Chapter 181: 【Ten Farewells to the Red Army】 (5.2k, two-in-one)

Following the revelation of the post, the Blue Star players and streamers online at this moment swarmed into the stream room of the streamer who triggered the plot.

At this moment.

Tian Sha streaming platform, inside streamer Chi Feng's stream room.

A tense march was underway.

In the screen.

The atmosphere of the troop was heavy, the autumn wind was bleak.

Following the rotation of Chi Feng's perspective, the Blue Star netizens in the stream room also saw the situation clearly.

In front of and behind the streamer were endless troops.

Chi Feng was walking at the end of his troop, sharing the news from his side with the friends in the stream room.

Chi Feng did not join the Red Side troop at the start.

He also skipped the plot all the way to the Soviet area here.

It's just that he hadn't encountered the Red Side in the previous few anti-encirclements, so he couldn't join even if he wanted to.

It was hard to wait for the Red Side forces to come over, joined the troop, and hadn't fought twice with the troop.

News of the breakout failure came from above.

The entire Red Side began to be forced to transfer, which left Chi Feng also looking confused.

Not knowing what the situation was.

So he began to inquire.

And just as he found out.

Polar Star official website released new CG this morning, and he only knew after watching the CG.

The 34th Division he was in.

Would be sacrificed here as a complete unit, and Division Commander Chen Shuxiang, in order not to let the enemy obtain intelligence, even severed his own intestines and died.

For a time, it made Chi Feng feel admiration, but also very helpless.

Good news: plot triggered.

Bad news: about to be gone soon.

However, the popularity was very high; just because of triggering this one plot, in just half an hour, the number of online people in the stream room had approached one million.

Clearly, the speed of news dissemination was also fast; looking at the nearly one million friends in the stream room, Chi Feng opened his mouth to talk about the current situation:

"Currently, we are in the process of transferring."

"This 'anti-encirclement' failed; I don't know the specific situation either, because I just joined not long ago, but I heard from other old squad leaders that there was a problem with the decision-making."

"This time they said they were going to break out from somewhere."

"But the enemy's troop strength was really too much; several breakout directions were directly bumped into."

"Leading to being forced to transfer."

"Now we are transferring west, I am here..."

Chi Feng paused, sighed:

"It's the Red 34th Division."

As the words fell.

The bullet screen that was still chatting instantly fell silent.

Red 34th Division.

The Blue Star players who had just watched the 【Bloody Battle of the Xiangjiang】 CG naturally knew what this represented.

Represented being wiped out to cover the main force.

Represented the iron-blooded division commander Chen Shuxiang's troop who severed his own intestines and died so the enemy wouldn't get intelligence.

For a time, while Chi Feng felt admiration, the Blue Star netizens suddenly felt a sense of tragedy.

Silent marching, yet inexplicably tragic.

He adjusted his perspective to let the audience in the stream room see the situation of the troop more clearly.

Chi Feng was silent for a moment:

"Everyone knows the mission: cover the main force to cross the river."

Everyone knew what the mission was.

Everyone knew what they were about to face.

But they still moved forward silently, no one complained, no one retreated; some soldiers' straw sandals had been worn out, blood seeping from their feet, but their steps remained firm.

For a time.

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room didn't know what to say.

Just after a long silence.

Someone sent a bullet screen of doubt:

【Don't they know this is a dead end? No one opposes it? Why?】

It wasn't just that friend who sent the bullet screen who wanted to know.

All the Blue Star people in the stream room wanted to know.

This was a whole division, thousands of people.

If the faith and belief of Division Commander Chen Shuxiang shocked the Blue Star.

Then the tragedy of the 6,000+ people of the 34th Division rushing to their deaths.

Shocked the Blue Star netizens to the point of doubting life.

How could there be such a troop?

How could there be such soldiers?

How could there be people with such faith...?

Living in a peaceful era, Blue Star people who had not experienced war could not understand the spiritual power displayed by the Huaxia nation in "Earth" during those arduous years.

And what kind of firm faith these people possessed.

Looking at the doubt on the bullet screen, Chi Feng turned his perspective to the troop in front and suddenly said:

"That little soldier carrying the spatula is named Li Erwa, only 17 years old this year."

"That old squad leader carrying the marching pot has three children at home waiting for him to go back."

