At 1 o'clock in the morning, it was the moment when people were asleep, Xu Deping approached the No. 1 Heights under the leadership of two Chinese business guides, which was far away from the battlefield, so Xu Deping did not bring too many combatants, only brought ten surveying and mapping soldiers, they were all trained by Xu Deping, and they were not proficient in surveying and mapping, and they were still being trained.

Walking through the silent villages and wilderness, and bypassing the still prosperous town of Sampala, a Chinese merchant pointed to a shadow in the darkness and said, "Staff Officer Xu, that's the No. 1 Heights." ”

Xu Deping said "Okay", then turned his head and said to his subordinate soldiers: "I have already told you the purpose of this battle, so you must pay attention to the following points when inspecting the terrain, the slope of the highland, the looseness of the soil and the pressure bearing capacity, so as to evaluate the feasibility of transporting the HP-2 howitzer to the highland, understand?" ”

Everyone nodded one after another, Xu Deping took people to go ahead after he finished explaining, and as he walked, he heard a noisy sound coming from the front, Xu Deping reined in his horse, waved his hand to stop his subordinates, and then whispered: "What is the sound in front?" ”

Everyone also frowned, and said one after another: "Yes, there is indeed a strange sound in front, and there seem to be many people. "Yes, I faintly heard the sound of horses, and there seemed to be both people and horses in front of me."

Xu Deping looked at the guide and asked, "Is there any special custom in this village?" ”

The guide shook his head and said, "No, absolutely not, the people in this town have always done it at sunrise and rested at sun, and they don't do anything at night except sleep." ”

Xu Deping asked blankly: "What are the people in front of you doing?" ”

The guide's eyes suddenly lit up when he said this, and his tone changed, and he said: "I remember, there is a very strange local sacrificial ritual that is performed at night. ”

Xu Deping asked, "What sacrificial ceremony?" ”

The guide said: "It's a sacrifice to ghosts and gods, it's quite complicated, and I don't know much about it." ”

Xu Deping asked, "Then when will they be able to finish it?" ”

The guide shook his head, meaning that I don't know either, Xu Deping said: "You wait here, I'll take someone to the front to have a look." ”

Xu Deping took off the rifle as he spoke, and the guide smiled on the side: "Staff Officer Xu, do you still need to bring a gun?" ”

Xu Deping said solemnly: "It's a war time now, and you have to carry a gun wherever you go..."

After Xu Deping finished speaking, he flew off the war horse, turned around and called a clever little soldier, and the two walked towards the No. 1 Heights together.

Outside the No. 1 Heights is sparsely lazy woods, Xu Deping took the soldier into the woods, the closer to the No. 1 Heights, the louder the noise, the noisy sound is mixed with the neighing of horses and the mooing of cows, the little soldier smiled: "Instructor Xu, their ceremony is really interesting, and there are horses and cows." ”

Xu Deping didn't have a smile on his face, he waved his hand and said, "Don't speak, be cautious." ”

The little soldier didn't dare to say more, closed his mouth, and the two of them came to the edge of the woods, only to see the dazzling fire shooting in from outside the woods, Xu Deping and the little soldier hid behind a big tree, and stretched out their hands to pick up the bushes that covered their vision.

When the scene outside the woods appeared in front of the two of them, the little soldier's eyes suddenly widened, and he let out a scream, Xu Deping reached out and blocked the little soldier's mouth and suppressed the scream.

Outside the woods, there are simple villagers doing sacrificial ceremonies, and the open space is full of Spanish soldiers, and there are monster-like field cannons...

At this time, the Spanish soldiers were pulling the field artillery from the gentle slope on the north side of the No. 1 Heights to the top of the mountain, the field artillery was quite heavy, the wheels were iron-clad wood, and the contact area with the ground was very small, and they fell into the ground as soon as they walked up the mountain.

At this time, Xu Deping let go of the hand that blocked the little soldier's mouth, and the little soldier said in a trembling voice: "Xu ...... Instructor Xu...... How can there be Spaniards here? ”

Xu Deping lowered his voice and said: "The Spaniards are not stupid, they also thought of using the No. 1 high ground to bombard us, we have to go back and report to His Majesty quickly." ”

After Xu Deping finished speaking, he ran back to the team with the little soldiers, and told everyone about the matter, and everyone was very surprised, Xu Deping then sent two soldiers to ride back on fast horses to deliver a message to Lin Fei, and he led the rest of the people to stay and monitor the movements of the Spaniards.

The two soldiers walked on the wilderness path for half an hour, and returned to the garrison in Cavite at 2 a.m. on June 7, and reported the situation directly to the General Staff.

