Hiding behind a few sandbags temporarily piled up by the soldiers, I spread out the map on the snow, and with the dim light emitted by the flashlight covered with black cloth, I observed the 158.6 highland on the map, which has caused us a headache since the war started.

In fact, before the war started, I didn’t know how many times I had observed the 158.6 highland, but I felt that I had no idea how to start this 158.6 highland. The main reason is that the 158.6 highland is different from other highlands, and its overall direction is north-south. This makes its two wider sides under the fire protection of the two highlands next to it, while the front and back are narrower and steeper, which is not suitable for troops to launch troops to attack. At the same time, this highland can provide fire protection for the highlands on both sides, forming a line of defense that is closely linked to them.

Of course, this was when we did not take down the 490.1 Highland. Now the 490.1 Highland is already in the hands of our army, then one side of the 158.6 Highland is exposed to our firepower.

"Go and call all the battalion-level cadres!" I didn't leave the map, but ordered Hu Biao beside me.

"Yes!" Hu Biao responded and quickly called a correspondent.

Not long after, the three battalion commanders of the 538th Regiment, including Zhong Chaoyang, the commander of the Tank Battalion, came to me all the way. They did not salute, but only called the commander softly in the registration manner, and squatted one by one next to the map I spread out.

"Yeah!" I nodded, and looked at the arrival of several people, and pointed to the map and said, "The situation is very critical now, so I will tell you a long story short. Because of the enemy's shift, the current situation is very different from what we have detected before. The enemy we are facing is not a reinforced battalion of the Third US Division, but the 100th independent battalion of the 422nd Infantry Regiment of the US Army."

"The 100th Independent Battalion of 422 Infantry Regiment?" This was the first time the soldiers heard this number and couldn't help but feel a little fresh.

"But the commander!" Hu Biao asked even more strangely: "Why don't they look like Americans?"

"That's it!" Li Guoqiang, who had fought with these US troops, also said strangely: "It's really different from other Americans, it's more like a little Japanese!"

"They are little Japanese!" I explained: "They are Japanese living in the United States! The 422 infantry regiment of the US military is all composed of Japanese, especially the 100 independent battalion in front of us. They are all veterans who fought from World War II and have made many contributions!"

"It's really a little Japanese!"

"Have you fought World War II?"

Everyone couldn't help but wonder even more, and they all looked at me with some disbelief.

I know what they were thinking about. World War II is only six years away. At that time, the Americans were still our comrades-in-arms. They fought and killed with the Japanese, and even threw two atomic bombs on the Japanese's heads. But now they realized that there were Japanese soldiers in the Americans, and there were still quite a few people, and there was a regiment. So of course the soldiers would think of what the situation would be when this army attacked the Japanese...

Because of time, I didn't explain it any more. However, there was something in history that this army was fighting against the Japanese army on the Pacific battlefield. Naturally, their army with a quality that was more than ordinary American troops was invincible on the battlefield. When the captured Japanese army scolded the 100 Independence Battalion as a scum of the Japanese Empire and a traitor to the Yamato nation, the officers of the 100 Independence Battalion calmly replied: "I don't care what my ancestors were, but I am now an American. Wherever my freedom is, my motherland is!"

Of course, there is no need to say these words to the warriors. At first, there is no time to say these things at this time. In addition, even if you have time to say them, I think it is difficult for the warriors to understand such freedom! Nationality and other things.

So I continued: "Their number is more than 1,000, stationed on the 222.9, 158.6, 387.5 and 294.7 high ground respectively. Each high ground has two hundred to three hundred. Compared with our previous reconnaissance, not only has the strength increased, but the combat effectiveness has also been strengthened. The troops coming to the south may also be of the 100 independent battalions, and the specific number is still unclear. We are actually surrounded by the three sides of the enemy. Just now, the enemy on the right wing of the 490.1 high ground launched a sneak attack on us, trying to capture the 490.1 high ground and completely cut off our retreat!"

"You can't let the enemy's conspiracy succeed!" Zhong Chaoyang waved his fist.

"Don't worry, the regiment commander!" Li Guoqiang said: "As long as there is one person in my battalion, the enemy will never be allowed to occupy the 490.1 highland!"

"Yeah!" I nodded. I had no doubt about this. The combat power of 538 itself is not weak, and it is not worse than these little Japanese. Moreover, behind the 490.1 Highland is our army's large army, and not far away is our army's defense line, so it is not difficult to withdraw from this encirclement, and it can even be said to be a very easy task. But if we do so, the strategic purpose of our battle will not be completed.

After a pause, I continued: "The more important question we have now is not whether we can defend the 490.1 high ground, but we must seize the 222.9 high ground and 158.6 high ground on the left as soon as possible, so that we can complete the tasks assigned to us by our superiors and get out of danger ourselves!"

