Chapter 126: Eighth Company

The smoke of gunpowder is filled with fire and the sound of cannons is shaking the sky!

Outside the tunnel, there were fire lights emitted from shells when they exploded and the line of fire brought by bullets, but I couldn't see anyone, which made me unable to grasp the reinforcements. But at this time, I didn't care about so many. No matter where the reinforcements were, I would first deal with the Americans above my head.

So I immediately ordered the ignition of the explosive pack buried under the enemy's fire point. With the "boom..." one after another, the gunshots outside suddenly calmed down a lot. I think that the US troops who were fighting fiercely with our army at the fire point might not know how they died at the last moment!

But who cares about this? What I am thinking about now is how to indicate the correct location of the tunnel for reinforcements.

Just like the previous batch of reinforcements, it is difficult for volunteer soldiers who have not fought in Shangganling to find the tunnel entrance in time and accurately in this dark night. After all, on these few square kilometers and those with shells, it is not easy to find the tunnel entrance scattered in between. Sometimes even passing by next to the tunnel entrance is not a simple matter. What's more, the soldiers are not able to use flashlights because they are worried about exposing their targets.

Do you use a handpiece to signal the soldiers?

This is not great! Although the equipment of the Volunteer Army and the US military are different, the light emitted by the flashlight is still the same, and the reinforcements cannot distinguish between us at all. Just like just now, the reinforcements used our flashlight as a target. Moreover, when the flashlight shines, it will also allow the US military to find the target.

Send someone out to pick him up?

It seems not very good! It is when the enemy and us are fighting. Several of our soldiers ran out rashly, not only may they be accidentally injured by volunteer soldiers, but more serious is that if reinforcements are not distinguished from each other and dare not shoot when they meet someone, it would be a big problem!

"Chief of Staff! Have you received someone?" Instructor Qin couldn't help himself at this time and hurried from the command center to me and asked anxiously.

"Not yet!" I shook my head helplessly: "Maybe the soldiers can't find the entrance to the tunnel!"

"Hi, it's so urgent!" Instructor Qin replied: "The US military's firepower fort was only temporarily blown up by us. If it delays a while, the US military reacts and sends reinforcements, and will re-block the tunnel entrance..."

At this moment, a whistle sounded, and a lot of sand and stone suddenly fell from the entrance of the tunnel. There seemed to be a person falling down in the artillery fire. I rushed out with a rifle in one step and came to the entrance of the tunnel to find that there was indeed a black shadow. Maybe I lost the gun during the fall, and now I am touching everywhere in the dark.

In the darkness, I couldn't tell whether it was my enemy or not, and I didn't care about it. I raised my rifle and pressed it against the dark shadow's head, and shouted: "Don't move! Which part of it?"

I shouted this for purpose. I spoke Chinese. If the other party was an enemy, then he would raise his hand obediently; if he was a volunteer soldier, then he would...

"Comrade! I am my own person!" The black shadow's answer made me very happy. Without saying a word, I put away the gun and pulled the black shadow in.

If our opponent is a puppet army, I will also worry about whether the person in front of me who speaks Chinese is a South Korean. After all, many of the puppet army speaks Chinese that is not at all different from those of us Chinese. But now the US military is fighting with us, so I dragged him in without thinking.

"Comrades! You've found you!"

Standing around the corner of the tunnel, shining with a flashlight, a soldier covered in mud and darkened with smoke from the gun appeared in front of me.

"Comrade, what's the situation now?" The war situation was urgent, and I didn't care much, and asked straight in with my hands.

"It's too dark! We can't find the entrance to the tunnel!" The soldier said anxiously: "The soldiers were divided into several groups and looked for them outside. If I hadn't accidentally fell, I wouldn't have found you!"

"No!" As he said that, the soldier became anxious again: "I have to go out and call all the soldiers in quickly. If you are late, you won't be anxious!"

"Comrade! You just go out like this, what if you can't find the tunnel when you come back?"

In fact, even if this soldier doesn't volunteer, I will send him out to contact reinforcements. One reason is that he is familiar with the troops as part of the reinforcements, and he can identify the enemy and me by calling a few names. The other reason is that he also knows the location of the reinforcements. If other people go out, they can't tell the enemy and me face to face. If they find people, they will be full of dangers.

"Then...what should I do?" He was stunned for a moment when he heard the warrior. It was the first time he entered the tunnel, and he could even accidentally fall in. This time he went out, it was very likely that he would not find his way back as I said.

"I can't care so much anymore! After thinking about it, he raised his head and said, "I can't just stay in the tunnel and leave the soldiers outside and ignore them! Let's go out first!"

"Gao Yongxiang!"

"arrive!"

"You are familiar with the terrain and follow this comrade to pick you up! Also..." After thinking about it, I turned around and asked Director Qin, "Is there any flour in our tunnel?"

"Flour?" Although Instructor Qin didn't know what medicine I sold in the gourd, he also knew that the military situation was urgent, so he immediately replied: "There are four or five bags..."

