Page 231 - Thorn In The Heart
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Chinh Nguyên
My-Trinh opened wide her eyes in suddenly.
“Oh.. My God....! How both of you went out of it?”
“At this time I felt dizzy and do not know anything more.
He said he called me up a few times, while the explosive
stories were exploding and raise the flame in the air. He saw a
lot of civilian bodies on the minefield, then he carried me on his
back, walked slowly from step by step on the dead bodies.
Sometimes he let me down on a dead body while he used the
right hand to check the mines on the ground. Then he pulled
another one and laid them as the bridge to walk out the
minefield.”
“My God...! He does not wound?. Asked My-Trinh.
Trung-Thanh nodded his head.
“Yes. A bullet hit in the left arm, but the wound was not
bad.
If he felt a step both of us would break to apart. I was alive
by his help.”
My-Thanh looked at her father and pulled his hand.
“Father.... Father.... Vietminh soldiers do not see you after
he had carried out of the minefield?”
Trung-Thanh laughs while he looked at his daughter and
shook his head.
“No. they think we do not get out the base on the minefield.
He carried me toward the marsh-lentils large pond at the South
side of the base after we crossed the minefield. We hid on the
muddy bank and under the bushes while he heard the voice of
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