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Chapter 20 The Train That Sudden Abort

The carriage door closes.

It was hard to see Xiao Song's figure, and the carriage quickly quieted down, not as noisy as in the past.The equipment is placed on the floor, and the seven companies are next to their respective equipment.They have entered the battle state.

Only Yu Congrong continued to ask: "Tell me quickly, what did Miss Song say about me?"

Xu Qing said: "She asked you to learn English well, fight the enemy well on the battlefield, and beat the enemy to pieces..."

"Really?"

Yu Congrong was a little suspicious: "Is there nothing else besides this?"

Lei Gong couldn't stand it anymore, and cast him a glance: "What else do you want?"

At this time, he also felt that the atmosphere in the carriage was not right, so he shut up resentfully: "It's nothing, I'll just ask..."

And here, Qianli is in the carriage, following the quartermaster of the regiment headquarters to check around and check all kinds of equipment and supplies: "Is there enough food?"

The quartermaster looked at the list: "Each soldier carried two marching food carriers. There were sorghum rice, fried noodles, potatoes, and there were extras in the car. It was enough."

Qianli asked:
"Where's the padded jacket?"

"The regiment said it was ready in the Northeast, and you can pick it up when you arrive."

"Where is Sten Jiujiu?"

"They're all here, a total of eighteen!"

"Water drops?"

"It has been sent to the soldiers."

"Bazooka?"

Lei Gong heard it: "It's here with me. Two of them have been maintained."

Qianli nodded, and he couldn't help but look at the other supplies and equipment again, and then he reluctantly felt relieved. After fighting so many battles, he knew the importance of food and supplies.

Looking back, Xu Qing was holding his gun tightly and counting the bullets.

Qianli: "Are you nervous?"

Xu Qing looked up: "...a little bit."

As soon as the breath of war came, he was inevitably a little nervous.He knew that this was a psychological effect, and he was trying to adjust it.

"It's normal to be nervous, don't be afraid!" Qianli squatted down and leveled the muzzle of his gun: "Relax, put the gun away by yourself, don't let it go off, that's a joke!"

He nodded.

Lei Gong also patted him on the shoulder, silently comforting him.

Xu Qing asked, "Where are we going?"

Qianli: "Northeast."

Lei Gong was also puzzled: "Didn't you say anything more specific?"

At the junction of the carriages, Mei Sheng walked in and added: "I said it. Let's go to that corner in Shenyang—"

"Instructor!"

"I'm back, how about..."

All the soldiers looked at him one after another. As soon as the car drove away, they quickly received orders from the regiment to get the combat deployment and orders of various ministries.

He held a copied scrap telegram in his hand, handed it to Wu Qianli, and said solemnly: "The telegram was sent at [-] o'clock in the evening. After the division headquarters confirmed it, they were ready to go! They said they were going to the northeast, Shenyang where our Ninth Corps went. You can get winter clothes and padded clothes over there. The battle plan has not been announced yet, and I think the political commissar in the regiment is also at a loss—maybe we can talk about it in Shenyang.”

Qianli frowned.

Soldiers such as Mei Sheng, Lei Gong, Ping He, etc. were also thinking.

This situation is unusual for anyone who understands it. The Ninth Corps was originally the main force to fight across the strait, and it has always been preparing for training to fight across the strait.

But since October, it can be seen that the whole army is going to the Shandong area for preparations, and it can be seen that it is not normal, and now it is going to the northeast, which is the opposite of the seaside.

You can't go to the north for a walk, and then go back to the south to fight, right?
Among them, the military expenses and food and grass are astronomical figures. The new China that has just been liberated is extremely poor, and it is impossible to act like this.

So who are you going to hit?

Such a high degree of secrecy, internally and externally, has never happened before. Except for Xu Qing, I am afraid that no one present can tell the truth. They are all guessing where the troops are going and what they are going to do.

There was a moment of silence in the carriage.

The only thing left in my ears is the outside of the stuffy tank car, as if I have been suffocated, panting, whistling, roaring, and the sound of galloping on the rails.

It is still early in the morning, and the only light in the carriage is two glass-covered horse lanterns. The dangling dim halo makes the stuffy tank carriage even more strangely quiet.

Yu Congrong asked: "Could it be the border? Americans, Mongolia, can it be the Soviet Union?"

The crowd rolled their eyes at him.

In this era, the relationship between the Soviet Union and China is in an unprecedented honeymoon period.Even the guns in their hands were shipped from the Soviet Union.

Qianli suddenly asked, "How long have we been in Shandong?"

Yu Congrong gestured: "Three——"

"It's really three days?"

Lei Gong shook his head and said nothing.He was drilling Xu Qing's bullet case with a knife, punching holes in it.

"Really, it's less than three days." Mei Sheng looked at the Shanghai brand mechanical watch in his hand, "—it's just after one o'clock in the morning."

Qianli murmured: "There has never been such a..."

Qianli and Meisheng discussed it again, but they didn't discuss anything.

