Chapter 99: Light first then heavy

That night, after I was on the phone with a company on the 391 Highlands, I knew that the US military did not launch a fierce attack on the 391 Highlands, as I imagined, and because our army was prepared in advance, the enemy's bombardment did not cause much casualties to the company, I finally calmed down.

He ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot, prepare to reinforce the 391 Highland at any time, and told the telephone soldiers to notify me immediately whenever there was any situation. Only after I finished all this did I lie on the bed and rested.

My habits are different from others. Other commanders may be so nervous that they can't sleep during combat, or they may not sleep for days and nights to pay attention to the development of the battle situation. But I feel that the more I need a rest at this time, because at this time, what I need is a calm and clear mind so that I can make the right judgment at critical moments.

Although I couldn't fall asleep because I stayed for several months after the war and had not fully adapted to the battlefield, I ended up trying to force myself to sleep.

But before I could sleep for a long time, I was suddenly awakened by a violent sound of cannons. In fact, when I woke up, I found that I was already on the ground, and the vibration of the violent cannon fire lifted me off the bed.

It was pitch black all around, and the kerosene lamp had long been shaken to where it was shaken. I only felt the gravel on my head and the sand and soil poured down like a waterfall. The soldiers ran around in front of me. A soldier said something loudly beside me, but the rumbling sound of cannons made me hear nothing.

I couldn't help but panic. Everyone said that the moment I woke up was the most vulnerable time for a person, so babies often burst into tears when they couldn't see their mother. I didn't believe it before, but at this moment I believed it.

Because at this time I felt at a loss. In the past, no matter how thrilling the battlefield, I was afraid, but my mind was still clear, and I could still think and finally come up with a way to solve the problem. But now, I found that I had no idea, just like a lost child, I didn’t know what to do.

The tunnel was pitch black and could not see anything, so I was blind; the rumbling sound of cannons made me unable to hear other sounds, so I was deaf; the words I said could not even hear myself, so I was hoarse... I just woke up from my dream, and suddenly was in this environment, which made me feel so scared that I couldn't react for a long time, and I was even wondering whether I was in a dream or in reality.

No wonder some people say that don’t wake up those who are sleepwalking. If you do that, it is very likely that the sleepwalker will be scared to death. I think my current situation is on the verge of being scared to death!

I told myself over and over again that this was just a bombardment from the enemy. The soldiers were all in the tunnel, I had nothing to do, I had nothing to do, we are safe now...

After a long time, I slowly calmed down. Only then did I realize that I was sweating all over, the clothes inside were wet, and my whole body was covered in cold sweat.

As the sound of cannons was shaking, I stood up tremblingly, touched my rifle for a while before I touched my rifle, and then I couldn't help but feel at this moment. On the battlefield, this is the only thing that can bring myself to confidence and courage. I think this is also why soldiers who have been on the battlefield often regard comrades as heavier than their relatives, and the gun in their hands as heavier than their own lives!

I wiped my head full of sweat and soil, and put my uniform in the shaking tunnel. I grabbed my rifle and ran towards the entrance of the tunnel.

When I stumbled to the entrance of the tunnel, I found that the soldiers were all lined up with weapons and ready to attack. With the light of fire that appeared and disappeared outside the tunnel, I found that the soldiers were all dressed neatly, and the submachine guns, grenades, etc. were well prepared. Seeing this, I couldn't help but scream in my heart. If everyone was like me, there would be no need to fight this battle.

But after a while, I felt something was wrong again. The US military's bombing had no intention of stopping. Amid the explosion, you could faintly hear a few strange roars of the plane. In the air blowing in from the entrance of the tunnel, in addition to the smell of gunpowder smoke, there was also some unpleasant burnt smell. The burnt smell was very familiar, and it seemed that I had smelled it on the battlefield just now. Yes! It was the smell of gasoline bombs...

When I thought of this, I quickly rushed to the exit of the tunnel, and without saying a word, I carried the sandbags stored in the side wall and piled them onto the entrance of the tunnel.

The soldiers beside them quickly understood my intentions, and immediately four or five soldiers came up to help. The long-term joint battle made the soldiers have a tacit understanding with each other. In this kind of environment where there was no communication, they divided the labor and cooperated as soon as they came up. Two people were responsible for moving the sandbags out, two people were responsible for teleporting, and the rest were responsible for stacking the sandbags on the entrance of the tunnel. In just a short while, the entrance of the tunnel was sealed tightly, and the sound of bombing of the shells also turned into muffled sounds.

At this moment, I suddenly felt a wave of heat coming, and a few bright red poisonous fires surged in from the cracks of the sandbags with a stinking smell. The dark tunnel lit up in this moment, and I saw the faces of the soldiers full of gratitude. If we hadn't blocked the entrance of the tunnel in time, I wouldn't know how many soldiers would have burned to death after the fire.

"Fuck these Americans!"

