Under the setting sun, grave mounds appeared outside the forest that had been torn apart by artillery fire.
In front of the tomb stood forty-three Northeastern officers and soldiers, and among these forty-three officers and soldiers, about ten were injured. This was the last remaining force of Hu Biaolian.
Buried in those graves were all their fallen soldiers. Tired and stained with dirt and blood, they looked at the new soil in those graves in silence.
Of course Shang Zhen had seen grave mounds.
The place where his home is located is also in the countryside, and there are places called grave circles in the northeastern countryside.
That is, every family will bury people in the grave circle after death.
If it is a cemetery of a large family, it will be more elaborate.
Grandpa, grandpa, uncle, father, according to seniority, each person has a grave, which is covered with bricks, and some also use cement, and then a low wall is built outside these graves.
It's as if the wall is like a courtyard used by living people, just like people in the underworld also live in graves. Although the wall is much shorter, it will not exceed a person's knees.
But this is the grave of a rich family. As for the grave of a poor family, it is much simpler, it is just a dirt bag.
If the poor family is not doing well or has moved away, gradually no one will go to the grave to pay homage to their ancestors.
So as the rain, wind and sun blew, the tomb became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared in the vast fields of the northeast, as if the owner of the tomb had never been in this world.
However, the living person still does not pay attention to the fact that this person is rushing towards death at birth, but still indulges in his own joy, anger, sorrow and joy.
However, this is not the case for soldiers who have experienced war.
At this time, Shang Zhen no longer had the tingling feeling in his heart. His perspective was always different from others.
This should be regarded as the place where he experienced the battle of blood and fire for the first time. His eyes swept through the woods.
There are broken branches and piles everywhere in the woods.
Those broken branches and piles were made by heavy machine guns and artillery from both sides, and there were many broken limbs and arms under the trees. They were broken by the cannons on the armored train when the puppet troops who were chasing them here.
But Shang Zhen knew that even in the graves where they were buried, there were still many broken limbs.
The reason was, of course, that some brothers in their company had their limbs broken by heavy machine guns fired from Japanese armored vehicles.
They couldn't figure out which body some of the stumps and arms belonged to, so they could only see that the severed limbs were covered with Northeastern Army uniforms.
As for the corpses of the puppet soldiers, they didn't care.
"Okay, let's all go back." Company Commander Hu Biao finally said with his head lowered.
Hu Zhen glanced at Hu Biao's face, which showed a kind of indifference and numbness.
Shang Zhen knew that Hu Biao was a veteran who had participated in some war in the Central Plains. It was Chinese against Chinese. Maybe he had seen too many dead people.
The armored train car in the distance was still puffing out white smoke, but it didn't move away.
The reason is that although the Japanese army did not blow up the armored train, they did blow up the railway line. People from other troops were busy building roads there.
Although Shang Zhen and others, as lower-level officers and soldiers, did not know the overall situation, they could also imagine that the Northeast Army must have severely damaged Zhang Xuecheng's team this time.
In view of the huge sacrifices their company made in the process of luring the enemy, the superiors did not let them follow in pursuit, but stayed to clean the battlefield and bury their fallen comrades.
Now they finally went back, but they didn't sleep well last night and went to help pull the armored train out. Today they had no time to spare during the day, and everyone was tired.
Naturally no one spoke when we first walked back, but gradually someone who was not willing to be lonely started talking. That was Hou Kanshan.
What Hou Kanshan said was all about whether Jinzhou could be defended this time.
The Northeastern Army in Jinzhou City still has a lot of troops. Guang Shangzhen knows that there are three infantry brigades, two cavalry brigades, and two artillery regiments, plus a volunteer army.
At this time, what Hou Kanshan and other soldiers whispered was how many people were there in these troops?
But even if Hou Kanshan is a veteran, he is still a lower-class soldier. How can they know the accurate number? In the end, they estimated that their Northeast Army had more than 40,000 people in Jinzhou.
As for the number of Japanese troops, company commander Hu Biao once heard the officer above mention it during a meeting that the Japanese troops also numbered more than 40,000.
Shang Zhen listened to Hou Kanshan and the others discussing in low voices in front, and thought to himself that the Northeast Army's 40,000 troops were comparable to the Japanese army, but they might have defeated the Japanese, because the Japanese not only had puppet troops, but also aircraft, cannons and tanks. car.
At this time, Shang Zhen did not know that the Northeast Army was not the strongest among the Chinese army, but it also had the best weapons and equipment.
The country is weak, not only the people are weak, but also the army is weak. Even during the years of the Anti-Japanese War, which army dared to say that it could fight with the Japanese army at a 1:1 strength?
When Shang Zhen was thinking about it, he saw Hu Biao, the company commander who was walking at the front, suddenly turned around and glared. Under this glare, Hou Kanshan, whose voice had gradually become louder, quickly shut his mouth. On.
Obviously the company commander Hu Biao was unhappy, and Hou Kanshan's words made Hu Biao upset.
Everyone continued to move forward. After a while, Hou Kanshan slowly slowed down and came closer to Shang Zhen.
After all, they are now brothers who have fought side by side. Shang Zhen ignored Hou Kanshan and walked forward, but at this time Hou Kanshan had already whispered: "Okay, Ma Gan'er is good, and it's okay." I got a flower trap!"
Now Shang Zhen, like Ma Erhuzi beside him, also has a flower trap on his shoulder.
Ma Erhuzi's flower trap was picked up from his sacrificed brother, but Shang Zhen's was not. Shang Zhen's was captured from the puppet army.
Shang Zhen glanced at Hou Kanshan and saw the envy in Hou Kanshan's expression.
He just tightened the straps of the flower trap and said nothing.
"Give me this telephone set!" Hou Kanshan said with a smile on his face.
Shang Zhen shook his head without thinking.
If this was said by company commander Hu Biao or platoon leader Wang Laomao or his brother Li Fushun, Shang Zhen would of course want to listen, but he, Hou Kanshan, couldn't!
"Do you know how to use this gun? Do you know how far it can hit? It's useless for you to use it!" Hou Kanshan said earnestly.
Shang Zhen glanced at the company commander Hu Biao in front of him who was still walking dully, but he still didn't talk to him.
"Why don't you lend it to me first?" Hou Kanshan actually reached out to pick up the flower trap on Shang Zhen's shoulder and turned it off.
"Get lost!" Ma Erhuzi, who was walking side by side with Shang Zhen, cursed.
"It's none of your business!" Hou Kanshan said to Ma Erhuzi.
At this time, Shang Zhen glanced at the company commander Hu Biao in front who had turned back.
So he suddenly said: "Everyone is in a bad mood. Hou Kanshan, why are you making such a fuss?!"
And just after Shang Zhen said this, Hu Biao's voice came over: "Everyone has a rest tonight, the monkey boy is on duty!"
"Ah?" Hou Kanshan's face suddenly grew long, but he didn't dare to pester Shang Zhen anymore. He just thought that Ma Gan'er was an honest boy, but he didn't expect that he would be so evil, and he would actually plot against him. A handful!
Shang Zhen took advantage of Hu Biao's disdain for Hou Kanshan before and added fuel to the fire this time!
Hou Kanshan left, and Ma Erhuzi secretly gave Shang Zhen a thumbs up.
Shang Zhen's expression did not change, but he was still holding his rifle in one hand and tightly holding the strap of the flower mechanism with the other.
