The deserters of the puppet army are gathering more and more and are becoming more and more organized, which can be seen from the fact that they are firing more and more shells and becoming more and more regular. I believe that this is the result of the puppet army being organized under the command of the officer, after all, after several years of war, the current puppet army can be said to be a rabble if a single unit comes out.

"Regiment commander, the 522.1 heights were shelled by the puppet army, and a large number of puppet troops were assembled on both sides"

"Commander Wu called, a large number of puppet troops have gathered in the direction of the 551.6 heights, intending to seize the Jinchengchuan Bridge"

"The division headquarters called, the soldiers of the 20th Corps are concentrating their superior forces to launch a fierce attack on the defense line of the puppet army, and the main force of the puppet army is retreating, and the division commander Pang ordered us to stop the puppet army"

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Every time I received a telegram, Liu Shunyi would mark the corresponding position on the map, so that I could see all the situations and the development of the battle situation at a glance.

But now I feel that all this information seems to be meaningless. What we can do now is to hold on to the existing high ground and prevent the enemy from passing through, and we cannot even move our troops and supply and transport ammunition.

The reason is simple, the enemy has a large number of long-range artillery and we do not.

We are an interspersed force, and the characteristic of the penetrating and interspersed troops is that they must be fast. So it is impossible for us to advance with long-range artillery. Besides, everyone knows that the penetrating 'interspersed' troops will be surrounded at every turn as soon as a battle starts, and in this case we simply do not have the time or space to arrange artillery positions, and even if we can arrange them, we will not be able to protect them.

The puppet army obviously knows this very well, so our weakness is exposed.

When both sides have artillery, be careful when either side is attacking the other, because the other side is likely to calculate the position of the artillery position based on the ballistics. But now the puppet army knows that we don't have long-range artillery, so as soon as they set up artillery on the battlefield, they will wantonly bombard us with a burst of 'chaos'.

In the north, there are deserters of the puppet army bombing the positive slope, and in the south, there are reinforcements of the puppet army bombarding the anti-slope, so it is unsafe for us who are defending.

Although most of the volunteer soldiers hid in fortifications, which could greatly reduce the lethality of the enemy's artillery, it was impossible to reinforce from high ground to high ground, and even support between different positions on the same high ground would be difficult. Because as soon as we get out of the fortifications, we will soon be bombed by the puppet army.

As a result, our contact with other troops was cut off, which reminds me that during the Battle of Shangganling, the Yankees also used artillery fire to blockade and block the connection between Shangganling and the rear. The hardships of Shangganling still leave an imprint on my mind, and now I have encountered a similar situation again. It's like a scar that hasn't been completely healed again, and it brings back a lot of memories for me.

I looked at the map on my desktop and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

However, this time the battlefield is not the same as Shangganling, which has complete and fully functional tunnel fortifications, while we do not. What we have is only the tunnel fortifications and cement fortifications built by the puppet army, although the reinforced concrete fortifications on the positive slope are very strong and can resist the bombardment of the puppet army, but the tunnel fortifications on the anti-slope are worrying

Fortunately, this time the puppet army deserters could not last long, our army is launching a general attack on the puppet army with an overwhelming 'sexual' superiority in strength on the frontal battlefield, as long as the puppet army's defense collapses, our task is almost completed.

Now it's about looking at who lasts longer.

With a ......"boom", a shell hit the top of the tunnel where the regimental headquarters was located, and after a violent shock, a large area of earth and rocks fell from the ......top of the tunnel. The tunnel of this regiment headquarters has been reinforced by the soldiers, and if it is an ordinary tunnel, maybe we will all be buried alive when this cannon comes down.

Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue subconsciously leaned towards me, looking at the top of the tunnel vigilantly, as if they wanted to push me to a safe place in time when the landslide appeared.

"Go out and see what is going on," I grabbed my rifle and was about to head out of the tunnel.

"Regiment Commander" Liu Shunyi hurriedly stopped: "The enemy is shelling, it is too dangerous to appear at this time"

"Isn't it dangerous to stay in the tunnel?" I glanced at the earth and rocks that were still falling overhead, and said with a wry smile, "Now, the safest place may still be the battlefield."

Liu Shunyi didn't know how to answer when I said this, because the current situation is indeed like this.

I won't say more, as soon as I raised the rifle in my hand, I took Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue out of the tunnel.

There was mud flying everywhere, and the whole highland was filled with something like gunsmoke or water vapor, as if it was a hazy layer of fog around the highland. This makes me

This makes me feel like I'm back in Shangganling, of course, except for the raindrops that are still falling in the sky.

I couldn't help frowning, there shouldn't be such a situation in the dark road, just Shangganling was enveloped by gunsmoke, which was the result of the US army's non-stop bombing day and night for many days. But now the bombing time is only more than an hour......

However, if you think about it, it quickly becomes clear that the smoke produced when the shells explode on this rainy day is not easy to dissipate when the rain is pressed down at a low place, and the heat generated by the shells evaporates the rain to form water vapor, which is suspended in the air, and the current situation is formed.

