march to victory

"Old Zhang, what's wrong?"

"Old Tian, ​​I don't have time to say more, I will explain to you later." After speaking, he made a phone call in person, and the content was very clear: First, the Second Battalion and the Third Company withdrew to the second line of defense together with the First Company and the Second Company. Withstood the little devil's attack from the front, no retreat without orders, and immediate action according to orders.The second is to adjust the pocket formation to a hundred meters behind the second battalion and fourth company.Tell Silian again that you can't take a step back without an order, but you must not hesitate when you receive an order, otherwise, it will be followed by military law.

In other words, the previous plan will be adjusted: the previous plan was to ambush the little devil's attack from the front, but now it is an ambush on the flanks, which is tantamount to inverting the primary and secondary.However, fortunately, everyone has already prepared for such a change, so there will be no burden.

After the order was issued, Zhang Qingshan ordered the headquarters to withdraw to the north city gate.

"Old Zhang, what did you find?" As the people in the headquarters walked towards the north gate, Tian Guozhong gave Zhang Qingshan a cigarette and asked, "Why did you suddenly give such an order? Set up a battle plan."

Zhang Qingshan stopped, turned around and pointed to the direction of the fourth company that was still fighting in the southeast, and said: "Old Tian, ​​take a closer look, do you think it is a feint attack by a little devil?"

Then he pointed to the frontal battlefield and said, "Look again, do you think the battle there looks like a feint?"

Taking a puff of cigarette, he said seriously: "Since the two places don't look like feints, it can only explain one problem..."

Before Zhang Qingshan finished speaking, Tian Guozhong said in a shocked voice, "Two-pronged approach!"

"Yes, the little devil is going to give us a two-pronged approach."

Although there is no intelligence, and it is impossible to see the scene, everyone can still see the real tactics of the little devil by virtue of the military's keenness in war and rich experience in combat command-if you can't see it until now, then That's the problem.

The commanders of the little devil must have also analyzed the various conditions of the assault group. Naturally, it is easy to judge the key points and weak points of the assault group's defense. A targeted tactical arrangement was made.

It was precisely because of this arrangement that Zhang Qingshan and the others had an illusion from the very beginning: look at the four-company defense line in the southeast, where the artillery fire was raging and the battle was loud and loud, it was easy for Zhang Qingshan and the others to I think that is where the little devils are mainly attacking.

But now it is also easy to judge that the little devil's tactics are two-pronged. It is also because when the artillery fire is raging on the frontal battlefield, the level of fighting between the two sides in the fourth company's position not only has not weakened, but has intensified.In this way, the little devil's tactics are naturally clear, even if the little devil may step up his attack on the fourth company's position in order to contain the strength of the assault group, but this is actually not too big for the assault group The effect is only because the assault group didn't know the little devil's tactics at the beginning, but, for the same reason, the little devil also didn't know the assault group's tactical arrangement for this battle.

Especially the encirclement in the movement, it can be said that it will make all the schemes and tricks of the little devil useless.

And now, the little devil's tactics have been exposed to Zhang Qingshan and others, but the tactics of the assault regiment, especially the encirclement tactics in the movement, have not been known to the little devil at all.On the contrary, the little devil had a wrong citrus: he felt that he had seen through the tactical arrangement of the assault regiment, or that the current situation was exactly the same as everyone's prior analysis of the assault regiment's tactics, which made the little devil feel that he had a certain chance of winning.In this way, it is easier to implement encirclement tactics.

"However, with such a fierce battle, I'm afraid that the fourth company won't last long. Should we send some reinforcements to the fourth company?"

"I think so too!" Zhang Qingshan sighed, and said, "But, our troops are tense now, and we really can't send any extra troops."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qingshan looked at the direction of the fourth company's battle, took a deep puff of cigarettes, and said: "Besides, the main purpose of our tactics this time is to ambush the little devils, suppress their arrogance, and let them have some scruples." , so as not to unscrupulously cause greater damage to our assault regiment and the surrounding people, so this encirclement must be firm, and the strength of the troops cannot be reduced at all... Otherwise, why would we just retreat with the wounded? Did you teach the little devil a lesson before leaving?"

To this, Tian Guozhong nodded in agreement, but looking at the intense explosions and continuous gunshots at Silian, it all showed how fierce the fighting was, which made Tian Guozhong very worried and distressed.

"Then draw a company from the front?"

"Resolutely not!" Zhang Qingshan refused before giving an explanation: "We have limited troops now, and we simply don't have such a big appetite to swallow so many little devils at once. Since the little devils are now divided into two places and want to fight both ways, Attack us left and right, forcing us to retreat. Then, this is also an excellent opportunity for us to teach the little devils a lesson. If you want to eat one of the little devils, or hurt one of the little devils, first It is necessary to ensure that these two groups of little devils cannot gather. Now, since we have chosen to deal with the southeast of this group of little devils, we must block the front of the little devils...Old Tian, ​​to be honest, I think there is no geographical advantage On the premise of taking advantage of the battle space movement, relying on three companies to block the little devils head-on is very dangerous in itself. If one company is drawn from it now, I am afraid that the remaining two companies will not be able to persist at all. A few times. At that time, I am afraid that as soon as our side surrounds the little devils in the southeast, the little devils in the front will have rushed over."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qingshan made a gesture of invitation, and the two continued to communicate while walking.

