In the steamy shower room, Lu Yao squeezed out a dollop of shampoo and applied it on the top of Wei Ran's head without any explanation, "Where are you from?"
"I'm from Cangzhou, my name is Wei Ran."
Wei Ran did not refuse the other party's kindness. While rubbing the shampoo on his head to create foam, he asked, "A person from the capital?"
"Ah, no."
Lu Yao rubbed the foam on his head and lowered his voice and asked, "Brother, did you really come down from the front line?"
"How do you know?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, "Just because my hair is long?"
"Your backpack and rotten pants are just outside."
Lu Yao was far more attentive than Wei Ran thought, "There is camouflage on the helmet, and there is red mud on the butt of the gun. Those who came down from the front line must not have escaped."
Having said this, Lu Yao took a step back, pointed at Xiao Xifeng on the other side who was trying to apply the shampoo foam on his head to his whole body, and said, "He is He Yong, from Baoji, just call him Xiao Xifeng."
"Xiao Xifeng?"
Wei Ran's heart suddenly moved, he wiped his face and asked curiously, "Where did you get this nickname?"
"Um, I'm a worker at Xifeng Winery..."
"Mandarin, Xiao Xifeng, you are already a messenger, you have to speak Mandarin." Lu Yao corrected him.
Xiao Xifeng, or He Yong wiped the water stains on his face, and while rubbing the creaky nest with the remaining foam, he explained with a naive smile, "My father is a worker at Xifeng Winery. When I joined the army, my father secretly pretended to be
I bought two kilograms of Xifeng wine to drink on the road."
Speaking of this, Xiao Xifeng said with regret, "I was secretly drinking on the train when I was discovered by the chief who picked us up. I even drank him down. Only when we got to the station did I find out that it was the deputy chief who picked us up.
Master."
Forehead...
Wei Ran grinned and was about to say something when Squad Leader Dao had already walked in with a towel.
"Squad leader" Wei Ran, who was almost done washing, took the initiative to say hello.
"After washing, hurry up and get your hair cut," the squad leader urged, "We don't have much time."
"yes!"
Wei Ran responded again, nodded with Lu Yao and He Yong, rinsed off the last bit of foam from his body, and walked out of the shower room while wiping it with a towel.
Putting on the brand new but musty green military uniform in his backpack, Wei Ran stuffed his chest strap, kettle rifle, even his homemade big pants and old Jiefang shoes into his backpack, and trotted in.
Went to the barber shop next door.
"Comrade, come here and sit down."
In this barber's room, a man who looked to be around 30 years old and walked with a limp greeted him while vigorously shaking his scarf.
"Thanks"
Wei Ran followed the other person's instructions and sat on the small stool, letting the barber cover him with a scarf.
"How to cut?" the barber asked while picking up the hand clipper.
"Shorter is better, but don't be bald." Wei Ran replied without thinking.
"Back to the front line?" the barber asked while dripping some lubricant on the clipper.
"how do you know?"
Wei Ran asked curiously. Since the master used "return" instead of "go", he obviously had enough confidence to make such a guess.
The barber smiled, but didn't say anything. He just operated the clipper and used the comb as a cushion. In just five minutes, he cut off his slightly long hair, and also helped him trim his beard.
I gave it a scratch.
It wasn't until Wei Ran was handed a hot towel to Wei Ran to wipe the broken hair on his neck that the barber answered the original question, "I also came down from the front line."
Before Wei Ran could say anything, Squad Leader Dao, who had also changed into a clean military uniform, also walked into the barber room.
After giving up his position to the other party, Wei Ran was not in a hurry to leave. He took out the 78 pot from his bag, poured out the not so clean water inside, and then went to the edge of the faucet to rinse it carefully.
After rinsing, refilled with clean tap water.
While the squad leader was getting a haircut, he quietly sat on the bench against the wall and looked at the layout of the barber's room.
In addition to several barbers who were all disabled, what caught his special attention was the calendar hanging on the wall.
The time shown on this calendar is March 25, 1984, which is a weekend and the sun is quite bright.
Secretly keeping this time in mind, he took out the compass from the metal book under the cover of his backpack, compared the flyback watch on the other side with the wall clock on the wall, and adjusted the time to 4:16 pm.
