This does not mean that the soldiers are greedy for life and fear of death, but the bloody battle between Pingjin happened more than ten days ago and is still vivid in my mind. Some soldiers have not recovered from the nightmare of corpses and seas of blood and are about to go to another battlefield again, so even if the soldiers are all student soldiers who volunteer to fight to kill the enemy, it is difficult to accept.

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Chapter 60 Train

The troops set out three days later.

Because the upsurge did not tell us the intention at all, we didn't know whether to go to the battlefield, and thought it was still on the cross-country as usual, but as we ran, we felt something was wrong... The team ran ten kilometers on the road and had not stopped yet, which made the soldiers exhausted until we turned over a sorghum and saw a train appear in front of us...

Trains were quietly at the end of the road like infantry waiting for inspection, piles of strategic matter were constantly hanging from the platform to the open carriage, and teams of fully armed soldiers boarded the train one after another in the steam of the train and sat down in an orderly manner. The whistle, shouting, command, and the whimper of the train, interweaved us into a lively scene of the whole army mobilization.

"I left two packs of cigarettes in the barracks!"

"My military pay this month is still under the bed!"

...

The soldiers were not prepared for this, including me. In order to reduce the load, I left at least half of the bullets in the barracks. I originally wanted to hide the "Zhilai De" on my waist somewhere, but first, I knew that this "Zhilai De" was a treasure in this era, and many people were staring at this thing... Second, as a company commander, if he lost his gun, he would have a lot of responsibility, so he gritted his teeth and took it with me. Now, I think about it so much! I feel a little regretful, I didn't have time to tell Xiaoting when I left, and I don't know where she is now!

However, these are all things that cannot be done. Many things in the army do not mean that we can do whatever we want. Many times we can't help ourselves.

"Follow up, move quickly!" With the battalion commander's order, the troops merged into the train station like a stream...

We only stayed at the station for two minutes and were arranged to board a cabin train. Perhaps because of insufficient military trains, the carriage was already filled with bags of grain, so we had to climb up along the handrails on both sides of the carriage and sit on the food... I have been on the train countless times, but the train that is so airy is still on the same train.

However, this seems not surprising. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to transport troops from all over the country and a large number of strategic materials to the Songhu area in a short period of time. It is enough to imagine how nervous the military will be.

"Company Commander!" The monkey asked timidly: "You said... where are we going?"

"Is this a matter of right?" Chen Dali replied angrily: "Shanghai, go with the little Japanese!"

The soldiers all lost their voices. In fact, I believe that the monkey knew the answer, but he still held a glimmer of hope that was not so.

This does not mean that the soldiers are greedy for life and fear of death, but the bloody battle between Pingjin happened more than ten days ago and is still vivid in my mind. Some soldiers have not recovered from the nightmare of corpses and seas of blood and are about to go to another battlefield again, so even if the soldiers are all student soldiers who volunteer to fight to kill the enemy, it is difficult to accept.

Compared to the soldiers, my mood was even heavier. Because I knew that the battlefield we were rushing to at this time was a hundred times more cruel than the bloody battle in Pingjin...

"Woo..." With the long sound of the locomotive, the people and buildings on both sides slowly moved backwards, and then they walked faster and faster. In a short while, only the breeze and the endless sea of ​​wheat and rice were left, as well as the tense and panic-eyed eyes of the soldiers.

"Brothers!" Seeing this, I had to say something, so I said to the soldiers: "If nothing unexpected happens, we will probably go to the battlefield and fight against the Japanese again this time. Are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"Not afraid!"

...

Only a few soldiers answered like this, and it can be seen that they were not confident in answering.

"Then you are better than me!" I smiled bitterly and continued, "I'm afraid, I've been having nightmares all night during this period. As soon as I close my eyes, I will see the brothers who died beside me, the little Japanese who died under my hands, and piles of corpses and blood on the ground..."

As soon as I said this, many soldiers gave me a look of approval. What is certain is that such a thing will never happen to me alone.

"I'm afraid too!" After a moment of silence, a soldier continued to speak, "It's the first time I went to the battlefield, the first time I killed people, the first time I saw so many dead people, and the first time I was worried that I would be shot to death... It's fake to say I'm not afraid!"

"Yes, I'm scared, too!"

...

Under my leadership, the soldiers expressed their fear one after another.

I am very clear that the soldiers are now facing psychological problems. The pressure they accumulated in the bloody battle of Pingjin and some indescribable "energy" have not been released yet, and now they are about to add new pressure and energy. To solve or alleviate this pressure, they must be told, rather than placing themselves in their hearts and waiting for the moment of explosion!

"Very good!" Seeing that the soldiers had said almost everything, I concluded: "It is not a shame to be afraid, but it is human nature, just like everyone has to eat and sleep. However, fear that we cannot solve the problem. We just know that we will be afraid and even to death, we still have to rush up with our chests and hold the gun! The reason is very simple, just because we are soldiers, Chinese soldiers, little Japanese want us to die, little Japanese want to destroy our entire China, we can only fight with them one way to go! Brothers are right?"

"Yes! The company commander is right!"

"We can't be slaughtered!"

"We won't go home if we don't defeat the little Japanese!"

"I am from Peking. If I don't drive away the Japanese, I will be homeless!"

...

Seeing the soldiers' topics quickly shifted their cowardly war to their anger towards the Japanese army, I knew that my goal had been achieved. This move was called to put it to death and live. Only by releasing the fear in their hearts as much as possible can I replenish courage and confidence in it!

The train drove south like this. It should be said that the upper commander of the National Army was indeed a little ignoring the lives of the soldiers. We ran more than ten kilometers after we left early in the morning. After staying on the train for a few hours, we were so hungry that our chest was pressed against our backs. However, the military line had no intention of stopping at all, and no one gave us some food... This sounded ridiculous, because we were sitting under our butts with bags of rice.

This is barely tolerated. We are all in the army, right? It was normal to have a few meals hungry, and we had to be prepared to fight the enemy when we were hungry, so in some ways this is also a kind of training for us! However, there is not even a simple potty in this carriage... How to solve this convenient problem?

The carriage was full of rice. The soldiers knew that these were military rations sent to the front line, so they didn't want to dirty it. They might turn into food in their mouths one day! So the soldiers had to pull down their pants and stick their butts out from the side of the train. It would be fine if it was ordinary. If it was a bit of a stomachache... With a "crackling" sound, the filth was blown everywhere by the wind, which immediately attracted the soldiers in the carriage to curse!

It was not until more than ten hours later that the military train stopped beside a military station, and soon handed over a few buckets of rice and a large basin of vegetables from under the train... The carriage quickly became chaotic, and the hungry soldiers could not care about any order and stuffed them into their mouths without any need to grab the dishes. Of course, I, as the company commander, still had no need to compete for food with the soldiers. Soon a large bowl of clean food was delivered to me, but I could not help but feel sad.

On the one hand, I also know that this army has not yet formed a good discipline... The time given to us on the peak is too short, and sending such a force to the battlefield will inevitably face the result of making up for insufficient training with a large number of casualties.

On the other hand, these are soldiers who have to go to the battlefield to work for the country and the people. They may be missing their arms and legs tomorrow and even lose their lives, but they are still hungry today! Although there may be reasons for the top of the mountain, such as the urgent and urgent battle situation, insufficient preparation time, etc., can't they consider more about these heroes who are about to go to the battlefield to sacrifice their lives and shed their blood? Could it be that the soldiers at this time are just a number or a little bit of combat power in their hearts?
Chapter completed!