Tang Cheng, who was stumbling while walking, rubbed his eyes that were sore from the gunpowder smoke, and moved his gaze from Pockmarked Face and the others to the depths of the trench, where there were several pairs of feet arranged neatly in a row, which were the feet of the brothers who died in the battle of the Second Company.
At the end of the battle, as soon as the Japanese army began to retreat, Mazi led his men to snatch back the six brothers who died in the first trench. Death is a big deal. These brothers lost their lives for the city of Nanjing. The second company cannot
Let them die in the wilderness again. Once they receive the order to retreat, the Second Company will take them back to the city. If conditions permit, Liu Yangyang also wants to ask the great monk in the temple to chant sutras for them to be saved.
I don't know what happened, but Tang Cheng, who was rubbing his eyes, never put down his hands. There was already a layer of moisture in his eyes. He was afraid that Liu Yangyang and Mazi would find out when he put his hands down. Tang Cheng was not afraid, he was just
Looking at the dead brothers lying in the trench, I felt sour in my heart for no reason. If it weren't for this war, young people like them should have stayed with their families, or they should have been like me.
Sitting in the school, but when the Japanese came, everything changed. Tang Cheng sighed secretly, got up and ran towards the pockmarked faces and the others.
Seeing the Tangcheng cat waist rushing over, Mazi and Liu Yangyang, who were "dividing the spoils", felt a little embarrassed. Mazi, who was always used to looking at people, hurriedly picked up a pack of cigarettes that were still intact and a box of cigarettes and took them from the pockets of the Japanese soldiers.
He handed over the matches that came. "Don't let the Japanese discover the flames when you smoke." Liu Yangyang just said lightly, and took the pack of cigarettes and the blood-stained cigarette from Mazilian's hand in front of Tang Cheng.
Lighter, Tang Cheng and Mazi looked at Liu Yangyang's back in disbelief. When did Liu Yangyang become so stingy? He even wanted to snatch the cigarettes Mazi gave Tang Cheng.
"Our company commander is a thoughtful man, don't mess with him." Qiu Jiangong, who has always been at odds with pockmarked faces, took out half a pack of cigarettes and threw it to Tang Cheng. This was something the other veterans didn't expect. At first, the veterans thought
Qiu Jiangong was speaking sarcastically, but after seeing Liu Yangyang offering three cigarettes to each of the brothers who died in the battle, the faces of the veterans all showed a strange expression. The brothers who died in the battle were all dragged back, and
They were placed in the trench, just waiting to receive the order to retreat and take them back to the city.
When the veterans gathered together to divide the spoils, no one took a look at the brothers who died in the battle. In their minds, it was only natural for them to carry guns and die on the battlefield. People who were already dead still looked like they were doing it.
What, the living people are the most important. But when they watched Liu Yangyang lighting three cigarettes in front of the heads of each brother who died in the battle, everyone's hearts suddenly became heavy. If they died here, what would happen to them?
No one can light three cigarettes for themselves, or take a good look at themselves.
"I can do it, he will definitely do it, and you can do it too." The veterans all fell silent, which made Pockmarked Face, who liked the excitement, a little frustrated. He silently looked at Liu Yangyang's squatting back, and Pockmarked Face suddenly muttered,
But it attracted the glares of the veterans. After offering cigarettes to the brothers who died in the battle, Liu Yangyang, who had always been expressionless, called Qiu Jiangong to come together to discuss what they were talking about. Tangcheng had no intention of listening to what they were saying.
What, just casually sitting in the trench with pockmarked faces and smoking cigarettes.
Here we go again, looking at the German-style steel helmet Qiu Jiangong held in his hand, Tang Cheng couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. This posture looked like he was about to draw a lot of life and death. Sure enough, Qiu Jiangong held it in both hands and was blinded.
The helmet of the clothes swayed back and forth, and the sound of rolling beans came from the helmet. "Our second company did not have much ammunition, so the company commander thought of sending a few brothers to dig up the corpse before dawn.
Get the ammunition back, as usual, we draw lots to determine the person." Tang Cheng had never hated Qiu Jiangong's voice so much that he wanted to stuff his mouth with a rag.
Mazi and the others had already picked up all the Japanese corpses in the first trench. What Qiu Jiangong was talking about was definitely not the Japanese corpses in the first trench, but the ones who died outside the second company's defense line.
If those Japanese corpses really had to go out of the defense line to search for ammunition, it would not be an ordinary danger. There were many sharpshooters in the Japanese army. Tang Cheng subconsciously glanced outside the position. Under the cover of the fire, the people outside the position were
The khaki color was still more than ten meters away from the trench. Anyone who went out to search for ammunition would be exposed to the gunfire of the Japanese army on the opposite side if they were not careful.
The Second Company has already thrown several rounds of grenades, and now everyone is left with the Japanese egg-shaped grenades. Although this kind of grenade is not very powerful, it not only throws long-handled grenades far away, but also the Japanese-style grenade has a safety pull.
After the ring, the grenade must be hit on a hard object before it explodes, so the people of the second company don't like to use this kind of thing. But the grenade is still a grenade after all. Before the subsequent material supplies cannot be sent to the defense line, the second company
The only option is to use these Japanese-style grenades that have been criticized by everyone. After all, grenades are unparalleled in suppressing Japanese charges.
