There was no sound on the battlefield. Everyone wrapped up tightly in their cotton military uniforms and huddled together to keep each other warm. After a while, I heard someone snoring. These days, everyone lives and eats in the trenches, and there is still nothing to eat.
It's easy to say, but sleep is not peaceful. No one, including Liu Yangyang, has ever had a solid night's sleep. The night is getting darker and darker, and with the snoring of the cook next to him, Liu Yangyang, who is nestled in the machine gun nest, slowly closes his head.
His eyes were broken, and Niu Wazi and a veteran ruffian named Biaozi were in charge of the watch in the first half of the night, so Liu Yangyang, as the company commander, was still very relieved.
It was another peaceful night, and the cook who got up early cooked a big pot of porridge. The thick hot porridge was eaten down, driving away all the coldness from everyone. Standing in the position with nothing to do like this is unbearable for everyone, but the second consecutive
These people don't care. No enemy situation means peace. The world is peaceful, and everyone's lives are temporarily saved. Saving lives is better than anything else. Only fools will fight against the Japanese army.
There are no fools in the company, so everyone is quite satisfied staying in this so-called outpost.
There are two meals a day, one thin and one dry, porridge in the morning and vegetable soup and flatbread in the evening. The only thing used to go with the meal is the pickles made by the cook himself. It is really good to go with the meal, but it is too salty for those who finish the meal.
They have to drink water constantly, and the cook has to boil a large pot of water every day after dinner. The guys who are full and drunk like to lie in the trench and bask in the sun and brag. This outpost is in an open land, as long as
Looking far into the distance, there was a telescope two miles in front of the position that could not escape the guard post, so the men of the second company were very relieved to stay in the trench.
Tang Cheng had experience in the Second Company, and he knew the habits of these guys, but Jiujin was different. He stayed in the Second Company to kill Japanese soldiers and avenge the villagers, but this time wearing a military uniform
After that, I was brought here to eat and sleep every day, or to watch those guys brag and smoke every day, and fight like this. When can I avenge the villagers in the village? Jiujin asked Tangcheng secretly, but
Tang Cheng just wanted him to live happily with those veterans, but didn't tell him the answer.
Tang Cheng himself was also very confused. He was originally going to Sichuan, so why did he stay in the Second Company so obsessed with it? Is it because he wanted to upgrade his rank and become a corporal? Tang Cheng, who was confused in his heart, had carefully read the battlefield notes left by Xie Bo these days.
After reading it again, although he didn't find the answer he wanted, he had a different understanding of war. Tangcheng has always believed that a good soldier should move forward bravely and be happy with revenge like the western cowboys Robert said.
Galloping freely and horizontally, the impressions both Xie Bo and Liu Yangyang brought to Tangcheng were mostly of helplessness and numbness.
Xie Bo and Liu Yangyang can definitely be regarded as qualified soldiers. Tangcheng will never say that Liu Yangyang, who looks like a bastard, is not a soldier, but they are indeed different from the image of soldiers in Tangcheng's mind. In the battlefield notes left by Xie Bo, the war
It is not a matter of one person. War does not require lone heroes. War requires cooperation among soldiers. If there is a lone hero in a company who refuses to change and often puts himself in danger, then the company will be quickly annihilated by the enemy.
Because that lone hero will put the entire company into danger.
The most mentioned thing in Xie Bo's notes is cooperation, the cooperation of various tactics. Even if it is just a small battle case analysis, Xie Bo has also formulated several corresponding tactics. Without exception, these tactics require the participation of soldiers in the battle.
Tacit cooperation. Tangcheng didn't know why Xie Bo, who knew so much, would fight Erlian until there were only a dozen people alive. He didn't ask when he was in Qiandeng Town. He wanted to ask now, but Xie Bo had already left.
Already.
Tangcheng is very free. I have read the notes left by Xie Bo several times. If you can understand it, you can figure it out for yourself. If you can't understand it, ask Liu Yangyang. If Liu Yangyang can't explain it clearly, Tangcheng will go.
Ask other veterans in the company. If they still don’t understand, mark it down and ask someone who understands if you have the chance. Time seems to slip away unknowingly like this. In the long wait and boredom and loneliness,
The Second Company, which has only a dozen people, has already welcomed December in this so-called outpost, and what they have seen most are broken troops withdrawing from the direction of Shanghai and confused refugees.
The route from Chunhua Town to Nanjing was completely filled with broken troops. The officers could not find the soldiers under their command, and the soldiers could not find the officers commanding them.
Numbtongue walked mechanically towards Nanjing, with a large number of refugees mixed in among them. "The *** teaching team kicked us out to guard this wilderness. If there are Japanese spies in it, it will be enough for the teaching team to drink.
One pot." Cynical Liu Yangyang squatted on the trench with a cigarette butt in his hand, watching the crowds of people on the road from a distance with binoculars.
"Fat man, how much food do we have? How much cigarettes and wine do we have?" Liu Yangyang suddenly turned around and jumped into the trench, roaring at the top of his voice. The cook who was called by Liu Yangyang took his big horse spoon from the place where he was cooking.
