There was a strong smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, burning flames could be seen in the ruins, houses had been reduced to rubble, and the old town was gone, leaving only ruins.

The gunfire continues, the cannon continues, the suburbs have been reduced to ruins, the cities have been turned beyond recognition in the fighting, and the rubble, bullet casings, and the corpses of the dead lurking in the corners are silent reminders of the cruelty of war.

Carrying the B1929 sniper rifle on his back, walking on the rubble-strewn battlefield, Liu Fugui felt an indescribable tiredness, his face mixed with gunsmoke and sweat looked a little distorted, and the jungle-colored field camouflage uniform was also dirty, completely losing its original tactical value, but it looked very "pleasing to the eye" in the background of the ruins of the city.

Finally walking through this long street that had been almost completely leveled by aerial bombs, Liu Fugui stopped at the corner of the street and looked across the street where there was a knocking sound, there was a half-collapsed house, the roof may have been blown away by the shock wave of the aerial bomb explosion, the walls of the house collapsed, and the remaining foundation wall was less than a meter high, standing on the street you could directly see the scene in the house, and at this moment, in the half-collapsed house, there were several cooks, they were either chopping vegetables, or using tools to open cans, There were several marching pots beside them, there was a fire burning under the pot, food was boiling in the pot, and a corporal stood by the pot with a horse spoon, and kept stirring it in the pot with a horse spoon, which was also drenched in sweat, and the sound that attracted Liu Fugui's attention was made by the guys in the hands of these cooking soldiers.

This is a field kitchen, only half a mile away from the front line, standing here, you can clearly hear the sound of small arms shooting from the front line, and the sky also flies from time to time stray bullets, but it does not affect the work of these cooks in the slightest, they do their work seriously, just like the soldiers who are fighting on the front line, this is their battlefield.

There was a field cooking cart crooked by the kitchen, tattered, obviously a shell hit this field cooking cart, otherwise, the kitchen utensils of these cooking soldiers would not be so rudimentary, and judging from the number of people, only half of the personnel of this cooking squad are currently left, as for the whereabouts of the rest of the personnel, perhaps they can be guessed from the blood stains on the apron of the corporal who was stirring the horse spoon.

On the front line, no one is really safe, even if he is a cook.

Liu Fugui walked over, walked into the house through the door frame that had no door, and then found a corner and sat down, the sniper rifle on his shoulder was also taken down by him, leaned against the wall, and the steel helmet on his head was also removed and rested at his feet.

"Sergeant, which unit are you from?"

The corporal in charge turned his head to look at Liu Fugui's rank, and then asked.

"Just like you, First Mountain Division."

Liu Fugui replied as he reached out and took out a pack of cigarettes from his military pocket, took one and lit it himself, and then threw the cigarette case to the corporal who was in charge.

"Wow! British smoke. ”

The corporal in charge of the spoon rested the horse spoon on the lid of the pot, looked at the cigarette case, took out the last cigarette in it, stuffed it into his mouth, and walked to Liu Fugui's side, sat down too, took a wooden stick from the bonfire, lit the cigarette, and then looked at the sniper rifle leaning against Liu Fugui's side.

"Brother, sniper, I'm afraid this smoke is captured, right?"

Liu Fugui nodded, took a puff of his cigarette, and then looked at the marching pot in front of him.

"What's going on there? I haven't eaten much today, so I nibbled on two compressed biscuits in the morning. ”

"Noodles stewed with canned beef, the noodles were still obtained from a nearby food store, the shopkeeper didn't know where he went, the shop was also blown up, look at the signboard, the shop is only afraid that it is also a store opened by overseas Chinese, this business, the air force is not authentic."

The corporal stood up, walked to the pot, lifted the lid of the pot, copied a lunch box, fished a bowl of noodles for Liu Fugui, and then brought it to Liu Fugui.

"Brother, canned stewed noodles, there will be some, a volley of artillery in the morning has brought our field kitchen to the nest, half of the cooking squad has died, and the flour and rice have been blown up by the British shells."

"It's good to eat some."

Liu Fugui took the lunch box, as well as the pair of chopsticks made of bamboo, and then there was a burst of gobbling.

A few minutes later, Liu Fugui's noodles were not finished, and a mountain infantry company was withdrawn from the front line, and rushed to the field kitchen to eat, everyone was eating noodles while talking about the war on the front line, and Liu Fugui just listened quietly on the side, but did not interject, the reason is very simple, because he is not very familiar with these comrades, and several of them look familiar, but they can't be named.

