At the end of 1983, the superiors issued an order to recapture the two mountains.
In the spring of 1984, our army captured important commanding heights after a series of brutal battles.
In the same year, the enemy Vietnamese army mobilized 40,000 heavy troops in an attempt to launch a counterattack. They continued to counterattack with great vigor, as if they were declaring to our army: We will never give in!
At the same time, the heroic Chinese People's Liberation Army also used actions to swear an oath to the enemy: Are you not willing to surrender?
If you can’t win in one year, try two years!
If you can’t win in two years, try five!
We haven't won in five years, we pay tribute with blood, ten years!
A long battle begins!
No one expected that this battle would actually last for ten years, and the defensive combat mission was not officially lifted until 1993.
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In July 1985, the second year after our army captured an important commanding height, the enemy Vietnamese army once again launched a counterattack plan numbered "M-2".
After a top-secret meeting, Ye Boxuan recommended Chu Yifeng to his superiors. He said to the leader who dared to use him:
"In that crucial battle of 1984, you dared to use me as the commander. I have the same confidence now as you did last year. Senior commanders need actual combat experience. Chu Yifeng is worthy of our common anticipation!"
Chu Yifeng's nerves were tense. He stood at the door of Ye Boxuan's office and suddenly turned around and looked back.
Ye Boxuan sat upright in his office chair, his pen still writing, as if he had anticipated Chu Yifeng's stupidity. "Only five minutes."
Military salute. Apart from the military salute, Chu Yifeng didn't know how else to express his respect and gratitude to his superiors.
When the office door closed, Ye Boxuan looked up with the corners of his lips slightly raised: Chu Yifeng led a battalion and took the lead as the vanguard of the commando team. I hope you can be another me and will not let anyone down!
"Staff Officer Chu? Staff Officer Chu? Phone!"
Only five minutes, five minutes...
Chu Yifeng suddenly realized that he seemed to need to do a lot of things, but he didn't seem to know what to do. Every minute and every second was counting down. It was a strange feeling.
His expression remained unchanged, but his state of mind had changed. So when he picked up the phone and heard his father Chu Hongtian's loud voice, he instantly realized that those days of anger seemed insignificant.
"Okay! Got it?" Chu Hongtian spoke in a tone as if he was giving orders to his subordinates.
Chu Yifeng changed his usual attitude of not asking about family matters and went straight to the point:
"Dad, you should go home and see my mom and spend more time with her. You didn't spend time with her when she was young, so you should double that now. She's aged a lot, have you noticed?"
Chu Hongtian was in the office, holding the phone receiver tightly with one hand on his waist and the other. He stood by the table with his head held high. His stubborn look and the tone of his voice when talking to Chu Yifeng made it seem like he was angry with someone.
But only he himself knew that when he heard the word "Dad", his eyes turned red.
The father and son did not see eye to eye and were not talking about the same topic, but they thought they were expressing the most important language.
"I'm telling you, Chu Yifeng! On the battlefield, don't embarrass me. Don't be a coward! It doesn't matter if you embarrass me. The fact that you're able to take this position and command an entire battalion is something Ye fought for you. Don't you understand?!"
"Dad, it's not easy for Mom. You should try to put yourself in her shoes. As for Grandma... you've been very good at smoothing things over for over 20 years. You need to keep it up and stay like you were before."
Chu Hongtian spitted into the phone receiver, this time he was really anxious:
"What time is it? It's useless to tell me those things! I tell you, I order you, Chu Yifeng, either don't go, or if you dare to be a coward, I will shoot you. If you really do that, my old age will be in jeopardy, and I will be embarrassed and known to everyone on the street!"
Chu Yifeng's mouth curled up, his tone was calm, and he laughed so hard that his chest shook:
"Five minutes, you took three. Goodbye."
As if knowing that his son was really going to hang up, Chu Hongtian tightened his grip on the phone. He wanted to continue shouting, but his throat was blocked for some reason.
The voice was soft and could be recognized as coming from an elderly person, not a general:
"Be careful, be safe."
After Chu Hongtian hung up the phone, he leaned back in his chair and suddenly felt that he had aged a lot. He closed his eyes and thought:
He lost half of his life and almost couldn't get it back several times.
My younger brother died on the front line, and our happy family was broken up.
Now my son has also gone, but this is my mission and my duty as a soldier!
When Chu Hongtian opened his eyes again, he forced himself to cheer up and read the materials quickly. He had to take his luggage back to the compound tonight, listen to his son, and coax his mother!
…
Few people knew that Chu Yifeng was going to the front line at this time, and he didn't have time to notify anyone.
Family, friends, and...
While checking the time to the second, he was making a phone call.
"Hello, this is the military hospital. Hello? Are you still there?"
…
I know it is impossible, but there is a kind of remembrance, it is called ritual, it is called never forgetting, it is called keeping you in my heart, even if it is just to hear a "hello" out of necessity.
The telephone receiver was still on his desk, but the person who called had already left.
Chu Yifeng strode away calmly.
As he walked, he suddenly ran towards the team that was ready and fully armed at the speed of a sprint.
Standing on the Liberation vehicle, their group was about to leave quietly, just like the Kyoto Military Region this morning, this episode had never happened before.
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