Chapter 123: The Battle Over the Mid-Levels (1)
123 Chapter 123 (1)
Chen Mazi knew that he couldn't delay any longer, so he immediately summoned a few platoon commanders and said: "I'll take a platoon first, the instructor, you lead the second platoon and then cover me, and behind the third platoon, the machine gun platoon will set up two mortars, in case of an accident, you must block the 200-meter blank area from the top of the hill to the cliff, and you must not let the enemy get close to the cliff!"
"Yes!" Everyone answered softly. There was only one company of defenders on the hilltop position, and Chen Mazi believed that as long as his troops were allowed to go up the cliff, in the case of close combat and night fighting, his reconnaissance company would have no problem dealing with two companies of the Wild Wolf Army.
Chen Mazi waved his hand, and a row followed him, bending down and running down the cliff.
Unexpectedly, Chen Mazi took the lead, ran to the side of the cliff, and there was no movement on the mountain, is this dangerous plank road really unattended?
At this moment, news came from behind that the drone found a group of soldiers, about a platoon, coming out of the enemy barracks 500 meters away from the hill, and was walking in the direction of the cliff.
Only one platoon came? Chen Mazi thought about it for a while, and knew that it was because no one in Shenliudu listened to the phone, and this platoon went to Shenliudu to check the situation, not for him. However, if the enemy is allowed to enter the fortifications on the top of the mountain, even if there is only one platoon, it will be very difficult to storm it. Only if your side captures the fortifications first, you can annihilate the enemy outside the fortifications with the least cost. So he no longer hesitated, waved his hand, and shouted "Up!" A platoon of leaders first walked through the plank road, and the warriors rushed up, and although everyone had tried to slow down as much as possible, there was a series of low clangs on the wooden staircase.
Chen Mazi said to the communicator next to him: "Go and inform the machine gun platoon, if necessary, you can open fire to prevent the enemy from entering the fortifications on the top of the mountain!"
"Yes!" The correspondent answered, turned and ran backwards. A row of soldiers had already stepped on the plank road at this time, and Chen Mazi followed closely behind the team.
This cliff is about 80 meters high, the wooden plank road every ten meters or so rises on a turn, 30 meters long oblique rise plank road to climb the height of 10 meters, so the formation of four consecutive "zigzag" upward, the whole plank road has a length of 260 meters, more than 30 soldiers all ran into the plank road, but also only accounted for two of the "zigzag".
Chen Mazi, who was at the back of the team, looked up, and the fastest long run in a row had already entered the third zigzag turn, and there was a zigzag turn to be able to run to the top of the cliff. His heart settled down slightly, after all, this most dangerous plank road has not happened in any way so far.
At this moment, there were two toms behind him, and then the sound of a sharp cannonball breaking through the air was heard, and then a burst of explosive flashes came from the top of the cliff, and two loud bangs were heard. Chen Mazi on the plank road was in a hurry, it must have been the drone that told the machine gun platoon that the enemy team of men and horses who came out of the barracks was about to approach the fortifications, and the machine gun platoon had no choice but to fire to stop the enemy. He couldn't help but run, shouting to the soldiers beside him, "Quick! Fast! Run forward and rush up the cliff! ”
Almost at the same time as the explosion sounded, two "woo-hoo" sounds came from the hilltop position, and two flares were fired high into the night sky, and the entire mountain looked pale under the illumination of magnesium lights. An urgent whistle sounded from the direction of the barracks, and the shouts of the officers loomed in the chaotic footsteps, and it was obvious that the wolf army in the barracks was organizing their troops and was about to run to the top of the hill. Fortunately, this is the rear, there is no fighting, the military camp is built in the woods 500 meters away from the main position, and it will take some time to run over under the mortar fire of the machine gun platoon.
The platoon leader who ran in front naturally knew that the situation was urgent, and the force under his feet changed from the original trot to a vigorous run, and the wooden square under his feet collapsed, and he wanted to occupy a small position on the cliff, so that the follow-up troops could go up to the cliff smoothly. In a blink of an eye, he had rushed to the top of the zigzag plank road, and there were still more than 20 meters to reach the top of the cliff, and his heart was a little looser.
Suddenly, the wooden plank under his feet sank slightly, he heard a click, he didn't care about rushing up the cliff, he still strode forward, suddenly, there was a loud bang overhead, the sky was full of dust and fog carrying stones scattered and splashed, he didn't understand what was going on, a huge force like a mountain slapped his body up, straight to the wooden railing next to the plank road, the thick wooden railing of the bowl mouth snapped and shattered, and a long row of bodies fell towards the bottom of the cliff like a kite with a broken string.
With the sound of the explosion, the collapsed stones pressed towards the plank road, some of them rushed out of the plank road and flew down to the bottom of the cliff, and some of them rolled down the plank road, and the soldiers behind them were several of them were rushed out of the plank road by the big stones in a blink of an eye, and fell to the bottom of the cliff with the stones, and the screams resounded in the mountains.
There were also a dozen warriors, wounded by stones of various sizes, or bleeding from their heads or faces. More stones were piled up on the plank road, forming a high pile in a blink of an eye, the wooden plank road finally couldn't bear it, several thigh-thick wooden beams clicked and broke from the middle, two five-meter-long plank roads collapsed, the stones carried the wooden square, rushed down like a waterfall, and directly broke down the plank road below. There are also some wooden squares and broken beams tumbling and flying outward, falling out of the cliff, fortunately, there are many fewer stones and broken wood on the next layer of plank road, when there is a loud noise, the load-bearing wooden beams rattle a few strange sounds, and are deeply deformed by the heavy gravel pile, but finally they are still supported, and there is no break to form a larger collapse.
