Chapter 3 Chapter two

Yin Guocai, the Chief of Staff of Regiment A, stood tall on a protruding rock in front of the command tent, raised his binoculars with both hands, and searched the emergency road at the foot of the northern mountain.Yin Guocai is about 30 years old, and his height is only 1.60 meters. Every part of his body is small, but they are so compact and harmonious with each other. Handsome and capable.His face is still doll-shaped, round and fat, surrounded by soft outlines, his facial features are small but distinct from each other, strictly conforming to the best proportions, as if all of them have been carefully sculpted by a skilled craftsman.The expression on Yin Guocai's face is always bright and enthusiastic, with a touch of humor and playfulness, and the two dimples in his cheeks are like two lakes full of happiness, ready to spread around at the right moment.His eyes were full of aura, as if as long as he rolled his eyes, a fresh idea would flash out.Moreover, once he speaks to you, he will quickly give you the impression: how easy it is to speak!When people who are not experienced listen to Yin Guocai's speech, they will accidentally think that he is undoubtedly gifted with eloquence; when people who are well-informed listen to Yin Guocai's speech, they will immediately think: the reason why this person is elated and eloquent to you is not because he really wants to You believe the words, and you just want to win your favor, to make you understand that he is a good and well-informed infantry officer, so that before you know it you can forget the fact that he is small.Yin Guocai was still very active. Even though he was standing there quietly, his posture and expression gave people the feeling that he was about to start running or jumping.If you think that he is a ridiculous person with a weak sense of image based on this, you are wrong. In fact, his sense of image is no worse than that of his own team leader. Unfortunately, it is still at a low level. to the level of satisfying one's exuberant desire for performance in front of strangers.Getting along with Yin Guocai is a pleasure. Even the most demanding person, listening to him, smiling happily, and handling the official duties of the regiment chief of staff, will unconsciously come to a conclusion: Although this person has Some weaknesses, but still an enthusiastic, intelligent, clever, full of vitality, who can definitely do his job well.

Now, what exactly did he find at the bottom of the mountain? He put down the binoculars, turned his head, and with a rare panic on his face, he hurriedly said to Liu Erzhu behind him: "Erzhu, hurry up! Go find the regiment commander! Just say that the army commander is here!" Liu Erzhu moved, then stopped again, his mouth pursed, and a embarrassed expression appeared on his face.In terms of body shape, this twenty-year-old guard just formed a strong contrast with Yin Guocai.If Yin Guocai can be regarded as a small and meticulously carved work by an artist, Liu Erzhu is a rough and heavy work that lacks patience and was carved by a sculptor who admired primitive art.The body, arms and legs of the two pillars, as well as the face and facial features are surprisingly large. The big and big are not coordinated and conflict with each other, giving people a thick, strong and powerful impression as a whole.Liu Erzhu didn't serve as the regimental commander's bodyguard in the regiment headquarters. He was transferred from the company before the war. The reason was that he was able to shoot accurately, and he was strong enough to carry the wounded commander on the battlefield.Seeing that he didn't carry out his order immediately, Yin Guocai became more anxious and said sharply:

"Er Zhu, what's wrong with you? Go, go!" "Commander...who knows where he went?...He won't let me follow!" After holding back for a long time, Liu Erzhu muttered a sentence, and at the same time looked at the vast tropical rainforest behind the commanding tent in embarrassment glance. Yin Guocai also subconsciously looked towards the vast forest.The red and yellow sunlight and the milky white morning mist are still crowded, lingering, and tumbling in the forest, mixing into a chaotic and confused one.A crisp bird song resounded deep in the sun and mist.He who has the most ideas on weekdays has no ideas today, so he can only get angry with Liu Erzhu:

"I told you to look for it, so you go look for it!... Hurry up, if you can't find the leader, I will withdraw you!" Liu Erzhu glared at him angrily, thinking that I am a soldier, why are you withdrawing me?Withdraw I'm still a soldier!I never thought of the regiment headquarters to serve you!But he turned around and ran into the woods behind the command tent. Yin Guocai turned his head and continued to look down the mountain with the binoculars.With each passing minute, the nervous expression on his face increased. Two off-road jeeps covered with camouflage nets drove for more than ten minutes on the urgent road at the bottom of the mountain, turned three turns, and were engulfed by a large cloud of thick fog slowly rising from the bottom of the valley.When they appeared in the telescope again, they were only a hundred meters away from the forward command post of the A regiment in the half-waist of the anti-slope of Maoerling.

