Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Hell Expeditionary Force
At seven o'clock in the morning on February 19, 1987, when I was late, 3,200 Storm Squad fighters had arrived. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info counted, except for the time when it was established, this should be the first time that the members of the storm team have sworn out outside of Moscow. Standing in the locker room of the airport terminal, I was still nervously looking in the mirror, and the gold star on the general's uniform made me feel the pressure. After Comrade Cherdenko left the storm group, the commander-in-chief of the storm group changed three, one died, one was disabled, one went insane, and several other deputy commanders-in-chief of the political commissar also left the battle sequence. Hopefully I won't be the fourth cursed.
"It's been 15 minutes, Mark," Darsha jokingly said as he took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from my forehead, "what, you're not going to have stage fright, are you?" ”
Stage fright? Just kidding, I've never had stage fright! No matter how many enemies there are, no matter how big the situation is, I have never been cowardly, let alone today! However, in the mirror, I still look very decadent. I want to know why.
Probably...... The responsibility is suddenly too heavy. This gold star is really inconspicuous in the entire "starry-eyed" coalition forces, but if you count this pair of gold party emblems and collar badges that even the generalissimo of the Soviet Union did not have, it is a big man in his own right. I gently stroked the collar badge with my fingers, and after a long time, I reluctantly asked Darsha to help me put it on.
"By the way, you're only three times like a Hero of the Soviet Union." Darsha smiled and punched me lightly. Looking at myself in the mirror, my face lifted slightly. The old one is gone, replaced by a ...... I don't even know me.
"Are you really going to come along?" When I got to the door, I suddenly turned around and asked, "Comrade Prime Minister has only one daughter, and if you die on the battlefield, he will have to skin me and send her to the Dazhao Temple in China to make drums." Not to mention that no one has yet made it back alive from Yurigrad, and these 2,300 people, while it may be the largest special operation in the history of the coalition forces, I can't guarantee that any of them will come back alive. ”
Yes, not by anyone. I feel sad when I think of this. There has never been a single act before in which I have not been determined to die, but such a large-scale mass suicide operation is unprecedented. Each time, we lost a large number of our men, but not once, which made me so uneasy.
Still too nervous. I patted my forehead and inadvertently felt my lips fall gently on my cheek. When he opened his eyes and looked over, Daxia's face turned red again. "No matter what day it goes, hell or heaven," she said softly, "I will always follow you." ”
I still feel like my cheeks are hot when I push open the locker room door. Luckily, none of the old guys waiting outside the door noticed. Boris, Glanzangm and Noblang were only concerned about their silver hammer sickle wheat ears gear collar badges. Sergei and Dasha didn't even have the brass collar badges worn by the columns next to them, so they had to stare dryly like the guards.
"Comrade Commander...... You look like a human for the first time today. After Noblanca finished telling this joke, even the guards next to him couldn't help laughing. It seems that the code name "Mad Bear" refers not only to my way of doing things, but also to...... Including my style of life. I almost laughed myself, but I struck Noblanca on the head anyway. "Alright, don't talk nonsense here," I myself felt a hint of a smile in my voice, "When we first joined the army, we waited an extra hour and a half in the training camp for the welcome speech of the instructor comrade, because the instructor comrade hesitated for a long time about which clothes to wear. It was a cloudy day in Siberia, but now it's a scorching Mexican sun. ”
Pulling back the curtains on the high platform of the terminal, the chatter below came to an abrupt end. There was silence for a long time, there was no slogan of the political commissars, no rehearsal of the column commanders (at least I told them not to rehearse in advance), the audience shouted: "20,000 miles of picturesque rivers and mountains, 5,000 years of glorious party history!" Turning back suddenly, the eyes of the column commanders were also full of surprise and surprise.
"Hello everyone......" I raised my hand a little sadly, stopping everyone's shouting. But as soon as I opened my mouth, I couldn't open my mouth again in the face of the neatly arranged planes and landing craft. Damn, where did my usual calmness go?
"Ladies and gentlemen...... "comrades...... All I can say is: you guys, hard work. ”
There was silence. Perhaps no one has heard such an unofficial pre-war mobilization opening phrase.
"Ladies and gentlemen...... My words, not much, only four sentences. So, please listen carefully, because this may be the last time you will listen to the leader's speech before your death, and it may also be the last time your leader will speak. This elicited a pale dry laugh.
"First, our task is to land on Yurigrad Island in three teams and cooperate with the local ordinary troops to seize Yurigrad Island. There is a self-destruct control room on the island, activate the control room, which can blow up Yurigrad. ”
I could feel a sudden and widespread excitement in the hearts of everyone below.
"Second, the High Command found a device similar to a nuclear bomb silo on the island. I ask you to find out what this device is used for before blowing up Yurigrad Island. ”
"Thirdly, tomorrow's battle will be very dangerous and terrifying. I don't ask all of you to be able to join the action, and if you don't want to, you can announce your departure now. I swear that although I am a new official, I will never force you to gamble your lives in this war to the death. You know, no one in the world has ever been able to survive from Yurigrad and come back alive in a normal state. ”
Isn't this nonsense, who would dare to leave here? I mocked myself in my heart. Looking down at the crowd, fear and worry were growing, and no one asked to quit.
Right...... The second catch-rule, do not evade any battle!
Fourth, let's be honest, this opening line is probably the shortest nonsense you've ever heard (laughter). But in conclusion, I would like to borrow the words of Comrade Lenin and emphasize to you: there are only two roads before us: victory and death. And death is not in our camp! The last sentence is probably the most boring, but also the most popular.
After immersing himself for a long time, the applause was thunderous. It occurred to me that maybe my speech should be longer, more exciting, and more lively. After all, this was another decisive battle that will go down in history.