The sun is setting in the west, the setting sun is shining with golden light, and the Hailan River is sparkling. This big river originating from Longshan is cutting into thousands of mountains. It is no longer as gentle and broad as when it flows through the Sanjiang Plain. What is behind the sharp turn is a rapid and slender one. The closer it is to Qianshan, the louder the roar.
The cavalry were drinking their horses by the river. Shen Rusong saw Ma Yuanguo kicking the butt of a recruit who was not holding the horse to pee, and kicked him into the river. It made dozens of people nearby laugh.
"The fighting was miserable that year, even worse than last year. It is said that all the people who hit the infrastructure division were exhausted. By the end of the fight, the whole regiment had almost 2,000 people, and only more than 700 people came back. A whole group The entire company was burned out. Many squads only had one person alive, and if they were awarded a corporal on the spot, they could become the squad leader."
"Lao Ma got to be a corporal at that time. He became a corporal in his first year in the army. When four or five new recruits came in that winter, he naturally became the squad leader. If this continues, even if he is missing the second rank of a division commander Gong, with his military merit, he can definitely improve his skills."
"Do you know what the result was?" Seeing Qiu Tiejun looking like he wanted to smoke and going crazy, Shen Rusong waved his hand and said, forget it, just smoke.
"He was almost...almost...sentenced to be shot." Qiu Tiejun blew out a smoke ring happily, his words filled with regret.
"When others miss girls, they go home on vacation. The train on the way back deliberately goes around twice, specifically stopping at surface villages with two or three stops. That's all for fun. In the end, this bastard, before the vacation or after the vacation, hey, I can't remember. Anyway, one night I drank too much and came back late. I didn’t know where I was going. I bumped into two young lovers from the infrastructure soldiers who were having an affair. The two thought he was going to report him to the military police, so they wanted to take action in a hurry, but Where is the old horse's opponent? Just three or two moves will make him strong."
"If that's the case, it doesn't matter. The only problem is that he was drunk."
The recruits in the river climbed up the bank in a state of embarrassment, dripping wet from the wind and shivering from the cold, and had to continue riding in the cold, which was really a bit pitiful.
Shen Rusong signaled Qiu Tiejun to continue. He was also curious about what could have caused this person to fail, who could have gone to the infantry academy for a year, and then been promoted to a second lieutenant as a platoon leader.
"Well, it's a bit similar to those bastards like Yang Qi and Liu Zixu. Lao Ma got drunk and moved his hands again. He got angry and actually did things on the spot! Later, the gangsters patted their butts and left. These two people The infrastructure soldiers were also miserable. One was beaten unconscious, the other stripped off his clothes and fell unconscious from the cold. Later, they both froze to death in the field. When the military police went to arrest him the next day, my mother was still sleeping. Oh, I remembered , it’s the day of vacation! I packed my backpack that day.”
"Two lives, and it turned out to be the other one. Originally, the sentence was to be executed immediately by shooting. In the end, the battalion commander whose life was saved by Lao Ma went to the regiment commander and made the judge accept Lao Ma's words, which turned into passion. Murder, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be forgiven. He was thrown into the punishment unit. It is said that he was really lucky. The punishment unit did not kill him in three years. Now the battalion commander who was promoted to the regiment staff fished him out and put him back. In the former army, I served my crime well, but I will definitely never be promoted in this life, and I will probably die as a squad deputy when I retire."
This story is indeed bizarre. Shen Rusong has heard a little bit about the Punishment Force. It is a place where serious criminals and battlefield deserters who have committed capital crimes are kept. What they do is burying nuclear waste and making bait to eradicate the beast tide. Once you got in, you just had to live with your fingers, but this Ma Yuanguo not only came out alive, but also returned to his original post. He was really very capable. It's not just that he has connections that can explain it. He was really a ruthless person.
Speaking of this, Shen Rusong thought of Chen Xiaoxiang. He didn't even dare to speak in front of her like this. What kind of cruel person is she?
The more Shen Rusong thought about it, the more he felt it was right not to provoke her. After thinking about it, the sky was getting dark, and Shen Rusong had no intention of continuing to enjoy the scenery of Hailan River, so he asked everyone in the class to light up their lanterns and pay attention to their surroundings. By the time it was completely dark, the small but conspicuous campfire could be seen in the distance.
The campsite was chosen next to a mound a few hundred meters away from the river. The cavalry squad did not set up tents for others. They all squatted by the campfire to warm their hands. This was not to say that they liked to be cold, but that they planned to wait until the horses sleeping in the tents had enough rest before going back.
When the time came, Shen Rusong arranged for a group of male soldiers to dig the foundation of the tent piles. He also asked them to drive the spikes all the way to the bottom, otherwise the wind would blow at night and everyone would have to sleep with the roof lifted.
The female soldiers took the horses to drink water and feed them. The pack horses were far less delicate than war horses. Their hair was long and their skins were thick. They could survive temperatures of more than 20 degrees below zero and half a meter of snow.
Shen Rusong took back two tin buckets of water, poured them into a simple water purifier, boiled them and poured them into the kettle. Nowadays, all surface water is polluted beyond the standard. It cannot be drank directly even if it is boiled. Once you travel a long distance, you must bring a water purifier. There are now cases of people dying of acute gastroenteritis in the middle of the night after drinking surface water they thought was clean.
There is a forest nearby, so there is no need to bring your own solid fuel. While Shen Rusong was chopping firewood, he thought to himself that these cavalrymen were really a group of men. They only chopped firewood for their own share, leaving nothing extra for friendly forces.
In line with the principle of eating fresh food instead of canned food, this dinner consisted of shredded pork noodles in a lunch box, all brought from the farm at noon.
The rations are distributed for twenty days, with one can of meat plus one serving a day. If you eat the rice brought by the farm for one extra day, you can save one ration. When the time comes to go back, you can get the cigarettes, cans, and candies in the individual soldier rations. To exchange money.
After eating, Shen Rusong rushed everyone to rest, threw two vitamin tablets into his mouth, chewed them up and swallowed them, and then reported to the platoon leader.
"Start climbing the mountain tomorrow. Pay attention to the protection of the horses. In some places, the mountain roads are narrow. Those who cannot ride must be watched by comrades from the cavalry class." Platoon Leader Xu said to Chen Xiaoxiang, who nodded.
"We will walk around the mountain peak. We will reach the first maintenance target, the 1148.7 communication base station, around noon the day after tomorrow. We will camp there. After that, we will check a target every two days. We will reach the top on the ninth day. We will go around the same way to check for the Jaegers. For the reserve point left behind, we rushed to the old Sulfur Spring camp on the fifteenth day, then checked the abandoned villages along the way, and arrived at Ganjingzi Military Station on the nineteenth day."
"This mission is not dangerous. The focus is on increasing field experience and cultivating tacit understanding among the team. The only possibility is a change in weather. There is snow on the mountain this season. Once the weather changes suddenly and the mountain road conditions do not allow it, the route will have to be changed."
"The weather forecast shows that it won't rain heavily this month. We are walking on the main mountain road. The troops have been training here for many years, and they are very tough." Zhao Haiqiang answered, saying that there is no need to worry.
The platoon leader turned on the lantern, leaned over to study the map, and said half-certainly and half-confidently: "That's it. In previous years, this was the training ground for the Jaegers, and we always went to the safe ruins in the north for exercises. Speaking of the Jaegers Even those guys disappeared in the morning, forget it, we will do whatever the superiors arrange."
"Go back to sleep. It will be difficult to walk tomorrow. Keep your spirits up. If anyone falls behind, I will slap them!"
