Chapter Eighty-Four: The Old Soldier
The jeep swayed around on the bumpy road, getting more and more desolate and remote as it went. In the end, there was not even a pedestrian or a house.
The two jeeps drove like this for more than half an hour, and as there were more and more loaded checkpoints on the road, the soldiers in the cars also became serious.
It's a strange feeling, we were talking and laughing all the way in Beijing just now, but as soon as we entered the area, everyone was quiet. It's not that we're nervous when we see the heavily loaded sentinels on the side of the road, and I might have felt this way if I had come to this world from the net, but now that there are more bullets and bullets, this little pomp and circumstance is really not worth mentioning to us.
I think the reason why we were quiet was because of the atmosphere.
The highland daggers on both sides of the road, the dazzling light of the searchlights from time to time crossed the road we were driving, and by the light of the searchlights, we could clearly see the trenches, barbed wire, bunkers and other fortifications on the high ground on both sides.
This gives us the illusion of returning to the battlefield, although most of these fortifications are empty, these should be the fortifications dug by the infantry cadets when they practice, but they can still evoke our memories of the battlefield.
"That's where I grew up!" Li Pinghe looked at Jingwu outside the window and said with emotion: "Since I came here at the age of thirteen, until I went to the battlefield, I have never left here!" ”
I couldn't help but smile in my heart, and I couldn't help but smile in my heart, and I couldn't help but say it secretly, no wonder Li Pinghe's thoughts would be so stubborn, but I couldn't say it clearly, and I would inevitably have another dispute.
Everyone's thinking is different! Li Pinghe has lived in this environment since he was a child, and he has been cultivated in this red and professional ideological atmosphere for a long time, and it is normal for him not to know how to be flexible. If I can change the mind that has been rooted in his heart for decades in a few words, then I will not become an immortal".
"Squeak". I was thinking. The jeep stopped in front of an iron 'gate'.
When Li Pinghe got out of the car to hand over the 'handing' documents, I took advantage of the faint light of the duty room to look around, and found that there was no "No. 1 Advanced Infantry School" written on the big 'door,' only a few bright red characters "Idlers in important military areas are not allowed to enter."
It's still easy to use these words, and I can't help but sigh when I see this. This may be because there are still many remnants of capitalism in our country. So no matter what the place is, such as warehouses, bases, military schools, "all important places are hung up." "Idlers in military places are not allowed to enter." Even if the reactionary agents saw it, they couldn't guess what kind of unit it was.
And it seems to be quite rigorous. This is not? It wasn't enough to have a heavyweight like Li Pinghe, and after a while, two soldiers with flashlights shone on us, not to mention the submachine guns that Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue brought, and even I had them confiscated.
What made me a little uneasy was that when Xu Yongwei put me in the back of the car and 'handed over' the sniper rifle, I found that the eyes of the two soldiers immediately lit up, and the light of the flashlight quickly shone on the sniper rifle, and there was a "tsk, small exclamation" from the mouth.
"Commissar!" When Li Pinghe returned to the carriage, I couldn't help asking: "You sentinels, you won't do anything with my gun, right?" ”
"Don't worry!" Li Pinghe smiled: "Your gun of Regiment Leader Cui." Who would dare to do anything to you?
"Not necessarily!" I'm still a little relieved: "It's not good to be a soldier, it's good to be a good gold, it's good to be a good gun, it's a good gun to wear Yang, that's a thing to save your life on the battlefield."
Besides, they don't know what Captain Cui I am, my name! Some people may know about shouting on the battlefield, but it's not brilliant here! ”
"That's right!" Li Pinghe nodded with a smile and said, "But the head of the regiment, you can rest assured!" Not to mention the strict military discipline in this step school, they will not joke about their future. The people I brought. They don't dare to do anything about it! ”
"I'm not going to do anything with you!" I replied angrily, "If you have a big face!" And they will disarm us like thieves? ”
"I said Commander Cui," Li Pinghe smiled helplessly: "It's good that they didn't call back to the army to verify your identity, and you still want to run with a gun."
"That's it!" I pretended to be convinced of Li Pinghe, pointed at Li Pinghe and said, "Anyway, if there is anything wrong with my gun, I will only ask you!" Who made you the landlord here".
With a coax, the soldiers couldn't help but laugh. The iron door opened with a screeching noise in front of us, and Xiao Li started the jeep and drove straight in. Under the headlights of the car, I finally saw this mysterious 'color' of the school. At first glance, it is inevitable to be a little disappointed, because this place is no different from other places, a few dilapidated and old warehouses, rows of brick houses, and the slogan "*** in no particular order" is written on the banner "Hold high the great red flag of 'Mao' Zedong Thought and move forward bravely". Along the road, I also saw a few basketball courts, runways and the like, except for the occasional few military vehicles and a few 'guns'. There is no difference between a type of university.
I have to explain here that when I was in college, my classmates and I usually called schools with outdated equipment and dilapidated buildings "Marxist" schools.