He clapped his hands and said: "Everyone, let's rest first! It will take a few days to get to Shenyang on the road. If you haven't slept enough, continue to sleep, and recharge your energy on the road."

After finishing speaking, Mei Sheng and the two left the carriage, and they should have gone to the regiment headquarters to inquire again.

Xu Qing sat on the Datong bunk, ordered his equipment, and then thought about it, and added the 10 points of experience for the newly added task three just after the early morning of today to the skills.

Seeing that the [Shooting] skill was about to reach the intermediate level soon, he felt a little more at ease.

Putting the bullets close to his body and holding the gun, he slowly fell asleep on the bed.

.........

Woke up the next night and went back to sleep, but didn't sleep well.

There was a lot of noise on the train, and the young fighters were all noisy, and from time to time, they were discussing where to fight.There are different opinions, and the ears hurt from the whole night's noise.

After waking up at noon the next day, because there was no fire to cook on the train, he followed Lei Gong to drink the fried noodles with water.

This kind of fried noodles is not the fried noodles that modern people are familiar with, but a traditional food in the northern region. It is a powdery convenience food made by frying and grinding soybeans, sorghum, corn, and wheat.

Each soldier wears a long strip of cloth bag on his shoulders, which contains fried noodles. Such a bag of fried noodles can hold seven days of food.

There are sesame seeds, sugar and peanuts in it, the taste is not bad, even Xu Qing, who is used to modern food, can still eat it.

After eating, he continued to practice empty guns to increase his proficiency and feel of firearms, and he dared not waste any time.Although it is not as fast as directly adding experience points, it can still increase by one or two points in two days.

In the afternoon, when he was chatting with Lei Gong, the moving train suddenly stopped slowly with a harsh creaking sound.

Some of the soldiers were sleeping, some were standing, and under the sudden emergency brake, they turned their backs on their backs and messed up supplies and equipment.

"what happened?"

"The train has stopped!"

"What happened again?"

"Could it be that we have arrived in Shenyang, and there is no notice..."

"I haven't arrived in Shenyang, it's only one day, it's still early!" Qianli and Mei Sheng were not there, so Lei Gong had no choice but to stand up: "Everyone tidy up your things, don't get out of the car without notice! I'll go see if the company commander and the others are back .”

Only then did everyone calm down a bit, but they still couldn't stop their curiosity. They all looked out from the small bars, but they couldn't see anything outside.

"Wanli, come here and go with me." Lei Gong waved again: "Yu Congrong, you are here to watch, don't be far away and something went wrong!"

Although Yu Congrong is making trouble, he is also capable of doing things, otherwise he would not be a platoon leader.He nodded: "OK, I see!"

The two walked out of this carriage and walked to the front carriage. This was the first time he left the place where Qilian was.There are guards guarding the door, and after asking for identity information, they are allowed to go.

The two walked for two or three carriages, and all the soldiers from each company and battalion who were wandering and discussing in a daze passed by. Some people saw them and asked if they knew what happened.Lei Gong just shook his head.

But soon, when they reached Sanying, they saw two people from Qianli.

The carriage of Sanying has already exploded first!
As soon as Xu Qing and Lei Gong entered, voices and noises joined together, and there were soldiers standing on the bunk in Datong, talking frothyly:

"America! Definitely Americans..."

"North Korea has already started a commotion. In the Northeast, I heard that there are US military planes crossing the border and patrolling..."

"Too arrogant!"

Bang!
In the crowd, Tan Ziwei's face darkened, and he slapped his fist on the table:

"What do you mean, do wars rely on your mouth? Sit down for me from the demolition company!"

Tanzi got angry, and the soldiers of the third battalion's blasting reinforcement company all fell silent.After he finished speaking, he put on his military overcoat and said to Qianli: "You should go back quickly, Qilian doesn't know what will happen later."

Qianli nodded without being wordy.leave now.

Xu Qing and Lei Gong: "This is..."

Mei Sheng raised a finger: "Let's talk when we go back!"

The four of them rushed back to the carriage where Qilian was located.

On the way, the train has restarted.There was a bang bang bang bang, with the sound of steam spurting, as if the emergency brake just now was an illusion.

Qianli frowned tightly as he walked, in a hurry, the two of them didn't ask any questions.But Xu Qing had already guessed from this big movement: the battle order must have come down.

Back in the workshop, Qilian all surrounded him:
"Company commander, instructor, what happened?"

Qianli looked at the crowd: "Just now, the Northeast Military Region sent people to intercept our train at Shanhaiguan, and sent up a sealed document...it was an emergency telegram."

Everyone held their breath, waiting for the result.

Yu Congrong was anxious: "Company commander, tell me quickly?"

Qianli took a deep breath:

"We won't go to Shenyang anymore, we'll divert to Ji'an, pass through Dandong, don't stop, go directly to the border of our country, and immediately enter North Korea to fight—comrades, we're going to fight the Americans!"

　It was not sent out on time last night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)