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

Chapter 544 Liu Wu goes to the front line!!!
Time flies and it is September 86, at the southern border of Xinjiang.

This year, Liu Wu graduated from the Army Academy, and when he was assigned a job, he strongly requested to go to the front line in southern Xinjiang.

On the unnamed high ground on the front line of L Mountain, Liu Wu was half lying in a closed cat ear cave, while his comrades beside him had fainted and looked dying.

Liu Wu's body was also covered with scars, and the blood gushing out of his wounds carved dark red patterns on his camouflage uniform.

The injury above his left eyelid had been drooping, and a line of blood and tears ran down his cheek, which had now solidified into a blood clot.

But Liu Wu had no time to care about the wounds on his body. He held the communicator tightly and observed the situation outside through the gap in the cave.

As long as the enemy dared to charge into the position, he would fight to the death.

The soldier next to Liu Wu was named Wei Changhui. At this time, seven or eight hours had passed since the two of them were separated from their company.

And they are writing their own legends with their lives.

Soldier Wei Changhui was born into a peasant family in Su Province.

When he was born, the country had only been founded for a dozen years. At that time, the economic development level of Jiangsu Province was relatively backward and could not be compared with today.

When Wei Changhui was very young, his father was infected with hepatitis A in his prime.

Due to the relatively backward medical conditions in the village, his father’s illness did not receive timely treatment, resulting in severe damage to his physical functions and loss of ability to work.

Wei Changhui is the eldest son in the family and has three younger sisters.

After his father fell ill, the young Wei Changhui had to support the family as the main breadwinner and took the initiative to herd cattle in exchange for centimeters to supplement the family income.

Under the media publicity and reports, even Wei Changhui, who was far away in Jiangsu Province, knew their names by heart.

The seeds of guarding the frontier and serving the country with loyalty were quietly planted in Wei Changhui's heart. He was only 14 years old that year.

But fate is so wonderful. The young Wei Changhui could never have imagined that six years later he would actually be on that battlefield.

After graduating from high school, Wei Changhui's future was bright. Whether continuing his studies or working was a good choice for him.

But Wei Changhui made an unexpected decision. He wanted to join the army to defend his country.

Joining the army these days really means seeing blood.

When Wei Changhui's parents heard about their son's ambitions, they naturally disagreed, but Wei Changhui had made up his mind.

He was under 18 years old but he secretly signed up and took the physical examination.

Finally, Wei Changhui put on the military uniform as he wished, picked up the standard rifle, and gloriously joined the army, becoming a soldier of the 6th Company of a certain army regiment of a certain military region.

The military region is located on the eastern coast, while the "Two Mountains" are far away in the southwest of Yunnan, and have absolutely nothing to do with Wei Changhui.

This made Wei Changhui disappointed when he first joined the army, thinking that he would never have a chance to fight on the battlefield.

Unexpectedly, the opportunity for a rotation came soon after.

In May last year, Wei Changhui, who had been in the army for more than a year, and his company were urgently summoned.

It was only after the division commander's passionate mobilization that Wei Changhui realized that his infantry division was about to go to the Liangshan battlefield to participate in a rotation battle.

With excitement and nervousness, Wei Changjin, his comrades and their acting platoon leader Liu Wu boarded a military transport plane and headed straight to the border of Yunnan.

After arriving at the border position, starting from mid-May, a certain regiment took over the relevant defensive positions.

According to the division of the battlefield, the 6th Company where Liu Wu and his team were located arrived at a fist-shaped protruding port at the front of the position and was responsible for defending a high ground.

At the edge of the port, the 6th Company dispersed, and Liu Wu, Wei Changhui and four other soldiers were assigned to post No. 4 on the left side of the high ground.

Liu Wu and his six companions held this post for 62 days.

After all, Liu Wu, Wei Changhui and others at that time were still recruits who had never been to the battlefield, and the cruelty of war was far beyond their imagination.

On the smoke-filled battlefield, the overwhelming artillery fire and bullets wove a web of death, which was very different from the heroic stories depicted in the vernacular novels of the past.

The lives of the soldiers are like fragile straws that fall in the wind. What is repeated every day is just charging, defending and dying.

After experiencing the baptism of blood and fire, Liu Wu further deepened his understanding of war and peace.

As soldiers, they have no way to retreat because their motherland is behind them.

During the two months of garrison, Liu Wu and his comrades fought off the enemy's attacks time and time again.

