The grenades were thrown out one by one, and an explosion sounded in front of the position, and corpses were blown up in all directions...... Suddenly, blood was splattered on the battlefield, and corpses, weapons, and equipment were piled up in a haphazard manner, like a garbage dump that had not been disposed of for many years.

The U.S. troops were crowded into each other and completely lost their ability to resist. Even if they are the 'elite' troops of the U.S. Army, even if they are all battle-hardened soldiers, but at this time, they still have no ability to control the situation, leaving behind a *** corpse and retreating towards the foot of the mountain in a panic.

In this case, it is wise to retreat. If you persist here, there will be only one result, and that is death. The so-called defeat is like a mountain, and this is how it is now!

Every soldier on the 597.9 heights, many of their comrades-in-arms died in the hands of the enemy, and they have long hated them in their hearts. Grenades, bullets, and "wooden mines" mercilessly pursued the American troops, making many corpses for them along the way, until they escaped from our sight at the foot of the mountain, and then stopped.

"Well played! Well played! As soon as the enemy retreated, Miao Huaizhi grinned and laughed out loud with his big mouth blackened by smoke!

"I said Miao Platoon Leader!" Gao Yongxiang, who loved and raised the pole with Miao Huaizhi, smiled and said: "What you said should be the evaluation given to us by the superior leaders, right?" Who can say that they 'play well and play beautifully'? ”

"That, that ......" Miao Huaizhi was said by Gao Yongxiang, and he felt that he was at a loss, and replied unconvinced: "Then this battle is well fought!" After destroying so many devils, we basically didn't have any casualties! Let's play well, can't we talk about it? ”

"Platoon Commander Miao is right!" Li Baocheng answered: "If you play badly, you should reflect, and if you play well, you should be praised." We must not only give full play to the 'spirit' of criticism and self-criticism, but also give full play to the 'spirit' of self-praise! This battle is indeed well fought! It dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US Army, let them know the strength of our volunteer soldiers, and let them understand that as long as there is one person on the position, they will never be allowed to occupy our position easily! ”

"That's right! Never let them occupy our positions! ”

"People are in the position!"

……

As soon as Li Baocheng's words fell, the soldiers clenched their fists one by one to show their determination.

"But I want to say ......" Li Baocheng changed his words and said to me again: "The reason why this battle can be fought like this is more due to the chief of staff!" Look at the enemy ......"

Pointing to the corpses in front of the position, Li Baocheng continued: "We know the combat effectiveness of the US 187th Airborne Regiment, and if it weren't for the clever tricks and calm command of the chief of staff, this battle would not have been fought like this!" ”

"That's right! Well commanded by the Chief of Staff! ”

"You should repay the chief of staff!"

……

"There's no need to repay the merit!" I shook my head and said, "Comrades! Now the situation is very serious, the enemy is not a fool, they have suffered a loss, it is impossible for them to be egged again! So ......"

"So in order to preserve our strength, we must have someone to guard the position at all times! Don't let the enemy take advantage of it! Before I could finish speaking, Li Baocheng snatched the topic away.

I know what Li Baocheng means, he doesn't want me to be this bad guy, and he doesn't want to destroy my "glorious" image in the minds of the soldiers.

As the saying goes: "One sings white-faced and the other red-faced." "Most people think that this is usually used when interrogating prisoners, but it is often the case in the command of troops. The two commanders in the army are often one who is strict and the other is gentle; the other is resolute and resolute, and he completely disregards his face, and he grasps his shortcomings and scolds him harshly; the other is doing ideological work slowly and slowly......

Apparently the same is true on the 597.9 heights, and I'm the one who sings red-faced, because I'm always thinking about how to protect the fighters and how to reduce their casualties, even though this is always unsatisfactory. And Li Baocheng is the one who sings with a white face, regardless of the casualties of the soldiers to hold the position, this kind of thing is up to him.

"Comrades! US imperialism is much more cunning than we think! Li Baocheng continued: "They want to rely on the cooperation of aircraft to easily seize our surface position, in order to crush this 'yin' plan of the enemy, we need to have ten soldiers stationed in the position. The task of these ten fighters is to block the charge of the American troops when the large force retreats into the tunnel, so that they do not easily occupy our positions, and perhaps even withstand the bombardment of enemy planes until our troops come out of the tunnel to reinforce! ”

"Company commander, let me go!"

"Count me in!"

……

As soon as Li Baocheng's words fell, the soldiers all raised their hands and rushed to Li Baocheng to sign up.

"Take your time! Comrades! Li Baocheng nodded and said: "This mission is very dangerous, maybe the casualty rate is very large, and we only have more than seventy people, so everyone must be ready to sacrifice!" ”

"It's nothing to sacrifice!" Miao Huaizhi responded: "Look at those Yankees who died under our guns, even if we become martyrs now, it is enough!" ”

"You think it's ***!" Gao Yongxiang replied angrily: "The chief of staff has already said it, hasn't he?" Our purpose is to hold the position, not to kill more enemies! ”

"That'...... If you kill all the enemies, no one will come to grab the position, right? ”

Although Miao Huaizhi's answer is not very reliable, it really makes some sense when he hears it, and even Gao Yongxiang doesn't know how to answer. It only made the other warriors laugh on the sidelines.

