I drank some wine on the second day, and in the middle of a headache, the writing may be a little 'messy'. And there is no "big sea culvert!"

Chapter Ninety-Six: Latent

Two days, I thought I had two more days to prepare, but it soon became clear that there were none.

This time it was a latent operation, and the attack time was set at 6 o'clock in the evening of the 18th, which meant that we were going to enter the latent position in the early morning of the 18th. In other words, we have only one day to prepare.

The reason why they informed us before the battle was because it had something to do with the secrecy of the war. Skirmishes on the front line never stopped, and because Shangganling was very close to the enemy, skirmishes were frequent to capture prisoners and listen to intelligence. Although most of the volunteer soldiers have hard mouths, and even many sentries maintain a habit of tying a grenade to their bodies, this grenade is the "glorious bullet" that is sounded at the last moment when they find that they are about to be captured, but there are many volunteers, of course, there will inevitably be some soft-boned ones who sell our army's intelligence to seek a living. Therefore, it is understandable for the superiors to consider this.

It's just that this has made it difficult for me, a young new front-line commander, who has just taken over these two highlands, and has not yet understood each other with the soldiers, and even the names of several company commanders and instructors under my command have not yet been 'figured' clearly, and I am going to take them to the battlefield.

"Comrades! We will launch an attack on the enemy's positions the day after tomorrow! ”

With a coax, my words immediately caused quite a stir among the company commanders and instructors. Most people have excitement and 'agitation' on their faces.

This is the characteristic of the volunteer soldiers, who do not seem to be afraid of war, not only are they not afraid, but they also hope to be able to arrange the most dangerous and arduous tasks. In their minds, good steel is used on the blade, so the more difficult the task is scheduled. The more you can show that you are a good piece of steel, otherwise you will be looked down upon by your superiors.

"Chief of Staff, you arrange the mission!" It was Miao Huaizhi, the commander of the Ninth Company, who spoke, raised the rifle in his hand and said, "We have been waiting for this day for a long time, if we want to kill, rush up and kill it!" ”

"That's right! It's always a cold shot, and it's not fun to fight! The rest of the comrades also answered. "I'll start with the task 'handed' to us by my superiors!" Without answering the soldiers' words, I pointed to the map on the wall and said, "The target of our attack this time is the tamed ground on our left flank!" ”

"Hollow heights?" Listening to the soldier, he couldn't help but ask strangely: "Chief of Staff?" Isn't it the high ground of our mouth? ”

I shook my head and said: "Our operation this time is to cooperate with the main force, and our division and comrades who have sent out the army will attack the Zhuzi 'hole', and our main task is to capture the continental heights as soon as possible and cover the right flank of the main attacking force!" Besides, the area around the 'milk' heights in front of us has long been turned over by enemy artillery fire, and this area can be said to be completely devoid of grass, and it is basically impossible to lurk in such a position during the day, so it is very difficult to directly attack the enemy's frontal position! ”

"But the Chief of Staff!" Wang Fuxin, commander of the first company, asked: "There is a company of US troops stationed on the high ground, and the mountains are steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and surrounded by an open area of 3,000 meters. ”

I understand what Wang Fuxin is worried about, because there is a company of the enemy stationed on the high ground, which means that we must use at least two companies to lurk in order to have a chance of victory. There were four or five hundred men in the two companies, and four or five hundred of them were lurking in an open field of three thousand meters, and everyone knew what that meant. Once we are discovered by the enemy, we may not even have a chance to escape. We will put our bodies completely *** in the enemy's planes, artillery and machine guns,,

"The danger is there!" I nodded: "But the task must also be completed, taming the heights is like a sentry of the enemy standing on the grassland, like a nail 'inserted' into the forward position of our army, because of this nail, the scope of action of our army has been greatly limited, pulling out this nail can not only improve the defensive posture of our army, but also form a threat to the enemy, and ensure the smooth progress of our army's tactical counterattack." Whether or not we can fight this battle well depends on our usual ability and comrades' will to fight! ”

After a pause, I continued: "The plan of action is as follows: In order to shorten the time of the attack and ensure the suddenness of the combat mission, we will enter the latent position before dawn tomorrow and lurk under the enemy's nose for a day, and only when the sky is dark will our troops give the signal to attack by surprise and take the high ground in one fell swoop. This requires us to arrive at the designated location without leaving a trace, and to lurk under the noses of the enemy for many hours without making a sound. Every fighter must do a good job of camouflage, and more importantly, discipline, even if someone is hit by an enemy bullet, they can't *** the target. Otherwise, it will bring very heavy casualties to the troops, overall. The battle plan will also fail because of this! Can the comrades do it? ”

"Yes!" The warriors replied in unison.

