Chapter 404: Losing Both the Wife and the Army! (Two Chapters Combined Into One)

"See you at Langya Mountain tomorrow.

Captain Zhu nodded.

Immediately afterwards, the chief of staff came to the Red Army command post.

"brigadier"

Wang Zhigang clasped his hands on his chest and looked at the strategic deployment information in front of the screen, his face slightly haggard.

"Captain Zhu and the others, is there no problem in setting off tomorrow morning?"

"The Third Motorized Infantry Battalion and the artillery regiment can set off at three o'clock in the morning."

"Okay, let them have a good rest."

"Let them wait for notification when to set off."

"yes!"

With that said, Wang Zhigang turned around and asked.

“When is the latest flight here?”

"Are you talking about the time when the political commissar comes back?"

The chief of staff looked at his watch.

"We should land now. Logically speaking, we will be back soon."

"After the political commissar returns, we will finalize yesterday's battle plan overnight and send it to the troops at three o'clock this morning."

The chief of staff was a little confused.

"Why are you so late?"

Wang Zhigang said mysteriously.

"Keep it secret!"

The chief of staff nodded.

"yes."

"The Blue Army's penetration methods have reached the point of being pervasive, and we have to guard against them."

"Brigadier, I thought you would feel like camping at Langya Mountain Base."

"Why did you suddenly listen to it in the middle of the night and spend the night in this unfair place?"

"It's only over a hundred kilometers away from Langya, right?"

Wang Zhigang explained.

"We just have to wait until you and the political commissar come back together before we can re-determine tomorrow's battle plan."

At this moment, a man in casual clothes who looked like an ordinary citizen drove a motorcycle to the Red Army camp.

The guards stopped him.

I saw this man in civilian clothes taking out an officer's ID card, which showed that he was from the Red Army camp.

The guard looked at him again, confirmed that he was the person in the military ID photo, and then said.

"Come with me!"

Take him to the Red Army command post.

"Report, Special Operations Brigade Staff Officer Li is here!"

After hearing this, the chief of staff immediately shouted excitedly.

"Quick, quick, quick! Let him in!"

Wang Zhigang, who was looking at the strategic map carefully, didn't understand what they were talking about and asked in confusion.

"Who's coming?"

"Extremely strong team, Li You, Staff Officer Li!"

After hearing this, Wang Zhigang turned around and looked at the door in surprise.

Li You walked in and gave him a military salute.

"Report! Comrade Brigade Commander!"

"Li You, staff officer of the 909th Brigade Special Forces Team, is here to report!"

The chief of staff shook his hand excitedly.

"You finally showed up!"

"Where are Captain Hong and others?"

Wang Zhigang on the side looked at his outfit and said in surprise.

"Xiao Li, if you don't introduce yourself, I will hardly recognize you!"

Staff Officer Li, who had come over all night and was already hungry, asked first.

"Is there anything to eat?"

"Yes! I'll get it for you right now. Just wait a moment."

After saying that, the chief of staff quickly found something to eat for him.

"Come on, sit down!"

Staff Officer Li said with a tired look on his face as he sat down.

"I saw that our armored regiment has arrived. Considering that the brigade commander and political commissar's command post should also be here."

"Captain Hong asked me to withdraw from the front line and contact the brigade headquarters immediately."

"Have you been lurking in Langya Mountain?"

"Yes, it's day six."

The chief of staff was a little confused.

"Then why didn't you report it in time?"

"You can also send a message on your mobile phone or an encrypted telegram."

Staff Officer Li shook his head.

"Absolutely not!"

"The Blue Army's electronic reconnaissance will definitely detect it!"

Wang Zhigang said in a deep voice.

"Captain Hong is indeed a bit over-the-top at times, but this kind of caution is still necessary."

Seeing Staff Li wolfing down dry bread, Wang Zhigang reminded him mentally.

"Eat slowly, I'll cook you a bowl of hot noodle soup later."

Staff Officer Li said while eating.

"Captain Hong believes that all current electronic communication information methods are unreliable and may be intercepted by the Blue Army."

"Especially since we were lurking under the nose of the Blue Army at the Langshan Base, Captain Hong ordered all radio stations and wireless terminal equipment to be shut down."

"They also asked us to remove the batteries and hand over all our personal mobile phones and bury them underground."

The chief of staff was a little surprised.

"All buried?"

"Yes, all the mobile phones were put into sealed bottles and buried."

"We'll dig it out after the drill is over."

After Wang Zhigang finished listening, he thought for a moment.

"Have you not contacted the Armored Regiment?"

