After holding such a long meeting, we thought that we would study a lot of content, but when Battalion Commander Zhao conveyed it to the advance battalion, he did not clarify much of the situation at all, and only said that he would continue to be stationed in place to organize pre-war training. Later, I learned about the specific situation of the meeting from someone else, who was Liu Chaoju, the platoon commander of the second platoon, and Liu Chaoju was a person with a particularly strong sense of curiosity. It is said that the platoon commander of the tank battalion heard the information from the mouth of their battalion commander, so this news still has a certain degree of credibility.

It is said that the meeting was held promptly at 3 p.m. that day, and nearly 30 people attended the meeting, including battalion commanders and instructors of the six battalions, brigade commanders and political commissars and chief of staff of the composite brigade, deputy commander Xiao Aihua, commander-in-chief of the command group, and some leaders of the command group and staff officers of the command group.

After the meeting began, Deputy Commander Xiao Aihua briefed all the personnel on the formation of the command group and the units participating in the war, and then conveyed the instructions and requirements of the superiors, which were very general, that is, to resolutely crack down on the Ikishah terrorist organization and win peace for the people of the world, and so on, which took only half an hour. For the next four and a half hours, they discussed only one question, that is, whether the battle was mainly fought against us or on neighboring countries.

The participants were divided into two factions, one of which believed that we should take ourselves as the main force and should take the initiative to attack resolutely against the enemy's arrogance and raise the prestige of our country. On the other hand, the other faction believes that we should focus on neighboring countries, and that we should assist in attacks and reduce damage, because after all, we should be cautious and cautious in our overseas operations.

The two factions quarreled until the end of the meeting, and no conclusion was reached, and finally the deputy commander made a decision and reported the situation to the military region, which made a decision.

When I heard such news, I didn't believe it at first, I thought it was too, and I was about to fight, and I couldn't even be sure how to fight, how could I fight? Isn't there a plan? Isn't there a plan? Is it just so blind? It was not until the end, when Liu Chaoju repeatedly said that he had received the news from a battalion commander, that I believed that this was really the case, and I suddenly felt chills all over my body, which was even colder than lying on my stomach in the snow for 10 hours. So what will be our results?

The next day, the news came back from the military region, and there was only one sentence, strengthening coordination and cooperation with neighboring countries, and showing the characteristics of our army.

After the news came back, the command held a second meeting to study and understand the instructions of the superiors. The meeting lasted six hours, breaking the previous record of five hours. The meeting was a very successful meeting, and the meeting reached a consensus and determined the substantive strategies and tactics, including the time of the battle, the tasks of the part of the team, and so on, all of which were clarified at this meeting.

As a small platoon commander, I didn't have a chance to learn more about these things, and Liu Chaoju learned about these news from other battalions, but the news was not too detailed, and I didn't know which sentence was true and which sentence was false. As a platoon commander, I only need to obey the company commander's orders, and the company commander tells him to set off whenever he wants, and the company commander tells him to charge whenever he wants. As for the other news and rumors, I just laughed it off and never took it to heart.

After the meeting at the command post, the battalion commander organized a meeting of the company commanders and instructors, and after the meeting in the battalion, the company commander Sun Zhenwu organized a meeting of the squad and platoon commanders, and it was already 9 o'clock in the evening when the meeting was held.

Yawning, I went to the tent of the company commander's instructor, and I thought to myself, there are usually a lot of company meetings, and once it starts, it will be a day. In this case, I only dare to think about it in my heart, but I dare not say it, I am afraid that the company commander dragged me out and killed me.

Thinking about it, during the meeting, I didn't dare to get distracted, and I took a very serious record of the instructions and requirements of my superiors conveyed by the company commander's instructor. At the meeting, company commander Sun Zhenwu clarified the next tasks to everyone.

Ten days later, we crossed the North Sumu River into the Shay's Federation and attacked the Ikishah terrorist base from west to east, and the Shay's army attacked the Ikishah terrorist base from east to west. As an advance battalion, our battalion will first enter the Shaya Federation in seven days to reconnoiter the terrain and establish strongholds, so as to lay a good foundation for the follow-up troops to enter.

Now that I have learned to be obedient, I don't dare to ask nonsense anymore, no matter what tasks the company commander arranges, I will resolutely carry it out, of course, it can also be said that my thinking has matured.

In the next seven days, Sun Zhenwu continued to lead us to organize pre-war training, of course, the focus of pre-war training was to resist the cold and lurk, and at the same time, the company commander also organized us to analyze the terrain and study the marching route.

