Chapter 1367 Emergency pull!

The emergency assembly call suddenly sounded at 23:17 late in the night.

The sharp buzzing sound pierced the night sky and echoed throughout the underground caverns of the Dingxin Base.

Missile battalion commander Xie Lixin turned over and jumped up from the camp bed. As his feet touched the ground, he had already put on the camouflage training uniform covered with yellow sand.

Less than five minutes later, he and his entire launch battalion had assembled fully and were standing in front of five 10*10 special chassis transport vehicles lined up in the underground warehouse, waiting for the order to board and set off.

However, if nothing unexpected happens, they probably won't receive this order today.

Because Brigade Commander Liang Yangang had been waiting here early. He was leaning against the door of the command vehicle with a stopwatch in his hand, calculating the results.

If this was a real mission, this link would obviously not be there.

"Four minutes and 4 seconds, not bad."

He pressed the stop button with a click, and then loudly announced the results of this emergency assembly:

"It's a relief that you haven't let your guard down during this period..."

Xie Lixin and instructor Huang Hanwen expressed their views on behalf of the entire battalion:

"Report to the brigade commander, be ready at all times!"

Although they answered like this, they kept complaining in their hearts——

This was the fifth night emergency assembly drill conducted by the 20st Battalion of the 810th Brigade in the past days.

On average, it happens less than once every four days. It's hard to let your guard down even if you want to...

However, they also understood the brigade commander's difficulties.

The launch test originally scheduled for mid-May was postponed for some reason, and there has been no definite news about the test date since then. Even when asking superiors, they were only told that they had to wait until the target ranges and radar units affected by the disaster underwent equipment inspection and maintenance, so the new plan has not yet been completed.

More than a hundred officers and soldiers of the battalion, who had been ready for action, as well as a complete set of technical equipment including a launch vehicle and four support vehicles, were trapped in a cave underground in the Gobi Desert.

As the so-called one-shot, and then decline, three and exhausted.

As the brigade commander, Liang Yangang couldn't help but feel a little anxious after waiting like this.

We have no choice but to maintain our combat readiness through frequent group training.

Of course, you can also calm down your itchy emotions at the same time.

After some routine instructions, Liang Yangang announced the disbandment and the group returned to their residential areas to rest.

But he did not join the team. Instead, he deliberately fell behind and patted Xie Lixin on the shoulder while no one was paying attention.

"Xiao Xie, come with me."

The latter was stunned, then stopped, turned around and followed the brigade commander to the command vehicle.

"Commander, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"I have asked my superiors to check it out. Your family is safe and sound. They were just transferred to a safe area a few days ago."

As he spoke, Liang Yangang took out a brown paper envelope from his jacket pocket:

"The organization took your situation into consideration and made an exception to allow them to send a letter. The local comrades also took a few photos to let you know that you are safe."

After hearing this, Xie Lixin froze in his tracks.

Then, her eyes became red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she even forgot to take the envelope:

"Commander, how do you know..."

Xie Lixin's hometown is in Sichuan Province. After seeing the disaster news, he wanted to fly back immediately to check on the safety of his family.

But he knew that he had an urgent mission to do and it was impossible for him to leave temporarily, so he did not bother to report the matter to Liang Yangang.

For more than half a month, he hardly had a good night's sleep and couldn't get through to the outside phone lines.

Unexpectedly, the organization took the initiative to pay attention to his situation and sent people to investigate.

Before he could finish his question, Liang Yangang waved his hand and interrupted him:

"Okay, stop being so fussy."

He was really not good at dealing with this kind of situation. After all, the political commissar was usually in charge. He had no choice but to pretend to be impatient and stuffed the envelope directly into Xie Lixin's hand:

"If I don't know the family situation of my battalion commander, how can I be a brigade commander?"

After saying that, he sat down next to her, turned on the power of his laptop, unscrewed the thermos cup, and blew a few breaths into the cup:

"In fact, I reported the situation immediately after the disaster, but your hometown happened to be close to the center and was once threatened by the barrier lake. After the incident, they were busy evacuating, so I was unable to contact you immediately."

At this time, Xie Lixin had already opened the envelope. Looking at the handwriting on the paper and the familiar face in the photo, he turned his back and was speechless.

After a long while, he managed to calm down:

"What about the other situation? Is it serious?"

Their daily training tasks are heavy and they only have time to watch the news every few nights. The frequency of information updates is not very high, and only the persons in charge of each task can contact the outside world relatively frequently.

Liang Yangang sighed and shook his head:

"You've read the news, and frankly speaking, it's not optimistic... Thanks to the new geological observation system, which provides about 90 seconds of additional warning time, otherwise the losses would be even more staggering... But even so, many counties and towns are completely uninhabitable and need to be relocated."

If there had been no news, Xie Lixin would have been able to control his emotions.

But now that he had seen the letter and photos, although he felt much more at ease, concern and fear surged in his heart, making him unable to control the urge to vent through communication.

"The disaster relief situation..."

When this topic was mentioned, Liang Yangang's expression eased a little, and he answered confidently:

"How could you not know this? Our army can be absolutely assured in this regard. From what I learned today, nearly 100,000 people from the three nearby military regions have been dispatched, and more than 60% of the helicopters in the army have been deployed. Nearly 30,000 people have been evacuated by air transport alone. In addition, an engineering unit of our Second Artillery Corps was deployed to a key location at the first opportunity. This can almost be considered a war drill..."

"It is expected that a stratospheric airship used for communication relay will be transferred there next week, and by then communications will be restored to a certain extent..."

"..."

Under the current circumstances, these news can hardly be called "good news", but they are at least positive signals that are conducive to the development of the situation.

Xie Lixin's mood gradually relaxed as the two of them communicated, and the adrenaline that had just been filled with excitement and nervousness also stopped being secreted.

A feeling of weariness suddenly swept over me.

Liang Yangang soon discovered that Xie Lixin's eyelids were twitching, so he patted him on the shoulder:

"Okay, let's go back and rest first, wait..."

He originally wanted to say that he would approve a home visit leave for you after this mission is over, but he felt that this statement was a bit strange.

It seems that in those war movies, the characters who received such promises usually did not have a good ending.

So the sound stopped abruptly and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

At this moment, a familiar horn sounded suddenly in their ears.

Xie Lixin's eyes suddenly became clear, and he looked at Liang Yangang with confusion and shock.

The meaning is obvious——

Isn’t it a bit inhumane to hold two emergency assemblies in one night?

But Liang Yangang shook his head, indicating that it was not him who pulled the strings this time.

Soon, the radio in the command vehicle rang, and the voice of the on-site commander Xing Muchun came out:

"Captain Liang, all preparations for the test are ready. Get ready to assemble the team and maneuver to the designated launch location!"