In Qin Yushen's memory, Han Ling was a somewhat spoiled and rebellious child who had lived in the shadow of his stepmother since childhood and was always compared to the son his stepmother brought with her. As a result, he had a rather irritable personality and liked to go against Commander Han.
Since Han Xiu sent him to Jiangcheng to join the army, things have been going in a positive direction.
Shao Gang said that he usually performs very well, and as long as he can concentrate on studying and working hard in the artillery battalion, he will reap unexpected rewards.
Seeing his surviving state, Qin Yu patted him on the shoulder.
"Well done, good job."
If Han Xiu knew about Han Ling's growth, he would definitely be pleasantly surprised.
Han Ling was pleased to be praised and excitedly told Qin Yushen about his experiences on the front lines. If they hadn't called for assembly, he probably would have talked for more than a whole night.
The Vietnamese army was unwilling to accept the loss of the Qingshan position. After the main force was recalled, they launched dozens of attacks of battalion size or smaller, all of which ended in failure.
This demonstrates the importance of this location's strategic position.
Finally, with no other option, the Vietnamese high command and the newly dispatched military advisors from country E held a combat meeting and secretly planned a large-scale offensive against the Qingshan position, intending to capture Qingshan at all costs.
The plan was kept extremely secret. All the agents, including Lin Xiaoxiao, tried every means to probe, but they only knew the plan's code name.
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The front line suddenly fell silent. If it weren't for the fact that the smoke of battle had just cleared from the main peak of Qingshan Mountain and the trenches were still filled with blood, one would have thought that no war had ever taken place here.
The craters and trenches intertwined to form a grotesque pattern, like unhealed wounds on the earth.
It was mid-moon, and a full moon hung obliquely in the grayish-purple sky. Its clear light shone on the bullet-riddled cliff face, turning the bullet holes of varying depths into countless empty eyes.
The wind swept across the valley, carrying the smell of gunpowder and the stench of earth, swirling low over the silent battlefield as if telling of lingering fears.
The Vietnamese troops, who had been frequently harassing the Qingshan position, suddenly stopped firing their guns and cannons.
Even the radio stations fell silent.
Clearly, the enemy is plotting a massive conspiracy.
The order came down from above: spare no expense and use all available channels to find out the details of the Vietnamese army's plans.
The contents of that operational meeting were known to only a handful of people, all of whom were high-ranking officials in Vietnam. In the end, it was a comrade who was lying in wait in the Vietnamese capital who discovered that an emergency military mobilization was taking place in Vietnam.
The troops mobilized were all elite and battle-hardened units from the Vietnamese army, which had once driven the M army to the brink of collapse.
Based on scattered intelligence, the analysis concluded that the Yue Kingdom was about to launch a large-scale battle to reclaim Qingshan.
This is undoubtedly a fierce battle.
The command headquarters discussed the battle plan overnight and ordered all positions to reinforce and construct defensive fortifications and store ammunition.
The logistics unit requisitioned more than 700 trucks from local areas, and batches of ammunition and shells were transported from the Yuncheng and Jiangcheng arsenals to the front line.
The artillery regiments on the eastern front were also moved to the western front. Clearly, our army was preparing for an artillery battle.
The artillery was deployed at four levels, covering all areas from 200 meters in front of the position to deep into enemy territory. The military base also activated its latest artillery radar monitoring system.
The development idea for this system was derived from the information provided by Lin Xiaoxiao.
As soon as the Vietnamese artillery fires, our side can pinpoint the enemy's position within three seconds and destroy it precisely.
With its superior weaponry and radar monitoring system, the Vietnamese army destroyed nearly thirty cannons in less than twenty minutes when they launched a fierce artillery attack on our positions, giving the battle a good start.
However, the Vietnamese army's elite troops were the ones participating in this battle, and despite suffering heavy losses, they still launched a fierce attack on the positions.
The battle lasted from dawn until night, and the bodies of Vietnamese soldiers covered the entire hillside.
Many positions were blown to smithereens.
Even many division commanders and political commissars with extensive battlefield experience couldn't help but remark that they had never seen so many enemy corpses since the ×× battle.
The Yue Kingdom was unwilling to accept this.
The Yue Kingdom is about to cause trouble.
They keep going crazy on the international stage.
They are demanding that the United States provide them with better weapons so they can avenge their previous defeat.
Unfortunately, with the continuous reform of China's military weaponry, heavy firepower has not only achieved saturation strikes, but also has the ability to conduct precision strikes and counterattacks. Various new weapons have been applied to the battle, causing the Vietnamese army great suffering.
The ambition of the Yue Kingdom to dominate Southeast Asia was completely shattered, but the Yue Kingdom, unwilling to accept defeat, continued to harass the border even after the artillery battle.
China stationed an army on the border, and Vietnam repelled them every time they came.
Two years later, the Yue Kingdom finally realized that they no longer had the strength to fight against the Hua Kingdom. The E Kingdom was also preoccupied with internal power struggles and had no time to care about them.
Both sides declared the end of the war through diplomatic statements and the actual cessation of military operations.
During China's withdrawal, the Vietnamese army followed and harassed them, and later even declared a "victory" domestically, without daring to utter a single word about the issue of responsibility for the war.
The war began with gunfire, ended in silence, and was ultimately buried by trade and treaties.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
After the artillery battle ended, Lin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yushen returned to Beijing. More than three months have passed since they left.
During their journey, the two sent letters or items back to let each other know they were safe.
Before Director Fan could commend the comrades from various departments and groups who had contributed to the war, Lin Xiaoxiao hurriedly went home after handing over her tasks.
Qin Yushen was the same, but he was a little later.
When he got home, he saw Lin Xiaoxiao with teary eyes, and An'an who seemed somewhat unfamiliar with the two of them.
"Anbao, this is Mommy. Mommy is back. Let Mommy hug you, okay?" Wen Mo and Wen Shiyu felt sorry for their daughter and also for their grandson.
An'an's little hands gripped her grandfather's collar tightly. Her gaze swept over Lin Xiaoxiao's dusty coat, but there was no familiar excitement. Instead, she buried her face deeper into her grandfather's neck, her nose wrinkling slightly.
He mumbled a slurred sound, "No."
Seeing her son's unfamiliarity with her, Lin Xiaoxiao felt a lump in her throat and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Anbao..." She took half a step forward, her voice very soft.
An'an snuggled closer to her grandfather, her little arms tightly wrapped around Wen Mo's neck.
Qin Yushen walked in, put his arm around Lin Xiaoxiao's shoulder, and whispered a few words of comfort to her, "An'an is still young, it's normal that she doesn't remember us after being separated for so long, take it slow."
Lin Xiaoxiao sniffed and nodded.
When An'an was only one year old, the two of them left him with Wen Mo and Wen Shiyu for several months. No wonder he didn't recognize them.
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..." Wen Shiyu saw the countless scratches on her daughter and son-in-law's arms and faces, and her heart ached so much that she burst into tears.
Have you been to the hospital for a checkup?
Lin Xiaoxiao forced a smile, "It's nothing, just some minor injuries, a little medicine will do the trick."
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