Chapter 12 Chapter 5 Great Wall Online (3)
In the village, there was a chaotic shout.
Ahead, the enemy riding on more than a dozen camels entangled with the enemy sentinel at the north entrance of the village for a while and entered the village.Zhou Dayong's five or six donkeys also entered the village.With a sweep of his eyes, he vaguely saw more than a dozen enemies, some standing in bunkers, some standing at the entrance of the village, and some running back and forth, looking very panicked.
When Zhou Dayong entered the village, there was chaos in front of his eyes: the alleys were full of soldiers who had assembled urgently, shouting, whistle, cursing, mules and horses neighing, the chaos was like the sky falling and the earth cracking.Zhou Dayong looked around with sharp eyes, his whole body was tense, his heart was beating violently, and a feeling of surprise and joy welled up in his throat.He felt that his eyes were extraordinarily bright, and his body was extraordinarily strong and light; he wanted to run, shout, shoot, and chop these man-eating beasts with a big knife.He let the two soldiers hide at the entrance of the village where he had just entered, and seized the opportunity to control the road.Only the second son Ning and Li Yuming were left with him.
Someone stood on the doorstep of a fellow villager, holding an electric baton, and the flashlight pierced the darkness and searched in all directions.He yelled: "Calm! Shooting from the east, that's the enemy's few defeated soldiers! Your battalion commander? Please, your battalion commander! What are you panicking about? Bastards, bastards!"
A man with a purse ran up to the man and reported: "Deputy commander, the battalion commander will be here soon!"
Zhou Dayong's heart moved, and he thought: "This kid is the deputy commander!" He looked behind him: Ning Erzi and Li Yuming were about to rush forward.
Zhou Dayong leaped forward and rushed up from the side of the enemy's deputy commander, pointed his pistol at the guy's head, and with a slap shot, the guy fell down like a sack of grain.Zhou Dayong's mind flashed: "What a fat guy!" Erzi Ning was afraid that the guy might not be dead, so he went up and hit that guy's head with the butt of his gun more than a dozen times, the sound was like someone hitting an overripe watermelon with a stone.
The alley was in turmoil: gunshots, shouts, cursing, squeaking.
Suddenly, a man riding a tall horse rushed over from the south end of the alley.Confusion enveloped the rider.He reined in the horse sharply, and the horse stood up straight with its front legs raised, and the horse's hoof stamped on someone, screaming; someone beat the mad horse with the butt of a gun.The horse took a few steps forward and kicked forward.The rider honks his pistol into the sky--
Ba--fired two shots, and shouted with all the strength: "Listen to my command! The second company, the commander of the second company..." Li Yuming, a soldier next to Zhou Dayong, said something, and squeezed out of the enemy group In the past, he picked up the bayonet and stabbed the rider obliquely under the rib with all his strength.The man screamed like a pig and got off his horse.Startled, the tall horse ran over the enemy soldiers, neighing,...
Zhou Dayong asked two soldiers to solve the enemy sentry and guard the entrance of Beicun.He, Li Yuming and Ning Erzi shot and dropped bombs at the enemies in the alley.
The enemy couldn't figure out the real situation, some ran south, some ran north, crowded and crowded, and became more and more chaotic.
At the moment, the east of the village is also fighting fiercely.
Zhou Dayong was so anxious that he was sweating all over his body and his heart was fried. He was afraid that the enemy would climb up to the houses on both sides of the alley to resist.But for the enemy who has lost the organizational system, the officers can't catch the soldiers, and the soldiers can't find the officers, so they become a swarm of bees.
Li Jiangguo wheezed and led the soldiers into the village from the concave road in the north of the village.As soon as he entered the village, he set up three light machine guns and shot the enemy along the street.
Zhou Dayong shouted: "Jiang Guo, first command the soldiers to go to the houses on both sides of the alley!"
"Go in the morning!"
Before the words were finished, the grenades on the houses on both sides of the alley were poured down.
In the light of the fire, the enemies fell one after another.The village is full of soldiers shouting:
"Pay your gun and don't kill!"
"The People's Liberation Army treats prisoners leniently!"
Twenty minutes in total, the battle was over.
The alley is full of flames, dead bodies of the enemy, dead mules and horses, quilts, mortars, small artillery, heavy machine guns...
Li Jiangguo gathered the captives and counted them, there were more than one hundred.He quickly cleared out the enemy officers again and let the soldiers put them on.
Zhou Dayong held Ma Changsheng's hand and said, "You commanded the soldiers on the house?
Played beautifully! "
Ma Changsheng wiped the sweat from his neck with his hat, squatted on a rock, facing the wall, and said to himself, "This doesn't relieve hatred either!"
Zhou Dayong entered the house where the enemy battalion commander was stationed, trying to find a prisoner to find out the situation around the village.Suddenly, gunshots from the west were intense and getting closer and closer, as if they were about to approach the village at once.Zhou Dayong rested his fists on the table, his face tensed.He thought for a while, and said: "Jiang Guo, go, pick out ten or twenty of those surreptitious soldiers among the captives, and let them go, and explain it in a clever way: We have a lot of teams, and now we have to Go north!"
Li Jiangguo said: "The enemy can see through these methods in the blink of an eye."
Zhou Dayong said: "If you know it well, you should know it. Anyway, the enemy has to analyze and study these messy situations. They analyze and study five times, and we have traveled twenty or thirty miles. Besides, the enemy dare not rush around at night. ."
The soldiers cleaned up the battlefield; Li Jiangguo withdrew the troops put on combat alert in the west of the village.Zhou Dayong asked the soldiers to get enough ammunition, let the captives carry the weapons with their bolts on their backs, and marched to the southeast without stopping.
Zhou Dayong took his troops and walked six or seven miles. The scouts came up to report that the enemy in the village to the west heard the sound from the east and sent a battalion to the east.But without knowing the reason, the enemy suddenly retreated to the West Village, and hurriedly built fortifications around the West Village.
Zhou Dayong said: "He does his work, let's go our own way and don't interfere with each other!"
He smiled smugly.Eight
Zhou Dayong took the soldiers and ran for more than ten miles and entered a Dachuan Road.At dawn, they "take a short rest" after climbing a big mountain.As soon as Zhou Dayong sat down, he spat out two mouthfuls of blood.
Li Jiangguo asked repeatedly: "Company commander, what's the matter!"
Zhou Dayong said: "Small, I drank a few mouthfuls of cold wind, my stomach growled, and I spit out two mouthfuls of sour water."
Li Jiangguo fluttered his nose and eyes, took two breaths, and said, "A fishy smell!"
Zhou Dayong said: "Stuff your stomach full of rainwater and raw noodles, but the vomit still tastes good? No problem. Go and take care of the soldiers!"
Li Jiangguo said: "Company commander, where did you vomit? Come on, let me see, I dare not vomit blood!" He put his hands on the ground and searched with his eyes.
Zhou Dayong wiped away the blood spat on the ground with his foot, and said, "You are troublesome!"
