Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Savage Mountain

one Lin Yuming, the well-known senior Kuomintang general and the deputy commander-in-chief of this expeditionary force, led a large force and defeated Savage Mountain a month ago.Because the British army had fled to India in a hurry before this, the Chinese expeditionary force had long since run out of supplies, and the virgin forest of Savage Mountain made this 10,000-strong force suffer a lot. It was the rainy season at that time, and it seemed that someone poked a lot of big holes in the sky, and the rainwater kept pouring down from these big holes for a moment, non-stop, the rain went from big to small, and then from small to large , day and night, never-ending look.The dense forest can block the sunlight, but it cannot block the rain. The leeches floating in the water bit the bare legs of the soldiers. The leeches in the primeval forest do not bite people painfully. Many people did not pay attention to them, so they formed in groups This is the first time that the leeches here drink human blood. They are crazy, and when one group is full, another group comes, and they take turns sucking.Some soldiers who were tired and hungry were sucked too much blood by the leeches. As they walked, they became dizzy and "thumped" and fell into the water. Where the soldiers walked, the blood stained the land red.

In such an environment, anyone's order lost its authority, and the hateful miasma caused an uproar in the troops. According to legend, during the "Three Kingdoms" period, Zhuge Liang led his troops to fight here, and the famous story of "capturing Menghuo seven times and releasing Menghuo seven times" happened here.At that time, the soldiers of the Shu Kingdom were faced with terrible miasma. After being instructed by the gods and men, there was a kind of grass in the mountains, and the miasma could be driven away by holding the grass leaves in their mouths.But the expeditionary army was not as lucky as the Shu army. There were no gods and men to guide them, so they fled in all directions to avoid the terrible miasma.

No food, no medicine, cruel incidents followed one after another, the wounded were long since no one was willing to carry them, they knew that it would be difficult for the living to get out of the Savage Mountain, let alone the wounded, they might as well give them a shot.Some of the wounded who were killed were thrown in the mountains before they had time to bury them. Some soldiers couldn't do anything anyway, so they left the wounded and went on the road.The wounded wailed: "Brothers, brothers, please don't leave me, don't leave me..." The mournful cries echoed through the jungle, and finally died down, never to be heard again.

Humanity and animality are fully reflected in Savage Mountain.According to a document, a major general of the executive department, after several days of starvation, found several soldiers cooking porridge with steel helmets. Give him half a bowl, even a little.The general who used to be uncompromising in the past was first ignored by the soldiers. Later, seeing that the major general did not leave, they cursed together. Some soldiers even threatened to kill him.The poor major general, in the end, turned his head three times and left lamentingly.Early the next morning, it was found that the major general had starved to death.Before starving to death, he had bitten his own arm, and both arms were bloody and bloody...

Savage Mountain killed more than half of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.Therefore, Savage Mountain is called Baigu Mountain by later generations. When Gao Jilong's battalion retreated into the jungle, it was not this way.When they decided to go north and walk back to their motherland, they came here again a month after the large army passed through the Savage Mountain.Fortunately, they escaped the rainy season and naturally escaped the terrible miasma.But the tragedy of Savage Mountain is vivid in my mind. The flesh and blood of the dead soldiers had already been eaten up by leeches and mosquitoes, leaving piles of bones.Those bones are showing the pain of yesterday to the latecomers.

At the beginning, they didn't know that these bones were their own. They first found the guns with green hairs and the clothes that hadn't rotted.They easily recognized these relics as their own compatriots, and they were deeply shocked in their numbness. It was already night when Gao Jilong found out that Li Shuanglin was missing.The team gathered in a slightly flat woodland, and only then did he discover that Li Shuanglin was missing.Annoyed, Gao Jilong almost shot the two soldiers who took care of Li Shuanglin. He knew that Li Shuanglin was recovering from a serious illness and could not keep up with the large army.

That night, Gao Jilong was going to go back to look for Li Shuanglin, he couldn't leave Li Shuanglin alone, they were not brothers but they were like brothers.Gao Jilong walked into the darkness silently, followed by Niu Dakui, Wang Yue watched Gao Jilong walk into the forest in the dark, and followed silently, and the two soldiers who were almost shot by Gao Jilong also followed past. Gao Jilong shouted: "Shuanglin, Shuanglin..." The soldiers shouted: "Platoon leader, platoon leader..." ... At dawn, Gao Jilong, Niu Dakui, and Wang Yue stared blankly at each other.The forest was quiet, without Li Shuanglin's answer, they had already passed the place where they broke up with Li Shuanglin.In Gao Jilong's mind, like this boundless forest, there is a piece of gray everywhere, sluggish and dignified.

Wang Yue said after a while, "Let's go back." At this time, Gao Jilong's brain was a little clearer. He couldn't leave the team. These people needed him, and he was their spiritual support. At this time, Niu Dakui was looking deeply at the jungle. He was struggling to think about something, and finally he raised his head and said: "Battle Commander, you go, I will wait here for Platoon Leader Li." Gao Jilong was moved by Niu Dakui's words. He shook Niu Dakui's hand and said, "Dakui, please." Niu Dakui was not agitated at all, he nodded indifferently, afterwards Gao Jilong felt that something was wrong with Niu Dakui, and he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while.After all, Niu Dakui was Li Shuanglin's last hope. Gao Jilong said again:

"Da Kui, try to catch up with the team as soon as possible." Niu Dakui didn't speak, just waved to Gao Jilong, and then walked forward, a tree root knocked Niu Dakui, but he stood up again quickly. Looking at Niu Dakui's back, Gao Jilong felt relieved. These people who survived the difficult environment were all strong soldiers, and among these strong people, Niu Dakui was the strongest.He believed that Niu Dakui would be able to find Li Shuanglin, even if Li Shuanglin couldn't walk anymore, Niu Dakui would definitely be able to carry Li Shuanglin back. He felt relieved and walked forward with Wang Yue.Walking forward a mountain ridge, I found two other soldiers who came out with them last night. They were eager to find someone, but they couldn't keep up and Gao Jilong didn't find them either.At this time, the two soldiers were already dead. They were lying there with their four eyes wide open, and their expressions were full of fear and doubt.

Wang Yue could tell at a glance that they were bitten to death by a poisonous snake. One was bitten by a poisonous snake first, and the other went to rescue them, but they were both bitten to death.They were blue all over, and their lips were white. Gao Jilong stood silently next to the remains of the two soldiers, he regretted getting angry at them last night.Finally, he took off his hat slowly, lowered his head, and stood silently beside them for a while, and Wang Yue also stood there for a while.At this point, that's all they can do.After a while, they walked forward again. While walking, Niu Dakui searched, shouting from time to time, he sincerely wanted to find Li Shuanglin, but not to save him, he wanted revenge and killed Li Shuanglin.

