Chapter 39: The Bloody Battle of the Pass III
Decades later, the people on both sides of the war still shudder at the sight of this primitive and brutal massacre, and neither side is willing to mention the battle, and both are trying to erase the lingering shadow from their own memories.
Wang Bao silently looked at the charred corpses burning in the fire, shook his head secretly, returned to the 5th Company of Shi Fengzhong, grinned and said to Yang Guang with a big mouth and two yellow teeth: "Instructor Yang, your trick is too ruthless, we haven't seen it when Lu Xun of the Three Kingdoms burned the company camp for 700 miles, I didn't expect you to come early this morning and burn a few hundred meters of the forest, and burn three or four hundred people to death at once. Haha, you're ruthless enough! We don't have a single casualty. Cattle! What a cow!, you are better than Lu Xun of the Three Kingdoms!"
Yang Guang said with some disapproval: "There is nothing ruthless or ruthless, it doesn't matter what means are used, the important thing is to save yourself and destroy the enemy to the greatest extent, this is war, he himself has no mercy. If you don't let them die on the battlefield, then we have to die. Anyway, someone must die. I don't want to die." Yang Guang said this though. But the disgusting smell of barbecued human flesh always filled his nostrils made him no longer want to think about the tragic scene. Since then, I have been stuck with constant spitting and not being able to smell anything barbecue. Yang Guang spat out a mouthful of saliva and said, "Okay. Company Commander Wang, let's hurry up and repair the artillery holes, the enemy's artillery positions will be repaired in a while, and it will be our turn to be uncomfortable."
More than 200 people in the 5th company were busy in the mountain, and more than 200 people in the 4th company were busy at the foot of the mountain. Expand the tunnel and dig deeper. Constantly reinforcing the surrounding bunkers and fortifications.
In the morning, the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Division of the US Army suffered such heavy losses that the US 2nd Division was annoyed and angry. The 6th and 7th Infantry Regiments of the US Second Infantry Division, more than 8,000 people were escorted by more than 1,000 vehicles of various types, pulling more than 800 vehicles of various materials and more than 600 artillery pieces of various kinds, more than 90 tanks and 24 armored vehicles. At this time, they also arrived one after another. More than thirty kilometers long were lined up along the railway line. In this small U-shaped space of 3 square kilometers in front of the pass leading to Suncheon, more than 100 artillery pieces of various kinds are concentrated. Together with the long-range large-caliber artillery located in the back, the artillery bombardment of the 198 and 169 heights began for more than an hour in retaliation. In particular, the 198 highland running attack was even more violent, and the entire surface position of the two highlands was completely destroyed.
At 9:30 a.m., under the cover of 10 tanks, more than 600 American troops of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd US Division launched a charge on the 169th Heights and the middle pass east of the railway. Due to the fact that the fire in front of the 198 heights position was still burning, the 6th Meibu Regiment could not assemble, and could only suppress the artillery fire on the 198 heights and continue shelling.
169 heights to the east, request fire support from 198 heights via radio. In fact, without their request, this side is already engaged in battle. Company Commander Wang commanded the two heavy machine guns in the tunnel fortifications to continuously strafe the enemy in the distance, and at the same time suppressed the 5 companies and 1 platoon position on the east side of the 198 heights with the M3 Gaoping dual-purpose heavy machine gun fire of the US troops on the tanks, and suppressed the attack of the enemy on the 169 heights and the impact on the passes. Three Czech machine guns firmly blocked the pass, and more than a dozen 60 guns continued to explode in the enemy group following the tanks in a parabola.
Yang Guang and Ergou were in a bunker under a stone on the main peak, sniping at the exposed American troops and heavy machine gunners on the tank behind the tank, and Ergou would subconsciously curse every time he shot: "X your mother!" Each enemy killed will be loudly told to Yang Guang, and a vertical line will be drawn on the stock of the M2 carbine. Yang Guang saw through the observation hole that there were two tanks at the bottom of the right shoulder of the Y shape, one at about 150, which was almost the limit of the effective range of the Bajunka bazooka. He loaded a rocket. Crawled out of the bunker.
Ergou demanded, "I'll go with you and get you cannonballs."
He turned his head and told Ergou, "You played well, stay here, fight well, don't go anywhere. I'll be right back," he said, braving the fire and crawling. Coming to the east side of the main peak, he rolled behind a rock, poked the bazooka out, and quickly fired a rocket, which exploded after burrowing through the hatch where the tank crew entered. He didn't have time to see all this, so he ran back the way he came. Through the hole, he could see that the tank was constantly belching smoke and fire from the hatch. And the other tank is turning this way at this time." "A 40 rocket wedged in the upper left of the M6 tank. Needless to say, this must be the masterpiece of Wang Bao." Bang "x fuck" the second dog fired another shot. Then he turned around and excitedly said, "I'm killing a telescope." Then he picked up a bullet case and drew a bar on the butt.
