Chapter 2 New Tasks

Xiao Shi and Wang Kechang's younger soldiers really arranged this brick cellar in a decent way, they used branches, rattans, and leaves to weave a square thing to make a door, and used bricks to lay out in it to make a table and stool (the big and high one is the table, and the small one next to it is the stool, and even there is a kettle on the "table", and the small stone inserts the flowers sent by the people into the pot...... It's a vase.

After finishing, Xiao Shi looked around and shook his head and said, "Alas! If we can live in such a place in the war, then we will not be unjust to die in battle! ”

A considerable part of the people who fight in the war are very superstitious, so on the battlefield, the soldiers try not to mention those unlucky words, such as the death in battle is said to be glorious, and the wounded is said to be hung in the lottery. Therefore, as soon as Xiao Shi said this, he was immediately scolded by other soldiers.

And Xiao Shi spread his hands indifferently: "We've all returned to China, haven't we?" Talking about it, it won't be good! ”

The warriors didn't really care about it, and they certainly didn't really take the stones. It's just that Xiaoshi's words are really a little poignant...... It's just a brick cellar, which can make the soldiers feel that "it is not unjust to die in battle".

Soon, the supplies given to us by the superiors came down, and each of us was given a new set of military uniforms, two boxes of canned food, one meat and one vegetable, and then a few packs of compressed biscuits.

It's not unusual for food to come down, we're tired of eating these things on the battlefield. It was the uniform that drew cheers from the soldiers...... Our uniforms have long been scraped by the jungles of Vietnam or during the battles, and it is not an exaggeration to say that we are covered with rags.

So now I saw a brand new set of military uniforms...... It was like the New Year, and they stripped naked and ran to the small river by the village.

Rush to the creek and take a look. It was a spectacular scene...... The whole river was stuffed to the brim. Everywhere there were naked soldiers washing and making noise. I've never seen so many people swim naked together when I'm this big.

Although the river was already crowded, how could the warriors manage so much at this time, and they joined the ranks of the bare swimmers with a shout.

Anyway, I didn't want to go down to the river, firstly because I had washed it last night, and secondly, because all the soldiers in this river were black, so dense here in the river, the whole river changed color, and the whole stinky sky was like a stinky ditch. It's just that the soldiers kept shouting in the water...... In order not to look too different, he finally went on hard.

"Huh...... "I'm just so late and walking down the river." was discovered by the careful reader, he looked at each other, and couldn't help but quip: "Have you found out that our platoon commander is the cleanest, what is the reason for everyone?" ”

"Then you still need to ask......"

The warriors followed suit, and I just laughed and didn't answer what they wanted, things like this always got darker and darker, and sometimes it was better not to explain anything.

After taking a shower, I returned to the brick cellar, didn't want to eat food, changed into a clean military uniform, and fell asleep.

This time on the battlefield. Our nerves can be said to be highly tense all the time, and even sleeping or even returning home cannot make us relax. But as soon as this bath is over, the military uniform is changed...... The whole person seemed to be relieved as if he had changed his appearance, so the whole person softened all of a sudden, and he had no strength at all, and a row of more than a dozen people lay in this brick cellar and fell asleep.

In other words, this brick cellar is really a good place to sleep, needless to say, it is dry, and it also protects against wind and rain, and the mouth of the cellar is blocked by mosquitoes and leaves and cannot enter...... Maybe it's also because of the role of lime, plus the space here is relatively closed and can keep warm, so this is the most comfortable sleep we have slept in so many days, I slept until noon the next day, and as soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the correspondent Xiao Liu in front of me: "Second platoon commander, the company commander asked you to go to the company headquarters to accept a new task!" ”

"Hmm!" It took me a long time to react in the chaos, and I looked at the soldiers around me who were still sleeping soundly, and the snoring was endless, but I was the only one who was woken up.

I cursed bad luck, rubbed my sleepy eyes and yawned twice, then grabbed my gun and walked out.

I followed the correspondent all the way to the village, thinking in my heart...... I have just returned to China and haven't rested for two days, so why do I have a new task?

What will be the task? Could it be to help transport the wounded or something, it is said that there are so many wounded coming down from the front line during this time that there is a serious shortage of cars, and they need to be carried by manpower! Thinking about it, I really don't think our troops are worth it, they fought for life and death on the battlefield, and they have to suffer this when they come back.

But what I didn't expect was that this task was completely beyond my imagination......

