Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Wuhan Evacuation

Am I dead? How many times have I died? How long have I been away from home? My Tweety, my Yougener, where are you? In a coma, Lao Dan kept thinking about these questions in his mind.That voice was not him, no one knew it, it was a bit like Mr. Yuan Bai ten years ago, a bit like Koizumi Junhei who was killed in the bombing.Lao Dan felt like he was always floating in the Xiaoma River, with corpses of various shapes sliding past him silently, countless hands tearing at him at the bottom of the water, his whole body was cold, but his internal organs were dry and hot. I can't breathe.He couldn't find where the sun was, so he couldn't tell which was up and down. There seemed to be a faint light on the soles of his feet, and a fire was burning above his head. Lao Dan swam desperately, but he didn't know where was the water surface and where was the shore.Just when he was about to suffocate in the water, he sat up suddenly, his eyes were filled with white light, and the severe pain was like an inescapable iron chain, pulling him back into the fainting darkness.Lao Dan gritted his teeth tightly, and beads of sweat rolled down his head. He soon realized that his head was looking to the left, and wanted to look to the right, but he couldn't. No matter how hard he tried, he felt that it would break.There was a strange thing around his neck. In a panic, his sense of hearing and smell became more sensitive. He gradually heard the sounds around him and smelled the smell of disinfectant.

This is a clean house, the curtains are white, the bed sheets and quilts are even more dazzlingly white, there are clear glass on the windows, there is a clean urinal next to the bed, and even the ground is spotless.The room smelled strongly of alcohol, and starched cotton, and... women. Lao Dan had a few tubes stuck in his hands, looked down, and found that there was one stuck in his nose. It turned out that this thing was responsible for holding his breath. "Are you awake?" A nurse came towards him. It was a woman's voice, but her stature was like a man's, almost as thick as the top and bottom, and the bumps were not obvious.She walked over with a bang, waving her arms as if she was about to grab something.She was covered with a big white mask, only revealing a pair of small eyes under the forehead, Lao Dan later found out that she had a pockmarked face.Brothers say that masks cover all ugliness, but this person can't cover it up. How can this stupid bitch become a nurse once she is caught in Banzicun?

The nurse came in front of him, looked at the infusion bottle, and pushed him. Lao Dan immediately lay down, twitching from the pain, and his neck almost cramped. "Aren't you going to take it easy? Do you think you are pushing a donkey mill?" Lao Dan was so angry that he was so abused as soon as he opened his eyes, which is hateful. "Don't move around, your neck is twisted, if you move it, it will break... Get up again after losing this bottle. Are you that hero? You don't look so good!" With a hoarse voice, the nurse quickly changed the infusion bottle, reached into Lao Dan's bed, and took out a thermometer from his armpit.The unsuspecting Lao Dan yelled at her icy cold hands, why is this bitch so vicious!

"The temperature is normal, wake up when it's time, don't pretend it's okay... Come on! Stretch it out and pee here to see if there is any blood." The nurse's tone was cold, she picked up the white urinal, and threw off Lao Dan's quilt.Lao Dan felt very cool, and only then saw that he was naked. "Hey, my dear... How are you doing, girl? I'm coming by myself, why don't you hide first?" Lao Dan shrank into a ball in shame, hugging the quilt to block the thing. "Still shrunken... I see more than you, I see every day... I've seen all kinds of lengths, shorts, thicknesses, and broken pieces. Why are you still hiding? It's really rare..." After the nurse said, she put the urinal between his legs, and walked out with a sway.

Lao Dan consciously lost his prestige.This girl is fierce and fearless, shameless, and she is not easy to mess with.When he was done, the nurse came back, holding a long iron box. "Stretch out this arm and measure your blood pressure." Her tone was a little gentler. "Where is my sister? Where are my brothers?" Lao Dan dared not be ignorant of compliments. "This is the special nurse of the military hospital. Your comrades are all in this building. Some of them even came to see you, and they all look better than you." "Oh, of course! According to what my mother said, the bad things done by my ancestors for eight generations are all piled up on this horse's face. How can it look good?"

The nurse giggled, which was not bad for the rough-talking woman.Lao Dan saw that she was sweating through her clothes and beads of sweat were rolling on her temples, so she felt the heat around her.The city of Wuhan is like a huge hot pot, but there is no cool breeze, and the leaves outside the window are motionless, cicadas screaming like crazy.Lao Dan could see a ten-story building on the opposite side of the hospital, half of which had been blown away alive by bombs. The sky in the distance was still gray, with smoke and dust mixing and rolling.Lao Dan thought of the year of severe drought in Banzi Village, and the heat wave was also raging like this, tormenting people's will.The war is fierce, and God is adding fuel to the fire. The huge city of Wuhan is as stuffy as a steamer.Lao Dan doesn't know if devils are afraid of heat, but I heard the old man say that the more ferocious things are, the more afraid they are of heat, so I hope so.

Although Lao Dan is in special care, he is not as deadly as last time.One shot in the shoulder, one shot in the leg, and the rest were hit by the plane. Two ribs were broken, a bridge of the nose was broken, three teeth were cut in half, and the neck was twisted a bit too much. It is estimated that it will take a dozen God can turn it back.It is not allowed to go to the ground, and the nurse with the pockmarked face has to twist his head off?It's so quiet here that you can scare yourself by sneezing.Lao Dan lay there doing nothing, not even a single mosquito on the ceiling.Nurse Mazi is not here, it's like a confinement room.Lao Dan ate and slept, slept and ate, and missed his brothers.Compared with the days when he was wailing and laughing together with hundreds of wounded soldiers, this ward only gave him excessive loneliness and anxiety.He asked Nurse Mazi about the brothers, but she would only answer a few questions impatiently, but she couldn't ask anything.Lao Dan misses his wife and children for a while, and Ah Feng for a while.When I open my eyes, I see an infusion bottle, and when I close my eyes, I see a mess of dreams. Nightmares are like ghost planes. These days, there are fewer and fewer nightmares, but such big ones come suddenly.Lao Dan couldn't find the cigarette pot and cigarette rolls, and dared not smoke if there were any, and he was so full of gas that he wanted to fart to bring out the smell of smoke.

On the third day, Nurse Mazi changed the bandage and infusion bottle for Lao Dan, and tortured the old Dan until she grinned.But Hao Lai took off the collar, and immediately felt much refreshed, and I have to thank her.After two neutralizations, Lao Dan decided not to say a word, and went out for a stroll after she left.There was the sound of neat leather shoes in the corridor, and three or four officers were coming, and the guards in the corridor shouted and saluted.Lao Dan cheered himself up and sat up straight on the bed.As soon as the door was dark, several officers came in high and low, and a familiar man was sandwiched in the middle, his pockmarked face shone brightly.

