On 10 October, as soon as they were ready, according to the plan, they were to first carry out a two-day feint attack on Phoenix Mountain from the front, and after breakfast in the morning, a battalion of troops set up a formation under Phoenix Mountain, and Xiao Zhenlei personally went out to command in front of the formation.

Because these soldiers are all new recruits, although they have been trained for several months before, and they have also been trained in offensive and retreat tactics in the camp in the past few days, but except for Xiao Zhenlei, no one from the officer to the soldier has real battlefield experience, and whether the soldier has combat experience is secondary, after all, the other party is just a group of rabble, but the grassroots officers have no experience in commanding the battle, which is very fatal, so Xiao Zhenlei decided to personally lead the troops to attack.

He called two infantry battalion commanders, Chen Jizu and Wu Shiyou, as well as six infantry company commanders, 18 platoon commanders, artillery company commanders, and machine gun platoon commanders, all to a meeting, in which he said: "Since none of you have ever had experience in commanding battles, I have decided to personally lead the command in front for the past two days, and today the first battalion is here, and tomorrow it will be the turn of the second battalion. The platoon commander had to hold a notebook and a pen, on the one hand, he had to pay attention to dodging the bullets fired from the opposite side, and on the other hand, he had to record in detail every order I gave in battle, the combat environment at that time, and the situation of both the enemy and us. Only practice can produce the truth, therefore. You must be safe when you follow me, do you understand? ”

Others wanted to oppose Xiao Zhenlei though. Because it was too dangerous to let a regiment commander lead a platoon, they didn't want him to take such a big risk, but there was no other way, if one of them really went to command, they didn't know how much joke and how many casualties they would make, and everyone could only agree by default.

Xiao Zhenlei had no opinion on everyone, so he shouted: "Artillery company commander Qian Wanli!" ”

"Here!" A young man stood up and answered loudly.

"After I led the attack, the bandits halfway up the mountain would definitely open fire. This kind of earthen cannon is a front-loading gun many years ago, the shells are all balls, the power is far less powerful than the current artillery, and it should be black powder, a lot of black smoke will come out when fired, your artillery company does not need to wait for my order, when I attack with a platoon, I will shell the bandit fortifications halfway up the mountainside, but if you find that the other side is firing, as long as you find the position of the other party, you will immediately fire the cannon and knock it out. You don't have to worry about the other side's run hitting you, their artillery doesn't have that long range. Of course, although you have learned how to fire artillery, how to calculate the distance of artillery strikes, how to adjust the firing elements, and have also conducted drills. But there is no actual shooting, and that's okay, it's still too late to practice. If there were mountain artillery on the opposite hill like ours, I wouldn't dare let you learn how to fire in battle. However, the opponent's artillery is not very powerful, as long as it is not hit head-on. Generally, you won't be injured, so you have enough time to fire, and if you miss a shot, you have to immediately adjust the shelling Zhuyuan, and if you miss the second shot, adjust and fire again until the calculation hits accurately, do you understand? ”

Qian Wanli said loudly: "Yes, sir! ”

"Good!" Xiao Zhenlei pressed his hand and shouted: "Machine gun platoon commander Hao Lianshan!" ”

"Here!" A strong man in his thirties stood up and said yes loudly.

Xiao Zhenlei said: "Before I lead the team to attack, your machine gun platoon will find a good position to set up the machine gun, load the bullet and wait for the order at any time, now it is an attack on the mountain, it is inconvenient for the herald to run around, I will let the flag soldier of a battalion and a company follow me, he will hold the military flag, if the military flag is waved more than three times in a row, your machine gun platoon will immediately provide us with fire support to suppress the opponent's firepower, especially in the place where the opponent's fire is dense, you have four heavy machine guns in your hand, it should be enough to deal with it, remember?" ”

Hao Lianshan immediately said loudly: "Remember, sir! ”

Xiao Zhenlei stood up and said: "Okay, the platoon commander of the first company, except for the civilian personnel, order your platoon to assemble outside, the first battalion commander Wu Shiyou, although we are attacking, we must not fail to arrange defense, we must send people to protect the artillery company and machine gun platoon, and we want the house to have the enemy attacking us from other directions, these will be handed over to you to deploy, and I will give you an hour to adjourn the meeting."

Half an hour later, Xiao Zhenlei and others stood in front of a company and a platoon, and behind him stood fully armed Wu Shiyou, Chen Jizu, a company commander, a deputy company commander and others.

