Chapter 44: Confinement

"After meeting!" Seeing that everyone didn't respond, I thought they didn't hear it and shouted again.

"What? Is it going to be a break?" Everyone stared at the big eyes and Hu Zi murmured from the side: "I haven't sat on the hot butt yet, I'll have a break?"

"Company Commander, this is not like this!" The old squad leader was also full of surprise.

"How do you open it?" I said angrily: "Are you going to wave your fists? Comrades, all imperialists and reactionaries are paper tigers. Under our heroic battle, they are all defeated!"

"Okay!" The soldiers applauded one after another.

I couldn't help but be stunned. Looking at the enthusiasm on the faces of the soldiers and the sincerity flashed in my eyes, I realized that the words I was joking just now were right.

"Comrades." I had to continue to say: "In the battle of the 299 Highlands, we fought bravely and tenaciously. One of our companies blocked the attacks of thousands of American devils and blocked the steel torrent of American imperialist aircraft and cannons. The invincible myth of American imperialism has been broken by us!"

"Okay!" The soldiers clasped their fists and clapped their applause, and they all looked very excited. Jin Qiulian's eyes also looked at me with glitter.

"But!" I changed my mind, and when I talked about victory, I couldn't help but think of the soldiers who died in the battle.

After a while of silence, I continued, "We have suffered a lot of losses. There are only seven of us left in one company, more than Company Commander Zhang, Liu Mingquan, and more than a hundred comrades who can't even call their names..."

There was silence in the air-raid shelter. When I said this, everyone couldn't help but lower their heads. That high ground was a terrifying memory for all of us. This has always been something I didn't want to mention and was also afraid to mention.

"But their sacrifice is worth it." I continued, but this time it was a voice from the heart: "For the stability of the motherland and the happiness of the people, their sacrifice is worth it. They are our role models to learn from, and the people will always remember them in their hearts."

"This battle also tells us." I took this opportunity to say: "The US military has strong firepower and strict organization. The three armies of the sea, land and air cooperated extremely tacitly. If we fight against them head-on during the day, in positional wars and defensive wars, our weak equipment will suffer a great loss. However, some comrades in our team have one-sided optimism, treating the American devils as rotten eggs. The outside looks very hard but they can be broken. This is extremely wrong. We should review ourselves, be brave to carry out self-criticism, and realize the shortcomings of our troops' equipment, and we should not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly..."

"Oh! Let's go and have a break!" I looked at the people who were confused and frowned.

What I said is actually to destroy one's own might and gain the momentum of the enemy. If it is said light, it means that it is a misconduct, and if it is said severe, it means that it is a distracting the public from the morale of the army. If I say a few more words, I might be shot as a spy.

And what if I talked about them? The victory of the first two battles made the entire volunteer army feel optimistic, thinking that they could return to their country without using up a piece of toothpaste and soap.

"Captain Cui, what's wrong with you?" After everyone left, Zhao Yongxin asked strangely: "Do you think we were afraid of Americans' planes and cannons? Haven't we seen them too? It's no big deal!"

"I'm not saying I'm afraid, but the casualties of our troops..."

"Where are no ones who will die in war?" Zhao Yongxin replied: "Didn't you just say it? For the motherland and the people, those sacrificed comrades are worth the deaths. We have a lot of casualties, but the Americans are not much better than us, right? The Americans' polar bear regiment was completely wiped out by our troops. We revolutionary soldiers cannot be afraid of these casualties!"

After saying that, he limped out of the cave to welcome his returned comrades.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly, Zhao Yongxin said it simply, but if he knew that the casualties of the volunteers would reach more than 300,000, I saw that he would even shed tears. It accounted for one-third of the Sino-Korean coalition. On average, one person would have to die in every three people. The People's Liberation Army has never had such a heavy casualties...

Seeing my comrades walking out of the cave one by one, I have been in the cave these days and wanted to go out for some breath, but when I think of what Captain Xu Feng said to be in a day in confinement, I gave up this idea.

If you are in confinement, just put me in the confinement. I hid in the bed again boredly. The confinement just allowed me to have a big sleep.

The next day, during the day, I found that confinement was nothing, because during the day, all the volunteers had to hide in the air raid shelter and were not allowed to go out. The reason was to worry that the American plane would find it and bomb.

I secretly called luck in my heart. Fortunately, everyone was "incarcerated", so I, a person who was really incarcerated, would be hidden in it and not discovered. Otherwise, my new company commander, would have been known that I had been criticized before the three fires were burned, so I would not be embarrassed to be thrown away.

But my good luck soon ended the next night. When everyone saw that I was reluctant to walk out of the air-raid shelter, even if I pee at night, I secretly solved it in the hole, so I couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Xiao Shandong, who was once a correspondent in the company, started to inquire about the expectations of all the soldiers of the company, and of course, besides me. He did not disappoint everyone, fully utilized his wide range of people to inquire about it, and finally learned that their beloved company commander was imprisoned...

于是乎,我的恶梦也随之来临.

"Hey, the air outside is so good." Hu Zi shouted outside facing the entrance of the cave, looking afraid that I wouldn't hear it: "Enable your muscles and bones! I'm almost moldy when I hide in the cave all day."

"By the way!" Zhao Yongxin said, "Especially the smell in the hole, I shit and pee. If it weren't for the war, I wouldn't want to stay there. We should learn from the company commander. How much can he tolerate? Look at that will, look at that endurance..."

I hid in the quilt and covered my ears with anger, making up my mind that they would ask them to sleep on their own.

At this moment, a figure suddenly flashed in front of me. I looked carefully and it was Little Shandong. I collapsed suddenly. There are still good people in this world. Finally, someone is willing to share the joys and sorrows with me.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoshandong sat on the ground, and the thief smiled and said, "Company Commander, I have changed my socks for almost a month, and I haven't had my feet out of shoes yet!"

After saying that, I took off my shoes, changed my socks, put on my shoes at a speed that was lightning speed, and then ran out quickly with my nose covered. As expected, I was a communication soldier. All the movements were done in one go. I crawled out of the quilt and wanted to chase him and beat him.

In an instant, the cave was filled with a strong and disgusting odor, and outside the cave, the laughter of the comrades eating came from.
Chapter completed!