Lin Fei was sleeping soundly at this time, He Kaisheng could only wake him up, He Kaisheng was older than Li Tianqian and more stable, so he hurriedly woke up Lin Fei to Lin Fei, Lin Fei hurriedly asked, "Staff Officer He, what happened?" ”

He Kaisheng said: "Staff Officer Xu Deping sent back urgent information, and they found Spanish artillery on the No. 1 high ground, and there were ten field guns. ”

When Lin Fei heard this, he immediately jumped off the bed and said in shock, "What did you say? ”

He Kaisheng was just about to repeat the words of the herald, but Lin Fei interrupted him and said, "Go and find the soldier who delivered the news immediately, quickly." ”

He Kaisheng turned around and went out, and the soldier who didn't have a lot of news came to Lin Fei, Lin Fei waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, let me ask you, when did you find the enemy's field artillery?" ”

"It was about 1:15 a.m. ”

Lin Fei asked, "Did they transport the field artillery up the mountain at that time?" ”

The warrior replied: "No, their field artillery is very heavy, and it takes a lot of effort to carry it up the mountain." ”

Lin Fei raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said, "It's 2:25 in the morning, an hour has passed, I wonder if the enemy will transport artillery to the high ground in this hour's time?" ”

He Kaisheng and the soldiers didn't speak, Lin Fei waved over He Kaisheng and asked, "Has the first regiment completely landed?" ”

He Kaisheng said: "They all landed at 6 o'clock last night, and according to your instructions, they began to rest after landing. ”

Lin Fei said: "That's good, they have rested for several hours, and their spirits are sufficient, so they secretly ordered a company of great merit to attack the No. 1 Heights with the fastest speed, annihilate the enemy's artillery, and destroy its field artillery." ”

He Kaisheng replied loudly: "Understood...", and then called a herald to convey the order, and then walked up to Lin Fei and said: "Your Majesty, do you want the Sixth Regiment to retreat one kilometer back and rebuild the defensive position?" ”

Lin Fei was stunned for a moment and said, "Retreat one kilometer to build a position?" It takes a lot of time and effort, so why do that? ”

He Kaisheng said: "As soon as the enemy's field artillery enters the No. 1 high ground, it will launch a strike at the position of the Sixth Regiment of our army, and the Sixth Regiment will not be in danger? ”

Lin Fei smiled and said, "It's just ten field guns, how about a regiment that can hide me in the trenches?" I'll let them blow up..."

He Kaisheng saw that Lin Fei was full of confidence, so he no longer admonished, and Lin Fei's orders were conveyed to the first brigade and the first regiment, and all the way to the hands of the first company of Dagong and the company commander Qi Lei.

Lin Fei carried out two troop expansions after capturing Cotabato, and many officers were promoted in this process, and Qi Lei could be promoted to battalion and regimental commander, but Qi Lei just wanted to be the company commander of the "Great Meritorious Company", so the original brother company commanders were promoted, and he was still the company commander.

Recently, Qi Lei's mood was a little lost, because Lin Fei did not give them the task of attacking Corregido Island, not only that, but Lin Fei also awarded the honorary title of "Avenger Company" to the first battalion and one company of the fourth regiment, which made Qi Lei feel quite disgraced, and he was determined to seize the opportunity to show himself in front of Lin Fei, and now the opportunity has finally come.

Qi Lei summoned his subordinates, briefly carried out propaganda and mobilization, and led his subordinates to rush to the No. 1 Heights, and as soon as Qi Lei set off from the camp, he gave the order to run forward, so he rushed to the outside of the No. 1 Heights at about 3:15 in the morning.

Qi Lei soon met Xu Deping, and when Xu Deping saw Qi Lei, he said excitedly: "You guys are finally here, and if you don't come, the enemy will transport all the artillery up the mountain." ”

Qi Lei asked, "How is the situation of the enemy army now?" ”

Xu Deping replied: "Five artillery pieces have already been transported up the mountain, and five more artillery pieces are stuck in the middle of the mountain and are being transported to the mountain." ”

Qi Lei listened sideways and asked, "Why can't I hear the sound?" What are they doing? ”

Xu Deping said with a smile: "They were so tired that they were tired after a busy night last night, and they are all sleeping now." ”

Qi Lei's eyes lit up and said, "Are you sleeping?" That's great... Let's just attack them, you can take me to scout first. ”

Xu Deping agreed, took Qi Lei into the woods, and came to the edge of the woods, only to see that in the open space outside the woods, groups of Spanish soldiers were either leaning on gun carriages or leaning on stones, snoring and sleeping, and there were many stove pits and leftover firewood ashes around.

Qi Lei frowned when he looked at it, and Xu Deping asked in surprise: "Company Commander Qi, did you notice anything wrong?" ”

Qi Lei said: "I think these people are pure artillery, why are there no infantry guards nearby?" Or the infantry is hidden, we don't find it. ”

Xu Deping said with a smile: "We have been discussing this matter for a long time, and finally we have come to the conclusion that the enemy did not send infantry at all, because they never thought that we would find them here. ”

Qi Lei thought for a while and said: "The No. 1 high ground is located at the southern end of the battlefield, which is indeed easy to be overlooked, since the enemy has no infantry, our attack is much more convenient." ”

Qi Lei waved his hand behind him and said, "Platoon commanders, come over and arrange the attack mission." ”

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