At three o'clock in the morning of the seventh day, under the order of Xiao Aihua, the commander-in-chief of the headquarters, the advance battalion took up its bags and marched to the neighboring country in the dark night. In the early hours of the morning, the temperature was very low and the wind was very cold and biting, so we clenched our steel guns and walked forward with vigorous and firm steps.

At 4:46 a.m., the 1st Company of the Advance Battalion, as the sharp knife company of the advance battalion, was the first to cross the North Sumu River and enter the territory of the Shaya Federation, which was the first time that our army entered a neighboring country to fight in the new century, and this moment was of great historical significance, and the first Hongwu soldier to enter the Shaya Federation was Liu Qingkai, the platoon commander of the 1st Company and 1 platoon of the advance battalion.

After entering the territory of the neighboring country, the whole unit first marched to the nearest high ground according to the predetermined plan, and the first target of the advance battalion was this high ground, which was called Heights 374, as the first stronghold of the advance battalion.

The crossing point was not far from the 374 heights, about 3 kilometers or so, and it took all the detachments of the advance battalion to reach the bottom of the 374 heights in 40 minutes. Battalion commander Zhao Lixin first took out the combat map and looked at it carefully for a long time. Since the 2nd Infantry Company was at the back of the battalion headquarters and I was not far from the battalion commander, I craned my neck and looked at the map, but only to get a general idea, with various colored lines drawn on it, indicating the disposition of both the enemy and the enemy.

Battalion Commander Zhao did not seem to be in a hurry about the next action, he looked at the map for a while, and then called several company commanders over, as if he intended to test everyone, and called all the nearby platoon commanders over, and when he saw that everyone was gathered around, Battalion Commander Zhao said unhurriedly: "Now we have reached the vicinity of the No. 1 target point, which is the 374 heights. Battalion Commander Zhao made a mark on the map, and then continued: "According to the instructions of the superiors, we should work steadily and steadily, step by step, and explore the high ground by high ground until we determine the location of the nest of the Ikishah organization." Battalion Commander Zhao said as he pointed along the map to the area marked with a blue line, "However, I just looked at the map carefully, and I found that if we advance step by step, one high ground after another, the advantage is to be steady, steady and steady, but it seems that there are also shortcomings. What kind of tactics should we adopt? ”

Speaking of which, everyone also understood what Battalion Commander Zhao meant, saying that he wanted everyone to staff and staff officers, but in fact, he wanted to test everyone in combination with the actual situation, or train everyone.

At this time, I was able to see clearly the map by the faint light, and the map marked the location of the base of the Ikishah organization, as well as some of the defensive positions, as well as the location of the current troops.

Although I thought about it a lot, the battalion commander asked at this moment, and it was naturally the company commander who took the test, and I was not qualified to talk much as a small platoon commander. Sure enough, after waiting for a while, several company commanders expressed their opinions, including my company commander Sun Zhenwu. I think what our company commander said is the most reliable, because I know that company commander Sun Zhenwu has been studying maps and terrain in the past few days, and has some thoughts.

After listening to Sun Zhenwu's opinion, Battalion Commander Zhao couldn't help nodding: "What everyone said is good, especially Company Commander Sun, who analyzed very thoroughly and insightfully, and I agree with it." Since we have already started fighting, we must win by surprise, and if we advance from high ground to high ground, then the enemy will be prepared and the battle will be difficult to fight. Therefore, we must appropriately adjust our operational plans, adopt the method of rapid advance, penetrate directly into the enemy's hinterland, open up strongholds, and open up a channel for subsequent surprise attacks by armored combat forces. ”

After determining the tactics, the battalion commander Zhao Lixin re-clarified the tasks of the whole battalion. The 1st Infantry Company was to serve as a forward reconnaissance detachment, which was to conduct reconnaissance of the front in three directions, and it was necessary to destroy the enemy's outposts. The support company is responsible for setting up a communication base station to ensure smooth communication between the detachments and between the battalion headquarters and the headquarters. Other companies quickly assaulted forward after the forward reconnaissance detachment.

Battalion Commander Zhao made it clear to all detachments that the forward reconnaissance detachment would be the first to set off, and that an hour later, the other detachments would advance rapidly in accordance with their tasks and in the order of their advance, and that they must march 60 kilometers before dark to reach the 467 heights. I took a look, and the 467 Heights were still some distance away from the nest of the terrorist group, and it was estimated that it would take a day of rapid travel to reach it.