Chapter 7 Chapter Six

After Qu Cheng left, Jiang Lei and I had significantly less conversations, and spent most of the time lying on the bed thinking about our own things. New wounded were being brought to the hospital, and some people were still crying, but the hospital was no longer as chaotic as it was a few days ago.The two of us can often hear people around constantly scolding in a low voice: "Shut up the fuck! Are you a soldier? Are you a man? Smelly and shameless!" Liu Gong, the information support center who escaped danger, happened to be placed on the empty bed left by Qu Cheng, next to us. Liu Gong is about forty years old and wears a pair of glasses with thick lenses.Not long after he was out of danger, his complexion was still not very good, and his thin body was almost flat on the bed.

"Old Wei! Puppy!" Jiang Lei suddenly pointed at my bed and said. dog? What kind of place is this, why are there dogs? I looked down under my bed. There is really a puppy, who is pulling my shoes. I reached out to hug the puppy, and the little guy licked my face happily, making me dodge quickly. "Little guy! How did you get here?" The dog owner, attracted by the barking of the puppy, spoke next to me. I turned around and saw a beautiful girl in her early twenties, probably a family member of the injured civilians over there. "Sorry for getting your clothes dirty. Sorry!"

The girl smiled sweetly, she looked like a typical new urban woman. "Oh. Never mind. Why did you bring the dog here?" I returned the puppy to the mistress. "I picked it up halfway, it's so pitiful." The voice of the hostess carried a thick voice that made me feel uncomfortable. TV language. A wry smile crossed my mind. "Ma'am, this is war time." Jiang Lei interrupted from the side. "Ah! The hateful war, I don't know when it will end. I'm sorry, I have to go. Goodbye!" After the girl finished speaking, she walked towards the other side of the tunnel with the puppy in her arms.

"At this time, there are still people who care about dogs. What a fucking love!" Jiang Lei grumbled rudely at the girl's back. A difficult week has passed, and my nose is full of the smell of disinfectant, even the taste of rice. Every day, people who were tossing and crying in pain were pushed around by doctors and nurses. The hospital made me more and more at a loss, and I began to miss the outside world, even if I returned to the battlefield again. As long as we are free, Jiang Lei and I will go to the door of the hospital ward area every day to let the wind go.Fighting outside continued to rage, as wounded of all stripes kept being rushed to the hospital.

Liu Gong, who was lying in front of me, recovered quickly and was able to eat by himself.Director Zhang of the hospital, that old doctor with a pointed jaw, came several times a day to personally check Liu Gong's condition.Liu Gong's subordinates also came to visit in turn. In the evening, I returned to the hospital bed with Jiang Lei's support. The two of us had been sitting at the entrance of the hospital for two hours. It was time to eat again, I frowned and picked up the lunch box full of disinfectant smell. "Come on, drink some water first." A comrade next to me handed me a hot tea mug.

I put down the finished lunch box and took the tea mug, thank you. "Comrade Major! You are here at last!" Jiang Lei rushed forward and grabbed the hand of the person next to him. I turned around suddenly, it was Li Wei! It seems that the major has not been idle these days, his eyes are still bloodshot, and the corners of his mouth are covered with blisters.But people still look very spiritual.Wiping the small drops of water on his shoulders, Li Wei sat on the edge of the hospital bed that I moved away from. "Hehe. How is it? Have you rested well these two days, Comrade Comrade Hero?" Li Wei picked up the sheet and looked at my injured hands and legs.

"It's okay, but it's hard to be idle suddenly. Comrade Battle Hero? Who is the Battle Hero?" I asked in surprise, looking around. "You wiped out an enemy tank and 17 soldiers. Aren't you a battle hero? I can't be mistaken." The major corrected his face and said loudly to me. Sitting on the bed in a daze, I didn't react for a long time.The wounded around who heard the major's words cast respectful glances at me. "Old Wei! Are you okay?" A piece of clothing suddenly hit my chest, knocking my soul back into my body.I turned my head and saw that it was Jiang Lei.

"Why are you free to come here today?" I forced myself to be quiet, the interface asked. "Oh. Go to the front to hold an emergency meeting, and then go to the hospital to see you two. There will be no chance in the future." Li Wei said. "Is there a big battle to be fought? When is it? Are you going to break out?" I pay special attention to the news that there may be a big battle. Don't start it when I am not discharged from the hospital. "I'm not joking, Comrade Major. You know we're still being beaten every day. Counterattack? In such a small area?"

In the depth of our position, there are battlefield sensors thrown by the enemy, such as sound sensors, infrared sensors, electromagnetic sensors, and everything else.No matter day or night, as long as there is any movement, the devil's artillery shells, cruise missiles, and ammunition scattered outside the defense zone will be thrown over the sky. "Then is it true that our defense of this city can disrupt the enemy's offensive strategy as the propaganda says? Also, how long can we hold on now that we retreat to the mountains, this is a dead place with no reinforcements!"

At last I couldn't bear to ask the major this question, although I thought the major would not answer my question. When I was at the 2416 highland, I asked Lao Lei. He said at that time that it was right for the superior to let him guard, no matter how long he could guard, didn't this restrain the enemy? But I always think this answer is ridiculous.Because the enemy did not encircle us early when attacking the outer positions of our city, but left us on the west side, their highly mobile main digital mechanized troops had long chased our troops and drove them down. In this case we still have a chance to withdraw, why not?In this way, we can also reorganize and wait for an opportunity to cross the river to attack the weak rear wing of the enemy's forward troops.

