Chapter 110 The departed relatives will become stars in the sky
Before departure, Xia Yuan met another unexpected person, Li Mengqi, Comrade Xiao Li. Her arrival surprised Xia Yuan.
"Comrade Xiao Li, you haven't evacuated yet? Why are you still here?"
Ma Daguo and Xiao Li are also very familiar with each other. They are the kind of people who don't know each other without arguing.
"We can't leave. It rained two days ago, the water in the Han River is relatively turbulent, and there are so many seriously injured people." Li Mengqi shook her head and asked curiously: "Why are you here? Where are the others?"
Because of Lin Qingxue, Li Mengqi had dealt with Yilian several times and was relatively familiar with Yilian. When we set off, there were hundreds of people in Yilian.
Suddenly, Li Mengqi seemed to have thought of something again, her eyes froze slightly, and she said darkly: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
"It's okay, that's what war is like. Maybe after a while, you won't be able to see us anymore."
Xia Yuan smiled and didn't care at all.
Big Ma and the others were also laughing.
Instructor Shao asked: "Comrade Xiao Li, how is Comrade Xiao Lin doing now?"
During the first phase of the Fifth Battle, the 180th Division was in the rear as a reserve force, staying in the tunnels and dense forests all day long. During that period, the Fifth Battle was fought very well, and the frontline results were very fruitful.
Soldiers can hear from newspapers every day what victories have been won on the front line.
It can be said that every day during that period was just like the Chinese New Year.
Comrade Xiao Li and Comrade Xiao Lin also ran to the camp of the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the 538th Regiment of the 180th Division when they had nothing to do. Over time, everyone basically became very familiar with each other.
Instructor Shao was also very familiar with Comrade Lin Mengxue. She often said that Xia Yuan looked very much like her brother. Lin Mengxue's brother was a martyr. He participated in the Yunshan Battle in the first battle and fought so hard that he knocked the foreign Japanese into confusion.
, so everyone still has a very deep impression of Comrade Lin Mengxue.
Moreover, Lin Mengxue and Li Mengqi are very good friends, but today Li Mengqi appeared here, but Lin Mengxue was nowhere to be seen.
Xia Yuan also looked at Li Mengqi with some curiosity.
Li Mengqi hesitated and said, "Instructor, Lin Mengxue is injured."
Everyone was slightly startled. Xia Yuan and instructor Shao looked at each other and quickly asked about their situation. Li Mengqi said: "Mengxue is injured."
Xia Yuan asked hurriedly, a little anxiously, "How is it? Is the injury serious?"
Li Mengqi nodded hesitantly and said: "During a transportation mission, the convoy she was in was bombed by US military planes. While she was rescuing supplies, she was hit by a bomb dropped by an enemy plane and lost her hands."
Everyone was dumbfounded and stood there in silence.
Xia Yuan's eyes were filled with disbelief, and he murmured for a long time: "Her dream is to be a violinist."
Lao Yang quickly asked: "Company commander, are we going to see Comrade Xiao Lin?"
Xia Yuan glanced at Li Mengqi, then at Lao Yang, shook his head decisively, and said: "The mission is urgent. Comrade Li, please say hello to Lin Qingxue for me. When the battle is over, I will go and see her."
He turned around again and shouted: "Let's go!"
Li Mengqi stood there and watched a dozen soldiers from the first company walking past her. Their figures quickly entered the dense forest and disappeared. She looked at the person Lin Qingxue said who looked very similar to her brother. She was shocked.
Shouted: "Xia Yuan, Lin Qingxue told me that if I see you, I must tell you to come back alive."
Xia Yuan's back in the crowd remained firm, his steps did not stop at all, and he strode into the dense forest with rapid strides.
No one could see that this strong-looking man's hands trembled slightly.
After a long time, a strong voice came from the dense forest: "Take care of her for me."
Li Mengqi withdrew her gaze and hurriedly ran towards the hospital. Along the way, she met Wang Xuebin, the leader of the reconnaissance squad, "Comrade Xiao Li, I've met Company Commander Xia."
Li Mengqi nodded and said, "Yes, squad leader Wang, thank you."
Wang Xuebin sighed: "Lin Qingxue can be considered half of my sister. How pitiful this little girl is. Her brother is gone and she has been so seriously injured."
