OBS Chapter 229 Supporting the Southwest Border Counterattack
Chapter 229 Supporting the Southwest Border Counterattack
The news that the troops were going to support the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam spread throughout the family compound, and the compound was in an uproar.
The mother was reluctant to let her son go, so she held his hand and carefully told him, "Son, drive away the ungrateful wolves and bastards who invaded our country, and come back alive."
The wife was reluctant to leave her husband and cried, asking him to rest assured at home, "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything at home."
They wanted their husbands to go to the battlefield without any worries.
Some young wives of soldiers were worried that their husbands would not come back. They hugged their children and cried, "Come back alive. The children and I will be waiting for you at home."
Some children were reluctant to leave their fathers and hugged their legs and cried, "Dad, don't go."
The adults patiently fought with them.
The children stopped crying and sobbing after hearing this. Their faces were filled with indignation and they clenched their fists. “When I grow up, I want to be a soldier too. I want to drive them out and stop them from invading our territory and killing our people.”
"Silly child, once your father's generation finishes fighting the war, your generation won't have to. No one dares to bully our country. There will be no war. You will live under the peaceful five-star red flag, grow up in a prosperous era, and grow up safely, healthily, and happily."
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As soon as the departure deployment meeting was over, Lu Zhengxiao ran home to find his wife.
The absence would take at least three to five months, and at most a year and a half. Moreover, guns and cannons are merciless. If he cannot come back alive, what will happen to his little wife?
Shen Ye Ning had already helped the man pack his luggage and was sitting on the sofa. When she saw him come back, she immediately went to greet him.
"Wife, the troops are leaving tonight."
She nodded, "I know, I've heard everything. Don't worry, go and come back alive. I will take good care of myself."
Lu Zhengxiao was dressed in a green military uniform, his resolute and handsome face full of reluctance and determination. Looking at his young wife, who had just turned 20 years old, his eyes seemed to have thousands of words flowing.
He strode forward and hugged the petite and fragile girl tightly in his arms, gently stroking her back with his big hands, as if he wanted to rub them into his own bones and blood.
Shen Ye Ning also reached out and hugged the man. She couldn't live without him, and the child also needed him.
But the country and the people suffering from war on the border need him more.
The two of them hugged each other quietly, as if time had stopped at this moment, leaving only the sounds of each other's heartbeats and breathing.
Lu Zhengxiao stroked his wife's soft and fragrant hair and said, "Don't be afraid. I will definitely come back alive."
In the past, when he was alone and had no ties, he was never afraid of the battlefield or death, but now he is afraid.
Afraid of leaving his young wife alone.
"Wife, if, I mean if, if I can't come back, and I meet someone you like in the future, and he loves you too..."
Shen Ye Ning covered his mouth, shook her head, and said excitedly, "No, I don't want anyone else except you."
The tears that she had been holding back flowed quietly down her fair cheeks like pearls that had broken off the string. She bit her lips, trying hard not to cry out loud.
Lu Zhengxiao's heart was broken, and he quickly wiped away her tears with his fingertips, "Okay, I won't say anything, and I won't cry anymore. It will hurt me."
"Well, I won't cry anymore, you can go without worry."
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Just as the couple was reluctant to leave, Zhao Yongcheng hurried down to find Shen Ye Ning, "Sister-in-law, Xiaojun is pregnant and has difficulty moving. I am worried about her being alone. Please help me take care of her for a few days. I have called my hometown and asked my mother to come and take care of Xiaojun."
It's a pity that he couldn't see the birth of the child with his own eyes.
"No problem, my Xiaojun is a good sister. Even if you don't say anything to me, you will take good care of her."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Zhao Yongcheng bowed to her and thanked her solemnly.
Shen Ye Ning waved her hand, "You're welcome. This is what I should do. Buying groceries and cooking is just a convenient thing to do for one more person."
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Gu Yongjin was in the process of retiring from the army and learning that the troops were going to support the southwest, he ran to the manual office and tore up the transfer application form.
Before he tore it up, Political Commissar Li advised him that the two children were still young and needed someone to take care of them.
He tore it up anyway. He felt like an incompetent father and could not let his country down again. He was going to the war, and if anything happened to him, the country and his family would take better care of the child than he would himself. He trusted them and was not worried at all.
He went home to say goodbye to his two children and told them that he was going to the battlefield.
Gu Changze had always been willing to forgive him and refused to call him dad. He often locked himself in his room, and would only go out to play when Zheng Xiaowu came to find him.
Jia Jia forgave him the first time he admitted his mistake and hugged him and called him dad every day.
She stared at her father who was packing his things with her clear, black eyes like grapes, and asked with her head tilted, "Dad, are you going to the war? Will it be dangerous? Will you come back?"
