Chapter 632: The Cemetery
"Squeak!"
Zhou Yusheng, who had a telegram in his hand, hurriedly pushed open the door, but what he saw was an empty office. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhou Yusheng was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand and beckoned a staff officer and asked, "Staff Officer Yu, where is Chief Su?" ”
"Chief Su is out!"
"Out, where did he go?"
The staff officer surnamed Yu shook his head: "Sir, you know the rules here, how can I be qualified to know the whereabouts of Chief Su?" ”
Zhou Yusheng waved his hand angrily to let the staff officer leave, but this staff officer was right, if any staff officer of the headquarters also knew Su Jin's whereabouts, I am afraid that he would have been assassinated by Japanese agents countless times. Looking at the telegram in his hand, Zhou Yusheng thought for a while, and couldn't think of who to ask, there were only two people in the entire headquarters who could keep track of Su Jin's whereabouts at any time, one was Zhou Yusheng, the chief of staff, and the other was Bai Qishan, the head of Su Jin's Jingwei regiment, and no one else was qualified to know Su Jin's whereabouts.
And now Bai Qishan obviously followed Su Jin out, this time Zhou Yusheng was a little dumbfounded, but Zhou Yusheng was also worthy of being the chief of staff, he thought for a while and immediately remembered that maybe there were a few people who knew the whereabouts of his boss, and when he thought of this, Zhou Yusheng hurriedly grabbed the phone on the table: "Switchboard, I'm Zhou Yusheng, give me the phone call from Chief Su's house......"
A few minutes later, Zhou Yusheng muttered, "He actually went to the cemetery!" ”
Zhou Yusheng said that the cemetery is the Third Army military cemetery built only a few years ago, this cemetery is located in a remote place in the western suburbs of Hangzhou, Su Jin's original intention was to give the soldiers who died in the war a resting place, with the gradual increase in the number of soldiers killed in the war, the cemetery has gradually expanded, from the original hundreds of acres of land to the current thousands of acres. Because it was built quite quietly, some officials and gentry also wanted to move their ancestral tombs to the cemetery, originally this kind of request was normal in the eyes of ordinary people, but after Su Jin knew it, he was furious, and then he personally made a public and hard rule, this regulation is that this cemetery is an honorary burial ground and not a high-level cemetery for some officials, only soldiers who have died in the field and have carried guns and fought for the country have the right to rest in peace, in addition, even if the official is high, he is not qualified to be buried here, It will always belong to only one soldier who died in battle, and only the spouse or minor children of the military are allowed to be buried with their father here.
After the introduction of this regulation, many people objected, but Su Jin did not retreat half a step for this, but published a statement in major newspapers and magazines, claiming that if someone violated this regulation, it would be to defile the heroic souls of the fallen soldiers.
Su Jin, dressed in military uniform, walked slowly in the cemetery, and Bai Qishan and two guards followed him seven or eight meters behind. There were too many things during this time, and the wars were frequent, so Su Jin, who felt a little uneasy today, simply came to the cemetery to take a walk and ask his emotions to calm down.
The cemetery covering an area of more than 300 acres is very large, rows of simple white tombstones seem to be endless, surrounded by cypress trees, the whole environment looks green, there is no grade in the cemetery, the families of the fallen soldiers still have the right to choose the location of the cemetery, even if it is just an ordinary soldier will be allowed to be buried next to the officer, the officer and the soldier are closely connected here, here embodies a concept that Su Jin wants to express, all people are born equal, death is equal.
When Su Jin was walking inside, there was a rush of footsteps from behind. Hearing the footsteps, Su Jin didn't look back, and he didn't worry about someone being unfavorable to him, because he knew that without the consent of Bai Qishan and those guards around him, no one would be able to get so close to him.
Soon, a voice rang out on the side, "Sir, why did you come here, but let me find it all the way!" ”
Su Jin stopped, looked at Zhou Yusheng who came in a hurry, and asked curiously, "Chi Yu, why are you here, what happened?" ”
Zhou Yusheng, who came in a hurry, said with a wry smile: "My sir, something big happened last night, and you still have the heart to take a walk here!" ”
Su Jin asked differently: "What happened, you said!" ”
"A major incident did happen last night, our first two submarines sneaked into the area off Hangzhou Bay in the early hours of this morning and ambushed the Japanese fleet that was preparing to send a landing force to attack Hangzhou at night, damaging the aircraft carriers Chicheng and Hyuga, sinking the cruiser Kuma, three troop carriers and two supply ships, and more than 5,000 Japanese troops were drowned, and the Japanese army can be described as suffering heavy losses. So just this morning the Japanese fleet actually retreated! ”
Su Jin was overjoyed when he heard this, "This is a good thing, you are in such a hurry to come to me, do you want to tell me this good thing?" ”
"Of course not." Zhou Yusheng sighed: "As a price, one of the two submarines that launched the sneak attack was sunk by the Japanese and the other was damaged, but fortunately, they finally escaped and are now on their way home." ”
Hearing this, Su Jin was silent for a long time, and then said: "Finally, the whole army was not wiped out, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune." ”
Hearing this, Zhou Yusheng couldn't help but look at him in surprise: "Sir, these two submarines are our seeds, and half of them will be lost at once, don't you feel distressed?" ”
"Does distress work?" Su Jin asked rhetorically: "Isn't the purpose of our formation of the submarine brigade to let them appear on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, how can there be immortals in the war, let alone them, just say us, maybe one day it will be glorious." Look at ......"
Su Jin said, pointing to the rows of white tombstones in front of him and said: "Look at it, under every tombstone here, there is a glorious Chinese soldier, which of them is not raised by their father, in my opinion, they are no different from the soldiers of the submarine brigade who died in battle, as for the seeds or something, let's retrain, and they died after the Japanese fleet was severely damaged, and they died as they deserved." When the date is chosen for their burial, I will carry their coffins in person! ”
Looking at Su Jin's firm face, Zhou Yusheng nodded solemnly: "I understand, sir, when the time comes, I will carry the coffin of this group of young sailors with you!" ”
At this time, the two have walked to the front of the martyrs' shrine located in the center of the cemetery, this is the center of the entire cemetery, in front of the martyrs' shrine is a relief carved with white marble, on which is a soldier charging with a gun, the statue is very realistic, looking at this relief, anyone can smell the smoke of the battlefield, can hear the whistling of guns, as if seeing the determination of the soldier when charging, as well as the arduous sacrifice and victory.
Looking at this relief, Su Jin and Zhou Yusheng were silent for a long time, the Japanese fleet had retreated, and the remaining Japanese troops had nothing to fear. (To be continued.) )