Section IX

In front of these officers, it was not a table imagined by the stone, it was surrounded by a layer of one-foot-high baffles in a circle, and the middle part was covered with strange and strong fine crushed soil, and even stones, which at first glance looked like a child's posture of piling mud, but Commander Zhang and these officers would play such childish things? This was obviously impossible, and if he looked closely, he found something unusual, and in the undulating places, there were small signs with words written on them, and when he looked closer, the stone was immediately astonished, because he found that there were some names of places with which he was very familiar with them.

"Luodian", "Xiaoliuhe", "Liuzhuang", "Shixianggong Temple"...... The names fell on the stone's eyes, and he was shocked beyond measure, and at this time he suddenly realized that this was like a map made of dirt?

Looking at the stunned appearance of the stone, Zhang Lingfu knew that his brain had no memory, but explained: "This is called the sand table, which is the reduced proportion of the terrain and landform, watching the sand table deduction, it is easier to grasp the situation of the enemy and us, and it is more convenient to fight." ”

Stone suddenly admired beyond measure, standing in front of this sand table, he suddenly had a kind of heroic momentum overlooking the world, that is a feeling of everything under control, bloody battles, cruel battlefields, on this sand table, all seem small, it seems that the end has long been doomed.

After Zhang Lingfu said a word to the stone, he said to a captain: "Okay, let's continue the discussion, we don't have too much time." ”

The captain was a staff officer of the regiment headquarters, and after hearing the order of the regiment commander, he immediately pointed on the sand table with a long stick, and at the same time said in a loud voice: "At present, the main force of the Japanese army is concentrated in Luodian Town, according to the information obtained from several exploratory attacks, the main force of the Japanese army is the 22nd Wing, and on the left flank of Luodian is the 58th Division of our army, and the right flank is the 18th Army, and the southern defense line should have been garrisoned by the 301st Regiment of our division, but now it is lost. ”

"Since September 3, the 58th Division and the Japanese invaders have been in contact many times, the 172nd Brigade has repeatedly cooperated with the friendly 51st Division and the 56th Division to participate in the battle in the north and south of the Liuhe River, although the results are extraordinary, the losses are also extremely heavy, since September 11, the 15th Army after the right flank position was broken through, the Luodian periphery has been transferred to the defensive posture of the whole line, after September 15, the Luodian enemy is to launch a number of counterattacks, our army has suffered heavy losses, of which the 68th Division in addition to dealing with the enemy in front of it, still needs to deal with the 13th Division of the flank enemy onslaughtAccording to the division's telegram, the possibility of the 68th Division's retreat cannot be ruled out. ”

As soon as the captain finished speaking, a major on the side said: "Tuanza, the Japanese army is strong, the southern suburbs defense line is completely destroyed, there is no danger to defend, on this occasion when the various units want to withdraw to advance into the encirclement, I am afraid that I will become a lone army, it is better to shrink the defense line to the current Xiaoliu River, and block the enemy's offensive road with the danger of the river." ”

After the major finished speaking, the other lieutenant retorted mercilessly: "The commander of the third battalion is too short-sighted to blindly care about the losses of our regiment, but not to see the blood of friendly troops spilled on the battlefield. ”

These words startled the stone, and after a serious look, he found that the other party was indeed just a lieutenant like him, and he dared to directly scold the major battalion commander like this? What kind of person is this, he's too bold.

But the strange thing is that the battalion commander, after being blamed, did not get angry at all, but said calmly: "The situation on the battlefield is changing very quickly, short-sightedness may not be a means of preservation, although Staff Officer Liu's idea is good, but it is not necessarily the right time, the regiments of our division have fought bloody battles repeatedly, suffered heavy losses, and are exhausted, but our department is a new force, we should give full play to the combat power of the new force, block the enemy from moving south, and buy time for the friendly army to recover its combat strength. ”

Listening to the argument between several staff officers and battalion commanders, Shi listened for a long time and finally heard a lot of fame, this is the first time he has been in such an environment, after the usual battle, he also discussed with Lao Meng and Zhu Zi how to fight the next battle, whether the position needs to be strengthened again, but compared with the present, he found that he is the child who plays with mud, and it is really far worse than these people in front of him. The battle situation in the entire Luodian area is not only to discuss the movements of one of their regiments, but also to involve friendly forces such as the 68th Division and the 18th Army, such a high level is something that Shi had never thought of before.

At the moment, the opinion of the regiment seems to be divided into two pulls? If the Japanese army wants to attack, how to cross the river under machine gun fire is the most headache thing, and the other officers are proposing to push the battlefield forward to occupy the previous position of the 301st Regiment and connect the friendly forces on the east and west flanks of Luodian, which can not only echo each other in the overall battle situation, but also can change the passive to the active, putting great pressure on the Japanese invaders......

