It is only filled with the smell of gunsmoke, and there are ten Wei Zhen six legs that are scattered from the mud after the rain, which makes people's sense of o's sleep become dull.

Wang Jintang grabbed a handful of dirt from the trench. Holding it with the palm of his hand, he moved it to his nose and sniffed it carefully. Then he raised his head and looked up at the sky.

The sky was a grey grey, and although the rain had long since stopped, the haze in the sky could be seen. It seems unrealistic to expect the weather to clear up anytime soon.

If the weather does not clear, the air force units will not be able to participate in the war. Then the army units will have to fight alone. This is indeed a test for the army units. Wang Jintang and his troops did not perform well in the face of this test, at least, they held their positions.

Wang Jintang's company was still guarding the high ground for two days and one night, and under the continuous fighting, the troops were not only very tired, but also suffered heavy casualties, and even the Tian staff officer at the battalion headquarters was killed, and now there were less than 50 left in this position. people, and the Japanese offensive did not seem to be over, they only stopped the attack for the time being.

Wang Jintang threw the handful of dirt in his hand. Then he stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of copper plates from the empty ammunition box beside him, which was part of the identity badges of the fallen officers and soldiers, including the identity tag of the Tian staff officer.

Many of the badges were pierced by shrapnel in order to seize the commanding heights of the Taut Heights. Japanese artillery poured a large number of shrapnel into the position, and many of the Chinese soldiers who died were killed by shrapnel from the overhead, and even Wang Jintang's shoulder suffered some steel fragments, but fortunately the injuries were not serious and did not need to be discharged.

Wang Jintang leaned against the pit wall of the anti-artillery bunker. Flipping his palm slightly, he watched those identity badges fall into the ammunition box, and his heart was very sad. What came to him at the moment was a young face, but it was so blurry. Wang Jintang wasn't even sure if it was one of those comrades-in-arms who had already died.

"Company commander! Captain! ”

The shouts of a warrior pulled Wang Jintang out of his hallucination, and he looked up to see a warrior walking over from the side of the trench. The military uniform on his body was the same as his, and it was already covered with mud, and he could no longer see the original color.

"The number of people has been counted, and there are only forty people who can still fight" The rest are seriously wounded. Unconscious, unable to continue fighting. ”

The warrior sat down in front of Wang Jintang, and then gently put the few pieces of identity cards that he had just broken off in his hand into the ammunition box.

Wang Jintang picked up the identity cards and looked at them, and his mood was even heavier.

"All the artillery platoons are killed?"

"Yes, the seriously wounded man just died. He was sent by the battalion headquarters, and I don't know his name yet. Captain. You are literate, tell me what his name is? The warrior asked Wang Jintang.

Wang Jintang glanced at the identity card and said, "His surname is Zhang, and he is the platoon commander of the machine gun company. ”

It's not that Wang Jintang sells Guanzi, he is not highly educated, and learning to read and write actually started from the army, so he only recognized the name of the artillery platoon commander, as for the name of Zhoutou. But he didn't know it, the word was a little strange, he didn't know what it was.

"Oh. Platoon Commander Zhang. ”

The soldier nodded, but did not continue to ask, but walked to the trench, looked at the identity card in Wang Jintang's hand, and said: "Fortunately, I have learned to use mortars, but I am not worried that no one will shoot." ”

Wang Jintang put down his identity card and asked, "How many mortars do we have left?" How many shells are left? "There is one mortar left, and five boxes of shells."

Speaking of this, the soldier suddenly stopped, paused, and asked, "Company commander, when will the regiment commander send someone over to take over the defense?" Our battalion has been here for two days and one night, and the casualties of the whole battalion are very large. I can't hold this position. ”

"I don't know, since the battalion commander said that the regiment headquarters will definitely send people over, then he will definitely send people over.

Wang Jintang sighed, stood up, walked out of the anti-artillery bunker, turned his head to look at the right side of the trench, there was a hill two miles away, which was where the battalion headquarters was located, and it was also the ark of the Japanese attack, but compared to the high ground, the stunned shells there were far less than the high ground.

