Chapter 269: The fate of a field battle, there is a place to come from, but no way back!
When marching quickly in the dark, every step forward becomes extremely difficult, let alone marching with a heavy load.
Because the mud is sticky, the energy consumed each time you put your foot down and then pull it out is not a small number.
After running a few steps, the green color on the surface of the camouflaged field army rubber shoes was no longer visible, and they were covered with clumps of mud, turning the entire shoe into a sticky lump.
That's still good.
Many soldiers pulled hard and their feet came out, but their shoes were left in the mud.
As the class moved forward as a group, people at the back had to give way and help from time to time, but despite this, the speed of the forced march was not slow.
March to the flood discharge area!
Heading to the battlefield!
Go forward in the heavy rain!
While running, Chen Mo took the time to look at the sky and left the vehicle.
He didn't know what time it was. Apart from the flashlights, there was no light on the road.
The corn on both sides of the road was already ripe, but it was beaten all over the place by the heavy rain. Most of the yellow leaves were submerged in water, with only a small part exposed.
Water, water everywhere!
The corn was considered good, the watermelons were all scattered all over the place, and from time to time there was a sound of big trees being uprooted, which was terrifying and creepy. Due to the earthquake and the blisters, even the roots of the trees could not support themselves and they fell down with a loud noise.
The sky was pitch black and the rain was pouring down like a hole in the wall.
The dim water became the only protagonist, and small lakes were formed in the lower-lying areas.
It is not difficult to imagine that with so much water accumulating, once the levee can no longer be defended, the world that is already submerged in water will completely turn into a dragon palace.
However, in just two kilometers of running, the soldiers in the entire battalion fell an average of ten times. Cheng Dong was holding the line at the back and had to frequently assist the soldiers who fell behind. At this moment, he was like a clay figure.
Wang Jianbin was even worse off. This technical cadre who came from a rocket had a weakness in physical fitness. He fell several times and choked on water, causing his nose to bleed profusely. The medical soldier had to put a bandage under his nostrils to stop the heavy bleeding.
Even the experienced veterans in the reconnaissance company were not immune and fell many times. Even though they were able to land on their shoulders quickly and roll over to relieve the force each time, the frequent occurrences would have caused their arms to be dislocated.
On the contrary, Chen Mo himself is slightly stronger.
Under the threat of Lao Wang being screwed, he tried his best to clear the way. He fell many times, but he took the damage for the battalion commander.
Chen Mo only fell two or three times, and overall he maintained the overall military dignity and image of the battalion commander.
Even he is like this.
It is conceivable how bad the soldiers' situation was, and some combat casualties gradually appeared in the team.
For example, a sergeant in the mechanized infantry stepped into a mud puddle and an invisible sharp object pierced his rubber shoes, puncturing his flesh.
For example, Zhao Wuliang from the reconnaissance company, who was Cheng Dong’s former communicator, is one of the few corporals in the company.
One of his feet sank into the mud, and the force of inertia made his body stiff and he couldn't control his center of gravity. He fell straight down with a "crack" sound.
Then, the whole person fell and rolled in the mud.
Xiao Zhao's forehead instantly broke out in sweat and he shivered in pain, but out of pride as a scout, he gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound.
However, this rolling movement still attracted many veterans to gather around and try to pull him up.
However, Zhao Wuliang, who had held on for a long time without saying a word, immediately let out a shrill scream when someone pulled him like that.
Only then did everyone realize that the problem was far more serious than they had imagined.
Guo Dongqi, the second platoon leader of the reconnaissance team, saw that something was wrong and took out his walkie-talkie and shouted frantically: "Captain Liu Min! Someone's injured!"
"Repeat, Assault Sequence Reconnaissance Team 2 is injured."
"receive!"
Liu Min responded swiftly in the intercom. She has now become the busiest person in the hiking assault team.
She finally understood why most of the soldiers in the medical team were female and why they were forced by the battalion commander to complete five kilometers within 23 minutes every day.
If you fail to complete the task, you will be punished by standing there, which is embarrassing. In the past, I would even curse the battalion commander in private.
