Chapter 77: Disciplinary

Chapter 77: Disciplinary

The battle situation really developed as I imagined. The first and third battalions had never been able to break through the defense line of the Mashan Yue Army. At this time, as the sky darkened, they had to retreat in groups.

When they passed the 417th Highlands, they saw that our second battalion not only easily captured the highlands with lightning speed, but also defeated the Vietnamese army on the reverse slope. Everyone couldn't help but look envious. Especially the first battalion commander Wang Zhengang, I saw him standing in the telescope for a while before the trenches we built, with a look of regret on his face, as if he was wondering why they didn't arrange for them to attack the 417th Highlands...

Looking at the soldiers of the first and third battalions passing by the foot of our mountain, I couldn't help but smile bitterly. I wonder who envys whom?

"Battery Commander!" At this time, the correspondent ran to me and said, "It's the Chief of Staff..."

I couldn't help but feel happy when I heard this, and thought it was finally time for our turn to retreat. So I picked up the microphone without saying a word and shouted: "Report to the Chief of Staff, I am the Second Battalion Commander Cui Wei!"

"Comrade Cui Wei! You fight very well!" The chief of staff came from the other end of the microphone: "You fought very beautifully on the 417 Highlands. You not only taught the Vietnamese a lesson, but also showed the prestige of our People's Liberation Army and also made the reputation of our revolutionary soldiers! I have called on all troops to take you as an example and fight bravely and tenaciously. Your victory has proved that as long as we carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship or sacrifice on the battlefield, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy..."

"Chief of Staff..." I said impatiently: "Now the First and Third Battalions have retreated, and the friendly forces attacking the 536th Highland have also retreated. Do you see if we..."

"They have no way to retreat!" The Chief of Staff interrupted me and said, "They have not occupied the enemy's positions, nor have they built fortifications, and they will be in a very passive situation when it gets dark. But you are different. You have occupied the positions and done fortifications, so I hope you..."

"Chief of Staff!" I was shocked when I heard this: "But our fortifications are just simple field fortifications, and there is no hurry to build tunnels. Moreover, the 417 Highland is a large protrusion for our army's positions, and our fortifications are also aimed at the frontal enemy. Once the friendly forces on both wings retreat, the weaknesses of our wings will be exposed to the enemy's gun! We will soon be surrounded by the Vietnamese army..."

"That's why I want you to carry forward the spirit of our revolutionary soldiers not afraid of hardship or death!" Before I finished speaking, the Chief of Staff rushed to say, "Comrade Cui Wei! I have reported your deeds and achievements to my superiors and the people of the whole country. You must know that now, not only are we watching you, but the superiors are also watching you, but also thousands of people of the motherland are also watching you! So you must not give up easily, and at all costs, even if you guard the last person with one gun, you must keep the position!"

After hearing this, I finally understood that the two victories I fought today were bragged by the new chief of staff. He would show off in front of his superiors... Look, who said that this 417 highland cannot be beaten? I came up to command, but I took down this highland like a destruction!

So how could he let us take down from this high ground? If we let us take down, wouldn’t we slap ourselves?

I don’t blame him for his youthfulness or courage, I don’t blame him for his blindly speaking, and I don’t blame him for his courage, but... I can’t tolerate him using the lives of the soldiers as bets to save his face!

Thinking of this, my face turned cold and said coldly: "Report to the Chief of Staff, I think we are not suitable to defend on the 417 Highlands in this situation, otherwise we will not be responsible for the lives of the soldiers!"

A cold snorted from the other end of the intercom: "Comrade Cui Wei! You have to figure it out, I am ordering, not negotiating conditions with you!"

"The general will not accept the orders of military orders from abroad!" I replied stiffly: "You must also figure it out. Now I am the battalion commander, and I am not negotiating conditions with you!"

As he said that, he didn't wait for him to come and spoke in a hurry, he hung up the microphone!

