I am not a company commander, just a soldier with a rifle.
After many twists and turns, a puppet soldier finally left the scene in the telescope lens and headed west alone. Judging from his movements and speed, he seemed very reluctant. It was obvious that he was going to deliver a letter to the Japanese.
Unexpectedly, Lao Qin was not escorted westward. After a beating for no apparent reason, he was forced to carry a stretcher and follow the puppet army's wounded soldiers eastward. It seems that unexpected changes are not always bad luck. In Hu Yi's eyes, Lao Qin is a good man. When he first met Lao Qin, he knew that he was a good man with a miserable life. It was a rare opportunity for heaven to open its eyes. This is a reward for good people.
Hu Yi didn't know why he was thinking these things. He had never thought about it in the past. He had killed too many people and had forgotten what a good person meant. Hu Yi had no concept of a hero in his mind, so he labeled Lao Qin as a 'good person', and then he realized that he was a 'bad person'. At least two people could prove this, Su Qing or Zhou Wanping.
I was lost in thought in the telescope lens when I was suddenly hit on the head by a flying stone. Then I heard Xiao Hongying's voice.
"Speak? What's the next step? Still watching?"
The telescope was put down, and he suddenly asked irrelevantly: "Girl, do you think I'm a bad person?"
The answer I got was, without hesitation: "It's not much better than me anyway!"
"… "
Did I ask the wrong person? Or did I ask the wrong question
Luo Fugui, who was in another direction, couldn't help but mutter, "Am I dreaming... or are you two still asleep?"
Another stone flew up, passed over Hu Yi's head and hit Luo Fugui.
It was obviously impossible to rescue Lao Qin here. The puppet soldier who delivered the letter had not gone far, and any changes might happen again, so the mission began to be issued.
Order 1: Ma Liang was required to lead a squad personally, speed up and bypass the puppet army that was delivering the letter, and secretly clear a path ahead to ensure that the puppet army that was delivering the letter would not be captured by unsuspecting guerrillas along the way. After discovering the traces of the Japanese, the mission was changed to reconnaissance and search for the enemy.
Order Two: After the westward-bound puppet troops delivering the letter have set a safe distance, the entire company will follow them westward, stopping at Dabei Village, and then wait for Ma Liang's reconnaissance report before moving forward.
Order three: Send a soldier back east to deliver the order to Chen Chong's troops on the road west of Qingshan Village, and ambush a dozen puppet soldiers who are returning eastward; Requirement one: Old Qin must be rescued, no matter if he is in good condition, even if the body is taken back after the operation, the mission is considered accomplished; Requirement two: This battle situation is special, and the dozen puppet soldiers must be completely wiped out in the battle, and no surrender will be accepted, and no one will be left alive, in case Old Qin survives and saves the wounded prisoners. The final verbal words emphasized: If these two requirements are not met, you, Chen Chong, can go back to Niujia Village after the battle!
There are soldiers who are silent, Lao Qin is the best instructor.
When there are soldiers who are silent, the company commander is the best company commander.
Some soldiers remained silent, and the Ninth Company was the most ruthless.
A mountain breeze blew by, swaying the green waves, but it failed to take away the heat; sweaty soldiers stood up silently on the ridge, some with camouflage grass rings on their military caps, some with camouflage branches and leaves tied on their backpacks, they seemed to be walking casually along the ridge to the west, gradually forming a winding line; until the last soldier passed by, the company commander standing looking east threw the rifle in his hand onto his shoulder.
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It was a day, a night, a half-moon, no wind, and a bonfire in the ruins of Dabei Village.
This was Sun Cui's yard, which had once been the home of Class 9 and Platoon 9 in Dabei Village. The big tree in the yard had turned to charcoal, and the roof was gone. A fire was lit in the yard, and the blazing flames illuminated the soot-scorched walls and black windows around it. The air was still filled with the smell of ashes.
The beautiful wellhead made of stones was still there, but the bottom of the well had been filled with tree stumps, logs and other debris, so water could not be drawn. However, Hu Yi still decided to stay here, staring at the fire in the yard. This burnt ruin was once his paradise, and he felt it was still a paradise now, although it looked like a dilapidated hell in the firelight.
"I want to dig a well."
Wu Shitou would repeat this sentence every once in a while. Ever since he entered this courtyard, he had been staring at the well he had built with his own hands. No one was interested in wasting time answering his questions. It was useless to explain it. The Japanese would pass by again. There was no point in digging it out now.
