Chapter 6 chapter Five

At three o'clock in the morning, the devils began to cover bombing. To block the artillery fire and block the retreat, we can only hide in a temporary anti-explosion hole not far below the high ground. M270 rocket launchers and 155mm howitzers plowed our position back and forth several times, and it took almost half an hour for the bombing to end. After the shelling, the platoon leader Zhou leaned on the edge of the trench and used night vision goggles to check the enemies ahead. The enemy is an armored squad, presumably serving as a reconnaissance mission interspersed with the battlefield.A tracked infantry fighting vehicle, a wheeled fighting vehicle, and about a squad of infantry.They occupied two buildings on the side of the road, and were setting up combat alert on both sides.

The earphones were filled with the loud scolding and shouting of our soldiers, mixed with the intensive gunfire. I poked my head out of the trench to look up to the higher ground. The high ground above was already filled with the sound of shells exploding and rifles firing. The warriors on the high ground have entered into hand-to-hand combat. what to do? Behind the buildings guarded by the devils is an open space, and at the end of this open space is the densely populated residential area on the edge of the city. We'll be safe as long as we're across the open space and into the residential area.

Platoon Leader Zhou summoned the three soldiers who could still fight and bowed their heads to discuss in the trench. Apart from a shallow gutter running through the building, there was nowhere around for the devil to get close. We only have rifles and grenades in our hands, and without anti-armor firearms, we cannot attack by force.Although the devil's attention was still on the west side, it would be a disaster if he was discovered by enemy soldiers guarding from other positions. Besides, there are three wounded comrades to take with him. There was a cloud of gloom in the trenches.

The rain was heavier than before. In the deep night, the dense raindrops fell on the helmet lining and then merged into a stream to hang down on my shoulders. The wound on my left hand was soaked by the rain and sent out bursts of stinging pain.Zhang Tingyu in my arms had already fallen into a coma, and another seriously injured person and I barely supported his dying body. His body is gradually getting colder. Must assault! After discussing for a while, Platoon Leader Zhou and the others decided to take advantage of the cover of night and heavy rain to climb into the ditch and touch the devils to launch a sneak attack.

Watching the soldiers disappear into the rain one by one, I hugged Zhang Tingyu's neck tightly with my good right hand. A long and endless wait, in the night of heavy rain. Indistinctly, the commoner wept softly from the earphones. Commoner cried! Alone, in a dark and cold ammunition room.Wandering on the brink of death, without companions, without light. he is crying! With my dying comrade in my arms and my feet soaked by the cold water in the trench, I couldn't help shivering in the night rain. I wanted to say something to Commoner, but just as I opened my mouth, a gust of salty rainwater flowed in.My mind went blank, and I didn't know how to comfort him.

What would happen to me if the person sitting there was me? I can no longer squeeze a word out of my choked throat. The sound of artillery fire on the high ground behind suddenly became much quieter, and through the flash of light, I vaguely saw the figures of the devil's tanks and infantry fighting vehicles appearing on the top of the high ground, one after another. There is no sound from the intercom. Li Wei, Jiang Ye, and Jiang Lei all died? When I felt that my trembling legs could no longer support my body and was about to lie back in the trench, suddenly a beam of bright and brilliant metal jets burst out from above the high ground.

yes! There are still people fighting! In the dazzling light of the metal jet, I saw a Type 59 tank rushing down from the wide trench behind the highland through the rain curtain like a wild horse running wild! It's Jiang Ye and the others, still alive! "I fuck you bastards!" At this time, the hoarse roar of commoner suddenly came from the earphone. A huge flame and smoke rose from the high ground, and the entire hill was immediately enveloped in a huge fireball.The Devils armored vehicles and tanks climbing to the top of the high ground were swallowed by the huge fireball that erupted at this moment, and the huge steel war machines were thrown high by the fireball and turned around like stones flying from a crater.

Commoner, go all the way. I closed my eyes and pressed the helmet tightly against the dirt wall of the trench. I clenched my fists tightly, letting my nails penetrate deeply into my palms. Putting my right hand on the muddy ground beside the trench to prop up my body high, I felt that my already cooled blood was being ignited by the fireball at this moment. Jiang Ye's tank quickly rushed down the slope and rushed towards us.The enemy standing in front of us yelled and turned their guns to take aim.Soon, the devil's infantry fighting vehicle fired a "Tow" missile, and the missile dragged a long tail flame towards the Type 59 tank Jiang Ye was driving.

