Chapter 122: Tank Sneak Attack

Chapter 122: Tank Sneak Attack

The "boom ......" shells exploded one after another near our troops' positions, and some of these bombs were anti-personnel shells and some were burning, and the bombs were full of gunpowder smoke and flames everywhere in our troops' positions, and the air was also filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and gasoline.

The Vietnamese army obviously did not want to give us a little time to rest, so their offensive had just been beaten by us, and immediately poured shells on our troops. If it was just a 'cannon,' it would be fine, but I and the soldiers knew that if this situation continued, the Vietnamese army was afraid that it would soon attack our army again.

It is obvious that the Vietnamese army did not have time to wait. The three regiments of the 128th Division were attacking the KPA garrison more and more intensely, and one more minute of waiting for the Vietnamese troops would mean more danger for their troops. What's more, the Vietnamese army also knows how to use fatigue tactics, just like when the US army divided its troops into several groups to attack us in turn on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea.

But the soldiers of the 5th Company were not intimidated by the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army, and by this time they had grown into a full-fledged unit. This is not? Without my orders at all, they spontaneously got busy on the battlefield. Some carried the wounded into the building of the city administration and then transported boxes of ammunition and "medicine" out of the building, some waved the sapper shovels to complete the fortifications damaged by the Vietnamese army, and some even braved the artillery fire to climb in front of the position and lay mines one after another......

A unit that can fight well does not necessarily mean how high the quality of individual soldiers is, nor is it necessarily how 'outstanding' the commander is, but every person and every member of the unit knows what they should do and what they should prepare for at any moment on the battlefield. I think the fighters of the fifth company have already met this requirement.

As I watched the soldiers prepare in an orderly manner, I took the kettle and unscrewed the lid and poured it into my mouth...... At this time, I found out that the kettle didn't know when the shrapnel had made a 'hole', and the water in it had already leaked.

"Battalion commander! Give ......" Li Zhifu handed me his kettle.

Without saying a word, I took the kettle and took a few sips, and at the same time scolded in my heart: Damn the devil, if you hit the 'cannon', you will hit the 'cannon', and what kind of incendiary bomb will you fight! It's almost drying people up.

After taking a few sips and handing the kettle back to Li Zhifu, he asked, "What are you doing here?" Still not going to command the battle? ”

"Battalion commander......" Li Zhifu said helplessly: "I'm here to report to you, the more devils cut off our water source, and we are out of water now......

"What?" I couldn't help but be shocked when I heard this, and asked, "When did it happen?" Why do you report now? ”

"I just found out!" Li Zhifu replied: "I think it should be a ghost when the Vietnamese army launched an attack on us!" ”

I couldn't help but feel angry, this is the consequence of having no experience in urban warfare! I should have thought that the Vietnamese army would cut off our army's water supply, after all, it only needs to dig up the water pipe. Although there is nothing I can do to stop the Vietnamese army from doing this, I can completely let the soldiers store some water beforehand. Well, now we are about to face a water shortage. I think this is also the reason why the Vietnamese army fired incendiary bombs at our army so frequently!

"Battalion commander!" Li Zhifu lay beside me and looked in the direction of the Vietnamese army, and said: "This Yue devil really surprised us last time, and he fought hard enough!" We almost couldn't hold it, what kind of play do you think they will have this time? ”

"It doesn't matter what kind of play he has!" Junko didn't know when she came up and said, "As long as they dare to come up, we have a way to beat them down!" ”

Looking at Junko's resolute face and the ferocity on his face, I could hardly believe that he was the one in the new barracks who was pointed at my gun and raised his hands and shouted, "Don't shoot!" I surrender to ......" people.

"Junko!" Alziri quipped next to him: "Didn't you expect to live a good life as a soldier?" How can I ...... now?"

"Hey! What else do you want to do with those things? Junzi replied with some embarrassment: "What kind of farmer is not living a good life, what can this be compared to life?" ”

Oh, yes! I nodded secretly, what merit, honor...... The soldiers on the battlefield actually didn't think about that at all, their idea was actually very simple, that is, to save their own and their comrades' lives. How can I save my life and that of my comrades? Then there is only one way to go, and that is to unite with your comrades to defeat the enemy.

So...... At this time, I thought of the words of the superiors to put us down, and if we have made meritorious service, we will immediately change from farming to non-agricultural work and arrange work, etc., which is really a bit ridiculous! Our soldiers fought to the death on the battlefield, and even risked their own lives, is it just for the benefit that I don't know if I can realize? Life is gone, how can farmers turn to non-farming?

"Silence!" At this time, the sound of the motor, which was not obvious at all, aroused my alarm, and I immediately raised my hand to signal the soldiers to be quiet, and asked with a frown, "What sound?" ”

"Voice?" The warriors looked at each other suspiciously, then quieted down and listened attentively for a while.

Li Zhifu shook his head and said, "There's no sound!" It's the sound of gunfire, the sound of cannons......"

