The cold wind in the northwest was biting, but it could not hide Li Keji's boiling blood. In the whistling wind, although the number of forty-eight soldiers was small, it seemed like thousands of troops were in front of them. The hoarse shouts stirred Li Keji's fluctuating heart again and again.

Looking at Li Keji excitedly, the fifth company commander Xiao Yintang was quite pleased. Although he didn't know Li Keji yet, at this moment, they were both Red Army soldiers.

The central government's orders were urgent, and Xiao Yintang didn't talk nonsense. He directly told the soldiers that the Fifth Company had obtained the task of blocking the White Bandit Cavalry. He asked everyone if they had the confidence to complete it. He replied that he was "guaranteed to complete the task" that shocked the mountains and rivers.

After receiving a satisfactory reply, Xiao Yintang distributed the rushing guns he got from Cheng Zhigeng. After the soldiers refitted, the soldiers of the Fifth Company set off immediately.

During the march, Li Keji truly witnessed the perverted and urgent marching state of the Red Army soldiers for the first time. In history, our army was backward in equipment and lacked ammunition and medicine, but it often defeated the enemy. The most famous of them was mobile warfare. Red Army soldiers often launched a surprise attack at the most unlikely time and in the most unlikely place, and instantly conquered the enemy. One of the reasons was the unreasonable marching speed of our army.

Looking back at that time, walking more than 70 kilometers in 14 hours is a miracle in military history.

Li Keji participated in the Red Army's emergency marching for the first time today. Only then did he realize that this kind of emergency marching was a normal state in the Red Army. It was really hard for him to imagine how the fully armed ordinary humans could move forward in such a fast movement.

According to the information prompt, Xiao Yintang chose Wang Panzi, ten miles away from Tiebian City to block the enemy, because this was the only way for the enemy, and there were two hillsides nearby that were east and west to sandwich the White Bandits' Army's way north, which was the best place to ambush.

When they arrived at Wang Panzi, it was already night. The soldiers of the Fifth Company seized the time to build a defensive position and covered the road with anti-infantry mines of one hundred meters in length. Xiao Yintang liked these anti-infantry mines, and their lethality was many times stronger than the mines made by the Red Army. However, although the mines were good, the installation and emission were much more complicated than before. Many things were not known to be done with the instructions, but in the end, Li Keji helped him to fill them up.

Xiao Yintang liked the new equipment he changed this time, but he didn't know how to use many things and needed to be re-learned. However, in order to better eliminate the enemy, Xiao Yintang didn't mind learning more.

After setting up the positions, the soldiers of the Fifth Company were able to breathe and took out military rations to supplement them. Speaking of this new military ration, the soldiers were very surprised because this thing could actually heat up, which was completely beyond their understanding.

Although I don’t know the principle of self-heating this thing, the taste is very satisfying to many people. Most people have never eaten such delicious food in their lives. But they can’t eat too much of this thing, and after eating too much, they will not have the appetite to eat other things for a day.

Like most new equipment, in order to avoid the soldiers not knowing how to use it, there are instructions for using military dry food. As long as you can read and follow the instructions, you can get warm and delicious food.

This is not the first time Xiao Yintang has eaten self-heated military rations. He is familiar with the road and quickly enjoys the hot food on the battlefield that he never imagined in the past. While eating, he sighs at Li Keji and said to Li Keji beside him: "Mr. Li, what is the principle of this self-heated food? Just pour cold water in, and in a cup of tea, all the food in the bag is heated!"

"Does Company Commander Xiao know about lime?" In this era of backward science and education, Li Keji brought too many things beyond the times. Warriors often asked him related questions, which was no wonder. But every time he explained, many soldiers shook their heads in a daze and knew nothing about the professional terms he said. In the end, the more and more problems they explained, they hoped that the Central Red Army could carry out popular science education as soon as possible. Later, someone asked him questions again, and he simply induced the soldiers to think by themselves in a rhetorical manner. The effect was quite good.

"Does lime? I know this, I often use it to paint the walls in my hometown. Is this related to food self-heating?" Although Xiao Yintang didn't like to brush his mouth, he was very interested in what literati know. In the face of Li Keji's replies, he studied humbly.

"The bags placed in the heating bag and the food bag are lime particles. When the lime particles meet with water, they will become hot and release a large amount of heat, which will heat up the food in the food bag." Li Keji briefly explained the principle.

After hearing what Li Keji said, the principle was so simple, Xiao Yintang said with emotion: "So that's the case, why didn't I think it was! Sure enough, the power of knowledge is infinite!"

After sighing about the self-heating of military rations, Xiao Yintang looked at the rifle with a sniper lens beside Li Keji and said, "Mr. Li, I have been paying attention to your rifle for a long time. What is it on it? It looks very popular!"

