The company commander looked at the little soldier and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhao, don't talk nonsense, how can our tank fight down?" ”

Xiao Zhao whispered: "I have studied the structure of the tank gun, and I found that our tank gun can indeed hit down. ”

The company commander frowned, and said angrily: "Xiao Zhao, I see that you are a new soldier, so I will talk to you in a friendly manner, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will train people." ”

Li Mingshan said on the side: "Company commander, don't scare people. Then he turned to Xiao Zhao and said, "Little comrade, tell me, how can our tank guns hit down?" ”

Xiao Zhao said: "The high and low machine of our tank gun is fixed on the turret with several large bolts, these big bolts limit the firing range of the tank gun, as long as we remove a few large bolts, the firing range of the tank gun can be further reduced, and it is completely okay to shoot at the angle of the gun." ”

When the company commander heard this, he immediately said angrily next to him: "Can the fixing bolts of the tank gun be taken down casually?" Without the fixation of the bolts, when the cannon is fired, do you know what the consequences will be? ”

Xiao Zhao said aggrievedly: "When we were studying at the military academy, I once calculated that although there were a few bolts missing, the connection rigidity of the tank gun was still very large, and the vibration when firing the gun should not hurt the main gun." ”

The company commander said sharply: "'Probably not'? I can close your confinement with just these four words, do you know how big this matter is? What if something goes wrong? Equipment damage is a trivial matter, car destruction and death is a major matter, will you be responsible or I will be responsible at that time? ”

Xiao Zhao stopped talking, Li Mingshan looked at Xiao Zhao and asked, "Will you calculate whether the vibration when the cannon is fired can hurt the main gun?" ”

Xiao Zhao said: "We have learned relevant calculation theories, but I came up with the calculation method myself, I wonder if it can be done?" ”

The company commander snorted coldly and said: "Battalion commander, have you seen it, this recruit has only been in the army for less than a year, and he dares to change his equipment, battalion commander, you can't trust him, if there is a problem with the modification without permission, you can't pay the responsibility." ”

Li Mingshan thought for a while and said, "What do we have to bear this responsibility for?" Let Lin Shuai lose! ”

The company commander and Xiao Zhao were surprised, and Li Mingshan said: "I'll report to Lin Shuai if I can modify the equipment and let him make a decision." ”

Li Mingshan then told Zhou Xiao his thoughts, and Zhou Xiao immediately reported it to Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan thought in his heart: "I didn't expect that there are such talents among my soldiers, and it would be very good to have the idea of changing equipment, but can he do that method?" ”

Lin Yuan immediately contacted the tank expert Ge Wenliang and said to him: "Ge Lao, the main gun of our tank wants to adjust the firing range, and we want to remove a few fixing bolts, can you see if it's okay?" ”

Ge Wenliang said: "You tell me the location to be disassembled, and I will immediately organize people to calculate." Lin Yuan immediately sent the disassembly location to Ge Wenliang, and Ge Wenliang told Lin Yuan after calculation: "This idea is completely feasible. ”

Lin Yuan immediately told Zhou Xiao the news, and Zhou Xiao told Li Mingshan again, and Li Mingshan said as soon as he heard the news: "Modify a tank first, try it out." ”

The main gun of the tank can adjust the muzzle to a negative angle, that is, it can fire at the gun, take it to the shooting range and try it, there is no problem, Li Mingshan immediately said: "Change a few, let's prepare for an ambush." ”

By the time the tank modification was completed, it was already the evening of 20 December, and Li Mingshan received information at this time: A large group of 60 tanks of the Japanese army had taken the lead in arriving on the eastern mountain road, accompanied by several hundred infantrymen. Li Mingshan then said: "Okay, send our tanks to the top of the mountain road to the east, and ambush the enemy there first." ”

The tank company immediately set off under the leadership of the company commander Zhang Yun, drove up the hill from the gentle slope on one side, and covered the top of the hill with a snow-white camouflage net, which was a mound covered with snow from a distance, Zhang Yun looked at the traces pressed out by the tank on the ground, and then followed the traces to look at the gentle slope leading to the bottom of the mountain, and couldn't help but say to Li Mingshan: "Battalion commander, the Japanese army is accompanied by infantry, if the Japanese army sends infantry up the mountain to reconnoitre, what should we do?" ”

Li Mingshan said: "I will ask the division commander to coordinate, transfer the division's reconnaissance brigade over, protect you by your side, and kill them if the Japanese infantry comes to reconnoitre." ”

The division reconnaissance team quickly rushed to Zhang Yun's location, and the captain analyzed the terrain and found a gentle slope that the Japanese army must take when going up the mountain to reconnoitre, which was relatively narrow and the tanks could not come up, so the captain asked the team members to set up an ambush there.

The snipers dug up snowdrifts near the gentle slope of the mountain, spread camouflage nets, and hid inside, leaving only the firing holes; Fire groups with machine guns and rifles took cover in the nearby bushes.

At 11 o'clock in the evening of December 20, a large group of Japanese troops arrived outside the mountain road under the leadership of the captain Suzuki Mizuki, and the Japanese army was afraid of night fighting, so they lined up a circular defensive formation outside the mountain road and stayed overnight, and waited until the next day, at 8 o'clock in the morning of December 21, when it was bright and drove into the mountain road.

Suzuki Mizuki's staff officer saw that there were dirt slopes more than ten meters high on both sides of the mountain road, and couldn't help but say: "Captain, the soil slopes on both sides are very steep, close to 90 degrees, our tanks will definitely not be able to climb up, if the people of China are ambushed on the top of the mountain, what should we do?" ”

Suzuki Shuiqing Ha Lang Ha Da Lang smiled and said: "You are too timid, you are ashamed of the title of samurai under His Majesty in the world, how can the main artillery chariot of Lin Yuan's army be hit down?" So it is impossible for their main artillery tanks to set up an ambush on the top of the hillside! You don't have to worry about it. ”

The staff officer still said: "What if that person has a single weapon?" It's like our killer cannon! Although we haven't seen the people of China use it in the previous battle, we can't afford to be unguarded! ”

Suzuki Mizukiyo laughed even more happily when he heard this, pointed to the machine gun on top of the tank and said, "Did you see that guy?" Use it to hit the hillside directly, and if the Shina dares to poke his head out from above, we will be able to beat him into a bloody hole. ”

The staff officer said: "That is what I said, but just in case, let's send troops to reconnoitre." ”

Suzuki Suiqing pointed to the hillside that could not be seen and said: "You see this hillside has spread far away, I don't know where the road is to go up the mountain, if we send infantry, I don't know how much time it will take to find the gentle slope of the mountain, and the fighters on the battlefield are fleeting, how can we have so much time to go to Lang Fei?" ”

The staff officer said, "Captain, then we need to try it too." ”

Suzuki Mizukiyoshi said: "Okay, order the reconnaissance team to send some people, and send them a tank, let them go in the tank." ”

The staff officer then went to convey the order, and the six Japanese soldiers sat on the turret of a tank and went around the other side of the mountain, Suzuki Mizukiyo looked at their backs and was secretly anxious, thinking: "They don't know when they will come back, if they spend too much time, the glory of the first attack on the Shina military camp will be handed over." ”

Six Japanese scouts sat on the turret, gradually drove towards the gentle slope of the mountain, and soon entered the ambush site of the reconnaissance brigade of Lin Yuan's troops.