Chapter 9 chapter eight

It was really uncomfortable to stay behind. The soldiers in the platoon kept inquiring about the enemy's attack situation, and Lao Liu, who was also not very clear about the battle situation, responded to the soldiers' inquiries without saying a word. What everyone is most concerned about is when our two front armies in the north and southwest will be able to annihilate the enemy's 300,000 besieged troops, and whether the enemy's besieged army will break through the line of defense where our division is stationed, and so on. It seemed that Lao Liu was also in a hurry. He didn't sleep in the morning, and would sneak to the company headquarters every two hours to find out if there was any latest battle report.

In the afternoon, I found that the noise outside seemed to be less noisy. The sound of intense firefights in the forward positions was enough to be heard tens of kilometers away at this time two days ago. Now there is only the piercing noise of jet fighters flying back and forth in the sky from time to time. "It seems that the enemy has temporarily stopped its ground attack. It is estimated that the enemy is currently transporting heavy ground troops to us." I said to Huang Biao. Some time before the evening, I took a few squad leaders to walk the defensive area of ​​our platoon several times, and everyone repeatedly discussed the deployment of each firepower point.The laser designator distributed in the platoon is arranged in the middle of the tunnel with the best position. The guided mortar shells fired by the battalion's 82mm mortar and the large-caliber anti-tank guided shells fired by the 152 grenade have to rely on this thing. Guidance, we can rely on it to snipe the enemy's heavy armor targets in mountain combat.The remaining two anti-tank missile launchers are also deployed in areas with good range and easy concealment, and we now have six anti-tank missiles per missile launcher on hand.The other anti-armor weapons in the platoon are two 120mm anti-tank rocket launchers and dozens of anti-tank mines, eight of which are intelligent roof-attacking types.In order to try its best to prevent the enemy from breaking out and breaking out of the siege, the former refers to equipping all anti-tank equipment as much as possible to the infantry combat units at the company level.

On the flanks of our battalion, a towed 100mm smoothbore anti-tank gun battery was deployed.Their position was about two kilometers away from our company, and they occupied a relatively gentle hill about 500 meters behind. Eight anti-tank guns happened to have a bird's-eye view of the asphalt passing between our two hills. highway.The position of our battalion near the road was stationed in a company, and their position was also dug out of the rock, covered by a dense artificial pine forest. In the evening, under the cover of the army, another group of ordinary people retreated covertly behind us along the mountain road, leading the troops to carefully direct the flow of people to pass through the minefield. Move slowly.

Just as the common people's convoy was about to disappear from our sight, a burst of earth-shattering shell explosions came from the frontline positions, and the enemy's newly arrived main heavy ground troops began to fight! The soldiers came out of the bunkers and tunnels one after another, and the people on the ground were nervously watching the area where the fierce firefight was taking place to the east. Soon the enemy's front-line planes carrying out battlefield shielding combat missions appeared in the sky, and the instructor held up the binoculars to look into the sky, trying to see how many combat planes the enemy had invested.

The artillery of our ground air defense forces was firing on enemy combat aircraft trying to control the airspace, and the smoke trails of our air defense missiles quickly appeared in the sky.The enemy's combat aircraft began to make large maneuvers, trying to get rid of the double encirclement and suppression of missiles and anti-aircraft artillery fire.In a moment, a Devil fighter plane that had no time to evade was hit, and fell to the ground with thick smoke. "Anti-radar missile!" someone shouted on the battlefield. I quickly raised my head to look for traces of missiles launched by the enemy.

"There!" The instructor pointed to the southeast sky. A faint track in the misty rain marked the attack route of the enemy's anti-radar missile. After a few seconds, the warhead of the enemy's anti-radar missile shot up a ball of flames in the hills four or five kilometers away from us.As more plumes of smoke rose, more anti-radar missiles fell from the sky. I don't know if our radar soldiers can escape the attack? The surrounding soldiers started talking.The company commander who was catching up from behind was holding his binoculars tightly to watch the battle situation of the air defense positions.

Strangely, the number of missiles launched from our air defense positions has not decreased due to enemy attacks. Be careful that the soldiers lying in the trench on the top of the mountain gradually felt hungry after watching the excitement for two hours. Under the urging of the cooking squad leader, the soldiers returned to the tunnel in twos and threes. The fierce battle did not stop because of the nightfall, and the commanders and fighters around had gone down to rest, but I was still alone in the trench on the top of the hill, looking at the front line where the flames of war were raging.

