Start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 23

Then several people tore off the badges and cap badges on their bodies first, and handed them over to them for safekeeping.Although a little bit reluctant, the military order had to be followed.

Before leaving, Mei Sheng said again: "The political commissar said that there are other tasks, but they can only be assigned after the company commander arrives."

"Then I'll go right away."

Qianli nodded.

Mei Sheng and Lei Gong then left.In a blink of an eye, only Qianli, Xu Qing and Yu Congrong were left, and they walked towards the political commissar together.

The office of the political commissar is not far away.

There are only a few long tables and chairs here, and a compartment is slightly surrounded by discarded boxes and fiber cloth, which serves as an office.Behind the tables and chairs sat several officers in military uniforms.

As soon as they sent away a non-commissioned officer who had turned in his cap badge, they closed the box full of badges, and when they looked up, they saw three people approaching.

Qianli saluted: "Hello, chief! I am the commander of the seventh interspersed company, Wu Qianli."

"Comrade Wu Qianli, I'm finally waiting for you!"

The officer at the office quickly stood up, saluted, and said with a smile, "I'm not the chief, I'm the special commissioner of the political commissar of the temporary station. We've been waiting for a long time."

"it's the same!"

Qianli also smiled, took his hand and shook it vigorously: "Thank you, Comrade Commissioner!"

Yu Congrong couldn't wait to speak: "I heard that the higher-ups sent a mission to our Seventh Company?"

"Sorry." Qianli introduced: "This is the platoon leader of our company. He is impulsive."

"Happy meeting!"

The special commissioner nodded and didn't care, "It's like this. Your Seventh Interlude Company dared to fight and worked hard. You successfully completed exemplary major combat missions in the Huaihai Campaign many times, and you are also famous in the Ninth Corps." Yes. This time when you enter the court, the superior has specially assigned you Seventh Company to complete a special secret mission, I hope you can go all out!"

Qianli put away his smiling face and became serious: "Please tell me."

The special commissioner took out a sealed document and handed it to him, repeating in his mouth: "In accordance with the instructions of the superior: the seventh interlude company will escort four translators and twenty radio stations into the DPRK, and they must be delivered to the designated place within seven days! above."

Salute thousands of miles: "Yes! Qilian promises to complete the task!"

Xu Qing and Yu Congrong quickly followed suit.

Take the file.Qianli unwrapped the sealed red mud stamp, opened it and saw that there was only a piece of white paper inside.He pulled it out and found three words written on it:
To Zhisi.

Yu Congrong wanted to see, but he slapped him away.

"This?"

He pointed to the paper with some doubts: "Comrade Special Commissioner, it only says..."

The commissioner stretched out his hand to stop:
"It's okay for you to see, I can't see it."

"The radio station is to be sent to the North Korean battlefield for command and communication. It is related to the frontline battle situation. This is a confidential operation. Comrade Qianli, I am only responsible for notifying you of the order. For the rest, please follow up and stand by. "

"it is good……"

Thousands of miles dumb.

Although there are still many doubts in my heart: where is Zhisi, how to get there, and the specific location.But as a soldier, he immediately put away the sealed documents.

"Comrade Qianli, don't worry."

The commissioner thought about it for a while and added: "Remember, you still set out with the big troops. After entering the court, there will naturally be designated personnel in the army to provide you with follow-up missions."

Qianli nodded: "I understand."

The commissioner turned around, pointed to the four young soldiers standing behind the table and chairs, and said, "These four are the translators who need to be escorted. Twenty radio stations have been packed, and they can get on the bus with you at any time." .”

"Hello, Company Commander Wu, I've heard of your name in the Ninth Corps, and I finally meet you this time!"

A young soldier in the lead stepped forward and said happily.

Qianli smiled and shook hands: "Comrade translator, hello!"

The special commissioner introduced: "This is a comrade from Beijing, Zhang Xiaoshan. He is the leader of their teletranslation team. If you have any other questions, you can ask him."

"it is good!"

After Qianli and the commissioner thanked him, he left with a few translators and the radio station.

Because the mission was quite confidential, Qianli did not directly ask the names of the other three comrades who were translating, but just shook hands one by one.

He said to Zhang Shan, the lead translator: "Comrade Xiaoshan, you are all professionals from Beijing. However, the upcoming itinerary and conditions may be difficult. I hope you can overcome it."

"Don't worry, Comrade Company Commander!"

Zhang Xiaoshan waved his hand, "We have already made all the preparations, the suicide note has been written, and we will never hold you back!"

"I didn't say that..."

Qianli heard the words and stopped for a while.But he didn't continue talking, he nodded: "Okay, let's go back and move the radio station to the train and install it."

"no problem."