After some procrastination on his part, the squad leader had already finished cutting his hair.
"Come with me"
The squad leader called Wei Ran, picked up his backpack, and took him out of the barber's room, heading straight to a red brick house not far away.
As expected, when the two of them pushed open the wooden door and walked into this small room, Lu Yao and Xiao Xifeng were also there.
Not only are they there, there is also a young soldier wearing a clean military uniform, holding a copy of Swordsman and Reading quietly. At his feet, there is a medical backpack.
"Wei Ran, why are you here too?"
After Lu Yao finished speaking, he looked at the knife squad leader who was looking for a place to sit down strangely, "This can't be..."
"Dao Baoguo!"
Just at this moment, a loud voice with a Cantonese accent shouted from outside with great energy. Less than half a second later, Squad Leader Dao immediately stood up and shouted with the same great energy, "Here we come!"
"
Immediately afterwards, several other people, including Wei Ran, also stood up and looked at the door of the room.
"You're finally here!"
Before he finished speaking, a tall and thin man with a hairline slightly set back, who looked similar to Squad Leader Dao and was about thirty years old, walked quickly into this simple conference room, holding the hand of Squad Leader Dao enthusiastically.
together.
"Platoon Leader Luo" the squad leader greeted the visitor warmly.
"What are you, Platoon Commander Luo? Sit down quickly!"
Platoon Leader Luo pressed the squad leader's hand that was about to salute and greeted warmly, "Come on, come on, everyone, sit down."
After inviting everyone to sit down, Platoon Leader Luo first dispersed a circle of cigarettes for everyone. Then he picked up the enamel kettle in the corner and poured water into the enamel jar in front of everyone. He said, "This is the person I talked to you about before.
The Dao Baoguo mentioned was an experienced old detective. In 1979, we only survived thanks to him."
While Platoon Leader Luo was making the introduction, Squad Leader Dao simply raised his hand to salute the rest of the people in the room, and the other people also raised their hands to return the salute.
"Lao Dao, let me introduce your soldiers to everyone." Platoon Leader Luo said as he handed over the enamel jar filled with cold white cabbage.
"His name is Wei Ran, the best prisoner in our sharp knife squad."
While squad leader Dao was introducing, Wei Ran also raised his hands in salute, and then took the enamel jar handed over by platoon leader Luo.
"This is Lu Yao, the artillery reconnaissance calculation soldier of our artillery regiment. He is a college student!" Platoon leader Luo said, and handed the third enamel pole to Lu Yao, who stood up and saluted.
"Next is He Yong, communications soldier."
As Platoon Leader Luo spoke, he also handed the other party an enamel jar filled with water. After saluting, Xiao Xifeng quickly took it with both hands.
"The last one is Cha Yongfang, the squad leader of our reconnaissance platoon."
After Platoon Leader Luo finished speaking, the soldier who had just been watching Swordsman also raised his hand in salute and took the enamel jar handed over by Platoon Leader Luo.
"Lao Luo, what big move is this?" Squad Leader Dao asked carefully after everyone had been introduced.
“I scratched my tongue a few days ago.”
As Platoon Leader Luo spoke, he pointed to the map spread out on the table, "He was a car soldier transporting supplies. When we arrested him, the truck bed he was driving was filled with mortar shells. We started from
A magazine of ammunition came out of his mouth."
As he spoke, Platoon Leader Luo picked up the pencil on the table and drew a circle at a certain location on the map, "According to his explanation, there were a lot of mortar shells stored in that ammunition depot, including Lao Maozi's rocket launcher.
There are quite a few of them.
After discussing with the political commissar, the regiment leader decided that it was necessary to destroy the ammunition depot, and this task was entrusted to me."
Hearing this, Squad Leader Dao glanced at the map, then at Lu Yao across the table, and asked in an almost affirmative tone, "Touch over to guide the artillery?"
"right"
Platoon Leader Luo nodded, "Squad Leader Cha and I are leading the team. In order to ensure the completion of the mission, we now need someone who is familiar with the terrain to lead the way. I remember 1979..."
"no problem"
The squad leader seemed unwilling to mention certain things that had happened, but simply asked, "When will we set off?"
