Chapter 159: Fighting Thorns
"Tweet ......"
Without any warning, a whistling sound unique to rocket artillery suddenly sounded in the air, and the soldiers beside him couldn't help but be stunned. At this time, the enemy and us are in the middle of a dust battle, and the enemy is on another slope and our army is in the position on the top of the mountain.
Startled, the soldiers subconsciously lay down and lowered their heads. The charging US troops obviously also knew the power of the "Katyusha" rocket artillery, and they also lay on the ground one after another and did not dare to move. But I was the only one who looked to the upper right of the 597.9 heights in ecstasy, because I knew that the target of these rockets was not us, but the woods I was talking about.
Sure enough, with an earth-shattering roar, the valley in the upper right corner exploded with a dazzling strong light, and the entire valley was instantly surrounded by smoke and fire. The fires were so bright that I could now see clearly through the smoke above the heights.
There used to be a dense wood, trees that were at least decades old, and a thick trunk that stood tall and strong in the valley. Because of its unique geographical advantages, it is difficult for our artillery to hit it, so the trees there have always maintained their vitality.
But now, in a matter of seconds, all this was gone, and the trees were like toys swept down by children, lying in the valley, waiting to be swallowed up by the flames. Even if there were a few big trees that hadn't fallen, they just stood helplessly, letting the flames rage on them and make a crackling sound......
I should have thought that our troops would send out the "Katyusha", and the valley opposite was blocked by the ridge of the 597.9 heights, and it was difficult for the artillery in our artillery positions to pose a threat to it. Even if the artillery observer determines the coordinates and finds a suitable position for firing, the artillery unit has to take great pains to drag the cannon out of the tunnel and transport it to the 'firing' position.
This may not sound very difficult, but it is extremely dangerous to carry out. The American army is not a fool, the battle has been fought until now, and the location of our artillery positions has long been no secret to them. It's just that our artillery is generally hidden in the tunnels, so they can't do anything about us. However, they will still use the planes in the sky to monitor the artillery positions of our army, and it will be difficult for every move of our artillery units to escape their eyes. Therefore, pulling the cannon out of the tunnel in broad daylight, hoping to enter another 'firing' position, is basically like suicide.
As a result, only the "Katyusha" rocket artillery can complete this task.
The "Katyusha" rocket launcher can be called the puppet of the volunteer army, and it is highly favored by the soldiers of the volunteer army, and on the march, all people and vehicles will invariably make way for the "Katyusha". It is also very convenient and fast on the battlefield, under normal circumstances, rocket artillery is loaded on a car, and it is very fast when dispatched. Its hidden location is also highly classified, and most of the time there are two or three hidden tunnels to ensure safety. The U.S. military has no way of knowing which tunnel it is hiding in or from which tunnel. And so there is what I'm seeing now......
Unfortunately, I didn't see the U.S. troops in those fires. It's understandable, hundreds of rockets poured into the forest in a matter of seconds and exploded, followed by columns of fire and smoke that would be crushed by fallen trees and fires, even if there were a large number of American troops inside.
But it's only possible! What if there is no large number of American troops assembled in the forest?
I quickly turned my gaze away from those burning flames and turned to the American troops in front of the position, and I think they would tell me the answer!
In front of the position, the American troops lay on the ground and did not move, they stared blankly at the fire rising in the valley, did not shoot or attack, and seemed to have forgotten that this was the battlefield and that we were fighting a decisive battle to the death!
The soldiers of the Volunteer Army did not shoot either, and most of them were puzzled by this sudden bombardment by our artillery. Although Li Baoqiang and other cadres knew the intention of the bombing, they were also like me, and they were not sure whether we had the right bombing.
As a result, the battlefield suddenly became quiet at this moment, and only the artillery of both sides was still bombarding the position with one artillery and one artillery without another, but no one paid attention to it.
After a while, a soldier in the American camp suddenly yelled at us: "Fuck you! Then '' the machine gun at us is a 'messy' hit!
I'm not angry, but happy, I know that this time I guessed correctly! Good guys, then a *** forest, the US army also has a battalion of troops assembled in it! And it's also a battalion of the 187th Airborne Regiment, so let's easily give a pot of dissipation, this time it's a lot of money!
What's more, these losses are also a very heavy blow to the morale of the US troops, plus they have to 'spend' time to reorganize their forces, and the intensity of the attack will be weakened, so it should not be a problem for us to hold our positions until dark!
But what I didn't expect was that things weren't as simple as I thought.
When the soldiers were not prepared at all, the American troops in front of them suddenly seemed to be crazy, and rushed towards our positions with bayonets with a loud roar. They were in a group of two or three, and they completely lost their previous formation and the cooperation and cover between each other, and rushed forward in no order!
Seeing this, I couldn't help frowning, realizing that the death of a large number of comrades-in-arms just now had 'provoked' the blood 'sex' of the US military, making them desperate to rush up and fight with us.
