Section XXI

Stone had long been prepared for the Japanese counterattack, in fact, after the end of yesterday's battle, the entire battalion began to rearrange the fortifications on the Loess Mountain line, in case it could not save the victory after winning the battle, and the shelling that appeared only at this time surprised the stone, but did not panic them.

And after running out a few steps, Shi remembered the existence of Ji Hongru and Lin Xiufeng on the side, and couldn't help but stop and said embarrassedly: "Tuanzao, chief of staff, why don't you wait here for a while, the devil is coming up again!" ”

Ji Hongru and the two of them had already strode over, and asked rhetorically, "Why are you waiting here?" You can fight the devil, can't I? ”

Liu Wenfeng, who was beside the stone, also persuaded: "Tuanza, the devil's artillery is too fierce, and it is too dangerous on it!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and lead the way, when I fought with the devil with a bayonet, you two didn't know how to shrink in the corner, just this little battle can scare me?" Ji Hongru was furious when he heard this, obviously extremely dissatisfied because he was underestimated by these two subordinates, but Lin Xiufeng on the side didn't say anything, but he had already taken the lead and rushed to the hillside.

Listening to the increasingly dense artillery fire above, the stone did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately stopped making a sound, turned around and hurried to the front, and Liu Wenfeng was also clever, and waited for Ji Hongru to arrive before he started to act, and followed him closely, and his intention was not to ask.

With such caution towards them, Ji Hongru obviously knew their difficulties, so naturally he wouldn't say anything more, just bury his head and hurry.

After a night in the loess mountain, it was once again shrouded in the smoke of artillery fire, and when Shi and the others carefully touched the top of the mountain, they found that the situation on the top of the mountain was far worse than they imagined.

All night last night, a company of craters from devil shells dug out a simple fortification on the top of the mountain, although it was not very convenient to pass, but after they had repaired the dense craters into scattered trenches, they were strong enough to cope with the onslaught of the enemy several times.

However, at the top of the mountain at this moment, the mud and nitrate chips that fly up from time to time will completely wipe out their hard work all night, and in the case that the mountain is almost smoothed, such a simple fortification can not play any protective role at all, and everyone's life and death can only be at the mercy of God, and in this case, the stone is fearless and crawls all the way to the front position in the face of artillery fire, only to see that the thin body sometimes retracts into the crater, sometimes flies through it, agile like a cheetah, and is more exaggerated. Every time a cannonball fell nearby, it seemed to cooperate with his actions, and it always exploded after he had crouched down, revealing an indescribable weirdness.

This situation made Lin Xiufeng, who was left behind, feel very strange, and showed a look of disbelief. Ji Hongru on the side saw the doorway from the movement of the stone, and saw him nod his head and praise: "The stone is really worthy of being a veteran of a hundred battles, this kind of ability to listen to the wind and distinguish the position, in such a chaotic situation, there is no mistake at all, and he can be promoted from an ordinary soldier to the battalion commander in just half a year, and he really has extraordinary ability." ”

Liu Wenfeng, who was on the side, said with a wry smile when he heard this: "Tuanzuo, this is all forced out, as long as you fight with the devil, every time you are bombarded, today's battle is quite average, if there are a few more planes overhead, tsk, it is really lively, and the ears make the devil's shells grind out calluses." ”

"Of course, the devil's firepower can be fierce for a while, but after all, this battle is still fought by people, as long as it can be properly arranged and work together, your battalion can break the devil once, and naturally there will be a second and third time, and we can drive the devil back to the East sooner or later." Ji Hongru waved his arms and said confidently.

Lin Xiufeng on the side also nodded and said: "What the group said is right, the victory or defeat of a battle can be determined not only by the strength of the firepower and the strength of the troops, otherwise, since ancient times, there will not be so many classic battles that have been handed down through the ages, no matter how strong the enemy is, there will always be weaknesses and shortcomings, we just have to find their key points and give them a hard blow." ”

After they talked like this for a while, the rumbling sound of artillery finally subsided, which made everyone focus all their attention on the mountain as if they were facing a great enemy, but to their surprise and imagination, with this round of intensive artillery bombardment, there was no enemy attack under the mountain, which was very different from the usual style of the Japanese army.

After everyone looked at each other for about a pillar of incense, the stone retreated to the back again, and this time with him came with the tall sledgehammer of the three company commanders.

