In the cave covered with banana leaves, Wei Ran used the light of a flashlight to take off all his clothes, used a lighter to carefully clean away the locusts hanging from various places on his body, and then applied Xiaoxi Fengdi
After getting the ointment, I put on the damp autumn clothes and trousers.
"I'll take the thing out of your mouth and give you something to eat, but how about you just don't scream?" Wei Ran, who had put on his clothes again, walked to Ivan's side barefoot and asked in Russian.
road.
Hearing this, Ivan nodded honestly and agreed to Wei Ran's suggestion.
"Don't take off your hood, or you won't survive."
Wei Ran gave a final reminder, then untied the belt on the other person's face, helped him take out the socks from his mouth, and then used the belt to strangle his eyes without loosening or tightening.
"Eat it, we only have this." Wei Ran said, bringing half of the dampened compressed biscuit to the other person's mouth.
"Can you hold my hand..."
"cannot"
Wei Ran replied simply, "If you want to poop or pee, just do it in your pants. After you have had enough rest, the rain will wash you clean when we set off again."
"At least let me take a sip of my vodka" Ivan made a new request.
This time, Wei Ran did not refuse. He took out the wine bottle that belonged to the other party from his arms and opened it. He tapped the other party's head to signal him to open his mouth and poured a small sip into his mouth stingily.
Putting away the flask and stuffing the half piece of compressed biscuit into the other person's mouth, Wei Ran took a few steps back and used the cover of his backpack to change a new film roll for the Nikon camera in the metal book.
By the time he had eaten half a piece of compressed biscuit and a crushed milk fruit in his backpack, a series of rumbling sounds came from the rainy night outside the cave.
No need to go out to see, everyone knew that those were five rounds of artillery fired by our own artillery.
Secretly looking forward to the results of these five shells, Wei Ran stood up and came to Ivan's side again, picking up the smelly socks covered in saliva.
"Wait a moment"
Ivan quickly said, "I promise not to make a sound, how about you don't block my mouth? I have a cold and some nasal congestion, being blocked is too..."
"good"
Wei Ran happily agreed, but without any delay, he pinched the other person's chin open, stuffed the ball of socks in, and tied it with the belt again.
"Weiran"
Lu Yao waved to Wei Ran, who had just finished his work, and motioned for him to sit between him and Xiao Xifeng.
"What's wrong?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice.
"Help us listen to what those white-eyed wolves said on the radio."
As Lu Yao spoke, he handed over the radio's headphones, and at the same time he kept saying, "Many of their radio stations are in plain language and don't know about encryption at all, but neither Xiao Xifeng nor I can understand Vietnamese."
Hearing this, Wei Ran took the headphones and put them on his head.
After a moment, he frowned, glanced at Squad Leader Dao not far away and said, "The other party is calling the medical unit to come over, and is also calling for reinforcements to prepare to search the mountain."
"It seems that those few shells just fired were not in vain." Squad Leader Dao didn't panic at all, "Let them search, they can't find us."
"Should we give them another hard blow?" Lu Yao suggested, suppressing his excitement, "give them another base?"
"No need to waste cannonballs"
The knife squad leader waved his hand, "Those monkeys and ghosts will definitely not wait there to be bombed. Now they are exposed by the follow-up shot."
"Listen to the sword squad leader"
Wei Ran stopped Lu Yao, who was about to say something, and helped turn off the radio station.
Taking advantage of this little time before going to bed, he took apart all his weapons and wiped them. At the same time, Xiao Xifeng also lowered his voice and asked expectantly, "Comrade Wei Ran, just... just now you took the camera
Are you following me?"
"made a bid"
Wei Ran replied in a low voice, "I took photos of each of you individually, and also took a group photo."
"Then it hits, then it hits." Xiao Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you going on a blind date with these photos?" Lu Yao, who was also cleaning his gun, came over and asked in a low voice.
"Keep... as a souvenir." Xiao Xifeng replied with a smile.
"I guess these photos will have to be handed in eventually."
But Lu Yao understood clearly, "When it can be delivered to us, maybe the battle will be over."
"What? Then...isn't the shoot in vain?" Xiao Xifeng asked in disappointment.
"No hurries"
Lu Yao pointed to his backpack, "Why don't we take a few photos at dawn tomorrow before we set off, or find a place to take some photos along the way? I brought several rolls of film, and I will take one photo for everyone.
"
"This is good"
Before he finished speaking, Li Dazhai also came over and said, "Lu Yao, you have to take good pictures for us when the time comes. My mother asked for my photos when she wrote back last time. She asked me to take a few pictures with a gun and send them to her.