People rushed out of the shed in a panic. This guy who had never been on a battlefield didn't hear clearly what Liu Yangyang just said. He thought it was Japanese soldiers coming.
"Boy, come with me, something good will happen." Although Liu Yangyang tried his best to get ammunition and weapons from the teaching corps, all the ammunition of the second company was still not enough. The second company had 2 light machine guns, but
There were only 2 boxes of bullets, and there were only three grenades for each person. Fortunately, the teaching team gave them a lot of shell gun bullets. Otherwise, with only 100 rounds of rifle bullets for each person, the Second Company would have become a beggar.
The army, Liu Yangyang received this kind of treatment when he was in the 88th Division.
When Liu Yangyang used his telescope to look at the broken soldiers on the road just now, he found that some of them were armed, and some of the bullet bags on the broken soldiers looked bulging. If they weren't filled with stones and sticks, then
It can only be bullets. The teaching corps can say that the supplies are tight and reduce the ammunition supply to the second company. Then using food to get ammunition from the defeated soldiers is not a violation of military regulations. Liu Yangyang does not believe that those defeated soldiers are just empty stomachs.
Fully removed from the battlefield.
Liu Chan led a team from Tangcheng and Nianzi, carrying sacks of big cakes, onto the highway. The refugees and defeated soldiers passing by just looked at Liu Shantian and the others strangely, but showed no intention of stopping. "
Brother, brother, please take a step to speak." Liu Yangyang pulled out a major officer from the broken troops. Before the other party could glare, Liu Yangyang had already put a cigarette into the officer's mouth, "We are the outpost of the teaching corps stationed at Guanghua Gate.
Warning, nothing else, I just want to ask if there are many troops withdrawing from behind?"
How much friendship can be achieved by a cigarette? It depends on the piece of cake that Liu Yangyang took out. The commander of the army, who was about to get angry, devoured the piece of cake and then patiently chatted with Liu Yangyang for a while.
Sentence. "Do any of your soldiers carry machine guns? Machine gun bullets and hand grenades can also be used. We will give you food in exchange." A whole pack of cigarettes was pushed by Liu Yangyang to the major officer, who looked at it in surprise.
The Mauser rifles in Tangcheng's hands and the rifles hanging sideways on their waists showed an inexplicable look in their eyes.
A piece of cake the size of a palm and two fingers thick was exchanged for a hand grenade or Mauser rifle bullets, and a pack of cigarettes was exchanged for a hand grenade or rifle bullets. This seemed to the defeated soldiers to be taking advantage of the situation. But no one had any food in their stomachs.
, it was not easy to survive being cold and hungry until now. Fortunately, the other party only asked for bullets and grenades, and did not ask for the weapons they had carried all the way. The soldiers who were carrying weapons were separated by the major officer and his men.
After they came out and explained the terms of exchange, the Second Company itself would negotiate the rest with the defeated soldiers.
The defeated soldiers did not dare to exchange weapons with the Second Company for food, so the light machine gun that Liu Yangyang expected was still not available. The three bags of cakes that Nianzi and the others carried were only exchanged for more than 50 grenades and a telescope.
What's left is less than 300 rounds of rifle ammunition. "Liu Company Commander, wait a minute." The broken soldier major who was first spoken to by Liu Yangyang stopped Liu Yangyang as he was about to leave, "Don't you still need a light machine gun? I'm here.
Not only are there light machine guns, but there are also two grenade launchers that the brothers seized from the Japs, do you want them?"
Liu Yangyang's great joy meant the cook's loss of money. After learning that this place was only 7 or 8 miles away from Nanjing, the commander of the army changed his mind and asked for cigarettes and money instead of food. Liu Yangyang also asked for cigarettes and money.
Regardless of the reason, he just turned back to Nianzi and asked them for money, a light machine gun and these two grenade launchers. He was determined to take them back to the Second Company. The increased firepower meant that these brothers had a greater chance of survival.
In addition, Liu Yangyang didn't want his brothers to lose their lives because of his pity for money.
The richest person in Erlian must be Tang Cheng. He never had a chance to spend the gold bars he carried. After some bargaining, in front of Liu Yangyang and Nianzi, Tang Cheng took out a gold bar from the middle of his belt.
A gold bar was handed to the major of the defeated soldiers. The purchasing power of the gold bars was far beyond Tang Cheng's imagination. The major of the defeated soldiers, who said that he would not take advantage of it, asked his soldiers to search the road for a while, and the second company's inventory of ammunition was increased.
Multiple grenades and 300 rounds of Mauser rifle ammunition.
"This is the gold bar that Robert left for me. I originally planned to use it to live in Sichuan, but now it is gone." Ignoring Liu Yangyang and Nianzi's surprised looks, Tang Cheng grabbed two rifles full of bullets for himself from the bag
, and smiled and said that he couldn't suffer too much. Tang Cheng didn't know how much that gold bar could buy. He just couldn't pretend not to see the desire in Liu Yangyang's eyes. What did the weapon mean? Tang Cheng
People who have had close contact with the Japanese army know this best.