Chapter 635: Bringing the Martyrs Home (Ask for Order, Ask for Support)

The earthquake of magnitude 5.7, when Wang Ye heard it for the first time, he thought it would not be very serious.

But when he really arrived at the scene, Wang Ye put away this thought.

The ground cracked, the houses collapsed, and then local officials came in as they began their rescue efforts.

Wang Ye briefly understood the situation.

The epicenter is located in the middle of the mountain on one side, and the town is the closest nearby, so this area is the most affected.

A total of six houses collapsed, not counting the cracks.

So far, the firefighters from the county have come over, but the firefighters from the surrounding towns have gone to the nearby towns to check the situation.

Without further ado, the situation is not serious, but it is not good.

Of the six houses that collapsed, three of the people in them escaped, but the other three crushed people, and they were all old people.

"Old man~"

In front of him, the cry of sorrow kept coming.

Wang Ye's mood was heavy.

The damage caused by the earthquake was not devastating, but there were still people who were martyred.

The first time they came here just now, under the half-collapsed house, after Wang Ye led people to risk rescue excavation, although they found people, but when they found them, they were no longer breathing.

This is a red brick house, it collapsed and was hit, and the chances of survival are too small.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Ye looked at the soldiers on the side and whispered, "Go!" Let's go into town to help! ”

There is no time to grieve, although the old woman has lost her husband who depends on her, Wang Ye also feels blocked when he looks at her, but at this time, he has no time to stay and be sad as a soldier.

I didn't bother to tell the old man that people can't be resurrected after death.

At this time, the old man will not want to hear this.

With a heavy heart, Wang Ye led people into the village with the help of flashlights from the local people.

In fact, at this point, there is no more work in the village that needs to be rescued.

When Wang Ye and the others came, this was the only disaster site where the local forces did not have time to rescue and excavate.

But this doesn't mean that Wang Ye and they have nothing to do now.

None of the townspeople were allowed to enter their rooms tonight.

Relief supplies are coming from outside, and everyone can go and help carry them and help set up camp.

There are also various other post-disaster prevention and control efforts.

For most of the night, it was not until more than two o'clock in the morning that the entire fourth company reassembled.

"Comrade, thank you very much for your help!"

The local county magistrate held Wang Ye's hand and held it very tightly.

Wang Ye said in a deep voice: "Comrade county magistrate, if you say this, you will see the outside, we are soldiers!" ”

"Well, yes, I'm out, but I still have to thank you!"

"Okay, but Comrade County Magistrate, now you should go back to preside over the work, and we are ready to leave!"

The people of the whole town have been properly settled.

At this point, Wang Ye was ready to take people away.

Although there are enough local relief supplies, they can stay here.

But Wang Ye has their own tasks.

Training, we have to continue.

"This comrade, can't you really delay you for two minutes?"

At this time, a woman in the back stepped forward with a microphone and couldn't help but speak.

Before, Wang Ye asked people to stop them from filming the people of their company, but now on the Internet, the cavalry rushing to the disaster area is very curious, and the heat is very high.

"No way!" Wang Ye turned his head expressionlessly and spoke, and even said: "Comrade reporter, we belong to the secret army, so it is inconvenient to accept interviews!" ”

Secret troops, Wang Ye is nonsense, the cavalry company is not arranged in the DZ grassland, in fact, there is no need to keep it secret in China, the whole world knows that the flower grower has cavalry.

It's not strange that one appears now, and the only person who really needs to be kept secret is Wang Ye.

Without waiting for the reporter to say more, after Wang Ye and the county magistrate let go of their hands, they turned around and gave an order.

"Get on the horse!"

The rescue has ended for the fourth company, and the situation has been reported to the regiment headquarters, and the order to go back and continue the training has also been obtained.

"Bang ~ Bang ~ Open the door!"

Early in the morning, outside a certain house in the military family courtyard, there was a knock on the door!

"It's coming, it's coming! What's wrong? ”

A woman who looked to be in her forties and fifties hurried over and opened the door.