"Enough!" I ordered Gao Yongxiang: "You two carry a bag of flour and sprinkle them all the way. When you meet your own soldiers, let them follow the flour. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Gao Yongxiang and the soldier nodded understandingly.

Under the command of Instructor Qin, a soldier soon came with a bag of flour on his back. Gao Yongxiang didn't say anything, pulled out the military thorn and pierced two holes on his flour bag, pulled the soldier on his back and ran out of the tunnel.

"Good solution! Chief of Staff!" Looking at the long white line in front of the tunnel entrance, Director Qin couldn't help but praise: "This white surface can be laid on the ground, so that the soldiers can find the tunnel entrance, and save Gao Yongxiang and the other two time to lead the way, killing two birds with one stone! It's so wonderful!"

"Yes! Chief of Staff!" Miao Huaizhi, who was standing beside him, also said with a smile: "Before, I only knew that this white flour could fill my stomach, but I didn't expect it to work! This food can be used to fight in the hands of the Chief of Staff!"

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers all laughed out loud.

The soldiers were laughing, and several volunteer soldiers came in along the flour. The soldiers walked up to pick them up. Those who helped carry things, and those who carried the wounded were very busy. Not long after, more and more people came in, and they were all carrying ammunition and food on their backs. They couldn't help but feel very happy when they saw me.

This seems to prove that my decision to prevent the soldiers from igniting the explosive pack when the first two batches of reinforcements came up was correct, otherwise so many people would not have been able to enter the tunnel smoothly.

Now, with such soldiers and so many supplies coming up, it can alleviate the urgent need. Just as I was drooling at the boxes of supplies that were swaying in front of me, a sound came from the entrance of the tunnel, which attracted my attention.

"Comrade, where is the Chief of Staff?" a tall soldier asked while slapped the sand on his body.

"I am!" I waved to the warrior.

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" The soldier ran to me and saluted and said, "Li Baocheng, the company commander of the 8th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 134th Regiment, reported!"

"Eighth Company? Li Baocheng?" I couldn't help but buzzed and almost shorted.

It's not for anything else, but this army is really famous. The battle of Shangganling in history was mainly fought by this army. In modern times, I have also read the information of this army. What impressed me the most was that during the War of Liberation, I once fought with the 10th Division of the 14th Army, the elite Kuomintang army. They attacked and captured four villages one after another, and in the end only nine people were left. But what is unexpected was that they relied on prisoners to replenish 140 people, and their combat effectiveness remained unabated. Four days later, the sharp knife company, which served as the column again, attacked the enemy ace troops, and they still sang triumphantly all the way...

If other troops use prisoners to expand to 140 people, it will be difficult for nine people to watch over 100 other people, let alone combat effectiveness. But they can still take this troops to charge and even win repeatedly. This is a miracle!

Now the division headquarters has sent this ace force to come up, which shows that it has paid enough attention to the battle situation in Shangganling.

"Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff..."

"Oh!" Li Baocheng's scream pulled me back from my thoughts. I hurriedly held Li Baocheng's hand and said, "It turned out to be Company Commander Li, welcome! Instructor Qin and I were still wondering just now, which unit could actually beat the enemy in a hurry. It turned out to be Company Commander Li's eighth company, no wonder! Come on, let's go to the command center to talk!"

As he said that, he called Director Qin and walked towards the command center with his waist.

"Tell me about the situation of coming up!" As soon as I sat down in front of the map and handed a cigarette to Captain Li, I couldn't wait to say: "The first two batches of reinforcements failed to pass the enemy's firepower blockade. How could you come up so many at once!"

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" Li Baocheng stood up and said, "Actually, there is no magic weapon. Although the reinforcements of the first two batches of reinforcements failed, their sacrifice made us identify the enemy's firepower point. We sent a sharp knife squad in advance to blow up the firepower points that threatened reinforcements along the road one by one, and then touch them!"

"Oh, it's not bad!" I nodded and praised after hearing this: "It seems that your ace troops are indeed well-known!"

"The Chief of Staff is too much!" Li Baocheng touched his head with some embarrassment: "If the Chief of Staff had not blown up the enemy's firepower fort at critical moments, we would have probably not been so smooth!"

"Don't praise you two anymore!" Director Qin brought out two cups of tea and handed it to us and said, "Captain Li, are there any casualties counted?"

"Not yet!" Li Baocheng shook his head: "I have asked Instructor Wang to go to count, and now it's about the same..."

"Report!" At this time, a soldier with Karev's pistol on his waist and hips came in, saluted me and said, "Wang Wenyong, the instructor of the 8th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 134th Regiment, came to report!"

"Oh! I'll be here when I say Cao Cao! Please sit down!" Director Qin hurriedly gave Li Baocheng a seat with a smile.