Staff Officer Li shook his head.

"We can't contact them, otherwise they will definitely report to you, saying that the special operations team is lurking at the front of the 535 defense line."

"If this is overheard by the Blue Army's reconnaissance team, wouldn't our previous efforts be in vain and all our previous efforts be in vain?"

"So you just dress up like an ordinary fellow?"

"I rented a motorcycle from a fellow villager and drove more than a hundred kilometers before I saw the staff car, so I broke in."

The chief of staff patted him on the shoulder.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"How is the physical condition of Captain Hong and the soldiers?"

Hearing this, Staff Officer Li looked slightly pained.

"Our special operations team has only prepared field food for three days. I didn't expect you to be gone for so many days."

"In the last few days, we ate only grass roots and wild vegetables, and drank dew."

"Catch mice, snakes, and bugs and eat whatever you catch."

"Many soldiers' hands and feet were bitten by insects!"

"But we can't withdraw. Once we withdraw, it will be impossible to get back in.

Hearing that the soldiers of the special operations brigade were living a savage life inferior to pigs and dogs, Wang Zhigang and the chief of staff were filled with self-blame.

As he spoke, Staff Officer Li took out a strategic map wrapped in a transparent plastic bag hidden in his sock.

"Captain Hong asked me to give this to you."

"This is the investigation report of our special operations team on the 535th defense line in the past few days."

"All bunkers, fortifications, and firepower points are marked on it."

The three of them spread out the strategic map and studied it carefully.

Several people studied until early in the morning. At this time, Staff Officer Li was so tired that he fell asleep on the table.

Wang Zhigang rubbed his groggy eyes and looked at the chief of staff aside.

"Put him to my bed and go to sleep."

"Two people will come and help Staff Li to rest on the brigade commander's bed."

Then the two of them continued to work hard, studying the tactical map carefully.

At this moment, the sound of a car stopping suddenly came from outside the door.

The chief of staff looked outside and thought it was Zhang Xiaoyu who had returned.

"The political commissar is back."

Unexpectedly, the guard walked in and said.

"Report to the brigade commander that the political commissar has not returned."

The two of them suddenly felt a little confused.

"What's going on?"

"Didn't the flight number be reported?"

The guards didn't know either.

"We waited until all the passengers on the last flight had left, and there was no sign of the political commissar."

“When I called the political commissar, the phone only showed that it was turned off.”

"Later we went to the airport to check, and the verification result was that Political Commissar Zhang had not checked in at all."

The chief of staff looked a little heavy.

"knew."

"yes!"

Wang Zhigang on the side was a little puzzled.

“This is weird”

At this moment, a soldier in the command post suddenly received a call.

"Yes, this is the 909th Brigade Headquarters."

"Report to the brigade commander, it's a call from the director's department, asking you to answer the phone."

Wang Zhigang, who was still thinking about Zhang Xiaoyu, quickly stood up and answered the phone.

"I am Brigadier Wang."

"Director Fang from the Guidance Center?"

"What? What did you say?"

"Political Commissar Zhang has been captured by the Blue Army?"

When Wang Zhigang said these words from his own mouth, he couldn't believe it.

"Isn't it possible?"

"You must have made a mistake, it's absolutely impossible!"

Wang Zhigang thought he was joking.

"Director Fang, Political Commissar Zhang is my political commissar. He is not training the troops at all right now."

"He is in Chenghai City now, how could he be captured by the Blue Army inexplicably?"

"Director Fang, this kind of joke is not allowed."

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Director Fang continued.

"Brigadier Wang, this can't be wrong."

"Zhang Xiaoyu was captured in a star-rated hotel in Chenghai City by the special operations brigade of the Mountain Leopard Brigade."

"And two facilitators from the exercise director's department were at the scene and saw it with their own eyes."

"Zhang Xiaoyu is currently staying in the temporary prisoner of war camp in Chenghai City."

"I will now officially inform you of the decision of the decisive battle exercise director's department."

"Zhang Xiaoyu, deputy commander-in-chief and political commissar of the Red Army, has been captured! Quit the exercise from now on!"

"If you still don't believe it, you can check it out on the exercise website."

At this time, Wang Zhigang was overwhelmed by the sudden bad news and shouted furiously.

"What's this drill called?"

"It's just a bunch of gangsters fighting!"

After saying that, he threw the phone down angrily.

I was so angry that I wanted to rush to the Blue Army base immediately and wipe out all the Blue Army!

"No, pick me up from the exercise headquarters!"

"yes!"

