march to victory

After confirming that the little devil really retreated, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Next, the most important and urgent thing is to deal with the aftermath... As for whether the little devil will come again, Li Jing thinks it should not be so soon, but, It is still necessary to strengthen sentries and increase vigilance.

Too many people died, and the bodies of many Erguizi were washed away by the river, and these had to be fished up for burial.

Li Jing directly asked the reinforced company he brought to garrison the commanding heights of the back mountain, mobilized all the militiamen, some went to salvage the corpses, some buried the corpses, but most of them went to help the doctors and nurses rescue the wounded... Isn't it? Li Jing prefers one to another, but because the situation requires him to make such a distribution: after all, soldiers are soldiers, and they are definitely better than militias, and the commanding heights are too important. In order to ensure everyone's safety to the greatest extent, and at the same time carry out various aftermath work in an orderly manner, then , the control of the commanding heights must be firm and breakable.

Therefore, it is easy to control the overall situation by placing soldiers on the commanding heights.Whether it is buried or salvaged, a lot of manpower is required.Such an arrangement can save a lot of labor for each other.

People in Majiapo Village, ten miles away, have been extremely worried about whether their homes will be destroyed since the moment they heard the sound of guns?Did the soldiers suffer heavy casualties?How will the outcome be... In short, they are worried about everything that needs to be worried about in war.

Even, some people were separated from their families for a while, and because they were not allowed to whisper or walk around freely in the forest for hidden safety, and could not find their relatives in a short time, they were even more worried about the safety of their families.

And the most frightening thing is that when the gunfire ended, everyone formed a unified question mark: how about the outcome?

When the messenger brought the news that "the little devil has been beaten away, everyone can go home", there was thunderous cheers, and everyone showed excited smiles.Shouting and jumping, comforting and encouraging each other, of course, expressing gratitude to the militiamen and soldiers...

Then, without urging, everyone hurried down the mountain again.

When I came to the downstream shoal, I saw more than 20 soldiers with guns on their backs and pennies, standing side by side in the water, salvaging the bodies washed down from the upper reaches, and there were three carriages beside them, five or six of them were already loaded. corpse.

An old man stepped forward and asked who were these corpses before they were alive?

When he learned that these corpses were all from the Second Devils, the old man waved his cane angrily, and was about to whip the corpses. The soldiers hurriedly stopped them.

Afterwards, I don’t know who spit on the corpses of these two devils first, and then, whenever the villagers pass by, they will spit on the corpses of these two devils. Well, let these two devils feed you bastards, and they will never be reborn forever.It can be seen how angry he is at the second devil's act of acting as a minion and harming his compatriots... Chinese people pay attention to death and regard it as etiquette.However, for some villains who have caused too much harm, everyone will continue to extend their hatred to them-this is human nature and an inevitable result of the development of civilization.

The militiamen agreed on the surface, but they continued to do their own work.

Don't the militiamen have any hatred for these two devils?Absolutely not.

Think about it, if a playmate you grew up with was killed by a second devil or a little devil in a battle, wouldn't you feel any grief or indignation?The captain who cared about him died on the battlefield, so he didn't have any anger?

It's impossible!

However, the militiamen can be regarded as half-soldiers, who understand the principle of obeying orders as their bounden duty, so no matter how much grief and indignation they feel in their hearts, orders must be carried out.

The villagers saw that there was no smoke in the village from a distance, and after a closer look, their houses did not seem to be destroyed by the war, and they were relieved... In fact, neither the bombers nor the shelling by the little devils deliberately Attack the buildings in the village.Coupled with Li Jing's desperate resistance, the little devils did not attack the village, which made the village hardly suffer any losses.Of course, the dozen or so big holes that were blown out at the foot of the back mountain and the few vegetable fields that were blown up didn't count.

Then, the villagers were immediately shocked by the scenes of carrying the wounded or corpses.

Especially seeing the scene of hundreds of corpses lined up in the open space, everyone was beyond moved.

The villagers have basically never seen a big battle. Although there were bandits who attacked the village before, at most a dozen people were killed on both sides. Just this, the villagers have always engraved this hatred deeply, such as Talk about what happened to Li Jing back then.

However, the scene where a total of a dozen people died was nothing compared to the scene where hundreds of corpses were lined up side by side, and it couldn't be compared at all.Especially in terms of sensory shock, it is even more incomparable.

