"Bang bang bang...... I finished a few rounds in the chamber in one go, knocked out a few recoilless gunners in the opposite positions 1 and 7, and then hurriedly threw two grenades at the enemy who rushed up.

There was a 'chaotic' sound in front of the "boom ......" position, and explosions came and went one after another in the enemy group. Like me, the few surviving fighters were like me, except for two machine gunners who threw rows of bullets down in a "booming ......" and all of them threw grenades downward, and some threw blasters and explosive packets down. We were overwhelmed by the hordes of enemies that we almost 'touched' whatever we could throw, and as soon as we pulled the fuse, we threw it down, not knowing where we were throwing it or if there were any enemies below.

Who cares about that! Anyway, there are enemies everywhere, and if you drop explosives casually, you won't miss them. Now we are only thinking about defeating, killing, and blowing up the enemy......

Time was so tight that I didn't even have the opportunity to reload my rifle, and I knew that it was not necessary to reload my rifle in this situation.

There were at least a hundred of the enemy besieging us on three sides, and there were reinforcements coming up from behind, while we had only eight fighters on our 8th position, including me, and they were constantly decreasing. This is not? With an explosion, two fighters were shocked and fell to the ground.

With such a disparity in forces, it makes no sense to reload a rifle, and even to fight with a rifle. Its 'fire' speed is so slow that even if it can hit three with one shot, it can't stop the enemy who comes up like ants. Now there is only one way, and that is to blow up a barrage around the position with grenades, explosive cartridges, blasting canisters, etc......

That's exactly what we did at this time, and the eight warriors on the position were divided into three groups with a tacit understanding, each group dealing with one enemy. Most of the fighters were new recruits, so I don't know where this tacit understanding came from. This should be an instinct of people when they are in a matter of life and death! If it weren't for this tacit understanding, we would have been stabbed with the puppet military bayonets that rushed up a long time ago.

The soldiers threw grenades at the heads of the puppet soldiers, and explosions sounded almost incessantly around the position, and the entire No. 8 position was shrouded in shrapnel, screams, and flying stumps and broken arms. However, the puppet army has a great tendency to not give up until it captures our army's position. Although they fell under our barrage defense in pieces, they still rushed towards the position with bayonets one after another.

This is not bad, but the greatest threat to us is the enemy on the opposite side of positions No. 1 and No. 7. Their machine guns and recoilless guns are always aimed at the forward positions of our army, looking for every opportunity to snipe the volunteer soldiers and suppress our *** force. As long as the warriors leaned forward a little bit to see where the enemy was, they were afraid that there would be a few more holes in their bodies.

While throwing out a few grenades, I secretly complained in my heart, before I just wanted to take advantage of the geographical advantage to kill and injure a large number of puppet soldiers. Now this goal seems to have been achieved, but who would have thought that the puppet army would rush forward so desperately. Moreover, they were obviously premeditated in this move, first using the Ethiopian battalion to attract our attention in the front, and then concentrating superior forces and superior equipment, and launching a surprise attack on the left flank of our army, which was relatively easy to attack, under the cover of the fire of positions No. 1 and No. 7, and caught us off guard......

No way! Position 8 must not be lost!

If in a battle in peacetime, because position 8 is a second-tier defensive position, it is not very important. But at this point, it plays a pivotal role in whether or not we can gain a foothold on the surface.

If the No. 8 position is lost, it will not directly threaten the No. 3 position of the main peak. But the back of Position 9 will be unguarded in front of the enemy. Position 9 was originally the apex of the triangle and would have been attacked by Ethiopian troops on three sides. If you give your back to the enemy now, you will undoubtedly be besieged from all sides, and then there will be no luck. As soon as the No. 9 position is lost, the enemy can rely on the No. 8 and No. 9 positions to attack the No. 10 position, and the 'door' of the No. 3 position on the main peak will be threatened. At that time, if our army wanted to gain a foothold on the surface position, it would be even more difficult.

