Immediately afterwards, the head of the regiment raised his voice on the phone and warned Shi Zebo in a stern tone.

"Enpeng, I think you also know that the division commander values you, the only Baoding student in the mountain division, whether you are a mule or a horse, it depends on your battle. In this battle, if you fight well, I will ask you for credit with the brigade commander and division commander; If you mess up, I'll be the first to remove you. Remember, the start of your troops is the signal for the whole regiment to attack. ”

Li Ruifang values him very much, and Shi Zebo has long known this. Although Li Ruifang did not show anything to him, Li Ruifang personally went to Shi Zebo's camp to watch several trainings, and it could be seen from Li Ruifang's expression that Li Ruihuan was very satisfied with him.

After all, he graduated from Baoding Military Academy, you know, Baoding students at this time are the pass in the military, not to mention in various local troops, even in the Central Army with a large number of Whampoa students, as long as Baoding students do not stand in the wrong team, they will have a smooth career. Shi Zebo believes that as long as he shows some real skills, he is more likely to get ahead as soon as possible in the Fourth Route Army, which is expanding rapidly.

Shi Zebo shouted loudly into the phone: "Don't worry, the regiment commander, I promise to complete the task." ”

Putting down the phone, Shi Zebo took the steel helmet and reached for the submachine gun hanging on the wall.

Seeing this scene, Wang Dehuan hurriedly stopped Shi Zebo.

"Battalion commander, you can't go to the front, you need to command here, the command post can't do without you, or I'll go to the first company."

As Wang Dehuan spoke, he also picked up his steel helmet and put it on his head.

The danger to the front-line position is far greater than in this shelter, Shi Zebo understands Wang Dehuan's kindness, but this is not the time to express his feelings.

Shi Zebo said in an unquestioning tone: "Deputy Battalion Commander Wang, I still go to the front, and you stay here to command." ”

Seeing that Wang Dehuan was still arguing, Shi Zebo waved his hand and said, "Don't fight anymore, this is an order." ”

It was the first time that Shi Zebo gave an order to Wang Dehuan in this tone, which made Wang Dehuan stunned.

Shi Zebo put on a steel helmet, patted Wang Dehuan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I have more experience than you, the soldiers are all seeing the Soviet army for the first time, so it is inevitable that they will be nervous, it is better for me to go." ”

Walking to the entrance of the shelter department, Shi Zebo turned to Wang Dehuan and admonished: "After the battle starts, we must give full play to our firepower superiority, and kill and injure as many old Maozi as possible before charging." Remember, as long as it's not the regimental commander who directly orders the charge, you wait for my signal before giving the order. ”

Wang Dehuan saw that Shi Zebo had made up his mind and knew that he could no longer stop him, so he nodded in agreement, and at the same time called the guard platoon commander and ordered the guard platoon commander to take the guard platoon to protect Shi Zebo's safety. He also ordered the battalion air defense platoon to send an anti-aircraft machine gun team with a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun to follow the guard platoon.

When fighting in the mountains, it was inconvenient for the mountain division to carry heavy machine guns, and the mountain division was not equipped with Maxim heavy machine guns, so there was a lack of infantry suppression and support firepower. Since the Northern Machinery and Equipment Company produced its own anti-aircraft machine guns and issued them to various units as anti-aircraft weapons, this kind of high-power anti-aircraft machine gun fed by bullets chained by ammunition has been very popular with mountain divisions, including other troops, and is often used as infantry heavy machine guns by mountain divisions in peacetime training.

Considering that this regiment would have to hold out behind enemy lines and that it would be difficult to pose a threat to the Soviet army without heavy weapons, Li Ruifang specially allocated 30 bazookas to the mountain division. Now, each of the three battalions of the regiment had 10 guns, and each of them had an anti-tank platoon. This platoon of the 1st Battalion is now attached to the 1st Company position.

The position of the first company is the southernmost part of the entire ambush position, and whether they can completely annihilate the Soviet army this time depends on whether they can block the Soviet army.

The position of the first company is only more than 100 meters from the river beach, and it is the closest position to the river in the ambush circle.

A company of command posts was set up behind a large mound only a few meters high. When he arrived at the position of the first company, Shi Zebo first seized the time to adjust the position of the anti-tank platoon.

Because the Soviet escort team has adjusted its deployment and strengthened the strength of the forward, Shi Zebo must also make changes in a timely manner, so that the enemy will change and we will change.

The ten bazookas of the anti-tank platoon were originally deployed in positions, and if it was to strike four tanks, even at the edge of the effective range of the bazookas, two bazookas would hit one, and ten bazookas would be enough for four tanks to be reimbursed in the first round.

However, now there are two more. And not only to hit a real tank, but also to move the target, for these bazooka players who have not been getting the bazooka for a few days, this is the first time, and the certainty is not so great.

The adjusted deployment was that the anti-tank platoon moved the position forward by 40 meters, and the guard platoon accompanied it to cover it. Ten bazookas were divided into six groups and spaced twenty meters apart, arranged horizontally. The first four groups were two bazookas, the purpose of which was to ensure that the Soviet tanks were annihilated in the shortest possible time as soon as the battle began. Otherwise, once the Soviet tanks were allowed to rush up, the distance of more than a hundred meters was too close, and the tanks would be able to rush to the position in a few seconds.

