The war started from the moment the sharp knife company captured Guanshan. There was no formal declaration of war. The first gunshot was the clarion call of war.
The attack on Shichuan Town was just a small episode in the entire war. The second company and the third company went to Shichuan Town with the Sharp Sword Company. The Sharp Sword Company could not fight independently there. place.
What they will face from now on will be Zong's regular troops. These regular troops have received systematic military training and have hit countless targets, but they have never actually been on the battlefield.
It is completely different from the bandits we faced before.
According to Zhang Xiaoman, the military skills of these regular Zong troops are not much worse than those of the 178 Fortress. The only difference is their experience and their ability to adapt on the battlefield.
And what is included in desensitization training.
Some Zong recruits will vomit, feel nauseous, and become frightened when they see the insides of their intestines and broken legs, but the veterans of Fortress 178 will not.
In the forward base, Zhou Yinglong asked the orderlies to distribute a piece of paper and a pen to everyone in the sharp knife company.
"What is this for?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
Zhang Xiaoman raised his head and glanced at him: "Write a suicide note."
"Suicide note?" Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment.
"Of course, it is stated that everyone is asked to write down what they want to say. If they cannot come back, the affairs department will help everyone send the letters to their families, which can be regarded as explaining the funeral arrangements. If When you come back, you can go to the Affairs Department and take the letter away," Zhang Xiaoman explained: "We call this a suicide note."
"That's so unlucky," Ren Xiaosu said with a smile.
"There is nothing unlucky," Zhang Xiaoman shook his head: "Those who go to the battlefield should take life and death lightly. In fact, we didn't understand it at first, but we have fought so many times with the enemies outside the 178 Fortress. , I have written several suicide notes, and I have long been numb."
"Then who are you writing this to," Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.
"Write to my parents," Zhang Xiaoman said, "and my wife."
"Are you married?"
"Look What you said is that I am almost thirty years old," Zhang Xiaoman said with a smile, "Can't I ask for a wife?"
Ren Xiaosu was a little embarrassed, he didn't have this in his mind. Concept, so I thought everyone was single like him.
Think about it, Zhang Xiaoman has been promoted to company commander, so he is not too young.
"What does it feel like to get married?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.
"It's not bad, just so-so. I'll have hot food to eat when I get home," Zhang Xiaoman said while writing.
"Are you happy?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
Zhang Xiaoman raised his head happily and said, "You must be in love with me, why are you so interested in this matter? Let me tell you this, I only have one year of happy marriage."
"That feels pretty good," Ren Xiaosu said.
Jiao Xiaochen next to him laughed loudly: "You don't understand, he has been married for ten years."
Ren Xiaosu: "..."
Zhang Xiaoman suddenly asked: "You Don't you want to write a letter?"
Ren Xiaosu paused for a while: "I don't know who to write to."
All the soldiers in the sharp knife company suddenly fell silent. They realized that this This might be the reason why Ren Xiaosu fought so hard against Zong.
After coming out of the forward base, they can only advance on foot. According to the battle plan, they will arrive at the outskirts of Shichuan Town on the third day, but they must be on full alert from the moment they walk out of the forward base to avoid being attacked. His troops ambush in advance outside Shichuan Town.
Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked: "Shichuan Town is on the plains. Although there are woods on the outside, it will be difficult for us to break through and enter Shichuan Town."
Zhang Xiaoman Holding the automatic rifle in his hand, he explained: "First use mortars. The three-kilometer range is enough for us to create a gap outside the enemy's heavy machine gun range. Only then will we be qualified to enter street fighting."
"Is there any clue?" Ren Xiaosu was doubtful.
"If that doesn't work, let the artillery troops at the rear use large-caliber howitzers to bombard you," Zhang Xiaoman said, "There is always a way."
On the night of the second day of marching , suddenly the sound of gunfire came from both wings, and the sound of heavy machine guns could be heard even far away from the Sharp Knife Company.
Zhang Xiaoman frowned: "The Second Company and the Third Company were ambushed, let's be careful!"
Everyone expected that the Zong family would start setting up an ambush outside Shichuan Town. So it's not a surprise. The Second Company and the Third Company must have been prepared.
There was gunfire suddenly in front of them, but the gunfire was still far away.
Zhang Xiaoman and the others subconsciously hid behind the trees on the roadside, but no bullets came.
"Strange, who did this gun hit?" Zhang Xiaoman asked doubtfully: "Keep moving forward!"
It's just that the sharp knife company continued to move forward for several hundred meters. But there was still no enemy as expected, and not even a single gunshot was heard.
"Something's wrong," Zhang Xiaoman said with a frown: "We are taking the main road. Is it the Zong family's old suspicion formation? Fu Rao, Lin Ping'an, you two go ahead and explore!"
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It's not that Zhang Xiaoman likes to call Fu Rao and Lin Ping'an when he is in danger. There must be leading soldiers in this company. When there is danger, the leading soldiers have to rush forward first. This is a different division of labor.
Fu Rao and Lin Ping'an bent down and groped forward along the woods. As a result, before they had gone far, they saw the two people turning back: "Company Commander, that's not right. The people who ambush us were killed, and their necks were all wiped!"
"There is only one combat team in this machine gun position, thirty people, all of whom have just died, and the blood is still flowing." Lin Pingan added.
Zhang Xiaoman looked at Ren Xiaosu suspiciously: "Did you do it?"
"No," Ren Xiaosu shook his head: "I am not standing here.What? "
"That's right," the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company were also a little confused: "Who helped us attack this machine gun position? And he still wiped his neck with a knife. This must be something extraordinary, right? ”
Everyone is confused. A mysterious extraordinary person suddenly appeared on the battlefield to do good things for people?
The soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company are not fools. This matter is obvious. It seems that Ren Xiaosu did it, but they have no evidence...
To be honest, everyone still doesn’t know what Ren Xiaosu’s abilities are.
Zhang Xiaoman. Testing Ren Xiaosu again: "It's really not you? "
"It's really not me," Ren Xiaosu said innocently.
Zhang Xiaoman came to the machine gun position. He found a corpse and touched the opponent's tiger's mouth: "No The thick calluses were not trained warriors, but a temporary team of refugees, or a private army. "
"They are all cannon fodder," Jiao Xiaochen said, "It seems that Zong wants to use cannon fodder to consume us first. "
"As expected," Zhang Xiaoman said: "There will be many enemy troops in Shichuan Town. It is conservatively estimated that there are thousands of people. But the good news is that most of the enemies we encounter now It should be very weak and cannot control the shooting range well. ”
Shichuan Town is not a very important place in the first place. The reason why the Zong clan stationed troops here is purely because it is a strategically disgusting forward base.