After listening to the report of the second platoon commander Liu Yiming, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju briefly discussed the two of them, and the company commander Zhao Yifa immediately instructed the second platoon commander Liu Yiming, who was standing in front of the two of them and was ready to be sent at any time, in a commanding tone: "Platoon Commander Liu, you should now hurry up and call Platoon Commander Feng and Platoon Commander Sun together, and the instructor and I will give the three of you a new division of labor between personnel and tasks for this blocking battle." ”

According to the division of personnel and tasks for the next blocking battle, Sun Lei led a platoon to blow up the airport on the east side of the suburbs of Xiajieyuli before fighting this blocking battle.

Ten minutes ago, Sun Lei led a platoon that had successfully completed the task, and returned safely to the hillside station where they were located without any attrition, which can be said to have successfully completed the task assigned by company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju.

Next, Sun Lei and the platoon led by him will enter the air-raid shelter to rest, as the reserve of this blocking battle, and when the second and third platoons feel very difficult to fight this blocking battle, they will be supplemented by a platoon to participate in the battle.

In other words, the main force to fight this blocking battle should be Liu Yiming's second platoon and Feng Pengju's third platoon, but this blocking battle has not yet started, but the company commander Zhao Yifa said that the division of labor and tasks will be re-conducted, which naturally makes Liu Yiming, who is full of ambition, feel a little unhappy.

As soon as the company commander Zhao Yifa's voice fell, Liu Yiming, who was standing in front of him, immediately questioned: "Company commander, isn't this blocking battle fought by our second platoon and Comrade Feng Pengju's third platoon, why do you still call the first platoon commander Comrade Sun Lei over?"

"Shouldn't it mean that all the good things have been taken up by their first platoon, blowing up the airfield on the outskirts of Xiajieyuli has nothing to do with our second and third platoons, let's fight a blocking battle now, I think it's also our second platoon's turn to show off their skills, why do we have to let a platoon join us in this blocking battle."

In the face of Liu Yiming's question, the company commander Zhao Yifa originally wanted to get angry again and scold him, but the instructor Wang Wenju, who was standing on the side, hurriedly pulled the company commander Zhao Yifa who was angry at this time, winked at him several times, and signaled him to be calm.

Subsequently, instructor Wang Wenju pulled Liu Yiming, the commander of the second platoon, aside and persuaded him in a kind voice: "Comrade Liu Yiming, you are also an old party member, you should know that you must obey the orders of your superiors on the battlefield, this is a simple truth."

"Just now, Company Commander Zhao said that this is a redivision of personnel and tasks for this blocking battle, but he did not say that the combat missions of your second and third platoons should be adjusted. It's just a matter of adding a row to it. You can rest assured, I am here to assure you, your second and third platoons are still the main fight, and the first platoon is just to assist you in the battle, you understand what I mean, right? ”

When instructor Wang Wenju finished speaking, Liu Yiming, the second platoon commander, immediately replied: "Instructor, if I say this, I will understand." Okay, I'll go and call Comrade Sun Lei, the leader of the first platoon, and Comrade Feng Pengju, the leader of the third platoon, here. ”

After the kind words and persuasion of instructor Wang Wenju, Liu Yiming, the second platoon commander who was still very emotional in his heart just now, finally settled down and hurriedly brought the first platoon commander Sun Lei and the third platoon commander Feng Pengju to the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju.

Sun Lei, who had been squatting in front of the air-raid shelter, originally thought that their platoon would not be of much use this time, after all, the US troops who escaped from the direction of Xiajieyuli would not be of much size.

In addition, the large arsenal of the American troops was also destroyed by them, and even the American troops who escaped from the lower corner numbered as many as a few hundred, and they had ten mortars and hundreds of shells waiting to be fed in the three companies of sharp knives.

What's more, they had a favorable terrain in the third company of sharp knives, and with their condescending geographical advantage, they were able to deal with a small group of US troops from the south side of Xiajieyuli, so naturally they had the upper hand in the third company of sharp knives.

What he never expected was that Liu Yiming, the commander of the second platoon, actually informed him to go to the pre-battle preparation meeting for this blocking battle, and he felt that he was afraid that company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju would arrange for him and the soldiers of the first platoon to take on combat tasks in this blocking battle.

Sure enough, after the first platoon commander Sun Lei, the second platoon commander Liu Yiming and the third platoon commander Feng Pengju arrived, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju asked the second platoon and the third platoon to do the main attack of this blocking battle, and let Sun Lei take the soldiers of the first platoon to make reserves, and at the same time, they also handed over the ten mortars to Sun Lei to command and use.

The reason why company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju made this arrangement was because almost none of the soldiers in the second and third platoons had ever touched the artillery, and even if they were given these ten mortars to use, they would not open fire.

Among the soldiers in the platoon led by Sun Lei, almost every soldier has experienced many tragic battles, and many soldiers used to be gunners, and then because the cannon could not penetrate into the hinterland, they had to change to infantry.

Regarding the re-adjustment of the tasks made by company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, Liu Yiming, the commander of the second platoon, and Feng Pengju, the commander of the third platoon, naturally cannot be said, while the first platoon commander Sun Lei feels that he has a heavy responsibility this time, and the task is still very arduous.

Mortars, as the only weapons that can be called heavy firepower in the three companies of their sharp knife companies, must be shelled and destroyed as much as possible at a long distance in the upcoming blocking battle, and destroy the vital forces of the US troops retreating south as much as possible.

Otherwise, once the American troops retreating south approached the hillside where they were located, and came within a hundred meters, the ten mortars they captured would be almost useless.

This is mainly because the firing range of the shelling run is about 200 to 300 meters, and only within this range can it effectively kill US troops, whether it is too far or too close, it is not within the scope of the shelling.

After the personnel and division of tasks in the blocking battle were rearranged, the soldiers of the second and third platoons were already in position in the trenches, and they all carried the American-style rifles and American-style machine guns that were distributed, and filled the bullets in the chambers to the brim, just waiting for the company commander Zhao Yifa to give an order.

At the same time, Sun Lei selected twenty soldiers from among their fifty-five soldiers to follow him, and came to the high ground more than ten meters away on the south side of the trench, where the ten mortars were lined up and aimed at the American troops who were getting closer and closer to them on the north side of the hillside without exception.