Episode 53: Under one person, above ten thousand people

Eight People's Guard military vehicles were driving along the winding mountain road. Suddenly, the front one suddenly stopped, and the vehicles behind them stopped one after another.

A soldier wearing a steel helmet stood in the middle of the road in front, holding a gun in his right hand and holding a small flag high in his left hand.

Against the mountain on the left is an anti-tank fortification. Half of a concrete bunker is exposed on the rock. In the firing port, a 57mm anti-tank gun shines with a metallic cold light, and the muzzle is pointed at the truck at the front. On the right side, there is also a small building on the roadside near the cliff.

In the bunker, the machine guns inside were also aimed at the convoy.

The soldier ran over with a rifle. When he saw the co-pilot's stomachache, he saluted first and then asked:

"Sir, the front is the fortress area. Please show me your documents, passes, and troop deployment orders."

My stomach aches, I can’t tell you, there’s no pass or order to mobilize troops!

The person driving next to me was a commando veteran. He said quietly:

"Sir, shall we clear this jam?"

I shook my head with a stomachache. I looked at the continuous anti-tank bunkers and machine gun bunkers in front of me. I knew in my heart that even if I took this one, I would never be able to get through. These fortifications are all blocking enemy tanks. Even the tanks can't get through.

, these few trucks are not enough to fill the gap between teeth.

He rolled down the window, handed over his ID first, and then said:

"We received a call from the fortress and came over temporarily without a pass or troop deployment order. Can I make a call?"

The guard carefully checked his ID, looked at the photo for a long time, then handed it back to him and asked:

"Sir, who gave you the order?"

"Well," Stomachache rolled his eyes and said, "It's us who asked Your Excellency. He is in the fortress, and he ordered us to move into the fortress and change defenses with the guards inside. Just give him a call and you will know."

When the guard heard that he wanted the People's Guard and the Praetorian Guard to switch defenses, he felt a little suspicious. He took the opportunity to say:

"Sir, Mr. Xiang does not have an office in our fortress. It is difficult to find him. I will help you pick up Mr. Shi, the commander of our fortress."

With that said, he entered the bunker without looking back.

My stomach hurts and I scream in my heart. Once I get hit, it will definitely go there and the secret will most likely be exposed. It is also dangerous for adults to be in there.

The planning was too hasty at that time, and I never expected that the anti-tank bunkers on the roadside would come out for inspection. But it is no wonder that for no reason, so many military vehicles went straight to the fortress. In such extraordinary times, anyone who is responsible,

They will all come out to check.

Inside the bunker, the soldier was horrified as he listened to Shi Bicheng's voice on the phone:

"Listen, no one here ordered the People's Guard to come up! It's even more impossible to switch defenses with the Guards! Stop them! No matter what they say, they must not be allowed to come up! If they force their way in, fire!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

He hung up the phone and immediately sounded the alarm. The soldiers in the bunker jumped up, grabbed their helmets and put them on. The artillerymen concentrated on guarding the anti-tank gun, and a few shells were brought up. In the machine gun bunker, the machine gunner

He also pulled the gun and prepared to shoot. A series of bunkers going up the mountain from there were also put on high alert.

His stomach hurt, his head buzzed, and sweat fell from his face. He watched helplessly as several soldiers ran out of the bunker ahead, carrying deer and firewood and placing them on the road. The loudspeaker in the bunker shouted loudly:

"I'm warning you, don't take a step forward, otherwise we will fire!"

With a stomachache, he stuck his head out of the car window and shouted back:

"Stay in the car, don't get out!"

He was afraid that a large number of soldiers jumping out of the vehicle would stimulate the defenders in the bunker and lead to machine gun fire.

With a stomachache, he jumped out of the car, strode to the anti-tank fort, squatted down, and shouted at the gun window under his feet:

"What are you doing! Want to rebel? Open the door!"

The artillerymen inside saw that his face was almost close to the muzzle, and they became more and more nervous. They all looked at their squad leader. The squad leader of this fort also lay on the gun window and said to his stomachache:

"We received an order from the Commander not to allow you to go up the mountain!"

With a stomachache, he pinched his epaulettes and yelled:

"Asshole, have you seen the military rank? I am a lieutenant colonel, and you are a small sergeant. Are you going to let me lie down and talk to you like this? Open the door! I will call him myself!"

The squad leader hesitated, felt a stomachache and shouted again:

"What are you afraid of? I'm alone and I don't have a gun. Are you afraid that I will take down the bunker by myself?"

The door opened, and I went down to the bunker with a stomachache. "Pa", I raised my hand and slapped the squad leader in the face.

"Ah!" The squad leader took two steps back, covering his face and putting his hand on the holster of his gun.

