Chapter 23 The League Headquarters

"Deputy Commander Liu!" After repelling the puppet army, I immediately ordered Liu Shunyi: "During the dark, I will immediately build several anti-tank trenches on the flanks!"

Seeing that Liu Shunyi was a little confused, I picked up the pencil and drew several arcs on the map: "The location is here, here, and here... There are four in total, and it may be disturbed by the enemy's firepower. It is best to bring several companies to cover it and ask to complete the task before dawn!"

"Yes!" Liu Shunyi didn't ask anything. After carefully looking at the map and recording the locations of the anti-tank trenches, he turned around and walked out of the tunnel.

"Captain Cui! These anti-tank trenches are..."

Liu Shunyi didn't ask anything, but Jiang Chunzeng and several chiefs of staff did not let me go so easily. As soon as Deputy Commander Liu left, Huang Xianhua, who was impatient, asked: "Don't we already have anti-tank trenches on our flanks? What's the use of digging anti-tank trenches in these parts? Is it a bit extra?"

"Yes, Captain Cui!" Jiang Chunzeng looked at him and was a little confused: "The enemy can be said to have surrounded us now. At this time, it will cost us to go to the position to dig these anti-tank trenches! Should we consider it again?"

"Dear Chiefs of Staff!" I explained: "We are worried that the enemy's artillery will threaten the flanks, mainly the US military's long-range howitzers and close-range direct-air guns, but the US military's long-range howitzers will find it difficult to hit the target accurately in the rainy days. Moreover, due to floods, long-range howitzers cannot move to our flanks in large quantities within one day, so I think the main threat to our back slope fortifications is the US military's close-range direct-air guns and tank guns. However, the direct-air guns in the hands of the US military also have one disadvantage, that is, their range is short, and the farthest range of the Bazukka rocket launcher is only more than 600 meters..."

"But Captain Cui!" Li Xiangming asked in confusion: "We lack anti-tank weapons. The US military can use tanks to cover their direct cannons to shoot as usual, right?"

"This is why I still have to dig anti-tank trenches now!" I pointed to the location of the puppet tanks just now and replied: "Comrades, do you still remember the two light tanks of the puppet army just now want to attack us but have no choice?"

"Yeah!" All the chiefs of staff nodded.

"The positions we are stationed in, the surrounding high grounds are intertwined. If the enemy wants to use tanks to cover and shoot, the same situation will occur today's puppet tanks!" I pointed to several high grounds on the map and said: "Tanks can only travel between relatively open and flat high grounds. If the US military wants to use tanks to cover, their direct cannons will inevitably be blocked by the mountain edges of other high grounds, unless..."

"Unless they drive close enough!" After hearing this, the chief of staff reacted. Jiang Chunzeng couldn't help but say excitedly: "Just like the tanks of the puppet army today, unless they drive more than ten meters away from our position, they will not be able to see our reverse slope position at all. However, if we dig a wide and deep anti-tank trench more than ten meters away from the position, their tanks will not be able to pass..."

"If the tank cannot pass, the enemy's infantry will not dare to move!" Huang Xianhua continued: "Although the anti-tank trenches only defend against tanks but not infantry, all the Americans are young masters. Without the cover of tanks, they will not have the courage to come. Even if they come, they will be exposed to our firepower. At that time, I am afraid that they will be knocked down by our rifles before they can fire!"

"That's right!" I nodded and said, "If there is no cover from enemy tanks and they are within our range, their cannons may not be able to beat our rifles, and it may not be possible for anyone to kill them!"

"But Captain Cui!" Li Xiangming raised his concern: "In this case, every soldier on the high ground will have to deal with the front and side enemies. If a friendly army cannot stop the enemy and will be attacked from both sides, isn't it too risky to fight like this?"

"There is no way to do this!" I couldn't help but smile bitterly, "But I think the 1211 high ground in the middle can play a role now. This high ground is the highest among our five high grounds. As the saying goes, stand high and see far! The comrades on this high ground are specifically responsible for fighting enemies attacking from the flanks, and can also arrange some mortars to go up so that other soldiers can have less worries!"

"Yeah!" When he said this, the chiefs of staff nodded in agreement.

The sky gradually became dark. I didn't need to light a kerosene lamp to look at the map and when I was reading the telegram, I lifted the black cloth at the entrance of the tunnel, hoping that the air outside would dilute the turbid air in the tunnel, but I didn't expect that the first thing that came in was a bloody smell and a disgusting corpse stinking. I couldn't help frowning, realizing that in this stuffy and humid summer weather, the corpse would soon rot. Especially now it was raining heavily outside, and the photos of internal organs and organs would be rotten long ago! It would definitely be uncomfortable to ask the soldiers to dig anti-tank trenches at this time, let alone...

At this moment, rows of flares suddenly rose in the sky, each high ground, and in every direction, our position was pale in an instant, followed by a burst of rapid explosions and gunfire. Zhang Mingxue and Xu Yongwei, who had been following me, were clever and blocked me without saying a word and quickly put down the black cloth at the entrance of the tunnel.

