Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Advance to the War Zone

After the troops set off from the Tuanjie Farm in Yanshan County, there were mountains all the way, along the temporarily built field road, circling back and forth between the mountainsides, the road was very dangerous, and people would be killed if they were not careful.None of the cadres leading the car dared to be sloppy, and their eyes were wide open, staring ahead. The convoy took a rest in Xinjie, Malipo County, waiting for the broken-down vehicles behind, while letting the drivers and passengers relax their nervous mood. The convoy continued to move forward, and there were many artillery positions on the hillsides winding for several kilometers on both sides of the road.From a distance, the lengths of the gun barrels are uneven, and the calibers are different.Some artillery positions are engaged in artillery battles, and the sound of roaring artillery rings in the ears from time to time, adding a bit of tension.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the troops arrived at the road near Manzhuang Village, Nanwenhe Township, Malipo County. The Third Artillery Company unloaded the combat supplies and piled them on the side of the road. The soldiers first carried their equipment up the mountain, and then returned to carry artillery, ammunition and other supplies. The conditions here are relatively poor. There are four ethnic minorities scattered in a small mountain village, and dozens of farmers are distributed on the hillside hundreds of meters away.The economic conditions are very backward, and they live in thatched houses with earthen walls. Due to the frequent marriages of close relatives, most of the children in the village suffer from dementia, and few of them are literate. The counting method, when borrowing money, tie a knot on the rope tied behind the door of one's own house or carve a line on the tree in front of the door, untie or scrape off the engraved road when repaying the loan.There are banana trees and sugarcane forests everywhere around the fellow’s house, and the trees on the mountain are tall and straight.

The five companies of the third battalion are all stationed in this village, and the third artillery company lives in the hometown of Jiuhu. Settling down in the afternoon, each shift cleaned up, and the whole village was cleaned up.Especially a mountain spring by the side of the village, where the whole village carries water to eat, the surroundings are extremely muddy, and the ground is full of rotten vegetable leaves. After Zou Jun organized personnel to clean it, he moved stones from the mountain and paved it evenly.And use stones to write on the wall next to the mountain spring "Military and civilian fish and water conditions, join hands to protect the frontier".

In the evening, Zou Jun was worried that the soldiers would be nervous when they first arrived in the war zone, so he asked cadres, squad leaders, and party members to stand on guard for the first night. The next day, Liu Honglin, chief of staff of the Third Artillery Company, bought 1,800 jin of rice, 250 jin of flour, 50 jin of cooking oil, and two tons of coal. The whole company carried it for a long time. question. The troops were conducting adaptive mountain climbing training, and Zou Jun and the soldiers climbed to the top of the mountain where they lived.Looking up from a distance, the mountains are undulating, surrounded by clouds and mists, as if people are walking in the clouds, and the white clouds on the right are lying in the mountains and forests. Looking from a distance, it is like a fairyland. The sun is shining brightly on the left, and the scenery is beautiful. On the leaves, it gives people a charming feeling.The sheep intestine trail goes around the mountains, and the smoke rises from the distant mountains. The hardworking ethnic minorities are farming on the hillside, and the young shepherd boys are walking slowly driving the cattle. The sound of the gurgling water is pleasant, like playing a song A beautiful piano concerto.It is so beautiful here. The soldiers expressed that they must not let the great rivers and mountains of the motherland be destroyed by the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army. Live in peace.

At midnight on December 9, 1984, the × Army officially took over the military command from the ×× Army. According to the regulations of the superiors, each class implements "three points and four sets", and each person keeps two sets of clothes outside, and puts all the rest of the things into the combat preparation bag, and is ready to go into battle with light clothes at any time, so that they can be dispatched immediately when an order is given.After each squad packs up the combat preparation packages, the entire company is stored in the landlord's house where the command squad lives, and they are entrusted to take care of them when the company performs combat missions.

