Chapter 133: Sneak Attack

"Comrades!" I patiently waited for the soldiers to calm down slowly, and shouted to the soldiers: "Since we are all from the Eighth Company now, we will be comrades in a company in the future; since we are all from the Eighth Company now, we must have the appearance of the Eighth Company and the Eighth Company of Steel, and we must have the discipline and spirit of the Eighth Company. We cannot let the soldiers of other troops look at us and laugh at us: Look! Those are the Eighth Company soldiers, and their upper batch of soldiers are all heroes who die with explosives bags and enemy bunkers. This batch of...

Speaking of this, I deliberately paused, pointed to the soldiers who were sitting in front of me who were not well-dressed and wearing hats with a tilted hat, and sat listlessly, saying, "This group of people! They all looked like bears when they were defeated!"

With a "coax!", all the soldiers in the tunnel laughed out loud.

The soldiers in front of them blushed and quickly put on their hats and tidied up their equipment, straightened their bodies and sat in front of me. The other soldiers laughed and laughed, and when I reminded them, they all sorted out their own clothes and hats, and then lined up to sit on the ground straight.

Although this appearance is a form, the overall mental outlook of a unit will affect everyone without realizing it. Isn't this? The soldiers sat so neatly and looked around and soon there would be a kind of spirit, spirit, and energy. These spirit, spirit, and energy will in turn affect the soldiers and give the soldiers confidence and hope.

"Comrades!" Looking at the changes of the soldiers, I nodded with satisfaction and continued: "I don't think I need to say more about the history of our Eighth Company. Comrades all know that the Eighth Company is famous for fighting tough battles and fierce battles. Didn't anyone say that? When our Eighth Company fires a gun, we will fight to the death and die. If we don't win, Chairman Mao refused to withdraw. No matter when, as long as the battle is beaten, the commander immediately thinks of our Eighth Company!

This kind of spirit is very good! Fighting the enemy on the battlefield means having this spirit of not being afraid of death and trying your best to fight, so that you can win battles and knock the enemy down!”

The more I said, the more excited the expressions on the faces of the soldiers became. Some people even thought that I had changed my mind and wanted to take them out and fight hard, but when I changed my tone, I slowed down and said: "But... do you have to fight like this at any time when fighting? Of course not? War also depends on the situation. Different situations have to use different methods. If we want to punch the enemy hard, we must first collect the fists back! Otherwise, if we fight randomly, it will be no different from robbers and bandits. It is not the style of our revolutionary soldiers! Are you right? "

"Yes!" the soldiers answered in unison.

"The current situation is..." I continued: "The task given to us by our superiors is to defend the two high grounds of Shangganling. What will happen if we cannot defend it? The enemy can use the two high grounds we lost as a support to launch a safe attack on the main peak of Wusheng Mountain. What will happen if Wusheng Mountain is captured by the enemy? The soldiers all know very well that behind Wusheng Mountain is a large area of ​​Pingkang Plain. If the Wusheng Mountain is lost, we will have no danger to defend within a range of 200 kilometers!

So... our burden is very heavy! Once we lose our position, it is very likely that our volunteer army will retreat 200 kilometers. How far is 200 kilometers? Even if we can march 30 kilometers a day, we will have to go for seven or eight days! Comrades, can we give such a large piece of land to American imperialism?"

"cannot!"

"cannot!"

...

The soldiers raised their hands indignation and shouted over and over again, and some even roared. Speaking of the land, the volunteer soldiers who had a deep pain in the War of Resistance Against Japan certainly refused to give in.

Taking advantage of the indignation of the soldiers, I continued, "If we don't want to give such a large piece of land to American imperialism! Then we must defend these two highlands in Shangganling! Now we have two choices, one is to rush out and fight with the Americans as some comrades said, and all the soldiers fight to the death with the Americans. Now the Americans are the happiest. They are worried that we can hide in the tunnel and have no choice but to deal with us! Let's go out by themselves... We have few people, and after all the people have fought, the position will naturally fall into the hands of the Americans. As we become martyrs, the Americans can also safely attack the main peak of the Five Sacred Mountains!"

With a "coax!", as soon as I finished speaking, the soldiers below were talking in a group. They originally wanted to go out and fight the US military to have fun, but they didn't expect the consequences to be so serious.

"The second choice..." I waved my hand to calm the soldiers: "The second choice is to hide in this tunnel and drag the Americans to death. The Americans are the bone demons. We are the Monkey King who hides in their belly, so they can't catch them, and they can't even beat them. We can also wait until it gets dark and secretly go out to get a few shots for them. If they go to attack the Five Sacred Mountains, we will shoot cold guns behind them! Comrades, tell me which one should I choose! If you all choose the first one, you all say you want to rush out to fight the Japanese. I, Cui Wei, are just disobeying the orders of my superiors and accompanying you to fight the Japanese together!"