The enemy's wheeled tanks also started shooting, but because our tank was very fast and the route was tortuous, the shells never hit. Just as the devils were vigorously firing at the tank, the platoon leader Zhou who touched them started to do it. A grenade accurately blasts the enemy missile launcher into the sky.The missile flying towards Jiangye lost control and hit a tree and exploded. Our other soldiers who were lurking suddenly jumped up at the same time. One soldier jumped onto the devil's wheeled infantry fighting vehicle and threw a grenade through the devil's open top cover.

The wheeled chariot shut its mouth. The other fighters fired frantically at the Devil infantry at close range. The enemy was caught off guard by our infantry who suddenly appeared from the side, and they died and were injured immediately.The M2 infantry fighting vehicle started its engine in an attempt to flee the battlefield. Our tanks are approaching the devils at a fast speed. The enemy infantry fighting vehicle turned wildly and tried to escape behind the building, and in a hurry ran over an infantryman hiding behind it. The enemy tank bombarded the tank with a 30mm cannon while turning, and several shells hit the tank.

But this kind of small-caliber grenade does not work on the Type 59 tank, it just sparks a ball of fire on the tank turret.Our tank stopped suddenly when it was only a hundred meters away from the enemy tank. Li Wei stuck his head out of the turret, holding a rocket launcher in his hand. After aiming briefly, the major fired the rocket.Passing through the night rain, the rockets quickly caught up with the devil's infantry fighting vehicle. With a bang, the heavy rocket slammed into the infantry fighting vehicle and tore the front and turret apart. I took a long breath, and my hanging heart fell back into my stomach. The platoon leader Zhou yelled at Li Wei and the others and waved his hands, and then a few soldiers ran towards us and carried us to the side of the building on our backs. "Hurry up and go." Li Wei ordered. "Major, this wheeled tank is still usable." After two or three soldiers helped drag the devil's body out of the car, Jiang Ye tried to start the chariot, and it still worked. "Then quickly transfer the wounded to the vehicle. I will drive the tank to open the way ahead." Li Wei said. Everyone rushed to carry the four of us wounded onto the wheeled chariot. Jiang Lei was carried to my side by the major, and he was also injured. "Zhang Tingyu! Old Zhang!" Jiang Lei, who was lying on his side, tried to wake him up. Zhang Tingyu's stiff body did not respond to Jiang Lei's slap. I stretched out my cold hand to press his carotid artery. No pulse! I leaned down on his heart and listened. The heart also stopped beating. I sank into the icy water in an instant, and I leaned on the carriage numbly. he died! There was a gap in the half-covered rear door of the car, leaning on the door with Zhang Tingyu's cold and wet body in my arms, I silently watched the dark night.Jiang Lei's trembling thigh was pressed against me, cold and stiff; we had already walked through the most prosperous urban road section. Under the artillery bombardment of the devils, the urban area has been completely changed, and there are ruined walls and ruins everywhere. The streets of the once bustling urban area were filled with the remains of bricks, tiles, doors and windows that collapsed after being bombed, and the walls along the street exposed blackened steel and concrete.The villas in the beautiful lakeside community in the distance were razed to the ground by the heavy artillery bombardment. When passing by the city square, I found that the original statue on the square had been blown up, and a huge bomb crater appeared where the original statue stood.A metal rolling shutter door hangs on the gate of the dilapidated postal building, rattling by the wind.The communication tower on the top of the building was knocked down by the bomb and inserted obliquely in the middle of the road. There was not a single light on the street, and from time to time enemy shells exploded in the distance. The troops in charge of the back alley fighting are building fortifications, and shadowy figures of soldiers appear in the surrounding buildings from time to time. The whole city has become empty and lifeless. It was still raining, and huge craters appeared on the road from time to time.The dark brown soil was overturned by shell explosions, and the road became more muddy under the rain. Armored cars and tanks jolted over the debris on the ground, and I clung to the handrail inside the car to keep myself from being thrown out. "Another city was destroyed by them." A soldier next to him gritted his teeth and said bitterly. Our convoy finally stopped, and I vaguely heard the hurried shouts of many people outside. "We're here, everyone get out of the car." It was the major's voice.Then the door was opened. With the dim light in the