Li Jiangguo was even more suspicious, and said: "Company commander, you have a really stubborn temper. You--" Zhou Dayong said: "Jiangguo, hold on tight! How could I be so unbearable, like this? We have been used to the life of marching and fighting continuously for many years."
Li Jiangguo said: "Company commander, if you feel unattractive, sit on the stretcher.
You feel sorry for the soldiers carrying you up, so let me and the platoon cadres carry you away.No more, I will carry you on my back.Company Commander, I live and die with you, not for a day or two, you should tell me the truth!Company Commander, as long as you are well, I will give up anything! "
Zhou Dayong put his left arm around Li Jiangguo's shoulder, and said, "Jiangguo! Am I tired? I'm so tired that I'm dying! The wound on my head is not serious, but during the battle just now, I used too much force. The wound It was split open, and my head felt like it was about to explode. I wanted to lie down and sleep for a long time, even if I woke up, the enemy would put a hundred times more troops on me. But, look, the soldiers were drenched in the rain , fighting, bleeding, unable to eat, unable to sleep, the soles of the feet were worn down to the bone. After they fought continuously, the slightly wounded carried the seriously wounded and continued on. Jiangguo, they kept silent, but I knew the soldiers were I am gritting my teeth and enduring hardships! Thinking of them, I feel that I am not the one who suffers the most. Hush! You are really ignorant sometimes! Jiang Guo, I want to calculate, you should find a few good people from among the captives, Ask them to tell the soldiers about the internal situation of the enemy, especially the suffering of the enemy soldiers. This is a good education for our soldiers."
Li Jiangguo grabbed the company commander's arm and said eagerly: "Yes, this job should be done. But, you have to take good care of your body, you have to-" Zhou Dayong stopped him and said, "Go, it's dawn!"
Li Jiangguo put his head on Zhou Dayong's shoulder and said, "Company Commander, let me say one more thing, you have to-" Zhou Dayong stood up, pushed Li Jiangguo away, and said, "Let's go, comrades!"
The soldiers got up from the ground, some stretched their waists, some rubbed their eyes, and some stood up and continued to dream.
Li Jiangguo stood motionless with his back against the ridge.He gazed at the few stars in the pre-dawn sky, and his sad and helpless mood bothered him for the first time!
Zhou Dayong yelled: "Let's go! Pass it back: one follows the other, and no distance is allowed!"
One by one, the soldiers nervously relayed the company commander's orders.In an instant, the order sounded to the rear of the company.Then came the sound of hurried footsteps, panting, the sound of weapons hitting, and the sound of someone tripping over a stone suddenly.
Zhou Dayong strode forward in front of the troops.Sometimes, he stepped out of the ranks of troops and watched the soldiers pass him by.He concentrated, listening to the rhythmic footsteps and heavy breathing.
After walking for more than ten miles, suddenly, the soldiers whispered: "Attention, enemy!"
Zhou Dayong heard mules and horses yelling on the mountain to the west, and saw that there were still many figures walking southward on the mountain top.He knew that this was after the 36th Division "relieved" Yulin, and then went south in an attempt to attack our army.The enemy on the hill did not notice that there was a people's army in this ditch.
Zhou Dayong immediately held down the troops, climbed on a high ground, and observed the surrounding terrain: there are mountains on all sides, a small flat land in the middle, and some jujube trees and willows grow here and there.A small river flows through the roots of the mountain in the north.Zhou Dayong asked the soldiers to put seven or eight seriously wounded people into a cave.He also asked Ma Quanyou to lead seven soldiers to escort the prisoners to the rocky cliff by the small river, and not allow the prisoners to move around.Zhou Dayong and Li Jiangguo led thirty soldiers and climbed up the high mountain to the east from the hidden place in the ditch.The reason is that if the enemy moves, they can cover the wounded and the captives retreat.
The soldiers squatted in the ravine for a whole day, unable to light a fire to cook, and there was water flowing in the river channel, so they could not drink.Because the enemy's brigade has been walking south on the western mountain ridge from early morning to afternoon.
When the sun was pressing down on the mountain, Zhou Dayong slid down from the eastern slope of the mountain and went to the cave where the wounded were sleeping.He planned to wait until dark before taking them out.Zhou Dayong went into the cave, and saw San Niu, the health worker, filling one wounded mouth with raw millet and stuffing another.The millet was seized last night, and now it has become the best ration for the soldiers.
The wounded had yellow and thin faces due to profuse bleeding, with deep eye sockets and large eyes.San Niu changed the dressings for the wounded.Some practitioners' legs were swollen to the thickness of a barrel and turned blue.Some wounded wounds on the stomachs were festering, and when San Niu squeezed them with his hands, the blood and pus would flow out.While changing the dressing, the wounded gritted their teeth and sweated, but no one groaned.Some people are so painful that they stuff their clothes in their mouths and bite them; they don't allow themselves to groan and affect other people's emotions.
Zhou Dayong's heart was like a knife, hating himself for not being able to bear all the sufferings, hating himself for not being able to concentrate the soldiers' hunger, fatigue, foot pain, and trauma on himself.Confused, he crawled to one wounded man to wipe the sweat off his face, and crawled to the other to look at those lovely eyes.
The wounded looked at Zhou Dayong.
"Company commander, you are more pleasant when you are with us!"
"Company commander, if there were no wounded like us, the comrades would have swaggered away!"
Zhou Dayong said: "Comrades, we can go when it gets dark in an hour or so. Maybe we will be able to return to our border area by dawn and catch up with the main force. Comrades, everyone will be so happy to see us when we go back!" Zhou Dayong sat against the wall, and in the blink of an eye, he entered another kind of life: he was young and mighty, riding a bay red horse, galloping, commanding and shouting on the plain where the smoke was shining and the gunfire flashed; The soldiers rushed towards the enemy: as fast as the wind, as fast as the water. ...
"Company commander!" This voice broke Zhou Dayong's dream.
Zhou Dayong opened his eyes and saw that Hei Ye and Ma Quan got into the cave together.
Zhou Dayong hurriedly asked, "What are you doing here?"
Ma Quanyou said, "Come and see you and the wounded comrades."
Zhou Dayong got up from the ground and said, "You led seven soldiers to take more than eighty prisoners! What are you doing here?"
"Nothing, just want to meet everyone!"
Zhou Dayong knew that something was wrong.He went out to have a look, terrible!On the surrounding hills, there were piles of fires that were lit after the enemy camped.Where did Li Jiangguo and the others go?
Li Jiangguo and Ma Changsheng led the soldiers to go out alone.In Duanhei, a group of enemies suddenly came up from the north and camped in Dongshan Liang.When Li Jiangguo and the others found the enemy, they wanted to pull the troops to the ditch where Zhou Dayong and the wounded were hiding, but they couldn't catch up.So, Li Jiangguo had no choice but to take his troops and go down a forest to the east of the ravine.