Now, they finally understand that without the strict requirements they receive on a daily basis, they would not even be able to perform the most basic work of a hygienist.
"Where are you hurt?"
Liu Min came jogging over with a medicine box in her hand.
"Captain Liu, it should be the ankle." Guo Dongqi shone the flashlight.
When Liu Min learned the location of the injury, he frowned and had a bad feeling. Injury in this position was likely to be particularly serious.
"Everyone, please make way and turn on your flashlights."
Liu Min gave an order, then knelt down in the mud and reached out to untie the wounded man's shoes.
“Hiss, it hurts, it hurts!!”
Just as the ankles were touched and the shoes were not taken off yet, a shrill, suffocating and tragic scream was heard at the scene.
"70% mechanical fractures."
Liu Min took a deep breath to make a judgment, then pursed her lips, opened the medical box very decisively, and used sharp surgical scissors with the assistance of two non-commissioned officers to cut Zhao Wuliang's shoes into pieces.
"Can the joints move?"
"I'm pressing the Achilles tendon. Do you feel it?"
"What about lifting your calves?"
Liu Min's face was serious. As the examination progressed, it was found that her ankle had swollen up a lot, like a round bun.
Zhao Wuliang's face was pale and he shook his head the whole time. He was sitting in the water, being washed by the cold rainstorm. He could hardly feel the pain. His nerves activated the self-protection numbness mechanism.
"The ankle is deformed, bruised, and the joint has lost mobility, swelling, and fractures. It must be transported to the rear. Reconnaissance Company, organize four people to carry the stretcher, with two people to replace it. Be careful on the road. It's better to walk slowly than to fall to avoid secondary injury."
"etc!!"
Just when everyone was about to follow the doctor's orders and carry the person to the rear, Cheng Dong suddenly caught up with them from behind.
Chen Mo also discovered that there was a problem in the team, so he turned back.
However, the shout just now was not made by Chen Mo, but by Cheng Dong.
"Company Commander, Battalion Commander, I'm sorry, I..."
Zhao Wuliang's pale face was full of guilt, because he alone caused the already small team to lose five people in a row. This kind of pain is not something that ordinary people can withstand.
"Don't say sorry, it's no big deal."
Cheng Dong wiped the rain from his face, squatted down and patted Zhao Wuliang on the shoulder: "There is no stretcher team, Xiao Wu. This place is less than three kilometers away from the town we just came from. Can you crawl back by yourself?"
The rain is getting heavier.
The more experienced soldiers at the scene were the calmer they were, while the less experienced ones were the more shocked they were.
Chen Mo pursed his lips and did not say anything to stop him. He had been in the reconnaissance company and knew the company's atmosphere.
But no one else said anything, but Liu Min's face changed drastically and his expression froze completely.
What the hell?
Let the soldier with a broken bone crawl several kilometers back through the puddle by himself?
If a mechanical fracture of the ankle is not treated in time, it will cause lifelong disability, which is irresponsible.
"Chief of Staff Cheng, I don't agree!!"
"You have no right to speak here." Cheng Dong responded mercilessly.
"I don't have a say?" Liu Min was furious. She stood up and shouted, "No, Captain Cheng, what do you mean?"
"You know, your soldier has a broken ankle. Do you understand that without protection, he wouldn't even have a chance to escape if danger arose midway? How could you just let him crawl back like that?"
"He's just a new recruit!"
Indeed, Private First Class Zhao Wuliang, at the age of nineteen, had studied in a military medical school like Liu Min for seven or eight years. In the eyes of the twenty-five or twenty-six-year-old girl, he was just a little brother.
Cheng Dong ignored Liu Min and looked at Zhao Wuliang seriously: "Xiao Wu, you can do it, crawl back."
"There's no one here for you."
The number of casualties continued to increase due to injuries along the way. They were rescue soldiers, not fellow villagers on vacation. If this is how they were arranged, how could we give hope to the people in the disaster area?
What can we use to rescue?
Does this mean that if fifty people are injured, we have to use two hundred people to assist in the retreat?
Are they still soldiers?
Zhao Wuliang didn't hesitate and nodded affirmatively. He was a scout and he still had some backbone.
