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Chapter 180 Walking Alone on the Gaima Plateau on a Snowy Night
Yu Congrong ran away happily, Xu Qing had a serious face, but actually had a headache.

Back in the cave, half of the field hospital's garrison was occupied by the Seventh Company and the other half by the wounded. When everyone saw Xu Qing coming back, they all asked a few words casually. Xu Qing nodded, and then sat down and squinted his eyes to rest.

What he just said was simple, but in fact his heart was still heavy, and he was constantly thinking about it. He couldn't ignore everything and launch an armed resistance, right?The military order of the army is like a mountain, how many strong men are not afraid of hard knives, they are afraid of this soft knife...

Time passed quickly, and the celestial phenomena in North Korea did not change according to people's thoughts. The snow in Urala was floating all over the mountains and plains. On December [-]th, it was one step closer to Christmas in the United States, but the weather turned again. A more intensified cold state.

.........

Yu Congrong waited for two days, and then began to be happy. During the day, he sat at the entrance of the cave with a handful of unturned broken sakasanba, facing the extremely cold wind and snow, and was asked what he was doing. Holding the bayonet, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Wait for the sword!"

However, the facts did not develop as he imagined. He watched, Wanli started every day from the very early morning when the stars and the moon were sparse, and returned to the cave very late. He was in a hurry when he left and heavy when he returned. The Seventh Company was preparing for battle, but nothing happened.

He asked a few more times, but there was still no result, so the aggrieved energy in his heart slowly rose again!
Especially on the [-]th, in the afternoon of this day, a military cadre suddenly came to the hospital to pick up the lightly wounded, and Li Changgui's name suddenly appeared on the list...

"Squad Three, Sixth Battalion, Li Changgui."

"Is anyone here? Li Chang..."

"To!"

Li Changgui got up from the ground in a jerk. Although one leg was still tightly bound, he made a support out of branches and planks, and he walked around without any serious problems. Reported by Li Changgui."

No one has any photos these days. They just take a pencil and write "Li Changgui" in traditional characters on a small notebook. There is no military rank or specific title, just mark with an asterisk. Everything related to the People's Liberation Army is included. Disappeared.

"Okay, all of you come with me." The military cadre briefly checked the information on the place of origin, and then led them out.

Snapped!
Yu Congrong was sitting at the entrance of the cave, polishing a yellow metal bullet casing with a stone, couldn't help crushing the limestone in his hand, and dropped it to the ground.

"Wait!" He stood up with a livid face, and chased after him a few steps. The military cadre was startled, seeing his aggressiveness, he quickly stopped him with a gun and shouted: "Comrade, what are you doing?"

Yu Congrong said bluntly: "It's none of your business, get out of the way, I have something to tell him."

The military cadre was about to continue talking, when Li Changgui said, "Comrade, let me say a few words to him, so as not to waste your time, I don't know if I will come back from this battle."

"Okay, 2 minutes." The military cadre hesitated for a moment, put down the gun, but did not go far, and retreated to the side to watch.

Li Changgui said: "Yu Zuzi, it's a pleasure to meet you. If possible, let's see you when we return to China, and you don't want to send it away."

"Look...don't believe it, don't think that your Seventh Company is the only one, and none of our engineering battalion is a coward." Seeing that Yu Congrong's face was still upright, he compared his injured leg with a smile and said, "I Don't look at its legs and feet, it is limping now, it relies on hands and guns to hit the enemy, and I will stand in front of you with my whole body and tail."

"Okay, Lao Li, remember what you said, you have to live well and come back alive." Yu Congrong nodded, then turned his head and asked: "Comrade, can you tell me where they are assigned and which mountain to fight?" Do not?"

"This is a secret, and I don't know." The military cadre said tightly.

"I know it even if you don't tell me, isn't it Huangcaoling? I'll hit it when I turn around!" Yu Congrong was not angry, he clenched his fist and vowed.

He went up and held Li Changgui's hand tightly, and gave him a bullet whistle that he had polished in the past few days, then gave him a hug, and whispered in his ear: "Remember to blow this whistle, don't worry, I will catch up right away." You, our Seventh Company will never abandon you."

"You..." Li Changgui's eyes widened, he was startled, and was about to speak, but Yu Congrong quickly let him go and moved away.

"Comrade, they are all wounded. They were close to death on the battlefield. We have no face to say anything else. Please give them more bullets!" After Yu Congrong finished speaking, he took a few steps back and saluted straightly. .

The military cadres did not speak, and saluted him back. Li Changgui sighed and saluted him:
"Take care of yourself!"

Li Changgui, who had been chatting with Yu Congrong for several days in the field hospital, just left. Yu Congrong stood upright in the wind and snow, paying attention, and did not move for a long time.

For the first time, this carefree man felt extremely helpless and angry in his heart, but there was nowhere to vent this anger.

Casualties like this returning to the battlefield happen every day.

