The inability to get in touch with the rear has always been a major problem on the two heights of Shangganling, and sometimes it is even at the cost of the lives of several correspondents in order to convey a message or intelligence to the rear. But now, even when the enemy has occupied a superficial position, our troops are able to contact the rear, and this does not surprise us.

With Li Baocheng and Qin Commander, he ran to the mouth of the tunnel to see that several correspondents were excitedly holding a walkie-talkie and calling loudly. When he saw me coming, he hurriedly handed over the walkie-talkie: "Report to the chief of staff, I just connected to the regiment headquarters, but I can't hear anything due to signal interference!" ”

I didn't answer, I took the walkie-talkie and put it in my ear, and sure enough, there was a lot of shouting and 'chaos' noise.

"What's going on?" I asked the correspondent suspiciously.

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" A short correspondent saluted in front of me and said: "The walkie-talkie frequency is small, there are more than 20 walkie-talkies in our tunnel, and now they are used and called together, interfering with each other, and no one can hear clearly!" ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, I immediately turned to Director Qin and ordered: "Immediately order the soldiers in the other tunnels to stop calling, and if there is any situation, it will be summarized to the command center, and the command will report it uniformly!" ”

"Yes!" Instructor Qin answered, turned around and grabbed a few soldiers, and then asked them to split up to convey orders.

Taking advantage of the time when the soldiers went to give orders, I asked the short communicator: "Tell me, how did you get in touch with the rear?" Doesn't walkie-talkies work? Why is it that all the walkie-talkies in the tunnel can be used all at once? ”

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" The short warrior smirked and said a little embarrassedly, "Yes, it's me!" I thought about it, as soon as this antenna was stretched out, the American devils would blow it up, so I threw the antenna around the grenade handle, and the outside of this tunnel was full of shrapnel, broken guns, grenade handles and the like, and the Yankees would not pay attention to this thing, isn't this ...... It's ready to go! ”

"Oh, that's good!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but pat the soldier on the shoulder and praised: "It's a good way to solve the communication problem for us, and this time it's a great achievement!" ”

At the same time, I also sighed in my heart, sometimes it seems that something that is very difficult, like this communication that can only be exchanged for life now, if you think about it from another angle, it is actually so simple to wrap the antenna around the handle of the grenade......

Usually I only think about war, ***, and food in my head, but I didn't expect that this problem could be solved in such a simple way!

Now, I only sigh that I didn't pay much attention to this information in modern times, and let the volunteer soldiers sacrifice so many comrades. But then again, there is no way to check the information so comprehensively.

"Chief of Staff, it's through!" At this time, a correspondent handed the walkie-talkie to me again, and said with some 'excitement': "Now there is no interference, it is the voice of the head of the regiment!" ”

"Hey!" As soon as I grabbed the walkie-talkie, I said into the microphone: "Head Zhang, I'm Cui Wei!" ”

"Chief of Staff Cui! How's it going? The anxious voice of Regiment Commander Zhang came from the other end of the walkie-talkie: "Is the position still in our hands?" Are there many casualties? Anything else? ”

I couldn't help but glance at Li Baocheng beside me, he obviously heard Captain Zhang's words, and his eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of shame.

It was strange to me that we had been retreating from our positions into the tunnel for at least more than an hour, and Commander Zhang had not yet discovered that the surface positions had been completely occupied by the enemy.

However, it soon became clear that Shangganling was shrouded in thick smoke and dust, and although it was only separated from Wusheng Mountain by more than 1,000 meters, sometimes it was not even visible behind the 'firing' signal flare, let alone the people standing on the surface position. Coupled with the continuous shelling of our army's supply lines by the US army, the rear did not understand the situation in Shangganling at all.