For several days, the sound of gunfire at the foot of the mountain continued, and at night the flames lit up half the sky. The X Army had just taken over the military command and was not very familiar with the enemy's situation and the terrain. The Vietnamese Army took the opportunity to shell their positions and fired thousands of shells every day. The X Army was forced to fight back. , Suppress the enemy's artillery fire, make them unable to lift their heads, attack the enemy's arrogance, and promote the majesty of the × army. Zhao Guowei, the company commander of the Third Artillery Company, led the troops to practice digging on the mountain. Each row first dug a trench with a depth of more than 1.5 meters and a length of 50 meters. Then, each soldier dug a cat's ear hole on the edge of the trench.After digging to a depth of one meter, a layer of sand and gravel as hard as a rock appeared below, and a white spot appeared when the cross pick was dug down. Some soldiers' hands were shaken, and the pick handle was stained red with blood. Tired, continue to dig.

After the trenches were dug, the soldiers dug their own cat's ear holes.In order to ensure a thicker soil layer above the cat's ear hole and prevent enemy bombardment, it was necessary to dig down the trench, which increased the difficulty of building fortifications.In order to meet the needs of war, no matter how difficult it is, it must be completed according to the standard, because life is the most precious, and unnecessary casualties must be avoided.After the cat's ear holes were dug, in order to overcome the loneliness of being alone for a long time, some soldiers dug two adjacent cat's ear holes through each other, changing from a single soldier to a double soldier.

In order to adapt to the life in the camp, the company decided that the whole company would live in the cat's ear hole for three days and strictly abide by the discipline. Except for defecation, they were not allowed to go out of the cat's ear hole during the day, and slept in it at night. Three meals a day were delivered on time by the cooking team. To the various cat ear holes. At the beginning, everyone was very uncomfortable, no one talked, and the loneliness was unbearable. From time to time, they wanted to come out to get some air. Some soldiers brought some old newspapers to kill time, but they counted the stars in the sky over and over again at night. It's long, and I'm worried that in the cat's ear hole on the front line, the conditions are harsh and the environment is harsh, and it will be even more difficult.In any case, the life of experiencing cat ear piercing ended smoothly.

A row of landlords, a 37-year-old man, was unfortunately killed by a Vietnamese shell while he was working in the field, leaving behind three children and two parents in their 60s. worry about future life. All the folks in the village came to help with the funeral. Many villagers approached Zou Jun and demanded that the People's Liberation Army must severely attack the Vietnamese devils and avenge the people on the frontier. Zou Jun took this opportunity to conduct a political education for the entire company. He used the heinous crimes committed by the Vietnamese army to educate the soldiers, aroused everyone's hatred for the enemy, and used practical actions to severely attack the enemy. ,living environment.At the same time, it was stipulated that singing and playing cards were not allowed for three days.And write on the white cloth, "Kill my relatives, destroy my homeland, destroy my life, the crime is heinous; promote our country's prestige, glorify our China, share the same hatred, and severely punish the Vietnamese bandits." The people of the motherland, the determination to defend the motherland and fight the enemy bravely.

A row of landlords' homes, many people came early in the morning, slaughtered chickens and pigs, burned incense and made wishes, and the family members wore filial piety clothes and white hats on their heads.When the guests come, they kneel in front of the door to greet them, and the villagers send paper figures and horses and place them in front of the door. In the afternoon, a large bonfire was lit in front of the gate. According to local customs, people jumped over the bonfire for a while, and drilled a circle made of bamboo for a while.There are three sticks of incense in the incense burner on the altar table emitting green smoke, and several large porcelain bowls are filled with various tributes.Some villagers played suona, some played lusheng, and some held a brazier with one hand to burn paper money.They have a variety of names, and they have never stopped from morning to night.When the night came, they were very busy. Young men and women sang folk songs to express their love, remembering the beneficial things the dead did to people during their lifetime, criticizing the heinous crimes committed by the Vietnamese army, and wishing people more success in the future. Live a wonderful happy life while taking care of the souls of the dead and keep busy until dawn.