The chief of staff on the side quickly dissuaded him.

"Brigadier, calm down first!"

Wang Zhigang ignored him and grabbed the phone.

"I'm Wang Zhigang of the 909th Brigade. I'm looking for Commander Zhou at the base. Commander Zhou will answer the phone!"

Commander Zhou on the other side said calmly.

"I just say if you have anything to say."

Wang Zhigang said angrily.

"I protest!"

"Commander Wang, don't get angry. If you have something to say, please speak it up."

"First of all, the director's department decided that our political commissar Zhang Xiaoyu was captured and it was wrong to withdraw from the exercise!"

"Second, if such despicable and shameful tactics are used, it will be considered a victory for the Blues."

"Then we, the Red Army, would rather withdraw from the exercise!"

Commander Zhou understood his current mood and said sincerely.

"Brigadier Wang"

Before he finished speaking, Chief of Staff Shen, who was sitting next to him, grabbed the phone directly.

"Wang Zhigang, listen up!"

"If you quit the exercise now, I will immediately sentence your 909th brigade to annihilation!"

"And we will send you to a military court and convict you of fleeing from battle. Your end will be even worse than Wu Tian's!"

Chief of Staff Shen didn't show any mercy and said decisively.

"I give you three minutes to make a decision!"

After that, hang up the phone directly.

This made Wang Zhigang on the other end of the phone stunned.

The chief of staff standing nearby also heard their conversation and was shocked beyond words.

He took the microphone from Wang Zhigang with trembling hands, looked at his stunned look, and advised again.

"Brigade commander, you must be calm at this time, calm down again!"

"We are about to win! The political commissar is gone, you must not be impulsive!"

Wang Zhigang couldn't stand steadily at this time, and quickly held the table beside him and closed his eyes.

The chief of staff asked.

"Who was on the phone just now?"

Wang Zhigang sighed.

"It was Chief of Staff Shen."

Hearing this,

"Ah! This is a bullet in the mouth!"

"Chief of Staff Shen"

"He gave me three minutes"

The chief of staff said anxiously.

"Brigade commander, we can't quit!"

"This is a serious political issue!"

"If we lose, we will sacrifice ourselves. If we quit, we will become deserters!"

"No, I have to report to the chief. We will never quit!"

As he said that, he was about to dial the phone.

Wang Zhigang thought about it and called him.

"Wait!"

"I was too impatient!"

"You are right! I was too impulsive!"

"I should be the one to review myself to the chief. I have to make this call!"

"Pick up the phone!"

After the call was connected, Wang Zhigang said righteously.

"Report to the chief! I was wrong!"

"I"

Chief of Staff Shen on the other end interrupted directly.

"I know. It's nonsense to say more."

Then he hung up the phone directly. He might be too disappointed with Wang Zhigang's performance just now.

"Chief"

Chief of Staff Shen hung up the phone before he finished speaking.

Wang Zhigang was a little at a loss, and his head was stunned.

He asked the chief of staff with a confused look on his face.

"Did you hear everything just now?"

The chief of staff nodded.

"I heard it."

"What was the last sentence of Chief of Staff Shen?"

"It seems that anything more would be nonsense."

Wang Zhigang was a little unconvinced and said with a frown.

"I haven't made a single review or self-criticism yet, and he doesn't know how deep my review is."

"Why do you think what I'm going to say is nonsense?"

The chief of staff explained.

"The leader seems to have only asked you to make a decision, and didn't ask you to make any review."

Wang Zhigang looked at him in confusion.

"But I have to report my next decision and ideas to him anyway?"

"Didn't you say you were wrong?"

"The leader thinks that you have already denied your proposal to withdraw from the exercise, so the matter is over and don't mention it again."

"That is, no criticism, no pursuit?"

"Maybe! This is my understanding."

Wang Zhigang also nodded, and admired Chief of Staff Shen a little.

"It's great! He's a leader who fights!"

Then he regained his confidence and said seriously.

"If we can't fight well in the last battle, then everything we say is nonsense!"

After that, he turned back to the map and began to deploy the strategy for the final battle of Langya Mountain tomorrow.

At this time, Staff Officer Li, who was sleeping on Wang Zhigang's bed, also woke up slowly.

"Brigade Commander, I have to go back. Please give me instructions, Chief!"

Wang Zhigang hurriedly called him over.

"Come on, Xiao Li, come and join us!"

Staff Officer Li had just woken up and didn't know what the situation was.

Wang Zhigang pointed directly at the map and said.

"Take the combat deployment of this map back with you later."

"Yes!"