"dusk"
Platoon Leader Luo thought for a while and continued, "Lao Dao, our core mission in this operation is to find the ammunition depot, and we must ensure that Comrade Lu Yao and Comrade He Yong complete the artillery guidance mission."
"How many people are there in total?" Squad Leader Dao looked at the former and asked.
"Including you and Comrade Wei Ran, there are 11 people in total. If there are too many people, the target will be too big and it will be unsafe."
Platoon Leader Luo immediately said, "Except for everyone here, the rest are squad leader's soldiers, and they are already making preparations."
Having said this, Platoon Leader Luo looked around at everyone in the room and said, "Comrades, our primary goal in this mission is to guide the artillery. We will strive to not fire a single shot or a bullet, and not alert anyone."
enemy."
"Yes!" Everyone present responded in unison.
"It's half past four in the afternoon"
Platoon Leader Luo glanced at the watch on his wrist, "At five o'clock, we all have a meal together to get familiar with each other, and we will set off on time at six-thirty. Squad Leader Cha, you take Squad Leader Dao and Comrade Wei Ran to collect the equipment, wait
Please take Lao Dao to my place."
"yes!"
The squad leader named Zha Yongfang immediately stood up and saluted, then lowered his arms and greeted enthusiastically, "Squad leader Dao, Comrade Wei Ran, come with me."
After looking at each other with Squad Leader Dao, Wei Ran picked up the enamel jar and drank the cold water in it, picked up his backpack and left the conference room.
Under the leadership of Squad Leader Zha, Wei Ran and Squad Leader Dao came to another room.
At this time, two sets of large five-leaf camouflage patterns and several weapons had been placed on the table in this room.
"Knife squad leader, use this?"
As Squad Leader Cha said, he picked up a Type 64 silent submachine gun and a Type 67 silent pistol and handed them over.
The sword squad leader nodded, happily took the two weapons, and then took out his own Bayi Bar from his backpack and placed it on the table.
"Comrade Wei Ran, please change these two things too."
As Squad Leader Cha said, he picked up a Type 64 silent submachine gun and a Type 67 silent pistol and handed them over.
Seeing that the squad leader made no comment, Wei Ran happily took the weapon handed to him, then took out the Bayi bar from the backpack, the magazine and gun cleaning tools from the chest strap, and placed them all on the table.
After checking the submachine gun in his hand, Weiran replaced it with a compact 20-round magazine, and then stuffed two sub-machine guns with a capacity of 30 rounds into each of the four magazine bags hanging on the chest.
Sonic bullet magazine.
"Is this your wife?"
Squad Leader Cha, who spoke with a Huizhou accent, pointed to the photo of Suisui on the back of the small mirror Wei Ran had just taken out and asked with a smile.
"right"
Wei Ran nodded, stuffed the small mirror into the accessory bag containing the 82-2 grenade and cigarettes, and then picked up another grenade of the same style from the wooden box on the table, along with a spare pistol magazine
Together, they were stuffed into the accessory bag that had just been emptied on the other side.
"Do you have children?" Monitor Cha asked, taking out two stacks of letter paper and two pens from the desk drawer.
"No" Wei Ran shook his head.
"Leave a suicide note for your family." As Squad Leader Cha spoke, he pushed the letter paper and pen to the two of them.
"I don't need it, I have no family."
As the squad leader said, he had already taken off his chest strap, took off the green military uniform he had just put on after taking a shower, put on a pair of green shorts with laces and a clean hurdle vest, and finally put on the big five suit.
Leaf camouflage.
After putting on the chest strap again, he picked up the weapons and equipment and backpack he had just been assigned, as well as his two leggings and a pair of iron-legged horses on the table and urged, "Squad leader Cha, take me to see Platoon Leader Luo.
"
"Come with me"
Squad Leader Cha put down the letter paper and pen, left the room with the knife, and closed the door from the outside.
This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After waiting for a moment, Wei Ran also took off the chest pendant he had just stuffed. Then he took off the green military uniform he put on after taking a shower.
He put on his own pair of large lace-up pants and white hurdle vest that were on the table, as well as the double-sided printed five-leaf camouflage set.
