The telegram was sent to Han Guangdi in the name of Song Zhewu, and the content was to 'inquire about the situation of the battle in Zhalainur, and to ask them to hold on to Zarainuoer until noon tomorrow.' Although the telegram did not mention the reinforcements, Shi Ming understood as soon as he read the telegram that the reinforcements should arrive after noon tomorrow.

After a day of fighting, Shi Ming's originally somewhat apprehensive mood was now very relaxed, and he already understood the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army. Although the fighting spirit of the Soviet army was strong, and it could even be said to be very tenacious, if the Soviet army did not have tanks and so many heavy artillery, its combat effectiveness and even tactics were not stronger than those of the Fourth Route Army, and in his opinion, it was even worse. If the Soviet army did not have tanks, it would be completely possible to hold on to this high ground until noon tomorrow, even the day after tomorrow.

Shi Ming handed the telegram to Wang Zhengting, the deputy battalion commander on the side, and said to Wang Shijie: "Please ask Staff Officer Wang to go back and tell Brigade Commander Han that the high ground can be held until tomorrow afternoon, please rest assured." ”

After speaking, he turned to Wang Zhengting and said, "Lao Wang, you lead a company of unwounded personnel, as well as the baggage company and the battalion guard platoon, to go with Staff Officer Wang to assist Brigade Commander Han in guarding Zha Lai Nuoer. ”

Wang Zhengting opened his mouth, looked at Wang Shijie again, and didn't say anything.

Shi Ming understood Wang Zhengting's thoughts, and knew that he was a little reluctant to troops, but he didn't say much in front of Wang Shijie, so he waved his hand and said, "Execute the order." ”

Wang Zhengting did not speak again, but only ordered the correspondent to convey the order.

Wang Shijie was ordered by Han Guangdi to report the situation to Shi Ming and asked Shi Ming if he needed reinforcements. But what surprised him was that Shi Ming not only didn't want reinforcements, but also sent them reinforcements in such a fierce battle!

You must know that at this time, whoever can hold out until noon tomorrow means who can live, and once the reinforcements arrive, the Soviet army will inevitably fail, or even be defeated. That is, as long as the person who persevers to the end will be a hero, and he will be a big hero.

At this time, whoever has more troops will have more hope of holding on until the arrival of reinforcements, and who will have more possibilities to become a hero.

But the problem is that Shi Ming is not just from the Northeast, he is also a member of the Fourth Route Army. Moreover, the Fourth Route Army was not the Northeast Army, they came to support the Northeast in the anti-Soviet war, and they were only friendly forces of the Northeast Army. Even the Northeast Army's own troops, at such a time, there will not be many people who can do this. According to Han Guangdi, this Fourth Route Army is really here to help the Northeast Army!

Wang Shijie tried his best to control his excitement, and said in a flat tone as much as possible: "Battalion Commander Shi, on behalf of Brigade Commander Han, I am grateful to Battalion Commander Shi for his high righteousness. As long as the high ground is not lost, even if we have to retreat to the Zalainuoer railway station, our two places can also form horns with each other, and it will not be easy for Lao Maozi to take Zalainuoer before noon tomorrow. However, if this high ground is lost, Zalainorr will surely be besieged on all sides, and the railway station will be under the blow of high ground fire, not to mention that it will be difficult to hold on until noon tomorrow, even for an hour. Therefore, Brigade Commander Han thinks that the high ground needs more military support, and even our people think so. If Battalion Commander Shi feels confident that he can hold the high ground, I can go back and tell Brigade Commander Han not to send additional reinforcements to the high ground, but the high ground should not be used to support Zha Lai Nuoer. ”

Shi Ming shook his head and said, "Counselor Wang, Zha Lai Nuoer does not guarantee that the task will be completed if he does not lose before noon tomorrow. The main force of our western front is in Manchuria, where there are more than 10,000 of our defenders, but in Zhalainor, even if you count my battalion, there are only about 8,000 people, the Soviet army did not attack Manchuria with the main force this time, but attacked Zarainuoer with the main strength of his three divisions, and its purpose was obviously to first destroy the defenders of Zhalainor, cut off the back road of the defenders in Manchuria, and then turn back to besiege Manchuria. If the Soviets occupy Zhainuoer tonight, or occupy most of them, then, even if they cannot finally destroy us at the railway station and on the high ground in the short term, they can besiege and monitor this place with a small number of troops, and the main force will go north to attack Manchuria. ”

"Moreover, if we were left with only two small areas, the railway station and the high ground, and the concentrated artillery shelling of the Soviets after dawn, coupled with the bombing of aircraft, we would have suffered heavy casualties. Therefore, we must fight the Soviets for the city tonight, or at least maintain the current situation. As for the high ground, I also asked Staff Officer Wang to convey to Brigade Commander Han that I promise that I will never lose ground before noon tomorrow, and that not a single soldier here will withdraw from the high ground before reinforcements arrive. ”

Because the Northeast Army has always had a stable rear, they have done a good job in cultivating military talents, and the vast majority of staff officers like Wang Shijie in the Northeast Army are from professional classes, and Wang Shijie graduated from the Northeast Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and Shi Ming's words he knew were correct.

