Ren Xiaosu looked at the hundreds of grenades in front of him in a daze, and didn't know what to say for a while, Xu Haichen, the commander of the second company, looked at Zhang Xiaoman and said: "You remember for me, giving you all the grenades is to reduce the casualties of our second and third companies, don't take the grenades and go deep alone, otherwise even if you have a great achievement in the sharp knife company, I will go to the commander to sue you." ”

In the end, Zhang Xiaoman still used the reason of reducing casualties to impress Xu Haichen, the commander of the second company, when he raided Shichuan Town last night, the second company lost more than ten people, those are all good brothers who train together and get along day and night, and their combat achievements are far less important than their lives, which is the consensus of the officers of the 178 fortress.

Fight a tough battle when it's time to fight it, but if there is a better option, they will definitely prioritize preserving the viability of their troops.

"Don't worry," Zhang Xiaoman said with a smile: "We are all brother troops, how could we do that kind of thing, come on, come on, Ren Xiaosu hurriedly put away these grenades, and when it gets dark, we will continue to move forward." ”

Ren Xiaosu silently watched Zhang Xiaoman negotiate with the second and third companies, and there was a group of soldiers next to him who were smoking and chatting, and some people took off their shoes, and there was a strange smell of foot odor mixed with smoke in the whole building, but this cigarette was different from the tobacco smoked by the private army, and the soldiers put their guns in the most comfortable position in their arms even when chatting.

In the past, Lao Xu told him that the 178 fortress was different, and at that time, Ren Xiaosu thought to himself, aren't they all barriers, how much difference can there be between barriers?

But now he realized that it was really different.

Ren Xiaosu asked Zhang Xiaoman while holding the grenade: "I think we should be careful in the next advance, the terrain of this Shichuan Town is complicated, and the Zong clan has built some new buildings, so if you can't keep it, you will have any backhand." I always felt that this time it was too easy to fight Shichuan Town. ”

For Ren Xiaosu, things that can be done too simple will always make him a little uneasy.

Zhang Xiaoman was a little crying and laughing at this time: "This is still simple? If it weren't for your ability to accurately throw bombs, would we have to know how many people would have died in this Shichuan Town? You don't know, Battalion Commander Zhou originally planned to spend the entire forward battalion on this." ”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment: "So serious? To fight such a street battle, it needs to consume the entire forward battalion?"

"That's right," Zhang Xiaoman sighed: "Only by knocking out this Shichuan town and cleaning up the long-distance artillery that may be hidden here, can the rear troops rest assured that they can enter the forward base for repairs and carry out the next battle plan." ”

Jiao Xiaochen added next to him: "Now is the war of modern thermal weapons, the role of our forward battalion is to remove obstacles in the early stage, and in the later stage, we can only be used as scouts, infiltrate reconnaissance, and fill in some loopholes in map mapping, and there is basically no stage for us on the frontal battlefield." ”

"Then are we being sent to be cannon fodder now?" Ren Xiaosu frowned, how did it sound no different from cannon fodder.

As a result, Zhang Xiaoman immediately denied it when he heard this, and he said seriously: "We are not cannon fodder, and the 178 fortress has never needed such a role as cannon fodder to win the war, but the division of labor in the combat sequence is different, and our sacrifice today is to enable the rear troops to achieve a complete victory." This is also the reason why all candidates for the commander of the 178 fortress must come from the Sharp Knife Company, only those who have worked hard are qualified to let others fight for him. ”

Ren Xiaosu was silent, and Jiao Xiaochen patted him on the shoulder: "Commander Zhang came out of the sharp knife, if we are really cannon fodder, then the commander can be cannon fodder, why can't we be?"

Ren Xiaosu suddenly understood at this moment that perhaps it was precisely because the successive commanders were willing to take the lead that the 178 Fortress had the cohesion it has today.

So when he said that he was going to come to the most dangerous place, Zhang Jinglin arranged himself to the Sharp Knife Company, what did he mean?

"Where are we going to fight this war?" asked Ren Xiaosu.

"Of course, the Zong clan was completely defeated, all the way to the northeast, until Pingluo Mountain," Zhang Xiaoman said: "A hyena like the Zong clan, if it is not forever troubled, there will be no peace in the northwest." ”

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That night, just after the sun had set, the Sharp Knife Company took the lead in attacking the hinterland of Shichuan Town again.

During the day, the enemy in Shichuan Town seemed to be ordered to retake the lost territory, but the attacking side always suffered in street fighting, and the enemy chose to break through the route where the 2nd and 3rd Companies were stationed.

The two company commanders themselves were full of anger, and the more Zhang Xiao thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became, but now that the enemy has sent him to the door, he must be beaten hard.

When they broke through before, there were still heavy machine guns and ammunition in the machine gun positions that were knocked out, but Zhang Xiaoman and they didn't take them, because they had enough weight to take them anymore.

And all these weapons and ammunition fell into the hands of the second and third companies, and this time the fire began, the machine gun bullets were like rain, and the walls collapsed on several sides.

Xu Haichen kept roaring behind the machine gun position, hitting him.

The defenders on the side of Shichuan Town rushed in several waves, but they could not break through the defense line of the second and third companies at all, so they had to retreat.

After the next day's raid, the Sharp Knife Company had already advanced 5 kilometers to Shichuan Town with its follow-up troops, and saw that only a small part of the Zong defenders were still stubbornly resisting in the northern buildings.

The defenders of Shichuan Town were very aggrieved in this battle, they thought that their firepower was fierce enough, and there were dozens of firepower points on the entire street fighting battlefield, and there were countless soldiers who were ready to put cold guns hidden in the building.

However, after two days of fighting, they suddenly felt that the defensive position on their side was like mud, and they could not effectively block the soldiers of Fortress 178.

Sometimes people don't even see it, and the fire point is knocked out by grenades!

It's too embarrassing!

According to the original plan, they will consume the entire forward battalion of Fortress 178 in Shichuan Town, but the result is that only three companies of the forward battalion came, and they broke through Shichuan Town.

In fact, if it weren't for street fighting, grenades wouldn't have been very effective on flat ground.

And now, the black holes and holes in the houses, which were originally defensive barriers for the defenders, have now become Ren Xiaosu's targets.

The next night, when Zhang Xiaoman reported the battle situation to the battalion commander Zhou Yinglong, Zhou Yinglong felt a little numb, and he told Zhang Jinglin before that he asked the commander to give him more time, so that he could take Shichuan Town down safely.

As a result, the armored brigades in the rear have postponed their advance plans, but as soon as they bought time, Zhang Xiaoman on the front line told him that he might be able to defeat Shichuan Town tomorrow......