Chapter 351: Engaging the Enemy
"Bang hook, bang hook! Da-da-da-da! "The bullets of the devils came very densely, and from time to time a platoon of fighters fell.
"Da Da Da!" A platoon of leaders uses trees as cover to block the devils attacking from the front.
At this time, Zheng Lao Fart came over and said, "Grenade!" ”
Suddenly, dozens of grenades flew into the devil's attack formation.
"Boom, boom!" Explosions erupted.
"Withdraw! Evacuate! Old fart Zheng shouted.
Suddenly, the tearing sound of the cannonball piercing the air came, and the face of Zheng Laof, who fell at the end, suddenly shouted: "Shelling!" Run, run! Shelling! Suddenly, Zheng Laof's buttocks hurt, he knew that he had been hit by shrapnel, and he fell to the ground at the same time.
At this time, the commander of the first company of the reconnaissance battalion saw that he immediately ran over and picked up Zheng Lao's fart and desperately fled forward, and the explosion behind him moved forward like raindrops, followed by Zhang Ning's 222 regiment, Zhang Ning immediately led the troops to rush when he heard the fierce gunfire in front, and sent a battalion to set up a blocking position.
"What's wrong? Don't mess up, don't mess up, what about your battalion commander? What about Camp Commander Zheng? Zhang Ning shouted as soon as he saw the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion who had fled back, and at the same time gathered the reconnaissance battalion that was running around.
"In the back, Commander Zhang, in the back, we were ambushed by the devils." The commander of the third company of the reconnaissance battalion replied.
At the same time, Chen Fei stood on the slope and frowned when he heard such a dense mortar explosion.
"Wang Liang, map, Xiaomei sent a report to the Military Commission that our unit was ambushed at Sister Slope." Chen Fei shouted.
At this time, the reconnaissance battalion orderly ran over panting and said, "Commander, we have been ambushed, and the front is densely packed with devils. "Soldier Order.
Chen Fei nodded, indicating that he understood.
Wang Liang spread out the map, pointed to one of the points and said, "Commander, we are here." ”
Chen Fei looked down, this look, the problem came out, this sister slope is very obvious on the map, there are three roads leading to Hengyang, the strategic location is particularly prominent, the devil can completely bypass Hengyang to attack Guizhou or go south to Guangxi, but the terrain here is not good, otherwise it can become the devil's forward base.
"Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff Deployment, the 69th Division is facing the enemy in the front, the directly subordinate units are retreating, spreading out in the grove behind, and let the engineer regiment assist in setting up positions, by the way, let the artillery stand by on the small hill on the right, ready to support at any time." Chen Fei said quickly.
"Yes." The old steamed bun replied.
"The army commander, the army commander, the Military Commission called, ordering our army to quickly break through the devil's defense line and enter Hengyang City to reinforce the 10th Army, there must be no mistake." Liu Xiaomei ran over and said.
"Okay, I know, these old men are looking at the map to fight, they don't understand the battle situation on the ground, and they command blindly." Chen Fei said.
"Do you want to call back?" Liu Xiaomei said.
"I'll talk about it in half an hour, and when I call again, I will say that there is a fierce battle." Chen Fei said.
"Yes." Liu Xiaomei replied.
The commander of the first company of the reconnaissance battalion finally met Zhang Ning with Zheng Laofang on his back.
"What's wrong? Injured? Zhang Ning said.
"It's okay, my ass was bitten, and the back is densely packed with devils." Zheng Lao said.
"Well, as soon as the devil's shelling stops, it will come up, quickly, retreat! Just now, the correspondent came to report that the army commander was already preparing to stop the enemy at Sister Slope. Zhang Ning said.
"Then let's go, I'm going to die." Old fart Zheng replied.
As soon as Zhang Ning's regiment and the reconnaissance battalion ran back to Sister Slope, the devil's artillery fire extended, this time not mortars, but heavy artillery of more than 100 mm.
"120mm howitzers, self-propelled guns, 105mm self-propelled guns, it's just 150mm heavy guns, it looks like it's a devil artillery wing, damn, how many devils are there on the opposite side of us?" Tang Bing scolded.
"It should be a division." Chen Fei scolded.
At this time, the shouts of several company commanders were heard not far away, "Heavy artillery! Heavy artillery, hidden! The devil's heavy artillery" Tang Bing immediately pulled Chen Fei down the hill.
"Damn, as soon as the words fell, the heavy artillery came up." Chen Fei scolded.
At this time, the troops who were retreating towards Sister Slope were shelled by the devil's heavy artillery, and in just ten minutes, more than 200 fresh lives lay in front of Sister Slope. The shouts of the commanders were drowned out by the earth-shattering shelling, and the veterans, who were fine, ran desperately up the slope, the quick-witted recruits followed the veterans, and the recruits, frightened by the loud explosions, sat on the ground, stupidly at a loss. The lucky ones were seen by the squad leader and platoon leader pulling uphill, while the unlucky ones were blown apart on the spot, leaving no trace, as if they had never been in this world.
