Chapter 31: The Death Mission

"Cui Ranchang!"

"Captain Cui!"

However, after a while, the people outside the tunnel gathered more and more, and gathered more and more densely. Jiang Chunzeng, Li Pinghe, Huang Xianhua, Li Xiangming, as well as Zhang Mingxue and Xu Yongwei, crowded the tunnel inside and out in a short time, and everyone had a look of surprise on their faces.

At this time, I realized that although I was not far from them during this time, because I had been busy fighting on Shangganling, I hadn't seen them for a long time now.

"Comrades!" Seeing these old subordinates who had avoided the group, I couldn't help but have mixed feelings: "Comrades, thank you for your concern for me, but care can't be 'chaotic'!" If I really want to be heroic, you really rushed through the devil's defense line to find me despite the orders of your superiors? How? When my soldier became addicted, didn't I? Everyone rushed to the 'Yin' Cao Difu to be my soldier again? ”

"Coax," and the warriors all burst out laughing.

"I'll tell you!" I put on a domineering look, and my index finger clicked a few times in the air and said, "You guys just go down like this!" I won't accept it if I want to be my soldier! If I go down, I'll set up a table and take notes with a piece of paper. You didn't drag a few enemy ghosts down, and I kicked you back into the sun! ”

The fighters laughed even louder.

After laughing for a while, I continued, "If you bring an enemy ghost, I'll be a soldier for you; Bring two and I'll give you a platoon commander; If you bring ten, I, the head of the regiment, will do it for you! ”

Haha" The soldiers all laughed, and the atmosphere in the tunnel soon became relaxed and happy.

"Comrades!" At this time, Li Pinghe stood up and waved at the soldiers; "Comrades, Regiment Commander Cui has been fighting with the enemy for a few days, and he hasn't closed his eyes even if he thinks about it, he must be tired enough, comrades, let's go back first! Let Captain Cui and them rest well! ”

"That's right!" I nodded and said, "You guys are so many people gathered here!" The Yankees came over with a few shells, and we really want to go to the 'Yin' Cao Difu to be shrimp soldiers and crab generals, let's all disperse! Let's disperse! ”

"Yes!" When the warriors saw that I had returned safe and sound, they were relieved, and in a few moments they dispersed according to our orders.

"Captain!" Jiang 'Chun' came up and shook hands with me and said, "We're also leaving, you have a good rest!" It's good to be back, and I'll talk about it tomorrow! ”

"Hmm!" I nodded, and watched with emotion as the fighters left one by one.

"Commander Cui, your soldiers are really interesting!" After sending off the soldiers, Company Commander Fan couldn't help but say with some envy: "I have been a soldier for so many years, there are really not many cadres who can be so desperate to be a soldier, there is such a group of soldiers!" It's not in vain to come to this world! ”

"Yes! What a blessing to have such soldiers! I let out a long sigh, but there was no more, because I remembered Huang Sihu and the two soldiers he had taken away, and they were not some soldiers who were willing to fight for me. It seems that I have a heart, or maybe it is the tacit understanding that I have cooperated with the soldiers of the Cold Gun Force for so long, and I thought about it together, and the soldiers quickly thought of Huang Sihu and them, and they all lowered their heads, and fell into silence again in the tunnel.

"Don't think too much, give me all sleep!" As I gave the order, I spread out the march that Company Commander Fan had prepared for us and lay down.

"Yes!" The warriors whispered. Including Zhang Fafu and Yang Minle, they all spread out the quilt silently.

For more than two days, most of the time I hid in the low and cold cement pipe, I couldn't close my eyes at all, and as soon as my whole body relaxed, my eyelids sank as if they were filled with lead, and I soon fell asleep.

It was much warmer in the tunnel than outside, but the thin quilt on my body was not enough for me to get a good night's sleep. Trembling and half-asleep, I saw Huang Sihu and the two warriors he led, who were smiling and bloodied at me, as if to say goodbye to me. As I walked, I reluctantly turned my head frequently, and I reached out to hold them, but I couldn't reach them."

Suddenly, I sat up from the quilt and was stunned for a moment before I realized that I had just had a dream.

"Captain! Are you awake? Zhang Mingxue heard the movement and walked in from the mouth of the tunnel.

"Hmm!" I 'rubbed' my forehead, which didn't hurt me, looked around, and realized that I was alone.

"What about the others?" I snapped out.

"Everyone else is out in the sun!" Zhang Mingxue replied: "They saw that you slept soundly. I didn't dare to wake you up, I wanted you to rest for a while! ”

"Hmm, what time is it? All have the sun? "I couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"It's noon!" Zhang Mingxue smiled: "If you get up later, the sun will set."

"Captain, you're hungry!" At this time, Xu Yongwei walked in from outside the tunnel with a plate. A large bowl of piping white rice and a small jar of kimchi are placed on top.

