Volume 1 Sudden Battlefield Chapter 49

  A row of scars is a knife wound.

  I am the second row long.

  Three rows of long is also an early nickname called rifle Liang Lianbing. He was originally our third squad leader, but because his military quality was too hard and performed well on the battlefield... However, to be honest, this "not bad" compared to me is still a bit worse, he is good at shooting and has killed several Vietcong on the battlefield. So after the death of the three-row-long, he became the third-row-long smoothly.

  Somehow, I suddenly felt much more at ease in my heart.

  It must be because the backbone of Erlian are all people who know each other well, such as Dāo Bā and Liáng Liánbīng... I know they are all capable of fighting against the devils and have a good relationship with me, so my heart feels at ease.

  Sometimes on the battlefield, this solidity is very important, because you have confidence in your own friendly forces, knowing that they will not be easily defeated by the enemy, and also know that they will reinforce you when necessary, which is enough!

  When I had nothing to do, I thought about the backbone of our team and found that most of them were promoted after fighting for a few days.

  Isn't it? Except for Dao Piao who is sitting in his usual position at the head of the row, everyone else has been replaced.

  I think there are two reasons for this phenomenon. One is that the casualties of the warriors were too great, resulting in a large number of changes in command personnel. The other is that our army has been at peace and in turmoil for too long, resulting in a lack of qualified commanders, and many grassroots cadres are not qualified. When this army goes to the battlefield to accept the test of blood and fire, it must be replaced by capable and courageous cadres to take command.

  At this time, I couldn't help but think of a phrase that the old man often said: "The battlefield is like a sieve, it sifts out those who are useless... and leaves behind only those who are useful!"

  I used to not understand what the old man said, and even looked down on his words. Now that I think about it... I feel that he was actually quite right! Not just right, but absolutely true!

  The only stranger in the team was actually the company commander, but the company commander looked white and clean like a scholar, and he was very easy-going and low-key, so they got familiar with each other in no time.

  In fact, the stranger was also the instructor, who was also assigned by his superiors, only a step later than Luo Lianchang.

  Our original instructor... got injured a bit in the last battle, and since it wasn't serious, our superiors originally expected him to recover and return to the team. But after this happened... our superiors are getting a little worried.

  Although I don't know the details, it's easy to imagine. This instructor is in charge of ideological work for the troops, and if it were before, it would be better without an instructor. Anyway, now on the battlefield, isn't there a saying? When the guns are silent, listen to the instructor; when the guns fire, listen to the company commander.

  Is there a day when we didn't fight on this battlefield? Every day is a battle, even on the day of rest and reorganization, we were ambushed by the Viet Cong special agents. After fighting and eating, everyone was so tired that they almost fell down, did the instructor still have time to do ideological work? Many of us haven't even recognized the face of our instructor yet!

  But now it's different, the superiors think that our unit's "military change" this time is largely because the ideological work was not done well, so they didn't even wait for the instructor to recover and return to the team, and directly transferred an instructor from the command department.

  The new instructor, surnamed Yu, looks to be in his thirties. It's said that he even studied in the Soviet Union, so his political stance must be able to withstand scrutiny, and his family background must also be able to withstand investigation... Only on this battlefield, the ideological struggle seems quite distant from us.

  "Just as I was struggling to open a can of broad beans, Chen Yiy stood in front of me with a timid expression: 'Class leader, c-can I not be the class leader?'"

  "Huh, why?" I was somewhat surprised.

  Judging from Chen Yiyis performance on the battlefield, I think that after I was promoted to squad leader, she is the most suitable candidate for the position of second class leader, and I originally thought she would be very happy to take this role.

  "That... they said..." Chen Yiyiyu stopped herself from speaking further.

  "What's going on?" I was left bewildered by Chen Yiyang's situation.

  "They say... " Chen Yiy finally said with a red face in a low voice: "They say... I'll be the class leader and have to sleep with the squad leader..."

  "Pffft......" I had just managed to stuff the vegetables into my mouth and now they all sprayed out.

  After coughing laboriously a few times, he turned his gaze towards those soldiers in Class 2.

  Looking at them wanting to laugh but trying their best to hold it in, I knew they must be up to something.

  "I said Comrade Chen Yiyang..." I irritably said to Chen Yiyang: "Was it that when you were in the Vietnamese army, as a squad leader, you had to sleep with the platoon leader?"

  "That... " Chen Yiyiy nodded vigorously: "It's not just the class leader, all the female soldiers in the laundry squad want her, they do laundry and cook during the day, and at night... But I don't, the doctor doesn't want me, so that's why I became a doctor!"

  I'm so angry now. It's not that I didn't expect this girl to believe such nonsense, but it turns out that there really are such things in the devils' troops...

