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

Chapter 548 “Black Panther” “Black Panther”!!!
Since taking office, Liu Zhiye immediately set about promoting modernization reforms in the Yanda area.

He proposed to use science and technology as a guide to comprehensively enhance the combat capability of the troops.

We also organized several high-level meetings in the Yanda region and invited experts from military scientific research units to participate.
Together they discussed priorities for upgrading military equipment and introduced advanced foreign military technologies for benchmarking research.

Liu Zhiye pays special attention to the issue of modern equipment for grassroots troops.

He visited troops in various places many times and listened to the officers and soldiers' feedback on the use of equipment.

In response to some problems of backward equipment reported by grassroots units, he directly pushed relevant departments to speed up research and development and procurement to improve grassroots combat effectiveness.

Liu Zhiye also emphasized the innovation of training methods, requiring the combination of theory and practice, especially comprehensive training on the use of new equipment.

During his tenure, he also vigorously promoted the institutional construction of the Yanda District and strengthened management training for officers at all levels.

He advocated institutional guarantees for the efficient operation of the army and required commanders at all levels to abide by strict work processes and discipline.

It also emphasized the importance of talent cultivation and proposed strengthening the construction of military academies to reserve more outstanding command talents for the army.

While strictly enforcing management of the troops, Liu Zhiye also did not relax in the education of his children.

Liu Zhiye has always been very strict about family education and would not allow his children to have any trace of the special...shadow.

His two sons and daughter Liu Shuxian, Liu Wen and Liu Wu have lived under such strict discipline since childhood.

Especially Liu Wu, after joining the army, he relied entirely on his own efforts to work his way up from the grassroots level.

Liu Zhiye never gave him any special care. Whenever someone tried to give him convenience because of Liu Wu's identity, Liu Zhiye always refused decisively.

All of Liu Wu's promotions in the army were based on his ability and performance.

He was able to grow from a student to a platoon leader and then to a squadron leader through efforts that are unimaginable to ordinary people.

At that time, the fighting in L Mountain was tense, and the "Black Panther Commando" where Liu Wu was located received an urgent mission to go to the L Mountain defense line to carry out a high-risk combat mission against the enemy.

Before leaving, Liu Wu returned home for a rare visit and wanted to see his father.

Facing this veteran who had spent his entire life in the military, he thought for a moment and said, "Dad, maybe I can't fulfill my filial duty."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Zhiye's face suddenly changed. He scolded him sternly, "What's the big deal about your little war? How can it be compared with our past war years? How can you, a squadron leader, have such emotions?"

This scolding directly suppressed Liu Wu's emotions. He stood there motionless and dared not to argue anymore.

Liu Zhiye went on to say: "As a soldier, the battlefield is our duty. No matter what the situation is, we must first think about how to complete the mission."

After listening to this, Liu Wu saluted his father and hurried back to the army.

During the two-mountain rotation battle, our army formed a total of 15 reconnaissance battalions and participated in the L Mountain and Duyin Mountain battles successively, with brilliant results.

Among them, the "Black Panther Assault" Battalion led by Zhong Xingguo entered the war zone and was directly under the command of the front command.

During the war, they made many outstanding achievements, becoming the best among the 15 reconnaissance battalions and impressing the entire army.

Currently, the "Black Panther Assault" Battalion is composed of 5 squadrons. Its main reconnaissance and combat tasks are: reconnaissance and capture of prisoners, ascertaining the situation; patrolling and guarding, and preventing enemy harassment.

This will ensure the safety of the flanks of the main battlefields at L Mountain and Duyin Mountain.

Today, the "Black Panther" Brigade is mainly deployed in front of Duyin Mountain, covering an area of ​​about 3 kilometers from Babu River in the west to Boundary Marker No. 11 in Section 100 of the border in the east.

The brigade headquarters is located in Yangwan Township.

The enemy has planted a large number of mines here. There is little vegetation and few obstructions, which is not conducive to reconnaissance operations.

In order to expand the results of the battle, the front command decided to go beyond the original scope and find the right opportunity to take the initiative to attack.

Only when you know yourself and the enemy can you fight without danger.

As a commander, Zhong Xingguo knew that understanding the enemy situation was naturally the top priority of the reconnaissance mission.

The main purpose of this "Black Panther Commando" is to understand the enemy's combat deployment and artillery distribution.

In order to clarify the division of labor, the "Black Panther Assault" Battalion established a command center, political work, logistics, communications, and transportation teams.