Looking at the messenger soldier who was stunned, I squeezed out a few words from my teeth: "From now on, all calls are not allowed to be answered! Do you understand?"

"I understand!" The communication soldier nodded in a hurry.

"There are all!" Then I shouted to the walkie-talkie and ordered: "Alternate cover, gradually withdraw from the position, and return to the camp to garrison!"

"Yes!" The soldiers responded to my order with cheers. They had been rolling in the mud pile of 417 highland for a day. Even if they were working, they would be tired, and even if they were killed, they would be killed at all times. So when they heard the order to retreat, they would put in the last bit of strength and retreat in a staircase manner.

Seeing this, I felt more and more that I was right to disobey them and let them retreat. In fact, when the soldiers saw other troops retreat, the fighting spirit that had been held in their hearts had disappeared. If they were allowed to continue to garrison in this darkness and there was no defense line at all on the left and right wings, the consequences would be unimaginable.

This cannot be blamed on them. Most of them are still new recruits, and even veterans are veterans who have never fought wars. Therefore, of course, they cannot be measured by the standards of the volunteer army who fought for decades when resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea.

After laying dozens of mines on the high ground, the three companies divided into three batches and alternately protected the retreat from the 417 Highlands. The Vietnamese army was obviously waiting for the moment when we retreated, so they followed us as soon as we left, but they just watched us retreated in an orderly manner and did not dare to chase them. They just watched from a distance. In addition, there was a blockade of mines, so until we safely retreated through the death zone, the Vietnamese army had just climbed to the top of the mountain.

"Where are your battalion commanders? Where is Cui Wei?" We had just sat down and rested for a while when the Chief of Staff and two guards shouted at us in anger, with his right hand on the Tokarev pistol on his waist, looking murderous...

Seeing this, I couldn't help but laugh. This guy who is still fucked is playing this trick with me. I was afraid that you were not born yet when I was in the army!

He stood up from the ground leisurely, held the sniper rifle in his hand and shouted at the chief of staff: "Report to the chief of staff... I'm here..."

The Chief of Staff was stunned when he saw my posture. His aura immediately became shorter, and the fierce light in his eyes became much more restrained, and even his eyes began to float unnaturally.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but laugh in my heart. Can this be the same as that of those who have fought and never fought? Can this be the same as those who have killed people and never killed people? I am not the kind of person who can sit and wait for death. I can guarantee that if the Chief of Staff dared to draw his pistol just now, I would knock him down as soon as possible! I don't care what kind of superiors and leaders he is!

Perhaps the Chief of Staff also saw this in my eyes, so the voice of his speech immediately became a little different.

But people like him who are proud of their faces are certainly unwilling to show weakness. After a while, they mustered up the courage to shout at me: "Cui Wei, how dare you disobey orders and disobey your superiors' command? Do you know how big a mistake you have made?"

"What? Don't obey the order?"

"Don't obey the command of the superior?"

...

The soldiers standing beside them couldn't help but whisper.

I also knew that there was no way to be good at this matter today, so I simply shouted to the Chief of Staff: "I, Cui Wei, do things one by one, and I am the one who ordered them to withdraw from the position! What to do... What you can arrange!"

As he said that, he handed the sniper rifle in his hand to the soldiers around him and unarmed his armed belt. Anyway, I have avoided unnecessary casualties from the soldiers, so I don’t care what punishment I have suffered now.

The soldiers understood as soon as I heard what I said. It turned out that their superiors had ordered them to defend the 417 Highland.

"Chief of Staff!" The hometown man stood up without saying a word and said, "Our friendly forces on both sides of the left and right have retreated. How can we defend in this situation?"

"Yes! Isn't that killing us?" Shunzi shouted in discontent.

"That's it! Why can't other troops retreat? We can't retreat!"

"Why are other troops not punished if they defeat the battle? We still have to punish them if we win the battle!"

...

Then, I don’t know who shouted behind me: “The battalion commander disobeyed to save our lives. We cannot be ungrateful and let him be punished alone!”