"Instead of being attacked by the enemy and unable to leave even if we want to go, it's better to fight... As long as these three companies persist on the frontal battlefield for half an hour, even if we haven't eaten all the little devils in the southeast, But it is still possible to inflict heavy damage on them. In this way, we have achieved our goal of this battle...Old Tian, ​​I am not talking about you, you are really a bit of a woman sometimes. Don't be afraid of sacrifice, let alone be reluctant This and that, you know, as long as it is beneficial to fight the little devil, and the little devil can be exchanged for greater damage at the smallest price, not to mention others, even my life can be sacrificed."

Tian Guozhong glanced at Zhang Qingshan, nodded, and continued to walk, but he had a better understanding of Zhang Qingshan's ruthlessness in his heart - kindness does not control soldiers!It’s about this time: when it’s time to save a single soldier, you can’t waste a single soldier, when it’s time to take human life, you can just stand by and ignore human life, and you can even give up your own life—this is war!

On the other hand, Zhang Qingshan ordered loudly, and sent people to urge everyone to act faster: If you don't save a second, it is very likely that one less comrade will shed blood and sacrifice, because everyone's current safety and time are the comrades on the frontal battlefield. in exchange for bloodshed.

What can best reflect Zhang Qingshan's heartache and determination at this time is that he actually said at the end, "Anyone who dares to delay without reason will take the lives of his own comrades as a serious matter. Don't let me find out, Otherwise, I swear, I will kill him with my own hands."... Although he has gone through so many hardships and is already the head of the regiment, the blood in his bones is still surging.

And what can best reflect Zhang Qingshan's courage, firmness and fearlessness of death is: Everyone tried their best to stop Zhang Qingshan when they learned that Zhang Qingshan was going to the front line to direct the ambush, but Zhang Qingshan insisted on going as the head of the regiment. They even scolded their mothers.In the end, Zhang Qingshan's prestige was high, and no one else could stop him.

However, Zhang Qingshan wanted Tian Guozhong to withdraw from the North City Gate with the staff of the headquarters first, but was rejected by Tian Guozhong and others.Finally, everyone went to the front line together.The reason also left Zhang Qingshan speechless—since you, the regiment leader, can go, how can we subordinates not accompany you?Since you are not afraid of death as the head of the regiment, are we subordinates afraid of death?Afraid of death, what kind of devil do you still fight?Don't serve as a soldier if you are afraid of death.

In the end, the regiment headquarters all reached the front line.

At this time, the participating troops in this encirclement were: the first battalion with nearly 900 remnants; the fifth battalion's three most complete companies; the second battalion's fourth company, and now the regiment guard platoon and others, with a total strength of about [-] people... ...This is the largest force that can be concentrated in this encirclement. It can be said that Zhang Qingshan has concentrated all the forces that can be used here.

In terms of weapons and ammunition, it is quite sufficient: because this is the defense of Sanqiao County, and it can even be said to be the last battle of Sanqiao County in the defense of the base area, so it is not economical at all, and it can even be said that it is quite Everything remained, weapons and ammunition in sufficient supply.Especially light and heavy machine guns are used by everyone in this encirclement circle.

In order to have a certain advantage in firepower, the assault regiment concentrated most of the light and heavy machine guns here.According to rough statistics, there are eight heavy machine guns and 27 light machine guns.It can be said that the assault regiment took out all the last reserves in order to let them play the most critical part.But now, it is the most critical time.

Since they were fighting according to the second set of plans, everyone naturally came to the ambush site that had been selected long ago-the Sanqiao County Grain Bureau.

The Grain Bureau of Sanqiao County was originally called the County Reserve Department, but the original name was a bit of a mouthful, so it was called the Xian Grain Bureau following the trend.Because the land in Sanqiao County and several surrounding counties is barren, this grain reserve was specially built in order to cope with the famine.

At that time, they asked for a lot of money from above, and searched a lot from the local gentry. Fortunately, although the county magistrate and mayor at the time were greedy, they still had a bit of conscience, and they didn't put on a show, or they felt that they were greedy. Too much is not good, so when building this grain reserve, some effort was put in.Therefore, this grain reserve is not considered a tofu dregs project. It is relatively solidly built and reasonably designed.

Originally, there were two masonry and concrete buildings, surrounded by a large open space and tall courtyard walls.

It’s just that after so many wars, especially this artillery attack, there are already ruins here: the courtyard wall is gone, the open space is full of potholes, the two four-story buildings, the one on the left has been bombed, and only one and a half floors remain. , the building 25 meters away on the right is better, but it is only two and a half floors.

Now, here has become the final battlefield of this battle...