The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2024: Unable to find the battalion commander

Shang Zhen’s battalion and the guard company were merged, leaving Zhao Tieying with no way out.

Division Commander Liu Chengyi is temporarily out for medical treatment, but the remaining senior officers are still at home. Who wouldn’t like Shang Zhen’s direct battalion to look after the family?

The current guard company commander Qiu Bo is Shang Zhen's confidant. In addition, with the reputation of Shang Zhen's battalion, the division headquarters values ​​Shang Zhen's direct battalion more than his 586th Regiment. This completely disrupted Zhao Tieying's idea of ​​making a fait accompli.

At this point, even if Zhao Tieying wanted to cause trouble for Shang Zhenying again, it would come to an end.

At dusk one day, the old soldiers under Shang Zhen were smoking in the yard facing the sunset, and the topic they were talking about was nothing more than when the battalion commander would come back.

And these veterans include several groups of people.

A group of people such as Qiu Bo, Qian Chuaner, Chen Hanwen, Qin Chuan, and Ma Tianfang who were the first to follow Shang Zhen.

A group of people like Cheng Peng, Liu Keqiang, Qin Ziqiang and Gao Wenli joined later but have certain positions.

Others are ordinary soldiers who are also concerned about the safety of the battalion commander.

Shang Zhen's camp is a fighting collective. The army is permanent but the soldiers are constantly changing. Ever since Shang Zhen made a name for himself with his soldiers, different soldiers have continuously gathered under his name.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Most of them are soldiers from the Northeast. The three northeastern provinces have become a distant memory. They can't count on going home, so they have long regarded this group as their home.

This family is filled with everyone's joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness, as well as their common efforts and struggles.

From this perspective, they are like a group of strangers wandering outside a foreign land. If they act alone, they simply cannot survive. Fighting together can be said to be a kind of mutual support.

Battalion Commander Shang Zhen is undoubtedly their backbone, and Shang Zhen's whereabouts has become a topic of concern to all of them.

Now people are talking about when the battalion commander will come back, but this is just a topic that can be discussed. There is another theme implied in it, but no one dares to say it, that is, whether the battalion commander can come back!

Who would be so blind as to raise such an implicit question? Wouldn't that just be asking for criticism?

Because everyone was concerned, everyone was depressed and the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

Finally, out of sheer boredom, Hu Zhuzi, who never hesitated to speak, said loudly, "What a fool of a battalion commander! If he wants to come back, he should hurry up and find a young wife."

Everyone knows what Hu Zhuzi looks like, and no one would dare to argue with him.

Besides, what did you say to Hu Zhuzi? Hu Zhuzi was the first member of the suicide squad to rescue the battalion commander. Just based on this, he has the right to tell everyone to shut up!

However, Hu Zhuzi's words finally broke the silence in the yard, and Qiu Bo asked Shen Mugen: "Shen Mugen, tell me, what did you find out in the end?"

Just after their final battle with the Japanese army at Pagoda Hill, Shen Muben, who served as Shang Zhen's messenger, stayed there with another soldier to continue searching for Shang Zhen's whereabouts. However, just yesterday, he and that soldier returned.

Qiu Bo was concerned about Shang Zhen's whereabouts, so he rushed to their company in the afternoon.

Because of Qiu Bo's arrival, Chu Tian, ​​Cheng Peng and Liu Keqiang suddenly blamed themselves.

What they meant was simply that, you see, when you, Qiu Bo, were here, nothing happened to the battalion commander, but this time the battalion commander had an accident and can't come back, and we don't know what the situation is. Anyway, we all feel guilty!

Qiu Bo's answer to them was that it was a common occurrence for the battalion commander to run away on his own and it was not the first or second time, so he should be fine this time.

But having said that, how could Qiu Bo not worry about Shang Zhen's safety, so he directly asked Shen Mugen about the results of his investigation on Shang Zhen.

"We stayed there for a week, and walked downstream for dozens of miles, but we didn't see anyone washed out." Shen Mugen replied. Shen Mugen's words naturally caused a lot of discussion among the soldiers in the yard.

Now that the topic has been brought up, there is nothing that cannot be said. If Shang Zhen was killed in the battle, it is impossible for his body to float out within a few days.

But the problem was that Shen Mugen waited a few more days.

Not only did he search by himself, but the people from Baotagou Village also joined him in the search. They searched all the branches of the river, but did not find Shang Zhen's body. This gave them hope that Shang Zhen was still alive.
Next, Qiu Bo asked all participants in detail about the entire battle process.

The battle process is quite complicated, which is equivalent to reviewing all the battles.

But in the end they couldn't figure out what Shang Zhen's situation was.

Before we knew it, dusk was about to fall.

"But I also heard a piece of news in that Baotagou village." Shen Mugen said.

After Shen Mugen said this, everyone fell silent.

"This news did not come from our battalion commander, but people in their village said that a young man named Daquanzi was missing from their village.

Daquanzi's father said that during the war, Daquanzi went to the river, but after the Japanese withdrew, not only did we not find our battalion commander, but Daquanzi also disappeared." Shen Mugen talked about the last clue.

Shen Mugen's words aroused speculation from everyone present. Some people even speculated that Shang Zhen was rescued by Daquanzi and was now recovering from his gunshot wound.

But no matter how much we guess, although it makes people feel excited, there is ultimately a lack of evidence.

It makes people feel that Shang Zhen’s hope of being alive is like smoke floating in the air. Although you can see it, you can’t catch it in your hands. There is no support!
After discussing for a while, they were fruitless. Just as Chu Tian was about to announce the end of the meeting and everyone should go back to their rooms to sleep, a sentry suddenly shouted outside: "Come on, the big fool is back!"

The sentry's words made everyone in the yard stand up and run outside.

"Where is Bian Xiaolong?" Qian Chuaner, who was also running out at this time, did not forget to ask.

"I saw him carrying someone on his back!" the sentry shouted outside.

The battle of Wujiaopo definitely dealt a heavy blow to Shang Zhenying.

A battalion now has only one and a half companies of combat effectiveness left. One-third of the squad and platoon leaders have been killed, and some veteran soldiers who have experienced many battles have also died on the battlefield.

Da Laoben and Bian Xiaolong are also among the missing persons.

Although everyone thinks that Da Laoben is very capable and should be able to break out of the heavy enemy formations.

But then again, is it enough to be a soldier just to have skills? On the battlefield, no one is afraid of your great skills!
Because of your great abilities, you will be under great pressure and face more enemies. And the more capable you are, the more work you will take on, and the greater the dangers you will face.

The era of hot weapons, do you think it is the era of cold weapons? It only takes one bullet, one bomb fragment, to kill a person!

It's not that everyone hasn't looked for Da Laoben and Bian Xiaolong, but Da Laoben and Bian Xiaolong have always been working with Shang Zhen, so they can only guess where Da Laoben and Bian Xiaolong are going.

And now, when people heard that Da Laoben and Bian Xiaolong were back, how could they not be anxious to welcome them? They were even more hoping that these two people could bring back news about Shang Zhen.

When everyone saw Bian Xiaolong being carried by Da Lao Bei and Da Lao Ben, everyone fell silent. Finally, Qian Chuan'er asked first: "Bian Xiaofeng, what's wrong with you? Are you injured?"

"Yeah." This is the answer of the old fool.

"It's just a minor injury, but it won't affect giving birth to a baby for Dabao Laoben." This was the answer of Bian Xiaolong, who was lying on Dabao Laoben's back with a pale face. This was also the first time that Bian Xiaolong admitted that his real name was actually Bian Xiaofeng.