tunnel, I looked around. This is the entrance to a large tunnel with a height of three to four meters and an area about the size of two basketball courts. There are many trucks and jeeps with camouflage protective nets parked at the entrance of the tunnel, as well as several medical vehicles with red crosses painted on them.The perimeter of the tunnel is covered by a large protective net, and several anti-aircraft guns are erected at a slightly higher position, and the artillery is also covered by the protective net. The enemy's suppressive artillery fire never stopped, and the entire assembly area was enveloped by huge explosions one after another, and the camouflage tent was torn apart by shell fragments and mud spots raised by explosion shock waves from time to time.No one knows where the enemy's attacking forces have advanced.The tunnel entrance seemed tense, and the officers were struggling to maintain discipline. There are several radio stations set up in the corner of the tunnel, and a group of soldiers are communicating, with several serious-looking officers standing beside them.Many soldiers were busy carrying the wounded on stretchers to the medical vehicle, and military doctors and nurses in white coats were busy giving emergency treatment to the seriously wounded. At several assembly points, the soldiers were busy reporting their numbers and being sorted into formation by several officers, and the whole crowd seemed exhausted in a hurry.An officer shouting in the rain shouted in a hoarse voice: "Are there any armored soldiers? Come to me to report. Do you hear me?" Another officer next to him shouted: "Snipers, are there any snipers? Come to me Come." Military vehicles and medical vehicles full of soldiers and wounded continued to slowly start driving into the depths of the tunnel and transfer to the mountainous area. All operations are sheltered under protective nets and tunnels, but the frequencies of car engine noise and the infrared signature of exhaust pipes are carefully masked by the logistics team. Medics came up to treat some of our wounded. My left hand was rewashed, bandaged, and splinted.The wound on the leg was also bandaged after the shrapnel was removed.Before going on the stretcher, the doctor gave me a tetanus shot and put a glucose bottle on me, and finally I was sent to the medical car.All movements are extremely fast and skilled. Everything in front of me made me unbelievable, and my already chaotic and dull mind couldn't hold so many changes. I still have a chance to live on? I started struggling to look up and try to find the comrades who came back together, but I couldn't find any familiar faces in the busy crowd.Finally, my head started to hurt so much that I couldn't keep my eyes open.A few more wounded were vaguely placed beside me, the door was closed, and the car started. I swayed and fell into a deep sleep. I was awakened by a huge explosion, and I looked up to the source of the sound. It's pitch black and I can't see clearly. This is where? It should be late at night, and I started to turn around and look around. This is a huge tunnel, about 200 meters long at both ends, and more than 50 meters wide, but the height is only about 2.34 meters, which looks particularly low and depressing.Hundreds of hospital beds are neatly placed in the tunnel, and dozens of military emergency lights with cold light sources are hung on the walls. The wounded were lying around, and there were low wailing everywhere. And the common people!A hundred or so men and women of various ages were sitting scattered around the bed at the other end of the hospital, as if they were family members of the wounded. At the entrance of the tunnel, more than a dozen people were busy carrying stretchers to the emergency room, yelling.After hearing the sound, several military doctors in white coats walked quickly across the hospital bed to meet him. Why are so many people crying?who died Why is the atmosphere in this place so bad?A posture that the world is about to perish! I looked at my splinted left hand in dismay, feeling bad. "Doctor! Doctor!" Not far from me, a soldier covered in gauze and bandages suddenly cried loudly, the shout was full of panic and anger! The soldiers lying around me got up and looked at him one after another, their eyes were full of sympathy and sadness. A nurse hurried over: "What's the matter? What's wrong with you?" "My legs! Where are my legs? Ah! Where have they gone!" The soldier yelled at the nurse with a crying voice. I looked down at his lower body. Both legs were amputated along the knee, and the amputated part was wrapped in gauze, which was shocking. "I remember the leg is still there! It's just the bone that was blown off, and it should be able to be connected. Ah! Why? Ah! Why? You are irresponsible! I will sue you in a military court! I will shoot you!" the young man angrily shouted. The nurse looked at the number on the head of the bed, then flipped