The lights were bright in the Soviet outpost opposite, and in the command room, Bakarev's eyes were red, he hadn't had a good rest for three days, and the two staff officers were the same as him, three people around the sand table and the map, pointing and pointing, and arguing non-stop.

A copy of China's "People's Liberation Army Daily" on the desk next to him, on the front page, the front page of the army and squad leader Zhao Yunlong's majestic momentum rushed to his face, and the little poplar behind him seemed to be laughing at the Soviet army's foreign power, Bakarev saw the newspaper, saw the photo, he walked over, hatefully tore the newspaper to shreds, and threw it into the blazing fireplace, watching the newspaper turn to ashes, he smiled proudly.

As soon as he received the telegram, the CIA had joined forces with various intelligence agencies to start a joint operation codenamed "decapitation", and his superiors ordered him to provoke an incident as soon as possible, occupy the little poplar outpost, blow up the little poplar tree, and pull out the nails for the follow-up large army to break into Xinjiang.

The three finally stopped arguing and decided on an offensive plan, the specific plan is as follows: concentrate artillery, cooperate with sappers to clear minefields, clear out the safe passage, dispatch tanks to assault, infantry fighting vehicles and armored transport vehicles then transport infantry to follow, fighters and helicopter gunships on the side of the Soviet army, occupy air supremacy, and attack the Chinese army in the opposite position at any time, at the same time, the follow-up troops quickly follow up, occupy the Xiaopoplar outpost, and use it as a base for advancement, and the troops are divided into two routes, all the way to the northeast to attack Karamay, and seize this oil city, Then conquer Shihezi and Changji, until the occupation of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, to control the entire northern Xinjiang, and the other way to the southeast to occupy Dushanzi, to obtain the control of the only highway connecting the north and south of Xinjiang "Duku Highway", and go south can directly penetrate the important town of Kashgar in southern Xinjiang, and then capture Hotan, Aksu, Korla, and control the entire southern Xinjiang. The three men sat down, and Bakarev opened a bottle of vodka and found three glasses, which the three clinked glasses in celebration as if their plan had been a success.

The headquarters of the 15 Army a few hundred kilometers away. Army Commander Tan Mingde and Chief of Staff Shao Dong were discussing the plan, and they had just read the telegram sent by Xiang Wenhua, the enemy's movements, the military deployment of the outpost, and the three aspects of requesting support. Shao Dong looked at the sand table of the position of the little poplar post he made with great interest, stared closely at the two Golan trenches and the anticline tunnel of the hill where the post was located, and said to Tan Mingde: "Old Tan, whether Xiao Xiang can withstand the attack of the Soviet army depends on these two ditches and one tunnel!"

Tan Mingde took a puff of cigarette and said: "The Golan trench and the anti-slope tunnel have all been tested in actual combat, and Xiaoxiang has carried them forward, built two Golan trenches, laid minefields in front, and equipped with rocket launchers, antiaircraft artillery, mortars, light and heavy machine guns, and snipers, forming various three-dimensional firepower points, which should be able to withstand the enemy's attack for a day or two, so as to provide sufficient time for our reinforcements."

After speaking, he asked a staff officer next to him: "Staff Officer Wang, before Xiao Xiang went to the outpost, he asked for the establishment of 6 medical supply depots, and now how many have the engineer big brother built?" That staff officer Wang immediately replied: "Due to the harsh environment, the construction project has been blocked, and only 3 have been built so far!"

Tan Mingde said: "Time is tight, the task is heavy, and it is not easy for the engineer big brother to build 3!"

He said to another staff officer: "Staff Officer Zhao, please record the following orders: first, the three medical stations that have been built will be put into use today, second, from today, order to provide the Xiaopoplar outpost with the ammunition they need as soon as possible, including drinking water and food, third, order the 29th Mechanized Mixed Regiment to move closer to the Xiaotopol outpost from today and reinforce the front line at any time, fourth, order the 69th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment to move to the rear of the Xiaobaiyang outpost from today to deploy defenses to strictly prevent the invasion of Soviet military aircraft, and fifth, order the 21st Regiment, Starting today, the 23rd Regiment moved closer to the direction of the Little Poplar outpost, reinforced one left and one right, and fifth, reported the enemy situation to the air force of the military region, and requested the air force to make preparations for support to prevent the invasion of Soviet military aircraft! "

Staff Officer Zhao repeated the transcript, and after confirming that it was correct, he immediately went out. Shao Dong said with emotion: "Lao Tan, you and I are crawling out of the pile of dead people on the Korean battlefield, drinking water and food are the most important things after the enemy's fire blockade, the little poplar post can only rely on two snow-capped mountains 3 kilometers away to dig ice and melt water this season to solve the drinking water problem, without food, the soldiers can't fight, I don't want to happen again like the battle of Shangganling An apple needs to pay a few lives, we can take the lead in the summer and save the lives of countless soldiers!" "

Tan Mingde looked at Shao Dong, nodded, returned his gaze to the sand table, and said to himself: "Xiang Wenhua, I hope you can defeat your old Soviet classmate and buy us more time!" ″