Chapter 60: Search Mission

Friday, May X, 1981 Fine. Shanwa's outpost received an order from his superiors to hold the outpost and not to move recklessly, and to destroy all invading enemies.

Because the military department has already given the order to fight. At dawn on the seventh day, a dense burst of gunfire and artillery was heard.

The offensive began, and you could feel that the fighting was fierce, and everyone was not on guard in shifts, but they were all armed and ready to fight.

Unlike usual, Shanwa is really nervous now. Shanwa knows that the end of history must be our victory, but this victory also has a price.

Some comrades-in-arms went home to visit their relatives and were called back by the 'quick return team', without complaint or regret. Including Shanwa herself, everyone left a 'suicide note' to prepare for the worst.

After a torturous day, from dawn to afternoon, the sound of gunfire gradually subsided. In the next few days, there was a steady stream of gunfire.

From the 7th onwards, artillery fire and gunfire continued, and several of our positions were subjected to thousands of shells.

Shanwa's outpost was only relatively far behind, so it was not spared, and they also encountered several skirmishes.

Liu Yuliang, the squad leader, does not dare to slack off now, and it has been raining continuously for more than ten days in the past few days.

One day, Shanwa and their outpost also experienced a battle, and more than a dozen enemy agents tried to storm the outpost, and finally left three corpses and ran away.

Shanwa They were well prepared, three veterans with eight rookies, and there were no casualties.

In fact, they are not rookies, everyone just has no frontal combat experience, but they still have combat awareness and basic literacy.

But this is not the end, but the beginning, and in the next few days, there will often be enemy special attacks to harass the outpost.

Among them, Xiao Sichuan was unlucky, and his left arm was grazed by a stray bullet, but it was not serious, and this guy bandaged it and said it was fine.

Now the eight rookies are also a lot more mature, and everyone has to sum up the combat experience at the end of every battle.

The superiors also called to give verbal praise, but they did not let up, and the continuous fighting continued.

The comrades-in-arms who delivered supplies and letters to the outpost told everyone that in order to hold their positions, the comrades-in-arms of position X repelled many attacks by the enemy several times more than themselves in one platoon.

The platoon commander fought hand-to-hand with the enemy, pulling a grenade and killing two enemies.

The deputy platoon commander was seriously wounded, rushed out of the trench with a submachine gun, and finally died in a charging posture.

The veteran Jianguo was wounded in many places and refused to go into the cave to rest, helped his comrades load the magazine, twisted the back cover of the grenade open, and climbed out of the trench many times to collect the ammunition dropped by the enemy.

The machine gunner Dongsheng was also wounded in many places when the enemy attacked frantically.

When the machine gun ran out of bullets and grenades, he pounced on the enemy, and when he finally died, he pressed the enemy and choked the enemy with his hand.

Because the communication system was destroyed by enemy artillery fire, the command battalion behind could not contact this platoon at all, and there was no response from the walkie-talkie.

At that time, the commander of the third company heard the battalion commander frantically calling the soldiers of the second platoon on the walkie-talkie, and knew that the X position was dangerous, so he took the initiative to ask for reinforcements.

When the commander of the third company broke through the enemy blockade and arrived at the position, only seven wounded fighters of this platoon were still holding their positions.

The commander of the third company immediately deployed his forces to suppress and strike at the enemy. At this time, the commander of the third company knew that the S position had been lost, and the enemy was still increasing his strength.

Hurry up and let call the artillerymen, report the coordinates, cover with a round of artillery fire. Because the enemy was attacking intensively, there was no time to dodge the enemy who exploded on the spot, and more than a dozen people were killed.

The commander of the enemy also red-eyed, gave cover to artillery fire, and organized another round of attacks. After the loss of a large number of troops, the offensive was temporarily stopped.

The commander of the third company hurriedly strengthened the X position. After reinforcing the position, there was no rest, and a reinforced platoon was directly organized to prepare to recapture the S position.

For the sake of insurance, a strengthened Ban Ce response was also arranged. Because the S position and the X position are closely related to each other, they must be recaptured. Let the 60 artillery squad and the cooking squad help hold the X position together.

He also requested artillery fire to hit the S position, and after a round of shelling, the enemy's S position, which had not yet stood firm, was recaptured by the commander of the third company.

