Since Captain Gu said that our company should follow me, Zhou Xiu led his men and stayed behind.
This is not to say that he is afraid of death, but that he has no power to decide the life and death of these people.
The company commander was killed, and two of the three platoon commanders were killed. The platoon commander of their platoon was their highest remaining officer at the time, but he also died after telling him to "take the brothers out."
Among the remaining soldiers, Zhou Xiu is still considered someone who is calculating and capable of fighting, so everyone is willing to follow him, but being willing to follow him does not mean that he can make the decision himself.
Zhou Xiu and the others hid in the ruins of the town and looked ahead.
However, due to the obstruction of the collapsed house, they could not clearly see what was going on ahead.
However, even before Captain Gu and the others came forward, the gunshots and explosions in front did not stop. It was obvious that the enemy and we were still in a fierce battle.
The advantage of the Japanese army lies in their powerful firepower. They can use aircraft and artillery to bombard the defenders' positions indiscriminately.
But when the Japanese infantry rushed up, the advantage of the defending Northeast Army was greater. After all, the Japanese army was close. As long as the Northeast Army was not afraid of death, the casualties caused to the Japanese army by charging into the enemy group with a bundle of cluster grenades would be small. Never too small.
With a "boom", there was another huge explosion in front of them, and Zhou Xiu and the others saw a column of smoke rising into the sky.
At this time, the Japanese troops who crossed the river had attacked the town again, so the explosion was not the sound of artillery, and the explosion of the mortar shells fired by the Japanese army was not so loud, so it could only be that the defenders fired the cluster again. Grenade.
"Didn't Gu Man just say that all the people in front were almost wiped out? It is estimated that some people from the Third Company guarding the position died together with the Japanese." Zhou Xiu speculated.
At this time, Zhou Xiu and the others heard intensive gunfire. The gunfire sounded like the rapid sound of a flower machine or a box cannon firing short bursts. It seemed that Captain Gu and his men were rushing forward.
"I don't know how many people will be left in that company after this battle is over." At this time, a soldier from Zhou Xiu's group sighed.
The soldier's name was Gu Bing, and he was originally in the same platoon as Zhou Xiu.
It's not just Shang Zhen's group who has scholars, there are also scholars among Zhou Xiu's group, and at least Gu Bing's words are more scholarly than those of Chu Tian, who is more bookish, and the somewhat pedantic Chen Hanwen. , but that is more down-to-earth.
"Who knows, it feels like this human life is like a brick on the ground. After a battle, the whole brick is missing." Zhou Xiu said.
"Human life is like grass, human life is like bricks, which is quite appropriate." Zhou Xiu agreed. After that, everyone stopped saying anything and stared blankly at the black smoke and dust that was spreading in front of them.
After more than twenty minutes, Zhou Xiu suddenly said "Hey". At this time, not only him, but also Gu Bing who was with him also saw someone running back from the front through the cover of the ruins.
"Gu Man is back again." Zhou Xiu whispered.
Even though Gu Man was very tall, he was a veteran, and his movements through the ruins were quite neat.
After a while, Gu Man saw Zhou Xiu and the others running over.
"How was the fight up front?"
"Are you coming back Gaha?"
The former was asked by Zhou Xiu, and the latter was asked by Gu Bing.
"What can I do? I can't see it getting dark so I have to throw everything inside." Gu Man looked a little sad.
All the people in the company had to be thrown in, and that naturally included his third brother, the ancient company commander.
"There is something like this when I come back. My third brother said that he doesn't want you to rush up too. He hopes that you can pass this on." After saying that, Gu Man tilted his head and took off the satchel he was carrying.
"What is this?" Zhou Xiu was surprised.
Even the ancient company commander was just a company commander. They were all officers and soldiers at the lowest level. What important things should be passed down?
“This is a letter home written by some people in our company.
There were not many people left alive after this battle, but they all missed home, so my third brother asked you to see if you can keep these family letters.
Don't worry about how many of you will survive in the end. As long as you are alive, keep these letters. If you can take these letters back to your hometown one day, it will be a thought for your family. "Gu Man said again.
When Gu Man said this, Zhou Xiu and Gu Bing both looked at him, and their hearts felt a little more sad.
They understood Captain Gu's intention of leaving behind these seemingly unimportant letters.
If one day, there are indeed family letters from the Northeastern soldiers fighting in a foreign land sent back to the three northeastern provinces, it will certainly be a thought for the Northeastern Army's family members in the Northeast, and these letters are not from them, the Northeastern soldiers. A little thought.
Home, how many times has it appeared in my dreams?
"Okay, we will keep these letters. If all our people die, we will give the letters to other Northeast Army brothers before we die." Zhou Xiu replied.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to Brother Zhou." Gu Man responded, then stood up and ran forward again.
Zhou Xiu saw Gu Man, a big man over 1.80 meters tall, standing up.
In fact, Gu Man was not thin, but he was tall, which naturally made him look thin. Zhou Xiu seemed to see the half-grown boy who used to be naughty in the military camp every day.
But at this moment, Zhou Xiu suddenly felt something in his heart and shouted: "Gu Man, wait!"
"What's wrong? Brother Zhou." Hearing Zhou Xiu call him Gu Man, he squatted down again.
"Didn't your brother say anything when he sent you back to deliver the letter?" Zhou Xiu asked, staring into Gu Man's eyes.
"What did you say?" Gu Man's face turned slightly red.
"Fuck, I'm not with your third brother, I'm asking you." Zhou Xiu said angrily.
"My third brother -" Gu Man hesitated for a moment, then replied decisively, "I didn't say anything, I went up to the front."
After saying that, Gu Man stood up and ran towards the smoke-filled front again.
As soon as he ran away, Zhou Xiubeng also moved.
However, Zhou Xiu did not follow Gu Man and ran forward, but ran to a nearby ruins.
Gu Bing, who was with Zhou Xiu, didn't know what Zhou Xiu wanted, so he could only watch on the spot, seeing Zhou Xiu quickly disappear behind the ruins.
After more than ten minutes, Zhou Xiu ran back from the other direction.
"Did you go to Gaha just now?" Gu Bing asked Zhou Xiu.
"Alas." Zhou Xiu sighed before saying, "This guy Gu Man is blind."
"What are you talking about?" Gu Bing didn't understand.
"On the one hand, his third brother asked him to bring the letter back. On the other hand, he didn't want him to fight in the front and wanted him to be with our group, but this kid ran back again." Zhou Xiu said.
Zhou Xiu didn't go into too much detail, but his few words were enough for Gu Bing to figure out what just happened.
The reason why Company Commander Gu asked Gu Man to come back was just to deliver the letter. The more important reason was that he hoped that his younger brother Gu Man would not return to the front line after delivering the letter.
The possibility of dying in battle if you don't return to the front line is naturally small, which can be regarded as leaving a successor to their old Gu family.
But Gu Man didn't want his third brother to die alone, so he ran back after delivering the letter.
Oops, for a moment, Gu Bing didn't know what to say.
Everyone has selfish motives, so it is understandable that Captain Gu would do this if he felt sorry for his own brother.
"Then the brat dares to go back without his brother scolding him?" Gu Bing asked after a while.
"How dare he go back? He's hiding behind there. Even if I try to persuade him, he won't come back." Zhou Xiu said helplessly.
(End of chapter)
