Chapter 1607 Youth and Country: Traveling with the whole class (19)
"It seems a bit..." a girl cried and said, "I remember, isn't this the photo in the history textbook??"
Their impression of the photo was very vague, but at this moment, the photo overlapped with the scene in front of them and gradually became clearer.
They recalled the time when Gu Mo taught them this lesson.
It seemed that tens of thousands of the entire army fought against the enemy for three days, but in the end only three people survived.
Among them, the highest officer, father and son, all died for the country, leaving only the youngest son who was blown into a fool and survived.
What was affixed to the textbook was just an old black-and-white photo that was whitish. You couldn't even see the outline of the person clearly. But when the teacher told the story behind the photo, he choked up several times.
But they were laughing and joking, not taking it seriously, not realizing at all the blood and tears behind the photos.
Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I know how shocking it is.
And even after such a tragic scene, all that was left to future generations was a pale old photo. Young people like them did not even have the patience to understand the story behind this photo, nor did they know that this generation
The sacrifices people have made.
The students' eyes were almost all red at this moment, and the tears fell fiercely and urgently. At this moment, they hated themselves more than ever for being powerless. They could only watch countless people sacrifice and die in front of their eyes, but they had no ability to do anything.
To save the defeat of this war and save their tragic fate.
The sun was setting at this moment. The students were lying in the trenches and could only see a little bit of the sunset.
In the past, they had bathed in such sunset and sweated profusely on the football field.
In the past, they had sat drowsily in the classroom under such sunset light, wondering why the teacher was telling useless history over and over again, and why those people in history had to die.
But now they suddenly wake up under the same sunset - they died for us.
From beginning to end, it is they who need to be saved, not these dead people.
The battle ended on the morning of the next day. The smoke did not dissipate. The artillery fire scorched the land. The air was filled with the smell of cooked meat, blood, and artillery fire.
The sun slowly rises from the horizon, its golden light dazzling, as if it wants to drive away all the haze in the world from this land.
Except for Gu Mo and the students, no one in the entire position could stand up.
And such sacrifices resulted in the destruction of the entire East Island army.
Gu Mo asked the students to search one by one, and finally found three survivors, two of whom were seriously injured. The other one was Chief Gu's youngest son, who was injured in the brain and was unconscious.
"Teacher, there is a large army coming this way..."
The students were facing a formidable enemy. Although they were a little panicked at the moment, they still subconsciously picked up the guns on the ground and surrounded Gu Mo and the three wounded.
When the large army arrived on the battlefield, the students realized that they were nearby reinforcements. They were also ambushed on the road, so they arrived late.
Seeing the tragic scene in front of them, they were stunned, and then they all took off their hats and saluted.
The three wounded soldiers were sent to the rear hospital. After the two seriously injured soldiers recovered, they were incorporated into the new division. However, Commander Gu's youngest son was stupid when he woke up and would definitely not be able to go to the battlefield again.
The army planned to send someone to take him back home.
Gu Mo stopped the job. Before leaving, the officer repeatedly explained to Gu Mo.
"Although he is stupid now, his heroic descendants, his father and brother all died fighting for the country, and he was also injured for the country! You must send him home safely!"
The students promised to complete the task resolutely.
On their way back to see Gu San, they saw recruiting troops on the street.
Many young people like Gu San took off their school uniforms and dropped the books in their hands. They signed their names on the pledge flag and rushed to the battlefield to fight for the dignity of this country with their young lives.
There are only eight words in the oath: I will not destroy Dongdao, and I will never return alive.
Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are full of blood, and China is full of good men and women.
The students stood on the street, looking at the impassioned and generous expressions of those young people, and their hearts trembled again.
Yes, young people, they are young people who celebrated Yaonian who worked for the country decades ago.
And now, these young soldiers in front of them are also young people.
Their faces are still so young, their arms are so thin, but in this country that is judged to be destroyed in three months, in this era when its people are ridiculed as sick men, they stand in the most dangerous position with the determination to die.
The place is trying to use its weak chest to support this five-thousand-year-old building that is about to collapse.
They were fearless of life and death, and their faces were full of glory. Facing the coercion and inducement of the Dongdao people, they rolled up their sleeves and said proudly: "I don't know anything, and I am too embarrassed to do anything."
Mountains and rivers change color, but loyalty cannot be extinguished.
This country has always been well protected by their brave people.
Remember these faces, they should be remembered, decades or hundreds of years later, they should also be a monument that no one can surpass.
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After a day's train ride and several hours of walking, we finally arrived at the small town where Gu's family lived.
As students walk on the quaint streets, they always feel a familiar breath coming to their faces.
"Teacher, why do I feel this place is familiar?"
"This is the Jinyuan City of later generations."
The small town that existed decades ago, through continuous development and evolution, eventually became the prosperous Jinyuan City in later generations.
When they heard that this was the place where they had lived since childhood, the students became excited. They swept away the previous gloom and talked about the familiar places in the town and compared them with the Jinyuan City of later generations.
"That must be the Huayuan Supermarket. Look, the landmark building is still there..."
"I know this river is a double canal, but it is narrower than that of our time, and the water quality is also clearer than that of our time..." ωωw.
After passing through a small alley, we arrived at Gu's house.
When the door opened, all the students saw were women and children. There was no adult man, and the only boy was still an infant.
But this time they brought all bad news to the Gu family. Except for a young son whose head was blown up, there were three urns.
In the urn, there are the sons, husbands, fathers of these women...
The entire Gu family was in mourning, and then Mrs. Gu held a simple funeral while enduring her grief.
The people in the town knew that all three of the Gu family, father and son, had died in the war, and they all came to express their condolences.
The line leader also came in person to express his condolences, and brought with him the condolence money and medals of honor issued by his superiors...
