Chapter 6 Chapter Six Two One-to-One Battles

According to the intelligence intercepted by the Vietnamese army, the Vietnamese army in front of the A division mobilized a new mechanized reinforcement division to prepare for a full-scale counterattack against the A division's position.This information is obtained from a high-end wiretapping device imported from the United States. This device can not only wiretap radio stations, but also wiretap telephones within a radius of one kilometer. It does not need to be connected to a telephone line. The content of the call will be translated and filtered by intelligence personnel, and the useful content will be immediately sent to the chief and the commanding agency for reference.

The collection of intelligence from all parties proves that the Vietnamese army has made preparations for a counterattack. In order to strike the enemy more effectively, the troops of the A division have been adjusted and deployed, and all troops have made preparations for the enemy's counterattack. The superiors required all companies to strengthen position management, and leaders at all levels should be on standby at the command position. If there is a problem at one level, which level is responsible, preparations must be completed before 18:00 on February 10.All commanders and fighters must mentally establish preparations for fighting big and bad battles, and must fight down the enemy's arrogance fiercely, accurately, and quickly.

When night fell, the shelling from both sides gradually ceased, followed by a terrible silence. People say that the silence before the war is the most terrifying, it hides unpredictable murderous intentions, and it also marks a new era. The battle is about to begin. At 3 o'clock in the morning on February 11, commanders and fighters at all levels have entered the command position; the frontline soldiers got out of the cat's ear hole, crawled on the edge of the trench, and looked straight ahead; the artillery positions, the shells have been installed The fuzes were neatly placed next to the artillery, and the gunners were all in place, waiting for the order to fire.

The dark night was surprisingly quiet, and the ticking sound of the watch seemed particularly loud.The soldiers were a little anxious and waited anxiously. Zou Jun kept looking down at the pointer on the luminous watch. The pointer on the watch seemed to not understand the soldier's mood, and he was still walking unhurriedly.The soldier held the submachine gun tightly in his hand, stared straight ahead, anxiously waiting for the order to attack. The holy moment finally arrived. At 6:00, the B Division under the command of the X Army on the left launched the first shelling on the east side of the Chuantou River. The lungs were shocked as if they were about to be torn apart; half the sky was reddened by the flames.

At 6:35, the artillery group of Division A began shelling. The howitzers and cannons spoke first, bombing the enemy's solid fortifications, and then the rocket launchers dragged a long fire dragon and flew through the air non-stop.There were continuous explosions on the Vietnamese army's position. With the explosion of the rocket, the incendiary body in the projectile ignited the combustibles on the position, and a sea of ​​flames ignited. The artillery quickly became dumb. They were in a mess, crying for their father The mother-in-law ran away with her head in her arms. At 6:55, Zou Jun received an order, "Fire five rounds in a hurry, let go!" The soldiers loaded more than one hundred kilograms of shells into the barrel without stopping, and the shells fired at the Vietnamese army one after another. The positions flew to suppress the enemy's mortar positions.Not to be outdone, the enemy quickly fought back. Three shells landed on the position of the third artillery company, and the bunker of one artillery was blown to a breach. The soldiers immediately fell down, and there were almost casualties.

At 08:02, the three guns were connected to the order to "shoot at target No. 20." Zou Jun immediately ordered the artillery to quickly go into battle.The artillery fire of the Vietnamese army was suppressed, and the attacking enemy was forced by the powerful artillery fire to retreat to the foot of the mountain without stopping, and finally huddled on the edge of the cliff and dared not move. At 8:30, under the cover of artillery fire, the Ninth Company began to attack the 140 Heights. Height 140 has a high altitude, and it poses a great threat to the 142, 145, and 146 highlands that the A regiment is holding on to. From the 140th height, you can see the bottom of these highland trenches. The enemy blocked the position of the A regiment with several sniper rifles. When soldiers were found to be active on the ground, they immediately shot, killing and wounding many soldiers.Therefore, no one dares to take a step out of the cat's ear hole during the day.As long as the enemy on the 140 highland is mentioned, the soldiers will gnash their teeth in hatred. They have long wanted to pull out this thorn in their side, the thorn in their flesh, and now the moment has finally come.

The backbone of the Ninth Company organization used the sand table to study tactics many times, discussing the best offensive route and the method of quickly clearing landmines.At the same time, the company commander Tian Cheng also led the platoon leader and squad leader to the forward position to observe the terrain, understand the enemy's firepower configuration, and revise the proposed combat plan. The Ninth Company arrived at the starting area of ​​the attack at the specified time.After 30 minutes of intense artillery preparations, the artillery fire began to extend forward. Company commander Tian Cheng waved his hand, and the sharp knife squad set off. Each of them took a three-meter-long bamboo, dug through it, and filled it with nitric acid explosives. , put on the ground to detonate the landmines on the offensive road, the first person just detonated, the second person followed closely, and they alternated with each other in this way, eliminating the landmines that blocked the troops from advancing.The troops attacking from behind crawled forward closely behind the sharp knife squad, approaching the 140 height little by little.

When approaching the main peak of the 140th highland, tongues of fire suddenly spewed out from a natural cave. The Vietnamese army resisted stubbornly in the cave, trying to prevent the troops from attacking.The troops were forced to stop and lay down on a hillside that was more than two meters wide and tens of meters long. The situation was very dangerous. If the enemy's artillery fire covered it, there would be a large number of casualties. Time is life, and it cannot be delayed for a moment. Tian Cheng, the commander of the Ninth Company, ordered the artillery squad to pull up and kill the enemy's firepower. The 82nd recoilless artillery squad quickly rushed to the front and set up the artillery. The two artillery fired shells into the cave at the same time, and the enemy stopped firing. For the sake of safety, the company commander Tian Cheng ordered the fire-breathing soldiers to spray two shots into the cave with a flamethrower, and suddenly a fire ignited in the cave.