"Where's your bastard son?"

"What do you mean, it's not yours, is it?" When the woman heard the man's words, she immediately became annoyed.

"Humph!" The man had a dark face, and no longer defended himself, and walked into the house with an angry look.

It's just that the next moment, he was blocked by his wife again.

"Eh, wait, what's wrong with you?

You're like this when you come back from duty, who messed with you again?

Nan Qiao, you scolded and scolded the day before yesterday, and beat and beaten, but now it's all over, what are you going to do? The woman hurried to stop him from speaking.

She can see her husband's appearance, and if she doesn't stop it, she must be going to clean up her son.

It's just that in the face of her complaints and obstructions, her husband did not explain.

"Go away!"

After saying something with a dark face, he pulled his wife away and went straight to his son's room.

"Bang!"

No knocking, just a kick.

Xu Nanqiao, who was still sleeping inside, was woken up directly by fright.

"Dad!"

Looking at the people who broke in, Xu Nanqiao was as if Wang Ye had just been reborn a few years ago.

And what happened next was very similar.

At the beginning, Wang Ye had just been reborn, and he was beaten violently after being kicked open by his father in a state of confusion.

And so is Xu Nanqiao now.

I woke up in my sleep, and then I saw him rushing over with a tiger face.

"Sleep, you're a soldier, you're still sleeping after seven o'clock!"

As soon as the quilt was lifted, the big slap was like a knife-cut noodle master at a breakfast stall in the north, and it was shaved all at once.

"Ah~!"

"Ahh Xu Nanqiao shrank on the bed, stunned for a while.

He didn't know why he was beaten, he just curled up with his head in his hands, and every time he was beaten, he called out.

"What are you doing?"

"What are you crazy about!"

At this time, the woman who followed behind hurriedly rushed over and pushed her husband away.

"What am I doing?

This bastard thing, I don't want my old face, what is it for?

Send him to other people's heroes, I want to give him some light, so that the road can be easier in the future, but he is good, go there and pretend to be my uncle"

"Isn't this in the past?" Before he could finish speaking, the woman yelled.

"Past, you know? Just today, here's the news!

It is necessary to apply for collective third-class merit for their company! ”

When the man talked about the final collective third-class merit, his eyes looked at his son who was curled up on the bed with his head in his hands, and suddenly he was angry again.

pushed away the wife in front of him who was a little stunned because he heard his words, and went up to cut noodles again.

For a while, in the house next door, there were other leaders who were about to go to the unit who were vaguely stunned when they heard the sound here.

It took more than ten minutes for the house to be quiet.

Xu Nanqiao, who had a blue nose and swollen face, sat alone in the room, with a dull look on his face and a little confused in his eyes.

But only for a moment.

The next moment, he was shaken by the sound coming from outside the door.

"Tell you, tomorrow you will go to the following company for me, Lao Tzu will send you to the recruit company, you will give me an honest and good transformation, if you haven't grown up before the Chinese New Year, you are ready to leave the army early."

Lao Tzu asked you to work in society, and you don't expect me to pave any more roads for you in the rest of your life! ”

The sudden roar outside the door indicated that the anger of the man outside had not dissipated.

Thinking about it, I originally wanted to arrange for my son to go down to get some light, but this guy who was not angry was chased back before he went.

And then the worst thing is that my son has only been back for a few days, and that company is about to make a collective third-class meritorious service!

Although this is only news at the moment, it has not been implemented.

However, the earthquake immediately rushed on horseback to provide disaster relief, and it also set off a great storm on the Internet, which greatly increased the positive image of our army.

This kind of thing, a collective third-class merit is not too much at all.

So he was very angry and annoyed, and the first thing he did when he came back from work was to beat his son.

Of course, what happened to Xu Nanqiao, the current Wang Ye would not think about it at all, after he came back with the team, he rested until ten o'clock in the morning, and then let everyone get up and prepare for the journey.

Training, continue, and there are no more surprises on the next road.

November 20th, the twenty-fifth day of the fourth consecutive opening.

