Battlefield artillery fire
Geshan/Wen
When the news that James was shot came, the whole barracks boiled.
As a soldier, getting shot is not unusual, but what happened to James is unusual. This is the second time he has been shot in two months.
Interestingly, James is the only person who was shot in the rest period of the whole army at present, and it was twice. What's more, he got shot twice by stray bullets, but they seem to have eyes and especially like James. When James first encountered a stray bullet, the bullet only hit him on the shoulder. After taking out the bullet, the field doctor stopped bleeding and bandaged him, and advised him not to run to the highlands on the mountain. Although there is still a distance from the enemy camp, it is still very dangerous.
But James couldn't help going. He misses his old white-haired mother who is nearly 80 years old. James often looks at the sky in a daze. How he hoped that the war would be over soon, so that he could go home and do his filial duty quickly. Otherwise, if my mother dies one day, she will never have a chance again. James was frightened at the thought. Because he doesn't know when the war will end and when he will come back. So at this time, he boarded the hill in front of the barracks. There, he stood tall and looked far away, so that he could follow the direction of his home, watch the array and watch the sunset.
James was lucky to get shot for the first time. This time, he was not so lucky. The bullet entered from the chest and came out from the back. The huge contusion even broke several bones and many nerve tissues. According to the regulations of the military camp at that time, seriously injured soldiers must be sent back to their hometown for later treatment after early treatment. After a few days in a coma, James finally saved his life temporarily. Under the arrangement of the army, he was sent to his hometown, a small town in the Midwest of the United States.
James has been admitted to the hospital in his hometown. Despite her age, the 80-year-old mother insisted on accompanying James to the hospital. Despite her thin figure and weak limbs, the old mother insisted on cooking and making soup for James. She said that her son's favorite food was her cooking. James couldn't help crying. He shed tears of guilt, did not take good care of his mother, but let her take care of herself every day. He often sighs, if only there were no war!
1On May 9, 945, James on his deathbed suddenly learned a great piece of good news: Nazi Germany had surrendered the day before and World War II was completely over. James burst into tears of joy and began to sob.
However, when happiness comes, it is full of tricks. Shortly after James was hospitalized, the wound became infected and caused other complications. His health went from bad to worse, and the hand of death reached out to him again. On the third day after the end of World War II, after the doctor's consultation, he had to solemnly tell James and his mother that James could live for a month at most.
Twenty days later, James's former comrades came to visit him. That day, the sun was warm and James's ward was holy. On his deathbed, he was so weak with anger, his face was as dead as a tree, and his oil was exhausted. The comrades-in-arms couldn't help crying, and James's mother was so sad that even her tears dried up.
James stared at his mother. As we all know, what worries him most is his mother. He died, and his 80-year-old mother was undoubtedly his greatest regret. Comrades saw his mind and said with tears that his mother was the mother of all of them.
James smiled like a child and his face was ruddy. He motioned his comrades' captains to go to bed, as if he had something to say.
"Captain, I have a secret to tell you!"
"You said, I swear to God, I will keep your secret." The captain has a serious expression.
"Actually, those two shots ... had nothing to do with stray bullets." James's sunken eyes suddenly overflowed with tears. "I shot myself ... hit myself ..." With that, James fell to the ground exhausted and never got up again.
The captain got up and gave a solemn military salute to James, to James' mother and to all the souls who fell in the war.