Chapter 21: All or Nothing

Chapter 21: All or Nothing

The U.S. military, aided by snipers, quickly gained the upper hand. More than a dozen snipers are almost lethal with guns, which will not only cause strong psychological pressure on our army, but also the speed of our army's casualties is so fast that the soldiers in the tunnel have no time to replenish, and even several US snipers have locked the mouth of the tunnel, as long as a soldier drills out of the mouth of the tunnel, he fell under the enemy's guns before he was ready.

However, after a while, the enemy suppressed our firepower with an overwhelming superiority, and the American troops loaded their rifles with bayonets one after another, and only waited for the commander to give an order to launch a charge on the anti-slope of our troops.

Finally, after a young soldier who had just emerged from the pit fell under the enemy's gun, I could no longer hold back and pull the trigger hard at an American sniper.

With a "bang" gunshot, the American sniper who got carried away fell to the ground with his head tilted.

Hu Zudi and the others had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and as soon as they heard the gunshot, they immediately pulled the trigger and 'fired' the bullet at the target they had already chosen. The U.S. military Chen Ying was in chaos in an instant, and most of the dozen or so snipers were killed or wounded in just that instant. Where would they have thought that our army also has snipers lurking in the shadows to stare at them, plus the battle just now killed many volunteer soldiers at the same time, but also made them gradually let down their guard, so all of them are not defended or hidden, and the ten snipers can escape under our guns Only one stood unsteadily and fell and a guy who just finished shooting a magazine and hid to load a bullet.

Hu Zudi and the others had just witnessed how the US snipers had brutally killed the volunteer soldiers, and they had long held their breath in their hearts, and as soon as they were allowed to open fire this time, they would not let those US soldiers go, and after knocking down the US snipers, they quickly pointed their guns at the second target.

I didn't dare to do that because I always felt that someone was secretly watching us in the direction, so I 'fired' the bullet and then looked off the scope. The scope allows me to see more clearly, but the field of view is smaller. If I want to find my opponent, I need to have a bigger vision, and I'm ready to run away at any time.

At this point, I'm actually competing with my opponent to find the opponent one step ahead of him.

If he had found me first, I would have been shot without a doubt. At a distance of more than four meters, I believe he can hit me, otherwise he would not be worthy of being my opponent.

If I find him first, it means that the 'decoy' he released before will be for us to eat, and he may die under my gun.

I don't know where he is, or why he hasn't shot yet, but one thing is obvious, he probably didn't expect us to have so many snipers lurking, and it would be difficult to find me among so many snipers, which is why I'm still alive until now.

But I soon realized that I was wrong, that I should not stop looking for an opponent but should look for a second target like any other warrior, and then 'shoot' the bullet of hatred at the enemy like they did. Now that I'm like this, I obviously make myself look special, and I've 'exposed' myself.

Thinking of this, I immediately rolled to the left side twice, there is a reason to roll to the left, there is a good cover not far from the right side and not far from the mouth of the pit, if I roll to the right, I can quickly get back to a safe place through the cover. This is indeed a very 'tempting' escape method, but the battlefield experience in the past few years has taught me that this is an escape path for facing ordinary enemies, and if you are facing a master, then you have to do the opposite.

So I chose the left side, and although there was no danger on the left side, which made me more exposed, it was better than dying under the enemy's gun.

It turned out that I was right, because at the moment when I had just rolled away, three bullets hit me in quick succession slightly to the right of my position, 'stirring' up a few earth 'flowers'.

While rolling, I did not give up observing the direction of the enemy's field, so I saw the enemy shooting at me.

It was an ordinary enemy who could not be more ordinary, no, it should be said that he was not ordinary, because he had a red cross tied to his left shoulder, and the reason why I would have ignored him before was because of the red cross on his right arm. Because I thought that as a sniper, of course I would try my best to hide myself and not make myself look special. So I ruled it out at the first time, but what I didn't expect was that the real opponent was him.

It seems that the Yankees also know the truth of "doing the opposite".

On the battlefield of snipers, especially in the duel between masters, it is not allowed to make mistakes, because once you make a mistake, it is very likely that the opponent will seize the opportunity, and it is even possible to pay the price of your life for this mistake.

That's the way it is now. My opponent made a mistake and misjudged the direction in which I was fleeing. Because I have a chance, a chance to beat my opponent and win this fight.

But......

I was a man of no direction by nature, and when I rolled on the ground twice and then turned my gaze to the enemy's position, I couldn't find the north. When it took me a moment to locate my opponent, he was out of sight.

I locked his position with my rifle in case he suddenly popped up and 'shot' at me. But after waiting for a while, I felt that something was wrong. The enemy is high and I am low, and he can change a position at any time by taking advantage of the blind spot in my line of sight. If I stay here and don't move, it's no different from looking for death.

