The atmosphere was a bit dreary and depressing, and as the only cadre in the carriage, I had to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

I suddenly asked, "Hey, is this the first time you've been on a truck?" "The reason why I ask this is because there are no trucks in the border company, and there is no opportunity to ride in a truck, so I am also knowingly asking.

Hearing my question, everyone's mind was drawn out of their own world, and they looked at me and didn't understand why I was asking.

I laughed and said, "I know from the look in your eyes that you've never been in a truck before." Also, our border guards, except for taking patrol cars, are walking, and have no chance to make trucks at all. At this point, I paused, looked at everyone, and saw that everyone was listening to me intently, and I continued: "Let me tell you an interesting story, I used to take a truck when I was in school, and we used to go out to train by truck. Once, we also went outside for training, and one of our district teams sat in a car, and that day there were a few people from other district teams sitting in our car, a little more than 30 people, and everyone was sitting in the car. Because we need to use folding stools for training outside, everyone brings folding stools, some people sit on the carriage board without opening it, and some open the folding stool to sit on it. One of our classmates sat at the back, and it was hot, and he said it was cool in the back, so he sat at the back, and then he thought it was too low and uncomfortable, so he opened the folding stool. At this time, some of our classmates also told him, sit so high and be careful not to fly out, stop it. The classmate didn't care and said it was fine. And at this moment, the classmate just said that it was okay, the voice had not fallen, and it was still echoing in the carriage, and suddenly encountered a situation, the car stopped and left, so it trembled, and the classmate who sat behind threw out directly from behind, fortunately it was a dirt road, the car was not fast, and there was nothing wrong with people. We laughed in the car, I guess we couldn't even listen to the truck, and seeing that he was too good at bragging, we threw him out. ”

I spoke in great detail, and everyone was drawn into the story I told, and as my story ended, the carriage burst into laughter.

Some fighters said to Zhou Chaofan, who was sitting behind: "Chaofan, you have to hold it when you sit in the back, don't throw it out." ”

"No-" Zhou Chaofan opened his mouth and was about to say that it was okay, remembering that the person who was thrown out in the story I just told said that it was okay, so Zhou Chaofan hurriedly covered his mouth and swallowed the last word back, which caused everyone to laugh again.

"Hahahaha-"

The pleasant times are always short-lived, and before you know it, the truck has slowly stopped. I stretched out my hand to pull the tarpaulin behind me, only to see that it was snowy outside, as far as the eye could see, and everyone squinted. After too long in the dim carriage and the dazzling snow, it took us a while to get used to it.

After the car stopped, I shouted and got out of the car, and the bento jumped down first, then opened the compartment board, and the others jumped down one after another to gather not far away. The whole process was very fast, as if it had been rehearsed thousands of times, and people watched as if it should be.

Once you get off the bus, you can see the whole area around you. At this moment, the car stopped at the foot of a mountain, which was very high, not very steep, but also majestic, much higher than the mountain on which our company was located. This mountain is not an independent mountain, there is a mountain behind the mountain, it is a mountain range, this mountain is the end of the mountain range, the last mountain, and beyond it is the flat land, and then there is the river, and on the other side of the river is the neighboring country, which is our destination. At the moment we are standing in a mountain nest on the side of the mountain, which has a good concealment effect, and it is difficult to detect us from a distance.

This mountain nest is large in size and is suitable as a campsite. After I got off the bus with everyone, I arranged for everyone to tidy up the venue and prepare for camping. According to the pre-divided area, I took everyone to clear the snow in the area where our company was stationed and prepared to set up tents. In the process, other companies also arrived at the assembly area one after another, and trucks rushed with enthusiastic men.

At 14 o'clock in the afternoon, all the detachments of the advance battalion sent by the 15th Frontier Regiment arrived, and the battalion commander was Zhao Lixin, commander of the Jibu Battalion, who was a northerner, with a strong figure and a rigid style; after arriving at the assembly area, Battalion Commander Zhao immediately gathered the company commanders of the whole battalion and issued the first order, and each company organized camping according to the designated area, made clear vigilance, and designated the 1st Infantry Company of the advance battalion to be responsible for the construction of the command post, which was completed within one hour, and held an operational meeting on time at 15 o'clock, with officers at and above the company level attending. At this time, I also discovered my old company commander Sun Zhenwu and old instructor Chen Jingwen, who had also arrived at the assembly area, and when I saw them coming, I also reported to them as soon as possible, but the time on the battlefield was urgent, and we did not have time to catch up with the old days.