In the imagination of the folks, whether one dies or a hundred dies, they are all dead, and there will not be much difference. However, all this before them makes them deeply feel the cruelty of war.I feel that in order to defend their homeland, these strangers ran hundreds of miles away and sacrificed themselves, but I don’t even know their names, and even they don’t know their own names, but everyone knows each other. Another common title, and it is precisely because of this title that these warriors who died in battle came here without hesitation, throwing their heads and blood to protect the folks.

The name is - compatriots!

The folks who came from afar stopped, watching, feeling and thinking silently.

In the end, I don't know who cried first, and then everyone cried... The folks don't know that among the corpses whose bodies were covered by sheets or white cloth, or even just covered their faces because of insufficient cloth, some Some of them belonged to the little devil and the second devil. I thought they were all soldiers of the assault regiment or militiamen.

In fact, when the militiamen collected the corpses, they also separated these people: the sacrificed self was put aside, and the enemy was put aside.However, because they are all covered with cloth, and the folks don't know how to distinguish from the clothes, they have misunderstood.

When Ma Hongji saw that the villagers had returned, he ordered the housekeeper to call all the people from the Majiapo village protection team. Then, everyone stood aside together and waited for the villagers to come back. He shouted: "Everyone in Majiapo Village, listen to me. I, Ma Hongji, command you as the village head of Majiapo Village and the head of the Ma family clan, but all people in Majiapo Village, now! Immediately! Facing these warriors Kneel down and kowtow to the dead body."

After speaking, Ma Hongji took the lead, turned around and kowtowed to the 110 sacrificed warriors.

On the contrary, his housekeeper, seeing some people kowtow to the pile of corpses next to him, immediately shouted angrily: "What are you doing? The people here are fighting bloody battles with the little devil and the second devil to defend our village." , Fighting to the end, the warriors who sacrificed their lives in the end. All the little devils and second devils over there, why are you kowtowing to them if you have nothing to do? Do you want to rebel?"

Only then did the crowd come to their senses, they were so ashamed that they didn't dare to look at anyone, they quickly turned around and followed Ma Hongji to kowtow to the 110 sacrificed warriors.

"Folks, I won't say too much, I'll just say a little..." After kowtowing three times, Ma Hongji stood up and turned to the villagers and said, "These sacrificed warriors are not related to us, and they are not our flowers. The money was invited, but why do they still do this? I think it’s just because of one thing, that is, we and they are all descendants of the Yellow Emperor, Chinese of the same root and race. And those over there are all invaders, our common cause Enemies, that's why they came to help us so unhesitatingly... Now, they have sacrificed, but we have to let these warriors, whether they are sacrificed or alive, know that their blood will not be shed in vain, and their lives will not be in vain. They will pay in vain, and their spirit will not dissipate... So, I decided to build a grave for these warriors first. The warriors erected a large monument. Not only the names of these warriors who died, but also the names of all the warriors who participated in the battle to defend our Majiapo Village today, as well as the cause, process and result of this battle, should all be engraved on it. Not only to commemorate their sacrifices, but more importantly, let our children and grandchildren remember what happened today, remember the shame brought to us by the enemy today, and inherit the last wishes of these warriors... Therefore, I declare that from From today onwards, as long as there is one person alive in Majiapo Village, including our descendants, no matter where he is or what he does, but every year today, even if he climbs, I must climb back to worship these warriors, otherwise, he will Those who are not from Majiapo Village are not worthy of being villagers of Majiapo Village, let alone human beings! At the same time, people of Majiapo Village, from today on, will resolutely follow the Eighth Route Army assault regiment to fight devils and kill traitors."

Li Jing watched, listened, and felt silently, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and his eyes were full of relief: Comrades, your sacrifices were not in vain, and your blood was not in vain...

Many years later, when the descendants of Majiapo Village remembered Ma Hongji's words, they would come back every year to participate in the worship of these martyrs by the whole village. It was very lively and even developed into a famous tourist attraction: not only great It has increased the income of local residents, and it is an excellent platform for revolutionary commemoration and educational propaganda...

After kneeling down, the greatly touched villagers hurried home to put down their belongings, and then, men, women, old and young all spontaneously went out to help carry the corpse, bury the corpse, transport the wounded, and take care of the wounded... But, there is one thing that is very disturbing. People were touched: no one took the lead, let alone organized, but all the villagers spontaneously wore Xiaopa on their heads and tied a piece of white cloth on their left arms.A white cloth is tied on the left arm, which means that a relative has died, and a filial piety is worn on the head, which is only available at the funeral of the parents. However, the villagers use this method to express their inner gratitude and express some kind of determination. and faith.

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