Finally, it's all connected to the place.

Looking at the monument standing on the col in front of me, my heart that has been weathered all the way seems to be quiet.

"Dismount!"

There is still some distance, but Wang Ye has already taken the lead in dismounting.

Subsequently, Wang Ye asked everyone to tie the horse to the side of the road nearby.

After all the staff had done this, Wang Ye took everyone to carry some prepared things and started to go up the mountain.

At the same time, just when Wang Ye and the others began to go up the mountain, it was a coincidence that some people on the mountain also began to come down.

A woman in her forties and fifties and a young man supported a woman in her twenties.

At this moment, the four companies on the stairs of the mountain were slightly stunned.

The young woman who was being supported down the hill in front of her was obviously with a big belly.

When a pregnant woman came to the cemetery, Wang Ye also saw it for the first time.

But at this moment, Wang Ye hurriedly stepped forward.

"Hello, who are you!"

Wang Ye stepped forward to ask.

Wang Ye thought it was a family member of a martyr.

"Hello, we are residents of Xiahe Village!"

The middle-aged woman looked at Wang Ye and spoke in an accent that Wang Ye was familiar with.

"Is it the family of the martyrs?" Wang Ye asked directly this time.

"It's not!" This time, it was not a middle-aged woman who answered, but a young man supporting a pregnant woman.

He smiled gently: "Our village almost suffered a devastating blow back then, but after the reconstruction, people in our village often come to the martyr's cemetery with children at home to pay respects!" ”

After a pause, he said again: "The mountains and rivers of the motherland are peaceful, but these martyrs can't take a look, we want to come here and bring a martyr home!" ”

His words made Wang Ye solemn.

"Yes! If I am fortunate enough to have these martyrs who have defended us, so that they can come to see this prosperous storyteller again, I will feel very honored! ”

These words were said by a girl with a big belly touching her stomach with a warm smile on her face.

Wang Ye didn't know what to say.

Silently leaned sideways to the side.

Then he raised his hand sharply and saluted vigorously.

"Eh, this comrade soldier, are you here to pay tribute to the martyrs?" At this time, the aunt looked at Wang Ye, who raised his hand and saluted, and spoke.

Wang Ye nodded: "Well, here are the martyrs of our regiment, I only represent the martyrs of our regiment, thank you for your respect and love for the martyrs!" ”

Speaking of this, Wang Ye turned around: "Lizheng!" ”

On the back stairs, the four companies collectively heard the sound and stood upright.

"Salute to fellow countrymen!"

Wang Ye roared again.

"Oh, this!"

At this moment, the three of them were a little overwhelmed.

Wang Ye saluted just now, and they didn't feel anything yet, but now that hundreds of people saluted, this battle suddenly made them a little overwhelmed.

"These are all soldiers of our iron-boned heroes, we are the inheritors of the legacy of the martyrs, we are their descendants, your respect and heart for our ancestors are worthy of our respect!"

Wang Ye said this with a serious face.

"We didn't expect to meet you today!" At this time, the woman with a big belly was a little embarrassed to speak.

Wang Ye smiled: "No coincidence is not a book, maybe it is our ancestors who have a spirit in the dark, I hope we will thank you for your heart, not to mention, sister, you already have one of us in your belly who is willing to go with you to meet the ancestors of the prosperous flower planter!" ”

"That's good!" On the side, the man smiled and scratched his head.

And the woman with a big belly also touched her belly and smiled: "I hope there is this honor!" ”

"Sister, this brother, can you tell me the specific address of your home?

Also, my name is Wang Ye, the Iron Bone Heroes Regiment, the deputy commander of the second battalion, if you are lucky, can you call me when your child is born? ”

Wang Ye said with a smile: "Maybe I may not be able to come to congratulate myself in person on the border of the motherland, but even if I am on the phone, I want to say congratulations!" ”

"This is definitely okay, we live in Xiaohe Village, go this way, go that way, and then about a kilometer, follow the road on the right, and then another kilometer or so to our village.