The funeral began in the morning, and on the coffin stood a big rooster that was drunk and shaved, with a few feathers on its tail. The sons, daughters and relatives of the deceased wept bitterly, especially the wife who cried so hard that all those who attended the funeral were moved; To the bone. During the funeral, relatives crawled on the road in front of the door one by one. The latter grabbed the former's feet with both hands. They carried the coffin and walked on both sides of them, and the coffin passed over their bodies. Afterwards, they quickly got up and ran to the front of the coffin. A long white cloth was tied to the coffin. Each of them had a section. They grabbed both sides of the white cloth with both hands and put it on top of their heads. In this way, there were relatives in front of them, and people behind them. The whole village, in grief, has been sending the dead to the cemetery. When Ruan Wenhui was ten years old, her parents were killed by a U.S. plane during the U.S. invasion of Vietnam, and she became an orphan. She participated in the Anti-U.S. War at a young age. They were talented, brave, and accomplished tasks well. He received an award for his meritorious service and was praised by the leaders of the Vietnamese army. Later, he was sent to Hanoi Military Academy to study.After graduating, he was assigned to the Secret Service Brigade of the Northern Vietnam Military Region as a special agent. He went deep into the US military positions for reconnaissance many times, obtained important intelligence, received awards for many meritorious service, and was promoted again and again. After the outbreak of the Sino-Vietnamese War, she led agents to the Malipo border defense force positions many times to spy on the military situation and destroy important facilities. She succeeded repeatedly and was appreciated by her superiors. Now 27-year-old Ruan Wenhui is already the captain of the Special Agent Brigade of the Northern Vietnam Military Region. . Ruan Wenhui, in order to spy on the deployment of troops after the X Army changed defenses, she often led a few agents, dressed in the costumes of Yi girls, to go deep into the mountain village behind Division A and wander around.Most of them grew up in the Sino-Vietnamese border area. Each of them can speak fluent ethnic languages ​​and Chinese, and they rarely attract people's attention. They often take advantage of the characteristics of women to go deep into the rear of the × army, and have successfully completed tasks such as reconnaissance, explosions, and capture of prisoners many times, interfering with the combat deployment of the Chinese border guards.At the same time, it also caused psychological panic to the local farmers. Although the number of them was small, it brought great trouble to the combat troops. They organized and captured the prisoners many times, but they all slipped away like loaches again and again. In the evening, a mine in Nanwenhe Township organizes a movie screening, which is a great blessing to the villagers around the mine, who rarely watch movies.Therefore, people from all over the world, in small groups, came to the screening venue early before dark, and the small basketball court was densely packed. Ruan Wenhui and her team members each carried a square stool with a pack of high explosives glued to the bottom of the stool and sat scattered among the crowd. When the film was halfway through, they walked out of the screening room separately.On the hillside outside the screening venue, Ruan Wenhui personally pressed the remote control and detonated the explosives. With a loud "bang", blood and flesh flew everywhere, and a large number of people fell down, crying and shouting endlessly. Zou Jun received the order and led the company to run to the accident site. It took less than 20 minutes to arrive on the three-kilometer mountain road. The people in the movie theater had already dispersed, and the slightly injured were sitting around, holding their wounds and crying bitterly. , The seriously injured crawled on the ground moaning and struggling, the dead were bloody and bloody, and some legs and arms were blown up and flew to the side hillside. Zou Jun and his comrades hugged the injured while counting the dead and putting them together.At this time, the car sent by the A regiment to pull the wounded also arrived.They first carried the wounded to the vehicle and sent them to nearby hospitals and army field hospitals.Those who have died are handed over to the local government.It was finally determined that 27 people died and more than 100 people were injured. Ruan Wenhui used the familiar terrain to escape in the chaos. While preparing for the war at any time, the troops helped fellow villagers harvest sugar cane.The Third Artillery Company dug a toilet on the hillside, requiring all soldiers to go to the toilet dug by themselves for "convenience", and it is strictly forbidden to enter the huts of fellow villagers. They dug flowers and plants from the mountains, planted them in front of their house, and helped the landlord carry water and clean up every day.On the hillside by the roadside at the entrance of the village, a flat piece was shoveled out with a shovel, and white stones were used to lay out the words "Build together today, fight together tomorrow." In the morning, the Third