Chapter 19 I Love Lao Shanlan
But what is even more worrying is that Annan has not been subdued, and the border will never be peaceful.
The weather in southern Xinjiang is hot, the humidity is high, and the corpses decompose quickly. After the war, I told Annan on the radio to collect the corpses, saying that I needed to fly the "Red Cross" flag and that I was not allowed to carry weapons. However, the Annan army did not listen to the agreement, and when they came to collect the corpses, they actually set up direct-aim artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns, and our forward command was annoyed, and the artillery group fired a salvo and reimbursed them all.
Later, Annan simply did not come to collect the corpses, and let the corpses of the war dead decompose. In just a few days, the front of our position was stinking and unbearable. In order to prevent the spread of bacteria and the epidemic of diseases, the various positions had to use flamethrowers to burn the corpses, and carry out large-scale anti-chemical and disinfection before the formation.
This campaign is of particular significance to our army.
The officers and men of the 14 th Army of our army fought an extremely high level of defense in a narrow area where its forces could not be deployed, and when the defensive forces did not have an advantage, and won a brilliant victory in the positional defensive battle. It indicates that our army has completely mastered the laws of operations in mountainous and jungle areas, and that the troops have withstood the test of severe war.
The fact that the Annan army dared to mobilize for a large-scale campaign in peacetime also made the top brass of our army very angry. According to Director Ma, after the situation of the frontline battle was reported to the Military Commission, Marshal Ye Jianying looked at the photos taken by the war reporters and was speechless for a long time. After a long time, the marshal of the republic, who had experienced the test of decades of war, said with great emotion, "Since the Huaihai War, there has never been a time when so many soldiers have died in one battle. ”
As a result of this battle, our entire army quickly formed a unified will, that is, as long as Annam does not withdraw its troops from the Khmer Khmer for a single day, and as long as Annam does not give up fighting for the "riding point" on the Sino-Vietnamese border for a single day, we will accompany it to the end, and we will continue to fight it until we subdue it, cripple it, and exhaust it to death.
Yu Songyuan and Lin Tao hibernated in the war room, and for three full days, they comprehensively reviewed all the details of the battle. In the process of their discussion of the battle situation, Director Ma has been quietly accompanying them and participating in the discussion.
"Little things, 'No. 1' and 'No. 2' are in Indochina at the moment, and they have another important mission. Or to put it bluntly, there is a big problem in Indochina, and they are cleaning up the mess. Before I came, Dapeng asked me to tell you that sending my brothers into the Indochina Peninsula is part of the strategy of the border and the entire Indochina Peninsula, and the stakes are very high. Before the expedition, 'No. 1' and No. 2 will come to give you a special mission! ”
The Commissioner's words made them feel the weight of the burden on their shoulders. In the past three days, they even had dinner, and they were all sent down by Wen Ling, Xu Youyu, Yangmei, Xiaohong and others.
Xu Youyu also brought a letter from the front line, which was written by her sister Xu Youyun from the frontline field hospital in southern Xinjiang. In her letter, she described the story of frontline battlefield ambulance, which strongly touched everyone's heart.
Laoshan is located in the tropics, the terrain is complex, rainy and rainy, there are no roads, the military industrial soldiers who are responsible for the front-line arms transportation, and the ambulance team that transports the wounded, carry the camel on their shoulders, send the arms to the front line, and also transport the remains of the wounded and martyrs to the rear in time. They made great sacrifices and played a key role in ensuring the victory of the defensive operation.
"We love every inch of the motherland, and we also love every grass and tree on the battlefield." Xu Youyun is an ordinary battlefield angel in white, and she uses extremely popular language to tell the story of an ordinary wounded man and a military song.
On the Laoshan front, the most bitter and dangerous are these military workers who are responsible for transportation. From the main peak to the 7.12 war, the military soldiers used their flesh and blood to build bridges between the front and rear. In the fierce battle, the battlefield was densely covered with mines planted by both sides, and sometimes there was no time to clear them.
The slope of the main peak of the old mountain has reached 70 or 80 degrees in some places, the sky is cloudy and rainy, the mountain road is muddy, and the soldiers of the military industry have to carry 80 or 90 pounds of ammunition and dry food when they go up the mountain, and they have to carry the wounded and martyrs down the mountain.
Sometimes eight people carry a wounded person, and it is difficult to transport them down. There are too many wounded, there are not enough stretchers and manpower, who will carry them first? "Let's carry someone else first!" Almost every wounded person would say the same. Many of the wounded were delayed because they could not be transported, and they died on the way to evacuate.
Xu Youyun specifically recounted a true story.
Once, the soldiers of the military industry carried a seriously wounded and unconscious little soldier down the mountain. When they were halfway up the mountain, the soldier who was walking in front slipped and fell to the ground, and one end of the stretcher fell to the ground, which suddenly woke up the wounded. I saw that his face was sallow, his head was sweating, and he kept scratching his neck with his hands.
The soldiers of the military industry hurriedly gave him a few sips of water, and the wounded looked at the surrounding terrain and found that it was the soldiers who carried him down, so he said with difficulty, "Okay...... I've ...... Quiet...... It's safe. Put me here and hurry up...... Hurry back and put ...... Take our squad leader next. He was wounded before me, heavier than me...... Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to!"