"And the 34th Division's Division Commander Chen Shuxiang is now only 29 years old, having joined the troop not long after getting married."

"They all have attachments, all have reasons to live, but when the order was given, there were only 6,000 pairs of firm eyes."

"This trip might mean never coming back, but they know even better that if they don't go, the comrades and common people behind them will have no hope."

Chi Feng looked at the red flag fluttering in front of the turning troop, that touch of red hunting in the autumn wind:

"That flag to them is not just a piece of cloth..."

"It is a faith worth protecting with their lives."

"To be honest... standing from the perspective of a modern Blue Star person like me, I cannot understand this choice."

"But it doesn't prevent me from admiring them."

Chi Feng's words drew the agreement of the Blue Star netizens.

Indeed.

This spirit of sacrificing everything for faith was almost unseen on the Blue Star.

So when this troop appeared, every action or event would bring unusual shock to the netizens on the Blue Star side.

Don't know how long they walked, from dawn until dark.

The troop suddenly stopped.

Because it was unclear what happened in front, Chi Feng, who was in the middle and back, also learned from other soldiers to lean against a big tree or stone to rest for a while.

At this time.

The old squad leader next to him patted his shoulder, and Chi Feng turned his head to look.

But saw the half-piece of steamed bun handed over by the old squad leader:

"Eat something."

The old squad leader's age looked to be about 50+ years old.

But Chi Feng knew the old squad leader was only 37, looking like that because of suffering since childhood.

Chi Feng just wanted to refuse, but the old squad leader saw it and opened his mouth to say:

"Eat your fill before hitting the road, you have to be a full ghost."

This remark made Chi Feng and the Blue Star friends in the stream room silent.

Clearly.

They knew everything.

Chi Feng also couldn't refuse the old squad leader's kindness, took the half-piece of steamed bun and ate it, while thanking the old squad leader:

"Thank you."

Then thought about it, looked at the old squad leader:

"Squad leader."

"Are you... not afraid?"

The old squad leader heard this, grinned:

"Afraid of what."

"If we die, the main force can live."

"Thousands of people exchanged for tens of thousands."

"This deal... is worth it."

The old squad leader's words made the netizens on the Blue Star side hold their breath.

It was actually calculated this way.

Exchanging thousands of people for tens of thousands to survive, is it worth it?

Of course it's worth it.

But what if you were one of those thousands?

The stream room fell silent.

This was not a deal at all, this was sacrifice.

Selfless sacrifice.

Asking themselves, they couldn't do this.

Perhaps there were people with this selfless dedication and sacrifice spirit on the Blue Star, but one is easy to find, what about 6,000+?

Red 34th Division's 6,000+ people, not one retreated, and this shock had just begun.

Chi Feng looked at the old squad leader and suddenly asked:

"Squad leader, why did you join the Red Army?"

The old squad leader was stunned:

"Of course because the Red Army is good."

Chi Feng was a bit confused:

"I know this, but just because of this, can you sacrifice for it?"

"Human nature is selfish, right... don't you want to survive?"

Chi Feng's words were also the doubt of the Blue Star netizens in the stream room.

Followed and watched quite a few plots during this time.

Indeed.

The Red Side soldiers helped the common people do work, clean up, didn't grab things, and even distributed land.

But can these really make people sacrifice like this?

After all, the Blue Star side never denied the selfishness of human nature.

The old squad leader heard Chi Feng's words, smiled, looked up at the rolling mountains in the distance, his gaze filled with some memories:

"When I was nine, the landlord came to collect rent."

"The family couldn't pay, my father had a leg broken, and later because there was no money for treatment, he died in pain."

"Not long after, my mother couldn't take it and hanged herself."

"I became an orphan, but still had to herd cattle for that landlord's family."

"In winter, I slept in the cattle shed and fought with the livestock for bean dregs to eat."

"When I was twelve, I accidentally broke a jar, and that landlord hung me on a tree and whipped me, whipping me until I couldn't get up in the cattle shed for more than half a month."

"It was also my fate that was tough, I didn't die from this."

"If I really wanted to die, I would have died back then."

"When I was fourteen, there was a famine, the landlord's family was robbed by starving people, and that landlord was also killed by refugees; unfortunately, I didn't kill him with my own hands at the time."