Artillery Company cooperated with the Ninth Company to carry out combined training on the mountain. Political commissar Shi came to understand the situation, and the correspondent ran to call Zou Jun back.He said: "At present, the soldiers are eager to participate in the war, and their morale is high. It has become everyone's habit to study tactics, understand the enemy's situation, and learn and respect national customs. In summary, there are 'four modernizations', namely: standardize daily life, and combat style and discipline. , standardization of internal affairs settings, regularization of military-civilian co-construction. At the same time, an enemy research team, a tactical drill team, and a technical research team were established.” Political commissar Shi was very satisfied after hearing the report. Accompanied by Zou Jun, he went to the places where each class lived and nodded. At the same time, Political Commissar Shi reported on the battle situation on the front line in recent days: "In the past few days, the enemy has used the cover of heavy fog to continuously attack the forward positions of Division A and fired a large number of shells. Regiment B 7 days later on the 20th and 21st. Repelled the attack of two reinforced battalions of the Vietnamese Army for the first time, annihilating 130 enemies and injuring more than 100. Casualties began to appear in the troops, and the reserve team has already entered the battle. Division A suffered 68 casualties, including 15 killed. Regiment A was attached to Regiment B The casualties of the military industrial company (first company) are also increasing, and the division headquarters has ordered your third battalion to be ready to fight at any time to support and take over the defense line of B regiment." Zou Jun quickly conveyed the situation on the front line to the whole company, asking everyone to be vigilant and ready to participate in the war at any time.Soldier Li Shitou wrote a bloody letter requesting to join the war. In the evening, the branch committee was convened, and Xu Ming, the leader of the third research and development team, and Zhang Min, the leader of the eighth team, were probationary party members and reported to their superiors for approval. On the embankment of the Yihe River somewhere in Yuetan Township, Yanshi County, Central Plains, a 66-year-old man with gray hair, a bronzed face covered with wrinkles, and a hunchback was struggling to pull a cart full of dirt. Climbing up the embankment step by step, an old lady behind was pushing hard. She was holding a brick in her hand. He took off the indistinguishable color-smelling towel on his shoulders, wiped the sweat off his face, took a breath, and continued to pull with difficulty. They are Zou Jun's parents, and they are paying off the debts of their son who fought in the front line. Because of too much rain in summer, the Yihe and Luohe rivers swelled, seriously threatening the lives and property of the local people. After the wheat was planted, the local government asked the villages to organize farmers to strengthen the embankments.And the tasks were assigned to the village, and the village cadres distributed the tasks to each household according to the head. Zou Jun's wife Liu Fang and his son were allocated 20 square meters of land. Liu Fang was always worried about her husband who was fighting at the front. She couldn't fall asleep at night. Her tears often wet the pillow towels, and she didn't feel like working during the day. When she learned that her family was divided into 20 square meters of land, she went to the village cadre and said, "My son's father went to Vietnam to fight, not for our family, but for the people of the whole country. Tu, can you spare me the task of digging embankments?" The village cadre said: "It is unavoidable. According to the village regulations, if the task is not completed, the land will be confiscated." Liu Fang said: "Then I can't do it. If my son's father survives the battle, he will do it for his son after returning from the battlefield. If he dies on the battlefield, let my son grow up and do it for his father." In order not to make their daughter-in-law sad, Zou Jun's parents saved their lives.Without saying a word, the two old men quietly pulled the cart up to the embankment of the Yihe River, using their old bodies to complete the task that should have been done by the son himself. Zou Jun, who was commanding the battle on the front line, did not know that his elderly parents were doing things that they should not have done while bearing tremendous mental pressure for themselves.He didn't shed tears in the face of vicious and vicious enemies, but shed tears of guilt when he learned that his frail and sick parents pulled the soil for him.Originally, I should be filial to my parents, but not only I couldn't, but I let my parents worry about me, and let the old people in their dying years do their best for me. Manzhuang Village still does not have access to electricity, and the villagers have been relying on kerosene lamps for lighting for many years.After the troops were stationed, they negotiated with the local government to help them set up wires and solve the electricity problem.Finally, it was decided that the wires would be stretched from the Nanwen River at the foot of the mountain. Nanwenhe Township would