But this is also good, with the cover of these smoke will be easier for our troops to move. At least I took Xu Yongwei and the others out of the tunnel so that they would not be discovered by the enemy's artillery observers

In the face of the constant explosions and the overwhelming mud and dirty water all around, I took Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue to climb to the top of the mountain along the 'Jiao' trench.

The so-called standing high and seeing far, this area is the highest elevation of the 585.2 highland, and the range that can be seen is also large. Cautiously poking his head out of the trench and raising the telescope to look north, he saw that in the rain curtain like a "covered" veil, the puppet army deserters were nervously busy with something, and occasionally a few tanks could be seen vaguely figured, and they couldn't tell what model it was, in short, in the tense scheduling.

Obviously, they were organizing an attack or preparing for it. The puppet army learned from the Yankees that they would never attack without artillery preparations and tanks forming a steel defense line in front of them. Although this kind of fight is more scientific, or it can be said that it can minimize casualties, it also exposes its own target to the other side.

Sure enough, after a while, the sound of artillery gradually stopped, and then a large number of puppet troops slowly 'pressed' towards our position under the guidance of seven or eight tanks.

As soon as the sound of the artillery stopped, the soldiers entered the position one after another.

Maybe the telescope I was holding in my hand was particularly conspicuous, Li Weiqiang recognized me at a glance, leaned beside me and said, "Commander, how is the situation?" ”

Li Weiqiang has been following me for a while, and he is no longer surprised to see me on the battlefield, so he doesn't say anything nonsense about making me dangerous.

"Nothing?" I looked at the group of puppet soldiers who were walking unhurriedly, and replied, "I just think it's a little strange, these puppet soldiers are not in a hurry at all...... Aren't our comrades in the 20th Corps fighting hard enough?"

"Yes...... Li Weiqiang looked at the group of puppet soldiers who were 'forced' at the foot of the mountain, and said a little strangely: "I also feel strange when you say this, I have never seen such a desperate escape."

After a pause, he scolded again: "Whatever, they are not in a hurry, we are not in a hurry, anyway, it is right not to let them pass"

The fire cover of the tanks of the puppet army soon began, and the machine guns and tank guns were fighting against the slope of the 585.2 heights, and the recoilless guns and mortars also participated.

The firepower of the puppet army is very fierce, and the US army has deliberately withdrawn from the battlefield at this time, in order to be able to control the battle situation as much as possible, so the equipment of the puppet army is also not stingy. But the sturdy cement fortifications left by the puppet army on the 585.2 heights also played a role at this time, isn't it? Howitzers can withstand the rebar 'concrete' fortifications that are several meters thick, let alone machine guns and tank guns. The bullets and shells hit the pillbox as if they were tickling, and they didn't work at all.

Looking at this, I am a little relieved, just like when we attack the surface position of Shangganling, we must use the lives of our soldiers to blow up with explosive "medicine" bags, and now the puppet army will also taste this kind of taste of dealing with pillboxes. And ironically, they are dealing with the bunkers they have built.

I made a rough count, and there were about fifteen pillboxes on the entire positive slope. The puppet army obviously put a lot of effort into building these bunkers. From the halfway point of the mountain, these pillboxes are distributed into three lines of defense, each pillbox covers the slope and the space at the foot of the mountain as much as possible, and two pillboxes are built on the left and right sides at important points to form 'cross' firepower, and even many pillboxes can cover each other's fire.

It is true that this is the strength of the US army and the puppet army, building strong fortifications on the positive slope to achieve the most effective use of firepower. It can almost be said that as long as there are still bullets in the machine guns in these bunkers, as long as there are people in the bunkers, even the puppet army will not be able to capture such a position no matter how many people there are.

Unless, the puppet army can also use grenades and blasters to stuff the 'shooting' holes of the bunkers with grenades and blasters, and use their own 'chest' to plug the gun holes......

But I believe that the puppet army will not have this courage, because in my sight, those puppet troops who are attacking the high ground of our army have just climbed a few steps, only to be swept away by the machine guns of the volunteer soldiers in the pillbox, and then flee back in disgrace.

"Bah, you still want to pass from us with this virtue" Li Weiqiang looked at the puppet army, and spat out disdainfully and said: "That's it, I'm not afraid of ten times as many soldiers."

This situation was obviously not what I expected, and at first I thought that there would be a massacre in front of our position, but I did not expect it to be this scene.

Don't the puppet army want to run away? I couldn't help but be 'puzzled', if they fight like this, it will be impossible to escape until next year, and then look at the pseudo-seventh division in the south, there is also no movement.

At this time, Li Pinghe hurriedly ran to my side and reported: "Battalion Commander Hu called, the 522.1 high ground is in an emergency, they were attacked very fiercely by the puppet army in the north, and at the same time, the puppet army on the south bank also used the raft to attack, and their casualties were very large."

"What" I couldn't help but be shocked when I heard this, and suddenly realized that the focus of the puppet army's attack was on the inconspicuous 522.1 height, and their actions here were just feints to attract our attention.