After re-tying the outer belt, fixing the silent pistol and reconnaissance dagger and putting on the chest strap, he conveniently stuffed the small mirror with Sui Sui's photo and the film in the shoulder bag into his coat pocket.
He leisurely folded the clothes he had just taken off carefully and placed them on the table together with the green canvas satchel in his backpack. Wei Ran was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he picked up the 78 pot and looked around.
He poured the water out through the window, then stuffed some Monkey Ace tea leaves into it, picked up the enamel kettle in the corner, and filled it with cold boiled water.
After stuffing the kettle and the pair of iron-legged horses on the table into a backpack with only a raincoat and a towel left, he picked up his leggings, sat on the stool, and wrapped his trouser legs skillfully.
When he had packed up his whole body and put on his light backpack again, carrying a weapon in one hand and a helmet in the other and walking out of the room, he happened to see Lu Yao, who had also put on the big five-leaf camouflage, facing the outside.
She was waving at him.
"Come with me quickly!"
After Lu Yao finished speaking, without waiting for Wei Ran's response, he walked into another room.
After following the other party into this small room, he discovered that Xiao Xifeng was also here, and he had also changed into a set of large five-leaf camouflage.
The only difference is that these guys are using a 56-1 submachine gun with a chest mount and a folding stock.
At this time, there was an 884 radio and two 861 command planes on the only table in the room.
In addition, there is a folded waterproof map and telescope, a compass, a command ruler, a slide rule, a steering wheel, a stopwatch, a ladder ruler, a protractor, a pen-sized flashlight, a few pencils and a pencil sharpener, and even
A British-made LP-7 laser rangefinder that was definitely considered high-tech in this era.
Obviously, those who can use these things are undoubtedly technical soldiers, and looking at Lu Yao's familiar actions of putting these things into his bag, you can tell that he is the "technical soldier".
"Brother, how about we discuss something?"
As Lu Yao spoke, he had already taken out a can bottle from his backpack. The bottle was full of fruit candies of various flavors, and looking at the wrapping paper, it seemed that they were all imported candies.
Obviously, being able to obtain these things is enough to prove that Lu Yao's family is probably extremely wealthy.
"What's going on?" Wei Ran asked with interest.
"You and squad leader Dao can lend us two brothers the Bayi Bar to use?"
Lu Yao said, already handing over the can and bottle in his hand, "Whether it works or not, this can of candy is yours."
"Don't you have weapons?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, but at the same time he accepted the other party's "kindness" unceremoniously.
"The butts of these two broken guns are looser than my grandma's remaining front teeth."
Lu Yao immediately complained, "Besides, I heard that your Bayi Bar is a new gun, and I haven't even touched it yet. How about it? Can you lend it to the two of us?"
"I have no problem. As for the squad leader's knife, I can't decide whether you can borrow it or not." Wei Ran said happily.
"As long as you have brothers, that's enough!"
Lu Yao immediately slapped his thigh and walked out with his submachine gun, "I'll change it. You sit down and rest and eat a candy bar!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed out. At the same time, Wei Ran also noticed that beside the opponent's backpack, there was a paratrooper's knife with only one gap more than the scout's dagger, and a pot holder.
A paratrooper bottle with the national flag embroidered on it!
After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran unscrewed the can, poured out a few fruit candies and pushed them to Xiao Xifeng, and asked in a low voice, "What's the origin of this Lu Yao?"
"have no idea"
Xiao Xifeng shook her head, "He said he was a farmer before joining the army. I think he is just farting. I have never seen a farmer who can speak British or Soviet dialect."
"Lu Yao speaks English and Russian?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"No! He even taught me."
Xiao Xifeng put some spare parts of the radio station into her bag and said, "It's a bad thing. It's more difficult to learn than Vietnamese."
Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled and naturally picked up Lu Yao's paratrooper knife and pulled it out of the scabbard.
"That's the paratrooper knife his brother gave him."
Xiao Xifeng threw a fruit candy into her mouth and explained in unskilled Mandarin, "He showed off a lot, saying that his eldest brother was an airborne soldier, and his second brother was in the Lanzhou Military Region, but he was the first to go to the battlefield.
What."
Hearing this, Wei Ran put the paratrooper knife back to its original place.
