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Chapter 158 [Hero] (Please subscribe)

With the release of "October" magazine, Lin Youcheng's latest novel "My Leader, My Regiment" has made such a story available to countless readers, but this is only the beginning of the story.

Li Aihong has always been paying attention to Lin Youcheng. Even though the relationship between her and Lin Youcheng was no longer possible due to Lin Youcheng's previous words, she still cared about Lin Youcheng and cared about Lin Youcheng's life. work.

Even though Lin Youcheng rejected her idea. But she has been fond of Lin Youcheng's novels since "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", whether it is Lao San who is so affectionate to death, or Shi Hong who devotes everything to love, as well as the subsequent love letters sent to heaven, and the fantasy stories on earth. Li Aihong was deeply fascinated by the rejuvenation and Gu Xiaomeng's shocking red last words.

Now she also read Lin Youcheng's latest novel "My Captain, My Group" as soon as possible.

The story is not over yet, but Li Aihong's eyes turned red when she saw the back part. She was really heartbroken and shed tears. Just like many readers felt, she was really attracted by Lin Youcheng's "My Captain, My Group". The tragic battle was struck.

The story was too real and cruel, and the truth really made her feel very sad and uncomfortable.

Especially when the next issue of "October" magazine was published, she saw the next issue of "My Commander, My Regiment" and saw the cannon fodder regiment holding the tree fort at Nantianmen. Zenda carried out a bombing, and Milong accidentally killed a gunner who did not fight back. This gunner was the nephew of the senior executive. Naturally, the senior management would not let Milong go and asked Milong to surrender. The regiment leader could not bear to surrender to Milong. After being tortured in their hands, he shot the dragon himself.

Later, in order to avenge her husband, Milong's wife poisoned the regiment leader many times but failed. Finally, after the war, Meng Fan returned to Zenda and stayed there. Ayi finally raised his gun and committed suicide. Krupp was included in the firing squad. After Long Wenwen committed suicide, he also committed suicide with him. Sangmenxing finally disbanded and returned to his fields, taking his brother's bone graft back to Sichuan City.

The whole story of the cannon fodder regiment seems to have disappeared like cannon fodder in the long river of history, drifting away like smoke.

Seeing the extremely sad ending, Li Aihong felt extremely uncomfortable.

Zhang Fengxia also felt very sad and said: "It's really unimaginable. Those people survived Nantianmen, but in the end they were forced to choose to shoot themselves. It's so heartbreaking."

"The key point is that Long Wenwen himself is like a mystery. He has been to many places in the country, but Long Wenwen almost fell from the sky in the novel. It all started with his underwear, and it can even be said that he appeared naked. Long Wenwen didn't After being beaten to death, he asked these faceless people to take off their colorful Burmese cloth and go home in their own underpants. He said not to take off the clothes of the Riben people, because if they died in a foreign land, the corpse collector would use the clothes of the deceased. They were buried together in their own attire, buried with their compatriots, even if they went home. Even if they died, they could not be regarded as Riben people. If they were buried in the enemy's pile, their souls could not return home. In fact, he had been there since then. It’s already calling for spirits.”

"Yeah, I didn't expect that those people would end up like this."

Hearing Zhang Fengxia's words, other teachers also agreed.

"I think the story "My Captain, My Regiment" written by Lin Youcheng is itself a dream, the dream of the protagonist Meng Fanle, or Lin Youcheng's dream, or even those of us who read the story and explore history. The real ending of this story happened in the sand table simulation. As the prototype of the Battle of Nantianmen - the Battle of Songshan, the process that happened was not as described in the novel. On the contrary, it was almost exactly the same as what was described in the sand table simulation."

"The story actually ended after the sand table deduction. But because of the appearance of Long Wenwen, Lin Youcheng deliberately changed the outcome of the entire battle. I checked the history. The prototype may be the Battle of Songshan in Yun Province. In the end In the end, more than a thousand people died."

There are also many teachers in the school who have read Lin Youcheng's "My Captain, My Group", and they are all discussing the tragic ending of every character in the novel.

Everyone is echoing and agreeing with this.

Obviously, she felt that what the teacher said was quite reasonable.

