In the room, Lu Yao, who was still sorting out the weapons and equipment, saw that Wei Ran was about to leave, and he quickly reminded him.
"I won't wear the helmet anymore."
Wei Ran, who had already reached the door, did not stop at all, but just put the camouflage mask on his head.
To put it bluntly, this mask is just a loose version of the camouflage "balaclava", or to put it more bluntly, it is just a small camouflage cloth bag with a horizontal strip of holes to expose the eyes.
Fortunately, not only has this long observation hole been carefully hemmed, but the "bag mouth" can also cover the large five-leaf camouflage collar and be tied tightly with the drawstring inside.
As for why he didn't wear a helmet, this activity behind enemy lines was not about squatting in trenches. Let's not talk about how inconsistent the outline of the helmet is in the natural environment and how uncomfortable it is to wear such a heavy weight. These are secondary.
The main reason is that in this activity behind enemy lines, when encountering the enemy, the distance between the two sides is probably only a hundred or even forty or fifty meters. In this case, the exchange of fire is really about whoever strikes first will survive, and they will definitely.
Subconsciously move towards the body with a larger area as a greeting. No one will have the time or mood to kill them with a "headshot".
So even if the helmet can block bullets fired at the head, is it possible that it can also block bullets fired at the body?
Seeing that Wei Ran had left the room with his weapons and equipment, Lu Yao thought for a while and finally put on his own helmet. After putting on his backpack, he took out something from the satchel on the bedside.
Only then did he and Xiao Xifeng, who had been waiting for him, quickly catch up with Wei Ran.
Outside the barracks, in the shadow of a camphor tree, Platoon Leader Luo, Sword Squad Leader Cha and others had already arrived in advance, and the other soldiers also rushed over one after another.
As expected, none of these people were wearing helmets. Seeing this, Lu Yao immediately turned around and sent his helmet back to the room.
At this time, there was a jeep parked next to the camphor tree. There was also a soldier holding a seagull camera next to the car, taking a solo photo of Wang Beizhan holding a machine gun.
"You guys also want to take a photo alone as a souvenir later."
When Platoon Leader Luo saw the three Wei Ran people coming over, he immediately greeted them warmly while blowing away the cigarettes, "Send it back home and let the matchmaker introduce you to a partner."
"I'd better not waste the photo," Xiao Xifeng said with a grimace, "it's better to leave it to E Niang E Da as a thought."
"Xiao Xifeng is so frightened by the lamp blowing," Lu Yao joked with a playful smile.
"I'm not afraid," Xiao Xifeng argued, holding his neck, but anyone could hear that he lacked confidence.
"Wei Ran, come here."
Just when the topic seemed to be getting more and more relaxed, Squad Leader Dao waved to Wei Ran and motioned for him to follow him and walked a few steps further away, finally stopping in the shadow of another camphor tree not far away.
inside.
"What's the order from Captain Dao?" Wei Ran asked after helping the other party climb up the Red Pagoda Mountain.
"This mission is different from the past"
As he spoke, Squad Leader Dao had already taken off his backpack and threw it under the tree. He sat down against the tree trunk and whispered, "In addition to passing through a minefield, we also have to pass through the yellow monkey's position. If anything goes wrong in the process,
, we may not come back at all.”
"I understand" Wei Ran nodded.
"You understand the ball"
The squad leader pointed at Lu Yao who was not far away with a cigarette between his fingers, "That Lu Yao is worth a lot of money. His life is worth more than all of our lives put together."
"How do you say this?" Wei Ran couldn't help but frowned. Could it be that Lu Yao really came here to plating...
"He is a college student, a top student."
There was no jealousy in the tone of the squad leader, but only envy and admiration. "He is different from us, especially from an illiterate like me who can't read a few characters. Only they can play with those high-tech weapons and equipment. We will rely on them in future wars."
They are also brains. Our country’s border defense can only be defended in the future by them.”
"Can..."
"But this war can last for one year, three years, ten years, or twenty years? If those white-eyed wolves have this foundation, how can they fight like bears with the Americans?"
Squad Leader Dao didn't give Wei Ran a chance to express his thoughts, and continued in a sultry tone, "After this war is over, the construction of the country will still depend on educated and knowledgeable people like Lu Yao. We can't rely on us, we...