"Captain Zhang!" Thinking of this, I reported: "Due to our lack of *** and heavy casualties, I ordered the soldiers to take the initiative to withdraw to the tunnel, maintain their vital strength, and continue to fight the enemy in the tunnel!" ”

Captain Zhang on the other side listened to my words and was obviously relieved: "You did the right thing!" Comrade Cui Wei! Strategically, the two positions in Shangganling are the 'gates' of Wusheng Mountain, and the enemy has spent so much manpower and material resources that they even do not hesitate to block the supply line of Shangganling with artillery fire, their purpose is obvious! That is to completely defeat you, and then rely on Shangganling to attack the Five Holy Mountains! If we want to smash this 'yin' plot of the enemy, we must preserve our strength and fight the enemy to the end. Please tell the soldiers on my behalf that our purpose is to drag the enemy to the death on the two high ground in Shangganling, not to annihilate many enemies. In order to achieve this goal and complete this task, we must save ourselves, and we will not exchange one warrior for a hundred enemies! ”

"Yes!" With Captain Zhang's words, my heart is much more steady.

The soldiers of the Volunteer Army have always been unafraid of sacrifice on the battlefield, because they themselves are like this, so they naturally favor those cadres who are also heroic in killing the enemy. If there are cadres who tell them to retreat and let them preserve their strength, they will wonder if this cadre is cowardly and retreating? He was timid and asked us to be shrunken turtles together. As a result, there were more deserters, and the number of people who did not obey orders or chose to obey orders 'sexually' gradually increased.

The order I am giving now seems to be in line with this situation.

If only one or two companies were to be controlled, it would be easy to control, but now there are dozens of companies on Shangganling that have been broken up. Some of these companies even had their company commanders and instructors sacrificed, and they were in a state of no command and no management. Originally, it was okay when they were fighting, and they were still in a state of working together against the enemy. But now, as soon as the tunnel is withdrawn, it is inevitable that the morale will be low as if the battle has been lost.

Especially after Li Baocheng's trump card unit came up, although I was the commander-in-chief of the two positions in Shangganling, I had a feeling that I could not control it gradually.

Just now, after reporting to Regiment Commander Zhang that I had ordered a retreat, I was in a state of mind: If my order was not approved by my superiors and I was criticized for making some right-leaning conservative mistake or something, then I was afraid that the situation in Shangganling would be 'chaotic' on the spot and could not be controlled, and I, the chief of staff, would not be the chief of staff.

Now listening to Captain Zhang's words, it is like taking a reassuring pill for himself. Although the state of the fighters has not changed, they have confidence in their hearts.

"Comrade Cui Wei!" In the walkie-talkie, Regiment Commander Zhang continued to ask: "How many of you still have combat ability now?" What is the situation with the troops? ”

"Report to the Captain!" I replied: "After preliminary statistics, there are still 73 people on the 539.9 heights and 42 people on the 537.7 heights, but there are more than 200 wounded, and the food and *** are running out, and the wounded cannot be treated because there is no 'medicine'!" ”

"The casualties are so serious!" My report obviously also surprised Commander Zhang: "Comrade Cui Wei, you must find a way to persevere, and we will find a way to send supplies to you." ”

"Head Zhang! Do you need our cooperation? When I heard this, I asked, "Is it going to start *** again at night?" ”

"Here's the thing!" Commander Zhang on the other end of the walkie-talkie hesitated for a while, and then replied: "The supplies can't be delivered during the day, and it is very difficult at night." In the past few days, we have repeatedly fought with the US military for surface positions, and the US military has mastered the law of our army's activities. Their artillery had already adjusted Zhuyuan to stand by when it was not yet dark, and our artillery was ready to end, and as soon as the artillery fire was extended, the American artillery covered a large area of our army's reinforcement and supply routes, and several batches of reinforcements of our army were killed and wounded under the enemy's artillery fire. So taking advantage of the opportunity to deliver supplies is now becoming more and more difficult! You have to be prepared to hold on to the tunnel for a long time without supplies......"

Although the sound of the walkie-talkie was not very loud, the few soldiers who were listening carefully around me still heard these words, and they couldn't help but 'mess up'.

