POW camp

Lan Ting shuffled behind the jailer and walked slowly into the prisoner-of-war camp.What surprised him was the way the jailers looked at him and their different attitudes from usual.When I was brought in after being trained by Hovis before, the jailer would definitely curse, push and shove, as well as obscene insults and ridicules.This time it was very quiet, very quiet, even silent.The jailer took out the key, opened the prison fence with a bang, and didn't give him a hard push like a demonstration. He just stepped aside and shouted dryly, "Go in."

Lan Ting walked into the long corridor, and the handcuffs and fetters clanked, and the crisp impact sound spread far away.Soon, prisoners on both sides of the prison came over and looked at him through the iron bars. There were more and more people, and there were shadows on both sides.It seems that someone whispered: "Lan Ting..." But it seems that there is no one.

Lan Ting walked slowly, feeling that the atmosphere was very strange.

From nowhere, several applause came out, one after another, very clearly.Immediately afterwards, someone also started to applaud, blending in, and then, more people.After a while, everyone joined the ranks.Everyone cheered, some whistled sharply, some hit the iron bars with handcuffs, and some shouted loudly: "Lanting, good job!" Triumphant heroes on the battlefield.

Lan Ting blushed, a little embarrassed.Immediately, he raised his head, showed a pure and bright smile, and waved his hands to thank these fellow sufferers.This is the soldier, they only admire the strong, only admire those who can go out without fear of life and death at the most critical moment.This kind of emotion is the most simple, but also the most sincere.

Lan Ting walked to his cell, where Duowei, Gail and fellow prisoners were all waiting for him.Gail looked Lan Ting up and down a few times, and through his prison uniform, he really couldn't see how serious Lan Ting's injuries were.He asked worriedly, "How are you? Are they making things difficult for you again?"

"Haha, don't worry, little Gail." It was Duowei who spoke, "You can see that he can walk back by himself, so you know it doesn't matter." Duowei raised his voice, "I've convinced you, Lan Ting, F Fifth Division Army The top ones are all heroes!"

This sentence caused the prisoners of the F Fifth Division to cheer and cheer.Duowei laughed and said, "Lanting, we still have good things for you." He turned to the prisoners and shouted, "What are you doing so stupidly? Take them out!"

Everyone talked and laughed and turned over the straw piled high in the corner, revealing a large pile of food inside.There are boiled eggs, butter bread, cheese, and various fruits, and there is even a small bottle of wine.

Lan Ting knew that these were all donations sent in by anti-war people outside, which was very rare.Usually anti-war people have to communicate with the authorities, and they have to spend a lot of time to bring in some things. They are also exploited by the jailers, and very few are left in the hands of the prisoners of war.With so many prisoners of war, they can only get a little bit of good food, and no one is willing to eat more. Often there are more than 20 people in a cell, sharing a small piece of cheese the size of a fist.Unexpectedly, so many appeared at once, he glanced at Duowei in surprise: "Where did they come from?"

Duowei picked up an egg and peeled off the eggshell: "Here, eat one. It wasn't obtained by the comrades in secret." It turned out that Lan Ting was beaten and bruised and hung in the empty field for two days. More than 3000 prisoners of war in the camp I saw it, and after some inquiries, I figured out the reason.Everyone felt distressed and angry, and used various channels to gather all the sympathy materials they could collect into the cell where Lan Ting was, to make up for him.

Lan Ting looked at the pile of condolences that were more precious than gold, piled up as high as a hill.He picked up the small bottle of wine and took a big gulp.A sour, hot and spicy breath surged up, choking him to cough desperately, tears streaming down his face.Duowei forced the egg into Lan Ting's hand: "Eat it quickly, how good it is." He picked up another butter bread and looked at it carefully: "This one is broken. There is no way, it's too hot, and I'm afraid those bastards will find out. Oh, what a pity."

"It's all right." Lan Ting grabbed the spoiled cream cake, took a big bite, and said vaguely, "It's delicious, really."

Thunderous cannons rolled from the sky, and the whole earth shook rumblingly.The yellow sand on the mountain rolled up, stirring up the sky into chaos.

"This battle can't be fought like this!" Lieutenant Colonel Niss took off his military cap, gritted his teeth and threw it on the ground. "If this continues, if this continues, we'll have to fucking die!"