As I said that, I grabbed the rifle, stuffed a magazine into it, and waved my hand and said to the soldiers: "Go! Go out and fight the Japanese. We don't want our lives anymore. Why are we afraid of disobeying orders? If you can fight one, you will... Let's go..."

After shouting a few times, no one responded. All the soldiers looked at me and I looked at you. No one said a word, and no one followed.

"Chief of Staff!" After a long time, a soldier stood up and scratched his head and said, "It was our fault. At first we were just trying to fight happily. Now after you say this... we all understand, don't fight! Don't fight anymore!"

"I really won't fight?" I asked again pretending to behave, "Don't wait two days later, I was so nervous in the tunnel that I started shouting again! We are all mankind. If we want to fight, we will rush out now. If we don't fight, we will squat in the tunnel and wait for the orders of our superiors!"

I am planning for the future, and I don’t want such a scene to happen every few days.

"I really won't fight!" Another soldier stood up and said, "It's not important for us to be a martyr, but the position was lost and the Americans snatched away two hundred kilometers of land. Then can't we become eternal sinners?"

"That's it!" another soldier said, "No more fighting, we will be the Monkey King in the Bone Demon's belly!"

With a "coax!", the soldiers laughed out loud again.

I nodded with satisfaction. At this moment, I felt that the soldiers were united again, and had confidence and hope again, and no longer as loose as before.

"Chief of Staff, please give orders! What should we do!"

"Comrades!" I pondered for a moment and said to the soldiers: "The biggest difficulty we have now is that we cannot get supplies from the rear. Although we don't know how long this situation will last, we must be prepared for at least ten days!"

"Ten days..." My words caused a lot of waves among the soldiers.

Although these ten days are not counted, the soldiers have never experienced the experience of being completely blocked by the enemy and insisting on being stuck in the tunnel. This time, I heard that it would take ten days, so I couldn't help but feel a little confused.

But in fact, I know that the Battle of Shangganling in history took ten days after the Volunteers retreated to the tunnel and our army accumulated strength and launched a counterattack.

"Because we have to persist in the tunnel for ten days, we have to save all the supplies we have!" I nodded and said, "Water is good. There are dozens of buckets of water stored under the Invincible tunnel. If we save some use, it will be enough for us to use it. But there is no way to guarantee food and medicine. In order for every soldier to stay hungry, I suggest that all the food be concentrated and distributed by the logistics department to ensure that we can stick smoothly in the tunnel!"

As I said that, I took the initiative to untie the dry food bag tied to my body, and there was a bowl of fried noodles left over the past few days. When the soldiers saw me like this, they also untie the dry food bags on my body and piled them in front of me.

"Chief of Staff!" At this time, Instructor Qin, who was standing aside, interrupted: "There are many comrade units in the tunnel, which is very chaotic. I suggest that I do the registration work first and register the soldiers of our 8th Company. This will be easier to manage!"

"Yes!" I nodded: "I'll leave this job to you!"

"Yes!" Instructor Qin immediately pulled out his pen and notebook and started the registration work.

Except for the seriously injured who could not move, the rest of the soldiers sat up. The party members took out the party certificates and the league members took out the league certificates. Everyone described their positions and combat experiences in front of Director Qin like a report, and expressed their determination.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, I breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the rifle and returned to the command center.

At this time, we were able to contact the regiment headquarters, so we naturally had to report to Captain Zhang after returning to the command center. Captain Zhang was also very satisfied with my arrangements. After a few words of praise, he reminded me that although the supplies in the rear are difficult to deliver, the artillery soldiers are still on standby at any time. If our tunnel is beaten too hard by the enemy, we can call for artillery fire support.

It would be great to contact the rear! Although we are now in a state of complete blockade by the enemy, we have the confidence in our hearts because we are connected with the rear.

Isn't this? Because of communication, you can still get artillery fire assistance from the rear.

Two days passed quickly. Although life in the stuffy tunnel was boring and boring, the US military rarely launched an attack on the entrance of our tunnel in the past two days, so everything was safe.

I think a large part of the reason why the US military has not made things difficult for us in the past two days is because they think we will launch a counterattack against them as usual, so they try their best to build fortifications on superficial positions!

In fact, what I know is that after occupying the surface positions of Shangganling, the US military never interrupted the construction of fortifications on it. Ten days later, when our army launched a counterattack, they actually built more than 70 permanent firepower points on the two small high grounds of Shangganling, and 14 recoilless cannons and 65 heavy machine guns to form a complete firepower system.

This also made our army struggle to take back the surface position on Shangganling after suffering great casualties during the counterattack.

But these are not something I can consider now. What I have to worry about now is that the US military will soon launch an attack on our tunnel.

Without the enemy's attack, it would seem good to spend ten days in the tunnel like this.