"Yes! The battalion commander cannot be punished alone!"

"If you want to punish us, we will be punished!"

...

As soon as these words were spoken, they aroused strong response from the soldiers. They all stood up and glared at the chief of staff. The soldiers who were resting in other places heard about this and surrounded them. More than 400 people in a battalion were crowded with this small valley.

Seeing the soldiers like this, the Chief of Staff was so scared that he looked pale and at a loss. It would be fine to deal with me alone, but he could find some big truths, but he had to deal with an army... He, the Chief of Staff who had just taken office for one day, was still a little tender.

At this time, Political Commissar Huang hurriedly pushed the crowd away and squeezed in, raised his hand and said to the soldiers: "Comrades, calm, comrades, calm..."

After the soldiers calmed down, Political Commissar Huang said relaxedly: "I said you comrades! Why are you so nervous? Our Chief of Staff just criticized him because Captain Cui did not obey the order. Who said he was going to punish him?"

As he said that, Political Commissar Huang frowned and gave me a wink. I also felt that this would not be good, so I turned around and ordered the soldiers: "Go and go... all of them will return to my own place! Leave the strength to fight the Vietnamese Japanese!"

Seeing that the soldiers were reluctant to leave, my face turned cold and I shouted at them: "What are you doing while standing? You're all dispersed!"

The soldiers did not dare to disobey my orders, and they walked away unwillingly. But in the end, more than a dozen people stayed, most of them were cadres from each company. But to my surprise, these included two girls, Liu Yun and Yichen. Liu Yun was staring at the Chief of Staff with anger on his face, as if he wanted to rush up to judge, but was stopped by Yichen.

I winked at Yichen and signaled her to take Liu Yun away, but Yichen ignored me at all and just looked at the Chief of Staff coldly.

"Cui Wei..." Seeing that the soldiers had dispersed, the Chief of Staff seemed to have some courage again. He straightened his chest and was about to get angry again, but this time Political Commissar Huang stopped him in time.

"Chief of Staff!" Political Commissar Huang leaned into his ear and whispered: "Our regiment just punished Captain Zhang, and now he wants to... I'm afraid it will affect the morale of the soldiers..."

The Chief of Staff snorted and said to me coldly: "I've been a big plan once, please stay at my post to check! If I don't obey the orders, it won't be so cheap!"

As he said that, he took two guards away in shame. Before leaving, Political Commissar Huang tapped his finger in front of me a few times, and said with a look of regret, "Please pay attention next time..."

With a "swish...", the soldiers laughed disdainfully as they watched the chief of staff leave.

"Everyone goes back to my own troops!" I looked at the soldiers gratefully. I knew in my heart that if it weren't for their support, it would have been so cheap this time. Isn't there any punishment or not? If you say there is a stain on this file, will we, who will die at any time on the battlefield care about that?

"You two girls can still bear it!" I came to Liu Yun and Yichen and asked.

"It's okay!" Liu Yun nodded shyly, and then said excitedly: "It's tiring to be tired, but it's really good to fight! The comrades killed so many enemies and won a big victory. This time my father won't say that I'm not going to be useful!"

"Aren't you afraid of killing?" I asked with some confusion.

"Then..." Liu Yun looked at the people in his hometown and said embarrassedly: "Company Commander Chen asked us to hide in the anti-cannon hole. I've heard of this..."

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers and I couldn't help laughing.

After the soldiers dispersed, the people from my hometown came to me and whispered: "Don't mess with this guy next time!"

"Do you think I don't know!" I found a flat stone and sat down, pulled out a towel and wiped the dirt on the rifle, and said helplessly: "But his order, do you think I can execute it? Why? You can't bear this guy's background?"

The hometown people smiled and said, "Can a regiment commander retreat if he says he is too weak? No matter what, you know... I will try not to provoke him in the future. But if I am you today, I will turn against him!"

As he said that, he patted my shoulder, stood up and walked towards his company.
Chapter completed!