Before he could pick up the paratrooper pot, Lu Yao also opened the door and walked in. But what Wei Ran didn't expect was that what this kid brought back actually had two eight-one bars.
"I met the knife squad leader"
When Lu Yao put down his weapon, he picked up the paratrooper pot on the table and said, "He also agreed to lend us the gun."
As he said that, he had already picked up Xiao Xifeng's submachine gun, grabbed the three magazines on the table and ran out again.
When he came back, the submachine gun in his hand was gone, replaced by eight magazines he took out from various places.
In addition, Wei Ran also noticed that the paratrooper bottle in his hand seemed to be filled with a faint smell of alcohol.
Seemingly noticing Wei Ran's gaze, Lu Yao put down the magazine and shook the paratrooper pot in his hand, "I took the last half pot of Erguotou and the guns that squad leader Dao and platoon leader Luo exchanged, and there was less than one or two left.
Now, how about we three brothers do it?"
"Well, I like it!"
Before Xiao Xifeng finished speaking, she quickly pulled out three enamel jars and placed them on the table.
Lu Yao was quite generous. Without waiting for Wei Ran's consent or refusal, he unscrewed the lid and poured all the Erguotou under his body into an enamel jar. He then flicked the spout, and then poured the
The bit of Erguotou in the enamel jar was divided into three equal parts.
"Come! Meeting is fate!"
Lu Yao picked up the enamel jar and said, "Let's go one by one. If we have a chance to go to the capital in the future, I will take you to eat hotpot mutton!"
Before he finished speaking, the three enamel jars touched each other lightly, and then the three well-armed young men looked at each other and drank up the pitiful amount of spicy wine in one gulp.
"Lu Yao, is this a paratrooper kettle?" Wei Ran put down his cup and raised his chin towards the kettle on the table.
"You can see this? Can you, buddy?"
Lu Yao's eyes lit up, he put down the cup and took off the water bottle cover to show off, "My eldest brother gave this to me. He is an airborne soldier."
As he said that, he took out the paratrooper knife again and slapped it on the table, and said proudly, "My elder brother also gave me this. It's a serious paratrooper knife. The gap is used to cut the parachute rope. How about it? Never seen it before, right?"
"
“This is indeed the first time I’ve met”
Wei Ran picked up the paratrooper knife again, looked at it, and asked bluntly, "I just heard from Xiao Xifeng that you have a second brother in the Lanzhou Military Region?"
"Can't"
Lu Yao wiped the corner of his mouth, stood up and put one foot on the stool, and said with increasing pride, "My eldest brother Lu Zhi is an airborne soldier, I am an artillery reconnaissance, and my second brother Lu Ji is even more powerful, you know the Night Tiger Group
?My second brother works as a hygienist in that regiment.
I'm not just bragging to you, my second brother is a serious doctor..."
Before Lu Yao could finish his words, a knock on the door came from outside, and then Monitor Cha also walked in.
Seeing this, Wei Ran and the others immediately stood up. Lu Yao, who had not yet stood up just now, quickly took his leg off the stool and stood with Wei Ran and Xiao Xifeng.
He sniffed and checked that squad leader Quan Dang didn't smell the faint smell of alcohol. He didn't even move forward and just asked, "He Yong, Lu Yao, have you finished writing your suicide note?"
"Report! It's written!"
Xiao Xifeng and Lu Yao responded in unison, and then each took out a manila envelope with their names written on it and handed it to Squad Leader Cha.
"Comrade Wei Ran, where's yours?" Squad Leader Cha asked.
"It's in my satchel next door. If I'm honored, I can just send that satchel back."
Wei Ran replied casually that since the last suicide note in Antarctica was "returned", he knew that the suicide note was written in vain and was of no use at all, so naturally there was no need to waste time on it.
Hearing this, Squad Leader Cha nodded without saying anything, and directly changed the subject and said, "He Yong and I will go get the supplies for the three of you. Lu Yao, take Comrade Wei Ran to the canteen to prepare for the meal."
After saying that, he simply turned around and left the small room filled with the faint scent of wine.
"yes!"
Lu Yao responded solemnly, and waited until Xiao Xifeng followed Monitor Cha to leave. Then he grinned stupidly at Wei Ran, but stopped mentioning his eldest and second brothers.
