march to victory

"The men and horses on the other side of the gunshot must have been around here before, but they couldn't see each other with us..."

As he spoke, Lao Wang took a deep breath of the cigarette, and while the smoke was slowly exhaling, he conveniently added two more firewood to the fire, and then said slowly: "However, in the afternoon, the sound of the guns fired by Company Commander Peng all the way They must have heard it, so they chased after the gunshots."

"Old Wang, what you said makes sense."

As soon as Zhang Qingshan praised Lao Wang, Peng Peng who was on the side glared at Zhang Qingshan, and said sullenly: "Old Zhang, can you wait until Lao Wang finishes speaking before you speak?"

Although Peng Peng is a little less angry now, he can't provoke him randomly.Zhang Qingshan could only smile and said: "Okay! Okay! I won't talk, Lao Wang, you continue."

"However, because we were far away from each other, it was already dark when they arrived here. On our side, the fire was extinguished after finishing dinner. They were still far away from us, and the black Well, in the dark environment, they can't see us, and they can't even judge our location... Well! I guess they can judge our general direction at most. But this water and grass field is too dangerous, especially when driving in the dark at night, That's even dancing on the edge of the knife, so even if they move forward in the dark, the speed is very slow, and they don't even dare to move forward in the dark, but temporarily camp there. But..."

Speaking of this, Pharaoh added two more sticks of firewood to the fire, so that the fire, which was already burning ragingly, became bigger at this time, and there was a tendency to burn blazingly.Zhang Qingshan didn't pay much attention to this at first, but looking at it now, the fire has turned into a bonfire, and it doesn't cook anything, just burns like this, which makes Zhang Qingshan a little unhappy: You guys don't care. It is necessary to let everyone warm up, but you should divide it into several piles, let some comrades warm up, and warm your body.Now, the few of us are surrounded by such a big fire, even if you turn the fire into a bonfire and finally burn the fire to the sky, it will not be as good as warming up in separate piles.Old Wang, you waste so much, don't you know how hard it is to find so much firewood in this water and grass field?Don't you know how to write the words 'shameful waste'?

However, why not ask Lao Wang for analysis now, so as to attract Peng Peng's attention and let him analyze it.Therefore, although Zhang Qingshan did not show it on his face, he had already made up his mind: After you finish your analysis, Lao Wang, the two of us have to talk about this issue of wasting firewood.Otherwise, stop being the deputy platoon leader of the cooking platoon and concentrate on being the leader of your food squad and go fishing for your fish.

"However, we have just accepted three new comrades. In order to cook porridge for them, we have to light the fire again. In this way, the comrades over there are not too far away from us, so they can see clearly. Then, they Just signal us with gunshots... three, do you think my analysis is correct?"

Lao Wang, Lao Wang, you are a bit of an afterthought—now that the other party has signaled us with gunshots, and we have sent people to meet them, even if your analysis is sound at this time, it is just an afterthought. What's the use?

As if hearing Zhang Qingshan's inner voice, Liu Bing asked with a smile: "Old Wang, don't blame me for talking too much about you. You are a bit late to fire after the horse. They sent us a signal. Not only did we reply, but also You have already sent people to meet them, so even if your analysis is not bad at all, what's the use of that?"

"Don't look at your higher position than me, but your age and experience, Comrade Liu, you are really not my opponent." Old Wang looked at Liu Bing disdainfully, and said in a deep voice: "Who said that what I am analyzing now is An afterthought? Let me tell you, my analysis is only the first half, and the latter is the key point..."

As he said that, Lao Wang added some more firewood to the campfire.

Zhang Qingshan frowned when he saw it: No matter what reason you have, you can’t let you waste firewood so unrestrainedly, otherwise, if you don’t find something to burn along the way someday, you plan to let everyone eat it raw Wild vegetables, or do you plan to let everyone drink poisonous water?

It's just that now I can see that Liu Bing's words have irritated Lao Wang—the most unbearable thing for an approachable person like Lao Wang is that others doubt him.Naturally, Zhang Qingshan couldn't use a blunt method to stop Lao Wang, so he stood up with a smile, stepped forward to grab Lao Wang's hand with a smile, and said with a smile: "Okay, Lao Wang, what kind of personality is Lao Wang? I don't know, I don't need to be as knowledgeable as Old Liu... The fire is already big enough, let's add more firewood later, now, you first say the second half of your words, and let everyone help you as staff."

"See? That's why you can't compare with Company Commander Zhang." Lao Wang didn't add more firewood to the bonfire, but put the firewood on the campfire, stared at Liu Bing, and shouted: "Look! People, how flexible you are in handling things, but you are a muscle..."

