Chapter 27 Chapter VII

four o'clock in the morning.A phone suddenly rang "Ding Lingling".Jiang Tao quickly stood up and grabbed the microphone. "where?" "Is it the leader? I'm Zhao Yong!" "how is the situation?" "Reporting to the head, I have touched the 164 highland!" "What did you say?... Nonsense!" Jiang Tao's heart was shocked instinctively, and he roared. "Who told you to go to Height 164!" A thought came to his mind and made him panic: Maybe Zhao Yong has exposed our army's intentions! "Commander, I didn't expose myself!" Zhao Yong said. He could tell that not only did he not feel guilty for touching the 164 Heights, but he was very excited about it. I planned to use bayonets and daggers, but I didn’t expect to use bayonets and daggers!”

"what happened?!" "Regimental Commander, there are no enemies on the fucking 164 Heights!" Zhao Yong said with a hoarse smile. "No enemies?" Jiang Tao couldn't understand the meaning of this unexpected situation.But as soon as he spoke, his face turned pale! "Zhao Yong, please explain the situation in detail!" He said unwillingly, his tone became more severe. "Regimental Commander, I took the third company and a row to touch it quarter of an hour ago. I planned to hide in front of the enemy's position and forget it. Later, I heard that there was no sound in the enemy's trench, so I couldn't help but jumped in and touched it again. I didn't touch anything....Instead, I found a small shed made of bamboo and straw behind the highland position, and a pile of firewood ash was still warm in the shed. I suspect that the 164th highland may be the enemy's security position, and a few people come to watch during the day , Withdrew at night!"

Jiang Tao stopped when he wanted to say something.He suddenly realized that what he almost said was the biggest threat to him: if there were no enemies on the highest altitude of 164, there might be no enemies on the other two highlands of Qipan Ridge - 342 and 631!He is no longer worried about Zhao Yong exposing our army's intentions on Height 164. What frightens him now is another prospect: when he puts into practice the combat plan he has painstakingly formulated, the enemy he wants to attack There are no enemies on the mountain! "No...how is this possible!" For a moment all his consciousness violently rebelled against this obvious fact, and at the same time acknowledged its grim existence.Jiang Tao's heart was in a turmoil: If there is no enemy defense on Qipanling, how can he fight this battle? !

"Regimental Commander, since we have already touched it, we have to take advantage of this opportunity!" Zhao Yong's voice rang in his ears again, "I want to pull all the three companies up to the mountain ridge and ambush them on the two wings of the highland. It is estimated that the enemy will be there around dawn." Go up the mountain. As soon as our artillery attack is over, give them a surprise attack from the side and rear immediately. This way the battle tomorrow morning will become very simple!" "Can you guarantee that the enemy will return to the high ground around dawn?" Jiang Tao breathed a sigh of relief, his tone still stern.He had glimpsed a glimmer of hope from despair, but he didn't dare to believe it too much!

"I can assure you!" Zhao Yong replied very simply, his tone became serious, "Our army is in a large group in the Gongmu Mountain area. It is unimaginable that the enemy does not send a single soldier on Qipanling. But their strength It is limited, and it is impossible to send a lot of people, so we sent a guard post here....Don't worry, commander, we will definitely be able to hit the enemy!" His mind was seen through by Zhao Yong again!But Jiang Tao was still encouraged.No, he hadn't yet convinced his men that what they had set up was just an enemy picket post. "Zhao Yong, listen, tell your people, and you yourself must remember: what you are fighting is not the enemy's guard post! What comes up at dawn is a reinforced platoon of the enemy!... Such an important position, they can't even Not even a platoon of troops will be let go!"

Zhao Yong immediately understood the meaning of his words. "Got it!" he said. "I agree with your arrangement for the third company. But you must absolutely ensure safety and not be discovered by the enemy too early! Don't let the artillery fire of our army hit them at dawn!" "clear!" After putting down the phone, his heart fell to the ground, but his brain was nervously thinking about the new situation on Qipanling.Once the danger of no enemy at dawn can be ruled out, it will be a good thing for Zhao Yong to touch the 164 Heights in advance.If there are no enemies on Heights 164, 342, and 631 at this time, there is a precious opportunity that he can take advantage of!

He asked for the call to 164 Heights again. "Zhao Yong?" "It's me, Captain. What instructions do you have?" "If I ask you to send a small team—for example, a platoon—to the east along the Panling Mountain Ridge to conduct a secret reconnaissance of Heights 342 and 631, can you be sure that they will not expose our army's intentions?" This is a question that surprised Zhao Yong.But he only hesitated for a moment before reacting: "Regimental Commander, I sent out my most powerful platoon—a platoon of three companies. The enemy did not plant mines on the mountain ridge. Let the commander of the first battalion take them there! Absolutely guarantee to use bayonets and daggers to deal with possible encounters enemy!"