Liu Fugui is not an ordinary mountain infantry, he is a professional sniper, the usual training and living are in the sniper company of the brigade headquarters, and only in wartime are assigned to different companies as needed, in the attack on Mandalay, Liu Fugui was sent to the fifth company and a platoon, but in this morning's battle, a squad suffered heavy casualties when attacking a power plant, all of them hung colors, only Liu Fugui escaped a catastrophe because of the position behind the back, and carried the wounded to the rear wounded transfer station, the company commander saw that Liu Fugui was extremely tired, So he gave him an hour off and asked him to go to lunch by the way, and Liu Fugui came here.

Like most army soldiers, Liu Fugui is not a volunteer soldier, but a "compulsory soldier", that is, a soldier drawn by lot from the local military service office, and is a compulsory soldier, which is an honorable obligation granted to all male citizens by the "National Defense Law".

Liu Fugui has served for a year, according to the current law, he must serve for another four years before he can retire, and a year ago, when he did not join the army, Liu Fugui was still a mechanical repairman in the Luda Shipyard, his father was Liu Tiezhu, the deputy director of the Luda Shipyard, at that time, his father personally took the officers of the Military Service Department to send the "Enlistment Notice" to him, to be honest, Liu Fugui really did not think that he would be fortunate to be "pulled by the Military Service Department" in his life, You know, the total population of China is now more than 600 million.

In the past, he served as a soldier for only three years, but now that he has extended his time by two years, it is obvious that the center has long begun to prepare for this war to "liberate Asia".

When he first enlisted in the army, Liu Fugui didn't think much about it, since it is a civic duty stipulated by law, then he must obey the law, "duty and power", which is also the concept of citizenship that Liu Fugui began to come into contact with in junior high school, he can have the right to vote when he is a soldier, and he is not the only son in the family, in the Liu family, he is the oldest, even if he sacrifices his life for the country, the Liu family will not be left behind, so, when he was conscripted into the army, Liu Fugui's thinking was very simple, if he did not fight, he would exercise in the army, if he fought, Then earn glory for the Liu family on the battlefield, it is best not to die, and there is no regret if you die, you are also a martyr.

After enlisting in the army, the recruit training assessment, Liu Fugui was a blockbuster when he hit the target, so the commander of the recruit company immediately made a report, and as a result, Liu Fugui became a student of the sniper school with a paper order, thanks to Liu Fugui's father, if it wasn't for his father who often took him to the mountains to hunt, he couldn't practice this pistol technique.

After the sniper graduates, he will be awarded the rank of corporal, if he performs well in the army, he will be promoted to sergeant after one year of service, and if he wants to continue to stay in the army, he can apply to his superiors, the application is approved, and then he will be escorted to the military academy by the army, and after completing the two-year basic study, according to the results at the time of graduation, decide whether to be promoted to non-commissioned officer or reserve officer, if it is a reserve officer, then re-enter the army for one year of internship, the internship period is over, if the performance is good, you can return to the military academy and complete further studyTwo years later, another qualified grassroots professional officer was trained.

The current Chinese Army is a truly professional, regularized, and high-combat modern army, and Liu Fugui is a member of this army, and now, his rank is sergeant.

Liu Fugui has not yet thought about whether to apply to stay in the army to continue to serve after the expiration of the service period in the future, the six children of the Liu family are either workers or teachers, and there is really no professional officer, Liu Tiezhu almost became an officer back then, but later, in order to pursue a happy marriage, Liu Tiezhu gave up his military career and chose to work as a welder in the shipyard. But now, through this tragic battle, Liu Fugui suddenly found that being a professional soldier didn't seem as romantic as he imagined, and killing didn't seem to be his instinct.

Perhaps it was this contradictory psychological state that made Liu Fugui hesitate, after all, he was just an ordinary person, a person who was born and grew up in a peaceful era, the war has always been far away from him, and the turbulent years experienced by his fathers can only be seen in history books and documentaries now.

But now, Liu Fugui has finally personally felt the cruelty of war, no matter which side of the warring party, war is cruel, on the battlefield, justice is no longer so important, what matters is how to kill the enemy and make sure that you are not killed by the enemy, here, you must learn to kill as your own instinct.

This morning's battle was very fierce, Liu Fugui's infantry company was ordered to attack the southwestern suburbs of Mandalay, which was the key direction of the British army's defense, because there was a dock and a power plant there, and the battle began before dawn, and the battle has not ended until now.

Although the battle is going on quite hard, judging from the current situation, the capture of Mandalay will not be later than tomorrow.