Yang Guang immediately threw himself into sniping, he was not a sniper at all now, he was just an ordinary soldier like everyone else, and the artillery fire outside almost completely restricted the movement on the ground. He saw that a tank 300 meters away from them was destroyed by Company Commander Wang, and he deeply admired Company Commander Wang's fighting spirit and battlefield survivability. Of the ten tanks that the enemy came up this time, there are now only three left. The infantry, which had lost the cover of the tank, hurriedly ran back, and two M2 heavy machine guns on the 198 heights fired wildly at the retreating American troops. Yang Guang saw the retreating American soldiers being beaten and danced, and then fell like a felled tree. The enemy attack was repulsed, and about 100 American troops retreated in disarray, under the cover of the remaining three tanks.
Ergou looked at the distant enemy and turned around unwillingly. Counting the horizontal and vertical paths on the butt of the gun, he let out a hehehe laugh, "Instructor Yang, I killed 12 enemies in this battle, and there is also a senior official with a telescope. What about you?"
Yangguang took off his helmet and said, "I don't remember much." You don't remember what to do, you have to have a meeting in the evening to summarize. What about the merits. I heard you fired more than thirty shots in front and back. Why are there more than 20 of them," Ergou said seriously.
Yang Guang put on his helmet and turned his head and said, "Well, you just remember, let's go, the enemy's shelling has stopped. Let's go back to the company."
Yang Guang and Ergou climbed out of the bunker, and saw that the 198 Heights filled with gunpowder smoke had been turned over by artillery fire I don't know how many times, the surface of the earth was like the surface of the moon, and there were only a few trees on the mountain that were less than a person high, and the main peak was knocked off more than one meter. Ergou took off his steel helmet, rubbed his nose with the back of his hand and said, "This American devil's cannon is too fierce. After a while, two layers of sandbags will be pressed on the fortifications
Wang Bao wrapped a sand cloth around his head, smoked a cigarette in Shi Fengzhong, and saw Yang Guangjin and said: "This big old beauty is really ruthless, this cannon has been bombarded for three hours.169 A company over there is almost gone, and another company has gone up. We also lost 11 casualties and 23 wounded. All surface positions were destroyed. Two tunnels have also been blown up, and now they're picking people up."
Yang Guang was silent for a while and said, "Is the injury on your head okay?" It's okay to be rocked." Wang Bao touched his head and said.
Yang Guang said: "Put on all the captured steel helmets, why don't you put them there?" Everybody isn't used to it, and it's hard to wear it," Wang Baozhu said.
Yang Guang said undoubtedly, "You have to wear it if you don't want to, so as not to cause casualties like you. Each of us has only one life, and everyone should respect their own life."
Wang Baozhu nodded. After a few puffs of cigarettes, he stood up and said: "You're right, Ergouzi, you go and tell everyone, take the captured 20 or so iron hats and give them to the 60 gunners first, so that they can all put them on me, and whoever captures them on the battlefield in the future will put them on me!" Tell everyone to hurry up and repair the fortifications immediately." Watching the second dog run out. Wang Baozhu said to Yang Guang: "In the afternoon, the fire in front of you should be reduced, and the enemy may launch a full-scale attack. I'll take a look at it again," he said, and walked out of the crack in the stone with another communicator.
Yang Guang lit a cigarette and walked out. I saw many fighters coming out of their bunkers, many with blood streaming from their ears, and some with bandages on their heads. With shovels in hand, everyone quickly repaired the position that had been blown up by the enemy. Yang Guang thought to himself: The civil work of the volunteer army is really first-class. There is no need to arrange above, and everyone will definitely take the initiative to repair the fortifications when they have time. He looked up at the top of the main peak, and a 7.8-ton stone was blown off on the right side, and it fell less than a meter from the right exit. Prevent shrapnel from flying in from Shi Feng's flank and injuring people. In front of the main peak of this stone, adding a few sandbags is really a good single fortification that can be fought and defended. As a sniper, it has become his habit to observe the terrain at all times. So he lay down near the stone and looked down. The fire in front of the mountain was smaller, and there were charred tree trunks lying in the places where there was no fire, some of them were still burning, and some of the charcoal tree trunks were emitting wisps of green smoke. There is also the charred and blackened corpse of the American soldier that has become very short after being charred. U.S. troops continued to fire out the fires on the scorched earth. The bombing dirt crushed the surrounding ignition points underneath.
It seems that the U.S. military is really in a hurry, what kind of vicious battle will it be next?
Ten minutes later, the US 2nd Division carpeted the fire. Except for the repeated smoke, the fire was completely extinguished. After that, twelve tanks ran back and forth on the fire, and later two tank bulldozers came up, and launched four passages from north to south more than 200 meters from the 198 heights. Yang Guang saw Wang Bao hurriedly commanding the soldiers to adjust the machine gun positions in order to block the four passages. Also took the time to take out a tank bulldozer.
At the foot of the hill in the 198 heights of the 169 heights, two companies were deployed. On the hills behind the two heights, 6 mountain guns, 6 92 infantry guns and 373 regimental artillery batteries, 4 92 infantry guns, and 4 heavy mortars from the artillery battalion sent by the division were arranged.
Both sides were full of cheers.