Jiang Tao finally hesitated.In doing so he was at his own greater risk. The absence of enemies on Height 164 does not mean that there will be no enemies on Heights 342 and 631.But he still had the heart to take this risk: Since the 164 highland has no enemies, the other two highlands that are not as important as it should have no enemies either! If there are no enemies on the 342 and 631 highlands, the second battalion and the third battalion can touch the enemy's position and ambush before our army's shelling like the first battalion.In this way, the battle at dawn will be more compact and exciting!

"Okay, I agree to give this order!" He said to Zhao Yong, "But you want them to be extra careful, if something goes wrong, I will blame you!" Only at this moment did he feel how tense the atmosphere in the cave was during this period: all the staff officers on duty dropped what they were doing and stood up, with expressions of panic and anxiety on their faces.After he finished his last sentence, they quietly breathed a sigh of relief as if the crisis had passed, and sat down in their seats again, excitement and excitement appeared on their faces again, together with the kind of expression he was used to. , admiration for him.Jiang Tao walked from the "hall" back to the "bedroom". It was these expressions and gazes that made his heart hang again!

"Am I taking too much risk?... If there are enemies on Height 342 or Height 631, can the first battalion commander and the third company and first platoon guarantee that the enemy will not let the enemy shoot?" Looking at the huge military painting on the cave wall Maps, he thought intensely.From highland 164 to highland 342, and then from highland 342 to highland 631, there are one and a half kilometers of mountain ridges in the middle. If the squad of the first battalion encounters the enemy's lurking sentry and swimming minefield, it will be exposed! ...But he was unwilling to take back the orders he had given, and besides, Zhao Yong might have already sent out the small team!