A soldier hurried into the doorless gate and appeared in the firelight: "Captain, it's confirmed that the team on the south bank is the third company!"
"Third Company?" Hu Yi came back to his senses and threw the wood in his hand into the fire, sparks flew up. This answer was beyond his expectation. The third company is here
"Yes. The third company commander and instructor Yang are here and will be here soon." After the soldier finished speaking, footsteps were heard in the distance.
Not long after, two more soldiers appeared next to the fire. Hu Yi was still sitting on the ground covered with charcoal ash. He did not stand up, but just tilted his head, his eyes swept across Yang Deshi's glasses, and fell on Hao Ping's solemn face that was illuminated by the firelight, without saying a word.
However, Yang Deshi's expression was strange. Not serious like Hao Ping, but gloomy.
Seeing that Hu Yi had no intention of speaking first, Hao Ping seemed ready to speak first, but Yang Deshi spoke first: "Captain Hu, I thought you were very professional, but I didn't expect you to dare to set up camp and light a fire here. Is this playing with the lives of the soldiers?"
Hu Yi had no choice but to turn his gaze back to Yang Deshi. This opening remark sounded really strange. Although he and Yang Deshi had been at odds from the beginning until today, he could at least hypocritically show the cultivation that an instructor should have. Was he taking the wrong medicine
"I'm kidding... Then why didn't your Third Company notice that our Ninth Company was here?"
Hu Yi deliberately asked back very seriously. It was the 9th Company's secret eyes that discovered the unidentified team appeared on the southern river bank, and it was the 9th Company that first confirmed the other party's identity and took the initiative to contact them. The 3rd Company had never thought from beginning to end that there was a team stationed in Dabizhuang, two miles away. It's not that they didn't see the fire in the ruins of Dabizhuang, but they thought it was the embers of a fire that had not yet burned out.
Yang Deshi was speechless and his face turned black. Hao Ping was also surprised by Yang Deshi's impolite opening. He failed to greet him and instead changed the topic to this. He had to take over the conversation and asked Hu Yi again: "Then... why did you find us first? You didn't send out the whole company as scouts, did you?"
Hu Yi retracted his deliberately serious expression and said, "I was just lucky. I just placed one or two more eyes nearby in a location suitable for the Japanese to camp and rest, and you stepped on them."
Hao Ping was speechless. The Third Company had been groping in the dark all the way, and when they reached the river bank they did not even dare to light a fire and temporarily camped to rest. However, in the eyes of those who were interested, it was no different from lighting a fire. He could only accept it willingly, and quietly pulled Yang Deshi, and then sat on the ground next to the fire.
Hu Yi was also a little surprised by Hao Ping's reaction. Anyway, the feeling of meeting both of them this time was very strange, but different. Yang Deshi seemed to be even more so, while Hao Ping seemed to be worried. The more he looked at these two, the more he felt that Gao Yidao, the wicked guy, was more suitable for "greeting and communicating", so Hu Yi was not interested in talking about useless things anymore and took the initiative to bring the topic back: "Why are you here?"
After a while, Hao Ping, who was beside the fire, suddenly raised his head and faced Hu Yi: "Count our third company in as well. We came out this time to do what we can."
Hu Yi stared at Hao Ping in silence for a few seconds, then said calmly, "That's not necessary. Attracting the devils has nothing to do with the number of troops."
Hao Ping insisted: "I hope you will consider cooperation again."
Hu Yi looked at the fire again: "Are you willing to give up the command?"
Yang Deshi suddenly chuckled: "Why can't you give up the command? Are you the only company commander?"
Hu Yi continued to respond calmly and without any fighting spirit: "I am not a company commander, just a soldier with a rifle on his back."
Under the moonlight, the sentry outside the broken courtyard wall couldn't help but tighten the rifle strap on his shoulder a few times, proudly straightening his gray figure, trying to imitate the company commander's coldness.
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Hao Ping, who had been silent all the way, suddenly said to Yang Deshi: "Old Yang, I think you went too far just now."
Yang Deshi did not look back: "There are some things you don't understand. Hu Yi is not a good person!"
"What's the meaning?"
"It's nothing. By the way, have you heard about the sheep's head incident?"
"Sheep head? Are you talking about the missing Uncle Ma?"
"Missing... Yeah. There's no evidence!"
"What does this mean?"
"It doesn't mean anything."
"Can you... say something I can understand?"
"Don't say you don't understand, even I don't understand... What the hell is wrong with her!"
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