Chapter 51: Talking to Zicheng (I)
The courage of the "Royal Cat" boosted the morale of the scouts, and the hated bullets and grenades rained down on the Vietnamese troops. Suddenly, the sound of gunshots, grenade explosions, and shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth. The Vietnamese soldiers were beaten and frightened by this ferocious attack, and the dead bodies lay on the ground, and the remaining Vietnamese soldiers lost their armor and fled for their lives.
But at this moment, a criminal 60 mortar shell of the Vietnamese army exploded next to the "Royal Cat".
"Big brother! ......" Zhan Zhizhan desperately pounced on the "Royal Cat".
Zhan Zhizhan held the "Royal Cat" in his arms, and his tears poured out like a spring, mixed with the blood of the "Royal Cat". Zhan Zhizhan hugged the "royal cat" tightly and called out urgently: "Big brother, big brother, big brother...... Wake up! ……”
"Royal Cat" seemed to hear Zhan Zhizhan's call, opened his eyes with difficulty, moved his lips, and made a faint voice intermittently: "Brother, you...... You...... Are you okay? I...... Good...... Thirsty! ……”
Zhan Zhizhan took off the military kettle, and at a glance, the kettle was full of bullet holes, like a hornet's nest, and the water had already leaked. Zhan Zhizhan looked back at the "Royal Cat", and the eyes of the "Royal Cat" had closed. "Royal Cat" went, the son of a pair of elderly parents, the father of a young child, and the husband of a weak wife. He! And so it went. "Royal Cat" went, but he went so heroically! The valley fell silent, the trees did not shake, the grass did not move, as if they were mourning for the martyrs!
Hearing Zhan Zhizhan's hoarse cry, Wen Yan crawled to Zhan Zhizhan and the "Royal Cat", grabbed the body of the "Royal Cat" and shook it and exclaimed: "'Royal Cat' big brother! Big brother of 'Royal Cat'! Wake up! Wake up! ……”
"Monkey" rolled a few times and came to Zhan Zhizhan and "Royal Cat", he couldn't help but be shocked, saying that he couldn't believe his eyes. The "monkey" exclaimed, "Old company commander, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? ……”
"Hai Dongqing" was the last to come. "Hai Dongqing" crawled over, his left thigh was broken, and Wen Yannan hurriedly bandaged his wound. The shouts of the comrades-in-arms covered up the crying, and the gunfire in the sky covered out the shouts of the comrades.
The "monkey" stood up suddenly, sobbing at the body of the "royal cat" and shouted loudly: "Old company commander, you go slowly, wait for me!" I'm going to take revenge on you and kill all these bitches! If you don't kill all these bitches, I'll go over there with you, and we'll still be brothers! ……” "You stop for Lao Tzu! ......" Zhan Zhizhan grabbed the wrist of the "monkey".
"Let go of me, I'm going to fight with the Vietnamese little devil and avenge the old company commander! ......" "Monkey" desperately tried to break free.
Zhan Zhizhan said in an unusually serious tone: "'Monkey'! You're so fucking stunned with the two of us, I can't fix you, what's wrong? Death and life are broad, and Zicheng said. Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. I made an appointment with my eldest brother to go home together, I ordered you not to send him to death, and to accompany my eldest brother home, this is an order! Did you hear me clearly? If you still think of yourself as a soldier, you should keep in mind the "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions", do you understand? ……”
"I ...... Old company commander! ......" and "monkey" suddenly pounced on the body of the "royal cat" and cried bitterly.