two When Li Shuanglin suffered from "regression fever" and was dying, Niu Dakui had mixed feelings of joy and sorrow. The joy was that Li Shuanglin finally got his retribution;For Niu Dakui, the disease tortured Li Shuanglin to death is not as relieved as killing Li Shuanglin himself.Along the way, he has been looking for opportunities for revenge.But Li Shuanglin recovered miraculously, and Niu Dakui's desire for revenge ignited again. He wanted to kill Li Shuanglin to avenge his father and brother. The disappearance of Li Shuanglin made Niu Dakui's heart tightened.He can't lose this enemy, he wants to see this enemy die with his own eyes, only then can the spirit of his father and brother in heaven rest in peace.When Gao Jilong proposed to look for Li Shuanglin, he followed Gao Jilong back to look for him without thinking, but he always kept a distance from Gao Jilong.He was holding a gun and a bayonet in his waist. He even thought of a way to kill Li Shuanglin. He smashed him half to death with the butt of the gun, and then stabbed him with the bayonet, first in the chest and then in the chest. Throat, he wanted to let him die a little bit, that is to say, let him die as painfully as possible.However, he did not even find the shadow of Li Shuanglin.In Niu Dakui's mind, the idea of ​​Li Shuanglin's death flashed across his mind, but he thought again, even if he died, his body must be found, and he wanted to complete his revenge plan on his body. , to be worthy of the dead father and brother. Niu Dakui's father, Niu Bodao, and brother Niu Daben were killed by Li Shuanglin himself. Niu Dakui and Niu Daben served as soldiers before Li Shuanglin, and the two brothers were recruited into the camp by the Northeast Army with a sense of coercion.Niu's family is not rich, and they live by working part-time for a wealthy family. There are only two acres of Susukida in the family. Although life is hard, it is justified.Niu Boss had a child earlier, Niu Dakui and Niu Daben are in their twenties, their father is only in their forties, and the three men in the Niu family are all strong. After the "September 18th" incident, the young commander Zhang Xueliang carried out an army expansion, and the Northeast Army carried out the work of expanding the army with great fanfare. Like all warlord troops, the Northeast Army has mostly mixed sources of soldiers. He went out to serve as a soldier when he couldn't get along.The war is chaotic, and the warlords have no long-term goals. Therefore, few honest and responsible families volunteer to serve as soldiers. That day, Niu Dakui and Niu Daben were working in the field, and they were immediately spotted by the Northeast Army, which was expanding its army. The Northeast Army was very polite at first, saying that it wanted to invite the two brothers to the team to give lectures.The two brothers knew that what the Northeast Army needed was not some lectures, but there were other things behind the lectures, and they disagreed. When the Northeast Army saw two suitable candidates, they naturally refused to let them go, so they pushed and shoved each other. The two were taken to the barracks.First, the officer lectured on the benefits of serving as a soldier and receiving military pay, but the two were still unwilling.Once they entered the barracks, it was not so easy to get out, and both of them were detained.So someone found Boss Niu and reported, "It's okay to bring back the two sons, but each of them has to pay ten taels of silver. It's called military expenses. Naturally, Boss Niu can't afford twenty taels of silver. He's going to the barracks." Visited the two sons, but naturally did not see them. Soon, someone found Boss Niu again and brought him two silver dollars, saying it was the first month's military pay for the two sons.Boss Niu was stupid.That is to say, no matter whether you like it or not, the two sons were arrested as soon as they said they were arrested! Boss Niu was holding two silver dollars and crying with his wife until the sky was dark.The two sons are gone, what kind of family is still called? Boss Niu sincerely worried about his two sons, and he kept in mind an old saying, that is: "Brothers in battle, father and son soldiers in battle." Boss Niu found the Northeast Army and asked to join the army.The Japanese came, and the soldiers were in chaos. He had to see his son with his own eyes before he could rest assured.Boss Niu became a soldier easily, but what he became was not a soldier with a gun, but a fire-headed soldier. It doesn't matter to him what Boss Niu does, as long as he can see his two sons every day, he is satisfied. At his request, he and his two sons were finally assigned to a camp. He doesn't need to worry about his wife, the two mu of land at home is enough for her to live alone, and the three of them, father and son, still have military pay every month, all of this is enough for her to live on. Something unexpected happened to them. The Northeast Army was transferred to the pass overnight by Chiang Kai-shek.First they took the train, the kind of dark stuffy train, and then they walked on foot for many days and nights. In short, the further they went, the farther they were from home. Boss Niu and his two sons have never traveled