"Captain Long Wenwen always died in the end, but in Meng Fangliao's dream, he died after realizing his wish to conquer Nantianmen. But I went to check the historical events and found that it was Yu who really conquered Nantianmen. After the division was wiped out, two more divisions were almost wiped out before it could be realized. The real process of the Battle of Songshan also included the tactics of the Yu division attacking first and the two divisions responding side by side. This is the story progression that follows the trend of historical facts. The entire battle of Western Yunnan During this period, there was no incident similar to the conspiracy to conquer Nantianmen. This plot should only exist in Long Wenwen’s failed plan and Meng Fanglia’s imagination. I think the surname of Meng Fanglia written by Lin Youcheng is also the same. A hint – Meng, that is, Dream!”

Hearing the teacher's words, everyone else present was shocked, although they all knew that the novel written by Lin Youcheng must be fictional.

But they didn't expect that there would be such story details.

"Yes, Long Wenwen has already appeared in "Wonderful Things in the World"."

"Yes!"

"Lin Youcheng has actually written the real ending. The sand table deduction is close to reality. The surprise attack is a fantasy. The same ending has different paths. The reality is that Yu Xiaoqing defeated an entire division, including the cannon fodder regiment, and failed to capture Tianmen Mountain. "

"I was really, really... sad to see the end."

Li Aihong stared at the teacher with wide eyes. She did not expect that there was such an explanation.

Li Aihong saw the math teacher Yan Wei looking so uncomfortable. There was no sound of chewing. She just remained silent and did not participate in the discussion. She just listened quietly.

Zhang Fengxia said, "Long Wenwen didn't fall from the sky. He is the lieutenant in charge of military supplies. He appeared in "The Curious Case of the World" before, and he is a comrade with Lin Qi."

But at this time, a teacher said: "In fact, the battle of Nantianmen may be a fantasy."

"The tragic battle of being in a dilemma and dying, in fact, the Battle of Nantianmen had a fantastic ending. Although most of the people who participated in the final battle survived to the end, it was actually because of the appearance of Long Wenwen. Chapter 30 After seven days, when the main force was finally free, it finally defeated these remnants. Perhaps the main force went to collect their corpses, but they did not expect that these "cannon fodder" were so tenacious, but in fact, they were all a group of corpses in history. ”

"I didn't expect that he was actually a comrade-in-arms with Lin Qi. Lin Youcheng was so amazing that he actually thought of the story "My Captain, My Regiment" when he wrote "The Strange Things in the World"."

"Yes, yes, this is really amazing and unimaginable."

As Zhang Fengxia changed the topic, she talked about the second foreshadowing that Lin Youcheng had laid in "The Wonders of the World", which really made the teachers present sigh and praise Lin Youcheng's idea crazily.

Because this is really too strong, this is not a foreshadowing. There was already "The Wind" before this, and now there is the more direct "My Captain, My Group". Readers are naturally amazed by it, because it is really amazing.

Li Aihong listened to her colleague's words and was also filled with admiration. After all, there was already the wonderful and shocking story "The Wind" before. Now she didn't expect that Lin Youcheng would bring such a tragic story, and it was written a long time ago. I had already thought about this novel when I wrote "Strange Things in the World". How could this not make people marvel at Lin Youcheng's amazing talent.

This is also why Li Aihong likes Lin Youcheng so much.

Because Lin Youcheng's talent really fascinated her.

……

Indeed, as praised by Zhang Fengxia and others, and as fascinated by Li Aihong, Lin Youcheng's "My Captain, My Regiment" is really a shocking work in the eyes of many readers.

Great stamina!

None of them thought that in the story of a group of cannon fodders who were defeated, in a harsh war environment, a group of cannon fodders had to put aside their past grudges, grievances, prejudices, and narrow-mindedness to form a small team and join forces to fight against the invaders without looking back. Those who defended their homeland, defended their dignity, and sacrificed their lives for victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, used their flesh and blood to write tragic and heroic war songs of iron-blooded defense of the country.

Readers who have read the novel have been moved by this novel. They really did not expect that it would be such a tragic battle.

It really made them all in awe.

