In order to alleviate the worries in my heart, every time I rested, I would do ideological work for the soldiers of the whole platoon, and I would tell the soldiers of the whole platoon about my understanding of the war.

On that occasion, I told the soldiers of the whole company that after the war, some soldiers said that it was the words of the platoon commander Gao that enabled us to prepare our minds in advance, so that we could persevere to the end in the cruel war. I didn't say much, only a few hundred words, but it was deeply rooted in people's hearts and shocked their hearts.

I said: Brothers, none of us have experienced war, especially modern warfare, and we don't know what it is. We are here now, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we will meet the enemy, and we will start a real battle, and it will be a fight to the death, either you die or I live. I think, no one wants to die, we don't want to, the enemy doesn't want to, since we don't want to, then it is conceivable that the battle must be cruel, you can imagine, what kind of posture will it be to fight hard? Desperate is the posture that I would rather give up my life than fight you to the end. War must be in a desperate state, and I believe that the enemy must be, and if the enemy does not fight hard, then they will definitely die. What about us, if we don't work hard, we will also die. Only when we really work hard and give up our lives to fight, can we win life! I think this is the endless charge of life! Only by strengthening the belief that life is endless, and the charge is not stopped, can we win the final victory!

Life is endless, and the charge is not endless! The entire company erupted in a unanimous shout. This slogan quickly resounded throughout the entire participating troops, and it also inspired all the officers and men participating in the battle.

Two days later, the advance battalion successfully occupied the 539 heights, and the 1st Infantry Company occupied the 512 heights 800 meters northwest of the 539 heights as planned.

Stationed on the 512 heights, the 1st Infantry Company waited for the next mission. The three of us platoon commanders gathered together again, and the three of us were platoon commanders who graduated together, and although we knew each other well, we were not very familiar with each other, and we were all in different companies, and it was precisely because we participated in this battle together that the three of us quickly established a strong and long-lasting friendship, which was a friendship that had carried guns and fought together, and it could be called one of the strongest friendships in the world. As the battle progressed, the three of us got together more and more often to exchange ideas and ideas.

After settling down on the high ground, the three of us platoon commanders arranged the soldiers of our platoon, and the three of us gathered in the middle of the camp and gossiped.

Liu Chaoju said first: "Xiaofei, I think you are suitable for MLM, what you said is too inspiring." Everyone can't wait to follow you to fight the world. ”

I shook my head and denied: "Don't talk about it, how can it be as exaggerated as you say, I am just full of worries in my heart, afraid that the war is too cruel and our soldiers will not be able to bear it." ”

He Yao took over the topic and said: "Don't think of the soldiers as too fragile, we are indeed soldiers in the new era, and we have never experienced war or hardship." However, let's not forget that we are all thinking people, and we can be honed and grown in war, it is true that we have not experienced it before, but as long as we experience it, we will progress and improve. ”

Liu Chaoju said: "Without experiencing wind and rain, how can you grow into a towering tree." How to grow into a real warrior without experiencing war! Don't worry too much. However, I still like what you said, that war must be in a desperate state. Indeed, the war is either you die or I live, if you don't fight hard, you will die. ”

I smiled and said, "It's not strange for you to say, when I first set off two days ago, I was still very scared in my heart, and I didn't dare to mention death or sacrifice." Now I don't even feel anything, I don't have any fluctuations in my heart, whatever I say, and I am no longer afraid of death. It seems that death is the destination of soldiers, and when a soldier fights, how can he not be sacrificed. ”

He Yao said: "It's true, now talking about sacrificing death is the same as talking about eating and sleeping, it's too ordinary." By the way, both of you are only children, right? ”

I said, "I also have a sister." ”

He Yao said: "Sister is not counted, even if we are brothers, we are all brothers." Then the three brothers of us will agree today that no matter which of us dies in this war, the others will be responsible for taking care of his parents and taking care of him for the rest of his life like his own sons. ”

"Good!"

"Good!"

