CHAPTER XXII. 305 Heights

CHAPTER XXII. 305 Heights

Just like last time, Hu Zudi and I took the soldiers of the cold gun unit to sneak on the anti-slope position before the enemy occupied the position on the top of the mountain.

One of the biggest military taboos is to use the same strategy twice in the same location. I lurked on the anticline with the fighters of the Cold Gun Unit, which seemed to be a big taboo, but in fact it was not. The reason is that the topography of the 649.8 highlands is complex, and there are many places where you can hide. Hiding a dozen people in such terrain, even those snipers who knew that there was an enemy lurking in the area would be helpless.

Unless...... They carpet bombed the anticline of our army with bombers or incendiary bombs

But let's not talk about how much ammunition it will cost the US military, and it doesn't seem to have much effect. The reason is that most of our more than a dozen fighters of the cold-gun unit are lurking near the mouth of the tunnel, and once they find that the situation is not right, for example, a large number of bombers or fighters are coming, they have time to retreat to the tunnel one step ahead of the enemy.

I think the snipers of the U.S. military will think of this as well, so they won't be stupid enough to deal with us in this way.

So...... How will they do this final blow?

I tilted my head slightly to look at the sky, and it was only about two hours before dark, and to my surprise, the American troops did not seem to be in a hurry to attack. But I think it's going to be a thunderbolt when they attack, because they only seem to have one chance. Once it is night, it is the world of our volunteers. And I don't think Eisenhower and a lot of reporters would be interested in watching the night either, so Van Vliet's offense would be meaningless.

Are they thinking of a way to deal with our army? Or what are you waiting for?

I do not know

Although I am from modern times and have read a lot of materials about the Korean War, I am not an immortal, and I have no way of clearly knowing how each battle developed and what tactics the US military used

At this moment, I really have a kind of remorse that I hate less when I use the book. I knew that I would be worried about the upcoming offensive of the American army, and in modern times, I should have thoroughly investigated this battle. Or bring a set of encyclopedias of the Korean War, you know, those are a very valuable book of military information for now

But after thinking about it, I also knew in my heart that there was no regret about taking the 'medicine' in this world, so I calmed down again and observed the movements around me.

There were no enemies on the hilltop positions, not even the corpses of American troops. After the battle just now, the US military sent people to drag the corpse back with a white flag. In this battle, the death toll of the American army was comparable to the previous two battles. According to the report of the observation post, the US military carried three truckloads of corpses back and forth.

The difference is that the corpses of this battle were mostly whole corpses. The reason is that in the first two battles, most of the American soldiers died at the hands of the soldiers of the first battalion. The fighters were not so measured, and when the battle started, grenades, explosive packets, blasters, and so on were smashed at the enemy. In particular, in the battle in which the US troops were ambushed, the explosives that were buried in the position on the top of the hill were blown up, and there were very few corpses left.

In the battle just now, most of the American troops died at the gunpoint of the cold-gun troops, so the death was not ugly or very miserable. From this point of view, the soldiers of our cold gun unit are still very sympathetic

Just as he was thinking, suddenly there was a whistling sound of cannonballs in the sky. Based on several years of experience on the battlefield, it is clear that the number of shells is very large. I was about to order the warrior to go back to the pit to take refuge, but when I listened carefully, I felt that something was wrong with the sound......

The so-called practice makes perfect, I stayed on the battlefield for three years, and I was used to listening to the Yankees' cannons, so I unconsciously practiced the kung fu of listening to the voice. I listened to the whistling of the shells, and it didn't sound like they were coming at us. Moreover, guarding the flags of the observation posts on the ridge line, we also know that the US troops are ready to charge on the front slope. At this time, if there is still such a large-scale bombing, isn't it still difficult to get along with yourself?

Sure enough, after a while, the explosion sounded on the 305 heights behind us. Then there was another whistling and roaring, and the shells flew over Heights 649.8 in patches and towards our backs, covering a wide area, including the area around Heights 305 and all the heights near Heights 649.8. It was evident that artillery fire was intended to block our reinforcements from other heights.

Heights 305 is a small plateau directly behind Heights 649.8, about 500 meters away from Heights 649.8. Because its terrain is too low, the area is not large, and it is also a second-line highland, and the strategic location is not important, so we did not build many fortifications on it, only a platoon of the 540th Regiment was stationed, but now it has become a target for US artillery bombing.

But what surprised me even more was not this, after the US bombing for more than 10 minutes, with a "sudden ......" spiral slurry sound, several helicopters emerged from the level of the hilltop position. Then, before the fighters could react, the machine gunners on the helicopter 'fired' rows of bullets at our troops with a "click......

