It was already midnight when Liu Yizhang and Xu Weiguo arrived at Eagle Ridge, Xu Weiguo added a marching bed to his dormitory and let Yizhang sleep, "Yizhang, the big war is coming, are you nervous?" Xu Weiguo obviously didn't feel sleepy, his mind was now full of ravines and ravines.

"Nervous, I've been nervous these days, what about you? Head Xu. ”

"Well, I'm not nervous, I'm just very excited, now the Eagle Ridge Heights we are stationed on were once called the Iron Bucket Formation by the U.S. Army, defending the enemy with nearly 1,000 people, and my independent regiment solved the battle within an hour, and there were only 2,000 people in Toxinli, and the Corps used such a large force to participate in the battle, I always felt that it was a bit of a fuss."

Yizhang did not directly respond to Xu Weiguo's words, but directly asked a question that he was very puzzled about, "Commander Xu, the Corps attaches so much importance to this battle, Commander Wu personally serves as the front-line commander, you serve as the deputy commander, and the 77th Army still has the deputy commander and several division commanders, why don't you use them as the deputy commander?" ”

"Hahaha, Yizhang, you have been in the army for too short, and it is normal not to understand the subtle relationship, let me tell you this, the establishment of the independent regiment is at the regiment level, but the full strength of the independent regiment is more than 5,000 people, after the first three battles, the independent regiment has suffered more than half of the casualties, and now there are more than 2,700 people, and the other four regiments participating in the Xinli are only in their early 4,000s in total, those regiment commanders have been my deputies or assistants, just like you, this is the second time I have been an assistant, in the 77th Army, I and Commander Wu are known for their boldness, He is called 'Wu Madman', I am called 'Xu Laohu', I think your kid's courage is greater than me and Wu Junchang, and the future is limitless! The most critical point is that the independent regiment, like the artillery regiment, is directly subordinate to the leadership of the military department across the division level, think about it, the 303rd Regiment, the 305th Regiment, the 307th Regiment, and the 535th Regiment that participated in the battle, these four regiments are from three different divisions, so let the commander of the three divisions command well? How to balance? ”

"Commander Xu, I understand a little, the division commander is indeed inappropriate, but isn't Deputy Army Commander Han more suitable than you?" Yizhang simply broke the casserole and asked the bottom.

"You said Han Sanjie, I was the regiment commander when I fought Siping, he partnered with me and was a political commissar, but he climbed very fast and became the deputy commander, I also wondered, Han Sanjie is at most a military-level deputy political commissar, why is he the deputy commander? He was born as a political worker, and he was an out-and-out layman in commanding battles. Xu Weiguo said bluntly, Xu Weiguo likes Yizhang's open and honest conversation very much, as if he saw the shadow of his youth, and couldn't help but talk to Yizhang.

"Yizhang, don't you think it's strange that my deputies and partners have been promoted over the years, and I'm 'Xu Laohu'?" Yizhang nodded, the first time he assisted Xu Weiguo to fight Eagle Ridge, he found that Xu Weiguo had never left his eyes since he stood in the command shed, and he stared at the changes in the battlefield between the enemy and the enemy, what an excellent commander this is, focused, resolute and pioneering! "Yizhang, let me tell you, I suffered a loss in my character, in the Tashan blocking battle of the Liaoshen Campaign, our regiment was ordered to participate in the blocking nickname' Zhao Zilong's Kuomintang Independent 95th Division, fierce fighting for six days and six nights, to the end of the independent 95th Division actually used the corpses of its own soldiers to build fortifications, one can imagine how fierce the battle was, at the end of the battle of our regiment of more than 2,000 people, there are less than 600 left, the commanders of several regiments involved in the battle, including me, have been commended by Siye, now looking back, those regiment commanders are senior commanders at or above the division level, after the Liaoshen Campaign, the troops rested, and the cadres were also adjusted, because of my upright character, at a seminar I offended a director of the Siye organ, and he was not allowed to step down in public, As a result, the appointment letter that was going to promote me to the division commander was suppressed, and I talked to you about this, not to complain, I am a person who naturally likes to fight, and sometimes I think that it is good to be a regiment commander, and there will be a war at any time, so it can't be said that it is a loss, what do you say? Yizhang couldn't help but have respect for Xu Weiguo when he heard it, he had a rough appearance, in fact, he had rich and delicate emotions, he told himself that this was nothing more than hoping that he would not destroy his future because of his character, it was a painstaking thing, but Yizhang sincerely thought that his upright character was an advantage rather than a disadvantage, Yizhang silently recognized Xu Weiguo as his brother, friend and teacher in his heart, he didn't know how to comfort Xu Weiguo, maybe Xu Weiguo didn't need his comfort at all.

