Chapter 852 Gunshots at the Border (Fourth update, please subscribe)
The world in 1955 is destined to be colorful.
In February, the Commonwealth launched its first artificial satellite in Southeast Asia. A month later, the United States also launched their artificial satellite "Explorer 1", and the United States seemed to have a stress response. After one successful launch, it launched three more artificial satellites in succession, including one - Blue Star means the best to me.
If you can’t be number one in the world, but if you are number one in quantity, that would be very impressive.
After being so stimulated by the United States, the Soviet Union launched two more satellites. I am no worse than you, big and beautiful.
And this also marks that mankind has officially entered the space age, and the way to start this era is competition, or competition, between countries.
The ground of this competition extends into space, and space is just a distant frontier,
But what is the real frontier?
But it is still on the earth, at the border between countries.
Borderline - not just a pillar or a boundary marker.
Although, as a boundary monument, they stood there, looking at each other silently, it seemed to symbolize two worlds.
But in fact, such a national border cannot stop anyone.
Sometimes, some special national borders require additional protection. For example, in the area bordering northern Malaya and Siam, two 2-meter-high wire fences were built. Hundreds of kilometers of barbed wire are not only electrified, but also equipped with sirens, and even landmines are laid between the two barbed wires.
Unlike the surrounding dense tropical rainforest, there are no trees in the nearly ten kilometers area on both sides of the border - through the spraying of large doses of defoliants, the once rainforest has turned into bare hills, and now Only some weeds grew.
The patrol team will ensure every day that no trees will grow in the isolation zone. Without the cover of the woods, it is impossible for armed personnel to infiltrate.
In this way, two roads were erected on the land between the South China Sea and the Sea of Malacca. Although they were only two meters high, they separated the two worlds, like an abyss. You can cross these six steps without risking your life. The distance is impossible.
This is the borderline.
"No entry!"
On the tower sentry between the wire mesh, the sentry with a machine gun stared at the barbed wire vigilantly. Any slightest movement would be met with ruthless shooting from the machine gun.
Between the heavily guarded border lies an unassuming town. There are not many residents in the town. In fact, the area near the border has been cleared.
The other end of the town is overseas. Different from the barbed wire isolation in other places, there is only a wooden crossbar here.
A soldier wearing an American M1 helmet was walking back and forth on the grass about 500 meters away from the road. He was on this side of the barbed wire fence. This soldier from the Malayan Guard Force was carrying a A 50-type rifle, walking on the patrol line, he smoked his Camel cigarette with relish.
This kind of "copycat product" that looks very similar to American camels has now become a famous brand product in Nanyang. Popular in markets throughout Southeast Asia, Nanyang Camel cigarettes can even be seen on the black markets in North Vietnam and Siam. Of course, that is entered by smuggling,
While he was patrolling, the barbed wire On the other side, a Siamese soldier was also patrolling.
The distance between the two sentries on this border is a barbed wire fence, and they can clearly see each other.
The Siamese sentry was heading this way along his patrol line. He wore green low-waisted rubber military shoes, a green military uniform, and carried a Type 38 rifle on his back.
The two sentries met across the border again. The two looked at each other, and their originally tense expressions suddenly showed a smile. Obviously, they were old friends.
Zhao Chengyun turned around and walked side by side with the Siamese soldiers.
According to regulations, conversation is prohibited on the border, especially on the Siamese side. Talking to foreign soldiers may even be regarded as a spy.
However, this is a wilderness, and there is only one person a mile in front. Even if the two of them are talking, who knows?
"I heard that Nanyang also launched a man-made satellite?"
"That was a month ago, you didn't know about it."
It's already such old news , how did they know!
Wang Zhiyuan pursed his lips and said.
"It was not written in the newspaper, and it is illegal to listen to foreign radio stations. I heard what the monitor said."
"Okay, I forgot."
"I heard that the artificial satellite is British."
Wang Zhiyuan asked. "The squad leader said that it is an artificial satellite launched by the British in Nanyang."
"It cannot be said that it is a British artificial satellite. It was jointly developed by us and the British, but the satellite The rockets sent into space were truly made in Nanyang.”
"It's amazing!"
Wang Zhiyuan said sincerely.
“After Big Brother of the Soviet Union launched a man-made satellite, we specially celebrated it and were even organized to observe Big Brother’s man-made satellite in the camp compound.
“Big Brother You are so concerned about our artificial satellites, why don’t you care about our artificial satellites? Our man-made satellite has also made a major scientific discovery, which seems to be called the "beam-protected radiation belt". ”
Zhao Chengyun’s tone was full of doubts. After the Soviet satellite was launched, all newspapers in Southeast Asia and Malaya reported the news, but he didn’t know why the people in Siam , didn’t know about it at all, and there was no report in the newspapers
"Who knows? Maybe it's because you are a capitalist country. So your launch of artificial satellites has nothing to do with us."
"Okay, I get it..."
Two They just walked and chatted like this. They all spoke Hakka, and even their ancestral home was Meizhou. However, a barbed wire fence separated them on both sides like an abyss.
In fact, even without the existence of this barbed wire fence, they would not dare to cross the thunder pool even half a step. After all, they knew that just a conversation between two people had brought a lot of risks to each other, especially Wang Zhiyuan. It was very likely that he would be censored and even treated as a spy because of their discussion. Imprisoned.
While the two were chatting about the latest popular songs, suddenly there was a faint explosion in the distance, and an alarm sounded. The two were stunned and said in unison.
"Damn it, something must have happened!"
"Get down, get down quickly!"
The two of them got down at the same time, and when they got down, he would He stuffed his pack of camel cigarettes and said.
"Take more care in the future!"
"I know, you too..."
The sound of gunfire in the distance continued like exploding beans. Two helicopters roared past in the sky, and the machine gunner at the hatch held a machine gun.
Thirty minutes later, the gunfire stopped, and dozens of corpses were carried to the other side of the wire. The scattered rifles, submachine guns, and machine guns were all concentrated on one side and recorded with cameras. When all this happened, Wei Mingshan frowned.
“No one alive?”
“No.”
Deputy company commander Sun Lin shook his head and said.
"Everyone seems to be risking their lives. No matter what we say, they will not surrender. In addition to these people, there are also a group of people who have withdrawn to the north. There are at least three to four hundred people. If they had not stepped on a landmine, they would have infiltrated. Come in."
Then Sun Lin said.
"Company Commander, I think the momentum is not right. It has been dormant for more than a year. Why has it suddenly resurfaced? I don't know if it is a test or if I really want to attack again."
“No matter so much, just report it directly. If Siam really If you want to cause trouble, Nanyang will definitely not sit idly by."
As he said this, Wei Mingshan's brows knitted together, and his expression became more solemn. A penetration of the border. It most likely means that Malaya's peace has once again been broken.
"That's the only way it can be,"
After thinking about it, Sun Lin said.
"What about the garrison? Should we ask the headquarters to request the Nanyang garrison to go north to prevent the border incident from deteriorating again."
In fact, there is no need for a request from the Border Guard Command. After learning that After the border was penetrated, Nanyang's third brigade stationed in Malaya immediately dispatched additional troops to the border area. Four battalions, and requested the Air Force and Coast Guard to strengthen patrols.
On the same day, the Coast Guard sank most fishing boats harboring armed elements in the no-navigation zone. In response to this situation, the Malayan Commissioner’s Office Immediately ordered the implementation of martial law and military management in the northern region to prevent armed infiltration from the north.
For a time, the situation in the Malay Peninsula suddenly became tense.
(End of this chapter)