Chapter 126: The Basement

Chapter 126: The Basement

"Hello Camp Commander Cui!" After the car was driving a little more steadily, a cadre wearing glasses came up to shake my hand and introduced himself: "I am Staff Officer Li, and I am sent by Division Commander Wang to coordinate the work of your commando team!" ”

"Hello!" I saluted Chief of Staff Lee.

I have seen this Staff Officer Li once, and just now he was still by Division Commander Wang's side, and he should be a chief of staff of the division headquarters.

What rank is the chief of staff of the division headquarters? As soon as I came to this world, I was fighting and killing, and I didn't know much about official ranks and ranks, but when I thought that the top division of my former army was a chief of staff who came down from the division headquarters, I could know what kind of character this guy in front of me was.

The fact that Division Commander Wang sent such a figure to organize and coordinate our work in this battle is enough to prove that Division Commander Wang attaches great importance to this 'interspersed' task.

"Camp Commander Cui!" Holding my hand, Staff Officer Li said to me solemnly: "First of all, please allow me to express my respect to you and all the soldiers who participated in this mission!" You are real Chinese soldiers, you are our pride and the pride of the motherland! ”

As he spoke, he solemnly saluted us, and the soldiers and I hurried back with a military salute. The strangeness and distance between me and the soldiers and this Staff Officer Li were soon narrowed in a lot because of this military salute.

People are so strange sometimes, and if someone agrees and respects them, we will soon believe and accept them. I have to admit that if this is Chief of Staff Lee's external 'handover', then he is a terrible person.

But I believe he is not, because the fortitude on his face and the emotion in his eyes can only be found by the same real soldier. And a real soldier will not play tricks on his comrades.

"Camp Commander Cui!" Staff Officer Li took out a map and drew it with a pencil while shining it with a flashlight: "The plan is this, about four regiments of the Vietnamese army will be compressed by us near the Provincial Administrative Committee, which is only two square kilometers in Lang Son South District. According to the estimation of our division headquarters, if the Vietnamese army has poison gas bombs, it is very likely that they will hide in the administrative committee building! ”

Then Staff Officer Li pointed to a street to the left of the administrative committee building with a pencil and said: "This is the critical interface between our army and the Vietnamese army's defense line, only more than 500 meters away from the target, and the terrain environment is relatively simple. What are you going to do...... It is to find the poison gas bomb and take control of the building, and then use the three red 'color' signal flares as a signal, and our army will break through the Vietnamese defense line as quickly as possible to meet you. If ......"

Speaking of this, Staff Officer Li hesitated, gritted his teeth, and continued: "You must be prepared to blast the building, and if you can't defend it, you will detonate the explosive 'medicine' to blow up the building, so that the Vietnamese army will not have the opportunity to use poison gas bombs!" ”

Hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but be silent, they all knew what Staff Officer Li said about what this blowing up of the building meant.

"Questions?" Staff Officer Li asked.

"No problem!" I replied.

In fact, this is indeed a very good plan, as long as the poison gas bombs are in the commissar building, as long as we can 'mix' in, then it will not be much difficult to occupy the first floor of the political commissar building as the Vietnamese army, after all, all the attention of the Vietnamese army is on the periphery, and there is no defense against us.

Of course, there are only a few dozen of us, and it is difficult for us to fully control the building and hold the building for a long time, but we can use explosives to blow up the entire building, and in that case, if the Vietnamese army still wants to use poison gas bombs, I am afraid that it will take at least seven or eight days to dig out the gas bombs. But by that time, I'm afraid that they have already become the ghosts of our army.

"Hmm!" The chief of staff nodded, then dragged several large bags of clothes from the front of the car and said: "These are the military uniforms of the Vietnamese army, as well as helmets, comrades hurry up and change them......"

The fighters did not speak, but got up from their seats and began to untie their clothes, because the roof of the car was so low that they had to act on their waists.

I also took a set of clothes from my bag, and before I could get it in front of me, I smelled a strong smell of blood and sweat. So I quickly understood that these military uniforms were taken off the bodies of the Vietnamese soldiers who died in battle, and I couldn't help but feel sick for a while. But soon we felt that we had to do this, because we were going to pretend to be Vietnamese soldiers who were besieged in Lang Son for a few days and nights, so could the uniforms on our bodies still be brand new?

Thinking of this, I endured the churning of my stomach and put the bloodstained and stained military uniform on my body.

In fact, the military uniforms we changed out of were no less than mine, and they were just as stinky, but our own stinky can not be the same thing, and the stink of others is a little unbearable.

"There are a few translators here that the division has arranged for you!" After we changed our clothes, Staff Officer Li used a flashlight to shine a flashlight on the soldiers in the innermost part of the carriage and said: "They are Wang Wu Rong, Li Zhenshen, and Wu Zuohui. ”

"Hello battalion commander!"

"Hello battalion commander!"

……

Each of them stood up and saluted me, which looked a little strange because the roof was not high enough.