Our house is the third in the first row of houses at the entrance of the village! ”

Hearing Wang Ye's voice, the middle-aged woman smiled and hurriedly spoke.

And when she finished speaking, her son also said: "My name is He Jun, my daughter-in-law's name is Wen Min, and in addition, my phone number is!" ”

"Wait!"

Wang Ye stretched out his hand to stop him, and then quickly took out a pen and paper.

In fact, his memory, he will definitely not forget when the phone number is reported.

It's just that others don't know his memory, and they don't take pen and paper, and others will think that Wang Ye is just talking about it, without any sincerity.

wrote down the phone on paper, and then Wang Ye wrote down his number and tore it off and handed it to them.

"Then I'll send you down!"

At the end of the phone exchange, Wang Ye smiled and spoke.

"No, no, we can go by ourselves!"

"That's right! We're not far away, and we're familiar with it here! ”

"It's okay!"

Wang Ye smiled and spoke, and then turned around: "Line up on both sides and send the old villagers down the mountain!" ”

This fellow family gave Wang Ye something that he could remember for the rest of his life.

Naturally, Wang Ye also had to give them a sense of ritual.

"Come, sister, be careful, Ladder Leader!"

Wang Ye led the way and began to lead them down the mountain.

After Wang Ye brought the three fellows to the front of the queue on both sides, Lu Xiang shouted again without Wang Ye's reminder: "Salute!" ”

They also heard what Wang Ye and their family said just now.

This is not the family of the martyrs, but their family deserves their respect.

Even many people are wondering if there are really martyrs who are descending the mountain with them now.

Brush~

At ten o'clock in the morning, under the mild sunshine, the mild breeze gently swept the hills.

On the side of the stairs and roadside, the neat evergreen pine and cypress branches and leaves swayed, as if the ancestors of the Iron Bone Heroes Regiment were also watching with a smile, and waving goodbye to this fellow villager and even the comrades-in-arms who went down the mountain with the old villager.

Wang Ye kept sending the villagers down the mountain, and watched them leave before turning back.

Behind him, the others followed.

Today's events must be the first time everyone has encountered them.

Even many of them are actually here for the first time.

They joined the army last year, and some other units have been transferred this year, but they have not even served in Xiguang before, and they do not know the pro-military environment on this side of the Xiguang border.

This situation must have had a great impact on them.

"Let's go, let's continue up the mountain!" Wang Ye didn't say much now.

After this memorial, Quan Lian will definitely write his feelings, and these things will be talked about later.

Now, go ahead and finish what you left off.

"This is a monument to our Iron Bone Heroes, some of you have been here, and more than once, but some are here for the first time.

I'm telling you right now.

Here are our roots, our souls. ”

Under the Heroes Monument, Wang Ye used to stand below when he came, but today, Wang Ye stands in front of everyone.

With his back to the monument, he began to introduce the history of the Iron Bone Heroes Regiment to the people of the Fourth Company, just like the former Commander Hong, and introduced the 1,182 martyrs here.

It's a relay, but it's also a legacy.

Although the generation lying here will always be this generation, but those who come to pay tribute will be generation after generation, and the newcomers who once stood below will one day stand in front of them to introduce and tell the will of their ancestors.

When the speech ended, boxes of alcohol and cigarettes bought in a support vehicle in a nearby town were removed.

According to the process this time, each martyr was asked to take three cigarettes in front of him, and then wiped the tombstone with wine.

But soon, Wang Ye stopped everyone's work.

Because with the change of guard of the Iron Bone Heroes here, no one has come to carefully sweep the grave for more than a year, and some weeds have come out.

He ordered the soldiers of the whole company to carefully clean up the purpose before continuing to pay tribute.

Xia Jianze, 1937-1979

This is the old leader of the Iron Bone Hero Regiment, the soul and root of the Iron Bone Hero Regiment.

In previous years, this one didn't need Wang Ye and the rest of them to do it, and over the years, the successive heads of the regiment came to wipe it personally.

It's just that this year, the highest military rank and position here is Wang Ye.

