Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 1263

Chapter 1263: Epilogue: The Night Before the Great Battle

The day known to the world.

AM, far away in the South at the nation’s border.

Zhang Guoqing, just out from the frontline command headquarters, lit a cigarette and looked up, gazing across at the enemy nation.

A mountain breeze swept over the wilderness before dawn, allowing his tense nerves throughout the night to slightly relax, and his mind felt clearer.

At this moment, he could still hear the radio operators around him, constantly transmitting the orders, instructions, and missions from the higher-ups using coded language.

Mixed within were updates and new developments from the frontline scouts reporting from enemy forward positions.

Some of this intelligence might come from the squad led by his three sons.

He had been here for several days, yet still hadn’t seen his three sons.

At this moment, his sons might be on their way back, or perhaps still hiding in the enemy territory.

He dared not think whether the children would encounter danger, and even more, he dared not think about his wife in distant Beijing.

With the enemy ahead, personal desires had become unimportant.

The battlefield changed rapidly.

If history were to suddenly turn with unexpected changes, he would join the battlefield—not for so-called justice or high rank.

At this moment, he was simply a soldier and had to be one first.

Zhang Guoqing, pinching a cigarette between his fingers, watched the spark glow as white smoke endlessly burned, gradually shortening the cigarette, and the pain in his fingers woke him.

Inside, just like his duty-bound comrades outside.

All the officers and soldiers had bloodshot eyes.

Perhaps the intense mental stress caused the brain to remain in a state of excitement.

No one was sleepy at this moment.

Everyone was waiting for that moment to arrive.

Waiting!

Waiting in extreme silence...

The clock rotated forward, second by second, minute by minute...

Countdown finally began!

A few commands rang out...

Soon, a series of shells flew swiftly forward, piercing the sky at the crack of dawn.

The self-defense counterattack, meticulously arranged, fired on time!

—Initially sustained attack on the enemy’s forward positions, targeting depth for half an hour.

The enemy’s frontline positions in the distance became a sea of flames, with smoke filling the air, and the thick smoke from the burning trees rising straight into the sky.

The entire China-Vietnam border sky was illuminated by raging fires.

In the past, confined to novels, movies, televisions, Zhang Guoqing was only experiencing now that this was a real war.

No maritime, land, air operations commenced; no fighter jets filled the sky—it was straightforward infantry advancing, carving out a prosperous era with human lives.

This was his first face-to-face encounter, and to say his heart wasn’t affected and amazed would be dishonest; his mind was far from calm on the surface. Suddenly he recalled a saying.

—Better to be a peaceful dog than a chaotic person.

At this moment, Zhang Guoqing was astonished that these ten words came to his mind.

Compared to previous skirmishes, now that the battle had commenced, it meant advancing, please advance, then please advance again... For the homeland behind, even more, for the nation’s glory.

Infantrymen hidden hundreds of meters from the enemy’s frontline positions waited for the artillery to attack the enemy positions for half an hour, then they began their assault.

To seize enemy positions, fight the enemy army to the end, and facilitate deep vertical penetration, they opened paths with blood and flesh!

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