"Hmm!" I have to admit that Chief of Staff Li was very thoughtful, whether it was clothing or translation, there was not the slightest flaw, and even the few interpreters I found were familiar with the terrain of Lang Son. This is especially important for me, who is road blind.

The group staggered forward in the car, no one spoke, and the atmosphere seemed very depressing.

After a long time, I said word by word: "Now you all know about this mission?" If anyone wants to quit, it's still too late! I don't blame you, and you don't think it's a shame. In fact...... You can now be regarded as heroes, and you can go back to glorify your ancestors! I'll report it to my superiors, you don't have to worry......"

"Battalion commander!" Li Zhifu interrupted me and said, "We don't want to be heroes or glorify our ancestors. There is a saying that it is better to die than to live, you say that if this person is even dead, is he a hero or a bear or can he glorify his ancestors, then we can't see it, right? So you just say a few words! You're not afraid, what else can we be afraid of? ”

"yes!" Alziri also put on his usual appearance, and said in an indifferent tone: "If we quit, will we still let you go alone, battalion commander?" Most of the lives of our people were saved by you, the battalion commander. If it weren't for the battalion commander, wouldn't our unit be crippled on the battlefield after a few battles on the battlefield like other troops? Now it's time for us to repay the battalion commander! ”

"What did you say?" Yang Songjian was a little dissatisfied with Al Ziri's tone, and scolded: "What do you mean to repay the battalion commander?" The battalion commander is also on a mission and for the sake of the troops, you repay the ......"

"I can't speak!" Alziri said with a smile: "But no matter what, quitting now is a heartless bitch!" I said I won't return anything! ”

"I won't retreat!"

"And me!"

"That's right! If you want to die, you have to die with the battalion commander! ”

……

One by one, the fighters expressed their determination, and I was so moved that I couldn't speak, but I reached out and patted the fighters on the shoulders and shook their hands.

"Camp Commander Cui!" At this time, Chief of Staff Li opened his mouth, he sighed and smiled: "You have such a good group of subordinates, no wonder you are invincible on the battlefield!" ”

I nodded wordlessly, and sighed in my heart, there are such comrades-in-arms who are willing to live and die with me, and it is not in vain that I came to this time and space to turn around.

Staff Officer Li listened to the increasingly clear sound of gunfire outside the car, and couldn't help but remind us: "It's almost time to the front line, comrades prepare for battle!" ”

"Get ready for battle! Except for the Vietnamese-speaking fighters, everyone shut their mouths for me! "The order quickly came out of my mouth. The fighters soon began to do the final checks on their weapons and equipment.

At this time, the communicator next to Staff Officer Li suddenly raised his head and said, "Chief of Staff, it's the military department...... Commander Chu wants to talk to Battalion Commander Cui! ”

"Hmm!" Staff Officer Li and I couldn't help but be stunned, the commander of an army asked a battalion commander to speak, and such a thing is really rare on the battlefield.

I moved a few steps forward, and after taking the microphone to identify myself, I heard Commander Chu say on the other side: "Comrade Cui Wei, on behalf of our troops, on behalf of all the comrades who fought in Langshan, on behalf of the people of the motherland, I thank you and your troops!" You're all good......"

Before Commander Chu finished speaking, the voice in the walkie-talkie turned into a murmur of "zizi ......", and as soon as the correspondent heard it, he explained: "It's the communication jamming of the Yue devils, and the purpose is to make it impossible for us to command the troops on the front line!" ”

I smiled bitterly and returned the microphone to the correspondent, I didn't expect to hear the call from Captain Chu at this last moment, but it was likely to be the last.

"Squeak!" The car stopped a few moments later.

"Get out of the car!" As soon as I gave the order, the soldiers jumped out of the car and stood in line next to the car.

The streets were very chaotic, full of PLA soldiers running back and forth, some carrying stretchers to transport the wounded, some were in a hurry to carry ammunition and 'medicine' upwards, and from time to time one or two tanks made a rumbling motor and drove to the front line...... They were all busy with their own business, but they all looked at our Vietnamese army with strange eyes as they passed us.

However, I think they must have been ordered in advance to know that such a force was coming. Otherwise, they will not look at us with their eyes, but with their guns......

As soon as Chief of Staff Li got out of the car, he 'drawn' the Type 54 pistol on his waist and waved it forward, saying, "Battalion Commander Cui! Follow me......"

Looking at Staff Officer Li's youthful swinging of the gun, I knew that he had definitely never fought. However, a man who has never fought can be so calm on this front, and I do have some admiration for this rather bookish chief of staff.

Follow the chief of staff along the street into an alley, and then walk a few dozen meters further, and after a while he came to a nondescript house. There were already two-sided soldiers guarding the 'gate', and there was a cadre-like person walking around in front of the 'gate' anxiously waiting, and as soon as he saw the chief of staff, he quickly greeted us, glanced at us while holding the chief of staff's hand, and said, "Are these comrades?" ”

"Yes!" The chief of staff nodded and said, "They will 'hand' it over to you!" ”

"No problem!" The cadre didn't say much, but shouted at me: "Comrade! Follow me! ”

Without saying a word, he turned around and walked towards the house.