But Yizhang still blurted out, "Commander Xu, since ancient times, misfortune and fortune have relied on, blessing and misfortune have been lurking, and Saion has lost his horse and knows the blessing and misfortune?" As Zhuangzi said, I work with you, although it is not long, but I have learned a lot from you, this time Commander Wu once again arranged for me to continue to work with you, I will cherish it even more! Yizhang's words are like a warm current flowing into Xu Weiguo's heart, these years of Rongma career, the victory is more and more, and the deputy positions around him are also frequently changed, but the bosom friend is hard to find, Yizhang is only eighteen years old, he is thirty-five years old, he has nothing to talk about, Yizhang's knowledge, courage and righteousness are so natural, no traces, admirable and not jealous, heroes out of youth, in front of Yizhang, Xu Weiguo, who has always been unruly and full of self-confidence, actually felt a little inferior, and at the same time secretly determined to do his best to help Yizhang, allowing him to grow faster in the war.

The next day, Yizhang was woken up by a burst of cheers, he looked at the watch was already more than eight o'clock in the morning, hurriedly dressed neatly, to the outside of the dark fort to see, Eagle Ridge was very lively, it turned out that the propaganda team of the 77th Army came, was playing allegro to cheer up the soldiers who were ready to go, Yizhang stepped forward and stopped to listen, "In 1950, the independent regiment is not simple, why is it not simple?" You listened to me finish speaking, the independent regiment fought from the north to the south, you said that it is not simple, is Eagle Ridge dangerous? The U.S. imperialist dark fort is surrounded by mountains, barbed wire is wrapped everywhere, ** densely spread on the front line, do you say it's simple? The U.S. imperialists call themselves the Iron Bucket Formation, want to fight Eagle Ridge, sad to go to the sky, hey, shut up, stinky old beauty, you look at the independent regiment again, it's not simple, Xu Laohu stood forward, waved his big hand, the cannonball shook the sky in an instant, the Yankee turtle shrank and didn't show up, Xu Laohu shouted and did it with me, the soldiers hula hula and ran up, white-knuckle battle, the ridge was staged, you stabbed me with a gun, the Yankees who hit the Yankees fell, they fell, they sang, hey, the big thing is not good, the enemy wants to rush to Seoul, Liu Yizhang's shadow disappeared when he spoke, hey, fly on the horse to catch up, take a look, take a look, the speed is as fast as lightning, and in a blink of an eye, the enemy is stopped in the middle of the road, not simple, not simple, Liu Yizhang shows his skills, the pistol is not on his waist, the saber is hanging on his back, the eyes of ***, facing the enemy's face, a broken drink and surrender the gun without killing, shocking, the enemy is even more frightened, simple is not simple, Liu Yizhang is a hero, one person caught one hundred and thirteen, the reputation of the lonely hero, the independent regiment won the battle and ate good food, it was really satisfying, a mouthful of canned food chewed for a long time! You say it's not simple, it's still the same thing, let's see you on the battlefield tomorrow, you say it's not simple......"

Liu Yizhang smiled slightly, turned around to leave, and the sharp-eyed warrior recognized him and shouted excitedly, "Liu Yizhang, the lonely hero Liu Yizhang, simple is not simple, it is right in front of our eyes." The soldier was excited, and also shouted out with an allegro statement, and the soldiers surrounded him all of a sudden, tightly surrounding Yizhang in the middle, and the soldiers of the propaganda team hurriedly beat the allegro and sang loudly, "Comrades-in-arms, don't mess up, the hero is in front of us, everyone flashes the road, the lonely hero stands on the stage, stands on the stage!" It really worked, the soldiers immediately dodged a way, and surrounded Yizhang to the podium, the so-called podium is a small mound.