"Captain!" Lao Dan said in surprise.The tower-like head of Mazi smiled and put his hand on his shoulder.Head Mazi changed into a summer uniform, and his triangular eyes were as sharp as before.Lao Dan still wanted to jump off the bed to salute, but was grabbed by the pockmarked nurse. "What are you jumping around? If you drop the bottle, you will pay for it. Do you know how expensive the medicine is now?" Mazi nurse checked the infusion needle that he pulled out from his hand, and inserted it back in a fit of anger.Lao Dan yelled in pain, and stared at her to turn against her.

"Luying, what are you doing? Why are you so rude? You can't bully him like someone else!" The leader of Mazi scolded Nurse Mazi with a straight face, and Lao Dan looked around and saw that the two faces of Mazi were indeed related.Nurse Mazi didn't say a word, she turned her face and went to the table next to her. "How's your health? Don't be as knowledgeable as her." Head of Mazi gave Nurse Mazi a sideways glance. "She is my sister, her name is Gao Luying. I specially arranged you on her floor, how is your neck? Last time I saw you, I thought it would be crooked since then..." Head Mazi said with his hands behind his back.The few officers behind him were masters with majestic brows, they only looked at him with a smile, they seemed to be higher rank than Commander Gao.Lao Dan had never seen so many high-ranking officials, and he was a little dazed sitting there.

"Lao Dan, let me introduce you. This is Commander Liu and Chief of Staff Chen of Jiang'an 1st Division; this is Section Chief Mao of the Operations Section of the Military Department. They are so busy, let me lead the way to see you heroes... ...Staff Hu was also coming, but there was an urgent mission and he couldn't come... He asked me to bring you this..." Captain Mazi took out two packs of shredded tobacco, both of which were made in the United States. Lao Dan straightened his body on the bed and respected the military salute politely.The officers were polite, and each paid him back. "Is your hand okay?" Captain Mazi pointed to his remaining half of the little finger. "It's okay." Lao Dan blushed a little. Master Liu has a wide body and a fat body, his forehead is as broad and strong as a brick. He spoke with a strange accent: "I never thought you would come back. For ten days, there were no devils in the sky over Wuhan. Our troops fought several times." Don’t worry, the devils have been beaten badly enough. You don’t know, do you? The people in Wuhan have compiled storytelling books for you!” "Probably because of the things you brought back, the devils have suddenly shrunk these days...the attack these days...was a little out of tune, we counterattacked at the right time...the places that were supposed to be unstoppable suddenly strengthened It's..." Chief of Staff Chen is also a southerner, his tone is more like a scholar, his voice is soft, but he seems to have a cold, he sniffs his nose after saying a few words, and finally sneezes so loudly that the curtains tremble . "When you recover from your injuries, you must summarize the combat experience of this surprise attack and promote it to all departments of the army. We will send a few secretaries to help you sort it out. The reporters from various newspapers are staring at you, but considering your You know, there are a lot of ghost agents in Wuhan..." Chief Mao lived up to his name, with a big beard, black hair on the back of his hands, and sharp blade-like eyes. The light burst, it is not a simple character at first glance. "Thank you, officers! The success of this operation is all thanks to Company Commander Yang and Staff Officer Hu. Everyone didn't think too much about it... I just happened to get my life back... Commander, how many brothers did you come back in total?" "Ten people got on the plane, two more died on the plane, and one died when it landed. Now even you have only seven left, and they are all here." "Then the notebook on me..." "It's well preserved and useful, and the devil's machines are still in good condition...these things were taken to the military headquarters as soon as they got off the plane," Director Mao said. "It's a pity that the prisoner..." Lao Dan said to himself, he remembered that Koizumi was blown away by the devil's shell, and fell into the water in a sack, just like a dog drowned in the village.Thinking of that scene, he also thought of Yang Tiejun and those soldiers who fell into the water, his face drooped, and he was dazed while touching the back of his hand that was blue from the infusion. Captain Mazi seemed to understand what he was thinking, and said softly, "Captain Yang is extremely witty, and the devil certainly doesn't want to kill him, maybe he's still alive..." Seeing that Lao Dan didn't respond, he added, "The military department will soon reward you. The families of the brothers who sacrificed will also receive pensions. The current battle situation in Wuhan is changing three times a day, the front line is very fierce, the devils and we are fighting crazy, the army...needs you." When he said the last sentence, Captain Mazi gritted his teeth and said Lao Dan's heart tightened, but he understood that his brothers were all wiped out, and he might already be a bare head. "Yes! Commander, my injury is not a problem, and I will return to the team soon...that's...sirs, don't forget brothers..." Lao Dan's eyes turned red when he said this.Seeing Gao Yu's pockmarked girl also turn her face away, he lowered his head. "Don't