blood of vietnam war

Chapter 48

The weapons were returned to us early the next morning. After all, this is a battlefield, and the superiors also considered that if we don’t give us weapons, there may be accidents in an emergency.

Our punishment was issued at noon the next day, when we were sleeping in a private house because of the sleepy night of inspection.

Why don't you sleep in a tent?

If the daytime in Vietnam is sunny, it will be stuffy and hot, and there is no way to hide in the tent.There is no one in the private house anyway, isn't it?No need for nothing.Pick up some hay or broken mats anywhere, and find a shady place in the room to make a bed... This is an excellent bed!

In other words, since I entered Vietnam, I have never had such a good sleep. The main reason is that there are much fewer mosquitoes during the day than at night, and the other is that I was really sleepy after being up all night last night.

Until Scar walked in and woke us up, I was still in a daze thinking that I was still under scrutiny.

"Well... I confess, what I said is the truth..."

The soldiers around laughed out loud.

"The squad leader is still explaining the problem!" Xiao Shitou pretended to be serious and said, "Comrade Yang Xuefeng, let me be frank, you have made a few targets..."

The appearance of the little stone caused a burst of laughter again, and I was the only one with a bitter face and didn't know what to say.This is so embarrassing, I even dreamed that I was being censored!

"gather!"

With a password, we hurriedly lined up in the camp.Because I just woke up, it was difficult to open my eyes under the scorching sun. It took me a long time to see clearly that standing in front of me was the instructor and a fair-looking young cadre.

"Comrades!" The instructor unfolded a piece of paper in front of us and said, "Now read out the superior's opinions on how to deal with individual comrades. It is relatively minor and has a good attitude of admitting mistakes, and is now given a serious warning!"

Only then did we really breathe a sigh of relief, a serious warning, that's all a warning.

But this result is taken for granted. First, the superior has to deal with such a matter. If he does not deal with it, other troops will follow suit. If he is upset with the company commander, he will do it... Second, the superior does not dare to punish him too severely.After all, most of them are survivors of the battlefield, aren't they?If the punishment is severe, I'm afraid it will cause their ideological backlash again.

"Comrades!" The instructor continued: "The superior has assigned you a new company commander, everyone welcomes you!"

After a burst of applause, the young cadre stood in front of us energetically and saluted straightly: "Hello, comrades! My name is Luo Xianwen, and I hope that in the future battles, I can beat the devils together with my comrades! "

As he spoke, it was another military salute to indicate that he had finished speaking.

The soldiers looked a little silly when they saw the new company commander's white and scholarly face.

Is this the new company commander?Can he fight?Do you know how to fight?Maybe the old company commander is more suitable!

Later we found out that Company Commander Luo still had two talents. He was supposed to be studying at Yanjing Military Academy at the moment. He heard that after the war, he made trains and cars all the way, and then walked to the front line.Isn't it?Just when we arrived at the front line, our company made trouble and beat up the company commander, so he just happened to be our company commander.

Isn't it?He didn't have anything on him except a backpack, binoculars, a map... he didn't even have a pistol, and he just stood in front of us with his bare hands.

"Disband!" With a command, the soldiers dispersed with their own thoughts.

A few soldiers under me quickly approached me and whispered: "Squad leader... look at this new company commander..."

"Hey! I said this superior is really good!" Xiao Shitou complained with some dissatisfaction: "How capable is our squad leader, there is no objection to letting our squad leader be the company commander, but he even sent a sissy to come up..."

"Keep your voice down!" The scholar glared at Xiao Shitou and said, "Even if our squad leader is capable, he is still a squad leader. It is not easy to be promoted to a squad leader in a few days, and you can still become a company commander without being a platoon leader? Can you convince a few people who have been waiting in line for such a long time?"

"Why are you talking about this?" I said impatiently: "You are all full and have nothing to do, right? If you have nothing to do, go dig trenches for me..."

When I said that, the soldiers fell silent.

In fact, I really don't like to talk about this, because for me, being a squad leader or platoon leader is a burden, even a company commander.I don't understand this life-threatening job...why are there people rushing to do it!

"Comrade Yang Xuefeng!" At some point, the new company commander Luo Xianwen stood in front of me and stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, I heard about your combat deeds when I first arrived in the army. Learn more from you!"

"That...company commander! I...where...that... dare to say I'm studying!" Suddenly I started knocking.

I am not afraid of anything... In fact, it should be said that most people who have fought a few battles on the battlefield are not afraid of anything.

why?We have seen the Grim Reaper several times, what scene can scare us?

However, this company commander talked to me in such a low profile, and even said that he wanted to learn from me... I felt very awkward, and I felt uncomfortable all over.

