"Comrade, please go this way!" Staff Officer Zhang moved out of the way, and we saw a row of cars parked in front of us to pick us up...... So don't think about it, just get in the car...... Although we don't know where the road is going

As a soldier...... We have to get used to all this, that is, we often don't know where we are going and where our future is.

Staff Officer Zhang and I were sitting in a jeep, and the car was wobbly along the bumpy road...... I am full of memories of such a highway, the road to the front...... Because there are too many transportation tasks in normal times, and there are trucks full of soldiers or ammunition coming and going on this road, and sometimes even a few shells may fall or a small battle can be fought, so the road conditions become miserable, even if the troops have personnel to maintain this road.

It reminded me of many things from the past, especially on the high ground where we fought...... There were many battles and lost comrades......

And Staff Officer Zhang was also worried and silent, so the jeep was dull...... Only the rumble of the engine and the crackling of the windows as the body shook.

"Staff Officer Zhang!" I felt that I should say something, so I casually asked Staff Officer Zhang: "It's the third day now!" How's it going? Is the subject still alive? ”

Hearing this, Staff Officer Zhang couldn't help but turn his head, with some contempt on his face and anger in his eyes......

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Staff Officer Zhang replied: "The goal you are talking about...... Are you referring to the two correspondents of the divisional headquarters? If yes...... Then I'll tell you, they're still alive, and we're not targeting them...... Because they are our comrades-in-arms. It's our brother! At all costs...... We rescued them. Instead of ......"

Staff Officer Zhang didn't finish his words. But I understood what it meant...... In this case, it is very likely that they had a chance to get rid of those two correspondents, but they didn't!

Later, I found out that this was indeed true...... At one time, the division headquarters also ruthlessly gave an order to give up the small and protect the big one, and divided the scouts who infiltrated Ba Dong into two parts, one part was the main force...... On the surface, they launched a feint attack on Ba Dong to rescue the communicator, but in fact, the main force was another part, a team of two people, with explosives bags, sneaking into the house where the correspondent was being held...... All they had to do was detonate the explosives inside and die with the people inside. But alas...... The warriors on the mission still can't do it after the most reluctance!

It's not that they're afraid of death...... Because after they came in, there was basically no possibility of going back alive. They saw a glimmer of hope that the correspondent would be rescued alive...... It is this glimmer of hope that makes this mission a failure!

When I knew about it...... I don't even know what to say......

It's not the right decision...... That's really not right, the battlefield should be more rational, when it is time to give up, when it is time to be ruthless, you must be ruthless, otherwise it will bring more heavy losses to your own troops and even the whole army, just like now...... The casualties of the Scouts continue!

Let's say that this decision was the right one...... That's true, because you just have to think about it...... If the person being held and tortured is himself...... So can you easily get this ruthlessness?

This is how soldiers at war often think...... Because they are all soldiers, and they are all fighting the enemy on the battlefield...... Therefore, if we abandon the wounded and ignore the corpses of our comrades. The other warriors will think...... Tomorrow if we are injured or sacrificed...... Is this also the end?

The same ...... For the two correspondents who were captured, the fighters would have had similar thoughts. So it's not really a matter of profit. It's about the morale and morale of the military!

"I don't mean anything else!" I said, "I just want to find out!" ”

"I know the way!" Staff Officer Zhang narrowed his eyes: "As soon as you come...... They were basically sentenced to death! ”

"Really?" I smiled bitterly: "I don't understand why you think that!" ”

"The reason is simple!" Staff Officer Zhang replied, "Because it is far easier to deal with them than to rescue them!" ”

I couldn't help but be silent, because what Staff Officer Zhang said was indeed the truth!

"And you have nothing to do with these two correspondents!" Staff Officer Zhang said: "You don't even know them, you don't know what their names are, you don't know what they look like, and you don't know what relatives they have...... All you need is to get the job done, so ...... There is no reason why you should choose to save them! ”

I'm still speechless...... Because Staff Officer Zhang's reasons are very good, if you start from the perspective of completing the task...... Indeed it is like what he said!

"Here's their stuff!" Staff Officer Zhang handed me a stack of papers: "I hope you are ...... when you are on a mission. Let's take a look at these ......."

I took the papers and flipped through them...... In the upper left corner, there are two yellowed black-and-white photographs, and the rest of the book contains dates of birth, family status, and biographies......

Obviously, Staff Officer Zhang wanted me to "get to know" them first...... But I wasn't interested in it, so I just glanced at it and handed these documents back to Staff Officer Zhang!

"This is not the information I need!" I say.

Staff Officer Zhang looked very disappointed, he sighed and handed another document to me, and reported coldly to me: "The target is being held in a makeshift prison in the northeast corner of Banan...... The prison was converted from an abandoned factory and could not provide cover for artillery fire because it was surrounded on three sides by mountains and located in the dead end of our artillery...... It is surrounded by water on the other side, which makes it difficult for our reconnaissance area to deploy troops...... However, the Vietnamese army had two special service companies, which occupied the surrounding key areas in squad and platoon, and our army launched sneak attacks along different routes several times...... They all suffered heavy casualties because of the ambush of the Vietnamese army! The details of the fighting and casualties are recorded in the document......"

I looked at the number of casualties...... It has grown from more than 200 people told me by Commander Zhang to more than 300 people...... And these casualties happened in these two days...... You can imagine how tragic this battle was!

After flipping through the documents in my hand again, I ordered: "Pass the order down and stop all rescue activities!" ”

"Yes!" Staff Officer Zhang responded numbly.

In his eyes...... These two correspondents seem to have no hope of survival! (To be continued......)