"How can you hold out without supplies?"

"That's it! Stuffed in this tunnel, starvation will starve us to death, it is better to go out and fight with the devil! ”

"That's right! Go out and fight, at least you can pull a cushion back! ”

……

Suddenly, there was a 'chaos' boom everywhere in the tunnel, and several soldiers grabbed their rifles and a few grenades and were about to run out of the tunnel.

"Give me all back!" I hurriedly hung up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Is there any organization of 'sex' and 'sex' discipline?" You want to go out and fight, is it useful to fight? It's all gone, who will guard this tunnel? ”

When the soldiers heard me say this, they did not dare to speak again, and stood in the tunnel for a while and did not dare to move again.

"All of them! Except for the soldiers stationed at the mouth of the tunnel, all gathered in the invincible tunnel for a meeting! I sulked and turned to the headquarters.

"Chief of Staff!" I returned to the headquarters, and before I could sit down for a while, Instructor Qin hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "The situation is very serious, after the soldiers heard the news of the defense, their morale was very low, and their guns were also 'indiscriminately' thrown away, and there have been several misfire accidents!" ”

"What a name!" I frowned and stood up with a thud.

After thinking about it, he turned around and asked Li Baocheng: "I want to organize all the soldiers in the tunnel into the Eighth Company, no problem!" ”

"All the fighters are organized into the Eighth Company?" Hearing this, Li Baocheng couldn't help but say with some doubts: "Chief of Staff, there are so many companies and so many company commanders in this tunnel, and there are several battalion commanders, so let them all be incorporated into the Eighth Company?" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded, took off the strap hanging on the wall and pinned my hand M1911 to my waist, and turned around and walked towards the Invincible Tunnel.

As he walked, he said to Li Baocheng, who was following behind: "There is a reason why the soldiers are included in the Eighth Company, your Eighth Company is well-known in our army for being able to fight, and every soldier is proud to be a part of the Eighth Company." Now the morale of the troops is so poor, and the battle order is very 'chaotic', and they are casually organized into a company, but I am afraid that they will still not be able to control it. But the Eighth Company is different, after being incorporated into the Eighth Company, the soldiers will feel that they are a part of the Eighth Company, since they are the soldiers of the Eighth Company, of course, they must use the state of the Eighth Company to demand themselves! It's much easier to control the situation that way, do you have any questions? ”

"No problem!" Li Baocheng didn't want to think about it, so he replied: "The soldiers who can persevere in the tunnel are all good soldiers who can fight and fight, and it is also a blessing for our Eighth Company to have them incorporated into the Eighth Company!" ”

"Hmmm! If only you thought so! I patted Li Baocheng on the shoulder, turned around and led him into the narrow passage.

After turning left and right in the passage for a while, he came to a relatively spacious invincible tunnel.

I didn't rush in, but stood by the dark tunnel and watched for a while, trying to get a clearer picture of what the warriors were doing.

There was a strong smell of blood in the tunnel, and there must have been many wounded soldiers who couldn't wait to hear the situation. Under the faint beating kerosene light, some soldiers were wiping their guns, some soldiers were half-lying and half-lying, and from time to time the wounded let out a few muffled moans. There were also some quarrel-like shouts, and the whole tunnel seemed to be 'chaotic', and the air was 'muddy' and heavy.

"Let's go! Let's go out and fight devils! A stout machine gunner beckoned to the soldier beside him: "Whoever doesn't go out is a coward!" ”

"Who's the coward?" A short warrior stood up in a huff and asked.

The volunteer soldiers all have a 'problem', that is, they can stand everything, but they can't stand being called cowards by others.

"Didn't you hear the order from your superiors?" The short warrior asked unconvinced: "We are *** soldiers, if we all don't listen to orders like you, then what kind of battle are we fighting?" ”

"Command!" The machine gunner raised the machine gun in his hand and said, "Whoever asks us to fight devils, we will listen to whomever he wants!" ”

"Don't make a noise!" Some people also stood up and mediated: "We are all here to destroy the enemy, we are all to hold the position, if there are any different opinions, everyone can discuss!" Wait for the chief of staff to come and see what to say......"

