Lu Jiadong, who received the telegram, looked at the calendar not far away again, just five days ago, that is, in the early morning of February 17, 1979, on the Chinese side of the Sino-Vietnamese border, thousands of artillery pieces roared angrily at the same time, and the direction of Vietnam instantly turned into a sea of fire.

Early that morning, the official media published a long editorial entitled "Is it tolerable, but which is intolerable," announcing to the world that China would "carry out a self-defense counterattack and a battle to defend the frontier" in a limited time, space, and scale.

Because of this, Lu Jiadong's mood was very uneasy during this period, mainly because the 130mm bottom row grenade he presided over had not been officially completed, and he was worried that the squadron participating in the attack would encounter the Soviet long-range artillery mentioned in the intelligence, and he was worried about how to deal with the Chinese artillery equipped against it, and he was even more worried about the huge casualties caused by the squadron.

Therefore, Lu Jiadong's face has been gloomy in the past few days, and he has grasped the progress of the joint research team more urgently, and he has even eaten and lived in the technical department, working all night long, in order to get the 130mm long-range bottom-row grenade out as soon as possible.

Fortunately, after unremitting efforts, the first batch of test-mounted artillery shells was successfully assembled on the fifth day after the start of the war, not only that, but in the past few days, some news has also come from the front line one after another, which does not mention the Soviet Union's support for Vietnam's long-range artillery.

"Xiao Lu, do you mean" Seeing that Lu Jiadong's face became gloomy after reading the message, Yang Limin, who was standing on the side, stepped forward and took the message, only looked at it a few times, and a pair of dense ones were close to each other, but his words were not complete, but Lu Jiadong nodded:

"The sense of smell at the front line is the most sensitive, otherwise the troops would not be in such a hurry!"

"Hmm!" After listening to Lu Jiadong's words, Yang Limin nodded approvingly, but even his frowning brows did not loosen for half a minute:

"But the shells we modified have not been tested at all, if they are transported to the front line like this"

"It's too late to do those tedious things, if you want to test, let the Vietnamese monkeys do it for us!" Before Yang Limin finished speaking, Wang Chuanchen walked up to Lu Jiadong as he spoke, followed by Chen Zhen, the factory director, and Gao Xinghua, the secretary:

"Xiao Lu, you should have read the telegram from the Armament Department of the General Staff, according to intelligence, the Soviet Union has begun to take action, and recently they have urgently provided Vietnam with enough Бm-21 122mm rocket artillery to equip one division, and deployed in the direction of Liang Son, and it is not ruled out that they will assist more advanced long-range artillery to stop our offensive.

Therefore, the meaning of the head of the front line is to pull our newly developed long-range grenade directly to the front line, and to test and fight at the same time, and the thing you go to the front line is personally ordered by Minister Tan, in order to accompany the new equipment of the 130mm long-range grenade, how about it? Xiao Lu, if there is no problem, hurry up and pack it up, and let's set off together in the afternoon!"

"No problem!" As soon as Wang Chuanchen's voice fell, Lu Jiadong replied without hesitation, Lu Jiadong knew that the 130mm bottom-row grenade had not been tested, and it was sent to the battlefield like this, and there would be a lot of uncertainty in it, so it was reasonable for him, the chief designer, to accompany the tracking support.

Of course, from Lu Jiadong's heart, he also thinks so, after all, if there is any failure of the 130mm bottom-row grenade in practical use, as the main developer, he can eliminate the fault on the spot as soon as possible, so as to further improve the reliability and practicability of the bomb, because of this, Lu Jiadong will not hesitate to nod and agree!

Seeing that Lu Jiadong agreed without thinking about it, Wang Chuanchen couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder, with a relieved smile on his face: "Xiao Lu, I really didn't mistake you, it's really good, I'll wait for you in front of the factory at one o'clock in the afternoon!"

After Wang Chuanchen finished speaking, he patted Lu Jiadong on the shoulder again, then turned around and left the military workshop, as Wang Chuanchen's back gradually drifted away, Chen Zhen, who was standing opposite Lu Jiadong, couldn't help but look at Lu Jiadong worriedly, and wanted to say something, but he swallowed it stiffly, but he was not very willing, and finally could only look Lu Jiadong up and down, and said affectionately:

"Be careful when you go to the front line, remember to take care of your health!"

As soon as Chen Zhen's words fell, Lu Jiadong nodded gratefully: "Tell Ziyue for me, just say that I am on a business trip, let her review with peace of mind, don't worry about me!"

Listening to Lu Jiadong's words, even Chen Zhen, who was iron-clad in the past, was in tears at this time, and couldn't help but turn his face to the side, quickly wiped his eyes twice with his hand, and then coughed vigorously a few times, which was regarded as a rare revelation of his true feelings, but soon Chen Zhen's true feelings were suppressed by him, and he changed it to the demeanor of the head of a factory, and began to help Lu Jiadong prepare things to go to the front line:

"Xiao Zhao, you prepare for Xiao Lu, I remember that there are still a few sets of military uniforms in logistics, you bring them over and let Xiao Lu bring them, and Lao Yang, prepare the information of the 130mm bottom row grenade, and also put it on Xiao Lu, Lao Gao, I think Xiao Lu will not be able to cope with it alone, or how about we send someone to assist Xiao Lu?"