"Why do you want to shoot me if you have something to do? I'm so rusty!"

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I blocked the entrance of the tunnel and blocked the sound of cannons outside. I could finally hear what the soldiers said. As soon as I heard the warriors cursed. At this time, I didn’t know who fired the flashlight, and then found the kerosene lamp to light it. The tunnel became brighter. I saw the light and heard the sound again. I looked at my comrades around me. My fearful heart completely relaxed.

"Chief of Staff!" Company Commander Miao came to me and said, "This time the Americans are shooting a little differently!"

"Yeah!" I nodded, and I also felt this. In the past, the US military rarely shot fired guns into our high ground in batches. This time, the number of shooting was large, not to mention the long time, and there were also aircraft assisting in bombing together.

Could it be that the US military is about to start an attack?

"See me!" Instructor Qin said happily: "We blew the US military hard last night, and then took down several of their positions. They were dissatisfied with launching a counterattack against us!"

With a "buzz", my head opened randomly.

Instructor Qin is right. Because the US military is about to convene the United Nations General Assembly and hold a presidential election, the US military is very sensitive at this time. In other words, at this time, they cannot lose any face on the battlefield, otherwise they will be in a very unfavorable situation politically.

So...Is this saying that I suggest that our army launch an attack first, forcing the US military to launch the Shangganling Campaign early?

Why didn't I think of this? I began to regret it when I thought of this. I just wanted to launch an attack on the US military and disrupt their arrangements and establish a buffer zone on the front line, but I didn't expect that our offense would force the US military to launch a counterattack.

But this is also good. When the US military is fully prepared before launching an attack, we will definitely be under greater pressure. Now the US military is forced by me to launch an attack on our army in a hurry. This may be a good thing for our army!

However, I originally thought I had more than a month to prepare, but I didn't expect the Battle of Shangganling, which shocked the world, to come so suddenly.

And I am standing on Shangganling now.

"Chief of Staff! Chief of Staff..." I was thinking, suddenly a telephone soldier ran over: "Chief of Staff, the regiment headquarters phone number, said there was an emergency!"

"Um!" I responded and ran to the command center without saying a word.

I knew that the time to talk to the regiment headquarters was very precious at this time, and the telephone line could be blown off by enemy artillery fire at any time. If I had to contact it again, it might be at the cost of the lives of the telephone soldier or the correspondent. So I ran to the command center in a hurry and grabbed the phone and showed my identity.

"Staff Secretary Cui, I am Zhang Xinyuan!" The voice of Captain Zhang came from the other end of the phone. He also knew that the call time was precious, so he directly entered the key point: "We received reliable information from our superiors. The enemy is likely to have launched an offensive against your positions. This also proves that your analysis is correct. The enemy named the plan of this operation the 'Showdown War' plan. The purpose is to improve the defense line north of Jinhua and try to reverse the entire battle situation. Therefore, they wanted to directly capture the 597.9 highlands and 537.7 highlands, and then threaten the main peak of the Five Sacred Mountains. In order to take down your positions in one fell swoop, they invested more than 300 cannons and more than 40 aircraft in your direction..."

"Hey hey..." The voice suddenly broke here. When I put down the phone, I was sure that the US military had indeed launched the Shangganling Battle in advance. When I thought of me being about to lead this war that shocked the world, I felt a little inexplicably excited, and at the same time I felt pressure and worry. I was worried: when I had no me in history, this battle was also fought well. Now that I am there, what if I messed up it!

"Go and notify the company commanders of each company immediately and have a meeting here!" Thinking of this, I immediately ordered.

"Yes!" The correspondent responded, turned around and ran from the channel to notify the cadres of each company.

"The Seventh Division of the Beauty!" I typed the map and looked at the words written on the enemy's position.

I am quite familiar with the 7th Division of the United States. Not to mention that I had fought with them when I was in Maping, I almost died at their hands. In modern information, I also have some understanding of this army.

The Seventh Division of the US Army is a famous ace division in the United States, known as the "dripper" master, meaning that it has always been as accurate as the "dripper" used in ancient timekeeping.

This ace division has too many glorious history, especially its record on the Pacific battlefield during World War II was even more impressive. It participated in attacking the Aleutian Islands and Guajalin Island, and even when attacking Okinawa, Japan, it also tore a gap from the strong defense line where the Japanese army fought desperately, laying the foundation for the complete annihilation of the Japanese army, thus winning the title of "spearhead".

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After a while, the company commanders and instructors of each company arrived. The first company and the ninth company were originally stationed on Shangganling. Later, because of my analysis, the regiment commander Zhang sent another sixth company and the seventh company. The first company had not yet withdrawn from the 391 Highland, and there were only three companies, the sixth company, the seventh company and the ninth company.

I nodded to them, and with a tight sound of cannons on my head, I shouted to them: "Comrades! Now the superiors have confirmed that the enemy has launched a counterattack against our army, and the main targets of the attack are the 597.9 and 537.7 highlands we are stationed! The enemy named this operation the 'Showdown War' plan."