When the explosion sounded overhead, Chen Mazi walked to the second zigzag corner, heard the explosion, his body instinctively shrank, and stuck to the rock wall next to the plank road, there were two layers of intact plank road above his head, and he did not suffer any damage, so he watched a platoon leader and several other soldiers fall from him. He finally understood why there was no sentry on the plank road, it turned out that there was a mechanism set up on the dog day! As soon as an unknown outsider steps on it, it will detonate the trap, blow up the cliff, and destroy the plank road. This kind of little trick is also often used by the people's armed forces, why did they forget it? In the blink of an eye, a dozen fighters were lost, "Alas! He punched himself in the head in frustration.
But he understood that now was not the time to be annoyed, and he didn't care about the falling stones around him, so he stood up violently and shouted: "Hide! Get ready for battle! "Flying up and running. At this moment, two more shells whistled over his head, and he couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that the monkey cubs in the machine gun platoon missed?" Bombed your own people? In either case, he had no flaws to discern carefully, because the situation in front of him had already stunned him.
In a platoon of more than 30 people, only more than a dozen people were still on the plank road, and the rest of them fell off the cliff. There are only a dozen or so people left, and half of them are still injured. The most troublesome thing is that the middle of the two plank roads was blown off, and the frightened soldiers were scattered at the corners of two of the zigzags, and the passages up and down at these two corners were blown off, and they hung alone on the top, unable to reach the sky and the ground.
Chen Mazi has been fighting for 20 years, and he has rich battlefield experience, and he doesn't know what to do at this moment. The explosion distance of the shells fired by the cannon platoon is getting closer and closer, indicating that the Wolf Army is trying to get close to the fortifications despite the blockade of artillery fire. As soon as they entered the fortifications completely, the reconnaissance company at the foot of the hill could only be beaten, and had no strength to fight back. Even if you want to retreat, you can't do it, this is the rear of the Wild Wolf Army, now that the whereabouts of the troops have been exposed, the enemies on all sides will soon surround them, and all the dangerous passes leading to Ziyan are guarded by the Wild Wolf Army, and the reconnaissance company that has no danger to defend will only die faster.
The only way to survive is to seize the position on the top of the mountain as planned, and cut off the Xinmu road under the mountain according to the danger, which not only blocks the reinforcements of the wild wolf army coming from the direction of Galen City, but also cuts off the retreat of the wild wolf army in the north of the red star. As long as the battle of Tailiang Mountain is won tonight, the reinforcements can be replenished along the mountain beam of Tailiang Mountain, and this is the only way to survive.
However, the plank road in front of me has been broken for several sections, how can I go up to the cliff? While he was thinking about it, on a section of plank road 20 meters above his head, a person shouted to him: "Company commander, quickly find a way to save us, I have a few brothers here who are dying."
When Chen Mazi looked up, he recognized that it was the second squad leader of the first platoon who shouted him, he was the closest to the top of the cliff, at most ten meters, and there were seven or eight soldiers standing beside him at this moment. Chen Mazi shouted: "Second squad leader, how many soldiers are there around you who are not injured?" ”
The second squad leader replied: "Seven of them are still fighting, and the others are wounded."
Chen Mazi said: "Okay, I now announce that you will be the acting platoon commander of a platoon, and organize all the uninjured soldiers to climb the cliff and occupy the fortifications on the top of the mountain as quickly as possible." Everyone's leggings were untied and handed over to the comrades with limited mobility to put down in a rope, and the follow-up troops climbed the rope! ”
"Yes!" A loud answer rang out from the cliff.
Before leaving, Chen Mazi explained to everyone that only if the mission was successful could there be a way to live, and the more than 100 people he brought with him all volunteered to join the operation, mainly with his reconnaissance company, and selected a reinforced platoon from the troops directly under the brigade headquarters to him, and all the soldiers knew that behind the enemy surrounded by strong enemies, only by occupying the position on the top of the mountain, the only way to help according to the danger was to help. So as soon as Chen Mazi's order was issued, the second squad leader led the soldiers next to him to act.
A soldier's calf was still dripping with blood, and he tore off the bandage himself and bandaged it a few times, then untied his two leggings from his comrade who had already died next to him, and began to connect the ropes. Another warrior, whose right hand was dislocated by a stone, gritted his teeth and desperately untied his gaiters with his left hand, and then attached the rope with the help of his teeth.
The two fighters set up a human ladder, the second squad leader stood on their shoulders and reached out to climb a protruding rock, ten fingers forced, gritted his teeth to do pull-ups, and finally climbed this stone platform of less than half a foot, he stuck tightly to the rock wall, looked up, the stone wall in front of him went straight up and down, smooth like a mirror, and there was no place to focus. Looking down, a few sections of the damaged plank road were blurred under his feet, and the rest was a dark and secluded void, and his feet couldn't help but soften slightly. He couldn't help but be anxious, the cliff that went straight up and down for ten meters, except for geckos, I'm afraid that no creature could climb up.