Gu Yongjin touched the child's head and said, "He will be back, but I don't know when. You should listen to your brother at home. I have called my aunt and asked her to pick you and your brother up. You should go back to your hometown and live with your grandparents first. Dad will come and pick you up when he comes back."
"Dad, you must come back. My brother, grandpa and grandma and I are waiting for you in our hometown."
Jia Jia ran to knock on the door of the next room and shouted, "Brother, brother, Dad is going to the war, come out quickly."
There was no movement in the room.
Gu Yongjin picked up his daughter and told his son in the house, "Xiao Ze, Dad is leaving. Please take good care of your sister."
When he walked out of the door and reached the stairs, a voice suddenly sounded behind him, "Dad——"
"Dad——" Gu Changze hugged his sister, and afraid that he didn't hear him, he called again.
"Dad——" Xiao Jiajia also shouted following her brother.
His tall body shook violently. He turned around with red eyes, glanced at his son who was half a man's height, and waved his hand, "Hey - go back!"
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He Wenbin was writing letters to his family in the house, including his grandparents and parents, and he put a letter under his pillow for each person.
Just as I was done, I heard a knock on the door. It was Chen Hongling, who asked indifferently, "What are you doing here?"
"Brother Bin, I'm here to see you off. I will definitely wait for you to come back."
He Wenbin, "You have survived many deaths on the battlefield. You don't have to wait for me. Find someone to marry while you are still young. You have a decent job in the art troupe. You won't have trouble marrying someone with good conditions."
Chen Hongling shook her head desperately, "No, I don't want to marry anyone else. I want to marry you. I must wait for you to come back and marry me."
Although it was more of a calculation, she liked him and really wanted to marry him.
He Wenbin, "Time is running out, I have to leave."
In his previous life, he had an unhappy marriage and was deceived by two women. He was afraid of that kind of life. If he was still alive after this war, he planned to stay on the border and continue to defend his country and be a hero.
He was also very glad that he did not retire when the war broke out, and was not called a deserter by his comrades. He fought side by side with them and advanced and retreated together with them.
Chen Hongling shouted behind him, "Brother Bin, I will definitely wait for you!"
"You don't have to wait for me, I beg you." He Wenbin did not look back, but quickened his pace and walked forward.
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Steam gushed out from the front of the train and thick white smoke rose.
Along with a tiny "hiss-hiss" sound, a louder "woo-woo" sound was heard, like the breathing of a giant beast when it first woke up.
Afterwards, the wheels began to come into close contact with the rails, followed by the rhythmic sound of "clang, clang", which gradually accelerated from slow to fast, carrying the comrades in army green to the southwest battlefield.
A group of comrades were sitting in a carriage, and I don't know who started the conversation, but they started chatting.
"At the beginning, our country was just established and was still poor, but we provided a lot of assistance to their country. We gave them all the good guns and cannons. Our soldiers could only use old and repaired guns and cannons. But they turned around and turned their guns and cannons against us. Those ungrateful bastards are really worthless!"
As he spoke, he took off his hat and scratched his hair vigorously.
"Not only guns, but also economic aid, helping them fight against the Americans and build their country... So many people sacrificed their lives. This is the real-life version of the farmer and the snake. Damn it, saying that they have things is an exaggeration. They are just beasts."
"At the beginning, our country was also extremely poor. We scrimped and saved 203 billion yuan, which was almost given to them for free. In the end, they fed an ungrateful person. If this money was spent on our own people, they would definitely be grateful and worship Buddha day and night. They don't know how to be grateful and are worse than animals."
"Our country values peace and harmony. Who would have thought there would be such shameless people in the world? What a mistake."
"Our country was too good to them, providing them with unconditional aid, which made them think that our things were easy to steal. They were not satisfied after asking for weapons, supplies and food, and now they are trying to steal our territory. We should have let the Americans colonize them at that time. They are ungrateful and do not deserve our aid."
"This time we must beat them into submission and make them vomit out whatever food they have eaten from us."
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The comrades became more and more excited, angry and furious, and the whole carriage was filled with discussions.
Lu Zhengxiao and several regiment leaders had just finished a meeting in carriage No. 1. When they returned to carriage No. 1, they heard the topic discussed by their comrades and quickly comforted them by saying:
"Everyone can discuss, but you must remain rational and be sensible. When we first aided the ungrateful people, we did so after careful consideration and in light of the international situation. We did not do it blindly or impulsively. Next, I would like to remind you of a few things you must pay attention to and remember."
"Their entire population is a soldier. If we encounter women, children, and the elderly in their country during a war, they may very well be our enemies. We must be careful and not take it lightly."
"The enemy is more familiar with the combat zone than we are. They occupy the high ground, and the combat terrain is favorable to them. Not only that, they are also familiar with our tactics..."