CHAPTER XXXII
Following the direction from which the sound of the tank motor came, the fighters fired a few flares, but to our surprise, it was not the tank, but a large number of infantry. Judging by the uniforms, I can be sure that they are puppet troops, but I can't believe that any puppet army would be brave enough to attack us beyond the tanks. Unless "
The nickname "Pseudo-Capital Division" quickly jumped into my mind.
They came out of the foot of the mountain in twos and threes, a few here and there, all of them drilling into the shadows, behind the rocks and into the dead corners of the machine guns, and it seemed like a lot of people at a glance, but if they really wanted to use the machine guns to 'shoot', they would be a little helpless, because they were too scattered and well covered.
Both the U.S. military and the puppet army trained by the U.S. military are accustomed to charging under the cover of tanks, even if the protection of the puppet army's light tanks is insufficient. Therefore, there is only a little crazy and technical charge like now, and the only one who has been trained by the war is the pseudo-capital division.
More and more puppet troops emerged from the foot of the mountain, and as soon as they found a suitable position, they swung sapper shovels to improve the fortifications in place, and then set up machine guns and various kinds of sharp guns.
It should be said that such actions of theirs are still reasonable, and it is not bad to erect a steel line of defense with tanks. But that kind of defense line is not suitable for fighting in this narrow mountainous terrain, because for the puppet army hiding behind the tanks, unless they build the steel defense line of the tanks beyond our 'firing' range, the attack will have to pass through the narrow passage between the two tanks, and that is the moment when we will kill and wound them in large numbers. But there will be no such greeting when the puppet capital division is now building field fortifications at the foot of the mountain, as it is now
It took a while for three light cushion tanks to cover a bunch of infantry, and these tanks did not form a defensive line like the American army. In fact, three light tanks could not form a single line of defense. They were clever enough to find an incline in the open field and adjust the tank guns to point at our positions.
Seeing this, I secretly said in my heart that it was not good, and I knew that the maximum 'shooting' range of the "Xiafei" tank was only 15 degrees. However, the maximum 'shooting' range of the "Pershing" tank is 20 degrees, and since the "Xia Fei" tank can hit us in this way, then the "Pershing" will definitely be able to do it. Fortunately, the tank commando team before the Yankees only wanted to go to the rescue and not to attack, otherwise the large-caliber tank guns of the seven or eight tanks aimed at our army's position for a 'chaotic' bombardment, and the high-altitude 'fire' machine guns on our position would have long been gone. Fortunately, now it's just a small gun of the "Xiafei" tank 7,
Looking at the arrangement of the puppet capital division, the fighters also felt the pressure. After all, there are only about 30 people guarding the high ground now, and the puppet army below has hundreds of people, not to mention that they are still a puppet capital division that is good at field warfare. The soldiers in front of and behind me couldn't help but breathe rapidly, and the machine gunners and mortar gunners also looked at the enemy at the foot of the mountain with solemn expressions, and they did not dare to slack off for half a minute.
But I'm not in a hurry to give the order to shoot, the so-called constant response to change, they are busy at the foot of the mountain, if they want to take our high ground, they will eventually attack the mountain, and in the end they will be under our firepower, I will wait for the moment when they send them to the muzzle"
Sure enough, after a while, when the puppet army was almost ready, they rushed towards the mountain in groups with a shout. With my order. The soldiers also pulled the trigger and rained down on the enemy with bullets, and flares also hit each other, and in an instant the high ground was illuminated as if it were daytime.
The tart of the high-altitude 'fire' machine gun grunted, kicking up patches of muddy water in front of the position, and then extending further back. It's like a giant hand knocking down the puppet army that roars and rushes upwards to the ground. Because of the inclination, after the bullet of the high-altitude machine gun penetrates the enemy, it does not 'shoot' into the dirt but 'shoots' again along the slope to cause secondary or even tertiary damage to the enemy. So the high-altitude 'firing' machine gun bullets passed, and the fallen enemies were not in rows, but in piles,"
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The firepower of the mortars is not weak, these mortars are Yankee-type mortars, although the power will not be greater than the Soviet-style mortars, but the emphasis is on the workmanship 'fine' and high accuracy, plus the volunteer mortars are all veterans, so the shells are drilled into the puppet army crowd, and every sound can bring a scream and bloody rain.
The firepower of the puppet army is not weak, and the field fortifications they built are still very crude. And the position below cannot be compared with us, but the weapons in their hands are all 'sophisticated' American equipment, machine guns, mortars, recoilless guns are all bombarding our hilltop position, if it were not for our advantage on the top of the mountain, most of their bullets would not be able to hit us because of the angle. The thirty or so of us have long been beaten into a sieve.
In particular, the three tanks, although they are light tanks, the tank gun is only equivalent to a mortar, but the two high-altitude machine guns on it are a sharp weapon against the infantry, and the three 'strong' machine guns on the three tanks are loud and loud, and the goal is very clear, that is, to suppress the high-altitude 'fire' machine guns of our army. In a short time, only the earth and rocks of the division in front of our army's high-altitude "shooting" machine gun positions flew "chaotically", and the sound of bullets whistled all around.