When the battle for position defense was at its peak, no one had time to think about these questions, and now these doubts crawled into my mind again. "I can't tell you too much about the specific situation, discipline. However, there will definitely be some big battles. You have to recover sooner, otherwise you won't be able to catch up." Li Wei said confidently. "Little soldier, you should have confidence in our army!" Liu Gong, who was leaning on the front bed and eating, suddenly spoke. "Confidence? Liu Gong, tell me, how do we deal with the devil's high-tech warfare? How can we win this war?" Jiang Lei asked, poking his neck. "Oh, well, let's start with information warfare. Compared with the modern military combat theory of the U.S. military, we have also developed and established a new set of operational thinking with Chinese characteristics. Of course, information control is the same in our operational thinking. And the most important part." "The information control theory of the U.S. military is mainly reflected in the offensive organization in actual warfare. They emphasize the overall control of the battle space, which is the 'dominant deployment' they advocate. The battle space mentioned here does not only refer to reconnaissance, surveillance and strikes The enemy's three-dimensional space refers to the full-dimensional space including factors such as time, speed, and electromagnetic spectrum. Controlling the battle space is actually to give full play to the US military's information, mobility, and combat capabilities in multi-dimensional fields such as air, ground, sea, and sky. Advantage." Liu Gong must have been suffocated in the past few days, and when he saw someone listening to him, he immediately became excited. Several wounded people around heard the sound and also poked their heads curiously. "Wait a minute. According to what you say, what chance do we have to win on the battlefield?" I interrupted Liu Gong's speech untimely, these things were too abstract for me. "Yes! The difference in firepower between the enemy and us is too great. The enemy has a strong ability to cooperate in combat and is good at making full use of the advantages of the equipment in hand." Jiang Lei said with emotion. "This is only a superficial phenomenon. The real reason is that we and the enemy are temporarily at a disadvantage in the frontal confrontation between electromagnetic power and information control power on the battlefield. Although we say that we are fighting on our own land, we have not given full play to our strength on the battlefield. Most of the main forces were defeated by the enemy during the mass movement." said the major to us, with a lot of resentment in his words. "Didn't I tell you just now? We have also developed our own modern military theory, and we have also developed and established our information warfare troops." Liu Gong put on the appearance of a teacher. "Liu Gong, is our information warfare thinking different from that of the US military?" Jiang Lei interjected. "Of course there is. Our guiding ideology of information warfare is based on the national defense policy of active defense, which is fundamentally different from the US military's global offensive strategy. Of course, everyone knows that the overall level of our military technology is far behind that of the US military. It’s huge, but if we can make use of our own characteristics of information warfare, there will never be another one-sided war situation in the past few months.” Liu Gong said. I was drowsy and couldn't help yawning.The few guys around who joined in the fun also looked a little dazed. "Can you tell me something practical?" I interrupted Liu Gong's speech again. Liu Gong glared at me. Jiang Lei followed Liu Gong's topic and said, "In actual warfare, the U.S. military has been emphasizing active attack and battlefield control, which is what you just said about 'dominating deployment'. Because they are equipped with the world's most advanced Stealth combat aircraft and cruise missiles, and a wide variety of precision-guided bombs." Liu Gong nodded towards Jianglei with satisfaction: "Yes, but it is not complete. Generally speaking, the US military has established the most complete C4I system, and the control and command of troops has gone beyond the scope of direct attack. All aspects of our own war organization They are all included in the overall information control and command system. All information generated by military actions and plans or required data can be collected, evaluated, and transmitted through the C4I system. For example, for the US military’s logistics supplies, the US military has been able to use The C4I system is used to manage the entire stage of munitions from the production of raw materials to the delivery of military supplies to the battlefield for distribution. The logistics supply can reach this level, not to mention the technological content of information control in direct military confrontation.” "Although we have also established our own C4I system, the control depth and width of this system have not yet reached the current level of the US military. This is the gap between the enemy and us." "Also, Liu Gong, why didn't we see our troops start an information war with the enemy when we were fighting in our position? Have we been suppressed and beaten by the