"I need two companies, and the other two are left!" I continued.

"Chief of Staff, let's connect!"

"Let's connect!"

The company commanders and instructors raised one after another

"So be it!" I immediately ordered: "The 4th and 7th companies that have just been transferred are not familiar with the terrain, and they are responsible for staying behind to guard the two heights. Tunnels and topography in the highlands. The 1st and 9th Companies are ready to attack the high ground."

"Yes". The warrior answered. Wang Fuxin and Miao Huaizhi, who were assigned to the task, were full of excitement, while the other two company commanders were full of reluctance. But because it was an order, I didn't say anything.

It makes sense for me to think so, after all, the 1st Company and the 9th Company have been fighting cold guns on the Upper Ground and Gong 7th Heights for a while, although most of them are lurking at night, but at least they have already passed the consciousness of lurking operations. In an undercover operation like this, where only one person *** could wipe out our entire army, I can only do everything I can to reduce the chances of ***.

"The remaining troops should provide cover for the hidden troops as much as possible." After thinking about it, I then ordered: "Tomorrow you can shoot more guns and *** at the enemy's position to attract the enemy's attention and cover the hidden troops." The company responsible for the hasty attack on the high ground must do a good job in the ideological work of the soldiers tonight, emphasize the importance of battlefield discipline, lurk well under all circumstances, and victoriously complete the tasks 'assigned' to us by the superiors."

"Yes!" The soldiers responded with a bang, and then went back to their companies to make preparations.

Looking at the backs of the soldiers leaving, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: tomorrow's latent combat is full of dangers, and I don't know how many chances I have to win, I don't know how many people can come back. ※ ※※

Autumn, in ancient China, was often the season when the Son of Heaven "patrolled" the Quartet and conquered the sea with military operations. Because in this season, it is the time when the grass is 'fat' and the water is beautiful, and the treasury is abundant. Of course, there is naturally no pressure on the joint *** in this regard. However, the muddy rainy season has passed in North Korea, and the harsh winter has not yet arrived. So it is also natural to be favored by the joint *** who lives on wheels. In last year's summer and autumn defensive battles, it was precisely because of such climatic conditions that the US military could not wait to launch an offensive.

But what they didn't expect was that this autumn our army would attack ahead of them.

Although the general attack was at 6 p.m., in fact our attack was launched in the early hours of the morning. In the first half of the night, the engineering unit spent seven hours opening a road for us in the open field in front of the tamed ground. Then, before dawn, two companies, totaling more than 500 people, divided into two groups and entered the lurking position by taking advantage of the night.

I also entered the lurking position with a few communications soldiers and the soldiers.

To say that the ideological quality of these warriors is good. That's good, too! On the battlefield, you can see people who are desperate to die with the enemy at any time. If you want to say that the ideological quality of the fighters is not good, then there is also a bad side, and they have thousands of pairs of eyes staring at the superior cadres! Once their direct leaders do something greedy for life and afraid of death, it will soon affect the morale of the entire army. They will say in their hearts: The cadres have taken the lead in thinking about themselves, so what are we busy with?

Therefore, in this era, cadres who are volunteers are tired, and they are more tired than ordinary soldiers. An ordinary soldier who deserts may be criticized or punished and the matter will be over, but the leading cadres are different. Because this affects a large number of people at every turn, if it is on the battlefield, it will be punished by the discipline of Ping's life."

But this is not the reason why I came up with the fighters this time. As a matter of fact, cadres at and above the battalion level of the volunteer army do not have to go to the battlefield in person to set an example. No matter how I say it, I am also a regimental chief of staff, and if I don't go to the battlefield, no one can say anything.

But I really can't rest assured about this sleeper operation, and since I'm a new leader, I can't make sure that the soldiers are convinced of me in their hearts.

After fighting for so long, of course I know it very well in my heart. The idea of the warriors is actually very simple, if you have the courage to live and die with them, they will naturally treat you as a brother, otherwise it doesn't matter how big an "official" you are. "Even if you say something nice, it's still not as good as a fart in their eyes.

So I lurked on the battlefield.

We were lurking only sixty or seventy meters from the enemy's position. Each warrior's head and body were 'planted' with thatch, which blended in with the grass on the hillside. The mountain breeze blows. The grass on the human body moves with the grass on the ground, and there is not a trace of 'show'. I had two telephones next to me, which were used to communicate with the division headquarters and the artillery units covering us. Fearing that its ringing would be too loud to attract the attention of the enemy, the telephone soldiers also covered these phones with two layers of thick cotton clothing.

"Lurking well is the key to victory". Before dawn, I gave the last order to the soldier next to me: "For the sake of the whole, for the sake of victory, even if the bullet hits the head, you can't *** the target!" One by one, the soldiers passed on my orders.