"Comrade Yang Xuefeng, you are too modest!" Company Commander Luo smiled generously and said, "You can capture Vietnamese snipers on the battlefield, defeat the blocking fire of the Vietnamese army, blow up the ammunition depot in the underground castle, and even discover the Vietnamese soldiers. Army agents and led the troops to kill and wound dozens of people... I think this is definitely not something that ordinary people can do! My shortcoming is that I have theoretical knowledge but no actual combat experience. It is natural to learn from you, the second squad leader!"

"Well, this..." I didn't know how to answer for a while. As the saying goes, you don't hit a smiling face with your hand. The new company commander put a high hat on me...and he seemed to know everything about my previous battles. Chu, from this point of view, he must have done some work, so I am naturally embarrassed to save him.

"Well, that's right!" Company Commander Luo continued: "I think... with Comrade Yang Xuefeng's experience and wit, he is definitely capable of being a platoon leader, so I want you to be the platoon leader of the second platoon. Comrade..."

"Then... what about Scar?" I glanced at Scar who was smoking a cigarette with the soldiers not far away.

"Oh!" Company Commander Luo nodded with a smile: "I think so. Because of the heavy casualties in the first row, a batch of new recruits will soon be added to the first row. I think the leader of the second row is more experienced in dealing with recruits." , so I arranged for the second platoon leader to be the first platoon leader, the second platoon leader..."

"Oh!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but secretly nodded, this arrangement is quite appropriate.

First of all, although I have military exploits, I have only been a soldier for a few days in total. I don't know what military discipline is, what kind of discipline it is, so it is definitely not appropriate for me to lead recruits.Scar is different, he is a standard soldier, and he is a soldier with great leadership ability, which can be seen from his control of the turmoil.His abilities are fine even if he is a company commander or battalion commander, let alone a platoon leader!

"The second squad leader has no objection to my arrangement!"

"Well, no... no objection!" I thought so, anyway, as a squad leader, I have to take the lead, so why not climb up?You never know when you will be able to become a battalion-level cadre, and you only need to command from the rear!

"Great!" Company Commander Luo held my hand again: "I'm waiting for your words, Class [-]... Well, I should be the leader of the [-]nd Platoon!"

So I became the platoon leader!

I was a bit unexpected about this change, because my own mentality can be said to have not completely transformed from a recruit to a veteran. For example, I feel that I am not as decent as Scar in dealing with many things.But all of a sudden... he realized that he had become the same level as Scar!

For this change, the soldiers under me were naturally cheering. First of all, I became the platoon leader, and secondly, I was still the platoon leader of the second platoon, and I was still directly leading them.So this change can be said to be a double blessing for them.

Then I felt a little embarrassed... If I want to be the second platoon leader, it means that I have to lead the other two classes.

The monitors of the other two classes... I don't know if it was because they hated me or something, they basically didn't talk to me, can I control these two monitors now?

But I didn't expect that this problem was not a problem, because soon the two squad leaders walked up to me and saluted me with a standard military salute.

"Don't worry, platoon leader!" It was Wang Shuren who spoke, and he said with some shame: "Your performance on the battlefield...everyone can see it. If you are a platoon leader, we will obey you!"

"Platoon leader!" Li Changbin also nodded and said, "As soldiers, we actually have no likes and dislikes. Whoever allows us to achieve the greatest victory with the least cost is the one we like to follow. You are such a person, so we have no reason I don't like being with you. Actually, you don't know... There are still many people who want to fight with you!"

It was only later that I realized that what Li Changbin said was true, because many soldiers who couldn’t find a unit to join the line asked to be transferred to my platoon... By the way, in this era when we are fighting, there are really many people who can’t find a unit. One is because of chaotic command, Another reason is that the terrain is unfamiliar, and our army's communication equipment is extremely backward... So many soldiers separated from the troops, and these scattered troops could not return to the country as deserters, so they followed a nearby army to insert it. Well, it's all about fighting anyway, and it's about fighting desperately with the Yue Devils anyway, isn't it the same in which army?

And these soldiers who jump in the line have another advantage, that is, they are more free. For example, if they join our army today, they can leave our army to find their own troops tomorrow when they know the whereabouts of their troops.So some soldiers who jumped in the queue took advantage of this loophole, retreating first and then advancing... When they came in, they called their names and asked to go to the second row of the second company.

It just so happened that my company suffered heavy losses in this battle, didn't it?So it took less than half a day to replenish the staff, even the row where there were only seven people left was full, and there were even people who wanted to squeeze in...

The idea of ​​being a soldier is actually very simple, just like what Li Changbin said, they are willing to follow whoever can get them the greatest victory at the least cost.