enemy?" I continued to ask. "Precisely because of the power of the C4I system, the enemy's reliance on it has become more prominent, which has become their hidden danger. The enemy's information collection system is extremely complex and the amount is very large, so the amount of information that needs to be processed is also amazing. .If their adversaries have the same electronic countermeasures capabilities or do not have an advantage, the effectiveness of the US military's C4I system will be reduced exponentially." "The enemy's military and commercial satellite systems have been blocked by our Defense Air Force Space Forces, and their GPSIII system in particular has been under attack. This means that the enemy will need to spend more energy on maintaining their Space communication and reconnaissance and battlefield precision guidance capabilities." "During the early stage defense operations, our main force has already faced the enemy. You should remember our air defense forces in the city. They have been competing with the enemy for electromagnetic control of the battlefield. The enemy has tried hard to To interfere with the radar of the air defense force, not only use active and passive radar jamming equipment on the front-line aircraft, but also launch anti-radiation missiles; Human and aircraft conduct battlefield reconnaissance and attack. But what is the actual effect? ​​We still shot down a large number of enemy aircraft." Liu Gong began to explain to me the situation of our position defense in the previous stage. "Then how do we deal with the enemy?" I started to feel a little strange. "Hehe, you can't quickly understand how to avoid the enemy's electromagnetic suppression and battlefield reconnaissance. To put it simply, our electronic countermeasures force has never given up on the contest with the United States. After launching the missile, turn it on, hit and run, etc. to fight against the enemy's air-ground integrated electromagnetic suppression. In addition, our engineering troops also have certain combat effectiveness, and they have played a big role in this battle for electromagnetic power on the battlefield. All in all, everyone should believe in our own combat effectiveness. The United States is a paper tiger." After Liu Gong talked for a long time, he started looking for water to drink. "Oh. By the way, I saw Jiang Ye yesterday." Li Wei said. "Where is it?" I asked hastily. "In the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company of the Mechanized Regiment of the 203rd Division. I ran into it when I was inspecting the grassroots units." The major said. "Okay, it's getting late. I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you. By the way, I'm in the No. 29 defense zone, and I'm temporarily serving as the chief of staff of the 203rd division headquarters." Li Wei got up and said goodbye to me. While we were still healing, the battle situation outside was changing.Battle reports are circulated daily among our wounded. In our case, the besieged ground troops were engaged in fierce street fighting against the devils in the city and defensive operations in the mountains near the city, while the air defense troops on the mountain continued to exert pressure on the enemy's activities around us.The enemy has intensified its attacks on our hidden air defense positions and artillery positions in the mountains with long-range missiles and long-range air-dropped ammunition, leaving about 60,000 ground troops composed of multinationals to carry out siege tactics against us in an attempt to wear us down and starve us. On the Western Front, due to our support to a certain extent in the early stage, the enemy's offensive was delayed.In particular, the air power weakened, and the supply line was once forced to be stretched, making it more difficult to supply.This allowed the main forces of the Chengdu Military Region and the Northwest Military Region of the Western Front to readjust their strategic defense posture and launch counterattacks without losing the opportunity.Although no major results were obtained, the enemy's strategic mobile forces were greatly weakened, and large-scale air strikes on Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other provinces were forced to stop. The vast masses of people we retreated from the east were quickly resettled by the provincial governments. Although the situation is still not good, many people are still in a state of lack of medical care and food; The area began to spread on a large scale. Some important factories successfully transferred from the coast also began to enter wartime production and operation, and a large amount of strategic military materials began to be supplied to the troops.But the situation is much better now than it was two or three months after the war broke out, and we have slowly begun to regain the initiative in the situation on the Western Front. On the northern front battlefield, our northern military region began to implement a series of counterattacks after experiencing the passive beating situation at the beginning of the war.The frontal enemy on our northern battlefield was initially dominated by the Japanese army.However, after receiving strong support from the Air Force, our mechanized troops launched a fierce attack. In just two weeks, the formation of four divisions disappeared from the