Without thinking, I raised my rifle and aimed at the machine gunner on the helicopter through the binoculars, and with a few gunshots of "bang ......bang", the three "shooters" fell in a pool of blood without exception, and one of them fell from the plane to the ground screaming, and a puff of dust was 'stirred' up in the scorched earth on the hilltop position.

The fighters also raised their guns and 'fired' at the helicopter, but the helicopter was too fast and at a large angle, so the hit rate was not high.

Then, when we were unprepared, helicopters appeared one after another on the left and right sides of the high ground, and overhead, like a swarm of dragonflies, flying over our heads one after another. When passing by our position, the machine gunners on it naturally fired rows of bullets at our position

Their goal was 305 Heights, which I quickly realized.

Helicopters were still a novelty at this time, and although the US military could shoot at them, they were not accurate at all because they were very bumpy when flying. Moreover, the helicopters of this era were not as bulletproof as the modern Apaches, coupled with the disadvantages of large targets and slow speed compared to fighter jets, once it was aimed by a machine gun on the ground, it was an absolute nightmare. Therefore, at this time, helicopters were mainly responsible for transporting the wounded, reconnaissance and transporting troops, and generally did not directly participate in combat.

Now, their task is clearly to send troops to the 305 heights in our rear.

I looked back at the group of helicopters that had just flown over our heads, and there were more than two dozen of them, and if they had carried seven or eight people each, one company would have been carried over this trip. And I also know that this company will never be an ordinary unit, but the 'elite' British unit of the U.S. Army, the Rangers

I have to admit that this is indeed a good way to temporarily block the connection between Heights 649.8 and other heights with artillery fire, and to use helicopters to airlift the 'elite' troops to Heights 305 behind Heights 649.8. Then we who defend on the anticline will inevitably face the embarrassing situation of being attacked on the back.

This reminds me of the four battles, when the U.S. Army also used this method to transport a company of Rangers to the high ground in the rear of our army, blocking the retreat of our army......

Just as he was thinking about it, the American troops on the inclined plane began to charge. They apparently wanted to cooperate with the Rangers to land smoothly in the direction of Heights 305, so they chose this time to launch an attack on our troops.

So the previous scene happened again on the position, and the US troops rushed to the top of the hill one by one, set up all kinds of weapons at the front of the position, and fought with the volunteer soldiers.

Because of the help of more than a dozen soldiers of the cold-gun unit under Hu Zudi, the enemy was unable to move forward at all except for falling in front of our position one by one.

But I know that this situation will soon change, as an 'elite' unit of the enemy is seizing the 305 heights behind us. There was only one platoon of our troops on that high ground, so I guess it wouldn't be long before their guns were aimed at our backs

The thought made my scalp tingle, and I almost saw the terrible sight of the soldiers falling under the guns of the enemy, and I seemed to see Van Vliet's triumphant smile, although I had never seen him and I didn't know what kind of bird he looked like, but I seemed to have his laughter in my ears......

What to do? Is it going to go on like this? At present, although our army has the upper hand, everyone knows that this situation cannot be sustained

Call for artillery bombardment? There is also a platoon of our army on it, and they are still desperately resisting the attack of the American army, and they just disregard their life and death and smash the shells on the 305 heights, which is unreasonable

Waiting for reinforcements? The U.S. military seems to have anticipated this a long time ago, and used artillery to block the communication between other heights and us in advance, even if other troops have the heart to come to reinforce, or can see the crisis to reinforce the 305 heights, but they are afraid that when they arrive, they will be bombed by artillery fire

So we're on our own

If it was in the past, maybe we really couldn't do it, but now the ghost sent me to transfer Hu Zudi's cold gun troops. The members of this unit are all sharpshooters, so I think there is still a lot of strength to fight.

So I immediately turned my head and ordered Hu Zudi: "This place is under your command, you just need to take care of the enemy in front of you, don't care about the back."

"Yes," Hu Zudi nodded in response, '' his rifle and pulling the trigger on the enemy on the hilltop position.

Time was pressing, and I didn't bother to say anything, so I grabbed my rifle and ran towards the No. 2 pit of the Cold Gun Unit.

As soon as the "comrades" got into the tunnel, before my eyes could adjust to the light in the tunnel, I shouted to the soldiers inside: "The situation is very urgent, the enemy has airdropped to the 305 heights in our rear, and our army is facing the situation of being attacked from the belly and back. Now, only we can protect the backs of the warriors, will you follow me? ”

"Yes"

"Commander, give the order"

"Be sure to get the job done"

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The soldiers listened to my words, and they all couldn't wait to raise their rifles and stand up

"Okay," I nodded in satisfaction, I had thought about this for a long time. If there is a task for the volunteer fighters to complete, their first reaction is always yes. Ordinary soldiers are like this, not to mention these 'elite' heroes from various units.

