In the afternoon, the rain finally fell.

The rain was not too heavy, nor too small, and I could hear the rustling of the nearby leaves from the falling rain, and I could see that the water was cloudy, and the distant mountains were not visible, and the near distance was not clear.

A rugged mountain path has long been muddy, slippery if you step on a high place, sink if you step on a flat place, and there are patches of muddy yellow in the messy footprints, and more than a dozen figures are struggling to march in the rain.

The uniform had long since become soaking wet and dark gray, clinging to the skin, clearly revealing a strong backbone, crisscrossing the back with several folds of water, twisting with the movement of walking.

No matter what the leggings look like, they are all the same now, covered with mud, which makes Hu Yi very unhappy.

Suddenly, there was an exclamation, and the figure in the raincoat in front of him staggered, and even Hu Yi, who had been holding her arm by the side and back, almost fell.

"Doctor Zhou, are you alright?" asked Section Chief Xu from the front of the team.

"It's okay, it's okay. ”

"Not far ahead is Xiaoli Village, hold on for a while and you will arrive. After speaking, Section Chief Xu turned around and continued to walk.

"Can't you hold it steady?" Zhou Wanping, who was wearing a raincoat, muttered dissatisfiedly in front.

“......”

The path was narrow and steep, soaked in rain, and Hu Yi himself could not walk steadily. No matter how much this kind of errand is killed, it is not pleasing to be punished, Hu Yi thought in his heart, and raised his right hand, which had been stretched forward, a little higher, and gently supported it under the armpit of the raincoat, just in case she slipped again.

After a while, the muddy path finally became gentle, and when I lifted the curly brim of my hat dripping with rain, I saw a small village in front of me, looming in the rain and mist.

At this moment, the leaves of the trees not far away trembled, and a group of figures suddenly appeared in the woods on the side of the road in front.

Without thinking about it, he grabbed the raincoat with his right hand and pulled it hard, and directly knocked Zhou Wanping, who was walking in front of him, into the mud on the side of the road, and a female voice screamed.

There was a chaotic sound of bolts, and more than a dozen guns were flashed out in a panic, and those people on the opposite side also set out their muzzles in the rain, and the two sides watched each other confront each other vaguely through a rain curtain.

Section Chief Xu, who was at the front of the team, carefully looked at the figure opposite: "That part?"

"Kitayama regiment's. Where are you?"

"We are in the division. ”

"Shili...... of?"

Section Chief Xu put away his gun, walked forward for a while, saw the other party's outfit clearly, and shouted backwards: "My own people." Then he asked, "Where are you going?"

The person who accosted the other side looked at Section Chief Xu carefully, and motioned to his subordinates to put down their guns: "I want to go to Sleepy Horse Mountain, and I want to take shelter from the rain in the village and rest before leaving." My surname is Ye and I am a platoon leader. Then he took a few steps forward: "What do you call it?"

Section Chief Xu took the initiative to stretch out his hand: "My surname is Xu." ”

In the rain, the two sides shook hands.

Zhou Wanping sat in the mud, her whole body was dirty, the gray military uniform completely turned into a yellow military uniform, and even half of her face was splashed with mud when she fell, frowning and looking at Hu Yi: "I'm thinking...... I don't have to say thank you to you. ”

Hu Yi put away the gun, reluctantly walked into the mud on the side of the road, and stretched out his hand to her: "No." This is the job of a security officer. ”

......

It was getting dark, but the rain was still falling, and it didn't stop. The enthusiastic villagers vacated two adjacent courtyards, one for Ye Paichang and the other for Section Chief Xu.

Zhou Wanping and Section Chief Xu were talking about whether the village was suitable for setting up a field hospital in the house, and ten guards were roasting around the stove in the kitchen, occasionally muttering to each other, they were a guard squad that Section Chief Xu brought out of the division.

Hu Yi sat in the darkness in the corner of the kitchen, quietly watching the fire not far away.

I always feel that something is wrong, but I don't know what is wrong, and I am still thinking about this problem in my heart from the afternoon to now. There are more than 30 people in a standard platoon, one in the Czech style, and there is a fellow countryman in the team, and the platoon leader Ye has a northeast accent, so what's wrong? Why does it feel wrong? I thought carefully about it scene by scene......

Hu Yi stood up suddenly, his brows furrowed deeply in the light of the fire, and he said to the ten people by the stove in a deep voice: "Put out the stove!"

"What?" everyone twisted their necks and turned their heads, stunned.

"I said put out the stove! Quick!" Hu Yi repeated this sentence, opened the door curtain in a few big steps and entered the back room, ignoring the puzzled eyes of Zhou Wanping and Section Chief Xu, he went to the table and blew out the oil lamp, and suddenly the room fell into darkness, only the blue of the window and the sound of rain outside the window.

"You're ......," Section Chief Xu's tone was very dissatisfied.

Zhou Wanping was confused, so she was stunned in the dark and was silent.

The curtain rang, and two soldiers also entered the door of the inner room from the kitchen, afraid that this Doctor Zhou's guard was insane, and was ready to protect the chief.

Hu Yi tried to keep his voice as low as possible: "We're in trouble." ”

"What do you mean?"

