At five o'clock in the afternoon of February 26, with the order of Deputy Commander Dong Zheng, the second general offensive of the Battle of Toxinli kicked off......

In accordance with Xu Weiguo's deployment, Miao Qing personally commanded three battalions of artillery to accurately destroy the peripheral fortifications of Toxinli, and in an instant, dozens of cannons roared at the same time, and dense shells flew from the positions of Fengtouli and Shuangjingli to the periphery of the two directions of due north and east of Toxinli, and these cannons of the artillery regiment were out-and-out 'miscellaneous goods', most of them were American-style howitzers captured from the hands of the Kuomintang, and there were also a small number of Japanese-style mountain artillery and field artillery. Although not completely destroyed, the blowing up of the tracks would greatly reduce the aggressiveness of the tank.

Haydn, the commander of the U.S. tank company, sat in the turret of a tank, next to the gun commander George and the loader Roku, and in the cockpit below were the driver Jon, the communicator and the course machine gunner Shawbert. At the same time, he used the intercom to inform the other twenty tanks to quickly retreat to avoid the shelling of our troops.

Haydn hurriedly reported to Angel by phone, "Colonel Angel, I'm Haydn, the enemy is attacking the perimeter of Toxinli, and the tracks of many tanks have been blown up, please instruct!" ”

Angel ordered, "Captain Haydn, in order to suppress the enemy artillery fire, I will order Lieutenant Colonel Sean to counterattack immediately, and after the enemy artillery fire stops, you must find a way to fix the tank during the time that my artillery is firing at the enemy!" ”

In an instant, the U.S. artillery also hit our positions at the same time, and the positions in Fengtouli and Shuangjingli were also in flames, our artillery shells were too few, and we could only fight for more than ten minutes in a row, and the U.S. artillery shells were abundant, and they shelled for more than 20 minutes in order to buy time for the tank company to repair the tank tracks, Xu Weiguo saw that he couldn't wait any longer, and he ordered the infantry regiments in four directions to attack at the same time.

The two battalions of the 301st Regiment and the 404th Regiment respectively attacked from the two flanks of the Independent Regiment in a big attack with the Independent Regiment, and the 303rd and 402nd Regiments of the Shuangjingli position and the 307th and 406th Regiments of the Lancun position attacked at the same time.

The first battalion and one company of the independent regiment took the lead in connecting fire with the US troops, and the company commander Zhang Tao found through the binoculars that several American GIs were rushing to repair a tank, and when the opportunity came, he asked the correspondent to run to inform the battalion commander Wei Xianzhe that he led the soldiers of the first company to rush up, and the peripheral obstacles set up by the enemy such as barbed wire and deer barricades were basically blown up. There were five tank crews who were busy changing the tracks of the tank, and there were hundreds of American infantry in ambush behind the tank. Several American soldiers in front of them suddenly became targets for their guns, and their grenades were thrown over with a whizz, and several American soldiers repairing the tanks were killed one after another, and a tank nearby quickly ran over Zhang Tao and them, and the American infantry also exchanged fire with a company with their assault guns, and the machine guns on the enemy tanks swayed left and right to spray bullets, and the one-meter-square crater did not affect the tank's rapid advance in the slightest. Zhang Tao shouted, but it was too late, some soldiers were crushed by the tank and died without running a few steps, some were killed by machine gun shooting, and a soldier pounced on the tank with an explosive bag, the explosive bag rang, the soldier was blown to pieces, the tank shook its body, turned around and was about to retreat, Zhang Tao shouted when he saw this, "The demolition team follow me, learn from Company Commander Guo Yujie, and blow it up!" ”

Zhang Tao picked up two explosive bags and ran up, but was stopped by the squad leader Wei Xianzhi and hugged him, "Company commander, let me come, you cover!" He snatched the explosives bag and rushed forward with three demolition fighters, and Zhang Tao looked back at the "fire cover" and saw that it was the battalion commander Wei Xianzhe who was shouting, and he led the second and third companies to catch up, and the heavy machine gunners fired fiercely at the US infantry, and the grenades rained down on the enemy position, and the US infantry retreated one after another, and then the distance between the tanks and the US infantry was widened. The soldiers of the first battalion rushed up like a tide, the trumpeter blew the trumpet, the loud trumpet pierced the enemy's rumbling cannons, and sounded in the sky above the crested head, Xu Weiguo heard it, he knew that this was a signal that the attack was going well, he saw through the telescope that the soldiers were charging, Yizhang accompanied Wu Xiangsen in the cave, Xu Weiguo ran back and forth between the command shed and the cave, Wu Xiangsen asked Xu Weiguo, "How is the attack of the independent regiment?" Xu Weiguo replied, "The first battalion of the Independent Regiment has been engaged with the US army in close combat, and it has already exchanged fire, and it is estimated that the communication corps will come to report in a while!" ”