be responsible for the wires. All kinds of materials were ready, and the task of construction was handed over to the No. 3 Artillery Company. A telegraph pole was 50 meters away. They dug holes, planted poles, and set up wires. They worked hard for a few days. In the morning, the electricity was normal. , ran around to tell each other, showing a happy smile, and ended the history of kerosene lamp lighting for generations. In the afternoon, the troops had a rest, each class made dumplings, and the villagers surrounded the soldiers all at once, asking what it was, how it was made, how to eat it, etc., asking non-stop. Zou Jun immediately informed the cooking team to make more dumpling fillings, so that the common people could taste our northern dumplings.The fellow said that he has never eaten such a delicious thing since he grew up so big. After dinner, a fellow villager walked up to Zou Jun and said, "You soldiers are smart and can do anything, even black stones can be used for cooking. I asked my son to steal a few pieces at night. No matter how you burn them, they won't catch fire. They are so stupid." Zou Jun said, "That's not stone, it's coal." The fellow said: "What is coal?" Zou Jun saw that he couldn't understand a few sentences, so he said vaguely: "Coal is a kind of substance, which is formed after many years of evolution underground." In fact, when the army cooks, they put the coal on the firewood and ignite it, and then the flames can only shoot high under the action of the blower; but the fellow villagers don't have a blower, they just light it on the grass, of course they can't catch fire. On December 26, 1984, at 2 p.m., the Ninth Company of the Third Battalion was ordered to go to the front line. Zou Jun and the cadres of other companies saw off the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Company. Comrades who have been in arms for many years must accept the baptism of war in advance. It is really admonishing and exhorting, and the hands they hold for a long time are unwilling to let go, perhaps it is the last farewell.As the people walked further and further away, Zou Jun kept waving to them. The tradition of matrilineal society is still preserved here. Usually, women go to the mountains to cut firewood and plant land, and men take care of their children at home. Only a few of them wear straw sandals, and most of them are barefoot. Walking on the mountain road is like walking on flat ground. Zou Jun's landlord is a carpenter who has been working outside. He just came back a few days ago. In the evening, he wanted to talk to the landlord about family affairs, so he came to their house. As soon as he sat down, the landlord enthusiastically picked up the chimney made of bamboo and handed it to Zou Jun to let him smoke. Zou Jun didn't smoke at first, but after arriving in Yunnan, he had heavy training tasks and great mental pressure. , "Hongtashan", "Ashima", he started to smoke.But the chimney made of bamboo by the fellow villagers has never been smoked.Then he said, "I can't smoke." The landlord picked up the machete, scraped off a bunch of bamboo shavings on the bamboo, and said: "Smoking this, the taste is flat, and you don't cough." Zou Jun took the black and red chimney that had been used for many years, put it on his mouth, and smoked it a few times, but he couldn't smoke because he couldn't do it properly. The landlord said: "Usually, when I see you, I wash the dishes several times before and after meals. I was afraid that I would be dirty, and I didn't even let you take a sip of water. Today, we both had a little wine (widow wine means no food)." He brought a small white bowl with a layer of plant ash in it.Because when they cook and boil water, they use three iron rods to set up a tripod, hang the pot with chains for cooking, and burn wood underneath, so the soot flies everywhere. Zou Jun looked at a layer of ash floating in the bowl full of wine, and was hesitating whether to drink it. The landlord picked up the bowl, raised his head and drank it.It turns out that ethnic minorities have a habit of drinking the first glass of wine by themselves. They want the guests to see that there is no poison in the wine, so that the guests can rest assured. The villagers handed the second bowl of wine to Zou Jun, which was made by themselves with corn. Although the alcohol content was not high, it had great stamina.According to the customs of ethnic minorities, not drinking means looking down on him, and not helping you with anything.After drinking it, it is enough to explain that you are a friend, and you are willing to do anything for your friend. Zou Jun picked up the bowl and took a sip. He really didn't know how to drink, his face was flushed, and he said by the way: "There is no food, I really can't drink it." The landlord's seven-year-old daughter ran over and said, "Dad, I have food." She brought a bowl of shredded radish, pickled vegetables and fried peppers. Zou Jun tasted it, and it was so hot that he coughed non-stop. The landlord's daughter said: "There are still vegetables." She ran to bring another bowl of cabbage. Zou Jun carefully took a piece and tasted it, it was not spicy.It just has no taste, the cabbage is boiled in boiling water, and no salt is added.Because their salt is so precious. According to the customs of ethnic minorities, Zou Jun