Chapter 492 Wandering Soul

(...Human vitality is really strong. No matter how tragic the battle is, there seems to be survivors. I thank them. No matter how they survived, they are heroes, because they brought out the stories they experienced to let future generations know; veterans are not afraid of death, they are afraid of being forgotten... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

Why are the cannons outside the city so loud? Could it be that our people have been fighting back!? But how could this be... No, I heard that Chief Cao was Wu Quxing descended to earth, and no one could beat him, so why would our people not have been fighting back? Lin Shengtao lay in the rubble and continued to look at the way he came, but it was strange that he still hadn't seen a Japanese pass by four hours today.

The stomach was "gurgling" in a bad mood. Lin Shengtao felt that his belly was already close to his spine. He felt very cold in the autumn wind but his stomach was hot and soft. If he couldn't find food, what should the brothers in the cellar do? No! He gritted his teeth and began to touch in the direction of the dense sound of gunfire...

"Our brothers are counterattacking. Listen, how close the gunshots are..." "Going into the water" lying on the dry ground, the deep sleep of the eyes was no longer shining in the eyes. He thought that only he could hear what he said, but at this time, "Beard" suddenly spoke: "Don't be the other brothers trapped by the Japanese are chased by others? At least they have to save them..." He said, but "Beard" didn't even move his body. He was still alive, and his whole body looked no different from the dead.

All kinds of minor injuries on the body and the bloody holes that were bitten by leeches in the water have all begun to rot. The rotten flesh is red and swollen, but it will be concave when pressed with your hands. The wound is filled with bad blood, which is fishy and smelly.

"Brother Beard, look, what is it?" Suddenly, the sound of stepping on the water started to sound, and a figure approached.

A soldier walked to the two friends who could not move even when they were lying. He bit his lips and held back the tears flowing outwards. He raised the belt in his hand, and there were six small catfishes without crests on it!

"A nest, I'm hiding under a stone for some reason. I want to carry that stone up and put footsteps. Who would have thought that fish could be found in places without water..." The soldier used a dagger to cut the fish that had been washed with pond water, then opened the mouth of the "beard" and dripped the fish blood into it...

After being stimulated by the fishy sweetness of the fish blood, both "beard" and "going into the water" became a little more awake: "'Little Madman', do you still have the strength to catch the fish?...Okay, maybe we can't die today..." Obviously, neither of them could hear clearly how the "Little Madman" just said how he got the fish.

"What's going on when I shot the gun just now?" "Getting into the water" asked again: "I heard that there is a gun that doesn't seem to be a 38-large cover..."

"Don't worry, it may be the devils who lied..." The little madman was also a little weak and lay down on his side. He cut the dead fish, which was not big, into pieces with a dagger: "Didn't the east shoot that day? I touched it and saw two brothers passing by like mud ghosts from afar, but they were all killed by the devils. The devils were sinister, and sometimes they used this trick, using two guns to fire, so we thought there was a battle, so we were caught... Open our mouths and have a piece..."

The raw cut pieces of fish were very dirty. They were cut with one bayonet as a cutting board and another bayonet, which was somewhat muddy and rust. However, the three of them ignored these and ate the six small catfish quickly.

"It's so bad, it's strange. It doesn't look like you're dizzy and so awake..." The "little madman" touched the foreheads of the two brothers, and they were having a fever. In fact, he was not having a good time. He also had a few rotten wounds like "beard" and "going into the water". He was red and swollen, but he was not as big as the cup mouth as the other two brothers.

Can they really survive? None of the three people know that they just survived because they were not dead. The injuries on their bodies were numb and numb because they were inflamed, or they were used to the pain, so they didn't feel too uncomfortable - now at least they felt better than when the whole body was inflamed!

It was not that they had thought about death that they kept the last grenade. As long as the Japanese came, they were ready to commit suicide. However, the Japanese kept blocking the swamp but did not come in.

Damn it! So many Japanese people came, Lin Shengtao opened his mouth wide and almost couldn't close it! At least one squadron came towards him, and he couldn't escape such searches anyway; but... Lin Shengtao suppressed his urge to pull the grenade and rush out several times. He is not only himself, but also two brothers to take care of!

When the Japanese entered Nanling, they fought against the enemy in the ruins. For two days, one of their battalions actually wiped out twice as many enemies as theirs in street battles. Finally, during a battle, they accidentally discovered a cellar where fellow villagers made wine, so a surviving squad brother hid in.

In a class, including battalion commander Lu Xuegong and Tailin Shengtao, all were injured and were not seriously injured. Ten injured people squeezed into a small wine cellar and waited for death.

