When the soldiers went to rest one after another, the company commander Gao asked the three platoon commanders to stay and said, "Have you taken off the glorious strips of the sacrificed soldiers?" ”

They took out the scattered strips of glory from their pockets one after another, looked at the company commander Gao in silence, and Platoon Commander Sun said: "Many soldiers didn't have time to tear off the strips of glory on their bodies when they died, and the guns of foreign devils fell, and the bodies of the soldiers were blown up, and the strips of glory could not be found." ”

He touched the glory strip in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "There are only thirteen glory strips that can be found in the second row, and the others can't be found, or they are covered with mud and can't see the corpses." ”

A platoon squatted on the ground, looked down at the blood-stained white stripe, and said in a hoarse voice: "The same is true for the soldiers in the platoon, the cannon of the foreign devil is very powerful, many soldiers were killed by the enemy's artillery, and even the corpses could not be found, a cannon of the enemy can destroy a small hill, and when the cannon goes down, the soldiers of a combat group are gone, and when they are sacrificed, when the smoke passes, the soldiers go to see, only see the pieces of clothes and cloth that have been blown up, and nothing else can be found." ”

The tactics of the fighters' three-three system are certainly powerful, and the three people in a combat group are scattered in a battle formation, and even if they fall in the middle of the three-three system combat formation, even if they fall in the middle of the three-three system, they cannot kill all three people, and the small Japanese artillery shells are not very powerful, and they are all small calibers.

But in the face of the US army, it is different, the enemy's shells have a large caliber and great power, especially the range of the US army's large-caliber heavy artillery is enough to cover a basketball court, such a large-scale artillery bombardment, even if our army's three-three system is dispersed, as soon as it runs down, the three people are gone, especially in the center position, there are no bones.

Some of the soldiers were killed by bullets piercing their bodies, don't hurry up and tear off the glorious strips on the soldiers' bodies, and look at them after a while, the place where the remains of the warriors were lying just now has been shelled, and the corpses of the fighters cannot be found at all, so difficult to fight, although they persevered on the first day, they also sacrificed too many soldiers, and there are also many comrades whose glorious strips have not been dragged down.

The honor slip contains the basic information of the fighters, their names, their home addresses, and the identification credentials of a person.

The glory bar is gone, and many of the warriors have become unsung heroes.

Company Commander Gao took the glorious strip in their hands and said: "The sacrifice of the soldiers should not be unknown, tonight we will count the names of the sacrificed soldiers, and the other is the combat performance of the soldiers on the battlefield today. ”

The three platoon commanders nodded.

In one night, they counted the names of the sacrificed personnel of each platoon and squad, and asked the soldiers what they did when they died, and recorded them one by one. When the four platoons were counted, there was not a single soldier from the fourth platoon in the entire Ninth Company.

The platoon commander suddenly remembered and said: "The positions held by the fourth platoon are No. 2, No. 11 and No. 7, and the surface positions of these three positions have been lost, will the fourth platoon..."

Platoon Commander Sun shook his head: "Unlikely, the tunnels of the three positions have not been lost, and there may be four platoons of soldiers holding in the tunnels, I believe them." ”

Company Commander Gao recalled that a soldier from the fourth platoon came to the No. 1 tunnel to report the loss of the three positions, and he said: "That soldier's name is Zhao Fengshou, where is he now." ”

Platoon Commander Sun was stunned for a moment, and the soldier who stuffed the blaster into the enemy's bunker with his chest came to mind, and finally died with the enemy, his eyes were red, and he told the picture of Comrade Zhao Fengshou's sacrifice: "The last bunker thought it was knocked out, but I didn't expect that there were still foreign devils in the enemy's bunker who were not dead, and pushed the blaster out. ”

The Gao company commander recorded the action for a moment, wrote Zhao Fengshou's name in the notebook, and wrote a recruit at the back, "He is still a recruit who has just joined the company, and yesterday's battle was his first battle." ”

The third platoon commander said: "He is a hero!" ”

The commander of the first company said: "They are all heroes, their deeds should not be buried, we should write them down, hand them over to the regiment headquarters, and publish them in the domestic newspapers, so that everyone can remember their names!" ”

Rao is like this, in this glorious diary that records the battles of the soldiers, there are still many names of unsung heroes.

