march to victory

"I just need to add a machine gun to the entrance of the cave, even if Redhead sends a regiment of troops, it can't do anything to me."

Shouting such arrogant words shows Zhao Wu's confidence in defending Tiger Cave. However, judging from the terrain around Tiger Cave, it can no longer be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it should be said that it is impossible to attack normally.

Tiger Cave is located on the mountainside of the east cliff, about 30 meters from the ground and 50 meters from the top of the mountain.On the left side of it (viewed from the direction of the cave entrance), there is a narrow path, which was dug up by Zhao Wu's people long ago, and it is impossible to pass through here. The platoon is eye-catching and can carry out fire blockade.

There are bunkers, rock gates, and trenches dug at the entrance of the cave. The most depressing thing is that there is a rock of several square meters extending outwards from the top of the cave, like the brim of a duckbill cap, covering the cave entrance at a slightly downward angle. Live a little, so that you can't put explosives into the hole even if you want to put explosives from above.I heard from the common people that there is a sky cave inside this big rock, which can hide two or three people. There are sky eyes in the cave, and machine guns can be used to shoot out... This is the terrain, and it makes people desperate to look at it.

"Qi Zixuan!"

"To!"

"The person who leads you, feign attack from the front, and then retreat after scouting the enemy's firepower deployment. Don't get too close." Huang Debao has no choice. They discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with a feasible solution. The plan is like dealing with hedgehogs, so I have no choice but to send someone to scout the enemy's firepower first to see if there are any loopholes to find.

"Yes!"

Everyone stood under a ridge a few hundred meters away, watching Qi Zixuan lead the soldiers of the third squad, spread out, and groped towards the bottom of the tiger cave.

It is certain that the bandits are condescending, and they have definitely seen the soldiers of the third class a long time ago, but the soldiers ran a hundred meters below the Tiger Cave, but they still did not shoot, which made Huang Debao frowned and muttered: "This gang Damn bandits, they are so calm."

Zhang Qingshan put down the binoculars, and said to Huang Debao: "Platoon leader, you can't get any closer, otherwise, if the bandits open fire, the comrades from the third squad may suffer casualties when they withdraw."

"Crack! Crack!" Huang Debao drew out his pistol and shot the sky twice.

The three squads of soldiers who received the signal immediately opened fire on Tiger Cave.

Surprisingly, the soldiers in the third class crackled and fought for half a minute, but the bandits in the tiger's cave didn't fight back.

"Platoon leader, I think this is a trap set up by the bandits, and they deliberately let the comrades of the third class approach. In my opinion, let the comrades of the third class withdraw first, and we will think of other ways."

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Qi Zixuan was about to lead the machine gunner forward in a detour, when he received the signal, he looked back and saw Huang Debao waving to him, and then looked at the tiger cave, Qi Zixuan gritted his teeth, turned around and wanted to come back, but at this moment, the bandit unexpectedly Fired back.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

"Da da da……"

The enemy is condescending and the distance is close. If we shoot at each other, we will definitely suffer a big loss.

Fortunately, Qi Zixuan could hold his breath and strictly ordered the soldiers to use the ridges and ditches to avoid and retreat while fighting.Fortunately, only one comrade's left arm was slightly scratched by the bullet.It is conceivable that if the bandits advance a few tens of meters further, they will definitely fire at full force, and it is considered lucky that the soldiers of the third squad can withdraw half of them.

"This gang of bloody bandits built the Tiger Cave so well, there are no dead ends at all, plus two light machine guns... Shooting them from the bottom up, you will definitely suffer a lot... Platoon leader, look You have to think of another way.”

Huang Debao nodded, looking solemnly at the Tiger Cave, where Zhao Wuzheng was yelling with one hand on his hips and pointing at the other side. Although he couldn't hear what he was yelling, it was certain that it was definitely not a good thing.Seeing this scene, many comrades were furious and made up their minds: they must capture Tiger Cave.

A simple map of the situation inside the cave has been drawn based on the dictation of the captives and ordinary people, and the situation outside the cave is clear at a glance.

Seeing everyone gathered together, each with frowning faces, but no one opened their mouths—they couldn't think of a feasible solution at all, and had no choice but to speak and think hard.Tian Wannian, the mayor of Luoxi Township, who had been standing aside without speaking, smiled and said, "Platoon Leader Huang, why did you forget that I brought two earthen cannons here."

Everyone was surprised when they heard it, and then they were overjoyed, and looked up at him one after another.

"Look at my memory!" Huang Debao slapped his thigh to stand up, and smiled at Tian Wannian: "Major Tian, ​​I'm sorry, look at me, I'm so anxious, I actually forgot all the good things you brought , Damn it, really damn it, I'm really sorry."

"It's okay! Everyone is contributing to the revolution."

After Huang Debao nodded, he suddenly thought of something, and said happily, "Major Tian, ​​since you can prepare the earth cannon in advance, it means that you have a way to deal with this tiger hole, teach everyone quickly, so that we don't have to fight again next time." Such a cave will not be so sad like it is now."