Cheng Dong handed his flashlight to Xiao Zhao and apologized gently: "Sorry, Xiao Wu, the situation is urgent and there is no one to give you."
"The battalion commander will contact the command center in the back, and they will meet you halfway. Don't worry or be afraid. The people in the first platoon are also behind you, and they can take good care of you."
"Also, when you go back, try to avoid ditches and low-lying areas on the road. If you feel any danger, immediately use the intercom to call me or the people in the same row."
"Do you understand?"
At this moment, Zhao Wuliang could no longer tell whether the water on his face was rain or tears. He gritted his teeth and nodded heavily.
Chen Mo stepped forward and pinched the soldier's shoulder, trying to give him some strength.
In the rain.
Neither of them could see each other's expressions.
But I could feel it, it was very cold and the wind was very strong.
Chen Mo knew that the company commander's choice was right. He said nothing and put the counterweight that Zhao Wuliang had thrown on himself.
Xiao Zhao nodded.
With the help of two comrades, he gritted his teeth and turned around, lying in the mud, with veins bulging on his neck and eyes bloodshot, he crawled back, crawling hard.
The road ahead is long.
There was only heavy rain and the pitch-black sky and earth.
“Kill!”
Zhao Wuliang roared, pressing his arms against the ground and moving forward in a manner similar to crawling. Of course, he couldn't use his thighs to exert force.
Cheng Dong didn't say anything, walked silently to the back of the team to continue to support them, and set off.
Chen Mo didn't say anything more. He also turned around and gave orders: "Everyone else, continue. Hold on tight. The villagers are still waiting for us!"
There was an inexplicable sadness in the voice.
The other soldiers had already gone far away. The few who remained were shocked, and without saying a word, they continued to run forward in silence.
Liu Min's raincoat was covered in mud at this moment. Her pair of jewel-like eyes were gleaming with anger as she stared at the battalion commander in front of her.
"Chen Ying, you should stop it, not condone it."
"Um."
Chen Mo turned around and strode away, only responding once, and then nothing else.
The battalion commander, who was usually so eloquent that anyone who attacked him would suffer, only responded with one word today, which surprised Liu Min a little.
But the suppressed emotions also erupted at this moment.
"Chen Ying!"
Liu Min hurried to catch up, barely keeping up with Chen Mo's footsteps: "Do you know that if you order an injured soldier to return on his own and he falls into the water or crawls into a puddle, he will be in great danger at all times?"
"He simply has no ability to circumvent it."
"Um."
The corners of Chen Mo's eyes trembled imperceptibly.
Now, Liu Min became even angrier. What does "hmm" mean?
"Camp Chen, I know you're respected at such a young age, and you're very capable to be the commander of the Demonstration Battalion, but that's no reason for you to ignore the other soldiers."
"Does this mean that from the first day the Information Camp was built, everyone, including me, was just a tool you could use to fulfill your grand dream?"
"So, you just want the results?"
"So, you only have missions?"
"At your age, you're able to establish a new system. It's no exaggeration to say you're a prodigy of our time, and you're also responsible for its direction. So what are we?"
"Battalion Commander, you can't be a person without humanity."
Liu Min's voice was not small, and even in the heavy rain, it attracted the attention of the surrounding soldiers.
Everyone in the camp has basically figured out Chen Mo's personality.
Seek truth from facts and put discipline first.
Whether it is the strict requirements on the order of eating or the uncompromising approach in training, these are all being reinforced.
Chen Mo did not respond.
He continued to lead the team forward. As the battalion commander, the burden on his shoulders was heavier than anyone else. There were some things he could do, but there was no need to explain them to a female student who had just graduated.
If this medical captain could even write a suicide note in an artistic style, then it is not uncommon for him to graduate from the Military Medical College and swear an oath to devote his entire life to reducing patients' suffering, to be loyal to his duties, and not to do anything detrimental.
Therefore, Chen Mo had no intention of arguing with such a naive and straightforward person.
The heavy rain continues.
Liu Min relaxed her pace a little and could no longer keep up with the battalion commander.
