A Dream of Jinling Chapter 319 Solving the Cow (Thirty-two)

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"Break out after dawn? Are we going to give up Duluth? "In a large Norse-style wooden house, Brigadier Arthur's men were surprised by Brigadier Arthur's order to retreat.

"We are not abandoning Duluth, but we are going to fight the Chinese on a wider battlefield." If someone tells me that I will die in the next battle, but this battle will be won by the United States because of my death. Then I will not hesitate to rush to my place of death. But that doesn't mean I'm going to continue to drive my subordinates to a senseless death when there's no chance of winning. Brigadier General Arthur was not swayed in the slightest by the accusations of his men, and his voice was so calm and powerful that none of his subordinates had the courage to continue to raise objections after saying this.

The commander gave the order to retreat, and his subordinates immediately went into action. Thanks to the night raid the night before, the ships and other supplies were very well prepared. And Brigadier Arthur didn't want to make a move-style retreat. The Union soldiers carried their rifles and ammunition, and the artillery focused on a few points.

After arranging the retreat program, Brigadier General Arthur told his subordinates: "Destroy as much as possible everything that cannot be taken away, and do not tell any of your subordinates that we are going to retreat." When asked, tell them that we are going to launch a large-scale attack. If anything else contradicts this retreat, make the retreat a priority. ”

Brigadier Arthur's subordinates are not fools, and Brigadier General's words are to tell everyone that they should not say anything to those Nordic Yankees in the city. In the war, these Norsemen showed stubborn resistance to the squadron. Of course, you can't take them with you now, and it would be great if these people could continue to resist the Chinese while the Federation forces retreated.

As the sky was light, the artillery of the Federal Army began to shell the positions of the squadron in the port section. Wei Jianjun was napping in his military coat on the position at this time, and the remaining two companies of the third battalion were stationed on two positions on the shore of the lake, and Wei Jianjun was on the high ground that he led his troops to capture. The Yankees also had no particular target, they just fired indiscriminately at the positions where troops might be stationed in this direction.

As soon as the cannon sounded, Wei Jianjun was immediately frightened awake, and as soon as he turned over and got up, Wei Jianjun shouted to the troops: "Prepare to fight!" ”

The soldiers of the company were not all huddled together, and everyone scattered around this small high ground, and by the end of last night everyone had barely insisted on taking turns keeping vigil. In the second half of the night, nothing happened, and all the fighters, except for the officers on duty, fell asleep. The U.S. artillery fire began, and everyone was awakened one after another. Fast or slow, the troops were immediately ready for battle.

Rushing towards these soldiers was a continuous burst of artillery shells, and Wei Jianjun had never seen such dense artillery fire. From the batteries in the harbor, the Yankees' artillery fired heavily at the squadron. Every time the shell landed, Wei Jianjun couldn't help but hold his breath. Ever since the Yankees' artillery fired, Wei Jianjun felt that he had not been able to breathe smoothly twice in a row. Moreover, the artillery fire of the American artillery first swept them close, and then extended in the direction where Wei Jianjun was.

The positions of the three battalions of the Liberation Army next to the shore of the lake were two or three kilometers away from the positions of the Yankees, and in the center of the positions on both sides was the barbed wire fence of the subordinates last night. Wei Jianjun and they set up machine gun fire points and infantry fire points on the flat roof of a small high ground. If the Yankees try to attack, these points of fire can inflict heavy damage on the stationary Yankees when they try to break through the barbed wire.

However, this wishful thinking became a joke in the face of heavy fire, and the barbed wire line was destroyed by artillery fire, and the strong wire shook like weeds in the wind by the waves of shells. And it didn't take long for the smoke and gas waves from the shells to make Wei Jianjun no longer see anything near the barbed wire.

What's even more terrifying is that Wei Jianjun watched the Yankees' artillery fire fall towards his position step by step. His heart seemed to be tightly grasped by his palm, and Wei Jianjun felt that he couldn't breathe. Faced with such a situation, Wei Jianjun seemed to see that in the smoke and dust from the billowing cannonballs, there was a scythe-wielding grim reaper approaching.

"Quick! Find a place to hide from the shells! Wei Jianjun finally shouted.

