The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 497: Soldiers’ Children!!!

Liu Zhiye was a scout and knew the importance of reconnaissance of the enemy before the war.

The front-line electronic reconnaissance team is a newly formed unit. Although it is composed of elite soldiers from various units, most of them are on the battlefield for the first time.

Liu Zhiye was really worried about this.

Therefore, he personally attended the send-off meeting for the electronic reconnaissance team before their departure.

He also explained to these young men in detail the topographical features of the areas involved in the battle and the combat characteristics of the enemy forces;
Liu Zhiye specifically pointed out: "You are following the first wave of combat troops into the battlefield covertly, and the enemies you may encounter are mainly enemy agents and small groups of troops.

I asked the guard troops to avoid fighting as much as possible if they encountered an enemy that had discovered us.

In order to keep it secret, no prisoners were taken, no one was left alive, and all were killed."

Under the chairmanship of Liu Zhiye, Captain Yu of the electronic reconnaissance team gave the team members a comprehensive talk for more than three hours.

It not only made Meng Kangmei and his men clear about their own mission.

It also made Meng Kangmei and his colleagues feel that their captain not only had profound professional skills, but also had high military command qualities. Everyone was extremely excited and their confidence increased.

The next morning, Liu Zhiye convened a mobilization meeting for the war in a camp on the front line and held a pre-war oath.

In the afternoon, the electronic reconnaissance team began to receive equipment, supplies, weapons and ammunition.

Almost all soldiers knew that once they went to the battlefield, they would never come back.

Liu Zhiye asked them: "Comrades, do you have any other wishes?"

The investigation team members said one after another: "Chief, we would like to drink some Moutai before we set off. Is that possible?"

"no problem!"

So Liu Zhiye ordered the logistics department to purchase all the Moutai liquor from the nearby towns.

We had dinner in the evening, and each person drank two taels of Maotai.

Liu Zhiye led some cadres from the front command to toast at each table. He was extremely generous and drank at least two kilograms of white wine by himself.

"Comrades, the electronic reconnaissance unit is the eyes and ears of our army. Without you, our troops will become deaf and blind."

"I'm looking forward to the day when I can celebrate your success. Come and do it!"

"Fuck!" All the officers and soldiers of the electronic reconnaissance team stood up and roared.

We got on the car at 11 o'clock at night and secretly entered the top of an inconspicuous hill on the border at 4 o'clock in the morning.

After two hours, all the equipment was set up and put into operation.

In this way, with the coordination of the front command and various departments, in just three days, all the enemy radio stations of all sizes in the war zone were under the surveillance of Meng Kangmei and his electronic reconnaissance team.

The initial battle was a victory, it seems that the electronic reconnaissance team is quite combat-capable!

The time now is: February 2th.

The hill where Meng Kangmei and his team were located was on the north bank of the Red River.

The Red River is a border river with a width of 160 to 210 meters, a depth of 3 to 5 meters and a flow rate of about meters per second.

The 1x Army and part of the 5X Army of the Shudu Military Region were also secretly assembled near the electronic reconnaissance team.

The enemy's 316A and 345th divisions were stationed in the opposite mountains.

The enemy's defensive fortification system is extremely complete.

Its construction began in the F era, and during World War C, the Xia Kingdom also sent engineers, civilian workers, and educated youth to carry out large-scale construction.

However, three years ago, the enemy changed this group of fortifications from south-facing defense to north-facing defense.

In addition, the terrain was complex and the enemy was extremely arrogant.

Meng Kangmei and his men had heard them boast to their superiors on the radio many times that they could delay the Xia army for at least two months.

As night fell on the 16th, Meng Kangmei followed Captain Yu into the guard trench and observed the river through a telescope.

At about 11 o'clock, the 1X army began to sneak to the other side using rubber boats.

At 17 a.m. on the 4th, the pontoon troops began building the bridge.

The enemy on the opposite hill discovered the situation and began firing with their squad machine guns.

"Da da da……"

People from Xia Jun's pontoon bridge troops kept falling down, while others ran and jumped into the riverbed.

Immediately, Xia Jun's artillery units began covering rapid fire at the enemy positions to protect the pontoon bridge troops.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

The earth was shaking, the sound was deafening, and the pungent smoke was getting thicker and thicker.

It was also the first time for Meng Kangmei and his men to see real combat.

The team members squatted in the trenches, plugged their ears and opened their mouths wide, admiring this spectacular scene.

The Xia army's artillery gradually fired deeper into the territory.

The organ-like sound was heard again behind Meng Kangmei and the others.

Groups of rockets with orange-red flames flew over their heads, landing on the places where the cannons had just fired, igniting large areas of fire.

