Chapter 114: Three Charges

Just as the twenty-two soldiers who were still alive in the first platoon of the three companies of the sharp knife company were squatting in front of the corpse of the sacrificial platoon commander Feng Kun and crying bitterly, Sun Lei, who was the most vigilant among them, suddenly heard the sound of "boom" in the air, which attracted his attention.

When he raised his head and looked closely, he found that more than a dozen US military planes were flying in the southeast direction of the sky towards the place where they were, and suddenly he had a sense of foreboding.

didn't have time to think about it, Sun Lei, who was still in tears just now, immediately shouted loudly to the other twenty-one soldiers beside him: "The US planes are coming, we can't gather together, scatter and quickly find a place to hide, hurry up and run!"

As soon as Sun Lei's words fell, the twenty-one people who were still in the grief of losing the platoon commander Feng Kun and the other soldiers immediately woke up and hurriedly rushed towards the small hills near them.

Unlike others, after Sun Lei finished speaking, he chose to lie on the ground and crawl towards the back of a small hill, because he knew that if he stood and walked, the risk of exposure would be greater.

Seeing that the US fighter planes flying from the southeast were about to arrive in the sky above where they were, Sun Lei, who was crawling forward on the ground, raised his head and hurriedly beckoned the other 20 soldiers who were standing and running around.

At this time, Sun Lei shouted again in a hoarse voice: "Comrades, don't run standing up, hurry up, lie down quickly, only lying on the ground is the safest, you can easily become a bombing target for US planes when you stand up......"

Without waiting for Sun Lei to finish speaking, a US military plane that was the first to arrive over them dropped extremely powerful bombs on the ground one after another.

The bombs that fell from the sky, in the process of falling from the sky, made a "woo-woo" roar, and at the moment of landing, there were violent explosions one after another - boom, boom, boom!

Fortunately, except for Sun Lei, the other 21 fighters fell to the ground one after another after listening to his reminder, dodging the attack of dozens of bombs dropped by the US plane.

Dozens of bombs dropped by this US fighter plane fell around Sun Lei, blowing up many half-meter-high earth pits in the already rugged mountainous area, and hundreds of corpses lying on the ground were also damaged, and they were blown apart, which was unbearable to see.

Less than half a minute later, more than a dozen other US planes also arrived, hovered over Songgu Peak, and dropped bombs one after another.

Suddenly, in an area of less than a kilometer centered on Songgu Peak, it was as if hail had fallen in the sky, and after the bombs that fell from the sky fell one after another, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and lightning flashed and thundered.

Those who know think that the time is in the morning of the day, but those who don't know really think that it is in the evening.

It can be seen from this that this time the US military dispatched more than a dozen planes to carry out wanton and indiscriminate bombing in the vicinity of Songgu Peak, and it is really unimaginable how serious the tragedy is.

The U.S. troops on the north and south sides of the road east of Songgu Peak wanted to open up more than a dozen planes to support them by dropping bombs this time, and they themselves were not idle at this time, and continued to fire at the Songgu Peak position guarded by the three companies of the Sharp Knife Company.

At this moment, more than a dozen US warplanes dropped bombs in the sky above Songgu Peak, and at the same time, dozens of artillery pieces fired shells at US positions on the north and south sides of the road.

The purpose of such a frantic attack by the US military was to wipe out all the living forces of the volunteer army on Songgu Peak and the positions along the line, and it has to be said that this was one of the most tragic battles faced by the volunteer troops since the entry into the Korean war.

In the face of the fierce attack launched by the American army, the three companies of the sharp knives guarding the Songgu Peak, as well as the first and second companies that were separated from the left and right to fight together, did not have time to build any fortifications at the beginning of the battle, so they were naturally difficult to parry, and could only hide in the craters blown out by bombs and shells, so as to get a chance to survive.

More than a dozen US fighter planes continued to drop bombs one after another, and dozens of shells fired by US artillery hit the positions of the volunteers in the vicinity of Songgu Peak like dense rain. Shrapnel flew sideways on the positions of the three companies of sharp knives at the forefront, and the flames were raging and the smoke was billowing out.

The time did not last long, and Regiment Commander Fan, who was commanding the operation in the rear, hurriedly ordered the second and third battalions to quickly reinforce the first battalion and three companies guarding the positions along Songgu Peak, even if they used their flesh and blood to block the US troops who could not escape.

At the same time, the only dozen mortars in the entire regiment carried out a stormy bombardment of the US positions on the north and south sides of the road, giving the US troops a strong and powerful counterattack.

However, the problem is that there are only a dozen mortars in this regiment of the Volunteer Army, not to mention the number of shells, and the number of shells is also limited, which cannot be compared with the well-armed and ammunition-rich US troops, and the shelling stopped in less than 15 minutes.

The bombs dropped by the dozen or so US planes and the shells fired by dozens of artillery pieces lasted for more than an hour before they stopped again.

As far as the commanders of this US army are concerned, they all believe that after the wanton bombardment of the volunteer troops on the positions along the Songgu Peak for more than an hour, the volunteers will definitely suffer heavy casualties and be unable to organize an effective attack.

So, when the attack was stopped, he once again dispatched a battalion of infantry to charge at Songgu Peak, which was guarded by the three companies of the Sharp Knife Company, for the third time.

If the U.S. infantry of this battalion of strength wanted to successfully occupy Songgu Peak, the only way they had to pass was the position of the three companies and one platoon of the Sharp Knife Company, that is, the small hills less than 50 meters away from the road.

Judging from the distance, the US infantry battalion that was about to launch a charge was more than 100 meters away from the Songgu Peak guarded by the main force of the 3rd Company of the Sharp Knife Company from the north and south sides of the highway where they were located, while the nearest distance was only 20 meters away from the small hills where the 3rd Company of the Sharp Knife Company was located.

It is no exaggeration to say that the first battalion is the forward position of the entire regiment, the third company of the sharp knife company is the forward position of the entire battalion, and the third company and one platoon of the sharp knife company are the forward position of the entire company.

It is very unfortunate that after the bombardment by the US military lasted for more than an hour, there were still 22 soldiers in the first platoon of the three companies of the Sharp Knife Company just now, and now only 15 soldiers remained.

What's more, Feng Kun, as the platoon leader of the first platoon of the Sharp Knife Company, died heroically when the US army launched the second charge, and for the fifteen soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company who were at the forefront at this time, they were now in a state of leaderlessness.

With only fifteen volunteer soldiers, can they withstand the strength of a battalion of U.S. troops who are charging towards Songgu Peak?

The answer is obvious, if it is to be tough, these fifteen soldiers in the three companies and one platoon of the sharp knife company will be outnumbered in less than ten minutes, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army.