"I'll see your uncle tomorrow!" The jeep finally stopped In the warehouse full of military vehicles, I jumped out of the car and took out my pocket watch to look at it, and it was past two o'clock in the night, so I said to Li Pinghe: "Your uncle should have slept by now, let's not disturb him!" ”
"No!" Unexpectedly, Li Pinghe shook his head and replied: "I'm afraid that his old man hasn't slept yet!" I had already spoken to my uncle on the phone, and when he knew that you were coming, he went to bed early during the day, and repeatedly told me that I would take you to him as soon as you came! ”
"Hmm!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but dare to be a little surprised, and at the same time, a feeling of being frightened suddenly appeared.
My uncle is the vice principal of the senior infantry school, and he is also a figure with a head and face in the military world, but he will adjust his work and rest habits and wait for me, a nameless car,"
Following Li Pinghe, he walked around on the pavement paved with blue bricks, and after a while, he came to a two-story bungalow, and sure enough, there was still a little red light upstairs. There were also two sentries on duty at the entrance of the 'gate', and when they saw our group, they couldn't help but ask: "Comrade Li." Is Captain Choi here? ”
"Yes!" Li Pinghe replied.
"Let's go up there!" Another sentry opened the 'door' for us and said, "The headmaster has asked several times, but you just won't rest until you wait!" ”
"Hmm!" Li Pinghe nodded, beckoned to me, and walked towards the house. Xu Yongwei, Zhang Mingxue and others consciously stayed outside the 'door'.
As soon as we walked into the house, we smelled the smell of tea, and when we walked up the wooden steps, an old voice came from upstairs: "Ping'er, is it you?"
"Uncle, it's me!" Li Pinghe involuntarily quickened his pace, and replied as he walked: "Uncle, I also brought Captain Cui here."
"Squeak", before Li Pinghe's words fell, the wooden 'door' upstairs opened, and an old soldier wearing a military hat appeared in front of me.
He glanced at me with sharp eyes, nodded at me with a smile, and said, "Finally see you, Comrade Cui!" ”
"Hello uncle!" I hurriedly greeted him, shook his hand and said, "Uncle has been waiting for a long time, I should have come to visit you earlier!" ”
"Hey, it's more important to fight!" The old soldier smiled: "Seeing that this old man of mine is important, it makes me feel a little embarrassed to let you go this way!" ”
"Uncle said that, it will torment me!" Looking at the old man in front of me, I couldn't help but be moved. I know very well in my heart that an old soldier like him doesn't know how much higher he is, but he doesn't have a frame at all. So much so that in modern times, I, who am used to seeing the official frame, suddenly have a feeling that I am not used to it and don't know how to face it.
"Come on, come on, come on, come in and sit! The old soldier kindly pulled me into the house, and I couldn't help but be stunned by the furnishings in the house.
Under the red light, there was a simple 'bed', a table and two chairs in the room, a kettle was placed at the foot of the table, there were more than a dozen books neatly arranged on the table, a book was spread out on the table, and there was an old 'flower' mirror and a rusty teacup next to it.
Presented to the heroic Chinese People's Liberation Army
Defend the Motherland
Defend the peace
The people of the whole country condolences to the delegation of the People's Liberation Army
Looking at this teacup, I feel a little incredible, it is obviously a teacup used by veterans on the battlefield during the Liberation War, but I didn't expect that veterans are still using it now,
"Sit, sit," the old soldier beckoned me to sit down, and pointed to the book on the table and said, "I was idle just now, so I just took a book and looked at it, and I was fascinated by it, but I didn't expect you to come!" I've been running on the road for so long, I must be hungry! Xiao Chen, "
"No, no, no!" I hurriedly excused myself and said, "We've eaten on the road!" ”
"Wrong!" The old soldier said with some displeasure: "I don't know you yet! What can I eat on the road? Isn't it chow mein and boiling water? There is no way to do it on the battlefield, and now that we have arrived in our own motherland, can we still let you suffer this? ”
I don't know why, listening to this, I suddenly felt like I was home, and suddenly felt that the old man in front of me was my relative, and my eyes were a little moist unconsciously
After a while, the orderly came with a hot meal, two dishes and one soup, all home-cooked, plus two large bowls of rice. Li Pinghe and I were not polite, and everyone gobbled up a bowl of it. The old soldier stared at us with kind eyes, sometimes with a smile of relief on his face, and sometimes a bitter sigh.
At this moment, as if I had a heart in my heart, I understood the meaning of the old soldier's expression. He was pleased because he was able to entertain our relatives and comrades-in-arms who had returned from the front line, and he was bitter because he knew that we must have suffered a lot on the front line when he looked at our appearance.
"Commander Cui" watched us finish eating, and the old soldier opened his mouth.
"Uncle, let's call me Xiao Cui!" I interrupted the old soldier.
Maybe it was the habit brought from the battlefield, or maybe it was the old man's eyes that made me feel like a relative, and I suddenly felt that the title "Commander Cui" was a bit harsh.
"Good!" The old soldier smiled again on his face and said happily: Xiao Cui! I've heard a lot about you from Ping'er! I've heard him say you're young, but I still didn't expect you to be so young! It's not easy! It's about the same age as Heihe! Just be the head of the regiment! ”
"Uncle exalted me too much!" I patted Li Pinghe's shoulder with some embarrassment and said, "Didn't the political commissar also become a political commissar at such a young age?"