"
"rest assured"
Lu Yao raised his chin towards Squad Leader Dao who was also cleaning his gun not far away, "As long as Squad Leader Dao is willing to give us time, I have plenty of film!"
"How many pictures should I take before setting off tomorrow?" Deputy squad leader Hai Dongqing helped Wei Ran and others ask squad leader Dao.
"Just shoot, shoot"
The squad leader Dao smiled and said, "When the time comes, you can send the photos back, and each of you can be called a wife."
"Speaking of this, which one of you has a partner?" Hai Dongqing asked on the topic, "The person you like also counts. I learned this term from Pai Zhang Luo."
"he"
Lu Yao, Xiao Xifeng and Li Dazhai all pointed at Wei Ran who was assembling a submachine gun.
"His wife is very fashionable," Xiao Xifeng said enviously.
"No, I also saw his little mirror." Lu Yao followed and shouted, "Wei Ran, show it to the deputy squad leader to make him greedy."
"Does the deputy squad leader have someone you like?"
Wei Ran threw the question back with a smile, took out the small mirror from his chest hanging and handed it over.
"Yes"
Hai Dongqing admitted openly, "My brother and sister introduced him to the veterinarian at our local military horse farm. I plan to meet him next time I go back to visit relatives."
With that said, Hai Dongqing returned the small mirror to Wei Ran, then took out the aluminum lunch box containing beef jerky from his arms and opened it.
He took out a few sticks of beef jerky from it and distributed them to everyone, including the young captive Nahan, but excluding the big captive Ivan. At the same time, he did not forget to say, "She made these beef jerkies with her own hands and sent them over."
"
Before he finished speaking, he took out a wax paper package from the lunch box, opened it, pulled out a black and white photo and said, "This was also sent by her."
Looking at the gun oil in his hand, Wei Ran did not take the photo, but just glanced at it. In the photo, there was a simple girl wearing a white coat and a thick braid hanging on her shoulders. Behind this girl, there were
There were quite a few horses poking their heads.
"What's your sister-in-law's name?"
"I haven't even written my horoscope yet."
Lu Yao's word "sister-in-law" immediately made the honest and honest Hai Dongqing blush. Even so, he still replied, "Wuyun Zhuoma".
After saying this, Hai Dongqing immediately collected the photos and brought the topic back to Wei Ran, "Comrade Wei Ran, are you married? How did you meet?"
"Growing up"
Wei Ran, who came from a later generation, replied calmly, "I'm not married yet, but it doesn't make much difference whether we're married or not.
"Childhood sweetheart?"
While Lu Yao was talking, he took out a color photo from his bag as if to show off, and said proudly, "Hey, I'm about to find someone, my college classmate."
"My dear, you're also a college student?" Li Dazhai exclaimed with great envy at a suppressed volume.
"Her name is Bai Ziqing, and she works at the Observatory in the capital."
Lu Yao said proudly, "I use a telescope to look at the stars. When I change my job in the future, I might be able to work at the observatory."
"This college student is different." Xiao Xifeng also said, "Your partner is really good-looking."
Hearing this, Wei Ran also took a look. In the photo, there was a beautiful girl wearing a white floral dress, with big curly hair that was popular in this era, and she was holding a white schoolbag in her hand.
"She also has a younger sister named Bai Meiqing."
Lu Yao put away the photo and said seductively, "When we go back, Xiao Xifeng, Dazhai, who of you will treat me to a beer then, how about I introduce her sister to you?"
"I'll forget it"
Li Dazhai quickly waved his hand, "How can anyone on the clouds see someone like me?"
“I’ll forget it too”
Xiao Xifeng waved her hand and said, "I've saved almost ten breakup letters, so don't put more burden on me. When people hear that we are going to the battlefield, they will definitely not want to delay themselves."
“You still have to be literate”
The knife squad leader, who had not participated in the conversation just now, said quietly, "Lu Yao is also on the front line. Didn't he blow the lamp and pull out the wax?"
"I have no chance to go to any university in my life."
Li Dazhai lay down against the rock wall and said resignedly, "With my junior high school diploma, I will probably be able to work as a farmer when I go back."
"Who says it's not the case?" Xiao Xifeng said with envy.
"You guys"
Hai Dongqing hurriedly comforted Wei Ran before he wanted to say anything, "Don't we all have those two dual-purpose military and local talents? Read it when you have nothing to do. The knowledge in it is also knowledge. Even if you get to the place in the future, you won't be
Work hard."
