Chapter 9 Tunnel Attack and Defense
The two battalion commanders led the way in front, and Gao Quan followed behind and drilled into the cave. Torches illuminated the walls of the cave, and the smell of fresh earth came to the nose, and on both sides were earth-and-stone structures, with large chunks of mountain rocks interspersed with mud, showing signs of freshly excavated earth.
The cave was wide enough to accommodate three people walking side by side, and the sound of tinkling digging could still be heard from the depths of the cave, a bit like the workers in the mines. Gao Quan was a little skeptical that if he dug it up again, he would dig out coal, and it was said that the coal reserves in Jin Province were very rich.
"How deep did you dig?"
"It's almost ten feet." The answer was Qian Sixi. This position was originally his third battalion, and the brothers of the third battalion first dug it, and Wang Dazhu's second battalion only came to help later.
"I see I've dug several holes, and each hole is so deep?" Gao Quan looked at Qian Sixi and was a little curious, how did this guy think of digging the hole so deep? But he forgot what he had ordered.
"It's not all, some are a little deeper, some are a little shallower, and the shallowest one is six or seven feet."
"Tell the brethren that they should not dig any deeper, but that they should dig horizontally and through all the caves. This is where we stand. I'm going to defend this hole from now on. Be careful to leave shooting cover at the entrance of the hole. Unexpectedly, the tunnel would take shape so quickly, and Gao Quan was very happy.
The devils are still different from the Caucasian people on the other side of the ocean, after the Western devils occupy the mountain, they all stay in the mountain, they don't move, and they wait for the retreat order. Oriental devils have to inspect the entire mountain, like an explorer, trying to find out what plants are on the mountains in China and what are the components of the rocks.
Probed around, and naturally probed into the position of the third battalion. The devil thought that after occupying the main peak, the ** squadron had all withdrawn, but how did he know that there was still a position here! The devil team that came to explore the way was killed and injured on the spot, and only three or five people were left to run back in embarrassment.
The devil on the top of the mountain is not going to do it! The squadron on the mountain did not retreat, and was still resisting halfway up the mountain, but they had already reported the good news of occupying the high ground. Falsely reporting war exploits, this is no joke! If you don't do it, you will be dealt with seriously. The two devil squadron leaders on the position immediately panicked, and in order to make up for their mistake of lying about their battle exploits, the two guys immediately organized troops to attack the tunnel.
The defenders took advantage of the terrain barriers in each cave and engaged in fierce battles with the devils. The devil commander brandished a command knife, and the devil soldiers, under the cover of machine guns, desperately launched an attack on these caves. Due to the mountainous terrain, the devil's grenadier is not as powerful as on flat ground, and the place to attack is a cave, and the cannonballs can't hit it at all. As a result, the first benefit of the tunnel was reflected, the devil had a cannon and could not use it, so he could only rely on the soldiers to rush forward with individual weapons.
Several caves are open, and when they hit here, someone suddenly came out to fight back, and when they hit there, someone rushed out in another cave to shoot black guns and throw grenades. The devil had no choice but to send troops to guard each cave entrance, focusing on attacking a cave.
Since several caves of our army are open, which of the devils' holes is weak, the soldiers of our army can know at the first time, and they specially pick up the holes with few devils to counterattack, and the devils want to go back and forth for reinforcements, taking care of one and the other. After several hours of tug-of-war, the devils who occupied the 153 Heights were completely beaten to the point that they lost their temper.
The devils who forced their way into the cave suffered heavy losses, and the devils who were responsible for defending the entrance to the cave were often attacked by the defenders in the cave. The devil sent half of his troops to storm the entrance of the largest cave, and the entrance of the cave was blocked by two heavy machine guns, and the devil could not use the most convenient grenadier canister, so he could only fire with light machine guns and launch a strong attack with manpower.
Gao Quan commanded two heavy machine guns to resist the attacks of the devils here, while Qian Sixi and Wang Dazhu led people to choose a place with fewer devils from other caves to launch a strong attack. A class of devils guards a smaller hole, and the devils instinctively think that this hole is small, and the attack force inside is weak, they just want to guard this hole, and they don't need to attack inside, it seems that they don't need to send so many people.
Wang Dazhu seized the opportunity and led dozens of soldiers to throw grenades at once, and the devil's squad was killed and wounded in an instant. Taking advantage of the situation to pursue, Wang Dazhu led the soldiers to rush out of the cave and rushed towards the devil at the entrance of the cave next door. There are a little more devils over there, and there are two classes. The devil had just turned around and shot at Wang Dazhu's people, and more than a dozen soldiers rushed out of the hole over there, even with grenades and machine guns, beating the devils of these two squads to rolling and crawling. The leader of the devil squadron, who was attacking the entrance of the big cave, saw that it was not good, and immediately drew a team to rush over to rescue, while Wang Dazhu retreated directly into the nearest cave.
The leader of the devil squadron was furious, swore that he would attack the cave today, and after readjusting the deployment, he forcibly blew up half of the cave with a grenadier, and then took most of the devils of the squadron to launch a decisive attack on the main cave.
Gao Quan saw that the devil was coming fiercely, and the heavy machine gunners had already killed two of them, so he immediately ordered the troops to withdraw into the cave. As soon as the Devil Squadron Leader saw that the death attack had an effect, he immediately ordered the soldiers to rush in. Rushed through the collapsed pile of rocks and dirt at the entrance of the cave, and when I rushed inside, the hole was dark, and the devil rushed forward less than ten meters, and suddenly there was a big hole under his feet, and a team of more than 20 devils in front couldn't hold his feet, and they all fell into the hole.
After Gao Quan came, he notified the soldiers to dig through the hole, and at the same time, he also asked people to set up some mechanisms at each hole, especially the largest hole, the pit below is as wide as the hole, and the depth below is two or three meters, and there are some sharpened bamboo skewers in the middle, and pointed wooden pegs, even if they are not strung on the bamboo skewers on the spot, with the general height of the little devils now, it is basically impossible to climb up.
rushed in two squads, and when they came out, there were not even half of them, and the devil squadron leader was completely desperate. Just as he was thinking about whether he would lead people back to the top of the mountain to guard, there was a shout of killing behind him, and Gao Quan's reinforcements had arrived.
The little communicator who had gone to the division to deliver documents and move rescuers came up with a company of reinforcements!
The devil attacked the cave and lost his troops, and when he was about to retreat, the ** squadron came with reinforcements, and it was really not the right time to come! While directing the troops to return fire, the leader of the devil squadron quickly turned his troops and prepared to retreat to the position of the main peak on the top of the mountain.
When the reinforcements of the company that came up from the bottom of the mountain came up, they saw that the devils were besieging the entrance of the cave guarded by our army, so what else was there to say, and all the troops of the company immediately went into the attack. Gao Quan saw at the entrance of the cave that this was a good opportunity, and immediately led the whole regiment of soldiers to attack from each cave entrance at the same time, cooperate with reinforcements, and launch a fierce attack on the unlucky devils.