After all, the Heights are the commanding heights of the entire river valley region. Occupied here. It was possible to control the entire river valley and block the retreat of the Japanese army.

For the Japanese army, only by seizing the high ground could it be possible to break out of the encirclement of the Chinese army, and it was for this reason that the Japanese army concentrated its forces on attacking the high ground.

However, this is a mountainous area, and it is difficult for heavy artillery to move here, so the Japanese can only bombard the high ground from the nearby mountains with handicap artillery and field artillery, if it were not for the lack of heavy artillery in the Japanese army. Perhaps the heights have long since changed hands.

For the same reason, it was also unlikely that the Chinese defenders would be supported by heavy artillery fire. They can only rely on mortars and a small number of mountain artillery to defend their positions, and if the weather is not so bad, there may be air support, but for now, the weather will not clear for the time being, and they can only rely on the army itself.

Wang Jintang felt in the pocket of his military uniform, and took out an oiled paper bag, which contained some tobacco leaves, but there was no pipe, Wang Jintang's pipe had long been lent to Staff Officer Tian, and now it is gone. Wang Jintang could only switch to paper cigarettes, and the paper of the cigarettes was not suitable, so he could only search for blank document paper from Staff Officer Tian's document bag.

While Wang Jintang was busy struggling with the thick paper, the soldier sitting next to him began to maintain the company commander's submachine gun.

At this moment, the field phone beside Wang Jintang suddenly rang, and Wang Jintang picked up the microphone. The voice of the battalion commander came from there.

"Company Commander Wang, a telegram has just arrived from the regimental headquarters, and at the latest, reinforcements will arrive in the afternoon. You must hold your ground, and if you don't have enough men, I'll send you some more!" ”

"Enough, enough people. Battalion commander, don't send anyone over. ”

Wang Jintang didn't dare to ask for someone sent by the battalion commander. He knew very well that the position of the hill guarded by the battalion headquarters was also very important, and if it was lost, the importance of the high ground would be greatly reduced. The Japanese army could have climbed over the hill and gone around to the front of the river valley, and could avoid the high ground, but in that way, the Japanese army would have to give up this artillery, so the Japanese army's current attack on Gansi is still called the O high ground.

Wang Jintang pressed down the microphone, and before he could stuff the rolled paper cigarette into his mouth, he heard a howling in the sky.

It was the sound of shells tearing through the air, and Wang Jintang knew that the Japanese attack had begun again.

Wang Jintang instinctively crawled down, but he soon realized that this time, the target of the Japanese artillery was not the 5 fierce heights, but the hill where the battalion headquarters was located, and from the beginning, the Japanese artillery fire was very fierce.

In just one minute, the battalion headquarters position was completely enveloped in gunsmoke, and some shrapnel exploded in the air far away from the hill because of the problem of setting the fuse, and the deadly shrapnel flew in all directions, and quickly lost its lethality, and some of the shrapnel and projectiles fell on the high ground of persuasion.

Wang Jintang grabbed the field phone and tried to get in touch with the battalion commander, but the phone could not be shaken, and apparently, the telephone line was blown up. It was impossible for Wang Jintang to know what was going on at the battalion headquarters.

At the same time, a Japanese assault force rushed out from the foot of the hill on the west side, but this time. They did not rush to the high ground. Instead, he pounced in the direction of the battalion headquarters.

Wang Jintang prostrate on the top of the hill, holding a telescope to observe the charging Japanese troops, because the distance was too far, it was impossible for him to use rifle and machine gun fire to intercept the Japanese troops from the high ground, and he could only watch the Japanese troops pounce on the high ground where the battalion headquarters was located.

"Mortar! Set up the mortar! ”

Wang Jintang could only rely on the only remaining mortar, and he commanded a few soldiers to hurriedly carry the mortar hidden in the bunker to the position, quickly set it up, and then several soldiers who could operate the mortar to shoot.