At first, I was a little puzzled, could such a small room accommodate 50 of us? And we are disguised as Vietnamese troops to penetrate into the enemy's interior, aren't we? What are you doing in the house?

With suspicion, he followed the cadre into the house, and soon understood that there was a very hidden basement under the light of the cadre's flashlight......

"Let's go inside!" The chief of staff explained: "The encirclement of our army is very tight, and there are very few stragglers of the Vietnamese army who forcibly break through the encirclement of our army and get in touch with the Vietnamese army, and there are not as many as these 50 or so people, so I am worried that the Vietnamese army will be suspicious of you, so I thought of this method!" ”

Then he pointed to the basement and said: "This was originally a 'hole' of the Vietnamese army, which contained more than 60 Vietnamese soldiers, but they have all been annihilated by us, and we know from the prisoners that they are the troops of the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company of the 923rd Regiment of the 308th Division, and the company commander is called Fan Xiongyao!" I told them all about these materials and asked them to memorize them. Their task was to suddenly attack from the drill when the Vietnamese army launched a counteroffensive, and to repel our army from the inside and outside...... When our Vietnamese army counterattacks, we will send you a signal, the signal is to hit the butt of the gun three times, you will immediately drill out and shoot everywhere, and our army will pretend to retreat in a big 'chaos'......"

"Hurry up! Don't say so much! The cadre anxiously urged: "The Yue devil will launch a counterattack soon!" ”

"Is the mission clear?" The chief of staff still asked uneasily.

"Clear!" I nodded, waved at the warriors, and ordered, "Enter the 'hole'!" ”

The soldiers answered, and without saying a word, they went into the basement one after another.

I was the last one to enter the basement, and I closed the wooden lid of the basement upside down and walked down the brick stairs a few floors, and a suffocating smell of gasoline and burnt smell came to my nose, presumably our army used flamethrowers to deal with the Vietnamese troops hiding in it. And it wasn't long, because we could still feel the warmth on the walls of the earth around the basement......

I don't like the night, but the darkness of this basement gives me a sense of security. I also know that this sense of security is not real, but at least at this moment we don't have to worry about being hit by bullets flying everywhere, and we don't have to worry about being blown up by aimless shells.

Suddenly, the sound of gunfire and explosions outside sounded like popping beans, which seemed to tell us that the Vietnamese army had begun to launch a counteroffensive, and the breathing of the soldiers suddenly became rapid, and my heartbeat suddenly stopped a few beats.

I'm going to be with those Vietnamese soldiers who are like wolves and tigers, and that's all I have in my mind at this moment.

However, this moment was not as short as we thought, because Staff Officer Li did not send a signal immediately, but organized fire and held out for a while.

Staff Officer Li's approach is obviously right, if I am asked to rush out to stir up the situation as soon as the battle starts, and then the PLA retreats in a 'chaotic' and 'chaotic' manner, it seems to be too fast. This will inevitably make the Vietnamese army suspicious.

So I waited quietly with the warriors, waiting......

Waiting was an unbearable ordeal, not to mention the smell of the basement that only made our stomachs churn, and we just wanted to vomit everything we had eaten for a few days, so much so that I wished that moment would come sooner.

Finally, there were a few "bangs" from the wooden lid. At my command, several Vietnamese-speaking soldiers took the lead and lifted the wooden covers and went out.

When I got out, I looked out of the house, and our troops were fighting and retreating to our window, so according to the original plan, I immediately ordered the soldiers armed with submachine guns to quickly disperse around the center of the hut, and pretended to hit the AK47 in the direction of our army.

In fact, these bullets are high! All of them hit the signboards and windows on the opposite floor of the street, and the momentum was not small, only to make the opposite street "crackle" for a "chaos" sound, and the glass also "banged" down, but in fact, not a single bullet hit their own people.

Our soldiers were also very cooperative, and I saw that they kept screaming loudly, and the battle formation immediately became 'chaotic', and at the same time accelerated the speed of retreat, and after a while, they ran away without a trace along the corner of the street. At this time, we lowered the muzzle of our guns and rushed to the end of the street in a 'chaotic' fire, throwing a few grenades from time to time......

After thinking about it, I gritted my teeth and said one word to the walkie-talkie: "Chase!" ”

The fighters all know what I mean by this "chase", that is, to pursue the PLA. It's an easy command, but it has to be carried out...... That's to turn your back to the devil!

However, as the so-called acting is to play a full set, the soldiers also flashed out of the private houses one by one, holding guns and cats waists, and chased in the direction of the retreat of the People's Liberation Army under the cover of the private houses......

I don't know what they're calling, but I think it's true: "Chase!" Don't let them run. Something like that.

Soon the Vietnamese troops followed from the darkness behind, and thankfully they did not shoot at us, and naturally blended into our pursuit......