worry, Second Lieutenant Lao Dan, we will never forget..." Mr. Liu said solemnly.Lao Dan was surprised to hear that he had become an officer, so he quickly saluted and thanked him.Head Mazi then added: "In special times, I won't wear a badge for you anymore, and I'll tie you up again if it's easy." Receiving this honor, Lao Dan was not excited, but felt even more guilty.The brothers who were able to save their lives from the Palace of the King of Hades were saved one by one. More than a hundred people rushed over long distances and blew up the devil's airport.When I went there, everyone was alive and well, looking forward to the glory of returning in triumph.But in the blink of an eye, only seven survived. What kind of sacrifice is this?What kind of grief?Such a young and promising Yang Tiejun, a determined future general, is so heroic in the icy lake?And I, a farmer who is nothing, a captured cannon fodder, a farmer who just wants to go home, has survived the guillotine of Hades many times?This doesn't make sense, according to Mr. Yuan Bai's words, it's unreasonable, according to Cui Er's words, this is simply bullshit? In addition to grief, Lao Dan suddenly felt a deeper fear. This fear told him that your death is only sooner or later, and the current luck is by no means a permanent fate. will meet them.He can't see the end of the war, so what if one more fluke?What about being promoted to second lieutenant or captain?Yang Tiejun said that in just one and a half years, more than half of his alumni in the Whampoa Military Academy died, all of them died in battle.Now that he is gone, his woman, who is so rare to see, is going to sleep with his photo and a cold military medal from now on. How many nights will she be heartbroken looking at this man's photo? "Sir, I... I want to go home when I feel better, okay?" For the first time, Lao Dan couldn't control his mouth and said something strange to him.This statement contradicts itself just now, and Lao Dan was shocked when he heard this statement, but since he said it, let it be so.The officers kept their faces sullen and silent, and then looked at each other. Commander Liu and the others rolled their eyes back and forth, all looking at Commander Mazi.And he was silent, Lao Dan knew he couldn't speak.Chief of Staff Chen spoke. "Where's your home?" "Banzi Village, Hexi, Henan, not too far from Zhongmou." "Oh, that's the enemy-occupied area... It's a long way from Wuhan. The devils are clearing the fields. When they see soldiers, they kill all the soldiers. No matter how you dress like ordinary people, you will be recognized with the scars on your body. Let It's not difficult for you to go, but I'm afraid you won't be able to get there." Chief of Staff Chen looked at everyone after speaking, and everyone nodded. Lao Dan sighed in his heart, not surprised by the result.Head Mazi remained expressionless, and took off the saber hanging by the bed—Lao Dan didn't know when Erzi hung it up.Seeing that Captain Mazi was very surprised by the cracked handle of the knife, Lao Dan hurriedly explained: "Commander, your knife saved my life several times, and it took this shot for me, otherwise my waist would have been beaten Rotten." Head Mazi nodded, put the knife back, and turned to Mazimei, "Luying, take good care of him, use more snacks..." As if worried, Head Mazi added another nonsense, "This is an order .” "What kind of hero? A hero who comes back after saving his life? A coward who wants to save his life?" Mazimei cursed behind the mask, although she deliberately kept it down, everyone could hear her.Head Mazi's face darkened, but he remained silent. Director Mao said to sister Mazi: "Thank you for your hard work, sister. We are still discussing your husband's affairs, and your brother has not neglected." Mazimei didn't appreciate it, and pulled off the mask, revealing a narrow mouth and nose and fine pockmarks.She glared at Captain Mazi, as if she was going to bite him to death.She slammed the medicine bottle scissors and other things on the plate, and took them out of the door in a mess.Lao Dan was confused and didn't dare to ask, the expressions of several officers were different, there must be something hidden inside. "Her man, that is, my brother-in-law, died on the front line last month. He was the lieutenant company commander. He led the whole company to defend a street. He did not receive an order but ordered to retreat. He died on the way back. Because of disobedience, there was no way Chasing merit for him, she feels unhappy, Lao Dan, please forgive me!" After finishing speaking, Head Mazi patted him on the shoulder in a rare way. The air defense siren sounded again, and the soldiers in the corridor ran to the roof.The officers exchanged a few words with Lao Dan and left.Head Mazi walked out of the door and came back alone, and said in Lao Dan's ear, "Guangzhou in the south has fallen, and Wuhan has been surrounded on three sides. I guess... we are going to withdraw. You guys are ready to retreat, and I will make arrangements. Keep it a secret..." Lao Dan looked at him in astonishment, not knowing whether it was the news that frightened him, or the attitude of Captain Mazi frightened him. "My brother-in-law is amazing, they only came back five from one company..." Head Mazi said, and left with a sigh.Lao Dan hesitated to speak on the bed, he didn't quite understand what Captain Mazi meant. A week later, seeing chaos.There was a lot of voices outside the hospital courtyard, and car horns blared non-stop.The