Zhou Dayong walked out of the cave and said angrily, "Damn it, what the hell did you encounter! Ma Quanyou, go! Tell the soldiers to watch out for the prisoners!"
Ma Quanyou said: "It's so useless to climb into this ravine! According to me, put the wounded on your back, take the prisoners with you, and poke them out!"
Zhou Dayong said: "Speaking lightly! You only have seven fighters in your hand!"
Ma Quanyou said: "Don't go? The enemy on the mountain is going to make a nest, and they will make dumplings for us!"
Zhou Dayong pounded the earth wall of the cave with his fist and said, "The enemy will make dumplings for us? Are the enemies bluffing you?" In his vicious voice, there was a breathless threat.To be honest, he was angry because Li Jiangguo and the others didn't know their whereabouts, but he poured all his anger on Ma Quanyou's head!
Ma Quanyou squatted on the ground with his back against the cave wall and his arms resting on his knees.The flesh on his face protruded strand by strand.His heart seemed to be on a red-hot iron, and he said: "Commander, you and I have been working hard with the enemy for some years. Remember, how often do I blink in the face of danger? If I can put my heart Take it out,..." He put his head in his hands and muttered, "I really don't want to let the enemy knock me down, I don't worry if I'm knocked down!"
Zhou Dayong shouted: "You want to be evil!"
"Ba ba!" On the top of the hill, two shots were fired; there were still horses neighing.The trembling neighing of the horse was chilling to hear at night.Zhou Dayong said heavily and nervously:
"Even if we are the only one left, we will fight seven in and seven out of the enemy's thousands of horses, not to mention that we still have these frisky fighters in our hands!" His steel-like voice, in this small Clash in the cave.
Ma Quanyou said: "One or two people have small goals, you can take a soldier to climb out! All the wounded and captives will be handed over to me. Even if the sky falls, I will stand up for it!"
"why?"
Ma Quanyou said: "If you make a mistake here, how can we explain it to the party? How can we face others?"
Zhou Dayong sneered and said, "You keep saying that you protect me, my life is very valuable?"
Ma Quanyou said: "The wound on your head...the blood is bleeding a lot! Anyway..." Zhou Dayong said: "Anyway, don't squat here to argue with me. Go and take the prisoners!"
Ma Quanyou said timidly: "I always feel that—" Zhou Dayong got angry and said, "What do you feel? You squat here, and I will go and watch the prisoners!" He got up quickly, because he got up too fast It was fierce, so dizzy, and the body floated up gently involuntarily.He supported the wall with his hands and collected himself.At this time, Ma Quan walked out of the cave early.
After Ma Quanyou disappeared into the darkness, Zhou Dayong regretted it: "Training" Ma Quanyou was too unreasonable.He also hoped to cuddle up with Ma Quanyou tightly.People who are used to soldiers, with fewer soldiers in their hands, their hearts are empty, their courage is not enough, and they can't even sleep well.Nine
According to the season, it is just the beginning of autumn, but at night beside the Great Wall, the wind and sand are rolling, and the weather is frighteningly cold.
Zhou Dayong and the wounded soldiers suffered from the cold, hunger, fatigue and the pain of the wound!
In the middle of the night, Zhou Dayong asked correspondent Xiao Cheng and health worker San Niu to cover the entrance of the cave with quilts and light the candles seized last night.He went to the small river to fetch some water with a jug, gave the wounded a few sips, and then walked out of the cave again.There are campfires built by the enemy on the surrounding hills.There were gunshots and grenades on Dongshan.There are flares and signal flares fired by the enemy in the eastern sky. "Perhaps Li Jiangguo and the others did not let the enemy live in peace, and started to fight with the enemy." Zhou Dayong was in a heavy heart.That's right, the wounded and the more than 80 captives can't get out of this ravine tonight!
He met Ma Quanyou in the river trough.Ma Quanyou cruised back and forth with a submachine gun.
His clothes were soaked with dew.His staunch appearance boosted Zhou Dayong's courage and confidence.Zhou Dayong warned that no prisoner should be allowed to escape, otherwise, the news will be leaked.
Ma Quanyou said, "No, unless he has wings."
When Zhou Dayong returned to the cave, Sanniu and Xiaocheng were gone.
The little ghost Sanniu and Xiaocheng wanted to gather some firewood to cook some porridge for the wounded in the cave, but happened to meet Ma Quanyou.Ma Quanyou scolded the two little ghosts, saying that cooking by cooking fire was to expose the target on purpose.
Ma Quanyou and the soldiers made a plan, collected all the dry food on everyone's body, handed it to the two little ghosts, and asked them to pass it on to the wounded.These treasures were picked up yesterday when they attacked the enemy in the dark.Everyone reminded the little ghosts, this little dry food is only enough for the wounded to stuff their teeth, but it seems better than nothing!
After half an hour, San Niu and Xiao Cheng came back.Xiaocheng entered the soil hole and squatted on the ground without saying a word.Zhou Dayong thought it was because the little ghosts were tired from running, so he ignored them.
San Niu took out several pieces of egg-sized dry food from his pocket and distributed them to the wounded.
Zhou Dayong asked, "Where did you get the dry food?"
San Niu said: "It was last night..." He was trying to make up nonsense.Xiao Cheng quickly stepped up and said, "That's what Ma Quanyou and the others picked up just now. It's about the enemy marching on the mountain and threw the dry food bag down the hillside..." Zhou Dayong knew that the two little devils were talking nonsense, the dry food must be The soldiers made do with it, and didn't go into detail about the root cause.He asked, "Did you eat anything?"
Xiaocheng said: "Eat, you can eat a lot!"
San Niu also bluffed: "Ah, chewing on a little bit as big as your finger, it tastes so good that you can swallow your tongue!"
As Sanniu said, he smacked his lips and slapped them.But when he quietly put the last two pieces of dry rations next to the company commander's head, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes were blackened and his head was dizzy, the mountains turned and the ground trembled, and he fell down beside Zhou Dayong with a plop.Sanniu was hungry, cold and tired, and passed out!
Zhou Dayong picked up the kid, and hurriedly called: "San Niu! San Niu!" San Niu opened his eyes.His dark eyes rolled a few times wearily.Zhou Dayong put the two pieces of dry food near his mouth.San Niu said: "Company commander, I'm not hungry. You eat! The whole company depends on you!"
Zhou Dayong hugged San Niu tightly, looking at his cute face as a child.Sanniu's tired, hungry and thin face showed a very serious expression.This stern expression was very out of proportion to his fifteen years old age.Zhou Dayong felt sad!
Zhou Dayong walked out of the cave.Half a crescent moon spit out a cold light.The enemy on the top of the hill fired two shots from time to time.He wanted to figure out: "At dawn, as soon as the enemy sets out, we will cross Dongshan Mountain to find Li Jiangguo and the others, and then quickly go to chase the main force. Our main force must be moving around here." At this time, he especially thought of Li Jiangguo. To the soldiers led by Ma Changsheng: "Maybe, they are crawling in the forest of thorns to touch the enemy's sentinel! How can Li Jianghui worry about us! Ma Changsheng is so bullish, he must be holding his breath and throwing a fit!"