I wanted to use my sniper rifle to kill the machine gunners on those tanks, but the distance was too far beyond the range of the rifles. I had to watch as the machine gunner was knocked away as soon as he was replaced, and then he was knocked away again", and finally even the machine gun was knocked out
The war ten had to drag it to the rear to 'shoot' the machine gun and go out to the state, and the infantry of the Handxin puppet army took this opportunity to rush up in groups.
I slammed the rifle in my hand like a machine gun, and the puppet soldiers who rushed up followed one after the other under my gun, but they still surged up like a 'tide'.
"Grenades!" As soon as I shouted, the soldiers threw down rows of grenades, forming a barrage in front of the position and blasting a large number of enemies fiercely, but the guys of the puppet capital division were also arrogant, and still rushed up with their rushing knives desperately.
"Li Guoqiang!" I yelled to the side, "Is it all right?" If you can't, just throw that garbage away for me! ”
"That's it!" Before the words fell, Li Guoqiang was seen with four soldiers. Each of them came up with a bazooka on their shoulders, and without saying a word, they pulled the trigger on the puppet army that rushed up.
"Boom" a few times, the explosion was an explosion, and it also blew up a few people, but the explosion was a little different. Then I quickly understood that Bazooka could 'fire' armor-piercing, smoke and incendiary shells, and that the shells that had just been fired would not smoke or fire. I guess it's an armor-piercing bullet.
"Another kind of shell!" Thinking of this, I immediately shouted at Li Guoqiang.
Inexperienced! Bombing people with tank-fighting bombs is not as powerful as a grenade.
"Yes!" Li Guoqiang answered, turned around, and led the soldiers back to prepare
"Hand slip!" Once the anti-aircraft machine gun could not play a role, the firepower of the fighters was a little weak, and we ourselves were in a hurry to drill out of the tunnel to fight without much ***, so even if there were two 'strong' machine guns, it would not play a role.
Another row of grenades was thrown down. The puppet army was bombed and flew everywhere, but before the smoke cleared, the puppet army rushed up, and at this time there was not even a chance to fire flares at them
In fact, there was no need to fire flares now, because the two sides were so close that even in the dark of the night, you could see the cold light of each other's bayonets.
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"Get on the bayonet!" This is a helpless move, the hand slip has been thrown off, at this distance if you don't have a bayonet, you can only wait to be ***, but we have more than 30 people against the enemy hundreds, even if the bayonet seems to be ***. But now there is no way to control so much, and in the face of the enemy who howled and rushed towards us from below, the soldiers did not have the slightest fear to load their rifles with bayonets and quietly waited for my orders...
Pull out the waist opening. I was about to order the soldiers to launch a counter-charge, but at this moment, Li Guoqiang's men came back, and before I could order several of them, they raised their rocket launchers and pulled the trigger on the enemy on the inclined plane.
There was a 'chaos' sound of "boom...", and a wall of fire suddenly rose in front of the position, a wall of fire filled with blood and screams. The wails, scorching stench, and gasoline accompanied by the flames spread rapidly from the point of impact to both sides like a rising tide. The soldiers who were about to charge down hurriedly lowered their heads, and a hot 'wave' with the whistling wind passed over our heads, and the 'hair' that was 'exposed' on the outside of our hats soon curled up and gave out a foul smell.
When the heat 'wave' passed, the soldiers raised their heads to see that the front of the position had turned into a sea of fire, except for a few puppet soldiers covered in fire who were shouting and dancing in the fire, the battlefield could no longer see a living thing, and the puppet army at the foot of the mountain was also dumbfounded to watch all this, they obviously did not expect that just when they were about to succeed, there would suddenly be such a big change. Although they are still unwilling to admit defeat. But the wall of fire in front of the position had become an impenetrable barrier, so they had to retreat, lurking in the darkness and waiting for the next attack."
"I said Camp Commander Li!" I took off my hat and patted the flame on it: "You're looking at the dots." You didn't just hit the enemy, you almost accompanied us, you know? ”
"This" Li Guoqiang 'touched' his almost burned eyebrows, and smiled disgracefully: "The first time I hit it, I didn't expect the Yankees to burn so much, and the next time it will hit a little farther!" ”
"No matter how big the Yankee's fire burns, it is better than our battalion commander Li's fiery temper!" Some of the fighters joked.
"Ball!" Li Guoqiang raised the bazooka in his hand at the soldier: "Do you want to try it, let me give you a shot or what?" ”
"Look, it's here again!" The fighters couldn't help but laugh.
"Captain Cui!" After laughing for a while, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but say with some worry: "You see that the soldiers are running out of bullets,
"Isn't there still a bullet from Mizaigo?" I replied nonchalantly, "We knocked out so many Yankees when we rushed up." Wouldn't it be enough to take their guns? ”
"Captain Cui!" Li Guoqiang couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Yankees have guns all the time, but they don't seem to work very well." Here
As he spoke, Li Guoqiang casually 'pulled' out a handful of mud and threw it to me: "There are not a few of these guns left for the Yankees to bombard, and there are not many bullets, all the shells and machine gun bullets are stored in the tunnel, and there is not a box of bullets for this gun!" ”
"Hmm!" After taking the gun, I took a cursory look and it turned out to be a carbine, and it was no wonder that Li Guoqiang would say that it didn't work. Its maximum range is only 300 meters. And the penetration is poor, it is... The 42 soldiers, machine guns, and logistics soldiers are waiting for the self-defense of the special arms, so it does not have many bullets, generally only two magazines and 60 bullets, or even less.
