Chapter 141: Pre-War Mobilization

"All assembled!"

Early the next morning, just after dawn, we received the order to assemble.

The warriors nervously emerged from their tents, their faces full of doubt.

I know what they wonder: isn't this one day until the scheduled start of the war? What are you doing here?

Anyway, because the war is going to start soon, the most thing we have done in the camp these days is training, which includes camouflage, building trenches, individual bunkers, etc., but even training is not so early!

The company commander didn't explain anything to us, and directly gave the order: "Stand up...... Positive to the left! Running and walking ......"

The group ran down the hill in a queue and saw a few cars parked on the road, so the soldiers were even more worried, and some soldiers couldn't help but whisper: "This is going to the battlefield?" I'm not ready yet! ”

"yes!" Some soldiers also said worriedly: "I haven't brought all the bullets yet, and I want to fight and say it!" ”

……

The company commander still did not answer, but gave us a loud order: "Get in the car!" ”

The troops were divided into four cars, each of which was equipped with a platoon, and the fourth car was equipped with the company headquarters, the cooking squad, and the logistics personnel, so except for a few personnel on duty in the camp, the entire company was transported in one go.

When the car "rumbled" to start, the soldiers became more and more nervous, and some of the soldiers even turned pale and trembled, and they looked a little unsteady on their feet, and they didn't know if it was because of motion sickness or what they were doing.

"Don't worry!" Seeing this, I couldn't help but comfort them: "It's not time for war yet!" ”

"Platoon commander, how do you know?" The one who was most concerned about this issue was Wu Zhijun's group of recruits. So I immediately followed up with the question.

I smiled wryly and shook my head: "Think about it with your head...... We are only a dozen miles away from Sabah. Need to take a car? And still along the road? Isn't that sent to the Yue devil to fight? Besides...... You don't know which direction the car is going, do you? ”

"Oh!" Hear me out. Only then did the spirited warriors come to their senses, and as soon as they recognized, the direction of the car was indeed rear......

So a new question arises:

"Aren't we going to fight? What are you doing with us in the rear? ”

"Is there a new mission?"

"Don't you want to fight?"

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Recruits! It's just that there are many problems.

But I also know that they don't really want to know the answer to the question, but ask more questions to relieve their fears. What about us who have been at war? That's knowing that it's useless to ask, this battle can't be run away.

What I didn't expect was ...... Our destination turned out to be a field hospital.

The car staggered all the way to the rear, and finally stopped with a "squeak" after more than half an hour, and I jumped out of the car with my men to take a look. I couldn't help but be stunned...... In front of us was a field hospital that had just been burned down by Vietnamese agents.

The troops quickly lined up in front of the cars, and then marched in the order of the first, second, and third platoons, company headquarters, and logistics towards the ruins of the hospital.

At the front of the line was the instructor, who, as he went, shouted at us with a small loudspeaker: "Comrades! This is the field hospital that was attacked by Vietnamese army agents the night before, do you see the burned house in front of you? In that room, our containment team found a total of thirty-five bodies, five of which had gunshot wounds, and the rest had been burned alive...... We lost a total of 316 wounded, 45 military doctors, including 13 nurses. Even the wounded and female soldiers who were seriously injured and lying on hospital beds were not spared...... Comrades! The doctors and nurses in the field hospital are all treating the wounded and sick. Some of our comrades have been recuperating here, and they can be said to be our benefactors......"

I couldn't listen to it anymore, I only felt a "whoosh" chill on my face, and sometimes I even felt that the instructor was talking about me.

I really didn't expect to be brought to this place again, every room here is so familiar to me...... That room is where I lived, that room was the sect leader's, and here were Zhang Fan's nurses......

Memories of the past flooded into my mind like a tidal wave again, which made me a little overwhelmed, even afraid to follow the troops in.

At this time, a hand held me, and I looked to the side, I don't know when Chen Yiyi was standing beside me.

She jumped up when the sky was still dark and others didn't pay much attention. She squeezed my hand, her eyes full of encouragement and support.

I then quickly thought that Chen Yiyi was also a person who had suffered, and compared to her, what could my pain be worth? So he gritted his teeth and slowly advanced with the troops.

