The departure of Duan Qirui and others did not bring Li Yinpei any regrets, and he did not expect the 11th Army to help anything. Although the General Directorate still split the armored division in spite of opposition, there were policies and countermeasures, and he knew that if he wanted to lose less tank crews, it could only be to conduct armored guerrilla warfare, which followed the plan of the General Directorate, but the attack was uncertain, and if he really could not occupy the target, then he could still retreat with the mobility of the armored troops.

Leaving a way out for his brothers was Li Yinpei's personal idea, but even so, from the chariot battalion, to the self-propelled artillery battalion, to the motorized infantry battalion, both officers and soldiers had the idea of occupying Baledik Hill and cutting off the back road of St. Diziye. During the day, they were overhauling their vehicles and adding fuel and ammunition, and at night, they were nervously discussing the tactical coordination of various units and the situation in the enemy's territory for the last time.

"I know that the armored division shoulders the heavy trust of the prime minister and the country, and you are under great pressure, and you are worried that you will lose this battle and be ashamed of your countrymen; I also know that many of you have written suicide notes, only asking for a horse leather shroud, but ......" Looking at the officers at all levels who had been busy all day and were still in a state of excitement, Li Yinpei paused for a long time before saying: "...... You have to remember that this is not a decisive battle, but an experimental attack, and if we can't get in, we will think of other ways. You must not forget that we are actually ironclad cavalry, and mobility is the basis for victory, and if you are trapped in one place, it is not as good as an infantry.

The attack was launched from the western side of Balua in Lignão and aimed at Mount Baledique, 16 kilometres to the west. Occupy this place, and then the salient of St. Dizier, twenty kilometers southwest of it, will be 'pried out' and trapped in a situation where it will be surrounded and eaten by us. What is the line of thought for this tactic? It's like a person with a knife facing a large piece of jerky. Because the knife is small and weak, you can only use a knife to pry if you want to eat meat. I don't want to say much here, but you have to remember that maneuver is the first combat strength of the armored forces, and besides, this is not a decisive battle, and there is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices. Okay, that's all I have to say. Let's adjourn! ”

Li Yinpei's words came to an end, and these words had been in his heart for a whole day, although he couldn't explain things thoroughly now. But saying this also made his heart feel relieved. It's just that it was precisely because he didn't explain it thoroughly that the officers attending the meeting didn't understand what the division commander was trying to say, and most of them thought that the division commander was not at ease with him. I'm afraid that I'm going to do it blindly. So the lecture. However, the battalion commander of the chariot battalion stayed, apparently because he wanted the division commander to teach him face-to-face.

"I don't mean anything, I'm just reluctant to let everyone go, I'm afraid that everyone won't follow the code, and I'm worried that everyone will follow the code." When asked what other instructions he had, Li Yinpei lit a cigarette and only answered in general terms.

"Then please rest assured that the second battalion will never discredit the 1st division!" The commander of the chariot battalion is called Zhang Liuji, and this name is festive when he hears it. He is less than 30 years old, and his speech can also reflect the honesty and heartiness of Shandong people. After listening to the teacher's brief words. He didn't think about anything else at all, he was only worried that the performance of the troops would disgrace the 1st Division, knowing that in the usual training competition, among the four tank battalions of the 1st Armored Division, the 2nd Battalion, as its name suggests, has always been the second in the millennium, and has never won the first place.

"Let's smoke one!" Zhang Liuji's words made Li Yinpei's heart sour, and in desperation, he took out a cigarette and handed it to him. ”

"Report to the division commander, my hometown is from Yishui." Speaking of his hometown, Major Zhang Liuji unconsciously raised his chest, Yizhou, like Yanzhou and Liaodong, is the place where the Revival Army started.

"Is it okay at home?" Li Yinpei finally remembered Zhang Liuji's family situation, like him, he was born in a small family, and he studied in a private school for a few years, but there was no good way out, and finally he had to put pen to paper and embarked on another path.

Hearing about the family, the major's already bright eyes blinked, and the hand that was about to flick the ash of the cigarette flicked out after a pause, and he smiled a little dryly: "Report to the division commander, the family is fine, the land is planted by my eldest brother, and several children are in school." ”

Feeling that he really shouldn't ask what he was asking, Li Yinpei hurriedly snuffed out the conversation, and he said, "It's good to have a good family." …… It's so late, let's sleep. ”

For the attack launched at dawn tomorrow, it is indeed late at this time, and Major Zhang Liuji heard the division commander say this, and went out after solemnly saluting. However, Li Yinpei couldn't sleep at all that night, and finally squinted for a while, and finally let the orderlies wake him up - the time for the attack was coming soon. Li Yinpei got up mechanically, and when he was washing, he was scalded by hot water to wake up a little, and when he rushed to the conference room of the headquarters, the chief officers of each department were already there.

"Time is precious, so I won't say more, ladies and gentlemen, I wish you all success!" Li Yinpei said, and then looked up at the half bowl of wine handed by the adjutant.

After drinking the Zhuangxing wine, the officers rushed out of the headquarters and returned to their respective troop cars, but the time was not up and the vehicles did not start. But at this time, the vehicles were already lined up in an assault formation: instead of wolf tanks, six bulldozers from the 1st Division's Zhouqiao Battalion were at the forefront, and their huge bulldozer blades could bulldoze those three or four meters wide anti-tank trenches. Although for the wolf and jackal tanks, as long as the anti-tank trenches are not continuous and multi-lane, they can rely on their speed to rush through, but the four-wheel drive trucks of the motorized infantry battalion and the tracked artillery vehicles of the self-propelled artillery battalion not only cannot cross the anti-tank trenches, but even the ordinary trenches of two meters and 10 centimeters are very difficult to cross.

In addition to opening a way for self-propelled guns and trucks to get out of the trenches and mud, the bulldozer also had a difficult task of breaking through the minefield hundreds of meters wide in front of the German trenches.

The driver opened the canopy of the chariot and waited quietly, while the commander's body was half-exposed to the turret, constantly looking at his watch, and the infantry of the motorized infantry battalion on the chariot were very calmly holding their guns and sitting on the chariot with their eyes closed. The engine did not start, everything in the bushes was quiet, Li Yinpei saw that the sky in the east was getting brighter and brighter, and the unique fog in the forest was getting thicker and thicker, and he only felt hazy in the distance.

"What a good thing." He said in a voice that only he could hear. (To be continued......)