such a long distance since they grew up. The further they walked, the more empty they felt, and the more urgent their homesickness became. So Boss Niu thought of running away. In one dark night, Boss Niu found his two sons. The three of them were planning to escape under a willow tree. In order to reduce the target, the three of them had to split up. A asking stone, he could not help but decide to run first. Boss Niu really ran away that dark night.In fact, long before they planned to escape, many people had deserted.In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the team set up a hunting team to hunt down and punish those soldiers who deserted.The hunting team is Li Shuanglin's company.The fate of Niu Boss can be imagined.He was arrested early the next morning.Boss Niu was tied up under the willow tree where he plotted to escape last night. Boss Niu was not executed, but was beaten to pieces by the horsewhip. Naturally, the executioner was Li Shuanglin. Niu Boss wailed long and short, and the shrill cry reached the ears of Niu Dakui and Niu Daben, as if Li Shuanglin's whip was not on his father, but on themselves.At this time, Boss Niu looked at his two sons with firm eyes, as if to say: "Smack it, if you can't kill me, Boss Niu will run away." As a result, Boss Niu really ran away again. This time, of course, he did not escape from the grasp of the hunting team.Boss Niu was shot dead in front of everyone, and the executioner was Li Shuanglin again. The boss of the cow died, and the two sons were a little scared.But both of them hated Li Shuanglin because he killed his father with his own hands.They will never forget Li Shuanglin, the murderer who killed his father. Since that time, the number of deserters has obviously decreased, but their idea of ​​desertion has never disappeared.While looking for the opportunity to escape, the brothers also looked for the opportunity of revenge. They didn't find such an opportunity until Burma. After the team fled into the virgin forest, the opportunity came.Niu Daben ran away with two other people. They thought they would escape easily under the cover of the dense forest. They didn't expect to be able to return to the country after escaping from the jungle. They just wanted to escape, and satisfied their desire to escape by leaving the team . Niu Daben and two other soldiers lost their way in the jungle, but were captured again.It was Li Shuanglin who executed again.His father died under Li Shuanglin's gun, and his brother also died under Li Shuanglin's gun.Niu Dakui hated Li Shuanglin to death, he wished he could eat him alive! Niu Dakui temporarily gave up the idea of ​​escaping. Where can he escape in this unfamiliar jungle? Revenge has become Niu Dakui's only thought and goal. Niu Dakui decided to stay alone to look for Li Shuanglin, and then stabbed him to death one by one to avenge his father and brother. three Wang Yue himself didn't know why, walking in this vast jungle, once he couldn't see Gao Jilong, his heart would be empty and helpless.It is a woman's nature to depend on a man, and Wang Yue's mentality towards Gao Jilong has surpassed a woman's dependence on a man.From the first time Wang Yue saw Gao Jilong, she felt that they had known each other for a long time, and the inexplicable sense of intimacy shortened the distance between her and him. The first time they met was in Kunming before going abroad. The division liaison officer brought Wang Yue to the battalion headquarters. When the liaison officer introduced Wang Yue's identity to Gao Jilong, Wang Yue stared at Gao Jilong for a long time until Gao Jilong told himself She stretched out her hand, but she was still there in a daze, until Gao Jilong said with a smile: "Miss Wang, why don't you want to shake hands with me?" She woke up and stretched out her hand in a hurry. Holding them together, she trembled as if she had been electrocuted.What a hand it was, wide and powerful.Her hands were wet with excitement, and he smiled at her.Looking at his smile, she felt that that smile was so familiar and kind, and her whole body was comfortable and peaceful.She had never felt this way before.Burma fell, and both her parents were killed by Japanese planes. She fled back to the motherland alone, and the sorrow of losing her home and relatives was always with her.The world before her eyes lost its light. The appearance of Gao Jilong is like lighting a bright lamp in the dark night, and in this dazzling light, the gloom of the past is swept away.She had never dealt with Chinese soldiers before. After returning to Kunming, she heard people in the hospital talk about Chinese soldiers. In the words of those people, the image of soldiers is not good. Officials are greedy by nature, eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and poisoning. They are a bunch of mobs.At that time, she actively signed up for the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and she didn't have much illusion about this team.What she thought was to avenge her relatives and go back to Burma. However, what she saw in Gao Jilong was not the image of a Chinese soldier that people talked about. In her eyes, Gao Jilong was a standard northern man with a square face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a