Looking at the black-and-white photo on the tombstone in front of him, Wang Ye put down the backpack he had been carrying, and took out a small rectangular box from it.

His military medal storage box.

In normal times, Wang Ye does not wear military medals, but when he comes here to pay respects, he is told by the head of the regiment to bring them.

So now he's taking it out.

One by one, Wang Ye took out all the military medals in the storage box and hung them for himself.

Three first-class merits and five second-class merits

In the end, the third-class gong can only be squeezed to hang on the left chest.

Someone saw this scene.

There were other soldiers of the Fourth Company nearby, and even Lu Xiang was following by his side.

It's numb.

One by one, when Wang Ye started to get the military medal, he counted it in his heart, and this was the first few.

By now, their hearts have gone numb.

Especially as Wang Ye straightened his waist, the feats hanging on the left side were as dazzling as the warm noon sun in this winter for the soldiers he saw.

Lu Xiang's eyelids twitched even more.

He was glad that this time it wasn't mandatory for him to take out all the meritorious scenes.

Otherwise, he will feel that he will be compared to the head of the comparison.

There are only four of his full body merits, including commendation medals, but what about Wang Ye in front of him?

What about the medals he saw, but they weren't taken out of the box at all?

The whole body is equal to the work, the third class is the base, and the most dazzling of them is undoubtedly the three pieces in the row at the left shoulder.

No matter how many soldiers have third-class merits, they may not be able to hang three, anyway, he doesn't have them.

But Wang Ye, these are three first-class merits!

And two of them are real feats.

It doesn't matter what they think, it doesn't matter what they think.

After Wang Ye put on the meritorious medal, he looked at the tombstone in front of him.

Stand upright, raise your hands and salute.

"Old Commander, the younger soldiers of the Iron Bone Hero Regiment have come to pay their respects to you!"

After the ceremony, Wang Ye began to take out the wine given by Brigade Commander Hong.

There was no sound during the whole process.

After carefully wiping it, Wang Ye lit three cigarettes and put them in front of the tombstone, and then took out a small wine glass.

"Old leader, toast to you for the first time!"

Raise a glass of wine and pour it directly to the ground.

Then Wang Yecai poured another glass.

I touched the tombstone and drank it myself.

Putting down the wine glass, Wang Ye spoke towards the tombstone: "It was Captain Hong who brought me here before, and this time I brought someone else."

Commander Hong has always instructed me to wear the meritorious medal, and let me tell you that there is a successor in our regiment.

Your juniors, your successors, have not disgraced you.

Old Master, now I'm standing here.

I, Wang Ye, swear by my life and honor that in this life, I will inherit the will and spirit of my ancestors, expel foreign enemies, and defend my family and country! ”

After pouring another glass of wine, Wang Ye poured it to the ground and toasted himself again.

After drinking this time, Wang Ye continued to pour another glass.

Old leader, worth three glasses of wine.

And he didn't cheat, the kind of small cup that came with the mao didn't stump Wang Ye, who is now a little drunk.

After silently drinking the third cup, Wang Ye spoke towards the tombstone: "Old leader, I'll go to the back first to toast the other ancestors!" ”

In fact, the cemetery of the Iron Bone Heroes Regiment was not sacrificed by the same group.

Although most of them were sacrificed in 79 years, when Wang Ye walked back, he could see the martyrs who died here, and the time of sacrifice was 1986.

Spanning seven years.

And Wang Ye knew that these were the comrades-in-arms who charged together with the regiment commander in the rain of bullets.

The Iron Bone Hero Regiment, which participated in more than one battle that year, and after ten years of self-defense and counterattack, the Iron Bone Hero Regiment was disabled for the first time, but after a few years of recuperation, it went to the battlefield again.

And this time, it was Commander Hong and his comrades-in-arms.

"Squad Leader Xiaohu, Squad Leader Li, I'm coming to see you on behalf of our Captain Hong!"

Wang Ye spoke softly, and as he spoke, he began to pour wine and work.

(End of chapter)