.I can no longer keep up with the times.”
Seeing Wei Ran hesitate to speak, Squad Leader Dao smiled and said, "Wei Ran, no matter what, we have to ensure that at least Lu Yao can go back alive.
If he comes back alive, even if he fails to complete the mission, even if we are glorious, it will still be glorious and valuable. But if something happens to him, we will lose money even if he dies. He is a college student... Our country has trained more than one college student.
Difficult? No matter what, we can't let him make any mistakes in this remote place."
"I..." Wei Ran took a deep breath, "I understand."
“This trip is not easy”
The squad leader continued to whisper, "Don't underestimate those white-eyed wolves. After all, they have fought with the Americans for so many years, and their quality is no lower than ours."
"I will be more vigilant," Wei Ran responded seriously, "Squad leader, please tell me the specific arrangements."
"The two of us are mainly responsible for leading the way."
The squad leader flicked the cigarette butt and said, "I went to the place I am going to this time in 1979. At that time, there were only people in the company... only me and Luo Bing... Platoon Leader Luo survived.
I was the one who carried him back. At that time, he was still a new recruit similar to Lu Yao."
After a moment's pause, Squad Leader Dao continued, "This time you mainly cooperate with me and walk at the front to lead the way. If you encounter enemies, try to avoid them if you can, and try not to get into a firefight."
"Okay" Wei Ran responded again.
“Let’s go take pictures”
The squad leader waved his hand, took off the green towel that had been wrapped around his wrist and wiped the sweat from his forehead, revealing the Dongfeng brand watch and the camouflage cloth strip wrapped around the watch chain.
Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded, stood up and saluted, put on his backpack again, picked up his weapon, and walked towards another camphor tree not far away.
"Comrade Weiran"
Just as he was waiting in line to take a solo photo, Platoon Leader Luo waved to him.
"Leader Luo"
Wei Ran ran over immediately, but before he could raise his hand to salute, Platoon Commander Luo pressed down his arm and motioned him with his eyes to take a few steps further away.
"Do you know why I asked you to follow me this time?" Platoon Leader Luo asked Wei Ran again as he handed him a cigarette.
"Protect Lu..."
"My soldiers are no worse than the soldiers brought by Lao Dao," Platoon Leader Luo said confidently, "Especially my reconnaissance squad, they are the best soldiers. What your platoon's sharp sword squad can do, my soldiers can do too.
"
"That is..."
"In a few months, it will be time for Lao Dao to retire."
Platoon Leader Luo lowered his voice, "He is not educated enough and his application to stay in the team was not approved. This is what the company instructor secretly told me."
Seeing that Wei Ran seemed to have understood his hint, Platoon Leader Luo said more bluntly, "This mission, as long as all of us can come back alive, it will be a collective third-class achievement at least. If the mission is completed well,
Maybe I can win a second-class personal merit for Lao Dao.
With this, even if he still can't stay, even if he returns to his place, he can receive a sum of money and arrange a solid job to live a steady life.
Comrade Wei Ran, I've done everything I need to do with you, so you have to watch your knife squad leader and don't let him have his own ideas."
"yes!"
Wei Ran saluted seriously, regardless of Squad Leader Dao's instructions or Platoon Leader Luo's "selfishness". These visions or considerations were ultimately implemented with nothing more than one goal: complete the mission, come back alive, and everyone come back alive.
"Wei Ran! Comrade Wei Ran, it's your turn!"
At this moment, engineer Zhao Yuejin, who had just finished taking a solo photo, also greeted Wei Ran loudly.
"Go for it!"
Platoon Leader Luo patted Wei Ran on the shoulder, but his gaze was directed to another camphor tree in the distance.
Carrying the weapon and walking quickly to the edge of the jeep, Wei Ran allowed the photographer to instruct him to temporarily take off his hood and took a single photo with the distant mountains as the background.
Almost as soon as he finished taking the photo, two other soldiers who looked to be around forty years old came over.
"gather!"
Platoon Leader Luo gave the order, and everyone immediately formed two rows with Squad Leader Cha as the center.