After receiving the order, the companies quickly launched their actions, and those who came early had already completed part of the tasks, but the actions at this moment were not slackened, and the movements were even more rapid. I found that I was already lagging behind a lot, and I didn't dare to slack off, and all my actions were used to run, and I was afraid that I would fall too far behind. There is such an advantage that different units act together, and it is easy to compare, especially young people, and no one is willing to be left behind. In such a comparison, the people in the entire assembly area are desperately completing their respective tasks as if they have been beaten with chicken blood.

I also took the time to observe other units, although they all came from the same border regiment, but their styles were also somewhat different. The most fierce work is still the machine step company of the machine step battalion, which is really known as the tiger company, everyone is like a little tiger, whether it is a shovel or a pickaxe, even if it is carrying things, the action is the most fierce; The artillery company and the border defense company were worse off, and although their movements were very crisp and neat, they were still a little less tiger-like.

After looking around, I finally understood that our advance battalion was five companies, three infantry companies, one artillery company, and one support company. The 1st Infantry Company is composed of the Mechanized Infantry Company, the 2nd Infantry Company is composed of a platoon of each company of the 1st Frontier Battalion, the 3rd Infantry Company is composed of a platoon of each company of the 2nd Frontier Battalion, the artillery company is composed of the artillery company of the Mechanized Infantry Battalion, and the support company is composed of a regimental communications company and an industrialized company. The five companies are located in five positions in the east, west, south, south, and central areas of the assembly area, with the support company in the middle, which is mainly responsible for communication transmission, fortification construction, and anti-chemical camouflage, and is stationed near the battalion headquarters and command post; our other four companies are stationed in the other four directions, and our company is on the easternmost side.

It took only 50 minutes to complete the construction of the tent and the command facilities in the tent. At this moment, the support company is connecting communication lines and building camouflage bunkers, while other companies are still setting up tents. Everything is moving forward in an orderly manner.

At 15 o'clock sharp, the advance battalion held its first operational meeting on time, which was also the first meeting after arriving at the assembly area.

In the center of the command tent was a large conference table formed by a field folding table, and at this time, the conference table was already filled with the commanders of each detachment, the company commanders and instructors of the five companies, the battalion commanders, instructors, and deputy battalion commanders, and the staff officers of the three battalion headquarters, a total of 16 people.

Battalion Commander Zhao Lixin sat at the head of the conference table, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, Battalion Commander Zhao spoke first: "Comrades, now we are holding the first combat meeting. In accordance with the orders of the higher authorities, each battalion and company detachment of our brigade was to set up an advance battalion to carry out combat tasks, with me as the battalion commander and Meng Chenyang, an instructor of the 2nd Frontier Defense Battalion, as the instructor. This afternoon, we arrived at the assembly area as planned. Next, I will clarify the situation, the current tasks and the follow-up tasks to you. ”

In this meeting, basically Camp Chief Zhao was talking, and others were remembering, but at the end, instructor Meng Chenyang made a simple ideological mobilization.

After the meeting in the battalion, the company commander Sun Zhenwu returned to the area of our company, gathered the platoon commander of the company at the first time, and conveyed the spirit of the meeting. From the information conveyed by company commander Sun Zhenwu, I learned a lot of information. First of all, the situation of the troops participating in the battle: The composite brigade participating in this operation is composed of six battalions, one advance battalion, one infantry battalion, one tank battalion, one armored battalion, one air assault battalion, one artillery battalion, six battalions, and six different arms. I compared, our advance battalion should be the least combat-ready battalion. However, I believe that this is only on the surface, and the advance battalion is indeed inferior to other battalions in terms of weaponry and equipment and individual skills and tactics. But our battalion also has the advantage of their battalion, that is, adaptation to the climate, familiarity with the terrain. The northern frontier has an unusually cold winter, and it is difficult for any outsider to adapt to it except for those who have been soldiers and locals for a long time, so I think it is not necessarily who is strong or weak on the battlefield. This should also be one of the important reasons why the higher authorities have designated us to participate in the war; otherwise, in terms of the combat effectiveness of our border defense troops, it is indeed somewhat poor, at least in terms of equipment, it is too much worse.

The second is the plan of action for the troops. The Synthetic Brigade will be assembled in three days, which means that different units will arrive in the area during these three days. In addition to the brigade commander and political commissar of the composite brigade, there is also the commander-in-chief of the Northern Military Region who is responsible for front-line command operations, Xiao Aihua, deputy commander of the Northern Military Region, and the command group led by him. Three days later, when the troops have finished assembling, the command group will direct the troops to start operations in accordance with the battle plan.

In the end, company commander Sun Zhenwu made clear to us the next task, and in the next three days, under the unified arrangement of the advance battalion, he was responsible for clearing the site, setting up all kinds of camouflage and obstacles, and establishing various communication support equipment lines.