"What? Digging tunnels on enemy positions to garrison troops? How can this be done? It's too dangerous!"

When Liu Shunyi and I returned to the regiment headquarters and told Li Pinghe about the plan we had just discussed, as I expected, Li Pinghe's first reaction was that he disapproved. He raised his head and said excitedly: "Captain Cui! The superiors did not ask us to attack the 902.8 Highland, which is one of the reasons I disapprove. In addition, it is definitely dangerous to dig tunnels on the enemy's positions like this. If the soldiers have major casualties, how should we report to the superiors?"

After Li Pinghe said this, Liu Shunyi stopped talking, but just nodded slightly to me, indicating that what Li Pinghe said made sense.

"What's more,..." Li Pinghe saw that Liu Shunyi agreed with him, and then continued: "Even if the enemy did not find out, there was no casualties in our army, it was not a day or two days to dig a tunnel in the enemy's position! If we want to dig a tunnel under the enemy's nose, it would take at least one or two months! Do we have so much time? What if the tunnel is not dug before the battle is done? Or if the tunnel is dug and it is useless? With so many uncertain factors, is it worth it to let the soldiers take such a big danger?"

I have to admit that what Li Pinghe said makes sense. Because he didn't know when the next battle would start, or even whether it would start. So for such an uncertain factor in the future, the soldiers risked their lives to dig tunnels on the enemy's positions. That was indeed a bit unreasonable.

From his side, it is reasonable for him to oppose doing this. If it were me, in Li Pinghe's case, I would also oppose it. But from my side, I would have to do this! Because I can be sure of all the factors he is uncertain, and I know everything he doesn't know. I am sure that the negotiations will not go as smooth as the soldiers imagined, and at the same time, I also know that the next battle will start in more than a month.

If a position like the 902.8 Highland, if you don’t make any preparations in advance, once the battle starts, you don’t know how many volunteer soldiers’ lives will be exchanged. So I’m very clear and sure that all the preparations I made will not fail, and it will be worth it even if the soldiers sacrificed it!

So I insisted: "There is a saying that 'If a person has no future, he will have immediate worries'. If we only care about the immediate interests and do not think about the future, then this battle will only become more and more difficult! The war has been fought and talked about by both the enemy and us. We have seen too much. The negotiation situation is good now, but what if the superiors ask us to take back the 902.8 Highland within a few days next month? What should we take to take it away? We will pile up the lives of the soldiers?"

After I said this, Li Pinghe had no sound anymore and just looked at the map silently without saying a word.

"Terrain like the 902.8 Highland!" I pointed to the map and continued: "Just like the situation analyzed after Deputy Commander Liu's reconnaissance, if we don't do some preparations in advance, once we fight, even if we pile up the entire division of our 180th Division, we may not be able to successfully defeat it! But now we only need to make a little preparation, and we may avoid this major casualties! Even a fool can see clearly whether it is light or the heavier!"

After a pause, I emphasized and said, "Of course, there are dangers, but what is there in the battlefield without danger? What actions will be without sacrifice? If the superiors really pursue it, I, Cui Wei, bear the responsibility alone!"

"Captain Cui, I don't mean that..." After I said this, Li Pinghe's face felt a little embarrassed.

"I agree with Captain Cui!" Liu Shunyi said: "I think so. There are not many people we send to dig tunnels. One platoon of troops is enough. We have done digging tunnels. If there are too many people, it will be useless. Instead, it will easily expose the target. If this is the case, even if the enemy discovers it, there will be no big loss. Another thing is that the superiors are only able to fight and talk. What we are doing now is to 'just fight', so I think the superiors will also agree with our plan!"

After a long time, Li Pinghe said, "Okay! I agree, but... should we report to our superiors?"

I nodded with a wry smile and said, "You go and report to your superiors!"

"Yes!" Li Pinghe responded, and turned around and walked towards the other end of the phone.

Originally, I didn't want to report this to Commander Pang. One reason was that such a small army was originally in the field of reporting or not reporting, and the other reason was that I was worried that Commander Pang would not agree with this plan and caused many variables. Now it seems that with Li Ping and this guy, it would be impossible not to report it.

Li Ping is really stubborn with this guy. This may be related to his growing up in the army since he was a child. However, his stubbornness seems to have another explanation of the term in this era, that is, his firm position!

"Yes...yes, okay...Captain Cui!" After Li Ping and Ba made a phone call to report the situation, they raised the phone at me not long after.

My heart couldn't help but skip a beat. When I heard this, it seemed that Commander Pang disagreed with me to do this! I couldn't help but feel sank. I walked up and took the phone unwillingly and responded to the microphone: "Commander Pang, I am Cui Wei!"

"You boy..." The voice of Commander Pang came from the other end of the phone: "I actually want to dig the tunnel into the enemy's position! I'm so brave!"

"Teacher Pang, I..."

I was about to use my three-inch tongue to convince Commander Pang, but I didn't expect that Commander Pang said firmly on the phone: "Comrade Cui Wei, just let it go! Do whatever you want and fight as much as you want. If the time is right, you can really win the 902.8 high ground, don't hesitate to beat me hard! Your order is my order, do you understand?"