I had thought that the lurking of autumn would be much more comfortable than winter, and it was before dawn, because at least I didn't have to endure the cold to my bones. Except for the "dew" of the morning fog, which makes the face "damp" and stained, which makes people a little uncomfortable, there are almost none

But when the sun rose slowly, I realized that lurking in autumn was not as pleasant as I imagined. The long-term prostrations made my whole body ache, which is easy to overcome, as long as I hold on for a while with a little will, these soreness will slowly turn into numbness, and after numbness, it will not be so uncomfortable. Even worse are the little insects, ants, mosquitoes, and so many other things that can't be named, and they crawl out of their 'holes' when the sun comes out.

I never knew these little bugs could be so difficult, they burrowed through the little gaps left in my body and crawled and bit on me, "and in a few moments they 'made' me painful and itchy."

That's when I realized that it wasn't the hardest thing to endure the stillness of soreness, not the hardest thing to endure the cold of winter, and the hardest thing to endure not to scratch."

endured all kinds of itching from his body, and the resulting bursts of irritability. I looked through the sniper scope at the enemy positions on the high ground. The enemy is very close to us, and sometimes we can hear the sound of the enemy's speech. I could even clearly see the barrels of enemy machine guns sticking out of the 'firing' holes in the pillboxes.

One, two. I silently counted the number of enemy bunkers in my heart, and even searched the high ground in front of me with all my 'energy' strength, hoping to find some of the hidden bunkers. And remember where they are. I was preparing for the night attack and trying to divert my attention. Otherwise, those little bugs on me are going to drive me crazy.

I slowly looked up and looked at the sun in the sky through the cracks in the hay. It usually feels like it will fall in the blink of an eye, but now it is like testing my will, stopping in the sky and not moving.

Looking at the soldiers lying around, I couldn't help but feel ashamed in my heart: just now I was 'handing' them to lurk, but now I can't bear the 'sex' in the first place. But this itch on my body was really unbearable, so I wondered, "When did I offend these little bugs, and now they only bite me and not others?"

At this moment, there was a sudden creak of the iron door, and I looked through the scope in the direction from which the sound came from, and was shocked to see that four or five American soldiers were coming out of the bunker. As if he had found something, he walked in our direction with his gun in his hand. The atmosphere around me suddenly became tense, and I subconsciously leaned my head on the scope, aimed the crosshair at the Yankee in the lead, and gently pulled the trigger with my index finger.

But on second thought, pulling the trigger only makes us *** faster, and it doesn't do anything.

So he slowly flattened the rifle and hid the scope in the grass, so as not to 'shoot' the sunlight from the back to arouse the alarm of these American troops.

Falling rice!

At this time, I could clearly see the nervous and preoccupied faces of the American soldiers without a scope, and there were five of them, and they walked down the high ground cautiously in a straggler formation. They look like rats sneaking out of their nests to feed, and the slightest movement can scare them back into their holes.

of rice!

They walked slowly, looking around with their eyes as they went, hoping to find something in their surroundings. But alas, the fighters were well hidden, so much so that they could not find anything at such a close distance.

What to do? I thought nervously in my heart that if we continued like this, even if our camouflage was perfect, these American troops would eventually find out about our existence. Because if we go a little further, they will step on our heads. Blade rice!

Led by an American soldier with a two-handed, mustache, they walked forward as they probed in the grass with their long rifles.

I could already clearly hear the clattering footsteps of the American troops, and the gasping of their boots as they walked through the thatch, as they approached us like the footsteps of death. Getting closer,"

There was a rapid breathing sound, from the telephone soldier lying next to me, and I think he couldn't hold his breath anymore! But it's no wonder, not to mention him, even I'm almost overwhelmed.

They are looking for artillery observers! I came to such a conclusion.

With the degree to which the American military cherished their own lives, if they suspected that there were a large number of enemies hidden in the grass, they would not have been able to get out of the bunker to find them. They would do so, with the sheer suspicion that there might be one or two artillery observers hiding in the bushes.

For the volunteer army that does not have artillery school 'shooting' aircraft, there are still many cases of arranging artillery observers at the front of the enemy's position, and then these observers will guide the artillery fire to hit the enemy's target. I didn't expect that this time we would be in a crisis because of this",

"Wait! Aren't they looking for artillery observers? Then I'll give them an artillery observer now! ”

Thinking about it, I immediately touched the telephone soldier lying next to me. He lowered his voice and said a few words to him: "Contact the artillery, five rapid 'shots'!" small

The telephone soldier couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, but soon understood, quietly put his hand into the padded jacket, and then gently shook the phone.