Xia Yuan said that the situation has long been perceived by the superiors, in fact, in the fourth battle, this problem has been exposed, logistics and supply difficulties, the soldiers can only carry the food needed to maintain the seven-day battle, which also caused the US army in the later stage of the fourth battle to pursue, many troops suffered serious casualties, unable to carry out the next battle.

Either they will be transferred back to the country to recuperate, or they will recuperate in the rear.

Logistics supply is a manifestation of national strength, New China has only been established for a year, how can there be any national strength, this is a fatal loophole, how to get rid of this crisis, it is also the origin of the fifth campaign, logistics supply backwardness is caused by weak national strength, this is unavoidable, is it possible that there is no supply, this battle will not be fought?

Fight, must fight, not only to fight, but also to fight hard.

Only by putting pressure on the American troops could they not carry out the landing plan, and the fifth campaign began.

However, the problem of logistical supply backwardness that led to the soldiers being able to carry only seven days of dry food still exists, which cannot be solved, even in the second stage of the fifth campaign, this problem still exists, and there is no solution.

Not to mention Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao, even Zhisi can't solve this problem.

After so many battles, they can't find food and medicine from foreign devils, which means that the fighters basically know about it, but it is also unavoidable, it is difficult for them to tell the enemy that the next time they fight, let them bring some food and medicine.

This is obviously impossible, Xia Yuan thought, "Since the enemy doesn't bring it, then let's look for the enemy, tomorrow's vicious battle is unavoidable, the foreign devils must be preparing in the rear, is it possible that we have to watch them prepare, do nothing, wait until tomorrow the enemy hits us, knowing that it hurts and then it's too late to find a way." ”

That's right, but any action requires consulting with superiors.

Company Commander Lei and the instructor were shocked by Xia Yuan's method, but this was undoubtedly very risky, Xia Yuan could see the entanglement in the hearts of the two, the night attack plan must be very risky, but as Xia Yuan said, even if they didn't do anything, the battle would still go on the next day, and a lot of soldiers would still have to be sacrificed at that time.

Xia Yuan saw that the two of them were moved, and hit the railway while it was hot: "We are preparing, and the foreign devils must be preparing, but what can we prepare, is to rest and rest, and dig some trenches on the position, but the foreign devils have planes and artillery, and their preparations are much more powerful than ours, if we can harass it tonight and blow up the artillery positions of the foreign devils, it will be very beneficial to the next battle, even if it is not successful, seeing that the situation is not right, just retreat immediately, and the foreign devils will not dare to chase." ”

After a pause, he said, "After all, night fighting is our forte. ”

"Xia Yuan, you rest first, let's go and ask the battalion commander, it's just getting dark now, and there's a lot of time."

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao were simply persuaded by Xia Yuan, and they were all moved, yes, their preparations could only dig trenches, rest and rest, no guns, no artillery, no food and medicine, and a lot of supplies in the later stage, they basically had nothing to prepare.

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao left with a heavy heart, and on the way, they were still communicating.

"Xia Yuan's thinking is very unique, and what he said is also very reasonable, foreign devils will not give up attacking the 336.8 heights because we have done everything, nor will we not attack the 336.8 heights because we have done nothing, and our food is about to run out, this is an unavoidable thing, the pressure on logistics and supply is high, and the food in our battalion headquarters is almost exhausted, if we don't think of a way, when the food is finished, we will have nothing to eat."

Instructor Shao agreed with Xia Yuan's opinion, thinking that the night attack was a necessary thing, and if it could be successful, it would be of great help to tomorrow's battle, and if it failed, the price would not be unacceptable to them.

Company Commander Lei was also thinking about this problem, and unconsciously walked to the battalion headquarters in the rear.

The battalion headquarters is a simple shack built of branches and leaves, and it is difficult for the US Air Force to find this hidden location, and there are also many shacks built with branches and leaves next to the battalion headquarters, and there are a large number of wounded people under the shacks, and female hygienists come and go.

At this point, many soldiers haven't slept yet, not because they don't want to sleep, but because the wound hurts and they can't sleep, even so, there is still no one who shouts pain, they are silently enduring the pain and torture caused by the wound, and the soldiers grinning from time to time, gasping in pain, and never shouting.