General Staff of the Japanese Army.In order to reverse the passive situation on the northern front, the enemy put two newly arrived US heavy armored divisions into this front.Both the enemy and the enemy are in a stalemate on the battlefield. At the same time, China's secret service forces lurking in the Americas and Europe successfully launched a large-scale virus attack on the U.S. civilian Internet, causing huge losses to the U.S. economy. hit.The U.S. military supplement to the Chinese battlefield was once suspended and chaotic. China finally avenged the destruction of the civilian Internet by the U.S. military in the early days of the war. Passing the battle report is a rare and pleasant thing. Jiang Lei and I are very happy to read the content to the blind soldiers. Watching the smiles on their faces, we have repeatedly shared the joy of victory. "Why can't dogs eat ham sausage! This is a voluntary thing, and your nurses are too lenient!" The violent and piercing shouts of young women came from the place next to the civilian rest area, which instantly disrupted the pleasant atmosphere in the ward.Jiang Lei got up in disgust and walked towards the place where the quarrel took place. It was the woman who came to my place looking for a dog a few days ago who was yelling, and the big-eyed head nurse Wu pushed the medical station beside her and confronted her without giving in.It seems that some civilians can't eat the food rations, so they feed them to dogs. "You two, be more serious. This is a field hospital and should be managed by doctors and nurses." Jiang Lei angrily pushed forward and said. "Are we not serious? Are we making trouble for no reason? Are we violating the food rationing management system? Are we also subject to control whether we eat or not?" The two men and women confronted Jiang Lei and questioned him so hard that his face was flushed and he couldn't speak. "Shut up! Don't argue here, it's even more shameful to make noise in public. You two, don't take the politeness of soldiers as a thing. If you like to shame yourself, throw yourself into the arms of the Americans and see if they can save food. For your dogs!" Standing outside the crowd, a middle-aged man couldn't help scolding the two young men and women loudly, with a strong Fujian accent in his words.His bald head stands out from the crowd. "You still have the face to teach me? You are the one who can fight for the meal time." The young woman returned the salute without looking back, her face full of meanness. "You! You! You are extremely shameless! Didn't your parents teach you what shame is?" The middle-aged man with a Fujian accent stomped his feet and scolded, turned his head and left after speaking, and left the place where the chaos began. Just as the young woman was about to continue spitting out some darn smug talk, a pistol came in from the crowd and held her to the forehead. The young man fell to the ground in shock, his fat face turned pale. It was a female officer in military uniform, her pistol was pressed directly on the temple of the young woman who was about to continue to make noise, and the safety of the gun was already opened. The female officer's eyes were murderous like a knife, and I could feel it across several people. "roll!" The pistol that was aimed at the head for a long time was put back in the holster by the female officer, and she scolded coldly. The chaotic maker couldn't even scream this time, his eyes were full of fear, and he staggered back towards the civilian rest area trembling, for fear that the pistol would be drawn out and aimed at him again. This absurd chaotic conflict was contained by the sudden appearance of pistols, and the boring crowd who planned to watch the excitement scattered in panic. "Director Liu, I should go back. Take care!" Going back to the bed and preparing to comfort Jiang Lei, someone beside him said goodbye to Liu Gong.Turning around, it was the female officer who had just drawn her gun. It turned out to be Liu Gong's subordinate, such a powerful female soldier. Today is May 23rd.We are finally going to be discharged from the hospital. Jiang Lei and I have been busy all day, sorting things out.In the early summer in the south of the Yangtze River, the weather is very hot, and the rain keeps falling every now and then. The tunnel was very stuffy, and Liu Gong, who was lying next to him in a vest and shorts, was chatting with Jiang Lei without saying a word. Over the past two weeks, Jiang Lei and Lao Liu have been fighting fiercely.Jiang Lei himself is an undergraduate student majoring in electronics. Lao Liu chatted with him when he had nothing to do, and sometimes he wrote and drew with a pen and paper, full of formulas and so on.Then Jiang Lei just lay on the bed alone at night, thinking hard, and didn't talk to me, so I had to find those nurses and paint portraits for them in turn. We walked through the winding tunnels to the registration site for wounded soldiers two kilometers away from the hospital. The sun did not come out, and the mountains were shrouded in the morning fog in April in the south of the Yangtze River. Fresh and moist fog drifted in from the tunnel mouth with the wind from time to time. This is a sense of freedom and relaxation not found in the hospital, away from crying and dying, even the air is so charming. Everyone inhaled the