"Where is the first platoon leader?" We had just returned to the messy battlefield. Company Commander Luo saw that only a few of us had returned, and asked, "How many other comrades are there?"
None of the soldiers spoke. As the platoon leader, I had to bite the bullet and said: "Two soldiers died trying to cover our retreat, and one platoon leader got separated from us in order to attract enemy firepower. His life or death is uncertain..."
"Life or death is uncertain? What does life or death mean?" I said this and several soldiers in the platoon refused to agree. The leader was Wang Gening. I remember that he was the one who resigned the former company commander.
"Second platoon leader!" Wang Gening glared at me with fierce eyes and said, "I thought the person who killed him was a certain person. The previous battles were pretty decent, but why did he fail now? He let his soldiers go again.
Cover is for our platoon leader to attract firepower, what the hell have you been doing?"
"What did you say?" When Wang Gening said this, my soldiers naturally refused to agree, especially the bayonets and small stones who went up with me. They rushed up and tried to argue with Wang Gening.
"Everyone stop it!" Captain Luo ordered everyone to return to their positions. It was quite scary to look at the fierce scholarly look on his face.
"Look at what you...are doing!" Captain Luo pointed at Wang Gening, Bayonet and others and said: "The Vietnamese Japs are right in front of us. They are all holding guns and cannons and want to tear us into pieces."
Yes, you are still making a fuss and causing infighting here!"
"Our platoon leader is not a person who is greedy for life and fear of death!" Chen Yiyi also rushed over with the soldiers from the second platoon: "It's not like you haven't seen that after fighting so many battles, our platoon leader has made so many meritorious deeds, what's the point?
Have you ever been afraid?"
"That's it!" The soldiers in the second row followed suit and held their heads high, but I... didn't have the confidence in my heart. In fact, I was not only afraid, but also wanted to desert the army several times.
At this time, the instructor also squeezed in. He glanced at me with evil intentions and said: "Okay, Comrade Yang Xuefeng... you are responsible for every trouble in the army!"
I'll fuck your mother... Hearing this, I couldn't help cursing in my heart: I don't know where I offended you, you are targeting me everywhere. Just now, you risked your life to fight with the Vietnamese Japanese. This
Next time I come back, I will still be criticized...
But I can only keep these words in my heart, because I know that the instructor is our immediate boss, so what are the benefits of offending him?
Chen Yiyi didn't care whether he was an instructor or not, but with a cold look on his face, he stretched out his hand to grab the AK hanging on his waist... I'm so timid, how could this girl grab a gun at every turn? She made trouble with the company commander last time, if she does it again this time
Shooting at the instructor... Then should our troops continue to mess around...
Thinking about it, he quickly took a step forward and stood in front of Chen Yiyi.
"Hey...are you still dissatisfied or something?" I took this step to cover up Chen Yiyi's actions, but I didn't want the instructor to misunderstand again. He looked at me with a fierce look and said, "What? You want to rebel again?"
"Lao Yu! Calm down..." Captain Luo felt that it was a bit too much, and advised from the side: "First understand the situation before talking!"
"This is not a matter of understanding the situation!" the instructor said with a cold face: "This is a matter of troop discipline, ideological and political issues, and revolutionary style..."
I couldn't help but think to myself, I'm really going to give people a thumbs up. The legacy of the past ten years of turmoil can't just be changed.
"Platoon leader! The platoon leader is back..." At this critical moment, the shouts of several soldiers interrupted the instructor's ideological work.
Following the sound, we saw Scar, covered in blood, running toward us in the trench with a submachine gun and two AK47s on his back.
"How's it going? Are you okay?" Scar sat down next to us and breathed heavily: "Damn it! Those devils can really run. I ran two hills before I got rid of them! Huh?"
Where are the other two people?"
"Sacrificed!" Xiao Shitou replied: "The two of them were injured and took the initiative to stay and cover our retreat... Finally, they fired the blasting tube and died together with the enemy!"
"Yeah!" Scar was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Well done! You didn't embarrass our troops!"
Then he felt that the atmosphere at the scene was a little strange, and he couldn't help but ask: "What's going on?"
"Well, it's nothing." Captain Luo explained: "Just now...your soldiers were asking the second platoon commander about your whereabouts! Just come back..."
Scar looked at the anger on our faces and seemed to understand something. He didn't say much and just smiled relaxedly: "Hey, the battle just now was really fun. The six of us met at least two people.
The platoon outnumbered the Japanese and pushed them back forcefully!"
"That's right!" Xiao Shitou continued without hesitation: "At least we killed about twenty Japanese Japs, and when we come back, we have to be tried as prisoners!"