Seeing the soldiers accept this death mission so easily, I felt a sigh of emotion in my heart, although I had long guessed and was used to their style, but it was still difficult to adapt to my own concept of survival.

"So be it!" After laughing for a while, Li Baocheng ordered: "There are exactly eleven people in the high platoon commander, and this first round of garrison tasks will be 'handed over' to your second platoon!" ”

"Yes!" After receiving the order, Gao Yongxiang responded excitedly.

"High Platoon Commander!" Seeing that Li Baocheng had settled, I said to Gao Yongxiang: "Later, you will take the soldiers to change the equipment first, because you must be stationed in a position alone, so the firepower cannot be weak, all of them will be replaced with submachine guns, machine guns and the like, and bring more *** and grenades." And set a target position for each soldier, starting from position No. 6 on the left flank to position No. 14 on the right flank, a total of eight forward positions, each of which must be garrisoned by one or two fighters. It is better to arrange a few more people to move, fighting here and there, so as to give the enemy the illusion that our troops are not retreating. After making these preparations, he was on standby in the tunnel, and when he heard the order, he came up to change guards with the fighters in the position, and he had to move quickly. Once...... As soon as it is determined that the enemy aircraft will bomb, allow the withdrawal of the tunnels! ”

In the last sentence, I was actually lying to myself. Because no matter who knows, if it has been determined that the enemy planes are about to bomb, it is that the gods will not be in a hurry to withdraw to the tunnel.

Of course, Gao Yongxiang, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, also knows this, but he still nodded and responded: "Yes!" Please rest assured that the chief of staff and Company Commander Li will definitely complete the task in our second platoon! ”

With a wave of his hand, he took a dozen soldiers from the second platoon back to the tunnel to prepare.

I looked up at the sky, but soon remembered that the sky above the 597.9 Heights would always be gray and cloudy, and I couldn't tell when it would be dark, so I took out my pocket watch.

There is still an hour before it gets dark, and after fighting in Shangganling for so long, when it gets dark is always a big deal for me as a commander, so I can always estimate it very accurately. But what is a little different from the past is that I have never been so eager for the moment of darkness as I am today, and I have never felt that time is so slow as I am today. I hope this method of mine will allow these seventy warriors to hold out until that moment!

"Chief of Staff!" Just as I was thinking, Li Baocheng reminded on the side: "The American devil is here!" ”

When I heard this, I hurriedly focused my attention on the front of the position, and the US troops really did not 'waste' a minute and launched another attack on our position. They were anxious to capture our position before the sky darkened, and I think they were also annoyed and angry, indignant at the heavy casualties they had just suffered, and this time they were in a hurry to come up and get their ground-air coordination to take revenge!

Again, like last time, the American troops stopped halfway up the mountain and began to build fortifications. So I deliberately shouted at the fighters to retreat, just like last time, and even the same word: "Comrades! Yankee's plane is coming! All withdrew to the pit ......"

I think those Yankees will definitely scold below: "He's the best, these red 'sex' elements, they lied to us once and wanted to deceive us a second time!" When we are fools! ”

However, where will they understand that our Chinese national culture is broad and profound, and has a long history, this time I am really playing with him.

"Chief of Staff! Don't you need to order the high platoon commander to come up and take over the defense? On the way to retreat into the tunnel, Li Baocheng asked suspiciously as he ran.

"No!" I shook my head: "This time they will definitely let the planes bomb the position, let's rest assured that the planes will bomb before coming up!" ”

"Oh!" Listening to Li Baocheng, he quickly understood, but he still felt that something was wrong, so he turned around and arranged two observation posts on the position.

I didn't stop it, because there is a chance in everything, and if there is a smart one in the US army who sends a small team to test it before the bombing, then my reputation in this life will not be guaranteed. It's just the two observation posts...... Alas! Still don't want to! Two observers are nothing for the whole fight and the risk, it's just that I haven't been used to that.

Sure enough, after a while, the whistling of airplanes and the strange whistling of bombs could be heard in the sky.

"Boom ......" There was a violent tremor overhead, and although the sound was not as dense as the artillery bombardment, the intensity was obviously much greater than that of the artillery shells. This can be seen from the large pieces of earth and rock falling from the top of the tunnel, and every loud noise will shake the tunnel with the ground, as if a strong earthquake occurred, and even a small section of the tunnel could not withstand the shaking and collapsed, fortunately there were no casualties.

Ten minutes later, as soon as the bombardment above my head stopped, I rushed out of the pit with my soldiers.

Although the bombing time was not long, the outside world seemed to have changed, and large craters several meters deep appeared in front of us, protruding in some places, sinking in others, and the entire terrain and landform had undergone great changes. The moment we walked out, we could hardly believe that this was the 597.9 highland we know as well.