  But this seems normal too, isn't Vietnam always at war? Decades of fighting, and those men still die in large numbers, leading to an imbalance in the sex ratio. As the saying goes, "rare things are precious", when there are fewer men, they become treasures, and when there are more women, they become worthless, plus all Vietnamese are soldiers... Those women in the Vietnamese army who work during the day and sleep with officials at night are not quite normal either.

  "Alright, alright!" I glared at the soldiers who couldn't help but burst out laughing and said to Chen Yiy: "Our People's Liberation Army doesn't do this sort of thing. You mind your own business as squad leader, no one needs to accompany you!"

  "Oh!" Chen Yiyiy bowed her head in response, but she didn't know if she had misread it, and there seemed to be a hint of disappointment in her eyes...

  I put down the can in my hand and was just thinking of going up to teach those soldiers who were always causing me trouble a lesson, when I saw the company commander coming back.

  Luo Lianchang should have just received his equipment, right? He's wearing a Tokarev pistol on his waist and holding an AK-47... Speaking of which, officers above the rank of squad leader can choose to use submachine guns, but Luo Lianchang chose to use an AK-47, which I found somewhat unexpected. What really caught my eye was the pair of binoculars hanging around his neck...

  Aren't I supposed to be looking through binoculars?

  He immediately went forward and stood upright in front of Luo Lianchang: "Reporting to the company commander!"

  "Huh!" Luo Lianzhang looked at me with some surprise: "I said Second Squad Leader, why are you being so serious?"

  He pointed his finger in the air and seemed to see through me, saying: "There's a conspiracy, you little scoundrel has a belly full of evil water, what are you plotting against me again!"

  I was choked with anger, and previously I was deceived by Lian Zhang's appearance, but after getting familiar with him, his true nature was revealed!

  "Commander!" I bitterly smiled and said: "How dare I have any ideas about you? I just thought... could we get two more binoculars?"

  "Oh, what's the telescope for?" Lian Chang looked at me with some curiosity.

  Generally speaking, only high-ranking cadres are equipped with binoculars, while mid-ranking cadres just need to listen to commands and lead soldiers in charging forward.

  "Uh..." I raised the sniper rifle in my hand and said, "See, sometimes sniping comes in handy!"

  Lian Chang looked at me with some surprise: "Not simple, you want two binoculars? How are you going to fight?"

  "Report to the company commander! One acts as a sniper, responsible for sniping, and the other acts as an observer, responsible for observing the overall situation and assigning target indications to the sniper! If necessary, can also serve as cover for the sniper!"

  "Oh! How did you know all this......" After hearing what I said, Lian's eyes were even more surprised.

  It's not just Lian Zhang who is surprised, I also feel very unexpected, because from Lian Zhang's tone... he seems to know how to fight like this too.

  "Report to the company commander!" I simply lied and replied: "I am... watching the Vietnamese sniper shoot like this, at first didn't know why they shot like this, after shooting a few times myself, I understood!"

  "Oh, great!" Lian Zhang nodded and slightly furrowed his brow: "I thought only Americans would fight like this, didn't expect the Vietnamese devils to learn it too!"

  So I also understood that Luo Lianchang must have studied the tactics of the Vietnamese army and the American devils during the war, so he knew this method of sniper shooting.

  "Alright, no problem!" Luo Lianchang thought for a moment before agreeing: "I'll go get two more for you right away, but... you'd better make good use of them and earn more merits on the battlefield!"

  "Yes!" I stood up straight, but in my heart I thought that this commander was not simple at all. Although he had never been on the battlefield, he knew a lot of things.

  Soon two binoculars were distributed into my hands, I hung one on my neck and turned around to throw another one to Wang Kechang.

  Wang Kechang took the binoculars and was stunned, looking at what only cadres had, he asked inexplicably: "Squad leader, is this... for me?"

  "If not you, then who?"

  Wang Kechang was excited for a while, then hesitated and said: "Squad leader, this thing is good, but what's the use of giving it to me?"

  "Who says it's useless!" I waved the sniper rifle in my hand and said, "You follow me from behind, just like last time, report the position!"

  "Really... it's really true!" This made him so happy that he was holding onto his binoculars, looking left and right, almost dancing with joy.

  Diao Ba leaned in and whispered: "This company commander still has some skills!"

  "What did you say?"

  "Do you think this telescope is something that can be taken just because it's said to be taken?" Knife Scar replied, "The most important things on the front line are guns, bullets, and food. Telescopes are not only in short supply, but also cadres sacrifice them and they can still be used, so generally we don't transport this kind of thing. Look at Company Commander, he's already got two..."

  "Hmm!" Listening to Knife Scar's words, I felt that Luo Lianchang was even more extraordinary.