Chapter 28: Bridgehead
The M60, which had already emptied the bullets, was thrown to the ground by Weisan, because it was dark and the enemy's planes had no vision, so there were no bombers to help the American army advance the battle line, which gave the volunteer soldiers a chance to breathe, after all, the guns in the hands of the soldiers were not good-looking.
While fighting and retreating, they approached the position of the Qingchuan River Bridge, and Zhang Weimin, who came to meet them, received the soldiers of the third company and the first company into his large army, and withdrew to the "bridgehead" formed when Wei San came.
The bridgehead of large boulders formed an anthill-like defensive position, allowing warriors to move freely between the stones, intertwined with each other, effectively avoiding the heavy fire of the enemy.
The entire bridgehead is 200 meters long and 15 meters wide, distributed in a fan shape, and was designed to deal with large-scale enemy attacks from the beginning..... Survived! ”
Li Shun was injured, it was Gao Baoguo and Wang Liansheng who worked together to bring him back, as soon as it was safe, they didn't bother to take a breath, Gao Baoguo came up and grabbed Ma Youde's neck and roared: "You bastard, what kind of battle are you fighting when you are so cowardly, why didn't you scare yourself to death, ah!" You can't be like a man? ”
Ma Youde's heart was full of guilt, because what Gao Baoguo said was right, he was afraid of death and didn't dare to fight back, he said with difficulty: "I... Next time.... Will pay attention .... Ahem...."
Wei San stopped Gao Baoguo's anger and reminded: "Don't get angry, the enemy is about to attack, take advantage of Li Shun's wound now, what about the hygienist?" ”
Li Shun gritted his teeth and said, "I was blown up by a grenadier, and I don't know where I was dragged to." ”
Wei San handed over the gun to Gao Baoguo, and squatted down to look at Li Shun's wound, because it was too cold, Li Shun's wound had frozen, and the blood flowing from the wound immediately froze the clothes and the skin and flesh near the wound together, Wei San frowned and said: "It's troublesome, bear with it first, I hope the battle can end soon, otherwise your leg will be wasted!" ”
Li Shun lowered his head, but immediately raised his head again and said, "Don't worry about me, give me a robbery, I can still fight!" ”
Wang Liansheng hurriedly said: "You are like this, wait here first, we will protect you." ”
There is no time to discuss whether Li Shun has joined the battle, the enemy has chased him in the direction where the third company and the first company fled, at this time Ma Youde is still entangled, he is blaming himself, the contradiction makes him go crazy, his head is buried very low, when the gunfire in the wind and snow is fired, he has not yet decided what to do, he is not only afraid of the bullets of the US army, but now he is even more afraid of the reproachful eyes of his comrades.
Li Shun leaned on the stone and said to Ma Youde with a wry smile: "Don't be discouraged, you have to believe in yourself, we are comrades-in-arms, you are our hands, we are our eyes, you are no worse than us, we need you......"
Ma Youde raised his head: "Don't you blame me?" ”
Li Shun: "Why complain about you, as long as you don't point a gun at our enemy, then you are our brother, we will protect you, and you should also learn how to protect us!" ”
A flash of brilliance flashed in Ma Youde's eyes, he seemed to understand something, but he still didn't have the courage to face the enemy, stood up and said, "I'll go and press the bullet for the squad leader!" ”
The battle began in a very hasty manner before dawn, and now the entire Qingchuan River has become the main battlefield, and the US troops around Changjin Lake are attacking the volunteers, and the downstream direction of the sky that is red by artillery fire in the distance is also extremely fierce, with the Ninth Corps as the vanguard, like the US army, crossed the river and reached the blockade zone of the US army south of the Qingchuan River.
At the same time, the U.S. forces at both ends of Changjin Lake were also trying their best to break through the blockade of the 38th and 39th armies, and went downstream to form an encirclement with their own troops, intending to eat the 9th Corps.
One army against one army, the US 1st Army and the 39th Army fought in one place, the US 9th Army and the 38th Army fought in one place, the artillery fire lit up the sky, but also woke up the blood cooled down by the soldiers, the bullets were whistling, the blood was burning, the two sides that killed the red eyes no longer had a nationality, in each other's eyes, the opposite side was the enemy, whether you are an American or a Chinese, each other has only one thought in their hearts, that is, they want each other's lives!