The troops began to cover each other and advance alternately, and finally took the 140 Heights. In the afternoon, Division B began to attack Hanyang. Hanyang is a high mountain, on the left side of the A regiment, and poses the greatest threat to the A regiment.The Vietnamese army often used the higher favorable terrain to fire guns and shells at the defense area of ​​the A regiment. Many soldiers fell in a pool of blood. Everyone asked their superiors to take down Hanyang many times.In addition, the B Division has not fought a battle since it entered the battlefield. It asked the head of the group army many times, and the head of the group army approved their request. The enemy attacks.

Just as the pointer of the watch pointed to 12 o'clock, hundreds of cannons fired at Hanyang Mountain at the same time.First, use cannons and howitzers to destroy the enemy's strong fortifications, and then 130 rockets and 107 rockets flew towards the enemy's position with the hatred of the soldiers. Suddenly, the smoke was enveloped, the sea of ​​fire was everywhere, and the burning pine branches made "crackling" sounds. The noise, the thick smoke on the battlefield made it difficult to open your eyes, and the strong smell of gunpowder made it hard for people to breathe.The Vietnamese army got out of the bombed fortifications, their clothes were burned by the fire, and they rolled around on the ground, crying loudly in pain.

The soldiers marched forward under the enemy's artillery fire. I saw them lying down for a while, jumping up from the ground for a while and charging forward. Some soldiers jumped from one crater to another. Rushing forward, finally successfully occupied Hanyang. At night, the Vietnamese army was unwilling to fail and wanted to regain the lost position.In retaliation for their large-scale bombardment of the forward position of Division A, countless shells of various types fell on the position of the third battalion of the A regiment. The clothes and hats of the soldiers were wiped out, and shrapnel kept flying overhead. On the 140th highland, the Vietnamese army continued to attack. The soldiers of the Ninth Company kept shooting at the enemy regardless of their own safety. When the enemy approached, they picked up grenades and threw them at the Vietnamese army one by one. The cap was pierced by a bullet. Fortunately, only a bunch of hair was knocked out. If the bullet was one centimeter lower, I'm afraid it's time to see "Marx". In order to improve the shooting accuracy, the head of Division A ordered the ballistic radar (also called the gun position radar) to direct the artillery to shoot.This kind of radar is imported from the European Community, and it is the most advanced weapon in the world. As long as the shell passes through the air and is caught by the radar, it can quickly calculate the coordinates of the fired artillery and the coordinates of the impact point.Then command the artillery to shoot at the enemy's artillery positions until the target is completely covered.When the scouts can't observe the target, they often use it to attack the enemy. The effect is very ideal, so the Vietnamese army hates it so much that they often send agents to blow it up. Only three sets of this kind of radar were imported, one set for the Sino-Soviet border and one set for the Sino-Vietnamese border, and the other set was used for teaching in a certain artillery school.The army regards it as a treasure, and the set on the Sino-Vietnamese border is placed on a hill, guarded by a company of brother troops. Ruan Wenhui, the captain of the Vietnamese army's special agent team, led several agents and had already lurked near the radar. Their main task was to blow up the radar.During the day, they wore the uniforms of the Chinese army and walked around among the troops. One of them was dressed as a health worker with a medicine box on his shoulders, talking and laughing, and was very affectionate.Because there are many troops stationed on the front line, in addition to infantry, there are also artillery, armor, engineering, border guards, and militia companies. The troops are not familiar with each other, so they have not attracted people's attention.At the foot of the mountain where the radar was installed, they turned around to observe the situation of the guards and the route up the mountain. At night, under the cover of night, they walked up a small path to the mountain, and saw them walking and stopping, constantly observing the movement on the mountain, and finally saw the radar that was turning, so excited, regardless of the surrounding sentinels. If it exists, take out the TNT explosives from the medicine box, and throw one piece at the radar. The company commander guarding the radar mistook the explosion for enemy shelling and ordered the soldiers to enter the fortifications to defend against the artillery. There was no soldier around the radar; they were fooled by Ruan Wenhui.Ruan Wenhui was very happy. With a wave of her hand, the two agents picked up the bundled explosives and rushed towards the radar. They placed the explosives on the radar and rang the explosives. With a loud bang, the radar stopped. . When a leader of the Central Military Commission heard that the ballistic radar had been bombed, he scolded his mother angrily. Experts from the European Community were notified to come to the front line for emergency repairs. They thought it was too dangerous and did not agree to go to the front line for repairs. They had no choice but to dismantle it, transport it to Wenshan Prefecture