"Captain, eat while it's hot!" Xu Yongwei put the plate in front of me and handed me a pair of chopsticks: "These are all prepared for you by Master Wang!" ”

"What?" I took two bites of white rice on the net, and I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard it: "Has Master Wang been here?" ”

"Yes! I've been here twice! Xu Yongwei replied: "Master Wang saw that you hadn't woken up yet, so he didn't let us wake you up, saying that he would come back later!" ”

Ping: The second division commander didn't wake me up when he came! "I wanted to put down my rice bowl and go to the crowd, but firstly, my stomach was really hungry, and secondly, the taste of this Korean kimchi was really good, so I '' the chopsticks and gobbled up the food in front of me."

Korean kimchi is similar to our Chinese crotch cabbage and sauerkraut, the difference is that the raw material for North Koreans to make kimchi is cabbage, and fish heads, pork ribs and other delicacies are added to it, which is a dish that North Koreans eat every day, especially for winter. North Koreans call it "Kim Yang." "We volunteers call it kimchi.

Although the people of North Korea often give us some of this thing, there are so many volunteers that there are not many opportunities to eat it in normal times, and with this opportunity, I will not let it go so easily. In my heart, I only thought that Master Wang would wait a little longer, and then fill up his five internal organs first. So the three times and five divided by two ate the bowl of rice and the small pot of kimchi. He burped and wiped his mouth. Then he stood up and walked out of the tunnel.

"Captain!"

"Commander".

The net came out of the tunnel, and one by one the warriors who were basking in the sun outside stood up and saluted me. I nodded at them frequently, and I couldn't help but feel a little fluttering in my heart. But I didn't take a few steps before I was stunned, although the time I spent in the Wusheng Mountain area was not short, but most of the time I stayed on Shangganling, and I didn't need to worry about having Wang Yuehan by my side. This next person came out and couldn't find the direction again.

"Zhang Mingxue, Xu Yongwei!" In desperation, I had to shout behind me: "You two go ahead, go to the division!" ”

Zhang Mingxue and Xu Yongwei couldn't help but be stunned, they have always been *** walking in front, and the guards are following behind. Now I'm going to let them go."

But he didn't dare to ask more questions when he was stunned, so he ran to the front to lead the way.

I don't remember where. Only followed Zhang Mingxue and Xu Yongwei to turn left and right on the mountain road, and soon came to the division headquarters. I secretly said in my heart, fortunately, there are still two guards who can recognize the way, otherwise I may have to make a fool of myself in front of the soldiers.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

After getting permission, I lifted the black cloth at the mouth of the tunnel and walked in, but I saw that Master Wang was discussing something with a few people on the map with their heads down, and they didn't notice me at all.

"Hmm! It's Captain Choi! After a while, when Commissar Xie came over with a teacup. Only then did I realize that I was standing on the sidelines waiting.

"Yo!" Hearing this, Senior Commander Wang raised his head and looked at me unexpectedly, and hurriedly greeted me enthusiastically and held my hand: "It turned out to be Commander Cui, why don't you say anything!" Come and come and "sit and sit".

"It turns out that you are Captain Cui! The soldiers who Xiao had just discussed with Commander Wang on the map quickly surrounded me and warmly shook hands with me one by one.

"Well, I'll introduce you!" Division Commander Wang pointed at the soldiers and said: "This is Xu Jiaxun, the head of the Turbulent Regiment, Shao Jie, the head of the Meritorious Regiment, and Zhu Jiaqing, the commander of the 2nd Regiment, this is Dong Yin, the commander of the artillery regiment!" ”

It turned out to be the commander of each regiment of the Sword Division, and I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when I heard this, it has been so long since I came to the Wusheng Mountain area, and it can even be said that I have fought in the Flying Regiment for a long time, and I have only seen these regiment commanders now.

"Commander Cui, you have completed your reconnaissance mission this time too well!" Zhu Jiaqing, who was full of beard and scum, patted me on the shoulder with a big grin and said, "Do you know how many cannons we have knocked out the enemy? Thirty-five 'gates'! This is not counting dozens of Chiang's cars and tanks! This hurts the Yankees! ”

"Oh! Have you knocked out so many? This is the first time I've heard anyone talk to me about the results of this reconnaissance mission.

"Isn't that right?" Political Commissar Xie happily handed me a glass of water: "According to our intelligence officers, the open ground is a black and oppressive area, and there are wreckage of artillery, cars, and tanks everywhere. You've done a great job! ”

"Finally got revenge!" I nodded excitedly when I heard this.

The intelligence officers of the Volunteer Army are still credible, after all, this war was fought on Korean soil. South Korea and North Korea are just a term, and no one can tell whether North Koreans go to South Korea or South Koreans go to North Korea. Therefore, it is too easy for the two warring parties to 'insert' a few spies on each other.

"Our army only has more than 30 'guns', and each fired five shells!" Dong Yin is the commander of the artillery regiment, so he naturally does not leave the line of work, and he said with a happy tone: "These more than 100 shells were not enough to cause such great destructive power, but I think it should be the US artillery shells that were detonated by our artillery shells and caused a chain explosion to have such power!" ”

"What Head Dong said is right!" I agreed: "When we pulled down, we did see that the car with the shells had been detonated.

"Captain Cui!" At this time, Division Commander Wang opened his mouth: "I have heard from the soldiers of the cold gun unit about your withdrawal!" This time, the soldiers were able to come back alive because of your improvisation and proper command! ”

"Division commander, there are still people who have not withdrawn!"