So I hurriedly carried my rifle into the cover on the right side, and was about to stick the rifle out of the cover, but I felt a little unsafe. So he simply ran a few steps along the cover cat's waist and got into the tunnel, and then passed through the passage as fast as he could, and drilled out of another tunnel, and then slowly stretched out his gun, and carefully poked out his head......

It's more than a hundred meters away from that position, and I'm sure the U.S. sniper must have lost my direction by now. At this point, I thought that if that guy could still find me easily, then I would have to sigh that I was not as good as others

I looked at the U.S. line through the scope and searched twice without finding any suspicious targets. But now I am not in a hurry, because at this time the initiative on the battlefield is completely in the hands of our army.

The loss of that large number of snipers by the American army directly led to the balance of victory tilting in favor of our army. Although there are still American fighter planes whistling overhead, and there are still a lot of bullets and shells pouring down on us, the pilots in the air do not know where our sharpshooters are lurking, and at the same time, they cannot see us in the air, and they do not even know what is happening on the battlefield......

Therefore, the plane did not pose any threat to Hu Zudi and the other sharpshooters, and Hu Zudi and the others could 'shoot' at the enemy at the top of the hill with great peace of mind.

The role of a sharpshooter on the battlefield is sometimes far more than a 'strong' machine gun and a 'door' cannon, not to mention that there are thirteen soldiers in this squad led by Hu Zudi. These 13 soldiers are equivalent to 13 'Ting' machine guns, and they are using their rifles to 'precisely' and accurately 'shoot' at the US troops who dare to come out on the hilltop position all the time.

As soon as the firepower of the US army was suppressed by Hu Zudi and other sharpshooters, the soldiers of the first battalion led by Hu Biao were given a chance to breathe, and they quickly recovered from the disadvantage just now and once again organized fire to fire at the enemy's hilltop position. The sharpshooters cooperated with the soldiers of the first battalion, and after a while, the American troops could not raise their heads, and could only hide in a hidden place and throw grenades at our troops.

Of course, those grenades didn't do much at all except to kick up a cloud of dust and smoke in front of the position.

If we continue to let the tide of battle continue like this, then victory will definitely be ours. So now I'm not in a hurry, it's the U.S. military that's in a hurry, and it's my opponent who is in a hurry

But I think that at this time, no matter how powerful he is, he will not be able to return to the sky. The sniper is a man, not a god, and in such a situation where defeat is assured, he also has no way to turn the tide of the battle by himself.

Sure enough, until Hu Biao led the soldiers to rush to the top of the hill with bayonets and shouts, my opponent never appeared, and he had already realized the result of the battle and withdrew from the battlefield in advance when he escaped from my gun.

I realized that this was a difficult opponent because he not only knew how to kill, but also how to save himself

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After "Captain Cui" returned to the tunnel, Hu Zudi couldn't help but sigh: "You already know the sharpshooter of the Yankees, right?" I've been wondering, why don't you give the order to shoot, that guy is really good at pretending, let's all let him fool him"

I smiled bitterly and said with palpitations: "You just came, you don't know, I've already 'fought' with him before, counting this time just now, I have almost died in his hands twice."

"Oh?" Listening to Hu Zudi and his soldiers, they couldn't help but look at each other.

They were all my subordinates who had fought with me for a while in Shangganling, and all of them knew my skills, so now when I heard me say that I almost died twice under the gun of the enemy's sniper, they couldn't help but talk about the mysterious sharpshooter of the American army.

"Commander Cui" A strange little soldier stood up and said, "What are we afraid of him doing?" Their sharpshooters have just killed so many of them under our hands, and I don't think they have a few left, even if they fight with people, they have to fight them out."

"This is Liu Yangxing, the third squad leader," Hu Zudi introduced: "Commander Cui hasn't seen him yet, he was just transferred from the military department not long ago, he was a guard before, and he heard that we needed sharpshooters on the front line, so he volunteered to join and beat several enemy 'big heads' one after another, and made meritorious contributions, so the comrades chose him as the squad leader."

"Hmm" I nodded, nodding in appreciation, "Yes, this shows that you are very patient, always waiting for the enemy's 'big head' to appear, right?"

Of course, I know that when Hu Zudi said "big head," he meant by the enemy's officers, and most of the sharpshooters in the volunteer army fought no matter what the enemy was, and there were very few who were waiting for the enemy's officers. But in reality, a real sniper will always wait for his worthy target, which will not only inflict greater losses on the enemy, but also be an affirmation of himself.

For example, I'm not interested in small targets right now, so even though I kill fewer enemies, the results will be greater.

"Actually......" Liu Yangxing 'touched' his head and said a little embarrassedly: "Report to Captain Cui, it's actually because ...... Because I've been a guard for a long time, and I've been watching the chief for a long time, I can always find a few officials in a group of enemies......"

With a coax, listening to Liu Yangxing's words, the soldiers couldn't help laughing.