There are a large number of guns placed under some shacks, covered with leaves, these guns were captured from the hands of the American army, there are a lot of guns, but the number of bullets and grenades is very small, there are only a few boxes of grenades, bazooka and recoilless guns have captured several, there are not many shells, even so, a battalion is used a lot, the front of the 336.8 heights is more special, the enemy's tanks can't drive up, only the infantry can come up, and these things do very little damage to the infantry, and they are a sharp weapon for attacking and destroying the enemy's tanks.

In addition to that, there are captured mortars, but the US troops are very smart, they will blow up the shells when they retreat, so that even if the volunteers capture the mortars, they do not capture the shells, which is a lump of iron, and even slow down the marching speed of the volunteer soldiers.

Food and medicine are extremely scarce.

Battalion Commander Li, the commander of the second company, the commander of the third company, the instructor of the second company, the instructor of the third company, the chief of staff of the battalion, and the cadres of the organs had not yet slept, and the battalion headquarters did not have a table, so they made a simple model of the position made of mud and weeds on the ground, and stones were placed on the position, representing the three companies of the first battalion, and the machine gun company was in the rear, and they were squatting on the ground, discussing matters to deal with the enemy.

Seeing Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao coming in, they got up one after another.

Battalion Commander Li spoke: "How is the situation on the position?" ”

Company Commander Lei said distressedly: "After a long march and battle, fighting for a day during the day, and digging trenches without rest at night, the soldiers were tired enough to sit on the ground and fall asleep. ”

Battalion Commander Li sighed and said: "We all see the situation of the soldiers, now the war is so tense, we haven't closed our eyes for several days, we are all looking forward to the battle can end victoriously, the big guys also sleep well, there is still a fierce battle to fight tomorrow, you can also come and see the deployment." ”

They squatted on the ground again, and Battalion Commander Li pointed to a small bulging mound with three stones on the small mound, and said: "Here, it is the 336.8 high ground, my three companies are stationed on the high ground, and the enemy is stationed about eight kilometers south of the 336.8 high ground. ”

Company Commander Lei asked, "What about their artillery?" ”

"I didn't see it, the scouts were scouting in the outer ring, and the artillery was most likely in the center of the enemy's quarters." Battalion Commander Li pointed to the center of the enemy's garrison with a stick and said: "The tanks and infantry on the outside can protect the artillery well, and according to the news transmitted by the scouts, the enemy still has a large number of reinforcements on the road, with a strength of about one regiment and nearly 4,000 people. ”

The commanders and fighters of the first battalion were silent.

The enemy itself already has a unit stationed directly in front of them, the number is unknown, and there is even a regiment of the enemy who dares to come to the side of the 336.8 heights, which is not several times higher than our army, and one reinforcement alone is already ten times higher than a battalion.

After such a long period of continuous combat, the strength of the first battalion has been greatly consumed, and there are less than 300 fighters capable of fighting, and most of the rear are cadres of organs, but the machine gun company is relatively complete, but the machine gun company lacks ammunition, and it is difficult for it to give full play to its proper combat effectiveness.

How to fight this battle.

Everyone was silent.

The disparity in strength is so great that any tactics of interspersing, circumventing the rear, and dividing and encircling are no longer useful.

"The Third Corps is encircling and annihilating foreign devils in our east, when we go to Tongguli, the basic situation is almost understood, I won't say more, if the enemy passes through the 336,8 heights, it will inevitably have an impact on the operations of the Three Corps, I have asked the correspondent to send an urgent letter to the regiment headquarters, it is estimated that the regimental headquarters will receive a letter."

The geographical location of the 336.8 Heights is very good, and they can contain the US troops coming to the east, and the superiors also require them to hold on to the 336.8 Heights and cut off the road for reinforcements from the US Seventh Division.

But at present, the third battalion is still on the road, and there are only more than 200 people left in the three companies of their first battalion, and the casualties of the machine gun company are not large, but it is difficult for the machine gun company to exert its due firepower, and along the way, the ammunition consumption is huge, but it cannot be captured and replenished from the US army, and it has experienced several battles in a row, and the remaining amount of mortar shells is in single digits, so the artillery shells have little effect.