This time, the "Black Panther Assault" Battalion was expanded to 767 people, with a total of 5 reconnaissance squadrons.
其中1中队115人，2中队最多145人，3中队125人，4中队129人，5中队140人。

To ensure the safety of the main battlefield and flank battlefields in the self-defense counterattack against the enemy in the direction of L Mountain,
In accordance with the instructions of the headquarters, four squadrons of the "Black Panther Commando" entered the Punong, Peng, Lin and Peng areas to fight.

This place is surrounded by mountains. If the Black Panther Brigade wants to find out the enemy situation, they naturally need to use a lot of cover to hide themselves.

There are no suitable conditions here for the soldiers.

If the conditions are not suitable, the soldiers will create them themselves.

According to the command of the front command, the first thing the "Black Panther" battalion needed to do was to explore the experience and lessons of the struggle against the enemy and fight cautiously.

This is also an aspect that the "Black Panther" brigade needs to consider in combat.

In order to expand the results of the battle, the two-mountain rotation battle was pushed to a climax.

The army command planned a total of five phases for the entire combat process.

From mid-May last year to April this year, the five-phase combat objectives were completed.

During this period, the "Black Panther Commando" battalion achieved remarkable results, conducting more than 5000 close observations, 150 infiltration and reconnaissance missions, and ambushing more than 3 people.

During this period, 98 enemy soldiers were captured, 443 were killed and were wounded.

In addition, 21 enemy garrisons were destroyed, 5 enemy squad defense positions were captured, etc., while the "Black Panther" battalion suffered 13 casualties and 40 injuries.

Such results clearly show that during the two-mountain rotation campaign, the "Black Panther Commando" not only completed its mission excellently, but also achieved remarkable results.

All five squadrons were awarded collective merit.

Among them, the second squadron led by Liu Wu was awarded the title of "Heroic Reconnaissance Squadron".

There are also countless individual honors. Among them, a total of 26 people in the brigade were awarded first-class merit, 185 people were awarded second-class merit, and more than 450 people were awarded third-class merit.

After one year of combat, more than 600 members of the "Black Panther Commando" were commended for their meritorious service.

The fearless fighting spirit and performance of these heroes are awe-inspiring.

Liu Wu's Second Squadron was reorganized after the previous battle. It was composed of elite scouts from various units on the front line, with a total of 140 special forces.

Among them, the most exciting battle was undoubtedly the ambush and capture of prisoners by the "Black Panther" 3nd Squadron on the north side of Cave 19 on March 37.

Cave 37 is located in front of Maben Township, 800 meters away from the border. The enemy's Highway 4 passes through the south side of Cave 37, 2.5 kilometers away from Miaohuangdi Mountain.

In order to ensure the safety of the flank of Miaohuangdi Mountain and Highway 4, the enemy stationed one company of troops around 37 Cave and Longhua respectively.

After the Spring Festival, the enemy sent another company of troops here.

3月17日晚，二中队从163高地观察所附近发现，敌军方向5辆汽车沿4号公路先后进入37洞。

At that time, there were no large numbers of enemy soldiers.

On the second day, scouts from the Second Squadron discovered that several groups of enemy troops, without weapons, went to a well 500 meters away from our observation post to fetch water, cut wood, and build fortifications.

Obviously, the enemy is about to make a big move.

Zhong Xingguo, captain of the "Black Panther Assault Battalion", believed that this was most likely a signal that the enemy was going to send reinforcements to Cave 37.

So he ordered to implement ambush and capture tactics while the enemy was still unstable.

Zhong Xingguo divided the Second Squadron into five groups. The prisoner-capturing group consisted of 5 people. Squadron leader Liu Wu served as the team leader. They secretly lurked near the well and chose a favorable terrain to organize the prisoner-capturing.

In addition, there was another group of 8 people on the side, led by Deputy Company Commander Sun Xinchun, who was responsible for supporting Liu Wu's group.

The firepower group consisted of 20 scouts, deployed on the unnamed hill in the northeast. Its main task was to suppress the enemy in the direction of Hill 162 and the pass, and to block the enemy chasing from the rear.

The others were commanded by Captain Zhong Xingguo. After everything was deployed, the scouts in each group were ready to go.

In order to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and deal a fatal blow to the enemy, the Second Squadron chose to attack at 24: in the evening.

At this moment, a light drizzle has begun to fall from the sky.

The reconnaissance and ambush group started out from Maceng in the rain and did not reach the unnamed hill to the north of Hill 19 until nearly 4 a.m. on the 163th.