"No wonder the enemy is so vigorously!" Miao Huaizhi smiled and said, "It turns out that they still regard us as their main targets. Let's not say that, we are afraid that they will not regard us as their main targets!"

With a "coax!", the soldiers all laughed.

"Comrades!" I signaled the soldiers to calm down and said solemnly: "This battle is not easy to fight. According to the information from our superiors, in order to capture our two high grounds in one fell swoop, the enemy has transferred more than 300 cannons and more than 40 aircraft in this direction. Moreover, the enemy we face is the enemy's ace unit, the 7th Division, so the soldiers must not take it lightly!"

"Chief of Staff Don't worry!" Wan Fulai, the company commander of the 6th Company, replied: "We have seen many ace divisions. Haven't the Chief of Staff's 538th Regiment fought several? We must also learn from your regiment and resolutely defeat the enemy's ace division!"

"That's it!" Miao Huaizhi waved his fists and said, "We are not satisfied with the fight between ordinary troops. Just like the Americans on the 391 Highlands last night, they will be reimbursed as long as they throw a few grenades. It will be satisfying to play the ace master!"

"It's good to have confidence! But be more careful when fighting!" I nodded and said, "The biggest difference between us and the enemy is that the enemy is strong and we are weak. The enemy has one division, and we only have three companies. In addition, the first company of the 391 Highlands has only four companies. In addition, our army's misjudgment, the direction of all the cannons is towards Sifang Mountain, Douliu Peak. The 597.9 Highlands and 537.7 Highlands have basically no artillery support. Only a dozen mountain cannons temporarily moved up on the Five Saint Mountains cannot suppress the enemy's artillery at all. In this case, I think we should adopt the principle of light first and then heavy in defense."

"First lighter then heavy?" Hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but throw confusing eyes at me.

"Yeah!" I nodded and continued: "The enemy has the advantage of aircraft and cannons. If we arrange too many soldiers on the surface positions, we may suffer heavy casualties under the enemy's bombing. So in order to preserve our vitality, we initially only place a small number of troops on the surface positions, or leave only a few sentries to observe and guard. After the enemy's artillery is ready or the attack begins, we will send more reinforcements one by one. At this time, the enemy artillery will have some concerns because the enemy and us are closer!"

"It makes sense!" Instructor Qin agreed: "This is what Chairman Mao said about preserving oneself and eliminating the enemy. Only by knowing how to preserve oneself can we eliminate the enemy more effectively. Blind personal heroism is undesirable!"

"Chief of Staff!" Zhang Jifa, the company commander of the 7th Company, raised doubts: "If the enemy's offensive is too strong and our firepower comes and does not rush to suppress them, wouldn't it be that the position would be lost?"

"You can give up the surface position when necessary!" I nodded and said, "In the case of enemy planes and cannons bombing, the cost of defending the surface position is too high..."

"But Chief of Staff!" Someone immediately stood up and opposed: "The order given to us by the superior is to defend the 597.9 and 537.7 highlands. How can we lose our position like this?"

"Yes! Chief of Staff!" Miao Huaizhi also opposed: "The position cannot be lost. If the position is lost, we will have the attitude to go back to see the regiment commander..."

"I didn't say I went back to see the regiment commander!" I replied, "I mean, give up the surface position and retreat to the tunnel!"

"Retreat to the tunnel?" The soldiers didn't understand even more if I said that.

"Chief of Staff, can this work?" Even Director Qin was wondering: "We are hiding in this tunnel, so the enemy has set up a few machine guns to hold us alive?"

"Can do it!" I replied with confidence: "Of course, this is the retreat to the tunnel when the surface position cannot be held. When we retreat to the tunnel, the enemy cannot attack the main peak of Wusheng Mountain with confidence, because then they will light their backs in front of us, so the position is not lost. What's more, the surface position is theirs during the day, and we can drill out of the tunnel to kill them back at night!"

As soon as I said this, the soldiers all stopped talking because they had never fought like this.

Looking at their skeptical look, I couldn't help but feel a little funny in my heart. Indeed, it was really scary to stay in this dark tunnel to fight the enemy. Because the enemy outside could torture us at any time, fire attack, smoke, poisonous gas...

However, in history, they used this method to persist in fighting against the US military that had absolute advantage. Now I have to say it in advance, and even they themselves cannot believe that they can do it.

This makes me even more convinced that when people are surviving and fighting to the death, the potential is infinite! I believe that the soldiers in front of me can do this, and I am sure that they can do it!

So I immediately ordered: "Immediately order the first company to withdraw, the first company and the sixth company to station the 537.7th company and the seventh company and the ninth company to station the 597.9th company. We must smash the enemy's attack! Victory belongs to us!"

"Yes!" The soldiers responded and immediately returned to their troops to organize the battle.
Chapter completed!