time, their eyes lit up, and they glanced at each other at the same time, nodded, wanting to show a little smile, but they couldn't hold back - there were so many sacrificed comrades on the side, and it would be too disrespectful for those sacrificed comrades-in-arms to laugh if they still laughed.

"Lao Zhang, you say, what kind of poisonous gas can have such great power, in such a short period of time, such a large range of so many soldiers are unaware of the attack?"

"As far as I know, there is miasma in the mountains, and there is a ...... in the plainlands Biogas!" Zhang Qingshan clapped his hands and said affirmatively: "Yes! It must be biogas!"

"Maybe the methane gas alone is not enough, you have to add some other poisonous gas or something, and then, in the middle of the night, when these comrades are asleep, the biogas slowly invades, so that so many comrades will be recruited. Otherwise, if it is placed in broad daylight, even if you don't see it, you should be able to smell it in advance. And there must be veterans among these people, as long as they smell poisonous gas or something, they will definitely not sit still. ”

Zhang Qingshan agrees. After thinking about it, he asked, "Lao Zhou, then you say, where did this biogas come from?

"I guess it's where Baoyu fell into just now, out of that big swamp. Otherwise, wherever there is a dirt slope, how can we not see a little swamp along the way? So, I don't think it's necessary to take turns on guard, unless there's a swamp where we sleep and rest. ”

"Well, I agree with that. Zhang Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, Lao Zhou, you go to make a fire to cook, Baoyu goes to wash his big leather clothes, and then wash the wild vegetables, and I'll dig a big pit...... No matter how you say it, they are also their own comrades, even if they don't run into them, if they do, they can't let them throw their corpses into the wilderness. ”

"Then we're going to sleep here tonight?" Zhou Baoyu glanced at the swamp with some fear.

"No, there are so many insecurity in this place, so we have to move fast and stay overnight until we find the next dry place. ”

The trio split up!

In fact, it is said that it is a dry place, but in this water meadow, how can there really be such a dry place on the land? And digging a pit is actually only digging big, but not deep, because often digging down about one meter, there will be water flooding through.

The soil is a little soft, but such a big pit is not so easy to dig, Zhou Baoyu came to help after washing the dishes, until Zhou Ping finished the meal, and this big pit was only half dug.

After the three of them finished eating, they continued to dig the pit until they finished digging and buried the bodies of twenty-three comrades.

In the small pocket that Zhou Ping kept, there were twenty-three more five-pointed red stars.

The three of them were not in a hurry to set off, just because Zhang Qingshan suddenly thought of a problem: since there were comrades in the same army here, they were faced with two big problems: First, the direction they were taking now was correct, at least it showed that the large army was also going in this direction, so the next step was to find the exact direction in which the large army left. In the past, the three of them only determined to go in a general direction, but now, they must have an accurate direction, otherwise, in this vast water meadow, a small deviation will be as far as a thousand miles; Second, it is very difficult to determine the time! But this is very difficult, because the climate of the water meadow is strange, and it is difficult to judge how long a person has been dead after he dies? That is to say, how long will Zhang Qingshan and the three of them have to catch up? Fortunately, this time problem is not a big problem, anyway, as long as they find the right direction, they can chase all the way. They believed that the three of them were lightly armed, and with their abundant physical strength, their foot strength was definitely faster than the advance speed of the starving and freezing main force.

Therefore, after a simple vote, the three of them unanimously agreed to use torches that they had not dared to use lightly before, and within a radius of 100 meters, little by little, to find the direction of the departure of the main force......