"Wei Ran, helmet, you forgot to take the helmet."

In the room, Lu Yao, who was still sorting out the weapons and equipment, saw that Wei Ran was about to leave, and he quickly reminded him.

"I won't wear the helmet anymore."

Wei Ran, who had already reached the door, did not stop at all, but just put the camouflage mask on his head.

To put it bluntly, this mask is just a loose version of the camouflage "balaclava", or to put it more bluntly, it is just a small camouflage cloth bag with a horizontal strip of holes to expose the eyes.

Fortunately, not only has this long observation hole been carefully hemmed, but the "bag mouth" can also cover the large five-leaf camouflage collar and be tied tightly with the drawstring inside.

As for why he didn't wear a helmet, this activity behind enemy lines was not about squatting in trenches. Let's not talk about how inconsistent the outline of the helmet is in the natural environment and how uncomfortable it is to wear such a heavy weight. These are secondary.

The main reason is that in this activity behind enemy lines, when encountering the enemy, the distance between the two sides is probably only a hundred or even forty or fifty meters. In this case, the exchange of fire is really about whoever strikes first will survive, and they will definitely.

Subconsciously move towards the body with a larger area as a greeting. No one will have the time or mood to kill them with a "headshot".

So even if the helmet can block bullets fired at the head, is it possible that it can also block bullets fired at the body?

Seeing that Wei Ran had left the room with his weapons and equipment, Lu Yao thought for a while and finally put on his own helmet. After putting on his backpack, he took out something from the satchel on the bedside.

Only then did he and Xiao Xifeng, who had been waiting for him, quickly catch up with Wei Ran.

Outside the barracks, in the shadow of a camphor tree, Platoon Leader Luo, Sword Squad Leader Cha and others had already arrived in advance, and the other soldiers also rushed over one after another.

As expected, none of these people were wearing helmets. Seeing this, Lu Yao immediately turned around and sent his helmet back to the room.

At this time, there was a jeep parked next to the camphor tree. There was also a soldier holding a seagull camera next to the car, taking a solo photo of Wang Beizhan holding a machine gun.

"You guys also want to take a photo alone as a souvenir later."

When Platoon Leader Luo saw the three Wei Ran people coming over, he immediately greeted them warmly while blowing away the cigarettes, "Send it back home and let the matchmaker introduce you to a partner."

"I'd better not waste the photo," Xiao Xifeng said with a grimace, "it's better to leave it to E Niang E Da as a thought."

"Xiao Xifeng is so frightened by the lamp blowing," Lu Yao joked with a playful smile.

"I'm not afraid," Xiao Xifeng argued, holding his neck, but anyone could hear that he lacked confidence.

"Wei Ran, come here."

Just when the topic seemed to be getting more and more relaxed, Squad Leader Dao waved to Wei Ran and motioned for him to follow him and walked a few steps further away, finally stopping in the shadow of another camphor tree not far away.

inside.

"What's the order from Captain Dao?" Wei Ran asked after helping the other party climb up the Red Pagoda Mountain.

"This mission is different from the past"

As he spoke, Squad Leader Dao had already taken off his backpack and threw it under the tree. He sat down against the tree trunk and whispered, "In addition to passing through a minefield, we also have to pass through the yellow monkey's position. If anything goes wrong in the process,

, we may not come back at all.”

"I understand" Wei Ran nodded.

"You understand the ball"

The squad leader pointed at Lu Yao who was not far away with a cigarette between his fingers, "That Lu Yao is worth a lot of money. His life is worth more than all of our lives put together."

"How do you say this?" Wei Ran couldn't help but frowned. Could it be that Lu Yao really came here to plating...

"He is a college student, a top student."

There was no jealousy in the tone of the squad leader, but only envy and admiration. "He is different from us, especially from an illiterate like me who can't read a few characters. Only they can play with those high-tech weapons and equipment. We will rely on them in future wars."

They are also brains. Our country’s border defense can only be defended in the future by them.”

"Can..."

"But this war can last for one year, three years, ten years, or twenty years? If those white-eyed wolves have this foundation, how can they fight like bears with the Americans?"

Squad Leader Dao didn't give Wei Ran a chance to express his thoughts, and continued in a sultry tone, "After this war is over, the construction of the country will still depend on educated and knowledgeable people like Lu Yao. We can't rely on us, we...

.I can no longer keep up with the times.”

Seeing Wei Ran hesitate to speak, Squad Leader Dao smiled and said, "Wei Ran, no matter what, we have to ensure that at least Lu Yao can go back alive.

If he comes back alive, even if he fails to complete the mission, even if we are glorious, it will still be glorious and valuable. But if something happens to him, we will lose money even if he dies. He is a college student... Our country has trained more than one college student.