After observing around, Liu Wu found that there were many rocks near the well, which was a very suitable place to hide.

There are also some corn stacks nearby, and the well is only 3 meters away, so it can be said that the location is excellent.

After the scouts hid themselves, they continued to move throughout the day.
About 26 unarmed personnel entered the ambush circle one after another to cut grass and fetch water. However, the scouts kept calm, did not reveal their targets and positions, and waited quietly without moving.

At 17 p.m. in the evening, several enemy soldiers came down from their positions and came to the well. Some began to draw water, while others walked towards the corn pile.

At this time, Liu Wu and others who were ambushing in the corn pile discovered that five enemy soldiers were walking towards them.

When he saw a man actually drawing water from the well, the prisoner capturer Zhang Lin received an order, jumped out suddenly, and knocked down an enemy soldier.

At the same time, Liu Wu and several others quickly opened fire, killing all five of them.

With such a commotion, the remaining two enemy soldiers immediately tried to escape.

Liu Wu reacted quickly and immediately blocked his way with several of our soldiers and subdued him.

Another enemy soldier was subsequently subdued by other team members.

As the gunfire here started, the enemy troops near the position soon realized that the situation was not good and began shooting towards the foot of the mountain.

Liu Wu and his men were carrying two prisoners, and as they walked they had to keep an eye on the muddy mountain road beneath their feet.

One of the enemy soldiers resisted stubbornly and was unwilling to go down the mountain. The situation was critical, so the capture team immediately shot him dead.

After seeing this, the other enemy soldier dared not act rashly and had to be escorted away as quickly as possible.

Captain Zhong Xingguo saw that the enemy was firing fiercely at Liu Wu and his men. In order to cover them, he directed the artillery fire from the rear to fire fiercely at the enemy and suppress the Vietnamese troops stationed near Cave 37.

For a while, the battle between the enemy and us was fierce.

What caught the capture team off guard was that when they were about to hand the prisoners over to the reception team,
The prisoner took the opportunity to escape, but due to the fierce enemy firepower, Liu Wu had to give up the pursuit and decisively shot him dead.

Afterwards, the firepower group covered the evacuation of the capture and reception groups. By 18:30, all the combatants had been safely evacuated back to the country.

This time, the "Black Panther Second Squadron" suffered no casualties and killed more than 50 enemy soldiers, which can be said to be a significant achievement.

What is most applauded is that the tactics this time can be said to be known for the word "fast", and basically achieved the goal of a quick victory.

Not only was the organization tight, but the soldiers were also brave and resourceful. Liu Wu and his men caught the enemy off guard in just one day.

Although no prisoners were brought back this time, we still achieved a good result of 0:51 casualties, which also reflects the strength gap between the enemy and our army.

Soon after, the "Black Panther Second Squadron" entered the Punong area.

After more than a month of investigation, Liu Wu and his team discovered that the enemy was stationed in Gongjiawan, 1 kilometers away from our border.

Every day during the afternoon, an enemy soldier would be assigned to fetch water from the nearby village for two hours.

Judging from the enemy's movements, the enemy's strength here will not exceed 4 people.

In order to obtain specific information, "Black Panther Commando" captain Zhong Xingguo directed team leader Liu Wu to learn about the situation from nearby border residents.

Zhong Xingguo decided to attack again.

It was decided to organize the "Black Panther Second Squadron" into five groups, namely a capture group of 5 people, a command group of 9 people consisting of Captain Zhong Xingguo and several others, a blocking group of 4 people, a firepower group of 6 people, and a support group of 16 people.

Zhong Xingguo ordered that each participating team enter the observation post in batches for observation, and then conduct simulation training, until 14 p.m., when all preparations for battle were made.

Each reconnaissance team set out in the morning and arrived at the designated location at 12: to hide, but found no trace of the enemy troops.

Liu Wu, leader of the capture team, ordered to enter the No. 1 water well and prepare for an ambush.

As time went by, several enemy civilians entered the well to fetch water.

Later, the capture team observer discovered that an enemy soldier had entered the No. 2 well to draw water.

Therefore, Liu Wu adjusted the order again and waited for the enemy troops to return from fetching water and then ambushed and captured them.

Just as the man carrying water returned into the ambush circle, Liu Wu and his men quickly attacked and knocked him down, and Li Erniu immediately stepped forward and grabbed his throat.

It was quickly subdued.

