At the end of the 20 th century, the world situation was turbulent, local wars continued, the struggle between the two camps for infiltration and counter-infiltration, subversion and anti-subversion intensified, and the socialist countries were "peacefully evolved" by capitalism one after another, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the number one socialist power, the world pattern underwent major changes, the Cold War confrontation between the two major military powers for several decades also ended, and certain superpowers began to increase the blockade of the economic, political, military, and other aspects of the socialist countries. The situation in the existing socialist countries is becoming more and more grim, and the great powers have set their sights on China, the largest socialist country at present, and the United States, as the world's number one superpower, has lost its rival of the Soviet Union, and has become even more emboldened and unscrupulous, flaunting its status as the world hegemon everywhere and ignoring the existence of the United Nations. It plays the role of an "international policeman" in various parts of the world, performs "surgical operations" on other sovereign countries at every turn, wantonly interferes in the internal affairs of other countries, and infringes on the sovereignty of other countries. In the face of the increasingly severe international situation, the Chinese government has responded positively, and a military exercise codenamed "Northern Long Sword" has kicked off. This is a major campaign exercise with high-tech conditions as the background and coordinated operations of various arms of the armed forces. Army Group A is the main force of the Red Army in this campaign exercise, and the troops will march northward and travel thousands of miles to the Gobi Desert on the border between China and Mongolia, where they will launch a spectacular live-fire confrontation exercise.

As early as a year ago, the 3235th Regiment had already made preparations for this campaign exercise, and the regiment set high standards for the soldiers' physical training, tactical training, drivers' driving skills, and other aspects. The exercise will test the comprehensive combat capability of a unit, including the ability to conduct long-distance motorized raids, the ability to provide logistical support, and the capability of multi-arms coordinated operations. It takes only once in 10 years for the troops to catch up with such a large-scale military exercise, and it is a very fortunate thing for a soldier to be able to participate in an exercise of this scale.

One month before the exercise, the unit entered a state of three-level combat readiness, and all combat officers and men must be on duty, cut off communication links with the outside world, strengthen physical training, and conduct emergency assembly and boarding exercises, and the barracks seem to have become a place isolated from the rest of the world. Sun Jiashu wrote a letter to Luye in advance, telling her that the troops had a major military operation, and temporarily interrupted the correspondence between them.

With 10 days to go before the exercise, the troops entered a state of second-level combat readiness, and all officers and men were not allowed to move around at will, and they were ready to pull at any time.

With three days left before the exercise, the troops have entered a state of first-class combat readiness, their backpacks have been prepared in advance, weapons and equipment are carried with them, and officers and men at all levels are mobilizing before the exercise, and no one knows the exact time when the exercise will begin. Several times, the troops received orders for exercises, but after boarding and pulling out, an order came from above: this is a rehearsal. Every rehearsal had to be carried out according to the real exercise, and no one could guarantee whether the next exercise would be a real exercise, and the entire barracks was shrouded in a tense atmosphere.

On October 15, 1992, a campaign exercise codenamed "Northern Long Sword" officially began, and the officers and men participating in the exercise were all wearing camouflage uniforms, wearing steel helmets, carrying all kinds of weapons and equipment and quickly boarding the car, the whole barracks were tense and orderly, except for a small number of officers and soldiers who stayed behind, the barracks could be said to be dispatched in a nest, and the transportation of soldiers was divided into three ways, a small number of commanders and personnel who mastered the core technology arrived first by plane, tanks, Heavy weapons and equipment such as artillery and soldiers were transported by rail, while the infantry, which made up the majority of the troops, marched motorized.

Hundreds of military vehicles appeared on the roads of the city at once, so that the general public was shocked when they saw it, and they stood on both sides of the road and excitedly counted the military vehicles passing in front of them, and kept pointing and pointing: the soldiers on the cars were all loaded with guns and ammunition, and their expressions were serious. Citizens are speculating: is the country going to war?

All the routes to be taken by military vehicles were under martial law, and the crossings were commanded by soldiers and policemen holding small red flags, and police cars honked their horns in front of them, and the convoy had a green light all the way, like a torrent of green steel driving out of the city.

In the distance, there was a sound of gongs and drums, which was a farewell group organized by the local government to see off the troops. The troops have made tremendous contributions to the development of the local economy, and the officers and men are about to go on an expedition, and representatives of all walks of life and government dignitaries stationed in the area have set up a wine and march here to wish the officers and men of the expedition success. After a short pause, the convoy was led onto the national highway by a police car, and the policemen on duty on both sides of the road saluted the convoy majestically.

On the national highway, the convoy began to speed up as a whole, and from a distance, the convoy was like a green dragon speeding through the wide avenue. In the carriage, the officers and men changed their solemn expressions just now, and the atmosphere began to become lively, and everyone took off their heavy steel helmets and put them aside, folded the butts of their guns and held them in their arms, and they began to talk about each other one by one.