Company Commander Gao said: "We must uphold a realistic attitude and be conscientious and responsible, and not exaggerate to count the list and record the deeds on the battlefield. ”

The first platoon leader, the second platoon leader, and the third platoon commander nodded in unison, looking at the list of dead people, their hearts were dripping blood, these are all comrades who have fought the Japanese devils with them and participated in the war of liberation, and now they are leaving them, and it is all false to say that they are not distressed or uncomfortable.

In the tunnel, the wounds of the wounded were treated by Comrade Wang Lan, and there was basically no major problem, but the premise was that the wounds could not be torn apart.

Xia Yuan hugged the futon and said to Niu Xingcai: "Old Niu, lean inside." ”

"Hey." Niu Xingcai moved his body, Xia Yuan spread the futon behind Niu Xingcai, lay down and looked at the tunnel wall, Niu Xingcai shouted with laughter: "Squad leader, are you sleeping?" ”

Xia Yuan shook his head and said, "No, I just lay down, how could I fall asleep so quickly." ”

Niu Xingcai put his hands behind his head, looked at the tunnel wall, and said: "Squad leader, are there a lot of foreign devils' artillery, they started bombing early this morning, and they haven't stopped until now." ”

Xia Yuan listened to the sound of artillery transmitted to his ears from the rear, and said: "The enemy's artillery is to block our army's logistics troops and reinforcements, and they are not endless, just that their country is strong, stronger than us. But even so, we have nothing, we still beat them to the ground, we have to believe in our country, we believe in our comrades, little Japan, the reactionaries we have all beaten away, and there are still difficulties that we cannot overcome. ”

Niu Xingcai didn't speak, his eyes looked at the wall of the tunnel.

After taking the No. 2 position, the commander of the seventh company asked the commander of the seventh company to take the people back to rest, and he continued to attack the enemy's high ground with the people, and the soldiers who retreated to the tunnel fought back to the ground and joined the counterattack troops, and the other force developed through the No. 2 position to the No. 11 position.

At 21:10, the 597.9 heights were fully recovered.

The seventh company stayed on the high ground, and the seventh company commander returned to the No. 1 tunnel with some of the soldiers, and met the company commander Gao, who was counting supplies with the third platoon commander.

Company Commander Gao looked at the materials in front of him and said: "Medicine, food, water, ammunition, food and ammunition are fine, there are a lot of weapons and equipment and canned food left on the No. 2 position, plus the original food reserves in the tunnel, there is not much shortage of food, the only thing missing is medicine, ammunition and water." ”

The third platoon commander nodded: "There are too many wounded soldiers, if they continue to stay in the tunnel, the medicine in the tunnel will be exhausted sooner or later, and there is also the problem of water source, I asked the soldiers in the tunnel to get water, but the enemy's artillery fire almost blocked the rear of the 597.9 heights, and the well was also blown up by the enemy's artillery, and the idea that Comrade Xia Yuan first mentioned may now be on the agenda." ”

Company Commander Gao thought seriously, "You are right, we have to prepare in advance, today is only the first day, and every day that follows will become more and more difficult, the enemy's attack on Shangganling will not stop, Comrade Xia Yuan has been digging a well for a long time, but it has been shelved because of the battle." And the battle will not stop for a while and a half, but Comrade Xia Yuan's shooting and bombing are exactly what we need most at the moment, if he is asked to dig a well, it will be overkill, and I will leave this matter to Comrade Wang Yongmeng to do. ”

He looked at the recorded supplies and said, "Come here tonight, rest first, there will be a fierce battle tomorrow." ”

The third platoon leader nodded.

"Lao Gao, you haven't rested yet!"

Feng Ji, the commander of the seventh company, came back, with some of the fighters, and some of the soldiers stayed in the tunnels of other positions.

Company Commander Gao turned around, saw that it was Company Commander Feng, and said: "I just finished counting the materials in the tunnel, and I want to thank you for bringing a lot of weapons, ammunition and some food, otherwise just this first day of fighting, you will consume seventy-seven eighty-eight of the ammunition planned for a month." ”

Company Commander Feng thought for a while and said: "The enemy's fierce offensive on Shangganling is something we did not expect, this time we are here to reinforce you, but also to deal with tomorrow's battle, the enemy will not give up, we should be prepared, especially the replenishment of weapons and ammunition, we came this time to bring not enough weapons and ammunition, the route along the way has been targeted by the enemy's artillery fire and bombers, and we paid a heavy price along the way to reach Shangganling." ”

Company Commander Gao nodded and said: "The enemy's attack is very frustrating, we have to be prepared, Lao Feng, go and rest, there will be a fierce battle tomorrow." ”

Company Commander Feng nodded.