During the retreat, more than a dozen enemy troops were found on the east side of Gongjia Bay, and the firepower team immediately opened fire on them.

After 10 minutes of fighting, 15 enemies were killed.

By 15:55, the attack team was safely withdrawn.

This time, the captured enemy soldier was interrogated and found to be the leader of the enemy’s group work group, with the rank of lieutenant.

During the L Mountain reconnaissance operation, the "Black Panther Commando" battalion's prisoner-capturing operations were basically textbook-level.

They have been fighting for nearly two years, and there are many cases of capturing prisoners that have won applause. More than 600 people have been commended for their meritorious service!
In addition to outstanding young cadres like Zhong Xingguo, Liu Wu and Sun Xinchun, there are also many passionate young men who have shed their blood on the frontier.

Fuping Mountain is one of them.

More than 20 years ago in Tanggu, a baby was born, which made the rich family full of joy. The child’s parents happily named him Fupingshan.

“If the mountain is flat, the road will be passable.” The name Fuping Mountain carries the expectations of my parents.

Fu Fupingshan has loved sports since he was a child. Because of his good physical condition, his parents sent him to a sports school when he was young and he became an athlete.

When he was in the sports school, Fu Pingshan got along very well with his classmates, was very popular, and had very harmonious relationships with them.

Once, something unexpected happened to my classmate's family and he needed help urgently.

After Fu Pingshan learned about this, he took out all his living expenses so that his classmates could get through this difficult time.

These days, being a soldier is not only a career choice, but also the dream of all young men.

The green military uniform embodies the young people's eager expectations for the whole world. Fupingshan is no different from other young men.

In order to join the army smoothly, he paid great attention to his physical management, for fear of failing the physical examination and being eliminated.

Ten years ago, 19-year-old Fu Pingshan enlisted in the army.

Because he had developed good physical fitness in the sports school, he was able to join the army smoothly, thus starting his military career.

People who work hard will never fall behind no matter where they go.

Ever since he joined the army, he has been particularly able to endure hardships in training.

Relying on his solid military skills, Fu Pingshan started as a squad leader, then became a platoon leader, and finally became the deputy squadron leader of the "Tiger Commando" of Yanda District.

This shows how much the superiors value Fuping Mountain.

In the early stages of the debate, enemy agents kept running behind our army, launching harassment operations and destroying our positions.

In order to achieve the effect of equal deterrence and improve our army's combat capability behind enemy lines, the headquarters began by drawing key personnel from the army group to build a special force directly under the front command - the "Black Panther Commando".

Because of his outstanding work performance, Fu Pingshan and Zhong Xingguo were transferred to the newly formed "Black Panther Commando".

After joining the "Black Panther Commando", Fu Pingshan assisted Zhong Xingguo in arranging the work of the brigade in a very strict and orderly manner.

In the early days of the team's establishment, people outside had no idea there was such a team; internally, only a few leaders knew the name of this team, and all training was carried out secretly.

Because they had to go deep into the enemy's rear, where the battle situation was extremely complicated and kept changing, Fu Pingshan and his comrades began a particularly difficult and demanding training.

"The more hardships you endure in peacetime, the less you will suffer in war." This is the iron-clad rule of this army.

During the rotation period, the headquarters mobilized 10 army groups from various places and let the troops take turns to participate in the war, training the team through actual combat and improving the troops' practical combat experience.

The "Black Panther Commando" where Fupingshan is located is of course also among the rotation teams.

He was finally able to go to the battlefield. Fu Pingshan was so excited that he couldn't sleep the whole night. For veterans, the battlefield was the best place to go.

In the winter two years ago, the southern border of Xinjiang was not as bitterly cold as the northern border, but the occasional gunshots still made people feel chilly, and the cold penetrated into their bones.

According to the instructions from their superiors, the "Black Panther Commando" in Fuping Mountain had to enter enemy territory and conduct an in-depth reconnaissance operation to find out the enemy's military deployment.

The "Black Panther Commando" is an all-combat team. In this team, there are no people commanding from the rear. All of them are fighting on the front line.

As soon as the order was given, no matter whether it was the team leader Zhong Xingguo or the staff officer, no matter whether it was the squad leader or the soldiers, everyone packed their equipment, took their weapons, got ready, and waited to set off.

Before setting off, the squadron leader Fu Pingshan asked the team members if they were afraid, but none of them said a word.

Everyone knew that if they continued on this journey, some people would never come back. Silence was not a sign of cowardice, but a resolute determination to die...

(End of this chapter)