"Go back to the regiment headquarters," I gave the order and turned around and ran.

hurriedly came to the regiment headquarters and said to Liu Shunyi, who was drawing something on the map: "What's the situation?" ”

"Regiment Commander" Liu Shunyi pointed to the newly marked lines on the map and said: "According to the telegram sent by Battalion Commander Hu, the puppet army used more than ten 'Sherman' tanks to build construction in front of the 522.1 heights, not only to build artillery positions, but also to open up a channel that is enough for one battalion to enter the battle. Since these actions were carried out covertly during the artillery bombardment, it was not discovered until they launched an attack on Battalion Commander Hu. At the same time, the puppet army on the south bank also began to force the crossing, here and here, two pontoon bridges were built, and about a regiment of puppet troops was forcibly crossing on a raft"

"Damn," I slammed my fist into the map.

I didn't expect that the focus of the puppet army's attack was still the 522.1 height, I should have thought that this 522.1 heights was the temporary stationing place of the puppet army's White Tiger Regiment, and there was no solid steel 'concrete' concrete fortification on it, and I only sent Hu Biao a battalion to garrison it, which undoubtedly became the weakness of our army's defense line.

However, this cannot be said to be a mistake on my command, in fact, it is very helpless to let Hu Biao only have one battalion stationed on the 522.1 heights. 522.1 There are no strong fortifications on the high ground that can withstand the artillery fire of the puppet army, once there are too many troops stationed on it, there will be nothing left when bombarded by the artillery fire of the puppet army

Li Weiqiang, who followed me in with the "regiment commander", heard this situation and suggested: "Let's send soldiers to lurk in our hands and blow up the puppet army's pontoon bridge as we did just now, at least we can reduce the pressure on Battalion Commander Hu a little."

"No," Liu Shunyi quickly replied: "Before, we had already sneaked out of the encirclement of the puppet army from under the water and destroyed the regimental headquarters of the puppet army, and then unknowingly blew up their two pontoon bridges......

Everything can be one or the other, and the puppet army is certainly not a fool, allowing us to use the same method again and again to inflict heavy casualties

"How's the situation on Captain Wu's side?" I asked.

The 522.1 heights are not far from the control of the 539th Regiment, and if possible, I hope that the 539th Regiment will be able to give reinforcements. But Liu Shunyi's answer quickly disappointed me.

"Commander Wu's situation is similar to ours," Liu Shunyi replied helplessly: "They are also pinned down by the puppet army and can't be separated." And even if Commander Wu can send reinforcements, he will face the same problem as us, and will be intercepted by the artillery fire of the puppet army."

"It seems" I sighed deeply and said, "Battalion Commander Hu, they have to rely on themselves, order Battalion Commander Hu, no matter what, they must hold on until dark, and as soon as it gets dark, we will send reinforcements to them immediately."

"Yes" Liu Shunyi responded, and immediately conveyed the order to the telegraph soldier.

The order was given, but I was not at ease with what I said in my heart. Things on the battlefield do not mean that you can give a death order, just like a human head cannot compete with bullets and shells. I believe that the fighters are heroic and that they will fight until the last moment, but the gap in reality is clear......

I'm going to be prepared for the loss of 522.1 Heights, and I quickly realized this and turned my attention to the map again.

After the loss of 522.1 Heights, what will the puppet army do? Undoubtedly, it was the puppet army deserters pouring out from here.

So...... The pontoon bridge has become the focus again, and there are so many deserters in the puppet army, if they are all transported in batches by rafts, then they will not be able to be transported even if they are transported for a few days and nights. They're still going to end up trying to get away from the pontoon, if I can blow it up...... Then even if the 522.1 heights are lost, the puppet army will not be able to escape

But how to blow up the pontoon?

It is obviously inappropriate to attack from the ground, and the artillery scouts of the puppet army are all staring at us, and the artillery has already adjusted the Zhuyuan, just waiting for us to pass.

Then it's still the Bukhan River...... But as Liu Shunyi said, the puppet army is already on guard, and it is impossible for us to lurk under the nose of the enemy in broad daylight......

After all, we're all human beings, aren't we? Although the river is relatively muddy, it is still easy to find such a big person in the water in broad daylight

We don't seem to need people to do this, after all, all we're going to do is blow up the bridge

Thinking of this, I sat up from my chair and said to Liu Shunyi: "Immediately send a telegram to Commander Wu and ask them if they have any extra explosives 'powder' bags, and the control zone is not far from the North Han River."

"Yes" Liu Shunyi listened, although he didn't understand what I was going to do, but he still did it.

After a while, he came back with a telegram and reported: "Commander Wu called back that all the explosives and 'ammunition' bags he was carrying were intact, and the Jinseongcheon Bridge under his control was above the Bukhan River."

"Okay," I nodded, and immediately ordered: "Calculate the length of the lead wire, wrap the explosive 'charge' bag with a tarp, tie a wooden block to levitate it, and then throw it into the river."

"Throw it into the river" Liu Shunyi and the others couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and then quickly understood, and without saying much, they turned around and asked the telegraph operator to start sending the telegram