"Hey, what's going on, it's been five minutes past midnight now, why hasn't the battle started at Guitou Cave yet? Lao Wang, when you went to the regiment headquarters, did the regiment commander and political commissar tell you that we must rush to the place where we are tonight and set up a barricade about 200 meters long?"

Zhao Yifa, the commander of the third company of the Volunteer Army, who was hiding on the hillside on the left, kept staring at the time on the pocket watch in his hand all the time, until the hour hand pointed to the number twelve and the minute hand pointed to the number five, then he raised his head to look at the instructor Wang Wenju next to him, and asked in a tone of doubt and surprise.

Wang Wenju, the instructor of the Third Company, who was lying in the snow and grass, took his eyes off the watch he was wearing on his left wrist, and turned to look at Zhao Yifa, who was a little restless next to him, with a little anger in his eyes.

Facing his old partner's doubts about himself, Wang Wenju replied in a firm tone and lowered his voice: "Lao Zhao, I heard it clearly at the regiment headquarters, what the regiment commander and political commissar said was that our third company must set up a roadblock with a length of at least 200 meters on the road in the middle of the hillside on both sides before 0:00 o'clock tonight, in the position where we are now. ”

In fact, Zhao Yifa, who was a little impatient, just asked casually when he was in a hurry. However, when he said it, he immediately regretted it.

Because he has partnered with Wang Wenju for many years, they still know each other very well, Wang Wenju is a very cautious person, and there will never be a major mistake of "fake military orders".

After listening to Wang Wenju's affirmative answer, Zhao Yifa smiled and explained: "Lao Wang, don't misunderstand. I just asked you that casually, you don't have to take it so seriously. The two of us have been working together for more than three years, and I still know you very well about Lao Wang. ”

After listening to Zhao Yifa's explanation, Wang Wenju was relieved, and also raised his own question: "Lao Zhao, I still know you quite well. I know that it has now passed midnight, and there has not been any gunfire in the direction of Guitou Cave, which means that the battle has not yet begun, and you are a little anxious, and I can understand your feelings.

"Actually, it's not just you. I'm also anxious right now. The place where we are at this time is located five kilometers east of Guitou Cave, and if most of our volunteers are not able to attack Guitou Cave from the west, then the barricades we have set up here will be useless at that time. ”

Regarding Wang Wenju's analysis and worry, Zhao Yifa, whose emotions gradually stabilized, nodded approvingly,

Suddenly, at this time, the thoughtful Wang Wenju seemed to have thought of something, and said to Zhao Yifa next to him with a somewhat surprised tone: "That's right, Lao Zhao." The task given to us by the regiment headquarters is to ask our third company to set up the barricades before midnight tonight.

"However, it didn't say that the attack on Guitou Cave would be launched at midnight tonight. Our third company has now completed the task of setting up barricades, and the next thing is to wait for the direction of Guitou Cave to see if the battle between Europe will start, in my opinion, let's wait and see what happens. ”

As soon as Wang Wenju's voice fell, Zhao Yifa, who was still puzzled just now, suddenly realized that the deadline for their third company to complete the barricade was not necessarily the time for the battle to start, and now their third company, which had no combat mission, could only continue to wait in this place.

It was indeed not only the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju who were anxious, but also the other soldiers of the Third Company of the Volunteer Army were also anxiously waiting to hear the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Guitoudong, five kilometers to the west.

After the roadblocks were set up, on the hillside on the left side of the road, there were two ambushes, company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, leading the soldiers of the second and third platoons with unorganized personnel.

On the hillside on the right side of the road, there was an ambush of almost complete platoon of soldiers, with platoon commander Liu Sanshun in charge of directing the battle.

After about half an hour, the company commander Zhao Yifa didn't hear the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Guitou Cave for a long time, and felt that which of his thoughts just now had been confirmed.

If this continues, I don't know when it will be, and the soldiers of the third company are now starting to doze off, after all, they haven't slept with their eyes closed for a day and night.

After seeing this situation, the company commander Zhao Yifa hurriedly called the herald and asked him to pass the order, take the squad as the combat unit, let each squad take turns to rest, and at least ensure that there is a squad on the hillside on the left and right sides to be responsible for guarding.

Unfortunately, when all the soldiers of the entire Third Company were very sleepy, Sun Lei and the first platoon of the Third Company of the Volunteer Army were responsible for the first round of vigilance tasks on the hillside on the right side of the road.

No, Sun Mancang, a group of soldiers in charge of patrolling and guarding on the hillside on the right side of the highway, yawned a long "ah......, and then asked Sun Lei, who was in a group with him, in a complaining tone: "I said, Sun Lei, isn't your kid quite capable?"

"Tell me, when did the battle start in this guitou hole? It's been more than an hour since midnight, why hasn't there been even a little movement? ”

Although Sun Lei didn't yawn, his upper and lower eyelids kept fighting, and he replied in an impatient tone: "Comrade Sun Mancang, whether the battle over there has started or not is not a matter of our three companies."

"The task of our third company is to set up barricades and stay here on standby. And at the moment, the task of you and me is to be responsible for patrolling and guarding, and it is none of our business, so it is better not to inquire and discuss, and get into trouble for free. ”

Originally, Sun Mancang thought that he could find out some information about the battle of Guitoudong from Sun Lei's mouth, but after touching the ash of his nose, he felt very bored, so he closed his mouth and followed Sun Lei to continue patrolling and guarding on the hillside on the right side of the road.

From dark to dawn, from midnight until six o'clock the next morning, the soldiers of the 3rd Company of the Volunteer Army, who were lying in ambush on the hillsides on the left and right sides of the road, did not hear any gunfire coming from Guitou Cave, five kilometers to the west.

After two shifts of rest, everyone got at least three hours of rest, which also relieved fatigue and sleepiness to a certain extent, but the soldiers' mental state was still listless.

In the case that the fatigue and fatigue are not completely relieved, the soldiers of the third company will face an even more serious problem, that is, they have only a small handful of fried noodles left in each person, and it is estimated that they will continue to starve again today.