doctors in the hospital were all running to work, and the ambulances that came in and out every day were gone.According to Nurse Mazi, many doctors packed up their bedding and ran back.The devil's various planes swayed around every day, in addition to dropping bombs, they also dropped a lot of leaflets.The explosions on the outskirts of the city have become more intense and are now almost non-stop day and night.Mazimei and the other nurses seemed to be busy these days, and they all went out to transport things, and Lao Dan finally found a chance to slip out of bed.The seven brothers have been here for a week, and none of them have met each other?How badly did they all suffer?Ma Zimei said that one died of a blood infection yesterday, but she couldn't tell which one it was. Special care and special care became special supervision, which is almost like going to jail.The shredded tobacco that Staff Officer Hu gave was locked in the cabinet by Ma Zimei in a blink of an eye, and she was not allowed to smoke if the injury was not good.The smoke pot has become a decoration, hanging there every day to hook him, Lao Dan really has his heart to kill her. Lao Dan slipped out of the corridor, leaning on crutches, holding up the infusion bottle and wandering around. He found no acquaintances on the first floor, but when he was struggling to go downstairs, Er Zi, who was also holding the bottle and looking around, came up.The two were taken aback for a moment, then laughed and hugged each other.Lao Dan was about to scold him, but when he saw that Er Zi's eyes were half crooked, like a bloody grape, and his left arm was still tied with a splint, he knew his suffering. "What happened to your eyes? Were you okay when you got on the plane?" Lao Dan still wanted to ask. "Hey, I was fine at that time, but when I got off the plane and went to the shore, a mortar fell into the water, and when I opened my eyes, this one was crooked... It's okay, that's fine, it's just like the other one It's like eyes..." The second son touched Lao Dan and laughed again, "You bastard, you are the only one who looks at the bloody prick every time, and you are the only one who lives the best work every time, the devil and you are relatives ?” The two simply sat down on the stairs.As soon as Lao Dan reached out his hand, Er Zi took out a cigarette from his crotch and lit it.Lao Dan finished smoking in a few sips, and hurriedly refilled another one.The second son said that the one who died yesterday was a boring old military policeman from Hunan, a ruthless guy who could smash bricks with one palm, but he rarely spoke, and he didn't even remember his name.He was shot in the stomach when he got on the plane, and he came back without grunting, and he didn't make much noise when he came back, and he didn't say anything until he died.Lao Dan was panicked, thinking that in this chaotic world, no one would be surprised. "This hospital doesn't care too much, run or not?" The second son came again, and Lao Dan pushed him, not to answer his words. "Can the brethren move?" he asked. "They're all alive, they can't fight a war, and they can run away." "That's not what I meant..." Lao Dan hesitated to speak. "Then what do you mean by the ball? By the way, there is a devil officer imprisoned on the third floor. He was injured and captured by us..." Er Zi pointed to the downstairs and said. "Can devils be captured?" This matter is beyond Lao Dan's experience, not to mention officers, soldiers have never seen anyone who is willing to be a prisoner, except for the unlucky Koizumi Junhei. "I don't know. Although this devil didn't have a laparotomy, he is still hateful. A doctor saw him yesterday, and he vomited on the doctor's face. I saw it. The phlegm was thick..." The second son made a disgusted look. . "Damn it, just kill him..." Lao Dan said viciously. "The guards are watching closely." "Let's find a way..." Lao Dan didn't give up.The second son scratched his head and tapped his toes. "Get ready, we're leaving." Lao Dan stood up. Lao Dan recovered quickly, and became more dishonest. Whenever he had the opportunity, he poked around in the hospital. He found all the surviving brothers, and even met a guard, Zhu Tongtou, who was a second-hand dealer in the hospital. .Daxue really became dumb, his tongue couldn't stick out his teeth; Chen Yuming was fine, but frowned all day long, as if everyone was a devil; Haitao could always hear gunshots in one ear, plugged Cotton is useless; Yang Qingshan feels like foaming when he sees a red round thing, and feels sick when he sees an open watermelon; It was the second son whose left eye was getting more and more crooked, and his eyelid was pulled away. It took Lao Dan a long time to get used to him, and he only stared at his right eye when talking.Although the brothers still need to be raised, they can move. They often get together to smoke and chat, and tell interesting stories about every battle.The second son bribed Zhu Tongtou with the stolen medicine, and dragged Lao Dan around.Mazimei and most of the medical staff who hadn't left went to support the front line, and sheep were herded in the hospital. Everyone was happy and forgot about the battlefield. A colonel was brought in next door, and I heard that his regiment was dead. This colonel surnamed Lin was blown up by a shell, and all the rescued people dispersed.It took a long time for the doctor to tidy up the exposed organs.Four rotten ribs were picked, a shredded leg was sawed off, half a stomach was cut off, a