Zhang Qingshan saw that this was about to quarrel again, so he quickly smoothed things over: "Okay, okay! Both of you should talk less, save some energy, and wait to meet the comrades who are coming over there...Old Wang, continue talking. "

"Zhang Lianchang, I know, you must think that I am crazy, and I have nothing to do with burning this pile of fire. But, what I want to tell you is that I did this for a purpose..." At this point, Lao Wang pondered for a while , said: "Although we met five teams of our comrades in one day today, but, didn't I analyze it for you earlier, this fifth team probably saw the flames of the fire on our side, that's right. We sent the signal. So, I think, with the fifth team, who can guarantee that there will be no sixth team around here, just like the fifth team. After chasing us, they cannot join us immediately because of the darkness. Or maybe they are too far away from us, so they can't see the light of the fire on our side clearly for a while, so I thought, let's make the fire bigger, from the fire to a bonfire, so that no matter how far away we are Comrades, as long as you can see the flames here, you will be able to tell that we are here. At that time, can't we accept more comrades who are left behind?"

After talking about the main reason, Lao Wang took a deep breath of cigarette, glanced at Liu Bing, and said slowly: "Conversely, if we want to save this little firewood so that comrades in the distance cannot find us at night, The next day we set off early again, causing them to miss the time to meet us. So, do you think it is the firewood that is more important, or the lives of those comrades?"

If it is true as what Lao Wang said, then one can imagine that the conditions of those lagging behind comrades are definitely not as good as that of Zhang Qingshan and the others, and may even be on the verge of death.Once they miss out with Zhang Qingshan and the others, then, it is likely to be the same as Lao Wang’s analysis, Zhang Qingshan and the others are equivalent to losing the last chance to rescue those comrades... To put it seriously, this is a crime.If it is more serious, it is to watch the friendly army fall into the final struggle and not provide support when it is within its power, it will be shot.

Everyone was silent. Although the probability of what Old Wang said was very low, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, everyone had to do it. At least, it was stipulated in military regulations.But the problem now is, not to mention that Zhang Qingshan's own situation has become increasingly serious, if this is the case, where does the firewood come from if such a big bonfire is burned every night?Even if you find so much firewood once or twice once in a while, but all of them are reimbursed in one night, what do you use to cook and boil water the next morning?Even if you can eat raw wild vegetables once or twice, but you can't drink poisonous water once or twice, right?In that case, Comrade Quanlian probably wouldn’t have to say anything about getting out of the grassland victoriously, or about helping other comrades in arms. They themselves would have to wait for others to help them first, and a large number of deaths could be expected.

This is a contradiction between rules and reality. Everyone knows how to choose in their hearts, but they just can't say it, so everyone chooses to remain silent.

Zhang Qingshan glanced at everyone and understood everyone's thoughts in his heart. He also knew that this choice would bear some bad reputation afterwards, but he felt that since he had to choose and his comrades were unwilling to stand out, then his The leader must stand up for this choice, and this is a qualified leader...Of course, Zhang Qingshan can also name someone to express his opinion first, and finally accept the fruit.In this way, even if someone investigates after the incident, he can shirk his responsibility and only reap the benefits.However, is Zhang Qingshan such a person?If he was such an insidious villain playing tricks, then he would definitely not have the status and reputation he has today.

"Old Wang, forget it this time tonight, but in the future, unless there are special circumstances, you can't do this again, lest you waste too much firewood and implicate the soldiers of the whole company."

"Ok!"

Old Wang nodded in response, and looked at Zhang Qingshan with admiration, as did the other two.Because they both know that once Zhang Qingshan said this, it means that he has shouldered a certain responsibility. If someone investigates this issue afterwards, even if Zhang Qingshan can not be responsible, but for Zhang Qingshan's reputation, he will definitely not Be on his side.

"Let me also express my opinion. I support Lao Zhang's opinion." Peng Peng was more impulsive, and said first: "We are all party members. At this time, we should have the character that a party member should have. If we can't save it, we can't save it..."

"Yes! I also support Lao Zhang's opinion." Liu Bing also expressed his position in a timely manner: "Our company only has so few people, and it is getting more and more difficult. If we meet along the way, there is nothing to say. But if we let Let’s save all the laggard comrades we can’t see, or we have to wait here abruptly, or send people to search around. This is a bit too much, no! It should be said to be a fantasy. After all, our ability Limited and unable to cater for everyone.”

"Okay, let's deal with this issue like this, and we'll talk about it later depending on the actual situation." Zhang Qingshan didn't want to dwell on this issue all the time, so he deliberately changed the subject: "Let's talk about the team that is right in front of us, I guess their situation is not optimistic, so we must make adequate preparations here, especially food and drink, we must be prepared...Old Zhou, what are you doing standing behind me?"

Before Zhang Qingshan finished speaking, he suddenly felt something strange behind him. Looking back, he saw Zhou Ping standing behind him with a gloomy expression. Startled.

You know, Zhou Ping has a calm temperament, and usually only has a smiling face on his face, but now he suddenly looks so stern, looking at him gloomyly, this kind of sudden fusion, anyone who sees it will be shocked...