Chapter 35: Failure

Wang Yuehan and Zhang Xiaoxiao only ran over at this time, and they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the wolf scene in the tunnel.

"Regiment, regiment commander......" The two of them saw me sitting next to the mouth of the pit in a daze and did not speak, and only after a while did they walk up and ask hesitantly: "Is it a special sniper unit of the Yankees?" ”

I nodded wordlessly.

"Dog-day Yankees!" Zhang Xiaoxiao dropped his hat and went into the tunnel to join the team to rescue the wounded.

"Captain!" Wang Yuehan sat beside me silently and handed me a cigarette.

I took the cigarette and put it in my mouth, and took a few big puffs on the match that Wang Yuehan had struck. A choking puff of smoke poured into my lungs, causing me to cough a few times. But that's it, and it makes me feel better.

After a long time, Wang Yuehan stood up, patted me on the shoulder and said, "I'll count the casualties!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded.

Wang Yuehan is a careful person and knows me very well, so he knows that at this time, any words of comfort are superfluous and useless.

Because soldiers never need to make excuses for their failures.

The bravery of soldiers is not only reflected in the fight on the battlefield, but also in the courage to face their own failures. It's just that sometimes it's much more difficult to face your own failures than to fight on the battlefield.

Now I can't face this bloody fact, even the beloved sniper rifle is far away, and I don't even have the desire to pick it up.

The hygienists and fighters kept coming and going in front of me, and then quickly carried out one bloody soldier after another. After a while, the tunnel fell silent, leaving only strings of red and black blood, and a few disorganized red footprints......

"The statistics are out!" Wang Yuehan slowly walked out of the mouth of the pit and said heavily: "There were eight casualties in the third class, and only two of them retreated. There were two casualties in the second shift, one person in the first shift, and a total of eleven casualties! ”

Eleven people, this number may not be anything for hundreds of thousands of volunteers, but the cold gun troops in my hands are now only about 30 people in total, and now half of them have been killed and wounded almost overnight......

"Captain Cui!" At this time, a correspondent ran up and saluted me: "The phone from the division headquarters is looking for you by name......

"Hmm!" I answered, stood up, and walked towards the company headquarters.

Wang Yuehan immediately followed behind me, looking at him, he seemed to be worried that I would be scolded, and wanted to say a few good words for me. But he didn't know that at this time, I wished that someone could scold me, and it was best to beat me, so that I would feel better.

Walking into the pit of the company headquarters, I took the phone in the communicator's hand and said weakly: "Report!" I'm Cui Wei! ”

"Call Captain Cui!" On the other end of the phone, Senior Commander Wang's voice came.

"I am!" I thought Master Wang didn't hear clearly.

"Call Captain Cui to me immediately!" Master Wang repeated again in a commanding tone.

"Report!" I replied loudly: "I am Cui Wei, the head of the 538th regiment!" ”

"You're Cui Wei?" On the other end of the line came the sound of fists slamming on the table.

"You're not!" Division Commander Wang continued: "You are not Cui Wei, Cui Wei is a soldier, a revolutionary soldier who cannot be defeated or crushed!" What are you? You are a Confucian man, a Confucian who can overwhelm you with only a dozen casualties! Master Pang is right, you are not worthy of being a cadre at all, and you are not worthy of being a regiment leader! No, you don't even have the qualifications to be a soldier! What bullshit 538 Regiment Commander, you will get back to me right away......"

"It's none of the 538 regiment!" I can scold me, but scold my troops, that is intolerable.

"You're still not convinced?" Don't look at Senior Commander Wang's usual good-tempered appearance, it's still very scary to catch fire. He scolded loudly in a tone that wanted to kill: "You are the head of the 538 regiment, this is not about 538, but about whom?" The commander of the 538th Regiment is so easy that no one has defeated him, how much better can the 538th Regiment be? The head of the 538 regiment is a bad seed, so 538 is not just a ......"

"They're not bastards!" I shouted into the phone almost hysterically, startling Wang Yuehan and the correspondent next to me.

"It's not a bad seed to stand up!" My voice was loud, and Senior Commander Wang's voice was even louder, and he yelled on the other end of the phone: "If it's a soldier, you can pick up a gun for me and beat those doggy Yankees down for me!" ”

There was silence on both ends of the phone, I didn't speak, and Master Wang didn't speak, as if a violent storm suddenly disappeared, and the surroundings returned to their previous calm.

After a long time, Master Wang's soft voice came from the other end of the phone: "What's the situation?" ”

After thinking about it, I replied: "I don't know what the situation is yet, but one thing is clear, the enemy can see us in the dark of night, and in the absence of searchlights, without flares. According to my estimate, the U.S. military should have a new equipment that can see us in the dark of night, without any auxiliary light source! ”

"Hmm, what's the matter?" Hearing this, Senior Commander Wang couldn't help but be taken aback, and Wang Yuehan and the correspondent beside me also looked at me with a look of disbelief.