Artillery fire rumbled in the distance, and from time to time orange-red flames rose up mixed with the smoke. It seemed that all the light was obscured by the smoke and smoke in the sky. The gunfire from the positions outside the city never stopped, and from time to time there would be
The wounded soldiers were carried down by the ambulance soldiers or their comrades and sent back to the ambulance station in the city. Many of the wounded soldiers who were still bleeding profusely looked like they were hopeless, but everyone still would not abandon him, even
The bodies of those soldiers were also carried back by them.
Qiu Jiangong's lottery failed to continue because the Second Company received an order from the regiment headquarters. Xie Chengrui finally ordered the Second Company to be transferred back to the city for rest. Because it was the first unit to be withdrawn to the city for rest, and the Second Company suffered casualties.
It's not very big, so Xie Chengrui only gave Liu Yangyang and the others three hours of rest time. Xie Chengrui arranged for Liu Yangyang and the others to find an empty room next to a battlefield medical station in Guanghua Gate, which could allow the people of the Second Company to rest and recuperate.
, and also make it convenient for them to treat their wounds nearby.
Tang Cheng, whose military uniform was covered with thick blood scabs, sat blankly at the door. The wounded soldiers, who were charred and blackened by the flames of war, and whose bones were exposed in the rotten flesh could not help but hiss in pain.
Wounded soldiers screaming in agony, those who had no choice but to be given up by military doctors, passed back and forth in front of his eyes.
This medical station is very small. Two temporarily requisitioned shops serve as their operating rooms. The wounded soldiers just lie on the open space outside the ambulance station. Some young people from Nanjing City help take care of the wounded who are on the verge of death.
Soldier Tang Cheng looked at the wounded soldiers waiting for treatment or death in the open space without blinking. Tang Cheng, who had seen too much death, was already disgusted with it. To be precise, he was numb to death. The nature of war
It was a fight to the death. Regardless of the nationality of the soldiers on both sides, the Japanese soldiers were no different from the soldiers who died in the war. Tang Cheng was just not so obsessed with death. He was destined to be like this from the time he killed the first Japanese soldier.
If it weren't for the war, if there wasn't so much blood and death in front of him, this would be a good place. Tang Cheng's gaze changed position, and he was still staring blankly at the small tree in front of the shop opposite, in the dim morning
The appearance of this touch of green made Tang Cheng feel a lot more comfortable. Pockmarked face and Qiu Jiangong and the others slept soundly. Although the temporary "Datongpu" built with bricks and wooden boards was a bit hard, there was no need to be careful here for the time being.
The Japanese troops who might have rushed up would have been much more comfortable here than in the cold trench.
"For the second company, Captain Xie asked your company commander to go to him right away, right away." Just as Tang Cheng was leaning on the doorpost and about to fall asleep, the orderly soldier from the regiment came over panting and pushed him awake.
The little messenger's tone was a little impatient. I don't know if it was because it took him too much time to find the second company, or because of something else. Anyway, he looked at Tang Cheng with a trace of dissatisfaction in his eyes. Yes, just dissatisfaction. Tang Cheng
Not knowing this, he just stood up silently, picked up his rifle and helmet, carefully passed over the wounded soldiers lying on the ground, and gently woke up Liu Yangyang who was lying in the crowd.
Seeing that Xie Chengrui had transferred the Second Company back to the city to rest, Liu Yangyang, who was woken up by Tangcheng, did not delay at all. He just wiped his face with a cloth soaked in water and followed the little messenger tottering.
Went to Xie Chengrui's headquarters. "You came just in time." There were not many people in the headquarters of the Second Regiment. Only the leader Xie Chengrui was looking at the map. Xie Chengrui, who was calculating something on the map, saw Liu Yangyang coming and hurriedly
He waved his hand to Liu Yangyang to sit down first.
"You two company fought well. You only had a few casualties in three firefights with the Japanese army. It's not as serious as the dozens of casualties in other positions." He took the whole pack of cigarettes thrown by Xie Chengrui, who had not yet woken up from his sleep.
Liu Yangyang was a little confused. He didn't know when he had so much respect for Xie Chengrui, so that Xie Chengrui would talk to him so politely.
"The commander of the first battalion of my second regiment was injured by a Japanese artillery shell. I want you to command the first battalion on behalf of him, but the second company cannot be commanded without someone, so the successor commander of the second company must be recommended by yourself, and from now on, you
The military rank was promoted to colonel." If Xie Chengrui's previous words puzzled Liu Yangyang, what he said now made Liu Yangyang stunned.
Xie Chengrui's words made Liu Yangyang extremely shocked. He had not had a very good relationship with Xie Chengrui since he came to the teaching team. How could he recommend him to take over the position of acting battalion commander of the teaching team? The shock on Liu Yangyang's face was probably too obvious.
Xie Chengrui said somewhat coldly, "In yesterday's battle, your second company was not the platoon with the largest casualties, but you were the position with the greatest results, and the second company only had the strength of two squads. The teaching corps does not need cowards, it needs the ability to
Leading everyone is the most likely to kill the Japanese army, so you are the most suitable."