Zhou Dayong returned to the cave, his heart tossed with anxiety and irritability, and he couldn't close his eyes no matter what he said.
The few wounded around him, afraid that the company commander would worry about them, gritted their teeth and endured the pain. Only when they were unconscious or asleep, they moaned unconsciously.
A seriously wounded man named Huang Shangqing was about to die.He kept shouting:
"It's cold! It's cold!" Zhou Dayong really wanted to light a fire and let him roast it to keep warm.But dare not light the fire, the fire will bring danger.Zhou Dayong untied his ragged clothes, held Huang Shangqing in his arms, and warmed Huang Shangqing's chest with his own chest.He hugged Huang Shangqing tightly.His body temperature spread to him, and two hearts beat next to each other.Zhou Dayong felt that Huang Shangqing was his soldier, his comrade, and his heart-to-heart relative.Ah, if a person could share his life with his dying comrades, how wonderful it would be!
Huang Shangqing groaned weakly.Zhou Dayong felt that Huang Shangqing's heart was beating more and more boring.A cold feeling penetrated every blood vessel and nerve through Zhou Dayong's spine.His heart was tied to one thought: "He's finished!" He put his hands under Huang Shangqing's clothes and pressed his heart, and when he died, the heart stopped beating.Life slowly left Huang Shangqing.Zhou Dayong shook Huang Shangqing, and yelled a few more times... Leaning his back against the dirt cliff, he still hugged Huang Shangqing tightly.He didn't move or feel for a while, his mind was blank!
Suddenly, Huang Shangqing's appearance appeared in front of Zhou Dayong's eyes, and he happily asked for a surprise mission... Yes, it was black today, Huang Shangqing's wound hurt badly, Zhou Dayong washed him with salt water.But what can I do?Huang Shangqing's legs were swollen and purple.Knowing that he was going to die, he said, "Company commander, am I really going to die?" He asked Zhou Dayong to pull out a shirt he was sleeping on.The white denim shirt was stained black with sweat, the sleeves were torn into flocks, and there was a patch of blood on the front.He said: "Company commander, I'm going to die, and I will leave this shirt to the party as a souvenir!..." Suddenly he covered his face in the shirt and cried:
"I, I can't, I..." His thoughts collided with death: he hadn't made any great achievements, let alone a meritorious service to the people, and he simply didn't have time to do anything! ……how come,……
Zhou Dayong gently put down Huang Shangqing's body.He was next to Huang Shangqing, lying side by side on the ground.
The long night.The wind shakes the treetops in the trench and blows into the cave.There is a campfire built by the enemy on the top of the hill, and there are bursts of machine gunfire in the distance.
Time, in painful thinking, is moving slowly and heavily!
Xiao Cheng fell asleep.San Niu squatted beside Huang Shangqing silently.He gets along best with Huang Shangqing.When Huang Shangqing was alive, he often said: "Sanniu, come on! If you are old enough to join the party, I will introduce you to join the party." Now, he will never be able to fulfill his promise!San Niu's tears trickled down.He dared not cry out.He knew that when the company commander saw someone frowning in a hard struggle, he would get angry!
Zhou Dayong heard Sanniu blowing his nose.He knew San Niu's mood.Although San Niu is a strong class fighter, he is still a child after all.Zhou Dayong looked at San Niu and the wounded around him, and thought again: Here you can't see the earth-shattering artillery fire, and you can't hear the impact of bayonet fighting, but those who persevere here also need infinite perseverance and bravery. Because the tense battle has appeared in a more brutal form!
Zhou Dayong lay next to the sacrificed Huang Shangqing, and many things flashed through his mind.He remembered that when he was with the main force, when he marched, his company was just a small section in a long line of troops; when he was fighting, his company was only responsible for attacking a certain fortification, a certain point .At that time, the political work of the company had the instructor Wang Chengde; the battalion commander, the instructor, the head of the regiment, and the political commissar of the regiment were counted up... All the heavy burdens of work, all the difficulties and pains were borne by them.As for Zhou Dayong, in that group, no matter how difficult the environment is, no matter how powerful the enemy is, he is always calm in his heart.In a word: All major responsibilities are borne by the Party, and everything has specific instructions from the Party. As long as I work hard in peacetime, study hard, do a good job in the work of my company, and use my brains to be resolute and courageous in wartime, it is enough.What now?All burdens fall on my shoulders, and all hardships and sorrows must be borne by myself.Those who were slightly injured, those who were seriously injured, and those who survived were all thinking: "Don't be afraid, there is our company commander! He will find a solution!" Yes, soldiers should think so!But what can I do?
Brigadier Chen, Political Commissar Yang, Political Commissar of the regiment, Instructor Zhang, and his close comrade-in-arms Wang Chengde...how many battles, events, and appearances of people all appeared in front of Zhou Dayong, like the memory compressed by the war life , all rushed to the front of my eyes and flashed through my mind.Yes, without the party, without the army, without the many comrades-in-arms, then he is a worthless person, and he may have starved to death under some roof or by the side of the road.He clearly felt that he had grown up in a big revolutionary family.All kinds of things in this big family, the influence and education of various people on him have given him immeasurable courage so far.
A few wounded were talking in low voices, and San Niu and Xiao Cheng were also muttering something.Zhou Dayong wants everyone to be as happy as himself.He said: "Comrades, you can't see two feet away just by looking at this earth cave. You have to look at the whole country!" He told the soldiers that our armies from Northeast China, North China, East China, and Central Plains fought many times. Victory, our Northwest Field Army is about to win a big victory.The enemy is not far from total collapse!
When soldiers are in difficult times, it is always easy to recall the past struggle life, as if the past difficult experiences will teach people how to survive.They asked Zhou Dayong to tell a story about the 25,000-mile Long March.
Zhou Dayong really wanted to tell a story about the past, but he couldn't remember the beginning for a while.He thought about the struggles he had been through, about his whole life and the little things in it.For more than ten years, yes, in the struggle life of more than ten years, he sometimes camped in the rain in the high mountains; sometimes he slept in high-rise buildings; On... the war really compressed the experience of life intensely and violently: hope, excitement, anxiety, anger, and even life and death... All of these, maybe some people can live for ten or fifty years to endure; but this Everything, in war, one goes through in a few hours.Yes, he touched hot shells coldly, and he got a lot of things in exchange for one shot and one knife; yes, he has traveled a long heroic road, and he will walk a longer heroic road in the future; I have done a lot of things, and I will do more things in the future.Now, staying in this cave, sometimes his heart is agitated like a fire, and sometimes he thinks about trivial things, but all of these are nothing.There is only one thing worth thinking about now, and that is to fight firmly for one's own class cause.