"Huh?" The huge psychological contrast made me stunned, and I couldn't help but feel stunned for a long time.

I'm afraid this is what is often said in the art of military affairs, "no doubt about using people"! Commander Pang has used this trick. If he had known Commander Pang would be so easy to talk to, he wouldn't have had to talk so much with Li Ping and Fei, right?

When I put down the phone, the plan was undoubtedly decided.

"Captain Cui!" Liu Shunyi walked up to him and said, "I'll arrange for the comrades of the reconnaissance platoon to complete this task!"

After thinking about it, I nodded.

Originally, I wanted to send the Cold Gun troops to do this task. The Cold Gun troops now have night vision devices, so it would be easier to complete this task, but in the end I gave up this idea. The reason is that although the soldiers of the Cold Gun troops have advantages that the reconnaissance platoon does not have, their biggest disadvantage is that they are not familiar with the terrain. However, the reconnaissance platoon is active on the 902.8 Highlands every few days, and they are already very familiar with the terrain of the 902.8 Highlands. If you want to choose several locations to dig tunnels on 902.8, it is still the most important thing to be familiar with the terrain.

More importantly, if the reconnaissance platoon is sent to do this mission, even if the mission fails, the enemy will think that this is just our routine reconnaissance. If it is a cold gun force... let the enemy know that we have night vision devices, it will never be a good thing!

So I told Liu Shunyi: "To prepare the soldiers, it is particularly important for the comrades who go up for the first time. This is directly related to whether this action can be implemented smoothly, so only success is allowed but failure is allowed!"

"Yes!" Liu Shunyi responded, saluted me and retreated.

After handing over the digging of tunnels on the enemy's 902.8 height to Liu Shunyi, I had time to walk towards tunnel No. 2 of the Cold Gun Army.

Originally, I was going to take the soldiers from the reconnaissance platoon to carry out the mission together, but later even I felt funny about this idea. Just imagine, if a regiment commander, as I, went to the front of the enemy's position to carry out the mission, would it be strange if the enemy laughed out loud.

I don’t know when, I can no longer let go of anything and am worried. I want to get involved in everything myself. This kind of mentality is not good. I really should learn from Teacher Pang. After I believe in a person’s ability, I should let go and hand over the task to him!

Before the summer counterattack campaign started, the enemy and us had only a small-scale battle on the line of contact, either a few cold guns and cold cannons, or a reconnaissance unit was sent to capture a few prisoners, and now I have no mind to take care of things like this. Just leave it to Liu Shunyi with confidence! Taking advantage of this period of free time, I just happened to pay attention to the training of the cold gun troops!

While walking, he thought about it, and before he knew it, he came to the tunnel of the Cold Gun Army. When Hu Zudi and others saw that it was me, they couldn't help but stand up and stand by the wall of the tunnel.

"Captain Cui! Is there a mission?" Hu Zudi asked impatiently.

"Oh, are you all fully armed?" I couldn't help but feel a little surprised when the soldiers were all disguised.

"Comrades are not anxious, they all want to go to the battlefield to try this guy!" Hu Zudi raised the carbine in his hand and said, "Especially Comrade Liu Yangxing, he was practicing in the tunnel with this gun all day!"

"I haven't used it before, right?" Liu Yangxing explained: "I just heard of it before. I really don't believe that there is such a good thing that can be seen at night. Now it's finally an eye-opener!"

"I said to Squad Leader Liu..." I couldn't help but smile and said, "You have used that night vision device all day, and you won't be afraid of using up all the batteries. When you go to the battlefield, you will become blind?"

"What? And there is a battery? Where is it?" Liu Yangxing quickly raised his gun and looked up.

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers all laughed into a ball. After using this for a day, Liu Yangxing still didn't know that the bag he was carrying was the battery!

"Captain Cui!" At this time, a familiar girl screamed in front of me, and I was stunned when I listened to me. Looking in the sound, who else would be Lin Xue? She was looking at me with a smile! Because the kerosene light in the tunnel was dim and Lin Xue was also disguised, she never noticed her.

"You...why are you here?" Looking at Lin Xue who was proud, I turned my doubtful eyes to Hu Zudi again.

"Oh!" Hu Zudi explained: "This was arranged by Deputy Commander Liu! Deputy Commander Liu considered that our cold gun unit had a lot of casualties, so he drew some comrades with good marksmanship from each unit to join. Comrade Lin Xue is recognized as the best marksmanship in the Ninth Company, so..."

"Nonsense!" Before Hu Zudi finished speaking, I glared at Lin Xue fiercely: "How can you, a lesbian, be suitable for shooting cold guns? Isn't it good to stay in Jiulian well? I just want to come here to join in the fun!"

"I..." Lin Xue obviously didn't expect me to say this, and the excitement on her face disappeared in this moment. She was stunned for a while before she blushed and gritted her teeth and said, "Report to the commander of the regiment, lesbians can also do the revolution and destroy the enemy. The commander of the regiment should not look down on lesbians!"

