Every few minutes the enemy would shoot a field of artillery shells at our positions, and the smoke and dust scattered by these shells would envelop the entire position in a sandstorm, so that we could hardly see the sunlight coming in from outside.

In modern times, I have seen such a report that the day of the Shangganling Battle was a sunny day, but when the reporters interviewed the veterans who survived the Shangganling Battle, everyone said that it was a 'cloudy' day.

At that time, I was thinking about what a terrible battlefield it would be to make all veterans mistakenly think that it was a 'cloudy' environment! Now I know it firsthand.

It's a 'cloudy' day, and this is indeed a 'cloudy' day!

The 'overcast' clouds were thick, and the sun was left with only a pale yellow 'color' circle, and sometimes it was completely covered by black smoke, and there was no shadow to be seen. There was no sunlight on the ground, and it was so dark that it seemed like it was going to be night. In this environment, I also have no way of believing that this is a 'bright' sunny day.

The enemy's artillery fire was fierce, and planes also diveled and strafed our heads from time to time. However, fortunately, we were guarding the top of the mountain, and the entire position was shrouded in dense smoke and dust, so that the enemy's artillery bombardment and aircraft strafing and 'shooting' became "indiscriminate" and "chaotic" and 'shooting' without purpose.

This also proves the correctness of my tactic of arranging a small number of men to defend the position, otherwise, I think that just these enemy bombardments would have caused us heavy losses.

Of course, this method still could not avoid some soldiers being sacrificed under the enemy's artillery fire and stray bullets, and in order to ensure that the firepower on the position could successfully block the enemy, I adopted the method of adding fuel to the fight. The so-called refueling style of play is to sacrifice a person on the battlefield and replenish it from the tunnel. This will not only preserve the living forces of our army, but also ensure firepower on surface positions.

This method has also proved to be very effective, and after a morning of 'fierce' fighting, the US troops did not take an inch of land from us except for a single corpse left on the position. Of course, I also know very well in my heart that the casualties of our army are also very large. Because in this gradual "refueling." Under the fighting style, almost all the soldiers of the Ninth Company have now been added.

Since the soldiers took up their positions at about 5 o'clock in the morning, many of them have not been touched by a drop of water or a grain of rice in the face of the enemy's wheel battle. I also had a dry mouth and a rumbling stomach.

There was no way, the enemy's attack was too compact, and the artillery fire was so heavy that we simply couldn't spare our hands to replace the fighters in batches. What makes me even more weak is that although Regiment Commander Zhang added strategic materials to the two highlands of Shangganling because of listening to my analysis, we kept hitting down like this, and the grenades were also thrown down in rows, and *** at this time it was almost consumed."

I took out my pocket watch and looked at it, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and I was almost ready to retreat! I looked at another group of American troops climbing up, and I ordered the soldiers next to me: "Pass the order and all withdraw to the tunnel!" ”

"All retreat to the tunnel!"

"All retreat to the tunnel!"

I had told the soldiers before the battle that they would choose to abandon the surface position and retreat to the tunnel if necessary, so the soldiers did not hesitate when they received the order, grabbed their weapons and ran towards the mouth of the tunnel in an orderly manner.

Seeing that the soldiers were almost gone, I poked my head out slightly to look at the American troops who were still climbing up cautiously at the foot of the mountain, and casually pulled the two anti-tank grenades beside me and threw them down one left and one right. Anyway, I'm going back to the tunnel, the anti-tank grenades are so heavy, and the soldiers have worked so hard to bring them up from the tunnel, and I don't want to go through any more hard work to bring them back.

Listening only to the two loud "booms" at the foot of the mountain, the power of the anti-tank grenade was really extraordinary, and the shock 'wave' area was one***, and the American troops who rushed up were immediately shocked by twenty or thirty of them, and the rest of them were lying on the ground in a hula.

I laughed, grabbed my rifle and ran towards the nearest pit mouth. When I stood up, I found that my stomach was really *** hungry, I didn't eat much last night, and I fought for most of the day today, and I only felt that my legs were weak and my limbs were weak.

But fortunately, the mouth of the pit is in front, as long as you drill into it, it will be safe!

But at this moment, the cold machine gun rang out, and strings of bullets hit layers of "soil 'flowers'" on my way forward. I hurriedly stopped my steps and rolled into the crater next to me, and a few bullets whizzed past where I was standing.

I knew in my heart that time was of the essence to me at this time. The enemy is coming up from all sides, and if I stay on this surface position for even a second, there is a good chance that I will be killed by the enemy's 'indiscriminate' guns."

So I didn't hesitate for a moment, just stabilized myself in the crater, and immediately crawled forward a few steps, changed positions, and poked my head out and raised my rifle.

"Bang bang!" Twice, the gunfire rang out almost the moment I saw the enemy, and the two bullets knocked down the two enemy machine gunners with great accuracy. But what made me secretly complain was that I had just eliminated two enemies, and four more American steel helmets emerged from the horizon.

"Bang bang". After two more shots, I didn't dare to slack off, and I pulled the trigger again and hit the two American soldiers who climbed up. But at this time, the hand... The rifle made a terrible, "clang" sound, which was a reminder that I was going to change the magazine!