What to do? I asked myself in my mind.

Although exploding a barrage around the position can temporarily prevent the enemy from coming up, the use of grenades and explosive packs will soon run out. However, the enemy can move here from the 537.7 heights in an endless stream and attack us without stopping......

Combat experience has taught me that the most effective way to deal with such a crowd tactic is to call in artillery reinforcements, and it is also a good opportunity to kill and injure a large number of enemies. But I just didn't have the time to go back to the headquarters and call for artillery reinforcements. I feared that as soon as I walked away, the defenders of the warriors would weaken and the enemy would take the opportunity to attack, and it would be useless to call in artillery support to kill and wound the enemy's follow-up troops.

Just when I was in a dilemma, a soldier suddenly ran up with a box of grenades on his back, I hurriedly grabbed him by my side, and ordered loudly: "Quick, go down and inform Company Commander Guo, and immediately call for artillery support, the left flank is almost overwhelmed!" ”

"Yes!" The soldier answered, dropped the grenade and turned to run towards the mouth of the tunnel.

After a while, there was a whistling sound of cannonballs in the sky, followed by a 'chaotic' tremor on the earth, and clusters of bright red flames exploded near the 537.7 heights, and even many cannonballs smashed on the heads of the puppet troops attacking us. The puppet army immediately fell to the ground, and after a while, it retreated like a 'tide' in the artillery fire......

I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and I sat down on the ground as soon as I ***. Originally, I thought that it would take at least a few hours for the enemy to capture one or two of our positions, but I did not expect that the battle would be so dangerous just after the battle.

Looking at the volunteer soldiers on the position, there were only two people left, and one of the young soldiers was still throwing grenades outside the position......

"What for?" When I grabbed the little soldier's blaster that was about to be thrown out, he looked up at me in surprise, and was about to swing his fist at me, when he suddenly realized that it was his own person, and couldn't help wiping his face and asked, "Why are you stopping me?" The enemy is coming, help! ”

"Nonsense!" Listening to me, I couldn't help but be angry and funny: "The enemy has already been defeated, and you still throw the grenade vigorously, look at how much you 'wave' has spent!" ”

"Hmm!" Then the little soldier stretched out his head and looked out of the position, his face turned red, he scratched his head embarrassedly, and suddenly laughed again: "Hey, I really knocked out the enemy, I, I'm not dead yet!" ”

"Can you still be jumping around here if you're dead?" I replied angrily.

"Participation...... Chief of staff! "The little warrior didn't seem to recognize me until this time, who was made like a native by the smoke and dust, and hurriedly 'straightened' up at me, and just as he wanted to salute, he retracted his hand.

"Sit down and rest for a while!" I tapped him on the shoulder and sat down next to a large rock in front of the position.

"Huh!" The little warrior answered, and beckoned another warrior to come along.

The fortifications erected by the soldiers had already made the recoilless guns of the puppet army 'messy', and the position was all loose soil, and there was no place for even machine guns. Only a large blue stone was left, the upper half of which was shattered, and the remaining stone root was still more than two feet long, more than half a person high, barely enough to serve as a barrier for three people.

"Were you a little scared just now?" I asked casually.

In fact, this is nonsense, I was a little scared just now, can he not be afraid of a rookie?

"Hmm!" The little warrior nodded sheepishly.

"I'm scared too!" Another soldier also confessed: "The enemy is pouring up like a swarm of bees, and you can't see the end at a glance, and you can't finish the fight, so we are just a few people, it's no wonder if we are not afraid!" I, my feet are still shaking......"

"Hmm!" I was satisfied with the honesty of the recruits, nodded and said, "It's not just you who are afraid, I'm also afraid!" ”

"The chief of staff is also afraid?" The two recruits couldn't help but look at me with wide eyes, as if Columbus had discovered a new world. Then the shame on their faces quickly turned into a kind of self-confidence, and they seemed to think that if a veteran like the chief of staff is afraid, then we will be afraid and there is nothing to be ashamed of.

