Section X

The sky was getting dark unconsciously, and in a small dilapidated house in the south of the town, as the light gradually dimmed, I don't know when I started to light a kerosene lamp, and the wick danced slightly in the glass cover, and the light that flickered from time to time also made the vision of the room a little blurred.

Yu Longting looked at the stone in this situation, his entire head was almost attached to the map, and he couldn't help but get up and walk over, turning up the light a little brighter. His slight action seemed to wake up the stone who had been staring at the map, only to see him raise his head, reach out and rub his eyes before asking, "Long Ting, what time is it?" ”

"Report to the battalion commander, it should have just arrived at the time of the day, and it was almost half an hour after dark." Yu Longting replied accurately, and at the same time reminded: "Battalion commander, the food is cold, I'll bring it to them and warm it up." ”

Looking at the large bowl of white rice placed on the side, covered with a large piece of braised pork and two or three side dishes on the side, Shi couldn't help but smile wryly: "Is the meal so sumptuous tonight?" Such a large piece of meat, there is even a scrambled egg with leeks? It's not like you're going to open a small stove for me again! ”

Hearing this, Yu Longting on the side hurriedly replied: "No, battalion commander, the food was sent by Lao Zhou from Nanguan, and it is said that the regiment personally rushed to Nanguan to confess, so that our battalion can be well fed and well-fed, so that we can have the strength to fight devils." ”

Shi Jiang looked at him suspiciously, and then looked up and looked out, but there seemed to be no one else here except Yu Longting, the squad leader of the battalion headquarters, which made his idea of wanting to find someone to ask suddenly lose the possibility of realization, and he could only shake his head lightly and said: "If it's like the onion scrambled eggs last time, you deliberately let the supply row add me to the meal, then you can go back to the shift, I asked you to come to the battalion headquarters to use your intelligence to give me advice, don't put your energy on these things." ”

Thinking of what happened last time, Yu Longting suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and his whole body was cold, to say that the battalion commander in front of him usually has no temper at all, where can he see the slightest commander when he gets along with them, it is estimated that he will not have any reaction even if he kicks him, but last time he just asked the people in the cooking class to add an extra dish for him, and he was dragged by him to sit on a high platform and eat for more than a week, you can imagine that kind of scene, when eating, there are more than 100 pairs of eyes staring at you, That feeling almost made Yu Longting die of shame, let alone eating, the stool was like a nail with it, and he couldn't sit still at all.

The stone seemed to remember this, and suddenly smiled toothily and said, "I believe you won't make such a mistake again, by the way, have you eaten it?" Why don't you sit down and have a bite to eat? ”

"I've eaten, battalion commander, the news has just come back from the first company, saying that the devils withdrew before dark, and the Loess Mountain is still in the hands of the first company, but the losses of the first company are relatively large, and after this day's battle, more than thirty brothers have been reduced, and if the devils continue to maintain such an offensive tomorrow, they are likely to be unable to withstand it. The battalion attached to the battalion had also come before, seeing that you were studying the situation, so you didn't come in to disturb, the battalion attached to said that the position on the town had basically set up a framework, and the light and heavy machine gun positions in the south of the third company had been completed, although it was relatively simple, but there should be no problem in dealing with the general attack, but the progress of the second company there was not ideal, the setting of the defensive line was very unreasonable, and the battalion had personally commanded the arrangement. When Yu Longting took advantage of the stone to start eating, he reorganized the situation that had been reported before and reported it again, as if he was afraid that the stone would forget.

Shi desperately pulled the rice grains into his mouth, and nodded his head, but when Yu Longting briefly reported the latest situation, his rice bowl was empty, and the dishes on one side were basically not moving, looking up, I saw that he was holding the braised pork in a daze, I don't know what he was thinking, or he was really reluctant to eat it in his stomach.

This situation suddenly made Yu Longting sigh with emotion, speaking of which, their battalion commander's official position is not low, although other officers close to him are not rich in this case, but when they have time, there are a lot of banquets and parties, and it is natural to drink wine and eat meat, but it is their battalion commander, since he entered the battalion headquarters as a squad leader, he has not seen the battalion commander receive military salary, and then he asked Lao Zhou privately to know that the battalion commander's salary has been used to subsidize the wounded, and he has never received a penny.

However, the stone did not maintain this embarrassing state for too long, after thinking about it, he threw the meat into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and suddenly the thick smell of fat filled his entire mouth, and he sighed with satisfaction: "This is the fat in the mouth, the temptation is too great, and ordinary people really can't help but give up." ”

Yu Longting didn't know how Shi Shi could say such a sentence inexplicably at this time, seeing that he had finished eating so quickly, he could only sigh in his heart, and got up to put away the bowl.