She looked back at Cheng Dong, then at Chen Mo, and felt the officer's indifference, her eyes moist.
"After this disaster relief effort is over, I will definitely apply to withdraw from the demonstration camp."
"That's all, Comrade Battalion Commander."
After Liu Min finished shouting, he returned to the team sequence alone with his medicine box on his back, ran hard, led the mobile medical team, and continued to take care of all the soldiers in the demonstration camp.
Because these soldiers need to be taken care of by their medical team, not just the battalion commander alone.
Chen Mo's mood didn't seem to change at all. He was carrying a load of more than 30 kilograms and shouting wildly through a loudspeaker in his hand.
"What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a quarrel?"
"Watch your step and those around you."
"Run as fast as you can, and have the courage to keep running. We need time, and we need help."
"What are you guys doing? You've been running for most of the day, and you've been caught up so quickly? Are you a bunch of women?"
"The dam in the back could burst at any moment. Hundreds of thousands of residents in the front are in danger because you're so slow, so slow you're like garbage."
"Hurry, hurry, faster!!!"
moment!
The soldier regained his will.
This is the honor engraved in the veterans' blood and bones. The battalion commander is right, they are the hope of the people on the front line.
It's really heavy.
"The reconnaissance company is doing a great job. Keep it up. Excellent! Use the housekeeping ropes to catch those who are lagging behind. The other squads should follow suit."
"Comrades, the time has come to test us. Only sacrifice can bring us great ambition. Charge!!!"
Chen Mo took the lead in the charge on the rainy night.
Morale was boosted and everything returned to normal.
Guo Dongqi, the second platoon leader of the reconnaissance company, quietly ran up to Liu Min. Regardless of the heavy load on his back, he wiped the rain from his face and said with a smile: "Captain Liu, what's wrong? Are you really angry and want to withdraw from the demonstration camp?"
"Platoon Guo, that soldier just now was your soldier."
Liu Min bit her lip. She was keenly aware that the platoon leader of the reconnaissance company must have come to maintain unity for Cheng Dong and the battalion commander who did not come to help.
"It's my soldier, that's right."
Guo Dongqi smiled and said, "But Captain Liu, next time you lose your temper, you should be more observant."
"Didn't you notice that the signalman accompanying the battalion commander is gone?"
"ah?"
Liu Min was shocked and turned to look forward.
The battalion commander, with his slightly thin figure, was carrying the load of two or three people alone, moving forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
He would also use a loudspeaker to urge from time to time.
Wang Jianyong, who usually follows the battalion commander closely, is indeed no longer there.
"Where is Wang Jianyong?"
Liu Min asked blankly.
Guo Dongqi looked sad. "Your medical team wasn't assigned a primary communicator, so they didn't know."
"Just now, while the 188th Division was reinforcing the levee, three soldiers accidentally fell into the water and went missing. The situation in the rear is critical, and we don't know how long it will last. We really don't have the manpower or time to escort the wounded."
"But the battalion commander still quietly arranged for his signalmen to escort them. As the battalion commander, he had to consider the overall situation and all issues."
"You wronged him."
"I"
Liu Min's petite body swayed, and she thought about her previous battalion commander during training, who would make her stand in the corner and embarrass her if she made any mistake. Just now, when she went to question him, he didn't even respond.
"Then why didn't the battalion commander say anything?"
"What?" Guo Dongqi asked back, "You expect the battalion commander to abandon everyone and explain things to you at a time like this?"
"Or are you injured and are you willing to let four people take turns carrying you to the rear?"
"The levee reinforcement is slowing down. If we can't reinforce it before the first flood peak arrives, then releasing the floodwaters is the only option. But there are more than just us here; there are hundreds of thousands more."
"We can't afford to delay."
"sorry!!"
Liu Min lowered her head slightly: "I blamed the battalion commander wrongly, but it's so difficult."
“Yeah, it’s always hard.”
"But our field army is not afraid of difficulties."
"The battalion commander is from our reconnaissance company. We've all watched him grow step by step, so we all trust him. We don't expect you to trust him the same way, but please don't hold us back."
Guo Dongqi pointed around and said, "Actually, many people have noticed that the battalion commander has arranged for someone to do something, but it's difficult to talk about it publicly or privately."