The most important thing is that the battalion headquarters has no supplies, and the consumption of medicine, food, and ammunition is serious, and many wounded people have no medicine, so they all rely on their will, and the ammunition supply of the soldiers fighting on the front line has been cut off and cannot be replenished, not to mention the food, and many soldiers only have two or three meals of food left.

"Ammunition, food, medicine, everyone knows these situations, I have reported to the regiment commander, it is estimated that the situation is very difficult, not to mention our battalion, that is, the situation of the entire division is similar, everyone has to work hard to overcome it, if it's a big deal, gnaw the bark and cook the belt, it's no big deal."

Battalion Commander Li is still optimistic, there is no way, to this point, they have no way to deal with the attack of the US army tomorrow, he said: "Prepare to give an order to die, defend the position, the front-line soldiers are dead, the machine gun company is dead, the cadres at all levels, the cadres are dead, the wounded have to climb to the position, as long as there are still people in the first battalion, you can't let the foreign devils step over 336.8." ”

Commanders and fighters at all levels nodded solemnly, and their hearts were ready to sacrifice.

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao were equally heavy, and the order was given to reach this step, and the outcome of the three companies on the high ground could be imagined, and the two remembered Xia Yuan's words again, and glanced at each other, and Company Commander Lei stood up and said, "Battalion commander, I have something to say." ”

"Say, if you have anything you want to speak, just say it, don't keep a calm face, it's not like the battle hasn't started yet."

Battalion Commander Li smiled, but there was a hint of heaviness in that smile, I am afraid that many people will die in this battle.

Company Commander Lei said: "That's the case, Comrade Xia Yuan of our platoon, just made an opinion to me, saying that the enemy has not carried out artillery fire on the position now, which means that the enemy is also preparing like us, it seems that the enemy is planning to wait for the reinforcements of that regiment to arrive, obviously, the enemy is bound to take the 336.8 heights, and the battle before the sun sets is actually Lao Shao and I have new ideas." ”

He squatted down and said: "The enemy first sent reconnaissance planes, and then sent reconnaissance troops to reconnoiter the 336.8 heights, which shows that the enemy does not have a detailed grasp of the strength of our troops. ”

Battalion Commander Li didn't know what Company Commander Lei was selling, and he said a lot of nonsense, but he didn't get to the point, he said: "We have already guessed that the enemy has a detailed grasp of our troop strength, so you hurry up and talk about the point." ”

"The weapons and equipment of foreign devils are good, but there is a weakness, that is, tanks, planes, armored vehicles, and their guns, it is difficult to exert their combat effectiveness at night, and this night, foreign devils are shrunk in the station to sleep, after all, they are not good at night fighting, but we are good at it."

Company Commander Lei pointed to the enemy's station and said: "We can send a team to test the foreign devil's station, we have already become like this, digging trenches, it is estimated that there will be nothing to do tonight, but the foreign devils are different, their logistics supply is much better than ours, we don't move, they don't move, just give them time to prepare, how can this be, when their shells are enough, and the reinforcements arrive, we are all dead." ”

"Foreign devils will attack 336.8 horizontally and vertically, so it's better for us to strike first and send an attack force to attack their station first."

Sneak attack.

Everyone looked at each other, they really didn't think about a sneak attack, after all, the disparity in strength was too great, and the soldiers marched in a hurry, fighting for several days without rest, to sneak attack the US military station, it was completely a dead end.

But they also felt that what Commander Lei said was reasonable.

The ammunition reserves are not enough, the food is almost exhausted, the medicine has been exhausted, and they have nothing else to do except rest, but the foreign devils are different, they have everything, and they are not short of anything, if they are given a night's time, it is estimated that the shells can be piled up.

It is better to organize a squad to sneak attack the enemy's station, even if the sneak attack is unsuccessful, eliminate a part of the American army, or blow up a tank, they will earn it.

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao looked at everyone's expressions and could guess that everyone was moved by this proposal.

The barefoot ones are not afraid of wearing shoes, and there seems to be nothing to be afraid of.