Night vision devices are not a new thing these days. Because Germany had already made night vision devices clear at the end of the Second World War. It's just that the night vision device that has just been opened has a lot of shortcomings, so even if Germany has this advanced equipment, it still can't reverse the situation of their defeat.

Night vision devices were of little use in the hands of the Germans, but the American troops who captured them were a treasure trove of money, and soon continued to study them, and then pushed them into the battlefield in the current Korean battlefield.

It's just that night vision devices were not used in large quantities before, so not many people know about it, let alone the volunteer army that has been poorly equipped for decades.

So when the warriors heard that there was a device in the world that could see things in the dark without a light source, it was like listening to a myth. If it weren't for the fact that they believed in me, they would have taken it for granted that I was making excuses for my failures.

"No wonder they're so mysterious!" Division Commander Wang did not doubt my words at all, and he suddenly said on the other end of the phone: "The intelligence officers of the People's Army have not been able to find out what is special about this special force of the Yankees, but it turns out that it is still equipped with this kind of high-tech gadgets, which can see things at night!" That's right! Commander Cui, the enemy is equipped with this kind of high-tech equipment, although we are defeated, you can't be blamed for this matter, you don't have too much ideological burden! ”

I didn't answer, what Commander Wang didn't know was that the guilt in my heart was because I could have thought that the enemy would use night vision devices on the battlefield to avoid casualties this time, but I didn't......

"This information you got is very important!" Division Commander Wang continued: "If the enemy is really equipped with this kind of weapon, then our cold-gun troops on other defensive lines must be more vigilant. This is not a trivial matter, I will immediately report the situation to my superiors and inform the whole army to get ready! Don't act rashly for the time being! ”

"Yes!" I stepped forward and slowly put the phone down.

Although Master Wang didn't blame me much, and even heard the meaning of "extenuating circumstances" in his tone, I couldn't forgive myself.

What I couldn't let go of the most was the lives of those eleven soldiers. Yesterday they were still fighting with me, and they were still alive. Their laughter, their self-confidence, their bravery...... It's all still in my head. But now, all this will be a thing of the past.

Although I have experienced countless times before this, I have experienced countless times when my comrades have died by my side, but I have never been so sad. Because, I feel that I hurt them.

If I could have thought of it sooner......

In a daze, he returned to the warriors' tunnel. By the time I went out on the phone, the tunnel had already been cleaned. The rags with the blood were sorted out and buried, the blood in the pit was cleaned, and the blood on the ground was covered with new soil.

I know that Zhang Xiaoxiao asked his soldiers to do it, this is not to say how careful Zhang Xiaoxiao is, but it is a tradition among the soldiers of the Volunteer Army. If any unit suffers heavy casualties, the other troops will help clean up the blood stains as soon as possible, in order to "touch the scene" and remember their comrades.

The tunnel was very quiet, Yang Zhenshan, Hu Zudi, and other soldiers all sat silently in the tunnel with guns in their hands, without saying a word. Most of the soldiers were still wearing bloody uniforms and were reluctant to change them.

"Commander......" After a long while, Yang Zhenshan raised his head, looked at me with his bloodshot eyes and said, "Commander, say it!" What do you have to do to get rid of those guys! ”

I was silent because I didn't know what to do either.

The enemy is a sniper, a sniper with night vision devices.

It's a completely unequal war, because they will see us and we won't see them.

In a sniper matchup, even a slight advantage can determine the outcome of both sides, not to mention that their advantage is so big that it is unimaginable. So we're going to go up and fight them, and that's basically to make tonight's situation happen again, or even worse!

Perhaps, I can take advantage of flares.

Because I know that the bright light of the flares can temporarily insomnia for those American snipers wearing night vision goggles, but what good is it even then? They were snipers, lurking in the snow and we couldn't even show it in the daytime, let alone in the brief light of flares.

"Comrades!" I sighed and said slowly, "After tonight's battle, I think everyone can guess what kind of weapons those Yankees are using!" That's right, they put a piece of equipment on the gun, one that will see us in the dark! ”

When I said this, the warriors threw astonished glances at me. Although they had doubts before, they still couldn't believe it was true. At this time, I was so sure that I finally believed this fact. However, this is still a bit of their imagination, just like the ancients who had always thought that the sky was round and the earth suddenly realized that the earth was round.

"I don't know what it's called!" I said heavily, "Let's call it a night vision device!" ”

I wouldn't dare to say that in front of Senior Commander Wang, but in front of the soldiers, it would be harmless to say something affirmative.

