"Company Commander!" Thinking of this, I immediately stood up and replied: "I feel that my time as a soldier is still short, and I still don't understand many rules. I still need to practice more. The current situation is not suitable for being a squad leader and leading troops. I hope the company
I’ll think about it for a while…”
I have to admit that I have never been so humble. For the first time in my life, I agree with the saying that humility is a virtue.
"Just do it!" Captain Li said impatiently, "It's not up to you to decide whether it works or not. If it doesn't work, I'll change it."
"I'm talking about Comrade Yang Xuefeng!" The instructor came out with a cup of tea at this time. Seeing this situation, he interrupted and said: "The superior's decision to make you the squad leader is a sign of trust in you and an affirmation of your performance on the battlefield. You
It is true that you have not been a soldier for a long time, but your superiors appoint people based on their merits and do not judge heroes based on their time in the army. There is a saying that, whether it is a white cat or a black cat, if it can catch mice, it is a good cat! On the battlefield, recruits are ignored
A veteran is a good soldier if he can kill the enemy bravely on the battlefield..."
Then there was a lot of chatter, which made me admire the instructor's eloquence. At the same time, I also understood that if I didn't accept this arrangement, the instructor would always do my "ideological work."
So he had no choice but to step forward very reluctantly and said: "Report to the instructor, company commander... I have figured it out, and I will obey the arrangements of my superiors!"
"This is a good comrade!" The instructor smiled and nodded, seeming to be very satisfied with the speech he just gave.
After walking out of the company headquarters, Scar patted me on the shoulder and said: "There are not many people who become squad leaders after only a few days as a soldier. But the battlefield... is a place where people kill people.
Yes, it is also a place to discover talents. There is a saying...what happens in troubled times..."
“In troubled times, heroes emerge!”
"Yes!" Scar nodded and said, "Heroes emerge from troubled times. Think about it, if there wasn't this battlefield, how would you have discovered your kid's ability to kill enemies? Work hard. It's not difficult to be a soldier. How could you be like this?
Let’s talk about Xiao Wang from the 1st company. He said he didn’t know how to lead troops at first, but later he failed to manage the people in a platoon obediently. Let’s take Xiao Zhao from the 7th company, he is younger than you..."
"I'm talking about platoon leader!" After listening to this, I felt something was wrong, and asked with some confusion: "I am the squad leader... isn't it what you and the company commander asked for?"
"What are you talking about?" Scar's face darkened, and he said seriously: "Who do you think I am? Can a platoon leader make requests to the company commander? I'm just recommending someone..."
I ignored him and walked away, leaving me behind to hate this ugly monster with all my teeth.
In life, maybe everyone wants to be a cadre. Just kidding, who wouldn’t want to have power in their hands?
But on the battlefield, positions such as squad leader, platoon leader and even company commander are ones that everyone avoids.
Why?
I heard an old man say that our People's Liberation Army has been famous for its backward equipment since the founding of the army. Isn't this right? In the Red Army era, there were still soldiers who used big swords and shuttles to mark the battlefield. In the Eighth Route Army era, they were only equipped with three bullets. After three shots, they were
They had to get bayonets and rush forward to fight with all their might, hence the nickname "Three Guns Tubal Road". Even the People's Liberation Army after the founding of the People's Republic of China... only used weapons made by all nations that were taken from the enemy.
It is precisely because of this that the People's Liberation Army has a tradition that cadres must be at the forefront when fighting.
Just imagine, if a troop with outdated equipment and lack of training waved a pistol like an officer of the national army and shouted: "Brothers, charge! Every person who kills the enemy will be rewarded with fifty yuan!" and then hid behind to supervise the battle... Then
Is there anyone else working for you? What are those few dollars compared to your life? Even if you have money, you have no life to spend, right?
Therefore, most of the national army troops have low morale and lack of discipline.
However, the People's Liberation Army troops do not pay, and at the same time they cannot afford to pay. All they can do is set an example for the new recruits, and all of them rush to the front...
Now I am unfortunately becoming such a role model.
When I returned to the camp in a daze, I heard Scar yelling: "Second platoon, assemble!"
"Comrades!" Scar raised his hand and said to the soldiers: "Our second squad leader died during the search mission. He was not only a good soldier, but also a good squad leader, and he was also our good comrade. We
We must turn our grief and anger into strength and recover this blood debt from the Vietnamese Japanese!"
"Recover the blood debt!"
"eye for eye!"
…
The soldiers raised their hands and shouted.
"Comrades!" Scar signaled the soldiers to quiet down, and then said: "Comrade Yang Xuefeng of our platoon, although he has only joined the army for a short time, his military quality and performance on the battlefield are obvious to all. Now he is appointed by his superiors.
Comrade Yang Xuefeng is the new monitor of our second class, what do you comrades think?"
"no comment!"
"Obey the orders of your superiors!"
