Chapter 81: Veterans Don't Die

There was a rhythmic sound of chopping vegetables in the kitchen, and Fan Kai held a kitchen knife with a bit of a chef's demeanor.

The horse noodles have been shaved sweet potatoes, one hand is a cigarette, and the other is an ashtray.

Lin Chao became a pure guest and visited Fan Kai's house. Three rooms, respectively Fan Kai's, his parents', guest rooms.

"Why don't you have a study at home?" asked Lin ran.

"I know that Fan Ye sleeps as soon as he reads, and the study and bedroom are combined into one. The horse laughed from behind.

"Grass! You two talk about cross talk, and you still hold one another. There was the sound of stir-frying from the kitchen, as well as Fan Kai's scolding.

There is a small room in the innermost part, which enshrines the spiritual seat of Grandpa Fan Kai.

Lin Chao and horse noodles take turns to offer incense.

Ma Mian pointed to the photographs, medals, and rusty old rifles on the wall, saying that Fan Kai had mentioned it.

The old man of his family is a veteran who participated in the Lei Gong Operation sixty years ago, that is, the blitzkrieg of the Great Zhou Alliance to punish Cangqi Kingdom.

Lin Ran opened a photo album on the table, and it was full of young soldiers, with smiling faces, serious faces, and troubles, none of which were low or depressed.

A few more pages are turned, and in the background there are broken armored vehicles, scrapped artillery, collapsed houses, and hordes of prisoners.

The breath of the gunpowder battlefield came to his face, and Lin Chao seemed to see that history.

Cangqi was a large southern country bordering the states of Chu and Qin within the Great Zhou Alliance, and had disputes on the border.

More than 60 years ago, the Cangqi State repeatedly provoked on the border on the grounds that the Qin State was building a barrage dam upstream.

In 951, the Great Zhou Alliance invited the then Prime Minister of Cangqi Kingdom, the Secretary General of the Blue Star International Alliance, the Prime Minister of the Northern Yuan Empire, and the President of the Great American Federation to negotiate and resolve the matter.

Located in the Delan Kingdom of the Crescent Moon Continent, its relations with the Great Zhou and Cangqi Kingdoms are friendly.

The King of the Kingdom of Deland repeatedly called for a political settlement of the matter.

The Secretary General of the League of Nations agreed, but the Northern Yuan Empire and the Great American Federation secretly supported the Cangqi Kingdom.

Cangqi received a large amount of arms and materials, postponed the negotiations, demanded that Qin abandon the construction of the dam as a premise, and asked the Great Zhou Alliance to recognize the unfavorable border demarcation for its own side.

Cangqi's actions angered the Qin and Chu states, and the Great Zhou Alliance debated in the Shendu for more than two months.

The state of Qi in the north and the state of Yue and Song in the East China Sea advocated continued dialogue, while the state of Qin and the state of Chu naturally wanted to send troops to learn a lesson, and the attitude of the state of Wei in the east wavered.

There were also various voices among the people, and there was a lot of instability within each country during that time.

Finally, at the end of the summer, the five vassal states compromised with each other.

At 4 o'clock in the morning on September 30, the Great Zhou Alliance suddenly held a press conference, which shook the world.

At that time, Emperor Ji Xiuping of Zhou, made a televised speech and conveyed it to the whole country through the media.

Ji Xiuping announced that he would deal a punitive blow to the provocations of Cangqi Kingdom for several years, and sent an expeditionary force to launch a punitive war, and the scope of the war was limited to fifteen provinces in the north of Cangqi Kingdom, codenamed "Lei Gong".

When war was declared, most of the people were still asleep, and the troops of the alliance attacked at the same moment.

Later information showed that the expeditionary force, with a total of 40,000 people, one mountain division, four composite brigades, and two special operations regiments, rushed straight down from the western plateau.

The war itself lasted only a month, and the raiding troops penetrated more than 800 miles into the Cangqi country and captured more than 100,000 Cangqi troops.

Later, after the mediation of the international community, an armistice was signed two years later.