The first shot was so far away that the Japanese commander probably didn't even notice the shell, and then the second, which was closer, but still close to the Japanese attacking force

"Fifty meters, then fifty meters back!"

Wang Jintang held a telescope and stood next to the mortar, guiding the soldiers in the direction. After all, everyone is not a professional gunner, and adjusting the shooting of Zhu Yuan is not so quick.

However, thanks to the efforts of everyone, the sixth shell finally hit the flank of the Japanese attacking force. And it happened to land next to a high-ranking Japanese officer who was directing the charge, and the flying shrapnel knocked the Japanese commander down in an instant.

Wang Jintang continued to command the soldiers to fire with mortars, and the shells fell one after another in the formation of the charging Japanese troops, knocking down many Japanese soldiers, but it was still a drop in the bucket, and it was impossible to prevent the Japanese troops from rushing up the hill, which was not high and not dangerous.

When the Japanese infantry rushed to a place less than 20 meters from the hilltop position, the Japanese artillery unit's firing stopped, and the wooden fences in front of the position had been bombarded beyond recognition.

Almost at the moment when the Japanese artillery stopped firing, the sound of submachine gun fire suddenly sounded on the hilltop position filled with gunsmoke, which was dense and violent. Almost instantly, the Japanese offensive was contained.

Although the Japanese soldiers who followed behind did not immediately turn around and run back, their impact slowed down significantly, and many of them even crawled on the hillside, raised their rifles with bayonets, and fired at the hilltop position, trying to suppress the fire of the Chinese troops.

Standing on the high ground, Wang Jintang had an unobstructed view of the battle in the battalion position, he did not relax because the Japanese offensive was blocked, he knew very well that the Japanese army would never give up, judging from the direction of the Japanese army's main attack this time, the Japanese commander was obviously determined to abandon the heavy equipment and retreat over the hill.

But as long as the Chinese army remained on that hill, the Japanese had no way to retreat unless they were willing to take a long detour, but under the current situation of war, it was impossible for the Japanese commander to go far and near. Because right behind this Japanese attack force was the main force of tens of thousands of Japanese troops besieged in the mountains. In any case, the Japanese army had to open this road.

"Boom!"

"Poison!"

The Chinese soldiers were not only using submachine guns and rifles to block the onslaught of the Japanese army, but also threw grenades, in this kind of melee combat, grenades often played a greater role than submachine guns, and as soon as the grenades exploded, the Japanese troops immediately stopped advancing, and then quickly retreated to the foot of the mountain.

However, as soon as the Japanese infantry withdrew on the front foot, the Japanese artillery on the rear foot began to suppress fire again, and the battalion position was once again sunk into the tip of the gun, and the smoke of gunpowder once again enveloped the position.

Wang Jintang stood on the high ground, looking worried. Perhaps, when the Japanese army attacked the heights two days ago, the battalion commander was also in this mood, but at that time, the battalion commander could send reinforcements to the heights, but now, there are less than 50 people left in the heights. It was impossible to send reinforcements to the battalion headquarters

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"Company commander, the shells are running out, shall we still open fire?"

A soldier operating the mortar asked Wang Jintang, but Wang Jintang did not hesitate.

"Hit! All the shells are gone! If the Japanese break through the positions, even if we have enough shells. What's the use of that? ”

So, soon, all the mortar shells were consumed, but only a few minutes later. These half-tone gunners could only stand next to the mortar and stare dryly at the battalion position.

However, the Japanese only made two charges at the battalion position, and then quickly retreated. The Japanese artillery also stopped shelling the position, and everything ended very quickly as it had begun.

After that, there was no more fighting, and the cable heights and the battalion headquarters positions were held until the regimental commander led reinforcements to reinforce, and the Japanese army never attacked again.

The next day, word came that the Japanese army had turned south, and they were trying to seize a way out of the south.

However, Wang Jintang believed that it was impossible for the Japanese army to find any way out in the south, because the guards there were also Chinese soldiers, and like Wang Jintang, they would definitely hold their positions and put the Japanese in cages. And waited for the command of the command for a general attack.