drank two bowls of wine and was already too drunk, so he was helped upstairs to rest. Outside the gate, Chief Secretary Liu Honglin and Secretary Cao Xuejun were chatting with the landlord's brother-in-law. Chief Secretary Liu Honglin casually said: "How is your hometown good? The mountains are high, the roads are difficult to navigate, the transportation is inconvenient, and the information is not effective. It cannot be compared with our Hangzhou." The landlord's brother-in-law said: "Hello Hangzhou, why did you come to our place? Please leave here immediately." The clerk Cao Xuejun said: "Our Chief Secretary has practiced martial arts, you can't beat him." This sentence hurt the self-esteem of the landlord Mainland, no matter what you say, it will not work. Liu Honglin took the opportunity to escape when the document Cao Xuejun persuaded him to fight. The landlord's brother-in-law called his elder brother to negotiate downstairs where Zou Jun lived, and went upstairs to beat the company cadres.Zou Jun was woken up, and after he understood the situation, he asked everyone else to rest. As long as the fellow villagers did not go upstairs, they were not allowed to move. It was like this until the next morning, when the fellow brother-in-law finally left.The company commander Zhao Guowei wanted to report to the regiment and asked to move to another village, but was stopped by Zou Jun.Zou Jun led the chief secretary Liu Honglin to find the village cadre, explained the situation, and asked him to help with the work, and they went to the house of the landlord's brother-in-law together. Zou Jun asked the chief secretary to apologize to the villagers, admit their mistakes, and obtained their understanding. The villagers enthusiastically poured water for Zou Jun , and repeatedly persuaded him to stay at his house for dinner, and the conflict was resolved. Today is New Year's Day in 1985. People all over the country are celebrating the festival in different ways with family reunion and delicious wine.But our border guards, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the people of the motherland, stand on the border of the southern country, defending the great motherland-mother with steel guns in their hands.It's true: "The sound of guns and guns bids farewell to the old year, the smell of gunpowder is accompanied by the aroma of wine. The singing is heard in the cat's earholes, and canned flowerpots are placed on both sides." This is the portrayal of the real life of frontier soldiers. The soldiers are in the frontier, far away from their relatives, knowing that their parents are looking forward to it, their wives are thinking about it, their sons are calling, and their relatives are thinking about it.Who can say that soldiers are as cold as ice and don't understand emotions.In fact, soldiers have the richest feelings and the most sincere love. They can best appreciate the warmth of a small family, the tenderness of their wives, and the sweet laughter of their sons. Zou Jun always keeps photos of his beloved wife and son in his breast pocket. When he is free, he secretly takes them out, takes a look at them, and kisses them gently, feeling very excited.Now he shoulders the heavy responsibility of the motherland and cannot reunite with his family. He can only stand on the top of a high mountain, looking at the far north, thinking of his relatives in the motherland. Suddenly, he was infected by the surrounding environment, and he chanted casually, "White clouds surround me tightly, and the mist washes away the dust. The gunshots accompany me in my dreams at night, and I defend against the enemy in the mountainside during the day." In the morning, Zhao Guowei, the commander of the Third Artillery Company, conveyed to the cadres the spirit of the combat meeting of the A Regiment and the main combat tasks of the Third Battalion.Afterwards, he asked each platoon to build a sand table in front of the villager's gate according to the combat mission, according to the terrain of the combat area, deduce the tactics on the sand table, discuss the route and method of attack, as well as the deployment of troops, how to configure the artillery, and the Use your firepower effectively and start a big discussion.Everyone prophesied freely and expressed their own opinions, giving full play to military democracy, and achieved good results, enabling each soldier to clarify his combat mission and establish the confidence that he will win the battle. In the afternoon, the troops carried out mountain climbing training. The soldiers carried artillery on their shoulders, and some of them stuffed a few stones in their backpacks to strengthen their physical strength. Zou Jun climbed the mountain together with a row, the slope became steeper, the road became more slippery, the fog became thicker, and no one could be seen for more than ten meters.The climate here is abnormal, the mountains are covered by heavy fog every day, and the sun cannot be seen every day. The clothes are dried outside, and the more the sun gets wetter, the fog lingers all day long, like drizzle. Due to low visibility, I took the wrong road. I got into the dense forest, and the forest became denser as I walked. As soon as I got out of the forest, I was blocked by a dense bamboo forest. I climbed up the mountain along the bamboo forest. The air