Lan Wei's face was cold and serious, staring intently at the combat map on the table.

It wasn't like that at first.The command of the military department is that after the Battle of Congling, the main force will rest on the whole line and will not attack for the time being. Lan Wei will lead a column of the Lan Family Army, and Hill will lead the other column of the Hill Family Army to deal with the enemy in the mountainous forest area. , causing the illusion that this is the main force of the Ole country.After confusing the enemy for two to three months, the main force rested across the board, joined two columns, and took down Fancheng in one go.

Strategically speaking, this play is flawless and very clever, but it is not.Everyone could see that the Puman Empire was about to surrender, and the Battle of Fancheng was a critical turning point.Some people want to win the fruits of victory, but do not want to pay the necessary price, such as Hill.He also sent soldiers to fight, but only in the outer areas, and ran away with a single shot, and did not meet the enemy at all.What really involved Pullman's army was the column of Lan's Group led by Lan Wei.

In the past month, they had to fight the enemy almost every three days.Moreover, the Lan Group's strength is weak, its armaments are poor, and its number of people is small. It can be said that it has been struggling every day for more than [-] days, and there are many dangers and thrills.Fortunately, Lieutenant Lan and his subordinate officers fought bravely and tenaciously without compromise, which kept the situation of being in the same position.

But this week, things suddenly took a turn for the worse.The other party seemed to know that Lan Wei's side was not the real main force of Ole's army, and the whole line was originally focused on defense and turned to take the initiative to attack.They gathered superior forces, gradually formed a siege situation, and pressed on the Lan's army step by step.

Lan Wei had no choice but to take advantage of the fact that the enemy's encirclement had not yet been completely formed, and made a quick assault, concentrating all the firepower on one point, and breaking through the encirclement forcefully. Only then was there no danger, but the troops were already exhausted and suffered heavy losses.

Lan Wei called Hill several times and asked him to actively cooperate. The two armies attacked, and Hill laughed and laughed.Lan Wei sent a telegram to the military department again, asking for support, but he was severely reprimanded by the military department, saying that they were passively avoiding the war.

For more than ten days in a row, Lan Wei didn't think about food and drink, couldn't even sleep at night, and his eyes were all red.

"It can't go on like this." Not only Nice, but all the officers looked worried.The confidant officer Landale whispered to Lanwei: "Could it be that Hill did this on purpose and wanted to take this opportunity to suppress Lan's army?"

Lan Wei gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "I'll call Hill again."

The correspondent quickly connected the signal, and Hill's rambunctious voice came from the phone: "It's Captain Lan? Why, miss me again?"

Lan Wei ignored his teasing, and said: "Hill, the situation on our side is serious, please quickly move towards ours and repel the main force of the enemy."

"Oh, it's difficult on our side." Hill pretended to be very nervous, "Listen, the enemy's firepower is fierce." He took the phone away, and Captain Lan heard a few sporadic gunfire .

"Did you hear that? Captain Lan, don't worry, as long as our side is loose, I will immediately lead my troops to help. Please persevere, Captain Lan."

Lieutenant Lan's face was as cold as ice. It was a matter of the life and death of the Lan Group, so he had to slow down his tone: "Then, Lieutenant Colonel Hill, please send a telegram to the military department to report the situation on our side, and ask the military department to send troops immediately support."

"Huh?" Hill dragged his voice, looking very surprised, "Hasn't the military department come to reinforce the army yet? That's not right, Major General Lan Wei, haha, what are you kidding, the military department is directly under the Crown Prince, so you and The relationship between the crown prince... Haha, no matter whether it is public or private, you should send this telegram yourself."

"I have sent it, but the military department obviously doesn't know enough about the situation on the front line, so they refuse to send reinforcements. Hill, please send a telegram to the military department, explaining our situation..."

"Hey, Captain Lan." Hill interrupted him, "You're not right. The Crown Prince Tian Zongying knows everything and everything is under control. How could he not understand our situation? Unless..." He deliberately lowered his voice The voice said, "The crown prince deliberately didn't send anyone, Lan Wei, you didn't offend him, did you?"

Lan Wei's face suddenly turned pale, and he suddenly remembered the night before going to the front line, when the two were alone, he refused...

Hill asked out a word, but waited for a long time without hearing Lan Wei's rebuttal.He was just joking at first, but now he took heart and asked in a low voice: "Lan Wei, you won't really offend the Crown Prince, right?"

