Chapter 228

"Ah! I see! " I was startled by the sudden cry of major shedulin next to me. I looked at him discontentedly and said faintly, "Comrade commander, what do you want to understand?" Instead of answering me directly, he patted leisdayev on the shoulder affectionately and changed his address from "you" to "you". He said excitedly, "Comrade major, you are such a genius! Why didn't I think of it?! If these abandoned tanks in front of the positions are slightly transformed, they will become new fire points and observation points. In this way, even if the enemy's infantry take a sudden attack, the soldiers hiding under the abandoned tanks will be able to find out and delay their progress, so as to gain enough time for our troops to enter the position. " Looking at lesdayev, I nodded with satisfaction and said, "Comrade major, please introduce me to the details. I see if it's worth promoting to other troops. " Leisdayev agreed and then introduced his deployment: "a pit has been dug under each abandoned tank and two soldiers have been assigned to each tank. According to different positions, I have set up observation points, machine gun positions and anti tank positions. When the observation point finds that the enemy is approaching, it immediately reports the enemy's situation to the command post through walkie talkie. But the machine gun position and the anti tank position have the purpose of delaying the enemy's advance and buying time for our army to enter the position defense in time. "“ Well done I affirmed lesdayev's practice and concluded: "as a commander, he often loses a battle if he does not personally visit the battlefield where the troops are about to fight, only studies the terrain on the basis of maps and gives written orders." At the same time, they also reminded them that "as intermediate commanders, before completing combat tasks, they must be familiar with the terrain and the enemy's combat formation, so that they can take advantage of the enemy's weaknesses in deployment, repel and counter attack them in combat." I was imparting to them the military theory I had learned from President Lin, when I suddenly heard that the barrage stopped. The first thing I thought of was "the enemy's artillery has stopped!" He took up a telescope from his hand and looked out. Although the position was still shrouded in smoke, no more explosions were heard. It seems that the enemy's shelling has indeed stopped. I put down my telescope and gave an order to lesdayev who was standing beside me: "the enemy's shelling has stopped. Major, it's time to let your troops go on the field!"“ Yes He promised to run to the table, grabbed the phone and shook the handle hard. As soon as the phone rang, he ordered in a decisive tone, "Comrade captain, the shelling has stopped. It's time to take your company into the position immediately." As soon as he put down the phone, he heard orderly steps coming from the right side and going along the line. A group of soldiers, led by several officers, bent forward with weapons and in neat formation, ran along the trench.