The beacon of youth

After the war, the Independent Brigade carried out meritorious service awards in Yiwu. This is also a common practice of the army. After a big battle, it is necessary to summarize the advantages and disadvantages so as to facilitate another battle. This is an old tradition left over from the Red Army period. .

To say that this tradition is too powerful, despite the fact that only one of the [-] people in the entire independent brigade is a serious soldier from the Red Army (Lao Yang, the deputy battalion commander of the supply battalion), but the various methods and methods are indistinguishable. Poor.

Although the bandits were not completely wiped out, it was still a big victory. According to post-war statistics, more than 1 bandits were killed and injured by the independent brigade on the battlefield alone. More than 1 bandits were eliminated in the battle, which is a remarkable achievement anyway, so all the troops happily exchanged their experiences and experiences together.

But not everyone was happy. Apart from the bandits who ran away indiscriminately, there was also one guy in the Independent Brigade who was not happy. He was the battalion commander Wei Gang of the Machine Gun Battalion.

The camp was full of excitement, and Wei Gang became more and more annoyed as he thought about it. All the battalions, platoons, and squads of the Independent Brigade were commenting on meritorious service. Only the battalion commander Wei Gang and Wei slept soundly in his battalion headquarters. Hmph, no How about sleeping?Before firing a shot, what kind of meritorious service awards can we do? I hold my breath just thinking about it.

Even if the superiors give them some credit for the sake of face, there is no way to claim it. What do you say?Say that more than 1000 people in our machine gun battalion have contributed to watching the excitement?Scared the bandits away?This fucking doesn't make sense! !

Almost all the cadres above the battalion came to the brigade headquarters of the independent brigade, and the small brigade headquarters was full of excitement, including the instructor and deputy battalion commander of the machine gun battalion, but Wei Gang was not there.

Li Yong's eyes are good. Although there are many battalion-level cadres in the brigade, there are not many, especially Wei Gang, who has always been the same as Li Jiangguo.It's the protagonist who loves to be lively, and he's crazy about people. If he didn't come, there must be something wrong.

Li Yong said to Wang Chengde: "This kid Wei Gang didn't come to participate in the commentary. He must have something wrong with his head. I'll go and have a look."

Wang Chengde, who was speaking to everyone, shouted without even turning his head: "Huh, he thought I didn't know because of his narrow-mindedness? Go over and kick him a few times, pull this kid over, and give him 10 minutes to see what I'm doing." How will the party committee deal with him?"

The political commissar's words embarrassed the instructor and deputy battalion commander of the machine gun battalion, and they were about to explain something to Wang Chengde.He said he was sick, not feeling well, etc., but Wang Chengde waved his hand and said, "You two don't need to wipe his ass, just his little thoughts, hum. He has to be honest once the brigade commander leaves."

The machine gun battalion is called the anti-aircraft machine gun air defense battalion, which was specially formed by Li Yong to deal with the air power of the Kuomintang army.The whole battalion is equipped with more than 60 anti-aircraft machine guns of various types.It was taken from the enemy by the Independent Brigade in countless battles. It is the main air strike force of the entire Independent Brigade and also the main combat battalion in the brigade. It has repeatedly made military exploits in various major battles. The battalion commander Wei Gang He is also a famous battle hero, but now this battle hero is sleeping with his head covered.

The station of the machine gun battalion can be several hundred meters away from the brigade headquarters.When Li Yong led a few people to the gate of the Machine Gun Battalion, he saw that the entire camp was completely different from other troops, including the sentinels on guard who were all listless and listless.

Seeing that the brigade commander had arrived, the two guards immediately stood at attention and saluted.And to go back to report, Li Yong asked the two soldiers to continue to stand at the big post in front of the gate, and the report was omitted. He wanted to see what kind of monsters Captain Wei was up to.

A large room is covered with maps, and a large sand table is placed on the table in the middle. Although it is incomparable with the serious things of later generations, it still looks the same. It is said that Wei Gang made it himself. He also said that he was inspired by the brigade commander.

Li Yong nodded, that's right, Wei Gang has a brain, even if he hasn't studied for a few days, but his cleverness is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

A simple camp bed seized from the Kuomintang regular army was placed in a corner against the wall, and a thick body was wrapped under a grass-green military blanket. A soldier from the machine gun battalion was fidgeting behind Li Yong, winking and rubbing his hands and feet, not knowing what to do.

What is this called? The brigade commander is patrolling around in the battalion headquarters, but the battalion commander is lying on the side sleeping. No matter how you look at it, it is a bit weird.