through the notebook in his hand and said, "No. 8087, both legs were shattered, arteries ruptured, and infected. High amputation. Comrade soldier, amputation is the only option. If you don't amputate, you will die." The eyes behind the mask are as calm as the sea. Maybe they have to face such heckles every day. I subconsciously stroked my legs quietly. Fortunately, both legs are there! "Why? What's the difference between me and a dead person! Ah! Why did you save me! Why..." The soldier finally covered his face and began to cry helplessly, adding another bleak scene to the already noisy and chaotic tunnel. The nurses and soldiers all around bowed their heads in silence.Someone, infected by his pain, started wiping away tears. hell! Confident that my nerves have been tempered extremely strong on the purgatory battlefield of the 2416 position, I instinctively reject this damn place filled with depression and brewing sadness. At this time, more soldiers were awakened by crying.Everyone started to talk, and some people started to cry, more and more.The entire tunnel was in chaos, and the nurses and doctors were busy comforting and explaining everywhere. "Really, how did I get hurt! Otherwise, I wouldn't have stayed here. Oh!" I said to myself, holding back my tears and looking around with vicious eyes angrily. No choice but to lie down and think wildly.At this time, a nurse walked by me, and I hurriedly called her to stop. "Oh, sorry, where is this?" "This is the ward area of ​​the field hospital. We are now in the hinterland of the mountain. Don't worry, the enemy has not yet been able to attack. Lie down and rest." The nurse looked at the card beside my bed and said to me. Mountain hinterland, which means we are still within the encirclement. I slumped back on the bed, raised my right hand and looked at my watch.Four o'clock in the morning, number six! "Number six! I slept for two days!" I looked at my watch in surprise. I slept for two days, this battle was fought.I'm really worn out! I really couldn't fall asleep, and the scenes of the battle on the battlefield kept churning in my mind. Are the things my comrades gave me still there? I fumbled in the pocket of the clothes next to me and took out the things that the commoner had left for me.Broken, the major's stuff is missing. In the pocket left by the commoner was a soldier's identification card, and there was also a folded envelope with the commoner's home address written on it.The envelope was open, and it did not appear to be a letter inside.I pulled it out, and it was a piece of paper with a handprint printed on it.The handprints don't look like those of ordinary people, but are very small, like a girl's hand.Holding the blood-stained bag and leaning against the railing of the hospital bed, I slowly fell asleep again. It was noon when I woke up again. I felt hungry and thirsty, so I started to check around for food. After stopping a nurse to ask for a standard ration, I started to gobble it up with a teapot of warm water. The soldier next to me, lured by the smell of food, rolled over. "Jiang Lei!" I yelled out loud. It's Jiang Lei.This kid is actually by my side. Jiang Lei laughed: "Oh! Old Wei! You woke up." "You boy. How is it? Is the injury serious? Drink something hot!" I turned around and handed the teacup to Jiang Lei. "It's okay. It's just that the calf was pierced by the devil's bullet, and the ear was also torn by the devil's shell fragment, which almost caused otitis media. He is currently being hospitalized for observation." Jiang Lei said angrily while holding a hot teacup. "Do you know where the major is?" I asked. "He went to the 203rd Division as a combat staff officer. He came here yesterday. Seeing that you are not awake, he took away his own things first. By the way, he said he would come to see us in a week." Jiang Lei said. "Oh. Do you know the whereabouts of others? Like Jiang Ye?" They are all brothers who climbed out of the dead. The unforgettable experience made me miss those comrades who fought together. "I don't know. The major doesn't know which company Jiang Ye is in." Jiang Lei returned the teacup to me. well!I don't know if I can see these comrades who have lived and died together again. "Do you know how the street fighting is going? After the enemy captures the city, they will attack us with all their strength. We should break out to the north!" I wanted to know the current situation from Jiang Lei. "Street fighting is still going on. Breakthrough? I don't know." Jiang Lei scratched his head and replied. "It's going to get better, the hardest days are over. Isn't it? Old Wei?" Seeing that I was still depressed, Jiang Lei comforted me. "Old Wei, were you really a commoner before? What did you do?" Jiang Lei began to change the subject. "I work in the library, and sometimes I help my friends draw some computer renderings. I was enlisted in the city as a reserve. I started helping the army maintain order in the