Chapter 14: The Battle Begins

Two months later, it has entered November, the weather in the west is already very cold, and now most of the wounded have already known the troops, Hu Hao has no enthusiasm for that task, every day is a grinding worker, and Commander Zhang has no time to care about him now, he may have a combat mission recently, and every day in addition to eating and sleeping is in his regiment headquarters.

Hu Hao had just moved a chair and was lying in the sun at the door of his house. It's so cool that I fell asleep after a while.

In his sleep, someone kicked himself, and at first Hu Hao was too lazy to take care of him, and he was still comfortable sleeping under the sun, but that person was endless.

"Who, looking for death. Disturb grandpa sleeping" Hu Hao couldn't bear it anymore, opened his eyes and sat up and scolded.

"Ah, brother, why are you back, haven't you been at the regiment headquarters?" Hu Hao saw that it was Captain Zhang, and now he was staring at him, Hu Hao immediately stood up and said

"You stinky boy, sleep in broad daylight, and return grandpa, who are you grandpa" Head Zhang began to fight again.

"Hey, brother," Hu Hao could only dodge.

Probably because Commander Zhang didn't want to worry about Hu Hao anymore, so he stopped fighting after more than ten hits.

"Alright, come into the house and pack your weapons and ammunition, the troops will be drawn soon," said Regiment Commander Zhang

"Going to war?" Hu Hao approached Head Zhang and asked

"Hmm" Regiment Commander Zhang nodded, "Be careful, don't run around, brother doesn't have so much time to take care of you, the bullets on the battlefield don't have long eyes, if you don't like to fight, just go to the back to carry ammunition, do you hear?" Head Zhang said uneasily

"Brother, don't worry, don't you know my marksmanship?!" Hu Hao said proudly

"I believe in marksmanship, but you? Ay! Head Zhang shook his head.

"People, what's wrong with people, I've been honest lately, I haven't caused trouble for you recently, the cigarettes are gone, I haven't gone to the county to get them, and I've been smoking your cigarettes recently" Hu Hao said dissatisfiedly.

"Well, it's not bad, praise me, by the way, this is for you" Head Zhang took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and gave it to Hu Hao

"Brother, hehe, where did you get it!" Hu Hao happily took the cigarette, unpacked it, took out one from it and handed it to Head Zhang, head Zhang didn't want to "I didn't smoke what you gave me last time"

"Oh" Hu Hao didn't know what to say for a while

"Alright,

Don't rub it off, go and pack your things, bring everything you should bring, I don't know if you can come back this time," Head Zhang said in a low voice. Saying that, Hu Hao followed behind, and when he arrived at the house, Hu Hao took out his gun, cleaned up the quilt and clothes, and tied them up with ropes.

"What's the matter, brother? Is it that serious? Hu Hao asked

"Well, this time the devil came to encircle and suppress our Eighth Route Army, and our regiment is responsible for containing 16,000 people in one division, and we must contain it until the other main forces eliminate one division and regiment," Commander Zhang said.

"What, just our regiment of 2,000 pairs of people to contain 16,000 people, how is it possible, the ammunition is not enough!" Hu Hao shouted loudly.

"What are you shouting, this is the task given above, even if the whole group is exhausted, it must be completed!" Head Zhang said. "You kid, you kid" The regiment commander paused, not knowing what to say.

"I, what's wrong with me, brother!" Hu Hao asked

"Forget it, two stunned, if my brother dies this time, you will flee, flee to the northwest, don't stay in the army, be a common man! If my brother is not there, there will be no one to take care of you, and your temperament is easy to cause trouble in the army," Commander Zhang said with determination.

"Brother, what are you talking about, don't worry, I won't cause trouble this time, and you won't be fine," Hu Hao said.

"Forget it, I won't tell you, anyway, if it really comes to that day, you will do what my brother said, let's go, the troops have already been deployed" Regiment Commander Zhang said and walked outside, Hu Hao followed behind with a gun,

The troops reached a hill about 30 miles from the village, where the soldiers had already begun to build fortifications and dig trenches.

"Brother, the devil came from the county seat?" Hu Hao asked

"Well, the devils are now stationed thousands of devils around the county, and they are constantly coming, and a large number of guns and ammunition are hoarded in the county. This is the only way to the headquarters in the back, and it is also the place where the devils must pass, so we will only guard it here," said Head Zhang. After coming to the command office of the Xiuhaode regimental headquarters, Regiment Commander Zhang put down the quilt and spread out the map. Next to the commissar and chief of staff are there.

"This battle is not easy to fight, we have to contain the devil for so long, if we just guard here, it is estimated that it will not take 3 days for the devil to break through" Staff Officer Li next to him said, also an old soldier.

"Yes, we have no danger to defend here, how can we stop the enemy by relying on these hills" Commander Zhang said, "But there is no way, if the devil wants to go in, as long as there is such a way, we have to guard against it" Commander Zhang said

"Then, brother, let's not go to the road to bury mines, destroy those roads, let the devil spend more time coming, and we also destroy the road behind us, anyway, we all walk on two legs, the devil has to take a car, and the transportation of ammunition depends on the car, let's destroy the road, isn't it slow for the devil to walk" said the second stunned

"Well, two stunned, this is a good note!" Staff Officer Li's eyes lit up and said

"Yes, let's destroy the road and buy mines on the road," Captain Zhang also said with certainty

"But we don't have many mines," said the political commissar, who was in charge of the logistics of the entire army and knew everything about it.

"Brother, didn't I get a lot of grenades last time, didn't I?" Hu Hao asked

"Yes, there are quite a few, and this can also be used as a mine?" The commissar asked

"Yes, brother, political commissar, chief of staff, you give me those, I'll get it, I guarantee that it will take three or five days for the devil to get to our position," Hu Hao said.

"You can guarantee it?" Head Zhang asked

"Dare, the army has no jokes, I dare to issue a military order," Hu Hao said affirmatively

"Okay, give him those boxes of grenades," Captain Zhang said, looked at Hu Hao and asked, "What else do you need?" ”

"Brother, I need a dozen or so fighters, and how many explosives do we have?" Hu Hao asked

"There is no problem with the soldiers, I will transfer my guard platoon to you later, and ask the political commissar for the explosives pack," said Regiment Commander Zhang

"There are also a lot of explosive packets, and this thing can be buried!" The commissar asked uncertainly.

"Yes, it's good to have an explosives bag, as soon as the devil comes, if they touch my explosives bag, I'll let them eat a pot" Hu Hao said happily.

"Okay, let's go, I'm stunned, follow me to get those things," the political commissar finished speaking and walked out.

"Xiao Li, you take a squad to follow the second stunned man out to lay mines, be careful, don't let the second stunned mess around," Regiment Leader Zhang said to Xiao Li, the guard next to him.