Section 75 Bloody Battle of Ten Thousand Battles Ridge VII

"Report, regiment commander, the devil is coming, the devil is catching up." The commander of the reconnaissance company, Zhang Donkey, was still halfway up the mountain, and he shouted loudly, his panicked appearance was extremely inconsistent with his identity as a veteran of a hundred battles, and his appearance of crawling and rolling made people feel a faint sense of unease.

There was silence on the Lion Rock immediately, and both the officers and non-commissioned officers had solemn and terrifying expressions on their faces. From the time they arrived here in the early hours of yesterday morning to this moment, although it was only a day and a half, they seemed to be fighting every moment, this tense and intense situation, even if they had fought a lot of battles, was only seen in their lives, and the tense situation of barely having a moment to rest made them feel very tired.

Guo Yan looked at the stone, his face had long lost his usual shrewd look, the stone's voice did not fall, the reconnaissance company commander of the 302nd Regiment rushed to this place, even an idiot can feel the abnormality, not to mention that he is not an idiot, he can sit in the position of the staff officer of the brigade headquarters, and now he is sent by the brigade commander to supervise the battle, his ability and wisdom are beyond doubt. Thinking of the terrible tone of the stone before, he could only secretly cry out in his heart, although he had guessed that the task of this trip would not be easy before he came, but it was such a difficult situation to parry as now, which he never expected.

After such a moment's delay, Zhang Donkey had already rushed to the mountain, and he didn't care about too much politeness, he saw that his dark face was covered with dense beads of sweat, and the whole person was as wet as if he had just come out of the water...... Long, the devil is coming. ”

Even if Shi was mentally prepared, when he heard Zhang Donkey'er's words, he couldn't help frowning, and then picked up a water bladder from the side and handed it to Zhang Donkey: "Old Zhangtou, drink saliva first, don't worry, say slowly, from yesterday to now, this group of devils has fought with us a few times, and it is not as terrible as imagined." ”

Zhang Donkey was not polite, took the water bladder and poured a few mouthfuls, the cold water in it calmed his hot heart a lot, he wiped his mouth with satisfaction and said: "Commander, this time the little devil is really here, there are more than ten long-barreled artillery pieces alone, all of them are pulling mules and are rushing towards us." ”

Guo Yan is an expert in troop formation, and when he heard this, his brows jumped involuntarily and asked: "Company Commander Zhang, have you ever seen clearly, the devil really has a long-barreled artillery?" ”

Zhang Donkey immediately patted his chest and said: "Chief Guo, I can't be wrong, I followed Brother Lianli for a distance, although I can't see it really, but I can't be wrong, otherwise I wouldn't have rushed back to report." The cannons had wheels under them, and mules and horses pulled them in front of them, one after the other, for a long distance. ”

Guo Yan looked at the stone helplessly and said: "Listening to what Company Commander Zhang said, I'm afraid I can't be wrong, it should be a 75MM mountain cannon, there is no way to use a cart to pull it in the mountains, it can only be transported by mules and horses, slow is a little slow, but we are close to the devil, and we can meet it before it gets dark." ”

Lin Xiufeng, who was attached to the regiment on the side, immediately came over and said: "Staff Officer Guo, the devil's 75MM mountain artillery is specially used to equip the artillery wing, and there are almost 50 field guns or mountain artillery in a wing, and we can't catch up with the firepower in this regard, and I heard Company Commander Zhang say that the devil has ten guns, if there is no mistake, it should be an artillery brigade." ”

Guo Yan knew that Lin Xiufeng had been the chief of staff, and he only had a lot more knowledge in this regard than himself, so he immediately said respectfully: "What Lin Tuan said is that the artillery unit of the devil has always been a formed operation, in order to maximize the firepower advantage, it should be an artillery brigade. ”

Lin Xiufeng was a little palpitating when he heard this, and said with a pale face: "The devil's protection of the artillery unit has always been thorough, and if an artillery brigade can be used, there will be at least two or three infantry wings to accompany it. Speaking of this, he already understood the meaning of the regiment commander's previous words, not that the regiment commander was verbose, but that this battle could not be fought at all.

Shi took over Lin Xiufeng's topic and said: "Although the 12 guns are terrible, the devil's shells are always limited, and it's not that they can't deal with it, but this time the devil's infantry who came with him almost has a brigade, this is not a joke, Staff Officer Guo, once the fire is connected, it will be difficult to withdraw from the sky." ”

Guo Yan naturally knew the meaning of Shi's words, and in front of this battle, the always brave Shi Regiment Leader was a little scared. But he can understand the concern of the stone, the 302nd regiment is his old roots, once it is exhausted, there will be nothing. Therefore, although he had already said that Shangguan's order was to let them defend Lion Rock, he couldn't help but hesitate to think about it for a while, and only said for a long time: "Commander Shi, if in normal times, there is really no reason to use a regiment to resist a brigade or even a division with a regiment, but this time the situation is special, the devil appeared too weirdly, and he actually inserted it between the Nanxun Line and Ruiwu Road, obviously trying to cut the connection between the first corps and the second corps. Although De'an's defense is not weak and the distance between the Nanxun line is also short, but after all, De'an is a large army with a belly and a contract, and there is no way to make any mistakes, and it is the safest way to solve the devil here. ”

Shi didn't know the truth of this, but this is the reason, but he couldn't let him take his brothers to be cannon fodder in such a daze, a regiment of two or three thousand people wanted to block a brigade of devils, this is impossible.