"You little ghost" Hu Biao also smiled: "I didn't expect you to have this ability, why didn't you tell us before"

"Then ......" Liu Yangxing replied embarrassedly, "Then what are you embarrassed to say?" I talked to squad leader Yang, and he laughed at me for being a slave, and I recognized the master......"

Coaxed, listening to Liu Yangxing's explanation, the soldiers laughed even more.

"Commander Cui" laughed for a while, and Hu Zudi suggested: "The U.S. military has such a powerful sharpshooter, I don't think you need to go up, it's too dangerous."

"Yes, Commander Cui" Yang Zhenshan also nodded in agreement: "You are a regiment commander, and the whole regiment wants you to command the war, how can you go to the battlefield with a gun at every turn, besides, our platoon was brought out by you yourself, can you still worry about us going up?" ”

"Just let us go up, make sure to bring back that guy's head to the regiment commander"

"Don't worry, the head of the regiment, let's do it"

……

The soldiers echoed suit, and some even waved their guns to show me their determination.

I patted Hu Zudi and the others on the shoulder with emotion, and asked rhetorically: "If you were me, would you just forget it?" ”

When I asked this, the soldiers couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"yes," I said with a smile, "do you want me to be a coward?" Lao Tzu almost died in that guy twice, and you just let me hide? Then how will I lead my troops to fight in the future? You let all my soldiers laugh at me behind my back? All of them poke me in the back in the back? ”

"No...... We didn't mean that......" Hu Zudi hurriedly explained.

"Okay, don't talk about it" I stood up and patted my buttocks, and said with a smile: "Let's rest for a while, get ready for the next battle, you will treat me as the head of Cui who took you to lurk and fight cold guns back then, so you can share the blessings and hardships."

"Yes," Hu Zudi and the others stood up one after another and saluted me in a dignified manner.

Walking out of Hu Zudi's No. 2 tunnel, he was surprised to find that the bombardment of the US troops this time was not violent, and the shells were fired at our positions without a single round, as if they were shooting cold artillery, and even the fighter planes that were bombarding our troops indiscriminately in the sky were also lost. There was a strange strangeness on the entire battlefield, as if it was brewing an even bigger storm.

When passing through the pit of the Ninth Company on the way to the regiment headquarters, he suddenly remembered Lin Xue, and the urge to go in and see her couldn't help but arise in his heart. But in the end, I endured it, and now that the war is tight, I can't affect the operation of the battlefield because of my 'private' feelings. If I had delayed the war, I would have become a sinner for the ages, and even I would not have been able to forgive myself.

Shaking my head, taking a deep breath of cold air, and clearing the distractions in my head, I quickened my pace and walked towards the regimental headquarters.

As soon as I walked into the regiment headquarters, Li Pinghe handed me a telegram and said: "This is a telegram just sent by Division Commander Pang, saying that the information was obtained by the special agents of the People's Army who had penetrated into the enemy's interior."

"Hmm" I hurriedly took the telegram and looked at it, and it was written simply:

"According to credible intelligence, Eisenhower's visit to North Korea lasted only three days"

"Only three days?" At first glance, this information may seem of little value, but it is just the itinerary of a newly elected president. But in my eyes, it is not trivial, because it is directly related to the battle before our eyes.

If Eisenhower is going back tomorrow, it means that Van Vliet originally planned to end the battle within today.

Of course, his original plan seemed foolproof, with powerful artillery and aircraft bombardment, an overwhelming frontal superiority of forces, and also occupied the commanding heights, and even brought in a sniper platoon.

In this case, even if there is no way to conquer the tunnels of our army, it is still possible to smoothly occupy the surface positions of our army and achieve the expected performance effect according to common sense. I think this is also the goal of Van Vliet's battle, because it is impossible to clear the opponent in the tunnel in one day, and the battle of Shangganling has proved that they may not be able to do it even in a month

Although the U.S. military has worked hard, it is a pity that their opponent is my 538th regiment.

If Van Vliet had known that the troops stationed on the 649.8 heights were the 538th Regiment, he would definitely not have chosen to fight the show battle here. It's a pity that he didn't know that the 180th Division had just entered the DPRK, and there was not much time to take over the 649.8 heights, and the entry into the DPRK and the defense were carried out in secret, so I boldly guessed that the battle plan formulated by Van Vliet was aimed at the 18th Army on the 649.8 heights.

This is not to say that the 18th Army has no combat effectiveness, but the soldiers of the 649.8 Regiment stationed on the 162 heights are mostly recruits sent by China to experience the battlefield.

"Captain Cui" Li Pinghe pushed his glasses and said solemnly: "It's noon now, and it will be dark in a few hours, so it seems that the Yankees will make big moves."

"Hmm," I nodded approvingly.

Eisenhower is returning home tomorrow, and for Van Vliet, his time to perform is running out, which means that his desperate moment is approaching