Yin Guocai turned his head and glanced at the woods behind the commander's tent, a look of despair flashed across his eyebrows, and then disappeared.Up to now, he was not in a panic anymore, and a pleasant thought of "Now let's see how I perform" quickly flashed in his mind. While jumping off the rock, he straightened his military cap and belt, and rushed to the empty field in the center of the camp , to meet the approaching jeep. On the south side of the camp is a steep cliff, below which is a slope the size of a basketball court.On both sides of the slope, there are four or five tents at the forward command post of the A regiment.Two jeeps drove into the middle of the tent one after the other and stopped.The commander got out of the first car.The teacher stepped out of the second car.

Then he got out of the two cars, Deputy Director He of the Operations Department of the Army Headquarters, a combat staff officer in the division, the commander of the army and the four tall guards of the division commander, armed with live ammunition. Before the army commander’s car entered the camp, he was the central figure here; when he got out of the car, everything in the camp—people, voices, footsteps, and gazes—existed solely on his presence, and the atmosphere also changed. The change in his expression and eyes is a change.The army commander is a skinny old man in his sixties. He used to be tall, but now he is shrunken. A No. 3 military uniform still looks empty.He wears a soft military cap, and his snow-like white hair is conspicuously exposed at the sideburns.His eyelids are loose and wrinkled, hanging low, but when he looks at you, you will realize that his eyes are still sharp and unpredictable.The army commander was leaning on a slender rattan cane. After getting out of the car, he first looked at the camp of the field command post of the A regiment. There is a deep resentment faintly.More than one person immediately thought that the pressure that the imminent war had put on the army commander was beyond his imagination.

The division commander standing next to the army commander is a tall and strong fat man in his fifties, bald, his cheeks are swollen outward like blowing air, rosy as if breathing fire, his expression is majestic, his eyes are sharp, and his belly is too shy. Made him a bit bloated and old.The division commander seemed to be dissatisfied with something before he got off the car, and just after getting off the car, he followed the army commander to scan the camp with an expert and condescending gaze, and the unhappiness hidden in his brows and eyes became more and more obvious. Unlike the army commander and division commander, He Yan, the deputy director of the Army Operations Department, is a man who can be regarded as a beautiful man specimen: he is 1.80 meters tall, moderately fat and thin, tall and well-proportioned, with a handsome and well-maintained face ;Even on the always wet and rainy battlefield, the military uniform on his body is brand new and spotless, and the uppers of the pair of brown-yellow leather shoes under his feet are shiny, and the soles seem to have just been stained with a little wet soil after getting off the car , Those hands holding a briefcase in front of the lower abdomen were actually wearing white gloves.At this time, he stood upright behind the army commander and division commander, with a calm, serene, and detached expression, as if to say: Even at the forefront of the confrontation between the two armies, I am still elegant, beautiful, and different from everyone else.I am who I am……

As soon as the group got out of the car and stood still, Yin Guocai gathered his mind and ran quickly towards the commander. He stood still with both feet, raised his hands in salute, and shouted loudly: "Report to the army commander, Yin Guocai, the chief of staff of the A regiment, is reporting to you: Our regiment is currently preparing for the battle. Please give instructions!" "Well." The army commander snorted, raised his eyelids and glanced at him, but didn't return the salute.The old man obviously couldn't recognize who was standing in front of him. The teacher knew Yin Guocai, but he cared about another person.The division commander looked into the camp for the second time, raised his thick eyebrows in surprise, and asked loudly, "Where is your regiment commander?"

If Yin Guocai would panic in this situation, he would not be Yin Guocai.He slapped his feet that had been standing still, and turned half his face to the left to the teacher. Without blinking his eyes, he still replied in a loud and confident voice: "Report to the division commander: Commander Jiang is going to handle some business, and he will be back soon!" The master gave him a stern look.Obviously, he was neither satisfied nor believed in Yin Guocai's answer. "What business is he going to handle?... There will be a war tomorrow, who approved him to leave the command position casually?!" The teacher said in a loud voice, and the original dissatisfaction in his heart turned into clear anger, which was expressed in his voice.