Why is it at this time",

I secretly shouted in my heart, "Erna squatted down and quickly changed the magazine, while saying in my mind!" It was Position Eight, and it was facing the mouth of the pit I was going into. That position could have sealed off my way into the pit with fire. And it will definitely be too late for me to choose other tunnel openings, because American troops from other directions will soon climb up. I had to desperately break into the mouth of the pit in front of me, or I would never have to go back.

No, I must defeat the enemy on Position 8, otherwise my little life will be over!

Thinking about it, I took a deep breath, stood up abruptly, raised my rifle in my hand, and aimed at Position 8. But at this moment, I let out a sad cry in my heart, the No. 8 position was already densely packed with American GIs, at least a dozen of them. And I only have eight bullets in my rifle."

My life is at rest!

At this moment, I was thinking about this sentence, and I forgot to pull the trigger. Later, I wondered if I had watched too much of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms before, and I was also learning the mantras of the ancients before I died!

The enemy soon spotted me, and they all raised their weapons and pointed at me. But at this moment, before I could react, a volunteer soldier covered in blood suddenly stood up on the No. 8 position, and with a bright bayonet in his hand, he roared and rushed into the crowd of American soldiers and stabbed him in a 'chaotic' manner. The U.S. troops were caught off guard and immediately became 'chaotic', and fled in a daze. The soldier was just about to pick up the machine gun on the ground, but a dozen more American soldiers rushed up from the other direction. He didn't want to grab the three grenades beside him, 'straightened' his chest, and threw himself at the American army."

Only a loud "boom" was heard, and the US troops on the No. 8 position were bombed and flew everywhere. Even if he didn't die, he lay on the ground miserably." All of them are no longer capable of fighting. I gritted my teeth. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he jumped out of the crater and rushed back into the pit in one step.

"How's it going?" That was my first sentence when I returned to Command.

Even though the warrior who had saved me just now still flashed in my mind, and even though I didn't know his name yet, I forced myself not to think about him. Because I know that as a commander, I must put more 'energy' on the living soldiers, and do my best to achieve victory with the least casualties.

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" Standing in front of me was Miao Huaizhi, the commander of the Ninth Company, whose entire face was so black with smoke and dust that I could barely recognize him. He 'stood up' and reported to me: "The Ninth Company sacrificed one hundred and twenty-three people, wounded twenty-eight people, and now only thirty-eight people have the ability to fight!" ”

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" Another fighter wants to come or stay? The correspondent sent by the high ground to report the situation to me saluted me, gritted his teeth with some crying and said: "The company commander asked me to report to you, and there are only twenty-three people in our company who retreated to the tunnel!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded. He patted the correspondent on the shoulder. I wanted to say something comforting, but I couldn't say anything.

"Chief of Staff!" Instructor Qin handed me a note at this time and said: "This is the equipment consumption I just counted, today we have fired a total of 400,000 rounds of ammunition, more than 10,000 grenades and blasting canisters, and damaged the Soviet-style turntable machine gun, submachine gun, and inner flail.

''! Hearing this, I couldn't help but curse secretly, and the people of the two companies went up, and the broken guns were as many as those of one company. You can also imagine how fierce this battle was.

"How many ***s do we have left?" I asked casually, and that's what I was most concerned about.

"And more than 50,000 rounds of ammunition, more than 2,000 grenades!" Instructor Qin replied.

"Hmm!" Listening to me, I couldn't help but be stunned, I originally knew that *** should not be much left, but I didn't expect that there was only so much left. With such ***, it is not enough for us to consume one or two hours on the surface position.

"Go and call the company commanders! Have a short meeting! ”

"Yes!" Two communications men answered. He ran towards the passage like a gust of wind.

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“！”

At this time, there were suddenly bursts of strange screams outside the tunnel, and the American troops who had occupied the surface positions cheered loudly outside, and some soldiers arrogantly shot into the sky.

"I'm going to kill these ***s!" Miao Huaizhi was so 'excited' that he grabbed his rifle and was about to go out.

"Come back!"

"Chief of Staff!" Miao Huaizhi waved the rifle in his hand and said: "We are not afraid of sacrifice, nor are we afraid of heavy casualties, but we are not willing to give up the position to those ***!" Look at them, "It's still going to be hard at this point!" ”

"It won't be long before they get complacent!" I replied, "We're going to fight, but not now!" ”

"Chief of Staff! That "when will it be hit?" Miao Huaizhi looked at me expectantly.

"We'll call back tonight when it's dark!" I replied.

"Good! Give them some 'look' and see! Look at them still arrogant! The fighters clenched their fists when they heard this.

"Chief of Staff!"

With a few shouts, several company commanders also stood in front of me and asked:

"Is there a mission?"