broad chest.A well-fitting uniform, leather shoes, a belt, and snow-white gloves, all of which set off the strength of a man even more. As time went by, the soldiers she came into contact with were not as bad as some people talked about. Many soldiers would blush when they saw her, and the shy ones looked like girls instead, while she looked like a man.She thought the soldiers were cute too. Then came the war, which she had never fought before, and if it hadn't been for the Japanese planes bombing Rangoon, she would never have heard the sound of the guns.This is the real sound of artillery. As an interpreter in the battalion, she is often at the forefront of battles, hearing and seeing artillery fire, gunshots, and blood.Facing this, many female soldiers either cried bitterly in fright, or huddled in a corner and didn't know what to do.She is on the contrary, as long as she can see Gao Jilong's stalwart figure, she will not be afraid of anything. It was Gao Jilong's composure that affected her mood. Gao Jilong was always so calm when commanding the battle. Even when the shells exploded not far away, he seemed confident and gave combat orders to the people around him from time to time.It was as if he was directing not a war, but a game.All of this undoubtedly deeply affected her. Wang Yue marched and fought with the army, and she didn't have more things to do.More often, she only acted as an interpreter for British advisers Jim and Gao Jilong, and Jim conveyed the instructions of the British officials.The British commander hid far behind, directing the war remotely.The orders of the British chief often did not match the reality, which led to endless quarrels between Jim and Corgiron.Every time they quarrel, her emotional balance is always on the side of Gao Jilong, because she thinks Gao Jilong is right.Jim was always trembling with anger, threatening to go to the Chinese High Command to sue Gao Jilong, and asked the Chinese chief to remove Gao Jilong from his post. As soon as Wang Yue came to this battalion, she learned about the situation of the Northeast Army from the words of the soldiers. Before that, she didn't know about the "Xi'an Incident", let alone the intricate relationship between Chiang Kai-shek's troops, but she still felt it. , This Northeast Army unit, like a motherless child, is treated coldly and unfairly everywhere. She often hears soldiers scolding their regiment commander, division commander, and other troops, calling them a bunch of sons of bitches Yes, don't treat the Northeast Army as a human being. Jim threatened to sue Gao Jilong. She was really worried about Gao Jilong. She was afraid that this complicated relationship would really put Gao Jilong at a disadvantage.Every time Jim and Gao Jilong quarreled, she always tried to persuade Jim.In order to ease the relationship between Jim and Gao Jilong, she said all the good things she could think of. Under her persuasion, Jim's attitude eased little by little.When Jim was happy, he asked Wang Yue to drink with him.It was a kind of red English wine. Wang Yue felt bitter and spicy in her mouth. In order to make Jim happy, she accompanied him to drink a few sips every time. Jim drank very boldly, the glass was almost full, and he drank it like water.Jim was in high spirits when he drank, his clothes were unbuttoned to reveal his chest hair, and then he talked about the greatness of the British Empire and said that all Chinese were pigs.Wang Yue hated Jim's tone of voice very much, and even more hated Jim speaking ill of the Chinese.Every time Jim talked about this, he seemed to see that Wang Yue was not happy, so he used the British way of complimenting women to praise how beautiful Wang Yue was.Once, Jim tried to kiss Wang Yue forcibly while taking advantage of the alcohol, but Wang Yue angrily pushed him away. Once, it was succeeded by Jim.It was one morning, when Wang Yue was washing her face and combing her hair by a small river, Jim got out from nowhere, he hugged her from behind, and kissed her randomly, until Wang Yue yelled a few times, Jim just let go. Wang Yue ran away, but she ran into Gao Jilong who was walking towards her. Gao Jilong was obviously attracted by Wang Yue's cry.When he saw the scene in front of him, he understood everything.As soon as Wang Yue saw Gao Jilong, she stopped. She felt wronged, with tears in her eyes. Gao Jilong glanced at her and walked towards Jim.Jim saw his intention from Gao Jilong's eyes, and raised his fists and pulled out a boxing posture.And in a blunt Chinese saying: "Gao, you can't do it, go back." Gao Jilong approached Jim little by little.Gao Jilong suddenly raised a leg, and swept Jim in the air, and Jim fell down with one kick. Gao Jilong roared: "Go away, you dog." gone. Wang Yue saw everything in her eyes. She was worried that Jim would secretly retaliate against Gao Jilong. She also expressed her concern, but Gao Jilong said: "I'm in a hurry, let's kill him first!" Contrary to Gao Jilong's expectation, Jim did not retaliate, on the contrary, he was much more honest than before. On the surface, he was also polite to Gao Jilong.Only then did Wang Yue breathe a sigh of relief. All this happened before the troops withdrew to the jungle. Wang Yue felt more