"Okay, let's chat until we get back. Go to bed early."
Seeing that everyone had finished cleaning their guns, the knife squad leader took the initiative to end the topic. After everyone lay down, he carefully checked the handcuffs of the two prisoners before turning off the flashlight.
Suddenly, the cave fell into darkness, leaving only the lightning that lit up from time to time outside and the sound of raindrops.
Taking out the kettle and taking a sip of sour plum juice, Wei Ran lay down with his gun in his arms and a thick raincoat, but he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
As the saying goes, every generation has its own troubles. The people in this cave, including the two captives, almost represent the pain and epitome of this era.
But even so, they still took the initiative or were forced to go to the battlefield. Or maybe not long after, they took the initiative or were forced to leave the battlefield.
I don't know when, he fell into sleep while tossing and turning, but it seemed as if he had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by the night shift monitor to go to the second shift, which was the hardest.
Silently putting on his camouflage uniform and the American windbreaker that belonged to Lu Yao, Wei Ran finally wrapped his raincoat tightly, held his gun and got out of the cave, found a position not far from the buffalo, and hid behind the bushes.
, he slowly sat down with his back against the damp tree trunk, listening warily to the movements around him.
After an unknown period of time, the rain gradually stopped, and only the occasional chirping of insects remained in the damp and cold jungle.
With a soft rustling sound, a figure emerged from the cave entrance.
"Who?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice.
"it's me"
Xiao Xifeng responded softly, followed the voice, walked over, wrapped her raincoat tightly around her body, and sat down next to Wei Ran.
"Why aren't you sleeping?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice.
"I can't sleep," Xiao Xifeng replied in a low voice, "I'll stand guard with you."
Hearing this, Wei Ran did not refuse, but took out two fruit candies from his pocket and handed one of them to the other party.
Before the fruit candy filled her mouth with sweetness, Xiao Xifeng also asked in a low voice, "Wei Ran, what do you think I can do after I retire?"
"Why do you ask that?" Wei Ran glanced at the other party strangely.
“I don’t want to work in a winery for the rest of my life like my dad did.”
Xiao Xifeng replied, "Before joining the army, I had never left our city, and I had never thought about it."
Seeing that Wei Ran didn't speak, Xiao Xifeng continued in a low voice, "I graduated from high school, and after I retire from the army, I also want to try to get into college, any college will do. Like Lu Yao, in college
Find a partner here. Wei Ran, do you think I can get into college?"
"Can college entrance examination be more difficult than fighting in a war?"
Wei Ran asked back and sighed at the same time. College students in this era are much more valuable than college students in later generations. In other words, getting into college is not necessarily any easier than fighting a war.
"I passed the exam, but I came to serve as a soldier after I failed."
Xiao Xifeng whispered bitterly, "Before Lu Yao was assigned to our place, I was the one with the highest academic qualifications in our platoon, otherwise I wouldn't have had the chance to become a communications soldier.
I was very proud at that time. I thought that I might be able to be a regiment leader in the future, or at least a battalion commander. How much would my father be proud of if I went back? Maybe the director of their winery would look up to him.
Woolen cloth.
Later, when Lu Yao came, I realized how big the world was. Compared with his city soldiers, my city soldiers were just like rubbish."
Wei Ran said after a brief silence, "No need to belittle yourself."
"I'm not jealous of him"
Xiao Xifeng said seriously, "I admire him, I admire him very much. A college student from the capital came to sit down with me to observe the situation. He always said that his family is an old farmer. I used to look down on those rural soldiers. From now on
If anything, I am not as good as him."
No wonder he dared to drink the deputy division commander down...
Wei Ran sighed secretly. Looking at Xiao Xifeng, who had a simple and steady personality, I'm afraid he was also a sharp-edged swordsman when he first joined the army.
"As long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to get into college."
Wei Ran glanced at the second figure walking out of the cave and gave his advice seriously, "Actually, you don't have to wait until you are discharged from the army. You should seize the opportunity to study before you are discharged from the army. You might have the opportunity to be admitted to a military academy.
"
Hearing this, Xiao Xifeng secretly clenched her fists and seemed to have made some kind of decision. She whispered in a low voice, "It would be great if...if I could be admitted to the military academy."
"Try Harder"
Wei Ran sighed secretly, trying not to think about whether the young man next to him could survive this war.
Seeing Xiao Xifeng fall into silence, Wei Ran gently patted the other party's shoulder, handed the captured wine bottle to him, "Drink some wine and go back to sleep."