for repairs, and put it on another mountain. In recent days, the shelling from both sides is still going on, you hit me a few times, I will return you a few times, there is no peace when you come and go. The position of the Three Artillery Company was often shelled by the Vietnamese army, and sometimes more than a dozen shells fell near the position at the same time.On a hillside behind the position, a logistics tent of Regiment A was blown up, causing two casualties.Later, the regiment headquarters informed that wherever the enemy can observe, the troops are not allowed to live in tents, and all live in bunkers to reduce unnecessary casualties. The rocket artillery position has the highest probability of being bombarded, because when they fire the shells, the fire is too bright, which easily exposes the target; in addition, the lethal power is particularly powerful, with a salvo of a company, hundreds of shells will be poured into the enemy's body at the same time within 15 seconds. On the battlefield, it has great lethality and strong flammability, causing great destructive power and spiritual shock to the enemy. The Vietnamese army hated it to the bone and often attacked the rocket artillery positions. When the Vietnamese army bombarded, they often used a kind of air-explosive shell. This shell uses a timed fuze. First, calculate the time when the shell flies to the sky above the target. Falling from the air like sprinkled flowers, it is hard to defend against people, often causing a large number of casualties. The Spring Festival is approaching, the shelling from both sides gradually stopped, and the front line began to quiet down. The superiors informed that during the festival, as long as the enemy does not take the initiative to attack the forward positions, the companies should not fire guns for the time being, so as to ensure that everyone can spend the Spring Festival safely. Zou Jun sent Liu Honglin, chief of staff, to Malipo to buy New Year's items. Except for some combat duty personnel, the rest of the soldiers played poker and chess. . Peace is what human beings yearn for forever, but peace is the product of war, and war is the premise of peace. The current war is for permanent peace. People who engage in war do not want war even more, and cherish the hard-won peace even more. Zou Jun took advantage of this rare opportunity to turn around on the ground. He wanted to appreciate the scenery of the southern country carefully.There is a piece of green bamboo on the hillside, the dust on the leaves has just been washed away by the rain, and the leaves are extraordinarily green. The leaves are blown by the breeze and make a rustling sound, like a hymn for the heroes who fought on the frontier; a mountain spring flows from the foot of the mountain There was a rushing sound, as if playing a beautiful piano concerto; a bunch of long and big bananas exuded a tempting fragrance; round and big papayas hung all over the treetops , which looks very beautiful; neat rows of rubber trees are connected together to form a huge rubber garden. It is a rare tropical plant in my country. It has not been tapped for several years due to the war. There are strips of milky white hanging on the trunk. That is, soft and elastic rubber; a national defense highway that has just been repaired is like a long snake, winding around the hillside and extending to the top of the hill; the mountains are undulating, more majestic and magnificent, and many war wounds have been left on the hillside. In order to let the soldiers in the first and second platoons fighting at the forefront have a happy festival, Zou Jun decided to lead a few soldiers to the front to visit everyone, and expressed condolences to them on behalf of all the commanders and fighters. When they came to the "line of life and death", the clerk Cao Xuejun stopped Zou Jun's way and said, "You are the chief, and we have the responsibility to protect you. I will lead the way, and the two will be the rear. You will walk in the middle." Zou Jun knew in his heart that walking ahead was mainly because he was afraid of stepping on landmines, as long as he passed quickly, the chance of being discovered by the enemy was relatively low.He still took the soldier's heart, and the first two soldiers passed the "life and death line" smoothly. When Zou Jun had just walked halfway, the enemy found him, and the bullets chased him. He saw a big stone not far ahead. , ran and lay down next to the stone, the bullet hit the stone and slid to the side making a "chirp" sound, and sparks from the collision of the bullet and the stone kept appearing in front of my eyes. He waved his hands to the soldiers behind him, preventing them from coming, and engaged in psychological warfare with the enemy.When the gunfire stopped, he remained still, giving the enemy the illusion of sacrifice.An hour had passed, and he thought it was impossible for the enemy to target him again.So, he moved his numb hands and feet, looked sideways at the advancing route, and thought about how to quickly pass through the tens of meters of the route to beat the enemy with a time difference. He knew that he only had ten seconds or so, otherwise his life would be in danger.He squatted first, and then ran forward like a 100-meter sprint. When he ran to the last ten meters, the gunshot suddenly sounded. He quickly lay down and crawled forward. At the last meter or so, the two comrades in front Reach out and pull him into the cat ear hole. Zou Jun asked the two soldiers behind to go back first, and he