and more that not only he couldn't live without Gao Jilong, even this team couldn't live without Gao Jilong.She firmly believes that as long as Gao Jilong is there, no matter how hard or dangerous they are, they can get out of the dense forest and go back to their homeland. Four Tong Banfu's heart ached when he saw women suffering in this jungle just like men. His affection for women comes entirely from his sister-in-law.In Tongban's eyes, sister-in-law is the best woman in the world. Deputy Tong Ban didn't know what his mother looked like since he was born. His father died when he was one year old. His father died of exhaustion from working for a wealthy family, and his mother died of illness.My elder brother is ten years older than him, and it is my elder brother who pulls him up day by day with a pair of rough hands.Brother is undoubtedly a good man, honest, responsible, and dull.Sometimes the deputy of the child class could not hear a word from his brother for a day, and it was even rarer for others to hear his words, so the neighbors gave him a nickname - "Live Dumb". My brother married his sister-in-law when he was twenty-five years old. It is not accurate to say that my brother married my sister-in-law. It should be said that my brother married another man in Linghou. The man is in his forties and is deaf. The elder brother was poor, and the deaf man was also poor, so the two poor men married a woman together.There are many such things in the hometown of Vice President Tong, no one makes a joke, it's normal. When my sister-in-law entered the house for the first time, she was wearing a red coat and her face was also red, like the sunset glow in the western sky.He stared blankly at his sister-in-law, it was the sister-in-law who said it to him first, and patted his head with those warm hands. At that time, he really wanted to cry, no one had ever treated him like this before.In the end, the sister-in-law squatted in front of him and smiled and said, "Chou Chou, call me sister-in-law." He held back for a while, then cried out in a crying voice: "Sister-in-law--" The sister-in-law took his head and stuck it on her On his chest, sister-in-law's chest was warm and generous.He cried, tears and snot all over his sister-in-law's red coat. The elder brother still didn't say a word, sat on the threshold with his head sullen, smoking one after another, the smoke covered his face, stiff and stiff. Then the sister-in-law started cooking. The family was poor and had no more food, so they could only eat porridge.Although what he drank was porridge, Tong Banfu tasted a different sweetness than before.The elder brother drank loudly, and he also drank extraordinary, sweating all over his body, and the sister-in-law also drank, but she was much more refined.The sister-in-law stopped and pursed her lips and looked at the two brothers and smiled. The elder brother also laughed, his expression was still stiff and stiff, but his eyes were burning, Tong Banwei thought it was quite scary. After dinner, it was dark.The sister-in-law and brother moved into the big house. In the old big house, he slept with his brother. Since he had a sister-in-law, he can only sleep in the dark and damp hut.He couldn't sleep, he looked at the dark roof and thought about his sister-in-law. The sister-in-law yelled first, then yelled again, and then the yelling of the sister-in-law became a mess.He didn't understand why his sister-in-law called, her cry was very wet and vague, and he couldn't tell which one it belonged to.He thought it was his elder brother who was bullying his sister-in-law, and he wanted to help her, but he didn't dare to move, so he stood upright.I don't know how long it took, the sister-in-law finally stopped barking, and only panted loudly, and then the panting subsided, and he fell asleep in a daze. Early the next morning, he went to see his sister-in-law's face first, hoping to see something strange on her face, but her face was the same as before, her eyes seemed to be more watery than yesterday, her face was even redder, and she kept pursing her eyes. He smiled at him with his mouth open, and he was relieved. Since then, my sister-in-law still uttered that very wet cry at night, and I got used to everything and became normal. Occasionally, I couldn't hear my sister-in-law's call, but he couldn't sleep soundly. The porridge made by my sister-in-law is still so delicious.During the day, my elder brother went to work in the fields, and he and his sister-in-law were at home. The sister-in-law was so busy that there was never any free time. The sister-in-law washed everything that needed to be washed in the house, and then sat under the window and sewed needles for him and his wife. My brother mends the tattered clothes. Tong Ban is ten years old. Although he can't work in the fields, he has to go up the mountain to collect firewood and deliver bundles of branches to his home. When he sees his sister-in-law from a distance, he feels an indescribable peace and comfort in his heart. , With a sister-in-law's home, it is a perfect home.During those days, he especially loved going home. Time passed quickly, and the moon was gone in a blink of an eye.My sister-in-law walked into the house when the moon was full.On