The comrades-in-arms insisted on carrying him to the ambulance station for rescue, and then went to take over the squad leader. But the little soldier was in a hurry, and with all his strength, he rolled off the stretcher and lay on the side of the road and resolutely refused to go. The fighters had no choice but to put two grenades beside him, cover him with a raincoat, and then return to the position to prepare to carry the squad leader down.
In fact, the little warrior's injuries were not light. The major artery in his leg was broken, and a tourniquet had been put in place for him during the rescue. However, he was lying here alone, the wound was very painful, the place where the tourniquet was tied was swollen and swollen, and during the difficult transportation, the tourniquet accidentally came off......
As a result, the blood seeped into the dirt drop by drop and finally dried up.
By the time the comrades-in-arms carried the squad leader down from the position, the little soldier had already died. The comrades-in-arms found that before he died, he put one hand on his chest, and tightly held a handful of bluegrass that was extremely common in Laoshan, and there was a small dark green flower blooming in it.
This orchid, which is extremely common in Laoshan, is called Molan. After the sacrifice of this little soldier, his comrades-in-arms changed the name of Mo Lan to Lao Shanlan. The military writers who went deep into the front line to experience life were deeply moved after learning this story, and they wrote a war song that sang all over the front line with tears in the forward position of Laoshan with the sound of artillery rumbling, with infinite nostalgia and reverence for their comrades-in-arms, "I Love Lao Shanlan":
"I love you, old Shanlan, a tenacious life, devastated by the devastation; The dark green leaves are smoky, and the fragrant flowers bloom more vividly. I love you, Lao Shanlan, you have withstood the storm, resisted the drought, and the fragrance has entered my heart.
I love you, Lao Shanlan, no luxury, full of life; Only love their dear homeland, selfless and fearless decorate the border. I love you, Lao Shanlan, you are as green as jade, as steel as a sword, I would like to accompany you to take root in the old mountain......"
Xu Youyun wrote affectionately after the end, "Youyu, Brother Yu, Brother Lin, Wenling, Yangmei, this song is very popular among the front-line soldiers, they are copied in hats and clothes, and it is widely sung on the front line. In the place where my lover died, every time I sing this song, I will shed tears, and I will think of those comrades who sacrificed, some of them are only seventeen or eighteen years old......"
"This Xiao Xu, is it Xu Youyu's sister? She's also from Xiao Yuan? Director Ma obviously knew a lot of inside information, and Lin Tao's heart was shocked when he asked this.
"Yes, she is a member of the Provincial Military Region, a member of Xiao Yuan, and a member of our 186." Yu Songyuan didn't want to entangle, so he replied affirmatively. When Lin Tao heard this, he glanced at him gratefully, and continued to think about the battlefield in southern Xinjiang.
The victory at Songmaoling on 12 July was a new starting point for the escalation of the border conflict between China and Annam after the border self-defense counterattack in 1979. As far as our army is concerned, with 7.12 as a symbol, it officially opened the prelude to the border round battles of various military regions.
"Annan is so rampant, although July 12 was a great victory, our border defenders are under great pressure. Boss, we can't let them calmly organize 7.12 again and again, it's endless, it's time for us to play! Lin Tao lay on the edge of the sand table and smashed his fist on the sand table.
Yu Songyuan nodded, he was also enthusiastic. Xu Youyun's letter deeply infected him. "Director, we demand an immediate expedition!" He didn't expect that as soon as he finished speaking, he was given a lecture and poured cold water.
But Director Ma's words, although harsh, seemed to be inadvertently "ventilating the news" to them:
"Stinky boy, don't be impatient and ask for a fart. You have sinned heavily, so be honest and give me patience, continue to study, train in peace, and wait for orders. 'No. 1' and 'No. 2' will go to the tiger side in person, and when the time comes, you will just wait to be killed! ”
Director Ma said unceremoniously, got up from the sofa after speaking, stretched his waist, and suddenly felt distressed again, "In three days, the business is done." Speaking of which, you have kidnapped me, why do I miss you so much, it's really cheap. That's it, I'm relieved to see that you guys are doing well. If you don't do anything tomorrow, accompany me to visit Hufang and see the Bao Cemetery. ”
Yu Songyuan heard something chilling from the director's words.
When the director left, Yu Songyuan specially sent Wenling to bring a worker to personally send the director to the army. At the same time, a ton of dried bamboo shoots will be loaded with light trucks. Director Ma was puzzled, "Why should I bring so many bamboo shoots?" Zhu Jun brought a lot last time, and your Xiao Yuan is an enterprise. You kid, you don't have a ghost in your heart, do you? ”
"Director, you brought us a few large boxes of dried salted fish, this ton of high-quality dried bamboo shoots, you are responsible for the welfare of the family members of the brigade, or to dredge the relationship with the superiors. The tea leaves and preserved fruits are homemade by Xiao Yuan, this is not a bribe, you can try the tea, and the preserved fruits will be given to the little niece......"
The director looked at them and suddenly smiled happily, "Little bastard, do you have times when you are afraid?" When I was kidnapped, confined and threatened, where was the rampant energy that was not afraid of the ground and not afraid of the ground? The world outside is very exciting, men with normal physiology, excellent men, always live in temptation, and something will inevitably happen to the guy on his body. Big fart, count it as a ball, what are you afraid of? ”
"Director, we are sharp knives, please believe us, we will definitely be able to control our own guys......"