city, and then went to the battlefield to rescue the wounded, and finally stayed on it. Join the war. What about you? Which army were you in?" I said while eating. "I have just joined the army for three months. I was supposed to graduate from university this year. I majored in communications and am doing an internship. However, I have already obtained the certificate of a network cabling engineer, and I have found a job unit. The school organizes to sign up for the army. I am the head of the student union. If you are a probationary party member again, you should take the lead in signing up. Cough! This battle was really useless! Retreat, retreating all the way, this battle was fought, and followed the troops all the way from Guangdong to here." Jiang Lei said with a sigh. "Didn't we also gather two million troops to fight in the south? How could this be the case?" I asked. This is a question I still can't understand.After the war broke out, we quickly recruited millions of reserve troops, plus millions of active troops. How much ammunition would it take for the enemy to blow up one by one?Besides, the level of our army building and training in the past few years is said to be quite high. We have even established our own digital army for the second time in the world after the US military. No matter how bad it is, it is impossible for such a one-sided war. "It is impossible for only soldiers to participate in war!" The wounded man lying in front of me suddenly turned over and sat up and said. "The military guards the peace, we serve the community. What's wrong with that?" I can't understand his answer. "My friend, this theory sounds right. The duty of our soldiers is indeed to defend the country. We have tried our best to catch up with the level of developed countries in the modernization of the army, so as to prevent our military strength from being enlarged to the level of the late Qing Dynasty. There is a huge gap between spears and knives and strong ships and sharp guns. And, it is true that until now, except for the United States, no other country can defeat us alone. But you should understand this fact, we are still just a developing country, a There are also many developing countries in impoverished areas that urgently need development. We must invest huge funds to improve the economic and cultural level of the people in these areas. This means that we cannot modernize the army like the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s It is impossible for our military to maintain the leading position in military technology and military armament in all fields like the United States and Japan. In the face of the joint aggression of the world's top two military powers, we must defend Shouldn't the state be the duty of every citizen?" The wounded man was very tall, with a bandage on his head, and he was gesticulating while talking.Judging by his demeanor and demeanor, he seems to be an officer, with a pair of thick and long thick eyebrows, and several deep forehead lines on his forehead, which leave a deep impression on people. "But the war has come to this point, what is wrong with us ordinary people? Could it be that we put our heads in front of the enemy?" Jiang Lei replied unwillingly. "That's right, we didn't fulfill our due responsibilities. I started to see all kinds of screaming and crying soldiers in the hospital when we retreated from Guangdong Province. Some of them were just scratching their skins! There are deserters who were sent to military courts. In the face of the millions of Chinese who have died, those soldiers really have no face to face our people. But is war just the duty of our soldiers? You are an intellectual, you should understand us history, especially the recent history of our country." "In China's thousands of years of war history, most victors have won the support of the people. Of course, there are exceptions, the victories of the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. But have you noticed the common characteristics of the losers in these two eras? It is all The people are content with ease! The economies of the Song and Ming dynasties were relatively developed at that time, and their country’s war potential was just enough or even stronger than that of their opponents. Vulnerable. Why did this happen? The War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, and the Korean War, why were we able to win in the end? Do we have absolute military superiority?" The tall, burly wounded man asked us both. "In addition to expressing condolences to the troops on the Army Day, have you ever cared about our national defense construction?" I am silent. "Prevention of war should be the overall obligation of all citizens, but how many of the modern public facilities we have built for decades can provide effective services for national security? In order to improve the overall economic level of the country, our heavy industry has paid a heavy price. The