kidney was cut off, half a meter of intestines were cut short, and a piece of charred lung was taken away.Putting it together, stitching it together, and having injections and infusions for more than ten days, the monster is still alive, and he opened his eyes yesterday.Lao Dan was full of respect for this man, and in the morning when Nurse Mazi was away, he slipped in on crutches and sat quietly beside the colonel.Seeing Lao Dan salute, Colonel Lin smiled at him.Lao Dan wiped his sweat for him when he was free, and held up a newspaper for him to read for a while.Mazimei's temper is better now, so it's not surprising to see him like this, but just tell him not to touch around.The colonel is in a dire condition, with shrapnel in his heart that cannot be removed. The devil on the third floor went down to the ground, and sat in the courtyard well under the protection of the guards, basking in the sun shamelessly.Most of the wounded soldiers were officers, and they couldn't get close to each other when they were angry. Lao Dan was so angry that his wounds hurt.The doctor said that this devil is a key protection target and will be used in exchange for senior generals of the national army.Lao Dan waited for news from Captain Mazi, but the news was delayed.The wound healed, but my heart was confused, and I was angry with this devil again, frowning and smoking every day.He and his brothers could meet every day, and Ma Zimei didn't care about him anymore, so he felt that he had to clean up that bastard in the yard. That day the devil came out again on crutches, followed by two guards with pistols pinned to their backs.The sun is good today, everyone is basking in the corridor one by one.The devil was clattering in the yard—he was actually wearing a pair of wooden slippers.The hospital was noisy with people, but it gradually quieted down. The officers stopped chatting and watched and listened to this devil. The sound of wooden slippers was provocative, and every ward smelled of gunpowder. "Devil, grandpa, your mother!" An officer shouted. "Put him in a prison cell! If you show up here again, I'll beat him to death!" another shouted. The officers screamed, but the devil turned a deaf ear and continued to take small square steps.The two guards became tense and urged the devil to go back.The devil ignored it and continued to circle around with his hands behind his back. "Damn it, go and get rid of him..." Lao Dan picked up the crutch resentfully. "The guards are here, how do you clean up?" Er Zi said. "I recognize these two..." Zhu Tongtou leaned over and said. "You guys, go pester these two..." Lao Dan said and was about to go down.He was surprised to see that Colonel Lin came out, his whole body was bandaged, his eyes were wide open, he was supporting the iron frame for infusion, gnashing his teeth every step he took, as if he was about to fall down.Lao Dan stopped him and supported his arm, but he felt an unstoppable force.The colonel walked to the edge of the railing, panting like a cow. He only took one look at the devil, then took off the infusion bottle and smashed it down with all his strength. The bottle burst on the ground, startling the devil.He jumped and cursed, pointing upstairs and yelling.Colonel Lin's eyes widened with anger, and he tensed up to scold someone, but when he opened his mouth, a mouthful of blood spewed out like rain.Lao Dan was startled, and hurriedly carried him back with his brothers.The colonel fainted as soon as he lay down, and thick blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. Lao Dan couldn't bear it any longer, and went downstairs with his abducted.When two guards saw him rushing towards him fiercely, they hurried up to stop him, but they were held back by the second son and the others, and they went to the next house.Lao Dan pointed at the dazed devil and shouted: "Demon, Bakar! I'm your mother! You have the guts to fight me!" The devil naturally didn't understand, but seeing Lao Dan swearing and cursing, the meaning couldn't be more clear.The devil also straddled his crutches, pointed at him with a sneer, and cursed something.Needless to say nonsense, Lao Dan raised his crutch and struck at it.The devil is also quite tough, and he can hit it when he swings it.The officers cheered up Lao Dan loudly, and all kinds of crutches and racks knocked on the ground.Seeing the opportunity, Lao Dan poked the devil's stomach with the tip of his cane.The devil lay down in pain and hit Lao Dan's foot with the dropped crutch.Both of them couldn't stand in pain.If he couldn't stand still, he wanted to beat him. Lao Dan rolled on the ground with the devil in his arms, and waved his big fist to greet him in the face.The devil was not as tall as him, but he had strength and was not afraid of being beaten. Lao Dan couldn't take advantage of it, and the devil just punched the bridge of his nose that had just been repaired, and it snapped off, blood streaming down his face.Lao Dan was so distressed that he opened his mouth and bit the back of the devil's neck, biting into the meat with one bite.The devil couldn't move because of the pain, so he grabbed Lao Dan's hair with his backhand and pulled off a small piece of hair. The two were stalemate, and they were bloody and stabbed, but it was hard to tell the winner.Lao Dan wanted to bite him to death, but he didn't have the strength in his teeth. The devil's skin was rough and his flesh was so strong that he couldn't even bite him.Seeing Lao Dan pinning the devil under him again, the surrounding