As soon as the quarrel subsided, someone on the other side shouted:

"Who's going out with me? I'll take you to fight devils! ”

"Me!"

"Me!"

……

There were really a few fighters who stood up and responded, and it looked like a big "mutiny".

"Calm down!" Soon another soldier rose up and stopped: "This is a war, not a poker, and we must listen to the unified command of our superiors." Otherwise it's a big mistake to make a drop! ”

I stood at the mouth of the tunnel and watched for five minutes, and realized that the condition of the soldiers was much worse than I had imagined. They were all soldiers who had not been in the tunnel for a long time, and they had been broken up in a few days, and now they were together and did not know each other, and they still had a feeling of impatience and resentment in the tunnel, and there were great differences on the question of how to fight the enemy. They are not in the same company as each other, and neither of them obeys each other, and neither of them will let anyone.

If we plan *** every night, it won't affect them much, because everyone wants to rest during the day and go out to fight devils at night. The so-called brothers frolicked on the wall and stayed outside, and the difficulties and sacrifices on the battlefield made them temporarily put aside the previous contradictions of their comrades and fight together.

But now...... As soon as the news of giving up *** and sticking to the tunnel was released, the contradictions between the soldiers and between the companies were 'intensified'.

It is absolutely impossible to go on like this, no matter how good the quality of the soldiers is, if there is no organization and no command, it will be like a plate of scattered sand.

So I immediately walked among the fighters, stopped in a moderate position, and called softly: "Comrades! ”

"Chief of Staff!"

"It's the Chief of Staff here!"

"Chief of Staff! Let's organize a commando! Count me in, take us out and fight with the devil! ”

……

"Comrades!" I shouted in a louder tone, and the warriors fell silent, all looking at me expectantly.

"Comrades!" I glanced around at the soldiers and shouted to them: "First of all, I want to announce one thing to you, according to the order of the superiors, all our comrades stationed in the tunnel are organized into the eighth company of the 134th regiment, with Comrade Li Baocheng as the company commander and Comrade Wang Wenyong as the instructor, and the cadres at all levels will be elected by the soldiers after the meeting!" ”

"Coax!" With a sound, the soldiers immediately 'turned their heads' to each other.

They thought that what I was talking about this time must be an order from their superiors to keep them sticking, but they didn't expect me to say something about adaptation first.

The so-called avoid its sharpness and hit its laziness. This seems to be the method I am using now, and when the soldiers have great resistance to holding the tunnel, I first talk about the orders that they are easy to accept and willing to accept, and then give the order to hold the tunnel, which is relatively much easier. It's just that this trick is usually used against the enemy, but I didn't expect it to be useful for my comrades.

"Comrades!" At this time, Li Baocheng also stood up at the right time and said: "From now on, you are a member of the Eighth Company, do you know what the Eighth Company is?" The Eighth Company is an invincible Eighth Company, an Eighth Company that sheds blood without tears, an Eighth Company that cannot be defeated, and an Eighth Company that resolutely obeys orders! Can you do it? ”

"It can be done!"

"It can be done!"

……

The fighters raised their hands and shouted!

It's much easier now, looking at the soldiers who raised their hands and shouted, half of my hanging heart was also relaxed. Volunteer soldiers pay attention to commitment, in their words, that is, talk to the talk. This is also the reason why volunteer soldiers often take a collective oath when they mobilize before the war.

Not to mention, those oaths that are nothing to me as a modern person can really work in this day and age. On the battlefield, some soldiers were timid when they saw the rain of bullets, and when they wanted to desert, they often remembered the oath they had just made and gave up their 'lives'.

Now the fighters have just shouted "It can be done!" "Then what should I do next, I can take my time!