Lan Wei woke up, and he said coldly: "Thank you, Major Hill, for your concern, and I hope that the major will put the country first, get rid of the enemy as soon as possible, and come closer to me." He didn't wait for Hill's reply, and dropped the phone with a "bang" .

"How is it?" All the surrounding officers looked at Lan Wei expectantly.Lan Wei shook his head wearily, as if all his strength had been taken away, he said softly: "You go out first, I want to have a quiet time."

This kind of expression has never appeared on Lan Wei, who has always been calm and firm.Nice took a step forward to ask questions, but was held back by Landel, who shook his head almost imperceptibly, and they all looked at each other and quietly backed out.

Lan Wei sat down on the chair slumped, stroking the center of his eyebrows.

No, absolutely not.He recalled that he had offended the crown prince that night, which was very rude.But what is oneself?He is just an ordinary soldier, how could the Crown Prince affect the entire battle plan because of me, ignore the huge role of the Lan Group, and push it to the forefront?

He remembered Mrs. Enli's instructions: "You have to be careful with that person, Captain Lan. This war is about to end. I heard that the crown prince has long planned to revoke the military power of the four major families. You can't give him an excuse..."

If you can't give him an excuse, what should you do?Lieutenant Lan opened his eyes and subconsciously touched his chest, where the Knight Medal of Silver Star and Purple Heart was awarded by the Queen herself.Lan Wei was used to the dark and dirty intrigues in the court. He simply didn't believe that with his meager qualifications and such a poor and weak power of the Lan Group, he could get such an unprecedented honor with just one big battle.He knew very well that the most important reason was the crown prince...

Because he had a good impression of himself, he used the honor of the country and gave it whatever he wanted; but once he didn't like it and offended him a little, he actually put himself to death and ignored it.This is the crown prince of Ole Country, and this is the future emperor!

Lan Wei suddenly felt a strong sorrow, for himself, for the Lan's Legion, and for Ole Country.He clearly knew that now is indeed the best time for the crown prince to take over the Lan family's military power.Lan Ting's whereabouts are unknown. If he dies in battle, the Lan family will have no legal heirs.After such a big defeat, the Lan Group's vitality was greatly damaged, and it was taken for granted that it was incorporated by the royal family.This kind of method is cruel and despicable, but Lan Wei is not a young and ignorant child. Since he came to the imperial capital, he has seen the methods of nobles who cannot be resorted to at all. Therefore, he never believed the sweet words of the crown prince.

Sure enough, revenge came.

How to do it?Is it really like a dog, humblely kneeling at the feet of the crown prince, begging his forgiveness, accepting his favor, and giving his dignity and life for the Lan Group to survive?

Lan Wei's chest seemed to be on fire, even though from the outside, he exuded a cold breath like an iceberg.This is true of people with the bloodline of the Lan family. They are strong and decisive in their bones, and they would rather be broken than whole.So what, in the end it was just a bullet.

He slowly and almost stiffly removed the Knight's Order of the Silver Star and Purple Heart from his chest, and gently placed it on the table.

So, so be it.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise in front of the door, and Nice ran in in a panic, not even caring about the dangling hat on his head.

"What? Has the enemy finally come over?" Lan Wei asked.He has put life and death aside, and there is a terrible calm in his tone.

But what Nice said was completely beyond Lan Wei's expectations.The lieutenant colonel officer was sweating, but his eyes were surprisingly bright. He was excited, nervous, and unbelievable. He said, "The crown prince! Captain Lan, it's the crown prince! He's here, he's here, he's here!" Come to the front!"

Captain Lan was shocked. He didn't wait for Nice to emphasize again, and strode out of the tent of the temporary headquarters.

A sturdy off-road jeep drove quickly, rolling up yellow dust all over the sky.The jeep drove all the way to the outside of the tent, crossed an arc beautifully, and stopped amidst the howling wind.

The crown prince stepped out of the car, wearing a camouflage uniform, he looked even more heroic, so handsome that people couldn't take their eyes off it.But his demeanor was graceful and unhurried, like a lion strolling about his territory with great interest.

The crown prince saw Lan Wei coming out at a glance. He raised the corners of his lips, showing a kind and gentle smile, and asked, "Are you all right? Lan Wei."