Sun Jiashu sat in the same carriage as the platoon commander, he was the oldest platoon commander of the Second Artillery Company, and for some reason, he was not even promoted to deputy company commander several times. In this way, in addition to the company commander and the secretary general, he is counted as old, needless to say, he must also be counted in the carriage for his qualifications, and the topic is naturally caused by him first, he participated in the battle on the Laoshan front a few years ago, and there is still a shrapnel on his waist that has not been taken out, which has naturally become his boasting capital.

A long row of people talked endlessly about the story of him wearing a skirt in the cat hole: "When we were fighting, we squatted in the cat ear hole all day long, it was a bitter thing, the hole was hot and humid, we lay in the hole and all took off * * * hang it one by one, even the pants did not dare to wear, as soon as we wore it, it was rotten, and then the army issued a camouflage skirt to each person, which solved the problem of rotten crotch, and it was the first time I heard of a big man wearing a skirt, right?" ……”

In fact, Sun Jiashu has heard him tell this story for the third time, I am afraid that only a few recruits in the car will have a sense of freshness, but Sun Jiashu is unwilling to interrupt his story, for a soldier, the baptism of war may be the most unforgettable memory in his heart.

"Platoon commander, come up with something fresh." After the platoon commander finished speaking, Sun Jiashu said to the platoon commander with a smile.

"If you want to hear something fresh, you can, smoke." The platoon commander said with a smile.

Xiao Guangdong, who was sitting next to him, immediately took out a Great China cigarette and handed it to the platoon commander, and then took out a delicate lighter, and hit it with a "pop", and his movements were as chic as the black * boss in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies.

"Little Guangdong, the fire engine is good." The platoon commander said enviously.

"Of course it's good, more than a hundred dollars." Xiao Guangdong was afraid of being snatched away by the platoon commander, so he hurriedly put it in his pocket.

"Give me the lighter, this time I will tell you a story to add some fierce material." The platoon commander looked at Xiao Guangdong and said.

"What's the big stuff?" When Xiao Guangdong heard that the story was going to be fierce, he immediately became interested.

"Tell me about the lighter."

Xiao Guangdong reluctantly took out the lighter, and the platoon commander snatched it.

"Platoon commander, you haven't said anything to add." Xiao Guangdong said dissatisfiedly.

"Add some meat to you this time, everyone pay attention, don't let the second child break the crotch." The platoon commander said.

"Platoon commander, you say, our willpower is strong, but I declare in advance that I don't expect to return the goods." Xiao Guangdong said with a smile.

"Make sure you break your crotch, let's press the dick with a steel helmet first, I'll start talking." The platoon commander moistened his throat.

"Platoon commander, don't sell it, hurry up." Xiao Guangdong urged.

The platoon commander finally began to tell: "It is still a story that happened on the Laoshan front, there is a soldier named Zhou Dameng, who is so honest that he can't be more honest, because his family is poor, he dreams of marrying a daughter-in-law, and when he is about to retire, the self-defense war against Vietnam began, and he was forced to overserve and came to the Laoshan front, no one would have thought that he would make meritorious service, and he made great contributions, guess what great merit?" ”

"I must have killed a lot of enemies." Xiao Guangdong said.

"Wrong, you can't imagine it, when this kid Yanfu came, others sold their lives to fight in the front, but he was drunk and dreamed of doing that kind of thing with Vietnamese female soldiers."

"What kind of thing?" Xiao Guangdong asked.

"I won't talk about it if you disturb my train of thought again." The platoon commander said.

Seeing that the soldiers around him were all looking at Xiao Guangdong with hostile eyes, he hurriedly said: "Platoon commander, I won't bother you, hurry up." ”

"Let me tell you what it is, that day, when Zhou Dameng and several soldiers of their squad attacked the enemy, Zhou Dameng fought on a whim, he chased a few Vietnamese while fighting and walking, but after eliminating a few enemies, he couldn't find a way back, he turned around for a while, and finally returned to the same place, he was lost, the bullets were gone, only a military thorn could be used for self-defense, Zhou Dameng felt exhausted after looking for a circle in the bushes without results, for safety reasons, He sat down with the help of a tree pit bunker, intending to rest for a while before figuring out a way. Unexpectedly, Zhou Dameng was alone in the bushes and disappeared in a circle, but he was clearly seen by several other pairs of eyes. This is a squad of nine female soldiers who have just been transferred from Kampong Thanh Province, Vietnam, and they are specially trained to be both combatants and propagandists. This time, I also came out to the front line of Pengsun to express my condolences. However, before they could get in touch with the Vietnamese army in Phong Sa, they were separated by a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides, and they were not taken care of until the Vietnamese army fled. They hid in an unnoticed place until they saw Zhou Dameng alone. They saw a Chinese soldier sneaking into a tree pit and lying down, so they quietly surrounded him with a gun......".