At this time, the captain patted Meng Kangmei on the shoulder, gestured with his thumb backwards, and they bent down and ran back to the temporary machine room (tent).

Every machine here is working desperately, and the enemy's shouts and code sounds are constantly coming from the headphones or speakers.

Every time a signal came to an abrupt halt, the flight attendant would turn around with a smile and give the captain a thumbs up.

Meng Kangmei knew that another enemy radio station had been silenced.

The comrades were extremely excited at this time.

Although they did not charge into battle like ordinary infantrymen, their role was no less important.

The fierce battle lasted all night.

At daybreak, fierce gunfire began to spread gradually to the south.

The large force of Xia Jun at the foot of the mountain quickly crossed the pontoon bridge.

Seeing that defeat was inevitable, the enemy only left some provincial and county teams and militia to delay Xia's attack.

Their regular troops quickly withdrew to the important locations of Guliu, Baosheng, Gushan and Xishan, and gradually began to take measures to prevent electronic reconnaissance.

Captain Yu issued an order: At 2 pm, board the artillery unit's vehicles and advance towards Baosheng.

Through reconnaissance of enemy camps and companies using walkie-talkies, we quickly grasp the location of the enemy's ace "heroic division" 316th Division headquarters and its th Regiment, th Regiment and th Artillery Regiment.

After the troops had assembled, Captain Yu said solemnly: "The enemy's 316th Division is the most complete and powerful enemy on our western front.

Capturing him will give our army great battlefield initiative.

Baosheng was the base where Liu Yongfu, the leader of the Black Flag Army, fought against the F Army in the late Qing Dynasty.

The terrain here belongs to the southern branch of the Hengduan Mountains and is extremely complex.

The guard troops must pay special attention. After entering the territory of the ungrateful people, everyone must control the troops.

Everyone should maintain good formation and protect their equipment.

For us, there is no prisoner policy, no military-civilian relations, only two things: completing the mission and protecting ourselves.

In order to confuse the enemy and prevent small groups of enemies from easily attacking us, we should exaggerate our military strength during conversations.

Soldiers are collectively referred to as xx squad leader, squad leaders are collectively referred to as xx platoon leader, and so on.

Business cadres are collectively called xx staff officers. My team and I are code-named. I am 308 and the team is 309.

Do you understand everything? "

Meng Kangmei and the others shouted loudly: "I understand!"

Captain Yu nodded, straightened the clothes of a soldier, and patted him on the arm to show encouragement.

The soldier was deeply encouraged and grinned at him, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. His clean and fair complexion showed that he came from a well-off family.

Captain Yu took one last look at everyone and ordered, "Okay, let's go!"

The artillery stopped advancing only half an hour after the electronic reconnaissance team had been in the vehicle.

So they had to get off the car and form a team to enter the mountains through a small path.

There were two guides following Meng Kangmei's team.

They were scouts who were demobilized from the anti-aircraft artillery unit that assisted Y during the Anti-M War.

The two veterans are very familiar with the border area.

The guard force sent out a vanguard squad 500 meters ahead of the brigade to search and advance.

There was one squad each providing cover on the left and right wings and the rear team. All personnel wore helmets, had bayonets fixed, and had bullets loaded.

To facilitate identification at night, the team members also tied a white towel on their left arms.

Less than ten minutes after advancing, starting from a small hill, the cruelty of war was revealed to Meng Kangmei and his men.

There were shell holes on the ground one after another, and corpses were scattered on the mountain road, both enemy and ours.

That is definitely not what you see in the movies.

To be precise, some corpses should be called body parts, with half an arm and a leg.

The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and blood. From time to time, teams of educated youth carrying wounded soldiers passed by our sight, and we could hear their cries of pain.

A helmet contained half a head, with only one eye left on the head, bulging out and staring at the sky.
As we walked, everyone's mood began to drop.

Some people had red eyes, some were pale, and some covered their noses and eyes with hats.

Some people even needed others to accompany them before they could walk, and the formation began to become a little chaotic.

Yes, they are just a group of young people who grew up in a peaceful era.

Many were born into pampered cadre families.

The original purpose of coming to the military camp might be to escape being sent to the countryside or to pursue a better future.

Some people had never even seen a dead person before.

And now, they have entered the battlefield.

When I saw the smoke and blood, I thought that maybe in a few minutes I would become the broken one...

How could they not be terrified and shocked!
The little mental preparation I had originally had was simply not enough to withstand this shock.

Meng Kangmei and his companions were actually not afraid of death, but no one had expected that they might die so ugly and tragically.

...Before the sun was about to set, the electronic reconnaissance team finally climbed to the top of a high mountain.