At four o'clock in the morning, before long of rest, the enemy's heavy artillery once again tore through the calm Shangganling, and the roar of shells fell on the No. 1 position one after another, constantly destroying the surface position of Shangganling, the soldiers in the tunnel were awakened, and the observers quickly ran down from the surface position.

"Company commander, the enemy's shelling has begun again."

Company Commander Gao didn't sleep all night, sat in front of the map and said to Company Commander Feng: "The enemy's artillery fire is so fierce, it is estimated that the enemy's attack will come up in the early morning, and we must be ready at any time." ”

Company Commander Feng nodded: "This time, the No. 1 position will be handed over to the three platoons of our company to defend, and your ninth company will be the second echelon." ”

Company Commander Gao stared at him: "Old Feng, you look down on our Ninth Company, being shelled by the enemy like this, how can the soldiers who have been holding back the fire in their hearts for a long time let them stay in the tunnel as the second echelon?" You stay and be the second echelon, as long as there is still one person in our company, the ninth company will always be there! ”

Company Commander Feng looked at Lao Gao with a complicated expression, "You, you're still so stubborn, let's be together." ”

Company Commander Gao shook his head again: "Lao Feng, you are also an old comrade, the scope of the No. 1 position is so large, once we have more troops in the surface position, the enemy's shells can kill many of us in one round, Comrade Xia Yuan once mentioned to me a tactic, called the tactic of adding oil, a drop of oil is added, the Shangganling Heights are so big, the more people go up, the more comfortable the enemy's shells will be blown up." ”

He said again: "Lao Feng, the Ninth Company is equivalent to the first drop of oil, as long as our drop of oil is still there, the enemy will not be able to attack the high ground, and your Seventh Company will be the second echelon." ”

Seeing that Lao Feng still wanted to say something, Company Commander Gao's tone was irresistible, "That's it!" ”

The enemy's bombardment left the soldiers with no time to rest, and the feeling in the tunnel was like being in the center of a storm, and the roar in the tunnel was one after another, and the ground shook violently even if you sat on the ground, and if you lie on the ground for a long time, this fierce shelling can shatter people's internal organs.

The fighters waited with their mouths open, their guns in their arms, and quietly.

The enemy's shelling lasted for two hours, and the fierce shelling shook the soldiers in the tunnel, and the observers ran down from outside the tunnel, "Company commander, company commander, the enemy is coming!" ”

In an instant, the soldiers in the tunnel squatted up, put the guns in their hands, and quietly waited for the company commander's order, even some of the lightly wounded picked up their guns, Wang Lan saw this, and asked them to put the guns down, the injuries on their bodies were not healed, how could they go out with the guns to fight.

After repeated persuasion, the wounded agreed to stay in the tunnel.

When Company Commander Feng heard the news that the enemy was rushing up, he was about to stand up, but he was held down by the senior company commander next to him and stared at him seriously: "Be our second echelon!" ”

Company Commander Gao stood up and gathered the last dozens of soldiers of the Ninth Company in the No. 1 tunnel, and he quickly said: "The first platoon and the second platoon are responsible for holding the right side of the No. 1 position, and the third platoon is responsible for holding the left side of the No. 1 position, withstanding the enemy's attack and holding our position!" ”

He also called Comrade Wang Yongmeng, who had already returned to the team, and said to the commander of the seventh company: "This is the correspondent of our company, and I will hand it over to you for the time being." In addition, the well dug by Comrade Xia Yuan, I also explained to you last night to help me dig out the water, and Comrade Xia Yuan poured too much effort into it. ”

Company Commander Gao looked at Xia Yuan, and he took this opportunity to speak: "Company Commander Feng, I have a hunch that if the well is dug down one meter, or half a meter, it should be able to produce water." ”

"Okay, I got it." Company Commander Feng nodded and looked at Lao Gao: "Come back alive." ”

Company Commander Gao did not answer him directly, but shouted: "Let's go!" ”

The soldiers of the Ninth Company set off with ammunition boxes and blasting canisters on their shoulders under the rapid organization of the senior company commander.

Company Commander Feng looked at the group of resolute Ninth Company soldiers in front of him with resolute eyes, and shouted, "Salute!" ”

The soldiers of the Seventh Company straightened their chests, half-squatted on the ground, and saluted the soldiers of the Ninth Company who set off.

These people are heroes!