War Military: From 1978

Chapter 235: Veterinarian’s home visit, battlefield cat ear cave!

"Hey, Chu Laosi, your heroic father is free to come and plant rice today!"

In southern Hunan, Chu An's hometown, Chu Guiyun had just arrived at the edge of the field when the villagers working in the field started laughing and joking.

Chu Laosi, holding a Acacia Bird cigarette between his lips, said with a smile: "What are you talking about? I fell behind one day!"

The Chu family has been very busy these days, but at the same time, these days are also days he wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Officials from the county and town came to express their condolences, and even the city sent people.

There were also many reporters interviewing.

He would never have dared to think of such a thing before!
It is no exaggeration to say that the farthest he has been in his life is the county town, and that was several years ago when he had to go there for something.

For the rest of his life, he lived in the village.

He would never have dared to dream of someone in his family being featured in the newspaper and becoming famous across the country.

As a child with several children, he initially just hoped that they would read more books and learn more knowledge.

The best way out is to find a job in the brigade. Like the boss, I would be satisfied to be an accountant who doesn't have to go out to the fields every day.

At most, the children can join the army, be able to change their agricultural status to non-agricultural status, and then enter factories in the county or town, become part of the working class, leave their rural household registration, and eat a meal from the government.

He never dared to imagine that his own shabby mud house could hang a large plaque that read "First-Class Meritorious Official", and even more so, that his son had actually become an official.

Yes.

In fact, Chu An had not written a letter to inform his family that he was promoted to platoon leader before the war.

Because he was worried that his family would think too much.

But now nothing can be hidden.

Not only was he promoted, but he was also ordered to serve in the battle and directly became the company commander. He also made great contributions. Many newspapers published his son's meritorious deeds, and he made those who visited his home assure that his son definitely had first-class merit and had a bright future.

It is no exaggeration to say that in just these few days, Chu Laosi felt like he was twenty years younger.

The waist that was once bent by the carrying pole and farm work has become as straight as it can be these days.

The face that was once eroded by the wind and frost of time now seems to have a second spring and is rosy all day long.

"Fourth Brother! Fourth Brother! Wait!"

Chu Laosi was about to go to the fields when someone suddenly called him from behind.

Looking back, Chu Guiyun saw that it was the brigade secretary running out in a hurry.

"I told you that you don't have to go to the fields recently. Why didn't you listen?" The team leader hurried over and pulled Chu Guiyun, who was standing at the edge of the field, away.

"Haha, isn't this too much to do?

"What's the matter?" Chu Guiyun asked with a smile.

While speaking, I was still a little confused. Didn't they say yesterday that the interview was over and no leaders would come today?

"Stop talking, the comrades from the county armed forces are here with your son's comrades!"

"Ah!" At this moment, Chu Laosi was stunned, then he shook off the captain's hand and ran home in a hurry.

Yes, this guy Li Guoping still didn’t listen to Chu An and ran to Chu An’s house.

However, he didn't come here to pick up Chu An's parents and return to the army.

Cui Jiying also said that this trip was to pick up the parents of the martyrs, and it would not be good to bring Chu An's parents along.

He came back, but he came to his hometown to pick someone up, and at the same time he went back to his own home, and also planned to visit Chu An's home to see how Chu An's family was doing.

He greeted Chu An and asked if there was anything at home he wanted to bring to Chu An. He would just help bring it.

At this moment, Chu An didn't know that Li Guoping, who was thousands of miles away, had run to his home.

He didn't even have the heart to think about these things at the moment.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon have been on duty for seven days.

He came to Pingguan Mountain again.

In late March, compared to the sunny and pleasant weather in my hometown, this area located in the southwest and bordering the Vietnamese devils was a hell on earth.

Because of the arrival of the rainy season, it is gloomy most of the time every day.

The sun is rarely seen, but strangely, the temperature here is very high.

Just standing there in uniform every day, with sweat soaking through the clothes over and over again, was even more miserable for the soldiers on the battlefield.

