War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 595 The answer given by Zhao Shengli
When the last trace of the sun was completely blocked by the mountains, Zhao Shengli, who was walking in the front, finally raised his hand to signal to stop.

Seeing this, Captain Brendon, who had already run out of breath, immediately lay down on the edge of a pine tree next to the rock, and asked hoarsely, "Can you give me some water to drink?" ?”

Hearing this, Wei Ran, who just took off the kettle, unscrewed the lid and took a sip of hawthorn leaf tea before passing the kettle over.He himself was not much better than Brendon. Although the Americans did not send a plane during most of the day, the convoy blocked by Wei Ran sent four No. 50 people to hunt them down.

In other words, since Wei Ran blew up the mountain at the corner of the road, they haven't stopped, and they have basically been exhausted under the leadership of Zhao Shengli.

After Brendon took the kettle and poured the little tea left in his mouth, Wei Ran asked out of breath, "Victory, we, should we continue to run?"

"Not for now"

Zhao Shengli wiped the sweat from his forehead and temples, "Just now we ran so far along the stream in the mountain, those chasing soldiers should not be able to keep up. So rest and rest, and when it is completely dark, we will go back to yesterday's shack .”

"How far is it from there?"

Wei Ran asked while driving away the big mosquitoes that surrounded him. Out of trust in Zhao Shengli, and because he was busy looking after Brendon, a prisoner who pretended to be unable to run several times, during most of the day, Wei Ran did not know what to do. I didn't pay attention to which direction I was running.To put it bluntly, he has long since lost his way.

"not far"

Zhao Shengli pointed to a dark mountain in the distance and said, "We will be there when we climb over that mountain. Comrade Wei Ran, dig out a smoke-free stove. I'll go get some firewood and get some water. Let's get some first." Eat to fill your stomach."

"give it to me"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already untied his backpack, then untied his leggings, and tied Brendon behind his back to a crooked neck tree with thick thighs not far away.Even just to be on the safe side, after Zhao Shengli left with the water bottle and lunch box, he pulled out Brendon's belt and fixed his neck with the crooked neck tree.

"You're abusing," Brendon struggled dissatisfied.

"It's not easy to get here with so much effort, so don't force me to kill you."

Wei Ran casually took out a glass bottle of Coke from his bag and shook it at the other party, "If you cooperate, I can buy you a Coke later."

Hearing this, Brendon subconsciously licked the corners of his mouth. He only drank two sips of slightly sweet and sour tea just now, and the amount of water was not enough to moisten his throat. If he could have a bottle of Coke at this time, he would Definitely a temptation.

On the other hand, although he couldn't understand Chinese, he had already discovered after most of the day that the soldier in front of him who looked at him as if he was looking at prey seemed to respect the young soldier who left with the water bottle very much.

He even had no doubt that before that little soldier came back, if he made some dangerous moves, the man in front of him would definitely be lenient.

Thinking of this, Brendon immediately said, "I promise not to move around, but you have to put this bottle of Coke where I can see it."

"no problem"

Wei Ran happily put the Coke on a rock one meter away from Brendon, then took out the engineering shovel on his backpack, chose a fairly sloped place, and imitated Zhao Shengli's appearance yesterday, drawing a gourd in the same way dug out a smokeless stove.

Randomly picked up some dead branches from around and lighted them. When the jumping flames rose in the stove, Zhao Shengli also came back with a kettle in his hand.

Glancing at the captive tied to the tree, Zhao Shengli didn't say anything, he just helped Wei Ran heat up the can, and took out a handful of hawthorn leaves and hawthorn berries from his own bag and stuffed them in respectively. Put several jugs filled with water, and put them side by side to block the mouth of the stove where the flames burst out from time to time.

Taking advantage of the time of heating the cans, Zhao Shengli called Wei Ran to put the soaked cloth shoes around the stove, and then personally helped the captive Brendon take off the soaked boots and socks and put them around the stove.

It wasn't until everything was done that he untied Brendon, and politely said "Seth spread chestnuts in his crotch" in accented English.

"Do you also know English?" Wei Ran took out another bottle of Coke from his bag while speaking and handed it over.

"How can I speak American?"

After Zhao Shengli took the Coke, he sat down with a silly smile, "Comrade Chen Qi taught me. I thought that I might be able to use it when I capture prisoners in the future, so I learned a few words. This is the first time I have said anything to Americans except What about the American words after laying down the arms."

"What else have you learned?" Wei Ran pulled out the pistol from his waist without a trace, and by wiping the gun, secretly guarded against Brendon who sat down far away from him.

But what made him laugh and cry was that although that Brendon was far away from him, he subconsciously approached Zhao Shengli. He even handed it to Zhao Shengli after he bit off the bottle cap of Coke.

Zhao Shengli said "three Qs" out of his mouth, and then he took the Coke handed by Brendon, and replied with a little shyness, "I haven't learned a few words, just three Qs, hello, and What a rotting mother, the one asking him where he came from. But the best thing I said was the one that put down your arms."

"Just one sentence is enough." Wei Ran said with a smile, "Try it quickly, it's quite delicious."

“I drank this American sugar water before”

Zhao Shengli picked up the Coke bottle and took a sip, "We took down an American headquarters before and found a lot of these things. This sugar water is not very tasty, but this bottle is beautiful and strong. Everyone used it to make it Kerosene lamps."

Wei Ran couldn't help but fell silent. It would obviously take a long time for Zhao Shengli, a young man in his early 20s at most, to get used to the pleasure released by the fat house happy water after stimulating dopamine.

