Back in the summer of 1979, Xue Ming, as the company commander of the reconnaissance company of a division of the Eastern Front Theater in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, led his troops to bravely intersperse in the Tongdeng blockade battle, successfully cut off the enemy's reinforcements before the arrival of the enemy's reinforcements, and quickly arranged the first line of defense. But they also paid a heavy price for this, when they withdrew from the position, only a quarter of the soldiers of the whole company remained, and each of them was wounded, Xue Ming's right shoulder was also embedded in a piece of shrapnel from a Vietnamese artillery shell, for this reason, their whole company was awarded the title of "Heroic Company that dares to fight and win", and was awarded the collective first-class merit, and Xue Ming recorded the individual first-class merit. At this time, Xue Ming, who was already the acting battalion commander, and his company were the last to withdraw from the battlefield, during which they smashed the enemy's harassment of our retreating troops several times, and covered and cooperated with the engineer units to destroy all the Vietnamese bunkers, fortifications and ground buildings along the way.

When he stepped into the country, he didn't have much joy, most of the comrades-in-arms who had killed the battlefield with him were buried in the ground, and he couldn't tell how many recruits had been added to him, he couldn't even call their names, looking at the childish faces, thinking about the same childish faces that had disappeared, Xue Ming had an indescribable feeling in his heart, this was not the victory in his heart, as a soldier, he knew that there would be sacrifices in the war, but there should be no senseless sacrifices, after the baptism of this war, more and more firmly Xue Ming's long-accumulated understanding in his heart, that is, the future war will no longer be a large-scale group operation, but some small-scale special operations with various skills that can guide long-range strikes at any time, which can not only avoid casualties caused by large-scale investment of troops, but also carry out explosions, assassinations and other sabotage activities behind enemy lines to disrupt the enemy, and exchange the minimum investment for the greatest victory, he wants to sort these out as soon as possible and report it.

At this moment, Xue Ming, who was on vacation and recuperating on the seaside of a certain city in Linhai, was immersed in reading some information books brought from everywhere.

Growing up in the army headquarters, he was born a soldier, and he couldn't put down any books that had anything to do with military affairs, and he had a natural understanding of weapons. His father participated in the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and is now the commander of an armored division of a group army in the northwest. The mother is a section chief in the military district reference room. Therefore, Xue Ming can obtain the latest movements of foreign armies from various channels and master the latest weapons and tactics of foreign armies. Growing up in a special era, his life at school was almost a life of criticism and tandem, and his knowledge was blank. His father was helpless and powerless about this kind of fighting and power-grabbing movement that spread across the country. He didn't understand why those veteran generals who fought bloodily for New China turned into capitalist roaders, spies, and traitors overnight? He was also worried that the young Xue Ming would not be able to grasp himself, so he entrusted his old comrade-in-arms Gu Changhui to get Xue Ming to the front-line troops. Xue Ming, who came to the army, was like a fish in water, although the army was also engaged in sports at that time, but after all, it was much more stable than the place, and soon Xue Ming became a business leader. In the mid-to-early 70s of the last century, when the army was engaged in sports every day, Xue Ming locked himself up to study the military materials at home and abroad that he had collected from various sources. Fortunately, the army has always been full of talented people, and those experts and scholars in the army who have stood aside and been delegated because of their composition and stance have become his teachers, and Xue Ming's cultural and professional qualities have improved by leaps and bounds.

At this time, Xue Ming was no longer an ignorant teenager, he had his own independent judgment and analysis of various issues, he believed that the army was the cornerstone of the country's stability, and if the soldiers of a country were not strong in military skills, even if the slogan was shouted loudly, they would not be able to defend the country. Therefore, when their troops were transferred to a certain place on the border of Yunnan, he, who was already a staff officer of the regiment's war room, took the initiative to ask to go down to the company to become a reconnaissance company commander.

In the immediate aftermath of the unrest that the world will never forget, efforts have been made to set things right. At this time, our comrades and brothers, the Vietnamese Le Duan clique also began to create frequent incidents on the Sino-Vietnamese border. Claiming to be the third largest military power in the world, they have also begun to ignore Big Brother. They believe that China has just come out of turmoil and that they can fish in troubled waters, so they are recklessly challenging China's bottom line, plundering the resources of China's borders almost frantically, and ignoring China's warnings.

In the face of their unscrupulous encroachment on China's territory and the fact that countless border residents were killed and blown up by them, the Chinese government, while raising the level of warning, began to secretly issue orders to prepare for war to all front-line troops.

At this time, Xue Ming, who was the focus of the unit's training, and a group of equally bloody young officers were participating in a one-year command professional training. Near the end of the course, a secret order ended their upcoming studies, all the trainees, no matter where they came from, were all enriched to the front-line troops, so that the actual combat to test their learning results, these young talents were also eager to try, hoping to prove themselves in the war, but most of this group of aspiring young people, most of them left their lives in a foreign land,

Originally, Xue Ming received an order to let him return to the regimental staff, but he insisted on returning to the reconnaissance company he had once led, and for this reason, he also directly found his father's old comrade-in-arms and their division commander Gu Changhui.

Known as a Confucian general, Gu Changhui is very optimistic about the children of this old comrade-in-arms, not only because Xue Ming is smart and studious and willing to study, but also because he can't see the arrogance of those high-ranking cadres from Xue Ming. Xue Ming never asks for special care, let alone shows off his life experience, he is strict with himself everywhere, leading by example, and there is no soldier around him who does not admire him. From an ordinary soldier to a regimental combat staff officer, step by step, Xue Ming's transformation Gu Changhui saw it in his eyes, was happy in his heart, and was even happier with his old comrades-in-arms. This time, Xue Ming was selected to study, and he won it completely by his own strength.

At that time, in order to solve the current situation of a shortage of command personnel in the troops, various units and organs selected a group of young and promising young officers who had outstanding performance in their respective fields to carry out special training in various subjects through examinations. Xue Ming cherished this rare opportunity very much, and he was like a sponge absorbing every bit of it. It was just that near the end of the course, the war broke out, and all of them ended their life in the academy ahead of schedule and rushed back to their respective units.