"Reporting to the head of the delegation, comrades political commissar, the personnel have been assembled, please give instructions!" Platoon Leader Luo saluted solemnly and reported loudly.
"take a break"
The middle-aged soldier who seemed to be the leader of the regiment had a kind face, and he looked emphatically at the knife squad leader at the front of the platoon, and then said with a smile, "Comrades, are you confident to complete the mission?"
"have!"
Everyone stood at attention with a snap, shouted in unison and gave a vigorous response.
"Okay! I'm waiting for you to come back!"
After the unknown leader finished speaking, he and the political commissar behind him saluted everyone seriously.
After returning the favor in unison, everyone, under the direction of the photographer, took a group photo with the group leader and political commissar as the center.
There was not much communication, nor impassioned oaths. After taking a group photo, everyone got into a car with a tarpaulin under the leadership of Platoon Leader Luo, and left the barracks at the rear under the afterglow of the setting sun.
We drove straight to the front line.
"Lu Yao, have you brought the things you were asked to bring?"
Almost as soon as the truck left the camp, Platoon Leader Luo in the car asked.
"Hey! Don't worry, platoon leader, I'll bring it with me!"
As Lu Yao spoke, he took off his backpack, opened it, and took out a camera, a Zhujiang brand S201 camera in a leather case!
"Why are you bringing a camera?" Squad Leader Dao, who had just lit a cigarette, asked in confusion.
“Of course I took pictures.”
Lu Yao explained with a smile, "It can also record the damage effects of artillery. It is much more intuitive to take these things back."
Hearing this, the squad leader opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just took a long puff of cigarette silently and turned to look at the scenery that was continuously retreating outside the tarpaulin curtain at the rear of the car.
Seeing this, Platoon Leader Luo winked at Lu Yao, who immediately raised his camera, pointed it at Squad Leader Dao who didn't know what he was thinking, and pressed the shutter.
One step faster than him, Wei Ran, who was sitting at the far end of the carriage, took out the Nikon camera under the cover of his backpack while no one was paying attention to him. After some quick adjustments, he used the beautiful and powerful camera to
The big-eyed lens captured the young soldiers in the carriage, including Lu Yao who raised the camera, Squad Leader Dao who was looking out the window, and Platoon Leader Luo with a smile on his face.
Lu Yao pressed the shutter almost at the same time, and fellow countryman Zhao Yuejin next to him also noticed the camera in his hand.
"Be good! Why don't you..."
Zhao Yuejin was just halfway through his envious admiration when he saw Wei Ran stuffing the camera into his backpack very quickly and making a silent gesture.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuejin wisely closed his mouth, while Xiao Xifeng and the prisoner Li Dazhai, who had just noticed the camera in Wei Ran's hand, turned to look at Lu Yao in tacit understanding.
Almost at the moment when he used the cover of his backpack to put the camera back into the metal book, Lu Yao also turned the camera and pointed it at the people in the car, "Look at me, all the comrades are looking at me! Hey! Yes -! Look!
Oh my! Dazhai, stop touching your nose. We are taking photos now. Are you talking about your wife?"
In the midst of Lu Yao's teasing, the prisoner Li Dazhai grinned innocently and wiped his boogers on the floor with his fingers. The others also showed bright smiles and allowed Lu Yao to press down on them.
opened the shutter.
"Lu Yao, save some film." Supervisor Cha ordered, "There are some photos to take along the way."
"Hey!" Lu Yao responded, put away his precious camera, and lit a cigarette against the rear fender of the car.
"Comrade Weiran"
Li Dazhai moved closer to Wei Ran and lowered his voice and asked, "Isn't that camera expensive?"
"It's okay, do you want to buy one?" Wei Ran asked while giving the other party a cigarette.
"I want to buy it, but I don't want to buy it."
Li Dazhai said with envy, "Our place is poor, and the photo studios in the county all use cameras with big wooden boxes. My parents have only taken one photo in their lives, and it was before I joined the army and I was there."
I took the photo together."
As he spoke, Li Dazhai took out an American-style first aid box from his pocket. After carefully opening the tin box, he took out a black-and-white photo about the size of his palm and pointed at the person on it with pride.
He introduced, "These are my parents. The one wearing the big red flower on the right is me, and the one wearing the big red flower on the left is my brother. His name is Daqing."