"Thinking about it now, I still regret it."

"Why didn't I kill that beast with my own hands back then."

Saying this, the old squad leader sighed:

"After that, it was fleeing from famine."

"Begging, kept begging for four years, until I reached a village in Gannan, a carpenter took a liking to me."

"Took me in and made me his apprentice."

"Later, I inherited my master's craft, and slowly became a bit famous in the ten miles and eight villages."

"But I didn't attract less entanglement from the little ghosts."

"Today this village official asks you for a little money, next year that township official asks you to make a set of furniture, even the county guards can scrape a bit from you."

"After a whole year, it's equivalent to working for nothing."

"After so many years, I got used to it."

"Until that winter."

"I had just finished making furniture for the county official for half a month, not only didn't get a penny, but didn't even eat a full meal before being kicked out."

"On the way back to the village, hiding in a broken temple gnawing on tree bark."

"At that time, don't mention how aggrieved I was, how much I wanted to die."

"But at that time, I still had a son who had just turned one month old, thought about it a few times but didn't dare to die."

"Later, when I was preparing to continue on my way."

"A burst of footsteps came from outside; I was afraid of encountering bandits in this chaotic time, so I hid behind the mud statue in the broken temple."

"But I was still discovered."

"Guess what happened?"

Chi Feng was already listening intently, couldn't help but ask:

"What happened?"

The old squad leader grinned:

"Of course I was discovered."

"At that time, I was trembling with fear, almost knelt down to them."

"It's just that I was about to kneel."

"I was helped up by those soldiers, explaining that they were the Red Army, they were different from those bandits."

"But at that time, it was chaotic."

"Not to mention the wanted posters in the county were basically all Red Army soldiers or leaders; who would dare to believe it."

"Everyone held guns, some were still bleeding; I was scared until my legs went soft."

"Seeing I was scared to death, while handing me half a steamed bun, they were soothing my emotions."

"With food in the belly, the heart doesn't panic."

"I felt relieved, looked at them, and only then discovered these soldiers were all a bunch of seventeen or eighteen-year-old children."

"Those soldier children, their faces frozen blue, were still taking care of my emotions."

"Later, knowing my encounter, those soldier children even pooled some money for me, letting me take it home."

"They said the Red Army is the poor people's troop, is to help the poor."

"I went home in a daze, still sighing that I had good luck."

After finishing, the old squad leader was silent for a moment:

"The next day I found out, those soldier children were blocked in the mountains by those White Dogs not long after I left, all beaten to death."

"Said their corpses were hung on the city wall to show the public."

"After I heard it, I went to the county town overnight... they were all disemboweled by those White Dogs and hung on the city wall, all seventeen or eighteen-year-old children."

"The tree bark and straw in their stomachs hung out from the gaps in their bellies."

The old squad leader suddenly slapped himself, his voice trembling:

"They didn't even eat a full meal until they died!"

"In their stomachs, it wasn't tree bark, it was straw."

"That piece of steamed bun, they had so many people who couldn't bear to eat it, yet they gave it to me without hesitation."

"Why did I eat it!!!"

The old squad leader was full of regret, even though so many years had passed.

Still couldn't forget that half-piece of steamed bun.

At this time.

Chi Feng finally understood why the old squad leader wanted to hand him that half-piece of steamed bun.

This was the obsession buried in the bottom of his heart.

The old squad leader wiped his tears:

"You say human nature is selfish? But there is such a group of people, willing to eat tree bark and straw, just to give food to the common people."

"Where in the world is there such a troop?"

"Are the common people stupid? Not stupid."

"They all know who is good to them."

"It's just that the common people have a hard life, used to it for so many years."

"But now... the Red Army has come."

"They said they want to let the poor live a good life, want to let the children all be able to read, said they want to let this world have no more man-eating landlord masters..."

"I believe them."

The old squad leader looked at the mountains in the distance:

"Later I found those child soldiers in the mass grave and buried them."

"Later... I also joined the Red Army."

"It's been quite a few years."

"The original intention of this troop has never changed, it is to let the common people live a good life."

"So I believe them."

Saying this, the old squad leader took a letter out of his pocket, handed it to Chi Feng, and smiled:

"Received the letter last month, now my child is already studying in the base area."