Difficult? No matter what, we can't let him make any mistakes in this remote place."

"I..." Wei Ran took a deep breath, "I understand."

“This trip is not easy”

The squad leader continued to whisper, "Don't underestimate those white-eyed wolves. After all, they have fought with the Americans for so many years, and their quality is no lower than ours."

"I will be more vigilant," Wei Ran responded seriously, "Squad leader, please tell me the specific arrangements."

"The two of us are mainly responsible for leading the way."

The squad leader flicked the cigarette butt and said, "I went to the place I am going to this time in 1979. At that time, there were only people in the company... only me and Luo Bing... Platoon Leader Luo survived.

I was the one who carried him back. At that time, he was still a new recruit similar to Lu Yao."

After a moment's pause, Squad Leader Dao continued, "This time you mainly cooperate with me and walk at the front to lead the way. If you encounter enemies, try to avoid them if you can, and try not to get into a firefight."

"Okay" Wei Ran responded again.

“Let’s go take pictures”

The squad leader waved his hand, took off the green towel that had been wrapped around his wrist and wiped the sweat from his forehead, revealing the Dongfeng brand watch and the camouflage cloth strip wrapped around the watch chain.

Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded, stood up and saluted, put on his backpack again, picked up his weapon, and walked towards another camphor tree not far away.

"Comrade Weiran"

Just as he was waiting in line to take a solo photo, Platoon Leader Luo waved to him.

"Leader Luo"

Wei Ran ran over immediately, but before he could raise his hand to salute, Platoon Commander Luo pressed down his arm and motioned him with his eyes to take a few steps further away.

"Do you know why I asked you to follow me this time?" Platoon Leader Luo asked Wei Ran again as he handed him a cigarette.

"Protect Lu..."

"My soldiers are no worse than the soldiers brought by Lao Dao," Platoon Leader Luo said confidently, "Especially my reconnaissance squad, they are the best soldiers. What your platoon's sharp sword squad can do, my soldiers can do too.

"

"That is..."

"In a few months, it will be time for Lao Dao to retire."

Platoon Leader Luo lowered his voice, "He is not educated enough and his application to stay in the team was not approved. This is what the company instructor secretly told me."

Seeing that Wei Ran seemed to have understood his hint, Platoon Leader Luo said more bluntly, "This mission, as long as all of us can come back alive, it will be a collective third-class achievement at least. If the mission is completed well,

Maybe I can win a second-class personal merit for Lao Dao.

With this, even if he still can't stay, even if he returns to his place, he can receive a sum of money and arrange a solid job to live a steady life.

Comrade Wei Ran, I've done everything I need to do with you, so you have to watch your knife squad leader and don't let him have his own ideas."

"yes!"

Wei Ran saluted seriously, regardless of Squad Leader Dao's instructions or Platoon Leader Luo's "selfishness". These visions or considerations were ultimately implemented with nothing more than one goal: complete the mission, come back alive, and everyone come back alive.

"Wei Ran! Comrade Wei Ran, it's your turn!"

At this moment, engineer Zhao Yuejin, who had just finished taking a solo photo, also greeted Wei Ran loudly.

"Go for it!"

Platoon Leader Luo patted Wei Ran on the shoulder, but his gaze was directed to another camphor tree in the distance.

Carrying the weapon and walking quickly to the edge of the jeep, Wei Ran allowed the photographer to instruct him to temporarily take off his hood and took a single photo with the distant mountains as the background.

Almost as soon as he finished taking the photo, two other soldiers who looked to be around forty years old came over.

"gather!"

Platoon Leader Luo gave the order, and everyone immediately formed two rows with Squad Leader Cha as the center.

"Reporting to the head of the delegation, comrades political commissar, the personnel have been assembled, please give instructions!" Platoon Leader Luo saluted solemnly and reported loudly.

"take a break"

The middle-aged soldier who seemed to be the leader of the regiment had a kind face, and he looked emphatically at the knife squad leader at the front of the platoon, and then said with a smile, "Comrades, are you confident to complete the mission?"

"have!"

Everyone stood at attention with a snap, shouted in unison and gave a vigorous response.

"Okay! I'm waiting for you to come back!"

After the unknown leader finished speaking, he and the political commissar behind him saluted everyone seriously.

After returning the favor in unison, everyone, under the direction of the photographer, took a group photo with the group leader and political commissar as the center.

There was not much communication, nor impassioned oaths. After taking a group photo, everyone got into a car with a tarpaulin under the leadership of Platoon Leader Luo, and left the barracks at the rear under the afterglow of the setting sun.

We drove straight to the front line.
To be continued...