…
The soldiers shouted again.
I just kept silent because I knew it would be useless to speak.
Because I was angry, after the group was dismissed, I sat down on a rock and took out a piece of cloth to clean the gun.
"Comrade Yang Xuefeng!" Bayonet came up to me and asked in vague words while eating the can in his hand: "I...I heard that you don't want to be the squad leader? Why? Afraid that you can't control us? Don't worry,
We must listen to your command and obey your arrangements!"
"That's right!" Xiao Shitou also came up and said: "You can just be your squad leader! We have seen you kill so many Yue Japs these days, hey... that's called fun! I can't go wrong with following you to fight against Yue Japs!"
"Yes! Comrade Yang Xuefeng!" The scholar also nodded and said: "Although you have not been a soldier as long as us, you can capture Vietnamese snipers and kill more than forty Vietnamese soldiers in one night.
...This is not something ordinary people can do. If you come to be the squad leader, we will obey! If you come to lead us in the war, we will rest assured!"
Only then did I realize that I became the squad leader all because of the "limelight" I had achieved in the past two days.
Why am I so stupid? Even if you shoot me, you won’t even know...
"Here!" Just when I was worried about the new officer taking office, Scar suddenly threw a large string of ammunition chains and an armed belt in front of me.
"What are you doing?" Because I still thought that it was Scar who asked me to be the squad leader, I naturally had a bad tone when I spoke to him.
"Bullets!" Scar looked at me with some confusion.
"I know these are bullets! But why did you give me these bullets?"
"Shh, keep your voice down!" Scar mysteriously pointed at the sniper rifle I put aside and said, "Your superiors asked you to keep it... but they didn't say you weren't allowed to use it, right?"
"What?" My eyes lit up when I heard this: "You mean...this is a sniper rifle bullet? Where did you get it?"
"You're a fool!" Scar slapped me on the head angrily: "The enemy's sniper rifle uses machine gun bullets!"
"Oh!" When Scar said this, my heart immediately brightened.
Secretly, it's no wonder that this sniper rifle can shoot so far. It turns out that it uses machine gun ammunition.
I hurriedly pulled out a few bullets from the bullet belt on the ground and compared them. Sure enough, they were the same. I couldn't help but feel elated, and the depression in my heart was instantly swept away.
Although the size of this machine gun bullet is similar to the 56.5 rifle bullet, it is longer than the rifle bullet. The longer it means it can hold more gunpowder, and the ability to hold more gunpowder means the warhead can shoot farther, right?
?I still have this little physics knowledge from junior high school.
"Haha, Platoon Commander..." Looking at these bullets, I didn't know what to say to thank Scar.
"Don't be too happy too soon!" A strange smile appeared on Scar's lips, and he turned around and left without explaining anything.
At that time, I only knew how to hold a sniper rifle in my hand and load it. I originally thought it was just a fire stick with a gun but no ammunition. Who would have thought that the bullets were right under my nose, and there were as many as I wanted...
This feeling of regaining something was so exciting that of course one would not have thought of the deep meaning behind Scar's words.
I loaded a magazine full of bullets into the sniper rifle, held it in my hand and played with it for a few times. The weight was moderate and it felt good in the hand. The butt of the gun was hollowed out with natural lines. As soon as I grabbed it, I could feel a faint murderous aura from the gun.
and a sense of mystery.
I seem to remember that the old man once said that this thing is called SVD. The Soviet-made one has a range of one thousand meters, which is more than twice as far as the 56 used by our military.
Look at the armed belt again... the things pinned to it are four empty magazines for the sniper rifle, a military spur, and a Tokarev pistol.
I quickly tied the armed belt to my waist... Not to mention, I naturally felt a strange feeling in my heart. I couldn't tell what it was, but it seemed that I felt a little more confident and more confident.
A little more stable, a little more practical... Although it is only a little bit more, I know that often just a little bit can be the difference between life and death on the battlefield!
Originally I wanted to try the gun, but when I thought about the fact that there are Vietnamese agents lurking everywhere here, and it can even be said that there are Vietnamese agents mixed in with our army, this shooting may cause misunderstandings, so I had to give up.
"Little stones!" I shouted to a few of my soldiers from a distance.
"Here we come!" Xiao Shitou quickly trotted all the way and stood upright in front of me.
"This!" I took off my 56 and handed it to Xiao Shitou's hand, saying, "You will keep this gun from now on!"
"What?" Xiao Shitou was a little confused: "Squad leader, this gun... still needs to be kept?"
"What?" I glared and said angrily: "You just said you would obey my orders, right? You changed your mind right away?"
"Yes!" Xiao Shitou straightened his waist and replied, "Resolutely obey the order!"
Seeing Xiao Shitou holding 56 half down with a grimace, I couldn't help but feel proud in my heart: Who told you to ask me to be the squad leader, just to give you some trouble.