Knowing the news that Li Qiufan had woken up, the two of them were so excited that they wished they could put on their wings and fly over.
"Heizi, slow down and run! Wait for me!"
Seeing Heizi running in front of him, his legs swinging so hard that he could hardly see his movements clearly, Zhao Gang shouted to him anxiously.
Heizi couldn't care less about Zhao Gang's shouts at this time, he just wanted to rush to Li Qiufan quickly to see how he was doing.
Not long after, Hei Zichao was the first to arrive at the room where Li Qiufan was resting. He opened the door and rushed in without bothering to return the greeting to the guard.
"Brother!"
Seeing Li Qiufan sitting on the bed in a daze, Heizi shouted with red eyes.
"Heizi, you're here."
Hearing Heizi's voice, Li Qiufan came back to his senses, turned to look at Heizi and said.
"Brother, I..."
After hearing Li Qiufan's voice, Heizi couldn't hold back the tears and burst into tears, his mouth choked with sobs and unable to speak.
"What's there to cry about? Have the bodies of the fourth brothers been recovered?"
Li Qiufan raised his hand and patted Heizi on the shoulder, then asked him about the Fourth Division.
"We've found them all! Before we even returned to the base after the battle, I took my people to bring back the brothers from the Fourth Division!"
When he talked about the fourth division, Heizi couldn't bear it anymore. Tears the size of soybeans kept falling. The tough-minded man lay beside Li Qiufan's bed and cried.
Li Qiufan felt uncomfortable when he saw Heizi's appearance, so he could only reach out and rub Heizi's head to comfort him.
"Heizi! You stupid rabbit can run so fast!"
Just when the two of them were feeling uncomfortable, a voice suddenly sounded from outside the door, followed by Zhao Gang who rushed in.
"Qiu...Qiu Fan, what are you two doing?"
Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhao Gang was a little confused about what happened to the two of them. Heizi was lying on the bed and crying.
"When I mentioned the brothers of the fourth division just now, Heizi felt a little uncomfortable."
Li Qiufan sighed and said to Zhao Gang.
"I agreed not to mention this matter now, alas..."
Speaking of the Fourth Division, Zhao Gang was also a little depressed. Previously, he specifically warned Heizi not to mention the Fourth Division as much as possible because he was afraid of another accident as soon as Li Qiufan woke up.
Unexpectedly, he was still a step late. Fortunately, except for Li Qiufan feeling a little uncomfortable, there was nothing serious.
As for the relationship between Heizi and Zheng Yuan, Zhao Gang also understood it very well. After all, it was a fateful friendship.
As a surrendered general, Zheng Yuan had always been worried that he would be looked down upon by others, especially after he surrendered and was entrusted with important tasks by Li Qiufan.
Li Qiufan, Zhao Gang and Heizi naturally discovered this. Li Qiufan and Zhao Gang both talked to Zheng Yuan, but the results were not very good.
Later, after Heizi found out, he immediately took two bottles of wine and found Zheng Yuan.
The two had a drink and chatted for a while, but no one knew what they were talking about.
Moreover, Heizi and Zheng Yuan kept silent about this matter, but from that day on, Zheng Yuan truly integrated into the group, and his relationship with everyone became better and better.
In fact, Heizi was the most saddened by the sacrifice of Zheng Yuan and the Fourth Division this time.
But at that time, Li Qiufan was so angry that he passed out. He could only grit his teeth and hold on.
As for repeating Li Qiufan's order, there are actually two reasons.
One of them was personal emotion. Like Li Qiufan, he wanted to avenge Zheng Yuan and the brothers of the Fourth Division.
The other was that while he was angry, he forced himself to calm down and wanted to take the responsibility for Li Qiufan.
Heizi's family and friends had already died when the Japanese invaded. Li Qiufan carried them up the mountain in the heavy snow and forcibly snatched them back from the hands of the King of Hell.
As for Li Qiufan, Heizi has long regarded him as his brother, which is why he has never changed his tune. He has been calling Li Qiufan eldest brother since Cangyun Village.
Li Qiufan also knew about this, and he had always treated Heizi as his own brother. He forced everyone else to change their names to Commander, but Heizi never mentioned it.
"Okay, isn't it embarrassing for such a grown-up person to cry?"
Li Qiufan reached out and patted Heizi on the back, then looked at Zhao Gang.
"Old Zhao, get me something to eat, I can't use my whole body."
Li Qiufan really felt weak and hungry. This was the first time he felt like this.
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll go to the cooking class to get you some food!"
Hearing that Li Qiufan wanted to eat, Zhao Gang quickly nodded in agreement, and then ran towards the cooking class.
After arriving at the cooking class, Zhao Gang first asked someone to cook some rice porridge, and then gave the cooking class leader some money and asked him to go to a fellow villager to buy an old hen and stew it.
After several days of rest and the nourishment of old hen soup, Li Qiufan's body finally recovered.
On this day, Li Qiufan came to the headquarters. At this time, Zhao Gang Heizi and a group of division and brigade first-level cadres had already arrived.
Seeing that the seat belonging to Zheng Yuan was empty, Li Qiufan felt uncomfortable again.
"Let's not hold the meeting for now. Where are the brothers of the Fourth Division? Take me to see them!"
There was originally going to be a battle summary meeting, but Li Qiufan suddenly didn't want to hold it. Instead, he wanted to go see the brothers of the Fourth Division.
Zhao Gang and others did not raise any objection after hearing this. Instead, everyone went to the burial place of the soldiers of the Fourth Division together.
Because there were too many people, Zhao Gang cremated the remains of the soldiers of the Fourth Division and then buried them together.
As for the tombstone, it is a huge stone. No one's name is engraved on it, but it is engraved: "Tomb of the Martyrs of the Fourth Division of the First Independent Column."
Li Qiufan looked at the huge tombstone in a daze, then stepped forward and gently brushed the inscription.
"Brothers, you have worked hard."
Li Qiufan murmured as he looked at the inscription, a tear slipped from the corner of his eye and fell to the ground.
"Old Zhao, where is the roster?"
Li Qiufan wiped the corners of his eyes and turned to Zhao Gang and asked.
"Here I am."
Zhao Gang took out the roster of the Fourth Division from his arms. This was originally to be handed over to Li Qiufan in preparation for the meeting, but unexpectedly the location was changed to this.
Li Qiufan took the roster and turned the first page, then looked up at the tombstone in front of him.
"Zheng Yuan, Commander of the Fourth Division of the Independent First Column of the Northwest Field Corps of the People's Liberation Army!"
Li Qiufan suddenly shouted towards the tombstone, which made everyone unable to react.
"arrive!"
Just when everyone was stunned, a "arrival" pulled everyone back. They turned around and saw that it was Heizi who was looking at the tombstone with tears in his eyes.
"Chen Songru, deputy commander of the Fourth Division of the Independent First Column of the Northwest Field Corps of the People's Liberation Army!"
After Li Qiufan heard Heizi's voice, he continued to call up the list without hesitation.
"arrive!"
This time the voice was much richer and louder than before, because everyone spoke this time, and they were responding on behalf of their brothers.
