Just after one o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy began to bombard, as if more than one cannon had been added, and the ground shook and rocks flew everywhere. The volunteer soldiers hid in the cave, and they all felt deafening, and their chests were uncomfortable. The enemy attack also intensified, and the tanks and infantry launched a desperate attack. When the enemy tanks advanced to the range of artillery fire, Liang Guocheng commanded the artillery to strike at the enemy attack. Company Commander Li led his troops to lie down in the trenches, looking at his own artillery shells, flying into the enemy's attacking troops in rows, and in an instant the enemy's three tanks caught fire, and the infantry held their heads and cried for their fathers and mothers, and the front of the position was chaotic, but became a live target for the volunteers. After all, the enemy army is a well-trained elite unit after World War II. Instead of returning to its original position, a new round of attacks was launched after a short adjustment in the same place. It took more than an hour for the soldiers of the Volunteer Army to resist the enemy's attack. A piece of corpse was thrown at the front of the enemy's position, and the volunteers also suffered more than 20 casualties. After another hour, the enemy attacked again. In the distance, Liang Guocheng commanded the artillery strike, and approached the machine robbery, infantry aircraft, mortar guns, and anti-tank guns to strike at the enemy. By six o'clock in the afternoon, three enemy attacks were repulsed in succession. The front of the position was in shambles, and five enemy tanks were destroyed, and the tanks were on fire, with more than 100 corpses lying horizontally. Checking their own casualties, there are also more than fifty people, more than a third. The ammunition for the inspection was already insufficient, especially the bolt was already running out of ammunition, and there were only a few shells left for the 82nd Artillery and the Anti-Tank Artillery Gun. Company Commander Li watched the soldiers count the ammunition, and then looked up at the sky, and felt that it was dark in less than two hours; Generally, the enemy does not attack in the dark, and after dark, he waits for the change of troops. Taking advantage of the interval between battles, sitting on the ground, a sense of sleepiness hit. I haven't slept all day and night since last night, although it is a common thing on the battlefield, but it would be a lie to say that I don't fall asleep! He rubbed his eyelids vigorously with both hands, took out a small cigarette pot, filled a bag of cigarettes, and took a hard breath, but before he could spit it out, the messenger ran over with a walkie-talkie.

"Company commander, phone."

Company Commander Li picked up the phone and listened, his brows furrowed. It turned out that the whole battle was coming to an end, and Company Commander Li's troops were only part of the battle; The entire campaign was within a radius of several tens of kilometers, and the troops had to be transferred to participate in the final encirclement and annihilation. Company Commander Li repeatedly recounted his difficulties, with nearly half of the casualties and insufficient ammunition; The chief didn't listen to him at all, asked him to overcome the difficulties, and put down the phone. He knew that although he was telling the truth, he was actually talking to his superiors about conditions; There are no conditions to speak of on the battlefield. After putting down the phone, he immediately held a meeting with cadres above the platoon level to discuss the defense of the position, and the most important thing was the issue of ammunition. Liang Guocheng was an officer sent from above, and of course he was among the people in the meeting.

"Just now, the superior head called, asking us to hold on for another day tomorrow." Lian Chang Li said.

Everyone sighed, these people are the most basic commanders, and they know best about the casualties, ammunition, weapon damage, and the existing situation of materials in their platoon.

A platoon leader said: "How to replenish the ammunition?"

The third platoon commander said: "Can the fighters replenish?"

Company Commander Li interrupted and asked, "Nothing!" Due to the blockade of enemy artillery, everything is on its own. ”

Liang Guocheng interjected: "I estimate that the enemy will have another attack before dark, and after repelling the enemy's attack, we will take advantage of the darkness to launch a fire attack and grab some ammunition from the enemy's dead, but not too deep." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several people at the meeting immediately divided into two opinions, and those who disagreed thought that in the face of some well-equipped enemy troops, if they found that there was no return; Those who agree, take advantage of the enemy's retreat, follow the enemy's fart-like back, grab things and leave, and when they find out, we may come back safely, not to mention the soldiers on the position to cover.

In fact, as soon as Liang Guocheng's idea came out, Company Commander Li approved it; At that time, he felt that this was the only possible way to obtain ammunition. At present, the main consideration is to consider the number of wounded soldiers who are less than 70, how many people to send, when the time is most appropriate, and how to cover the battlefield of the position, so as to reduce casualties.

Company Commander Li waved his hand and everyone stopped arguing, and asked Liang Guocheng: "How many people do you think it is appropriate to send down?" ”

Liang Guocheng knew that his idea had been adopted, and he was very happy, and said: "You can divide half of the uninjured, there are more people, there are more chances of success, and if you succeed, you can bring more ammunition back." ”

Company Commander Li, as the supreme leader on the mountain, considered the whole situation a little more. If half of the unwounded are sent out, and there are few people left behind in the position, in case the enemy counterattacks, the consequences will be unimaginable, besides, there are many people and targets, and there are many opportunities to be discovered, and if they are discovered, the losses will be too great, but if there are fewer people, it is true that if there are fewer people, there will not be much to carry back. Just as he hesitated, the enemy artillery bombardment began, and rows of shells smashed into the position of the volunteers with whistles, and the whole position was filled with gunsmoke, and the blasted stones flew sideways, indicating that the attack was about to begin. He ordered the warriors to enter the cave, and he himself lay at the entrance of the cave to watch the enemy. He was very anxious, this was the last chance, if he hesitated now and missed the opportunity, he would hold his position tomorrow without ammunition. People are always like this: when it is difficult to make up a decision on an urgent or special matter, it is the time when the brain is most confused, not to mention that now the enemy is about to attack with artillery bombardment and bombardment. If there is a quiet place to calm the brain, and then someone comes up with an idea, it may be possible to make up your mind as soon as possible. Before he knew it, he was already drenched in sweat, and the time was getting tighter and shorter, and the more he couldn't make a decision, the more chaotic his brain became. Even now that we have made up our minds, we should also organize mobilization arrangements in terms of personnel, weapon allocation, and time for the charge. Liang Guocheng rolled over, rolled to his side and lay beside him.

