Chapter 16 Arrival at Xiaoshan Village

  "It was like this, Comrade Company Commander, didn't the intelligence data we received earlier say that there were two Indian military armed helicopters? At that time, I thought to myself, if that's the case, I would definitely need to use both launchers. Besides, we had enough missiles anyway, so I told the soldiers in the second squad to move another missile launcher to the far right corner of our position." Lin Yi took a sip of water and cleared his throat before continuing

  "I didn't leave anyone at the first launch site, only me. If something happens, I can handle it alone. For the first missile, all I need to do is start the engine, aim and pull the trigger, then run away. I knew the Indian military's armed helicopters would attack my position, but fortunately, there was almost a minute between the first and second missiles, if the time was shorter, I'm afraid I wouldn't be here today." Lin Yi replied with a smile.

  "But I didn't do a good job as the company commander. If we had taken out their missiles earlier, or if we had shot it down with the first shot, then those brothers wouldn't have been injured and sacrificed," Lin Yi said, painfully lowering his head.

  "Don't think that way, Lin Yi. You've done your best. Without you, we'd probably all be laid out here today," Cheng Feng said, stretching out his hand to press down firmly on Lin Yi's right shoulder. He knew Lin Yi needed his encouragement now.

  "After we arrive at our destination and set up camp later, Old Li and I will take a look at how to arrange for tomorrow," Cheng Feng continued.

  "Alright, Commander Lin, let's discuss this later," said Lin Yi, leaning back against the wall of the war chariot, looking like he was exhausted.

  "Commander Lian, I heard your father is a military commander? Is that true?" The little warrior sitting next to Cheng Feng suddenly asked.

  "Don't spout nonsense, who told you that?" Cheng Feng hastily stopped Little Warrior.

  Cheng Feng did not want his soldiers to know that he was the commander's son, and even more unwilling to let everyone give him any extra help on the battlefield because of this. Since being brought into the troops by Old Master, he had never thought that he had a commander for a father.

  "Is that so, Lian Chang? That means your old man is really great! In a war like this, he didn't use his connections to keep you in the rear, but instead sent you to the front lines and even made you the leader of the vanguard. How magnificent, how extraordinary!" Lin Yi suddenly chimed in, eyes closed, and gave a thumbs up.

  "Go, go, go, don't talk nonsense. Who told you that? I'm just a graduate of a military academy, like you, what's with the 'military dad'?" Cheng Feng said quickly, wanting to change the subject before more problems arose.

  "Company Commander, are you afraid of death?" The little warrior beside him asked again after the first question was dodged.

  "I'm afraid of death, I want to say I'm not afraid, do you believe me? To be honest, no one wants to die, but if you don't want to die, you won't dare charge forward, you won't dare fight the enemy with bayonets. That's wrong, and you shouldn't be in the army. You have to know that on the battlefield, many times when you run faster and fight harder, you're less likely to die. The more fiercely you fight, the more death itself fears you." Cheng Feng blurted out what his father had told him before he went off to war.

  "Comrade platoon leader, don't laugh at me. Just now when I was bombed, I thought I was going to die. I got so excited that I almost peed in my pants." The little soldier said seriously.

  "Haha, this is actually nothing, I've had it before, but I'm not going to pee my pants, it's just that when I get nervous, I feel like peeing, it's a normal physiological reaction, don't worry about it, you'll be fine after experiencing it a few more times." Cheng Feng said with a smile as he patted the little warrior's head.

  The vehicle continued to move forward, and Cheng Feng didn't know what would happen next on the road. Looking at this little warrior in front of him, Cheng Feng felt a sourness in his eyes. Many good brothers had already left them, and he didn't know how many more would leave one by one, going to another world. Thinking about this, Cheng Feng's heart ached even more.

  With a "ding" sound, the wind felt that the war chariot had stopped again. The wind thought that there were Indian troops blocking the way again, and quickly opened the door of the car, took a step back, and jumped down from the car. Lin YI and Xiao Zhanshi also followed closely behind and jumped down one after another.

  "01, 01, a mountain village has been spotted ahead. According to the coordinates provided by Forward Command, we have entered Area 3. Forward Command's new orders are to occupy this area and set up camp on site. Additionally, Forward Command's drone is hovering above us, providing real-time images." The tank company commander said.

  "Roger that, 01. Received," Cheng Feng replied while giving orders to the infantry, "All infantry units disembark, take cover and prepare for battle, advance with caution, tank company provide covering fire."

  As soon as he got off the car, Chengfeng took out the display terminal on his chest and checked it. On the screen, a small dot was in the upper right corner, and Chengfeng knew that one of their drones was flying high in this area. Chengfeng pressed the data image button, and within three seconds, the screen displayed real-time images of the village being captured by the drone.

  From the scene images, Chengfeng saw that the layout of houses in the village was similar to that of ordinary domestic dwellings. The villagers were mostly running around frantically, with chickens and ducks flying everywhere, stirring up a cloud of dust. In the crowd of people running, Chengfeng saw a child holding a book.

  "This is also strange to them, here we have withdrawn for decades, the common people are already used to the rule of Indians, and will probably take us as outsiders, as invaders. So still need to be careful, but from the pictures, this village does not have Indian military personnel, only some ordinary people."

  "Lao Li, take a look, this is an image sent back by the drone," Cheng Feng said as he handed the monitor to Lao Li.

  "I think there shouldn't be any enemies here, but we still need to be careful. After all, this is currently the enemy's territory. It's a pity that such beautiful scenery is being wasted like this. But once the war is over, this place will belong to us. At that time, I really want to take my family to see the sights here." Old Li said as he looked at the image. This old Li always thinks of his family no matter what.

  "Look here, Chengfeng pointed to the image and said, this village is on the left side of this mountain ridge, both sides of the mountain are not high, and there is only a small road passing through the lower part of the village. I think we should set up a position below it, with me leading the second squad in charge, and you leading the first squad to set up another position on the right hilltop after scouting out the village situation. This way, we can control both sides of this mountain ridge. Then, I'll have the tanks and armored vehicles set up a defensive line in the middle area. This will ensure the integrity of our defense line. Next, let Lin Yi take a few people to scout ahead and see what's going on up front. What do you think?" Chengfeng continued to discuss with Old Li while looking at the map on the display.

  "Good idea, let's do it that way, but still let me take someone out first, Lin Yi will stay behind to be your assistant."

  "No way, Old Li. Lin Yi is a clever kid, let him go and he'll be fine. I think this kid will safely complete the task." Cheng Feng replied to Old Li's words.