Looking at the barrage of approaching Yankees, Wei Jianjun simply stood up from his position and shouted at the company: "Comrades, find a place to hide from the shells!" ”

The deputy battalion commander got up and shouted several times, and the fighters finally took action. Some of them are clever enough to go straight to the ravines where the stones are naturally formed, while others try to hide behind the stones. Other fighters, frightened by this never-before-seen situation, shrank back on their positions and gathered themselves tightly in an attempt to avoid the Yankees' shelling.

Wei Jianjun really didn't have time to issue more orders, he ran past his position at an astonishing speed, and a guy threw himself into a space formed by a few stones. Because the action was too violent, Wei Jianjun only felt that his head hit the stone a few times, but this kind of impact was nothing compared to the next American shelling.

The shell exploded at a distance of about ten meters from Wei Jianjun, and it exploded from the front and back not far from Wei Jianjun. The stones on the shore of the lake were blown up like raindrops, and Wei Jianjun's steel helmet clanged. He only felt a tingling pain on his left cheek, but he didn't care. Wei Jianjun shrank in the place where he was hiding, and in addition to fear in his heart, he was thinking in fear, how was the situation with the comrades outside? Wei Jianjun is hiding here is still so terrifying, what is the situation of those comrades who didn't have time to hide?

Thinking of this, Wei Jianjun couldn't help but have an urge to run out and take a look in the artillery fire, but this impulse was instantly blocked by fear. If running out could really save other comrades, Wei Jianjun would still dare to go out. But if he goes out, it is very likely that he will be killed immediately by a shell, and Wei Jianjun really can't let himself move.

And Wei Jianjun felt that he couldn't help but tremble all over, compared with the vibration caused by the violent explosion of the shell, Wei Jianjun only felt his own insignificance. Not to mention that he didn't have the courage to rush out, even if courage overcame fear at this time, Wei Jianjun only felt that he was like a sifting chaff, and in addition to shrinking together, he really couldn't move.

I don't know how long it took for the Yankees' shelling to finally end. Wei Jianjun only felt that his ears were buzzing, and he could barely hear anything. The sense of fear was gradually replaced by a sense of numbness during the shelling by the Yankees, and when the shelling was over, Wei Jianjun stood up and staggered out of the hiding place. Then he saw that the position in front of him had changed beyond recognition. Craters were everywhere on the ground, and improvised machine-gun emplacements had been blown up to a few broken sandbags and parts. Several mutilated corpses lay on the ground of the infantry.

As soon as he saw the corpse of his comrade-in-arms, Wei Jianjun's heart felt as if he had been slashed by a knife several times. But there were only a few corpses on the infantry position, and what about a company of hundreds of people, could it be that the other hundred people couldn't even find the corpses after the explosion?

"Anyone else?" Wei Jianjun stumbled on the battlefield while shouting in a hoarse voice, "Is anyone still alive?" The huge panic clung to Wei Jianjun's heart, and while shouting hoarsely, Wei Jianjun only felt that tears were about to flow out.

"Company commander, deputy battalion commander, we are here. There are wounded! Someone came out from the left of the ruined position, and the man shouted anxiously to Wei Jianjun.

Seeing that the troops were not completely annihilated, the huge panic in Wei Jianjun's heart was expelled in an instant. Even if I know that some comrades are now injured by shells and are struggling on the line of death. A kind of ecstasy still overflowed Wei Jianjun's heart.

"Hygienist! Hygienist! Wei Jianjun stood on the broken position and shouted at the throat.

At this time, more soldiers emerged from the hiding place, they were either injured themselves, or the comrades next to them were injured, and everyone couldn't help but shout with Wei Jianjun, the company commander and deputy battalion commander, "Hygienist! Has anyone seen the hygienist? ”

Regardless of the reaction of the squadron, Brigadier General Arthur, who gave the order to shell, could not see it. Having simply given the order to stop shelling near the shore of the lake on his own ideas, he continued to order, "The troops began to set off by boat." ”

Duluth is an important port. There are a lot of ships here, and although the troops can't transport them all at once, it's still no problem to transport them in two parts.

After saying this order, Brigadier Arthur continued to order: "Let the artillery positions in the west of the city fire fiercely at the Chinese!" ”

"Your Excellency, there are not enough shells to fight like this!" The artillery commander of the port was somewhat resigned.

Brigadier General Arthur just glanced coldly at the artillery commander, but said nothing. He hated such a self-proclaimed smart soldier, and if he couldn't be smart enough to see through his boss's arrangement at a glance, then he would be so stupid as to obey orders. The kind of guy who is not smart enough and not stupid enough at the same time is often the most annoying.