"Comrades!" I patiently waited for the soldiers to slowly calm down, and then I opened my voice and shouted to the soldiers: "Since we are all members of the Eighth Company now, then we will be comrades of the same company in the future; Since we are all soldiers of the Eighth Company now, we must have the appearance of the Eighth Company of Heroes and the Eighth Company of Steel, and we must have the discipline and 'spirit' appearance of the Eighth Company, but we must not let the soldiers of other units look at us and laugh at us: Look! Those are the soldiers of the Eighth Company, and their last batch of soldiers are all heroes who died with the enemy's bunker with explosives, this group ......"

Speaking of this, I paused deliberately, pointed to the few soldiers sitting in front of me who were untidy and wore hats crookedly, and sat unscrupulously, and said, "This batch! All of them look like bears as if they have lost a battle! ”

"Coax!" The warriors in the pit all burst out laughing.

The soldiers in front of me blushed, hurriedly put on their hats, arranged their equipment, and sat up straight in front of me. The other warriors laughed and laughed, and when I reminded them, they all arranged their clothes and hats, and then lined up and sat upright on the ground.

Although this appearance is a formality, the overall 'spirit' and appearance of a unit will unconsciously affect everyone. This is not? The soldiers sat down so neatly, and when they looked at it, they would soon have a kind of 'spirit', spirit, and qi. These 'spirits', spirits, and qi will in turn influence the warriors, giving them confidence and hope.

"Comrades!" Looking at the transformation of the soldiers, I nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "I don't think I need to say more about the history of our Eighth Company, comrades all know that the Eighth Company is famous for fighting tough battles and fighting ruthless battles. Didn't someone say it? As soon as our eight guns rang out, we fought to the death, and if we didn't win, Chairman Mao refused to withdraw when he gave the order. No matter what time it is, as long as the battle is over, the commander immediately thinks of our Eighth Company!

This kind of 'spirit' is very good! To fight the enemy on the battlefield is to have this kind of 'spirit' that is not afraid of death and risking one's life to fight, so that we can win the battle and defeat the enemy! ”

The more I spoke, the more excited the faces of the fighters became, and some even thought that I had changed my mind and was going to take them out for a hard fight, but as soon as I changed my words, I slowed down and said, "But...... Is it necessary to fight like this at any time of war? Of course not? Fighting a war also depends on the situation, and different situations require different methods. If we want to punch the enemy hard, we must first close the fist in the back! Otherwise, if you blindly fight 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', it will be no different from robbers and bandits, and it is not the style of our *** soldiers! Comrades say right? ”

"Yes!" The warriors responded in unison.

"The current situation is ......," I continued, "the task given to us by the superiors is to hold the two heights of Shangganling, what will happen if we can't hold it?" The enemy can use the two heights we have lost as a basis to attack the main peak of the Five Holy Mountains with confidence, what will happen if the Five Holy Mountains are captured by the enemy? The soldiers knew very well in their hearts that behind the Five Holy Mountains was the Pingkang Plain, and if we lost the Five Holy Mountains, we would have no danger to defend within a range of two hundred kilometers!

So...... Our burden is heavy! Once we lose our positions, it is very likely that our volunteer troops will have to retreat two hundred kilometers back. How far is 200 km? Even if we can march 30 kilometers in a day, we will have to walk for 7 or 8 days! Comrades, can we give such a large piece of land to US imperialism? ”

"Can't!"

"Can't!"

……

The warriors raised their hands in indignation and shouted over and over again, and some even screamed. Speaking of land, the volunteer soldiers who had pain in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were of course denied an inch of land.

Taking advantage of the indignation of the fighters, I continued: "If you don't want to give such a large piece of land to US imperialism!" Then we must defend these two highlands in Shangganling! Now we have two choices, one is to rush out and fight with the Yankees, as some comrades said, and all the soldiers will have a good time and die together with the Yankees. Now the Yankees are the happiest, they are worried that we can't do anything about hiding in the tunnel! We're going out on our own...... We have few people, and when we all run out of positions, it will naturally fall into the hands of the Yankees. We are martyrs, and the Yankees can also attack the main peak of the Five Holy Mountains with confidence! ”

"Coax!" As soon as my words fell, the soldiers below were talking together, they originally just wanted to go out and have a good time with the US army, but they didn't expect the consequences to be so serious.

"Second option......" I waved my hand to silence the soldiers, "The second option is for us to hide in this tunnel and drag the Yankees to death." The Yankees are the white bone 'essence', and we are the monkeys hiding in their stomachs, so they can't catch them or beat them. We can also wait for it to get dark and secretly go out and give them a few shots, if they go to attack the Five Holy Mountains, we will shoot cold shots in the back!" Comrades, tell me which one to choose! If you all choose the first one, and you all say that you are going to rush out to fight devils, I, Cui Wei, will desperately disobey the orders of my superiors, and I will accompany you to go out to fight devils! ”

With that, I grabbed my rifle, stuffed a magazine into it, and waved my hand to the soldiers, "Go!" Go out and fight devils, we don't want this life, and we're afraid of disobeying orders! It is a ...... to be able to hit one Let's go......"

