The War of Resistance

The afternoon sun was scorching the earth, and the trees and grass on the earth had become listless. Not to mention that the place had experienced war, so there was a hint of smoke and burnt smell in the air.

There was a soldier in the trench who was drinking water from a military kettle. He raised his neck to drink, and around him were many hungry eyes looking up at him.

It's just that how big can a military kettle be, and how long have these people been hungry and thirsty? When the tall soldier raises his neck, it feels like he is pouring water instead of drinking water. Is drinking a pot like this enough? When will it be your turn to get it?

"When can I drink this?" asked a soldier. He reached out and took off his Tony-style helmet, which was as flat as a saucer, and poured (scooped) it into the bucket.

The water filled up Dengdeng for a while, but there was a bullet hole in the rim of the helmet. So when he lifted the helmet, the water sprayed out from the hole on his face. Made a splash.

It's just that he was very thirsty, but he didn't care so much, so he simply pointed his mouth at the hole and drank.

They are all soldiers, so who would care about his behavior?

The soldiers followed suit and used their helmets covered with dust, dirt and even blood to drink water.

After all, there were more than thirty people. This bucket of water was not enough, and the cook of the group of soldiers guarding the position brought up two buckets of water, so that all these soldiers could drink water.

Nowadays, most of the cooks in the army are older veterans.

Being older means that they no longer have the physical strength and flexibility of young people, and they are no longer able to fight on the battlefield.

Veterans mean that they have enough qualifications in the company to take on the "good job" of cooks. After all, cooks do not have to face the enemy's guns directly.

Yes, you must have sufficient qualifications to be a cook. Do you think you can be a cook just because you are too old to run? joke! There are too many unknown cannon fodders who have died, and you will never be short of an old man who can't run away!

At this time, the older cook was looking at the soldiers who smelled like gunpowder smoke in front of him with rather complicated eyes.

There is not always water on the battlefield. He brought a few buckets of water back from two miles away with his men. However, it turned out that these people in front of him did not recognize him even though they were also from the Northeast. The people who don’t know it have drank it, but the people in my company haven’t drank it yet!

But he had to give it to others, because he had just heard that the soldiers in the platoon in front of him had returned from the Japanese army's killing spree!

They have been guarding this position for two days. For the first time, their company commander dug a "hole" for the Japanese army on the opposite side and killed those little Japanese. It was also a small victory.

But the next battle became cruel.

Under the continuous attack of the Japanese army, their company, relying only on such a simple trench, had suffered more than half of their casualties, and even the company commander had been killed.

The company commander was killed by a Japanese artillery shell. A piece of shrapnel went in from the company commander's left temple and came out from the right temple. At that time, his brain plasma and blood came out.

The cook and the company commander were both old men in the company, and they had been playing together when the company commander was not yet the company commander.

In his opinion, words like "the best destination for a soldier is the battlefield" are all bullshit! As an old man, he still hopes that the company commander can be buried in peace.

So he and his crew from the cooking squad carried the company commander's body down, dug a hole and buried it.

Now he still remembers what the company commander looked like before he was buried.

There was a big hole in his head, and one of his eyes was gone, but the remaining eye was wide and round, and it became blood red because it was soaked with his own blood. It looked like a legend. Like a man-eating demon.

At that time, he thought, let the company commander be buried like this. Maybe he could break into the little devil's dream with his one blood-red eye and scare another half of the little devil to death!

So, he buried the company commander like this.

And then, they heard gunshots and explosions coming from the other side of the little devil, and then the little devil stopped firing. Then, a group of soldiers, the group of soldiers in front of them, actually shot from the enemy's side. The other end rushed back!

He heard from people in his own company that they almost accidentally injured the opponent because their company no longer had telescopes, and even the one-eyed telescope was lost in the Japanese shelling.

The reason why they did not accidentally injure one of their own was because their company did not have much ammunition left. The second platoon leader Gao Wenli, who was in charge of the temporary command, asked everyone to move closer to the people who were coming and then hit them. Only then did they realize that they were their own people. .

And people from his own company also said that they heard from the soldiers who rushed over that those soldiers were from the brigade guard company.

More than half of their company suffered casualties. Once people's emotions were dominated by sadness, anger and helplessness, no one cared about why the brigade guard company ran behind the Japanese.

But when the people in the brigade guard company said that they had blown up two Japanese cannons, those who were guarding the position looked at these soldiers in a different light.

As for the reason for this, of course, it is that these people avenged their company commander and those brothers who died in the battle. What's more, they can't do what others can do!

Although everyone fights against the Japanese, there is still a certain contribution to the fight against the Japanese, right?

The water was finished, but at least now the group of soldiers had no intention of withdrawing immediately.

Could it be? Are they still here to help defend the position? The old man who had been watching with cold eyes thought.

But he thought wrong. At this time, he saw an officer with a box gun on his body and said: "Now take a roll call and see the casualties."

It turns out they were counting people!

The old man couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but then he felt relieved. Everyone said that he was from the brigade security company. No matter what mission he was performing, there was no need for him to defend the position with them here.

"Money string!" the officer shouted in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Here we come!" A soldier with a long nose and small eyes responded.

"Qiu Bo!"

"arrive!"

"Chen Hanwen!"

"arrive!"

"Uncle Old Wang!"

"arrive!"

The officer did not bring out any roster, but just called the names casually.

So the officer immediately gave the cook a different feeling from the officer.

There are more than a hundred people in a company. As a company commander, it is not surprising that he can remember the names of his subordinates, but it is amazing to not miss anyone without a roster.

Since he is from a guard company, it seems that this officer should be a company commander.

The old man thought to himself as his eyes swept over the soldiers crowded in the trenches. It seemed that there were only about thirty people.

It turned out that there was only one platoon left in the company, and the casualties were similar to those of our company, so the guy speculated.

That's right, if you go to the Japs' end to cause trouble, it's not like you are holding the position on your own, but there are enemies on all sides. What's more, they also blew up two Japanese cannons, so now it seems that only one platoon is left. It can be considered a lucky one!

Little did he know that the group of soldiers who rushed back from the enemy's formation were only about forty people when they went out.

"Hou Kanshan!" The officer shouted, but no one answered.

"Who saw the dead monkey?" the company commander asked.

"He ran ahead of me at the beginning." A soldier replied.

"I saw him at Stone Mountain." Another soldier replied.

And no one answered the call after that.

Everyone saw that the company commander frowned and did not ask any more questions, but continued to count the number of people. Then, eight more people did not "arrive" as expected. Those eight people were "He Xiangcai", "Hulu", "Yang Zhaocai", "Jiang Qizhu", "Zhao Xiaomin", "Wang Zhong", "Wu Zheng", "Wang Yuejiu".