Five miles west of the Songgu Peak position, it is located in the regimental headquarters

After listening to the report of Liu Gengtian, a soldier of the third platoon and third squad of the Sharp Knife Company, Regiment Commander Fan asked Liu Gengtian to go back, and he paced back and forth in the headquarters by himself, his brows furrowed and his face solemn.

For Commander Fan at this time, the soldier named Liu Gengtian, who came from the forward position of Songgu Peak to report the battle situation to him, every word he said just now was not what he wanted to hear.

In fact, when the battle of Songgu Peak first began, Commander Fan felt a trace of uneasiness and worry in his heart, and the situation he was most afraid of was that the American troops who wanted to retreat south along the highway would retreat directly south from the road without capturing Songgu Peak with their strong firepower advantage.

Unfortunately, this situation finally happened a few hours after the battle of Songgu Peak, which made him feel a little frustrated and helpless.

At the same time, what made him feel fortunate was that there were not many American troops fleeing south along the highway this time, only four American artillery armored vehicles, which made him feel a little comfort in his heart.

If the U.S. military took advantage of the ferocious fire on the forward position of Songgu Peak and the heavy artillery fire as a cover, even if it included the three companies of the Sharp Knife Company guarding the front of the Songgu Peak position, and the second and third companies responsible for coordinated operations on the left and right sides, it is estimated that it would not be able to stop it.

After all, from the current battle situation, it can be seen that there are more and more American troops on the north side of the highway, and they are all eager to quickly withdraw south along the highway, and strive to escape from the pocket array encirclement carefully planned by Shiji as soon as possible.

And Songgu Peak is a hole in the encirclement of this pocket array, once the positions along the Songgu Peak guarded by their regiment are successfully broken through by the US army, then this pocket array encirclement will become meaningless.

Regiment Commander Fan, who had been pacing back and forth in the regiment headquarters command room alone for a full minute, no longer dared to continue thinking about the serious consequences that would be brought about after realizing the seriousness of this problem.

It is said to be a command room, but in fact it is just a temporary military tent, and Commander Fan is pacing in it alone, and several combat staff officers who were originally staying in it with him have been sent to the company below to be responsible for the operation.

After stopping, Regiment Commander Fan walked out of the military tent and asked the guards standing outside: "Comrade Xiao Li, hurry up and help me ask the signal soldiers, have we been in contact with the radio communication between the regiment headquarters and the division headquarters and the military headquarters?"

The very clever guard hurriedly went to the signal corps to ask, and after less than a minute, he turned around and returned to Commander Fan, with a smile on his face, and reported: "Report to the regiment commander, the signal corps said that they have just been debugged, and if nothing happens, they should be able to talk to the division headquarters and the military headquarters." ”

Since the area where they were located was relatively low, they arranged for the communications corps and the telegraph operator to be placed on a small hill more than 100 meters away, hoping to enhance the radio signal.

After listening to the guard's report, Head Fan hurriedly said, "Let's go, Comrade Xiao Li, accompany me to have a look." ”

Comrade Xiao Li, who was a guard, rushed to the small hill more than 100 meters away with Commander Fan.

As soon as Hong Kong walked to the small hill, Regiment Commander Fan immediately said to the correspondent in a commanding tone: "Correspondent, hurry up and connect me to the division headquarters, I have 100,000 urgent military information to report to the division commander." ”

The correspondent quickly connected the telephone call from the division headquarters, and Regiment Commander Fan took the phone and truthfully reported to the division commander at the other end the information that four US artillery armored vehicles were unable to escape along the road.

After listening to Commander Fan's report, the division commander pondered for a long time, and then taunted angrily: "Commander Fan, Commander Fan, how did you do it, I asked one of your regiments to garrison the pocket formation of Songgu Peak, and after only one morning's battle, four American artillery armored vehicles ran away."

"If you let your regiment fight for a few days and nights, won't you let all the American troops run away? This is a very serious problem, Commander Fan, you must write me a written examination after the battle is over, and give me a good summary of the lessons learned on this matter. ”

Commander Fan, who was holding the telephone receiver and listening, immediately said: "Commander, I am willing to write this inspection and accept your criticism and education. ”

Immediately afterwards, Regiment Commander Fan changed his conversation and complained to the division commander on the other end of the telephone receiver: "Division commander. But right now, the war in our Songgu Peak is tight. I put a battalion of troops in the forward position of Songgu Peak, and now the casualties are very large. Division commander, you give me an instruction on what to do with these four US artillery armored vehicles?"

The division commander, who was already holding back the fire in his heart, immediately became angry when he heard that his old subordinate was a little retreating, and said angrily on the phone: "Commander Fan, you don't use this kind of thing to fool me, I don't want to eat you kid."

"Now, I order you to chase back these four American artillery armored vehicles that fled south from your regimental position! You kid remembered for me, not a single American soldier is allowed to flee south! ”

Seeing that the division commander who had always had a good temper was angry on the other end of the phone, Commander Fan felt that his old chief must be angry, so he naturally didn't dare to say anything more, and quickly expressed his attitude, and said in a firm tone: "Division commander, don't worry, I will now send troops to kill these four US artillery armored vehicles that are difficult to escape." ”

After hanging up the phone, Regiment Commander Fan first sent the second battalion to the forward position of Songgu Peak to support the first battalion in the battle, he felt that he could no longer let go of even a single American soldier from their regimental position, and he had to stubbornly defend the mouth of the pocket formation of Songgu Peak, and he could not let go of even a fly.

In addition, Regiment Commander Fan immediately sent two companies of the 3rd Battalion to chase after him. In order to annihilate these four artillery armored vehicles of the US army, he drew two infantry companies from the already very tight strength, which is enough to see his determination and attitude to put the US army to death without any left.

However, the problem came, although Regiment Commander Fan sent two companies of the third battalion to pursue, he lacked a guide, and he needed to find someone who knew the inevitable escape route of the four artillery armored vehicles of the US army to lead the way.

Suddenly, at this time, Regiment Commander Fan thought of Liu Gengtian, a soldier in the third platoon of the first battalion and three companies (sharp knife company) who came to report to him ten minutes ago, and suddenly let him have a score in his heart.

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