officers all shouted in unison: "The national army will surely win! The national army will surely win!" But Lao Dan really couldn't win, blood clogged his nostrils, and he couldn't breathe.Many people came, and their leather shoes came in with a click.A group of soldiers rushed over and tore the two apart.The officer in charge with sullen face and hands behind his back was Staff Officer Hu who never smiled.Staff Officer Hu didn't speak, but looked coldly at the officers shouting slogans.Probably many people recognized this gloomy guy to the bone, and slowly shrank back, and the screaming stopped, and after a while, there was no other movement except the devil's humming. Staff Officer Hu stared upward for a while, and the people who filled the corridor gradually disappeared.The second son and the others got out of the hut, followed by two red-faced guards. I don't know how they dealt with them inside. "If you kill him, I can only kill you." Staff Officer Hu said to Lao Dan.He always speaks so softly, "It seems that you can toss again? A new task for you?" "No, no, Chief Hu, look at my nose, it's broken again..." Lao Dan hurriedly pointed at his face, "I didn't feel good about my legs, and I was kicked by the devil again, it hurts..." Staff Officer Hu smiled for the first time: "Forget it, this matter is over, is the smell of shredded tobacco still okay?" "Very good, very good, thank you, Chief Hu." "It's not mine. I snatched it from someone else. You're welcome..." Speaking of cigarettes, Staff Officer Hu immediately started smoking. My sister is leaving, here is the road map." Staff Officer Hu handed Lao Dan a piece of folded paper, "Look back, there is no rush now... the day after tomorrow, Captain Mazi will send someone to drive a car, you just get in the car." "Where is Head Gao?" Lao Dan asked. "He has a lot of things to do..." After Staff Officer Hu finished speaking, he put down his half-smoked cigarette and turned away.Lao Dan looked at his back with a sense of loss, and had a strange premonition of saying goodbye forever.The brothers gathered around.The second son asked him what was going on, and Lao Dan quietly picked up the piece of paper and said, "Be honest these few days and don't go anywhere." Lao Dan pretended to be deep and was about to light a cigarette when a thick arm stretched out from the crowd and grabbed his ear. "It's only a blink of an eye, and it's the opposite? See if I don't tie you to the bed, do you believe that I can do it, and make you poop and pee on the bed, huh? Do you believe it?" Mazimei pulled him out with sideways eyes, and when she saw his nose was in a mess, she let go, pointed at his nose and shouted: "If you don't want it anymore, we'll kill it across the board. If you can't kill a devil, you can scare two to death." indivual……" Old Dan knew he was wrong, so he could only laugh and coax him: "Don't worry, girl, this devil scolded the colonel next door to me. You didn't see how arrogant he was. Colonel Lin was so scolded that he walked out and hit him with an infusion bottle. I couldn't hold back before I beat this bastard." Another nurse shouted from above: "Luying, come up quickly, Colonel Lin is dying!" Everyone was shocked, Lao Dan and others also ran up.The door was crowded with people, doctors and nurses were busy, and someone was doing artificial respiration for him.The ground was covered with blood-stained gauze, an arm was hanging down on the hospital bed, and Colonel Lin clenched his fist tightly.Mazimei ran forward, replaced the exhausted nurse, and gave him artificial respiration.Lao Dan and others watched with bated breath, seeing the doctors give up, and seeing the fist loosen into a palm.Mazimei was so tired that she was sweating, and the sweat and tears rolled all over her chubby face.Lao Dan felt sad and stood at attention silently to salute. The officers all came out and saluted silently in the corridor.Lao Dan thought of the interesting stories he had with Major Lin in the past half month, the trusting smile he gave him, and his strenuous walk just now.In fact, he and his brothers died on the battlefield a long time ago. This is a person who does not want to live. Today, his soldiers will line up in the underworld to welcome his review. "If you don't get angry with the devil, you might be able to live." Er Zi said, "If I had known this, I should have killed that devil in the middle of the night." "Good people always die..." Lao Dan sighed. Colonel Lin carried it away.Ma Zimei sat in Lao Dan's room in a daze, and the brothers left knowingly, but the second son refused to leave, and was thrown out by Lao Dan. "I put so much thought into it, so I just died..." Ma Zimei sobbed, "I just walked away for a while, and he died..." "Sister, this is fate..." Lao Dan sat down slowly and said softly. "Well, I know, this is fate..." Mazimei wiped her tears, pouted her thick lips, her pimples were squeezing each other, like a child who lost candy, "I'm afraid that one day, my brother They also became like them...the more I watched, the more scared I became, and I scolded him, but when he left, I couldn't even sleep, and when I dreamed, he was carried in with blood all over, and no matter how I tried to save him, it didn't work. .” Lao Dan was a little dazed and lost his mind, wouldn't Tweety be like this every day?Mazimei saw that he was like a log, so she grinned and cursed: "You gray ghost from the valley, can't you say something nice to me?" Being scolded by this, Lao Dan returned to God and said, "So