"That's not right!" I replied, "It looks like there's a motor sound!" ”

Although the sounds weren't all that obvious in the rumbling of gunfire, I was sensitive enough to grasp it.

"The sound of the motor?" The warriors listened carefully for a while, then nodded and said, "It seems to ...... It's a little! It could be the car ...... of the more devils"

"That's not right! It's a tank! "I couldn't help but be taken aback when I thought of this, and soon thought that there were a large number of tanks in the Vietnamese People's Army garrison, did that mean that the Vietnamese army was going to use tanks to charge our army?

Another thing that disturbed me was that I could hear the motor of the Vietnamese tank in the sound of the gunfire, so did that mean that the tank had driven near us?

Impossible! We don't see the shadow of the tank at all, how can the tank be nearby? Even if our view is blocked by the building, the warrior on the municipal building is condescendingly observing! How could they also be invisible.

Then I quickly thought of something, and hurriedly aimed the aperture of the telescope at the houses across the street, and sure enough, I found that those houses were spitting a lot of dust in rows, but because the Vietnamese army was constantly firing 'artillery' at our army's position, and the sky above our army's position was also full of gunsmoke and dust, so I didn't notice it!

These devils are really cunning, not only did they learn how we used the house to sneak attack, but now they have even switched to using tanks to sneak attack, but they also know how to use the explosion of shells and the dust kicked up to cover the sound of tank movement and the exhaust and dust released......

"Turn up all the anti-tank weapons! Order Battalion Commander Wu to come with all the tank troops to reinforce! I hurriedly ordered Li Zhifu beside me.

"Yes!" Li Zhifu did not hesitate for a moment, turned around and led a group of soldiers to the ammunition 'medicine' depot in the municipal fǔ building. At the same time, I sent someone to convey my order to Battalion Commander Wu.

As I grabbed my rifle and ran to the side, I ordered the walkie-talkie: "All of them, get ready for anti-tank!" All the bazookas and recoilless guns, aim at the houses across the street and 'shoot'! Repeat, target the house across the street, immediately 'shoot'! ”

"Yes!" The fighters reacted at the first opportunity.

"Chirp ......" Then, with the characteristic whistling sound of rockets, more than a dozen rockets flew towards the houses opposite with long tails, and then only a loud bang was heard, and the houses immediately burst into flames......

At this time, the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army suddenly stopped, and then what broke into our eardrums was a rumbling sound, like a burst of thunder, like thousands of horses galloping around us, like a flood breaking through the embankment...... There is no doubt that the enemy's tanks are right in front of our eyes, it's just that we can't see where they are!

So we just waited, waited!

Suddenly, a piece of the wall of the house on the other side of the street protruded, and a black "hole" and "hole" barrel stretched out of the house as if it were a hand from hell, and then the whole wall collapsed, and a tank broke through the ground and rushed straight towards our position......

Then the Vietnamese tanks came out of the houses one by one, and set up a formation in front of us. Good guys, that whole row of tanks appeared in front of us as if we were going to inspect them, at least thirty of them! t34、t54、t55…… There are all of them, and even I saw two Yankee "Pershings". But there is no T62, I think it may be because the T62 is too large to walk through private houses!

I have to admit that this is a good idea, if the Vietnamese tanks are just 'plugging' along the streets, it is easy for us to spot, and the first few in the platoon will soon block their path once we destroy them.

Now, however, these tanks are already directing all their fire at us as soon as they appear.

The battle started the moment the tank was ready, but it didn't seem like a fight at all, because we didn't have much to fight back. The Vietnamese tanks frantically fired shells and pieces of bullets at us, and then I realized what it means to be swept away by the autumn wind, and those bullets and shells were like an impenetrable net thrown at us, and we had almost no choice but to hide in the trenches and in the anti-artillery 'holes'......

But I was not worried that the Vietnamese tanks would rush directly into our positions, because we had already dug a deep anti-tank trench in front of the positions.

Otherwise, I believe that these thirty or so tanks would have been enough to beat us into a sieve or crush us under the tracks when we were in a hurry to react.

"Kill!" At this time, the hysterical roar of the Vietnamese army was heard again in the sound of gunfire and artillery.

I knew that this was the Vietnamese infantry who had begun to attack us again, and I wanted to come out and fight, but the barrage formed overhead was impenetrable, and our heads were only slightly 'exposed' and we would soon be beaten to pieces, let alone resist. Dozens of tanks were 'firing' at close range at our positions, and that firepower was no joke.

Fortunately, the tank battalion of Battalion Commander Wu at this time also drove up and joined the battlefield without saying a word.

Commander Wu's tank battalion had 23 Type 59 tanks, and originally a tank battalion was 45 tanks at full strength, but because of the loss of a few tanks in the blocking battle at the Qiqiao River Bridge, and some of them broke down along the way, only 23 tanks were able to participate in the battle so far.

Originally, these tanks were left in the center of the Iron Triangle as a reserve, just waiting for which stronghold to be reinforced in which direction the battle situation was critical, but now where would they take care of so much, so they pulled them all up in one go.

