Volume 1: The First Battle Chapter 36: Battle of Yunshan (VI)
I ran back happily pulling Xu Feng, but Xu Feng didn't ask me a single question along the way. I had a lot to say but now I couldn't say a word. I felt so depressed!
"Captain, Commander!" I ran back to the army without saying a word and pulled Commander Chu and ran.
"Get ready for battle! Run or walk..." Xu Feng spoke at this time, although it was just two commands.
"What's wrong?" Captain Chu quickly realized the seriousness of the situation and asked while running.
"Captain Chu," I replied, "There is a group of Americans pretending to be volunteers ahead. I have already made an agreement with them. They don't know our true identities. When the time comes, we will just go up and... take away their guns!"
"Comrades!" Seeing that Xu Feng didn't give any orders for a long time, I was worried that things would get worse. I didn't care about overstepping my authority and said to the soldiers following us: "Comrades, there is a group of volunteers in front of us who are disguised as Americans. Don't say anything and don't shoot too early. Divide into two teams and go up to surround them from the left and right and confiscate their guns!"
"Well!"
"Hmm what?" I couldn't help but look at Xu Feng with some confusion.
"I thought." Xu Feng's face was full of surprise, and he replied: "I thought I would take the troops up and catch them off guard!"
Ah! I almost fainted on the spot!
"You only know how to fight tough battles!" Captain Chu scolded Xu Feng in a low voice.
"We're almost there!" I whispered to Captain Chu. I didn't want those Americans to ruin my plan by hearing what I was saying in Chinese.
Captain Chu and others also cooperated and shut up immediately.
After a while, I arrived at the place I was at before, but to my surprise, I couldn't see anyone. Did they find me? I was shocked. If they found me, wouldn't that mean I was ambushed by them?
No, it's impossible! I quickly recalled what happened to make sure I didn't give myself away.
So I pretended to be at a loss, lowered my voice and whispered in Korean: "Sir, Sir!"
"Shh... keep your voice down!" I heard the translator's voice from the front, which made me feel relieved.
"Hurry! Come here quickly!" the interpreter whispered in front.
I led my troops forward and saw that the group of fake volunteers were hiding in another alley.
The volunteer soldiers didn't say much, they surrounded them and confiscated their guns.
"What happened?" Major Paltz hadn't reacted yet. He looked at the gun pointed at him and asked the interpreter in confusion, "Aren't they the ones who should pretend to be prisoners?"
"Major," I replied in fluent English, "I am honored to tell you that you are under arrest. We are the Chinese People's Volunteer Army."
"What? The Chinese people..." Major Paltz looked at me in disbelief, still unable to believe that he had been captured in such a daze.
"Captain!" Seeing these Americans wearing the cotton-padded clothes of the Volunteer Army soldiers in a very awkward manner, I turned around and said to Captain Chu excitedly, "We found the clothes too!"
"Look at you, you only know how to fight hard and don't use your brain." After everyone exchanged military uniforms with the prisoners, Captain Chu scolded Xu Feng again: "Mobilizing troops to catch the enemy off guard? Ah? What good can you get from one company fighting another? Even if you knock down dozens of them, won't the others just run away? There will be casualties among the soldiers too!"
"Besides!" After a pause, Captain Chu continued, "Don't you think about it? We are wearing puppet army uniforms, and the enemy is wearing volunteer army uniforms. You say that in this dark place, a group of 'puppet soldiers' and a group of 'volunteers' are fighting each other. What if the real volunteers come? What do you think will happen? You should learn from Platoon Leader Cui..."
Every word he said made Xu Feng blush and he was so embarrassed that he couldn't even raise his head. I stood aside and didn't know what to say. Captain Chu was straightforward and said whatever he wanted to say, but he didn't know that he would easily cause dissatisfaction in Xu Feng's heart by using me to criticize Xu Feng in person. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but glance at Xu Feng.
"Captain, I have a request!" At this time Xu Feng unexpectedly raised his head and straightened his chest as if he had made a decision.
"Damn it! Why are you making requests after you made a mistake?" Captain Chu became angry again when he heard this.
"Captain, I... " Xu Feng paused, gritted his teeth and continued, "Let me be a soldier, let Platoon Leader Cui come to our company and be the company commander. I want to follow Platoon Leader Cui."
What? Upon hearing this, Captain Chu and I were stunned. We looked at Xu Feng seriously, but he looked very serious, not like he was acting on impulse.
"I... I'm serious." Xu Feng seemed to see through our thoughts and explained, "Although I have only been fighting with Platoon Leader Cui for less than a day, everyone has seen his contribution. Just like the regiment commander said, I only know how to fight tough battles. It was okay when I fought in the wild before, and it was all hard work. I worked my way up from a soldier to a company commander. But now..."
Xu Feng glanced at the volunteer soldiers behind him, and he didn't know where all the words came from: "I fought hard against the tank and lost ten comrades, but the tank still didn't blow up. But Platoon Leader Cui was able to blow up that iron turtle without hurting anyone. When capturing these prisoners, if it were me, I would still force it, but Platoon Leader Cui still captured a company of Americans without hurting anyone. If we hadn't come here together, I really wouldn't believe it. I admire Platoon Leader Cui... Commander, you are right! I also think that according to my way of fighting, not only can I not defeat the enemy, but I also lose my own comrades. Those comrades who died were good comrades who went through life and death with me, Xu Feng, and they are all my brothers! I hurt them..."
At this point, this tough guy who had fought on the battlefield for more than ten years without shedding a tear, actually shed two lines of heroic tears in front of everyone.
"Company Commander, Company Commander!" All the soldiers looked at Xu Feng with choked voices.
"Report to the regiment commander!" I also saluted Captain Chu and said, "I cannot be the company commander. They are one with Captain Xu. They are Captain Xu's right-hand men. Only Captain Xu can lead them!"
"Yes!" Captain Chu nodded, walked up to Xu Feng, patted him on the shoulder and said, "This is not your fault. Sacrifice is inevitable on the battlefield. Don't take all the responsibility on yourself. We should turn our grief and anger into strength, avenge our dead comrades, and defeat the reactionaries and the American devils!"
"Down with the reactionaries, down with the American devils!"
"Down with the reactionaries, down with the American devils!"
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