Zhan Zhizhan roared at the "monkey": "'Monkey'! Put away your tears! You're still not a standing peeing man? Is he a revolutionary soldier! Men don't flick when they have tears, you are a scout who represents the elite power of the people's army, and I feel blushing and blushing for you when I learn from the old ladies in front of me! ……”
At this time, the gunfire suddenly became intense. Wen Yannan shouted to me: "Brother 'Camel', the enemy is rushing up again!" ……”
"Hai Dongqing" struggled to prop himself up with the "Bayi Bar" and said: "I said 'camel', I can't go anyway, I'll cover you, you go quickly!" 'Monkey', you and 'Camel' carry the 'Royal Cat' on your back. ……”
Zhan Zhizhan grabbed the shoulder of "Hai Dongqing" and said, "Don't say it again!" We are brothers who live and die together, even if I die, I can't leave you alone, who do you think I am? ……” "Hai Dongqing" heard Zhan Zhizhan's words, coupled with the specific mood at that particular moment, his eyes couldn't help but shine with crystal tears. Perhaps it was because of the high tension in his nerves that he couldn't control his emotions well, or maybe it was because the severe pain of the wound caused the lacrimal glands to be more developed. Soon, two lines of clear tears flowed uncontrollably from his eyes. "Hai Dongqing" shouted with a crying voice; "I beg you, 'camel'! You don't care about me, it's one by one who can get out alive. If we delay like this, we'll all have to stay here! ……”
"No, I'm going to carry you back! ......" Zhan Zhizhan said resolutely.
Before Zhan Zhizhan's words fell, "Hai Dongqing" quickly pulled out the May Fourth style, opened the insurance, put it on his temple, and shouted hoarsely in a tragic tone: "'Camel', I beg you, get out of here quickly!" If you don't leave, I'll shoot myself!" ……” Zhan Zhizhan raised his palms in anger. Everyone can see that he really wants to give "Hai Dongqing" a mouthful.
"'Hai Dongqing', you can't ......" "Monkey" was shocked by "Hai Dongqing", and he took a step forward to persuade "Hai Dongqing".
Before the words of "monkey" were finished, "Hai Dongqing" shouted hoarsely: "Hurry up!" ……”
With tears in her eyes, Wen Yannan helped the "monkey" use a rope to tie the body of the "royal cat" tightly to Zhan Zhizhan's back. Suddenly, "Hai Dongqing" shouted to Zhan Zhizhan: "'Camel', don't forget me!" ……”
Zhan Zhizhan looked back and saw "Hai Dongqing" hiding behind the stone and waving at him one last time, Zhan Zhizhan couldn't help but burst into tears. In front of "Hai Dong Qing", the figure of the Vietnamese army has loomed. "Hai Dong Qing" began to shoot calmly, temporarily suppressing the Vietnamese army. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhan Zhizhan carried the "Royal Cat" on his back, and separated from the area of battle with the "Monkey" and Wen Yannan.
Gradually, the gunfire quieted down and suddenly stopped, and after a brief interval there was the sound of a violent explosion of grenades. Then everything fell silent. Zhan Zhizhan and the "monkey" and Wen Yannan stopped, and Wen Yannan grabbed Zhan Zhizhan's arm tightly, so hard, and then heard her sobbing.
Zhan Zhizhan wiped his tears mixed with sweat with his sleeve, and said firmly: "Hurry up!" All the way north! After getting rid of the Vietnamese monkeys, turn back to the east. Then, return to Nagqu Village! ……”
Wen Yannan asked puzzledly: "Brother 'Camel', do we want to come back?" ……”
Zhan Zhizhan nodded, and said with a cold face: "Yes!" We have to collect the body of 'Hai Dongqing'! ……”
The mountains were continuous, the forests were as deep as the sea, and finally the Vietnamese army was thrown off. The "monkey" went to the front with a machete and began to turn to the east. Wen Yannan walked in the middle, and Zhan Zhizhan walked at the end with the body of the "Royal Cat" on his back.
Zhan Zhizhan hoped that the sun would come out soon so that he could judge the direction at any time, but the sunlight could not penetrate this tree-covered subtropical rainforest at all. The feet are covered with a thick layer of humus, which is wet all year round, and when you step on it, it turns into saprolite, and it gives off a pungent stench. The thick humus layer did not reach the calf, and Zhan Zhizhan trudged with difficulty with the remains of the "Royal Cat" on his back. The pungent rancid stench rushed straight to his head, and Zhan Zhizhan felt dizzy and wanted to vomit.