Similarly, in order to allow future generations of young people who are about the same age as Zhao Shengli at this time to enjoy the iced "American sugar water" at two yuan and a bottle at any time, Zhao Shengli at this time, and more people like Zhao Shengli The price that volunteer soldiers have to pay is probably far beyond the imagination of those of the same age in later generations.
"What are you dazed about?"

Zhao Shengli handed Wei Ran the Coke that he had just taken a sip of, "You drink it, I'm not used to it."

"you drink"

Wei Ran patted his backpack, "I picked up several bottles. When I go back, both Squad Leader Lin and Squad Leader Sun or Chen Qi will have a share, right!"

While speaking, Wei Ran reached into his bag, and after some groping, he took out a watch from it and handed it to Zhao Shengli, and said before the other party could speak, "I didn't snatch this watch from Leng Buding, nor did I snatch it from Leng Buding. I snatched it from the black wounded in that truck, I snatched it from the body of the first truck we ambush."

Wei Ran paused for half a second when he said this, and when he saw that Zhao Shengli was about to speak again, he hurriedly said again, "I think you are a scout, and it must be convenient to have a watch. This is for combat missions, not for money, really. no."

Zhao Shengli opened his mouth, and finally reached out to take the watch, clasped it on his wrist clumsily and looked at it, "Comrade Wei Ran, I believe what you said, I accept this watch."

Hearing this, Wei Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could say anything else, Zhao Shengli asked, "Have you thought about the problem on the way? Why do we give preferential treatment to the prisoners?"

"To show that we are teachers of justice"

"We are the teachers of justice." Zhao Shengli answered without waiting for Wei Ran to finish speaking, but he asked abruptly, "Comrade Wei Ran, do you like fighting?"

Hearing this, Wei Ran couldn't help being stunned, he didn't expect Zhao Shengli to ask this question suddenly.

Just as he was thinking about how to answer this question, Zhao Shengli said to himself, "Anyway, I don't like it. When I was young, little devils came in and killed many people in our village. I used to have A brother, he was killed by the little devil.

My mother said that my elder brother was killed by a little devil for no reason at that time when he was less than ten years old. For such a small child, all the internal organs were picked out and thrown into the well in our village.

Later, I managed to drive the little devil away, and fought against the allergic party for several years, beat them away, and fought with bandits from all over the place.Although we all won the war, people have to die in the war. I am not afraid of death, but I don't like fighting. "

Speaking of this, Zhao Shengli pointed to Brendon next to him, "I guess Comrade Leng Buding doesn't like to fight. How happy is he in his own home with his wife and children, drinking their American sugar water? Are you here?"

Still not waiting for Wei Ran to answer, Zhao Shengli took a sip of the Coca-Cola he was not used to, took a breath and said to himself, "He was also cheated, I summed it up, those officials in the United States must definitely That being said, folks, we're in for justice. So, we gotta pick up the guns.

Also, those Chinese people on the battlefield are all cannibalistic monsters, if you fall into their hands, it will definitely be bad for you!So, you must never surrender, you have to fight them desperately.If you kill one, you will pay back your capital, and if you kill two, you will make money. "

Hearing this, Wei Ran couldn't help showing a bitter smile. The guesses expressed in this simple language are basically not very different from the facts. Even in future generations, even after this war is over, the United States will still weave like this. The old, high-sounding but tried-and-tested lies.

Zhao Shengli took another sip of Coca-Cola, hiccupped and continued, "But actually? They went to other people's houses to fight. How could they have any fucking justice! I think this cold-hearted comrade has more to do with him. The same common people in the United States were deceived by those officials in their country.

But if you think about it carefully, they fought against us with such prejudice, they dared not surrender, they were unwilling to surrender, how many extra casualties would our comrades in arms and our Beihan friends have to pay?
Why do we give preferential treatment to captives?Not because they are superior, not because we are inferior.It is to let the whole world know who is the liar. When those people who fought with us get over it, they will naturally not want to fight.

We would rather eat fried noodles and eat potatoes by ourselves than entertain the captives as friends, give them white noodles, meat and even wine, let them know that their previous ideas were wrong, and let them tell us about our policies through newspapers and letters. their family.

What is it called?This is called disintegrating their will to fight.In our old saying, this is called defeating the enemy without fighting.In this way, our own casualties will be much less. "

"Is this all your opinion?" Wei Ran asked dully.

"Comrade instructor often gives us lessons."

Zhao Shengli, who was full of momentum last moment, now showed the shyness he should have at this age, "I used to be the same as you. When I saw American soldiers, I wanted to jump at them with a shuttle, but later I felt that what the instructor said made sense. .”

"What else did the instructor say?" Wei Ran couldn't help asking.

"The instructor also said that we crossed the Yalu River and fought on the land of our friends, not because we like fighting.

We are pursuing peace and pulling out the nails that the US emperor smashed at our door. "

Speaking of this, Zhao Shengli clenched his fists involuntarily, and determination was written all over his too young face, and there seemed to be light in his eyes, "For the peace of our Beihan friends, and for ourselves The peace of our country, and the peace that our children and grandchildren will enjoy after a hundred years. Therefore, this battle must be fought! And it must be won!
Only when we finish all the battles will the flames of war not burn to our own homes.Only when we hurt the enemy, will our descendants no longer have to fight the war against aggression. "

"Keep the enemy out of the country's gates."

Wei Ran sighed secretly, how many ordinary soldiers like Zhao Shengli paid the blood price behind this light sentence?
Before he entered the battlefield on this peninsula, he had gone through a lot of information. He was amazed by the cases where the few defeated the many, and the weak defeated the strong, and he was even more surprised by the volunteers who seemed to be hanging On what basis did the soldiers survive in positions such as Shangganling and Changjin Lake.

But until now, until he had listened to Zhao Shengli's simple views, he hadn't really found the answer.

(End of this chapter)