"You just didn't notice it."
“A lot of people saw it?”
Liu Min looked around in shock. There happened to be a few female soldiers from the medical team nearby, and they nodded blankly.
This left Liu Min speechless again.
It turns out that from the beginning to the end, you have been making trouble like a big stick?
. . . . . . .
"kill!"
"The slower we go, the more danger there will be for the people ahead."
"Grab it and risk your life!"
"If you don't die from the fall, get up and run!!"
Chen Mo was still yelling, and Fang Chengdong was urging him from behind.
The officers and soldiers with bruised faces and noses were also roaring silently, with flames burning in their hearts and breathing heavily like cows.
The weight on my body felt as heavy as a mountain at this moment.
It rained heavily.
Their hair was covered with steam-like sweat, their whole bodies were as hot as a furnace, and the camouflage uniforms under the raincoats were already soaked with sweat.
assault!
Push forward!
Field Tigers forward!
A soldier fell three or four meters and didn't even have the strength to get up. He turned pale and passed out in shock.
Wow! Another soldier vomited, a fishy-sweet taste in his throat, and vomited bloody food.
There were also soldiers who urinated while running without even having time to unbutton their pants.
In this dark and rainy night, anything could happen.
Fight with the sky!
Fight against fate!
Grab! Grab every minute and every second!
Run! Run without stopping!
There is no reason to stop, the time for sacrifice has come.
Non-combat casualties, when comrades fall or are injured, others can only ignore it with a cold attitude.
This is the battlefield.
Chen Mo's shoulders were rubbed bloody. Liu Min, perhaps out of guilt, ran to the front from time to time to observe the condition of the battalion commander.
She had no weights, only a medical kit, and her physical condition was okay.
"Battalion Commander, give me thirty seconds to bandage it."
"No."
Chen Mo responded and continued to rush forward.
Because he knew that once he stopped, it would be difficult to guarantee that he could stand up again.
at first.
Chen Mo was quite relieved that he had not seen any evacuated people after running for such a long time, which meant that the other support forces did a good job in assisting their work.
More than 100,000 people evacuated along different routes and should have stayed away from the center of the flood discharge area.
This is good news.
Fortunately, the evacuation time did not last too long because there were too many people to evacuate and the scheduling work could not be fully implemented.
On the way forward, Chen Mo and his companions met a group of people who were evacuating with their families.
There weren't many people, maybe sixty or seventy.
There were no escorting militia or troops around.
It was different from what we saw in the news. The news showed the situation at the front of the evacuation force, while the demonstration battalion received a temporary task to chase from the direction of the levee.
The position is at the end.
After being separated from the main force, this group of evacuated people did not have an easy time. More than a dozen elderly people were standing trembling on the higher ground, their bodies already soaked.
The crying of children, the old man's cloudy eyes looking at the crackling lightning in the night sky, and a sense of despair filled the crowd.
There are young people protecting them around.
But this place is more than ten kilometers away from the town. In the era of underdeveloped communications, they no longer have the strength to move forward with their families.
There is no way to get in touch with the person in front.
We don’t know how many people have been left behind like this.
Sudden.
The crowd who were originally waiting for the flood to come saw beams of light penetrating the rainy night and coming closer.
This is a group of people covered in mud, and their original appearance cannot be recognized at all.
Hei Ye saw this situation.
The people instinctively felt scared and huddled up in fear. Some people picked up their children and stared blankly at these uninvited guests.
But when Chen Mo took off his raincoat and hat first.
The soldiers in the rear all took off their raincoats and hats, and military green hats appeared one after another.
That is the hope of life.
"The PLA uncles are here!!"
"The PLA uncles are here to rescue us!!"
One of the children was the first to put aside his fear and excitedly pointed at the crowd and shouted.
The old man was in tears and the young man was crying bitterly.
They are not afraid of not being able to get out, but they are afraid that their children will be left here and will have to wait to die.
"Hurry, take some water and bread to the fellow villagers."
"Put on the people and let's continue on our journey."