"Can you not be afraid?" I said with a wry smile: "If you want to say that you are not afraid of it, it is human nature to be afraid of death!" ”

After a pause, I continued: "But even if we are afraid, we must persevere, because only by holding on can we make the people of the DPRK, our motherland, and our relatives not afraid!" Can you do it? ”

"Yes!" The two recruit fighters clenched their fists in unison, as if they had made up their minds to fight the enemy to the end.

At this time, I realized that the tone of my voice had become similar to the ideological work done by the current instructors and political commissars. Maybe this is the so-called "close to Zhu is red, close to ink is black"! I have been in this era for a long time, and under the influence of my ears and eyes, I have been assimilated by them unconsciously......

"Chief of Staff! The chief of staff ...... "At this time, several shouts of Li Baocheng and Li Feng came from the position.

"Here!" I answered.

After a while, Li Baocheng and Li Feng ran to me, and when they saw that I was fine, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Baocheng said with a somewhat reproachful tone: "Chief of Staff, why did you come here, we all thought you had returned to the tunnel!" ”

"Yes! Chief of staff! Li Feng also agreed: "It's too dangerous here, it's more appropriate for the chief of staff to go back to the tunnel!" ”

"What a pit pit for!" Listening to me, I couldn't help but be a little impatient: "I've been squatting in the pit for more than ten days, and it's hard to move my muscles and bones, and you still call me back to the pit one by one?" ”

"Li Feng!" I did not allow the two of them to object, and immediately ordered: "Immediately strengthen the defense of position No. 8, and this position must not fall into the hands of the puppet army, otherwise the positions we occupy will soon be snatched by the enemy one by one!" ”

"Yes!" Li Feng agreed without thinking about it.

"How do you want to strengthen?" I asked again.

"This ......" Li Feng obviously didn't expect me to ask such a question, and after being stunned for a moment, he quickly replied: "Organize personnel to build fortifications, increase observation posts, and notify the troops in the tunnel to come up for reinforcements in time when the position is reduced!" ”

I was silent for a while, then leaned out, pointed to the No. 1 and No. 7 positions opposite the No. 8 position, which were filled with gunsmoke, and said: "You see, the two positions garrisoned by the enemy are exactly forming a flanking attack on our army's No. 8 position. Moreover, the puppet army has also set up a large number of recoilless guns and mortar assists on these two positions, and no matter how thick the fortifications we built with sacks, they will not be able to withstand their recoilless guns! ”

"Isn't that?" I pointed to the fragments of sacks that had become rags around me and said, "Last night, the soldiers built a fortification all night, and they were beaten by the puppet army as soon as the fight began!" ”

"Then ......" Li Feng thought for a while, and then replied: "Chief of Staff, do you think we want to press those two high ground back?" ”

"Not good!" Li Baocheng shook his head and said: "Our troops are already insufficient, and it is not appropriate to storm the position of the puppet army, not to mention that it is still daytime, and doing so will bring us great casualties, and then I am afraid that we will not be able to defend it!" Besides, there are as many as seven positions on the left flank under the control of the puppet army, and they are 'staggered', and in order to avoid being flanked by the puppet army, we have captured two positions, and these two positions are under the attack of other positions, so this will not solve the problem! ”

"Hmm! Company Commander Li is right! Li Baocheng's analysis convinced Li Feng, but this can't be blamed on Li Feng, who is not familiar with the terrain and position of Shangganling, and will inevitably make wrong judgments.