The enemy found that the S position was not occupied and lost, and organized an attack. After several rounds of artillery shelling by our troops and the unwavering resistance of the fighters, in the end the enemy had to retreat with corpses all over the ground.

Shanwa and a few comrades-in-arms listened with pride, enthusiasm, anger and heartache. It's the end of May, and it's not raining today, it's just cloudy.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the walkie-talkie rang, and Liu Yuliang called Shanwa after answering the phone. The company commander asked our outpost to send four people out of the mission.

Shan Wa asked what task? Ban said, searching for someone, the company commander asked me to tell you that Duan Qiqi and several comrades-in-arms could not be contacted, and there was another person you also knew was Hu Changjun.

Especially serious is Hu Changjun, a bastard, who has a roster of personnel from our entire company.

Speaking of Hu Changjun, the company commander said that he didn't take care of it, but in fact, he still had to talk about some feelings.

The previous document was injured, but Hu Changjun's handwriting was relatively good, and his culture was enough.

The company commander asked him to serve as the clerk, and the main work content of the clerk was how to fill in the company's strength, that is, the registration and reporting of personnel, weapons and equipment, the registration and reporting of casualties and losses of weapons and equipment in wartime, etc.

Register the basic personal information of the cadres and soldiers of the whole company, and give a copy to the company commander and the instructor, and this bastard can't remember that he left a copy with him.

Such a situation is usually fine, but now it is a time of fighting on the border, and there is discipline, and this is the roster of the whole company that cannot be carried around.

When Shanwa heard that Duan Qiqi couldn't be contacted, she was really anxious, Duan Qiqi must not have an accident!

The squad leader said, "I don't know the details, so the company commander said that we should send four people to the outpost, and the rest of the personnel will hold on."

The other outposts have also been dispatched, and the password is 'Mountain Eagle'. Let's set off right away and search within five kilometres of the village of Tamu to the west.

Before dark, return to the outpost, regardless of the outcome. Meet other searching comrades-in-arms and exchange opinions together.

Time is urgent, the squad leader, Shanwa, Lao Hei, and a veteran Deng Shiguang who is more familiar with the terrain.

The four men immediately put on their wet clothes, sorted out their weapons and equipment, and set off.

Li Dali led other comrades-in-arms to stay behind. Liu Yuliang, the squad leader of the search road, said: The voice of the company commander on the phone just now was about to kill, and the anger was quite loud.

Tell us that if there are clues, we must go all out to rescue them, and at the latest it will be dark, and we must report it in time no matter what the situation is.

A total of nine comrades, one Duan Qiqi, two wounded, and six fighters lost contact. They set out at three o'clock in the morning, and it stands to reason that they should be back at the station by eight o'clock.

But there is no news at nine o'clock, so this is not a long time. Shanwa thought to herself, I also have anger now, can the company commander not be angry.

A Duan Qiqi is dying, how to explain to Duan Qiqi's parents if there is an accident. And if Hu Changjun had an accident, how would the company commander tell his old leader.

And that bastard still has the roster of the whole company on him, and the company commander is in big trouble this time.

But such a squad, with at least six combatants, makes no sense that there is no news at all.

Recently, however, fighting has been fierce, and the enemy's special activities have been frequent. I don't know what happened, but now it's important to find someone first.

As we all know, the search task is not easy, especially if you need to be vigilant at all times. Five kilometers is not big, but it is definitely not small, and it should be said that it is difficult.

Shanwa raised her hand and looked at her watch, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and more than three hours had passed.

Everyone didn't speak, but they were all very anxious, and if they stayed outside for a long time, not only were they in danger, but even the people being searched were also in danger. Difficulties are exacerbated by the lack of access to information.

In order to ease the atmosphere, the squad leader deliberately said relaxedly: Shanwa, your watch is really 'with the pie' (very good). Shanwa said, "You will be lifted up immediately, and I will give him to you as a gift when the time comes."

When Liu Yuliang heard Shanwa say this, he said: "It's not certain, the company commander just handed over the application materials, and it's not certain whether he will approve it or not."

If I did wear four pockets, you wouldn't be able to give me a watch as a gift.