After thinking for a while, Shi Shi said unceremoniously: "Staff Officer Guo, it stands to reason that we should have nothing to ask about obeying orders to fight devils, but people's hearts are long, since I am the head of the 302nd regiment, I have to find a way to make a living for the brothers around me, and fight 10,000 devils with 2,000 people, how many brothers does Staff Officer Guo think we can survive?" ”

Guo Yan froze for a while and didn't know how to answer, the 302nd Regiment is cannon fodder, and he, the supervising staff officer, is not, when he thinks of what happened to his colleague Staff Officer Wei in Gaoling Village, he can't help but have an instinctive fear when he looks at the stones, so he doesn't dare to speak and do things too directly, even if he has the brigade order now, he can only persuade bitterly: "Commander Shi, the devil is strong, and the peak must also know, the 302nd Regiment should come in advance just to buy time for the transfer of the army, this battle, as long as it is delayed until the main force of the corps arrives, It should be over. ”

If this was someone else, I am afraid that I would have believed it, but after a few turns in the stone ghost gate, he had already become extremely shrewd, and said directly and unceremoniously: "Staff Officer Guo, we have been here for a day and a half, and it has been delayed for so long, it is already the limit, our means and strength are now touched by the devil, and there must be no opportunity for opportunism, and when the devil will press over for a while, you won't expect me to charge again with the third battalion, right?" ”

"Commander Shi, I can't do anything about this, Shangfeng's order is to defend Lion Rock until the new order comes down, there is nothing superfluous in addition, I am a small staff officer, where does I have the right to let you retreat?" Guo Yan said helplessly.

Shi Shi snorted coldly and said: "Staff Officer Guo, I won't drag the brothers to death in vain, if I really can't stand it for a while, I will definitely let the brothers retreat, and exchange my life for the lives of so many brothers, it's worth it." ”

Guo Yan didn't want to die, if Shi really ordered the troops to retreat, he, the staff officer of the battle supervision, would be completely finished, the so-called battle supervision is to let the subordinate troops complete the order of the peak, in case there is a violation of the order to delay the fighter, if necessary, he even has the right to replace Shi and personally command the 302 regiment. But this is just to understand the state, how easy is it to command a unit on behalf of the regiment, take the 302 regiment in front of him as an example, not to mention that he is an external staff officer, even if the regiment is attached to Lin Xiufeng, how can he replace the stone? The kind of friendship that came out of the sea of blood in the sword mountain, and the trust that came down from the bloody battle all the way, made the stone a god in the hearts of everyone in the 302nd regiment, an invincible god who could not be stopped by any difficulty.

And what is he a brigade headquarters staff officer here? Not even fart.

For this reason, Guo Yan could only persuade bitterly: "Captain Shi must not make such a decision, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the future and lives of the brothers, once you are investigated, the 302nd regiment will either be dismantled and rebuilt, or change the regiment leader, in either case, the lives of these brothers will fall into the hands of others, and then who can think about them like Captain Shi?" Sooner or later, I will fall on the battlefield. ”

Shi snorted coldly and said, "I can manage them before I die, but I can't control them after death, I can't watch them for the rest of my life, right?" ”

Although Shi's expression was still cold, Guo Yan heard a trace of hesitation from his mouth, which made him overjoyed, and immediately said: "Commander Shi, you have persevered for a day and a half, why don't you work hard, maybe the main force of the corps is on the way to come, as long as we survive this while, we will complete the task." ”

"Perhaps? Maybe we've run out, but the allies haven't arrived yet? Aren't we, our brothers, sent to death in vain? Stone asked coldly.

"How could Shangfeng joke with De'an, how could he joke with the lives of hundreds of thousands of brothers in the corps? Losing the Lion Rock, but it is not beneficial to anyone, since the rush to let the head of the stone regiment lead the troops to stop the enemy, the peak must be ready to slow down, as long as the head of the stone insistence. Guo Yan continued to persuade.

After the stone pondered for a while, he said categorically: "It's dark, at most until it's dark, after dark, if there are no reinforcements coming, I will order a retreat, I always have to leave some seeds for the 302nd regiment, and I have to give an explanation to Chief Cheng and Chief Ji in the spirit of the sky." ”

Guo Yan was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, "Enough, enough, there are still nearly three hours before dark, and it will be a full 2 days and 1 night since we came here, and the peaks should also arrive." ”

(I go to work during the day every day, the conference is continuous, I stay up late at night and sleep at four or five o'clock in the morning, I have to accompany my wife and daughter's family on weekends, and I have to socialize, and then I have to be scolded by my book friends, alas, I really don't want to say anything!) Man, it's a shame! )