you can speak Henan dialect. I thought you couldn't speak it when you were young." Lao Dan exaggeratedly rubbed his ears. "Why don't I say it? Can I forget it after a few years here? My brother asked me to go to medical school, saying that this is a big city, and I can make a living only when I see the world. He said that the people in the city are serious. , what we say there... is not reasonable. I even cried a lot because of this... It is my brother who made me suffer this foreign crime of being unbeatable in this big city, and did not let me stay at home with my father My old lady... are all you inexplicable men who like to be heroes so much, fart!" Lao Dan suddenly remembered that on the bank of the Yellow River, Captain Mazi cried and knelt down by the river, and his heart suddenly twisted.This pockmarked girl doesn't know that her house has been washed away by the flood, and her father and mother may have all washed into the sea.Lao Dan was busy thinking about changing the words. "What kind of hero am I? I'm just someone who doesn't even wait for bullets to fight with devils. They don't even bother to look at me, so I survived." "How long have you been with my brother?" Mazimei said, wiping her tears. "Oh, it's been half a year. His men arrested me from the village." "Hmph, I knew it, so why don't you run away?" "That's impossible? But coming to fight devils is what elders should do..." Lao Dan waved his fist artificially. "Stop talking nonsense, you can't run away, can you? Seeing that you are not a person who is willing to resist the Japanese." "Why don't I? I've worked my ass off this time." Lao Dan blushed as he said that, "I remember that after the battle in Xiaomahe, your brother gave me a plaque... Oh, it's a military medal, and I put up a plaque. He also slapped me and told me a reason, so I will remember him, this is really an unambiguous anti-Japanese officer..." "Why did he hit you?" "He gave me a military medal, and accidentally put it in the meat, and then beat me. I was too tired, so I fell down. He saw that I didn't seem to be able to fight, so he gave me a few mouths to grow courage. , and gave me a devil's saber, this is it." Lao Dan took off the knife and stretched it out in front of her eyes, "Don't think this knife is broken, but it has already saved my life several times." Ma Zimei didn't even raise her eyes, but Lao Dan hung up again: "Does your brother always visit you? How often?" "I don't care if he comes to see me! He's going to die! He thinks he has the guts to blow up the devil's tank every day, even if he puts back a sack of military medals, I don't care! It's not right to eat or drink, or to Change the medicine and change the ocean.” "Sister, how can you say that about your brother? He is an officer, and my brothers and I all obey him. You may not know about things on the battlefield. A man like your brother is our backbone. There is no such person as your brother." , we are just a bunch of sloppy people, how can we stand up to the devils?" "What's the matter? Then he made people stay in the position and couldn't move. Seeing that the devils were about to occupy the position, they were not allowed to retreat. It was just to save their lives... Isn't saving their lives also to continue killing devils? Why are they deserters? It’s fine if you don’t give military merit, why should you count him again? Do you have to sacrifice your life for the country? When high officials can run fast, let them use cover as cannon fodder, what’s the point?” Mazimei had a fit. She tore a roll of tape viciously as she spoke, tears were about to flow down again. “妹子你别难过了！别哭……嗨！你哥带兵打仗，这个……不容易哩！俺们守战壕也这样，鬼子太恶，俺们一条沟里也活不下几个，死得就剩三两个了，你哥也没让撤哩！不是他心狠，这就是他说的……战争呢，打仗哪能轻易撤退的？你男人是军官，别管什么原因，只要没有命令就带头跑了，这就是不对，军令就是山呐，你不能怪你哥……抛开这事儿，他可疼你了，可和你贴着心呐……你稀罕那军功作甚？要是高兴，把俺的奖章都拿去，俺这里好几个呐，挂在腰里还扎烘烘的碍事儿呢！” 老旦从墙上的包里掏出五颜六色的章，有几块是自己的，有几块是从牺牲的战友身上捡来的。在他眼里，这不过是些精致好看、将来可以哄老婆孩子的玩意儿，能让这妹子略感慰藉，全给了她又怎的？ "Who cares about your broken badges! If you save too much, you can use a urinal!" 麻子妹粗手一挥，那些章飞了满地，她气鼓鼓出了病房，将走廊踩得咚咚的。满脸堆笑的老旦晾在屋里，想骂她一句，又觉得可怜。麻子团长那脾气，决不会因为是自己妹夫就护短，没亲手毙了他已经是给面子哩。老旦收起它们，愣愣地看着这些小铁牌子，竟忘了哪个是自己的，哪个是别人的。 一周后，全城都在流传着撤退的消息，各条道路都挤满了西去的人潮。医院里的人也走掉不少，冷清得有些闷。去麻子团长那儿帮忙的海涛开来辆卡车，告诉老旦团长下了令。老旦立刻召集弟兄们悄悄准备，决定连夜出发。他在院子后的梧桐树下找到看着一窝蚂蚁的麻子妹，旁边蹲着拿着半个馒头的二子。老旦说了她哥的决定。二子腾就站起来，麻子妹却一动不动，只轻声问她哥走不走？老旦只能摇头说不知。麻子妹给蚂蚁窝放下一堆馒头渣，一声不吭上了楼。弟兄们早就收拾好了，大包小包装了半车。他们还劝两个都是孤儿的护士同走，一个叫小甄，一个叫小兰。麻子团长给的路线远离大路，将经过长沙外围到湘中的黄家冲，那儿有麻子团长的老上级黄百原。 老旦没料到麻子妹将自己关了起来，竟是死活不走，众人甜言蜜语，老旦威逼恐吓，她反锁在房里就是不出来。老旦知她是不愿离开她哥，急得抓耳挠腮，眼看不少人探头疑惑，老旦怕坏了事，揪过二子和陈玉茗说：“砸进去，绑了！” 鬼哭狼嚎的麻子妹被二子扛着上了车，小甄和小兰急忙又搂又抱。看到姐妹们也一道走，行囊都帮自己收拾停当，老旦撅着嘴在后面瞪着眼，麻子妹终泄了劲，脸上麻子一挤，扎在小甄怀里大哭起来。老旦看着心烦，大手一挥，这一车人就开拔了。刚刚打开大门开车去，一大群人就涌进了医院。老旦惊讶地回头，那些人踹开所有的门，哄抢着剩下的药物和什物。人群里有兵有警有匪也有百姓，那劲头比向鬼子阵地冲锋不差，而更多的人还在涌进去，医院大铁门轰然倒了，可是挤倒的。大门洞开，砸声四起，人群疯一样涌进去了，老旦知道，这一场战败又是苦难的开始了。 本来七个兄弟，消息走漏加上弟兄们色心不甘，竟多出四个，一车人是老旦、二子、陈玉茗、大薛、海涛、杨青山、梁七、朱铜头、麻子妹、护士小甄和护士小兰。药物和装备吃喝装了个满，车里拥挤起来，二子故意挤着几个姑娘，车刚一开就被麻子妹结结实实踹了一脚。 汽车在拐上小路之前，要钻过出城的大路。老旦坐在开车的海涛旁边，紧张地看着前面。大武汉的潇洒风气荡然无存，曾经热闹的店铺都关门摘伞，满街堆着臭气熏天的垃圾。人们满脸悲怆，拖家带口，小车推着老幼开始逃亡。男人们不再见面摘帽子，女人们也不再打伞，缺胳膊少腿的士兵和各色衣装的百姓挤在一起，如争相去抢食的鸡鸭鹅。一个西装革履的男人肩扛两根大粗扁担，挑着两只巨大的木箱，累得大汗淋漓。后面的女人旗袍依旧，却豪不矜持地高高挽起碍事的下摆，光着两条大腿亦步亦趋。车头刚出了西城门，就陷入望不到边的人潮，逃难者浩浩荡荡，涌满了笔直的大路。人流滚滚，其间挤满汽车、马车、自行车、手推车和人力车。车上大多拉着一家老小，有的还牵着狗。逃难纷乱，一群群带枪的兵痞见到闲置的骡马，枪口一指就抢过去。老旦的车倒也没有人敢乱来，只是路人太多，任海涛把喇叭按得山响，两个时辰过去也没走出多远。前面一辆装着军火的卡车上有几个兵，举枪对着四周的人群，看着有人想靠近就拉枪栓，老旦让紧跟在这车后面，走得便快了些。 麻子妹噤了哭，一个劲抱怨车走得慢。旁边的梁七被她挤得挺胸凹肚，还要遭她的抢白。 “缩什么缩？我能把你挤扁了呀？挺大个后生咋长得像根麻杆，屁股上削不下二两肉，还一个劲地放屁，肚子里料还不少啊？” 梁七长了张笨嘴，脸憋成了鸡冠子颜色，只嘿嘿笑着。麻子妹说的倒也没有冤枉他，他的肚子被子弹钻了个左右贯通，养下了根子，稍微着急或是受凉就挤出一串来，被二子起个外号叫屁龙。