The artillery fire at Shichuan Village was very intense. Ren Xiaosu had lit as many as seven campfires. The Soong Clan soldiers in Shichuan Village did not care about the consequences and just bombarded the place.
Actually, the battlefield was very chaotic. Most of the time, the officers did not even have time to think carefully. It was normal for them to attack the enemy as soon as they saw them.
Only a few generals could think calmly amidst the chaos, and they would also stand out from the battle. Some of them even became famous generals.
The artillery fire here quickly alerted Second Company and Third Company who were breaking through the machine gun emplacements at the rear. When they heard the artillery fire, they thought the Razor Sharp Company had already started attacking Shichuan Village!
Importantly, the battle plan was for the three companies to join forces before breaking through. It was impossible for a single company to take down Shichuan Village, so the casualties would definitely be very heavy.
Second Company and Third Company contacted Zhou Yinglong at the rear at the same time, hoping he could stop the Razor Sharp Company from acting recklessly. Although the Razor Sharp Company had just performed a meritorious deed by taking down a mountain, there were two things that an army was most afraid of in battle. One was being too timid, and the other was being too arrogant.
Arrogant soldiers were bound to lose.
When Zhou Yinglong heard about the situation at the front line, he immediately got anxious. He quickly got a radio operator to contact the Razor Sharp Company, hoping that he could still contact them during the battle!
However, the call connected very quickly. Zhou Yinglong said anxiously, "Y 'all have started attacking Shichuan Village? Zhang Xiaoman, are you fucking crazy? Didn't I tell y 'all to wait for Second Company and Third Company to attack together? If your Razor Sharp Company suffers heavy losses, I'll hold you responsible! "
Zhang Xiaoman said innocently, "Battalion Commander, we're having lunch here. We haven't attacked Shichuan Village yet …"
Zhou Yinglong was stunned. "Are you sure? What's with that artillery fire? "
At this moment, Zhou Yinglong could still hear the sound of artillery fire from the other side while holding the radio.
Zhang Xiaoman patiently explained, "I told Ren Xiaosu that we're very close to Shichuan Village, so we can't light any campfires. Otherwise, we'll become targets. In the end, he went to a faraway place and lit a lot of campfires. He said he wanted to use up some of the artillery fire from Shichuan Village …"
The line fell silent. Zhou Yinglong never expected this. He said in a daze, "Where's Ren Xiaosu?"
"Yeah, where's Ren Xiaosu?" Zhang Xiaoman looked around, but he did not see Ren Xiaosu at all. However, when he saw a bonfire suddenly lit up in the distance, he said numbly, "He probably went to light a fire for fun again."
But this time, the Soong Clan troops in Shichuan Village also noticed that something was wrong and gradually stopped the bombardment.
Zhang Xiaoman waited for most of the night, but he did not see the bonfire light up again. At the same time, he did not see Ren Xiaosu return.
He muttered to Jiao Xiaochen, "I wonder what Ren Xiaosu is up to."
When dawn was about to break, Ren Xiaosu came back. Zhang Xiaoman leaned forward and sniffed. He could still smell the smoke on Ren Xiaosu's body. "Where did you go?"
"I saw Second Company and Third Company taking so long to meet up with us, so I went to help them," Ren Xiaosu explained.
Zhang Xiaoman's expression froze. He realized he had still underestimated Ren Xiaosu's ferocity. He actually still had the strength to help his allies.
While they were talking, Second Company and Third Company arrived. The commander of Second Company wondered as he walked, "I wonder who helped us take out the machine gun emplacements with a grenade …."
Zhang Xiaoman glanced at Ren Xiaosu. Ren Xiaosu was crouching behind some bushes and quietly observing the quiet Shichuan Village in the distance.
Zhang Xiaoman did not say much. He walked towards Second Company and Third Company and said, "Why are y 'all so late?"
Second Company and Third Company wondered, "Didn't y 'all get ambushed yesterday?"
"We did." Zhang Xiaoman said, "If a machine gun can stump our Razor Sharp Company, we'll give up the name of the Razor Sharp Company to y 'all!"
The faces of the commanders of Second Company and Third Company darkened. Zhang Xiaoman had been too fucking smug lately!
"Did y 'all have an easy time taking out that machine gun emplacements?" The commander of Second Company said unhappily, "They dug trenches, so even the mortars couldn't do much damage to them. Zhang Xiaoman, don't be so smug. We don't care about the Razor Sharp Company's name."
What the commanders of Second Company and Third Company did not know was that the Razor Sharp Company did not even encounter a single living enemy during their advance. However, this did not stop Zhang Xiaoman from mocking them to the max.
"Don't talk about anything else." Zhang Xiaoman said, "Rest well during the day. We'll launch our attack on Shichuan Village at dawn. Our Razor Sharp Company will be responsible for breaking through the defenses, so don't hold us back."
The commanders of Second Company and Third Company were so angry they could not eat anymore!
However, this was the culture of Fortress 178. As long as you could fight, it did not matter how tough your words were!
Although Second Company and Third Company were angry, they were convinced. Moreover, when they were resting, all they could think of was how to win back their pride in Shichuan Village.
The commander of Second Company whispered to his officers, "When the time comes, don't lose your rationality just because you're in a hurry to get credit, understand?"
"Got it," several of the officers replied.
A company commander's mission was not only to command the battle, but also to know when to pour cold water on his team members. War was a matter of life and death, so they absolutely could not let it get to them.
But just as the commander of Second Company finished pouring cold water on his team members, they heard Zhang Xiaoman say loudly from next door, "Everyone, don't be in a hurry when we attack Shichuan Village tonight. It's fine to let Second Company and Third Company take some credit. After all, we're allies, so our Razor Sharp Company can't take all the credit, right?!"
When the commander of Second Company heard this, he nearly vomited blood.
Of course, it was very normal for people to quarrel with each other before a battle. Everyone here was a veteran who had experienced many battles, so they knew how to abandon their emotions when they were on the battlefield.
Zhang Xiaoman had also interacted with Second Company and Third Company many times. Otherwise, he would not have dared to speak so recklessly before the battle.
The commander of Second Company turned around and looked in the direction of the Razor Sharp Company. He suddenly realized Ren Xiaosu was sitting alone with his eyes closed, resting. Someone in the company muttered, "That's Ren Xiaosu, right? I heard he climbed a 700-meter-high cliff with his bare hands during the attack on Mt. Dingyuan. "
"Really?" A soldier of Second Company wondered, "Even Battalion Commander Zhou can't do that, right?"
When Jiao Xiaochen heard Second Company's people talking about Ren Xiaosu, he casually said, "In the wee hours of the morning, Ren Xiaosu came back and said he went to help y 'all. Weren't y' all asking who helped y 'all take down the machine gun positions? It was him. "
The commander of Second Company was stunned. Jiao Xiaochen would not lie about something like this. "I heard he's a supernatural being, right? What's his superpower?"
Jiao Xiaochen paused for a moment. "We don't know either."
All of a sudden, all of the soldiers at the base looked at Ren Xiaosu, whether intentionally or unintentionally. The same thought came to their minds. 'Is this the person Commander Zhang chose? No wonder the commander chose him.'
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