Chapter 366: An Inch of Travel, an Inch of Blood (Part II)
Colonel Huntinger's bloody retribution was soon staged, because the target of the attack was not a few difficult logistics trains of the Chinese army, but an engineering unit that was rushing to repair the railroad, according to Ridgway: "If the strategic value of destroying and stopping the American forces on the front line is the same, then why should it be easy to seek the difficulty?" ”
Hearing this, Huntinger suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment, and his mouth suddenly opened, right, destroying the railway line, trapping this batch of logistics materials, the Chinese army on the front line also could not be supplied, and the attacking American army was not able to surround and annihilate it?
In this case, why do you still drill the tip of the horns, go to the Chinese train set that looks like a hedgehog, and shoot directly at the railway and the unprotected Chinese engineering troops?
Therefore, while admiring Li Qiwei's unique vision and flexible mind, he also quickly adjusted his combat strategy, so starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, a full four hours passed, and the Fifth Air Wing could be said to have done everything it could, carrying out five waves of air raids on the railway line on the alluvial plain of the Imjin River in a row.
This section of the railway was blown to pieces, and the third battalion of the railway corps, which braved the air raid to repair the railway, also suffered extremely heavy losses!
"Woo~~~"
With a sharp roar descending from the sky and hitting the eardrums, Fang Liang, whose cheeks had already been blackened by the smoke of gunpowder, was panicked and immediately shouted: "Battalion commander!" ”
He rushed over regardless of it, but he was fast, Jiang Zhengdao was faster, and at the moment when he was about to pounce on Jiang Zhengdao, Jiang Zhengdao preemptively pressed him to the ground, and then two bombshells falling from the sky exploded not far from the two of them, and the flying shrapnel instantly crossed the top of the beam's head, fortunately he fell down in time, otherwise he would have been cut into two pieces by the palm-sized shrapnel!
Fang Liang shook his head, which was a little dizzy by the explosion, and as soon as he woke up, there was a muffled snort in his ears, and then he followed the reputation, only to find that the other side of the railroad track followed Jiang Zhengdao to reinforce the bolt of the big smoke, not to mention the shock wave generated by the bomb just now, not to mention, his legs were also cut off by shrapnel knee-high.
Seeing the hearty and honest Northwest man on weekdays, now his flesh and blood are blurred, Fang Liang couldn't help but hissed and shouted: "Old Solution!" ”
However, Xie Dayan didn't seem to hear anything, holding the wrench that had been blown up and bent in his hand, climbed to the side of the railroad track with difficulty, glanced at the bolt that had been reinforced just now, and scolded weakly: "Mother begged...... American Devil ...... Handful...... He begged for the fixing bolts...... Target...... Blown up! ”
As he spoke, he turned the wrench in his hand in a different direction, and inserted the handle into the hole of the fixing bolt that was blown away. ”
"Guarantee the smooth passage of the train!"
Without waiting for Xie Dayan to answer, beside Fang Liang, Jiang Zhengdao shook the gravel on his body and replied first, his words were firm and unquestionable, and his face covered with blood was even more meaningful, and he immediately climbed to the side of the railroad tracks and pulled out the wrench under him, and inserted it into another fixing bolt hole like Xie Dayan.
"Battalion commander, you are ......"
"I said it...... I want to make sure that the train passes smoothly...... This...... This...... This is the task of our railroad soldiers! At this time, Jiang Zhengdao's words were already a little vague, and Fang Liang saw clearly that Jiang Zhengdao's back was already blurred with flesh and blood, and it was obvious that he was seriously injured.
But around this, his hand was still tightly holding the wrench inserted into the fixing bolt hole, and his serious and honest face flashed a trace of vain, and a little reluctant, but more of it was the fortitude and tenacity of being a soldier!
Seeing this, Fang Liang couldn't care about anything else and was ready to rush over and pull the two down, but as soon as he ran two steps, a piercing whistle, accompanied by the roar of anti-aircraft gunfire, broke through the layers of gunsmoke and surged, and then a train rumbled past......
When the figure of the train disappeared completely, the dust stirred up gradually dispersed, and the two resolute figures on both sides of the railway still maintained the posture of holding the wrench, even if the arm had been broken and the internal organs were damaged, they were still as they had at the beginning, holding the wrench that belonged to them, and fulfilling the oath made under the military flag before departure with their lives - people are on the road!
Looking at the two figures who had never moved to death, Fang Liang couldn't help but stand up slowly, solemnly gave a military salute, turned around, and couldn't hold back the tears for a long time......
One inch of travel, one inch of blood, 100,000 miles and 100,000 troops!
If Fang Liang, a fledgling civil engineering student, still had a sense of self-deprecation when he first entered the dynasty, then now he finally understands the meaning.
So he didn't say anything, just silently kept his tears and walked towards the next section of the road with staggering and determination......
Although the train air defense artillery system commanded by Song Tianming and the surrounding antiaircraft artillery units provided strong covering firepower for the 3rd Battalion of the Railway Corps, the US air force under the daylight had an innate advantage, coupled with Li Qiwei's order at all costs, so the US air force went crazy.
In this way, the 3rd Battalion of the Railway Corps was only crazy, so the bomb and the flesh collided fiercely again, although not as direct as the front-line battlefield, but it was no less tragic......
This is a contest of wills, but also a contest of military souls!
In the end, even Colonel Huntinger, who commanded the attack, had to admit that an opponent who was not afraid to bomb and repair kilometers under such conditions was truly terrifying.
So much so that he had to give the order to return, because the ammunition of the Fifth Air Wing was almost exhausted, and the losses were even more unbearable, but Rao was so, at most, he only delayed the advance of the Chinese train crew, and did not achieve the purpose of stopping it.
There is no way, the Chinese logistics unit's strength to sacrifice life and forget death really makes him frightened, otherwise he would not have said such meaningful words to the naval aviation unit that succeeded the Fifth Air Wing to continue the attack mission: "The Chinese are all made of iron, it is difficult to blow up to rot, I wish you good luck!" ”
After learning of Jiang Zhengdao's sacrifice, Song Tianming stayed for a while before he instructed the staff officer who reported it: "Let that Fang Liang temporarily act as the commander of the third battalion of the railway corps, as for our ......."
As he spoke, Song Tianming couldn't help but pause, thinking back to Jiang Zhengdao's honest smiling face, his eyes couldn't help but be covered with a layer of fog, and he immediately said word by word: "It's time to work hard......