Chapter 268: Being a soldier is the army
"Let's eat!" Lao Hu then gave the order.
Even though the meal can be eaten freely, the soldiers still wait for orders. This is a habit! A habit of prohibiting orders.
Lao Hu once lamented that the Tiger Battalion soldiers being trained now, if they were a team composed of old party members! They would carry out the military orders to the letter, even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them! As long as the commander did not shout to stop, they would still jump
Go down.
And now in the Tiger Camp, he believes that he can do it! Orders and prohibitions have become a habit, a kind of consciousness! How can it be that it is engraved in his bones.
It's not paranoia, but hatred and soul that make them do this! They must also make themselves the strongest warriors and learn the true ability to kill enemies.
The torture of the body is far less than the pain caused by hatred to the soul, and it is not as good as the worst.
And more for hope! A hope of living a good life.
Live a peaceful and down-to-earth life with dignity! For generations to come, for life after life.
They all carry hatred and hope placed on their shoulders by their parents and relatives.
And they need to use their lives to fulfill this responsibility! They were sent to the battlefield, so why didn’t their parents send themselves to the battlefield?
Eat dumplings during the Winter Solstice! The weather is getting colder.
In fact, winter enters after the autumn frost, and the winter solstice is a ceremony to enter winter, and it is also a kind of hope.
I hope I can survive the coldest winter! I hope I can live well and not freeze to death.
The country is poor, and the truly poor people are unimaginable.
The brothers are all packing their luggage. In fact, they don't need to take anything with them when they go back, they just need to carry their guns and go back.
But there are things they must and must take back.
"My sister-in-law was about to give birth when I came here. I'm afraid there's not even a full moon now. It's cold in the winter! It's hard for the baby to survive.
When we were soldiers, we were issued two sets of cotton-padded clothes! I brought them back so they wouldn't freeze.
Look at this military coat, my little nephew is sure to be warm and comfortable." A soldier bundled the package and said.
"My mother's legs hurt in the winter. I will take this military coat back and change it into thicker cotton trousers. This winter will be better." Another soldier smiled.
"You guys are in luck! Let's take care of our battalion commander. When our battalion commander was the commando leader in the independent regiment, the brothers in the commando team were also the richest.
If you were placed in another army, it would be nice to have a tattered cotton-padded coat! I will also give you two sets of cotton-padded coats and two army camps, think about it." Luobotou said.
"I said, company commander, are you telling the truth!?" A brother asked in disbelief.
"Our Eighth Route Army is an army of ordinary people. We are as poor as our parents are.
We have to pay for the things we carry with our lives." Carrot Head responded.
"Hehe... That's because our battalion commander is very capable and loves his soldiers like his own son! It's Yue Wu and Mu Yue Fei." A soldier bared his teeth and laughed.
"You kid should at least keep a military coat for your own use, right? You just keep a set of cotton-padded clothes, but you can't replace them." Luobotou said, looking at the soldiers beside him.
"In my family of seven, my father is the only one who owns cotton-padded clothes and trousers! My eldest brother got two sets when he got married.
I don’t go out much in winter.
Whoever goes out wears the same clothes. My father and my mother wear different clothes! My eldest brother and I wear different clothes.
My sister and my sister-in-law wear interchangeably.
I also have a younger brother who stays at home during the winter.
I also have two nephews, and they have never gone out in winter.
The two military coats are just for my brother, and each of my two nephews is getting a new set of cotton-padded clothes." said the brother.
"Isn't there nine people in your family? That's a lot of people." A brother said with a smile.
The brother did not laugh, but replied: "My father is dead! My little nephew was bayoneted by the Japanese before I joined the army.
There are only seven people left in our family."
"Damn Japs!" Luobotou gritted his teeth and cursed.
The brothers in the room fell silent, and they all packed their things quietly.
At this moment, Luobotou discovered that all the brothers in the room had packed up only one set of cotton-padded clothes, and had taken away the other two military coats and one set of cotton-padded military uniforms.
"We'll go hunting later, only for an hour! Bring your bayonet and go hunting. Don't come back later than 3:30."
You guys should go back early and get together with your relatives at home." Carrot Head continued.
"We are not part of the family now. I will come back early." One brother said.
"You have a large family. Take my military coat away, and my cotton military uniform will be yours too." Luobotou said, pointing to his brother who he thought was broad and strong.
"You're welcome to take advantage of me! From now on, I'll be within three steps of the company commander if anything happens." This brother said with a smile.
"Within three steps!? Why don't you really stay here before I can talk about it," said Carrot Head.
"How many people are there in your family?" A brother asked curiously.
"Not much, we have seven brothers and two sisters, I am the sixth, hahaha...
Our eldest brother is 15 years older than me, and my father was killed by the Japanese before we joined the army! My mother left after giving birth to my ninth sister.
We have always lived together.
The second brother seemed to be fighting with Yan Xishan, and the third brother heard that he was a battalion commander in the New Fourth Army.
The fourth brother just got married two years ago, and the fifth brother left three years ago and now there is no news.
My two younger sisters are still young, and I have six nephews and three nieces.
There are half-grown children in the house, nine of them with their mouths wide open.
In fact, there are not many, but it is not easy to feed them.
The two younger sisters are about to get married. How can they meet people without new clothes?
I didn't have any shame and asked the chief instructor to borrow a large sum of money, just so that my two girls and two sisters-in-law could pull some colorful fabrics.
We couldn't open the pot at home, but the company commander promised that we could take the rabbit with us after we killed it.
Where are the thirteen members of the family? I hope they all survive."
"You don't count!?" a brother said with a smile.
"Who do we think we are? Once we go out, we are members of the army. Our whole life is to fight for a peaceful life for our baby.
We fight with the Eighth Route Army and the Communist Party! We just hope that in the future the children will have food to eat and clothes to wear, and will not be affected by wars or humiliated." Luobotou answered.
He also has a large family, and they all know why he joined the army and fought in the war.
When we become soldiers and go to war, our lives belong to the army, right on the battlefield! After the war is over, if we survive, we will go home! Then we are considered part of the family.
It took the brothers ten minutes to pack their luggage, each carrying a rifle! Each of them fired 15 rounds of ammunition.
This is what Ma Xiaojun stipulates, just in case! If you really meet the enemy and die in battle, it is a sacrifice.
If you encounter a Japs raid on the road, more than five people along the way cannot stand idly by! If you encounter a small group of Japs, you must fight them, even to the death.
This is the fate and bottom line of the Tiger Camp soldiers.
Chapter completed!