Whispered into his ear: "If you don't make up your mind, it's too late?" ”

Company Commander Li said: "According to what you said, it is too risky to divide half of the people, and there are too few soldiers defending the position. Besides, if you lose too many people in defeat, you won't be able to fight tomorrow. ”

Liang Guocheng said: "What I said is that half of the personnel counterattack, it is felt that the lightly injured soldiers can hold the position." The enemy is attacking now, and when we have knocked them back, it will be dark. If you are lucky not to be discovered, you will arrive at the enemy's position, and suddenly attack, and take him by surprise, the enemy must have a moment of confusion, and before they can react, our fighters have already grabbed the ammunition and turned back. ”

Company Commander Li looked up at Liang Guocheng, who had not looked at him since last night, because the regimental commander and guard who sent him over introduced him as a student. He didn't like students, he didn't even see his face clearly at night, he didn't bother to look at him, he felt that he was useless in the fighting army, he was a student; In fact, it also reflected that the overall cultural quality of the troops at that time was not high, and the infantry weapons used were low-level and had no technical content. He is now impressed by him, and he feels that the student soldiers of this year, in fact, they are about the same age, and they have thoroughly analyzed both the enemy and us, and it is very feasible to attack according to his ideas! He asked the communicator to call the second platoon commander over, ordered him to organize counterattack personnel, explained Liang Guocheng's train of thought, and asked him to direct the counterattack. Liang Guowei wanted to command the counterattack, but when he saw that the second platoon commander had been arranged, his face was a little embarrassed, so he didn't say anything. Company Commander Li also saw what he meant, and felt that he might be more suitable, but he was a person sent down from above, and if there was a mistake, it would not be as good as the explanation from above. The enemy offensive began, still the old tactic, with five tanks in front in a fan shape and the infantry hiding behind the tanks. Company Commander Li recognized at a glance that the first one he commanded to break the chain in the morning and was towed away by the enemy in the morning during the armistice between the two sides, because he recognized the white marks of the first shell at the turret. He felt that he was demonstrating to them, and now he regrets a little, he should not have let them pull the tanks away in the morning, and after repairing them, they attacked us again, we Chinese are too kind! Thinking of arousing his indignation, he felt that he must kill it first, he hunched his waist, stepped over to the anti-tank gun in a few steps, and pointed at the tank in a killing motion. The anti-tank gunner also seemed to see that the enemy tank he had broken was repaired and coming again, and he gritted his teeth with hatred, understood what Company Commander Li meant, and nodded to indicate that he understood. The enemy had already reached the distance of the blockade, and Company Commander Li ordered to open fire, and the machine guns, rifles, and mortar guns were fired at the same time, that is, the anti-tank guns did not fire. The first tank was already very close, and it felt the heavy strafing of machine guns and shells exploding in front and behind the position. The gunner was still aiming, and Company Commander Li understood that the gunner wanted to get closer and destroy it with one shot. If it is too close, the lethality of the two machine guns and the tank gun on the tank cannot be ignored. Company Commander Li patted the gunner and signaled to open the artillery, but the gunfire on the position was too loud to be heard clearly. "Boom!" The gunner opened fire, hitting the turret of the tank, which flew halfway off, and after a while, a large fire ignited. He didn't see the tankmen jump out and run for their lives, maybe they were stunned or dead inside, he thought. The battle continued until it was dark, when the enemy began to retreat, and the second platoon jumped out of the trench with selected fighters and chased after the enemy's butt. The enemy was busy fleeing for their lives, and it was dark that they couldn't see well, so the volunteers followed behind, and no one cared too much. When they ran back to their positions, they felt safe, threw their guns aside, and sat on the ground panting, and before they could catch a few breaths, the volunteers arrived. For a while, there was a lot of gunfire, and the enemy soldiers did not find out who was coming, where they came from, and why they were shooting; I only felt that my life was threatened, so I didn't care about the guns and ammunition, I only hated my slow legs, and I fled desperately. The volunteer soldiers did not chase after them, their goal was weapons and ammunition, and the soldiers took as many as they could carry and carry, and then quickly withdrew from the release position. The enemy reacted and organized troops in pursuit, but it was already a little late. The second platoon commander divided the personnel into two groups, exchanged cover, and quickly retreated to his own position, and the soldiers who remained behind saw that everyone had returned safely, and the position was full of jubilation. Company Commander Li counted the number of people, slightly wounded four, and sacrificed one. Ask the second platoon commander, they have retreated safely, and they are still exchanging cover, and the soldiers who died were killed by stray bullets. The fighters began to clean up the guns and ammunition that had been stolen. Liang Guocheng discovered mortar shells, because he is an artillery soldier and has a special sensitivity to artillery and shells, and tomorrow the anti-tank gun will have no shells, and the mortar gun will have to hit infantry and tanks. He picked up a cannonball, looked at it, and put it down with some disappointment. Because they were equipped with 82 mortars, and the 81 mortar shells were recaptured from the enemy's positions.