march to victory

"Comrades, to be honest, I love cleanliness more than any of you, and I have long wanted to take a good bath and solve my personal hygiene. But the problem is that the current situation is quite special, not to mention bathing in the river, but bathing in the rain I dare not."

After a short pause, seeing everyone standing up straight and looking over, he continued to explain: "Everyone touch the river, feel how cold the river is, and then raise your head to feel how cold the wind blows, we can imagine, now We can take a quick bath, but after the bath, most of us will have a cold and fever, but we don’t even have a doctor around us. There is still a way to go... So, comrades, it’s not that I, Zhang Qingshan, are unreasonable, but that the current situation does not allow it. So, everyone, don’t hate me, take a shower as soon as possible, and take a rest.”

Seeing that the comrades' joy suddenly disappeared, although the obedient ones put on their clothes one after another, everyone showed displeasure, Sun Zhiping quickly added loudly: "Comrades, what the captain said is reasonable, everyone implements it. Yes. However, if you really feel that your body smells bad, you can still scrub your body with water properly, but you can’t take off your clothes. And, let’s talk about it first, you must start a fire so that everyone can wash their bodies immediately Put on your clothes and go to the fire to warm up. Otherwise, if you really have a cold and a fever, you will be in trouble."

This remark immediately got everyone's response. Many people didn't even wash their faces, and went directly to the shore, took out the dried cow and sheep manure collected along the way, and lit a fire... Although they couldn't take a bath directly, considering Zhang Qingshan In the situation just mentioned, everyone knows what to do.Now, being able to scrub your body is better than continuing to smell like sweat, right?

Zhang Qingshan wiped his body with river water, feeling much more refreshed, twisted off the facecloth, stood up straight, felt the river wind, and glanced across the river, but suddenly felt something was wrong, looked back at the river bank behind him, It seems that I have found the root of something wrong, but I can't tell the specifics.Look at the other side of the river...

After sweeping back and forth three times to the river bank behind and the opposite bank, I finally figured out where the problem lies: the river bank behind (the right bank of the river) is lower than the other bank.Judging from Zhang Qingshan's current position, the right bank is about ten meters up, which is a slope of five or six degrees. When he stood up, everything he could see was flat, and he even saw the horizon as far as he could see.But on the left bank of the river, there was a ridge. The highest part was more than two meters high, and the lowest part was about one meter. From his current position, he could only see the ridge.

Even if they were facing the same environment, if they were ordinary people, they wouldn't care about this trivial problem at all.But in Zhang Qingshan's eyes, this is a huge problem: if we camp on the right bank, if there are the same number of enemies lurking close to 40 meters late at night, if they suddenly rush over, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for everyone to run to the river. On the other side, most of the losses will be lost, which may eventually lead to the annihilation of the entire army.But if we put the camp on the left bank, relatively speaking, we can at least guarantee that if the enemy attacks the camp from the right bank, they will at least have to ford the river first. It is guaranteed that the enemy will have to pay a certain price when they cross the river, and even the remaining enemies will not dare to attack from the opposite side at all.Moreover, geographically speaking, the left bank is higher than the right bank, which is not only conducive to observation, but also conducive to shooting and cover.In this way, at least the advantage of the left bank over the right bank can be guaranteed.As for the enemy's attack from the other side of the left bank, we can at least focus on this side in advance.

Thinking of this, Zhang Qingshan couldn't help searching carefully, but he didn't see the sentinel after searching for a long time.Thinking that the camouflage suit had played a role, Zhang Qingshan was overjoyed and had no choice but to ask Sun Zhiping who was in charge of arranging the reconnaissance and sentry: "Old Sun, where are our sentries?"

Sun Zhiping was startled when he heard that, and immediately patted his forehead: "Oh! Blame me, blame me. When I saw Xiaohe, I was so excited that I forgot to arrange this... Lao Zhang, I will review you later, now, I Make arrangements now."

"Forget it, let's not disturb them. After so many days, it's rare for the comrades to be happy, so let them be more happy... Have you finished washing?"

"All right."

"Okay, let's go to the other side of the river to smoke a cigarette?"

When we came to the other side of the river, there was a flat river in front of us. In the distance, it was estimated that there were at least 20 miles away before there were a few raised points.Looking back at the road from the right bank, I immediately feel the feeling of climbing high and looking into the distance—in fact, the highest point is only two or three meters high, but on this great plain, as far as the eye can see, there is a flat river, this kind of climbing and looking into the distance The feeling is leisurely.

They are all soldiers, and they habitually look at problems from the perspective of soldiers.After Sun Zhiping looked back and forth, he smacked his lips and said, "It seems that we have to camp here tonight."

"I asked you to come here because I thought of this question."