Lin Shengtao and four others were relatively mildly injured. They were responsible for appearing in the ruins like ghosts at night to find food for all the brothers. At first, they were looking for food that they had hidden in the battle, but soon all of these foods were consumed. They could only attack the Japanese and seize food from the Japanese.

In order to survive, three of the four brothers who came out to find food had died under the Japanese guns; Lin Shengtao was the only one who was not injured in his leg, and he wanted to find food for seven people alone.

Generally, no matter whether he can find it or not, he will go back before dawn, but with hunger and injury, four of the seven brothers died, right in the small wine cellar. Although it was late autumn and the dead did not rot, the moldy smell still made people staying in the wine cellar feel uncomfortable. Perhaps only those who hid there from the beginning could get used to the breath of death, but Lin Shengtao, whoever went out every day, almost fainted when he went back.

It was already dawn, but Lin Shengtao did not go back today because it was the third day that he had not found food. Today, he had to find food even if he had no life... But now the Japanese who came here had a squadron, and they hid on the roadside, and they couldn't escape their search...

The Japanese came over! Pull the lead!... It was already almost numb, but when someone approached, "Beard" could finally move his body. He pulled the grenade lead that had already been unsuspended... Go to sleep, brothers! When we get there, we don't have to be tortured in hell like this... "Beard" looked at the "little madman" who fell asleep due to fatigue, and looked at the "going into the water" who had been drowsy and said a few words of murmur, and actually smiled.

The suffering is about to end, why not laugh? Why not have such brothers who live and die together, why not laugh? "Hahaha..." The dry throat really made a laugh, hoarse, and I couldn't hear the sound of human beings...

Why hasn't the grenade exploded yet? "Beard" suddenly woke up completely: the grenade was damp in the swamp! Oh no... What appeared in front of "Beard" was the scene where the Japanese cut off the captured brothers one by one in the swamp when they forced them to appear...

"I found one, there is one... my own person!" The voice came, it was not the kind of Japanese bird singing! Lin Shengtao suddenly woke up. He suddenly fainted when the Japanese came towards him, but he was actually awakened by his own people!

The person in front of him was wearing a German steel helmet, a telescope hanging on his chest, and a submachine gun that he had never seen before... The blue sky and white sun emblem on the steel helmet told Lin Shengtao that this is really his own person!

"All the reconnaissance company of the new 88th Division of the 72nd Army stand at attention! Salute to the heroes!!" With the order of the company commander, in front of the three survivors of the bloody battle of Nanling, including Lin Shengtao and Battalion Commander Lu Xuegong, a row of neatly-shaped officers and soldiers stood at attention and raised their hands to salute. The officers and soldiers present were all filled with tears!

"What a tough guy. You don't know what they did when they saw us. They pulled the grenades!" The scouts of the 11th Guerrillas could no longer hold back tears. They choked and reported: "The grenades were damp and did not explode. When our brothers went to help them, they still resisted... They were almost rotten and confused, but they were still fighting!"

The flash kept flashing. The staff of the Central Party Committee and the Central News Agency reporters who came here specifically to organize propaganda materials kept pointing the camera at the last three soldiers who were carried out of the swamp. They lay on the stretcher without knowing their lives...

Suddenly, a group of people staggered over from a distance. They were also brothers who came out of the swamp. When they learned that there were still people who were rescued, they couldn't help but drag their weak bodies and walked out one by one.

"'Beard'! It's me, your company commander, wake me up, don't sleep! *** How many of our brothers were rescued and didn't wake up as soon as they fell asleep. Brothers, open your eyes and don't sleep if you want to live!" The company commander's face was crisscrossing tears, and he had already cried out. The other brothers behind him couldn't help but burst into tears...

"Company Commander..." "Beard" actually woke up, and all three of them woke up!

"I order you not to close your eyes anymore, even if you have surgery, you cannot close it!" The company commander suddenly stood up and ordered "Beard" and other three people!

"Captain Cao has ordered that as long as the brothers who come out of that swamp will all enjoy the medical treatment of officers and use Western medicine. When the body is better, they can be transferred and sent to Wuhan for treatment... Brothers, don't sleep with your eyes open, and you can survive if you carry it over!" The company commander kept chasing the stretcher, and he saw that the three brothers were really keeping their eyes open...

After more than a month, the officers and soldiers of the 167th Division trapped on the Guangde front were abandoned by Xue Weiying, they dragged their decayed bodies in the swamp until the Japanese retreated!

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