"Captain, I..." Hu Biao still wanted to say something. He was so strong that he seemed to want to solve this task himself.

"This is not your own problem. It requires the cooperation of each army!" I interrupted Hu Biao, picked up a branch at my feet, pointed to the map and said: "Highlands 222.9 and Heightlands 158.6 are protected and coordinated with each other, so I think that to capture them, we must cut off the connection between them."

"But the regiment commander!" Hu Biao asked questions: "The distance between the 222.9 and the 158.6 high ground is too close, and because of the mountain trend, our firepower and vision cannot even see the valley between them. If we are to send troops to force the valley to cut off their connection, we may be hit by the firepower of the two high grounds, which will cause too much casualties!"

"Has the US anti-aircraft machine guns seized from the 490.1 Highland?" I didn't answer Hu Biao's words and asked Li Guoqiang directly.

"Yes!" Li Guoqiang replied with certainty: "We found three anti-aircraft machine guns in the enemy's bunker, as well as a few boxes of bullets, and there were also flares!"

"Yeah!" I nodded and pointed to the 490.1 high ground on the map and said to Li Guoqiang: "The elevation of the 490.1 high ground is much higher than that of the 158.6 high ground. From some parts above it, you can see the valley between the 222.9 high ground and the 158.6 high ground. Your task is to defend the 490.1 high ground and set up the anti-aircraft machine gun position as soon as possible. Use flares and anti-aircraft machine guns to control the 222.9 high ground and the 158.6 high ground with condescending firepower to control the 222.9 high ground and the 158.6 high ground and cut off their connection!"

"Yes!" Li Guoqiang nodded confidently.

The 490.1 high ground is more than three times higher than the 158.6 high ground. At such a height, we can almost hit them but they can't hit us. This should be said to be a very pleasant task.

"Zhong Chaoyang!"

"arrive!"

"Have your tank troops lost?" I asked in advance. There were only fifteen tanks in total. If two or three were lost, I would not be able to arrange them.

"Report to the commander, no! All the tanks are there!" Zhong Chaoyang's words made me feel relieved.

"Very good!" I nodded and ordered: "The ten tanks guarding the valley entrance remained still and continued to stop the enemy reinforcements from advancing. All five tanks used to assist the 490.1 highland are transferred to the command of Battalion Commander Hu, and they will fully cooperate with Battalion Commander Hu to attack the 222.9 highland!"

"Yes!" Zhong Chaoyang nodded and responded.

"Li Weiqiang!"

"Come!" As my screams, a dark-faced and tall-shaped volunteer soldier responded.

Li Weiqiang was the battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 538th Regiment. The former battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion died in the battle of Maliangshan. He was selected by the soldiers. Because Li Weiqiang had just become the battalion commander, I was not very familiar with him. I only heard Li Pinghe's evaluation of him: "Don't look at this guy who is thin and skinny, but his whole body is like steel bars. When he marched in a hurry, he helped the soldiers carry three or four guns and run in front of the team. When he was fighting for bayonets, he could pick the enemy's rifle away!"

Now, maybe because this is his first battle to become the battalion commander! So he wants to show off in front of me, even the eyes of looking at me are full of expectations.

"Here..." I pointed to the right side of the 158.6 high ground on the map and said to Li Weiqiang: "Your mission is to use the firepower of the 490.1 high ground to launch an attack on the 158.6 high ground from the side. The purpose is to attract the enemy's firepower on the 158.6 high ground and make the enemy have no time to support the 222.9 high ground. Be sure to pay attention that the enemy's firepower on the 222.9 high ground can directly hit your attack position, so you are facing the enemies of the two high grounds!"

"Yes! Ensure the task is completed!" Li Weiqiang rubbed his hands excitedly, looking eager to try.

"Hu Biao!"

"Come!" Hu Biao may have felt a little ashamed because he did not complete the task well.

"Capture the 222.9 high ground, then the 158.6 high ground will be safe!" Seeing this, I patted his shoulder and said, "In other words, as long as we capture the 222.9 high ground, the purpose of this battle will be basically achieved. So this is the business of our entire division, not the business of your battalion. Don't be unable to hold your face because you didn't fight. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Hu Biao nodded.

"There are all!" Then I ordered everyone: "The troops cooperate with each other and do whatever it takes to win the 222.9 highlands and 158.6 highlands before dawn!"

"Yes!" the soldiers responded and went back to make arrangements.

It should be said that the combat plan formulated this time is very simple, it is nothing more than cutting off the connection between them and breaking them. It can almost be said to be a strong attack. There is a saying that defeating others without fighting is the best strategy, but in fact, not every enemy you face on the battlefield can be defeated without fighting.