the day my sister-in-law left, he sent it to me.That morning, my brother sat on the threshold and started smoking again, with the expression on his face still stiff. The sister-in-law said, "His brother, I should go." Brother does not speak. The sister-in-law said again: "The patched clothes are all in the closet." My brother still didn't speak. The sister-in-law also said: "Both of you brothers, don't be too tired, take a break if you can't do the work, and don't hurt your body." ... He stood aside and listened to his sister-in-law's words, and felt extremely uncomfortable. It seemed that the appropriate words of his sister-in-law were not meant for his brother, but for him. Finally, sister-in-law went on the road again wearing the red coat she had when she came, and he followed her.It was my elder brother who asked him to send his sister-in-law to Linghou, and my sister-in-law was also willing.The sister-in-law looked back at her brother sitting on the threshold from time to time, and gradually, he noticed that the circles around her eyes were red. After a while, he asked, "Sister-in-law, when will you come to our house again?" The sister-in-law held one of his hands. The hand of the sister-in-law was soft and soft, not at all like that of her brother. After hearing what she said, my sister-in-law looked at the sky, and the setting sun was hanging in the western sky. My sister-in-law said softly, "When the moon is full next time, I will come to our house." The sister-in-law used "our family", which made him feel very warm.It is not far behind the ridge, just cross a ridge and cross a small river. The deaf man in his forties has long been looking forward to at the entrance of the village.When the man saw his sister-in-law, he greeted her happily, took her burden from him, took her hand and walked home.The sister-in-law turned her head once, and then turned her head again. At this time, the sister-in-law had already seen him burst into tears.The sister-in-law suddenly yelled: "Chou Chou, wait for sister-in-law." Then she shook off the man's hand and ran to a hut. After a while, the sister-in-law came back again and stuffed a warm pancake into his arms , she said: "Chou Chou, go home, and come to pick up my sister-in-law after the full moon." The sister-in-law left, and he couldn't see her anymore, so he walked back step by step.At this time, his tears couldn't be stopped, and they fell on the pancakes his sister-in-law gave him in strings. The days that followed passed very slowly.The elder brother is still making a living quietly, and he still goes to the mountains to collect firewood.When he had nothing to do, he went to a private school to watch Mr. teach the children of rich families how to read, and he also learned some characters there. Every night, he would stare blankly at the sky, watching the moon round up bit by bit. My brother seemed to be looking forward to the full moon, but his expression never showed. Yes, fiercely, I wish I could eat the moon in one bite. The two brothers finally worked together and waited for another full moon. That night, the elder brother said to him in a low voice: "Chou Chou, tomorrow morning, pick up your sister-in-law." He happily replied: "Hey..." As soon as the rooster crowed three times, he got up, and set out on the road at dawn.When he arrived at the mountain, the sky was still not completely bright. When he came to the door of the deaf man's house, he shouted repeatedly: "Sister-in-law, the moon is full!" The sister-in-law heard it, came out wiping her hands, and pulled him in the door.The deaf man took one look at him, then lowered his head to eat.The sister-in-law served him a bowl of porridge and said, "Eat, we will leave after eating." The meal was finished quickly, and the sister-in-law put on the red coat again, and the deaf man sat on the edge of the kang smoking, smoking lightly and heavily, looking fierce. The sister-in-law said, "I took the quilt apart, the cotton is new." Because the man was deaf, the sister-in-law's words seemed to be shouted out. The man listened, nodded, his face was gray. The sister-in-law said again: "I have ground the rice and put it in the jar." The deaf man nodded again. The sister-in-law also said: "Then I will leave." The deaf man didn't nod this time, but turned cold and looked at his sister-in-law eagerly. The sister-in-law turned her face away, took his hand, and sighed, "Chou Chou, let's go." He followed his sister-in-law and left the deaf man's house.After walking a few steps, my sister-in-law turned her head once, and he turned her head again. He saw the deaf man still looking at her sister-in-law eagerly, and he saw her sister-in-law's eyes were red again. After a long time, and another long time, sister-in-law finally said calmly: "Chou Chou, do you miss sister-in-law?" He replied: "I think, I look forward to the full moon every day." The sister-in-law pursed her lips and smiled again. He was very happy when she smiled like this, and the smile of the sister-in-law was very beautiful. The sister-in-law said again: "Does your brother miss me?" "I think, he looks at the moon every night." After he finished speaking, he saw his sister-in-law's eyes were red again. After crossing the ridge, I saw my