mist greedily. It seemed that after more than ten days in the hospital, everyone was already exhausted. The officers at the registration station were already waiting, and they were busy registering as soon as we arrived. "Do you still have your soldier ID badge?" asked an officer about forty years old. "Oh, I'm a civilian who directly participated in the battle in the city, no." I said. The officer was stunned for a moment, and looked at the registration form I filled out. "You are Wei Beihui! I know you." Now it was my turn to be stunned. "It's Wei Bei who guards the 2416 position. There are about 30 people who have won the title of battle hero so far, and you are from the common people." The officer was busy shaking my hand. "Oh, how about you become the deputy platoon leader of the second brigade, third battalion and second company of the 189th division?" He looked up and asked me after he had spent half a day on the compilation vacancy list. "Can you arrange the two of us to go to the 203rd Division, preferably in the same unit." I pointed to the officer Jiang Lei and said. "Division 203?" The officer looked at me suspiciously, then lowered his head to check the computer. "Oh, we have a few comrades who have fought together in this division." I said quickly. "Yes, the 1st Regiment of the 203rd Infantry Division still lacks some non-commissioned officers, so you can go to their grassroots company. This young man, let me see, go to the 1st Regiment-1 Battalion Electronic Countermeasures Unit. What do you think? But where they are It's going to be tough right now, you two have to be prepared." The officer stared at the computer for a long time, then asked me with concern. "Let's go to the first regiment of the 203rd Infantry Division." I saw that Jiang Lei agreed and turned to the officer and said. After a few minutes, the formalities were completed and a new ID card and letter of introduction were issued.This identity card is just a metal plate with name, serial number, blood type, soldier code and other information embossed with steel stamps. The defense zone of the 1st Regiment of the 203rd Infantry Division is in Area 37, about seven kilometers away from us.Jiang Lei and I set off on foot with our satchels on our backs. We were drilling caves and tunnels along the way, and we were checked countless times by sentries along the way. It seems that our engineering soldiers are really amazing, and the whole mountain has been turned into a huge defensive position by them.There are tunnel bunkers dug along the mountain and tunnels running through various places everywhere. Outside the bunkers, there are inclined grooves to prevent bullets, all of which are covered with camouflage mesh, and important tunnel tunnels are reinforced by steel structure supports.Along the way, we saw countless artillery and air defense positions, all of which were deeply hidden by the tunnels and based on the surrounding scenery. They could only be discovered when they walked very close.Moreover, some positions were simply forged by engineers, and if you don't look carefully when you pass by, you really can't recognize them. Along the way, we kept hearing the sound of anti-aircraft artillery firing. The air defense forces were probably busy intercepting enemy battlefield drones and spreading ammunition. Mechanized units equipped with tanks and armored vehicles are hidden deep in the tunnels extending in all directions. We saw some Type 88C and a small number of Type 99 main battle tanks. "This should be our main armored force." Jiang Lei said quietly. At noon we finally arrived at Defense Area 37 at the southern foot of the mountain. In a tunnel compartment marked Staff Office we waited for the reception staff.The low, dark and damp tunnel was very poorly furnished, and a row of nails were nailed to the tunnel support wood at the corner, and towels, clothes, gas masks and other things were hung on it.In the corner was an ammunition box with empty shell casings that served as ashtrays. A few minutes later, a staff officer in his thirties with a bald head, glasses and a field uniform rushed in.We quickly bent down and stood up to salute and handed him the letter of introduction. "By the way, haven't you had lunch yet? Let's settle it at the regiment headquarters. The food won't be so good after you go down. The regiment leader Ren just went to the division headquarters and came back at night. But I can implement your specific units now. " Seeing that we hadn't eaten, the staff officer quickly took us to sit down and asked the soldiers to bring us lunch. "Wei Bei, Comrade, you go to the third company of the first battalion. Xiao Jiang will go to the electronic countermeasures unit of the first battalion. This unit has just been established. After a while, I will take you to report to your respective companies. I will call the first battalion and the third company. Telephone." After getting my approval, the staff officer hurriedly picked up the phone to contact. "The situation of our division is not very good. Some time ago, as a reserve team on the eastern front of the city defense, it was estimated that the losses were relatively large, and it is now being reorganized." The staff officer introduced the situation in the regiment to us while dialing the phone. After lunch, we were taken to the material management department