military industry They are the first to suffer.” "Our cities in developed coastal areas are full of high-rise buildings, but how many of their municipal facilities meet the standards of modern warfare?" "Look at your young people today. What else do you care about besides talking about love and watching TV online? Chasing fashion, expressing yourself, and falling in love all day long. We have never stopped the promotion of national defense knowledge, nor have we stopped Patriotic military education for ordinary citizens. But what is the actual situation? Our military secrets are constantly leaking from the Internet. Who spread them? When I was watching "Nanjing Massacre" in the cinema, there were still young people There are discussions around, saying that it is a pity that there are no scenes of Japanese pirates raping Chinese women!" "Modern warfare has increasingly evolved into a contest between all members of the country. A large number of military facilities need to rely on civilian systems. The United States and Japan, have they not fully considered the use of war when building civilian systems? Communication, Energy, transportation, electricity, which one is not the case? But how much of our own civilian facilities can our military use when a war breaks out? How high is the conversion efficiency of these facilities? So far, the civilian Internet in the United States and Japan has maintained Unimpeded, played a huge role in their war needs. Everyone has always ignored the huge strength of the enemy's logistics support system, insisting that the enemy cannot launch a war of this scale. But the reality? What kind of preparations have we made? What is comprehensive national strength? ?Our civilian Internet was almost paralyzed across the country within a few hours of the outbreak of the war! Peace! A nation that forgets that its own country is in danger cannot have her.” Having said that, the excited wounded man stopped angrily to catch his breath. Jiang Lei and I were silent. I don't know if Jiang Lei listened carefully, anyway, I didn't hear a few words of that guy's generous speech.What I am most concerned about now is: when can I break out and cross the river to a safer place.I just crawled out of the pile of dead people whole and complete, and I never had the courage to carry my gun back to the battlefield.The decadent and despairing expressions of the wounded around them couldn't make people stand up again with enthusiasm and confidence. Of course, I would rather not be a prisoner. The safe place is getting farther and farther away from us.In just four months, we lost nearly 2 million square kilometers of land, and hundreds of millions of people were displaced.This is an economically developed area that accounts for one-third of the gross national product, including a large part of our modern electronic integration industry.The achievements of reform and opening up in the past three decades were all destroyed in the war.In the Shanghai area alone, the devils slaughtered half a million of our unarmed ordinary people! I couldn't help but think of the scene when the city was about to face an enemy attack, and I stood at the window of my friend's company room on a tall building next to the square and watched the citizens swarming and fleeing downstairs. The flow of people, the flow of people running away everywhere.The whole city seemed to fall into a kind of hysterical madness in an instant, and everyone tried to transport themselves and their personal belongings out of the city as quickly as possible.The streets are full of cars honking their horns crazily, crowds of people trampling and screaming, and the police trying to maintain order are waving their hands and shouting in vain.It seemed that everyone had lost confidence in defending their homeland, and the people around them suddenly became so selfish and cowardly. I suddenly felt sad that I was living in such a group. Unarmed people happily accumulated piles of banknotes, but suddenly found themselves surrounded by hungry wolves. My friends and I witnessed this scene. I got really drunk with him and he spent the night cursing the city. There is no tomorrow in this world, let us be intoxicated. The next day, when I woke up, I found that he had jumped from the eighth floor. Jiang Lei twisted his fingers uneasily, bowed his head in silence, his face was full of vicissitudes and loneliness that people of this age should not have. "Comrade, for a long time, we haven't asked for your surname. Were you injured in the blocking battle?" I asked carefully, trying to divert the painful and helpless topic just now. "You're welcome, my name is Qu Cheng. Damn it, don't mention the injury! You're so unlucky that your teeth get stuck in your saliva!" The wounded patted his thigh angrily. "What's going on?" Jiang Lei raised his head in surprise. "Don't laugh at me. I haven't seen what a devil looks like until now!" Qu Cheng shrank his neck resentfully. what! Jiang