"Tuanza, the devil is menacing this time, we have a tough battle to fight." Shi Shi said with a stern face, then turned to the tall sledgehammer and said, "Company Commander Gao, you can report the situation you just found to the regimental seat." ”

Gao Sledgehammer nodded and said: "Previously, I was ordered to take three companies and one platoon to guard the front of the battlefield, and I received the information from the reconnaissance platoon an hour ago. ”

"A wing? Company Commander Gao, could you be mistaken? According to the information obtained by our regimental headquarters, the enemy of Yongcheng is the 58th Infantry Wing under the jurisdiction of the 26th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army. The Japanese invaders will not be naïve to think that our allies in Xiayi do not have the slightest combat power! Lin Xiufeng suddenly said strangely.

Ji Hongru on the side waved his hand and said: "The Japanese army is attacking from all sides at this time, and the troops are fanning here, they can divide their troops and scatter them, and naturally they can also be gathered into a group. ”

Hearing this, not only did everyone not feel the slightest uneasiness because of the enemy's army pressing the border, but their faces showed excited expressions, and there was obviously a strange look in their eyes when they looked into the distance, which made Shi couldn't help frowning and said: "The devil has already suffered a loss last night, and if you come again this time, it will not be so easy to deal with, madman, you personally take someone to investigate the situation again, and find a way to see if there are any reinforcements from the devil in Yongcheng."

Liu Wenfeng immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it immediately." After saying that, after he saluted Ji Hongru and Lin Xiufeng, he turned around and walked briskly towards the side of the mountain.

At the same time, the stone also said to Ji Hongru: "Tuanzuo, what do you think should be done in this battle next?" ”

Ji Hongru looked at the stone, and then at Liu Wenfeng, who was leaving, where did he still not understand the little thoughts in his heart, this kind of style of giving orders first and then asking him for his opinion? This is obviously afraid that he will get in the way, and the words he said are just polite, but Ji Hongru has no dissatisfaction with this, a smile appeared in his mouth, and he looked at the stone with deep meaning and said: "I said, I just give an order to tell you what kind of combat purpose to achieve, as for how to fight this battle and how to arrange the troops, it is up to you to arrange it yourself, otherwise what do you want these battalion commanders and company commanders to do?" ”

Shi Shi looked at Ji Hongru's smiling expression and felt a little weak in his heart, and suddenly smiled and said: "Tuanzao, in front of you, where is our point of fingering, with you here, we will definitely make the devil not move forward half a step." ”

Ji Hongru couldn't help but glared and scolded: "Don't give me nonsense, this is the defense area of your first battalion, you can fight as much as you want, as long as you block the devils outside Dangshan City, the first merit of this battle will be recorded on the head of your first battalion." ”

Shi was overjoyed, and immediately grinned and said, "Tuanza, then I'm welcome!" After that, he didn't wait for Ji Hongru to say anything, he turned his head to the tall sledgehammer and said: "Company Commander Gao, a few hills on the left and right flanks of the company, you arrange a few machine guns to hold it, and tell the brothers below that if you can hold it, you can defend it, and if you can't hold it, you will retreat, there are many devils, there is no need to compete with them for the length of a place." ”

Gao Da Sledgehammer nodded, and saw that the stone no longer had any other orders, that is, he saluted like Liu Wenfeng before and then turned to leave, and the stone did not hesitate or hesitate at all, it seemed that he had already thought about these situations countless times, and immediately assigned orders to the officers around him one by one.

From the guard to the garrison, to the defensive strategy of each hill, the stone is extremely detailed in the layout of the defense of each place, a battalion of hundreds of people, just let him divide into a small group of small groups of dense filling around the Loess Mountain, and from the fact that he arranged each squad to advance or retreat, or to defend or maneuver, for the surrounding situation, he obviously has a clear mind and has already made precise planning.

This tireless approach really opened the eyes of Lin Xiufeng on the side, it was the first time he had seen someone command a battle like this, looking at the stone without thinking about it, he really wanted to know what was in the head of this guy who was several years younger than him.

It took about a pillar of incense to make such an arrangement, and the stone waited until the three companies and the machine gun platoon directly under the battalion were all arranged, and then he let out a long breath.

At this time, Ji Hongru spoke: "Not bad! After seeing your meticulous and rigorous arrangement before the war, I knew that your battalion was able to win three games in a row, and it was really not a fluke, and it was really a great blessing that our 302nd regiment had a brave general like you. ”

Hearing this, Shi thought of last night's thrill, and suddenly didn't know what to say, so he could only show an expression full of wry smiles.

"Whoosh......" A long whistling burst into their ears at this moment, hearing this sound, everyone's faces suddenly changed greatly, no one expected that the second round of attacks by devils would come so quickly.