humidity was high, and the road was muddy and difficult. If you are not careful, you will fall down. Some soldiers pulled out their machetes, cut a bamboo and walked on it. The cannons on the shoulders of the soldiers became heavier and heavier, some of them had blood on their shoulders, the sweat on their faces was like raindrops, and the military uniforms on their bodies looked like they had just been fished out of the water.Every step was very difficult, panting heavily, and puffs of white gas and mist gathered together, as if overnight, the soldiers had the ability to swallow clouds and fog. After climbing the mountain, looking down at the surroundings, I saw a simple road in the distance winding up the mountain and extending to the frontier; The Wen River roared like a mighty army and flowed into the distance. The cottage in front of me has beautiful and charming scenery, surrounded by strange rocks, which can be compared with the stone forest in the south of the road. The small lake in the stone forest is crystal clear, reflecting a piece of green bamboo by the lake.Some comrades said: "The scenery of West Lake is moved to southern Xinjiang." Comrades who have been to Kunming said: "The beauty of the small lake is better than Dianchi Lake." A tall kapok tree by the lake is covered with cotton bolls the size of a fist, and the bolls are blown by the cold wind The treetops are covered with white cotton wool, like a huge white flower. Climbing up the stairs, the industrious ethnic minorities, with a courtyard wall made of flakes of stone, appear in front of them like an ancient castle. Around the courtyard wall, bunches of bananas on the banana tree exude a tangy fragrance. At this time, Cheng Lin's sweet singing came out from a small building with the wind. It turned out that a group of young men and women gathered around the tape recorder, enjoying the wonderful singing. When I came to the mountain village primary school, the sound of reading aloud flew out of the window, and the bell rang for the end of get out of class. The elementary school students ran to the playground like a flock of birds just out of the cage.Walking forward, there are two tall eucalyptus trees with dense branches and leaves, covering an area of ​​about three acres. The tree trunks need three adults to hug.Behind the tree is the ruins of an ancient temple, which was destroyed by shells from the Vietnamese army during the war. In the collapsed hall, the charred beams lay on the ground. The crystallization of wisdom of people many years ago was destroyed. The cruelty of the Vietnamese army and the cruelty of war. When going down the mountain, it was very difficult to walk because of the steep slope and slippery road. The soldiers kept wrestling. They jokingly called wrestling "taking the elevator". Some comrades said: "I took the elevator seven times." On the hillside, the troops sat neatly together. Zou Jun was giving political education to the troops. He first notified the front-line battle situation bulletin he had just received: since the whole division went to the front line, a total of 330 enemies were wiped out and 395 were injured. Destroyed 24 artillery pieces and 250 meters of trenches.In particular, Comrade Xu Ping, the intern platoon leader of the B regiment, used the tactics he learned at the Nanchang Army Academy to flexibly use the 82 recoilless gun and the 40 rocket launcher to wipe out eleven enemies.The three platoons of the division's engineering company built fortifications at a distance of 60 to 70 meters from the enemy. The enemy successively fired more than 2,600 artillery shells, which exploded beside them. The construction was never affected. Instead, the task was completed four days ahead of schedule, which was deeply appreciated by the army chief praise. Secondly, Zou Jun educated most soldiers on the eagerness to go to the front line.He said: "At present, most soldiers request to go to the front line, which shows that comrades are eager to fight and have strong fighting spirit. Combat, long-term adherence to the idea, it is impossible to put all the troops into battle at once. Now the B regiment and the C regiment are fighting very tenaciously on the front line. Although our regiment is serving as a reserve team, the division has ordered our regiment to prepare for battle immediately. Be ready to go to the front line at any time. Comrades! There will be wars we will fight, and we must be mentally prepared to fight big battles and fight bad ones.” Finally, company commander Zhao Guowei conveyed the spirit of the battalion combat meeting.He said: "According to the order of the superior, the original plan of our battalion's deployment point has been changed. The original task was handed over to the C regiment for execution, and our regiment went to the B regiment's defense area to perform the deployment task. This point is a stone's throw away from the Daqing River in Vietnam. On the ground, the enemy's troops and firepower are relatively strong, and it is more difficult to pull out points, and the superior requires us to prepare for battle before the 20th." On the way to Nanwenhe, Zou Jun and the deputy instructor Hou Tianshun talked while walking. Zou Jun has never been to Nanwenhe since he came here from the army. Today, Nanwenhe happened to be rushing to the street. He wanted to go