The kerosene lamp was quickly lit up. After walking into the tunnel, I realized what the command center was. Several chiefs of staff were busy answering the phone, and they shouted from time to time: "Hey, what's the situation? The enemy's night attack? Do you know which unit it is? How many people? Resolutely fight the enemy back!"

"What? The enemy's firepower is very strong? There is a lurking in advance? What did your sentinel do? I didn't realize it even if the enemy lurked! Resolutely eliminate the enemy!"

"If you want a flare? There is no more. If you want it, go to the enemy to grab it!"

"Captain Cui!" After a while, Jiang Chunzeng hurriedly ran over to report to me and said, "The enemy launched an attack, and there were all puppet troops in every direction. There were two battalions of troops in each direction, among which the offensive against our high ground was the most powerful. They seemed to know that our command was located here, so they lurked on the position on the right slope before the war started. When the signal flare lit, they threw grenades at our army. Our army lost dozens of people and allowed them to occupy the position on the top of the mountain. Now they are in a tough battle!"

"Um!" I was surprised to hear this. The sentries of the volunteer soldiers were always very alert. Although there was heavy rain and night, I wanted to lurk in front of the volunteer soldiers' positions without letting the sentry discover it. This was definitely not an ordinary unit. So I asked casually: "Do you know which unit this enemy belongs to?"

"I heard from Battalion Commander Hu that it is a puppet army!" Jiang Chunzeng shook his head and said, "This battle has just begun. I haven't had time to catch the prisoners and ask questions. I can't figure out which unit it is. However, I heard from Battalion Commander Hu that the puppet army killed has a skull mark on its arm!"

"Oh! It's the capital division of the puppet army." Although I had long suspected that it was them, I was still a little surprised after confirming it, because I just heard that the puppet capital division was on a position seven kilometers away, and now it has time to lurk here so quickly, and there is still time to lurk in our army's position.

"Transfer the guard company immediately!" I frowned and ordered: "And let the comrades in the middle of the 1211 Highland to provide us with firepower support!"

"Yes!" Jiang Chunzeng responded and immediately picked up the phone and gave the order.

But after thinking about it, I was still worried. If the puppet army capital division had two battalions of troops attacked and occupied the top position, it would be very likely that other troops of our army who lacked flares would suffer a great loss because they could not see and could not increase firepower assistance for us.

As expected, Jiang Chunzeng's nervous voice came after a while: "What? Can't see the enemy and cannot provide firepower assistance? Where is the guard company? Can't tell the enemy and us? Do other troops have flares? Come on quickly..."

At this moment, from the corner of my eyes, I suddenly saw the black cloth at the entrance of the tunnel move, and then a black thing rolled in. I quickly realized that it was a grenade, so I quickly grabbed it and kicked it with my feet, and just kicked the grenade along the edge of the cloth.

There was a loud "boom" sound from outside, and a wave of vapor surged, and the black cloth exploded into pieces and flew into the air. Zhang Mingxue and Xu Yongwei were not bad either. They fucked the gun without saying a word and shot outside the tunnel. But I knew that shooting was useless at this time, because bullets could block people, but they could not stop the grenade thrown in. So without saying a word, they knocked out the kerosene lamp hanging on the wall of the tunnel with one hand, and then picked up a small wooden table with documents and pushed out the entrance to the tunnel.

Before I reached the entrance of the tunnel, I heard a few sounds of "Keke...". Good guy, there were at least four or five grenades. If it weren't for this table blocking, I wouldn't kick it out even if I had three heads and six arms. I thought to myself, but I didn't dare to be negligent. I shouted "Let's go!" inside, and ran back a few steps and rushed to the ground...

"Boom..." After several loud noises, the soil on the tunnel was shaken and fell down. It seemed that something flew over my head. Later I realized that it was the table I pushed out.

So I was thinking, fortunately I lay down in time, otherwise I might be the only commander who was hit by the table to death.

When I looked back, I couldn't help but feel a little angry. Maybe the soldiers who built the tunnel knew that this was the regiment headquarters out of care for the leader! So I built this tunnel very strongly. The entrance of the tunnel was not collapsed by these four or five grenades. If the entrance of the tunnel collapsed, the enemy could not rush in! This gave those enemies a chance to rush in to cause a massacre...

So I was thinking again that now I might become the only leader who died because of the care of the soldiers.

I reached out to grab my sniper rifle, but I soon found that the sniper rifle was nowhere to be in chaos, so I had to reach out to touch the m1911 on my waist. Before I could prepare, two figures appeared at the entrance of the tunnel. They held the guns and slammed into the tunnel. I quickly rolled and pressed against the wall of the tunnel, then raised my pistol and "bang!" Two sounds, and the two black shadows outside fell down.

"What should I do?" I thought quickly in my mind, and rushed out like this? The enemy is afraid that they are guarding outside the tunnel. Are they guarding like this? The enemy only needs to throw two more grenades in, but there is no table blocking it. Turn around and run deep into the tunnel? Who knows if the enemy will come out and shoot at us again...

