Volume 2 The Second Battle Chapter 6: Mountain King Thought
Jin Qiulian was born a hunter, and under her leadership, the four of them wandered around in the forest. Although they suffered a lot of physical pain on the way, they finally caught up with the troops just as it got dark.
"Report!" As soon as we got back to the troops, the exhausted people came to Captain Zhang to report, but to our surprise, Captain Chu, Political Commissar Chen and other cadres were also there, and they seemed to be discussing something. Because it was dark and we couldn't see clearly, the four of us rashly rushed in and interrupted them.
"Report to the company commander." At this time, I had no choice but to report: "Translator Jin Qiulian has been found."
"Why did you take so long?" Captain Zhang glanced at Captain Chu and others who were in a meeting and whispered, "I thought you were all dead. It's been half a day."
"Report to the company commander." Hu Zi spoke quickly, saluted and said excitedly: "We didn't have any trouble on the road. Platoon Leader Cui led us to blow up the puppet army's ammunition."
"What?" When everyone in the meeting heard Hu Zi's words, they all turned their eyes to us.
"Isn't it?" Hu Zi got even more excited when he saw it: "When Platoon Leader Cui threw that grenade, the puppet army's artillery shells, gasoline, hey... dozens of trucks were all blown up! It looked like..."
"What the hell are you doing!" Regimental Commander Chu slammed the table, stood up and cursed with a gloomy face: "The mission of our regiment is to lure the enemy, ah! You guys are so good, go and take away the enemy's munitions. Without munitions and gasoline, the enemy can't move, what's the point of luring them!"
Ah? After hearing what Captain Chu said, we realized that blowing up the enemy's munitions not only did not achieve merit, but also caused great trouble.
"I'm talking to Platoon Leader Cui!" Political Commissar Chen Ye came up with a cigarette in his hand and said earnestly, "We are revolutionary soldiers. No matter what we do, we must be organized and disciplined. How can you act without orders? Although you are good at fighting, you also have to consider the overall situation. This kind of mountain king mentality is not acceptable!"
With a puff, Jin Qiulian, who was standing beside me, couldn't help laughing. I felt bitter in my heart, and remembered that Chen Ye was scolding me for the same thing I had said to her not long ago.
"Just now we were wondering why the puppet army didn't move." Captain Chu was still furious, pacing back and forth and cursing, "It turns out that you guys are behind this. How can the puppet army move without gasoline? How can we fight this war?"
"Captain, don't be anxious!" Chen Ye advised from the side: "It's useless to scold or be anxious now. We can think of a solution slowly!"
"Not urgent? How can I not be anxious?" Captain Chu said to the political commissar with a helpless look on his face: "Our main force of 500,000 to 600,000 people is waiting in the rear, just waiting for us to bring the enemy over. Now look, look... Political Commissar, what do you think if we fail to complete this mission..."
"You guys." Seeing that Captain Chu was still angry, Chen Ye winked at us and said, "Go back and eat something first, and reflect on your actions!"
"yes!"
Everyone saluted and ran out in shame.
"I'm talking to Platoon Leader Cui." Jin Qiulian pretended to be a political commissar and whispered to me on the way, "We are revolutionary soldiers. We must be organized and disciplined in everything we do. Your kind of bandit mentality is unacceptable..."
"Go away..." I couldn't help but say bitterly, "It's already this late and you're still joking."
As the saying goes, bad news travels a thousand miles. The commander's angry scolding had already been heard . The news spread quickly, and before we even got back, the news had already reached the company. Before we had time to sit down, Zhao Yongxin and his men surrounded us.
"What happened? Did the puppet army's ammunition really explode?" This time it was the old squad leader who asked first.
"This..." I didn't know how to answer, so I just shut up and found a place to sit down.
"Is this true?" Hu Zi said aggrievedly, "If it really exploded, the commander would be so angry."
"Hey, you're amazing." Zhao Yongxin patted Hu Zi's shoulder and said with a smile: "I was wondering why these puppet soldiers suddenly didn't leave. It turns out that you stabbed them in the back. Next time you have such a good thing, don't forget to take me with you!"
"What do you want to bring? Are you making sarcastic remarks?" Hu Zi glared at him with his tiger eyes: "I made a mistake, do you know that? I was criticized, do you know that? Why don't you go find the team leader and scold me?"
"If...if you want me to tell you." Liu Mingquan said with envy, "I can bomb the enemy like this. Even if I make a mistake and get scolded by the regiment commander, I will accept it. I will feel relieved. Tell me, how did you do it?"
"That's true!" Hu Zi scratched his head blankly and then came to life: "Speaking of the ammunition used to blow up the puppet army, the scene was spectacular, with dozens of trucks on fire..."
"What?" The old squad leader glared at Hu Zi and said, "You're the only one who's having fun fighting, but our army is starving, right? Are you really excited? It's freezing cold and our army of hundreds of thousands is ambushed in the mountains. If we delay for a day, many more people in our army will freeze to death, don't you know? If these puppet soldiers really don't leave, just imagine how much loss it will bring to the army!"
After hearing what the old squad leader said, everyone realized the seriousness of the situation and kept silent.
The next day, just as everyone had worried, the puppet army did not move. If they did move, they only symbolically advanced three miles.
Since the enemy did not move, there was naturally no need for the volunteers to retreat. However, the soldiers obviously did not enjoy this rare rest time, because they knew very well that the longer the rest time, the more serious the casualties of the large army due to the cold, the less likely the enemy would be fooled into the trap, and the smaller the chance of our army winning.
Captain Chu frowned, Captain Zhang sighed... The soldiers looked at me with different eyes, and my heart became heavier and heavier.
"Change the bandage, Platoon Leader Cui." I don't know when Jin Qiulian came to my side and took off my cotton hat without saying a word.
"Comrade Xiao Jin, I'm telling you." Seeing that Jin Qiulian was still in high spirits, I couldn't help but ask, "Everyone in our army is trying to be careful that the enemy doesn't come up, but why are you acting like nothing's happened?"
"Is it useful to worry?" Jin Qiulian said while busying herself, "Besides, I don't think you can be blamed entirely for this."
"What do you mean?"
"Even if South Korea's weapons were blown up by you and they can't move , what about the Americans? Why don't they move either?"
"Yes!" I couldn't help but brighten up when I heard this. I thought that if the US military really launched an attack, even if I blew up those weapons, the US military's modern equipment would quickly replenish them for the Southern First Division. So the fundamental problem was not that I blew up their weapons, but that they were hesitant and did not dare to launch an attack. It was just that my bombing made them more convinced that there was an ambush ahead.
"Thank you, Comrade Xiao Jin. I...I'll go find the regiment commander." Thinking of this, my mood suddenly improved. I snatched the untied bandage from Jin Qiulian's hand, wrapped it around my head a few times, and left.
"It's not tied up yet !" Jin Qiulian was stunned for a moment, then she stomped her feet behind me and said, "Hey... if it's so ugly, don't tell others that I was the one who tied it up!"