"He also joined the army?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.
"Participated"
Li Dazhai nodded, "He was lucky. He was assigned to the capital, and he said he would stand guard for the chief."
"My brother was assigned to Xizang"
Machine Gunner King Zhan Zhan also came over, asked Wei Ran for a cigarette and said, "It's hard for them. I heard it's difficult to drink water."
"You also have a younger brother?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.
"That's what you said"
Zhao Yuejin, a fellow member of Wei Ran, also came over to ask for a cigarette and said matter-of-factly, "We don't have an only son in our investigation team. I also have a brother above me."
"In addition to one older brother and one younger brother, I also have a younger sister."
The prisoner Zhang Hongliang said proudly, and at the same time he took out a photo from his pocket to show off, "Last time I visited my relatives, I took them to the photo studio to take a family photo. This is all the fashion now, just in case...
.”
“There is no such thing as a contingency”
Monitor Cha, who had been chatting in a low voice with the deputy monitor just now, did not give Zhang Hongliang a chance to finish. Instead, he used the conversation to say, "I also have a younger brother who is still in elementary school. Hai Dongqing, on the other hand, his younger brother has children."
.”
"We got married early there"
Vice squad leader Hai Dongqing showed an honest smile, "They were engaged when they were 15 years old. At that time, I had just joined the army. Two months ago, my mother sent a letter saying that my sister-in-law gave birth to a pair of children to my brother.
Where are the twins?"
"This is a skill"
Xiao Xifeng took over the topic, "I have an older brother who is planning to take over my father's job at the winery in the next two years."
"Comrade Wei Ran, what about you?"
Lu Yao asked curiously, "Do you have a brother or a sister at home?"
"I..."
Wei Ran was about to open his mouth to make up a brother and a younger brother and sister, but everyone in the carriage heard the terrifying whistle of the incoming artillery!
"boom!"
Almost before the shell exploded a hundred meters away from them, the truck also accelerated violently, and everyone in the carriage was caught off guard and fell into a ball!
"It's a mortar!" the knife squad leader was the first to shout, "82 mortar! It's far away from us!"
"Drive faster!"
Platoon leader Luo smashed the rear window of the cab hard, and the truck increased its speed again.
Soon, the second and third mortars were fired around the truck, but soon, more shells were fired in the direction in which the mortars flew.
After less than five minutes of fighting, the Vietnamese monkeys who were fighting coldly on the opposite side stopped, but the truck Wei Ran and others were riding in increased its speed again.
"I heard that we imported a kind of radar"
Lu Yao threw a candy into his mouth and said, "I heard that the radar is like having eyes and can directly find the artillery position on the opposite side."
"So powerful?" Xiao Xifeng clicked her tongue, "Then there won't be any need for artillery reconnaissance in the future?"
"Artillery reconnaissance using radar is also artillery reconnaissance"
Lu Yao said, "And I heard that that kind of radar can also find low-speed artillery shells such as mortars. It is useless for large-caliber high-speed artillery, so this artillery detection is still useful."
Hearing this, Platoon Leader Luo and the thoughtful Squad Leader Dao looked at each other. The latter smiled and said somewhat lonely, "Cultivating military and civilian dual-purpose talents, dual-purpose talents, we will also have to rely on them to fight in the future.
Learned."
"Knife squad leader, knowledge alone is not enough."
Lu Yao obviously knew something, and he said casually, "Without actual combat experience, just theory is not enough. In my opinion, our battle with the more difficult monkey is the best training ground.
The practical experience of seniors like you is also knowledge, and these must be passed down."
"You young man is good at talking."
Squad Leader Dao shook his head nonchalantly, "I even had to look through the dictionary to recognize the words in the two books on military-civilian dual-purpose talents that were issued before. What kind of knowledge is that?"
"I think Lu Yao was right this time."
Cha Yongfang, who is also the squad leader, then said, "Old squad leader, we are going to learn your craft from you this time."
"With a rope and a knife, what skills can you do? I can do it but you can't?"
The knife squad leader responded with a slight inferiority complex, "I want to learn skills and knowledge from you."
“There’s no need for such polite words.”