"You..." I wanted to scold Lin Xue for a few more words, but I found that Hu Zudi and others looked at me and I looked at you, and then I suddenly realized that I had lost my composure.

It is very common for women to serve in the army in the Volunteer Army, and they are mixed with ordinary soldiers and march and fight like other soldiers, so what I said just now is really unreasonable.

So he quickly slowed down his tone and re-took the head of the head caring for his subordinates and said, "The battle of the Cold Gun troops is very difficult. Comrade Lin Xue, you don't have the experience of shooting Cold Guns, so you should go back! You can also do a revolution in the Ninth Company and destroy the enemy, right?"

"Report to the commander!" Unexpectedly, Lin Xue did not accept my tricks, and still stood up unyieldingly and said: "Please trust my ability. I will never drag the troops down. I will never be worse than other comrades. I will definitely strive to make contributions on the battlefield!"

"Yes, Captain Cui!" Hu Zudi, who was unknown, also came up to persuade him: "Comrade Lin Xue has been here for a while. I have also seen her marksmanship. She is not worse than the soldiers in our army! Maybe there is less experience, but everyone has never experienced it, right?"

"Yes, regiment commander! Let Comrade Lin Xue give it a try!" The other soldiers also agreed.

Seeing this, I nodded reluctantly. When the soldiers saw me, they immediately burst into cheers, which made me smile bitterly.

Lin Xue didn't expect that her popularity was quite good. No matter where she went, she was welcomed by a large group of people. Look at her again, while others were not paying attention, she tilted towards me with a slanted force, as if she was saying to me: "It's not that easy to drive me away!" She was so angry that I wanted to rush up and hit her a few times!

"Report!" At this time, a few more reports came from outside the tunnel.

Hu Zudi was about to call "come in", but suddenly he remembered that I was still next to me, so he explained to me: "Deputy Commander Liu has also transferred three sharpshooters from other troops. They should be here now!"

"Yeah!" I nodded and shouted outside the tunnel: "Come in!"

Three black shadows opened the darkness and walked in, and reported in a row at the entrance of the tunnel: "The 24th Army Zhou Guangcheng, the 16th Army Zheng Chaoyuan, and the 21st Army Wang Xinhe reported!"

"Wang Xinhe?" I was stunned when I heard this name, and turned my head to look at him. Who would have been the one who met Wang Xinhe in the hospital! I couldn't help but be overjoyed and rushed up and shouted: "Plane Commander Wang, it's really you!"

"Hehehe..." Wang Xinhe let out his signature laughter again and said, "Captain Cui, no, now you should call you Commander Cui. I didn't expect that we will meet again so soon!"

"Yes!" Duo patted his shoulder, and soon remembered that his right hand had been injured. He couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Plane Commander Wang, your injury..."

"It's not a problem!" Wang Xinhe raised his hand and waved his fists and said, "I thought this hand could not be saved. I didn't expect that it would hurt the bones at all. I fell to the ground and dislocated. The comrades from the 38th Army found a Soviet doctor, fiddled with some medicine, and then packed the wound. After a few days of rest, it would be fine!"

"Um!" I couldn't help but secretly rejoice for Wang Xinhe.

Originally, I thought his hand was gone, but I didn't expect it to be just a dislocation! However, this is not sure whether it is a blessing or a disaster...

"Then why... did you... come here?" I continued to ask.

"Come on war, aren't you?" Wang Xinhe smiled and said, "Last time fighting against puppet military spies with you, that's a pleasure! But I'm afraid I'm addicted to fighting! After healed the injury, I thought about it during the day and at night, but I couldn't sleep! I couldn't live the comfortable life of the hospital anymore! So I reported it to the battlefield. I happened to hear that you want sharpshooters, and I can't do anything else. When I think I can fight the Japanese with you, I didn't want to report this person anymore!"

"Planer Commander Wang, you are right!" Hu Zudi smiled and said, "We are comrades! Everyone is addicted to fighting the Japanese with Captain Cui! So we are all worried about how to live if the Japanese are left with us!"

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers were all amused by Hu Zudi's words, and they suddenly lost the strangeness of meeting each other for the first time. This is also the characteristic of the volunteer soldiers. They are all familiar and can be combined in a short time.

"Are you all here?" I asked Brother Hu Zu.

"We're here!" Hu Zudi replied without thinking.

The battle between the Cold Guns was only thirty-five, and each soldier was remembered in his heart.

"Okay! Let me talk about the next task first!" I took out the map from my arms and spread it on the ground. Hu Zudi tacitly brought the kerosene lamp to the top of the map so that the other soldiers could see more clearly.

"This is the 649.8 highland we are stationed!" I pointed to the 649.8 highland on the map and said: "In the next time, our mission is to cooperate with the cooperative combat troops to conduct lurking training on the 649.8 highland. There are two goals: one is to be familiar with the weapons and equipment in our hands, and the other is to better cooperate with the combat troops! Is there any problem?"

"Just training?" The warrior couldn't help but look at me and I looked at you, with a slight disappointment on his face.
Chapter completed!