"Captain Cui!" Li Guoqiang continued: "It's good that the bullets are gone, but what's worse is that our grenades are gone, and we still have at least a few thousand bullets and hundreds of shells in the tunnel, but we can't use them!" It's not just a way to shoot rocket artillery! ”
"How many mortar shells are left? .
"At least five or six hundred rounds." Li Guoqiang nodded and said: "But we only have three 'doors' for mortars, so we don't have to rush to fight."
When I heard this, I couldn't help but be stunned, and suddenly remembered that there was a plot in a movie "Saving Private Rennes" that I had seen in modern times, where when the US military grenade ran out, the bottom of the mortar shell would be knocked on the stone, and it could be used as a grenade. And it's more powerful than a grenade.
Thinking of this, I stood up, ran to a *** box in three or two steps, carefully grabbed a shell, walked to the edge of the trench and knocked it on a stone, and then I couldn't wait to throw it out,
But after a long time, I didn't see it explode, and the soldiers looked at me in a daze.
After a long time, Li Guoqiang asked suspiciously: "Captain Cui, what are you doing here?" That's a rocket artillery shell"
"!" Hearing this, I couldn't help glaring at Li Guoqiang fiercely: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Take a mortar cannon and humble! ”
Li Guoqiang looked aggrieved, that means I know, I didn't ask if it was not. Still, he took my orders and brought me a few mortar shells.
This time I got it. This mortar shell is relatively small, and it weighs only a few pounds, and there is a torpedo-like tail in the tail.
Grabbed one and smashed the bottom against the rock, then threw it out like a grenade, only to hear a thud and explode. I was stunned.
"The machine gun. I reached out and 'touched' the cigarette in my pocket, but when I thought about it on the battlefield and at night, smoking was a head-off thing. So he had to open his mouth and ordered: "That anti-aircraft 'fire' machine gun will 'get' a cover for it." Don't be crushed by bullets all the time.
Don't waste those bullets in the tunnel! ”
"Yes". The warriors answered, and began to work again.
I took out the pocket watch in the inner lining of my clothes and saw that it was only past three o'clock. Unknowingly, more than two hours have passed since this time, and the comrades of the 68th Army have not yet come. If you want to talk about this achievement, our five machine gun positions combined, almost killed a regiment of the American army! In any case, this result can be said to be a great victory in the Volunteer Army. Because in the campaign of the Volunteers to completely annihilate a regiment of the US army, only the Battle of Changjin Lake in the second campaign annihilated the Polar Bear Regiment, the ace unit of the US army, and although a large number of US troops were surrounded in other battles, they were all rescued by US military planes and tanks without exception.
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It is said that the reason why this regiment of the U.S. military is called the "Polar Bear Regiment" is because it successfully invaded Siberia in Russia during World War I, and its outstanding achievements in war were awarded the "Polar Bear Regiment" by the then US President Wilson. The title. The fact that such a battle-hardened and well-equipped unit was surrounded and annihilated by a division of the Chinese People's Volunteers with extremely inferior equipment cannot but be said to be a victory.
Now, our 38th Regiment has annihilated a regiment of the US Army with the strength of one regiment, and has killed and injured countless puppet soldiers, and there are more than 20 tanks blown up! Such a result is enough for our 60th Army to turn over."
"The enemy is coming!" While I was dreaming, the cry of a warrior once again pulled me back to the brutal battlefield, forcing me to face the guns of the battlefield again, the blood and death of the battlefield. That's when I realized that it was a blessing to be able to walk back on this battlefield.
Looking down the mountain, this time those puppet soldiers have learned to be obedient, and they no longer charge in a dense formation like just now, and they will burn us a lot. At this time, they also knew that they were slowly 'touching' upwards in a straggler formation. And it seems that he was frightened by the fires we just had, and as soon as a flare came down, he lay on the ground and did not move
Seeing this, I couldn't help but laugh secretly, I didn't expect the pseudo-capital division to have today! You're scared of the day!
"Cui Zaichang!" At this time, I only heard a soldier who was in charge of carrying *** hurriedly ran up and reported: "Commander Cui, there is also an enemy coming up on this side."
"What!" I wasn't stunned when I heard this, mother! These guys really have a set, and they don't know when they will 'touch' our anticline when it's dark. Now we're going to fight on both sides."
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Local participating troops in the Battle of Changjin Lake Note:
Volunteer Saber Army, Field Division, Fierce Regiment, 2 Picket Regiment, and Mouth Regiment. and about 10,000 people from the 2nd Mountain Regiment, and the 2nd Tun Regiment as a blocking force is not counted
United States: Introductory Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion of the Ugly Infantry Regiment, Blade Division Artillery Regiment and a tank detachment, as well as a large number of long-range artillery and aircraft. More than one person