As soon as Battalion Commander Wu's tank entered the battlefield, we clearly felt that the pressure on our heads was much less. After all, the muzzles of the Vietnamese tanks have also shifted their 'firing' direction, and at the same time, their machine guns have no way to 'shoot' at us so unscrupulously. So we got a little respite, and we poked out our weapons and 'fired' at the enemy.

I raised my rifle and looked out, and I couldn't help but be startled by the scene in front of me, and I couldn't help but see that there were Vietnamese troops charging at our army and tanks slowly moving forward.

The number of Vietnamese troops is not large, and it is only two companies, after all, they also have to allocate a large part of their forces to deal with the three regiments of the 128th Division. But their tanks increased again, and two or ten more slowly drove out on the other side of the street. This made me see almost a sea of tanks......

Later, I learned that the Vietnamese army actually wanted to use tanks to forcibly break through our positions. Their plan was that instead of sitting back and waiting to be killed at the KPA station, it would be better to concentrate on the enemy's weak points and launch a strong attack. Even if they can't capture our positions, their tanks can rely on solid armor to cross our positions and join up with other troops.

Therefore, in this battle, they sent all the tanks in the KPA station, a total of more than 50 tanks. It was followed by dozens of various cannons towed by cars.

It almost makes me wonder if we can hold off the enemy with the weapons in our hands. But doubts are doubts, and I still know that at this time, if you win, you have to fight, and if you don't win, you can fight.

This is not to complete the mission, in fact, I have always believed that the lives of the soldiers are the most important, not to mention the current Vietnamese troops, in fact, even if they are allowed to rush through our defense line, I am afraid that they will not be able to escape from the encirclement of our army.

The reason why I gritted my teeth and did not retreat was that the 'fierce' gunfire coming from the direction of the hotel and the school told me that we had actually surrounded the Vietnamese army and had no way to retreat. The second is because of ...... With the enemy and us so close, as long as we retreat, all that remains is the massacre of us by the Vietnamese army......

"Hit!" So I shouted at the fighters and took the lead in pulling the trigger on the rushing enemy.

After a fierce gunfire, all the Vietnamese troops rushing towards us were beaten on their backs and splashed with blood, but the Vietnamese army had the support of more than 30 tanks, and its firepower had a very obvious advantage.

Therefore, in the process of resistance, soldiers were constantly bombed and strafed by Vietnamese tanks. The Vietnamese army's tank guns and machine guns are specially 'doors' to bomb and strafe our army's light machine guns and heavy machine guns.

"Boom!" With a bang, a T54 tank spun the turret and fired a shell that hit a 'strong' heavy machine gun of our army, and the three heavy machine gunners were immediately blown away, and even the heavy machine gun was thrown high into the air and then fell heavily to the ground and became a pile of scrap metal.

"Da ...... Vietnamese tankmen couldn't match them with our firepower, so they all got out of the tanks and '' the high-altitude 'fire' machine guns outside the tanks and frantically fired at us with rows of bullets.

Our troops now relied on almost all the tanks of Battalion Commander Wu and the machine guns and mortars on the municipal building, but these fires were quickly suppressed by the enemy's tank guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, respectively.

The Vietnamese army may have thought that the overall situation had been decided, so they hurriedly filled in the anti-tank trench with a few engineering vehicles converted from tanks. Then the Vietnamese army crossed the anti-tank trench with the AK47 and launched a final charge towards our positions......

The disparity in firepower between us and the enemy was so great that the battle was almost one-sided, and I could almost imagine the Vietnamese army rushing in front of us and killing us one by one.

However, the fighters of the 5th Company did not give up, and neither did I!

What to do? If we continue like this, we can only wait for the grenades thrown by the Vietnamese army, and then there will only be one end of annihilation.

Suddenly, it occurred to me that during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, why didn't we win battles again and again under the situation of the disparity in firepower between the enemy and us?

That's right! How can I forget the old methods of the volunteers, when there is a huge disparity in firepower between the enemy and us, the most taboo thing is to fight with the enemy, I should rush up and twist together with the enemy!

Thinking of this, I immediately yelled into the walkie-talkie: "All of them, bayonet!" Grenade ready ......"

The soldiers couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, there are enemy tanks everywhere outside, let's still put bayonets? Are we going to use bayonets against enemy tanks?

However, they did not hesitate to carry out my orders!

Popping my head to look at the Vietnamese troops who were getting closer and closer to us, I shouted: "Grenades!" ”

As he spoke, he used his speed to ignite the grenade and threw it at the enemy...... The fighters also followed me and threw out the grenades that had been prepared for a long time.

There was a burst of "boom ......", and a row of grenades exploded in front of the position a cloud of gunpowder smoke and dust, and at the same time slowed down the speed of the charging Vietnamese troops.

Then I shouted at the soldiers: "Comrades! Come on! ”

As soon as he spoke, he jumped up and rushed towards the Vietnamese army with his soldiers 'standing up' with bayonets......