He used the phone in the "bedroom" to call the second battalion and the third battalion respectively, ordering them to cooperate with the actions of the first battalion and continue to secretly approach the 342 and 631 highlands. Once there are signs of enemy activity on the highlands, immediately Report to him! Then there is waiting again!He nervously walked around the "bedroom" twice, pulled a folding chair and sat down, anxiously waiting for news from each battalion, especially the gunshots that would sound from Qipanling at any time!In less than ten minutes, he stood up again, walked into the "hall", and asked Yin Guocai to take two staff officers to the observation post on the ridgeline, and pay attention to whether there were gunshots on the Qipanling line! The gunfire has already started.It was sporadic and vague at first, then dense, and then sparse again.Jiang Tao shook his head and ordered himself to calm down!calm down!He listened carefully and found that the gunshots did not come from the direction of Qipanling, but from the distant mountains and forests in the southwest.Obviously, it was Liu Daoming's troops who encountered the enemy before reaching the starting position of the attack! He stood with a livid face, not letting himself get excited!The phone rang again.It turned out that the second battalion and the third battalion also dispatched assault teams before receiving his order, and secretly began to infiltrate the 342 and 631 highlands, and now they have all boarded the highlands.The squad of the Second Battalion also joined up with the squad of the First Battalion on Height 342.The situation reported by the battalion commanders of the second and third battalions is: there are no enemies on the 342 highlands and 631 highlands! Jiang Tao thought for a minute.Now the thought that was brewing fiercely in his mind was: the combat operations of the B regiment had been exposed, what kind of threat would it pose to his victory on Qipanling?What can I do to eliminate the adverse effects of this situation, turn it into an advantage, and make myself successful? ! Our army riding on Panling can no longer be exposed!Originally, there were not many enemies to fight on the 164, 342, and 631 highlands. Once exposed, the enemies responsible for the security mission may not come up again. At that time, the A group will really fall into an embarrassing situation with no enemies to fight! The exposure of the B group may also help to divert the enemy's attention away from Qipanling!As long as his troops on Heights 164, 342, and 631 are not exposed, the enemy will be paralyzed in this direction!He immediately ordered the second battalion and the third battalion to also increase the number of troops on the mountain ridge to one company, and ambush on the two wings of the 342 and 631 highlands. Incidents like guns go off! He spent the rest of the day at the observation post on the Ridge Line until dawn. The gunshots in the mountains west of Highland No. 001 were intermittent. They stopped being heard for a while, and then rang out like popping beans again.He understood that Regiment B encountered great difficulties in the last part of the journey, but what he was most worried about was Qipanling, which was shrouded in night due to the south. Although he had issued a death order to the three battalions, he still couldn't fully believe that there would be no danger there. Suddenly there was a gunshot! Ten past six.Yin Guocai hurried up and called him: "Commander, the number of the first battalion!" He quickly returned from the observation post to the combat command room.The staff officers stood together in unison, with solemn and excited expressions.He suddenly realized that the atmosphere in the cave had become highly tense as the time to start the battle approached.He picked up the phone receiver. "Regiment leader?...I'm Zhao Yong!" "What's the situation?!" "Captain, the enemy is coming!" He became excited: "How much?" "About one class!" One class is fine too!As long as there are enemies! "Zhao Yong, don't disturb them yet! Wait until our shelling is over before we start!" "clear!" The phones of the second battalion and the third battalion rang at the same time.The battalion commanders of the second battalion and the third battalion reported to him respectively: Ten minutes ago, a squad of enemies also came up on the 342 highland and 631 highland respectively! "Great!" Jiang Tao couldn't help shouting!He was so excited that his worst fears for hours hadn't happened!Qipanling only has one platoon of enemies, which is less, but after all, with enemies, his battle plan can be carried out! Our army's shelling has begun.At first, it was just a few sporadic test shots, which soon turned into a continuous salvo.Amidst the deafening roar of the sky-shattering clouds, his mood was extremely excited!He didn't leave the "hall", and stood by the telephone that was connected to the command posts of the three battalions at the same time, holding the receiver in his hand, and looking at the hands of the watch on his wrist.He did not see the scene of the shelling with his own eyes, but the tremors and reverberations caused by the shelling made him feel a great and unprecedented excitement! Six forty.The last few shells are still flying, and he has ordered the battalions to attack the 164, 342, and 631 heights immediately!At the same time, let all the staff officers look at their watches!Seven minutes later, Zhao Yong was the first to report by phone: "Our battalion has occupied Height 164!" Jiang Tao was a little surprised: after the attack order was issued, he had been listening to the gunshots from Qipanling from the sparse shell explosions, but he didn't hear them! "Zhao Yong, why didn't I hear gunshots from you?" he asked. "I rushed up with three companies, and the enemy was reimbursed by artillery fire!" Zhao Yong said very frustrated. Before he finished speaking, Jiang Tao heard gunshots from the direction of Qipanling.A combat staff officer at the observation post came to report: The gunshots came from Height 342!Sure enough, after a short while, the gunfire disappeared, and the commander of the second battalion reported: They have occupied the 342 highland!Jiang Tao looked at his watch, they spent ten minutes! It took fifteen minutes for the third battalion to end the battle on Height 631.The joy of victory filled Jiang Tao's heart, but he did not forget to order the battalions to quickly deploy on various highlands, mountain legs, and protrusions up and down the ridge as planned, build fortifications, and turn to defense.Suddenly, it was still this kind of ecstasy full of life that made him call Zhao Yong and the battalion commanders: "Why don't you shoot? . . . I order you to shoot now! At least ten minutes! Don't you want others to know that you've won the battle? . . . " He didn't put down the phone receiver.Immediately, he heard that there were loud gunshots on Qipanling, and the intensity was even higher than the gunshots from the direction of No. 001 Highland! "Chief of staff, you report to the division command post on my behalf, saying that our regiment's Qipanling offensive battle has ended, and the troops are currently expanding further, expanding the results of the battle, building positions, and turning to defense!" Jiang Tao said loudly amidst gunshots Said to Yin Guocai calmly, with the usual haughty expression on his face unconsciously.The reason why he didn't report in person at this moment was precisely because he wanted to use this method to show a little contempt for the teacher, in order to retaliate for all the insults he gave himself yesterday morning and before! Then he walked out of the No. 2 cave and came to the open space in front of the command tent.It was already daylight.The first ray of bright red sunlight has already shone on the ridge.After an unusual night, every mountain peak, every ravine, every forest and every small tree nearby seemed to be given a second life, and everything seemed real to him. , bright, cute! Two reporters and the orderly personnel of the regiment command post were coming down from the observation post on the ridge line.Jiang Tao had already forgotten what happened with Bai Fan last night, and he felt that each of their faces was filled with the same excitement and excitement of victory as he did.Xiao Qun saw him at a glance, left everyone behind, ran over first, and asked in a voice that seemed to be more impulsive than Jiang Tao himself: "Captain Jiang, may I report to Beijing about the battle at Qipanling now?" news of victory?" "Mr. Reporter, fighting the war is my business, and publishing news is your business!" Jiang Tao replied happily.Xiao Qun turned and ran towards the No. 3 cave.Two minutes later, the news of the victory of the A regiment's attack on Panling reached Beijing!Reminded by Yin Guocai, Liu Erzhu brought "Capital Brand" red wine to the people gathered in front of the command tent.Jiang Tao held up a tall glass filled with crimson wine, with a firm and bright smile on his face, accepting congratulations from his subordinates.In the southwest of Maoer Ridge, the gunshots above and below the No. 001 plateau became more and more intense. The battle of group B has just begun, and he has already won the victory.But this victory seems to have come too easily.A question hidden deep in his heart suddenly popped up—what he was calling on Qipan Ridge was just the enemy's guard post, so where is the enemy's main force?