Soon came the temporary company headquarters, which was a makeshift tent built by the fighters out of bamboo and branches...... Don't say that the company weishenme is not in the private house, we are now returning to China, and the place where we are standing now is our own land, and the people are also our own people...... First, because most of the houses here are occupied, and secondly, because there are too many retreating troops, it is unrealistic to live in people's houses. Therefore, in order not to disturb the people, the higher authorities ordered us to camp outside the village.

As soon as I walked into the company headquarters, I felt a strange atmosphere, Scar and Liang Lianbing arrived first, and at this time they were smoking without saying a word, and Company Commander Luo also lowered his head and said nothing, only the instructor walked around the company headquarters in high spirits.

As soon as I saw this, I felt bad, and it seemed that this task would not be as simple as I guessed to be the evacuation of the wounded.

Sure enough, as soon as the instructor saw me coming, he spoke: "What did you do, you broke away from the team and hid in the brick cellar to sleep, and you didn't report to your superiors, and it took a long time to find it!" What if there is an urgent task? ”

I was speechless for a moment, didn't I just come back from the battle? Let people relax for a day or two will die?

Company Commander Luo didn't criticize me, just raised his head and nodded at me, and said one word: "Sit!" ”

Tremblingly, I sat down next to Scar and secretly touched him with my elbow...... He willingly handed me a telegram, and I took it...... It reads: "Order: The second company will go forward to the No. 102 boundary pillar position on the Sino-Vietnamese border, seize the 581 heights, and set up defensive positions and observation posts!" ”

"What? Just came back and had to fight again? When I saw this telegram, I couldn't help jumping up like a needle prick, and said, "Company commander, why are we again?" ”

"I'm talking about you, comrade!" Without waiting for the company commander to answer, the instructor answered: "What do you mean it's our turn again?" This time our entire division has defensive tasks, and besides...... Someone must guard the border in this withdrawal, and someone must be the first batch, and you will not guard it, nor will I defend it...... Are we still opening the door and waiting for the devils to come in? ”

When I heard this, I understood that in fact, the round war began on the day the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam ended, and we were just very unlucky to be the first batch.

"Instructor!" After thinking about it, I was embarrassed and said, "The warriors have just returned...... I want to go home and see it! ”

"Who wouldn't want to go home and see it?" The instructor glared, puffed up his chest and said: "I said Comrade Yang Xuefeng, this battlefield is not a place for jokes, we have parents and families, and other comrades also have it." Everyone else can accept the task without complaint, and of course we can too! ”

Actually, I don't believe that other troops will have no complaints when they receive this task, but although I think this in my heart, it is inconvenient for me to say it, because I know that the instructor is very good-mouthed, and he can't explain these big truths.

"I've got an opinion!" Scar said sullenly, "I mean...... The higher authorities could not have a little foresight when formulating jihua, if a group of troops were arranged early in the morning and did not participate in the war and stationed at the border, the current problem would not have arisen, even if the troops were insufficient to do this, they could have notified us in advance. Now that we have just returned home, everyone thinks that we can relax after the battle, or we can go home and see...... Not to mention the glory of the ancestors, at least it can make the family less worried. Therefore, there is no morale and psychological preparation to continue the war...... So how can this battle continue? ”

"It's up to you to do ideological work for your comrades, isn't it?" The instructor replied as a matter of course: "Comrades, now is the time for our superiors to test us, and the more difficult we are, the more we must strengthen our stand, and the more we must maintain a strong fighting spirit in the face of adversity, and this is the requirement of the party and the Central Committee for a qualified army." As soldiers, we should not be corrupted by enjoyment, but should learn from and carry forward the spirit of our revolutionary forefathers who endured hardships first and enjoyed them later. As soldiers, we should always be ready to go to the battlefield for the motherland and the people, and we will grab guns whenever the party and the people need us......

All right! I'll admit that the instructor won this confrontation again.

We people, no one is afraid of fighting vigorously on the battlefield, and when it comes to the instructor's truth, no one is in a rut, and the instructor is just the opposite.

What's more, we also know very well that it is useless to oppose it. This order has been down, can we make the higher authorities change the order and send other troops up under this complaint?

And objectively speaking, what the instructor said also has some truth: if you don't send us...... It's not the same as sending another force, and the other force has to face the same situation as us.

It's just that I don't know how to explain to my soldiers now! (To be continued......)