and the other two came to the forward position to condolence to the soldiers.When a row of soldiers took the candy, cocoa and newspapers and letters from Zou Jun, they were very happy.After hearing the adventures of the instructor on the road, they all shed tears.Some of them served noodles, some took canned food, and Zou Jun had to eat them. They scrambled to report the situation to the instructor again. The distance here is only tens of meters from the enemy, and the conditions are quite difficult.The first is the scorching heat, hot and humid weather, and sweating all day long.During the day, they hide in the cat's earholes, not daring to show their heads, and unable to talk to others. When they are tired from sitting, they lie down; If you dare to smoke, sometimes you are afraid that the enemy will sneak up, so you throw a grenade.As the saying goes, "Three monsters in Yunnan, three mosquitoes and one dish", the mosquitoes are big and ruthless, and the soldiers who often bite are covered in bumps.What is even more hateful is the snake, this uninvited guest, who often visits the cat's ears quietly. Sometimes when he wakes up, he finds a snake lying beside him, which is quite frightening.Water is the most scarce, because there is no water, and everyone has not washed their faces and brushed their teeth for many days, let alone washing clothes; at night, soldiers risked their lives to carry water in the creek, because they could not see clearly, and sometimes there was water in the water carried back. The maggots that were born after the corpses of many Vietnamese soldiers rotted, because the water was too precious to be thrown away, they were filtered through gauze, and a few disinfectant tablets were placed, and then, each person was only given a teapot of water per day.Only when it rains, can we have a good drink of water; however, when it rains heavily, the water flows down the hillside and into the cat's ear hole, and we cannot rest, so we have to scoop it out with a helmet. The third battalion of the A Regiment stands firm at the forefront of the entire army. The most dangerous thing in normal times is that as long as the soldiers walk out of the cat's ear holes during the day, they will be shot coldly by the enemy. The front lines are all sniper rifles, equipped with scopes, and can be fired from a long range. accurate.Landmines are the most common at the front. No matter who occupies the position, they will lay a large number of mines on the front, usually plastic mines. Sometimes a box is opened and dumped from the mountain. No one knows where it rolls.Some directional mines were placed in front of the trenches. When the enemy rushed up, the mines would form an angle of more than 200 degrees when the enemy rushed up, spraying at the enemy and killing the enemy. Zou Jun encouraged a group of soldiers to persevere in such a difficult place, and told them to pay attention to safety. If you have any ideas, you can call him at any time, and you will come again if necessary.The soldiers said: "We very much hope to see you many times, because you have brought me courage and strength, but we don't want you to come, because the road is too dangerous." On the way back, Zou Jun saw the devastation caused by the war on February 11. The hillside was burned into scorched earth by tens of thousands of shells, the stones were yellow, the trees were dead, and there were many bomb craters. Pieces of banana groves were destroyed.On the third battalion’s position, sacks filled with soil were piled up next to the trenches, and inside the newly built large steel fortifications, battalion and company commanders were busy, and soldiers curled up in the cat’s ear holes made of corrugated steel to read books , Rest, rows of grenades, plastic buckets filled with water, compressed dry food, kerosene stoves, etc. are neatly placed on the sentry post, placed in the bunker.The soldiers were wearing vests and trousers, sticking to the fortifications. Because they had not had a haircut for a long time, their long hair and beards made their faces look yellower and older. Several soldiers carried buckets of wood on their backs and sent them to the mountain. They hadn’t seen each other for two months. The soldier seemed to have aged a dozen years.When crossing the border, what I saw was a trickling stream, which can be crossed in a few steps. Passing by the rubber plantation, I saw stretches of rubber trees broken by shells, and some scorched by incendiary bombs; the Yao village in Litouzhai and the Han Zhuangzi in Gantian were bombed into ruins; the frontier town of Chuantou, a newly built department store, Before it could open for business, the whole building was blown down, and a concrete slab was hanging from a steel bar at the corner, swinging back and forth in the wind.The five-star red flag on the border station is still fluttering in the wind, and the holes pierced by bullets are clearly visible on the bright red flag.Many soldiers sacrificed their precious lives for this bright red flag. Today is the last day of 1984 in the lunar calendar. All families are busy welcoming the New Year. Children wear new clothes and hats, set off firecrackers, and put bright red couplets on the doors of each house to celebrate the New Year. Mothers are preparing for the new year. With a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner, people who go out are tirelessly rushing home, fearing to miss the good time when the family sits together to survive the New Year.The whole family gathers together, the children chase