The old steamed bun lay on the slope, looked ahead with a telescope, and kept chanting in his heart: "Dust to dust, dust to soil, sacrificed brothers go all the way, go all the way." ”
"The devil's artillery fire has been extended, withdraw! Pull it down! Not far away, Tang Bing shouted.
I saw that the explosion of the shells was slowly advancing, and the fortifications on the sister slope had just begun to be formed, and they could not withstand the artillery fire of more than 100 mm at all. At the bottom of the slope, Chen Fei looked at the swarming soldiers and shouted: "Assemble at the bottom of the slope!" Rally at the bottom of the slope! Always ready to counterattack! ”
The troops reacted immediately, and the fighters all lay down on the slopes.
"Correspondent, correspondent come here, inform the troops to send observation posts and bring periscopes!" Chen Fei shouted again.
"Yes," the correspondent replied, and immediately went to inform
"Commander, depending on the situation, the devil has been waiting for us here for a long time." Zhu Guowen ran over and said.
Chen Fei nodded and said: "The devil is here to arrange a blocking force to block us from entering Hengyang, which is understandable, but the problem is that this artillery fire is too fierce, and it is about to catch up with the main force of the devil attacking Hengyang. ”
Zhu Guowen smiled bitterly, but he couldn't answer, "As soon as the shelling stops, the devils are about to attack, don't leave your own troops again, I estimate that the devils will press in with all their might, and the action must be not small, I will arrange for the communication office to answer the phone for you later." Chen Fei said.
"Yes." Zhu Guowen replied and left immediately.
"Medic, Medic, Medic, Medic!" The commander of the first company of the reconnaissance battalion shouted over with Zheng Lao's fart on his back.
"What's wrong, what's wrong with Zheng Laofart, what's wrong?" Chen Fei shouted in surprise.
"Commander, our battalion commander has been hit by a mortar shell." The commander of a company replied.
"Huh? Where, where? Chen Fei said anxiously.
"This, this, here, commander, don't ask." Old fart Zheng pointed at his ass half-dead and said awkwardly.
"Hehe, you old bastard, your life is quite big, the hospital is in the woods." Chen Fei immediately laughed.
At this time, the stretcher team came up, lifted Zheng Lao's fart and ran directly to the field hospital behind, and the company commander was ready to leave.
"Wait, Battalion Commander Zheng is injured, you take the lead and send out all your reconnaissance battalions, 1. Find out the surrounding situation, 2. Find a water source, 3. It's best to find out and see the situation of the devils, focusing on artillery and baggage." Chen Fei said.
"Yes." The commander of a company replied and went up to carry out the mission.
"Division commander, Zheng Lao Fart is injured, otherwise, I'll go reconnoitre." Bison Road on standby behind Chen Fei.
Chen Fei shook his head and didn't answer, he knew that the devil in front of him was not ordinary, and the troops directly under him would be reserves, and they would have to rely on them to fight fires in various positions at that time.
"Commander." The old steamed bun ran over and said.
"Well, you go to the grove behind to build a headquarters, we must defend this small hill." Chen Fei said.
"Okay." The old steamed bun said simply.
Chen Fei looked at the back of the old steamed bun and thought to himself, this time the blocking battle is full of difficulties, whether the newly formed 33rd Army can withstand it, and how much sacrifice it will have to pay if it resists, all of this is unknown.
"Wang Liang, send someone to pick up Lao Zhangtou, he will be here for two days with his baggage, let them speed up their pace." Chen Fei said.
"Yes." Wang Liang replied.
Chen Fei looked down at his watch, the devil shelling has been almost half an hour, there is no intention to stop, all kinds of shells exploded on the sister slope, the huge smoke made the observation post unable to see the situation in front of the slope at all, the long-lost smell of gunpowder made Chen Fei feel his blood boiling, he raised his head and thought that he felt the smell of the battlefield again, this smell has been deeply imprinted in his bones indelible.
After another ten long minutes of waiting, the power of the shelling gradually decreased, and the veterans knew that the shelling was about to stop, and the soldiers clenched their steel guns in their hands, ready to obey the orders of the commander and start the uphill.
"Smoke bombs, come up, smoke bombs" several observation posts shouted. The first to go uphill was He Wenbin's 68th Division, He Wenbin wanted to grab some time to arrange the position of the light and heavy machine guns, Chen Fei saw that the troops lying on his stomach began to move upwards and immediately shouted: "Artillery battalion commander, come here, hurry!" ”
The commander of the artillery battalion, Colin, hurriedly stepped forward and shouted: "Commander! ”
"Well, you see, Division Commander Tang went up, there is a flat land there, I saw that more than a dozen mortars can be arranged when I went downhill, you can arrange it, set up a mortar position there, and support the troops on the slope at any time." Chen Fei said as he pointed straight ahead.
Colin looked at it and immediately said, "Yes!" After saying that, he turned around and went to make arrangements.
At this time, the three divisions all went up, according to Chen Fei's previous order, the left, the middle and the right were unfolded in order, Chen Fei was about to go uphill to see, Sanmao grabbed Chen Fei and said: "Commander, commander, don't go up, this slope is small, the three divisions must be crowded when they go up, hehe, they will definitely be able to defeat the devil." ”
"I'll take a look at the situation again, damn it, what are you pulling for, I'll arrange for the troops to deploy." Chen Fei scolded.