He turned around and said loudly with a solemn face: "Now I will lead you to attack the mountain, if someone is injured in the battle, the squad leader of the injured person should immediately call the medical soldier to come over to treat the wound for the wounded, after treating the wound, if the wound is not continued in time, it may cause death or disability, the squad leader should arrange for a soldier to send the wounded soldier down the mountain for further treatment, and the soldier who sent the wounded soldier down the mountain should return immediately after handing over the wounded soldier to the doctor to continue to participate in the battle, but if the wound treatment does not affect the battle at all, After dealing with it, you have to continue to fight, such as a small injury such as a little skin, which is the first one.

Second, once the offensive begins, the squad leader should lead the team in the front, the medical corps should treat the wounded at any time at the rear, and the law enforcement team should supervise the battle at the rear of the entire team.

Thirdly, after the start of the attack, everyone should be dispersed, people should not gather together, two people should be at least three meters apart, if everyone is together, someone else will kill a large area with a shell, and a few people should not stand in a straight line, if three or four people stand in a straight line, a bullet from the opposite side will shoot at once, and three or four will be killed at once, for the enemy, this deal is too cost-effective!

Fourth, don't give me a head and chest when you attack, you are a target for the bandits on the opposite mountain, all give me a cat waist and chest, once you enter the mountain road, each squad leader must organize, arrange three people in a group, to cover each other, rush a few steps to find a cover to hide for the people behind, leaning on the mountain wall, the tree trunk next to the mountain road, and the stones can be used as cover, don't he rush up with his head down, you are looking for death.

Fifth, there is a saying that military orders are like a mountain, and every order I issue must be meticulously carried out by each squad to the end, and if there is a violation, military law will be carried out, even if I ask you to block the gun, you must rush forward without hesitation, and the end of disobedience is to be shot on the spot.

The above points have been firmly remembered for me, this is the law of life preservation on the battlefield, as long as you memorize these few by heart, the better your chance of surviving on the battlefield, have you remembered them? ”

"Remember!" Everyone in the row shouted yes.

Xiao Zhenlei took out the box cannon at this time, loaded the bullet, opened the safe, and said loudly: "Okay, start attacking now, follow me!" After saying that, he turned around and walked briskly towards the entrance of the mountain road at the foot of the mountain.

Wu Shiyou, Chen Jizu, the first company commander and others followed, but they did not get close to him, the other soldiers took off their rifles from behind and pulled the bolt to load the bullets, opened the safe, and scattered with their rifles to catch up behind.

A platoon of only more than 30 people, when dispersed, it became very loose, just walked about 200 meters, Xiao Zhenlei led this platoon into the range of the gangsters in the middle of the mountainside, the bandits began to open fire, only to hear a burst of green smoke in the middle of the mountainside, and then there was a loud sound of "tom".

Xiao Zhenlei immediately squatted down and shouted: "Everyone squat!" ”

As soon as the shouting was finished, the others all squatted on the ground when they heard it, and an iron ball smashed over, smashing the point out of a basin-sized pit, and the iron ball hit the ground and rolled out of the ground, but when it just fell down, it hit the ground, and the ground splashed some dirt and stones and knocked a nearby soldier to the ground, but the soldier was fine.

In less than a few seconds, two more iron balls smashed over, but they didn't hit anyone, mainly because the soldiers dispersed quickly according to Xiao Zhenlei's requirements, if they gathered together, these cannons just now would definitely cause more or less casualties.

This was the first round of shelling by the other party, and Xiao Zhenlei shouted loudly: "Do you see it? This kind of shell is a solid cannon, and the impact force is very large, but it will not explode, and if the opponent changes to a flowering shell, it will explode when it lands, and if we squeeze too tightly, we will be killed in a large area! Well, now that the first round of shelling by the bandits is over, we have two minutes to get to the entrance of the mountain road and rush with me! ”

Under his leadership, everyone rushed forward, and finally rushed to the foot of the mountain before the second round of artillery fire, Xiao Zhenlei immediately asked the soldiers to hide under the mountain wall, and when the second round of artillery bombardment began, the three iron balls fell in the clearing. The reason why you just start walking forward quickly, instead of rushing at the beginning, is because you can easily stop and avoid the shells when you walk quickly, and it is difficult to control it after you rush up.

Yang Fei, who was checking the situation down the mountain with a monocular halfway up the mountain, saw that Xiao Zhenlei and the others rushed to the bottom of the mountain unscathed, and immediately frowned, "What's the matter, the officers and soldiers who came this time are different, this is definitely an elite and not a good thing, come on, aim the cannon at the mountain road for me!" ”

"Yes, big boss!" (To be continued......)