Battalion Commander Zhao reported the operational plan for study and adjustment to the command, and received a reply that he would stand by and wait for the command to study and demonstrate before taking action.

Hearing such a reply, Camp Commander Zhao almost jumped up and scolded his mother, at this time, he still held a meeting to study, what is there to study? Isn't the situation obvious? Battalion Commander Zhao muttered a few words to instructor Meng Xinyang, and regardless of what his superiors were studying, he gathered all the company commanders and began to clarify the task. The 1st Infantry Company was divided into three reconnaissance detachments and immediately moved forward to reconnoitre, while the other companies waited for an hour and moved after an hour.

Instructor Meng Xinyang opened his mouth to stop it, he wanted Battalion Commander Zhao to wait a little longer and wait for the accurate orders from his superiors before acting. However, Battalion Commander Zhao said that no matter what kind of action is taken, we will conduct an investigation, so there is nothing wrong with the action of the reconnaissance detachment. The other detachments did not move and were on standby. After listening to Battalion Commander Zhao's words, instructor Meng Xinyang couldn't refute it, and could only agree with Battalion Commander Zhao's plan, hoping that the order of the command would be issued soon.

Not to disappoint everyone, only half an hour later, the command came with the news that the command agreed to the advance battalion's plan of action, requiring caution in the course of the operation to ensure its own safety.

Everyone who heard this instruction was happy, and everyone unanimously agreed that there is no one who will not die in a war, either you die or I live, and how can anyone worry about their own safety, and they really have the habit of grasping safety, and no matter what they do, they must emphasize a sentence at the end to ensure their own safety, and it is really difficult for those leaders to emphasize a sentence in the war.

An hour after the departure of the reconnaissance detachment, the main forces of the advance battalion proceeded as planned. At this moment, the eastern sky has revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and the dawn has arrived, and the outline of the mountains in the distance can be roughly seen. Taking advantage of the faint light, the main force of the advance battalion marched forward quickly, and since the news received from the reconnaissance detachment was that there was no enemy nearby, everyone did not have any worries and just moved forward quickly.

The most tiring thing about the foot march is the calf, which keeps swinging the leg. Through my experience in marching for so many years, I can divide the march into three stages, the first stage is the beginning of the march, the calves feel relatively relaxed, the pace is brisk, and the swishing forward. The second stage was twenty kilometers later, and the calves began to ache, as if they were filled with lead, and the steps were heavy and thumping forward. The third stage is after thirty kilometers, the calf has no feeling, as if there is no sense, the pace is vigorous, thumping step by step.

Not only did I go through these three stages that day, but I even summed up the fourth stage, that is, after 50 kilometers, my calf hurt so much that it seemed to be broken, and I walked like dragging two waste legs.

This one-day march really made everyone feel the feeling of the current Red Army's Long March, which can really be described as "the Red Army is not afraid of difficult expeditions, and thousands of rivers and mountains are just waiting for leisure." "On this day, I walked for 12 hours, 60 kilometers, bypassed more than a dozen mountains, crossed vast snowfields, and even climbed two mountains that I couldn't bypass before I reached my destination.

After arriving at the valley at the bottom of the 467 heights, Battalion Commander Zhao organized the troops to camp and rest.

After setting up a single soldier's tent and eating two mouthfuls of dry food, I couldn't stand it anymore and went into the tent to rest. Lying in my sleeping bag, in less than two minutes, I fell asleep, I was really tired.

At five o'clock in the morning of the next day, the troops got up on time, packed their bags, and continued their march at six o'clock. It's still 12 hours, it's still 60 kilometers. The 60 kilometers on the second day were very different from the first day, on the first day, everyone could still persevere with momentum, and on the second day, there was only mission and responsibility in everyone's hearts to support everyone to move forward step by step.

During the whole march, the cheering and encouragement of the company commanders and instructors could be heard from time to time, so that everyone gritted their teeth and persevered. As a platoon commander, I also want to tell the soldiers of the platoon to keep up. But I was so tired that I had only a few thoughts left in my head, and I had forgotten how to open my mouth, how to turn around, and how to speak. From beginning to end, I only knew that I followed the people in front of me, and when they walked on their left leg, I also walked on their left leg, and when they walked on their right leg, I also walked on their right leg. When I was resting, people put down their backpacks and sat on them, and I also put down my backpacks and sat on them. As we marched, they stood up and walked forward with their backpacks, and I stood up and walked forward with my backpacks. In short, I was like a mechanical puppet, following the movements of the previous person.

It can be said that I am not the only one, but most of the people in the entire advance battalion should be like this. The advance battalion is composed of border defense troops, and although the border defense troops have been training before, this kind of training is really not a little bit like the actual combat now, and it is simply heaven and earth.

After marching for two days in a row, he saw that his men were all embarrassed, and he really sighed a few times, and said helplessly to the instructor Meng Xinyang: "Old Meng, look at it, how can this still be fought?" How can this still be warn? Isn't this just going to die? ”

Instructor Meng Xinyang was more distressed in his heart, and also sighed and said: "Hey, I said, Lao Zhao, everyone has done their best, it's not their fault, it's all because we usually don't practice well, so that when it comes to actual combat, the individual soldier's ability can't meet the requirements of technology and tactics at all." ”

Zhao Lixin also knows this truth, and indeed he can't blame the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, the general environment is like this, what can they do: "In normal times, I often suggest that we should increase the intensity of training and increase the difficulty of training, but what about it, the leaders always think about safety and ensure safety, and they do not practice the training content that is a little risky, and they have never practiced long-distance marching in peacetime. There is no combat power at all. ”

"Lao Zhao, it's too late to say this now. I estimate that after this actual combat test, the leaders above will know how to grasp training, and they will pay more attention to training. ”

"Yes, so actual combat is the only way to test combat effectiveness, and nothing else is useless. Otherwise, why the United States is constantly fighting wars, from the Gulf War to the Kosovo War, and from the Iraq War to the Afghanistan War, is constantly testing the combat effectiveness of its troops. As a result of this actual battle, I also feel that the training level and combat capability of our troops will undergo earth-shaking changes and will be greatly improved. Zhao Lixin was thinking longingly about the training situation of the troops in the future, and his eyes were shining.

"I hope that's as you think, it's far away. Lao Zhao, I think we should take a day off tomorrow, let everyone take a break, adjust, and we will set off again the day after tomorrow. Now that we are not far from the terrorists, it is very likely that we will be in close contact with the terrorists, we are a tired army, the other side is waiting for work, although we are surprised, but we do not have any chance. Meng Xinyang said with some concern.

Battalion Commander Zhao thought about it, and had to nod helplessly: "That's true, what we need most now is to rest, but a day of rest will affect the fighters, so we will rest for half a day, set off at two o'clock in the afternoon, march 20 kilometers, and arrive at the 352 heights, which is about 10 kilometers away from the enemy's front line, and the distance is just right. ”

At the same time, battalion commander Zhao also stressed to everyone that now that they are getting closer and closer to the enemy, everyone should strengthen vigilance, pay attention to concealment, and prevent the enemy from attacking at night.