"Wrong! How could that be the same". The old soldier smiled: "Your regiment commander Er is a real knife and a real gun, and his political commissar is the one who fought a few battles by himself?" ”
"No, no" looked at Li Pinghe, who was smiling bitterly, and I hurriedly helped him with good words: "The Yingtuan can win battles on the battlefield, which is inseparable from the ideological work that the political commissar usually does for the soldiers, and he should be credited with this credit!" It is rare that the political commissar has good marksmanship, and many enemies have died under the political commissar's gun
"Alright, alright!" The old soldier smiled and waved his hand: "Xiao Cui! Ping'er was cultivated by me, he has a few pounds and a few taels I know, originally I did think he was very good, and I thought he could make a contribution on the battlefield, but after I heard about you, I understood one thing: people need talent to succeed in all fields, and the same is true on the battlefield! I think you're very talented! ”
As he spoke, the old soldier also took out a map from the 'drawer' and spread it out in front of me, and when I saw the red and blue lines on it, it turned out to be the road map for the retreat of the Hanshi under my leadership during the five battles.
"Xiao Cui!" The old soldier unhurriedly put on his old 'flower' glasses, looked at the map and said: "You fought this battle very beautifully" Tian Shi was surrounded by the enemy, and it made me feel like walking a tightrope as thrilling. But you were stunned that you were able to bring them out, and you also had a beautiful two-sided attack in the iron field, which really made me unconvinced! Zheng Qigui's person is too dead to carry out orders, and the battlefield is changing rapidly! How can he blindly carry out the orders of his superiors regardless of the actual situation like him! I don't understand the reason that the military orders are not subject to foreign military orders! How can you be a teacher! If it weren't for that fake electricity quilt you made,"
"Hmm!" Speaking of this, the old soldier couldn't help but pause, and then looked at me with curiosity and said, "How did you deceive Zheng Qigui with a fake telegram?" Although he is not a qualified division commander, but I think he can still see it clearly, and he can even be deceived by you? ”
"Uncle is wise!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile and explained: "Actually, this telegram is not false, and it is not true!" ”
"Oh! How do you say that? "The old soldier was aroused by my curiosity, and looked at me with even more antiquity.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but laugh secretly, saying that the older this person is, the more like a child is, which seems to be true.
So he explained: "That telegram was indeed written by a radio soldier at the division headquarters. The handwriting will, of course. It's just that the content was written by me, and I said under the pretext that I wanted to learn from the radio soldiers to translate the message, so that he could read the message."
"Hmm!" The old soldier couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then quickly understood. He laughed and pointed at me and said, "You, you! It's really a ghost 'spirit', and I can't sleep after thinking about it for a few nights, but I can't figure out what method you use! It turns out that this is still the case".
"Uncle!" Li Pinghe couldn't turn a corner when he heard this, and asked with some puzzlement on the side: "Just because of this, I thought that Commander Cui was a spy, not to mention anything else, it is also a big crime to change the message without permission, isn't it?" How do you pay it back
"You stupid boy". The old soldier couldn't help but pat Li Pinghe's head angrily: "You don't want to think about what Xiao Cui is trying to change the message for!" If Tian Shi really carried out the orders of his superiors, everyone knew that it would be an end of annihilation. But just a telegram was modified, and the whole game of chess was lived. Do you understand the truth of success and defeat? What you want on the battlefield is the result, what kind of method can win the battle, what kind of method can survive, that is a good way! You really should learn from Xiao Cui! ”
"But Xiao Cui!" After Li Pinghe was finished, the old soldier said to me again: "Don't blame Ping'er, after watching your entire command process, even I thought that you knew the enemy's deployment in advance."
In retrospect, the conducting process was a perfect work of art! I put it in the classroom in the step school for the students to learn! "What?" Listening to me, I couldn't help but scream a few times in my heart and was ashamed, what kind of art am I called! I really knew the enemy's defense in advance, so that I could easily navigate the enemy's gaps. In the end, the old 0 division was successfully brought out of the enemy's encirclement, and who knew that it would now become a teaching material for the infantry school.
"And a few tactics you proposed," the veteran continued: "First of all, the anti-slope tunnel tactics were proposed in time, followed by the cold gun and cold artillery tactics, and the most recent is the special operation against the puppet army agents in the first two months!" Xiao Cui, there are too many miracles that have happened to you! You always come up with tactics that suit our army and can strike at the enemy at the same time when our army is facing difficulties and crises, and if it weren't for the huge benefits that your tactics can bring to our army, even I would suspect that you are a spy! ”
"Hehe, uncle said he was laughing!" Listening to the old soldier's words, I couldn't help but be surprised. I knew that if the old soldier in front of me didn't pay attention to results, he would have investigated me a long time ago!
And now, he may be thinking in his heart: If I were a spy, I would have brought huge casualties to the volunteers by doing nothing, so I can't be a spy!
Thankfully, if only everyone would think so!