"Can the other positions be used to cover the eighth position for fire support?" I asked: "If there were four or five 'mortars' to suppress positions 1 and 7, then the pressure on position 8 would be much less!" ”

"Chief of Staff......" Li Feng shook his head a little helplessly and said: "The No. 3 main peak position can provide fire support for other positions, but the area is small, and the arrangement of two 'doors' mortars is crowded. Position No. 9 was attacked on three sides, and the battle with the enemy was very 'fierce', and there was no way to provide support for other positions. Position 10 was easier and was only attacked by the enemy from the front, but it had to provide support to Position 9 to relieve the pressure on Position 9, otherwise Position 9 was likely to be lost. So ......"

Although Li Feng's words were not finished, I also understood that under the fierce attack of the enemy, the other positions were all too busy to take care of themselves, and they could no longer provide fire support for the No. 8 position.

But what can be done now? Position No. 8 is like the weakness of our army's position, which cannot be lost, and there is no way to build fortifications. Position No. 8 is not very big, and at most only a dozen people can be stationed there, and as soon as there are more people and one dense, they will be bombed by enemy mortars......

"The enemy is coming!" The shouts of one of the fighters immediately made everyone in the position nervous.

I poked my head out to take a look, and sure enough, I saw another company of puppet soldiers coming up, all dressed in green, wearing steel helmets and carrying guns, with grenades hanging from their waists, surging up like 'waves' and 'waves'. The No. 1 and No. 7 positions, which gave me a lot of headaches, had several black 'holes' and 'holes' of their guns aimed at us.

"Ready!" As soon as I gave the order, Li Baocheng and Li Feng responded and ran back to their positions. The fighters were also ready to stop the enemy.

I also leaned out from behind the big bluestone and pointed my gun at the puppet army who were about to rush up. But for some reason, I think the puppet army's movements are a bit strange this time, their movements are very slow, and they don't seem to have the intention of rushing up. Some of them are quick to stop to tie their shoelaces or 'fiddle' with something......

Could it be ...... Fraud?

As soon as the thought arose, I heard a roar, and the recoilless guns of the puppet army in positions 1 and 7 opened fire. Before I could get ready, a huge wall of fire exploded in front of the position, and dark red poisonous fire was pouring towards our position like a 'tide'.

Not good! It's an incendiary bomb!

I hurriedly shrank behind the stone, and curled up in a ball with my head and face in my arms without thinking about it.

"Whew!" With a bang, a hot 'wave' rushed over. First there was a smell of burning and gasoline in my nose, followed by the suffocation of the air being 'pumped' dry, which made me feel dizzy and nauseous!

The screams soon reached my ears, and I looked up to see that Position 8 was already a sea of fire, full of struggling fire men. They were soldiers who had just come from the tunnel to reinforce them, and before they could fire a few shots, they were ignited by the enemy's incendiary bombs. They wailed, rolled, and waved their arms, ran and jumped, until at last there was no sound. All that remained on the battlefield were clouds of fireworks and charred corpses......

I closed my eyes and couldn't bear to look at it all anymore. Suddenly, I felt a terrible headache, and when I reached out and 'touched', a burning pain made me realize that my hat was on fire at some point, and my hair was burning so much that it was squeaking, so I quickly took off my hat and threw it on the ground, and then I found that my back was also on fire!

Because Li Feng arranged an observation post at the rear of the position, more than a dozen reinforcements soon rushed up at the mouth of the tunnel. After I had extinguished the flames on my body, they also entered the position. The soldiers looked at this situation, did not speak, all gritted their teeth and waved their sapper shovels to extinguish the flames on the positions and corpses, and quickly entered the battle positions.

There is still a fire in front of the position that has not been extinguished, and as soon as the wind blows, the fireworks make a whirring sound.

Before the fire was extinguished, the puppet army naturally had no way to rush up, so rows of mortars were fired at our position. The blast wave lifted dirt and rocks, crackling and hitting me in the body, but I didn't pay any attention.

I looked through the scope on my rifle and motionlessly observed Positions 1 and 7 in the smoke below.

As long as these two positions are still there, the tragic outfit just now will happen again.

So...... I must find a way to make it impossible for the enemy to gain a foothold in these two positions!