"What are you doing? Take out a gun? Okay, take it out, take it out," Stomachache pointed at his collar badge, stepping forward step by step, "Do you know what this means? People's Guard! Security Team! What do the Security Team do, you guys?

Do you understand? Why is it that this time we are not a mobile team, but a security team? ...And you are asking the commander to draw a gun? When I saw you, the commander rebelled, and you all followed suit, right?"

The squad leader was shocked by his words, "Why are the security forces here this time?" and "Commander Shi is rebelling." The soldiers in the bunker also stared at him blankly and began to chew on these words.

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Having a stomachache, he held up his big-brimmed hat and said:

"We are here this time to investigate Shi Bicheng! You are still calling him to ask if he can let us go up? You have already alerted the snake!... Shi Bicheng is suspected of serious surrender to the enemy, and the No. 6 arsenal in Dinghuaimen exploded

Just be part of him! He wants to sell the Purple Mountain Fortress and His Majesty to the Qing captives. Are you going to follow him? Ah? You think Ming soldiers are not enough and you want to be a Tatar soldier?"

As he spoke, he grabbed the phone, handed it to the monitor, and shouted:

"Hurry up, before the fortress is sold, lift the alert quickly!"

The monitor's face became sweaty and he took a step back:

"I... the orders we received cannot be changed at will... Sir, we soldiers don't know that much. If we disobey the orders of our superiors, we cannot afford to suffer!"

His stomach ached urgently, and he knew that if he delayed for a second longer, he would be in greater danger. He kicked the shell box and asked loudly:

"Other than Shi Bicheng, who can order you?...Her Majesty the Queen? She is the supreme commander in chief, right?"

The monitor was startled and stammered:

"This...we have never done this before...this is too..."

My stomach hurts without saying anything, I picked up the phone and said:

"Pick me up to the fortress switchboard!...Please pick up His Majesty for me."

Everyone in the bunker looked at the lieutenant colonel with dumbfounded eyes.

...This is so awesome, a lieutenant colonel, he called Her Majesty the Queen directly when he asked for a beating... I used to say that the People's Guard was favored, but I didn't expect it to this extent!

The squad leader's face was as white as a sheet of paper, and his chest was beating violently. I wondered if he was bluffing or was he serious?... He has never spoken to Her Majesty the Queen in his whole life! What if Her Majesty the Queen really overturned the Commander-in-Chief's order and asked herself to release the People's Guard?

Go up the mountain, listen or not?

Although Your Majesty is the supreme commander-in-chief of the army, that is only in name. The only people who can directly command are the Guards and the People's Guard. The ordinary army has not yet been mobilized by Your Majesty! I am just a junior sergeant. Do you want to set a precedent here?

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He had a stomachache and was extremely nervous. Although he was only two levels lower than Xiang Xiaoqiang, he didn't see Her Majesty every other day like Xiang Xiaoqiang. He had never spoken to Her Majesty the Queen.

Zhu Yourong's voice appeared on the other end of the phone, looking very nervous:

"Hello?"

Having a stomachache, he stabilized his breathing and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, Commander of the Security Force of the People's Guard, Du Teng."

He softly reported what happened here, and the defenders all over the bunker were breathing together, not daring to take a breath.

Then, with a stomachache, he waved to the monitor and pointed at the microphone.

The squad leader slowly moved over with a red face, held the microphone with both hands, and said with a trembling voice:

"Hello……"

The kind voice on the other end of the phone said:

"May I have your name?"

The squad leader swallowed a mouthful of dry saliva and said softly:

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, I...have a humble position...Zheng Sangui..."

"Haha, my surname is Zheng, so we are half of the family...can you hear my voice? How about it, don't doubt it?"

Zheng Sangui heard it clearly. He had heard His Majesty’s voice on the radio countless times. How could he hear it wrong? He stood up at attention and shouted:

"Humble...humble position, never dare to doubt it!"

"Sangui," Zhu Yourong's voice whispered, "I will tell you a secret... Now Shi Bicheng is in rebellion with the Imperial Guards and has put me under house arrest. They also want to open the fortress and let the Qing prisoners in... Sangui, you

You know, now my fate, the fate of the fortress headquarters, and the fate of the Ming Empire are in your hands."

Zheng Sangui's hands holding the microphone couldn't help trembling, his face twitched, two big tears flowed down, and he burst into tears with excitement:

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Sangui is guilty... Sangui knows what to do... Don't worry..."

"Well, with your words, I feel relieved," Zhu Yourong said softly, "Sangui, I'll leave it to you... come back to me later to receive a medal."

Zheng Sangui held the phone that had been hung up and looked around excitedly. All the brothers in the bunker looked at him with envy. Zheng Sangui wiped the tears from his face and shouted:
To be continued...