The twenty radio stations were all packed in boxes. They were not very heavy, but they took up a lot of space. Xu Qing and Yu Congrong each carried a few of them, and they could finish the job in one trip.

A group of people returned to the station platform, and most of the materials sent by the station here have been moved by the Seventh Company, and only the last few dozen boxes are left.

"Captain..."

"Why are you pulling the badge?"

"Yeah, without this, what kind of battle are we going to fight!"

When the soldiers saw the company commander Wu Qianli coming back, they surrounded him one after another.

Qianli put down the radio and let Yu Congrong and Xu Qing move it up first.He looked at the crowd and said:

"I understand everyone's feelings, and I do the same. But the whole army's 10,000+ troops are doing this...we are no exception."

"Remember the oath we made on the train? We are the Chinese People's Volunteers, and we volunteer to send troops... Then we must bear the result."

The soldiers fell silent upon hearing this.

"Don't worry, everyone, without cap badges and badges, we are still soldiers! We are still the Seventh Company! Every soldier's number is in our memory and will never be forgotten."

Say what you say, and what you scold.But everyone also knew that the military order must be carried out, and they all cooperated.

In fact, under Lei Gong and Mei Sheng's previous call, the imprint badges on their bodies have already disappeared.

This time everyone just complained.

After appeasing the soldiers' emotions, Qianli sighed. He actually didn't understand very well, but the military order is hard to disobey.Turning around, he shook his head, hiding his thoughts.

But just in time, I saw the former deputy station master leading a large group of people over.There are men and women, old and young, there are guards on duty and even ordinary people. They all carry their hands on their shoulders and carry thick clothes of one kind or another, rushing to the station in a turbulent manner.

"Station Master, this is..."

Qianli hurried forward.

"Hey, stop talking!"

The Northeast Deputy Station Master waved his hand.

"Don't you ask me for cotton clothes? I told our comrades about your situation, and everyone is very concerned about it. But...it is true that there are no cotton clothes in excess stock. We discussed it and put our own Some winter clothes and quilts have been brought in!"

"Isn't it - I'm giving you all!"

Qianli hurriedly said: "This is not suitable, it is something from the folks..."

Deputy Station Master: "Why is it inappropriate? As long as you don't mind it. We can still call again. You need it urgently—it will snow soon on the other side of the river!"

Qianli Ning choked: "But this weather... what about you?"

The deputy station master waved his hand: "We still have a room and a kang head, and the [-] sets of padded clothes will arrive in two days, so don't worry about us! Don't you, comrades?"

"Yes!"

"I'm a woman, and I know it's not easy for you to fight, not to mention it's such a cold day, don't bother me, Comrade Company Commander, just accept it!"

"Yeah, just accept it..."

These people immediately threw the things they carried in their hands, shoulders, and hunchbacks onto the train. Each piece of work seemed to be a huge "hidden weapon", and the soldiers standing at the entrance of the carriage were caught off guard. It was smashed up.

After throwing it away, I took it with me.Seeing that there were too many people in the carriage and it was not enough, the big guys called out again and took off the clothes they were wearing, and then cotton monkeys, scarves, handbags, furs, coats, sweaters...all used in the Northeast. Everything to keep warm.

Bang!
As soon as Xu Qing came down from the radio station, he was hit head-to-head by a thick cotton padded jacket.Hiss—who with such great strength almost didn't fall over him!
He took off his clothes, and only then did he see clearly what happened on the platform.

Touching the cotton padded clothes in his hands, there was still the warmth and fragrance that had just been taken off—it was just taken off by a female hygienist at the station.After she took it off, she shivered in the cold.

This quiet girl was even more enthusiastic than the big guy next to her. While shouting at the guy next to her, she struggled to take off her cotton trousers.

Xu Qing understood what was going on and was quite moved.He jumped off the train and walked to Qianli:
"Brother, what should we do, shall we... accept it?"

He was inclined to accept it.

He has a great impression of the "Ice Sculpture Company" that froze to death without firing a single shot in the movie, and he can imagine the cruelty of the freezing weather that the volunteer soldiers will face.

Qianli nodded heavily: "...take it."

Seeing that they were taking off the padded clothes and quilts they were carrying one by one and throwing them on the car one by one, the soldiers couldn't stop them even if they wanted to.

He bowed deeply:
"Dear comrades, thank you for your concern. It is true that the soldiers in the severe cold weather were not prepared. I will not say more words of thanks, but all of us will remember everything you have done! But... these cotton clothes We can’t collect them all. There are still a large number of brother troops of our Ninth Corps on the train. They don’t have winter clothes like us. I will report to the regiment headquarters and distribute these cotton winter clothes that everyone donated to our Ninth Corps. Brothers, we will go with your cotton clothes and come back with your cotton clothes, we must fight the battle well and come back to see everyone!"

(End of this chapter)