The room is very luxurious, and it also has the spirit of a headquarters. The map, sand table, telephone, and several walkie-talkies on the side all show that this is a very regular army. Feeling, the big battalion with more than 1000 people is almost catching up with a regiment of ordinary troops. The earliest second regiment was only more than 1000 people. At that time, Wei Gang was still a deputy platoon leader, but now Wei Gang, this kid, Based on his qualifications and merits, plus his experience in commanding operations, it is no problem to be a regiment leader in other troops.

It seemed that the atmosphere in the room infected Wei Gang who was sleeping soundly. This guy sat up from the camp bed suddenly, and suddenly saw the brigade commander Li Yong looking around in his headquarters, Wei Gang flinched. Shrinking his neck, he didn't dare to speak, but just stood there at attention without saying a word.

Just like the political commissar Wang Chengde said, originally Li Yong wanted to kick this guy out of the bed with a big kick, but after seeing Wei Gang's headquarters, Brigadier Li suddenly felt a sense of time confusion. The inside of my head seems to have been in a movie, from the company commander who directed the training of recruits in the previous life, to an ordinary soldier in the second column, to the current position step by step, how many battles, blood and fire, life With death, how did Li Yong and twenty veterans get over it? More than three years almost compressed the experience of several lifetimes of an ordinary person, and then released it with the method of fast-moving movies.

old! !In my twenties, my body is still young, why do I feel old? Is it a mentality problem, or have I seen too many changes in the world?

"Wei Gang, I didn't see that, are you rich? This battalion headquarters is quite impressive. I think when our spy company was first established, apart from twenty or so tattered rifles, the best equipment was a small alarm clock. gone."

Seeing the brigade commander mentioning that incident back then, Wei Gang muttered and said, "Isn't it? I don't even have a watch at all. It's just such a precious alarm clock. Our political commissar specially applied for it back. You let that kid Li Jiangguo memorize it all day long." That guy, Old Li, is still unwilling, like someone owes him eight buckets of food all day long."

Including the guard company commander Li Jia, all the soldiers stretched out their ears. For them, this was something that happened before the Independent Brigade. They didn't know about it. Everyone was born with a gossip mentality and wanted to inquire about it. Find other people's secrets, hey, it turns out there is such a funny thing.

Li Yong no longer wanted to kick Wei Gang, so he simply said to him: "Wei Gang, can you be more open-minded, kid? Don't you just want to make meritorious service? There will be more opportunities in the future, so you can put your heart in your stomach." , wash your face first, and follow me to participate in the commentary activities."

Wei Gang was just a little emotional, and with the assurance of the brigade commander, the guy's mood suddenly improved, and he got up and followed Li Yong to leave.

When we arrived at the brigade headquarters, everyone looked at Wei Gang as if they were monsters. If there was any trouble, they deliberately ran against the battalion staff of the machine gun battalion who came with them: "Good guy, the battalion commander Wei was escorted by our brigade commander." , I can't even pretend to be sick now, I must have been dealt with a lot, hey, how many times have I been kicked?"

Wei Gang was thick-skinned, and pretended he didn't hear those random comments, but the few people who came with him couldn't do it. These boys were blushing and arguing with people with thick necks:

"Your battalion commander was brought here, and your battalion commander was kicked out. I heard about it just now. What's so good about your first battalion? Did your battalion commander recite the lesson for our brigade commander before?" The alarm clock? He was dealt with miserably, if you don't believe me, go back and ask."

A few soldiers from the Machine Gun Battalion were speculating and selling them now, and they also shared the scandal of Li Jiangguo, the commander of the first battalion, who had just heard about it. The soldiers of the first battalion were dubious. It doesn't seem like it was made up randomly, well, I have to ask the battalion commander when I have a chance.

While the Independent Brigade was happily celebrating, a troop was walking through the desert. The khaki military uniform and the five-pointed star on the hat could explain the identity of this troop. desert.

The size of the troop is not too big, but it is not too small either. There must be a thousand or several hundred people, and it is still a mixed troop composed of jeeps and horses, which makes them look much larger than ordinary infantry troops. .

That's right, they are the reconnaissance troops sent by the Independent Brigade. They are a fast-moving mixed force composed of Zhang Jinsong's reconnaissance battalion and the Fifth Army's cavalry battalion.

The bodies of the soldiers are covered with dust and sand, but it can be seen that they are all in good spirits, talking and laughing together, and joking with each other if they are energetic, except for a few people in the jeep in the middle A radio station was also placed, and Zhang Jinsong, who was sitting in the car, looked at the sky and the watch on his wrist, and said to the radio soldier beside him, "Stop the car and send a report to the brigade headquarters."

The little jeep stopped with a creak, and the radio soldiers on the car quickly set up the antenna and equipment. This is a radio station specially prepared by Li Yong for the troops before they set off. The personnel and equipment were carefully selected by company commander Li Jia. The master, with the ups and downs of the operator's wrist, the sound of ticking radio waves quickly passed through the desert. (To be continued..)