After a pause, I continued: "It's not been a day or two that you've been shooting cold, and you think about it, if we can't see the enemy at night, but the enemy can see us, then this battle ...... How else to fight? ”

"But the captain!" Yang Zhenshan was anxious, he suddenly stood up and said, "Could it be that our account is just settled?" Eleven of our comrades died in vain? This breath...... I, I can't swallow it! Even if I die, I'm going to go up and fight those shitty days! ”

"What's the use of you when you're dead?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel a little angry: "Didn't you die to give our troops more losses and those Yankees more credits?" If all of our volunteers are like you, one by one, go up and let the Yankees practice marksmanship, then it will be a fart fight! Don't think that you alone can't swallow this breath, I tell you, if you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it! ”

Yang Zhenshan was told by me, took off his hat and threw it to the ground, and sat on the ground with an aggrieved ass.

"Captain!" Hu Zudi still couldn't believe it and asked, "What kind of night vision device is the Yankees...... Can you really see us at night? ”

"Hmm!" I nodded helplessly.

The soldiers are also veterans of cold guns, and they all know that I am right, and if I go up like this, it is no different from sending them to death.

"Or ......" Hu Zudi hesitated and said: "This can't be fought at night, let's fight with them during the day!" ”

"If they don't come out during the day, what can we do with them?" I smiled bitterly and said, "What's more, if they preemptively replace a group of people before dawn to enter the latent position, we will have difficulty entering the latent position during the day!" ”

As soon as I said this, the fighters were silent. This principle is actually very simple, in the past, no one could see anyone in the dark night, and both sides could take advantage of the darkness to enter the hidden position. But now the night belongs to the Yankees, and their night vision devices make it impossible for our troops to enter the latent positions in the dark night, forcing us to enter the positions during the day, then all the initiative will be in the hands of the US troops.

"Captain Cui!" At this time, Wang Yuehan appeared at the mouth of the tunnel, beckoned to me and said, "Division phone!" ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but be puzzled for a while, I had just finished talking to the division headquarters on the phone, but I didn't expect to call again so soon. I think it's also related to this night vision device!

He followed Wang Yuehan in three steps and two steps into the tunnel of the company headquarters, and as soon as he took the phone and said a report, the voice of Division Commander Wang sounded on the other end: "Commander Cui, I have already reported this situation to the military department, and the military department attaches great importance to this information, because it will involve all future campaigns of our army." Our army has always been good at fighting night battles in order to narrow the gap with the enemy in terms of equipment, but I did not expect that those US imperialists would understand this kind of equipment that can see us at night, and if this information is confirmed, it will have a great impact on the layout of all future campaigns of our army. That's a big problem! ”

"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be a little surprised when I heard this, I was thinking about the sacrificed soldiers before, but I didn't think of these things yet.

"In a sense...... Your failure today is another kind of success! Division Commander Wang continued: "According to the analysis of the military department, if the enemy has this kind of equipment, then the US military is more able to wield its role, and it should be suddenly used on the battlefield when our army launches a large-scale attack. At that time, if our army had not known anything about this new equipment, and had fought the US army at night as usual, the losses would have been incalculable! ”

"That's right!" Listening to Master Wang's words, I gradually came out of my guilt. At least their deaths are still worth it.

"Military analysis!" Division Commander Wang continued: "It is very likely that your cold-gun unit has beaten the enemy's snipers too hard, which has forced them to use this secret weapon in advance. But now there's another problem, which is that all of this is still hypothetical, still just a suspicion. Seeing is believing, and it is still unknown whether the enemy has such equipment, and only when we really get such a set of equipment can we make a decision! So the military department ordered us to get a set of such equipment, how about it? Can it be done? ”

"Division Commander...... "I couldn't help but be shocked when I heard this.

If this were a normal task, if it was an ordinary task, then I would definitely still answer mechanically as usual, "Yes!" ”。 But now the task ......

"Master Wang!" I hesitated and replied, "This enemy can see us, we can't see them, it's difficult to shoot cold guns, and it's too ...... to get a set of such equipment?"

"Of course there are drops of difficulty!" Division Commander Wang interrupted me: "But Commander Cui, you also know the current situation, the negotiations are still ongoing, and our large army cannot attack the enemy's position unless it is absolutely necessary, otherwise it is very likely that we will give someone a handle at the negotiation table and fall into a passive situation." So we can only use small troops to complete the mission, so who else can we use but your cold gun troops? ”

"But we ......"

"As for the problem of the attrition of your cold gun troops!" Division Commander Wang didn't let me have a chance to speak, and continued: "You can choose the elite of our division, and the artillery can also fully assist you!" Even if you want me to be an old man, I won't say a word! ”

I couldn't help but sigh when I heard this, Master Wang's words have come to this, so what else can I say?