Gu Fengchun looked at Liu Wensheng's wrinkled face full of fear, and couldn't help but feel very nervous. He wanted to know what Liu Wensheng had gone through.
The following are Liu Wensheng's memories. For the convenience of description, we will temporarily use the first person pronoun, and the "I" in it refers to Liu Wensheng.
Beginning on February 14, 1979, a large-scale army group began to attack the invading Vietnamese troops, and completed the first phase of military operations on March 16. During the advance, we were responsible for demining, and when the army retreated, we
The main task of the engineer company is to lay mines in the rear. My experience mainly happened during the march.
When the troops marched very fast, we engineers had to risk our lives to carry out demining tasks in the flames of war, and I was one of these engineers. At that time, the attack on Lang Son on the eastern front was tight, and the troops suffered heavy losses. It is said that our regiment's
The reconnaissance platoon suffered heavy losses and was in urgent need of personnel replacement. Our engineer company also suffered heavy losses. Of the 25 comrades in my team, only eleven were left after only three days of the war.
I was selected from the engineer company to join the newly formed reconnaissance platoon. At first I thought it was because I was literate and could read maps. Later I learned that ours was not a reconnaissance team in the traditional sense. We had a
A very special mission, assigned to the Thirteenth Army on the Western Front. There are thirty people in the reconnaissance team, two of whom have just arrived here, one looks to be only thirty years old, and the other is sixty years old.
Over the age of 30. The man in his thirties is named Chen Wenhua, who is said to be a special commissioner of the Central Committee, while the old man in his sixties is a very famous professor at a university named Ye Pingbo. Ye Pingbo and Chen Wenhua are treated differently
Very high. It is said that General Xu also treated them differently at that time. It was thanks to these two people that I met General Xu before setting off.
At that time, the war on the Eastern Front was already intensifying. On March 1st, we left Lang Son at night. That night, General Xu issued a death order, requiring that after the attack after dawn, not a single building in Lang Son could be destroyed. This order
The soldiers who were red-eyed after being killed carried it out without compromise. After our army defeated the enemy's so-called most elite 308th Division, Lang Son was occupied by our army on March 4. From then on, the Vietnamese army had no danger to defend on the eastern front.
; And the engineer company I belonged to was also killed in those days. If I had not been transferred out of the engineer company, my fate would have been the same as that of my dead brothers. Our group of people who performed special tasks were transferred to the helicopter.
Yunnan, however, followed Ye Pingbo's instructions and quickly marched into the depths of the rain forest. Except for Ye Pingbo and Chen Wenming, the rest of the personnel were top soldiers selected by each company. Except for me, they can be said to be the elites of each team. And this so-called
Apart from these two people, we don’t know their mission. Our main task is to escort these two people to their destination, and then escort them back.
The discipline in the army is very strict, and we will never ask anything we know we shouldn't ask. According to Ye Pingbo's introduction, we have to march towards the depths of the rainforest, and the destination is an ancient city ruins. And we must rush there within 5 days.
Arrival. Ye Pingbo said that if you fail to arrive on time, the consequences will be very serious.
We are generally not very interested in non-military tasks, but the level of this task has received more attention than ordinary military operations. We do not dare to take it lightly. We all know very well that in this rainforest, it looks very peaceful.
, but in fact we all know that there are more hidden murderous intentions in the tropical rainforest than on the battlefield. In addition to various deadly poisonous snakes, there are also countless poisonous insects, blood-sucking leeches, swamps that instantly swallow life, etc. In addition,
We also have to worry about the guerrillas and landmines in Vietnam. Every time we take a step forward, there are hidden murderous intentions. We have to be in fear along the way. Although we know that being a soldier is a job with your head on your waist, but this feeling
It would be particularly relevant on the battlefield.
By the time we arrived in Yunnan, the battle on the Western Front was coming to an end, and our mission had just begun. In addition to the threats from the natural environment of the rainforest, our dangers also included guerrillas lurking in the rainforest and dispersed Vietnamese.
Army, this is nothing. What we are most worried about is that Vietnam occupied the Khmer Rouge at that time. If their troops return to support the east and west fronts, then if we go in this direction, the probability of running into them is very high.
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Ye Pingbo and Chen Wenhua were obviously well prepared for this harsh environment. We were trying our best to avoid places where the Vietnamese troops might be present, but in this way, we walked deeper into the rainforest.
The first day was uneventful, but on the second day, bad luck began to plague our team.
On the way, Chen Wenhua told our leader Xiao Zhonghua that the purpose of our march was not to find any ancient city, but to find an ancient tomb. This ancient tomb is the burial place of Shupan, the king of Anyang. He explained the reason why we were here
The reason we came here for inspection during the war was because after the two men completely turned against each other, the possibility of them wanting to enter Vietnam for inspection was almost zero.
My family is into Feng Shui, and I am very sensitive to things like Yin and Yang Houses, and I am very interested in what they say, but I also know that there is deceit in Chen Wenhua’s words. Shu Pan was originally the king of Shu, but Sima Sima in the Qin Dynasty
After the wrong attack on Shu, the Shu people lost their country, and the Shu Pan Kingdom was established in northern Vietnam. However, it was later defeated by Zhao Tuo, and the Shu Pan people fled Vietnam without knowing where they ended up. How could a Shu Pan ancient tomb suddenly appear?