brother. First, my brother sat on the threshold and stood up when he saw them.They went to meet my brother.He thought to himself: the moon is full, sister-in-law is a family again. Fives The days of having a sister-in-law are beautiful, and the days of having a sister-in-law are the days of the full moon. The sister-in-law was pregnant first, and the belly of the sister-in-law was swollen day by day during the waning and full moon. My brother was happy, and so was the deaf man.He was even happier that his sister-in-law had brought unprecedented happiness to the three men, and they were all longing for the child to be born soon.He was only twelve years old that year, and he was not yet a real man. His sister-in-law was happy, so he had no reason to be unhappy. My brother and the deaf man discussed it, and the child will take whose surname it is born in. Sister-in-law's delivery period is one full month, and sister-in-law is finally going to give birth. Brother invited a well-known midwife from ten miles and eight villages.An oil lamp flickered on and off, and the midwife watched over the sister-in-law.He and his brother squatted in the yard outside the house, the moon and stars were sparse in the sky, and the crowing of frogs came from far and near from time to time. Sister-in-law was in labor pain amidst the wow sound, and sister-in-law began to hum continuously.The cry of his sister-in-law reached his ears, which made him feel an indescribable feeling in his heart.Brother also seemed to be in a bad mood, rolling and smoking Kanto cigarettes one after another, and his hands were shaking constantly. Sister-in-law's cry was high and low, and in this quiet night, sister-in-law's cry was unusually loud. He said, "Brother, is sister-in-law going to have a baby?" Brother said: "..." He said, "Sister-in-law will definitely give birth to a boy." Brother said: "..." He wanted to say something, but was interrupted by his sister-in-law's cry, which sounded a bit weird. He asked his brother: "Sister-in-law, why do you call around like this when you give birth to a baby?" Brother finally said: "My mother called you that when she gave birth to you, all women are the same." My brother is ten years older than him, so I have reason to hear my mother call him that when he was born. He didn't know what his mother looked like. He once asked his elder brother, and his elder brother said after a while, "Mother looks similar to your sister-in-law." After elder brother said this, when he looked at his sister-in-law again, there was more interest in his eyes. The sister-in-law was still screaming, and the sister-in-law screamed a little weakly.He couldn't help it, so he walked to the door, knocked on the door and asked the midwife, "Sister-in-law, why is it called that?" After a while, the midwife poked out half of her wet head from the room, and replied, "How can it be painless for a woman to give birth." After she finished speaking, she closed the door again with a "bang". He was a little dissatisfied with the attitude of the midwife, so he squatted down next to his brother awkwardly. He had already smoked countless cigarettes, and the cigarette butts were piled up at his feet indiscriminately.His sister-in-law's cry made him a little uneasy. The sister-in-law kept screaming, but her voice became obviously weaker, but the baby's screaming was not seen for a long time.He began to panic.Brother looked more uncomfortable than him, and he wanted to comfort him, so he said: "Sister-in-law is tired, she is resting." The door opened, and the midwife's head became drenched with water, as if the baby was not the baby but she was born from the sister-in-law's belly. The midwife panted for a while and said, "It's a miscarriage. I'm afraid I won't be able to give birth for a while." 哥站了起来，身子怕冷似地哆嗦着声音问：“能咋，不会咋吧?” “难说。”接生婆的样子有些垂头丧气。 嫂这时又叫了一声，接生婆又慌慌地缩回了头。 哥又蹲在地上，用手抱住了头。 从这以后，嫂叫倒是不叫了。 鸡开始叫了，天开始发青，麻亮了。 这时他就看见房后的土丘后也蹲着一个人，他用手拽了拽哥的衣袖，两人仔细辨认，终于看清是那个聋男人。 哥和那个男人在麻亮的天空下对望着。 鸡叫第二遍了，嫂仍没有一丝动静。 鸡叫三遍了，嫂还是没有动静。 最后，天终于彻底亮了。 门终于开了，接生婆扎撒着一双沾血的手，上气不接下气地说：“死……死……都死了哩。”接生婆说完，便独自跑远了。 他听了，眼前一黑，差点跌倒。 哥空前绝后地喝了一声：“日——老天呀!” 哥疯了似的一头闯进屋里，同时他看见土丘后的那个聋男人也一阵风似地跑来。 嫂，死了?!他有些不信，那么好的一个嫂咋就说死就死哩?他不知怎么走进屋内的。 他先看见了血，满炕都是血。接着他就看见了嫂，嫂似乎睡着了，头发在枕边披散着，条条绺绺的。他知道，那是汗湿的。嫂的肚子仍丰隆着，光洁美丽的双眼在晨光中泛着神秘的光泽。嫂的两腿之间，伸出一只小手，似乎是向这个世界招呼着什么。 哥和聋男人傻了似的立在嫂的头前，像两尊泥塑。 ... 嫂真的死了，哥似变了一个人，他也似变了一个人。 哥痴痴呆呆的，反反复复地在说一句话：“好好的一个人，咋说死就死哩。” 哥无法做活路了，在屋内屋外疯转着。 他的心空了，空得像一只无底洞。没有了嫂日子便不成其为日子了，月残月圆再也和他没有关系了。没有女人的家也就不成其为家了，到处都是一片冰冷、凄凉。 哥在疯呆了几天之后，在又一个月圆的晚上，吊死在门前那棵老树上。 从此，他过起了流浪生活。哥没了，嫂没了，家也就没了，他是一个无家的孤儿了。 以后的日子，他时时刻刻忘不了嫂子，嫂子浑身上下都是温暖的，都是那般的美好。嫂为他煮粥，嫂为他贴饼子，嫂抚摸他的头，嫂为他补破烂的衣服……这一切，一切都离他远去了。对嫂子的温暖回忆伴他度过了流浪的岁月。 几个年头之后，他参加了东北军。 兵营里很少见到女人，走在大街上，偶尔碰见一两个女人，他一望见女人心都要碎了。所有的女人都幻化成嫂的形象，在他眼前美好起来，温暖起来。 他对女人这种莫名其妙的情感，使他有了对所有女人大怜大悲大爱的理由。他早就成为一个真正的男人了。因此，他更加懂得去怎样爱护一个女人，保护一个女人。 童班副走在这荒无人际的丛林里，看着眼前的几个女兵，彻底地唤醒了他的怜爱之心。他曾在心里暗暗发誓，有一口吃的，要先让给她们，自己能走出去，就一定要让她们也一同走出去。 朱红的惨死，又一次震惊了童班副。朱红的死，使他想起了嫂子的死。他不肯宽恕自己，他认为是自己没有照顾好她们，才使朱红死去。那一天，他跪在朱红的尸体前，刮了自己好几个耳光，要不是她们抱住他哭成一团，他还要更彻底地痛打自己一顿。 从那一刻起，他就告诫自己，再也不离开女兵们半步，他要把她们安安全全地带出丛林。果然从那以后，他再也没有离开女兵们半步。 six 嫂子的美好以及嫂子给他的温暖一直伴随着童班副，嫂子的形象影响了他对一切女人的态度，眼前受苦受难的女兵使他想起了血泊中死去的嫂子。他尽最大的能力照顾着这些女兵。 每天上路的时候，他总是走在最前面，一只手握着刺刀，一只手提枪，遇到树的枝枝杈杈他总是用刺刀砍开一条通道，让女兵们能够顺利地过去。 瘦小的沈雅经常掉队，大山大林似乎已经吸去了她所有的力气，每走一程她都要娇娇羞羞地喘息上一阵。这使得童班副和女兵们不得不一次次等待着她。 