Chen Zhen, the director of the factory, provided Lu Jiadong with the greatest help he could within the scope of his ability, of course, even if there was no Chen Zhen's words, the rest of the Wanshan Factory would do the same, after all, Lu Jiadong was not just an ordinary member of the Wanshan Factory, but an indispensable pillar of the entire Wanshan Factory.

In this way, after a busy noon, Lu Jiadong finally packed up before one o'clock in the afternoon and got into Wang Chuanchen's jeep as scheduled, of course, Lu Jiadong was not the only one who went to Wanshan Factory, after a tense selection, the factory party committee decided to send Liu Liang as Lu Jiadong's assistant to go to the war-torn Sino-Vietnamese front line together

Although it was ten o'clock at night, the squadron station, which was only five kilometers away from the Sino-Vietnamese border, was as busy as ever, and a team of high-spirited soldiers boasted of the Type 78 assault rifles passing through the camp and approaching the hinterland of Vietnam.

"Xiao Lu, Xiao Liu, you will stay here here in the artillery ** regiment tonight, I have already greeted the political commissar of their regiment, just take the letter of introduction!"

Saying that, Wang Chuanchen rubbed his somewhat stiff face, blinked his bloodshot eyes and continued: "You have also stayed up for a day and a night, have a good rest tonight, tomorrow the chief will come here to see the 130mm bottom row grenade test, you must keep your spirits up!"

Wang Chuanchen's remark that the commander-in-chief of the General Command had seen the test of the 130mm bottom-row grenade was telegraphed to them by the General Headquarters of the Front on the way to their arrival, and this was actually the meaning of the General Commander of the Front, after all, the information that Vietnam might obtain from the Soviet long-range artillery made the General Commander extremely worried.

When he learned that our military industry department had modified a batch of long-range grenades, the chief of the general command immediately telegraphed to the headquarters to speed up production and quickly equip the troops, and for this reason, a ** artillery regiment equipped with Type 59 130mm cannons was left on the Sino-Vietnamese border so that it could receive and equip 130mm bottom-row grenades.

Not only that, when they learned that Lu Jiadong and Wang Chuanchen rushed to the front line with the first batch of 130mm bottom-row grenades produced in a troop transport train, this hot-tempered but thoughtful veteran on the battlefield couldn't wait to send a telegram to Wang Chuanchen, asking them to conduct a live-fire test the next day after they arrived, and he would come to the scene to watch it in person, so that he could have a good idea of the performance of this new long-range artillery shell!

It was precisely after receiving the telegram order from the front-line headquarters that Wang Chuanchen and Liu Liang, who were crowded in the troop transport tanker all the way south, had no time to rest, and they were thinking about how to do a good job in this test all the time during the one-day and one-night journey.

However, in stark contrast to the nervous looks of these two people, Lu Jiadong was not only nervous, but full of expectations, because in Lu Jiadong's opinion, this commander-in-chief, who is famous for his fiery temper, although he is sometimes unsympathetic, is indeed a person with a true temperament, and if the 130mm bottom-row grenade can be affirmed by him, it will definitely make the front line equipped on a large scale.

Of course, Lu Jiadong's sense of expectation is also based on his confidence in the 130mm bottom-row grenade, after all, this grenade adopts the mature technology of the later PL59A 130mm bottom-row grenade, so Lu Jiadong is not worried about performance and reliability, on the contrary, what worries Lu Jiadong the most is indeed the conservative thinking in the army, because of this, Lu Jiadong hopes even more for the arrival of this bold, careful, brave and tenacious general commander.

Wang Chuanchen knew that Lu Jiadong had so many twists and turns in his heart, but looking at Lu Jiadong's confident smile, Wang Chuanchen's heart also settled down a little, so he patted Lu Jiadong, who was wearing a 65-style military uniform, on the shoulder, and looked at Liu Liang next to him:

"I'll go to the general command meeting later, and I'll see your performance tomorrow!" After speaking, Wang Chuanchen looked at Lu Jiadong with hope again, and then stepped into the jeep and galloped away in the direction of the general headquarters.

As soon as Wang Chuanchen left on his front feet, several soldiers suddenly rushed out of the station, shouting at the approaching team: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, it's dangerous!"

As he spoke, several soldiers came to Lu Jiadong and Liu Liang: "Comrade, get out of the way, it's dangerous here!"

"What's wrong? The Vietnamese monkeys are coming?"

"How is it possible?" Listening to Liu Liang's words, a soldier looked at him with disdain, and then said impatiently: "Our artillery shells are retained, and they may explode at any time, okay, don't talk about it, get out of the way!"

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