"Can read, this is what he wrote to me."

The old squad leader's face showed a look of pride:

"Who would have thought, generations of farmers, now the family has also produced a scholar."

"Look at the characters my child wrote, better than those landlords' characters."

"The landlord who whipped me when I was young could only write his own name, my son can now write hundreds of characters."

"Much more promising than those landlords."

The old squad leader bragged about his own child; Chi Feng looked at the crooked characters in the envelope, but it was full of longing, and also showed a smile, saying "Your son is very concerned about you."

"Thinking about you going back."

Just after finishing.

Chi Feng and the Blue Star friends in the stream room couldn't help but feel a bit sad.

Go back?

Can't go back anymore...

Looking at the suddenly silent Chi Feng, the old squad leader grinned:

"Can't go back."

"If I go back, what will the main force do."

"The child can read now, he is a hundred times better than me, will be more promising in the future."

"Definitely can live a good life."

"Can't suffer like me anymore."

"The road we walk today, the children won't have to walk in the future."

Hearing this.

Many Blue Star netizens in the stream room had red eyes.

A bullet screen drifted by slowly:

【They are not afraid of death, they are more afraid of their descendants continuing to live in darkness.】

Inside the stream room, silent.

In the distance.

The bugle for assembly sounded.

The old squad leader neatly packed his cloth bag, patted Chi Feng's shoulder:

"Time to go."

Chi Feng nodded, took a deep breath and stood up.

The troop set off again.

This time, the doubts in his heart had lessened a lot, becoming firm.

Following the troop forward.

Until seeing the situation at the turn ahead, Chi Feng stood there dumbfounded, and so did the Blue Star friends in the stream room; only then did they know why the troop had stopped just now.

Turning around the big mountain, at the turn.

The sunset shone over.

In the sunset, a large number of villagers gathered in front.

Holding straw sandals in their hands, pushing small carts, sending dry rations made by their own families.

However, no matter how they tried to stuff them.

Not a single soldier in front took them, a few cadres stayed there persuading the fellow villagers.

On the winding mountain road, the farewell troop could not be seen to the end.

Chi Feng and the Blue Star stream room friends, following Chi Feng's perspective, followed the troop in shock.

Immersive experience, such a scene made them understand why this troop could make countless people willing to sacrifice for it, why this troop could be so loved by the common people.

Don't know when, the song of farewell echoed in the mountains and forests.

The sunset dyed the mountain road blood-red.

When even the cook at the end of the troop turned the mountain pass, the villagers still stood in place holding torches, looking at the direction the Red Army left with reluctance, waving flags with the four red characters "Long Live the Red Army".

Until a few years later.

When the progress in the game advanced to the modern "Earth".

The Blue Star players in the 【Republic】 searched for this historical material in the game, only then knowing that the later 【Republic】 adapted the situation and the song at that time into a song.

Later named... 【Ten Farewells to the Red Army】.

Night fell.

The soldiers who had arrived at the Xiangjiang bank were digging defensive works without stopping for a moment.

Preparing to intercept the pursuing enemy troops.

Chi Feng was digging a trench, when suddenly a disturbance came from the distance.

The sound of pre-battle mobilization came faintly from the distance:

"Comrades... the Central Column is..."

"The mission is to hold the position... no..."

"... Never retreat!!!"

As the voice fell, the soldiers in front responded in low voices:

"Swear to protect the Party Central Committee to cross the river..."

"Swear to protect the Party Central Committee to cross the river!!"

"Swear to protect the Party Central Committee to cross the river—!!!!"

The sound spread in circles, getting louder and louder, the shouting of 6,000+ people shook the sky, Chi Feng's blood also surged, don't know how many times he shouted.

Until the sound gradually disappeared, only then did he know that the person just now was actually the final pre-battle mobilization done by Division Commander Chen Shuxiang.

The next day.

The sun rose completely.

The whistling roar in the sky had already struck, followed by dense muffled sounds from the side.

Then it was artillery shells falling less than fifty meters in front of the position.

Boom—

Boom—!

Countless artillery shells whistled over, the entire position fell into a sea of fire, and on the horizon in the distance, dense soldiers were rushing over like a tide.

"Prepare for battle!!!!" ===== CHAPTER 182 =====