Looking at the lively people who were joking and talking together not long ago, all of them had gauze on their heads, bandages on their hands and feet, and frostbite from gunshot wounds. Many of them were missing arms and legs. They only carried a long gun on their backs. Just sending a few earthen grenades to the battlefield, how much combat power do these people have left?

This trip... I am afraid that they will never return, or even never come back, and there will be no day of seeing each other again.

But none of them turned back, called Qu.

Yu Congrong didn't know much about culture, he didn't know what it means to say goodbye, what it means to be windy and cold, but he couldn't help but feel all kinds of feelings in his heart...

"What, are you crying?" Lei Gong came over from behind, and he could see that he was emotionally unstable.

"Fart your mother!" Yu Congrong put his cotton cap on straight, turned his head and left, he said loudly: "Father Lei, it's not that I don't respect you, I, Yu Congrong, is steel, iron, and the 38th fire platoon Platoon leader, the iron fighter of the Seventh Interlude Company! I was born unable to cry, if you say that about me, you are looking down on me!"

But he didn't take a few steps back, but suddenly stepped into a snow nest, staggered under his feet, and almost fell to the ground.

Lei Gong hurried up to support him, raised his head in astonishment, and found that Yu Congrong's body was trembling slightly, tears pouring down his rough face, and hot tears were falling down: "But you said... ...You said, what is going on here?"

Lei Gong paused in his hands, and was slightly silent.

"Those without legs... those without hands, they all go to the battlefield, you say... why are we still here..." Yu Congrong spoke intermittently. In one sentence.

He opened his mouth to wail, but his voice was hoarse, and the bean-sized teardrops poured down, falling into the snow and turning into ice balls.

"Oh..." Lei Gong sighed, and said softly, "Don't think so much, child, come back with me."

He put a coat on Yu Congrong, whispered a few words of persuasion, and after he stabilized, he slowly led him into the cave.

It was also from this moment that Yu Congrong rarely became the most silent person in the Seventh Company. The smile seemed to disappear on his face as the usual laughing, playful, and immature bait.

Yu Congrong was sitting in his corner, silently watching the snow falling outside, the endless white blinded his eyes, and caused snow blindness, so he had to cover his eyes with a light linen cloth.

He didn't come back to himself until Wu Qianli came back, and then quietly went over to ask about the situation outside and the command's reply.

Qianli was deflated with Mei Sheng, sullen, and criticized him briefly, telling him to ignore the things he didn't want to care about, but what people didn't expect was that Yu Congrong didn't make any rebuttals this time, just After listening to the whole process quietly, he returned to his corner.

Everyone was stunned. No one had ever seen such a stable Yu Congrong. What happened?

So everyone came over one after another to persuade him, ask around, and even offered him cigarettes and cigars.

"Go away, I'll catch up tomorrow, why bother with salty carrots!" He said with a smile.

"cut!"

Seeing him like this, everyone rolled their eyes, and the crowd of spectators dispersed immediately.

The night fell, and at night, we rescued and treated a group of wounded who retreated from the mountain. Under the moonlight and the faint cave fire, we were on duty one after another, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Deep pits were dug on the ground. Soldiers huddled together among the quilts, crowded each other to keep warm and slept. There were loud snoring sounds, one after another. Everyone hadn't bathed for more than a month, and the smell of rancid sweat was everywhere. , Smell of socks, smell of feet, mixed with the smell of pine wood and potion alcohol in the cave.

But no one expected that in the dark cave, a figure quietly got up while everyone was asleep. The young soldier who was on duty at the entrance of the cave was subconsciously startled: "Who?"

"I, Yu Congrong." Heiying replied, and then emerged from the shadows, revealing a familiar face.

The soldier relaxed and let out a breath, but soon wondered: "Platoon leader, where are you going?"

"I went out for a stroll, feeling bored and panicked."

"The platoon leader, don't go too far, it's freezing outside, it can freeze people to death."

"I know, brat, what do you need to say? Keep your post!"

Yu Congrong kept a straight face, and the little soldier didn't take it seriously while giggling. He took a Camel brand American cigarette thrown by Yu Congrong and watched him leave.

It's just that after Yu Congrong came out of the cave, he sneaked to the place where he was talking to Lei Gong two days ago. He looked around and found a gun, a stack of packages, and two scattered boxes under the stone. bullet.

He pulled up the barrel of the gun and checked it up and down. The gun was sealed in an oiled paper bag and hadn't been damaged by frost. He was slightly relieved.

At this time in the middle of the night, the valley here is full of guard soldiers on duty. Yu Congrong put his gun on his waist, put on a white cloak, and then secretly climbed up the stone with hands and feet, quietly bypassing one after another. sentry.

Turning the corner, he stooped away from the rugged forest path, and down the slope was the Taniguchi where he was stationed. Now the wind and snow were howling, and he walked one step at a time, buried deep between his calves.

He looked around and saw no one, so he ran down the slope in the dark night, he was panting, his heart was hot, he carried a spear, strode forward, in the deserted snowy night world Time, run faster and faster, run farther and farther.

(End of this chapter)