1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 248 The Yellow Flowers on the Battlefield Are Especially Fragrant

The rain continued to fall all night long.

Cheng Kaiyan lay in his sleeping bag, listening to the white noise of raindrops hitting the marching tent. The wet grass beneath him, between the sleeping bag and the tent, felt cold and damp, like a bone-eating maggot following him all night long.

The next morning, it was dawn.

A few sporadic explosions were heard in the distance, waking up everyone in the general camp.

Cheng Kaiyan was also woken up and sat up tiredly.

After a whole day of long journey yesterday, even he felt some back pain.

He unbuttoned his sleeping bag, put on his raincoat, and went out.

The rain wet his forehead, but he remained unmoved.

Outside the tent, there was already a land of rain and forest.

The mountains and forests in the distance were shrouded in a layer of hazy mist, and the gray-black, cold and hard rocks in the canyon, washed by the rain, gave off a feeling of the iron blood of soldiers.

"Wow!"

The soldiers wearing raincoats and military caps came out of the tent with guns on their backs, looking hurried and determined, and ran towards the open space in the rain to gather.

"How did you sleep last night, Team Leader Cheng?"

The rain flowed down the brim of the raincoat and gathered into a long stream, rolling to the ground. Some of the rain that escaped the net wet Cheng Kaiyan's forehead and cheeks.

At this time, a black umbrella came over to block the rain.

Cheng Kaiyan turned her eyes and caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of her eye.

It’s the team leader Hong Jianguo.

It was not until last night at dinner that Cheng Kaiyan found out that Hong Jianguo was not only the leader of this transport mission, but also the deputy commander of the third battalion of the 143rd Regiment.

Coming here, I am also responsible for inspection and command tasks.

Cheng Kaiyan shook her head: "To be honest, I didn't sleep well, but compared with the soldiers, this seems insignificant."

"Haha, let's eat. I'll take you to the trenches later. Maybe we can fire a few shots there."

Hong Jianguo nodded with satisfaction. He admired this young man very much. He did not have the hypocrisy and arrogance that some literary and artistic workers had in their bones.

The two chatted briefly and then woke up the people who were collecting folk songs.

Breakfast was steamed corn bread. Taking into account that it was raining today, the kitchen staff also cooked meat soup. Each person received a bowl of meat soup with two pieces of meat in it.

The food is quite good.

After the meal, Hong Jianguo and an officer took everyone to the supply department to collect supplies.

Because everyone had received some simple military training in the regiment camp during this period, they were asked to change into military uniforms and were given a rifle and a box of bullets. The female comrades were given a small pistol.

"set off!"

Led by Hong Jianguo, a group of eight people followed the fifty soldiers and marched in neat steps, leaving the camp and arriving at a slightly sloping position in front of the canyon.

"What a spectacular scene! I can already smell the smoke of war..."

Cheng Kaiyan raised his eyes and looked into the distance, muttering softly.

The criss-crossing trenches in front of us are evenly distributed on the open space in front of the canyon, forming a unique L-shaped structural network.

Although the trenches had been formed long ago, they were suddenly hit by heavy rain. Even though the position had a certain slope and waterproof measures, the trenches were filled with dim rain water, almost reaching half the calf.

Each soldier took an engineering shovel and a hoe to dig the ground in the water, cleaning up the accumulated water and silt after the rain, and then piled up sand and gravel bags to fill it up.

At the front, near the canyon, there were many soldiers carefully burying something.

The picture of the entire battlefield has a harmonious beauty of chaos and order.

"follow me!"

At this time.

Hong Jianguo put away his umbrella, let the rain wet his military uniform, waved his hand quickly, and jumped into the trench with everyone.

Cheng Kaiyan looked at the writers and nodded, and everyone followed him down the trench with serious and nervous expressions.

Clean military boots stepped on the bottom, splashing yellow mud.

The soles and uppers of my shoes were immediately stained with a layer of sticky yellow mud, but fortunately the bottom was filled with gravel so it wasn't too muddy.

The three female comrades looked down and frowned subconsciously.

"Everyone is free to move around here, don't wander around."

Huang Jianguo glanced at everyone and said he didn't have time to care about them. After saying that, he immediately started to patrol the position.

Cheng Kaiyan wanted to see more. Although he had been in the army before, he had never fought in a war. If he had the chance to see it with his own eyes, he would like to see as much as possible.

He chose to follow Hong Jianguo, who had no objection.

The two of them went around in a circle, and Hong Jianguo explained to Cheng Kaiyan from time to time:
“The entire defensive position rests on hills and valleys.

You can advance to attack and retreat to defend.

There are three lines of defense in total.

The hundred-meter open space in front is a minefield with thousands of mines and barbed wire.

Next is the main trench, with machine gun positions on the sides and the middle connecting to the rear medical point and ammunition supply point.