of the regiment, and each received a set of field uniforms, rucksacks, belts, helmets, shoes and other individual equipment according to their specifications.Then we went to the weapons and equipment management department to receive Type 81 automatic rifles, magazines, bayonets and other things.After all dressed and equipped, he followed the staff officer and set off for the first battalion. The camp of the first battalion is about one kilometer away from us. Along the tunnel about four or five meters deep, we meandered to the headquarters of the first battalion. The battalion commander and instructors of the first battalion were all there, and Jiang Lei reported to the battalion commander first. After everyone said a few words, I said goodbye to Jiang Lei, and he promised to come to Sanlian to see me again when he was free. Sanlian's station is not far away, we walked more than 300 meters down the tunnel and we came to Sanlian. "This is the defense zone of the third company and the second platoon. In front of it are the headquarters, the service squad, the communication squad, and the company's heavy firepower platoon. After that, there should be the special platoon and the third platoon. The furthest is the first row." The company commander of the third company is Tian Hao, an old company commander, almost forty.The third company is also composed of reserve infantry, but the officers below the company commander and instructor are all army cadres who have just retired. This company performed well in the city defense battle some time ago.After experiencing actual combat, they are stronger than other companies in the regiment. "In the previous period of battle, this company was used as the main force in the battle, and suffered heavy casualties. After replenishment, there was still a lack of personnel. The third platoon still lacked a platoon deputy, so you go to their platoon." The water in the tunnel is serious, some areas are flooded to the knees, and the smell is extremely disgusting.The staff officer introduced the situation of Sanlian to me as he walked, and the beam of the flashlight in his hand kept shaking in the dark corridor. When we arrived at the third company, there was a soldier at the door squatting on the ground next to him, struggling to find something in a cardboard box.The light in the tunnel was so bad that he almost stuck his head in the box. The staff officer stepped forward and said, "Is your company commander there? A new comrade is here to report." When the soldier saw someone asking him, he raised his head to see that it was a lieutenant and hurriedly stood at attention and replied, "The company commander is in the room." "Xiaoju, who is looking for me?" asked a strong voice in the room. "Reporting to the company commander, it is the leader of the regiment headquarters." The soldier named Xiaoju said to an officer who was stepping out the door. I turned around and saw that this bearded officer was not tall but very burly, with a clean shaved head and a little fat. "Isn't this Staff Officer Xu? He's here so soon! I haven't had time to call the guys together yet. How about playing a few rounds of poker at my place after the meeting in the afternoon? You can have dinner at my place in the evening. Don't Stand by the door, come in, come in. Oh! We are not as good as the regiment headquarters!" Company Commander Tian hurriedly ushered us into the room of the company headquarters. "Company Commander Tian, ​​this is Comrade Wei Beihui assigned to your company. Don't you still lack a platoon deputy in the third platoon? No, I'll find you a combat hero to be your subordinate." As soon as Staff Xu entered the door, he introduced me to Company Commander Tian. "Haha! That's great. It's better to be old Xu, care about our Sanlian." Company Commander Tian said with a big grin. "The third company completed its combat missions well a while ago, and received more than ten awards for meritorious service." Staff Officer Xu sat down and introduced the situation of Sanlian to me, while Company Commander Tian just rubbed his hands and grinned foolishly. "By the way. Lao Tian, ​​you should step up your rectification and let the new comrades quickly familiarize themselves with the combat preparations assigned by their superiors. In addition, all commanders and fighters must quickly familiarize themselves with the newly issued equipment. There may be combat missions in the near future. Don't have diarrhea!" Staff Officer Xu explained to Company Commander Tian. "Staff Xu, don't worry about this. When did our third company drag the regiment's hind legs? If you have a mission, you can speak to the regiment commander for us. Is the army preparing to break through? If so, To deal with those mercenaries, our company should be more than enough. We must help our company fight for a vanguard officer!" Company Commander Tian yelled loudly and poured half a glass of cold water for each of us. "If you have the determination to be the first, then it will be easy to handle. Old Tian, ​​your army qualifications are older than mine, and it stands to reason that you should have been in charge of commanding battalion-level troops. I will take a look at that time and try to help you talk about it. If you can If you get a good mission, you can be transferred to a battalion-level unit after the battle. The