Chapter 62: Hiding in a Crater
"Get moving! Sun Mancang hurriedly lit the explosives bag and threw it at the tank driving at the end of the road down the mountain. ”
When the four tank cars that came from the west side of the highway were halfway up the north side of the hill where the soldiers of the third company and one platoon of the Volunteer Army were located, and the vertical distance was only less than 100 meters, Niu Tiezhu, as the squad leader, immediately gave an order.
Just waiting for Niu Tiezhu's order, Sun Mancang, who was already timid by nature, squatted on the snow, and with trembling hands, he lit a match with a "stab".
Immediately afterwards, the lead on the explosive bag was lit, and some of the wet leads immediately made a continuous "clattering" sound, and sparks continued to emerge.
Immediately afterward, Sun Mancang stood up tremblingly, lifted the explosive bag with the fuse in high in both hands, and threw it towards the tank car that was farthest away from him on the road down the mountain.
"Boom!"
The explosive bag that Sun Mancang threw on the road below the mountain made a violent explosion sound, but unfortunately, Sun Mancang threw it with both hands, but the explosive bag fell about ten meters away from the tank.
When the explosion was over, it did not cause any damage to the tank, but only blew a half-meter-deep crater out of the road, posing no threat to the heavily armored tank.
Seeing that the explosives package he threw out did not blow up any of the tanks driving on the road below the mountain, Sun Mancang, who was standing in the middle of the mountain, was frightened to pee his pants and shivered, so frightened that he fell to his knees with a "plop".
After Niu Tiezhu, the squad leader in charge of commanding the operation, saw the situation, he hurriedly ordered Deng Sanshui next to him: "Old Deng, hurry up and use this light machine gun in your hand to cover Sun Mancang's firepower, and you must ensure his personal safety." ”
At this moment, Sun Mancang, who was kneeling on the snow and pulling his head and refused to get up, was ten meters away from Niu Tiezhu and Deng Sanshui, and not far from Sun Mancang was Sun Lei, who was holding a sniper rifle and preparing to shoot.
In the past, throwing grenades on the battlefield could hit targets 100 meters away, but now Sun Mancang wanted to use explosives to hit the tanks, which made him frightened in his heart at the beginning, and cold sweat broke out in his palms.
Sun Mancang, who was not very confident, in order to increase his chances of success, he slid down the mountainside ten meters without authorization, hoping to get closer to the tank driving on the road below the mountain.
Sun Lei, who also shouldered the mission of shooting and killing the South Korean soldiers staying in the tank, naturally hoped to shorten the distance with the tank car driving on the road down the mountain.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the tank led by the tank fired a shell at the place where Sun Mancang was, and when the sound passed, Sun Mancang had been killed on the spot, and the whole body was charred, and the outside was stained with a layer of gunpowder black.
Moreover, a half-meter-deep pit was blown out of the place where Sun Mancang's body was, and black smoke was still emitting.
You must know that Sun Lei was only ten meters away from Sun Mancang, but fortunately, his reaction was fast enough at that time, and before the shell fired by the tank fell, he held a sniper rifle and rolled several times to the other side.
rolled out five meters away, otherwise, Sun Lei would probably be killed or seriously injured after this shell fell.
The others had not taken any action, Sun Mancang, who was disappointed in throwing the explosive bag, was killed alive after revealing the target, and the huge shock wave from the shell, as well as the violent explosion sound, made the other fighters feel deafening.
Niu Tiezhu, the squad leader who had already experienced hundreds of battles, large and small, was quite calm at this time, commanded the soldiers next to him, and gave orders: "Comrades, give me grenades and throw them at the tank that is fifty meters away from us, and let's give them a little color." ”
As soon as the words fell, the fighters, who had come to their senses, picked up the grenades pinned to their waists and threw them at the four tanks that had stopped moving on the road down the mountain.
"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"
The grenades thrown by the soldiers of the first squad made an explosion around the four tanks one after another, which was much smaller than the explosive packets, and immediately churned up bursts of black smoke, but the four tanks were indeed safe and sound, and there was no damage at all.
"Boom Boom ......"
"Da Da Da ......"
While the fighters of the first squad threw grenades at the four tanks, the four tanks also engaged in heavy shelling on the halfway slope where they were, accompanied by machine-gun fire.
Deng Sanshui, who had not fired even a single bullet from the light machine gun to the end, saw that the place where they were was fiercely attacked by the four tanks on the road down the mountain, he hurriedly persuaded Niu Tiezhu and several other soldiers loudly: "Don't throw grenades anymore, we have revealed our location now, this place can't stay, we must move immediately." Otherwise, all of us here will be killed alive by shells. ”
At the beginning, Niu Tiezhu and several other fighters were still in the mood of revenge for Sun Mancang, who had just been killed by the shell, and threw grenades at the location of the four tanks on the road down the mountain.
After the four tanks and guns fired a fierce attack on them, Niu Tiezhu and the others were lying on the snow halfway up the hillside, unable to even lift their heads, and it was impossible for them to stop the counterattack.
Niu Tiezhu, who was quite sober in his mind, also thought that what Deng Sanshui said just now was very right, and if they didn't transfer in time, they would really all be blown up here.
But before Niu Tiezhu, who was the squad leader, gave the order to transfer immediately, Sun Lei suddenly appeared at this time, and he said in an eager tone: "It is impossible to transfer now, with such fierce artillery fire, we can't escape at all."
"The only way now is to follow me and hide in this big bomb crater next to me, maybe we can escape. Without further ado, don't hesitate any longer, come with me. ”
I don't know why, as soon as Sun Lei finished speaking, the soldiers of the first squad took the weapons and ammunition in their hands and followed Sun Lei to hide in the big bomb crater next to him, including the squad leader Niu Tiezhu and the veteran Deng Sanshui.
Although the big guys don't know whether Sun Lei can save his life by the method he came up with, out of human instinctive survival reaction, he chose to believe Sun Lei at this moment of his life and death.