Lei and I looked at each other. Why? Jiang Lei and I asked in unison. "I belong to the 2nd Brigade of the 163rd Division of the 42nd Army. Our division was originally used as a reserve team for the Taiwan campaign. After the enemy launched a full-scale war and landed, we were ordered to stop the enemy. Things progressed too suddenly, and the orders of the military command were also very vague. The only requirement is that we must rush to a certain place within seven hours to start defense. But during the maneuvering of the troops, we were attacked by the enemy. It was the enemy's agents lurking in the local area that guided long-range cruise missiles to carry out electromagnetic attacks. Our command and communication system above the battalion was on the spot Suppressed and destroyed by the enemy, the troops became blind and deaf. We had no choice but to use civilian communication lines to maintain the communication between the division and the upper and lower levels. Civilian communication lines, you know, are also finished. On the way we drove in, all the local people were in a big rout , the road was blocked in a mess. The enemy used our civilian radio and TV channels to spread rumors, and the people were in chaos, and the local Ministry of People's Armed Forces could not control the situation at all." "It was so easy to reach the destination. Our air supremacy in the theater has long been lost. As soon as the troops deployed, they became a living target for the devil's aviation bombing. The enemy agents, with the cooperation of the traitors, used their drones to spread ammunition outside the guided long-range defense zone. Just In this way, the troops dispersed, and I was also seriously injured by the mother-child bomb. If my comrades hadn’t rescued me with all their might, I would have finished playing. No, I retreated all the way, and I also recuperated. Fortunately, I will be discharged from the hospital in a few days. Bitter It's time to end the day!" Jiang Lei and I stupidly listened to Qu Cheng's story with our mouths wide open, and it took a long time to close our mouths. This is the first time I have heard our soldiers talk about the situation at the beginning of the war. In the past period of time, I have asked other soldiers many times, but no one has ever been willing to tell me.It was an unbearable experience and a deep shame for every soldier and civilian. "I have also seen some of the situation in the south with my own eyes." Jiang Lei spoke at this moment, in a soft voice. "I was in Shaoguan at the time. The flow of people fleeing from the front line was like an ant colony with no end to end. Trucks, cars and even bicycles. Bombed or trampled dead bodies, abandoned things everywhere. I was sitting in the army truck, watching and crying all the way. All the soldiers on the truck were crying.” Jiang Lei's eyes turned red, and crystal tears rolled in his eye sockets. "What should we do now? We can't just lie here and wait for the devils to break through the line of defense and surrender together? Ah! Qu Cheng? Do you know? Should we break out? Ah? Break out!" I don't believe that the surrounding positions can persist until I recover from my injury, so I kept nagging and trying to get hope from Qu Cheng's mouth. "I don't know. I don't know either. But the enemy can't maintain such a long front, they must shrink. At that time, we may be able to hold out until the northern and western troops break through. We can't just lose confidence like this, what do you think?" When Qu Cheng answered, his own eyes were a little dazed. call! I took a deep breath, but I couldn't get rid of the depression lingering in my chest. There are always people around who are hugging and crying, and the weather is cloudy and rainy. What a fucking place! "The soldiers here are almost demoralized!" Jiang Lei felt the same way and said in a low voice. "Damn it! Cry every day! Can a devil be cried away?" Qu Cheng raised his neck and cursed loudly, but no one answered him. At two or three o'clock in the night, we were woken up by several soldiers with loud voices. They kept shouting where the doctor was, as if some important personnel had been injured.A reckless soldier kicked the plastic barrel at his feet in a hurry and made a loud clang, and the tunnel that had just been quiet began to stir again. Terrified faces emerged one by one from the sheets and the ground, like a herd of frightened elk looking for the source of danger. Qu Cheng woke up faster than me and sat up straight away. "Who was injured? Why are there so many people around!" Qu Cheng, who had no sleepiness, was talking to himself. Several doctors and nurses were dragged by the soldiers and ran past my hospital bed in a gust of wind. Looking at the sweat and nervous expressions on the faces of these soldiers, one could guess the tension of the matter. "Hurry up! Xiao Wu, prepare to be sent to the operating room. Dr. Cao, hurry up and