Zhao Laogen is a sergeant in the Third Guard Brigade, stationed in Malianjing, Gansu Province, near Xinjiang Province. Their brigade has a small number of people, with only two regiments of more than 5,000 people. The brigade has very few heavy weapons, only two
There are more than a dozen 70mm caliber infantry guns, 10-machine 37 anti-aircraft guns and a small number of rocket launchers. As a third-rate garrison, their usual task is to be responsible for the security of the Malianjing area. The task can be said to be
Extraordinarily easy.
As a sergeant, Zhao Laogen's monthly military salary is 30 yuan in gold yuan coupons. This amount of money can only be said to be average in ordinary big cities, but Zhao Laogen is very satisfied. In Zhao Laogen
In Gen's opinion, he, an illiterate peasant, was able to be promoted to sergeant based on his own ability in less than two years after joining the Chahar Army, and he was able to earn a large sum of money every month.
Military pay, that was a good thing that he had never dreamed of before. So he was very satisfied. The only regret was that he didn't know who was responsible for it, and got him from the 10th Infantry Division to this expensive place to chew sand.
Although there is basically no war here, it also means that his path to promotion is cut off.
Today is the day when Zhao Laogen and his platoon patrol. Zhao Laogen has assembled the team early in the morning. Seeing that more than 30 brothers have arrived in front of him, Zhao Laogen charges forward with the Suomi in his hand and hangs it on his back.
, with a flick of his finger, the butt of a cigarette drew an arc towards the rising sun and landed not far away. He took a long puff of smoke and shouted, "Brothers, start working."
After saying this, Zhao Laogen took the lead and walked to the east, followed by a long line of fully armed soldiers. Everyone began to walk to the west.
The team walked for a while, and Sergeant Zhang Wuqiang, the third squad leader, trotted up and walked side by side with Zhao Laogen. He said with a smile: "Platoon leader, how come our patrol intensity has suddenly increased in the past two days? Normally we are just the same."
Patrolling for two hours doesn’t mean much, why should we walk all day today?”
"Fuck you, don't call me the platoon leader. I am the acting platoon leader. Do you understand?" Zhao Laogen said angrily: "Have you ever seen a sergeant as the platoon leader? I will be a substitute, and wait for the new platoon leader to come."
When the time comes, I will have to go back and be the first squad leader."
Zhang Wuqiang shrank his neck and muttered, "Who told you not to study hard? I never see you sleeping during the cultural class on weekdays."
"What are you talking about?" Zhao Laogen glared at Zhang Wuqiang and cursed: "If I had been educated back then, I would have been a company commander a long time ago. I wouldn't have waited two years to become a platoon leader, and I was still acting temporarily. Let me tell you.
, I woke up to pee this morning but it was very dirty, please don’t mess with me."
Seeing Zhang Wuqiang lowering his head silently and looking aggrieved, Zhao Laogen couldn't help but angrily and funnyly took out a cigarette and handed it to Zhang Wuqiang to light it and said: "Look at how bad you are, okay, I'll go with you."
Lala. Didn’t you hear what was said on the radio two days ago that Commander Su is going to attack over there, so we have to be more vigilant here and be on guard to prevent the bastards from the other side from attacking us."
"Oh, so that's it." Zhang Wuqiang suddenly realized, and he quickly took two steps forward and walked side by side with Zhao Laogen: "Boss, there are no people across from us, and the nearest outpost to us is also thirty miles away. No.
I despise them, and even if I pick them up, they wouldn’t even dare to touch us.”
"I say you are stupid, but you are really stupid." Zhao Laogen looked down upon his subordinate with an expression of hatred for steel. "What we are guarding is not the outpost in the southwest, but the old man in Hami. Three months ago
This bastard Sheng Shicai just begged Lao Maozi to station a mechanized reinforced group in Hamina. They are the ones we are guarding against."
"So it's them." Zhao Wuqiang nodded thoughtfully, and then said disdainfully: "This talented man is really a loser. He knows clearly that our Chief Su dislikes Lao Maozi the most, but he still dares to ask Lao Maozi to be stationed in Hami.
I really don’t know whether to live or die.”
"Otherwise," Zhao Laogen shook his head and said seriously: "When I was in the Tenth Division, I heard some brothers from the Tenth Division say that Lao Maozi's fighting power is not bad, and they are also very good at fighting, so they should not be underestimated.
They. Your kid has never been to the Chahar National Cemetery. The tens of thousands of tombstones lined up there are the brothers who died in Siberia. They were the ones who fought gloriously with Lao Maozi. If you meet Lao Maozi,
You should be careful, Maozi, and be more thoughtful."
Zhao Wuqiang nodded disapprovingly and then patted the Suomi in his hand and said carelessly: "Don't worry, platoon leader. If he really encounters Lao Maozi, I will let him taste the power of the guy in my hand, and I guarantee that they will come."
No return.”
Zhao Laogen sighed, threw away the cigarette butt, shook his head and walked forward. There are some things that you won't understand unless you experience them yourself.