and fight, the adults enjoy the fragrance of wine, and every family bids farewell to the old year and welcomes the new year. In the morning, in order to commemorate this meaningful day, Zou Jun took a few photos on the battlefield with a 120 camera, hoping to record the combat and living conditions of the soldiers as a permanent souvenir; Fiddled with developing powder and fixing powder in the ear hole, and started developing the photos. In the afternoon, the festival education was carried out. Zou Jun called the monitors on the battlefield and arranged the content of the education.He also called several squads attached to the 8th and 9th companies and asked everyone to consciously abide by battlefield discipline, pay attention to protecting themselves, and reduce unnecessary casualties; , Writing family letters, talking about the great changes in my hometown and the encouragement of my relatives. In the evening, several squad leaders came to Zou Jun's command post and said, "Instructor! It's Chinese New Year, let's have a good time by shooting some guns!" Zou Jun was so entangled by them that he couldn't help it, so he said: "In order to let everyone have a safe Spring Festival, artillery can't be fired, but to celebrate the arrival of the Spring Festival, each person can fire five light bullets, and they are not allowed to shoot at the Vietnamese army." When fighting on the ground, they all shoot towards the sky." The soldier picked up the submachine gun, and the red and green light-emitting bullets flew towards the sky together. On this day, the soldiers fighting on the front line of the border defense always stood vigilantly at their posts. For the prosperity of the motherland and the happiness of the people, they lost the opportunity to reunite with their relatives. Day and night, he stood at the sentry post tens of meters away from the enemy. In the harsh living environment on the battlefield, he did not cry out bitterness or tiredness.This is the noble quality of a soldier, and also their concept of happiness. With one person's suffering, all families are exchanged for sweetness. At dawn, the soldiers woke up from the heavy smell of gunpowder smoke and ushered in the traditional festival of the Chinese nation - the Spring Festival. Zou Jun got out of the command post before dawn, walked around the position, and then sat in front of the command post to smoke.He doesn't usually smoke, but he thinks a lot about things after the war, and sometimes he has a lot of mental pressure. In order to relieve the pressure, he smokes "Da Chong Nine" and "Hongta Mountain". He is thinking of his wife and children.The wife may have gotten up early and is making dumplings for the children. Maybe the children have put on new clothes and are chasing each other outside to play with firecrackers.Careful parents usually wrap a few coins in the dumplings. If anyone eats them, it means that whoever is lucky, will she be!After eating dumplings, the children, led by their wives, may run to pay New Year's greetings to their grandparents, wishing the elderly good health, happiness and longevity, and grandparents give lucky money to their granddaughters. He said "Hi". Zou Jun wanted to reunite with his family so much. He knew that he had never been home for the Spring Festival after serving in the army for more than ten years. He felt ashamed that many of the tasks he should have done had been left to his wife and parents. He is an incompetent husband in front of his wife, an unqualified father in front of his son, and an unfilial son who is not in front of his parents when they often need him. As a young soldier, who doesn't miss his hometown, who doesn't miss his parents, who doesn't miss his wife and children thousands of miles away.It is precisely for their happy life that they temporarily lost the opportunity to reunite with their families, and it is also for them to have a peaceful living environment that they live and fight in this difficult place.There is really no way, as a soldier can't help himself, he knows the responsibility on his shoulders, this is the unshirkable duty of a soldier.As the saying goes: "Raise a soldier for a thousand days, and use it for a while." The night had completely receded, and the soldiers got out of the cat's ear holes one by one, and the former vitality was restored on the battlefield. According to the custom of the northerners, dumplings must be eaten on the morning of the Spring Festival.Zou Jun had ordered the cooking team to make dumpling stuffing yesterday. After each team brought back the dumpling stuffing and noodles, they made dumplings in Maoerdong, talking and laughing.Zou Jun went to each squad to have a look, and saw that some new soldiers could not make dumplings, so he taught them by hand, and then he made dumplings with several soldiers from the company headquarters. The drizzle was floating on the top of the head, and the hair was covered with water droplets, but they ignored it completely. While making dumplings, everyone talked about anecdotes about the Spring Festival in their hometown. When talking about happiness, some soldiers burst out laughing, holding hands The dumplings also fell on the ground.Although everyone hadn't washed their faces or brushed their teeth for many days due to lack of water, the military uniforms covered in mud gave off an unpleasant smell of sweat, and the military green clothes turned black.However, their perseverance to overcome difficulties is unmatched. In front of the command post, the correspondent neatly filled the wrapped