"Our mission is to ......," I thought about it, and then ordered: "All the fighters of the cold-gun unit are freely scattered on the anti-cline position in groups of two, and each of them looks for a suitable position to lurk. We don't have much time, there is only one platoon of our army on the 305 heights, and they can't hold out for long. The target is all the enemies of the 305 position, and every effort must be made to suppress their firepower, they are not an ordinary unit, but the 'elite' troops of the US army, among which there are very likely to be sharpshooters, comrades must pay attention to changing positions when fighting, and save themselves in order to better destroy the enemy. ”

"Yes," the warriors replied in a loud voice.

"Go" I waved my hand and walked out of the pit with the warriors.

The fighters have long had experience with me in cold shooting, so they all know what to do. There were more than 20 people in the two classes, and as soon as they walked out of the tunnel, they scattered in pairs, and they ran in different directions and at different heights with a tacit understanding.

They chose different directions and different heights for the purpose of aiming at the 305 Heights from different directions and at different levels, so as to prevent the enemy from hiding in our 'shooting' dead ends. From this point of view, it is clear that the usual training of the fighters has not fallen behind at all. They seem to be scattered now, but the tacit understanding between them makes them look like a whole, like a giant, holding a gun that can 'shoot' bullets from different directions, aiming at the 305 heights at all times

I've always been alone, so one ran down the hill with a gun in hand and lurked under a pine tree that had been blown up to the point of bare trunk.

I didn't choose this position for anything else, but it wasn't easy to find a relatively flat place on this anticline, most of which were inclined planes, and if I wanted to aim at the 305 heights behind me on such an incline, it would mean that I would have to lie on my stomach with my head and feet......

Not only would it be very uncomfortable to lie on my stomach in this position, but it was said that blood would make me dizzy after a long time, and I didn't want to make myself dizzy before the fight started. And more importantly, lying on your head and feet will undoubtedly expose your body more to the enemy

I raised my rifle and looked at the 305 heights below, estimating that the distance between myself and the target was more than 500 meters, which was already within my hit range, but it was clear that the fighters were not able to do this yet. Because I noticed that they were still trotting to the bottom of the hill with stops and stops. The further down you go, the closer you get to Heights 305, that's what they want.

The fighters are all self-aware and know how far they are from their target and what range they have a higher hit rate, so I need to pay a little attention to how far they run down to be able to judge who has better marksmanship.

Yang Zhenshan is a good guy, he and another fighter are lurking behind a rock not far from my lower left. He solved the problem of the slope of the slope, not like I was lazy to pick up ready-made, but took out the sapper shovel and dug a small bunker himself. And he was very careful to camouflage himself with scorched earth

To be honest, this move made me, a former "teacher", ashamed, because I don't know when I stopped paying attention to these small details. This may be like some fighters say, after fighting too much, they will slowly become "old fritters......

Once I had my mind set, I aimed my scope at 305 Heights.

It was clear that the U.S. forces had not yet occupied the hilltop position at Heights 305, because there were still gunshots, the occasional grenade explosion, and a few volunteer fighters who were holding on to the hilltop positions. In the scope, I could clearly see them covered in blood, constantly throwing grenades at the bottom of the hill, and constantly pulling the trigger downwards.

It was quite good that they were able to hold until this point, not to mention a platoon against a company of the enemy, just to say that their opponent was a ranger of the American army, it was enough to make them proud. What's more, their defenses were supposed to be frontal, but now they have to suddenly face the enemy from behind.

The fighters fought bravely, and I counted them roughly, and there were only five of them, including two wounded, but they still held on to the high ground and refused to retreat even a single step. The wounded helped to press the bullets and turn the grenade safety cover in the back, and the three who were not injured fired submachine guns and machine guns at the front of the hill towards the foot of the hill......

In fact, they can choose to live, they know very well in their hearts that the goal of this US commando is not them, so these soldiers only need to hide in the tunnel, and then hold the mouth of the tunnel, all the US army needs is to attack our back on the 305 heights, of course, they will not 'spend' time to deal with the volunteer soldiers hiding in the tunnel.

But they did not do so, and the reason for this was the high sense of responsibility of the volunteer soldiers. They knew very well in their hearts that if they hid in the tunnel, although they could save their lives, the U.S. military would occupy Heights 305 as soon as possible, and then attack their comrades at Heights 649.8.

So, they chose to sacrifice themselves to buy a little time for their comrades. It was precisely with such a little bit of time that I was able to arrange the two dozen or so fighters of the Cold Gun Unit

Twenty or so fighters of the Cold Lance Unit faced a company of enemy rangers, which was a little weaker. But this time, it's us