This is the most solemn promise between comrades-in-arms, a lifelong commitment.

War is brutal, war is tragic. After sixteen days of waiting, we finally met the enemy, and we finally experienced the first battle of our lives, an extremely tragic battle.

This was the second day after the occupation of the 512 heights, according to the superior battle plan, we were going to continue to advance, and the next target was the 478 heights, two kilometers east of the 512 heights, where we encountered the enemy for the first time.

At seven o'clock in the morning of this day, the 1st Company of Infantry of the Advance Battalion set off on time. I led a platoon down the hill first. To get to the 478 Heights, you need to climb down the 512 Heights, pass through an open field, and then climb over the 300-meter-high unnamed Heights on the west side of the 478 Heights, and then the 478 Heights, the whole journey is about two kilometers.

There is no road in the mountains, and wherever we go, there is a road. I was at the front of the platoon and chose a direction to go down. The snow is quite heavy this winter, and the snow in the Shaya Federation is not small, and every step is almost knee-deep.

"Platoon commander, shall we slide down? This hill can be sliding. Chen Li chased after me from behind and suggested to me.

I looked down and the hill was not bad, not too steep, not too gentle, and there were no rocks and trees on the slope, so it was really good for sliding down. This isn't the first time we've skied, and we've been going down a lot of our descent before. After thinking about it for a moment, I nodded and said, "Okay!" Slide down! The first shift slid first, and the second shift and the third shift covered; Then the second shift slided, the first class covered at the bottom of the mountain, and the third shift covered on the mountain; The last three shifts slipped, and the first and second shifts covered at the bottom of the mountain. Act fast! ”

"Understood!"

According to the plan, each class slid down in turn, and the slide was indeed much faster, like a slide, and it was all over at once. In the northern winter, there are natural ski resorts in the mountains, and you can slide down the slopes by sitting on them. When I was a child, I used to go skiing on the mountain next to my home, sometimes sitting on a shovel, sometimes sitting on a paper shell, sometimes sitting directly on the snow, and then sitting on the snow with everyone like a slide, I once again thought of the scene of skiing when I was a child. Even though I was skiing, I was a carefree skier and had fun, but at this time, I was not allowed to feel the pleasure of it, nor was it allowed to think about it anymore, and when we got down the mountain, we had to climb the mountain in front of us immediately.

Climbing a mountain is always the most dangerous, because if there is an enemy at the top of the mountain, then the opponent will attack from the top of the mountain and have an absolute advantage. Therefore, the speed of the ascent up the mountain must be fast.

I led a group to the top of the mountain, still knee-deep in snow, and every step was very difficult and required a lot of effort to take the next step. The mountain is not very high, less than 100 meters compared to the valley just now, but the snow is very large, which is enough to affect the speed of climbing, and at the same time it is also very physically demanding.

Halfway up the mountain, everyone was already out of breath, and their speed had dropped significantly. I still say to everyone, "Hold on!" It's almost to the top of the mountain! Keep it up! ”

Everyone is gritting their teeth and persevering, and an idea has emerged in everyone's hearts, who said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down? This may be true for steep and steep mountains in the south, where it is easy to climb up and difficult to climb down. But for the snow-capped mountains in the northern winter, it is easier to slip down the mountain, and it is really difficult on the mountain, and only those who have tried it know it.

And just as everyone gritted their teeth and stared, and moved their legs vigorously, the enemy suddenly appeared. This is the first time we have encountered an enemy, but we didn't expect to be in such a situation. The first time we encountered a real enemy, everyone was confused and didn't know what to do. In the previous exercises, I knew that there were blue troops on the top of the mountain, so I just took a gun and rushed casually, but I couldn't kill anyone anyway. And now, just as our family was climbing up the mountain, several enemies suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain, and we had all forgotten that this was a real battle, and now we should shoot, we could shoot, we could shoot each other, but we had forgotten, no one could remember, at this moment, as if time stood still, the two sides looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you.