In the jungle on the south side of the mountain, there was intense gunfire.

There were enemy cement fortifications on the mountain, with dozens of enemy and Xia army corpses inside and outside the fortifications.

The bodies of Xia Jun were neatly arranged. A red flag was planted on the top of a bunker. Five or six wounded soldiers of Xia Jun were lying there, all bandaged and waiting to be carried down by the stretcher team.

Captain Yu waved his hand and said, "Stop moving forward. 309 will search the area nearby. The monitoring team will use two radios to listen.

The logistics team will go and help take care of the wounded and learn about the situation. The rest of the comrades will rest where they are. "

Ten minutes later, the security forces had searched the area and set up alerts.

Captain Yu circled around his martyrs several times and shouted: "Everyone gather and line up with me as the center."

Meng Kangmei and his men lined up in front of the martyrs, and Captain Yu began to speak: "Correct your military appearance and discipline, and stand at attention!"

“Salute to the martyrs!”

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"The ceremony is over!"

"Comrades! We have entered the battlefield, and the officers and soldiers of the 1X Army are fighting bravely at the foot of the mountain.

After several hours of battlefield marching, I believe everyone has seen it.

I also understood what war is!
I see some people are scared and confused, right? It doesn’t matter, it’s the first time!”

"Comrades, we are not a field army, we are just following behind others.

Look at the field troops, they are charging forward under the pressure of bullets and artillery fire!

Who are we to be so scared?
We are all seven feet tall men, this is too cowardly!"

"Look at this martyr, he was knocked down by a machine gun, his head was smashed and blown off.

Few people recognize him or remember him.

But he is a hero, a hero who sacrificed himself facing the enemy!
What does it mean to be bloodstained on the battlefield, what does it mean to die on the horse's hide? This is it!"

Seeing that everyone's emotions were aroused and their eyes were filled with anger, Captain Yu felt that the anger was not enough, so he continued:

"I remember when I was young, an old hero from the Fourth Field Army taught me a song: 'When the gun goes off on the battlefield, risk everything, glory if it's glory, death if it's death, hold the gun steady, aim accurately, and pull a few more back pads'...

This is a glorious tradition!
Many of us have parents who were veterans of the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, or the Liberation Army. We cannot lose face!
My father is a hero, and my son is also a hero!
When the war is over, if I am still alive, I will write letters to the homes of every comrade.

Report your performance on the battlefield. Whether you make the old man proud or embarrassed depends entirely on you."

"Now I announce the battlefield discipline:" Captain Yu raised his voice.

"If you panic and don't obey orders, kill them!"

"Those who are cowardly and retreat in the face of battle will be killed!"

"Those who shirk responsibility, quibble, and fail to observe discipline will be killed!"

"Those who are afraid of death and surrender to the enemy and betray their country should be killed!"

"Anyone who loses equipment or leaks secrets will be killed!"

"Wow!" Pentakill, so powerful.

All the players present were excited: "Damn it, if we are going to play for our lives, we have to play it well!"

As soon as Captain Yu finished speaking, the head of the interception team ran over to report: "We heard a conversation between the enemy's Sabah Independent Battalion, which is attached to the 316th Division."

Upon hearing this, Captain Yu quickly ordered: "The business department will enter the bunker immediately and start working in full swing.

The guard force created a 200-meter circular defense circle with the bunker as the center.

Logistics team, please find a way to get some thin food for everyone.

Comrades, it’s not good to keep eating compressed dry food!

The communications group immediately connected me to the forward command operations department. I want to speak to Chief of Staff Liu.

Branch members, please arrange your work and come to my place for the meeting in 20 minutes.

My position is in the heavy machine gun bunker due south, disband!"

Looks like I'll have to stay here tonight.

As soon as all the branch members arrived, the stretcher team came up.

The guard squad leader of the escort immediately ran over and saluted them when he saw them.

Captain Yu chatted with him and found out that this man was the old squad leader of the X Division of the 5X Army.

He has 5 years of military service, is from Sichuan Province, his name is Zhang Jianguo, and he just came down from the battlefield.

Captain Yu asked Zhang Jianguo to explain the situation to them.

Zhang Jianguo said: "There are a lot of caves in this area, and many of the enemies that were scattered by the troops in front hid in the caves.

We fired several rockets into every cave we found.

If we use a flamethrower to burn them again, there will definitely be a lot of them that escape.

They might come out at night. The enemy is very cunning. They can speak our language and even follow our commands.

I just encountered a group of them. He first asked me for the password, and I said to be vigilant. He immediately said to defend the motherland.

By the time we found out they were enemy troops, they had already gone into the woods. Please be careful, leaders."