It was an indescribable shock. It really touched the heartstrings in a calm place, thundered in a silent place, and made their scalp numb.

Not only readers, but also the literary world are also discussing Lin Youcheng's unusual novel. It does not talk about the heroic battles of soldiers, but instead writes about the battles of a group of defeated soldiers and a group of ordinary people. How can this not make the literary world I am surprised. Of course, there will be some controversy about Lin Youcheng's writing about the National Army and the controversy about the inconsistency with historical facts, but more literary critics have given Lin Youcheng's story high praise.

A literary critic in "Wenhua Bao" praised: "I have never read a novel that depicts human nature and national character more profoundly and accurately than this one, and it can be interpreted in multiple ways on the basis of restoring history. I dare say that most people I haven’t even understood it yet.”

The "Shanghai Literary News" magazine also has a review article by a literary critic, saying: "Every character in "My Captain, My Group" is worthy of careful appreciation. The words of each character are so well written. In particular, the words of the group leader and the young master are so heart-breaking that their skin is torn apart and their flesh is bloody. It really hits our hearts every moment."

A literary critic in the "Literary Review" magazine called this article "My Commander, My Regiment" an anti-Japanese war epic, praising: "Chinese ghosts say that they died of resignation and carelessness. Chinese people are not afraid of death. , just for fear of being uneasy. This is our national character! We mourn the misfortune and are angry about it. But despite this, those cannon fodder soldiers stained with ugly and bad habits still composed a nation's epic of resistance..."

An article review in the "Literary News" also wrote: "Lin Youcheng used poetic narrative to throw out a story that is still extremely cruel after all. After reading the first and second volumes of Lin Youcheng's "My Captain, My Regiment" It consumed me too much. I may have been used to the kind of heroes and warriors who could mobilize tens of millions of troops at every turn, but I rarely had the opportunity to see the humble and heroic struggles of low-level soldiers facing life and justice. They are all battlefield meat. The meat in the machine, the meat that is alive, talking, making jokes, and dying, the meat in the huge meat grinder of war. They live, they die, they were youth, they will always be youth."

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As praised by many literary critics, Lin Youcheng wrote this story that is too real, but he also wrote about the loftiness and despicability of collectivism, the deconstruction and confrontation of war, the love of comrades and the fear of death. Fear of restless national character, the complicated sacrifice of individual soldiers in the battle...

All of this has been praised by countless scholars, because it truly restores the history of the Anti-Japanese War and the appearance of all living beings, the madness of Long Wenwen, the struggle of Meng Fanle, the firmness and softness of Milong, and the confrontation between Shangguan and Xiaocui during the war years. Female interpretation.

It can be said that Lin Youcheng is the one who summons those bloody souls to countless readers.

Let everyone see with their own eyes the awe-inspiring heroic souls of that group of cannon fodder.

Even if the protagonist is a group of oily soldiers and rogues, but so what? Those cannon fodders are filled with most and even all the bad qualities of the nation, but in the deepest part of their souls, the most dazzling glory of the nation shines.

Even big names in the literary world are discussing Lin Youcheng's novel "My Captain, My Regiment".

Ba Lao from "Harvest" magazine looked at the "October" magazine in his hand and the "My Captain, My Regiment" above, and sighed: "Lin Youcheng's novel seems to have the shadow of Lu Xun. .”

Zhou Cheng on the side heard what Ba Lao said and nodded.

Balao praised: "The whole story is filled with anger, shouting and laughter. It is about dust, roughness, bastards, and rags. It is about human nature and idealism, but it is also a stream of consciousness, a drama, a poem, a story based on philosophical discussion and In a brutal war, they stabbed each other dozens of times."

"Lu Xun once said that China has always had few failed heroes, and few condolences who dare to touch and cry for traitors."

Zhou Cheng understood what Balao meant and said: "Yes, the story is very real. It has a Marxist literary quality, lonely and sad, chaotic, absurd, procrastinating, and then tearing the soul apart."

Balao looked out the door and towards the south, and said in a deep voice: "They are heroes, real heroes."

"If Lin Youcheng hadn't written these stories about ordinary soldiers, maybe-"

"Only the dust that buries them can remember that these heroes were here."

(End of this chapter)