Then I soon found out that it was not only our troops who had come here, but also the soldiers from the front line who were being brought in by cars, just like us, and they were lined up and circled around the ruins under the guidance of our instructors. Of course, when going around the circle, the instructor will detail the tragedy of this battle, and then gather at the barn to make a summary of Zuihou when it is over.

The summary was similar to what we usually heard, as our instructor shouted: "Comrades! In the most difficult time in Vietnam, we Chinese tightened our belts and selflessly helped the Vietnamese, and it can be said that most of the food, clothing, and use of the Vietnamese in the war, as well as vehicles, weapons, and ammunition, were supplied by our country. Our life is not rich, but in order to free Vietnam from the difficulties of imperialist aggression as soon as possible, we still cut back on food and provide it to them!

However, after Vietnam defeated US imperialism with our help, the militarist ideology began to expand rapidly, first openly proclaiming that it was the 'third military power in Shijie', then driving out and persecuting overseas Chinese, and even making unreasonable territorial claims to China, claiming that China's Xisha and Nansha Islands are Vietnam's territory, and sending troops to occupy some islands of Nansha Islands.

Is it tolerable or intolerable, comrades! We must teach Vietnamese revisionism a cruel lesson with heroic battles, and avenge the comrades who died in the field hospital with the blood of the enemy! ”

"Down with Vietnamese revisionism!"

"Avenge the comrades in the field hospital!"

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Then there were slogans one after another, and I understood that this was a pre-war mobilization and ideological education. Its purpose...... It is to replace the fear in the hearts of the warriors with anger.

This fear is both the fear of the enemy and the fear of killing the enemy.

It should be said that this trick is very effective, because people often do something when they are angry, even they can't even imagine it, such as losing their minds when they are angry, or killing people when they are angry...... Everything seems to be taken for granted after anger.

This time the education was of course also successful, because I clearly felt that the fighters were different when they went back by car...... When they came, they were all afraid of this and that, and when they went back, they all scolded the atrocities of the Vietnamese army. Of course, what they hated and regretted the most was the sacrifice of the dozen or so nurses.

I didn't say a word, silently licking my wounds...... Sometimes I even wonder if Zhang Fan appeared in front of me again, would I still fail her and reject her as before?

I don't know, I just know that I've identified one person, the one-eyed dragon. I believe that only on the day when I slash him, will I feel that I have repaid Zhang Fan's feelings for me a little, and I will be worthy of those sacrificed comrades-in-arms and the old dean......

After returning from the field hospital, this ideological work is not yet complete.

Immediately afterwards, the instructor said something on a hot iron, and then wrote a "letter of request" and a "letter of determination".

These are useful for recruits who have never fought before, like Wu Zhijun...... Not long ago, they were terrified, but now they are all excited and eager to go to the battlefield immediately, and some soldiers even wrote blood letters......

But for those of us who have been on the battlefield, it seems to be a little powerless. Because we all know that as long as we go to the battlefield, what kind of patriotism and meritorious service are these...... We will all seem small, and then we will only think about one thing - kill the enemy and live!

And for me, a modern person, I don't eat this set even more.

At this time, my thoughts were actually very simple: I was willing to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, not so much to avenge Zhang Fan and avenge the dead comrades-in-arms, but to comfort myself and make myself less condemned by conscience.

"Platoon commander, don't you write a few sentences?" Wu Zhijun looked at me holding the gun in a daze, so he walked up and asked.

I raised my head, looked at the soldiers who were holding a pen and paper and writing a letter of request, and said very calmly: "After writing the letter of request, don't forget to leave a letter for your family!" ”

My words were like pouring cold water on the soldiers, and they calmed down and looked at me in a daze.

Maybe that's when they remembered...... yes, it's time to leave something to your family.

What should I leave behind?

I don't know if I can come back, should I write it as a suicide note or something else?

At this time, the soldiers realized that it seemed to be much more difficult to leave a message for their families than to write a letter of request for war and a letter of determination......

I don't know if I'm doing the right thing, and in some ways I'm dragging my men into fear and nostalgia for their families again, which of course makes them afraid of the coming battlefield.

However, what I hope more is that they can rationally protect and cherish their lives on the battlefield, instead of rushing forward in the face of the enemy's bullets as soon as their heads are hot, just like the reserve battalion attacked the Vietnamese army's tunnels...... (To be continued......)