Next, there are the mortar positions, machine gun positions, and the main trenches as the final line of defense..."

Immediately afterwards, Hong Jianguo took Cheng Kaiyan into the canyon again.

The height here is tens of meters, and the road is narrow and less than a hundred meters long.

It can only accommodate three people at a time and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If the enemy did not hesitate to use heavy firepower to cover the area and blast a gap in the canyon, the large number of garrisons might lead to the entire army being wiped out.

Moreover, the canyon is narrow and cannot accommodate too many people.

Therefore, only one platoon of troops, about fifty people, were sent, and several machine guns were set up at the front to provide fire coverage. Entering the canyon would basically mean death.

Unless the enemy troops are numerous.

……

When the two men entered the canyon, the garrisoned soldiers did not relax, but continued to watch the winding canyon road to prevent sudden attacks by the enemy.

"Is this... a cat ear hole?"

Cheng Kaiyan glanced over and saw several thin soldiers huddled in the cracks and caves of the mountain. The outside of the fortifications were reinforced with sandbags and wooden boards, and the top was covered with vegetation or soil to camouflage them.

"Cat Ear Cave? This name is quite descriptive. After the battle is over, this name will definitely..."

Hong Jianguo was stunned for a moment, then after thinking about it he felt it was very vivid and was about to say something.

Just now.

Boom——

Boom——

There was a deafening explosion in their ears, and the earth and sky shook suddenly. Everyone felt as if their hearts were hit by a heavy hammer and they could not even stand.

"Hiss! Crow's mouth, huh?"

Metal fragments burning with dazzling flames spread in the heavy rain, scratching Cheng Kaiyan's cheek, leaving a hot blood mark. He subconsciously reached out to touch it, leaving a trace of blood on his fingertips.

Before everyone could come back to their senses.

In the distance, a huge rockfall at the top of the canyon exploded with a loud bang in the fierce bombardment, splashing countless pieces of rubble everywhere.

A huge piece of rubble fell from above, just as everyone was stunned.

"Get out of the way!"

Cheng Kaiyan was startled and immediately pulled Hong Jianguo to hide in the cat ear hole beside him.

Almost the next moment.

"Boom!!"

The millstone-sized gravel smashed a big hole in the ground, and the debris was scattered all over the ground.

"Huhuhu..."

Hong Jianguo was still breathing heavily in shock and looked at Cheng Kaiyan with gratitude.

But the bombing was not over.

Perhaps the enemy was worried about completely blowing up the canyon and blocking this convenient path.

Immediately following the cannon fire, there were dozens of small explosions in succession.

"Hide now!"

Under the continuous bombing, seven or eight soldiers were not spared even though they hid in the bunkers. Scalding blood, limbs, wooden boards, and stone chips flew all over the place.

The blood dyed everyone's eyes red.

At this time, the sky in the canyon was covered by smoke and dust.

Even under such heavy rain, it cannot melt quickly.

Cheng Kaiyan stared blankly at the scene in front of him and couldn't help coughing violently.

Too pungent!

Soon, in the distant canyon passage, hunched figures rushed forward at an extremely fast speed in the smoke and dust.

"Machine gunner, cover me. Shoot all your bullets! Don't let any enemy in!"

Hong Jianguo wiped the blood off his face, his eyes turned red and fierce, and he yelled while crawling out of the cat ear hole and shooting.

"Yes!" At the front, in the machine gun position consisting of three machine guns, several soldiers were lying on the machine guns. Seeing their comrades dead, they frantically pulled the triggers with their cold and stiff fingers. The rain flowed down their fingers and soaked their palms and the entire gun body.

"Chug, tug, tug, tug!"

"Chug, tug, tug, tug!"

Almost in an instant, three machine guns roared fiercely at the same time.

Heartbreaking!

Like a wounded beast.

Scarlet fire snakes shot out from the dark and cold muzzle, sweeping back and forth in the air, forming a powerful firepower network.

The bright yellow bullet shell, with a scorching temperature, splashed out from the loading port and fell to the ground, leaving behind a crisp sound of "ding ding ding".

Enemies who were shot and fell to the ground kept falling, corpses gradually piled up in the narrow canyon, and blood trickled out.

"Tn cng (attack)"

far away.

A short, fat, bespectacled enemy commander hid at the side of the stone wall. He gritted his teeth, raised his command knife and ordered his soldiers to attack.

They were even forced to use the bodies of their comrades as cover and set up machine guns to attack.

He dreams of taking over this place.

Taking this place would directly mean advancing the front line by dozens of miles.

If we advance to the camp of the 143rd Regiment and annihilate it, we can then rely on the road behind the camp of the 143rd Regiment and drive straight in.

This is a huge victory that no commander can refuse.

"Request the headquarters to send troops! Outflank them from behind!"

"There's an old Chinese saying, 'Catch a turtle in a jar!'"