"Hehe, army commander, it's too dangerous up there, the devil's bullets and shells don't have long eyes, you better go to the grove behind, the engineer regiment should dig out the headquarters." Sanmao said with a smile.
Chen Fei couldn't cry or laugh, and was about to scold, when the gunfire came from the slope, and the devil's attack began, dozens of devil's Type 97 tanks lined up, and each tank was followed by about a squadron of devils, which looked very imposing. The devil's tactic should be that the infantry follows the tank to attack the sister slope, and then the tank shells to cover the infantry charge.
"Tanks, tanks are up!" Several company platoon commanders on the slope position shouted, reminding the soldiers to be careful, and at the same time, several regiment commanders and battalion commanders also ran up to the position to observe the situation, after all, the tank appeared to block the troops' pressure is very great, Chen Fei under the slope heard the tank shouted, and immediately shouted: "Wang Liang, Wang Liang let the artillery battalion speed up!" After saying that, he ran up the hill quickly, this time Sanmao didn't dare to stop again, any soldier still had lingering fears about this thin-skinned tank of the devil.
As soon as Chen Fei ran uphill, he ran into Lu Ziheng of the 221st Regiment of the frontal blocking force.
"Commander, why are you here?" Lu Ziheng Road.
Chen Fei didn't reply, raised his binoculars to observe the front, dozens of tanks were emitting black smoke and roaring towards Sister Slope, Chen Fei frowned and said, "Communication soldiers!" Signal Soldiers! Inform the regiments, the divisions to shell, and shoot out all the mortar shells! ”
"Yes!" The communications corps not far away replied.
"Commander, there are not many artillery shells in each regiment, mainly to be able to march continuously, and a lot of ammunition is still on the way." Lu Ziheng Road.
"Let's talk about it first, if you park so many tanks at the bottom of the slope, something will happen sooner or later." Chen Fei said.
"Okay, then I'll arrange it too." Lu Ziheng Road.
Chen Fei nodded.
The tank is getting closer.
"Tom Tom Tom~"
The mortars of the regiments on the slope began to speak, and one by one the shells exploded in the devil's assault formation, it seemed that the shelling was very fierce, but the effect was not great, after all, it was a curved artillery, and if you wanted to hit the moving tank, you could only rely on luck, after a round of shelling, the devil was still approaching normally, and it was estimated that a few soldiers died.
"Damn, not a single tank hit." Chen Fei slapped the dirt angrily.
"Tom tom tom ~ " Mortar shells from all directions once again rose into the air.
Suddenly, there was the sound of cannonballs cutting through the air at the same time in front of me.
"The devil has fought back!" Sanmao shouted, and at the same time knocked down Chen Fei, crushing Chen Fei under him, and several guards also stepped forward and squatted down to surround him.
"Boom Boom Boom~" The devil counterattacked with 75 mm howitzers, and there was no time to dig trenches and anti-artillery holes on the slope, and the shells made all regiments suffer heavy casualties, the area on the slope was not large, and there were many troops, and the casualties could be imagined, if it were not for the dense pine forests on the slope, a round of shelling could make the 33rd Army suffer countless casualties.
"Don't move, get down, open your mouth! Don't move, open your mouth! "Several company commanders kept shouting that the devil's artillery fire came and went quickly, and when the shelling stopped, the devil's tank unit had already rushed down the slope and began to fire shells.
"Bazooka! Bazooka! Several regiment commanders shouted.
Dozens of bazooka groups jumped out of each position at the same time, in groups of two, aiming at the tanks, and without the slightest hesitation, they raised the bazookas and fired.
"Tom Tom Tom~" 60mm rockets like fire dragons dragged a long tail flame straight towards the devil tank.
"Boom, boom~" Devil Type 97 thin-skinned tanks were destroyed one after another, and dozens of tanks kept exploding and catching fire. The bazooka men immediately reloaded, and a round of rockets was fired, this time aiming straight for the infantry, which was in a mess behind the tank.
"Boom boom boom~" exploded, screamed, and scurried around, no matter how elite the troops were, they would collapse in an instant under this merciless blow. After two rounds of bazookas, they returned. For the first time, this American weapon showed its might on the battlefield in China.
"Quick, get up, get up, dig trenches, dig trenches!" The commander constantly urged the soldiers to dig trenches, and only with bunkers could the troops hold out under the blows of the devils. The 33rd Army finally held out under the surprise of the devils. The next battle will be even more brutal.
"Quick, quick", the military doctor of the field hospital, the stretcher team ran to the slope and began to treat the wounded. Doctor Sun's medical clinic was also upgraded to a field hospital when the independent division was promoted to the 33rd Army.
Chen Fei got up and patted the dirt on his body, looked at the burning tank at the bottom of the slope, and thought for a while: "Wang Liang, Wang Liang, call Tang Bing over." ”
"Yes." Wang Liang replied.
After a while, Tang Bing hurriedly came.