march to victory

"Report."

Looking at the three soldiers who came running back, panting and still not forgetting to salute, Zhang Qingshan's heart sank: generally speaking, the more eager to report, the more important something happened.

Zhang Qingshan glanced at the surrounding soldiers, and said to the other two, "You two have worked hard all the way back, go drink some water first, follow slowly, don't rush back." Then he pulled the one who called for the report to a place where no one was around, As he walked, he asked, "Tell me, what's going on."

"Report to the company commander. Deputy company commander Peng asked me to come back and report to you. The two gunshots earlier were the sound of two comrades committing suicide with guns." He said, took the water bottle handed by Zhang Qingshan, and drank After taking a few sips, he wiped his mouth, handed the water bottle back to Zhang Qingshan, and said in a low voice: "Moreover, Deputy Company Commander Peng judged that there should be a group of comrades advancing in front of us, and..."

"Don't worry, come on, smoke a cigarette, and speak slowly."

"Thank you, Captain."

After receiving the cigarette and lighting it, the soldier took two sharp puffs and said the matter in detail.

Peng Peng and a group of soldiers finally arrived at the scene of the incident after a five-to-ten-minute march with a group of soldiers: the two sacrificed soldiers were slanting on the grass, surrounded by a large area of ​​blood.

They are all people who have dealt with bullets for a long time. After checking the wounds of the two deceased, they immediately judged that they were gunshot wounds.From the degree of blood clotting in and around the wound, as well as the two gunshots just now, it can be judged that it was within an hour.Judging from the postures of the two swallowing guns and the holes in the back of their heads, both of them committed suicide by swallowing guns.

From the original wounds on the two of them: a wound more than ten centimeters long was cut with a saber on one's back, and it has begun to rot; the other's left arm was cut off, and the wound also showed signs of decay. The two couldn't hold on any longer, so they chose to commit suicide by swallowing a gun in order not to drag their comrades down.

Finally, from the absence of the five-pointed red star on the caps and pockets of the two men, it can be concluded that the two deceased men never marched here alone, and there should be no less than four comrades in arms, otherwise, let alone The two of them alone, even with the help of two able-bodied comrades-in-arms, would not have reached this place in all likelihood. At least four able-bodied comrades would have to help them to make it this far, but now , Everyone can't hold on anymore... In other words, within the first few hours of the journey, there should be a hungry and cold Red Army advancing.

Therefore, while Peng Peng sent people back to report, he led the team to chase them, in order to join them, reduce the losses of the Red Army team in front, and avoid this kind of situation from happening again. Some people, especially some wounded and sick, had to commit suicide in order not to drag their comrades down.

"Follow slowly, I'll go ahead."

Immediately, Zhang Qingshan walked to the front of the team, turned around and shouted loudly: "Comrades, the news just came back, there may be other comrades ahead...Everyone, speed up and try to join other comrades as soon as possible."

Zhang Qingshan asked that comrade to find out about the situation, and other comrades can naturally ask the other two to find out about it in private, and then it spread the word immediately.Now, when everyone heard Zhang Qingshan's order, they naturally said nothing. Everyone wished to see the remains of those two comrades as soon as possible and find the group of comrades in front of them as soon as possible.Just because, for such a thing, they are more or less prepared in their hearts, and more or less empathize with the helplessness and grief-what good comrades they are, who did not sacrifice on the battlefield, but were ruthlessly swallowed by nature and forced Suicide, for them, such a thing is extremely cruel.Even, no matter how many people sacrificed on the battlefield, they would not feel such grief and anger, because that was to face the enemy directly, but now... alas~!

Seeing that the comrades were eager to see the two sacrificed comrades in person, their pace was a bit too fast. As the leader, Zhang Qingshan quickly reminded everyone: "Pay attention, don't always think about chasing, pay more attention to your feet, otherwise, if you don't know what to do If any accident occurs, it will delay the time even more... Xiang Tao, take a few people back and forth in the middle of the team to remind everyone to pay more attention to the situation under their feet, and try to ensure that no accidents will occur... Also, you should bring more rope on your body, once you Show up, so we can rescue you in time."

"Yes!"

This is what Zhang Qingshan can do at present.

However, perhaps because of the fact that the previous troop passed by, they are now chasing along the way, and they are safe along the way.

After about an hour, everyone arrived at the scene of the incident.

Maybe it's because we've seen too many scenes of helplessness and grief and indignation along the way, maybe it's because of previous reminders, so although everyone knows that these two people committed suicide by swallowing a gun, although they feel a little sad in their hearts, everyone has not been too impressed. A lot of psychological pressure... To put it bluntly: the more you see, the stronger your resistance, or numb it.

"Just take a look, everyone, hurry up, it's important to catch up with the brother army in front... Hurry up! Hurry up..."

