Chapter 1462 Infantry Company Commander Afraid of Death
On this day, the weather was quite sunny, as predicted by the bright moon last night.
In the late autumn of November, there is already a chill in Jiangnan. It is rare for the sun to shine like this for a long time and there is no wind. Lying like this on the wild ground in the countryside will make you feel warm all over and smell the fragrance of the earth.
What a beautiful thing. If only I could have another glass of Shaoxing rice wine or light up a pack of cigarettes.
But unfortunately, for the soldiers of the 9th Infantry Company of the 152nd Regiment of the 26th Division of the 43rd Army, the warm autumn day has become a chore. Not only do they have to dig hard to dig field trenches, but they also like to carry
Everyone has the "four poisons" of eating, drinking, gambling and smoking. Today, Captain Yang seems to be a completely different person. He is not "sympathetic" to his subordinates at all. While digging hard with a pickaxe in his hand, he glances around from time to time.
If you see someone being lazy and running for ten or twenty meters, you have to step forward and fly over with your big feet.
He was spewing all kinds of "turtle son, melon skin" in his mouth, as if someone who was too lazy to dig a trench properly would be like digging up his family's ancestral grave.
Under his frantic supervision, more than 140 people from the 9th Infantry Company, including the Signal Corps Medical Corps, have been digging for nearly 2 hours without stopping. The trench, which is nearly 100 meters long, 2 meters wide and 1.5 meters deep, has almost taken shape, at least
It dug 20 meters more than other companies.
Many soldiers took off their upper body military uniforms and were shirtless. They were still sweating profusely and steaming under the late autumn afternoon sun. If Songjiang Security Commander Wang Gongyu hadn't been so careful, he would have fired every 800 meters.
Organize people to boil a large pot, and while boiling water, they also throw a lot of shredded ginger and brown sugar into it. This can be regarded as replenishing water and a certain amount of energy for the laborers digging the trenches. It is estimated that the trenches will be dug at full power in these two hours.
The workload can wear down a group of people.
People in Sichuan Province are hard-working, but they will never give up the opportunity to enjoy themselves when they can. This seemingly contradictory personality will be inherited into the future. Mountain cities and Rongcheng have far more teahouses than other big cities.
One of the most striking features of Southwest China.
Taking advantage of the rare opportunity to drink water and rest, many soldiers of the 9th Infantry Company took out the big smoking guns they carried with them, lit up a puff of tobacco and took a few puffs, but they would rather have their rifles with them when working.
It’s a treasure that needs to be inserted into the belt on one side. Although the rumors of “two-gun army” are not unflattering, it is indeed true.
Tobacco has been introduced to the southwest for hundreds of years. Because the climate in the mountainous areas of the southwest is suitable for tobacco cultivation, the incompetence of the late Qing government and the warlords of Sichuan Province in order to gain wealth, the planting volume of tobacco in the southwest reached a terrible amount in the early Republic of China.
The amount in one province has even reached 40% of the country. But Sichuan people are still good at face. They smoke at first to show their class and luxury, until eventually it spreads to the bottom, and even uses cigarettes to entertain guests. This time, smoking
This hobby has completely spread in Sichuan Province, a blessed land in the southwest.
Including the armies of Sichuan Province, they even use tobacco as a substitute for military pay. In other words, you may want these short Sichuan soldiers to put down the rifles in their hands, but if you ask them to put down the pipes in their belts, then
It is absolutely impossible, I will risk my life with you.
Fortunately, this kind of smoke, which caused great harm to Sichuan Province, was eliminated by a ban in the future Republic. It will definitely be regarded as a feat that will impress the whole world.
"Hai Guo, is the company commander crazy? Are you working so hard?" A young soldier who was no more than 18 or 19 years old and had obviously not yet become addicted to cigarettes was lying beside the newly dug trench with a piece of withered grass in his mouth.
On the grass, he asked a veteran who was lying sideways next to him and puffing away smoke.
"The company commander is crazy? You kid, don't lie. That's because our company commander wants to live. He is more afraid of death than anyone else. Do you understand?" The veteran who was enjoying the smoke filled his eyes and looked around to make sure there was no obvious crazy company.
With a long figure, he replied lazily.
"Are you so afraid of death? My brothers, please don't poop. The little Japs haven't even arrived yet. What are you afraid of?" The young soldier patted his chest and said proudly.
"You little kid knows a lot about football!" The veteran rolled his eyes and blew out a puff of cigarette with disdain. "Knowing that our company commander dared to take us to eat, drink, gamble and smoke, Du Du did not dare to go to the building.
Why are you looking for a girl?"
"Why?" The young soldier's curiosity was aroused.
For a recruit like him who has only been in the army for a year, the company commander is already the most famous officer he can have close contact with. If nothing else happens, the infantry company commander will be able to talk to him until he dies in battle.
The highest officer. The infantry battalion commander who can take charge of more than 500 people is almost like a god to him, not to mention the colonel commander, major general brigade commander, lieutenant general division commander. He can listen to the gossip of the 9th company's highest officer.
, and by the way, they can also slander each other and discuss the madness of the top officer, which is also a rare pleasure for young soldiers.
"Of course it's because the company commander is a rake!" The veteran began to complain about his commander with peace of mind. He was very tired just now. "We say that all men in Sichuan Province love our mothers, but the company commander goes too far. I heard
The company commander's wife would also write words on his penis with a brush before he left home, and she would have to check it when he returns home. If the words are gone, you know the consequences."