I screamed a few times, but no one answered, and all the warriors looked at me, and I looked at yours, and no one squeaked, and no one followed.

"Chief of Staff!" It took a long time for a soldier to stand up, scratch his head, and say, "We were wrong, at first we were only concerned about fighting happily, and now I listen to you...... We all understand, don't fight! Don't fight! ”

"Really don't fight?" I pretended to ask again: "But don't wait two days, I panicked in the tunnel, and I started shouting to rush out again!" We're all gentlemen, so if we want to do it, just rush out now. If you don't fight, you will honestly squat in the pit and wait for the order of your superiors! ”

I'm planning for the future, and I don't want this to happen every three days.

"I really don't fight!" Another soldier stood up and said, "We are happy to be martyrs, but we lost our positions and let the Yankees rob 200 kilometers of land, so we won't be sinners through the ages?" ”

"That's it!" Another soldier said: "If we don't fight, we will be the monkeys in the belly of the white bone 'essence'!" ”

"Coax!" The warriors laughed again.

I nodded in satisfaction, and at this moment, I felt that the warriors were united again, and there was confidence and hope again, and it was no longer like a plate of scattered sand as before.

"Chief of Staff, give the order! What should we do! ”

"Comrades!" After a moment of contemplation, I said to the soldiers: "Our biggest difficulty now is that we cannot get supplies from the rear. We don't know how long this will last, but we need to be prepared for at least ten days! ”

"Ten days ......" My words caused a lot of 'waves' and 'waves' among the soldiers.

Although these ten days are not counted, the soldiers have never experienced the experience of being completely blocked by the enemy and holding on in the tunnel, and this time they heard that it will take ten days, so they inevitably muttered in their hearts.

But in fact, I know that in the historical Battle of Shangganling, after the volunteers retreated to the tunnel, it took ten days for our army to accumulate strength to launch ***.

"Because we have to stay in the pit for ten days, we have to use all the supplies we have on hand sparingly!" I nodded and said, "The water side is okay, there are dozens of buckets of water stored under the invincible tunnel, if we save a little, it will be enough for us to use." But there is no way to guarantee food and 'medicine', so that every soldier will not go hungry, I suggest that all the food should be concentrated and distributed by the logistics department, so as to ensure that we can hold on smoothly in the tunnel! ”

As I spoke, I took the initiative to untie the bag of dry food tied to my body, and there was a bowl of fried noodles left over from the past few days. When the soldiers saw me like this, they also untied their bags of dry food and piled them in front of me.

"Chief of Staff!" At this time, Instructor Qin, who was standing on the side, said: "There are many comrade units in the tunnel, and they are very 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', so I suggest that we do the registration work first and register the soldiers of our Eighth Company, so that it will be easier to manage!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded: "I'll hand over this job to you!" ”

"Yes!" Instructor Qin immediately 'pulled out' the pen and notebook and began the registration work.

Except for the seriously wounded who could not move, the rest of the soldiers sat up, and the party members took out their party cards, and the members of the regiment took out their group cards, and each of them recounted their positions and combat experiences in front of Qin Gui as if they were making reports, and expressed their determination.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, I breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed my rifle and returned to headquarters.

At this time, he was already able to contact the regiment headquarters, so after returning to the headquarters, it was naturally indispensable to report to Commander Zhang. Head Zhang was also very satisfied with my arrangements. After a few words of praise, he reminded me that although it is difficult to send supplies from the rear now, the artillery is still on standby, and if our tunnels are too badly beaten by the enemy, we can call in artillery support.

It's good to get in touch with the rear! Although we are now in a situation of being completely blockaded by the enemy, we have gained confidence because we have been connected to the rear.

This is not? Because of communications, it is now possible to receive artillery assistance from the rear.

The two days passed quickly, and although the life of staying in the stuffy tunnel was very boring and boring, the US military rarely launched an attack on our tunnel mouth in the past two days, so everything was not dangerous.

I think a large part of the reason why the U.S. military has not embarrassed us in the past two days is because they thought that we would still launch a campaign against them as usual, so they did their best to build fortifications on the surface positions!

In fact, what I do know is that after the US troops occupied the surface position of Shangganling, they never stopped building fortifications on it, so that by the time our army launched the first ten days later, they actually built more than 70 permanent firepower points on the two small heights of Shangganling, and 14 'recoilless guns and 65' heavy machine guns were used in the summer, constituting a complete firepower system.

This also made our army pay great casualties in the first time, and only after it was difficult to recapture the surface position of Shangganling.

It's just that these are not things I can think about now, and what I have to worry about now is that the US military will soon launch an attack on our tunnels.

If there is no enemy attack, it seems like a good thing to spend ten days in the tunnel like this.