Li Keji didn't expect that he was also interested in sniper rifles, so he put down half of his food rations and picked up the stairs and signaled: "This is called the 85 sniper rifle, a high-precision rifle specially used to accurately shoot and snipe the enemy's important targets. What? Do you like it? If you really like it, I'll give you one."

"Mr. Li is really going to give me a rifle like this?" Xiao Yintang was just curious at first. His favorite was all kinds of guns and weapons. When he saw the new gun, he was always itchy, but he didn't expect that Li Keji would give him one.

Seeing his happy look, Li Keji couldn't help but smile and said in a very angrily manner: "I, Li Keji, said one is one, two is two, how could I lie to you! Just if you want to play this sniper rifle well, it is best to learn sniper tactics. Company Commander Xiao has to be prepared to spend more time studying."

"What's the point of fear of studying? Our Chijun is to actively study. If you don't understand, you have to ask." After confirming, Xiao Yintang was so happy that he couldn't stop talking.

After eating, in order to welcome the upcoming battle, the soldiers seized the rest of the time to rest. If it were the past, fighting in such a cold environment, the soldiers could only snuggle up to each other to keep warm. After changing clothes, they almost couldn't feel the cold in their new military uniforms. There was something called a water cover when they were resting at night. As long as they sucked in, they would not be afraid of any cold wind.

Although the soldiers of the Fifth Company had long known that the spoiled White Bandits rarely marched at night, there were no shortage of guards as usual. Every time they changed their guards, half of the soldiers were always vigilant.

As the head of the army, Xiao Yintang had never rested. Li Keji, who was standing beside him, couldn't bear it. In the middle of the night, he finally couldn't help saying, "Company Commander Xiao, you have to organize a battle tomorrow, why don't you rest for a while?"

Xiao Yintang felt a little strange about Li Keji's question, rubbed his cold cheeks and said, "I am the company commander and instructor of the fifth company. How can I rest at this time? What if the White Bandits Cavalry rushed over at this time? But why don't you rest, Mr. Li? Since the regiment commander wants me to ensure your safety, you must listen to me on this battlefield."

Li Keji didn't expect that he had originally advised Xiao Yintang to rest, but why did he turn to Xiao Yintang to order him to rest, so he said with a wry smile: "Company Commander Xiao, my family passes on the secret method of health preservation. It only takes ten minutes of deep sleep a day. You can't do this, you should go and rest, I'll watch it for you."

"Mr. Li, don't fool me. What kind of health preservation methods are there in this era? Our Datong Party members only believe in science." Although Xiao Yintang was only twenty-one years old, he was an old Red Army soldier. He participated in the Daye Military Movement at the age of fifteen and was deeply educated by the Datong Party culture. Naturally, he would not believe Li Keji's tricks.

After strengthening, Li Keji's body really only needs ten minutes of deep sleep. In order to find a seemingly reasonable reason for himself, he made up the family's health preservation technique. Seeing that Xiao Yintang did not believe it, he did not force it. Today he saw the will of a grassroots officer of the Red Army. He knew that he could not persuade him to rest, so he had to give up.

Xiao Yintang couldn't rest, Li Keji didn't need to rest, and with the bitter cold wind, the two of them survived until dawn.

When the first beam of sunlight appeared on the ground, the forward scouts sent out sent back to say that the White Bandits cavalry had left the city and would soon enter the ambush position.

After hearing the news, Xiao Yintang immediately passed an order to prepare for the battle and went to various positions to inspect it personally. On the one hand, he checked the situation and encouraged morale. The soldiers of the Fifth Company had never eaten hot food on the battlefield, nor had the chance to have a good rest before the war. The morale of the military was much higher than before. Many people wanted to immediately let the White Bandits army see the new weapons they had just changed.

Waiting is always long, even every minute and every second, as if life is like a year. What Li Keji hated the most before was waiting, so he lacked perseverance and perseverance in everything he did, and often gave up after not having enough time. This time, he was on the battlefield. Even if he was impatient, he would not dare to leave as usual.

Li Keji didn't know how long he had been waiting, as if it was a cup of tea, or as if it was half a century. Just as he was getting more and more anxious, the figure of the White Bandits finally appeared in the sniper scope.

Seeing the enemy appear, Li Keji silently counted only one platoon, probably the White Bandit Army's reconnaissance unit. Just looking at their careless appearance, he would be a ghost if he wanted to reconnaissance.

The mission of the fifth company is to block the enemy rather than destroy the enemy, so it does not mind disturbing the White Bandit Army. If they can mistakenly think that the Fifth Company is the main force of the Red Army, it is best. If the White Bandit Army is greedy for life and fear of death, the White Bandit Army soldiers will definitely not be willing to risk their lives to charge, so that they can delay for a longer time.

When the White Bandit cavalry entered the range, Xiao Yintang did not rush to order the gun to fire, but waited until the White Bandit cavalry triggered the anti-infantry mine before ordering the gun to fire.
Chapter completed!