童班副鼓足了勇气来到沈雅面前，半晌才说出句：“要不，我背你一会吧。” 沈雅听了童班副的话，脸红了。少女的娇羞使她本能地想推诿，然而这漫漫丛林，又使她女人的天性在一点点丧失。因为他们一次次停下来等她，以致和前面的部队一点点拉开了距离，而女兵们又自身难保，没有人能够帮助她，最后她还是顺从地趴在了童班副宽大的背上。 娇小的沈雅，体重也不过几十斤，要是在平时童班副也就像背一支枪那么简单，可此时却完全两样了，沈雅在他的背上，仿佛是一座山。童班副又必须走在女兵的前面，无形中又增加了他前行的困难。他先是听到了自己如擂鼓般的心跳，虚弱使他的汗水顺着脖颈很快流了下来。 沈雅看到了，有些不忍，她掏出了口袋里的手帕。那是怎样的一块手帕呀，沾满了汗水、血水、泪水……自从伴随着主人走进这片丛林，它便没有洁净过。此时，沈雅在用这块手帕为童班副擦汗。童班副真切地感受到了这份来自女人的关怀，除了嫂子之外，他还从来没有接受过第二个女人的关怀和呵护。感受着沈雅的关怀，他被深深地震撼了，他的眼泪汹涌而出，和汗水一道在脸颊上流淌着，很快又被沈雅的手帕擦去了。他终于又闻到了来自女人的气息，那是嫂子的气息，他曾伏在嫂的怀里大口地呼吸过这种气息。此时，这种母性的气味又一次卷土而来，童班副陶醉了。他暂时忘记了劳累，忘记了饥饿，他飘飘然地走着，走在一种仙境样的梦里。 不知过了多久，沈雅轻轻伏在他的耳边说：“老兵，你真好。” 沈雅随随便便一句话，又一次在童班副心里掀起了热浪。 “我们真不知怎么感谢你。”沈雅又说。 童班副不知怎么回答。 “等走出这大山，我们几个人请你吃饺子。”沈雅又说。 “哎——”他这么答，差点哭出来。 “老兵，你有姐么?”沈雅问。 童班副摇摇头。 “你有妹么?”又问。 童班副还是摇摇头。 “那我就当你的妹吧，行么?” “当嫂吧。”童班副说完这句话，自己都感到万分吃惊，他不知自己怎么就随口说出这句话。 沈雅似乎没听清他说的是什么，也愣了半晌。 但童班副很快又说：“你们都是我的妹妹。” 这次沈雅听清了，她颤颤地叫了声：“哥——” 童班副还是第一次听到有女人这么近这么亲地叫他，他觉得自己似乎在飞。 休息的时候，童班副要马不停蹄地为女兵们去寻找吃的，因为有了上次的教训，女兵们也不敢单独行动了，他们等待着童班副的归来，每次童班副归来，大部分时候都不会空着手，总会在帽兜里装些野果子回来，他把野果子放在女兵们面前高兴地说：“姑娘们，开饭喽。” 女兵们雀跃着大口地吃着野果子，一连不知道有多少天了，她们从来也没有吃过一顿像样的饭，饥饿一直伴随着她们，别说眼前的几颗野果子，就是面前摆着一座能吃的山，她们也会把它吃下去。这时，沈雅想起了一旁的童班副，忙拿过一个果子送到他面前：“大哥，你也吃吧。” “我吃过了。”童班副这么说完，还故意抹了抹嘴。 当沈雅离开时，他背过身去嚼着嫩树枝上的树皮，他啃吃得狼吞虎咽。 晚上宿营时，都是童班副亲手为她们搭建帐篷，说是帐篷，其实只是几片硕大的芭蕉叶，原始森林的芭蕉叶大极了，只几片叶子，几根树枝，便把“帐篷”搭好了。 这一天，童班副为女兵们搭完了帐篷，又在不远处升起了一堆火，在这之前，他活抓了不少蚊子，原始森林里的蚊子有蜻蜓那么大，他把这些蚊子在火上烤焦了，便吃了下去，蚊子很香，他曾动员女兵们吃，可女兵们无论如何也吃不下，他刚开始也吃不下，后来就吃下了，他能把体力保持到现在一切都源于吃蚊子，童班副喝过自己的尿，一进入丛林，盐巴就断了，体内少了盐，喝多少水都感到口渴，后来他就喝了自己的尿，这一招果然灵。他一口气吃过十几只蚊子之后，身子便有了热量，火烤着他很温暖，森林的露水和潮气都快使人长出绿毛了，身上的衣服总是湿的。此时，他想起了女兵的衣服，要是能让她们穿上干爽的衣服该多好哇。他向女兵的帐篷走去，他先是咳了一声，沈雅听出了他的声音，探出头来说：“哥，有事么?” 他干干地说：“把你们的衣服脱下来。” 女兵们听了，怔了片刻。 他又说：“我把你们的衣服烤烤。” 女兵们明白了。理解了，不一会儿，长长短短破破烂烂的衣服便扔到了他的面前。他拾起这些衣服重又来到火堆旁，他一件件为她们烤着衣服。 潮湿的衣服蒸腾出的热气，使他又一次嗅到了嫂的气味，恍若在火堆旁就坐着嫂，嫂在一针一线地为他和哥缝补着那些破碎的衣衫，他的眼泪一点一滴地流了下来。 不知过了多久，衣服终于烤干了，他又一件件地为她们收好，又轻轻地放在她们的帐篷外，这时，他仿佛听到沈雅在轻声叫：“哥——”他太累太困了，走回到将熄的火堆旁，一头倒下便睡过去了。 女兵马华终于来月经了。她自从进入丛林后，月经便一直没有来，许多别的女兵也没有来。是该死的丛林弄得她们一切都不正常了。月经不来，紊乱的内分泌搞得她们焦躁不安。 马华终于来了月经，灾难也随之而来。 19岁的马华，来自山东，她和许多山东男人一样也生得人高马大，在这些女兵中，她的胆子和力气最大。部队在棠吉打仗时，她往下运伤员，伤员多时，她经常身背一个，怀抱一个，子弹、炮弹在她周围飞过，她连眼皮也不眨一下。 宿营了，因来月经，肚子有些疼，在这丛林里，没有纸什么也没有，她无法对付，好在挎包里还有一条多余的短裤，她便把短裤穿在了身上。头一沾地便睡着了。不久，她觉得浑身痒痒，她抓挠了几次，但仍没清醒。 她万没有想到的是，血腥招来了无数的蚂蟥，原始森林中的蚂蟥，个大体肥，要是吸足了血能有几两重。成群结队的蚂 蟥吸在了马华的身体上，可怜的马华仍然无知无觉。 原始森林的蚂蟥嗅觉异常灵敏，它们一旦得着机会，能把一头壮硕的野牛活活吸死。 第二天一早，女兵们穿上衣服准备钻出帐篷的时候，她们才发现了马华，蚂蟥已遍布了马华的全身，蚂蟥一个个，圆鼓鼓、肉墩墩的，它们快要被马华的血撑死了。可怜的马华，身体似乎变成了一张纸那么轻那么薄，醒悟过来的女兵惊呼一声，她们冲出了帐篷。 应声赶来的童班副也惊呆了。 童班副惊呼一声：“是我没有照顾好你们呀!”说完扑过去，他挥舞着双手扑打着那些千该万死的蚂蟥。血沾满了他的双手，溅在他的脸上。可一切都已经晚了。 一棵不知名的树下，躺着这位名叫马华的山东女兵。童班副在那棵树上用刺刀刻下了马华的名字。他不知自己为什么要这么做，那时，在冥冥之中，觉得自己有朝一日会再来的，把她们接出丛林，送到她们的亲人身边。童班副做这些时，神情专注而又虔诚。 眼睁睁看着女兵们一个又一个在他的身边死去，童班副心痛欲裂。 seven 北行的队伍竟奇迹般地发现了一片包谷地。那片包谷生长在一块树木稀疏的林地间，刚看到这片包谷地时，士兵们以为走出了丛林，他们欢呼着，雀跃着，向那片包谷地跑去，他们被树根绊倒了，但很快又爬了起来，他们已经顾不了许多，一头冲进包谷地。 包谷长势一点也不好，还没有来得及成熟，包谷粒瘪瘪的，饥饿得眼睛发蓝的士兵们已经管不了那么多了，他们撸下包谷生硬地啃吃起来。这片包谷地并不大，很快便被他们扫荡一空，包谷地狼藉一片。 每个人都吃到了生包谷，那甜甜的汁浆，令他们一生一世永远无法忘怀，他们啃光了尚未成熟的包谷，并没有尽兴，最后他们把包谷杆也砍倒嚼了，正在发育的包谷杆水份充足，汁液饱满，最后他们把这片包谷杆一棵不剩地也吃了。 他们大吃大嚼时，个个脸上喜气洋洋，他们看到了包谷，觉得离庄户人家并不遥远了，有了庄户人家还愁走不出丛林么?况且庄户人家更不会在丛林里安家落户，也就是说，离走出丛林的日子并不遥远了，也许咬一咬牙，说不定今天或者明天就会走出丛林的。 这种错误的估计，使本已绝望的士兵们个个变得喜气洋洋，他们有理由这么兴高采烈一次。 可就在他们吃包谷时，谁也没有发现有两个野人躲在树上观望他们好些时候了。这是两个男野人。他们披头散发，赤身裸体，只有腰间系了一块遮不住屁股的树叶，两个野人看见这群陌生的人群大肆地在他们的包谷地里狂吃，其中一个野人摘下了身上的弓箭向士兵们瞄准，被另一个野人制止了，两人嘀咕了几句什么，准备射箭的那个野人从树上溜到地面，在树丛的掩护下向远处跑去。另外一个野人仍躲在树枝上，透过浓密的枝叶观察着这群陌生人。 把包谷地洗劫一空的士兵，终于走了，他们的神态多了些坚定和希望。 野男人看见队伍后面的那几个女人，这几个女人比野男人看惯的女人漂亮多了，在他的眼里，她们白净，苗条，美中不足的是她们的屁股比他们的女人小了许多。这些，并没有影响这个野男人的激动，他浑身躁热，下身膨胀，他一伸手扯下腰间的树叶，敏捷地跟随着这群此时已变得疯颠颠的人，每走一段，野男人就折断一些树枝，他是在给同伙留下标记，在合适的时间里，他们要袭击这群陌生的男女，因为他们糟蹋了他们的包谷地。 野男人的行动要比这群人快得多，有时他走在地上，有时又爬到树上，从这棵树蹿到另一棵树上。野男人做这些时，像在做一场猫捉老鼠的游戏。有几次，他离队伍后面的几个女兵已经很近了，甚至都能清楚地看清她们的眉眼了，他被这几个漂亮的女人折磨得欲火焚身了。要不是他发现走在她们中间有一位高大魁梧的男人，他早就要偷袭这些漂亮的女人了。 野人偷袭士兵们的宿营地发生在晚上。 宿营下来的士兵们，并没有丝毫的警惕性，他们进入丛林两个多月了，还没有发现过人迹，只有动物，动物并不可怕，那是他们的猎物，他们巴望着这样的猎物出现，再凶猛的老虎、狮子也无法战胜他们手里的枪，可这样的猎物在他们开枪时，早就逃之天天了。他们感到可怕的是蚂蟥、蚊子，这一路，他们学会了对付这一切的手段，露营时尽可能寻找到干爽一些的地方睡觉，能搭起帐篷是再好不过了。一天的艰苦跋涉已耗尽了他们的体力，天黑下来，听到宿营的命令，三五成群的士兵，把枪枕在头下，闭上眼睛马上就进入了梦乡。他们做梦也没有料到野人会偷袭他们，因为在这之前，他们没发现野人，只发现了一片贫瘠的包谷地。 回去报信的那个野人，引来了一群野人，他们拿着弓箭、棍棒顺着另外一个野人留下的记号很快便摸了上来。 他们突然之间，嗷叫着冲了上来。弓箭齐发，他们挥舞着棍棒，冲着这群疲惫的士兵兜头冲杀过来。 是童班副打响了第一枪。宿营时，他和几个女兵离大队人马有几十米的距离，这么多天了向来如此，他为几个女兵简单地搭起了帐篷，便和衣躺在离女兵帐篷几步之遥的一个土坎上，自从马华死后，他一直担心着女兵们，不管是行走，还是露宿，他都尽可能地和女兵们保持最近的距离。 跟踪而至的野人早就观望好了女兵的窝棚，他在焦急中终于等来了同伴，当众野人嗷叫着向士兵的营地一边放箭一边扑去时，这个野人首先扑向了女兵的窝棚，他来不及选择，抓起一个离自己最近的女兵便往外跑。起初那一瞬，女兵们被突然的变故弄愣了神，她们不知发生了什么。当她们明白过来之后，便一起大喊了起来，童班副这时才醒过来。他的第一个反应就是女兵出事了，他提着枪便冲了过去。 这时，有三五个野人同时向他们冲来，童班副的枪响了，童班副用的是卡宾枪，出国前才配发给他，三五个野人便在枪声中应声倒下。待他听清女兵们说王丽被人抢走时，他的第一个反应就是追，可他刚向前跑了两步，士兵营地的枪声也响了起来，一切全都乱了。童班副立住脚，他不能扔下那两个幸存的女兵，她们手无寸铁。他复又转回来，把沈雅和李黎拉到一棵大树后。 这时的童班副已经彻底清醒过来了，在微弱的光线中他看清了一群野人挥舞着棍棒在和士兵们厮打，有的士兵没有来得及拿起枪，便在箭镞和棍棒中倒下了。拿起枪的匆忙还击，野人在枪声中倒下，童班副也开始射击了，只一会儿，野人便招架不住，又一片嗷叫，转眼间他们就钻进了丛林。 童班副在沈雅和李黎的指点下，向那个抢走王丽的野人逃走方向追了过去。童班副的心在流血，这些女兵在他的眼皮底下，一个又一个死去了。他心里只有一个意念：夺回王丽！ 直到天亮时分，他才在一堆乱草旁找到王丽的尸体。王丽赤身裸体躺在草丛中，她的衣服被撕扯得支离破碎，扔在一旁，被饥饿折磨得骨瘦如柴的王丽的身体，清冷地散发着一层亮光。显然，她是拼尽全力和野人搏斗过了，她的手里还抓着一绺野人的毛发。 童班副傻了，过了好久他才走上前去，突然他疯了似的向丛林射出一排子弹，枪声却一点也不响，很快便被厚重的丛林吞噬了。 他蹲在王丽的尸体旁，哑哑地痛哭起来，他又想到了嫂子死时的模样。嫂子死时也是这么叉着腿，腿上也沾满了血，那血色在晨光中腥红一片。 童班副不知道自己是怎么掩埋王丽的，也不知自己是怎么找回到昨晚的宿营地。宿营地狼藉一片，野人和死去的士兵交织横陈在他的眼前，幸存的人们，在掩埋着士兵的尸体沈雅和李黎仍躲在那棵树后默默地流泪。 她们看见了半痴半呆的童班副一个人回来了，不用问，她们什么都明白了。 高吉龙清点了一下人数，昨晚那一场混战，死了十几个弟兄，还有几个受伤的。剩下的不足二十人了。高吉龙望着眼前剩下的十几个弟兄，心里苍茫一片。 经过这次意外的遭遇，士兵们清醒了，丛林还远没有尽头，他们不仅要和自然战斗，还要提防那些神出鬼没的野人。他们默默地拾起死去战友的枪支、弹药，像真正士兵那样，重新把武器背在了肩上。 他们又一次出发了。