Liu Yizhang stood on the mound, the soldiers showed a bright smile on their faces, the war is imminent, today is still alive, tomorrow may be a glorious sacrifice, a knock on the bamboo board, the soldiers can be satisfied so far, this revolutionary optimism and fearless spirit of sacrifice deeply infected Yizhang, Yizhang said loudly, "Dear comrades-in-arms, I am from Shandong, like everyone in response to Chairman Mao's call, thousands of miles to the Korean battlefield, in order to resist US aggression and aid Korea to defend the country!" Therefore, no matter where you are, as long as you see the Yankees, you will fight to the death, and tomorrow the battle of Toxinli will begin, and our heroic independent regiment will take on the heavy responsibility of the main attack, do comrades have confidence in tomorrow's battle? ”

"Yes!" The fighters shouted!

Seeing that Yizhang was about to go down to the mound, the soldiers coaxed together, "Lonely hero, come to a song!" When Yizhang saw this posture, it was difficult to get off the stage if he didn't sing, so he said generously, "Okay, comrades-in-arms, will we start singing together?" ”

Yizhang led the singing loudly, "Majestic, high-spirited, crossing the Yalu River, protecting peace, defending the motherland, is to protect the hometown, good sons and daughters of China, unite together, resist US aggression and aid Korea, defeat the wolf of US imperialist ambitions...... The loud song sounded in the barracks, and the soldiers pretended to have a distant motherland in their hearts, pretended to give birth to me and raised me, and pretended to be looking forward to their fathers and mothers...... The barracks is a furnace, a furnace that has been tempered for thousands of years, and our soldiers are all steel warriors, heroic sons and daughters who cannot be overwhelmed!

The camp of the artillery regiment is also a busy scene, the soldiers are wiping the gun chamber, carefully checking every shell, Miao Qing came to the first battalion early in the morning to check and prepare for war, Zhang Xuenian saw the regiment commander, and asked anxiously, "Commander Miao, when will the car of the transport brigade arrive?" After the battle at Eagle Ridge, there were less than twenty rounds of artillery left in our first battalion, and the team will set off tomorrow morning. ”

"It's useless to be in a hurry, the shells are nothing else, the gold is expensive, and the convoy can only deliver it at night."

"Regiment commander, how many bases are there for each battalion in this battle?"

"The old rule, one battalion has one base."

"Regiment commander, a base number for attacking Toxinli is definitely not enough, and the first battalion is cooperating with the main independent regiment."

"I know this, according to Chief of Staff Wang's analysis, five thousand rounds may not be enough, but the transportation capacity of the transport brigade is limited, there are only eight trucks in total in this battle, and they can't go on the road during the day, and the cannonballs in the gap can only be transported by our own cavalry brigade."

"Oh my god, 5,000 shells, that's too ruthless, isn't it?" Zhang Xuenian's mouth opened wide in surprise.

"Ruthless? The enemy is even more ruthless, they drove the ace tank company to Toxinli, do you know that it is more than ten times more difficult to blow up a tank than to destroy a dark bunker, the 'iron coffin' is alive, it can run at any time, the front foot of the shell hits out, it moves on the back foot, the shell is wasted, do you say ruthless? ”

"Commander, the problem is that even if it is hit by a cannonball, the iron guy is like no one, shaking and shaking, and we have to think about how to destroy it!"

"That's right, regiment commander, I heard that Liu Yizhang's guards will go to Beiliang Mountain even tomorrow?"

"Yes, just like fighting Eagle Ridge, Yizhang, me and Xu Laohu have gathered together to a command headquarters again, of course, this time Commander Wu and Chief of Staff Wang are also in the front-line headquarters, and after the battle starts, it is still Xu Laohu who is actually in command."

"Commander Xu is really unlucky, over the years, he has commanded the independent regiment to fight so many tough battles, and the battalion commanders under him are now the regiment commanders, and the political commissars at the same level are now deputy army commanders, he is good, and his nephew plays lanterns as usual!"

"How is this bad luck? This is the high wind and bright festival of the communists! If you don't fight for fame or profit, don't I do the same? I, the commander of the artillery regiment, have been working longer than Xu Laohu. Zhang Xuenian stuck out his tongue, thinking to himself how the artillery regiment could be compared with the independent regiment, the independent regiment is the main attack, and our artillery regiment is the secondary attack, but he said, "Commander Miao, you are also Gao Fengliangjie, you and Commander Xu are difficult brothers!" Miao Qing was about to get angry after hearing this, Zhang Xuenian quickly changed his words, "No, no, I said that I was in a hurry and used inappropriate words, you and Commander Xu are like-minded, and they are both models of soldiers!" ”