shopping in the street and buy some daily necessities to prepare for the battlefield, so he went with the deputy instructor Hou Tianshun let's go. On the way, many fellow villagers carried bamboo baskets, some of which contained homegrown fruits, and wanted to sell them on the street; some carried children in bamboo buildings;The one on the longer journey is leading a small red horse with a load of things on its back. This kind of horse is unique to Yunnan. It is smaller than a donkey in the inland, but it is good at climbing mountains. Many villagers keep it. There are a lot of people coming and going on the mountain road, because people with a radius of tens of miles all go here for the street, and Nanwenhe goes for the street every ten days.Therefore, on the days of rushing to the street, people get up early, climb several mountains, walk dozens of miles, and buy and sell what they need on the street. Nanwen River is where the township is located. It is a village deep in the mountains, with hundreds of households and a narrow street passing through the village.On both sides of a road along the river outside the village, there are all kinds of goods. There is an endless stream of people rushing to and fro, young girls are choosing their favorite clothes; young guys are buying farm tools, and some are crowding. Before selling piglets, choose your favorite piglets; several large pots are set up by the river, which are filled with black or blue dyes, and middle-aged women surround them, dyeing the coarse cloth they wove into the ones they like. color.In particular, the small trees next to it are covered with batik-dyed cloth, and the various patterns with national characteristics are beautiful and generous; in front of the stall selling corn wine or rice wine, all men gather there and keep bringing them to themselves. Fill the wine jug with... Zou Jun bought some daily necessities, bought a jumping knife by the way, and hurried back. According to the needs of the battlefield, the division headquarters ordered the A regiment to form a 160 mortar company. The A regiment originally planned to draw some personnel from several artillery companies to reorganize a company. The third artillery company held a meeting of all cadres to analyze the unfavorable factors of drawing people to form the 160 artillery artillery company. It is about to go into battle, the personnel are not familiar with the performance of the artillery, the management is difficult, and the firepower of the artillery cannot be effectively used. . Therefore, I decided to apply to my superiors to ensure the normal use of the original artillery firepower, and to form a 160 mortar company by myself. Regiment A quickly approved the application of the third artillery company. The three platoons were the main ones, and a total of 52 soldiers were selected to form a new artillery position. The deputy company commander Zhu Xuewen organized artillery and assault training to learn how to use artillery in the fastest time. method, and is responsible for the combat command of the position. Zou Jun was in charge of mobilization. He said: "Comrades! On the eve of our upcoming war, our company received four 160mm mortars, plus the original six 82 recoilless guns and three 82 mortars. The total number of artillery in the regiment has reached 13, which is the one with the largest number of artillery among all the artillery companies in the regiment. At the critical moment, the head of the regiment entrusted us with the most important task, which is the trust in everyone. We must not live up to the expectations of the head of the regiment At present, the most difficult thing is the shortage of personnel. In order to overcome this contradiction, everyone is required to immediately devote themselves to the training of all-round gunners, use unconventional training methods, and master the use of artillery in the shortest time. Seek meetings, fight, learn, and master. In combat, which artillery personnel are tense, recruit people to supplement at any time. Party members and squad leaders in particular must become models in training and combat, and strive for everyone to be rewarded for meritorious service. Now , the army chiefs place their hopes on us, and the people of the whole country look forward to us, so everyone can only use the actual actions of winning the battle to report the expectations of the party and the people on us.” At 8:30 on January 13, 1985, Zhao Guowei, commander of the Third Artillery Company, was ordered to accept combat missions at the frontline command post. In the morning, each platoon prepares combat supplies and wipes the artillery. All the staff will be bald. In the afternoon, Zou Jun led his personnel to a relatively gentle hillside nearby to calibrate the artillery.He personally checked each gun with the steering wheel and quadrant, and corrected the error part. In the evening, a meeting of cadres was held, and the researchers adjusted the plan: some personnel were drawn from the first and second platoons and added to the third platoon and the command squad. Zhang Haitao, the leader of the second platoon, also served as the command squad leader. The instructor Hou Tianshun was in charge and was assigned to the infantry company to participate in the battle. Everything is ready, just waiting for the order to be issued.