"Company Commander, Chief of Staff, the number of casualties has been counted!" Instructor Wang seemed to be in a good mood. As soon as he sat down, he reported with great enthusiasm: "Only five people in the entire company were killed, and more than ten comrades were slightly injured. The eighth squad leader Cui Hanbi's injury was the main point, but it was not a big deal!"

"What's wrong with the eighth squad leader?" Li Baocheng couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing!" Instructor Wang took a sip of tea and said, "He just wanted to lead the way for the soldiers. This kid was also clever. At first, he also made a bag of flour to guide the way. Later, the flour was trampled and the soldiers couldn't see clearly, so he crawled back and forth for more than twenty times. He almost brought back the soldiers! Later, the military uniforms were torn, the chest, abdomen, arms, legs and feet were covered with blood, and they were all ground by shrapnel and gravel when they were lying on the ground!"

"What a good comrade!" Qin's commander couldn't help but praise.

Listening to Instructor Wang's words, I couldn't help but think of the soldier who accidentally fell into the tunnel. He was the eighth squad leader mentioned by Corps Li and Instructor Wang! If you want to lead the way, you can give this task to other soldiers after taking one or two times, but he consciously insisted on taking it all... I really can't understand the warrior of this era. If this were in modern times, it would definitely be labeled as a "fool" by the world. But I know that in this land of North Korea, in the volunteer army, it is precisely because of such "fools" that we can fight this battle that the world is facing!

"Captain Li!" After thinking about it, I went straight to the point and asked, "I don't know what instructions do the superiors have to do to counterattack tomorrow night?"

"Chief of Staff!" Li Baocheng looked at the instructor Wang and said hesitantly: "The order given to our company by the division commander is to only counterattack but not defend. Let us immediately withdraw the division headquarters after the counterattack will be restored tomorrow night!"

"Well! How can this work..." Instructor Qin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "It's not that the division headquarters is not unaware of the situation in Shangganling. The casualties are very serious and the troops are already seriously insufficient. The division headquarters will only support us. If you all retreat, what else can we fight against the enemy!"

I know what the division headquarters means only counterattack but not defending. The eighth company is the ace company of the 45th Division. It will not be used until the critical moment, and the eighth company will not be consumed in defensive battles.

This is certainly OK if other reinforcements are coming, but other reinforcements are almost wiped out.

But I am not worried about this, because in the Battle of Shangganling in history, the Eighth Company of Heroes was the backbone, so I believe that the Eighth Company would not be able to withdraw.

Thinking of this, I nodded immediately and said, "No problem! We are only considering the counterattack plan tomorrow night! You can withdraw after completing the mission!"

"Chief of Staff..." Guidance Qin wanted to say something, but I stopped him.

"Yeah!" Li Baocheng nodded, pointed to the map and said, "The preliminary plan is like this. The time for launching a counterattack is set at 9 o'clock tomorrow night. The division headquarters will transfer a rocket artillery regiment to cooperate with the artillery troops to implement an hour of fire preparation for the enemy's surface positions! At 10 o'clock, the firepower will be extended, and our army will occupy the enemy's surface positions in three directions. The Chief of Staff will lead the remaining troops as the second echelon..."

"Are you familiar with the terrain of Shangganling?" I asked, "I believe you can fight and your combat effectiveness, but I think this is the first time you have been fighting in this 597.9 Highland!"

"The Chief of Staff means..."

"It is of course for you to be the first echelon!" I replied: "The defenders in the tunnel are very chaotic, and the uninterrupted combat for several days also makes them very tired. In addition, there is insufficient ammunition, so it is impossible and unrealistic to be the main attacker of the first echelon, but I don't want you to suffer losses because of your unfamiliar terrain and not understanding the situation on the battlefield. I think this is how some companies in our army have very few people, and some companies have only a dozen people left. I think these small-sized companies can be divided into your platoon as the first echelon attack, so that you can make up for your lack of unfamiliar terrain!"

"The Chief of Staff is right!" Captain Li and Director Wang looked at each other and nodded.

"I want to remind Commander Li first!" After thinking about it, I continued: "The US military has built fortifications on our surface positions for a whole day. Tonight we do not have the ability to restore the surface positions, that is to say... By the time we counterattack tomorrow night, the US military has two days of preparation time. With the modern equipment of the US military, it is entirely possible to build solid cement concrete fortifications in two days. In other words, even if our army has increased a rocket launcher regiment and strengthened the shelling force tomorrow night, the effect may not be ideal. Tomorrow night may be a fierce battle. We must prepare to blow up the bunkers and organize the blasting team in advance!"

"Yes!" Li Baocheng and Wang Wen nodded.

"And!" After thinking about it, I pointed to the map and said, "Considering that our attack routes in the past two days are the same, I think the enemy will make corresponding preparations. We will change the attack route tomorrow night. We will attack from positions No. 8, No. 0, and No. 13, and immediately expand the results of the battle after capturing one position. The troops from three directions support each other and cover each other, striving to restore the surface position at the lowest cost in the shortest time!"
Chapter completed!