dumplings on a simple dining table made of shell boxes.The cooking team has already boiled the water, and some teams are cooking dumplings. There is steam in the marching pot, and the dumplings are kept rolling up and down in the pot, and a tangy fragrance keeps coming. , at this time the correspondent came running and shouted: "Instructor! Call." Zou Jun quickly got into the command post and picked up the phone: "I am Staff Li of the Artillery Unit of the regiment. According to the progress of the war, the head of the regiment ordered your company to restore the 82nd mortar position, and leave 12 soldiers in the 160th mortar position. Zhu Xuewen, the deputy company commander, is in charge of the operation of the four artillery pieces; I order you to set off immediately and set up six 82-piece mortar positions on the 130th highland, which are capable of combating 24 hours a day. Is there any difficulty?" Zou Jun hesitated for a moment and said, "I am a political cadre and lack military quality. It is best to send military cadres." Staff Officer Li said: "The head of the regiment has specially studied your situation and consulted the files. He learned that you are one of the most outstanding military technicians among the artillery cadres of the whole regiment. You are the most suitable candidate. You must carry out the order!" Zou Jun said: "All right! Please tell the chief, I will resolutely obey the order and guarantee the successful completion of the task." Zou Jun took the military map from the document Cao Xuejun, and quickly searched for the 130 highland on it. Soon, his eyes were fixed on a hill less than 200 meters away from the enemy's position. Raids, and often sneak attacks by enemy infantry and agents. He quickly summoned the deputy company commander Zhu Xuewen and the third platoon leader Li Yanlai to gather around the map to study the enemy's situation and terrain.He asked Zhu Xuewen, the deputy company commander, to strengthen the management of the battlefield to reduce unnecessary casualties. When there are fewer personnel and more artillery and the battle is difficult, he can concentrate his forces to ensure that the two artillery can be put into battle at the same time.He led four soldiers to Height 130 quickly to complete the task of demining. At the same time, he determined the positions of the guns and the command post, and received combat supplies. Li Yanlai, the third platoon leader, led the troops and transported the artillery to the designated area within 20 hours. In order to buy time, Zou Jun didn't bother to eat one of the steaming dumplings brought by the correspondent, so he led four soldiers to the 130 Heights just after dawn on the first day of the new year. The distance of nearly three kilometers is not a big deal in normal times, but it is more difficult than thirty kilometers on the battlefield. The mountain road is rugged. Sometimes I use a machete to split the bushes in front of me, and sometimes I climb up the steep mountain with my hands on the rocks. From time to time, they were chased away by the enemy's artillery fire, and everyone was so tired that they were out of breath, and water was wrung out of their military uniforms.In a hidden place, Zou Jun ordered everyone to sit down and rest for a while, and then sat under a rock. He wiped the sweat off his face with his hands, and recalled the journey he had traveled as a soldier: Zou Jun came from his hometown in the west of Henan at the end of 1972. He gave up his credit social accounting work and served as a soldier in the 130 rocket battalion of a group army artillery regiment. At that time, the 130 rocket launcher was the most advanced artillery in the army. Long range, high lethality. In 1976, with the continuous improvement of the army's equipment, the Rocket Battalion of the Army Artillery Regiment was abolished, and the 130th Rocket Battalion of the Division was established. He and the company came to the C Division.Because of his hard training, he won the third-class meritorious service in the first year of serving as a soldier, and served as the squad leader in the second year. In the competition organized by the regiment, he was among the top three every year. Served as platoon leader in 1977, deputy instructor in early 1979, and instructor in 1982.Then the troops began to reorganize again, and each battalion withdrew a company, because Zou Jun's company was transferred from other troops, and once again suffered bad luck. Zou Jun, who was already an instructor, led eight cadres from his company to Division A The Artillery Battalion of the A Regiment formed the 107th rocket company. The soldiers of this company were drawn from 16 companies. It was very difficult to lead, and the organizational discipline and military skills were very poor.They spent a lot of effort, and in more than a year, they turned a backward company into an advanced company. What he will never forget is that something that should not have happened happened at Hangzhou Bay Farm. At that time, the company was carrying out the task of transplanting rice seedlings. Because the soil was sandy and the water contained a lot of salt, after a few days, the hands and feet of the soldiers began to fester, bleeding profusely, and some kneeled on the ground to plant rice seedlings. One day, the battalion commander took a ruler to check the quality of the rice, and found that there was a hole missing by one meter, and ordered Zou Jun to pull out all the 20 mu of rice that had been planted.When Zou Jun saw the festering hands and