Chen Mo gave the order. He had already seen that this group of people were at the end of their strength, otherwise they would not be waiting here.
Countless soldiers rushed forward.
Bread and mineral water were distributed to the people.
"Thank you, thank you comrades of the People's Liberation Army, thank you."
"Uncle, you're welcome. Let's eat something and I'll carry you on my back."
"Uncle PLA soldiers, are you here to save me?" A little girl stared at the crowd timidly with eyes like black gemstones.
She was the youngest, probably only four or five years old.
"Yes, sister will take you home."
A female soldier from the medical team took out the glucose she carried with her and fed it to the little girl. She opened her raincoat and held the child in her arms.
A group of soldiers, either supporting, carrying or hugging dozens of people, took them away from the high ground and continued along the barely recognizable road.
There is no time to delay.
Along the way, more and more people gathered.
Some of them fell behind, while others were escorted, but they were all people from some public institutions in the town.
It can't be compared with the big army.
The soldiers of the demonstration camp ran around to take care of the people, helping as many people as possible while ensuring they were on their way.
Chen Mo walked in front with his lights on, and from time to time he exchanged signals with Cheng Dong behind him to ensure that the company commander was alright.
The rescue work has been coordinated.
Chen Mo looked back at the town more than ten kilometers away, his eyes full of worry.
The rainstorm is getting heavier and heavier. The flood discharge has been delayed. I don’t know if it can be carried out as planned.
In addition, Instructor Fang was there with the tank company, logistics company, and part of the reconnaissance company.
I don’t know what happened to them.
Chen Mo was not clear at this time.
The work of strengthening the dike is also full of danger.
Due to the blocked road, the soldiers providing support nearby could only rely on manpower to bring the steel bars to the embankment.
The people from the demonstration camp arrived relatively late and were the last few groups to rely on manual transportation. They carried the materials up the embankment.
Before we even reached the place, we could already hear the rumbling sound of water like thunder, and the terrifying whistling of water shook the sky.
The rage of the great rivers is unparalleled.
Just by listening to the noise, you can guess what the situation is on the front line.
When Fang Peijun led the demonstration camp to a point 600 meters away from the levee, the huge projects on both sides of the levee looked chilling from afar.
The field troops, reserve forces, and armed police forces, with the 188th Division as the core, totaling thousands of people, were deployed frantically in an orderly and stable pattern.
If you look down from a high altitude, you can clearly see the rigorous planning of the packaging area and the material area. If you look closely, you can also find that the soldiers who seem to be in a mess actually have a fixed shortest movement sequence while running.
Flood control and rescue is a science of dispatching and command.
This is just one section of the dike, and the scope is not large. If similar dike reinforcement work is carried out in key areas, it can accommodate tens of thousands of troops and achieve maximum effectiveness in a narrow range.
That really requires a strong command system.
Disaster relief is different from what ordinary people see.
Disaster relief is not just a show put on by a few senior military officers.
This is an extreme challenge with extremely demanding requirements.
Just like at this moment, from the five sand and soil loading areas to the levee, the soldiers are like tireless worker ants. Even if some people are missing or sacrificed, it does not slow them down at all.
The huge sense of machinery comes to you, the organizational ability brings the combat effectiveness to the extreme, and the sense of mission wipes out all sad emotions.
“Can the flood discharge really be delayed?”
Fang Peijun muttered to himself.
He led his soldiers and rushed here from the small town. The journey was no easier than Chen Mo's, and countless soldiers were injured.
Now that they were close, the overwhelming fishy smell of water hit them in the face, making their brains dizzy. Many people had pale faces, without a trace of blood.
This is the most intuitive feeling when facing nature.
Fang Peijun was not a field combat veteran, and the fact that he could bring people here was already at his limit, with no strength left in his body.
But he couldn't fall without orders.
The fate of field warfare is sacrifice. There is a place to come from but no way back. Since you are here, you must be prepared for the worst.
Fang Peijun gritted his teeth and took a deep breath.
"Six hundred meters, the last six hundred meters, brothers, we have to deliver the materials no matter what."
"rush!"
Countless warriors roared encouragement.
Carry the steel bars and keep moving forward.
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