Fortunately, post No. 6 was not the enemy's main target of attack, so the defensive pressure on Liu Wu, Wei Changhui and others was not heavy.

More than a month passed in a flash.

Crisis always comes suddenly.

One morning, the moon set in the west, the sun was reluctant to wake up from its sleep, and the dark purple sky still covered everything.

Wei Changhui and another comrade had just finished their shift and were planning to take a break. When they were about to change their clothes, a deafening sound of artillery fire rang out.

Dense artillery shells covered Post No. 6 like raindrops. The powerful impact carried shrapnel and blew the originally lushly vegetated high ground into a barren land.

Enemy attack! Wei Changhui and his comrades reacted quickly, set up their submachine guns and rushed out of the cat ear cave.

Liu Wu and others in the outpost were instantly awakened, "Quick, the enemy is attacking!!!" They quickly picked up their weapons and equipment and rushed to the position.

The shells stirred up dust, and in the thick smoke, Liu Wu saw the enemy's figure emerging outside the position.

At the foot of the hillside where the position was located, dense groups of enemies were still climbing up.

Seeing that the enemy was about to rush up to the position, Liu Wu and others were unwilling to sit and wait for the enemy to come up and fight with bayonets.

In order to facilitate defense, the soldiers at post No. 6 placed grenades everywhere, and the lids were opened in advance so they could be used as soon as they were caught.

Although there was thick smoke inside and outside the position at this time, Liu Wu could still see the enemy's figure looming on the hillside.

The situation did not allow him to think too much. He aimed at the enemy and threw the grenades around him one by one like dumplings.

The grenade drew a beautiful parabola in the air, and after a series of consecutive explosions, the thick smoke was not dispersed.

Liu Wu was not sure whether the enemy had been eliminated, so he threw the two blasting tubes beside him over. After observing that the enemy did not move, Liu Wu felt relieved.

Thanks to the timely response of Liu Wu and others, the enemy's first wave of attack was successfully repelled in less than ten minutes.

But the enemy did not give up. They assembled two battalions and a company for this raid, vowing to capture the outpost.

Seeing that the attack was repelled, the frustrated enemy started a new round of artillery fire.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Wu and his companions quickly hid in the cat ear cave.

Unfortunately, a shell happened to fall near the cat ear cave.

With a loud bang, Liu Wu felt as if something had pierced his face, and he could only see half of it.

Liu Wu instinctively raised his hand and touched his left eye, and was then filled with piercing pain.

Liu Wu realized that his left eye was probably injured. When the situation was critical, he thought that being blind was a small matter, but losing the position was a big deal.

At this time Liu Wu discovered that soldier Wei Changhui was also affected by the previous wave of bombing. He was lying outside the cat ear cave covered in blood, his whole body exposed to the enemy's artillery fire.

Liu Wu endured the pain, rushed out of the cat ear cave, and used all his strength to drag and carry Wei Changhui into the cat ear cave.

It turned out that Wei Changhui was not only hit by multiple shrapnel, but also blind. He was unconscious and had completely lost his combat effectiveness.

Liu Wu's own situation is not optimistic either.

As soon as he rested, he felt excruciating pain all over his body. After a careful examination, he found that his body was full of holes.

Not only was his right chest injured, but a small piece of flesh was cut off from his right hip by shrapnel. There was not a single intact part of his body.

Yu Dong, a comrade who was less seriously injured, immediately bandaged the two men.

But before the bandaging was completed, the enemy's charge came again.

However, Liu Wu, Wei Changhui and others were unable to move due to their injuries, and their other two comrades also lost contact with them during the bombing.

Liu Wu immediately said to Yu Dong solemnly: "Yu Dong, don't worry about us. It's important to hold the position."

"Platoon leader, you guys..." Yu Dong stared at Liu Wu for a few seconds, his eyes showing determination and reluctance to leave. Then Yu Dong resolutely turned around, picked up his submachine gun and strode out of the cave.

Although there are thousands of people, I will go!
As soon as Yu Dong rushed to the cave entrance, an enemy artillery shell hit the cave entrance head-on.

The stone wall at the entrance of the cave was blown into countless pieces of rubble, which all rushed towards Yu Dong. A young life was gone with the wind.

The rubble not only buried Yu Dong, but also completely blocked the entrance to the cave, leaving only a tiny gap.

Liu Wu's eyes went dark in an instant, and hot tears streamed down his face. He shouted Yu Dong's name, but there was no response.