Because they have to stay in the cramped cat ear cave.

But it rains frequently in this horrible weather, and the cat ear cave is very humid and stuffy.

Especially when several people who haven’t taken a shower stay together, the feeling is even worse!
And this is during the day. If it is at night, it is common to be woken up by the water that is poured into your body while you are sleeping.

It is extremely painful, but we have to stay inside. The Vietnamese devils are now like mad dogs. After knowing that we will not attack, they fire artillery at the position without any pattern every day.

There is no precise landing point, and there is no such thing as firepower. There may be no artillery fire for an hour or two, but in the next half hour, they may fire several shots at you in several places.

Although we counterattacked with artillery fire every time.

But putting aside whether to fight back or not, the soldiers certainly cannot stay in their positions casually in this situation.

Including the position on top of the hill, there were only a few sentries who would go out from the anti-artillery holes in the trenches to observe from time to time.

Anyway, there are mines everywhere at the foot of the mountain, so there is no need to worry about the Vietnamese devils being able to sneak up silently.

But because of this, people will get sick if they stay in cat ear caves for a long time.

Not only do the blisters make your feet wrinkled, white, and peeling, but dirty clothes are also extremely uncomfortable to wear and may even stick to your skin.

What’s even more terrifying is that they eat, drink, defecate and urinate on the mountain, and sometimes even directly in the cave.

Therefore, the sanitary conditions on the battlefield were extremely worrying, and more than one soldier had a rotten crotch.

When Chu An went up Pingguan Mountain again, he saw naked men everywhere in the mountain.

Well, not completely naked, the top is just wrapped around the waist to cover it a bit, and the rest of the body is completely naked.

Everyone is covered in mud.

If you didn't see them carrying guns, some of them would have ammunition belts or glory bullets hanging on their bodies.

Looking at them, who would dare to believe that they are soldiers, fighters defending the country on the front line.

But now this situation is the most real scene on the battlefield.

To be honest, when Chu An saw it for the first time, even though he already knew the situation here, he couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"Hey, Captain, stop looking and come in quickly. Watch out for the enemy artillery fire!"

Inside a large anti-artillery cave on the northern slope of Hill No. 4, the deputy squad leader spoke with a smile.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Chu An took out a cigarette and walked in.

This is the largest anti-artillery hole they dug. During the day, except for those on duty on the top of the mountain, the rest of the people will stay here to chat, play chess or cards to relieve boredom.

"It's quite hard. This life is simply not a life for human beings. Company commander, is it a cycle of half a month?" A soldier from the second squad couldn't help but ask.

"Well, ten days, please. Hold on for a few more days, and I'll personally bring someone to replace you!"

"Wow! Captain, you are simply my god!"

"Damn, I finally see hope! Ten days, that's only four days left!"

“There is hope for the future!”

The scouts who had charged into the battlefield one by one, and even followed Chu An to rush into the encirclement of thousands of enemies with a force of dozens of people without blinking an eye, now heard Chu An's words as if they were desperate people who had been redeemed.

"Come, have a smoke. Also, don't save the medicine we gave you on the battlefield. Take it if you feel uncomfortable. If you don't feel well, report it and contact the military doctor!"

"Okay, but Company Commander, you'd better not lead the team here in person! Life here is simply not a living standard for human beings!" At this time, after the excitement, platoon leader Qian Yuzhou gave his own suggestions.

"Haha, if you guys can get through it, why can't I, the company commander, get through it?" Chu An said with a smile.

Chu An is only a company commander now, and is still considered the most basic commander. It is his duty to go to the front line with the troops.

What's more, he is now a hero.

There were so many eyes watching. If he kept assigning his soldiers to suffer in such matters while he himself stayed at the garrison every day, it would inevitably lead to gossip.

This is the burden of a hero!

Of course, even if he didn’t have this heroic identity, Chu An would do the same.

As a grassroots commander, if you can't even share the hardships with the soldiers, how can you command them in battle!
(End of this chapter)