third company is originally an advanced company in the regiment. If you insist on it, the regiment leader will consider it. But I don’t think this mission will be light. You There are too many recruits under your command, so be careful... Oh, I have too many things to do, so you don't need to wait here. Let's find a chance to get together after this battle is over." After speaking, Staff Officer Xu stood up and prepared to go back to the regiment headquarters. "By the way. Lao Tian, ​​you have to pay attention to concealment these days! Yesterday, the second regiment was killed and injured by a shell from the devil's sensor, killing and injuring more than a dozen people, even the political commissar of the regiment was injured." After Staff Officer Xu finished speaking, he left the third company amidst Company Commander Tian's urging voice. "Hey! This Staff Officer Xu can never finish his work." Company Commander Tian shook his head at Staff Officer Xu's back and returned to the company headquarters room. "Xiaowei, sit down. The instructors and platoon leaders will come to the meeting later, you just need to meet them. My name is Tian Hao, from Hunan. You can also introduce yourself, so I can introduce myself to others later." "Oh! I joined the army during the previous phase of the city defense war. I was in the reserve at first, and then I supported the 2416 position to rescue the wounded, and then I stayed at the position to participate in the battle. I was injured in the early morning of the day of retreat, and I was assigned after being discharged from the hospital. Come to us." I picked up the water handed by Company Commander Tian and began to introduce myself. "Really? You just joined the war! Then you are a local. Haven't been a soldier before? Ah! It's not easy, but you're still a battle hero!" Company Commander Tian was taken aback by my experience. He didn't expect that I was a civilian who had just joined the war. "Just luck. Good luck!" I said with a bitter face. "It's not easy! The battle in the previous stage was very difficult. Those who have made meritorious service and received awards and retreated alive are amazing. Good! Welcome to our company." Company Commander Tian's big hands pinched me so hard that I bared my teeth. While we were chatting, there was a dull explosion on the ground outside. When Company Commander Tian went out to ask someone about the situation, a few soldiers walked along the tunnel. "Company commander, an enemy drone was knocked down by the artillery and fell on our position. His grandma, the devils don't attack these days, they always send some broken drones to reconnaissance, or they sprinkle sensors everywhere to attract shells. How fucking annoying! When are we going to break through to the north? Every day squatting in the tunnels makes people moldy, and they will be bombarded by devils. Damn it!" A tall, stocky lieutenant at the front of the line cursed as he went. "Damn it! Only you, Dapao Wu, talk a lot of nonsense! If we really fight, show me some devil tanks!" Company Commander Tian smiled and cursed at this man. The group squeezed into the small room, the one named Wu Dapao began to yell for water, and the other comrades sat down against the table. A fat officer took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one, and threw the cigarette case on the table for everyone to fight over.When he saw me, a stranger, sitting next to the company commander in the room, he asked the company commander, "Old Tian, ​​this is the new comrade. Let me introduce you." "Everyone be quiet. Let me introduce to you, this is the new third platoon deputy, Comrade Wei Beihui, the combat hero." After watching everyone sit down, Company Commander Tian began to introduce me to everyone. The officers in the room who were looking at me with cigarettes in their mouths began to applaud. "This is the instructor Cao Moran, nicknamed Lao Mo." The company commander pointed to the fat officer opposite me and said. "Hello! Welcome. Our army is formed by reserve officers and soldiers, and the actual combat experience is not rich enough. Welcome comrades like you to join our company." The instructor stood up smiling and shaking my hand. The company commander introduced the commanders of each platoon to me one by one, and finally said to the third platoon leader: "Old Liu, Comrade Wei Beihui has not joined the army for a long time, and he has never commanded troops before. You should take more care these days." "Yes! Company commander, don't worry." One person stood up and said. While the third platoon leader was standing up, I looked him over carefully. His skin is dark, his lips are as thick as Jiang Lei's; his eyebrows and cheekbones are high, his nose is a bit sunken, and the upturned nostrils look very large; he is not tall, about 1.7 meters, but his shoulders are very thick, and his palms Very large, with protruding knuckles on the fingers. With a strong front tooth sound in the words, the third platoon leader seems to be from Guangdong and Guangxi. "Comrades, we may have combat missions in the near future. Most soldiers are still afraid of new equipment and equipment. In the past few days, everyone should take the lead in rest training and get familiar with those equipment and equipment. Although our company fought well in the previous defensive battle, But there are many problems. Most people don’t know how to use anti-tank missiles. We haven’t been able to make one soldier multi-purpose and one specialist multi-functional. We have suffered a lot for this in battle. I went around today , It’s been half a month, and it’s still standing still. From now on, the company headquarters requires all platoon leaders to take the lead in training, so that soldiers can become familiar with weapons as soon as possible. Veterans, party members, and regiment members must play an exemplary role. Our company’s advanced title It's not picked up, don't lose face to the company when you fight." The instructor, Lao Mo, spoke, and tapped the heads of the left and right cadres hard with his fingers holding cigarettes. While the instructor was speaking, I quietly looked at him.