Li Mengqi's eyes became a little dim, and suddenly, as if she remembered something, she asked: "By the way, Squad Leader Wang, do you know what mission Captain Xia and the others are on? Why are they leaving in such a hurry?"
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Wang Xuebin shook his head: "Comrade Xiao Li, I don't know much about this, and it's related to operational tasks. Even if I really know, I can't tell you."
Li Mengqi didn't ask any more questions. It was related to the operation mission. She couldn't ask if she asked. She worked in the division headquarters from the beginning, and later transferred to the newspaper office of the division headquarters. Her other identity was a nurse and a lesbian.
Very easy to carry out work.
"Monitor Wang, I'll leave first."
"Okay."
After saying goodbye to Squad Leader Wang, Li Mengqi quickly came to the hospital. Lin Qingxue was not asleep, looking at the hay shed with her eyes open. Li Mengqi walked carefully through the aisle and came to Lin Qingxue. She seemed to feel someone approaching, and Lin Qingxue's eyes moved.
"Qingxue, why haven't you fallen asleep yet? Don't you want to sleep for a while?" Li Mengqi squatted beside her, looked at the wound that the other party had bandaged, and asked, "Is it because the medicine has failed? The division headquarters sent another one."
The batch of medicines is quite large, can I apply for some more for you?"
"Mengqi, don't bother me." Lin Qingxue's eyes were a little gloomy and she said, "The medicines are reserved for comrades who need them. My wound has stabilized and it doesn't hurt. I'm just so upset that I can't sleep and my head is buzzing.
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"Sigh." Li Mengqi sighed, hesitating whether to tell Lin Qingxue about meeting Xia Yuan.
Lin Qingxue missed her brother very much, otherwise she would not have joined the army and fought in the DPRK at the beginning of the fifth battle. It was all because of her longing.
Maybe God also took pity on Lin Qingxue and allowed her to meet a man in North Korea who looked and looked very similar to her sacrificed brother. But God seemed to have no feelings and took away her hands. Li Mengqi looked at her eyes blankly
Lin Qingxue couldn't bear to say, "Qingxue, I just met Xia Yuan."
The originally dull pupils gradually regained their color. He turned his head and looked at her in disbelief. His voice was hoarse and a little excited: "You, you really met Xia Yuan? Where did you meet him?"
"Division Headquarters, he should be going on a new combat mission. I originally planned to ask him to come over and see you."
"No, if he sees me like this, he should be worried again."
Li Mengqi sighed inwardly, my silly Qingxue, I have already told him your situation. Li Mengqi nodded and said, "I told him that you are doing well now."
"That's okay, that's okay." Lin Qingxue murmured, "Mengqi, thank you."
"It's okay. Who told you to be my good friend?" Li Mengqi helped Lin Qingxue straighten her dirty hair and said, "Just rest peacefully. Xia Yuan has a bright future and has made a lot of contributions.
It would be better if he was your brother."
Lin Qingxue said nothing, looked up at the hut and said, "Mengqi, can you see the stars tonight?"
Li Mengqi looked back and saw that the moon was hazy and couldn't be seen clearly. It was covered by black clouds and the stars were even harder to see. She laughed and said, "Yes, you can see it. There is also a moon, it's very bright."
"My mother said that departed relatives will turn into stars in the sky. At night, after you fall asleep, they will look at you and guard you silently. My brother must be looking at me now."
Lin Qingxue's voice was very soft, as if she was talking in her sleep.
Li Mengqi looked at it and saw that Lin Qingxue had closed her eyes, which startled her. She quickly put her hand on Lin Qingxue's neck, then breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "You girl, you are sleeping so well."
Come on, I thought..."
Speaking of this, Li Mengqi suddenly stopped talking. Looking at Lin Qingxue's face, this girl had not been able to eat well or sleep well recently. She was worried about something. It seemed that she was worried about Xia Yuan. Also, the 180th Division did not go there anymore.
While fighting on the front line, that period was considered the happiest time for Lin Qingxue. She met another very important person.
A man who looks like her brother.
Now that she heard the news that Xia Yuan was well, the girl's tense nerves relaxed.
Li Mengqi stood up and looked at the soldiers under the shed. There was dirty air floating in the air, mixed with an unpleasant smell, but the soldiers slept very soundly. A batch of medicines sent by the division headquarters allowed the soldiers to finally change their clothes.
After applying the medicine, I was finally able to have a good sleep tonight without having to wake up from the pain of the wound.
