Chapter 52: Death Deserved
readx;? Time passed day by day, but there was no news about Captain Wang and their robbery of important strategic materials of the devils, and this kind of time of boiling frogs in warm water made all the people who stayed in the small mountain village gradually feel a little uneasy. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In addition to taking care of Team Leader Guan and Qiao Xiaojing, Cuiyu often went to the entrance of the village to inquire about Captain Wang's news, and every time she was naturally disappointed, of course, who could know the news of the front line in the small mountain village?
The political commissar and the monkey were able to endure at first, knowing that this battle would not end soon, but as time went by, they could not sit still, and they always looked out of the ditch when they had nothing to do, hoping to see Captain Wang and them earlier.
Three days passed, and the guerrillas who remained in the small mountain village became anxious, and the pessimistic and heavy mood gradually penetrated into every corner like air.
Even the always firm team leader Guan began to worry, and she kept muttering--- "Captain, they've been out for a few days, and they should come back......"
How could Jade turn a deaf ear, Team Leader Guan's words were like a sharp knife, piercing her heart, she knew that it was because of her own words that Captain Wang made up her mind to carry out this battle, if something really happened, she would not be able to redeem her body.
The day before Captain Wang and the others returned, Cuiyu noticed that many guerrillas, including those in skirts and kitchen knives, looked at her no longer friendly, and some even had murderous in their eyes.
Jade felt fear, fear like never before, the fear that could be attacked or lose her life at any moment.
Cuiyu tried her best to hide in the infirmary during the day, either scrubbing and scrubbing her body for Team Leader Guan, or nagging Qiao Xiaojing about some of the depression in her heart, or rubbing Qiao Xiaojing's muscles and bones, in short, trying her best to forget her fear through busyness.
In the evening, except for the comrades who had been on guard, the rest of the comrades of the guerrillas returned to their dormitories, and she secretly walked out of the infirmary alone and came to the entrance of the village alone, expecting to hear the news of Captain Wang and them, even if it was even a little bit......
Fortunately, on the afternoon of the fifth day, Captain Wang came back with a dozen brothers.
When Captain Wang and the others returned, the entire guerrilla garrison immediately boiled, and almost all the men, women, and children of the small mountain village walked out of their homes, and they lined up to welcome the returning heroes.
Although the procession was large when they set out, with nearly 100 men, when they came back there were only a dozen or so people left, and none of them were left in the column, all of them were disabled--- one of them lost his right eye, one lost his left arm, and one lost his right leg.
It's heart-wrenching and chilling to watch.
The political commissar had already asked the cooks to prepare a welcome banquet, but they didn't know the exact time when Captain Wang and they would return, so they had to be ready at all times, and when they entered the small mountain village, the cooks began to stir-fry, boil, and steam.
But now, in the face of such a tragic situation, the cooks didn't know if it was suitable for a banquet, so they put the ice pot on the cold stove, squatted on the threshold of the kitchen, and smashed the cigarette roll.
"What's the matter, I'm back from nine deaths, don't you even have a hot meal?" Captain Wang and the political commissar came to the kitchen, and when they saw that all the lettuce and cold vegetables were on the board, they said jokingly.
"Do, do, do it!" The cook, a middle-aged man, saw that Captain Wang was emotional, not depressed at all, and immediately smiled innocently, tied an apron and began to stir-fry.
From the moment Captain Wang and them returned to the welcome banquet, everyone wanted to know why there were so many casualties, and they all wanted to know what the whole battle was like, but no one dared to inquire about it, which Captain Wang knew, he didn't want everyone to speculate for no reason, and during the meal, he took the initiative to talk about the battle and introduced the battle to everyone.
Through Captain Wang's introduction, it was learned that in this battle, in order to transport strategic materials, the Japanese devils arranged two reinforced companies in front of the special train to open the way, and two reinforced companies were arranged behind the special train to escort them.
Captain Wang led the guerrillas to a hundred people, although they entered the predetermined location early, but there was a lot of trouble in setting up an ambush, and several times they almost encountered the devil patrol, but fortunately, the terrain was complicated, which was conducive to concealment, so as to avoid exposing their whereabouts in advance.
The guerrillas took a great detour to enter the ambush site, and there were still three and a half hours before the arrival of the special train for the devils to transport strategic supplies, and during this time, it was completely feasible to lay explosives on the railways near the line of attack.
Time passed minute by minute, the devil's train was getting closer and closer, everyone was anxious, and the guerrillas stared at the patrolling devils and the cold railroad tracks, at a loss.