From a scientific point of view, their current situation may be explained by impatience and impulsiveness, which will undoubtedly greatly increase casualties and weaken the overall impact. But the battlefield is realistic, it is a struggle for life, it is a psychological struggle, and not everything can be explained by science. It is often this kind of fighting style that has little scientific combat effectiveness, but can win on the battlefield.
I can't let them overwhelm us! Don't let their murderous aura intimidate!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help yelling at the soldiers: "Comrades! The critical time has come, don't want a single captive, kill me hard! ”
"Kill!" The fighters pulled the trigger with a loud roar.
A whirling bullet with a sharp whistling sound, with the murderous aura of the soldiers, flew in the direction of the enemy. There was a fluttering sound when it hit the US soldiers, and the figure of the US soldiers who were bearing the bullets immediately stopped, and gradually fell to the ground after trembling a few times with the fluttering sound.
The U.S. military didn't care about this at all, the people in front hadn't fallen yet, and the people behind grabbed it and continued to rush forward, followed by another volley of bullets......
Grenades were dropped in rows, and a scorched earth with blood exploded in front of the position, and shrapnel capable of killing people was hidden in it and flew everywhere. Some US troops were blown away by the shock 'wave' of the explosion, some US troops were wounded by shrapnel and fell to the ground, and some US troops were blown up into the sky and then fell heavily to the foot of the mountain.
But all this still could not stop the footsteps of the American troops, who still roared and rushed towards our positions. The white light of the bayonet forest waved in front of the position, like a monster eager to drink our blood, constantly 'pressing' towards us.
Lose your marbles! They're really crazy!
I have to admit that I was scared for a moment. Thousands of people rushed from the opposite side with bayonets, and if one was not careful, they could pierce a dozen holes in their bodies, and no one would be afraid of this situation. But whether you are afraid or not, the innate sense of survival makes the soldiers grit their teeth to fight the enemy. Because the warriors know that once the enemy rushes up, then there will be nothing but death waiting for us!
The US charge was very messy, but it was precisely because of the messy 'chaos' that we could not find their pattern. Sometimes there was a burst of machine guns from here, sometimes there was another recoilless gun, and a few bayonets from the front...... Although this kind of charge caused many American troops to fall along the way, their battle line was 'pressing' towards us step by step.
Getting closer, getting closer...... I just snapped the rifles in my hand and watched almost face to face as their heads burst out of blood and slowly collapse to the ground. I have no feeling for killing people now, and at this moment I just want to think, "Stop them!" Kill them! They must not be allowed to come up......"
Suddenly, a grenade landed not far from me, and before I could react, a fighter pounced......
"Boom!" With a bang, the grenade exploded, and the fighter was thrown high. When he fell down again, I noticed that his stomach had been blown up, and his broken intestines were blown all over the floor, and there were all kinds of red, white, and black colors, and I didn't dare to look at it a second time after the first look.
In fact, I didn't have time to take a second look at this time, because I had to focus all my attention on the American troops in front of me who were charging at us. This soldier died for us, and if the grenade hadn't been suppressed by him, the shrapnel and shock 'wave' it would burst might have incapacitated all the fighters on Position Nine, and then the rest of the American troops would have rushed forward......
I can't let this fighter die in vain, so I can't let the U.S. military rush up.
But the truth made me very helpless, and although I had already fired my rifle fast and accurate enough, the enemy was still approaching our position step by step. At this face-to-face time, when the enemy is about to see success and rush forward, everything that the sniper has become so powerless, I wish I had a 'strong' machine gun in my hand!
Finally, as soon as I had emptied a shot, I realized that I had no chance to change the magazine. It's not that I didn't change the magazine fast enough, but that the M1 rifle made a "clang" sound when it finished firing, so that the U.S. military clearly knew that my bullets had run out. I believe that if I had changed the magazine at this time, the enemy's bayonet would have been 'inserted' into my heart when I raised my gun!
So I easily 'pulled' out the M1911 pinned to my waist, and with a "bang, ......bang" for a while, I knocked down the American troops who rushed to the front as fast as possible. Taking advantage of the pause in the charge of the American army, he shouted at the soldiers: "Bayonet!" ”
As he spoke, he loaded his rifle with a bayonet.
"Grenades!" As soon as I gave the order, the fighters invariably threw a volley of grenades at the enemy.
This is the combat habit of the volunteers, and the soldiers usually throw a round of grenades at the enemy before charging, so that the enemy can avoid the grenades and have no time to 'shoot' at us, and secondly, the smoke can also be used as a kind of cover.
"Boom ......" With a burst of explosion, a series of radiation-shaped smoke and dust rose in front of the position.
As soon as the explosion fell, I waved my hand and shouted to the fighters: "Comrades! Come on! ”
"Rush!"
"Kill!"
