my bright sword career

Chapter 75
April [-]
After a fierce battle, the militia finally returned to Liantai County.

Gao Hongming, who was sitting in the jeep, felt very heavy when he saw the gazes of the people in Liantai who came out to welcome him.

More than ten days ago, when the militia set off, there were more than 800 people at full strength, but now there are nearly [-] lives left in Qixia Pass forever, and most of these people are the children of Liantai. Suddenly, I was a little afraid to see the sad expressions and eyes of the folks who lost their relatives.

The car stopped outside the city wall of the county seat, and a middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic came over.

The man's name was Jia Youdao, and he was the magistrate of Liantai County.

In this era of widespread malnutrition, the magistrate Jia has a wide body and a fat body. His big round face is smiling like a Maitreya Buddha, and he seems to be able to say Gong Xi Fa Cai at any time. This shows that this guy is usually scrupulous. It is no less profitable.

However, Jia Youdao, who always had a smile on his face, was uncharacteristically serious today.

Gao Hongming stopped the car and walked to Jia Youdao.

"Major Jia, did you receive the letter I sent you yesterday?"

"Received Captain Gao."

Jia Youdao nodded with a heavy expression, "After receiving your letter yesterday, I ordered people to build the coffin overnight. Due to the temporary lack of wood, many gentry households in the county spontaneously gathered a lot.

But the news somehow got known by the folks in the county, and many old people also donated the birthday materials they had prepared for themselves, and they didn’t ask for money. We couldn’t stop them, look at this..."

Gao Hongming sighed: "Let's do this, first register the names and addresses of these people, and then I will find a way to compensate them in a few days. In short, we must not let the villagers suffer. The most important thing now is to kill those who died in battle. The brothers are buried in peace."

"Young Master Gao, don't worry, you and your brothers have worked hard, go back and rest first, leave these matters to the county to handle, I guarantee that it will be done properly, and there will be no mistakes." Jia Youdao patted his chest Have to bang.

"Well, I'll leave this to you." After many days of driving and the fierce battle at Qixia Pass, Gao Hongming was exhausted both physically and mentally. Now he just wanted to go home, take a good bath and sleep, and he explained a few more words He returned home under the escort of Dabao and the guard class.

When Gao Hongming returned home, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Qin Xiulian, who was wearing a light blue cheongsam and had an outstanding figure, standing at the door with Ziying's company and looking at him with a smile, but his eyes were slightly red for some reason. .

The moment Gao Hongming stepped on the threshold, she couldn't help but rushed towards him and hugged him tightly.

Embroidering the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar fragrance, feeling the weak and boneless body in his arms, Gao Hongming realized for a while that he was not alone in this era, and there were people worthy of his care and care. make peace.

"Okay, Xiulian, I haven't showered for several days, and my body is very dirty. If you have anything to say, wait until I finish bathing."

These days, not only Gao Hongming, but all the officers and soldiers of the militia have been struggling in the muddy water for several days.

The smell of blood, sweat and all kinds of smells were mixed together, and the smell was unusually strong, but Qin Xiulian didn't realize it, and hugged him firmly.

"En!" Qin Xiulian nodded in his arms, and put more force on her arms, as if she was afraid that Gao Hongming would slip away if she let go.

After taking a bath, Gao Hongming ate a meal and slept again before recovering.

Located on the outskirts of Liantai County, there is a valley five miles away from Xiaocao Village. Outside the valley, there is a large piece of saline-alkali land with hundreds of acres. Because there are no farmers, it has been deserted.

The owner of this saline-alkali land is the Gao family. This time Gao Hongming specially converted this saline-alkali land into a martyr's shrine, with the purpose of burying those martyrs who died on the anti-Japanese battlefield.

The cemetery is semicircular, and the cemetery is undulating. Gao Hongming asked people to plant a lot of pine trees around it, but because the martyr's shrine has just been built, there are hardly many tombstones here.

But today, many people came to this normally deserted cemetery, not only all the officers and soldiers of the militia, but also merchants, gentry, and nearby people from the county. They wanted to send these children from their hometown to die a ride.

Before dawn, the people spontaneously lined up in two rows at the entrance of the cemetery. Everyone looked solemn, and there was a little crying in the middle.

At 10:[-] a.m., a long convoy came from outside, and the convoy stopped at the gate of the cemetery.

The soldiers on the truck got out one after another, and they all put on brand new military uniforms with steel helmets on their heads, and the officers wore big-brimmed hats. Because the weather was still relatively cold, everyone had put on Knee military coat.

Under the command of the officers, the soldiers also formed a neat queue outside the cemetery.

Gao Hongming, Wu Chengfeng, Xiao Zhankui and other officers also got off the station and stood on both sides of the road.

After another 10 minutes, another convoy drove slowly to the cemetery and stopped.

The doors opened and four soldiers jumped out of each car,

The soldiers got out of the car and worked together to lift the coffin out of the car.

Seeing the coffin being lifted out of the car, the star officer on duty shouted loudly, "Salute!"

"Whoa..."

Gao Hongming, the officers and more than 2000 soldiers raised their hands in unison and saluted the dead robe Ze solemnly.

There was a light rain in the sky, as if weeping for these heroes who died in battle.

Just as the soldiers lifted the coffin off the truck, several cars drove over from a distance with a roar, and then stopped at the gate of the cemetery, and more than a dozen officers got out of the cars.

After looking around for a while, the leading officer walked towards Gao Hongming.

Gao Hongming saw that the leader was actually Sun Chu.

He couldn't help being very surprised, "Mr. Sun, why are you here..."

Sun Chu came over and said solemnly, "Brother Gao, I'm late, brother."

Gao Hongming shook his head, "Mr. Sun, let's talk about it later. Please allow me to send these brothers away first."

"It should be!"

Of course Sun Chu understood the priorities of the matter.

"boom!"

A burst of neat gunshots sounded in the cemetery.

"Close the gun..."

"Get ready... let go!

"boom……"

"Get ready... let go..."

Under the command of the officer, the twelve soldiers divided into two rows and fired their guns into the sky. They were using this method to see off their former comrades-in-arms again.

"Doo...beep...beep, beep...beep, beep..."

When the gunfire ended, the bugle player picked up the bugle and blew the lights-off horn. The low-pitched lights-off horn sounded very solemn. At this time, the soldiers standing on both sides of the tomb slowly loosened the ropes and put the coffin into the cemetery. As the coffin was covered with loess, heart-piercing cries sounded from the crowd again.

Looking at this scene, Sun Chu and the officers who came with him could not help showing shame on their faces.

(End of this chapter)