"Pfft~~~" The grass roots bitten by the young soldier were spit out with laughter. "Is the company commander's wife so cruel?"
"It's not just ruthless! I heard that during this expedition, the wife who the company commander married just a year ago started to hold on to her and refused to let him go. However, our company commander was very stubborn this time and beat her so hard that she couldn't let him go.
A few sensible women have big mouths. But guess what?" The veteran said with a wink.
"Come on, the company commander is very manly!"
"The company commander's wife did not continue to cry. She just sat on the ground, bit her finger and wrote a letter on the corner of her clothes, forcing the company commander to sign. The main message was that if the company commander dared to die outside, she would take it with her.
The baby in the house marries other men, lets other men sleep with his wife, and beats his baby." The veteran's tone gradually became serious.
"You're such a stupid fairy, what else do you want from such a woman? Just shoot her to death." The young soldier couldn't laugh now and almost jumped out of anger.
"You idiot!" The veteran stretched out his hand and slapped the young soldier on the forehead, and sighed slightly: "After signing this, how dare you, the company commander, die casually? Even if he only has one leg and one arm, he can't crawl.
You have to crawl back. The company commander’s wife is a good woman!”
Young soldiers don't understand, but veterans who have passed their thirties understand that it is the last resort used by wives who do not want their husbands to die in a foreign land. Otherwise, the company commander who is usually a "four poisonous" would urge everyone so desperately.
Even digging trenches? That's because he doesn't want to die, he wants to see his mother-in-law and his unborn baby.
As for being a deserter and being able to survive, since the moment he dumped his wife who never yelled a word, it was impossible for him to have the thought of deserting. He could have become a deserter before he even went out to fight. Brother Pao, it’s true.
No loose stools.
"Those signal soldiers at the regiment headquarters are still at ease. Look at them. They only have to pull a coil of wire around and play a loudspeaker. That's it. Like us, we are so tired from digging that we can't even straighten our backs. We really want to stop digging.
Just fight with the little devil." The young soldier seemed to understand what the veteran said, and his eyes turned to pursue the signal soldiers who were placing wires and loudspeakers in the regimental communications platoon, with envy on their faces.
"An Yi hammer, haven't you seen how sweaty they are running? From here to the riverside for more than ten miles, you have to run and run the wiring. During the war, you have to bear the shells and bullets to do the wiring. You kid doesn't understand.
." The veteran puffed out a puff of cigarette again to teach the recruits disdainfully, sat up and patted the recruits on the shoulders: "It's useless to say anything else. If you want to live a comfortable life, just like the company commander said, dig the trenches deep and well, so that you won't be fooled.
His head was "bombed" by the shell shell and half of it was moved away."
"Then I will be a good man again in eighteen years!" The young soldier was naturally not afraid of the threat from the veterans.
The biggest advantage of youth is that, like newborn calves, they do not understand the value of life. Only by experiencing cruelty can they learn how to survive tenaciously.
This trench used for retreat, which the officers of the 43rd Army attached great importance to, was actually a way of survival for the veterans who knew the terrible artillery fire, otherwise they would not be so desperate to attack the land.
"Brothers, get some rest! You guys, let me keep digging." While the two soldiers were chatting, the infantry company commander, who was naked and wearing only his shirt, had been complained about by the two of them for a long time.
He shouted loudly from the edge of the trench.
The infantry company commander who had just finished smoking a big bag of cigarettes probably hadn't had enough. He still had a cigarette in his mouth, and his face was full of scorn. If Liu Tuanzuo were here, he would probably be able to recognize him. This is
An old acquaintance.
If you give him a big parted wig and hang a box cannon at an angle, who else could he be if he wasn't Yang Songlin, the platoon leader and soldier he met back then? But I didn't expect that he would not only change his family from Fan Haer's army to the 43rd Army
, and was promoted from second lieutenant platoon leader to lieutenant company commander.
"Hey, let's work!" the young soldier lamented, but he quickly picked up the shovel next to him and jumped into the trench.
The veteran smiled slightly, slowly removed the residue from the pipe, carefully inserted it into his waist, then picked up the tool and jumped into the ditch.
It’s just that I haven’t dug a few shovels of soil yet.
"Hello, brothers of the 43rd Army, this is the Songjiang Frontline Broadcasting Station. I am Liu Xueyuan, the war correspondent of the "People's Daily" stationed in the 43rd Army."
A sweet female voice suddenly rippled across the vast Jiangnan fields.
Liu Xueyuan has a strong northern accent, but her voice is very magnetic. Although it is not as soft as the female anchor of Nanjing Central News Agency Radio, it has an indescribable and moving flavor.
People say you can recognize a woman by smelling her fragrance, but you can also recognize a woman by hearing her voice.
If we use modern vocabulary to describe it, we can hear an intellectual beauty just from the sound.
Of course, for these "bumpkins" who were digging in the fields, they were intellectually ignorant and didn't know, but they could feel that there was a beautiful woman sitting behind the loudspeakers and wires.
This is enough.
This is an existence that attracts their attention, and even the famous name Liu Xueyuan is not important anymore.
For a group of old men who traveled thousands of miles and stayed on the battlefield for a month.