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The warriors shouted, scrambling out of the trenches and charging down at the enemy in smoke.
Rather than letting the enemy rush up, it is better for us to rush down first, which is a constant principle of 'hand-to-hand' combat on the high ground.
First, on the hilltop position, the soldiers were in a fire defense formation, and all of them were in groups of three or five to stay in one position to 'shoot' and attack. Such a formation does not have a neat battle line, and once it is grabbed by the enemy, then the volunteers in each position have to face American troops from all directions.
Another, and more importantly, our army occupies a condescending geographical advantage by rushing down with bayonets, which can play a great role in bayonet fighting, especially on such a steep slope as the 597.9 heights.
However, with only a few dozen troops on our hilltop position, we dared to 'stand up' with bayonets against the enemy with hundreds of people, and the 187th Airborne Regiment, which was also the 'elite' unit of the US army, launched a counter-charge
The U.S. military really didn't expect that we would dare to launch a counter-charge against them at this time, and the momentum couldn't help but follow. At this time, the distance between the two armies was only more than ten meters, and in just such a moment, the bayonets of the volunteer soldiers had already been 'forced' in front of the US troops. The U.S. military had no choice but to raise their guns in response.
At this time, most of the soldiers who followed me were soldiers of Li Baocheng's Eighth Company, all of whom were veterans and were very experienced in bayonet fighting. In addition, our army condescended to take the US troops by surprise, and the US troops who rushed to the battle would be the opponents of the volunteer soldiers, and they were stabbed down by the soldiers with just one shot.
After stabbing down two U.S. soldiers, I suddenly realized that the U.S. troops in front of me were not as terrible as I imagined. Originally, I thought that the U.S. troops with dozens of people 'standing' with bayonets to kill hundreds of people would be more than lucky no matter what. The reason why this was done was also a helpless move, but there was a dramatic 'sexual' change on the battlefield.
597.9 The area on the top of the hill is not large, and the enemy's troops on the front line are not much more than ours, plus they are crowded together, and they can't spread their hands and feet, let alone raise their bayonets to fight us. What's more, most of the weapons in their hands are carbines......
Carbines are characterized by being short and light, easy to carry, and even some carbines have a foldable butt. These characteristics are exactly what paratroopers need to parachute, which is why the US military will equip the airborne troops with a large number of such guns. But it is clear that these characteristics are not suitable for stabbing.
The US military, of course, knew this, so the M1 carbines that were originally produced did not even have bayonet holders for bayonets. It was not until the strong reaction of the American soldiers that bayonet butts were added to the original foundation.
It's fitted, but it doesn't seem to be practical on this battlefield! This is not? I 'slammed' the heavy and long M1 rifle in my hand, and made a condescending lunge, and the American troops in front of me hurriedly raised their bayonets to block. The American soldier looked like he was five big and three thick, but the power coming from the bayonet made me feel like he was using a weightless bamboo pole to block a heavy sword swung at him......
The result is conceivable, the bayonet only deviated slightly from the direction, and still stabbed into the abdomen of the American soldier in front of him!
A scream! The pain of being stabbed with a bayonet was not much better than being shot, and he painfully dropped the gun in his hand, bowed up like a shrimp, and slowly fell to the ground.
I didn't pause, almost the moment I successfully stabbed him, I pulled out the bayonet, and then stabbed another American soldier, the American soldiers crowded together with each other, the front one blocked the view from the rear, until the American soldiers in the front row were stabbed to the ground, and the American troops in the back row suddenly realized that the enemy was in front of them. But by the time he reacted, the bayonet had already 'thrust' into his vital point.
What surprised me a little was that the U.S. military's ability to fight was very clumsy, even the 187th Airborne Division, the 'elite' unit of the U.S. military. I don't know if it's because they can't do it on this high ground, or if it's because of something else. But I think this should have something to do with the advanced equipment of the US military.
The more advanced the equipment, the more 'hand-to-hand' combat has become an obsolete war. Just like in modern times, the U.S. military has been fighting a completely non-contact war. In this case, the stabbing technique can also be considered a useless and outdated skill. Although I believe that the U.S. military still has stabbing training, there is no doubt that it has become a situation. It is no wonder that in modern times, there are veterans of the Volunteer Army who say: "We see that the Yankees are tall and big, and they want to compare bayonets with the Yankees, but they are stunned and dare not compare, and when they see the bayonet charge, they turn their heads and run ......away."
This was a cheap one, and I 'clicked' a bayonet a few times, and stabbed several times in a row. Looking at the other fighters, the situation is similar. The two soldiers next to me and I were like driving sheep to 'force' dozens of American troops to slowly retreat.
Finally, when I pulled the bayonet out of the enemy's 'chest' and was about to stab another enemy, I realized that the American troops had retreated like a 'tide'.
The warriors still refused to spare the enemy, chasing them with bullets and grenades. And I, on the other hand, sat down on the ground......