The Chief of Staff of Regiment A did not hesitate for a minute, and without changing his face, he immediately answered the division commander's questioning: "Report to the chief. The head of the group didn't know that the chief was coming to inspect. He just left for a while, and he will come back soon after finishing the official business!"——He changed the topic on a whim—"Please enter the tent rest!" That bit of surprise and anger remained intact on the teacher's face.He was going to walk towards the command tent pointed by Yin Guocai, and he had already taken a step forward, but at this moment, he realized that the army commander did not follow the arrangement of the chief of staff of the A regiment - the army commander seemed to have no intention at all. Hearing his conversation with Yin Guocai, the old man leaned on the rattan cane in front of his lower abdomen with both hands, making a posture of waiting like this, while narrowing his eyes, looking indifferently at the Gongmu Mountain towering into the clouds under the blue sky in the south Zhufeng. ——A kind of embarrassment of not being able to find a place suddenly rushed into the teacher's heart, he stood still again, and his face became even uglier.

Yin Guocai looked a little dazed.He hadn't expected this situation to happen.Just now he almost thought that he had cleverly diverted the attention of the two chiefs away from the head of the regiment, only now did he realize that was not the case at all. The two chiefs stood motionless outside the tent, so he had to stand there stiffly to accompany them. It was very quiet in the camp.Yin Guocai heard the clear and beautiful birdsong from the woods behind the command tent again, and he felt that his forehead began to sweat. Ten minutes passed. Not only did the atmosphere in the camp not ease, but it became even more tense.The army commander looked at the peaks of the Gongmu Mountains winding under the blue sky in the south, his eyes became painful. After another ten minutes, three people hurried out from the woods behind the command tent. Liu Erzhu carried two air guns on his shoulders and walked ahead sweating; On his left, a little later, is Jiang Tao, whose face is flushed from breathing too much fresh morning air; A little farther to the right, flashed the eye-catching figure of the only woman in the camp. Suddenly seeing a group of people standing frozen in the center of the camp, they were startled at the same time and stopped in their tracks. The breathing of many people in the camp suddenly became short of breath.That young and lovely female military doctor appeared at the edge of the forest with Jiang Tao, making everyone immediately think of something, with an unnatural, tense and stiff expression on her face without exception. The commander was the last to see them.The old man slowly moved the rattan walking stick between his feet, turned around, and stared at the three people by the forest for a long time, his eyes thoughtful, as if he wanted to find out the answer to the mystery from them. The first time the teacher saw the scene by the forest, a red tide appeared on his face that only happens when people are about to get angry.He seemed about to blurt out: I already knew what "official duties" he was going to handle!This is the "business" he went to deal with! Yin Guocai realized that he was really flustered today.His eyes quickly swept back and forth on the faces of the army commander, division commander, and regimental commander, and felt that in a second, the army commander or division commander would get angry at Jiang Tao!No, once the army commander and division commander get angry, he, who lied to the commander in front of him, can't escape the embarrassment! What happened next surprised him: Jiang Tao met the commander's gaze, as if realizing something, he suddenly grinned naturally and without any affectation.He only stopped at the edge of the forest for a moment, then walked quickly towards the commander, and did not get too close, standing still at a distance, with his heels touching, because he was not wearing a military cap, he just made a gesture with his middle fingers pressed against the seam of his trousers. With a casual yet heroic gesture, he paid attention to the old man and shouted: "Commander—" In the woods behind the command tent, a bird lost no time in singing for a long time. I don't know if it was because of the bird's call, or because of Jiang Tao's nonchalant smile just now, but people quietly noticed that the commander's bright eyes were calmer. The division commander was going to get angry at Jiang Tao, but the army commander didn't get angry, so he had to keep his anger in his stomach.Yet the expression of anger and disgust on his face grew stronger. People around suddenly understood that a crisis had passed.The tense and unnatural expressions disappeared from their faces one after another, replaced by uncontrollable smiles as they secretly looked at each other.Yin Guocai's wit was revived again. He ran quickly to the command tent, opened the curtain, and shouted: "Please! Please, please enter the tent to rest!" The commander moved his feet first. The second is the teacher, who deliberately turned his angry face away when he approached Jiang Tao. Then there was He Yan from the Military Operations Department.Before entering the tent, no one noticed that he blinked his left eye quickly at Jiang Tao. Jiang Tao was the last to enter the tent.Yin Guocai observed carefully, and found that what happened just now had no effect on him at all.Jiang Tao is still radiant, calm, and feels good about himself.Yin Guocai suddenly realized that although he had followed Jiang Tao for a long time and thought he had learned a lot, in terms of what happened today, it was just his generous, brave smile that caught everyone off guard a few minutes ago, and he had to learn it again. for many years. For a while, his admiration for the head of the regiment deepened a lot.