Chapter 26 Chapter Six

Jiang Tao casually agreed to Zhang Li's request under one of the following circumstances: walking back from the forest to the No. After leaving Baifan, he was annoyed with his performance that night, and the anger and self-blame that arose in his heart made him order himself to forget everything outside the cave, and concentrate all his attention on combat operations.He had just returned to the "bedroom" and was about to think about the giant military map on the wall of the cave. Yin Guocai lifted the "curtain" made of raincloth at the entrance and exit of the "bedroom", walked in, and said softly:

"Leader, Doctor Zhang wants to see you!" Jiang Tao's train of thought was interrupted.He was a little annoyed: just now he told the chief of staff not to let anyone disturb him, and of course Zhang Li was no exception! "No!" he said dryly. Yin Guocai walked out.After a while, he came in again, looked at him, and said more carefully: "Leader, I still need to tell you about this matter. Dr. Zhang is going back to the third dressing room of the Teacher's Hospital!" Under the influence of the excitement that lasted all night, a new plan that partially modified the original combat plan was taking shape in Jiang Tao's mind.Jiang Tao asked angrily:

"why?" Yin Guocai didn't answer, but his expression seemed to say: Commander, you understand in your heart! Jiang Tao didn't think about it seriously.But a voice from the bottom of his heart instinctively reminded him: let her go! "Okay, let her go!" He casually replied to the chief of staff, turned around, stared at the combat map on the cave wall, and concentrated on thinking about the immature modification plan. …In his subconscious mind, Jiang Tao was still very clear about what happened tonight: when night fell, when he thought he was walking towards the No. Huge, that was exactly when he was at his weakest.But now it was different, and he had regained his composure, strength, and courage in the strangely relaxing time he had spent in Cave No. 3.Now he only has war in his mind, and anyone who disturbs him at this time can only arouse his anger, and Zhang Li is the same.Yes, he thought in a flash: Let her go well, there will be a war tomorrow, and after He Yan's warning this morning, letting her stay in Maoerling may really be of no benefit to anyone! ...

...Yin Guocai waited by his side for another half a minute, and when he saw that he would have nothing else to say, he quietly exited the "bedroom". During this period of time, a new combat concept became clear in Jiang Tao's mind! The head of the military division originally set the time for the troops to launch an attack at 6:40 in the morning. The infantry can only launch an attack after our side completes the shelling of the entire line.Since the attack starting area occupied by the various units of Regiment A tonight is still 1,000 to 3,000 meters away from the three enemy highlands in Qipanling, even if the engineers were asked to open up an impact path in the minefield at the beginning of the shelling, the infantry then launched an attack. Our bombardment must have ended when we approached the high ground, and then the shock troops may be forced to switch to a strong attack.This morning he boasted to the army commander about the speedy battle, but when he thought about a stormy battle, he felt a little guilty: the width of the attack road that the engineering unit can open up for the infantry in a hurry is limited, so The strength of the infantry to face the enemy head-on at a time is also limited. As long as the enemy sets up a high-level dual-purpose machine gun on the top of the hill and blocks the attack channel, the high ground may not be able to hold on for a long time.Tomorrow, what he will compete with Liu Daoming is only the time to end the war and the quality of the battle. If he can't finish the battle quickly, he will lose all the victories that seem to be within easy reach!

The distance the attacking force moves to the high ground must be shortened.It is best to touch the enemy's nose before the shelling is over, so that the attack can be a surprise attack instead of a storm!He must work on this point! As midnight approached, this new conception of operations finally became a firm determination. This determination is: the engineers assigned to each battalion will not act at 6:40 am tomorrow, but will act two hours earlier than the original time, and must secretly open up the infantry assault passages from the minefields under the enemy-occupied heights before shelling the entire line. , The main attack companies of each battalion immediately followed up and infiltrated the target, depending on the situation, the closer the enemy's forward position was, the better.As soon as my artillery raid is over at dawn tomorrow, I will rush forward in a short distance and catch the enemy by surprise!

The beauty of this is as obvious as the danger: if tonight he can infiltrate his troops far enough to enter enemy positions at a single leap, tomorrow morning he can cut the time to end a battle to an astonishing figure; one of the dangers is that It is easy to expose our army's intentions prematurely, so that the battle on the entire line of Gongmu Mountain will lose its suddenness tomorrow. Second, the troops are too close to the enemy's position tonight, and may be injured by our intensive artillery fire tomorrow.Jiang Tao thought he could take the risk: the reports from the three battalions during his inspection in the afternoon further strengthened his intuition that there might be fewer defenders on Qipanling than originally estimated, even if each battalion stomped on one or two bombs during the infiltration process. Lei, it is unlikely that our army will be exposed as a whole.Over the past few months, the enemy and our scouts have been frequently active in this area, and the enemy will not mind one or two thunderclaps in the forest at night.Of course, there is no guarantee that it will never be exposed, and once it is exposed, it is equivalent to reporting a letter to the enemy two hours in advance, and tomorrow's battle will be complicated, especially the main force of the B regiment, which is still in a circuitous movement, will suddenly fall into extreme embarrassment situation.Jiang Tao thought about this danger for half an hour, and finally decided to ignore it!No commander on the battlefield dares to give 12-point guarantee for his determination. Decision itself is an adventure. One of the secrets of everyone's success in military history is to dare to take risks and win by surprise. Here he is against another kind of danger. My thinking is also over: even if each battalion is too close to the enemy and a few people are accidentally injured by our artillery fire, the price paid is much smaller than that after the attack is too far away from the enemy to turn the surprise attack into a storm!