Zhou Dayong pondered.His contemplation has nothing to do with death.He is open-minded and thinks far: After all these risks, everyone has joined the main force again... Countless friendly faces, red flags, meetings, maybe at some celebration meeting, Chairman Mao, Zhou The vice chairman and the heads of the Party Central Committee also appeared on the rostrum... Yes, weren't they always with us during the hard struggle in the Northwest battlefield?Ah, a strange light and shadow suddenly flashed in this cave.Zhou Dayong felt hot all over his body, and his clear and lofty thoughts flowed back in his broad chest.
He felt young, happy, powerful, and had a bright future.
"Speak, Captain."
"Yes, you can say whatever you want."
Zhou Dayong said: "Comrades! Now, we Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou and the leading comrades of the Party Central Committee may be in the ranks of the night march, or we may be checking the map to study the enemy's situation in the cave dwelling of the fellow! Comrades, we may Difficult, but they are always with us, directing our battles in person. It brings unspeakable joy to think of it. Comrades, they can neither call you nor mine, but they know us Even now, they know the hardships we endured in this cave, and know that we miss them in this cave. They are with us! Comrades, the Party, Chairman Mao and Vice Chairman Zhou, lead us Traveled all over China on two legs, let us know many things, and let us know ourselves. Think about it, once we climb out of our mother's belly, hunger and poverty are like souls that never leave us. We did not participate in the revolution Sometimes, I don’t know what I live for in this world; I don’t know where to use my strength and where to pour my grievances; I don’t know where all the pain I’m suffering comes from! But now we have become Comrades, remembering the education given to us by the Party, Chairman Mao and Vice Chairman Zhou, we feel that it is nothing to suffer a bit now. Gritting our teeth, there is a way out if we endure it. What can the enemy do to us? ? We have the Party, Chairman Mao and Vice Chairman Zhou!"
The soldiers held their breath and stretched their ears to listen.They also feel that the Party Central Committee, Chairman Mao and Vice Chairman Zhou are by their side.Just like when our army was marching in the ravines in northern Shaanxi after our army withdrew from Yan'an, people often excitedly said: "In front of our regiment is the Ninth Detachment. Chairman Mao is there...Vice Chairman Zhou is there...the Party Central Committee... Chairman Mao...Vice Chairman Zhou..." Thinking of this, the soldiers became more motivated, and even the seriously wounded seemed to feel that they could get up and go.
A seriously wounded man said: "Company Commander, you are right. No matter how difficult it is at the moment... there is our Party, Chairman Mao and Vice Chairman Zhou!"
Soldiers stayed up in the night, listening to the roar of the wind.Everyone felt that the wind brought their news to the party, Chairman Mao and Vice Chairman Zhou, and brought their main force.The wounded, Sanniu and Xiaocheng fell asleep.Zhou Dayong couldn't close his eyes, got up and walked out of the cave.He looked up at the cold stars, only to see a shooting star falling down with a long strip of light.For a while, he patrolled the cave where the wounded slept, and then ran to the river trough to tell Ma Quanyou that he should pay attention to the prisoners and strengthen his vigilance.
At dawn, Ma Quanyou ran into the cave and reported that the enemy on the east mountain had driven away.
Zhou Dayong went out to have a look, and sure enough the enemies on the east hill had not gone far, but the enemies on the west hill were still crowded and flowing forward.
Ma Quanyou suggested: "Who peed on him! Let's take the wounded and prisoners and go! If the enemy wants to beat you, let's do it!"
Zhou Dayong said: "Wait a little longer, it seems that the enemies on the east and west mountains will not live for long."
The enemy on Dongshan Liang is finally over.Zhou Dayong sent people to reconnaissance on Dongshan Liang.After a while, the scouts came back and reported that they couldn't move around yet, because there were still enemies going south on the mountain east of Dongshan Liang, so we had to wait a while and see what happened.
Zhou Dayong got into the cave and lay down angrily on the ground.He was in a bad mood, and any little thing would make him very angry.ten
The sun is about to press down on the mountains, and the day is almost over.
"Bababa..." Zhou Dayong had been lying down for four or five minutes before he heard gunshots.
He shuddered, and his hair stood on end!
Just as Zhou Dayong ran out of the cave, a burst of violent shooting pushed him back.There were stones and earth flowers kicked up by bullets all around him. ...
It turned out that the enemies going south were really almost over.But when the crisis was turned to safety, something happened again: during the enemy's march, the soldiers kept deserting; a search platoon of the enemy came down from the northern hillside and searched around around the corner, and it seemed that they were almost at the cave where Zhou Dayong and the others were hiding.Ma Quanyou found the enemy, and his heart was about to explode.But there were only seven soldiers with him, and more than eighty captives were still in custody.He held his gun and stared at the enemy, as long as the enemy did not find the cave where the wounded slept, he would not shoot.
Suddenly, the captives under the cliff ran away in disorder.The enemy strikes.The enemy's rearguard troops marching on the Xishan Liang heard the gunshots, and they rushed down the ravine... The ditch was full of gunshots... Ma Quanyou started to fight the enemy.The enemy divided into several groups and surrounded them.Ma Quanyou brought about thirty prisoners to escape from the enemy's encirclement. ... As they were retreating, one of the prisoners shouted: "Drop their guns and run! There are not many of them!"
Ma Quanyou rushed into the group of prisoners like crazy, swung his gun butt, and smashed the head of the instigator to pieces.The captives were petrified.Ma Quanyou stepped on the enemy's corpse, straightened out his bayonet, and shouted, "Try it if you have the guts!" His eyes shot fire, and he stared at the prisoners threateningly.The prisoners were obedient, and none of them dared to move.
Ma Quanyou ordered a team to escort the thirty or so captives to go first; he led a team to cover, and retreated eastward while beating. ...
A wave of enemies violently attacked the cave where Zhou Dayong slept with the wounded.
Zhou Dayong, Xiaocheng, Sanniu and all the wounded who could do it rose up to fight.
While dropping bombs and shooting, the enemy shouted: "Surrender! Surrender!"
Zhou Dayong yelled: "You're blind! If I die, I will exchange your dog's life!"
The fighting continued for more than ten minutes.Smoke covered the sky, and bullets sent flakes of stone flying.Two of the wounded next to Zhou Dayong died.Xiaocheng and Sanniu jumped out of the cave entrance to fight grenades with the enemy for a while, and then got into the cave and lay down and shot at the enemy; Zhou Dayong also lay down on the ground and shot with a pistol; the three guns blocked the enemy from approaching the cave entrance.