As he spoke, he gave the instructor a hard look.
The instructor blushed, pretending to smile and said: "Well, let me just say, why are there gunshots over there but no enemies are coming... Uh... now that the situation is clear, let's disperse."
"Let's all disperse!" Captain Luo ordered: "The Vietnamese Japs just attacked us once, and they shouldn't attack us again so soon. All units should pay attention to rest! Replenish your strength and prepare for the next battle!"
"Yes!" the soldiers responded and dispersed.
Scar touched my elbow next to me and said, "Forget it, let's fight our own battle, no matter what others say!"
At first I was holding back a lot of anger... But thinking about Scar's combat ability and commanding ability, he can be said to be a battalion commander or a regiment commander, but until now he is still a platoon leader, I'm afraid he will be punished in this regard
I am more angry and miserable than I am. But people can be so relaxed and pretend that nothing happened...
Just thinking about it makes me feel that I am being petty.
So he sighed, sat down and said with a wry smile: "Actually, what they said is right. It was me who gave the order to leave the two wounded and retreat..."
Scar hummed again and smiled noncommittally: "You did the right thing, but you said it wrong. It shouldn't be said that you left the two wounded men and retreated, but that they died gloriously while performing their cover mission.
, do you understand?”
"Maybe..." I said thoughtfully, "If we carry them together, maybe we can all come back alive..."
"That's just a possibility!" Scar interrupted me: "If you do this, maybe none of you will be able to come back!"
After a pause, Scar continued: "You will encounter many such things in the future. Now you know what it means to sacrifice the individual to preserve the greater self!"
Then he patted my shoulder and walked away.
Sacrificing the small self to preserve the greater self? This sounds simple, but when it comes to the critical moment, how many people can sacrifice themselves to preserve others? I used to think that no one would be able to do it, but now I have changed my mind, because
The facts in front of me make me believe...
"Woo..." At this time, the whistling sound of enemy artillery shells sounded in the air again, and suddenly the artillery shells exploded around us in pieces as usual, and waves of soil poured towards our trenches layer by layer.
But at this time, I felt that these shells were no longer so scary. Later, I thought about it, maybe my mentality has undergone subtle changes since then! The reason is very simple. After being saved several times,
, you will have a feeling that your life no longer belongs to you. Since your life does not belong to you, then there is nothing to worry about and fear, right?
This time the enemy did not rush up following the artillery shells as usual. At first we nervously set up various weapons on the trenches, but after waiting for a long time there was no one in front of the position, so we slowly relaxed
came down. However, at this moment, there was another burst of artillery fire... Still no one was there...
Are the Japanese playing a "crying wolf" game? If so, that would be too retarded. As long as our army randomly arranges a few sentries in front of the position, their trick will not work. Then Scar
The shouting made me feel that my thinking was a bit simple.
"Comrades! The Japanese are playing fatigue tactics with us!" Scar shouted to us: "They want us to be unable to sleep. We must seize the time to have a good rest and recharge our batteries so that we can fight the Japanese better!"
Only then did I understand that the enemy’s purpose was to make us tired... It should be said that the enemy’s tactics were very successful. We have been too tired due to continuous marching and fighting in the past two days. Now the enemy
The military also used this method to "disturbed" us, which made our situation even worse.
Scar said it nicely, take a good rest? How to rest! As soon as I closed my eyes and felt a little sleepy, there was a roar of cannonballs in the sky, followed by a burst of earth-shattering, as if I was sitting on a volcano about to erupt.
It's like... If I could sleep here, I would almost become an immortal.
At this time, I complained in my heart, where were all our cannons? Why were we allowed to let the Japanese cannons show off their power at us? Our long-range artillery fire didn't even let go.
Later I learned that just when the 316A Division was attacking our nameless highlands with all its strength, it was also when our army stepped up its attack on Gantang, and all the long-range artillery fire was used to indiscriminately bombard the enemy's 345th Division stationed in Gantang!
It should be said that the superiors are right about this strategy. Don't the Japanese want to use the 316A Division and the 345th Division to flank our old street? Then we will use a force to stop the 316A Division, and then attack the 345th Division with all our strength...
It is said that it has always been our army's strategy to pick the weak ones. From the time our army was founded, whether it was fighting the Kuomintang or the United Nations forces on the Korean battlefield, it had to first blow up the weak ones.
Isn't the 316A Division strong? Then the main force will naturally attack the 345th Division. It just suffers for our regiment... No, it should be said that our company has to guard this traffic artery from beginning to end and endure the Vietnamese army.
316A Division.
From this point of view, the superior's strategy is wrong. What if we can't hold on?
Of course, I don't want to be unable to hold on, because this often means death.