feet of the soldiers, he couldn't bear to pull them out, so he discussed with the battalion commander if he could not pull them out, and sent people to the fields to plug in another one every meter.The battalion commander disagreed, so he said: "If you don't remove me, I will demote you and remove you from your post." Zou Jun became angry and quarreled with the battalion commander in front of the soldiers of the whole company. He said: "Who are you? Although I am not a high-ranking instructor, I was appointed by the division commander and the political commissar. You have the ability to dismiss me!" Finally, when the whole division inspected the quality of rice transplanting, the whole battalion ranked last.However, the quality of rice transplanting in the company led by Zou Jun is the best among the five companies in the battalion.In order to shirk responsibility, the battalion commander went to the head of the regiment to sue Zou Jun. Since Zou Jun had just been transferred to the regiment and was not familiar with him, the head of the regiment decided to ask Zou Jun to conduct an inspection at the meeting of cadres above the entire regiment and company. Transfer Zou Jun from the artillery battalion to the infantry battalion.Zou Jun mistakenly believed that the leader was retaliating against him. After all, fighting infantry is more dangerous than artillery, so when he was asked to go to Height 130 to open up a new position, he felt very unhappy.However, it is the bounden duty of a soldier to obey orders. Thoughts belong to ideas, and orders must be carried out, especially on the battlefield. Zou Jun led four soldiers and finally came to Heights 130. According to the terrain and experience, he chose the position of the six guns on the mountainside, the command post was set at the upper left of the position, the cooking squad was set at the lower left of the position, and the position was more than 20 meters high from the top of the mountain.He knew that only this position was the safest. The enemy's shells hit the top of the mountain when they hit low, and landed at the foot of the mountain when they were shot high, posing no threat to the position.He planted small flags at the gun positions, divided the four soldiers into two groups, crawled in the grass, carefully picked up the weeds, cleared the mines inside, and created conditions for the follow-up troops to build positions. Then he contacted the military industry company and sent 1,600 sacks, 80 square logs, a pair of large steel frame fortifications, and six sets of corrugated steel fortifications, which laid a good foundation for tomorrow's construction of fortifications. Everything was ready on the battlefield, it was already dark, and my stomach began to growl. Then I remembered that I hadn't eaten for a day, so I sent someone to the cooking team of a brother company in the village to order some noodles to satisfy my hunger. It was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers, the drizzle kept falling, and the sound of rushing water in the valley, accompanied by the sound of rain hitting the leaves, kept ringing, giving this hillside so close to the enemy a sense of relief. It's even more terrifying when it comes, and there is a danger of being attacked by Vietnamese army agents at any time.Every time the two of them took turns to stand guard, the other three rested in a simple hut made of mats. The fatigue of the day made them fall asleep quickly. In the middle of the night, they were woken up from their dreams with a bang. Zou Jun quickly grabbed the submachine gun and looked around, thinking that the enemy had sneaked up.It turned out to be a false alarm, because the rain was so heavy that it crushed the reed mat on the shed and wet the quilt.I couldn't sleep anymore, so I had to get up and build a new shed, and then spread the sacks on the ground, and covered my body with several layers of sacks to keep out the cold. The rain kept falling, and the night seemed very long, very long! In the morning, Zou Jun asked a soldier to go to Litou Village to get something to eat.When they came back, they brought a box of rice, and each of them ate a little. At this time, Li Yanlai, the leader of the third platoon, led the troops and came to the position carrying weapons and tools.Zou Jun gave a brief introduction to the squad leaders on the situation on the position and the surrounding enemy situation, and asked to build artillery positions as soon as possible, and strive to have combat conditions in the shortest time; then build ammunition stations, road communication between artillery, etc. . After the squad leaders clarified their tasks, they quickly led the soldiers to work. They were still sweating profusely in their vests.As if God was against them on purpose, it suddenly began to rain, and the rain became heavier and heavier. The rain dripped down the face, and the eyes were blurred.The soldier waved the pickaxe in his hand and kept digging, muddy water was all over his body, but he didn't care about it. At noon, the cooking team cooked a pot of porridge. Although there was no order, everyone ate deliciously.Zou Jun hadn't eaten for almost two days, and his body couldn't take it anymore due to the super-strength physical labor. He picked up the porridge and drank it voraciously, feeling very delicious, as if he had eaten the best food in the world. In the afternoon, each class began to build cat ear holes. Zou Jun led the three members of the company headquarters to build a command post. The command post was two meters