二子得着机会忙用笑脸截了过去。 “璐颖，你可别拿我们屁龙兄弟开涮，他长这么大还没碰过女人呐，你省着点力气欺负老哥去，我们可吃不消你呦！” 麻子妹对陈玉茗颇有点怵，这人高兴生气行动做事都是一张脸，带着奇特的杀气。见他开了腔，麻子妹翻下白眼闭了嘴。二子和杨青山互相点烟，蔫蔫地坏笑。杨青山是东北人，凡事喜欢拍胸脯，有时豪气冲天，有时胆小如鼠，正如他忽深忽浅的酒量，也不知他是怎么辗转到大后方的，东北老家的事绝口不提。一次喝多了，他说家里人因为偷吃大米，都被鬼子抓去杀了。他在山里被手榴弹片伤了眼，治愈后视力严重下降，他搞来个瓶子底儿般厚的眼镜，即便如此，他稍微不仔细就会把大树看成老旦，把拖把看成步枪。Daxue, who was sitting at the back of the car, turned a deaf ear to the chaos outside and just smoked one cigarette after another.大薛被子弹打穿了喉咙，原本就沉默寡言的，他倒也不觉得有什么，他的烟呛得小甄一个劲地咳嗽，他也不管不顾。 坐在后面的朱铜头是个怪物，肥头大耳，贼眼溜圆，兵不像兵匪不像匪，原本不过是混进医院想找份好差使的流氓，从洗衣房偷了身军装，冒充了一年士兵，竟也无人过问。老旦睁眼的第一天他就上来递殷勤，烟啊酒啊花生米啊，真是要什么有什么。医院是他的大卖场，药物、罐头和衣服，甚至美国造的手纸，这小子都倒卖出去不少。老旦和他混得厮熟，麻子妹轰也轰不走。可弟兄们多不买他的账，尤其大薛这个硬脾气，不让这流氓上车。朱铜头便豁了出去，烟、酒、罐头、药品的弄了好几大箱，老旦便令他上了车。只不到一个时辰，朱铜头就向小甄推销丝袜和香水了。 小甄护士挺好看的，瓜子脸柳叶眉，一笑就露出整齐的大小瓷牙，比麻子妹耐看百倍。可是路数不太正。这张妖狐脸可不省油，她原只是普通病房的护理，因常在特护病房里扭屁股，很快就到了特护，和麻子妹同管一层。麻子妹说她是外来的野鸡，一进了窝就四处交配，据说半层楼的军官都和这妖精有一腿。丑陋的麻子妹自是她的天敌，恨不得剥了她的衣服拧烂她的肉。老旦觉得小甄不坏，只是一个母的朱铜头，朱铜头倒卖东西，这孩子倒卖身体。小兰是个规矩妹子，除了头发长点，几乎没有女性特征，那一脸苦相真该在太平间干活。这胸脯像锅盖一般扁平的苦孩子无依无靠，原本跟着一个算命的混饭吃，她没算到鬼子一个掉下的炸弹，算命先生被炸没了，受伤的她被抬进了医院，醒来后就干了护士。陈玉茗念她心好，就把她带上了，如今她只抱着麻子妹哭，两眼肿成一对儿桃子样。 老旦回头看着大家，这是值得庆幸的逃亡。麻子团长护了短，没让大家归队再去厮杀。若不是他妹妹在这儿，他会这样么？他是舍不得兄弟，还是想让大家护着妹妹？唉，也许二者都有。鬼子想必排山倒海地来了，打了五个月，他们也要疯了吧？莫不会又像在南京一样烧杀奸淫？全城的女人都在逃难，路边到处是拎着炸药箱和火把的士兵，武汉必会变成一座燃烧的空城了。西城门外人潮汹涌，队伍前不见头后不见尾，在长长的路上艰难地移动。天上不时飞来鬼子的飞机，虽然没有扫射轰炸，却也吓得人仰马翻，满处践踏。老旦知道这只是侦察机。前面的军车看来是没经过仗的，看到飞机竟急了，不管三七二十一踩下油门就往前冲，压倒了不少腿脚慢的路人。老旦震惊而无奈，前车冲出一个豁大的走廊，他只能皱着眉让海涛咬牙跟上。 几个女人被飞机吓得惊声尖叫。男人们殷勤地上去压惊。大薛笑嘻嘻地看着天上鬼子的飞机，回过头来叽里咕噜了几声，又朝陈玉茗比划了几下，陈玉茗点了点头。朱铜头不解问道：“薛哥是啥意思？” "He said that it was this kind of plane that we bombed on Doufangshan last time." "Why don't they drop bombs?" “当然了，看见我们在这儿还敢扔？着急我一泡尿把它呲下来！”二子吐出一个烟圈，斜着眼看着朱铜头说。他见朱铜头坐着个锁起来的箱子，就又问：“你这箱子里还有啥好货，趁早拿出来给弟兄姐妹们分了，否则到了后方被宪兵搜出来可就毙了，你到时也没处买烟去孝敬老哥了。” “哎呀，兄弟！你当这是杜十娘的箱子——样样是宝啊？真的没什么的，就有一点子烟酒，你知道在武汉买这点东西多难么？这都是从以前运的物资里买出来的，地道的美国货，我铜头就差把裤子也押上去了人家才肯给我！” “陈玉茗、二子，你俩下来！”车猛地刹停，老旦推开了车门。 二人忙跳下了车，跑到车头一看。一个女人躺在地上，头发盖住了大半张脸，露出鬼样的眼神，幽幽地望着他们。她病弱不堪，仿佛再喘口气便会死去。她横在车前，汽车轮子险些压过了她。旁边一个小姑娘跪在地上哭着磕头，鼻涕眼泪糊满了前襟。 "What's going on? What are you doing?" Lao Dan asked. 小姑娘哭得伤心，说她娘不行了，能否救她。她的小手搭在车上，破衣烂衫里露着嫩红的肉，粗辫子垂在腰上，已经脏得打了绺。 “你爹呢？”二子问。 “爹去打仗了，走了半年都没消息，他……再也没有回家了。妈妈生病半年了，我们没钱治……妈妈说我爹不会回来了……”女孩说完又哭，老旦把她扶起来，不知如何是好。地上的女人只剩一口气了，这定不是敲诈的。她露在裤管外边的两条腿溃烂成脏兮兮的排骨，沾满说不清的脏东西；胳膊都枯萎了，静脉一根根老树根样凸出来，那手掌上到处是绽开的口子，血块结成厚厚的痂，而最让老旦揪心的是那眼神，那是只有死人才有的绝望。 "But we can't help you, we have to hurry, and there is no room in the car." Chen Yuming seemed unmoved. “求求你们了，把我妈带走就行了，我能走路，你们能救活她的，我给你们磕头了……各位大叔求你们了！”女孩又再跪下，哭得周围的人陪着抹泪。 “各位大哥……行行好……带这孩子走……”女人说了话，声音像从阴曹里传来。老旦吓了一跳，心里乱糟糟的。一旁围满了围观者，他们吊着嘴巴伸长脖子，看完就摇摇头，长叹着继续走路。不少看客直勾勾地望着老旦等人，等他们做出决定。也有人探头探脑地往车里看，大薛拿起了枪，一脸都是狰狞。 女人趴伏在地，手在身下摸摸嗦嗦，老旦觉得有点不对劲，却被孩子抱着腿动弹不得。离得近的二子看见了，“不要！”他大喊一声。 女人身下流出绛红的血，翻过来，一把生锈的剪刀已刺进心窝。“带她走……”女人低低地说完，吐出最后一口气。二子忙要救人，却见瞳仁已经散了……望着伏尸痛哭的小姑娘，老旦束手无策。人群哀叹着，有人丢了几个钱在小女孩身边，表情复杂地去了。 麻子妹抱过痛哭的孩子，拍着她瘦弱的背。海涛伸头向老旦示意快走。二子和朱铜头抬起女人往路边挤去，将她放在一个尸体堆叠的大坑里，他们洒满了白灰。朱铜头拿出一块破毯子盖了女人，旁边两个人铲进十几锹白灰，女人就和那些死人一样白花花了。 “死了也好，走着也活受罪……”老旦听见铲白灰的老人说。 女孩死活不上车，小甄和小兰也过来哄她，孩子悲伤滞肺，一仰脖昏了过去。小兰给她号了号脉，麻子妹忙掏出一瓶葡萄糖灌了几口，老旦摸着孩子的脸，麻子妹说不碍事的。 车又前行，一切像未发生。仍然是如海的人潮，仍然是悲怆的逃亡。维持秩序的警察像潮水中的根根草木，在黑压压的人头里隐隐沉浮。老旦想到医院里定是神仙日子，外边的百姓想必早已粮药断绝，难怪总有人惦记着车上的东西。 “飞机，鬼子飞机来啦！”一声尖叫在人流中响起，两个警察跳上一辆车头，一个拿着大喇叭四边喊着，一个摇起了警报器。警报声尖锐响起，人们在尖叫声中四散奔逃，人踩马踏的尽是伤亡。Immediately the army traffic began to disperse, and soldiers jumped out of their vehicles to take cover.Several vehicle-mounted machine guns began to fire into the air.老旦对着扫射的方向看去，天呐，竟有十几架，见到鬼子飞机一字排开的嚣张架势，一辆车上的机枪手也跳下车逃命了。 鬼子飞机终归不会放过撤退的军队，他们不会怜惜那更多的百姓。车开到两棵大树下，大家都跳下来趴进路旁的沟里。鬼子飞机列成三排前后俯冲，炸弹撕裂人群，弹雨犁过大地，一条大路血肉淋漓，炸成碎片的人轻飘飘飞着，弹痕下是各式倒毙的人。人群崩溃了，无头苍蝇般四处乱撞，声嘶力竭地在尸体间奔逃……只要飞机没冲着这边，老旦便让大家一动别动。鬼子飞机慢悠悠打光了弹药，仍气势汹汹地低空掠过人们的头顶。 这辆车逃过一劫，弟兄们毫发未伤，只是女人们吓尿了裤子。大家站在路边，惊愕地看着鬼子飞机离去，看着满地死去的战友和同胞。此情此景老旦虽曾经历过，只是难民远远没有这么多，鬼子也没有这么声势浩大的猖狂，他以前只感到恐惧和惊心，而现在更多是无奈和悲凉。 死去的人被扔去沟里，地上留下大片黑红的血。老天爷好像还嫌难民们不够遭罪，刚还浓烈的日头弱下去，北边翻卷着铺来一大片乌云，紧跟着滚滚的雷声。闪电劈下，天地间枝杈雪亮，瓢泼大雨很快夹带着豌豆大的雹子砸下来。狂风贴地呼啸，雨雹横掠在人们的身上脸上，满地的血迹冲得不见踪影。女人们的小伞和尖叫在半空飘荡着。老旦等人上了车，将油布盖得结结实实，缝隙外的人无处藏身，只得默默忍受。老旦掏出烟锅，却没心思点起，只叼着冰冷的烟嘴发愣。冰雹砸在布上的声音震耳欲聋，真不知道外边那些人如何受得了。车在泥泞里继续前进，老旦知道外面的人仍在咬牙前行。 后半夜，雨小了，车出了说不清楚的问题。海涛躺在泥地里鼓捣了一个时辰，终于放弃。大家背上东西，按着地图走向西南。那小丫头叫巧巧，半宿下来已经和大家混得厮熟，心情也好了起来。老旦看着这个女娃子，想起自己的有根。女人们很快走不动了，个个脚脖子都肿起来。朱铜头和二子扶着两个，丑愣愣的麻子妹无人问津。老旦就去扶她，麻子妹却是个倔的，一把挣开了，她拿过二子的步枪当拐，气鼓鼓地走在前面。 夜半阴气袭人，难民的聚集地漆黑一片，到处是围成一圈取暖的人群，如冬天挤在一块的乌鸦。不能点火，怕再招来鬼子飞机，众人无声地煎熬着，盼这冰冷的夜晚能平安度过。黑暗带来绝望，也带来了罪恶，绝望、恐惧、饥饿和仇恨让人疯狂，人群里开始有肆无忌惮的抢劫和无缘无故的枪杀。良知被恐惧和苦难消磨殆尽，绝望和麻木让他们视若无睹，不同的人祈求着不同的神的保佑，祈求这同胞间的欺凌不要在自己的身上降临。 老旦带大家到了离大路不远的山坡上，围坐成一个圈。朱铜头和麻子妹开始分发食物。麻子妹不再嚣张，对大家细声细气的，猛地像个女人样了。屁龙的响屁仍旧放个不停，她还去翻了几片药给他吃下，让梁七受宠若惊。弟兄们将厚衣服都给了女人们，冷得直打哆嗦，抱着朱铜头的烧刀子，就着馒头罐头往下灌。大薛一仰脖子就喝掉半瓶，心疼得朱铜头一个劲地嘬牙花子。杨青山寸步不离几箱子药品和食物，见人凑近就举枪，把来巡视的老旦吓一跳，心想早晚得给这厮弄一副好眼镜来，要不迟早会有人死得冤枉。海涛把巧巧抱在怀里暖和着。巧巧调皮，一个劲把冰凉的小手塞到他的肚皮里，两人有说有笑的，在这夜里显得格外温暖。 “救命！来人呐，打劫啦！” 山下传来女人的喊叫，大家闻声看去，不远处几个男人哄抢着一个女人的包袱，一人用脚猛踹着她的肚子，女人死死地抓着包，被拖出好远。Her man thought he was sick, lying motionless on a broken mat.老旦七窍生烟，对大薛点了下头，大薛原地站起，枪口火光一闪，一人的脑袋登时红白相间，眼见是活不成了，其他几个顿作鸟兽散。那女人哭着给山坡上的大薛磕头，大薛也不受，面无表情地坐下。老旦又冲麻子妹示意，麻子妹拿给她们两个馒头，看了一眼那个男人，冲大家摇了摇头。 黑夜里，数不清的逃难者仍在前进，他们不愿在这恐怖的黑夜里停留。不少饿晕累坏的人受了风寒，间或栽倒在地，有的再无力爬起。山坡下倒下一家几口，黑暗中的踩踏让他们更快地死去。老旦坐在石头上，忽明忽暗的烟锅照亮他的脸。二子坐在一旁，攥着湿乎乎的帽子。陈玉茗石头样坐在他俩身后，不知在想着什么。老旦望着黑漆的前面，心如冰封。战争的残酷不仅仅是前线上，后方的苦难更让人不寒而栗，老百姓就像洪水里的蝼蚁，恐惧无法描述。与其如此，还不如直面残忍的鬼子。大家只管夺命逃亡，当一个馒头和一片菜叶成为活命的指望，谁还在意家国的安危？回家的希望和前方一样渺茫，每向前一步都离它更远，梦想和乡愁都化为刺穿心底的伤痛，在夜风里隐隐哭泣。 “麻子团长是让咱躲起来么？”二子问。 “俺觉得是这意思，他没说透。” “躲，也只躲得了一时吧？” “那也好过留在武汉，不走，咱就还在前线。” "Brother!" 一宿都没有吱声的陈玉茗说了话。 “嗯？啥事？”老旦回头道。 “我……我害怕！”陈玉茗冷不防冒出这么一句，令老旦和二子一惊，这可不像他的话。 “别瞎扯，你啥时候怕过？”二子忙道，他一只眼看着陈玉茗，另一只却像看着老旦。老旦躲开他的眼，顿了顿说：“说实话俺也有点儿……可能也就这一阵儿吧，黑乎乎心里没底，不像在前线。” 老旦给陈玉茗递过烟杆子，陈玉茗猛吸了两口，火光里那张脸泛着油光，两眼通红，装满恐惧和不安。说来也怪，与陈玉茗生死与共这么久，老旦对这张脸竟始终陌生，就像很多死去的弟兄。 “玉茗你别诈尸啊