The enemy dared not approach the entrance of the cave, so they set a large bundle of branches on fire from the hillside and rolled them to the entrance of the cave.火焰冲天，火舌向洞里扑。 "突出去！突出去"周大勇想站起来率领伤员从火堆中冲出去。可是敌人火力封锁得风雨不透，再说伤员们也不能行动。在这绝望的情形下，周大勇脑子涌起排山倒海的想法。他一边合计用什么办法多换几个敌人，一边又希望有什么神奇的力量出现：比如，突然下一阵大雨，把这熊熊的大火扑灭。一阵儿，他对自己说，即使敌人杀死我们，他们又能得到什么呢？敌人以为有什么东西能叫我们害怕吗？啊，死亡，死亡又有什么可怕呢？旧社会，我们像一条狗，穷困、饥饿、压迫，随时可以扼死我们；如今，我们做了许多事情以后，为什么不能英勇地死去？Hey!
要命只有一条，要头只有一个！拚，拚，拚！他想让伤员们跟自己抱在一块拉响手榴弹，又想告诉三牛、小成，留最后一颗子弹给自己。突然，有人大喝："打到最后，活到最后！"啊，这是陈旅长的声音，团政治委员的声音，张教导员的声音！立刻，周大勇也觉得，像自己这样有坚强信心的汉子，现在来想生死问题，又无益又可笑。
"打到最后，活到最后！"周大勇爬到山洞口，用驳壳枪准确地点射，一枪一个，枪响敌人倒。
这工夫，三牛、小成扑出山洞，用木棒推那洞边的柴火捆。那柴火捆都是火焰腾腾的。两个小鬼在火焰里跳来蹦去。
子弹像雨点一样打在他们前后左右。敌人从山洞的上边丢下的手榴弹，在他们身边爆炸。烟、火、子弹、破片、飞溅的石头块，包围了两个小鬼。死里求生的意志强烈地鼓舞人，两个小鬼，像无敌英雄一样在火里扑来扑去。
忽然，两个小鬼让烟火吞没了。周大勇想："怎么，小鬼们呢？"
猛地，小成从火里钻出来，扑进了山洞。他衣服帽子上冒烟，鲜血湿透了裤子。小成一条腿跪在地上，一只手撑住土壁，生怕自己倒下。
周大勇望着洞外，边射击边问："小成，怎么样？"
"能支持。别管我！敌人，敌人！"这时，子弹正打在周大勇左肩旁的石壁上；子弹的爆炸声，飞溅起的石头的撞击声。石头打破了周大勇的头，血顺脸往下流。
小成看得真切，他替连长担心，喊："连长，连长，往我这边靠！"
周大勇哪里能听见！他睁着虎彪彪的眼，正往前爬。小成急啦，他扑到周大勇身上。周大勇推开小成，喊："打呀！"小成从地上一骨碌爬起来，又扑到连长身上。他觉得连长就是大家的指望、靠山。他尽自己力量遮护连长。突然，小成受到打击，一颗子弹从周大勇胳肢窝下的衣服上穿过去，打中了小成的胸脯。小成手一扬，横躺在周大勇面前！
周大勇全身颤了一下，一股火快要把心烧焦了。他向前一扑，用胸膛遮住小成的身体，寻找射击目标。
周大勇眼前就是烟跟火，别的什么也看不见。他耳边只有吼声，别的什么也听不到。突然，他看见三牛向洞口跑了两步倒下了，猛地，三牛又爬起来，还在火里跳来蹦去。三牛满身是火苗，时而他在地上打滚，时而他推开那堵在洞口的柴火捆，时而他捡起那在地下打转转的手榴弹给敌人送去。他看来那么高大、有力，动作敏捷。周大勇呐喊，三牛也听不见。
猛不防，一块让手榴弹炸起的石头又打在周大勇头上。他悠悠忽忽地靠在土壁上，干裂的嘴唇在动，仿佛在喊："三牛，三牛……"夜深了，世界无比的安静。天气很冷，可是空气倒也新鲜。周大勇猛吸了几口气，一股冷气直冲进肚子。他完全清醒了，听见有人叫："连长！"
周大勇喊李江国，喊马全有，喊马长胜，喊小成和三牛，可是这喊声连自己也听不见。突然，他听到声音。声音，声音，不错，是战士们的声音！有人往周大勇口里灌了一口水，他咽着水，多甜，多清爽啊！一只大手摸住他的手。他觉得又有谁用胳膊托住他的脖子。
"连长，我，李江国。是我抱你。我跟你在一块！"
周大勇寻思："我跟你在一块！"多熟悉的话，多亲热的话。只有自己的生死患难的亲人，才能说出这样的话啊！他摸住李江国那只像小簸箕一样的手，握得紧紧的。
周大勇艰难地说："江国，快，快去救山洞里的伤员，小成，三牛……"李江国说："连长！你放心，伤员救出来了！三牛很好。小成负了重伤，生命不一定有危险！连长，连长，你回答我呀，你说话呀，连长！"
原来，太阳刚落山的时光，李江国带上战士们摸上东山梁，准备接迎周大勇他们。可是他们一爬上山头，就看见敌人向周大勇他们躲藏的山洞进攻；接着，又碰见马全有他们。李江国让马长胜带一个班控制东山梁，另派一个班箝制住西山梁的敌人。他跟马全有率领其他战士们分作两股，从山上冲下来，不顾一切地向沟里的敌人扑去。敌人被这突然袭击搞得慌乱了。李江国抓住敌人的慌乱，让马全有带了一些战士在山洞上边掩护，他率领了一些战士向山洞扑去，抢救连长和伤员。
他们把连长和伤员们抢救出来，边打边走，一直到上灯时光才摆脱了敌人。
他们向山沟深处走去。
夜，深不可测。
周大勇让卫生员把自己头上的伤口包扎以后，就站起来扶着一个战士的肩胛，向前走去。李江国死拉活扯好说好劝要把连长背上走，任凭你磨破嘴唇，周大勇老是个不搭理。周大勇总有这个信念：一个人再累，伤再重，只要他不倒下去，他就能走，能走就能打仗。如今，自己手和头擦破点，这算什么伤！再说，在艰难困苦中挣扎的战士们，哪一双眼不是瞅着连长呢？
他的腿软酥酥的，开头走的几步，该多艰难啊！每走一步就出一身汗。一种声音在他心里喊："你走不动！"另一种声音喊："我走不动，有这样的事？"每走一步，他快活的心情就往上升一节，因为每走一步，就证明他打了一次胜仗--
战胜了伤口的疼痛，身体的疲劳，以及饥饿和寒冷。他快活的心情在增长，自觉的意志力量在全身有力地扩张--扩张到让人难以相信的程度。战争中，这种自觉的意志力量使人干出了连自己都惊讶的奇迹。有一次战斗中，周大勇从三丈多高的城墙上跳下去，接着，又蹦过一条小河，转眼又一口气用枪托揍倒了两个敌人。战斗打罢，他望着城墙、小河，独自失笑了"："出奇！打仗的时光，人从哪里来了那么一股子劲呢？ "