The team walked until noon and arrived at a small town called Weiya in Xinjiang Province. This was the patrol's destination. Once here, the patrol could complete today's mission and return home.
It is now noon, and the scorching weather in Xinjiang Province in June is no joke. The sand under your feet is so hot that it can bake eggs. The hot sand keeps pouring into the rubber shoes under your feet, burning bubbles on your feet.
Zhao Laogen looked at the panting and sweating team behind him and knew that if they didn't rest for a while, someone might suffer from heat stroke. He had no choice but to order the team to rest for half an hour before returning the same way.
Looking at the stumbling team and Zhao Wuqiang who was taking out a kettle to fill it with water, Zhao Laogen sighed secretly. After all, the security force was not as well-trained as the old troops of the 10th Division. It only took half a day to walk and it was all gone.
, I think back when they were training for emergency marches, they had to walk for a whole day while also taking into account combat training.
Shaking his head, Zhao Laogen mentioned Somi and walked forward to be on guard. His rubber shoes stepped on the soft and hot sand, and a stream of heat flowed from his feet straight to his forehead. He took out the kettle and took a sip of the same hot water.
, Zhao Laogen raised his telescope and began to observe the movement in front.
Weiya Town is a small town with only a few dozen people. Since the opening of the cotton channel between Chahar and Xinjiang Province, the number of people here has begun to increase. There are always dozens of businessmen passing by on weekdays. But since
After Chahar announced his intention to march into Xinjiang Province, the flow of people here suddenly decreased.
Now Zhao Laogen was observing the situation in the town with a telescope five hundred meters away. Zhao Laogen climbed up a small sand dune, and when he scanned the front with his telescope, a group of black things came into his eyes, "Hey, that's
What is it?" Zhao Laogen quickly adjusted the focus of the telescope, and the group of things gradually came into his sight.
A group of earth-yellow things caught Zhao Laogen's eyes, "Hey, those are tanks." Zhao Laogen shouted in surprise.
Zhao Laogen was puzzled as to why there were tanks here. Even if Zhao Laogen was killed, he would not believe that Sheng Shicai's rogue troops could have tanks. So there was only one possibility, and that was the Soviet Union's troops.
Zhao Laogen adjusted the focus again, and yes, the stars on the tanks were vaguely visible. They were Soviet T26 tanks, and there were quite a few of them. There were more than fifty tanks and thousands of infantrymen nearby.
Damn it, aren't the Soviets always on the Hami side? Zhao Laogen didn't have time to think too much. He put down his telescope and rolled down the sand dune. While firing, he shouted loudly: "Everyone, retreat quickly. There is an old man in front of you."
Tank troops. Retreat quickly"
Following Zhao Laogen's words, the soldiers who were still resting behind the sand dunes quickly stood up in confusion. They had never experienced war and hurriedly picked up their weapons and prepared to retreat.
Soon, Zhao Laogen ran to the team and shouted to the soldiers to retreat quickly. At the same time, he also grabbed the walkie-talkie from the correspondent's hand and called: "Company Headquarters, Company Headquarters, I
It's the second platoon. When we patrolled to Oya, we found a Soviet tank unit and about a thousand infantrymen. It is estimated that their target is probably our station, Malianjing."
Just as Zhao Laogen and more than 30 of his brothers were desperately retreating, the Soviet army in the small town of Weiya had discovered this small force more than 500 meters away. Under the commander's order,
A small force consisting of more than a dozen T26 tanks and more than a hundred infantrymen immediately rushed towards Zhao Laogen and the others.
"Hurry up, everyone, hurry up, let's leave before Lao Maozi notices us." Zhao Laogen kept urging the soldiers to hurry up.
"Platoon leader, Lao Maozi is coming." A soldier who looked back from time to time shouted breathlessly to Zhao Laogen.
Zhao Laogen looked back and saw billowing smoke and dust less than 500 meters behind him. More than a dozen tanks were quickly approaching him. Zhao Laogen laughed miserably, knowing that people like him couldn't escape.
He shouted loudly: "Brothers, we have been discovered. We can't run anymore. Stop now."
The soldiers listened and gathered around Zhao Laogen, looking at him with some fear and expectation.
Zhao Laogen took a breath and swallowed his saliva and said: "Brothers, our legs can't outrun those iron guys no matter what. Let's fight with those bullies here."
"Platoon leader, can we beat those people?" A soldier asked after hesitating for a while. Zhao Laogen got angry and hit him with a single blow. "Damn it, if you can't beat me, you will beat me. Who will chirp again?"
Waiwai, I killed him Zhang Wuqiang and set up the machine gun. Ergouzi, you take the rocket launcher and lie aside. When the tanks come later, we will all rely on you."
Under Zhao Laogen's arrangement, the soldiers found bunkers and hid. The only mg42 machine gun was also set up. The ammunition hand quickly loaded the machine gun with bullets, waiting for the arrival of the Soviet tanks.