Yang Ling also felt Captain Niu Dagen's embarrassment. He pressed his hands down and said in a gentle tone: "Let's sit down and talk."
The two sat down following the empty ammunition box. Yang Ling took out the cigarettes that his brothers had grabbed from the Japanese soldiers, pulled out one and said, "Captain Niu, want to smoke one?"
Niu Dagen shook his head repeatedly: "Deputy Commander Yang, I don't know how to smoke."
"I didn't know how to smoke back then." Yang Ling smiled, walked to the dim lantern, opened the lampshade, and lit the cigarette.
A cruel war will change many things. When faced with the threat of death every day, even gentle people will swear. Just like Yang Ling didn't know how to smoke at the beginning, he now smokes to relieve depression and stress.
Every time before going to the battlefield, the brothers would buy or buy on credit through various means, and they would bring some tobacco and alcohol with them. Cigarettes and alcohol not only relieve the pain on the bloody battlefield, but also relieve the pain when they are injured or shot.
The war has been going on for so long, and the brothers' private collection of cigarettes and alcohol has long been used up. Now they can only go to the little devils to pick and smoke. Fortunately, the little devils also like to smoke, especially in the pockets of the officers. You can often touch some.
nice one.
Yang Ling took a few nice puffs, and the simple command post was soon filled with smoke. He looked at Niu Dagen and asked: "When you passed the blockade just now, how was the Japanese defense situation?"
Niu Dagen was stunned. He didn't expect Yang Ling to ask such a strange question, but he still answered it accurately: "We came from the forest on the left wing of the Japs. The defense is not very tight. Kill the guard post."
Then he rushed over."
Yang Ling nodded thoughtfully: "Is there any movement from the Japs in the camp?"
"Dozens of Japs came out and chased them for about 200 meters. I figured it was too dark, so I didn't dare to chase them and went back."
Niu Dagen is also a company commander with rich combat experience. After hearing Yang Ling's inquiries, he roughly guessed some of Yang Ling's thoughts.
"Deputy Commander Yang, are you trying to kill a Japs at night?" Niu Dagen was shocked by his guess.
Yang Ling smiled and dusted off the burning cigarette, tilted his head and asked, "Why not?"
Niu Dagen looked at the deputy captain whose face was half smoke and half blood. His serious expression did not look like he was joking. He immediately admired the deputy captain's hard work.
Now the defenders guarding the Golden Dragon Territory are almost exhausted, and their weapons and ammunition are even more scarce. If more than a hundred of their brothers hadn't come up with reinforcements, it's unclear whether they could have withstood another wave of attacks by the little Japs.
But now that the Japs have retreated, Deputy Commander Yang, instead of being grateful to live another day, not only did he not seize the time to rest and prepare for a more brutal battle tomorrow, but instead took the initiative to provoke the Japs.
Yet?
Niu Dagen really couldn't understand why Yang Ling did this, but for the sake of safety, Niu Dagen felt it was necessary to remind Commander Yang that war is not just a child's play, and the overall situation must be considered.
"Deputy Commander Yang, although I admire your courage, I don't think it would be a wise move to attack the Japanese tonight."
Yang Ling looked at Niu Dagen with a heavy and serious face, put his hands on his knees and said, "Continue talking."
Niu Dagen took a deep breath and said: "First of all, except for my more than a hundred brothers, you have been fighting for at least two days and one night. I saw that the brothers were already weak from exhaustion and were guarding the trenches to fight the Japanese.
We can still barely hold on, but if we take the initiative, our combat effectiveness will be difficult to guarantee."
"Secondly, although we brought some weapons and ammunition up the mountain, the quantity is not large. If they are used up tonight, then tomorrow we may really have to fight with the little Japanese with bayonets."
When Niu Dagen saw Yang Ling smoking silently, he also said everything he wanted to say: "The most important thing is that there are so many Japs. Even if we all go out, we can't do anything to them."
, so I don’t think it’s necessary to take the initiative.”
Yang Ling had been quietly listening to Niu Dagen's analysis, which made him look at the Sichuan Army company commander a few more times.
Among the troops of the National Revolutionary Army, because most of the time the entire regiment and division operate together during combat, most junior officers are accustomed to obey the orders of their superiors and rarely express their opinions independently.
But Niu Dagen was different. He was able to express his own opinions and his analysis was thorough and reasonable, which made Yang Ling fall in love with talents.
"Well, what you said is all right, but I still want to take people to fight against the Japanese." Yang Ling took a puff of cigarette and looked at Niu Dagen.
After Niu Dagen heard Yang Ling's answer, he immediately wanted to scold his mother. Was all his feelings just in vain?
But he knew that he was just a small company commander and what he said was insignificant, so he felt helpless. If he contradicted him now, it would be a bad thing.
"Since Deputy Commander Yang has decided, let me take my brothers there. Although my brothers are not as good as the brothers in the 74th Army in terms of combat effectiveness, they have been resting during the day, so they might as well kill a few little Japs as a greeting gift."
Naturally, Yang Ling would not refuse Niu Dagen's kindness. After all, his brothers were indeed too tired. If they had to work hard all night, they would definitely not be able to fight tomorrow.
"Captain Niu, you don't need too many people. Just bring ten smart brothers, three light machine guns and sufficient ammunition."
"Deputy Commander Yang, I'm afraid we are not going to fight the Japs, but the Japs are going to beat us."
Niu Da basically thought about risking his life and leading a hundred brothers to break into the little devil's lair, but he never thought that Yang Ling only asked him to lead ten brothers. What kind of war was this?
Yang Ling smiled: "Our main task tonight is not to kill or injure many Japs, but to keep them from sleeping, so we don't need too many people."
It turned out that it was just a harassment. Niu Dagen breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that Yang Ling would really let him lead people to attack the Japs camp at night.
Although he was not afraid of the little Japs, there was a large group of Japs stationed at the foot of the mountain. If he was not careful, he would be caught in it. If it was to harass him, that would be another matter. He also became more relaxed.
"Then Deputy Commander Yang, I will go and select the brothers right now." Niu Dagen and the others were dispersed by the Japs yesterday. They also wanted to regain their place, but now they are a little impatient.
"Well, go ahead and remember to bring enough machine gun shells and grenades."
"Yes!" Niu Dagen turned around and left the command post excitedly.
The little Japanese attacked ferociously during the day, but after fighting for a day, they were exhausted at this moment.
From Niu Dagen's description, Yang Ling had already judged that the Japs definitely wanted to rest and recharge their batteries before launching a new round of attack on the mountain tomorrow.
But how could Yang Ling let them get what they wanted? If they had a good rest, wouldn't tomorrow be the day when he and others would die?
So I plan to use the cover of night to send people to harass the little devils all night long. Since you want to sleep peacefully, I won't let you sleep. If I don't torture you to exhaustion, his surname will not be Yang.
During the day, the world is dominated by little devils, but at night, in this mountainous area with crisscrossed ravines, it's different.