Originally this position was easy to defend but difficult to attack, but the short and fat commander couldn't help sneering in his heart when he thought of the news sent back by the spies early this morning.

"Continue the attack! Take this place at all costs!"

……

"Whoosh..."

Cheng Kaiyan held the gun barrel weakly with both hands, looking at everything in front of him, smelling the pungent smell of blood and gunpowder.

Is this war?

The sudden attack, the instantaneous death, the wanton flying of human limbs, it was like a human meat grinder, bloody and cruel...

Even though he was a human being in his second life, he was not frightened by the bloody and cruel scene before him.

This is definitely something that people living in peacetime cannot feel.

"Whoosh..."

Cheng Kaiyan's eyes were cold and she looked at the watch on her wrist that was wet by the rain with drooped eyelids. She found that there was a word "Yan" sewn on the end of the finely sewn strap.

My heart trembled suddenly, and my eyes gradually became clear.

He wants to live.

This is what I promised her.

Thinking of this, Cheng Kaiyan's mind suddenly focused.

I just felt that my whole body became active and my thinking became many times faster.

His dark eyes swept across the surroundings with determination and sharpness.

Distance, angle, speed, rain...

All kinds of data gathered together and flashed through my mind one by one.

After finding the most suitable shooting position and angle, Cheng Kaiyan quickly picked up the gun and ran away.

"Hey! Come back!"

Hong Jianguo's eyes were bulging and he couldn't stop him.

Fortunately, Cheng Kaiyan arrived safely.

"Crack!"

Hold the gun, pull the bolt, and pull the trigger, all in one smooth motion.

"Oh!"

A bullet shot out.

In the distance, an enemy soldier who was firing a machine gun had a cloud of blood on his forehead and fell to the ground with a thud.

The sound of the machine gun fell silent, and wisps of blue smoke rose from the hot muzzle in the rain.

"There's a sniper! Be careful!"

The short enemy soldier next to the machine gunner reacted and shouted immediately.

Cheng Kaiyan stared at him with cold eyes and pulled the trigger, "You can't escape either."

"boom!"

This man also fell to the ground. The soldier who was responsible for filling the ammunition beside him was immediately frightened and collapsed to the ground, with his crotch soaked with a pool of fishy urine.

"Fuck! So accurate!"

Hong Jianguo stared at Cheng Kaiyan not far away in amazement, his tone full of disbelief.

"We can't hold on without support."

Cheng Kaiyan roared as he looked at the enemy troops getting closer and closer.

"If you can't defend it, you have to defend it!"

"Throw grenades! Throw them all at once!"

Hong Jianguo shouted and gave orders.

"Boom!"

……

"Hurry up!"

"Support immediately! Everyone be careful of the minefield!"

The violent explosions in the canyon quickly attracted the attention of the outside world, and the company's joint commander immediately arranged teams of soldiers to enter from the side to provide support.

With support from the rear, both sides continuously deployed troops and engaged in fierce fighting in this canyon.

This canyon, a work of nature, has become a natural meat grinder, constantly devouring the life and blood of everyone.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the fighting had temporarily subsided.

But the rain was getting heavier, washing away everything in sight.

Thick scarlet blood flowed out from the entrance continuously under the influence of heavy rain, almost forming a river.

The swollen, white and almost rotten limbs and arms floated in the blood.

Almost everyone was stunned by the scene before them.

"Ugh~~"

Seeing this, the three female comrades who were collecting folk songs immediately bent over and vomited.

"Ugh... Cheng Kaiyan... Cheng Kaiyan is still in there!"

After Wang Anyi finished vomiting, she pointed into the canyon with a pale face and shouted while crying.

Everyone was jealous. Over the past few days, everyone had already become friends with this young deputy team leader.

No one wants to see that result.

But the battle lasted the entire morning, and neither Cheng Kaiyan nor Hong Jianguo came out.

"Kaiyan, he..."

Ye Xin's face turned pale at this time, and he regretted coming here for this field trip.

In his mind, he still remembered the letter that Cheng Kaiyan sent to her boyfriend when she left the military region that day.

"Come out, come out!"

"Change defense quickly!"

The soldiers who were preparing to change guard stared at the canyon, and a group of figures walked out of the canyon.

I saw Cheng Kaiyan leading the way with Hong Jianguo on her back.

The two men were ragged, soaked, and their faces were covered in black dust and blood, which were stuck to their faces by the rain.

Cheng Kaiyan looked at the scene in front of her quietly.

The thin morning light streamed down from the gaps in the thick dark clouds and fell on the grass in the distance.

A few wild flowers swayed in the rain, exposed to the wind and rain.

"The yellow flowers on the battlefield are especially fragrant... Phew, I made it out alive."

He gasped with a pale face.

"Come out! Come out!"

The people who were collecting folk songs looked at the familiar figure and couldn't help but choked up.

(End of this chapter)