February 14, 1979, Valentine's Day.

Not long after lunch, Liang Sanxi, commander of the Ninth Company, received a first-level combat readiness order from the Military Commission issued by the regimental communications officer......

Liang Sanxi, who had no intention of counting on Zhao Mengsheng, personally sent orders to each soldier. When Liang Sanxi arrived at the cooking class, he found that more than 100 oil-paper bags were neatly piled up on the ground outside the kitchen......

"Lao Wu, this is ......"

Wu Fatzi, the leader of the cooking squad, smiled: "Didn't you keep saying that the food accounts of Lianli were not correct, this is what I gave you!" ”

"Do you still have this in mind?" Liang Sanxi looked at Liuyun with a smile, "Xiaoliu, your news is well-informed, the order of the Military Commission has not been issued yet, so you will start preparing with Squad Leader Wu!" ”

Liuyun smiled: "Be prepared!" ”

Liang Sanxi smiled and nodded......

Early the next morning, the Ninth Company was transported by several large trucks to the railway station near the regimental headquarters. After that, the 9th Company, like other companies, maneuvered to the border area in a stuffy tanker.

After arriving at the designated area and completing the assembly, all the troops stopped marching and waited for further instructions from their superiors......

After settling the soldiers, Liang Sanxi and Jin Kailai led the soldiers of the heavy firepower platoon and Liuyun, who "worked as a worker in a military factory", to the quartermaster department to receive ammunition and supplies.

The so-called quartermaster office had only a few offices, and the munitions were housed in a large mountain warehouse near the railway station, surrounded by a large amount of anti-aircraft fire.

Seeing the anti-aircraft guns covered with green camouflage nets around him, Jin Kailai's eyes were red, and he kept poking his finger at Liuyun: "Xiao Liu, ......what do you say?"

"Lao Jin, pay attention to the influence, I am also the backbone of the reloaded company!"

Liuyun, who had repaired 57-mm high-level dual-purpose guns in the overhaul factory, naturally looked down on these army models with a much shorter firing range than the naval type; But the soldiers of the fire platoon don't have enough eyes: look at this, look at that......

After entering the warehouse and seeing a large pile of ammunition slowly, Jin Kailai was directly hungry......

"Comrades, you fist troops, can you pick things yourself?"

As soon as he heard the quartermaster's tone, Liuyun knew that the Ninth Company would definitely be used on the blade of the knife to take on tasks such as interspersing or attacking mountainous fortifications.

So, Liuyun was not polite, ignored Liang Sanxi and Jin Kai, who kept staring at him, walked to a stack of 82mm recoilless shell boxes, found a box of shells produced in 74, reached out and hugged it, and then took out a multi-functional combination knife and opened the box......

Liuyun reached out and grabbed a cannonball, weighed it, and was happy: I won the jackpot!

Liuyun carried the cannonball upside down, walked up to the quartermaster with a smile, and put the cannonball in the other party's hand......

After receiving the shell, the quartermaster's face suddenly turned pale: although he rarely touches this kind of shell in person, he still knows the standard weight of the shell, and the weight of this one in his hand is obviously insufficient......

"Xiao Liu, what's wrong?"

Liuyun turned his head and glanced at Liang Sanxi, who looked worried, with a wry smile: "I won the lottery, and the first shot I picked up was an empty shell!" ”

The quartermaster asked his men to go back to get the tools with a dark face, then walked up to Liuyun, asked for the combination tool knife, walked to the box that had been opened in a huff, took out a shell, removed the fuse, and then disassembled the shell entirely......

The quartermaster's face darkened, and he strode up to a few people, and returned the tool knife with a smile: "Don't get your ammunition first, I'll transfer another batch of ammunition!" ”

Liang Sanxi could only return in vain, and came to the car to take the compressed biscuits back first......

In the military command post, the army commander Lei Zhen was already thunderous.........

The quartermaster department found out about the "dud" incident and reacted to the military region, but before it could raise eyebrows, the widow of its old chief made a fuss: the telephone was connected to the military command system, and if military discipline was strictly enforced, it could be shot directly......

Although he knew that the chief's widow was stupid, Lei Zhen didn't expect that the stupid woman would be so stupid: she was calculated, and she didn't know it; And if Zhao Mengsheng is really transferred away from the battle, his life will be wasted, at least the reputation of "tiger father and dog son" cannot escape.

Lei Zhen became more and more angry the more he thought about it, made a phone call, and then left the headquarters with the guards......

And in the troop assembly area, before the evening performance program began, the host walked on the stage: "Now I have invited Commander Lei to give us a speech!" ”

Jin Kailai, who was sitting next to Zhao Mengsheng, found that after Zhao Mengsheng heard Commander Lei, his face turned pale and cold sweat kept flowing down......

After Lei Zhen walked on the stage, he was also polite, and he was a fierce critic. Although Lei Zhen did not name him, the soldiers of the Ninth Company knew that it was the instructor Zhao Mengsheng who criticized it......

Although he is also a little afraid of death, Zhao Mengsheng is also a face-saving person: in this era when people's hearts are still pure, no one can stand the fingers of others......

Liuyun didn't know what Liang Sanxi said to Zhao Mengsheng that night, anyway, the next day, Zhao Mengsheng was like a fried rooster, and he expressed his attitude to the people of the whole company......

Zhao Mengsheng's time bomb was eliminated, and a batch of technical troops were sent above, which can be regarded as double happiness, and Liang Sanxi breathed a sigh of relief.

On February 17, 1979, the People's Daily published the famous editorial entitled "Is it tolerable or intolerable", which can be regarded as an explanation of what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in 1978......

Within less than an hour of the editorial's publication, shells of various calibers were pouring down like a torrential rain over the fortifications on the high ground on the Vietnamese side on the border between China and Vietnam......

In less than an hour, most of the fortifications built in Vietnam had been reduced to stone and dust.

The Ninth Company, which had already crossed the blockade line and reached the enemy-occupied area at the time of the shelling, was now shuttling rapidly through the jungle, and the team was responsible for opening the way, carrying a large bag and two guns, holding a knife in his hand, and a five-fourth pistol not written on his leg.

Although it is not clear what equipment Liuyun has on his body, this set also surprised Liang Sanxi for a long time; Even Lei Kaihua, who is still studying in the military academy, does not know which unit the "Type 72 automatic rifle" on Liuyun's body is equipped with......

As he walked, Liuyun suddenly raised his hand and motioned for the team to stop, then took out a tool knife from his chest and picked up the dirt not far from his feet,......

After seeing the army-green "little water bottle" clearly, Lei Kaihua was startled: he encountered an anti-infantry mine!

Liuyun took out a safety pin from his chest pocket and "scrapped" the mine before cutting the metal tripwire; After that, Liuyun searched for melons and found several anti-infantry mines of the same specification......

From the moment they encountered the mines, the men and horses of the Ninth Company officially entered the warning area of the "white-eyed wolf......

Along the way, after many difficulties in customer service, Liang Sanxi is no longer as optimistic as before departure: if there is no Liuyun to open the way in front, I am afraid that there will be casualties in Lianli; What's more, once the mine is triggered, the enemy is afraid that it will swarm and the consequences will be unimaginable......