Tian Wannian immediately stepped forward and told his plan, and when everyone heard it, they all felt that it was feasible: use the two earthen cannons to shell the entrance of the cave, and when the enemy is in a panic, send a group of elite soldiers to attack from the left side of the cave. Attack on the trail——the gap in this trail is only three or four meters long. As long as the three soldiers in front each carry a four- to five-meter-long log and put it on the gap, they can rush across.As long as you rush to the entrance of the cave, it will be easy to handle.

This strategy seems to be perfect, but experienced people will know that this strategy is full of fatal loopholes after a little thought.

Old Xu, the captain of the self-defense force, first raised the biggest loophole: "Major Tian, ​​as far as I know, the guns are not accurate. How can you ensure that the guns won't hurt your comrades?"

The earth gun has a pine tree as the barrel, and the outside is reinforced with wire or steel rings. Not only does it have no rifling, but also, if you don’t fire many guns, the barrel will burst. You can’t find a familiar earth gun even if you are looking for it. are extremely unstable.

Tian Wannian pulled his two sons over, and said with a smile: "These two brats love to play with earthen cannons when they have nothing to do, and they have some experience. When they hit the tiger's cave, within two or three hundred meters, there is at least a 300% certainty that they can hit it." allow."

Tian Wannian is not a soldier, so he doesn't understand what the [-]% certainty means, but all the Red Army commanders and fighters gasped in unison: It is indeed very remarkable to be able to play the earthen artillery with a [-]% certainty, but the problem is, now require It is a precise job, not to mention [-]%, even [-]%.In case the comrades start to charge along the path, and the remaining [-]% of you happen to come, even if you don’t hurt your own comrades, but blow up the newly added wood, do you let the comrades who just rushed over choose to commit suicide by jumping off the cliff or Killed by bandits?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Huang Debao pondered for a while, and said: "How about this, let Dayong and Xiaoyong fire a few shots first, and let's see the specific situation."

Everyone knew that this was a tactful way to refuse, and they all agreed.

Tian Wannian also understood this. When the soldiers went to lift the cannon and shells, he whispered encouragement to his two sons: "Dayong, Xiaoyong, they obviously don't believe in your ability. This is to embarrass me. Now, Whether Dad can keep his old face depends on the abilities of you two brothers."

"Father, don't worry, brother and I will fight for you."

The two brothers really want to compete, but the problem is that shooting artillery is a technical job, and the accuracy of earth artillery is more luck than technology, so it depends on God's will.

After the cannon was lifted to a place about 280 meters away from the Tiger Cave, the angle and height were adjusted, gunpowder was loaded, and the cannonball was fired. The two brothers looked at each other and ignited the fuze with confidence.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

One shell landed seven or eight meters to the right of Tiger Cave, and the other landed six or seven meters above Tiger Cave. There was nothing to say except that the dust was flying up from the explosion.

The first shell was a test cannon, and it could have this effect. Huang Debao felt a little confident, and stepped forward to encourage him: "The test cannon can have this effect, yes, fight hard, work harder, if you can kill the enemies at the entrance of the cave with one shot , I will give you the first credit."

Dayong and Xiaoyong smiled contemptuously, and hurriedly went to debug... Others didn't know, but they knew very well that they really wanted to win over their father in the shot just now, but they turned out to be like this, which was a bit shocking.

This time, the two were more cautious, and after a long time, they ignited the fuze again.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

A shell landed three or four meters below the entrance of Tiger Cave, which was a little better than the last one. At least, a small tree growing on the cliff was blown up amidst the dust.But another cannonball made all the audience look dumbfounded: Lao Xu has a crow's mouth, and this cannonball just hit the break of the trail 30 meters to the left of the cave entrance, making everyone think of Lao Xu's words: the key point of attacking Moment, give this shot, do you let the soldiers rushing over choose to commit suicide by jumping off the cliff, or should they be beaten into a sieve by the enemy?

Tian Wannian's face was livid, and he rushed forward, punching and kicking his two sons while cursing: "I can't get on the stage, I see that you practice well, but when it comes to formal occasions, you have diarrhea, I..."

Everyone hurried forward to comfort.

Zhang Qingshan also wanted to step forward to dissuade him, and glared at Tiger Cave as he walked, but he stopped abruptly after walking a few steps, staring blankly.

A few seconds later, Zhang Qingshan slapped his thigh suddenly and shouted: "Good fight!"

Everyone glared at them almost at the same time: They are all comrades, unity is the first, who is so blind?

Under the persuasion of everyone, Tian Wannian had just borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and when he heard this, his old face suddenly became hot, and he hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that it was a comrade from the Red Army.He could only hold back his anger, and asked in a deep voice: "Comrade Red Army, my two sons are dog meat and can't sit at the formal table, but their revolutionary enthusiasm is still good, why are you always sarcastic."

Zhang Qingshan saw the anger in Tian Wannian's eyes, and knew that the other party had misunderstood, so he quickly pointed to the entrance of the tiger cave, and explained with a smile: "Major Tian, ​​you misunderstood, I didn't mean to be sarcastic, if you don't believe me, take a closer look The entrance of the tiger's cave."

Everyone turned their heads in unison to look at the entrance of Tiger Cave...