Wei Xianzhi heard the sound of the charge, he knew that it must be his brother Wei Xianzhe who led a battalion to rush up, ten meters, five meters, getting closer and closer to the tank, the demolition soldiers around him fell in a pool of blood one after another, and he was also shot in many places, and the words of the company commander Zhang Tao sounded in his ears, 'Learn from Guo Yujie and blow it up!' 'Yes, blow up the tracks, you can't let it escape back!' Wei Xianzhi detonated the explosive bag and threw himself into the track of the US tank, and two large bags of explosives blew up the track on the right side of the tank to pieces, and Wei Xianzhi was martyred! The soldiers rushed up, "Avenge Wei Xianzhi!" The soldiers rushed to the American army like crazy, the front row fell, the back row followed, the second and third battalions attacked from both wings, Wei Xianzhe had tears in his eyes, and rushed to the front with machine guns, Angel saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered the infantry to retreat to the second line of defense, relying on the dark fort and trenches, and withstood the attack of the independent regiment.

Xin Jishun, the correspondent of the Independent Regiment, ran into the headquarters and reported, "Report to the chief, the Independent Regiment has broken through the first line of defense of the US army, blew up two enemy tanks, and the US army has retreated to the second line of defense, and it is now in a stalemate. ”

"Okay, let your captain come into the cave!"

After a while, Xu Weiguo ran in, "Commander, what's the matter?" ”

"Xu Weiguo, from now on, you sit steadily in the cave and command, phone calls one after another, there are calls from the corps, and there are also calls from various positions, you are the deputy commander of the battle of Toxinli, you can't just stare at a position in the crested head in the command shed, you listen to the call again, hurry up and answer it."

Xu Weiguo picked up the phone and asked loudly, "Hey, this is the headquarters, who are you?" ”

"Report to Deputy Commander Xu, I am Pang Lixue, the 402nd Regiment has broken through the enemy's two lines of defense in a row and has occupied Toxinli." Pang Lixue shouted excitedly on the other end of the phone.

"What? The 402nd Regiment occupied Toshin-ri? What about Captain Wang Peng? ”

"Deputy Commander Xu, it was Niu Ben, the correspondent of the 402nd Regiment, who just ran back to the regimental headquarters of the 303rd Regiment to report, and Commander Wang Peng brought more than 1,000 people from two battalions into it, and I don't know the specific situation!"

"Captain Pang, why doesn't Wang Peng use the radio communication machine to keep in touch with you?"

"Deputy Commander Xu, Niu Ben said that the communication facilities of the 402nd Regiment were bombed by the US army, and the transmission of the battle situation can only rely on the signal corps."

Xu Weiguo put down the phone, raised his hand and looked at his watch, at 8:05 in the evening, that is to say, the battle had only been fought for more than two hours, thinking that Wang Peng's 402nd Regiment was worthy of being a leopard regiment, and the battle could be fought so quickly!

Wu Xiangsen picked up the telescope and walked out of the cave, Xu Weiguo, Wang Shiguang, Yizhang, Liu Yan and others also followed out of the cave, the smoke of gunpowder in the battle was filled, and the narrow valley was filled with gunsmoke, except for the direction of the attack of the independent regiment in the north, which was obviously torn open about a few hundred meters wide, the battlefield in other directions was not clear at all, Xu Weiguo observed through the telescope that the enemy in Xinli was obviously not panicked, and he whispered to everyone, "The 402nd Regiment will not hit the wrong direction, right?" ”

Wang Shiguang nodded, expressing his agreement with Xu Weiguo's judgment, and he said thoughtfully, "Wang Peng has just arrived, and he has not surveyed the terrain of Toxinli, and I am worried that he has made meritorious contributions and fallen into the trap of the enemy. ”

Sure enough, after a cup of tea, Pang Lixue hurriedly called the command and informed the command that the village occupied by Wang Peng and the 402nd Regiment was not in Xinli, but in Meihuali, and more than 1,000 people were trapped in Meihua and were in danger, and asked the headquarters to go to the rescue.

Wu Xiangsen was taken aback, what Wang Shiguang was worried about still happened, several of them came to the map, Meihuali, Neilongli, Wailongli, Wenmuli, and Toxinli five mountain villages are scattered in the valley, each other is a horn, and the first line of defense, the second line of defense is cross-connected, forming a ring of fortifications, Meihuali is in the easterly position of these villages, less than two kilometers away from Toxinli, without further ado, Wu Xiangsen decided to transfer the 408th Regiment from the nearest Fengweili to withdraw from the battle on the southern front, and immediately reinforce Shuangjingli on the eastern frontAfter the adjustment, he instructed Xu Weiguo, "Xu Weiguo, Liu Yizhang and I led the guard company to the Shuangjingli position, commanded the battle on the eastern front, and find a way to rescue the 402nd Regiment. ”