长得比较儒雅，脸部皮肤泛白；因为退役生活比较悠闲，他的肚腩已经明显突起，靠一条皮带紧紧勒着。 “指导员，这些道理我们都知道。可是让我们这些大老粗操作那些娇贵的仪器啊、设备啊也太难了点吧。坑道里湿度太大，那些家伙又老是出毛病。能不能让团里派些文化水平高些的同志来支援支援我们啊。大炮，你们说是不是。” 二排长苦着脸冲老默说道，其他几个排长也随声附和。 “大家觉得困难我们能够理解，可是时不等人啊。我们已经没有时间让大家慢慢去熟练设备，更不能指望团里给我们派人支援。再说，咱们是先进连队，要是落在其他连队后面，团长还不把我的皮给扒掉啊！还想争当先锋？争个鸟！只能给其他连队当后勤队！” 连长显然对排长们的态度很不满意。 排长们被连长一通训斥，脸上颇有不满神情。狭小的房间里已经满是烟雾，指导员大声地咳嗽着。 “你们这帮家伙啊！唉！现在可不是枪打得准，弹投得远就能打赢战斗的时代，玩不转高科技就没法和敌人作战。你们中大部分人都参加过前一阶段的防御作战，应该清楚现在战争的特点是啥子样。按老法子打，杀敌八百自损一万，算啥鸟胜利！” 指导员点着排长们的鼻子批评道。 几个排长被骂得灰头土脸的不敢做声。 “团里来通知，每个步兵排抽调两名战士加强连通信班的力量。新抽调的入通信班赶快加紧训练。” 见气氛有些压抑，老默换了个话题。 “指导员，我们不是都已经把无线通信配备到班组了，干嘛还要配发被覆线野战电话这种古董？在坑道里防守还凑合能用，要是反击作战，部队一拉开就几十公里，抱着那东西顶用！还一发就几百公斤电话线？” 吴大炮忍不住问道。 “这个嘛，我也不清楚。有线通信抗干扰能力强。团部要求，那就是件重要的工作。大家不要问那么多，认真执行就是了。你们先把那些激光控制器、红外观测仪摸熟再说，怎么这么多废话！” 指导员显然也被团里的安排弄得有些莫名其妙，不满地向大家摆手。 开完大会后，连长开始逐个向各个排长询问战士们这一段时间的训练情况，指导员老默在旁边一面听一面做着记录。 房间里烟雾腾腾，军官们互相大声调侃。 “走吧。跟我到排里去。” 胡乱吃完饭，向连长和指导员及其他排长道别后柳排长带着我摸黑出发。 三排是步兵排，在坑道里有三间房，一个班一间房，排长和我就住在一班的房间里。 坑道里满是一股潮湿的气味，夹着男人们的汗味和满屋子的烟味。5月底的江南，气候已经比较炎热。三排长一进房间就脱开衣服。 “排长，开完会了。”一个战士看见我们进来后从床铺上爬起来。 “黄彪呢？又到哪混去了。奶奶的，还不多摆弄摆弄那些破仪器！”老柳边脱衣边骂道。 上身只穿着一件背心，老刘一屁股坐在床边开始踢掉鞋子靠在床边上。房间里顿时弥漫着一股浓浓的臭咸鱼味道，我强忍着坐下。 “班长到三班那里去了，我去叫他。” 战士看见老柳脸色不好赶快准备出门溜掉。 “孙猴子，你站住，把几个班长都他妈的给我叫过来。”老柳转身叫住这个外号猴子的战士。 “哦，知道。”这个瘦瘦的孙姓战士飞快地溜了出去。 “这帮家伙，有时间就知道玩扑克。老子上午被连长骂得半死，他们却在一边快活。哎，小卫，别傻站着，这张床是你的。到家了，随便一些。不错啊！家伙这么齐全，看来团部对你优待啊！” 老柳看我还傻站在一边东张西望的，赶快招呼我放好东西，边翻看我的装具边随口调侃。 一会儿工夫三个班长跑进来，打头的汉子光着膀子笑嘻嘻地冲老柳说道：“排长，又挨连长训了。” “操，你们这帮小子还笑！老子挨批评，就是因为你们这帮笨蛋。上午指导员来检查训练结果，个个笨手笨脚，把我的脸都丢尽了。刚才连长还在发火。你们倒好，还敢玩牌？” 老柳看见这三个部下，气不打一处来。 “排长，你走后我们一直在练习啊，没有偷懒。七点钟的时候灯泡坏了，只能休息。那些东西太娇贵，万一没看明白折腾坏了咋办？这不，还没玩几把您老就回来了。不相信你问小孙。再说，上午大检查时您不也跟我们一样吗？” 黄彪仍然嬉皮笑脸地冲老柳说着，手里捏着根烟递过去。 看来战士们和老柳已经打成一片，没上没下的。 被黄彪揭了短，老柳没脾气。转头把我拽到班长们面前说道：“我给大家介绍一下，这是新来的副排长卫悲回同志。大家要对他尊敬一些，人家可是响当当的战斗英雄。” 三个班长慌忙立正。 “我叫黄彪，一班班长。”黄彪说道。 黄彪眉毛粗长，眼眶深陷，形象普通，不过人看上去显得精明强干。听口音，和老柳应该是老乡。 “我叫徐少波，三班班长。”徐少波跟着答道。徐少波看上去应该是城市来的，皮肤白皙，额头上几道深深的皱纹让他看上去显得老成。一个左撇子。 “我叫郭永，二班班长。”郭永答道。 开始侧身靠在坑道阴暗的墙壁边我没有特别注意这个人，当他挤进房间里出现在灯光下时我呆了一呆。 这是个典型的老战士形象，身体和老柳一样壮硕，高半个头，眼睛像鹰似的锐利，皮肤晒得黝黑，背有些驼。不过这都没什么异样。让我吃惊的是他从脸颊到肩膀到胸膛半边上身触目骇人的伤痕。 老柳注意到我的反应，拍着郭永的肩膀说道：“鬼子送的礼物！” 郭永咧开嘴无声地笑笑，仔细地打量着我。 “大家这几天一定要抓紧时间熟悉新装备，可能有大的军事行动。” 老柳坐在床边说道。 “排长，是不是准备突围？”徐少波赶忙问道。 “不清楚。不过要打，那肯定就是突围。” 老柳喷了一口烟说道。 “排长，要是突围咱们有啥重要任务？” 我一下午都在思考这个问题，这下有空就问问现在在一线的军官们。 “鸟毛重要角色。顶多掩护机械化部队侧翼。” 徐少波有些不屑地答道，自己一屁股歪在我的床铺上踢掉鞋子就开始抠脚丫。 “这一带的地形是以水网稻田为主的南方丘陵，我们师又缺乏履带式车辆，要想高速机动，对公路会比较依赖。如果战役打响，在我们师出动前需要先清除敌人的远程火力威胁，否则没办法摩托化开进。从目前的态势来看，敌人已经在我们外围地区形成包围，而且这一片地区的公路国道早已经被鬼子掐断控制。我们最近补充配发了反坦克和防空导弹。按咱们师的战斗力，估计会作为第二梯队担任突击部队的侧翼防御屏蔽任务。哎！我也说不清。反正没几天大家就知道了。” 老柳可能已经注意到我是个城市文化人，努力将说话的语气弄得文绉绉一些。 “只是我们不知道前指是打算怎样反击的。我们现在处于敌人立体火力打击范围内。一离开这座山，我们就失去最后一个天然的防御阵地，暴露在敌人强大火力下。敌人离我们这最近的军用前线机场只有三百多公里啊，而且敌人在沿海的全部机场和沿海的航空母舰上的前线作战飞机都可以对我们这片地区实施打击。” 黄彪好像是在自言自语地说话，一个人低着头专心地吸烟。 “卫同志，累了一天，你先洗洗脸吧。现在条件艰苦，水都限量供应。” 二班长郭永不知从哪儿给我端出小半脸盆水。我连忙称谢接过。 郭永憨笑着搓着大手说道：“卫同志，听说您是战斗英雄，能不能向大家介绍介绍经验。” 一边正在向老柳要香烟的三班长徐少波开始笑起来。 “怎么，郭老蔫，看人家都有大功立，着急了吧！” “嘿嘿，要不咱们当兵干嘛？回家一说，没宰几个鬼子，那还算个当兵的人吗？！”郭永蹲在门口的石头上讪讪地说道。 “什么英雄啊。我只不过比那些已经牺牲的同志们运气好一些，晚死几天罢了。” 我从脸盆里抬起头来摆手说道，脸上满是水珠。 “老卫，你在不在？” 门口有人边说边走进来，听声音是江垒。 “这是在营部电子对抗分队的江垒，我们曾一起战斗过。”我转头向大家介绍。 “欢迎！欢迎！来，坐。”老柳站起身来。 “我也是伤愈归队的，今天刚报到。”江垒向大家解释道。 坑道里湿度太大，而屋子里六个人就有三个在抠脚丫。江垒不停地捂着鼻子，看来这个地方的味道着实让他难以忍受。 203师在广东省就开始编入作战序列，只是一直负责掩护，没有参加什么大的战斗就从沿海的前线一直撤到这里。部队在前一段时间的城市防御作战中主要是参加巷战，没有伤筋动骨。 老柳和黄彪郭永都是在广东当地一个县城里参战的，而且他们三个人原来就在一个部队里服现役。老柳指挥一个小分队成功掩护我们一个旅的主力部队突围，被部队授予一等功，黄彪也拿个二等功。只有郭永不走运，在战斗中早早受伤。 黄彪介绍的时候郭永在一旁专心地听着，嘴里大口喷着烟圈，手指在微微颤抖。 从晚上的交谈中看，徐少波他们普遍对将要发动的反击作战显得底气不足。 毕竟这个师是支预备役部队，指战员都是临时搭班子组成的；大部分战士文化程度不高，况且都离开部队有好几年，对新式装备很不熟悉；指战员们虽亲身经历了现代战争，但对那些全新的作战方式，都有找不着门使不上劲的感觉。前期参加城市阻击战斗，一团的伤亡就大大超出大家意料。这几天连里集中训练搭建野战光纤通信系统，都傻了眼。据说其他连队也一样。 也难怪，开战到现在我军就一直在吃败仗，对官兵们冲击太大。以前咱们认为只是海空军和美军差距大，陆军的战斗力应该不相上下。 连续的失利让很多官兵的信心备受打击。 下面的战斗怎么打？没有人能回答。敌人陆空合成火力的空前强大给大家留下太深刻的印象了。交谈中我明显能感觉到大家内心的忧虑。倒是郭永始终一言不发，一个人闷头抽烟，不知道他心里在盘算些什么。 晚上的聚会是在漫长的沉默中结束的。 黄彪没有立刻休息，而是去他们班检查勤务。有士兵生病了，他放不下心，去那边帮战士打水擦拭身体上的药膏。 夜里躺在床上，因为炎热潮湿，我也光着上身。 黑暗中闻着老柳的臭脚，听着大家悠长的呼吸声我慢慢沉入梦乡。 从到三排的第二天起，我就跟着大家一起训练，熟悉武器。排里有个不大的训练场，同时可以容纳六七个战士训练。当然，这个训练场地也在地下坑道中。 终于明白为什么头天晚上老柳拿我的随身装具开玩笑，整个三排就找不出一个装备穿着和我同样标准的战士。老柳的钢盔是上世纪70年代的老型号，黄彪穿的迷彩服是海军款式，徐少波蹬着双皮鞋。最过分的是郭永，一只旅游鞋一只皮鞋。 203师现在只有弹药油料还能保障基本补给，其他包括食品、医药、服装等物资都十分匮乏。一路顶着空袭辗转苦战，其中有三分之一的路程几乎靠步行。203师还能保持这种战斗力不散架，已经创造奇迹了。 看来那个负责人员补充的参谋没有说错。 三排没有满员，加上我才二十八个人。人员虽不齐整但训练却异常艰苦，拆卸枪支、射击瞄准、小组协同、辨识地图，几个班、排长轮番带队。 排里士气还挺高。 在2416阵地上，老雷现场教会我步枪和轻机枪的使用技巧，但火箭筒、无坐力炮、重机枪以及新配发的反坦克导弹和单兵防空导弹的使用技能我还一窍不通。 在团部教员和老柳他们的指导下，我开始一项项的摸索着。徐少波的口才无疑是几个干部中最好的，训练指导和动作讲解头头是道，地图和沙盘作业教学能力更是让老柳他们相形见绌。 毕竟是学计算机专业出身的，虽然只是个大专，但我比那些只有高中甚至初中文化的官兵们基础要好得多。其实咱们自己的反坦克导弹和单兵防空导弹还是比较容易掌握基本操作规范的；连队配备的军用数据交换通信设备我也迅速掌握了原理，简单的战场信息交换系统搭建维护技能操作已没有问题，只是那些作战诸元信息还是易弄混淆，军事地图辨识和沙盘作业就更差了。 连续几天的强化培训确实有效，我居然成了排里的防空导弹教导老师。不过在标准枪械使用上我就远不如战士们。据说郭永一个人就能单兵操作高射机枪，还是立姿射击，而且非常准确。