At this time, the leader of the group of the sudden attack ran over, took the initiative to apply to form a fire line death squad with his team members, and decided to carry out a surprise blast in the limited time before the end of the last devil patrol and the arrival of the special train, blowing up the railroad tracks, and preventing the devil train from moving forward.
Everyone knows that they are undoubtedly giving up their lives before the battle even starts, and everyone doesn't want them to do it, but what else can they do?
Attacking a group of more than 20 soldiers, each carrying dozens of pounds of explosives, the last group of patrols of the devils just left and climbed out of the bunker, rushing towards the direction of the railway, when they were less than ten meters away from the tracks, the train that opened the way for the special train had already passed, and the rows of guns on the train were aimed at this wave of soldiers who put life and death out of the way, and the bullets hit them like dense raindrops, and many people were shot dozens of times and fell on the side of the tracks one after another.
Big Nose, Flat Head and Aiping were shot several times, but they couldn't get up, and with the support of strong willpower, they climbed to the edge of the railroad tracks inch by inch, and struggled to fix the explosive bag to the rails......
Captain Wang pursed his lips tightly, paused for about ten seconds, coughed twice, and then continued to talk to everyone.
With a loud bang, the mountains shook, a huge "mushroom cloud" rose to the ground, the blasted railroad tracks flipped in midair, and the thick black smoke faintly revealed broken clothes and detached limbs.
At that moment, all the partisans were about to suffocate and stopped breathing......
Captain Wang paused again, he bit his lip, his eyes full of sadness and tears.
The eyes of the others at the dinner table, including the political commissar, the monkey, and the jade, were moist.
"Captain Wang, let's eat first, and then let's talk about it. The commissar obviously didn't want to watch Captain Wang go into pain.
Captain Wang politely declined the political commissar's kindness, but he thought it necessary to tell everyone about it.
The devil saw with his own eyes that the railroad tracks were blown up, but the train that opened the way for the special train did not have time to brake, rushed over, and then overturned, the special train transporting important strategic materials was not far from the train that opened the road, and it had collided before it had time to brake, and the train behind the pad naturally did not escape the fate of rear-end collision, and the three trains staged a good show of serial collisions.
Then the vicious battle began, and the devils who did not die crawled out of the train like maggots, and the devils patrolling along the railway also swarmed when they heard the explosion, and the two sides began to attack.
After all, there is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and the enemy, and even if each of our fighters kills ten devils, we will not see the reduction of devils, and we will obviously vacate a position if we sacrifice a fighter......
The devils' firepower became greater and stronger, but none of the guerrillas flinched, on the contrary, they were high-spirited and determined not to let the devils leave with strategic materials.
Seeing that there were not many fighters left around me, just when everyone was determined to gather grenades and bombs in a last-ditch effort to blow up the enemy's strategic supplies, suddenly a contingent of seven or eight hundred men, and a regular army with much more advanced weapons than the guerrillas, rushed over.
Later, I learned that this team was a reinforced battalion of a certain regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and that they were ordered by the brigade headquarters to set up an ambush in a valley five miles away.
After nearly five hours of fierce fighting, all the devils who transported strategic materials were annihilated, and the strategic materials were transported to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
It turned out that the second theater had obtained information in advance on the grounds that the accuracy of the intelligence could not be determined, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army understood the seriousness of the materials and decided to intercept them.
The mission was carried out by the reinforced battalion that later joined the battle, and they were also determined to complete the mission, no matter what the heavy cost.
"It seems that our operation is very meaningful. The commissar said excitedly.
"Yes, it is of great significance!" Captain Wang continued without swallowing a mouthful of potatoes, "Even the head of the Eighth Route Army has spoken, even if it is to fight out a battalion of troops, as long as this batch of materials can be looted, or destroyed, it is worth it." Think about it, how glorious and glorious it is that such a glorious and arduous task has allowed our place to take the lead in arming and become the main force?"
When Captain Wang said this, he stood up, picked up a bowl of wine and left the table, raised the wine above his head and shouted: "Brothers, you are all heroes, go all the way!"
Then, the bowl of wine was sprinkled on the ground.
The others also stood up, and each of them left the table with a bowl of wine, and spilled it on the floor.
"After cleaning up the battlefield, the commander of the reinforced battalion asked their soldiers to bury our fallen comrades with the highest military courtesy, and stood in front of their bones and praised them as the greatest soldiers. Captain Wang stood in the middle of the group, and when he spoke, he was very excited, and the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground.
The commissar continued: "Great people do not die, their bodies may die, but their greatness will live longer than time." There is no reason to be pessimistic when we live with such great warriors, on the contrary, we should be optimistic and open-minded, because the great light will guide us to the light. ”
The room remembered the long-lasting applause, and everyone, including Jade, had tears in their eyes.