Once the hero leaves, he will never return!
After Yu Dong's death, only Liu Wu and Wei Changhui, who had been in a coma for a long time, were left at Post No. 6. The others either died or lost contact.

Liu Wu dragged his bloody body and lay at the entrance of the cave. Seeing that the enemy was about to completely occupy Post No. 6, Liu Wu was unwilling to give up this position.

Through the gap in the cave entrance, Liu Wujin could see every move of the enemy.

He grabbed the walkie-talkie beside him and contacted the company commander Geng Yong at the rear of the position, accurately providing the enemy's position to the artillery providing fire support.

Thanks to Liu Wu's accurate position reporting, the torrential artillery fire mercilessly covered the enemy, and the enemy's eight attacks were defeated one after another.

During this process, Liu Wu's consciousness gradually became blurred due to excessive blood loss, and he was always in a half-asleep and half-awake state.

Time passed minute by minute, the sun gradually set, but the enemy's offensive momentum did not slow down at all.

When Liu Wu woke up from his coma again, he found the enemy's footsteps and voices coming from not far away.

Through the gap, Liu Wu discovered that the enemy had climbed up to the position and was moving towards his hiding place step by step.

He realized that if he did not take action, the position would fall into the hands of the enemy.

So he grabbed the walkie-talkie beside him and asked the platoon leader Geng Yong:
"The enemy is coming. Fire at me for the sake of the motherland and for victory!"

Liu Wujin's move put himself under indiscriminate artillery bombardment from his own side, and he knew it very well, but he did not want to lose the position more than his own life.

Hearing Liu Wu's almost screaming request, Company Commander Geng Yong knew that Liu Wu was ready to sacrifice his life for the country, so he had to order the artillery to fire at Post No. 6 with tears in his eyes.

After a baptism of earth-shaking artillery fire, the enemy, which had not yet gained a firm foothold, was forced to withdraw from its outpost and start all over again.

Liu Wu also lost consciousness in the violent explosion and fell into a coma.

At eight o'clock that evening, reinforcements finally arrived and Liu Wu and Wei Changhui were rescued.

When Liu Wu was sent to the rear hospital, the doctors were shocked by his injuries. He had more than a dozen wounds all over his body and his left eye was almost damaged.

What kind of belief could support him to stay awake for 11 hours and keep reporting the position to the artillery in the rear...

Grassroots cadres may not know Liu Wu’s true identity, but his division leaders do.

They rushed to the rear hospital as soon as possible and instructed the attending doctors to save Liu Wu at all costs.

Liu Zhiye, who was far away in Yanjing, had been feeling uneasy and inexplicably anxious these past two days.

Last night, his wife Gan Ning’s words were still ringing in his ears, “Hey, Zhiye, I had a terrible dream. I dreamed of Xiao Wu. He was covered in blood and was shouting, ‘Mom, it hurts…’” When Liu Zhiye heard this, his heart was shocked.

"Is there really something wrong with Xiao Wu?" he muttered to himself. However, Liu Zhiye never believed in such superstitions, and immediately comforted his wife: "Hey, don't think about it, Xiao Wu is doing well in the army, what can happen to him?"

"Alas! I am worried about him because he is in the army. If he were his brother or sister, I wouldn't worry either..." Gan Ning said hurriedly with concern.

"Ding-ling-ling! Ding-ling-ling!" The sudden ring of the phone broke the silence. Liu Zhiye was startled for a moment, then quickly picked up the phone.

"I am Liu Zhiye!" His voice was steady and powerful.

A voice came from the other end of the phone: "Lao Liu, it's me, Lao Zhou. I...I'm sorry for you, Xiao Wu is in trouble..."

Like a bolt from the blue, a loud "bang" exploded in Liu Zhiye's mind, and he felt a sharp pain in his heart.

"Hello! Lao Liu, Lao Liu, how are you?" Lao Zhou shouted anxiously on the other end of the phone.

After all, Liu Zhiye had been through a lot. He tried his best to calm himself down and said in a hoarse voice, "Lao Zhou, Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu..."

Lao Zhou said, "Lao Liu, don't panic. We will do our best to rescue Liu Wu. He is a hero."

Liu Zhiye suppressed his grief and said, "Okay, Lao Zhou, I'll leave it to you. Here, I'm just begging you as a father... Even if something happens, I won't blame you!"

After Liu Zhiye hung up the phone, he wanted to call Gan Ning immediately, but he put his hand down halfway.

At this moment, the condition of his son Liu Wu is unknown, and he is worried that Gan Ning will not be able to bear it after knowing it.

