And the two platoon commanders seem to have a dispute over the timing of the attack on the Jigong Mountain bandits, but in fact, the root cause of the dispute is: casualty rate!

The so-called knife and gun have no eyes!

No matter how elite the troops, no matter how well equipped and well trained, on the battlefield, the occurrence of mortality is indispensable...... Even in large-scale exercises, casualties are inevitable.

And Xiang Tao advocated waiting for the bandits of Jigong Mountain to fight with the people of Lijia Village, and everyone attacked the men and horses of Jigong Mountain from behind, from a tactical point of view, it was to give the bandits of Jigong Mountain a front and back attack, and the bandits of Jigong Mountain would be defeated. Moreover, Xiang Tao is confident, with the elite of the assault company, and is good at fighting this kind of raid battle, it is very likely that as soon as the fight starts, the bandits of Jigong Mountain will be crushed at the first touch, which can greatly reduce our casualties.

If you fight now, not only will you startle the snake, but you will even make the other party prepared, and when the time comes, not to mention anything else, the casualty rate alone will definitely be higher than the surprise attack.

To be fair, Xiang Tao is impeccable in terms of timing and accuracy in looking at this battle. According to what he said, he will definitely be able to reduce our casualties and rescue Lijia Village.

However, in the eyes of the second platoon commander of the second platoon of the assault company, waiting for the bandits in Jigong Mountain to fight with the people of Lijia Village before raiding the rear of the bandits in Jigong Mountain is indeed the safest and safest tactic, but there is a huge problem in this: if the people of Lijia Village can't withstand the pressure of Jigong Mountain and surrender without firing a shot, then everything Xiang Tao said will come to naught...... Don't think that the chances of surrendering under such pressure are small, in fact, quite the opposite. In order to ensure that their villagers are not harmed by bandits, many villages will choose to compromise, that is, hand over part of their property to the bandits, and after the bandits get the property, they will generally not attack the village again - there is a credibility problem, if any bandit breaks this rule, it will provoke public anger. After all, as far as banditry is concerned, it is a very good deal to be able to easily obtain a large amount of property without fighting, without dying, and without wasting ammunition, so many bandits will abide by this rule. If people break this rule, there will be no such convenient way to get money in the future, but it will provoke desperate resistance from the village, and finally make a lose-lose situation.

It is precisely because of the existence of this rule that the second platoon commander's concern is also very reasonable. Therefore, he advocated fighting now: even if it suffered more casualties, it might save a lot of money and property for the villagers of Lijia Village, and it was worth it.

From this point of view, what the second platoon commander advocated is also reasonable.

For a while, the two were at a stalemate, but there was no official function to suppress them. In the end, in desperation, I had to ask Li Feng, who didn't plan to participate in this matter, to let him call the shots.

Li Feng was really a little embarrassed, not because he was afraid of offending people - he was a special commissioner from the division headquarters, and he could pat his ass and leave afterwards, and there was no trouble at all. But the problem is that Xiang Tao and the second platoon leader, one from the perspective of time and the other from the perspective of opportunity, both make sense, but they both have shortcomings...... The key is that as long as you get in touch with the people in the village, all problems can be solved, and you can definitely do it from inside to outside, so that the bandits in Jigong Mountain can't eat and walk around. But this thing is almost impossible, because at this moment, you can think with your ass that the bandits of Jigong Mountain must have sent people to guard the two small roads leading to Lijia Village, which is not big, and at the same time, they will definitely send people to monitor the movements in Lijia Village on the top of the mountain. It is possible to enter Lijia Village from other places at night, but if you want to pass under the noses of the bandit observation posts in broad daylight, the chances of being discovered are not as high as those who can directly kill them.

Just as Li Feng was thinking, Xiao Zhao on the side asked softly, "Director, can I tell me my opinion?"

This is a request, and Li Feng naturally agrees.

"I don't think we need to set a time at all, we can just be improvised. ”

As soon as he heard this, everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Xiao Zhao. It was probably the first time that so many people had paid attention, Xiao Zhao swallowed his saliva a little nervously, and for a while, he was a little speechless.

Seeing this, Li Feng patted Xiao Zhao on the shoulder and encouraged: "Xiao Zhao, your proposal is very good, come, tell us about your method carefully." Don't be nervous, don't worry about it boldly, even if you say it wrong, it doesn't matter, anyway, it's a discussion now, and it's not the final decision. ”

"Yes!" Xiao Zhao nodded gratefully to Li Feng, and said with a straight face: "We don't know about the enemy now, but the enemy doesn't know anything about us either. In other words, for the bandits in Jigong Mountain, the initiative is in our hands, so we don't have to set a time for death, and we can completely adapt to the situation......"

At this point, he glanced at everyone and saw that they were listening attentively. This kind of respect made him feel encouraged, and his voice couldn't help but be a little louder: "I think that although it is difficult to send someone to get in touch with Lijia Village, we can judge their movements by observing the bandits in Jigong Mountain." If they attack Lijia Village, then we can attack the bandits in Jigong Mountain inside and outside as Xiang Xiang said to the platoon commander. But if they take a large amount of property from Lijia Village without attacking, as the second platoon commander feared, then we can also take advantage of their relaxation to sneak attack them and recapture the property of Lijia Village. If they still want to attack Lijia Village after they have obtained money, then we can also attack them at any time...... That's all I said. ”

"That's a good idea. Li Feng first expressed his agreement with this approach: "It can not only include the proposals of the two, but also be more flexible and changeable, not limited to form...... What do you two think?"