The hour hand of the commander's multi-meter on his wrist pointed to twenty-four o'clock, and he asked Yin Guocai to connect to the calls of the three battalions, and in the form of orders, he issued his new combat determination to the commanders of each battalion. The commanders of the second battalion and the third battalion did not express any objection. Zhao Yong, the deputy commander of the first battalion under the 164th height, pondered for a moment and asked a question that Jiang Tao hadn't thought of: "Captain, can I just touch the top of the enemy's mountain in one go?!"

Zhao Yong is the one Jiang Tao admires the most in private among the two-level cadres of the regiment and battalion.If it is said that he regards war as an art, Zhao Yong simply regards it as a fun trick. He immediately heard the hidden meaning in Zhao Yong's words. "Zhao Yong, listen to me, kid!" He yelled at the other party sharply, "I only told you to infiltrate the enemy's position, and I didn't let you touch it! If you mess with me, you will expose our army's intentions prematurely and affect tomorrow Victory across the board, the commander will kill you!"

"I understand!" Zhao Yong replied in a lively, seemingly docile but actually cunning tone. As soon as he put down the phone receiver, he realized the two meanings contained in Zhao Yong's "understanding": one is that the commander did not let him directly touch the enemy's position; Next, the regiment commander did not completely object to him touching the enemy's position.Jiang Tao stopped for a moment, wondering whether the latter meaning was his idea, and immediately he secretly admitted it.What Zhao Yong just said was a suggestion that was very tempting to him, a bolder development of his newly formed determination to fight: If the battalions rely on the cover of darkness to touch the enemy's position tonight, they will not be noticed. Take them down as soon as possible, and the battle of Qipanling will end sooner at dawn tomorrow! "No," he quickly dismissed the idea, "it's impossible to rush up the hill without shooting, and it's impossible to fire a gun without being exposed."

From then on his spirits doubled.The new combat determination is being put into practice, and he can't help but sweat in his heart. 164 Heights, yes, although he categorically rejected Zhao Yong's proposal just now, its binding force on Zhao Yong under 164 Heights is limited.That guy will be smart enough to think that he has understood the hint of the leader.In fact, he didn't want Zhao Yong to really give up his plan.But this matter was too suspenseful, and the risk was too great, so he couldn't help worrying about Zhao Yong. One of the three phones on the folding table suddenly rang "Ding Lingling".Jiang Tao was startled.It wasn't until he saw that it was the No. 1 machine of the Tongshi command post that was ringing, that his high-hanging heart suddenly fell!

Picking up the receiver, the teacher's hoarse voice immediately echoed in the cave: "Captain Jiang?" "it's me!" "Why didn't you report the situation?!" It turned out that he forgot to report the situation to the division command post at 24:00 midnight.He quickly lied: "Teacher, is your phone out of order?...Why can't I get in?!" "Nonsense, my phone is not malfunctioning at all!" said the teacher, "Quickly report the situation!" "My team was in place two hours ago, and there is no change now." He tried to make his tone more relaxed. "Teacher, I will report to you immediately if there is any situation!" The teacher asked some other questions and hung up the phone without finding any faults.Jiang Tao didn't tell his secret, so he couldn't tell it! Putting down the phone, his heart returned to Qipan Ridge.I don't know what happened to Zhao Yong and Yiying!The light bulb hanging from the ceiling of the cave "hissed", and the "hall" outside the "bedroom" was also silent. The three phones on the table all seemed to be asleep.Unless something happened that he didn't want to imagine, neither Zhao Yong nor the commander of the second battalion and the third battalion would be able to call him again before completing his new combat instructions.Just like at the beginning of this long night, Jiang Tao realized that he had to wait again! He felt weak again.The waiting is excruciating, because you have no idea what is happening on the Ridge Ridge, but they are fateful to you! "You're too nervous...you've been nervous all night, and you haven't shown any famous general demeanor at all!" A stern voice shouted. "Aren't you very confident in your talent? Don't you really believe in the combat effectiveness of your troops?... At least today, you are not a mature battlefield commander, you still need to temper! Waiting is a kind of will for you , perseverance and self-confidence, only by withstanding it can you achieve a greater career in the future!... Come on, get out of this 'bedroom' and relax. Don't doubt, don't be timid!" He left the "bedroom", explained to Yin Guocai in the "hall", and walked out of the cave.The moonlight outside was still silvery white, and there was still soothing music wafting from the No. 3 cave, but he didn't go there anymore.What he needed and longed for now was a quiet rest.He thought of Zhang Li, and at the same time realized that Zhang Li had left Maoerling. "Why did I just let her go?" For a moment he thought very dejectedly, walking towards the tent where Zhang Li lived alone under the full moonlight.There were no lights, no voices in the tent, it was pitch black.He paused outside the door, opened the curtain and walked in.The tent was very humid, and Zhang Li's breath still lingered faintly in the air.He stood for a moment with his eyes closed, thinking of nothing. — Well, the heaviness passed, and he was ashamed of his weakness again! ——Zhang Li is willing to go, let her go!