"Captain Jiang, is there any problem? Xu Jianguo watched Jiang Chen staring at the map on the table for a long time, so he said with some uncertainty.

Jiang Chen turned around and smiled: "Hehe, it's nothing, let's talk about things." ”

Xu Jianguo was stunned for a moment, and then reacted to his brother: "Then sit, everyone sit." ”

Jiang Chen sat down with Lei Jun and a group of people, and when they came out, Jiang Chen and Lei Jun came out, as well as several cadres who accompanied the team, as well as the staff officers who were assigned to contact them, and of course, the people from Xu Jianguo and their team. Although there were not many people, the entire small fortification was still crowded.

After the two sides came to our side to be polite, Jiang Chen opened his mouth and asked, "Company Commander Zhang, are you fighting here today?" ”

Zhang Wei looked at Xu Jianguo and then nodded: "Yes, in the morning, the Nanban army launched a tentative attack on the 2134 position where our company is located, but we beat it back. ”

"Can you tell us more about that? Jiang Chen opened his mouth and asked.

Zhang Wei saw Xu Jianguo nodding and then introduced: "That's right, this morning, at about nine twenty o'clock, the soldiers in a row of positions in our company noticed that at the foot of the mountain about 200 meters away from the front of their position, there was a figure flickering. The fighters, who found out about the situation, did not dare to be careless and immediately reported to their squad leader, and then to the platoon leader. For the sake of prudence, the platoon commander did not report it immediately, but personally continued to observe closely, and found a group of about 20 Nanban squad members, who were sneaking towards our position. The platoon leader immediately reported to us after confirming that it was correct. After Comrade Ma Guanghua and I learned the news, we immediately notified our battalion headquarters and then blocked the attack. After about an hour and a half, we managed to repel the enemy. Two of the enemy were killed, six were wounded, and two of us were slightly wounded. That's how it happened. ”

Jiang Chen replied with a smile after hearing this: "Didn't you get revenge from them, such as shelling?"

Zhang Wei looked shocked, then looked at Jiang Chen in disbelief and said, "How do you know." ”

Jiang Chen looked at him and smiled, "If I guess correctly, the two soldiers you were injured were not hit by bullets. I guess I was bruised by the debris from the shells. ”

After listening to Jiang Chen's words, Zhang Wei nodded and said, "That's right, about two hours after repelling these people, we were shelled here. Because the shelling was relatively sudden, and the caliber of the guns used by the enemy was relatively large, two of our fighters were injured by the shock wave of the shells. ”

Jiang Chen thought for a while and replied: "Wait, are you saying that this shelling is relatively sudden and has a relatively large caliber, which means that these shellings are not the artillery on their forward positions?"

Xu Jianguo on the side interjected: "Definitely not, the mountain here is relatively steep." It is not suitable for large-scale troop gathering, so both we and the other side are mainly defensive here, and there is basically no big fighting. So the large-caliber artillery and the local large-caliber artillery that I put it in fell to the places where the two sides were more fiercely contested. The largest caliber here is the 107 mountain guns and 120 mortars. And today it should be 152 howitzers on that side, and this is the first time we have encountered this situation. ”

Lei Jun opened his mouth and said: "The firing range of the 152 howitzer is almost 17-18 kilometers. Specially used against forward positions. ”

Jiang Chen nodded, then pointed to the map and said, "Look, where we are now, this is here. Because the terrain of this place is more precipitous. As a result, the positions of the enemy and the enemy are intertwined, which is more complicated. So the confrontation between the two positions is relatively close, and I took a look when I first came up, and it seems that the closest distance is only a few hundred meters. It can be easy to defend and difficult to attack because of the terrain, resulting in no one being able to help anyone. But look, in this forward position of the enemy. As well as outside the second-line positions, here. ”

Jiang Chen pointed to the map and looked at everyone and said, "This is to their rear, which basically belongs to the affiliated mountain range of the entire Yin Mountain in the enemy's extension. Topographically, we occupy the main ridge of Yin Mountain, that is, the riding line. The enemy occupies the second peak, and we are condescending and occupy a favorable position. But on the other hand, although the enemy occupies the second peak, the terrain in their rear is much more soothing than that in our territory, so it is much more convenient than us to transport supplies and equipment to transfer and maneuver. I suspect that the enemy may have built a combat road behind their positions to connect them to each other, so that their 152 guns could maneuver here to attack you. ”

"Are you saying that the enemy has changed their original tactics and maneuvered their support fire back and forth in the rear to avoid a head-on conflict with our support fire?" Xu Jianguo said suddenly.

Jiang Chen nodded and said with a smile: "Typical travelogue tactics, the Nanban applied the set we gave them to artillery. ”

"But I have some questions, although the terrain on the Nanban side is relatively soothing, it is also mountainous, so their artillery is running back and forth, is this a bit laborious. Xu Jianguo wondered.

Jiang Chen waved his hand and said: "They don't want to do this, who is willing to spend so much effort to transport tens of thousands of kilograms of cannons around in the mud, this is also forced by us to have no choice." ”

"Forced by us?" said the liaison staff officer who followed Jiang Chen over in front of him in surprise.

"Yes, we forced it. Jiang Chen replied with a smile: "Since last year, we have an overwhelming advantage in firepower, especially in large-caliber firepower. In several artillery battles between the enemy and us, we were defeated and were unable to fight back, which led to heavy losses in the large-caliber artillery that they had purchased from the Su* at great expense. You must know that these artillery pieces cannot be produced in Nanban, and can only be imported from the Soviet Union. Although Su* said that he supported them and had a good relationship with them, he still needed money when it came to interests. So the war has been fought so far, and the Nanban is basically exhausted, and can no longer withstand large-scale consumption, so he wants to use this method to deal with us. ”

"But it costs money to build roads. A young cadre on the side opened his mouth and asked.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen and everyone laughed. Jiang Chen looked at the young cadre and said with a smile: "For the Nanban authorities, their money is not called money at all, it is just a printed ticket, and the price they need is very small, maybe they only need a little electricity." ”

"Chief, according to what you say, what is going on with these people today, this 152 gun is coming here, what do they want to do?"

Jiang Chen looked at Zhang Wei, who had a sad face, and comforted with a smile: "No matter what the Nanban devils want to do, let's go and see." ”

(To be continued.) )