At that time, all the strongholds on the northern border of Cangqi Country were uprooted, and the prime minister also stepped down, so it can be said that the Great Zhou Alliance was a complete victory.

Internationally, it is generally known as the "October Border Conflict", and the Cangqi Kingdom is called the "Zhou Empire Invasion War".

The raiding forces of the Great Zhou Alliance were mainly composed of the three kingdoms of Qin, Chu, and Wei.

The state of Qi was responsible for guarding against the bordering Northern Yuan Empire, and the state of Yue and Song sent a navy to hold military exercises outside the territory of the Cangqi State.

In terms of army characteristics, the Qin army was good at mountain warfare, the Chu army was good at jungle warfare, the Wei army was dominated by marines, the Qi army was a fully mechanized army, and the Yue Song army had the strongest navy in the alliance.

The borders of Cangqi are all high-altitude mountainous areas, so they can only be sent by Qin, Chu, and Wei.

Therefore, there are still monuments and memorial halls in some areas of the Wei Kingdom, and there is a lot of ink on this paragraph in the textbook, and Lin Chao is naturally memorized.

"This is Ji Xiuping, they all say that he is a Taoist emperor, who knows that there are times when he is domineering. ”

Ma Mian also opened a photo album, on which was a photo of Emperor Zhou declaring war.

Lin Chao also looked over, Ji Xiuping's hair was half white, he had a long beard, and he was wearing a traditional robe, which was indeed a bit dusty.

However, it was the five vassal states that really dominated the alliance, and Emperor Zhou just stood in front of the stage to make a statement, and Lin Chao didn't feel any domineering.

"I heard Fan Kai say that this gun was used by his grandfather, and he killed the governor of Cangqi Country at that time. Later, when he came back from injury, the gun was broken, and he was allowed to take it back. This knife is estimated to be a trophy, and it will be an antique for a few hundred years. ”

Lin Lan was leaning over to look, and suddenly his heart moved, and Tiangang's voice appeared again, telling him to touch the knife.

That's someone's grandfather's trophy, so grandly placed, can you touch it casually?

I didn't warn when I was suspected of having a mutant before, but now I roar when there is a benefit, which is really social.

Lin Chao kept complaining in his heart, but his eyes kept looking at the knife that was more than a meter long, with a gauntlet at the hilt, a dark brown scabbard, and a rusty appearance like an old gun.

"There's a fart, the old man has been in a wheelchair every day for more than ten years. With a monthly subsidy of 1,000 yuan, you can only drink the northwest wind, which is not as good as those old men and women who have not been on the battlefield and retired in the unit. ”

Fan Kai's voice came from outside.

"You can't say this, they have a lot of pensions, but they have been working for decades, and they haven't been soldiers for decades." ”

"After decades of work? Go and see if half of the 100 people in a unit are actually working? Those who are messing around and eating empty wages should be sent to the battlefield. ”

"If you want to say that, that's fine. ”

Fan Kai's men also came in immediately.

", let the old man hear that he will definitely hack you. This is the Ban Wrong Knife, which was captured from the enemy anyway. At the beginning, the offensive went smoothly, and the trophies were handy. Later, the battle line was lengthened, and the casualties increased, but fortunately, the old man picked up a life and came back, and this knife blocked the bullet for him, which was his life-saving. ”

"I'm hungry. Ma Mian interrupted.

"What's the hurry, there's duck soup in the pressure cooker. With your realization, you should be hungry. ”

Fan Kai saw Lin Chao staring at the Ban Cuo knife, generously took it off, pulled it out, slashed a few times in the air, put on a proud posture, and looked at the air with that vicissitudes of life.

"Veterans don't die, they just fade out of the stage. One day a strong wind will rise, and although the knife is blunt, the blood is not cold. Lian Po is old, can he still eat?"

"Not bad, yes, better than those little fresh meat. ”

The two audience members commented, Ma Mian ran to the kitchen, and Lin Yan looked at the Ban Cuo knife seriously, the knife surface was narrow and long, and there were rust marks.

Sure enough, as Fan Kai said, there was a dimple on the body of the knife, and it seemed that it had indeed been hit by a bullet.