I looked boredly at the map on the table, which was staggered with tunnels on the Shangganling Mountains.

The tunnel was dark and stuffy, and the smell of gunsmoke, sulfur, blood, feces, and sweat still made the air suffocating. Even in order to save the air in the tunnel, except for the headquarters, other places are not lit as much as possible.

However, I am pleased that the most serious water and food shortage in Shangganling has been greatly improved at this time.

Needless to say, the water stored in the invincible tunnel is even enough for the wounded to wake up their wounds. I don't know how many soldiers died under the enemy's blockade in order to go out to grab water or deliver water, and later even drank 'urine' to quench their thirst, but we don't know how many times better it is now.

After the unified management of grain, there is no big problem. Xiao Zhao of the logistics department averaged the grain, and divided it according to the ten-day ration, and each person could get a small half bowl of fried noodles and half a steamed bun every day. This was not enough to satisfy hunger, but at least it did not starve people to death, and the situation was also improved from the previous five battles.

I think that the reason why the soldiers in Shangganling were short of food in history was mainly because they did not expect that they would have to hold out in the tunnel for ten days, and there was no plan and no unified distribution, so they would naturally be worse.

In addition, under the election of the soldiers, the backbone of the eighth company in the tunnel was also produced one after another. Several company commanders of the 135th Regiment, Wan Fulai, Miao Huaizhi and Gao Yongxiang became the three platoon commanders of the Eighth Company very smoothly. As a result, everything in the tunnels was in order, and the morale of the soldiers was quickly restored.

"Chief of Staff!" Just as I was thinking, Li Baocheng came to my side and reported: "The soldiers at the mouth of the pit report that the devil has taken the bait!" ”

"Hmm!" As soon as I heard Li Baocheng say this, I couldn't help but feel energetic, and I stood up and said, "Let's go, go and see!" ”

I took Li Baocheng to the mouth of the tunnel in a hurry, and a soldier '' his machine gun and fired a few shots into the darkness outside the tunnel at Li Baocheng's instructions, but the US troops did not react at all.

"It's done!" I shouted excitedly: "Immediately order the commandos to stand by at the mouth of the tunnel!" ”

"Yes!" Li Baocheng turned around and left.

This is the method that the soldiers came up with in order for the commando to attack smoothly, and the art of war is cloudy: "The real is virtual, and the virtual is real!" "That's pretty much what I mean.

At the beginning, the US troops who were in charge of monitoring the mouth of the tunnel outside the tunnel were very vigilant, because with the experience of the past few days, they were like frightened birds, and they were always worried that the volunteer soldiers would drill out of the tunnel and launch a sneak attack. So as soon as there was any movement in the direction of the mouth of the tunnel, those American troops did not care about anything, and the machine guns swept in the direction of the mouth of the tunnel.

In this case, it is very difficult for the fighters to 'touch' out and sneak attack. So the soldiers guarding the tunnel came up with a way, and when the sky was dark, they would shoot a few shots outside, or throw a canned food box or stone outside, so that the US troops mistakenly thought that the volunteer soldiers were going to fight back. The enemy's machine guns in the middle of the plan hit the mouth of the tunnel in a fierce manner, and one hit lasted more than ten minutes. After the enemy stopped shooting, the fighters fired a few more shots and threw something, so the enemy fought for more than ten minutes......

Good guys, these U.S. troops are really patient, and it wasn't until tonight that the "smart" people seemed to realize that this was a trap set by the red 'color' elements, in order to consume their bullets and play 'tricks' with them again, so they ignored them.

They ignore these movements, and we have a chance.

After a while, Li Baocheng ran up with three soldiers, each holding two anti-tank grenades in their hands, saying that they were commandos, but in fact they were demolition teams, in order to blow up the machine gun forts that were stationed near our tunnels.

"Do you know the location of the enemy's machine-gun forts?" I asked.

"Clear!" One of the soldiers replied excitedly: "We have all come to observe several times during the day, and there are three machine gun forts outside, and we have all the locations in mind, one for each person, no more, no less!" ”

"Good! Above! ”

As soon as I gave the order, the three warriors crawled out.

"Sonorous and sonorous...... Because there are many canned food boxes outside the tunnel, there is a lot of movement as soon as the soldiers run out. Because this time someone really went out, these noises made the soldiers in the tunnel chuckle in their hearts, but fortunately they did not attract the attention of the American army, so everything went on without danger.

As the minutes passed, the soldiers guarding the tunnel were anxious. It was so dark outside the tunnel that we couldn't see anything, but the soldiers poked their heads out from time to time to look around.

It's just that I'm not watching, I'm listening.

The absence of gunfire, the absence of gunfire means that everything is going well. I can almost imagine the fighters slowly approaching the enemy machine-gun fort kao in the dark, getting closer and closer......

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, followed by three more bangs, and several flames suddenly rose outside the tunnel. The fighters shouted in unison: "It worked! ”

"Well played!"