Afterwards, the two of them sat on the ground without speaking, just smoking a cigarette, quietly watching the comrades frolicking in the river—some things, just reminding them is enough, they both know what to do, and they said it too carefully, On the contrary, it will hurt the peace.For example, one of Sun Zhiping's responsibilities is to be responsible for the security of the camp. If Zhang Qingshan said that he should now focus on the left side and how to arrange the deployment, no matter how generous Sun Zhiping is, he would be unhappy.On the contrary, when Sun Zhiping finished making arrangements and Zhang Qingshan made his rounds, he would point out where there were deficiencies and what needs to be strengthened, which would make it easier for people to accept. This was not only his duty, but also his skill.Soldiers should obey those who are more capable than themselves.

When a cigarette was about to be finished, Sun Zhiping flicked the cigarette butt into the river with his fingers, and said calmly: "Old Zhang, I thought about it carefully just now, do you think that if we separate a small number of people to go to the right bank, Can you not?"

Zhang Qingshan turned his head and explained to him in puzzlement.

"The main reason is that, in this way, whether the enemy charges us from the left bank or the right bank, the people on the other side will respond. In this case, at least it can guarantee that the entire army will not be wiped out."

At this time, it is an opportunity to show your personal ability. Besides, when soldiers talk about deployment, they will speak it out more directly-the discussion is business, and it is normal for everyone to pat the table to argue. In private, everyone is still good friends and brothers. If you engage in too many twists and turns in business affairs, you are bound to be self-defeating, and good things may turn into bad things.Therefore, Zhang Qingshan shook his head unceremoniously and pointed out: "This is tantamount to dividing troops into guards, which is absolutely not advisable."

Seeing Sun Zhiping looking over, Zhang Qingshan continued to explain: "First of all, our numbers are small, if we concentrate our forces to fight against the invading enemy, we still have hope of victory, but if we divide our forces, even if the enemy comes We are less than us, and if we attack one of our points, we will suffer a big loss; secondly, if the enemy attacks both sides at the same time, not only will there be no horns between our camps on both sides, but they may even be burdensome to each other. Based on these two points , I don’t think it’s advisable to separate the troops and camp.”

Sun Zhiping bowed his head in silence for a moment, nodded, smoked a cigarette, and continued to watch the frolicking scenes in the river.

On the contrary, Zhang Qingshan was a little surprised at his silence: Judging from the past few days of contact, you are usually a cheerful person, why did you become a boring gourd today?

"Old Sun, why are you so silent today, what's the matter?"

Sun Zhiping glanced at Zhang Qingshan, then looked into the distance, nodded, and said with a heavy tone, "I'm worried about the road ahead."

"There is nothing to worry about, whether it is life or death, as long as you do your best." Zhang Qingshan fell back, pulled the weeds, put them in his mouth, and chewed bit by bit with.

Seeing his appearance, Sun Zhiping finally had a smile on his face when he thought about his words again: "That's right, no matter what, even if you die, you're wasting the enemy's bullet, and you've done your part for the revolution." Heart."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qingshan glanced at him, but he couldn't say anything more, he just pondered in his heart: what happened to the old grandson today?Nervous, a little weird.

In fact, Sun Zhiping didn't have any serious problems, he just felt that the road went so smoothly that he didn't even see a single hair from the horse bandits that Zhou Baoyu was talking about, which made him feel like he would have to face a storm in the next moment. combat concerns.To put it bluntly, it is the difference in personality and experience that determines that everyone has a very different mentality when facing problems.Sun Zhiping always has a sense of crisis without self-confidence, while Zhang Qingshan is in a free and easy state where he just does his best and depends on the sky.From this point of view, even though Sun Zhiping is a few years older than Zhang Qingshan, he is not as mature and stable as Zhang Qingshan.

After dinner, Zhang Qingshan ordered everyone to move to the left bank, and did not extinguish the fire left on the right bank.

It's not that Sun Zhiping has a sixth sense, it's just because of his personality, he's too safe and smooth so that he always feels that something will happen, but he can't know when and what will happen-it's better to have an accident right away, at least, he can be with him Kill the enemy quickly, so as not to suffer in fear like now.Therefore, others can rest, but he can't fall asleep anyway.He simply found Zhou Baoyu who was feeding the horses, and asked him to recount his previous experience in detail, especially the incident of him being robbed by horse bandits in detail.

His personality determined that after listening to it, he was not only not at ease, but even more worried, so he simply found Zhang Qingshan who was smoking in a relatively low place.

When he said what he was worried about, Zhang Qingshan laughed.At the beginning, he was interested in thinking with him, but gradually, Zhang Qingshan lost interest in the conversation—the key is that Sun Zhiping is like a resentful woman, worrying about this and that, and breaking the casserole for any question. In the end, I still like to dig into dead ends.In the end, Zhang Qingshan gradually became angry and didn't bother to discuss with him: Although it's good for you to worry about everyone's safety, it's not a thing for you to worry so much all the time, and the impact is not good.If this happens for a long time, it will definitely disturb everyone's peace. Instead of doing this, it's better to find a way to make you feel at ease, so that you can't have a good rest tonight.

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