It was not Zhang Qingshan who yelled these words, but Xiang Tao kept running left and right in the team, constantly reminding everyone to respect this cruel reality.But listening to Zhang Qingshan's ears, he had a deeper understanding of Xiang Tao's cleverness, and even thought that this guy was also expected to be a platoon leader. At the critical moment, the judgment can be judged.

Zhang Qingshan stood at the front of the line, stopped for a while, faced the two corpses, and saluted silently. When he turned to leave, he shouted loudly: "Okay, everyone, hurry up, the comrades in front need us more!"

He took the lead, let the people behind follow suit, and left silently after saluting silently.

This chase lasted for three hours.

Although everyone feels tired, they are looking forward to the appearance of new comrades in their hearts. For this reason, even if they are physically exhausted, they must grit their teeth and persevere...

"Comrades, we should not be far away from them. Everyone grit your teeth, work harder, and try to keep up...Everyone pay more attention to the comrades around you, give a hand, help each other, and help each other to walk out of this grass together. ... If you really can't hold on anymore, don't hold on, otherwise you will cause internal injuries, and it will be more troublesome at that time, why not say it now, ride a horse, take a rest, don't lose face..."

Standing aside, Zhang Qingshan shouted at the comrades passing by and waved his right hand to try to improve cohesion and boost morale.

When Li Xueshan passed by him, he nodded in approval, but Xiang Tao came here on purpose.

"Company Commander, everyone's body is relatively weak and lacks physical strength. Now after such a long march for several hours, I think everyone's physical strength is about to reach the limit. Do you think it's time to take a rest?"

Zhang Qingshan frowned slightly, and carefully looked at the complexions of the comrades who passed by him. He saw that they were all sweaty on their foreheads, and their complexions were a little abnormal. They were obviously gritting their teeth... After thinking about it, Zhang Qingshan Qing Shan took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was already around [-]:[-] in the afternoon.

"So, Xiang Tao, take a few of you who are close to each other to the middle of the team, and help those who are about to walk as much as possible. At the same time, go and tell Lao Gao, don't let the falling behind happen, otherwise , I will definitely hold him accountable... I will go to the front and try to slow down the speed. Wait for another hour, no matter whether we catch up or not, we will camp and rest."

"it is good!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Just as Xiang Tao responded and was about to turn around to carry out the order, three gunshots, two long and one short, suddenly came from ahead.

Everyone looked up in astonishment, and then they all showed excited expressions: two long and one short are one of the secret signals agreed between them, which means that Peng Peng and the others have found the team in front... After walking for so long in one breath, everyone's The physical strength is a bit too much, isn't it just to catch up with the team in front earlier?Now that the merits and virtues are complete, everyone is naturally rejoicing.

Zhang Qingshan stood on tiptoe, put his left hand on his forehead, and looked towards the source of the gunfire, but he couldn't see anything, so he had to yell at Wu Shaohong: "Old Wu, can you see it?"

"Through the telescope, a group of people can be vaguely seen."

"That's good!" Zhang Qingshan waved his hands forward excitedly, and shouted while running: "Comrades, hold on, work harder, join the comrades in front earlier, and we can also rest earlier... "

With the morale boosted, Zhang Qingshan didn't need to cheer up at all. His physical strength, which was already a little unbearable, seemed to be full of electricity all of a sudden, which was extraordinarily strong.The pace under his feet not only accelerated a lot, but he didn't even feel tired.

Fast forward another ten minutes.

suddenly!

"Wait a minute, someone fell into the water, please come and help."

Zhang Qingshan, who was walking in the front, heard this and turned around to look, only to see a group of people surrounding him more than ten meters away.

"Don't surround yourself, spread out, so that you don't fall into the water..." Zhang Qingshan was startled, and hurried over while yelling to remind everyone, and he didn't forget to ask: "Did you fall into the water?" gone?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Qingshan was somewhat relieved.

I ran to the scene and saw that two soldiers were swimming while pulling another soldier to the shore. On the shore, there were still two soldiers taking off their clothes, obviously preparing to jump into the water to save people.

"It's enough to have the two of them. Put your clothes on quickly, so you don't catch cold." After Zhang Qingshan stopped them, he turned around and shouted: "Baoyu, Xiang Tao, quickly bring the three sets of Tibetan costumes we brought earlier." .”

Soon, people were rescued and dry clothes were brought.At first the three soldiers were embarrassed to take off naked in public, but it was Zhang Qingshan who gave orders with a straight face and forced the three to change their clothes.

It turned out that it was because the soldier who couldn't swim was too physically exhausted. When passing by the big puddle, he accidentally stepped on the side and fell into the water.The two soldiers in front of and behind him were eager to save him, so they jumped down... This is a very common thing in the water and grass, and there is really no need to say more.

After the three of them changed their clothes, the troops continued to set off...