Hearing this, Xiao Xifeng took the jug and took a sip of the vodka that was burning with body temperature. Then she returned the jug, stood up silently, and walked lightly into the cave not far away.
He also took a sip of the wine, and immediately, the spicy wine flowed down his throat, bringing a false sense of warmth, and Wei Ran became more energetic.
At three o'clock in the morning, he stood up slowly, shook off the water drops on his body, got into the cave, and handed the last shift and the American windbreaker he was wearing to the deputy squad leader Hai Dongqing who was woken up by him.
When he was woken up again, it was already half past five in the morning, and it was foggy again outside the cave and he couldn't see anything.
"Nahan, we will leave you here."
While everyone was having breakfast, the knife squad leader asked Nahan in Vietnamese, who had been kidnapped all night, "I will leave you some food and drink, can you go back by yourself?"
"able"
Nahan answered carefully while moving his hands that had been handcuffed all night.
"After we leave, you can wait here for a while until the fog clears before going back. Remember not to take the path we took."
As the squad leader said that, he stuffed another compressed biscuit into the other person's hand.
Nodding vigorously, Nahan skillfully tore open the plastic packaging of the compressed biscuits with his teeth and ate it hungrily.
At the same time, Wei Ran also unlocked the handcuffs of another prisoner, Ivan, and gave him a lunch box of rainwater from last night and half a compressed biscuit.
Ivan was quite cooperative and had no intention of pulling off the mask on his face. He ate the biscuits carefully like a hijab-wearing little wife waiting to be married. From time to time, he would pick up the lunch box and fill it with food.
A stream of cold rain.
"Wei Ran, ask him to take off the vest underneath." Squad Leader Dao came over and said.
Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately translated the request into Russian. Ivan also put down what he was eating and drinking in his hands, and honestly took off the outer Yuejun military uniform, and then took off the inner layer that was stained with strong body odor.
The smelly sea soul shirt was handed over.
Taking the sea soul shirt, Captain Dao turned around and walked out of the cave.
Upon seeing this, Wei Ran winked at Li Dazhai and handed over the task of guarding the prisoners to him, while he followed out with the compressed biscuits for breakfast.
When he came to the entrance of the cave, he found that the squad leader was using a dagger to pry open the chain in the middle of the pair of handcuffs that had been used to cuff Nahan, and then used them to secure Ivan's sea soul shirt and his own towel.
It was firmly stuck on the leg of the half-large calf.
"Is there a dog behind you?" Wei Ran immediately understood what the other party meant.
"There must be one," the knife squad leader used the tip of his knife to make a wound as wide as a fingernail on the cow's butt, and said firmly, "otherwise I wouldn't have to carry the cow with me."
Before he finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Okay, it's time to set off."
"The kid can't take this thing off?" Wei Ran asked worriedly.
"Won't"
As the squad leader said, he had already walked into the cave and asked Lu Yao to borrow the American windbreaker that he was the only one carrying. After shaking it, he walked to Nahan and knelt down to help him put it on. He said in a gentle tone, "Nahan
, we are about to set off later, please remember, you are not allowed to return the same way, we don't know how many mines we have laid along the way."
"Um!"
Nahan, who was wearing a large windbreaker, nodded vigorously. There was relief and fear in his trembling eyes, but there was also a hint of reluctance that Wei Ran could barely understand.
For this little cowherd boy, this short day was probably one of the few times he had been able to eat enough and eat sweets in a long time.
"Turn that old man's mask over so that his eyes are exposed, so that we can walk faster." As Squad Leader Dao spoke, he asked everyone to tighten their masks.
Hearing this, Wei Ran gagged Ivan again and cuffed his hands behind his back, and then turned the mask on his head in a circle so that he could see the situation outside.
"You know your value. If you follow us honestly later, you will survive." Wei Ran reminded, "If you plan to escape, we will have no choice but to kill you."
Hearing this, Ivan nodded honestly, his attitude was extremely cooperative. But the more this happened, Wei Ran secretly became more vigilant.
After all this preparation, it was already six o'clock in the morning, and the sky was getting a lot brighter.
Without wasting much time, Squad Leaders Wei Ran and Dao were still in the front, Squad Leader Cha and Hai Dongqing were behind, and Li Dazhai was responsible for escorting the captive Ivan, walking behind Lu Yao and Xiao Xifeng. They formed a loose formation.
Leaving the small cave and the war orphan Nahan hiding in the cave.
However, probably no one except Wei Ran knew that less than ten minutes after they left, Nahan also ran out of the dark cave in panic. After some hesitation, he led the cow towards
The direction where Wei Ran and others disappeared.