After saying that, Zhang Jianguo led his men to escort the stretcher team down the mountain.

Thanks to his reminder, otherwise, Meng Kangmei and his team might have suffered a great loss that night.

After the war, Meng Kangmei and others went to the field hospital to visit Captain Yu and talked about Zhang Jianguo.

Captain Yu immediately called Division X to look for him.

Unfortunately, Comrade Zhang Jianguo had already sacrificed his life.

This time the branch meeting lasted a long time, and discussed work arrangements, emergency response plans, discipline, cadres' leading role, etc.

The high school captain said that the 200-meter circular defense line was too long and asked to retreat 100 meters.

After discussion, it was decided that the business personnel who did not check in would form a second line of defense around the bunker using the existing fortifications.

Speaking of passwords, Captain Yu thought for a moment and said, "Our password tonight is Second War Zone; reply is Yan Laoxi."

Hearing this, everyone laughed.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone was Yan Laoxi, which left the enemy with nowhere to turn!
Small passwords are used within each unit, and large passwords are used between units in a war zone.

The comrades had not slept for two days and two nights. Captain Yu said that if they did not sleep tonight, they would take turns sleeping during the day tomorrow.

Ah! Another sleepless night on the battlefield. Last night the flames of war were raging, tonight the stars are shining!
Starting around 9 or 10 o'clock that evening, sporadic gunfire was heard from the surrounding mountains.

Then the attacks became more and more frequent, the enemy began guerrilla warfare, and our mopping-up troops also took action.

All machines were working properly, and Meng Kangmei walked out of the bunker to get some fresh air.

To prevent sound and light from leaking out, they blocked all the shooting holes with backpacks.

The gunfire rang out fiercely, and dark red stray bullets flew over their heads from time to time.

Sometimes they just fall into the nearby mud, making a fluttering sound.

Meng Kangmei came to Captain Yu's bunker. Captain Yu was sitting on the bunker, seemingly enjoying the night view.

Seeing Meng Kangmei coming, Captain Yu asked him with a smile: "Are you afraid?"

"Okay, let's listen to the advice and have a full meal. How about the equipment?" Captain Yu jumped down and asked Meng Kangmei.

"That's great. This batch of equipment is great, light and easy to use! Xiao Sun is watching it over there."

"How are the comrades from the military region feeling? You need to talk to them more and understand their thoughts. The completion of the mission depends on everyone."

"Don't worry, Captain. I fully support your work. I heard that your father was from an ace army. So we are old friends."

"Oh? Your father is also a subordinate of Mr. Liang?"

The captain of the high school team bent over and ran over: "Captain Yu, there are four people coming up from the bottom of the mountain. There are still more than 4 meters to go. Do you want to fight?"

"Haha, let's go and take a look." Captain Yu said excitedly. He hadn't fired a single shot since coming to the front line!

"I'm going too!" Meng Kangmei shouted in a low voice.

"Bring your guns!"

"Oh no! My gun fell in the bunker!" Meng Kangmei was very upset.

After Meng Kangmei picked up his gun, he trotted to the trench that had just been dug by the guards.

There were indeed a few dark figures on the mountainside, bending over and slowly climbing up. The high team leader whispered, "What? It's 50 to 70 meters at most. Let's fight!"

Captain Yu waved his hand: "Don't worry, what if this person is one of our own?"

High school team: "Then should I give a loud command?"

"Shh, how are your shooting skills?" Captain Yu asked with a smile.

"We are definitely better than you. Our military region has won first place." said the high school team.

"I'm third." A platoon leader also came over.

"I'm the best in the organization." Meng Kangmei also rushed to brag.

"Well, let's get closer and test him. If he speaks our language, you can ask for the password. If he speaks the enemy's language, we will beat him up!
From the left, I will be the first, Li will be the second, Lao Du will be the third (the oldest in the high school team), Xiao Meng will be the fourth, using point shooting!"

Thirty meters away, Captain Yu threw a stone diagonally forward.

All four of the other men climbed down.

After waiting for a while and seeing no movement, a man stood up.

He looked around and called out to his companions in a low voice.

Haha, the enemy's words!!!
There's something to play with!
Seeing that the enemies had stood up, Meng Kangmei quickly aimed at his target. His heart was beating so fast and his gun was shaking a little.

"Tat, tat," Captain Yu's gun fired.

"Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta..." Meng Kangmei and his men also opened fire.

The four enemies fell down in a crooked manner, which was definitely not a well-trained way of lying down.

The two soldiers rushed out like arrows: "Kill him, he's an ungrateful soldier!" the soldiers shouted happily.

(End of this chapter)