After nightfall, the enemy's attack strength has been strengthened again and again, and the extended artillery strikes are getting closer and closer to our position.The eastern sky was reddened by the frantic fire. After watching alone for two hours at the height of the position, I wandered back to the lounge in the platoon tunnel. In the waiting room, Lao Liu was holding three squad leaders to shake poker, surrounded by a row of onlookers, all shirtless.The whole lounge was extremely noisy, among which Huang Biao had the loudest voice. I really don't know who actually carried the poker with him in such an important battle, probably Huang Biao.

The tunnel was filled with smoke and a strong smell of salted fish.I took a closer look, and it turned out that everyone in the hidden room took off their shoes and socks.In the past two days, everyone worked hard and didn't have a chance to wash. The Hong Kong feet headed by Lao Liu made the whole room full of smelly feet. After a while, someone from the company department informed everyone of the meeting. The instructor and company commander in the company headquarters were lying on a big rock, and an officer stood beside him, pointing at a notebook and explaining the firepower configuration and command methods of the troops.The company commander instructor and the officer have been arguing about the details of battle command such as squad-level command coordination and fire dispatching.The officers have always insisted on contacting by telephone, and the company headquarters will dispatch firepower in a unified manner; however, the instructors strongly oppose it, believing that these combat decision-making powers should be delegated to the platoon leaders.

I also leaned aside and pretended to listen. It took me a long time to figure out that the new officer was the staff officer of the information warfare command center of the regiment headquarters. After listening for a long time, I couldn't help asking: "Company commander, when do you think the enemy from the east will advance to our line of defense?" Company Commander Tian looked down at the map while pulling his beard on his face, and replied without raising his head: "According to the report from the division headquarters, the enemy should send three divisions of about 60,000 troops to attack us today. The eastern line of defense launched an attack. By night, the enemy's reinforcements will increase to eight divisions and 170,000 people. It is estimated that they will attack in an all-round way on the 200-kilometer line of defense. Staff Hao, as far as I can see, there is no area we are defending. The particularly good terrain can be relied on, and the straight-line distance from our division's defense area to the enemy's besieged troops is the shortest, and the enemy will use our side as the breakthrough point!"