"I know, I know!" Division Commander Wang nodded heavily: "Huang Sihu, they are all good comrades, they took the initiative to sacrifice themselves in order to ensure the safety of the large army, this kind of 'spirit' is worth learning from us!" They are all good fighters of our party! ”

After a pause, Master Wang said with a straight face: "We must praise the merits, and we must criticize the mistakes!" What about those two. How did the six inspectors do it! On the battlefield, you will make the mistake of reading samples! Who are Dong? You have to find out about this for me."

"Yes!" Dong Yin 'straightened' up and responded, not daring to explain half a sentence.

"Division Commander". Hearing this, I couldn't help but be a little unbearable: "In fact, those two artillery observers also have merit for this mission. If it weren't for them directing the artillery into the enemy's positions, it can be said that we would not have been able to complete this mission at all. ”

"Hmm!" Master Wang nodded and sat back on the bench again, but his face was still very ugly. The atmosphere in the tunnel was dreary for a while.

Master Wang looked irritable, and after a while, he lit a cigarette, 'smoked' a few puffs, and then stood up and paced back and forth. Oddly enough. I always felt that he didn't dare to look me in the eye, as if he had done something wrong.

After a long time, Master Wang sighed. Sitting back on the bench, he said: "I know, the two artillery observers are not to blame for this loss, if you want to blame, blame me!" ”

"Humble Chief!"

"Commander,"

The person next to him wanted to say something, but was quickly stopped by Senior Commander Wang, who raised his head and looked at me and said, "Commander Cui, I have a few words today. My Wang is uncomfortable in my heart. Be sure to make it clear to you! ”

"Master Wang, just say it." See everyone like this. I was getting more and more weird.

"Good!" Division Commander Wang nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "In this mission, we did send two teams of scouts before, but neither of them successfully passed through the enemy's defense line, so we only thought of you." As it turned out, we were right, you managed to get through the enemy lines and complete your mission. But what we didn't expect was that you would be able to come back

"Bowl?" I couldn't help but be shocked when I heard this, and stood up as if I had been pricked by a needle and said, "Senior Master, you mean, you mean that this is a death mission?" ”

"That's right!" Division Commander Wang nodded and said, "Have you ever thought about the process of artillery scouts guiding shells into the enemy's position, no matter how well you lurk well. Is that enough to take you guys***? ”

"Hmm! I hadn't thought about that. I shook my head blankly.

"Yankees are not stupid!" Division Commander Wang looked at me apologetically and said, "We don't have air school gunners, when you guide the shells into their positions one by one, one by one, and one by one. They soon became aware of enemy artillery scouts lurking near their artillery positions. There was only one high ground near that open field. So the U.S. military will find your place soon."

"At that time, we were in the middle of the American position, and our two 'legs' couldn't outrun the enemy's four wheels at all, so you thought we were dead, right?" When I heard this, I understood everything, and I only felt a chill in my heart. It's better than freezing in that cement pipe for thirty-two hours

"Captain Cui!" Seeing that my expression was a little unkind, Political Commissar Xie hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Actually, we are also forced to do this task

"Divisional commander! Commissar! I interrupted Political Commissar Xie's words, saluted them and said, "Next time there is such a task, don't worry about me, Cui Wei will not dare to go!" Just tell me that there is no return. I, and the warriors under my command, if we can frown, it's the turtle son! ”

As I spoke, I ignored the reactions of the other soldiers in the tunnel, saluted, and walked out of the tunnel.

As soon as they got out of the tunnel, Zhang Mingxue and Xu Yongwei hurriedly ran in front of me, and I was unhappy! When he saw this, he opened his mouth and scolded: "Come back, whoever told you to go to the front, go to the back."

"Leader, this" Zhang Mingxue was a little confused.

"What is this?" I shouted impatiently: "Go and inform Liu Yawen's cold gun troops." Return to position immediately! ”

As he spoke, he walked towards Sukekougao without looking back. One of the reasons why I dared to do this was that I knew the road from the division headquarters to the high ground of Sukou, and I didn't need someone to lead the way.

When I returned to the headquarters of Sukeko, I lay on my 'bed' made up of artillery boxes, and I couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and I kept thinking about the scene that happened in the division headquarters today.

It's not that I'm unbalanced because I've been put on a death mission, it's that I can't stand the feeling of almost being cheated.

But when I think about it, I feel that something is wrong, this is too common in the ranks of the Volunteer Army, such death tasks and death orders can be said to be too common, and there is no need for Division Commander Wang to use this method to hide from me to arrange tasks for me.

But when I think about it, I am relieved, and the biggest reason for this may be because I am the commander of the Persuasion Nephew Regiment, and I am a non-combat unit who has come to pass on the experience.

It is unreasonable to give such a death order to a person of my stature. Moreover, the nephew group and even the commander of the Tian Division, Master Pang, would not agree, so they came up with this strategy."

Fortunately, I escaped with a great fortune! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but stretch comfortably. I let go of the only discomfort in my heart, and at the same time secretly admired myself, I even broke such a dead end!