I looked bored at the map on the desktop, and the tunnels on Shangganling were drawn crisscrossed on it.

The tunnel is very dark and stuffy, with gunpowder, sulfur, blood, and the smell of feces and sweat still makes the air dirty and suffocating. In order to save the air in the tunnel, except for the command center, try not to light the lights in other places.

However, what makes me feel relieved is that the most serious water shortage and food shortage in Shangganling have improved greatly at this time.

There is no need to mention the water. The water storage in the Invincible Pit is even enough for the wounded to wake up the wounds. Thinking of the soldiers stationed here in history, I don’t know how many soldiers died under the enemy’s blockade in order to go out to grab water or deliver water. Later, they even used drinking urine to quench their thirst. But we don’t know how many times it has been healed now.

After the grain was managed uniformly, there was no big problem. Xiao Zhao from the Logistics Department averaged the food and divided it by ten days of food. Each person could get half a bowl of fried noodles and half a steamed bun every day. Although this was not enough to satisfy hunger, it could at least not starve to death, and it also improved compared to the situation in the first five battles.

I think the reason why the soldiers in Shangganling in history were short of food was mainly because they did not expect that they would persist in the tunnel for ten days, without plans or unified distribution, so they would naturally be worse.

In addition, under the election of the soldiers, the backbone of the Eighth Company in the tunnel was also produced one after another. Several company commanders of the 135th Regiment, Wan Fulai, Miao Huaizhi and Gao Yongxiang, successfully became the three platoon leaders of the Eighth Company. This made all the work in the tunnel become orderly, and the morale of the soldiers quickly recovered.

"Chief of Staff!" Just as I was thinking, Li Baocheng came to me and reported: "The soldiers at the entrance of the tunnel reported that the Japanese took the bait!"

"Um!" When I heard Li Baocheng say this, I couldn't help but feel excited. I stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look!"

I took Li Baocheng to the entrance of the tunnel in a hurry. At the warning of Li Baocheng, a soldier fired a machine gun and shot a few shots into the darkness outside the tunnel, but the US military did not react.

"It's done!" I shouted excitedly: "Immediately order the commando to stay at the entrance of the tunnel!"

"Yes!" Li Baocheng turned around excitedly and left.

This is the method that the soldiers came up with in order for the commando to attack smoothly. The military strategy says: "The real one is empty, and the virtual one is real!" The trick I used is almost the same as this.

At the beginning, the US military responsible for monitoring the entrance of the tunnel outside the tunnel was very vigilant. Because with the experience of the past few days, they were like frightened birds, and were always worried that the volunteer soldiers would crawl out of the tunnel and launch a sneak attack. So whenever there was any movement in the entrance of the tunnel, the US military ignored everything, and the machine guns swept towards the entrance of the tunnel.

In this case, it is very difficult for the soldiers to take out the sneak attack. So the soldiers guarding the tunnel thought of a solution. When it was dark, they would fire a few shots outside, or throw a can or a stone, which made the US military mistakenly think that the volunteer soldiers were going to fight back. The enemy's machine gun hit the entrance of the tunnel, and it took more than ten minutes. After the enemy stopped shooting, the soldiers fired a few more ammunition and threw some things, so the enemy shot for more than ten minutes...

Good guy, these US troops are really patient. Until tonight, they seemed to realize that this was a trap set by the red elements. The purpose was to consume their bullets and play with their wisdom, so they ignored it.

They ignore these movements and we have a chance.

After a while, Li Baocheng led three soldiers to the waist and ran up. Each of them was holding two anti-tank grenades in their hands, saying they were commandos, but in fact they were blasting teams, with the purpose of blowing up the machine gun forts that were built near our tunnel.

"Do you know the location of the enemy's machine gun fort?" I asked.

"Clear!" A soldier replied excitedly: "We have come to observe several times during the day. There are three machine gun castles outside, and we remember the locations in our hearts, one for each person, no more or less!"

"Okay! Go!"

With my order, the three soldiers hugged and crawled out.

"Kingkongkongkongkongkong..." Because there were many canned boxes outside the tunnel, the soldiers made a lot of noise as soon as they ran out. Because someone really went out this time, the sounds made the soldiers in the tunnel feel a little sad, but fortunately they did not attract the attention of the US military, so everything was going on without any danger.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the soldiers guarding the tunnel were extremely anxious. It was very dark outside the tunnel and we could not see anything, but the soldiers still poked their heads out from time to time to look around.

I am the only one who is not watching, but listening carefully.

Without gunshots, without gunshots, everything goes well. I can almost imagine the soldiers slowly approaching the enemy machine gun castle in the dark, getting closer and closer...

There was a loud "Boom!" followed by three more roars, and several balls of flames suddenly rose outside the tunnel. The soldiers shouted at the same time: "It's successful!"
Chapter completed!