"Yes, the staff also estimated this way. The road network in this area is relatively dense, which is more suitable for the movement of the enemy's mechanized troops than the southern and western regions. By the way, the electromagnetic suppression vehicle assigned to our battalion will arrive tomorrow morning, and our company will set up on the core position A transmitter needs special supervision and protection. Lao Tian, ​​please see how to arrange it." Officer Hao said from the side. "I don't know if our soldiers who have not experienced much war can persist until the end of the encirclement operation! How effective is your electromagnetic launcher? Can the devil eat our trick?" The company commander found an ammunition box and sat down, lit a cigarette and slowly asked Staff Officer Hao next to him. "I have never seen this equipment before. It is temporarily equipped, called full-channel blocking countermeasure aircraft. This equipment was very useful in the encirclement and annihilation battle against the enemy's 24th Division a few days ago. It was originally only allocated to the main force. The Northern Front Army has received a large number of reinforcements, and we have also received some supplements. These days the enemy has obviously stepped up their attacks on our division's defensive positions, and the defensive troops of the two front regiments suffered heavy casualties. Our division's positions have now become a breakthrough point for the devils to attack. It means paying close attention to the situation and giving priority to replenishing these equipments. As for the characteristics of these electromagnetic countermeasures equipment, I am not very clear about them. They are used to suppress the electromagnetic reconnaissance and guidance of devils. The effective range is three kilometers. The disadvantage is that the power consumption is large. Troops cannot be placed on the front. The front refers to the need to protect it. Our small equipment is used for local electromagnetic countermeasures. Division-level troops and army units have a theater electromagnetic countermeasure system, and their large equipment will be responsible for attacking the enemy. The troops carried out deep suppression." Officer Hao said as he sat on the rock and wrung his fingers. "I think we should coordinate the infantry and artillery coordination first, and there is no time to rearrange the positions. Laser guidance is not afraid of electromagnetic suppression by devils. Old Tian, ​​we don't even have many people who can skillfully use laser guided artillery shells, and we don't have time to train again. .Now we still need to guide other soldiers to use anti-tank rocket launchers well, otherwise we will not be able to maintain the density and efficiency of anti-armor firepower in the forward positions. In my opinion, only by letting the cadres with excellent tactical training in the company take the lead can we guarantee The combat effectiveness of troops. High technology is of course important, but I don’t believe that when fighting hand-to-hand, the devil’s network command tactics will be better than human command. There are so many targets on the battlefield, how can the devil tell them apart? Modern warfare also requires courage. " The instructor stood beside the boulder with his hands on his hips and said. Staff Officer Hao who was standing next to him had an unnatural expression on his face, he hesitated to speak and lowered his head to pick up the water glass. "Yes, we reserve soldiers have been away from formal training for too long. Most of them are in poor physique. I don't think many of them have passed the basic rifle shooting. In this situation, if we want to complete the task well , only to let some supplementary active-duty officers and soldiers take the lead.” The company commander continued thinking. "There is no enemy who is not afraid of death. Although they are fighting fiercely now, are they relying on their superiority in armored firepower and air mobility? As long as we can severely hit the enemy's heavy armor and combat helicopters, these two types of targets, The enemy's actions will become slow and hesitant. I think that now we should hold more meetings, strengthen infantry-air coordination, and mobilize soldiers to think of ideas on how to use the terrain and our anti-tank and anti-aircraft firepower to attack the enemy flexibly. These two types of key targets. Lao Tian, ​​we are an advanced company, we must not fall behind other companies." "Our company has built a large number of preparatory fortifications for mobile operations with anti-tank and heavy firepower, but judging from the instructions of the superiors, it is still not enough. After the meeting is over tonight, everyone will go to the position to see if there is any suitable location. For those that are not used, we should dig out a batch of more firepower shooting points for preparation. Especially find more suitable terrain to set up reverse slopes and reverse firepower points. Also, the camouflage materials left to us by the engineering troops should not be used up at once, but should be stockpiled. A few. The enemies are very ghostly, and if we deploy too many at once, the effect will not be good." "Moreover, Staff Officer Hao will cooperate with our front-line blocking forces to call for suppressive fire support from the rear at any time. By the way, Staff Officer Hao, what do you have to say?" The company commander finally finished his long speech, picked up a glass of water from the table and drank it in one gulp. "Oh, I have no opinion. It's just that the equipment arriving tomorrow requires the cooperation of a squad of soldiers from our company." Officer Hao said with a wry smile. "Then ask the second row to follow you in one class." The company commander waved his hand and said. Seeing that no one had any opinions, the instructor stood up, came to the deployment map of the company's headquarters hanging on the wall, pointed to the parts with dense red circles and said to everyone: "Everyone should have a clear understanding, our division's defense The location is very likely to be used by the enemy as a breakthrough point, not only because the distance to the enemy's besieged troops is the shortest, but also the road network density in this area is relatively high, which is more suitable for the enemy's mechanized troops to penetrate and break through. So now no one can have It is a fluke, thinking that the enemy will not regard this area as a key area for assault. It is very likely that we will have an endless date with the enemy here. Those who are afraid of death should say it early and ask to be transferred to the back as soon as possible, so as not to fight Then think about running away. At that time, if anyone embarrasses us, don't blame me for turning my face and denying others, and enforce battlefield discipline!" "Company commander, our position can only cooperate with the first company to fight. What does the first company commander say? The junction of these two companies is prone to problems!" said the first platoon leader, standing up. "Fuck! Don't mention it. The first company commander did everything to us during the meeting of the regiment headquarters yesterday. He wanted to fight for rewards, but I became a negative example at the meeting." The company commander lit a cigarette angrily. "Do they understand infantry-tank coordination? Fuck! The armored soldiers are scolding us when we move so slowly. If it weren't for our quick movements, the devil would be so easy to get rid of? This time the position is deployed, and he can't rely on some broken information in a row. The slogan of coordination has taken away the main defensive position." The second platoon leader stood up and complained loudly. "Everyone, don't get excited, fight. If you fight some, we don't care about this one or two. At that time, they will naturally ask us for help." Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the instructor hurriedly got up and made a mess. "Okay, today's meeting will end here. Everyone, go back to your respective positions and investigate again. The time left by the enemy is running out." At this moment, the company commander stood up and gave the order to drive away. "Pay attention to concealment!" Soldier Xiaosun shouted loudly at the entrance of the tunnel to the soldiers who were still working outside. More than a dozen soldiers who were still working in the trenches ran into the tunnel in a panic.These days the devils have fired several times at our battalion's position. Although the devils' artillery fire seems not as good as it was a few days ago, there have been casualties among these recruits who have no combat experience. Now the soldiers are getting more and more nervous . Lao Liu, who was directing the operation in the tunnel, and I heard the sound, and when he saw that the enemy's rockets were shooting at a series of positions on both sides of the right front road two kilometers away from us, he cursed loudly: " Why are you panicking! The enemy is shelling over there. How come you can’t even judge where the enemy’s shells landed? I’m teaching you for nothing?” Xiao Sun, who was standing on the side, couldn't hold back his face. He lowered his head and sneaked in among the soldiers and returned outside to continue construction. In the afternoon, the staff officer of the information warfare command unit of the regiment headquarters arrived at our battalion's position. Staff officer Hao accompanied them to check and check the terrain data of the battlefield and delineate the coordinates.People from the electronic countermeasures unit of the battalion headquarters followed to each company's position to understand the situation.Jiang Lei was also inside. The commanders and fighters who were still working beside them turned to them curiously from time to time.The company commander drove away the booing soldiers one by one. The work of dividing the coordinates of the positions was carried out for two hours, and the instructor accompanied them around our company's positions. I took the time to look up and saw that Jiang Lei was doing a good job, and he was very proficient in using the laser rangefinder and the geographic information system in the military notebook. Another three days passed, digging tunnels all day but there was no battle to participate in, and the soldiers complained.There are already sick cases, such as those with colds and high fevers, which have overwhelmed the comrades in the medical department.A soldier in the first row was finally found to have pneumonia, and two of them were infected, and all of them were sent to the logistics hospital.Three of them lay down before the beating started, and a row of long faces looked very bad these days.It's no wonder that our army is composed of reserve soldiers, and the soldiers are generally in poor physical fitness. This day it was my turn to command the soldiers in the platoon to continue digging the tunnel. We have been busy for more than ten hours since the morning, and everyone is exhausted. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and the battle ahead still had no intention of stopping.The fierce explosion affected everyone's nerves, and as time went by little by little, the enemy was getting closer and closer to us.The sky ahead has been shrouded in black and brown battle clouds since the morning, and the roar of huge artillery fire continues to linger in our ears. The soldiers who were working in the tunnel stopped from time to time to listen.On the faces of some of the young fighters, I clearly read fear.I also began to become uneasy, and the restless mood slowly enveloped my heart. The only hope now is that the enemy will come quickly. Let's start the fight earlier, maybe I'll feel better that way. I went back to the depths of the tunnel, leaning against the wall of the tunnel and thinking secretly. "Old Wei, you haven't slept all night, and your face is so ugly. You should go down and rest for a while. I'm here to support you." Guo Yong, the second squad leader, said with concern beside me. "Oh, it's okay. It's daytime, and I can't sleep for a while." I lazily replied. "Why, miss my family?" Guo Yong sat down beside me, wiping his face with a dark towel. "No. What about you? Who else is in the family?" I turned my head and asked. "Who else? No more." Guo Yong dullly wiped one side of his face with a towel repeatedly. A bad topic, I forgot about Kwak Young's personal situation and accidentally touched on his wound. Guo Yong plucked the stones on the ground with his toes, not knowing what he was thinking. "You are here to direct everyone to dig the tunnel for me, and I will go outside for a breath of fresh air." Stepping on the stagnant water on the ground, I touched the wall and hurried outside along the deep, long and dark tunnel under the dim emergency light. The smoke clouds formed by the explosion of anti-aircraft shells are still floating in the sky above the position, and the fine smoke trails formed after the launch of anti-aircraft missiles are interlaced in the air.I kept covering my ears as the jets passed by at low altitude. Turning a protruding rock, I walked along the trench to the west of the hill, where I could enjoy the scenery of June in the south of the Yangtze River.Sitting on the protruding mound beside the trench and looking into the distance, looking for the position where the sunset should be slowly sinking into the horizon, I found that the sky seemed to have become much lower, which was very different from my memory. "Maybe it's because the flames of war are shrouded here, even the sky is overwhelmed." I said to myself mockingly. It was time for night to fall. Familiar night, deja vu sky, deja vu land. The low-hanging sky in the east was baked by the invisible flames rising from the ground, and the artillery shells rising from the long-range artillery positions on both sides pulled out transparent and bright ribbons in the dark night. The whistling of the shells was far away, and I couldn't hear them clearly, but from the towering columns of gunpowder smoke that exploded from the impact point on the ground in the distance, I can still search for tremors and fears from unforgettable memories. It was still drizzling, and bursts of coolness eroded my chest and abdomen.I couldn't help subconsciously wrapping up my somewhat damp military uniform. War! What an apt description. The first time I witnessed the appearance of the flames of war was on the roof platform on the eighth floor of the computer building.Also in the far east, in such a lonely night. There were only a few empty wine bottles by my side waiting for the flames of war to accompany me, and the corpse of my friend brought up from downstairs was still lying alone on the desk in the night.He had been lying alone in the rain at the bottom of the building for a whole day, no one paid any attention to him, and beside him was a pair of glasses that had already been broken, with round black frames and his eyes that had not yet been closed, staring at the sky. How about you?My friend, who is with you now? War! Is it really so frightening to avoid, abandoning everything except life? Is it really so exciting to chase, coming from the other side of the earth, not far away? I couldn't understand this until I walked through the 2416 position. Fatty company commander, Lao Ma, Xiaogui, yes, and Lao Lei... I tried hard to search for the faces of those comrades who were born and died together in my memory.