After eating, Shi Shi seemed to be in his spirits again, and after he looked at the map, he said: "Immediately call the battalion and the two company commanders to come over, and at the same time send someone to Nanguan to notify the medical team to rush here immediately and stand by." ”

Yu Longting was overjoyed when he heard this, and replied loudly, the movements in his hands were also a little faster, and he knew that he would definitely be assigned a task to prepare for a bloody battle with the devil next, and when he thought of this, the blood on his body seemed to be about to boil.

Liu Wenfeng, Beard, and Tall Sledgehammer came quickly, they seemed to have been waiting for the summoning of the stone for a long time, almost as soon as Yu Longting withdrew, they were Lianjue walked in, the already dilapidated and narrow room suddenly became more crowded, but in this extraordinary period, they didn't care at all, the four of them gathered around the dimly lit table, and three of them stared at the young and energetic face of the stone.

Shi Shi also seemed to know that they had been waiting for a long time, so he no longer hesitated and said directly: "Company Commander Li sent news not long ago, the Loess Mountain is still in the hands of the first company, if it is dark today, Company Commander Li and their task has been completed." ”

The three of them were a little puzzled when they said this, and Liu Wenfeng asked directly: "Battalion commander, do you want to withdraw the first company?" ”

Shi shook his head and said: "No, we can't retreat, the Loess Mountain is a crucial point, the longer we defend it, the greater our chance of victory." ”

Hu Zi seemed to have been influenced by Zhao Xinyi in the afternoon, and at this time, he also changed his usual silence and asked, "Battalion commander, can you tell us how to fight this battle?" The devil is about to be killed, we still don't know anything, this is easy to make the brothers below panic, the battalion commander has been emphasizing that let the company hold the Loess Mountain, it should be a night attack! ”

Shi looked at his beard, and did not have the slightest discoloration for what he said about the night attack, but nodded and said: "Company Commander Li is right, we are indeed going to attack at night tonight, and we have not explained it before, but I am a little worried about whether the company can hold the Loess Mountain, if the company is lost, and the Japanese invaders have the cover of the mountain, then we will fundamentally lose the conditions for the night attack, and I don't want the brothers to die in vain." ”

Hearing the words of the stone, Hu Zi couldn't help but feel a little strange, since the loess mountain was so important, why only send one company? It is said that the Japanese army has a brigade as many as a brigade, and the number is ten times that of a company, and in this case it is difficult to describe it as adventurous, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is crazy, and I don't know where this young battalion commander got so much confidence and courage? Isn't he afraid that he won't be able to hold on for that long? Or did he not know how to command at all, and the battle was purely indiscriminate?

Although Hu Zi has learned some information about the battalion commander from other people's mouths for so long, after all, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and he is still skeptical about how much ability the battalion commander has. At this moment, the stone glanced at him meaningfully, as if he knew what he was thinking, which shocked the beard in his heart, and he immediately smiled back, but he could feel how unnatural the expression on his face was.

Shi Shi didn't care about it, his eyes fell on Liu Wenfeng, and he said solemnly: "Crazy, immediately let the reconnaissance squad withdraw to the north of Loess Mountain, closely monitor the situation in various places, and report immediately if there is any movement." Seeing Liu Wenfeng nodding, he thought for a moment and shouted out of the door: "Yu Longting"

"Arrive" A loud answer sounded at the outer door, and Yu Longting entered in response and saluted dignifiedly.

Shi looked at him and said: "You pick a few skilled brothers from the second and third companies to go to the front to cooperate with Zhang Donkey, you must do your best to rob and kill the Japanese scouts who want to cross the Loess Mountain, remember, don't be afraid of exposing the target, you must defeat the devil's scouts at all costs." ”

Yu Longting immediately replied: "Battalion commander, I'm afraid that the mountainous area is too wide for us to take care of, and the sight at night is not good, so the blockade is very large." ”

"I know this, we have limited troops, and we can only do things for the sake of others, so that the brothers can cheer up and work harder." Stone sighed.

Yu Longting also nodded, and after saluting, he withdrew.

At this time, Liu Wenfeng thought for a while and said: "Battalion commander, why don't you just draw a platoon from the third company, the scope of Loess Mountain here is too wide, and it is really difficult to rely on their manpower alone." ”

Shi shook his head and said: "The second and third companies can't move, there is not enough strength and physical strength to guarantee, in the face of a brigade of devils, even if there is a chance, we can't catch it, you go to rest first, let the brothers seize the time to rest for a while, and wait until the time to gather in front of the vegetable field in the south of the town." ”

Liu Wenfeng and Gao Da Hammer nodded when they heard the order, and only Hu Zi asked puzzledly: "Battalion commander, is this the end?" You summoned us to come and let us go to sleep? ”

Looking at the incredible expression of the beard, Shi Shi was also very surprised and asked, "Does Company Commander Li still have any questions?" ”

Looking at the appearance of the stone, the beard couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, and suddenly he didn't know how to speak.