地面上坑坑坎坎的，有的地方滑得像抹上油，一不留神就跌跤。周大勇低一脚高一脚地走着。他回想刚才经过的风险事……啊，没有什么绝路，我们不是又杀出来了么？世界上，有什么痛苦和力量，能制服我们？No.可是他一想到自己和伤员们从死亡里冲出来的时候，王老虎的形样就显在眼前。cough!老虎多半牺牲咯！也许，他经过一番风险也回来了。可能，很可能，战争中出奇的事是太多啦！
风吹着高粱叶嘶拉拉地响。蛐蛐儿发出短促的叫声。亮晶晶的星星眨着眼。夜，无比的安静。
王老虎苏醒了："这是什么地方？"这个念头刚闪上脑子，他又悠悠忽忽地昏过去了。满天星星，瞧着英雄的挣扎，土地听到他的喘息。躺在这里的人，也许有种种想法和希望，可是这一切像是都要终结了！
过了两三个钟头，也许是过了两三分钟，他又恢复了知觉。感到自己还活着，心里产生了一种强烈的生的欢乐。他鼓起心劲，像是要抓住那随时可以离开他的生命似的。他动了一下，口干舌燥，脑子发胀，天转地动；身上像被千百条绳子捆着，每一个汗毛眼都扎着一根钢针。胸部压着很沉重的东西，透不过气来。身子下边的血水把土和成了泥，粘糊糊的又湿又潮。头上渗出了冷汗，汗水冲着脸上的泥土，流到眼里流到口内。口里是咸的，眼里发涩。他想用手擦汗，但是两条胳膊像两根木头，一个个手指都像粗木棒，全身都是迟钝、机械、麻木的。
千奇百怪的裂痛，反倒使他清醒。他感到一种难受的血的压迫，真想把胸膛撕开。有一种什么东西在全身回荡、燃烧，接着来的是麻木而持续的疼痛。他极力思索着，各种乱滋滋的形样跟各种片断的印象闪过脑子，飘飘忽忽，不相联贯，像做梦一样……拚刺刀啦！什么人跟敌人拚刺刀啦？……这是什么地方？这不是安塞县真武洞吗？啊，这样多的人在开祝捷大会。周恩来副主席向他走来了，彭副总司令向他走来了。周副主席和彭总眼里闪着又严肃又亲热的光，他们还伸出了手……"是呀，是呀，我就是王老虎……"突然，又看见周大勇，同志们；那不是马全有？看，看，他脸上伤疤……激动的感情通过王老虎全身。"我在战场上躺着！"他的思想回到今天的战斗上来了……那些印象、事情，形样还是飘飘忽忽的，尽力抓也抓不住……
近处，一堆堆的蒿草在摇摆，像是有人影在移动；远处，团团的磷火，时而飞滚，时而熄灭。
"我一个人躺在这里？同志们呢？我像担任什么掩护任务？对，我捅死了几个敌人……同志们呢？……嗬！那不是连长……"他又一次感到非常快活。但是接着又感到一种阴森林的寒冷，一种可怕的恐怖袭击他。
这个浑身是胆的好汉，这个以沉着出名的英雄，这个钢铁铸成的人，感觉到一种没有经验过的孤单、害怕。他因为周围都是尸体而害怕？不，躺在尸体堆里，这不是第一次也不是第十次。他是感到死亡临近而害怕？不，他不是第一次也不是第十次战胜死亡。对啦，这是因为离开了部队！"啊，离开了部队，离开同志们，人就变得这样无力呀！是呀，指导员有一次讲课还说：有些人和同志们一道的时候，情况再险恶，他也有力量，因为他为大伙儿着想。可是当他让敌人包围或孤立起来的时候，他就失去了力量，因为他开始为自己着想。我王老虎是这种人？不，不，我不是这种人。"
"必须离开这里！"这思想强固地控制了王老虎。
英雄的意志这样有力：他忘记了满身的伤痛，感觉到精力非常旺盛。他摸着找寻枪。枪到哪里去了？他摸到了摔断的枪托。这枪托上的每个小记号，都该多熟悉啊！
他想着，只要能挪动一寸就能挪动一尺，有一尺就有一丈……挪动，挪动，只要能挪动，就会脱离危险。可是挪动一下，全身裂痛！口渴，渴，渴……咳！这又算得什么？他望着天空，想辨别方向，想找北极星。what!星星多亮呀！可是它为什么满天乱转，不停地跳动呢？
他爬着爬着，像是过了很长时间，可是还没爬出三尺远。他呢，倒觉得自己爬了好几十里路。
挪动这样迟缓，可是他心里紧张焦急得像跟敌人拚刺刀似的，他爬了多半夜，爬到一块流沙地里。流沙地里爬行起来还好：没有尖石子，没有蒺藜子，但是，在松软的沙土里，向前爬一尺向后溜五寸。他想起部队向三边分区进军时过的沙漠。唉呀，那沙漠呀，像一片大水一样，一直伸到天边。要是这也是一片大沙漠，那就算糟了。他的心颤动了一下，可是立即又想："管他什么沙漠，我要往前爬，要往前爬！"突然他发现前边一团影影糊糊的东西，忽高忽低。"那是什么？是连长派人找我来了？"一想到这里，连队欢乐的生活，立刻又活灵活现地展现在眼前。"可是为什么那个黑影在原地不动呢？对啦，兴许那是敌人的警戒吧……"他仔细听着，毫无动静。他绕着那黑影爬到它侧面。啊，原来是一堆黄蒿，要不，就是一堆骆驼刺。他爬近一看，是一堆黄蒿。口渴啊，多耐受的口渴啊，舌头又干又硬，鼻子里喷火！他用手把蒿草下边的沙刨开，果真找见了湿沙子。他把嘴捂在沙子里吸呀吸呀，什么水分也吸不出，但是脸挨着湿沙子倒怪舒坦的！他想抽烟。啊，那五寸长的小旱烟锅，到哪里去了呢？它在王老虎参加部队前的岁月中，它在他参加部队后的万里征战中，没有一时一刻离开过王老虎。它，是王老虎一切生活、思想和英雄事迹的见证者。啊，不能分离的小伙伴--旱烟锅，你到哪里去了呢？
一休息下来，全身的筋肉跟各骨节像割裂一样的痛。他昏昏悠悠，生命像是要离开他。而且它在离开他之前，还把它全部的经历最后展示一下。二十九年的生活一眨眼就都闪过了。
一位手艺精巧的泥水匠，从蒋介石、阎锡山的奴隶变成了日本强盗的奴隶。奴隶是人当的？一九三九年他参加了贺龙将军率领的一二○师，当了一名侦察员。在敌人戒备森严的太原城和汾河流域的县城内，他旁若无人地经常进进出出。
