It's dawn, but the sun didn't come out today, so the sky above Yuguan City is gray. However, because there is white snow everywhere outside the city, the light is not particularly dim.
Yuguan City wakes up!
The shelling last night caused a restless night in Yuguan City. Although the Japanese shelling stopped later, the frightened people could not fall asleep again. They did not know when a shell would fall on the roof above their heads.
After spending the night in panic, finally at dawn, people walked out of their homes one after another, looking for news everywhere. They didn't know what was going on, and they felt really uneasy.
The news came soon. It turned out that the enemy's tank fired the cannon outside the West City. The tank is still parked there and has not left.
Upon hearing the news, the people immediately exploded:
"Don't the Northeastern Army have troops in the city? Why haven't I seen them shooting? Are we just a bunch of trash that we pay and feed to support?"
"That's right, there are their troops on the west wall. How can we just watch the Japanese do harm to us?"
"What a bullshit army. I think they are just a bunch of bandits. They are really good at bullying the common people."
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For a time, there was a lot of discussion in Yuguan County, and there were voices everywhere condemning the Northeast Army.
The soldiers of the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company of the 626th Regiment naturally heard it too. They felt their faces were burning and they wanted to put their heads in their crotches, so they ran back to the barracks with their heads lowered.
As a soldier, it is the greatest shame to be unable to protect the people of one side. The soldiers of the third company felt that their lungs were about to explode, and they all stared at their eyes and gasped.
Jiao Xuefei even locked himself in the room without eating a morsel of food. Several of his platoon leaders went in to persuade him, but they all ran out after being scolded.
Jiao Xuefei now feels that he is so useless.
Last night, because of the orders from above, he could only watch helplessly as the Japanese fired so many cannons into the city, turning many places in the city into rubble, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Just this morning, when he led the team back to the camp, he passed by the pancake shop where he often went for breakfast. He found that the place was in ruins. Only after asking passers-by did he find out that the old man who ran the pancake shop and his granddaughter Lanhua had died in last night's shelling.
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"Lanhua, you're only eight years old. Such a young child can actually-" Inside the room, Jiao Xuefei beat his head hard, hating that he couldn't protect these unarmed people, and hating that he was wearing this military uniform in vain.
Am I still a soldier?
Jiao Xuefei blamed himself deeply.
In fact, not only was he blaming himself, but the soldiers were also blaming themselves. They thought the same thing as Jiao Xuefei.
Ding Xingyuan was sitting on the fire bed in the room, holding the medium-sized rifle in his arms and wiping it carefully. His face was very gloomy, as if he had deep anger stored in his heart.
Yang Shanzi was sitting next to him, holding a cigarette bag in his hand and smoking, causing smoke to fill the room.
The house can accommodate twelve people, and now everyone else is sitting or lying on their own beds, but no one is talking.
Yang Shanzi knew that Ding Xingyuan's family died at the hands of the Japs, so he and the Japs had sworn hatred. The reason why he joined the army was to kill the Japs for revenge.
But now, the Japanese were right in front of him, but he couldn't fire a single shot. The feeling of frustration was driving him crazy.
If he hadn't tried his best to control it, he would have been at war with the Japanese chariot long ago.
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The heavy breathing of twelve people echoed at this time.
With a click, Ding Xingyuan put the cleaned bolt back on the rifle, then stood up from the kang and walked towards the door of the house.
Yang Shanzi and ten other people were all alarmed. He hurriedly jumped down and grabbed Ding Xingyuan, "Old Ding, what are you doing?"
"You stupid little devil, I'm not done with them." Ding Xingyuan's eyes were blood red, filled with murderous intent.
He thought of his old father who fell in a pool of blood under the enemy's bayonet, of the one-month-old child who was jumped high with a bayonet by the enemy and then fell on the stone, of how he was picked up with a bayonet after being raped by the enemy.
The belly-opening wife!
Anger rose in his chest, and Ding Xingyuan felt that if he didn't let it out, he would be burned alive. He pushed Yang Shanzi away and opened the door with a crash.
"Company Commander!"
Everyone in the room was stunned, including Ding Xingyuan. He saw Jiao Xuefei standing outside the door, looking at him.
"Ding Xingyuan, what are you going to do?" Jiao Xuefei spoke, his voice surprisingly calm.
Ding Xingyuan bit his lip, and then said, "Company Commander, I want to seek revenge against the Japanese."
"Are you alone?" Jiao Xuefei stepped into the threshold and looked around at everyone in the room, "How many Japanese can you kill?"
"Killing one is enough for me, but I'll make a profit if I kill two." Ding Xingyuan said fiercely, and it was obvious that he had made up his mind.
"Ding Xingyuan, if you believe in my consistent conduct as a person, Jiao Xuefei, and if you believe in these brothers who have shared life and death together, you will stay and your blood debt with the Japanese must be settled with them in the future." Jiao Xuefei took a deep breath, then looked at Ding Xingyuan,
He said slowly, "Of course, if you think I am lying to you, then you can leave now." As he spoke, he pointed to the door and made way for him to go out.
Ding Xingyuan stood there, seemingly hesitating. Just when everyone thought he could change his mind, he gritted his teeth and gave a military salute to Jiao Xue, turned around and rushed out of the room, "Company Commander, I, Ding Xingyuan, can't stand it anymore.
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"Old Ding!"
"Xingyuan!"
Yang Shanzi and the others chased them to the door of the house, but Ding Xingyuan had already rushed out of the courtyard and no one could be seen.
"Company commander, why did you let Ding Xingyuan go?" Everyone looked at Jiao Xuefei, wondering why he didn't stop Ding Xingyuan.
Jiao Xuefei watched Ding Xingyuan leave and said to himself, "What a good boy, you have the same energy as I did back then."
Looking back at the group of soldiers surrounding him, Jiao Xuefei shouted, "What are you looking at? Go back to bed. Are you still afraid that there will be no war? I will let you fight until you have enough." After that, he turned around.
After leaving the house, he slammed the door.
Several people in the room all looked at each other, wondering why the company commander was so irritable towards them, but was so tolerant towards Ding Xingyuan just now.
However, they did not dare to ask Jiao Xuefei, otherwise with his temper, he would have been scolded and maybe even kicked.
Since the company commander said there was a battle, everyone lay down. As for whether they could fall asleep, no one knew, maybe only you.