"The guys next door...... It's the enemy!"

There was a loud sound in the darkness, and it seemed that something in Section Chief Xu's hand fell to the ground, and the inner room and kitchen were instantly silent.

"Remember when we met in the afternoon? After identifying ourselves, our people put away their guns, and they just lowered their guns! This is not the way to treat our own people, we are negligent!"

"This ...... The reason for this...... It's too reluctant, isn't it?" Section Chief Xu didn't dare to believe this, and recalled it carefully for a long time, and then said, "Say it again...... If they were enemies, how would we have survived to this point? Why didn't they shoot at the time?"

"I don't know, maybe they didn't react at the time, maybe they were afraid that there would be a team behind us, maybe they didn't want to fight a panicked close-range encounter, maybe it was something else......"

The room was silent again, Section Chief Xu was not a combatant, he had not participated in any battles, and the soldiers who brought this guard squad from the division headquarters usually stood guard and sentry, and they had little experience, let alone Zhou Wanping. Hu Yi could conclude that it was an enemy by the subtle act of holding the gun and collecting it, but the others in the room did not dare to rely on it.

The people in the room were all bored in the dark and did not speak, and Zhou Wanping opened her mouth to break the silence: "I believe what he said." Section Chief Xu, this kind of thing would rather be credible than credible!"

A word woke up the person in the dream, Section Chief Xu suddenly woke up, Zhou Wanping's words were not false at all, and quickly stood up and said to the black shadow at the door of the house: "Immediately arrange a guard, and send someone out to check the situation, let's prepare to leave......"

"Can't go out!" Section Chief Xu didn't have time to finish his words before he was interrupted by Hu Yi: "It's too late." They had enough men to circle the yard twice, and it had been so long since it got dark that it might have been laid out long ago. ”

"That'...... What should I do?" Section Chief Xu sat down weakly again.

This is already a dead place, isn't there only one left to wait for death? No one has any idea, Section Chief Xu has weak legs, and the guard squad leader has never experienced such an unfortunate situation and has no countermeasures.

Hu Yi in the dark took a deep breath, even if it was the worst case, he had to make arrangements, he didn't have to expect them to speak, and unceremoniously began to arrange directly to the squad leader: "There are two front windows and one back window in this house, and the rest of the people hurriedly moved the things in the house to block the kitchen door, the higher the block, the better, the thicker the better." Section Chief Xu, Dr. Zhou, you two will go to the kitchen now. ”

There are no windows in the kitchen, so if you block the door, you can hold it for a while, and it can be used as a temporary safe position and a reserve; use the inner room as a position, put three people, pour one and immediately make up one from the kitchen, the most afraid is the grenade, maybe one wave will have to fall three, ten soldiers, you can eat three waves, and then it will be over, but if you don't do this, what can you do? At least you won't die so quickly.

Immediately the house began to rattle, the warriors were busy in the darkness in a panic, tables, cabinets, pots and pans, bedding and pillows, firewood and miscellaneous items were all piled up in the kitchen door. Under the window, there was a soldier on the left and right, and in the corner under the rear window, a soldier was also squatting, holding a gun and watching, and the others all entered the kitchen, lying on their stomachs or curling up.

Hu Yi tore down the door curtain, threw his hand on the pile of debris in the kitchen door behind him, held the handle of the rifle in his right hand, put the gun on his right shoulder, leaned against the door frame of the kitchen and the inside, and quietly looked at the window in the room.

should have figured it out a long time ago, after being idle in the hospital for so many days, I lost my vigilance, and now it's late, Hu Yi blamed himself in his heart: Others have nothing to do with me, but ...... Hurt Dr. Zhou.

Although it was dark and rainy outside, and there was no chance, all of them would become targets if they rushed out, but if they did not break through, they would definitely be a dead end. The idea of stopping Section Chief Xu from going out on the spot just now was actually purposeful, in order to leave a glimmer of hope for Zhou Wanping and herself to break through. At the right time, the order to break through will still be issued, and the breakthrough cannot be carried out while the enemy is waiting, but after the enemy launches an attack, after Section Chief Xu and the surviving guard squad soldiers start to break through first, and then lead Zhou Wanping to break through, using their attraction in front of them, only then can they have the opportunity to find the direction with the greatest chance of survival. But even so...... The chance is not big, let's see your fate, I'm sorry everyone! I can only blame your life for not being as expensive as Dr. Zhou's Jin, I hope she is the real Jingui life.

It was pitch black, and all you could hear was the sound of the dripping rain, the water sliding down the roof, falling to the eaves, and smashing against the walls, crackling irregularly, and I could hear every drop, including the heartbeat.

"Dr. Zhou. Hu Yi broke the silence in the room in a low voice.

"Hmm. Zhou Wanping's voice was like a mosquito chirping.

"After me. ”

After a burst of sound, Hu Yi, who was leaning against the door frame, felt the panicked heartbeat behind him.

"Squat down against the wall, no matter what happens, don't leave the position, don't cover your ears. ”

"Hmm. ”

Then the darkness of the house fell silent again, and only the rain outside the house sounded noisily, obscuring all the sound outside......