If Soviet tanks were allowed to rush to the positions, the casualties of the troops would be large. Even because the soldiers are facing this kind of steel monster on the battlefield for the first time, it is easy to have a fear psychology, in case the Soviet infantry follows in time, the position of the first company may be lost, and the Soviet convoy rushes out at the risk of death, then the ambush will be a complete failure. Shi Zebo can't take that risk.

In order to motivate the bazooka players, and also to keep them from getting too nervous, Shi Zebo told the anti-tank platoon that for every Soviet tank destroyed, he would reward them with 100 yuan from his own salary.

A bold young soldier smiled and said, "Battalion commander, these are six tanks, that's six hundred yuan, and your monthly salary is not enough." ”

The platoon commander glared and reprimanded: "You kid talks a lot." ”

Shi Zebo wanted this kind of atmosphere, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, my battalion commander's monthly salary is definitely not enough." However, if you really kill these six tanks for me, and we eliminate Lao Maozi's convoy, I, Shi Zebo, will have made a great contribution. Moreover, if you fight well, maybe I can be promoted, and maybe I will become the head of the regiment, and then a month's salary will be enough for you. ”

Shi Zebo's words made the fighters very excited, and they all showed relaxed smiles, and most of the nervousness disappeared.

After the anti-tank platoon and the guard platoon entered the position, Shi Zebo ordered the commander of the first company to check the cover situation of the troops, and once again emphasized the "three kills order" issued by Song Zhewu.

As soon as the deployment was completed, a platoon of puppet Mongolian cavalry ran all the way along the river beach.

Some of the puppet-Mongolian cavalrymen wielded sabers in their hands, and some held Mosin Nagant riding spears on horseback in one hand, sometimes urging their horses to run along the way, sometimes stopping to look around.

Three or four miles behind them was the Soviet army's mighty convoy of 120 trucks and 12 tanks.

The cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army was very vigilant, and along the way, they kept looking around on their horses, and sometimes even rushed up to the river beach on horseback, and went to the grassy grassland that they thought was suspicious, and used their sabers to check the situation. If you don't find anything, you can beat the horse and run for a while.

Of the three battalions, except for the machine gun company of the third battalion and the battalion guards and reconnaissance units directly under the battalion, which were deployed on the other side of the river, the ambush positions of the other units were lined up on this side, and the entire ambush position was a little more than four kilometers long. This was calculated according to the number of trucks in the Soviet convoy, and at such a long distance, it was possible to load all the Soviet convoys into it.

In the river valley, except for the sound of the crushed hooves of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army, the roar of the motors of the transport convoys, and the sound of the wind and the gurgling water, there was no other sound, everything was so quiet. However, in this tranquility, there is a little weirdness.

The cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army quickly passed through a four-kilometer-long ambush circle and came to the river beach in front of the company's position.

Seeing that this puppet Mongolian army was about to pass through the position of the first company, as long as they walked over, this ambush was basically successful.

But at this moment, there was an accident, and a pseudo-Mongolian soldier who was riding a horse suddenly reined in his horse and looked intently in the direction of the position of the first company.

The other puppet Mongolian soldiers also reined in their horses one after another, and while asking, they all raised their riding spears in their hands.

Shi Zebo was startled by the actions of the puppet Mongolian army, according to his visual observation, at this time, only half of the Soviet transport convoy entered the ambush circle, and if the position of the first company was discovered by the puppet Mongolian army, this ambush would have failed. It is impossible to completely annihilate the Soviet army, and even if the Soviet army cooperates with the support inside and outside, it is very likely that even this part of the Soviet army that has entered the ambush circle will run away. This made Shi Zebo not only break out in a cold sweat.

What attracted the attention of the Soviet troops? Could it be the steel helmets of the warriors?

The steel helmets of the Fourth Route Army were imported from Germany before entering Taiyuan, but they were not the M16 steel helmets of the German army, but Song Zhewu made some improvements according to the M35 type that was officially issued by the German army in 35 years, and added a camouflage net to the steel helmet.

In this ambush, in order to prevent the steel helmet from reflecting sunlight from being discovered by the Soviet army, the regiment uniformly required all personnel to smear the steel helmet with soil. Could it be that the warrior's steel helmet was not done as required? Or did it not do it completely, and there was a flash that was discovered by the puppet Mongolian army?

Shi Zebo, who was lying in the grass, turned his head and looked at the sun that had turned to the west. It was about 14 o'clock in the afternoon, and the time of the ambush was chosen in the afternoon so that after the ambush of the Soviet troops, they could use the cover of night to evade the search of the Soviet planes and withdraw from the position safely.

Shi Zebo motioned to the commander of the company who nervously asked with his gaze to stabilize himself, and then observed the movements of the puppet Mongolian army through the grass.

The captain of the puppet Mongolian army who led the team, according to the direction of the finger of the puppet Mongolian army who was the first to discover the situation, raised his riding gun with one hand, "snapped" for the first time, shot at the grass in the distance, and then watched nervously the movement there.

Judging from the position where the puppet Mongolian army fired, it was the position of the company on the left side of the mound, and it was obvious that something had attracted the attention of the puppet Mongolian army. However, after the gunshot, there was no movement on the position, which made Shi Zebo's nervous nerves relax slightly.

However, the gunfire also caused the Soviet convoy behind to stop abruptly.

After observing for a while and seeing no movement, the captain of the puppet Mongolian army asked the puppet Mongolian army a few more words suspiciously, looked back at the convoy that had stopped, and waved his hand, apparently ordering the puppet Mongolian army to come and check.

The puppet Mongolian army reluctantly urged the horse onto the river beach and went straight to the position of a company......

(To be continued)