Damn it, let’s do it first! As soon as I thought about it, I pulled out a grenade from my waist, pulled the string, and stopped in my hand for a while before throwing it out of the tunnel.

There was a loud "Boom!" sound. As soon as I started, I rushed out of the tunnel entrance. When I approached the tunnel entrance, I flew over, and then rushed out. All the movements were done in one go. Then I held the pistol and tightly pressed against the mud at the tunnel entrance. It slid out with a "slip".

The vision suddenly opened up, and the rain covered my face and called me unpreparedly, making my eyes unable to help but close, but I still tried hard to open my eyes, and then I found three black shadows holding guns beside the entrance of the tunnel. So I didn't want to raise the gun and "snap..." and hit me in a while, until my head hit a stone and my body slowed down.

Damn! I know that the slope outside the tunnel is not steep, so I dared to "fly" out like this, but who would have thought that there was a stone waiting for me outside!

With a "sudden!", a flare rose into the sky and illuminated the entire battlefield in an instant. The soldiers who hugged each other and tried every means to kill each other, and a bloody bayonet immediately appeared in front of me. It was hard to tell whether it was an enemy or his own. Anyway, everyone was covered in mud and water, fighting together in blood.

But it is obvious that the capital division of the puppet army had the upper hand, because in addition to the people who were fighting together on the battlefield, rows of puppet army members roaring loudly on the top of the mountain, yelling loudly on the battlefield.

However, at this critical moment, the flare saved the defeat for the volunteers because it exposed the subsequent forces of the puppet army to the light. The gunshots on the high ground in the middle roared quickly, and a bunch of water splashed up. Rows of puppet troops rushing down screamed and fell on their way forward. The blood soon dyed half of the hillside red.

As soon as the enemy's follow-up troops were blocked, the volunteers quickly gained the upper hand. Although I still couldn't tell which volunteers and which were puppet troops who were fighting together, I saw the soldiers who stood up crookedly, all of them were holding Su-style weapons in their hands, and I quickly realized that the soldiers had already controlled the situation.

Then with a shout of killing, the soldiers rushed towards the top of the mountain with bayonets again in the light of the flares.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but exclaim in my heart. The soldiers of the 538th Regiment are really worthy of being soldiers selected by the 60th Army. I know very well what kind of troops the pseudo-Capital Division is. Because I have fought with them personally, I know that their fighting will and quality are not comparable to ordinary puppet troops, and they are even comparable to the British army that can fight the most. Now that the soldiers have the advantage in the number of people, the initiative, and the advantage is that they can still fight back with just the light and time of a flare. This is enough for them to be proud.

"Captain Cui!"

"Captain Cui, are you okay?"

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At this time, Zhang Mingxue, Xu Yongwei and several chiefs of staff came out of the tunnel. When they saw me lying on the ground, they all helped me up nervously.

"It's okay!" I couldn't help but feel a little moved as I looked at the chiefs of staff holding Tokarev's pistols. These old guys are very old and have to take a break for almost a few steps. At this time, they will actually come out with the pistols for me and fight against the enemy...

"Hey! Commander Cui! You are really good!" Zhang Mingxue carefully held up his rifle and checked the corpses lying in front of the tunnel one by one. As he looked at it, he couldn't help but be amazed: "You knocked down five of them at once, and they hit the vital points. All five of them were dead. Commander Cui, your shooting skills are really amazing!"

"Yes, Captain Cui!" Xu Yongwei also said, "I only saw you pounced out like this inside. I thought you were in danger, so I came out immediately. When I came out, I realized that the enemy was in danger..."

"You still have the face to say it!" Jiang Chunzeng couldn't help but say angrily: "Do you protect the commander or the commander protect you? Ah? I said, why don't you two comrades learn skills? Are you the guards like you? If it weren't for Commander Cui this time, we would all be heroic, would we know if we know?"

"Old Jiang!" Looking at Zhang and Xu who were scolded by Jiang Chunzeng and couldn't raise their heads, I couldn't help but go up and say good things to them, "No one expected the enemy to come so suddenly! Besides, their reaction was timely, and they knew to shoot outside, right?"

"It's okay if you don't say it, but I'll be even more angry when I say it!" Huang Xianhua still refused to let them go, and continued to say to me: "The enemy threw grenades in, they were fine, and they shot out! Can bullets block the grenades? If Captain Cui hadn't been quick to wield the table and blocked it, could we still stand here and talk? Isn't it that Ancient Brain was bombed into the tunnel?"

"Okay OK! Let's talk about it later!" As I said that, I pushed several chiefs of staff into the tunnel without saying anything, and patted Zhang again. Xu and the others on the shoulders and whispered in their ears: "It's nothing! The chiefs of staff have a little bit of temper, don't take it to heart! You two hurry up and find a black cloth to cover the hole!"

"Yes!" Zhang and Xu responded, put their heads on and walked away.
Chapter completed!