wide and two meters high, and they were pushed in. Every section was dug, propped up with I-shaped steel frames, and fixed with bolts.Every two hours, he would go around the site to see the progress of each squad, correct any problems found, and continue digging when he came back.He was so tired that he couldn't straighten up, so he lay down on the ground to rest for a while, then continued to work, and he put forward a slogan to the soldiers, "I would rather die from exhaustion than let the shells blow me to death." It is a contribution to the living environment; if the fortifications do not meet the requirements and are killed, it is a kind of inaction loss to the family and the army. In order to solve the problem of food for the troops, Zou Jun asked Liu Honglin, the chief of staff, to take two cooks to the eighth and ninth company cooking squads to get some food. Soon a few catties of eggs and noodles, and a bucket of compressed biscuits were brought back. The migrant worker company sent 2,900 rounds of shells, and the telephone line has been connected to the gun finger, which is ready for combat. 邹军对每个火炮进行了检查，并且赋予了射向。在检查中发现有几棵树，影响火炮的火力发射，就用炸药绑在树的根部，点燃导火索，把树炸掉。慢慢地他掌握住了要领，想让树往哪个方向倒，就往哪个方向倒。 连队移防130高地已经五天了，工事基本构筑好，炮与炮之间的道路全部沟通，在阵地左侧50米处构筑了一个厕所。 司务长刘宏林带人去后方买来了煤、油、粮、菜等，解决了部队生活问题，连队的生活逐渐地走上了正规。 为了鼓舞战士的作战热情，邹军用电话和连长赵国伟商量了一下，决定召开党支部大会，讨论何勇、李武成、张森林同志的入党问题。他用电话要通了在连前指的连长赵国伟、160迫击炮阵地上的副连长朱学文、里头寨负责全营炊事班的副指导员侯天顺、142高地上的一排长姜山、145高地上的二排长张海涛等，要求他们拿着电话，各阵地上的党员坐在旁边。邹军主持会议，干部在各自阵地上发言，传达党员的意见。这样的党支部大会，他还是第一次组织，即新鲜又有意义。 2月26日，邹军带领通信员去148高地，参加营党委会，教导员传达了师政治工作会议，重点传达了集团军政治部主任和师长的指示，以及目前三营的情况。 教导员说：“上级首长要求各部队，要加强对战士的思想政治教育，进一步做好战士的思想工作。现在有的战士因参战时间长，作战频繁，前线条件艰苦，产生了急于下阵地的思想，谣言四起：什么3月8日换防、三月底下阵地、某某师来接防等。造成士气低落，严重地影响了部队的战斗力，必须进一步加强作战指导思想的教育。根据上级透漏的消息，到五月份，有济南军区调来的某集团军接防。因此要树立长期作战的思想，必须坚守到五月。要通过强有力的思想政治工作，稳定战士的情绪，积极防御和预防敌人冷枪冷炮打击，必须狠狠地打击敌人的嚣张气焰，才能达到保存自己，消灭敌人的目的。” 教导员接着说：“三营上阵地一个多月以来，处于消极防御状态，战果没有预想的好，反而出现了36名同志的伤亡，各连下一步要彻底克服这种现象，巩固阵地，扩大战果。” 随后，各连指导员汇报了本连战士的思想情况，以及阵地的构筑等。 会后，邹军到最前沿看望了配属到步兵连的一、六班的同志，正巧又遇到二班战士周南方下来背水，同他进行了亲切的交谈，了解了他们班的情况，又打电话给一排长姜山，询问了阵地上的情况。并向坚守在前沿阵地上的同志问候，同时要求他们首先注意保存自己，其次才是消灭敌人，要把伤亡减少到最低限度。 一班从坚守了一个多月的“李海欣高地”上撤下来，休整几天后，准备到145高地坚守。当他们全班看到邹军后非常高兴，马上把他围了起来，问这问那，显得格外亲切，有的战士忍不住掉下了眼泪。邹军拉住战士的手，仔细地观察起来，他们消瘦了，长长的胡子和头发，脸乌黑发黄，军衣上沾满了油腻，已经看不到原来的颜色，不仔细看就认不出来人，看上去一下子苍老了许多。一个多月来，他们没有洗过脸、刷过牙，更谈不上洗衣服，整天蹲在猫耳洞里，夜间爬在堑壕边观察敌情。前天晚上，越军特工偷偷爬上来，投了一颗手榴弹，九连一名战士被炸伤。于是晚上站哨时，战士面前多了一箱手榴弹，一有动静就扔一颗，又不易被敌人发现，同时达到吓唬敌人的目的。 邹军刚回到指挥所，就收到了一份珍贵的礼物，妻子从遥远的家乡寄来了一个包裹。他迅速打开包裹，抽出了里面夹着的一封信，快速撕开，眼睛从上到下闪过，粗略地得知信的大概内容；然后又从头到尾一句句地看，慢慢地阅读，详细地了解；最后他又从头一字一字地看，认真品赏每个字的含义；紧接着他把信贴在嘴上，深深地吻着，就象亲吻妻子一样，精神兴奋，热血佛腾。 随后，他打开包裹，拿出妻子为他编织的毛衣，翻来覆去地欣赏，在身上比划来比划去；象小孩子没有穿过新衣一样，套在身上，在指挥所来回走着，自我欣赏一番后，又走出指挥所，把战友们召集过来，炫耀了一通，引来了战友的羡慕。他把邮包里的瓜子分给同志们，让大家共同享受快乐。 这时一个调皮的战士发现邹军手中的信，顺手抢了过去，手一扬，喊了一声：“嫂子来信了！”战士们齐刷刷地围了上来，“快念念听听。” 只听他大声朗诵起来：“亲爱的军！好久没有收到你的来信，非常想念，更担心你的安危，每当夜幕来临的时候，使我最难熬的时光，人们都已经早早进入梦乡，我却翻来覆去难以入眠。只要我一闭上眼睛，就仿佛看到你带领战士和敌人厮杀，敌人在步步向你逼近，阵地在一点点地缩小，只见你爬在堑壕里不停地向敌人射击，炮弹不断地在你周围爆炸，火光在闪烁，烟雾笼罩着整个山头，突然一颗炮弹向你袭来，阵地一片漆黑，什么也看不到了，急的我大喊：'军！请不要离开我，我和孩子都需要你'！喊声惊醒了孩子，他不停地推着我说：'妈妈！我怕'！却原来是一场噩梦，我紧紧地把孩子搂在怀里，再也无法入眠——。我最怕夜晚，总觉的夜特别长，每当这个时候，你的音容笑貌一直在我面前出现，思念和泪水一直陪伴我，度过这一个个漫长的夜晚。我是一个农村妇女，以前对新闻从不关心，只从你上前线后，每天早上都按时打开收音机，收听中央台的广播，只要播送中越边境的战斗新闻，我都认真地收听，更激起了对你的思念，日夜盼望你的来信。当接到散发着硝烟味的信件时，我那颗久久悬着的心才放下，只有这时才是我最快活的时刻。我不求别的，只求上帝保佑你平安无事，这是全家的期望。所以，请你在战斗间隙，及时给我们娘俩写信，哪怕只写几个字，报个平安就行。我会照顾好二老和孩子的，不要为家里的事操心。祝你和战友多打胜仗，我们期盼你早日平安返乡。永远爱你的芳！” 邹军坐在一旁傻乎乎的笑着，他和战友共同分享妻子来信的快乐，这在战场是个不成文的规矩。因为战斗频繁，生活枯燥乏味，战士心情郁闷，为了活跃生活，调动大家的心情，他规定今后无论哪个同志的妻子或未婚妻来信，一律公开，供大家分享快乐，立即得到同志们的响应。当每位战友当众朗诵未婚妻来信的时候，阵地上所有人的情绪都达到高潮，喜悦、欢乐、赞美、欣赏聚集在一起，未婚妻的玉照也在大家的手上互相传递。这时战友之间的情谊最真挚，没有秘密可言。 邹军掀起挂在指挥所门上的麻袋片钻了进去，在自己的床铺上翻找着什么，最后他翻到一个香烟盒，小心翼翼地撕开，用手铺平在弹药箱上，从枕头下拿出，珍藏了多天的半支铅笔，匆忙地给妻子写起回信。他不能原谅因自己的懒惰，给妻子心灵上造成巨大的压力。就匆忙地写了几句话折好，又从一本旧杂志上撕下一叶，折叠成信封，信装好后，他用吃剩下的大米，在嘴里嚼碎当浆糊用，粘好交给通信员，才长长地出了一口气。 近几天，为了迎接新的战斗，阵地上炮弹的存量急剧增加，160迫击炮炮弹达475发，八二迫击炮炮弹达到6180发。生活用品粮、油、菜、煤、肉和各类罐头，都陆续运到阵地。 3月1日，三炮连接到通知，10时50分，八二迫击炮进行试射，目标是几百米外敌阵地上的一个暗堡，六门火炮共用了25发炮弹，弹着点的分布区域非常集中，并且能按照指挥员的要求，指到哪里打到哪里，炮指很满意，通报所有炮兵，提出表扬。 12时30分，160迫击炮试射，目标是清水河上的一座吊桥。第一发炮弹落在距吊桥100多米的地方，炮指立即下达修正诸元；第二发落在吊桥的前方70多米，紧接着炮指又下达了修正诸元，这发炮弹已经接近目标，指挥员再次做小量修正后，又打了四发炮弹。据前指观察所报告，其中一发打在桥头堡上，把桥头堡炸掉一角，另一发落在公路中央，弹坑破坏了整个路面，敌人的车辆已经无法通行。 3月3日上午，邹军通知各班把炮与炮之间，以及通往指挥所和炊事班的道路加宽，改善交通条件，确保大的战斗来临后能互相支援；炮弹摆放要整齐有序。 电话兵又从里头寨总机，向八二迫击炮阵地架设了一条线路，解决了向营部和各连的通话问题。如有紧急情况，营可以直接呼唤火力支援，更有效地配合步兵作战。 6时40分，营呼唤火力，一至三炮对越军修工事之敌，连续三次齐射，发射炮弹九发，炸毁敌堑壕15米，摧毁火力点一个。 3月4日，邹军接营部电话通知，以后八二迫击炮改有营直接指挥，可以及时支援三营前沿步兵战斗，能更有效地打击敌人。 有线保障线路太长，易遭到敌人的破坏，为了解决这个问题，通讯连给三炮连送来了美国产的613无线电台，可以直接与炮指和营联系，解决了电话线炸断后的通信保障问题。 5时30分，再次接到命令，对142高地南侧的无名高地射击，每发间隔3分钟，干扰修筑工事之敌。在发射时，八班长张敏没有听清口令，标尺少装了45米位，炮弹落在我前沿阵地上，险些造成自己人员伤亡。为了今后彻底杜绝这类问题的再次发生，邹军立即召开六名炮长开会，分析了出现这种问题的严重性，不能因为自己的失误，给友军造成不应该出现的误伤。同时要求炮长认真检查瞄准手装订的射击诸元，确保准确无误。并宣布连部做出的决定：给张敏同志警告处分一次。最后，张敏表示：坚决服从连队对自己的处理决定，今后要认真吸取教训，提高责任心，决不会再次出现以上错误。 7时30分，三炮连接到命令，向156高地的越军进行炮击，首先打了一个连齐射，接着又打了三个转移射，新兵经过C师的训练，今天分到部队，解决了兵源不足的问题。 C师到前线实习的干部，同时分到连队。 几天来，师团分别召开军事会议，传达中央军委的作战命令，为了狠狠打击越南的地区霸权主义，支援柬铺寨人民的反越斗争。命令A师全线出击，以实际行动教训越军。 营、连都在沙盘前，研究自己的作战任务。 进攻部队的突击队（敢死队）已经组织完毕。 邹军接到九连连长田成的电话，让他去一下。他很快地赶到九连阵地，田成热情地把他迎进指挥所。 两双手紧紧地握在一起，互相注视了一会儿。田成说：“老兄，今天让你来，我想让你尝尝我做的家乡饭。”他麻利地搬来三块石头，摆成三角形，把钢盔里面的带子去掉，放在石头上，搅了一饭盒面糊，又用砍刀劈了一个弹药箱，点起火来。把油倒进钢盔里少许，涮了一下，然后把面糊倒进里面，摊起煎饼来了。虽然摊的不象煎饼，到也吃得津津有味。 然后，田成说：“老邹！明天我就和连队向168高地发起进攻了，这个高地在敌人的纵深处，三面受敌，危险性极大，很有可能'光荣'。今天很可能是我们俩的最后一面，我有一事相求，万一真的'光荣'了，我爱人小王从洛阳某厂来部队处理后事时，你一定帮我照看好她，不要让她太为难了。咱也不能害人家一辈子，如果遇到合适的，你劝她早日改嫁。女儿小杭才一岁多，麻烦你常看看她，假如她有了继父，长大后你一定告诉她，她的爸爸是一位在中越战场上牺牲的英雄，千万让她记住我的名字，拜托了。” 生与死的告别，他们俩紧紧地抱在一起，都哭成了泪人。 邹军说：“田成！你是一连之长，现代战争和过去有很大的区别，是诸兵种作战，要始终注意自己的指挥位置，攻占山头后，不要停留时间过长，上面可设一个观察哨，指挥所迅速撤向山的反面向下位置，我相信你能打好这一仗，我和你的家人盼望能和你早日团圆。” 他们俩又千叮咛，万嘱咐，互相鼓励，共同保重。最后邹军怀着沉重的心情，踏上回去的路程，准备迎接新的战斗。