他胆大包天的作为，神出鬼没的智谋，使敌伪汉奸终日慌恐不安。敌人把他看作是心腹大患，而在人民群众的心目中，他是三头六臂、刀枪不入的无敌英雄。当年，贺老总曾多次在"晋绥"举行的"群英会"上，拉着王老虎的手，对指战员和民兵英雄们说：王老虎是我们军队的光荣，人民的骄傲，是中华民族英勇不屈的象征。一次战斗中，子弹打穿了肺。他带上二等残废证，回到家乡，当了民兵。就是这时节，他爱上了乡妇救会主任任冬梅。早早晚晚，两个人，唱着个曲，从前山转到后山，山连山川连川，柳萌下小河边，多少心腹话，说也说不完。一九四三年春季，王老虎跟冬梅正要张罗着成亲，敌人来了一次"奔袭"，把他们冲散了。他俩好长时间，谁也闹不清谁的下落。有一天，王老虎摸黑夜赶回村子，一阵射击把他顶出来，日本强盗在村里筑了炮楼。王老虎连夜翻了几架山，在沟渠里找到区政府的干部们，也找到了冬梅。
冬梅趴在老虎肩上，哭着说："老虎，敌人把房子烧了，把家里人杀光了！你快上咱们部队去，逃出去一个算一个，我不死，总等着你！"
如今，冬梅该是二十六岁了。她还在等着王老虎。
血和力量的狂潮在王老虎全身涌流，生命的火烧得更旺了，英雄的意志振奋着他。王老虎咬紧牙向前爬。
突然，阵阵大风卷起黄沙围住他呼啸着，旋转着。他向四处看，雾气腾腾。天空轰鸡着千百种声音。他闭住眼睛，一层厚厚的沙土盖在身上。他定定地趴下，只求风不要把他刮走！
他的衣服也让露水浸得透湿，打了一个冷颤，昏迷劲过去了。他睁开眼一看：太阳多亮啊！沙地里万点金光齐闪，怪耀眼的。前边不是密密实实的庄稼林吗？他向前爬，太阳一会比一会热。他爬到一块高粱地里，想："这里有庄稼，那不远的地方就有人家……"新的希望带来新的力量。
风吹高粱叶沙沙地响，晶亮的露水珠从高粱叶上滚下来。
各种小鸟在四野里叫。头上是一片蓝漾漾的天。啊，天是那样高，一朵朵云彩轻轻地擦着蓝天飘浮。他想啃高粱秆里的甜心，那是可以咂出很多甜水的。他还是一个孩子的时候，就常这样啃呀！他用手去扳高粱秆，嘿，两只手肿得有砖厚，手心里让刺刀割破的刀口，填满了沙土。肘子、膝盖都是血淋淋的。不看倒罢，一看可就全身软瘫了。突然，他听见骡马嘶叫的声音，接着就是脚步声。他从高粱林的空隙中望去，咦！原来是国民党的队伍在路上过。他习惯地抓枪，可是哪里有枪呢？他恨自己：为什么不在战场上拣个手榴弹呢？唉，既不能自卫又不能动弹，睁大眼活生生地等死，世界上没有比这更让人难过的事了！他盯着敌人，满身的疼痛，都感觉不到了。他看见一个当官的用马鞭抽一个士兵的头。他看见那些士兵背的东西很重，躬起腰呼哧呼哧朝前走……伙仗挑着锅……驮炮骡子……突然，一个敌人士兵钻进高粱林，四下张望，向王老虎跟前走来。How is this good?王老虎浑身通过了一阵震动。他圆睁着眼，死死地盯着走来的敌人。他想猛跳起来扑上去，可是身子不由自主啊！他想在身边找一根棍子，哪里会有什么棍子？好啦，好啦，他抓到一块石头。he thinks:
"行，有这块石头，我就要换他一条命。"出奇，那个士兵慌慌张张，丢下枪，脱去军衣露出了便衣。接着，就弯下腰，像兔子一样顺高粱林溜掉了。oops!原来是开小差的。王老虎正要爬着去拣那根枪，猛然，从旁边冒出来一个人，抢先拣去了枪，而且发现了王老虎。
王老虎心里一惊，立刻又镇静下来，啊，这是个老乡嘛！
王老虎朝后一看，还有几个妇女，蹲在高粱地里用手捂着孩子的嘴。她们也吃惊地瞧着王老虎。
王老虎低声说："老乡！我是解放军……"他昏沉沉，像是他身下的大地化消了……掉到万丈深沟里去了……耳边还呼呼地吼风……十一
周大勇他们翻过两架山，顺着一条山沟向南走。突然，他发现两面山上都是宿营的敌人。敌人烧起一堆堆的大火，照得山头通亮。
战士们带着三十来个俘虏，抬着伤员，顺山沟悄悄摸去。
他们走得非常快，但是没有一点声响。命令不断地从前面传下来："不准说话！""不准抽烟！"
路随山转，周大勇他们从一条小山沟转到一条大山沟的时候，发现四面山上都有敌人烧起的火光，川道里也有敌人烧起的一堆堆的火。周大勇看了看周围的地形，他乐啦：部队向榆林城进军的时候，经过这地方。这里向东南走四五里路就是陕甘宁边区的米脂县境。
一个小山岔里，有一片枣树林。他把部队带到那里。周大勇对马长胜说："我们要突出去。你把每个重伤员的担架检查一下，要扎结实，不要半道上出漏子。抬担架的人还要背自己的全部东西，因此要选身体强的战士。"
周大勇刚给战士们交代了突出敌人圈子的任务，派出去侦察情况的李江国，喜盈盈地回来了。他捉来一个敌人士兵。
他说："连长，这个俘虏知道敌人的口令，让他给我们作向导，带我们走出这条沟。我给他讲好了，他要调皮就宰掉他。这，是吓唬人，实在呢，我倒给他做了很多工作，他满口应承为人民服务一趟。"
"我定要把我的战士带出这最后一关！"周大勇想。他又转向战士们说："同志们，前边就是我们陕甘宁边区。咬紧牙，我们要突破最后一关。同志们，前边走一个排，后边走一个排，抬伤员的人跟俘虏们走在队列中间。马全有带二排担任掩护。"
战士们，有的绑鞋带，有的收拾背包，有的摸着子弹带，看自己还有多少子弹。
部队正要出发，李江国报告："连长，有两个重伤员牺牲了！"
周大勇直挺挺地站在黑暗中，没有吱声。他把手里拿的一根很粗的树枝，一节一节地折断。咬紧嘴唇，直到出血。李江国当是连长没有听清，他又报告了一遍。
周大勇指着身旁的一棵树，低声说："掩埋在这里！"
马全有像疯了一样豁开人，走近周大勇，报告："连长，这是蒋管区。埋，我们也要把自己的同志埋到陕甘宁边区的土地上。"他停了好一阵，又说："连长，我们把牺牲的同志背上走。"
战士们争相说话：
"连长，我来背！"
"我来背！"
周大勇心里流血，眼里流泪，说："同志们！全中国哪里没有埋葬烈士的骨头？"他用脚跺地。"这里，这里，就埋在这里。我们的同志，一个接着一个，为建立新中国牺牲了！为共产主义牺牲了！……掩埋在哪里也一样，谁也不会忘记战士们流的血！谁也不能忘记战士们受的痛苦！"他低沉的声音