After thinking about his words, he called home.

On the other end of the phone, his mother Deng Ru picked up the phone and asked, "Hello, Zhiye, are you going home tonight?" Liu Zhiye replied, "Mom, I'm not going home. Please tell Gan Ning that I have to go to the grassroots of the army and I won't be back in the near future..."

Deng Ru was a little unhappy when she heard that Liu Zhiye would not be home for many days. "Okay, I get it. You have a bad stomach. Don't forget to take your medicine on time!" Take your medicine on time! "

"Okay, Mom, you two take care of your health!" After Liu Zhiye hung up the phone, he hurriedly got up and went to say hello to the members of the military district's team. He was going to the Yunnan border.

Not long after, a military plane soared into the sky.

When Liu Zhiye got off the plane, he saw Lao Zhou personally driving over to greet him.

As soon as they met, Lao Zhou apologized to his old comrade Liu Zhiye with a guilty look on his face: "Lao Liu, I'm really sorry, it's my fault that I didn't protect you well..."

At this point, Liu Zhiye was no longer panicking, and instead comforted Lao Zhou: "Lao Zhou, you don't have to apologize to me. Liu Wu is a soldier, and soldiers are bound to shed blood and sacrifice. A clay pot will break if it is not left on the well, and a general will inevitably die on the battlefield. Other people's children can sacrifice, so why can't my child, Liu Zhiye's?"

"It's fine if he can be rescued. If he dies, I will be proud of him. You don't have to feel burdened! ..."

Although Liu Zhiye said this, Lao Zhou still felt sorry for his old comrade, as if a stone was pressing on him.

"Let's go, let's not stand here, take me to the hospital!" Liu Zhiye patted Lao Zhou's arm and walked quickly towards the military vehicle.

Liu Zhiye patted Lao Zhou's arm, then quickly walked towards the military vehicle.

Obviously, deep down he was not as calm as he appeared to be.

After arriving at the rear hospital, Liu Zhiye sat quietly at the door of the operating room, without saying a word, just waiting silently.

During this time, Lao Zhou came to persuade him to take a rest, but Liu Zhiye decisively refused and persuaded Lao Zhou to return to his post, telling him that the front command could not do without him.

Suddenly, the door of the operating room opened. A group of military doctors in white coats came out, sweating profusely. Liu Zhiye stood up suddenly and walked quickly towards the leading doctor.

"Comrade, how is Liu Wu doing?" Liu Zhiye asked anxiously.

The attending physician Huang Junlin looked at Liu Zhiye with a puzzled look on his face, and felt that he looked familiar: "Who are you?"

Dean Zhou at the side hurriedly explained, "Old Huang, this is Commander Liu, who once led the counterattack against the ungrateful people and is also the father of the wounded Liu Wu." He then introduced Huang Junlin to Liu Zhiye, "Commander, this is our hospital's surgical expert, Chief Physician Huang Junlin, who is Liu Wu's chief surgeon."

When the military doctor heard that he was a soldier, Lao Huang immediately saluted Liu Zhiye and shouted, "Hello, Chief!"

"Old Huang, there is only a father of a child here, not any leaders. Can you tell me what's going on with Liu Wu?" Liu Zhiye was extremely anxious, but he spoke slowly as he didn't want to add pressure to the hospital.

Old Huang didn't expect that the young hero they rescued was actually the leader's child. He had great respect for the father and son.

"Commander, Liu Wu's condition is not optimistic. He is still in a coma. Don't worry, we will do our best to rescue him..."

Liu Zhiye held Lao Huang's hands with both hands and said, "I'll leave it to you all. If anything happens... you don't have to feel any pressure..."

Liu Wu was in a coma for seven days and seven nights due to his serious injuries.

During his hospitalization, he underwent more than a dozen operations, major and minor, and was lucky enough to escape danger.

When Liu Wu woke up and opened his eyes, he saw his father Liu Zhiye sitting beside the bed. Liu Zhiye looked exhausted and had an untidy beard.

"Dad? You...what's wrong with you..." Liu Wu spoke weakly.

"Xiao Wu, you're awake. How do you feel?" Liu Zhiye's eyes were red.

Liu Wu shook his head gently, "Dad, I... I'm fine... Don't... don't worry."

"I didn't...embarrass you...did I?"

Liu Zhiye smiled, but tears welled up in his eyes, "Xiao Wu, Dad is proud of you!"

(End of this chapter)