When I was suspicious, Chen Wenhua looked at me for a while and then asked me: "Are you Liu Wensheng, the son of Company Commander Liu Defu?"
I was very surprised at that time. Since my father was classified as a monster, no one has called him by this title in the army. Life was hard in those few years, and his old man could not withstand the repeated criticisms.
, died of illness in the cowshed. When the self-defense counterattack began, he had not yet taken off the black hat of a monster or snake god on his head. And Chen Wenhua looked to be about thirty, so the possibility of knowing my father was not very high.
I nodded and said, "Do you know my father?"
Chen Wenhua shook his head and said with a half-smile: "No, I have never met him, but I know your grandfather." As soon as I heard this, Wu Mingye became angry. My grandfather came to Yan during the Liberation War.
The prince is playing chess. Isn’t Chen Wenhua just asking for trouble? Didn’t he know my grandfather before he was born? At that time, I wanted to teach him a lesson, but he said nonchalantly: "Old Liu with ghost eyes"
His Feng Shui skills are famous all over the world, who doesn’t know him? You should learn some of his skills, right?"
When I heard it, this ghost-eyed old Liu was my grandfather's nickname. This was a top hat given to him by people in the industry. They said that he was like having a yin and yang eye, and he could see the ground with great accuracy, looking for all the Feng Shui acupoints.
. But as soon as I heard this, I lost my temper and shook my head like a tambourine. I said urgently: "I have already drawn a clear line with these old things, such as ghosts, ghosts and snake gods!" Special period
Although it has just ended, the remaining influence of the special period is still deeply imprinted in my heart. I dare not admit it even to death that I have learned this family-owned craft; otherwise, even if I finish this battle alive, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it when I go back.
He was picked out by the people and criticized.
Chen Wenming patted me on the shoulder and said softly: "Liu Wensheng, you can deny it, but before you were transferred here, I found out everything. You can pretend to be stupid now, but wait until I need you.
When you are in the army, it is best for your eyes to shine brightly. I can guarantee that when you go out, you will no longer have to bear anything for the past. You will no longer have to stay in the army for seven or eight years and still be a veteran. When you go out, I can give you
With a clean identity, you will have unlimited future." After saying that, he smiled enigmatically, and the look in his eyes made me feel scared. But some of the content in his words made me stunned.
Heartbeat.
Chen Wenhua didn't talk much, and Ye Pingbo was even more silent. We soldiers know better that keeping quiet is the safest thing in a place like this.
Chen Wenhua was more vigilant than any of us. If it weren't for him, I believe I would have ended my life in that swamp. When passing by the edge of a swamp, he whispered, "Get down". We still haven't
Knowing what had happened, the gunshots of the Vietnamese soldiers suddenly rang out. It turned out that a small group of broken-up Vietnamese soldiers were resting here and lurking in the swamp. We were attacked as soon as we appeared. Fortunately, the Vietnamese soldiers also suddenly discovered
Let's fight hastily, otherwise our losses will be heavy.
Xiao Zhonghua said bitterly: "Damn Vietnamese barbarians." Then he fired at the Vietnamese army with the gun in his hand. Everyone fought back. For a moment, gunshots were heard in the silent rain forest. Only Ye Pingbo lay down and did not dare to move, including Chen Wenhua.
Inside, everyone was shooting at the remaining Vietnamese troops.
But the Vietnamese have a big advantage in numbers, and their weapons are no worse than ours. Ironically, many of the guns they use are the weapons we used to support Vietnam in counterattacking the US military during the Vietnam War. Now it’s better, they have a white-eyed wolf.
I bit myself back. Looking at the equipment, I knew that they were not stragglers, but troops with rich combat experience. Later I found out that these remnants were deserters from the elite 316a Division of the Vietnamese army. We had encountered each other.
We have strong bones. When we meet, we are at a disadvantage.
In desperation, Chen Wenhua shouted loudly: "Bomb them with mortars."
Xiao Weihua suddenly became enlightened and quickly called for men to suppress the enemy's firepower, then unloaded the mortars and loaded them with shells. In order to deal with unexpected events, we also brought two small local mortars with the team. The range was from dozens to hundreds.
A mini artillery piece like that. Its lethality is also amazing. It turned out to be really useful.
The power of the mortars is indeed terrifying. The two mortars, controlled by the gunners Liang Yishan and Ma Xiaojie, specifically targeted areas where the enemy's firepower was intense and fired.
Screams and stumps were scattered everywhere. Ma Xiaojie fired a cannonball fiercely into the swamp. Mud from the horse in the swamp immediately flew everywhere, accompanied by several shrill screams.
A foul smell came out as the mud flew. Smelling this smell, we all felt a little nauseous. On the battlefield, we had even adapted to the smell of corpses, and now we can eat dry food while squatting next to the corpses.
It tastes good; but this rotten smell is more disgusting than the smell of corpses. There are a lot of fallen leaves and other organic matter deposits in the swamp. Generally, biogas is produced during decomposition, but biogas definitely does not have this kind of stench. At most, it is just smelly.
It just smells like eggs. There is no distinction between upwind and downwind in the dense rainforest. The stench immediately swept across the entire area. Even decades later, when I think of this smell, I still feel sour in my stomach.