Wang Shijie sighed with emotion in his heart, no longer shirked, stood up and said: "Battalion Commander Shi doesn't care about gains and losses, everything is for the sake of Zha Lai Nuoer, Wang admires!" Since this is the case, then I will immediately go back to the Han brigade commander to convey the meaning of Battalion Commander Shi, with our two armies fighting together, and Lao Maozi will definitely not be able to take away Zha Lai Nuoer before noon. After saying that, he got up and left.

Shi Ming shouted to Wang Shijie, who was about to go out, and asked with some curiosity: "Staff Officer Wang, what weapon did you use to shoot down that plane today?" ”

As soon as he mentioned the plane that was shot, Wang Shijie also came to his senses, and immediately told Shi Ming vividly.

It turned out that the small courtyard that was bombed was a mortar position of the 17th Brigade, and the Soviet army bullied the Northeast Army that did not have many air defense weapons, and flew extremely low in order to accurately bomb the target. An 82 mortar shooter is not angry, and it is a shot at the enemy planes that dive down in a formation. The mortar is a weapon against ground targets, and this gunner only wanted to breathe, and did not expect to actually shoot down the plane. The first plane he was aiming at was missed, but the mortar shell that went out was mistakenly overtaken by the second plane. At this time, the aircraft did not have an all-metal structure, they were all wooden structures, and naturally they could not withstand the power of a single 82 mortar shell.

Seeing off Wang Shijie, Shi Ming went to the three positions and carefully checked the defense of the positions, and saw that the three companies were on duty in two shifts according to his requirements to prevent the Soviet troops from sneaking up on the positions at night, so he returned to his headquarters with confidence, collapsed on the bed with his clothes, and squinted as soon as possible.

In the middle of the night, Shi Ming was awakened by the explosion of gunshots and grenades, he jumped out of bed, and was about to rush out to see what was going on, when the commander of the second company ran in.

"Battalion commander, it was the western mountain beam where the guns rang out, it must be that the Soviet army wanted to sneak attack us from there, and the reconnaissance company did it."

Shi Ming walked outside the shelter department and listened carefully for a while, although the gunfire there was very dense, and there was even the sound of machine gun shooting, the reconnaissance company did not have machine guns, it must have been from the Soviet army. Listening to the sound, the Soviet machine-gun fire was often interrupted suddenly, and judging by the duration of the shooting, it was neither a normal change of ammunition chains, nor a natural pause caused by a conscious burst of fire, but more like a constant change of shooters. In the sound of gunfire, one can hear the sound of 38-style unhurried firing and a large number of 20-round barge guns, and occasionally the sound of short point fire of MP18.

After listening to it for a while, the gunfire from the west not only did not approach, but on the contrary, it gradually moved westward, knowing that it was the reconnaissance company that withstood the attack of the Soviet army.

Shi Ming was relieved of this reconnaissance company. His battalion did not have a reconnaissance company, and although the battalion level of the Fourth Route Army was large, like other units, there was only one reconnaissance platoon in the battalion. This reconnaissance company was assigned to him and Wang De when Zhang Yafei transferred two companies from the division's reconnaissance battalion when he set off this time.

This reconnaissance company has a Type 38 rifle platoon, a submachine gun platoon, and two pistol platoons, and these people are all top men in the division in grabbing, fighting, and shooting. Shi Ming believed that in the dense woods to the west, where it was impossible to shoot at targets a few meters away, the Soviet army's spears were certainly not as flexible as submachine guns and pistols, and you must know that this reconnaissance company had more than 100 pistols and nearly 100 submachine guns, and the Soviet army would definitely not be able to please them in the dense forest at night.

From the location of the gunfire, it can be determined that the Soviet troops who attacked there were no longer supported and were retreating. However, did the Soviet army just send this group of sneak attack troops, without the support of frontal troops, even if the sneak attack troops touched, there would not be many big results.

Thinking of this, Shi Ming couldn't help but feel excited, and while asking people to order all companies to go to the position, he hurried to the bunker on the position, and checked the movement of the Soviet army behind the ridge line through the observation port.

Because it was a cloudy day today, it was dark outside, and the visibility was only more than 30 meters through the reflection of the snow on the ground. Suddenly, at position No. 1, someone shouted, "There are Soviet troops." "Immediately after" pass, pass, pass. The sound of heavy machine guns rang out first. Shi Ming looked outside again, and there were also figures rushing over in front of the No. 2 position, and without his order, the light and heavy machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles on the position immediately fired fiercely at the outside, and at this time, the gunfire in the No. 3 position also rang out non-stop. It seems that the Soviet army wants to take advantage of the darkness to attack the core position.

Due to the poor line of sight, when they found the Soviet army, they had already rushed to within 30 meters, fortunately, each company had been on guard on the position in advance, although the Soviet army was a surprise attack, so that several formations of the Fourth Route Army on the position were a little caught off guard, but the defenders' firepower was too intensive, and the Soviet army would be immediately knocked down by bullets if they wanted to rush to within 30 meters.

However, the Soviets quickly threw grenades, which caused heavy casualties to the fighters in the trenches. The defenders also used grenades to shoot back at the Soviets, and in the light from the grenade explosion, it could be seen that the Soviets were attacking a large number of people, and as long as there was a slight negligence in that place, the Soviets would instantly rush into the position. With the flash of the grenade explosion, the light and heavy machine guns on the position could shoot at the target, and the dense rain of bullets pressed the Soviet troops to the ground and could not raise their heads.

(To be continued)