Chapter 41: Mountains and Rivers Untouched! Prosperity As You Wished!
A thank-you letter from the border defenses was forwarded by the Army Equipment Department to Chen Jin Chao's hands.
Seeing his equipment deployed in the troops, performing as expected or even exceeding expectations, this sense of accomplishment was more touching than any honor.
This made Chen Jin Chao feel deeply that he was changing the world!
He was pushing the rise of China's military industry!
However, perhaps his talent had been too explosive lately?
Chen Jin Chao unexpectedly received a thank-you letter from a veteran of the ‘Peninsula War’.
This special thank-you letter happened just two days ago.
Two days ago, ‘Chicken Frame’ Military District.
As a new batch of ashes from the heroes of the ‘Peninsula War’ were about to return to their homeland.
‘Chicken Frame’ Military District invited a group of veteran heroes from that era to welcome their comrades home.
Remembering history, remembering our original intentions, is the driving force for the great nation to move forward step by step.
And besides welcoming their comrades home,
The veteran heroes were also invited to visit the troops, to inspect the troops!
All of this today was built upon the foundation they laid with their lives back then.
One generation fought the wars of three generations!
And this inspection of the troops was also to show the veteran heroes that the development time they won with their lives was not wasted by the new generation!
“Old Commander, this is our new generation of rocket launcher, called Guardian, within a range of three hundred kilometers, it can accurately strike.”
“Compared to the past, we've progressed so much!”
The two-star commander of the ‘Chicken Frame’ Military District, at this moment, was like a child, reporting his excellent grades to his parents.
He also used the simplest words, easily understood, to introduce the weapons and equipment.
“How far is the range?”
“Three hundred kilometers, precise strike! If it's just for firepower suppression, the farthest range is five hundred kilometers!”
“Can it hit the other side of Taiwan?”
“Yes!”
“Good!”
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“Old Commander, this is the latest land force equipment, called the Falcon Rotorcraft.”
“Don't underestimate it, it can carry an anti-tank cannon group. It doesn't need the kind of training a pilot needs, ordinary soldiers can operate take-off, it can perform special operations, it can also conduct reconnaissance, strike tanks. It can seat two people, can carry 300 kilograms, can fly 600 kilometers, with a height of 4500 meters.”
The two-star commander was very proud.
Showing the veterans the new weapons and equipment was like reporting after getting a perfect score on a test.
“Can this thing fly to Taiwan?”
“Yes!”
“Good!”
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The veteran heroes, who kept saying “good”, seemed to have only one benchmark in their hearts - Taiwan.
This is also natural, for these veteran heroes, what they care most about is not the honor they have received, not the high status they enjoy.
But the return of Taiwan!
This is the biggest regret in their hearts.
They fought for generations for their descendants, the ‘Peninsula War’, the ‘Self-Defense Counterattack War’ against the Vietnamese monkeys, the ‘Self-Defense Counterattack War’ against India.
‘Pearl of the Orient’ has returned, ‘Macau’ has also returned.
But they just didn’t have the chance to make Taiwan return.
How could this not make them regret.
The regret of the past became the ‘Dragon-Binding Chain’ of the present, they felt even more guilty.
Therefore, the two-star commander, who knew the veteran heroes' psychology well, first took them to see the new equipment.
Then, the group visited a variety of new equipment.
The new generation of ‘indigenously developed’ tanks, the new generation of ‘large-caliber’ howitzers, the new generation of ‘world's lightest’ heavy machine guns......
Every time they saw these powerful firepower weapons and equipment, the veteran heroes were excited and kept saying “good”.
No one understood the pain of ‘fear of insufficient firepower’ better than them.
If we had these, back then.......
The veteran heroes, whose bones were all made of steel, although they thought this way in their hearts, they never said it out loud, they didn't use the so-called experience of the past to lecture from the perspective of predecessors.
They knew that war had changed.
The way wars are fought now will not be the same as before.
But the form of war has changed, will the spirit fade?
No!
When the veteran heroes picked up the newly designed and finalized ‘Type Five’ b-style short rifle, the gleam and murderous intent in their cloudy eyes was their most valuable legacy.
Along with advanced weapons and equipment, it's still the will of the people that can determine the outcome of a war!
The tough-as-nails veteran heroes, from the beginning of the tour, had maintained an attitude of listening more than speaking, until.......
“This is also the latest equipment in our army, it's called the Mountain Cat All-Terrain Assault Vehicle, the rear can be modularized, can be equipped with ammunition machine guns, can be equipped with rocket launchers, can be equipped with small self-propelled howitzers....... Now this one, the rear has been modified to be a cooking module, allowing cooks to make hot food even in the field battle zone.”
This was the last item in this inspection of weapons and equipment, the two-star commander was still diligently introducing it.
In front of them, a cook was unfolding the rear of the Mountain Cat, cooking while kneading white dough.
This was a demonstration of the function of the Mountain Cat All-Terrain Assault Vehicle.
But at this moment, the veteran heroes couldn't contain their excitement.
Touching the white dough, smelling the aroma coming from the steamer next to it, they asked in trembling voices: ‘Now when we fight, can... can we eat enough?’
Can we eat enough?
A question so simple and down-to-earth, yet it was like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone present in the heart.
The entire venue fell silent.
Yes,
There has never been true empathy in the world.
People always think they can travel through words and images to that battlefield filled with fire and smoke.
But they forgot that on that battlefield, it wasn't just the desire for heavy firepower.
But also the extreme scarcity of supplies.
Back then, American soldiers ate meat cans, steaks, hot dogs, cookies every day, and even ate roast turkey, french fries, salads, and drank cocktails on Thanksgiving.
And on the other side?
It was frozen potatoes that were too hard to chew, and they didn't dare to waste them.
A small apple that could be held in one hand, the entire bunker of soldiers took turns eating it, eating it three times!
Veteran Zhang Ji Fa still remembers, even today, the expression of his young comrade, Hu Zi, next to him, looking at the apple, eyes wide with longing, but until his sacrifice, he didn't dare to eat the half apple left in his bosom.
Now, can we eat enough?
In those simple words, there were countless hardships from that era!
“It's good to eat enough, it's good to eat enough.....”
“Hu Zi, look, now we can eat white steamed buns.”
“This prosperity, it's as you wished.”
Touching the white dough, the veteran hero felt like he was touching the most precious thing in the world.
They left with satisfaction, but it made everyone behind them red-eyed.
“Salute!”
Saluting in unison, saluting the untouched mountains and rivers! The ordinary fireworks!
Saluting the children sleeping soundly, just as you loved!
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ps: Second update.