In order to stealthily cross the river, the U.S. troops did not drive the tank out, which would expose their whereabouts, and the tank could not hide it, and drove all the way from the Qingchuan River Bridge, and after the rumbling motor sound was captured by Wei San, Wei San shouted: "It's a tank!" They're crossing the bridge! ”
Zhang Weimin was in the stone fortress and also heard the sound of tanks, and he immediately gave an order for the Demomen to blow up the bridge!
The horror of tanks no longer needs to be described, once they are in front of them, and combined with the attack of the infantry, even if this is an iron fortress, it will not be able to stop the crushing of the army.
The American infantry had already approached them, and the density of bullets at this time was simply outrageous, and there were no lives when they went out, but after the regiment commander gave the order, the demolitionists, who had already put life and death out of the way, still grabbed the explosive bags and rushed towards the position of the bridge in pairs.
The enemy's tank had already driven into the middle of the bridge, and it was too late, and the soldier with the explosive bag on his back was also red-eyed, no longer caring about his own safety, and stood up and ran towards the bridge cat's waist, but the exposed body was passed through the body by the enemy's bullet the next moment, and he fell softly.
Another fighter in his group touched the explosives bag, and once again sent the explosives package closer to the bridge, and finally failed to complete the task smoothly, and the soldiers who dared to come in the follow-up repeated what they had done before, and the distance of two hundred meters became a road paved by corpses, so to speak, this was a fuse ignited with the blood of the fighters, and the bridge exploded!
Before the river was not frozen, both sides needed to borrow the bridge to cross the Qingchuan River hundreds of meters wide, as if there was a tacit understanding did not want to blow up the bridge, now the situation is in crisis, I can't take care of so much, I can only look at the present!
The enemy's tank retreated, Wei Sanxin was in Da'an, as long as the enemy's tank was not allowed to come, he was not afraid of any threat, the gun in his hand was empty, so he changed one from Ma Youde behind him, and in the alternation, the enemy's attack was temporarily stopped.
As long as they are exposed to the guns of the volunteer soldiers, they must be greeted with a bullet that has long been ready to fire, their casualties are already very large, and they can only add more wounded to fight if they continue to fight, so they stopped, without tank cover and without aircraft bombing, they are not the opponents of the volunteers.
With a short rest, Zhang Weimin immediately asked the soldiers to replenish ammunition, the supply point is behind this bridgehead, from the beginning of the plan to take this as the main battlefield of the 358 regiment, almost all the ammunition is stored here, now it is extremely convenient to replenish ammunition, a transport team composed of fighters, with a stretcher to carry ammunition interspersed between the passages composed of stones, leaving boxes of unopened bullets, and quickly carried the wounded soldiers to the stretcher, transported to the rear medical team, although the battle is tight, But the soldiers are still doing their duties in a very orderly manner.
"It seems that the enemy doesn't want to waste time with our mushrooms, they plan to go downstream!" Wei San said.
"We can't let them leave, let's chase them, right?" Gao Baoguo asked.
"Wait for the commander's order." As soon as Wei San finished speaking, Zhang Weimin's voice sounded: "Beat the donkey ball drops, don't let them run!" ”
The trumpet sounded, and the warriors shouted and chased after the hiding stones, so that the retreating enemy turned back again, and their commander jumped and ordered the troops to press back against the volunteer soldiers who were rushing towards them.
Zhang Weimin just wanted to hold them back, and after a few shots, Zhang Weimin shouted: "Withdraw!" ”
Maybe time does not allow them to entangle with the volunteer soldiers anymore, maybe they are tired of this game of cat and mouse, and after being chased back by the volunteer soldiers again, the American soldiers completely lost interest, and no longer turned back to fight a tug of war with the volunteer soldiers, and retreated like a tide.
After chasing all the way and letting down hundreds of American troops, Wei San knew that it was because the battle downstream had reached the most important stage, and these American troops were going to support their own troops who were fighting against the Ninth Corps.
And the direction of the 39th Army was still ringing cannons, and Wei San said to Ma Youde: "Do you continue to chase or eat the troops fighting against the 39th Army?"
What Ma Youde didn't know was that Wei San was guessing how his superiors would give orders, and sure enough, after Zhang Weimin was informed by the messenger, he sorted out the ammunition, and converged with the 112th Division to continue to pursue the fleeing American troops, and the order from his superiors was: "Annihilate or drag down the footsteps of the US 9th Army, and create an opportunity for the 9th Corps to attack Tokugawa!" ”