She stood there with a happy smile on her face.
There was a vague sound of artillery in the mountains in the distance, which made the smile on Li Mengqi's face disappear, and she became a little worried. She didn't know when this battle would end, and she didn't know how many young soldiers there would be.
Many parents lost their children, many wives lost their husbands, and many children lost their fathers.
She looked at the green faces under the tent in the dim light.
Many of them are young people of 17 or 18 years old, but they shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting their homes and countries.
Li Mengqi didn't know what she was feeling in her heart. She just hoped that if this war could be won, if her dear motherland was still there, and if they were all gone one day, there would still be such a group of people fighting for the country they loved.
Because what they love is also what they love.
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The air in the dense forest is a bit more muggy, and the sounds of insects are rarely heard.
The water level of the Han River has gradually risen due to the rain in the past few days, and the water flow has become somewhat turbulent. At the ferry by the river, the bushes and grass are rustling. A dozen soldiers who are rushing on the road in the dark appear by the river, and the sound of rushing water is heard.
Walking to the shore, the momentum is not small.
"This is the ferry where we crossed the river."
Instructor Shao looked at the vast water of the Han River with vigilant eyes.
"Is there a layer of fog on the surface of the river?"
Chen Lie held the gun and stared at the hazy river. He couldn't see clearly and couldn't see the other side of the river at all.
"Yes, it's very light. The humidity today is very high, it's muggy and hot, and it's probably going to rain."
Xia Yuan looked at the other side of the river. After turning on his night vision and eagle eye, he found that the ferry on the other side of the river had been occupied by the enemy. The Korean army was not slow at all. He probably received an order from his superiors. Occupy the ferry tonight and tomorrow
During the day, a massive attack was launched against the positions of the 180th Division, and tomorrow will be the most brutal battle.
"It's so hot, I'm sweating all over."
The big man squatted on the ground, twisted the buckle in front of his neck uncomfortably, and muttered: "Grandma, if it rains again tomorrow, I guess the foreign devils won't even need to come to the shore to block us. We won't be able to get through."
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"Yes, it is indeed strange today. It is about to rain. If it rains again tomorrow, the water in the Han River will probably be even worse."
Instructor Shao had a bit of worry on his face.
"The division commander will definitely send people over to check regularly, and they will also arrange a lot of warning posts in other places. Whatever we can think of, the division commander and the others will definitely want it."
Xia Yuan looked intently, searched his memory, thought of the location of the wire, and said, "We will cross the river from here tonight and remain silent the whole time. The enemy has occupied the other side of the river."
"What!"
Everyone was shocked and looked at the other side of the river in disbelief. What they saw was hazy, and what they saw was not very real, but they heard the news that the other side of the river was occupied by the enemy.
Naturally, they would not doubt the authenticity of what the company commander said. Basically, everyone believed the company commander unconditionally. If the company commander said that the other side of the river was occupied by the enemy, it must be occupied by the enemy.
Instructor Shao said hesitantly: "Since the enemy has occupied the other side of the river, do we still have to cross the river from here?"
"We need to cross the river. When we came here, we crossed the river from here. There were three wires under the river. If we crossed the river from other places, we had no way to pull the wires, and we didn't have any tools."
Xia Yuan raised his head and looked at the sky, and then said: "It's already too late to find the tools now, let alone whether we can find them or not."
Ma Da said: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's live it!"
"Find the wire first!"
Xia Yuan stared at the shore, looking for the scene of landing in his memory, and then said: "Follow me!"
After digging through the grass and walking more than thirty meters, they stopped on a piece of grass. The big guys squatted on the ground, looking at the rolling river water, and then looked up at the distance. The rising fog made the distance look like...
It was very hazy, and I could vaguely see a beam of dim light sweeping across the water of the river.
"You guys wait here,"
Xia Yuan held the gun and quickly ran to the river bank, jumped into the water with a splash, looked around, and soon saw a cliff-like shore not far away. There were several big trees growing on the bank with deep roots.
Underground, wires are tied to trees.
Stabilizing his body, Xia Yuan swam over quickly, groping with his hands in the water, searching, and soon found the wire that was rolling with the tumbling river.
Remembering the position of the wire, he ran to the shore and shook his sleeves. The wet cotton clothes became a bit colder and heavier. The water dripped on the ground, and his feet made a snapping sound on the ground. He quickly walked