Fortunately, we have been on this high ground for almost a month, and we know every position here, and this is also during the day, so it does not affect our access to the position.

Climbing to the top of the hill with both hands and feet, the situation above was similar to what I had just seen, and it was blown up into a scattered mess, and there were craters overlapping everywhere. When some of the fighters came up, they scratched their heads and were stunned, because the entire position they were responsible for garrisoning had blown up the US planes into a big crater......

However, there are significantly fewer craters on the hilltop position than on the anticline. I think this should be the reason why the US military pilots are worried about accidentally bombing their own people. It's hard to get the impact point exactly on a high-speed aircraft, so they have to push the impact point as far back as possible, so it's no surprise that this happens.

Fortunately, the No. 9 position has not suffered such a vicious hand, then again, the No. 9 position is the 597.9 high ground protruding arrow tip, if there is a bomb that happens to fall here, it will not be a big pit, but should all collapse.

The last time it suffered a lot, the US military was much more cautious in its charge this time. This is not? Their large forces remained in makeshift bunkers halfway up the mountain, or set up crane guns and mortars to cover them. Only small troops were sent to test it. After the small army rushed forward for a certain distance, a small force was divided to follow as the second echelon.

This method is wise, the area of the hilltop position is not large, and no matter how many troops come up, it will not be able to play a great role, except for causing greater casualties and 'chaos' and 'chaos' on oneself, it will basically not help the battle situation. If they had thought of charging in this way, there would not have been a fiasco last time.

This also made me realize that the next time, I would have to send Gao Yongxiang and them to the position. Because before the bombing, the U.S. military is also likely to send small units to make a tentative 'sexual' charge. If I only sang about the empty city plan again......

"Hit!" As soon as I gave the order, the battle began again. Somewhat different from the past, we are now faced with a charge from a small force of the enemy. Their purpose is not actually to capture our position, of course, their ultimate goal is also this, but for a moment, they want to know if there is anyone defending our hilltop position.

So the battle was not 'fierce', we only threw a row of grenades at the enemy, fired a burst of machine guns, and the American troops fell down in an uproar. Then they fired a flurry of indiscriminate shots at us, and then they were out of range of our grenades. Then the second echelon again charged at us under the cover of machine guns and mortars.

It was easy to repel their charge, and although the small unit charge was much more flexible than the dense formation charge, the impact was not as strong as the dense charge, so the pressure on the fighters was also much less.

But the pressure on my heart is getting heavier and heavier.

The so-called ship is difficult to turn around, although the impact of the charge in the dense formation is strong, it is not easy to retreat, and the charge of small troops is just the opposite. I think this is also a change made by the US military in order to adapt to the coordination with the Air Force. The agility of the small unit charge allowed them to withdraw from the danger zone almost a few minutes before the plane dropped the bomb.

As a result, it was difficult for me to grasp the timing of the withdrawal of the large army to the tunnel. Withdrawing early, Gao Yongxiang's ten men may not be able to withstand the enemy's attack, even if they are only a tentative 'sexual' attack by a small force. Withdrawing late means we're going to be bombed on this hilltop position......

Originally, we only had to see the retreat of the American troops to judge that their planes were coming soon. But now they are fighting back like this, and we have no way of knowing whether they are really retiring or fake! The so-called soldiers are not tired of cheating, it seems that this Yankee has also learned this trick! It is said that this Yankee has a strong learning ability, and now it seems to be true.

But fortunately, I still had a way out, and I raised my binoculars and looked at the location where the U.S. military had placed the signal board. No matter how you change, if you want to command the plane in the sky, you have to move the signal board!

So I did nothing, let the Yankees rush up again and again, let the soldiers beat the machine guns next to me, and I held my binoculars and quietly watched the movement of the enemy in the direction of the signal board.

Sure enough, after a while, he saw that the signal board moved again, so he hurriedly turned around and ordered: "Order Gao Yongxiang's troops to come up!" ”

"Yes!" The correspondent answered, immediately ran a few steps, and waved the flag in his hand a few times in the direction of the tunnel.

This is the code that we agreed with Gao Yongxiang in advance, and its purpose is to enable Gao Yongxiang's troops to come up and change their defenses in the fastest time.

Gao Yongxiang's troops were not slow to move, and they were also familiar with the terrain, and as soon as a dozen or so people rushed out of the tunnel, they divided into eight directions and ran towards the eight positions on the front line. As soon as they entered the position, they raised their submachine guns and machine guns and fired at the small group of American troops who were still trying to charge in front of the position.

Then, with my order, the soldiers who were originally stationed on the position ran towards the mouth of the tunnel like a 'tide'.

As I passed by Gao Yongxiang, I paused for a moment and patted him on the shoulder. The young man grinned at me with his dry, cracked lips, as if to say, "Don't worry! I will not let the position fall into the hands of the enemy! ”

What he didn't know was that this wasn't what I was worried about! V