It was easy to walk to the place where the trees were sparse, Zhan Zhizhan just breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly, there was a muffled sound of "boom", and a cloud of "black mist" flew up. Not good! The "monkey" has stabbed into a hornet's nest! Wasps in subtropical primeval forests are large enough to sting people to death. Zhan Zhizhan was stunned and didn't know how to deal with it.
"Brother Monkey, jump into the water! ......" Wen Yannan shouted "monkey" while turning around and running over, grabbed Zhan Zhizhan and jumped into the stream next to him, and sank into the water with Zhan Zhizhan in his arms.
The "monkey" also jumped into the stream under the chase of the wasps, and the subsequent hornets could only roar on the surface of the water and could not do anything about it. After a while, Zhan Zhizhan and the "monkey" and Wen Yannan couldn't hold their breath, and stuck their heads out of the water to breathe, and when the wasps saw it, they desperately swooped down. But as soon as they approached the water, the three of them were submerged underwater, and many wasps were swept away by the rapids. The three of them couldn't hold it back, and they came to the surface again, and the wasps attacked and sank again. In this way, the hornets that were eager to attack were constantly swept away by the rapids, and only a handful of the huge swarm remained, and the hornets did not dare to fight, so they flew away and disappeared into the jungle.
After the hornet flew away, Wen Yannan let go of Zhan Zhizhan and climbed ashore. Zhan Zhizhan ran to a big rock, untied the body of the "royal cat", put it under a tree, unloaded his weapons and equipment, took off his wet military uniform, wrung water, and dried on the big stone. It was only then that Zhan Zhizhan felt the sun shining warmly on his body, and he stretched out his head to look over there, where the "monkey" had already stripped off his clothes and was also lying on the stone to bask in the sun. However, Wen Yannan did not shy away from suspicion, and stripped naked by the stream and wrung water.
Zhan Zhizhan couldn't help but shake his head, and muttered in his heart: "Alas...... Zi said, 'Don't see, don't listen, don't speak, don't move.' 'These Nizi, who are crawling and rolling in the flames of war, why do you take the defense of men and women so seriously? Obediently boom, fried green onions in lard! Although the times have progressed, it will not be like what Master Meng said, 'men and women do not kiss', and they can't take it seriously in front of the old man! ……”
Zhan Zhizhan was afraid of offending Wen Yannan, so he hurriedly shrank his head and turned his gaze to the side. Wen Yannan had already seen Zhan Zhizhan's actions, smiled slightly, and after drying her clothes, she walked straight behind the big stone naked.
"'Monkey', come and do me a favor! ......" Zhan Zhizhan shouted to the "monkey" after putting on his weapons and equipment.
"'Camel', you're tired of carrying the corpse of the old company commander alone, let's carry it. ......" said the "monkey".
"What's up? ......" Zhan Zhizhan was a little confused.
The "monkey" quickly came back with two bamboos, made a simple stretcher out of rope, and tied the body of the "royal cat" to the stretcher. Zhan Zhizhan raised the front, and the "monkey" and Wen Yannan raised the back, so that Zhan Zhizhan did save a lot of effort.
The woods gradually thinned, and in order to adjust the dull atmosphere, Zhan Zhizhan wanted to tell a joke to the "monkey" carrying the body of the "royal cat" behind him, but just as he was about to say it, he suddenly felt empty under his feet, and he swallowed back his words in shock. Zhan Zhizhan realized that he had fallen into the trap of the Vietnamese army. He wanted to jump up and jump over the trap, but with the "Royal Cat" in his hand, he could only instinctively let go of his hand and take advantage of the inertia of falling into the trap to jerk forward. Luckily, two hands reached the ground across the trap, and the ten fingers that had been trained for many years were like steel claws, digging deep into the dirt beneath the weeds. This is the result of Zhan Zhizhan's perennial practice of family martial arts, that is, it is all based on feeling, and there is no time for you to think about what to do.