Listening to the calm and powerful voices, one by one, clearly and reasonably, he narrated his thoughts and opinions, and then looked at Zhang Lingfu, who looked at everyone calmly, but did not say a word, Shi suddenly felt that maybe an officer could be regarded as a qualified officer when he was like Regiment Commander Zhang and these staff battalion commanders! This kind of thing that thinks about the overall battle situation all the time is what an officer should do.

Are you an officer? Shi didn't know why, he remembered such a question, and then he was stunned to find that this question was difficult to explain clearly, he hung the rank of lieutenant, and he was the commander of the third company, and he was indeed an officer, but when he thought that there were only a dozen or so people under him, and he couldn't make up two squads, he was very frustrated.

"Stone, you have fought with devils a lot of times, and the results are brilliant, what do you think?" Just when the stone was thinking wildly, Zhang Lingfu asked casually.

"Ahh Stone was startled by this sudden voice, he didn't expect to come here, and he still had to speak, but he was not prepared at all! But looking at Qi Yu's gaze and Captain Zhang's encouraging eyes, he knew that it would definitely not work if he didn't speak, so he could only say honestly: "Commander, I haven't thought about this problem." ”

"You are the company commander of the 1st Battalion of the 302nd Regiment, as a company commander, haven't you ever thought about how to fight?" As soon as Shishi's words came out, the lieutenant staff officer who had previously accused the battalion commander of the major of being too short-sighted said mercilessly.

Zhang Lingfu heard the voice but said: "The situation of the stone is special, you don't know much about the situation to talk like this, it's too subjective." After speaking, Zhang Lingfu said to the stone again: "Don't have any worries, in my regiment, as long as it is not a matter of defecting to the enemy and treason, what is there to say, fighting a war is not a matter of one or two people, think about it." ”

As soon as the stone was said by the staff officer, and when he heard the maintenance of Commander Zhang, he was ashamed and said: "I only know how to kill devils with guns, and I really haven't thought about other things." ”

These words immediately stunned everyone, but it made Lu Xing on the side admire: "What a person who only knows how to kill devils with guns, in our troops, if everyone is like the stone company commander who is dedicated to the country and swears to kill the enemy, why can't he defeat the Japanese invaders and recover the country?" ”

Zhang Lingfu also nodded and said to everyone: "You may not know, the stone was carried out of the pile of dead by several brothers of the 302nd Regiment a month and a half ago, and his brain may have been damaged by the cannon, and he can't remember the previous things, the name of the stone was still taken by those brothers for him, but in this month and a half, the stone was not only promoted to the company commander by virtue of his military exploits, but also defeated a squadron of the Japanese army with a platoon of strength here, and captured 23 Japanese prisoners, all of whom are pillars of the party and the state. are also all coquettes in the army, but frankly speaking, I don't know who can show such military exploits? ”

There was an uproar all around, Regiment Commander Zhang's words, undoubtedly shocked them, they were not long after they were reorganized and transferred to fight here, they didn't know much about the previous situation, and they were really shocked to hear such a prominent record, in these ten days or so, they followed the regiment commander to fight several victories in a row, but when they surrounded and annihilated the Japanese army with superior forces, the enemy's bravery and madness were deeply feared by them, especially these Japanese troops were tired after a long battle, and they were no longer as fierce as before, They are very different from them in terms of physical strength.

And the company commander in front of him, who was like a half-grown child, was able to kill a squadron of Japanese invaders with the strength of a platoon? God, what is the concept of a squadron of devils, its firepower is so fierce and the coordination is so tight, on the frontal battlefield, it is enough to be worthy of their two battalions, and they were killed by one platoon? And more than 20 captured? If this was not said by Captain Zhang himself, absolutely no one would believe it, and it was completely out of the scope of their imagination. In contrast, the matter of the stone losing his memory is secondary, after all, this kind of thing has been heard of more or less.

The lieutenant lost his mind for a moment, then straightened up, saluted the stone, and said solemnly: "Company Commander Shi, there were many misunderstandings before, and I sincerely apologize to you here, and I hope to forgive you for any inappropriate words." ”

Several other officers also saluted the stone, and one of the major sighed: "It is a great honor to see the heroes of the Anti-Japanese War with my own eyes, and I hope that Company Commander Shi will give him advice and work together to kill the enemy." ”

The stone was a little inexplicable by the actions of these people, this kind of condescending appearance, for him who only had a month and a half of life experience, it was too difficult to deal with, all of a sudden, he didn't know how to speak, he could only raise his arm stupidly, and also returned the salute.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the stone, Zhang Lingfu seemed to see through his current embarrassment, and immediately waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, this time I invited the stone to discuss the battle strategy with the help of his experience in the enemy, and things that have nothing to do with the battlefield, you can find a chance to talk again!" As he spoke, Zhang Lingfu looked at the stone again, and said with a smile: "Stone, if you were the commander of the 305th regiment, how would you fight this battle?" ”

Shi really didn't know what Captain Zhang wanted to do! I'm the commander of the 305 regiment? I don't even know how many people there are in a regiment, let me command the battle? Isn't that a joke about the lives of the brothers?