After seeing this, Zhang Dake felt that even if the four US artillery armored vehicles just now were released from the road in front of the position guarded by their platoon, their platoon had now lost 70 percent of its personnel, and only eight of them remained.

However, the remaining eight soldiers in their platoon who still insisted on fighting on the battlefield had an unshirkable responsibility, and he absolutely could not turn a blind eye to it, and he must report this matter to his superiors.

After thinking of this, Zhang Dake risked his life to raise his head, hunched over, and rushed to a few small hills next to him, trying to find out how many soldiers in their row were still alive.

Because before the US troops opened fire this time, only eight soldiers in their platoon, including Zhang Dake himself, remained in this most advanced position.

The machine gunner, who had a hole in his leg, was carried out of the danger zone and sent to the stretcher team, that is, there were only seven fighters left in the forward position of their platoon.

After the fierce artillery bombardment of the US army just now, Zhang Dake really couldn't imagine whether he was the only one left in the row of people who stayed on the position. If that were the case, he would really want to cry without tears.

Zhang Dake, who risked his life to run around, finally found a volunteer soldier who was exactly like him and had sound limbs unscathed behind a small hill five meters away next to him, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Since the first row is the forefront of Songgu Peak, the corpses around are piled up, and they will be blocked by the line of sight if they are not two or three meters away, otherwise, Zhang Dake will just look left and right, and he will find out if there are any soldiers around.

The name of this still alive soldier is Liu Gengtian, he used to be in the cooking class, because he has relatively great strength, and his marksmanship is not bad, when the three companies of the sharp knife company were rebuilt, he was recruited into it, and was divided into the third row and three squads of the third company of the sharp knife company, and became a volunteer soldier who fought.

After finding the soldier Liu Gengtian, Zhang Dake suddenly remembered something at this time, first slapped his head suddenly, and then asked: "Comrade Liu Gengtian, before the American devils opened fire, we gathered a group of people, plus you and I are a total of eight people, why didn't you see your squad leader Comrade Qian Liang." Did you just see your squad leader? ”

Hearing Zhang Dake's question, Liu Gengtian, who was still in tears in his eyes just now, suddenly burst into tears, and pointed to the corpse of a volunteer soldier who had been stabbed in the chest with a bayonet next to him, and his conscience arm and head did not know where to run away, and replied with a crying voice: "Squad leader Zhang, this is the body of our squad leader."

"Before the American devils didn't open fire, the corpse of our squad leader was lying here fine, and now the head and arms of our squad leader's corpse were blown away by the shells of the American devils.

"When our squad leader launched the third charge against the American devils on the opposite side, he dealt with four American devils by himself, and first killed one of the American devils. Later, he was stabbed in the chest by the bayonets of three other American devils.

"Because at that time, I was far away from our squad leader, and when I was about to rush over with a few other soldiers, our squad leader had already lost his breath. Now I'm the only one left in our class. ”

After saying this, Liu Gengtian, a soldier in the third squad of a platoon, immediately cried like a child, and his heart was full of infinite sentimentality.

Even Zhang Dake, who was nicknamed "hard-hearted" by the soldiers of the three companies of sharp knives, immediately turned red when he listened to Liu Gengtian's description of the misfortune of Qian Liang, the leader of the third squad.

And made him feel that these American devils are really hateful, they have a platoon of more than 30 soldiers, and they have only been fighting for a morning, and there are only single digits of people left in their platoon who hold their positions.

And the platoon commander died, the second squad leader Sun Lei was seriously injured and was sent to the field hospital in the rear, and the third squad leader Qian Liang also died, and he now became the person with the largest rank on the position at this time.

Even so, he used to be a platoon commander in other units of the Volunteer Army, but after joining the third company of the Sharp Knife Company, he was demoted to squad leader, which made him unconvinced at the time, and now he can act as the platoon commander, but he can't be happy at all, and his heart is sad or sad.

When he did, Zhang Dake, as an old qualified soldier, naturally knew that at such a critical moment, it was not the time to squeeze his eyes and wipe his tears, he had to cheer up and lead the remaining soldiers to continue to fight to the end.

After Zhang Dake came to his senses, he said in a serious tone to Liu Gengtian, who was still in tears: "Comrade Liu Gengtian, our platoon commander and your squad leader have both sacrificed, and the second squad leader Sun Lei was also sent to the rear for treatment due to serious injuries.

"Now, since I am the acting platoon commander in charge of command, you must carry out my orders, obey my commands, and obey my arrangements. Comrade Liu Gengtian, can you do it? ”

In the face of Zhang Dake's questioning, Liu Gengtian, who was still sad and tearful just now, wiped his eyes with his sleeve at this time, and replied in a firm tone: "Squad Leader Zhang, I can do it, unconditionally obey your leadership." ”

After nodding, Zhang Dake said in a commanding tone: "Okay, Comrade Liu Gengtian." If, you are willing to accept my leadership. Now, then, I will give you a very difficult task. ”

Therefore, Zhang Dake concisely and concisely told Liu Gengtian to rush to the regimental headquarters stationed five miles west of the Songgufeng position on his behalf about the situation of the four US artillery armored vehicles he had just seen fleeing south from the road more than 20 meters east of the position guarded by a platoon of them, and to report the situation truthfully to Regiment Commander Fan in person.

The reason why Zhang Dake asked Liu Gengtian to report this matter directly to the regiment commander was because he felt that this matter was very big and had to be reflected at a higher level.

In addition, there was another situation, that is, from the place where they were now, if they rushed to the company commander and instructor on the main position of Songgu Peak more than 50 meters behind them to report, they would have to cross the large sea of fire behind them.

If he doesn't wait for this Liu Gengtian to rush to this big mountain called Songgu Peak, it is estimated that he will be buried in the fire.

In addition, Zhang Dake felt that the main force of their third company was estimated to have suffered very serious casualties, and in case the company commander and instructor were also seriously injured, this matter would be even more difficult to handle. In addition, it is too cumbersome to continue to report from the company commander and instructor to the battalion commander and instructor.

Therefore, Zhang Dake secretly weighed the pros and cons in his heart before making this decision, and directly sent the soldier Liu Gengtian to report directly to the regiment commander who commanded the operation behind Songgu Peak.

In accordance with Zhang Dake's prior instructions, the soldier Liu Gengtian immediately set off and rushed to the regimental headquarters five miles away behind Songgu Peak, and reported what Zhang Dake had told him to Regiment Commander Fan in 1510, while Zhang Dake chose to continue to stay in their platoon position and observe the enemy situation of the US troops opposite.