Volume 1: The First Battle Chapter 34: Battle of Yunshan (IV)
Seeing that I had successfully completed the task and fell to the ground again, the second squad leader and others threw a few grenades at the American troops, turned around and carried me back to the defense line without saying a word.
"How is it? How is it? Where are you injured?" As soon as I returned to the position, Company Commander Xu nervously touched me all over, giving me goose bumps all over my body.
"Captain, Captain!" I quickly sat up and said, "I'm fine, I just fell and it hurts a little, it's just a superficial injury!"
"Oh." Xu Feng was stunned for a moment, then quickly regained his composure, and then said coldly: "I'm glad you're alright, the mission was accomplished well."
At some point, the U.S. troops disappeared from every street corner, replaced by the shouts and sounds of gunfire from the volunteer soldiers.
"The Americans have escaped." Xu Feng made a quick judgment, and his right hand involuntarily reached for the rifle again.
"Don't chase, Captain Xu!" I know this is the habit of the Volunteer Army. If the enemy runs away, they must capture a few prisoners. If it is normal to chase, there is no problem, but in this situation...
I pointed to the military uniforms we were wearing, the helmets on our heads, and the rifles in our hands. Captain Xu quickly understood that if we continued to chase the enemy in this state, we would be mistaken for puppet soldiers by the volunteer soldiers who would rush over later.
"Everyone!" Xu Feng ordered, "Stay where you are and don't chase the enemy. If something happens, you must distinguish between friend and foe and don't shoot randomly."
"yes!"
At this time, the battle on Captain Chu's side was also over. He came out escorting a few guys with . He looked so impressive.
"Damn it! The Americans are not ours!" As soon as Captain Chu came out, he walked up to me happily and said, "Platoon Leader Cui, if you run into that Soviet guy Ski again someday, just tell him that our Volunteer Army can not only fight the puppet army, but also the US army! Let's see what he has to say this time."
Ah! I was stunned when I heard it. No wonder Captain Chu was so excited when talking about Dayun Mountain. It turned out that he still remembered the incident with Wikoski!
At this moment, a vague sound suddenly came from the tent behind them, which scared everyone.
"Don't move! Come out..." The soldiers pointed their guns at the tent, but after a long time, no one was seen. The voice was still ringing. It sounded a bit like singing to me, a woman's singing, and the voice was quite familiar...
A few quick-reacting soldiers rushed in with their guns raised. After a while, they came out with a radio and shouted, "Captain, this thing is weird. There's a woman singing in it. We can't find where she's hiding!"
"It turned out to be the radio!" I couldn't help but laugh when I saw this. No wonder the voice sounded so familiar just now. It turned out to be Marilyn Monroe singing her favorite song "Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend".
"You don't even know about the radio!" Captain Chu also laughed and patted the soldier on the head.
Cheerful and beautiful notes kept floating out from the radio, forming a sharp contrast with the sounds of gunfire and killing around her. The soldiers couldn't help but sit down and listen quietly. Although they didn't understand what she was singing, they could feel the joy and happiness in the song.
But I was thinking, Monroe was at the peak of her popularity at that time, I wondered if I would have a chance to meet this Hollywood star and ask her for an autograph!
"Liberate New China!" When the first team of volunteers rushed to us and suddenly found a line of defense, they were about to attack without saying a word. Captain Chu hurriedly shouted commands to them.
"Serve the people!" The volunteers on the opposite side quickly noticed the white scarves around our necks, then they put down their guns and came forward.
"You are comrades from the 40th Army!" A tall and thin man came over. His military uniform was dirty and torn, with bloodstains all over it. A piece of white bandage was exposed under the brim of his hat. It seemed that he went to the battlefield with injuries. It seemed that before us, they had fought with this group of Americans many times.
"Comrade." The tall and thin man immediately shook Captain Chu's hand and said, "Thank you... for saving our 39th Army from many casualties!"
"We are all comrades." Captain Chu laughed and said, "We are all fighting for the revolutionary cause. What is there to thank?"
The tall and thin man didn't say much, just patted Captain Chu on the shoulder and ran away.
"Is there any... Alas!" Xu Feng just started to speak and stopped. I knew he wanted to ask if there were any clothes, but it didn't take much to know that the volunteers were all busy capturing prisoners, so how could they have time to get us any clothes!
"What's wrong?" Captain Chu didn't understand what was going on and looked at us with a puzzled look.
"Report to the regiment commander!" I answered straightening up, "We are all wearing puppet army uniforms. Although we have white towels hanging around our necks, it's a dark and windy night. What if a comrade mistakes us for puppet soldiers? We would die unjustly... It doesn't matter if we die, but we might be buried as puppet soldiers. We can't even be considered martyrs..."
"Yes, yes, yes..." Upon hearing this, Captain Chu couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I didn't expect you to be so long-winded. The art troupe will be here someday to tell crosstalk , jokes, and beat people with boards. If we're short of people, I'll count you in as one!"
"Hehe..." I laughed foolishly a few times and said to myself, it would be great if I could really join the art troupe, then I wouldn't have to fight.
"Captain, what should we do now?" Xu Feng asked.
"What should we do?" Captain Chu was in a dilemma. He couldn't chase the enemy, and if he stayed here there would always be volunteers running over. Explaining and shouting commands over and over again was not a solution.
"Or, let's go back to the army!" Xu Feng said.
"No!" I rejected it immediately. "Yunshan City is full of volunteer soldiers. We have a company of more than 100 people wearing puppet army uniforms and marching in a line. If a comrade throws a grenade into our team without knowing the reason... or a comrade who can't see clearly from a distance fires two shells at us... It doesn't matter if we die, but who knows... "
“Here it comes again, here it comes again!” Captain Chu kicked me in the buttocks and cursed, “Are you done yet?”
"It's over, it's over." I laughed a few times and handed a cigarette to Captain Chu. Even the comrades in the beach company couldn't help but laugh a few times.
"You have a lot of tricks up your sleeve." Captain Chu took the cigarette, lit it, sat down on a sandbag and said, "Tell me what to do now? We can't leave, and staying here is not a solution!"
"If you ask me!" I lit a cigarette and replied, "Send two smart people to go out and find a bunch of clothes to change into. Even if the Volunteer Army's clothes are not available, civilian clothes will do. It's better than being in yellow clothes and worrying about being shot by comrades all the time!"
"Okay!" Captain Chu nodded and said, "Then Captain Xu will go with you!"
"Ah? Why me again?"
"Didn't you say to be smart? If not you, who else can go?"
"I, I..." I have such a miserable life. I am not smart at all. I always take on a lot of hard work...
