The dark night of winter came early, and in the broken trenches, the soldiers fell asleep in the trenches, and their guns did not leave their bodies. As the last barrier of the troops, the observation post on duty dutifully observes the movement in front of the formation, and the two light machine guns are placed on the left and right flanks, which can quickly form crossfire in case of an accident, and the rifle post buys time for others.

Zhang Wei closed his eyes, thinking about tomorrow, the cold wind of winter made him unable to sleep, and the dust particles in the air like ice beads hit his eyes, close his eyes.

Moving his body, Zhang Wei suddenly felt a glimmer of fire, not an illusion, he opened his eyes and saw a bonfire in the corner, surrounded by several soldiers warming up the bonfire. Zhang Wei jumped up: "Bastard, put out the fire, you guys are fucking crazy." ”

Several people looked at Zhang Wei from a distance, the military uniform under the firelight, the true color of the gray clothes in winter was still obvious, and it seemed that it was a recruit from the transportation company.

The soldiers of the reinforced company woke up one after another, and before everyone could wake up, several shells flew in the dark and exploded on the bonfire, and for a time the fire was full of light, and the bonfire and broken wood flew into the sky, along with the soldiers.

The loud explosion made everyone drowsy, "See, this is the fate of the target." Zhang Wei shouted at everyone. He Kun and a few people hurriedly went up and extinguished the embers of the explosion with soil, and the position returned to silence again, and most of them chose to take guns to guard. Zhang Wei also moved his body, looking at the movement under the mountain, the main position was also panicked due to the shelling just now, and dozens of people searched around in the first trench to search for the enemy's situation.

Vigilance is better than slackness.

Zhang Wei didn't plan to sleep, looking down, looking into the distance, and even farther away, it was a sharp fang, a bloodthirsty demon. Suddenly, there was also a fire in the distance, and Zhang Wei rubbed his naked eyes, whether he was dazzled.

"Company commander, it's on fire." With the reminder of the soldiers, Zhang Wei knew that this was true, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and with the help of the winter wind, it began to sweep upward from the foot of the Purple Mountain. Some soldiers in the main position even opened fire out of panic.

The Japanese set fire to the mountain, but what should have happened happened. Zhang Wei looked at the fire that was getting closer and bigger, and knew in his heart that if he wanted to save the lives of his brothers, he had to retreat. I can't do that much now.

"Everyone, don't panic, take the squad as a unit, leave the trenches in turn, and retreat to the back mountain"

"The veterans and platoon commanders of all classes are looking at the point." After speaking, Zhang Wei also left the trench with his gun and looked down the mountain, and the people on the main position also began to retreat. Zhang Wei walked at the end of the formation, fortunately there was no rout, but there was a problem when the team of the main position retreated, shouting and scolding, beating and scolding mixed together, and the soldiers of several companies ran out of order because of the night, but fortunately, the road behind the mountain was not long, and the chaos came to an end.

Zhang Wei brought the troops to the foot of the back mountain, and some of the soldiers who had run out of chaos also returned to the original formed units, dispersed under the organization of the squad and platoon leader, and sat on the ground to rest and be on guard.

Zhang Wei took the search squad and the communications squad and made a detour on the gentle slope behind the main position to meet the troops of the main position. If the troops in the main position were dispersed because of this, Zhang Wei would not want to hold that small high ground. From the top of the hill came the sound of footsteps getting closer and louder.

Some soldiers pushed each other to the gentle slope, and the people behind also ran around, but they did not run away, Rao Guowen and Lu Yuding waved guns on both sides, organizing order. Zhang Wei also took the search squad and the communication squad to help dredge and guide, and finally organized the soldiers in the main position. Rao Guowen and Lu Yuding were sweating profusely and came over to thank Zhang Wei.

"There are too many recruits, if you want me to say, this group of soldiers in the transportation company is not trained, and they think they are great if they can shoot a gun, and they were on fire just now, and they ran away in fright one by one, almost scattering the veterans of my spy company." Rao Guowen wiped his sweat and said indignantly.

Wouldn't it be nice if the recruits didn't die in a few battles, Zhang Wei persuaded beside him.

Rao Guowen complained a few words, but he still succumbed to reality, and went to Lu Yuding to arrange and organize the soldiers, and he could still hear his scolding voice from afar, and the veterans and recruits scolded together, in his eyes, the chaos caused by these transport even soldiers, and the veterans in the team were also responsible.

It took ten minutes for the two men to finally put the team in order, and the two platoons of the special service company and the remnants of the third battalion were reduced to a company and a reinforced company, which were arranged in three rows and three columns at large intervals on the gentle slope of the back mountain, and crawled on the gentle slope.

The skylit fire illuminated the night, across the hillside, Zhang Wei could still see the fire and smoke rising upward, the position had become a sea of fire, the crackling sound of deflagration indicated that most of the fortifications were to be burned, and the cost of dealing with the attack was getting less and less, the Japanese artillery took advantage of the light of the fire, and it was very appropriate to come to the position of the national army with two rounds of rapid fire, and the shells blew up all kinds of burning materials into the sky, and then fell, Zhang Wei could only be glad that he hid far away, in case one hid on the back of the mountain instead of the foot of the mountain, If the Japanese artillery fired another rapid fire, I am afraid that these people would all have to be broken.

Rao Guowen and Lu Yuding looked at Zhang Wei, and they were also shocked. Rao Guowen sighed: "Tomorrow, prepare to be martyred, burn it for a night, all those bunkers are finished, alas" Zhang Wei sat on the ground, they had no way to counteract, they could only let the skyrocketing fire rage on the position.

"Who," came the sound of a guard post from behind, and a group of people rushed towards the foot of the mountain, fifty or sixty in all.

"Put down the gun, it's the regimental headquarters, it's the regimental commander." It was the regiment commander Li Xikai who took the lead, followed by a platoon that had not been transferred from the regiment's attached special service company.

"What is the situation, what are the casualties"

Zhang Wei replied: "A few of my people were lighting a bonfire while sleeping just now, and they were killed by shells. ”

Rao Guowen and Lu Yuding also replied: The spies broke up in two platoons, a few of the people in the third battalion were injured, and the rest were fine.

"Okay" Li Xikai nodded, looked at Rao Guowen and said: This is the third platoon of your spy company, which was brought to you, and there are some ammunition, you can divide it.

"Regiment Commander, the spy company is gone, what should I do with the regiment headquarters." Lu Yuding asked with concern. Li Xi smiled: How many people are there in the regiment headquarters, the battle defense artillery company and the infantry artillery company are gone, there is still a cover platoon in the health center, and there are combat soldiers in the regiment headquarters, which is enough. Besides, now that the brigade commander has been martyred in other troops, what can I do even if I die.

The three of them also stopped talking, and divided the ammunition that had been sent. When Li Xikai left, he said earnestly: "I'm afraid tomorrow is the most difficult day, and it is also the most difficult day to hold, we really can't stop it, the first and second battalions are almost all gone, and more than 100 people in the first battalion are still guarding, we must be more thoughtful and cautious." After speaking, he returned to the regiment headquarters with Tuan Fu and others.

Li Xikai's words reminded Zhang Wei of the days of the second battalion, the battalion commander Sun Zhongxian who died in battle, and the company commander Wu Zhong, who did not know life and death.

"Alas" Rao Guowen seemed to see through his thoughts, patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder, and took the three rows of the spy company into the team.