disinfect!" An old doctor with a sharp chin repeatedly directed the surrounding medical staff. "Comrade, comrade! You must save Gong Liu! I kneel down to you!" An officer wearing glasses choked up and said, while gesturing to kneel down to the doctors. "Comrade! Comrade! Don't be like this. We will do our best to rescue the wounded, don't worry." The old doctor with a sharp chin hurriedly pulled the officer who was about to kneel down, looking like a leader. "Who is this injured?" I asked Qu Cheng in surprise. "I don't know. It looks like it belongs to our technical support team, probably a technical core, otherwise these people wouldn't be so nervous." Qu Cheng touched his chin and said, while stretching his neck vigorously. The operating trolley creaked and was pushed into the operating room behind by the doctors and nurses. Watching the doctors disappear into the operating room, the other soldiers who followed were sitting or standing at the door of the operating room in twos and threes. "Hey, comrade!" Qu Cheng waved to a young soldier not far from us, he was also one of the people who escorted the wounded over. The soldier looked around to make sure that Qu Cheng was calling him, and after a moment of hesitation, he walked towards us.The wounded who sat up one after another chattered and whispered to each other. "What's the matter?" The little soldier walked up to Qu Cheng and asked. "Who was injured?" Qu Cheng asked with concern. The wounded around all raised their ears, and Jiang Lei also woke up and sat up. "It's the technical director of the Electronic Warfare Support Center." The little soldier replied. "Ah! How did you get hurt?" Qu Cheng was a little surprised, and asked quickly. The electronic warfare support center is one of the most important units of our besieged army, and the technical director of the support center should be the soul of this unit. No wonder these warrior officers are so tense and miserable. "While repairing the bistatic radar, he was injured by a devil's unmanned attack aircraft." Sitting next to Qu Cheng, the little soldier covered his face and said in a low voice. "Why are you so careless?" A wounded man next to Qu Cheng interrupted. "The devil launched more than a dozen drones at one time to move around in the surrounding airspace, and we have shot down most of the targets. But the devil's long-range artillery was recruited by the drone, and the bi-base mobile radar station was destroyed by shell fragments. Director Liu is organizing everyone He was injured by a drone bomb that was not destroyed during rush repairs." The little soldier is explaining to everyone. The curious soldiers next to him gasped, and everyone's faces were ugly. Even the senior officers in the information support center couldn't guarantee their own safety, and the wounded around them were all stunned. "Can we still win?" A wounded man with a tired expression sighed heavily and fell back on the bed, covering his head with a quilt.旁边其他几个伤员也无声地默默交换着眼神，从他们脸上的表情可以看出内心的惶惑与不安。曲成也独自摩挲着自己的下巴低头不语。 天亮了，几个医生护士疲惫地从手术室走出来，但他们的脸上都带着如释重负的神情。 技术主任被医生们从死亡边缘拉回来。 在医院门口等待的战士们直到他们的技术主任脱离危险后才被医生们劝走，听到好消息的伤员们也纷纷向小战士道喜，可这些战士们脸上却没有多少笑容。 天亮后连续来了好几个高级军官到医院询问主任的情况，信息支援中心技术主任负伤的消息很快传遍整个医院。但在士气低沉的医院里，这个消息并没有引起多大的轰动，天亮后医院里继续弥漫着各种调门的哭泣喊叫声。 战斗负伤的官兵战士都有专门的护士分发饮食，部队病区纪律还差强人意。而那些平民聚集的病区则混乱得多，食物和饮水是用大桶装的，每次分配都要发生一次规模不等的吵闹和争夺。虽然中间被医生们用军用帐篷隔开，但我们还是能从女人小孩刺耳的叫骂和哭闹声中想像出场面的不堪与恶心。 其他人不知道会受何种折磨，反正听曲成说，先后已有好几个医生护士精神崩溃了。 在这里没法过日子！ “医生！医生！快来！” 江垒挣扎着倚在旁边的一张病床边高声叫喊着。 一个就在附近的护士长快步走过来。大大的口罩遮住她的面孔，只有双大而美丽的眼睛露在外面。 “怎么了？”护士长问道，声音中带着些许疲惫。 “他死了！”江垒指着病床上的一个战士说道。 died!这不是前天因为双腿被医生锯掉而情绪失控的战士吗？ 怎么死了！ 护士长急忙掀开那个战士身上的军被，一堆棉絮随风而起，四处飘散。 那战士毫无声息地佝偻蜷曲在病床上，睁着无神的大眼，嘴唇乌黑青涩。 真的死了！ 他昨天晚上把自己的军被被角撕开，然后吸入大量的棉花到自己肺部，活活把自己呛死了，无声无息地。 自杀的战士那上下极不对称的身体静静蜷缩在洁白的床单上，发青的面孔上沾着些棉花团，乌黑的嘴张得老大，让人不忍看。 四周的伤员慢慢围上来，越聚越多，很快人群聚了厚厚几层。 饮泣，有人开始饮泣。渐渐地，如同瘟疫般在人群中引起一片更加激动的抽泣声。帐篷后面的平民也有人探头张望，竭力地搜索着危险刺激新闻的源头。 曲成脸色铁青的站到我的身边，双手抱在胸前，如刀锋般锐利的眼神在毫无顾忌地流泪的人群中逡巡。 “大家让让。吴护士长，给送太平间吧。大家别围着！” 一个医生推着医务车从人群中挤进来。 在病床前一动不动站立已久的吴护士长冷冷地将被子掷在自杀的战士遗体身上，她没有动手收拾。聚集而来的人群簇拥在那张病床周围，裴哀感伤。低矮的坑道此时似乎成了一座坟墓。 “来，小吴，你托他的腿。” 医生端起这个战士的上身预备将他放置在医务车上。 女护士长仍然没有动。 “小吴？要不你待会去休息一下，你已经两天没睡了。” 医生有些手足无措，直起腰看看周围愈发颓唐的场面，他伸手碰一下旁边的同事关切地低声说道。 周围伤员们绝望的眼光已让他手足无措。 “你这个懦夫！你是个逃兵！” 女护士长突然奋力一把抓住这个自杀身亡的战士胸口衣领尖厉哭喊起来，愤懑痛苦的声音顿时吸引了所有人的注意力。 “你知不知道为了救你出来，你三个战友付出了自己的生命！” “你知不知道为了抢救你的生命，我们几个医生轮流为你输血！” “谁去替上海的同胞报仇？” “你是不是男人？” “中国到底还有没有男人？” "Woo..." 女护士长压抑已久的感情突然迸发出来，双手紧紧地抓住这个战士的衣襟奋力推搡着早已没有知觉的躯体。 撕裂空气的尖厉质问和哭喊声，如同冰冷暗夜里重锤猛然落在铁錾上轰然炸裂的悠长敲击，重重地砸在我的脊柱上，不停地灼烤着我的灵魂。 我的呼吸开始急促起来，血一阵阵涌上脑门。 我们是保卫者吗？ 可我们却无法直面自己的同胞！ 我们中的人连活下去的勇气都没有！ 我们…… 准备收拾遗体的医生呆呆地看着护士长宣泄自己压抑已久的痛苦，周围刚才还窃窃地抹着眼泪的伤员们逐渐没了声息，所有的人都低垂着头。 曲成的脸已经黑紫，他粗气长出，猛然推开人群挤上前去。 在周围无言的人群目光注视下，曲成奋力把护士长拉起示意旁边的医生扶着，然后弯腰抱起自杀者的遗体大步朝收容室走去。 上午，曲成套上迷彩服后一个人在默默地收拾行李。 他决计要走了。 “曲成同志，你的伤还没有好。再坚持几天就能拆线，到时候你不走我们都要赶你的。” 旁边的医生显然不满曲成这种自作主张的行为，死活不在曲成递到他面前的出院通知上签字。 中饭的时候曲成一动不动地坐在病床上，腰板笔直，如同石雕般凝视着坑道外面，饭盒搁在旁边没有去动。 自始至终他没有说一句话。 周围低头吃饭的伤员们不时有人向他投来疑惑的目光。 下午，门口几个已经伤愈出院的战士正在排队。 曲成腾地站起来，扣上军帽，抻平军装，拿起行李，停顿一下后挺直胸膛。 他正步走向医院门口。 “曲成！” 正在喝水的江垒失声喊了一嗓子。 曲成走了，没有回头。