Xiang Tao and the second platoon leader glanced at each other and nodded in approval at the same time.

Immediately, after some discussion on the details of this proposal, the implementation began.

In a group of three, three groups were dispatched to comprehensively monitor the movements of the bandits in Jigong Mountain. If the bandits of Jigong Mountain stormed Lijia Village, once the attack began, the second platoon of the assault company would be responsible for the main attack on the front (south of Lijia Village), and the first squad of the guard platoon would be responsible for assisting in the defense of the southwest (the southwest was open, and the number of bandits was not particularly large, so it was naturally impossible to force an attack from here, thus becoming a live target). After opening the gap, a squad of guards forcibly rushed into Lijia Village, led the people of Lijia Village, and attacked the Jigong Mountain bandits inside and outside with the second platoon of the assault company.

If the bandits overwhelm people with power and want to slip away after getting something, the second platoon of the assault company is responsible for the pursuit, and it is extremely difficult to recover the things that were extorted by the bandits in Lijia Village.

Next, everyone rested in place and was ready to fight.

For about half an hour or so, seeing that the monitoring team sent out did not send back any news, everyone gradually relaxed, suddenly!

"Bang, bang, bang......"

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Suddenly the gunshots rang out.

Xiang Tao, who was lying on the ground, somehow, suddenly came up with a sentence in his mind, "The conversation collapsed!" Immediately, a carp stood up, drew a box cannon, and shouted, "The guards are on a squad, assemble!"

The second platoon commander on the side also shouted: "The assembly of the second platoon!"

Just after the soldiers were gathering, the second platoon commander suddenly grabbed Xiang Tao: "Xiang Tao, I'll give you five good hands to protect Director Li and Xiao Zhao, what do you think?"

Xiang Tao instinctively opened his mouth to refuse: I need your support, don't you look down on our guard platoon?

But the second platoon commander said quickly and quietly: "It's not that I look down on your guard squad, but now that time is pressing, you have few manpower, and you will enter Lijia Village again, in case something happens, it is better to have more people." At the very least, I'll send you five people, and you can concentrate on the fight. Otherwise, in case Director Li and Xiao Zhao bump into that, even if you and I keep Lijia Village, I'm afraid that we won't be able to eat and walk around at the political commissar's place. ”

Xiang Tao looked at Li Feng and Xiao Zhao who were walking over quickly, and felt a little annoyed: You two commissioners, how much safer it is to stay behind, why do you have to go to war with us. Not only do you have to waste your troops to protect you, but you also have to prevent it from hurting you, which is really troublesome...... I think so, but this must not be said, otherwise, it is a matter of IQ.

Xiang Tao looked back at the second platoon commander again, and saw that his face was solemn, and there was a faint worry in his eyes, so he knew that he didn't mean to look down on the guard squad, but was really worried about the safety of Director Li and Xiao Zhao.

"Good!"

The second platoon commander immediately went to arrange, so that Xiang Tao's side, plus Director Li and Xiao Zhao, there were exactly twenty people.

Five soldiers in civilian clothes first ran quickly towards Lijia Village, and ran to the place where they had encountered the bandits earlier, and sure enough, the bandits were still on guard there...... Whether it's a surprise attack or a sneak attack, you can't get around those bandits. However, it is obvious that unlike the roadblock robbery, these bandits are only responsible for guarding the periphery, after all, the bandits in Jigong Mountain are only so many, and they put most of their heads on attacking Lijia Village, and it is impossible to put many people on the periphery, at most they will establish a few more cordons. In other words, there are probably just a few of them.

Therefore, it is best to kill these three bandits without making a noise, so that they can get closer to the main force of the Jigong Mountain bandits, kill the other party by surprise, and achieve the goal of achieving the maximum result at the minimum cost.

"Stop!

Probably because they started attacking Lijia Village, the three bandits became a little nervous, not only their tone was much heavier, but even their faces showed a bit of murderous aura, and they looked highly vigilant.

"Big brother, a few of us are from the village behind Lijia Village, I don't know if this is to fight Lijia Village or not?"

"Dealing with Lijia Village, it has nothing to do with other places, you guys hurry up, or I'll kill you all." ”

"Big brother, we are in a hurry to go back and deliver medicine to the family, can you see if it can be convenient?" said the leading soldier as he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and walked over as he tore open the cigarette as he spoke.

As soon as they saw him coming, the bandit immediately shouted: "Stop! ”

When the warrior saw this, he had no choice but to attack.

He smiled and nodded, and said, "Don't! He turned to the other four warriors and winked. Then, while walking back, he said, "Okay, it won't work here, we can only take a detour back to the village, let's go, don't look at it, let's go!"

The five of them walked more than ten meters together, and the soldier who took the lead said softly: "Comrades, prepare, listen to my command, and draw guns together...... One, two, three, hit!"

"Bang, bang, bang......"