The stronger the opponent, the fewer the shortcomings they expose, the fewer the strategies you can use, and the fewer the flaws you can exploit. Therefore, when facing a strong enemy, you often have to take real action, comparing who has a harder fist, and there is no other way to go.

Just like now, our army's 538th Regiment is surrounded by the enemy's 100 Independent Battalion, and the two troops of the 100 Independent Battalion are also in our surround. Now we are comparing who eats whom first, and who can last longer...

I took out my pocket watch and looked at it. Fifteen minutes had passed, so I ordered a soldier beside me: "Send a signal flare!"

"Yes!" The soldier responded and quickly raised his signal gun and fired three red signal flares into the sky.

There were always guns and cannons on the battlefield, but when these three red ones rose to the sky, guns and shouts of killing immediately rose to another level.

Before that, I used the radio station to pass through the air with Commander Pang on the other side of the high ground, allowing his troops to cooperate with our attacks on the front and try to disperse the enemy's firepower. So the surroundings soon became boiling, and mortars fired shells at the enemy's top positions in rows, and flares hit the top of the mountain one by one, illuminating the entire enemy's position as regrettably as day. The tankers and machine gunners in charge of cover fired balls and shells at the targets on the top of the mountain without hesitation, which made the enemy's position suddenly become a sea of ​​fire.

Li Weiqiang and Hu Biao's troops shouted, and rushed towards the top positions of the two high grounds with cold bayonets.

I carried a rifle and accompanied by Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue, I came to the 222.9 high ground where Hu Biao attacked.

The plan I just made was that although Li Guoqiang had to set up anti-aircraft machine guns on the 490.1 high ground to cut off the connection between the enemy's high ground, in fact, this was just to stabilize the morale of the army and let Hu Biao's troops feel at ease to attack without worrying about whether there were enemies beside him.

Because... if the enemy still uses the same trick and mixes with the dead and then sneaks into our troops to launch a sneak attack, then they must have already arranged it now. Therefore, setting up anti-aircraft machine guns on the 490.1 high ground will not play any role. The reason why I didn't tell Hu Biaoming is that I don't want them to go to the battlefield with suspicion.

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Of course, I will not let the enemy sneak into our army like this, and use this same method to slaughter my subordinates and repel our attack.

Because at this time, I had already set up my own rifle behind a tank.

With a "boom!", the tank fired a shell, and the tank body also shocked violently, causing my sight in the scope to be confused. At the same time, there was a volunteer soldier on the tank turret. He was carrying a rotating machine gun and firing loudly. The bullet case fell down like a pearl with a broken line. Not to mention that the vibration and the falling bullets made me unable to stand it, the sound of the cannon and the machine gun made my head confused and unable to think. (Note: T-34 is not equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun. The machine guns are two rotating machine guns, one is located on the front and the other is located on the side.)

This made me realize that behind the tank was not an ideal sniper position. Although it was an ideal steel base, lying behind it could only make me achieve nothing. So I trotted aside for a while and finally set up a rifle behind a protruding rock.

Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue also lay near me from left to right. Their location was just right away from me, and it would not be too close to expose my target, nor too far away. If I was in danger, they would not come and not rush to cover it. This made me secretly praise it in my heart again. I had never taught them these, and I don’t know when they learned this. Now I really should look at these two little guys with admiration!

But I didn't dare to think too much, and I quickly focused my attention on the scope.

But this time, my gun was not aimed at the enemy's position, but the soldiers charging towards the enemy's position.

I don't like this feeling very much. I believe that no real soldier would like to point his gun at his comrades, but I have to do so now.

This reminds me of the scene just now when I blocked the enemy's sneak attack on the 490.1 Highland. Although I myself was unwilling to admit it, I actually knew very well that among the people I killed at that time, there must be my own comrades and subordinates. So the scene of a lovely soldier being shot by me and blood splashed everywhere, flashing scene after scene in my mind.

I know no one will blame me, the soldiers will not, the superiors will not, and even the soldiers who died under my gun will not blame me, but I can never pass this level.

And for some reason, tonight was like God was deliberately joking with me. It made me point my gun at my comrades and subordinates again and again!

I couldn't help but close my eyes. The sights were filled with the figures of volunteer soldiers charging towards the top of the mountain. My mind also flashed with the appearance of them dying under my gun. This made my index finger tremble and my heart was bleeding, which made me unable to look at them in the sights anymore...

No, no!

I must find out the enemies hidden among them. If I can't find them, I will kill those soldiers who will die at the gun of the enemy! So I opened my eyes immediately.
Chapter completed!