"Are you going to fight back? Let's go! ”

Especially the sixth and seventh companies that have not yet fought with the enemy, the two company commanders rushed to the front of everyone, and they all held back their strength in their hearts, and it was our turn to do it! Slack※

I nodded with a wry smile: "There are few people in the first and ninth companies, and I can't let you go up!" Don't worry, I'll let you go in the evening! ”

"What?" As soon as I said this, Miao Huaizhi was unwilling, and rushed to me with a red face and said, "Chief of Staff, I" I want revenge!" I have sacrificed so many brothers under my men, I can't say anything about it."

"What a name". My face was 'pale', so I interrupted Miao Huaizhi's words and said sternly: "This is the battlefield, do you think you can bargain in the vegetable market?" Let you guys go? How do you get on? How many people do you have in your hands? How many more guns do you have that can fire? ”

"I," Miao Huaizhi still looked unwilling.

"Comrade Miao Huaizhi!" Then I couldn't bear to say: "We *** soldiers should focus on the overall situation, obey the arrangements of their superiors, and don't do whatever they want!" Besides, you must also have confidence in the comrades of the 6th and 7th companies! Isn't it the same to have them to avenge our comrades who sacrificed their lives? ”

"Yes! Miao Company Commander! Zhang Jifa, the commander of the seventh company, shook Miao Huaizhi's hand and said: "Don't worry, we will definitely take back the position and kill a few more devils to avenge the sacrificed soldiers!" ”

"Then I'll give it to you!" Miao Huaizhi shook Zhang Jifa's hand heavily, then saluted me and said, "Chief of Staff, I obey the order!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded, then pointed to the map and said, "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's three or four hours before dark." The enemy has been fighting with us since 5 o'clock in the morning, and he must have been physically and mentally exhausted. They need to rest, and at the same time they need time to eat, and they have just occupied the positions of our army, and their vigilance is not high, so they have no time and no "spirit" to build fortifications. Taking advantage of the fact that they were not on a firm footing, we launched a surprise attack on them at seven o'clock in the evening and drove them off our positions in one fell swoop."

"Good!"

"Good!"

The fighters threw their fists.

That's why I held out until this point before retreating to the tunnel, because if I had withdrawn too soon, the Americans would have had plenty of time to build fortifications outside of our tunnel, or set up machine guns outside the mouth of the tunnel and seal us off with fire. But now I only give them three or four hours, which may be enough time for the volunteers, but for those young soldiers in the American army, the most is to build a few with sandbags. Point of fire.

"Here's the plan!" When the soldiers quieted down, I continued: "The 1st and 9th companies stayed in the tunnel, and when they moved at night, they covered the attack of the 6th and 7th companies near the tunnel. When the 6th and 7th Companies were moving, they took advantage of the night to sneak out of the tunnel, and if they were not discovered by the enemy, they would use a sneak attack, and if they were discovered by the enemy, they would attack strongly. All companies must organize a good demolition team, pay attention to blowing up the enemy's firepower points along the road, and the seventh company is responsible for countering them. For the attack on the surface position of the high ground, the three platoons attacked from three directions: the No. 2 position, the No. 8 position, and the No. 4 position. The 6th Company was responsible for the attack on the surface position of the 7th Heights, attacking from two directions, the No. 3 position and the No. 3 position. After taking all the positions, only a small number of troops were left on alert, and the rest of the troops were withdrawn! ”

"Yes". The warriors answered, all of them clenching their fists and leaping to the end.

"There's a little more out of the nose," I thought about it, and I added: "The Yankees occupy the surface positions of our army, and soon they will find our trench fortifications, and after they have rested for a while, they will attack us hiding in the tunnels."

The 1st Company and the 9th Company had just come down from the battlefield. Let's go and rest and get some food to prepare for the evening battle. The 6th and 7th companies immediately organized the soldiers to defend the tunnel."

"Yes". The warriors turned and ran towards the passages in all directions. 'Surrender' to me, and my whole body was relaxed at this time. As soon as the person relaxed, he felt tired and hungry, and he sat down in the *** box, and casually said to the telephone soldier next to him: "Call the knife to bring me something to eat,"

The telephone soldier hesitated and said, "Chief of Staff, I'll get it for you."

"Wait!" Stopping the phone soldier who was about to turn away, I asked suspiciously: Where is the knife? How come I haven't seen the system all the time?"

The telephone soldier did not speak, nor did the few soldiers beside him.

"Did something happen to the knife? A sense of foreboding arose.

"Chief of Staff". Seeing that he couldn't hide it, the telephone soldier had to reply: Comrade Xiaodao, when the enemy shelled, he had been shocked to death! ”

Listening to me, I couldn't help but be stunned, and was shocked to death, "The enemy's artillery bombardment is so fierce that it can shock people to death?"

I really shouldn't have recommended him up! It's just that at this time, it's already too late to regret it. ※ ※※

I would like to use this chapter to pay tribute to Sun Tzuming, a soldier of the First Company of the Wu Regiment, who was in a coma several times due to his injuries on the first day of the Shangganling Campaign. The last time he woke up, it was when the other fighters retreated to the tunnel, in order to cover the other fighters to enter the tunnel safely, he resolutely rushed to the enemy with a bayonet, and finally pulled three grenades and died with the enemy. Become the first person of the 38 warriors who died with the enemy in the Battle of Shangganling!