Platoon Leader Luo stopped this meaningless topic, "It's almost here now, so we should talk about the main topic."
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately cheered up.
"This operation is codenamed Dongfeng, the east wind suppresses the west wind."
Platoon Leader Luo said, "The destination is on the other side of Laoshan. It is less than ten kilometers away from Baiyanlang's Jianghe City and about 20 kilometers away from the front line. Comrades, today is March 25th. We
Only one week to complete the mission and retreat."
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"
Except for Wei Ran who was a little behind, everyone else gave confident answers in unison.
"The regiment leader leads the command team at the artillery position to wait for our news at any time. In addition, platoon leader Zhang and his soldiers are responsible for responding."
Platoon Leader Luo paused and continued, "Specifically for those of us, Squad Leader Dao and Wei Ran are responsible for leading the way. Squad Leader Check, now you can tell us about the arrangements for other comrades."
"Hai Dongqing took Hongliang and followed Squad Leader Dao and Comrade Wei Ran."
Squad Leader Cha immediately made prepared arrangements and said, "Prepare for war and leap forward, you two will follow me and be ready with fire support at any time.
Platoon leader, you take Lu Yao and Xiao Xifeng, Dazhai, you are behind, be aware of sneak attacks behind you at any time."
"Yes!" Everyone in the carriage, including Platoon Leader Luo, immediately gave a unified response.
"What do you think about letting the squad leader command the platoon leader?" the old squad leader joked about Platoon Leader Luo.
"Give young people some opportunities," Platoon Leader Luo replied with a smile, as if this was not a big deal.
Just at this moment, the truck also stopped at the edge of a position.
Before they could get out of the car, a muscular soldier wearing long pants and a 56 chest strap came over carrying an 81 bar.
Behind this soldier, there was another soldier carrying a Xiao Bayi radio. The surrounding environment also made Wei Ran realize that this was probably the place where the group photo was taken.
"You are finally here!"
Just as he was observing his surroundings, the shirtless soldier with a helmet on his head and a Bayi bar in his hand also greeted him warmly.
"Is Platoon Commander Zhang impatient?"
Platoon Leader Luo shook hands with the other party and asked while the others were getting out of the car, "How is the situation?"
"same as usual"
Platoon Leader Zhang shook hands with Squad Leader Dao and said, "There are people keeping an eye on that passage. It should be safe."
"Without further ado, let's..."
"Platoon leader, why don't we take a group photo here first?" Lu Yao came up and asked.
“Hurry up”
Platoon leader Luo was easy to talk to. Before he could finish his words, Lu Yao had already waved to the soldier carrying the radio on his back, "Comrade, can you lend us your radio? Just take a photo and help us by the way."
Press the shutter."
"Go for it!"
The platoon leader Zhang raised his hand in an easy-going manner, and the communications soldier immediately took off his Xiao Bayi radio and placed it at Xiao Xifeng's feet. Obviously, the two people knew each other.
"Ma Li, should we wear masks or not?" Squad Leader Cha asked while helping everyone adjust their positions.
"Wear it or not..."
"Put it on"
It was Platoon Leader Luo who gave the answer, "When we come back, come here and take a picture without wearing anything."
"right!"
After Lu Yao finished speaking, he handed the adjusted camera to the communications soldier. He quickly ran between Wei Ran and Xiao Xifeng, and even put his hands on their shoulders.
There were still no slogans. After shouting a countdown of 321, the communications soldier simply pressed the shutter and took a picture of the team that was about to go to the enemy's rear to perform an artillery reconnaissance mission, with their faces covered.
group photo.
"Are you ready?"
After Platoon Leader Zhang waited for his communications soldier to return the camera to Lu Yao, he raised his hand and glanced at the watch on his wrist, then picked up a 7013 command machine hanging on the chest strap, pointed at the microphone and said, "
7:06."
"Seven:6, that's right," Platoon Commander Luo also responded using the command plane.
At the same time, Squad Leader Dao also subconsciously glanced at the Dongfeng watch on his wrist. Also looking at the watch was Wei Ran, who secretly took out the compass and flyback watch.
"Let's go now"
Platoon leader Luo gave the order, and Wei Ran immediately put away his compass and walked to the front of the queue with squad leader Dao.
