Section 3 Iron and Blood (2)
In the dark night, a team slowly moved forward in the shadows at the foot of the mountain, and the officer who led the team walked in the front, and his vigilant eyes looked at the black and swarthy city wall in the distance, five days, in order to capture the city wall, more than 700 excellent imperial soldiers fell on this barren mountain, but in order to expand the territory of the empire, in order to completely crush the confidence of the Chinese people, they must occupy the long city wall, the division commander said well, for two thousand years, the Chinese people have relied on such a city wall to resist the attack from the northern grasslands, They have regarded this wall as the guardian saint of their safety, and if they want to defeat China, occupy China, and rule China, they must first destroy this wall, and the first imperial warriors to climb this wall will surely go down in the annals of imperial history and be admired by all the people of later generations.
The officer was so hot at the thought of this that he almost couldn't help but roar, and he turned his head to look behind him, where the soldiers behind him were kneeling on one leg and staring at him. He nodded with satisfaction, this was the unit he had trained, and he knew that as long as he gave the order, these warriors would rush forward without hesitation, even if there was an abyss ahead. The officer stood up and waved his hand lightly, and the long line moved forward again without making the slightest sound.
After a few ups and downs, the swarthy city wall was in front of him, and just then, the moon, obscured by dark clouds, came out of the clouds, and a cold light sprinkled on the wall, covering him with a layer of silver light. The officer secretly complained in his heart that the difficulty of such a sneak attack in the moonlight would be greatly increased. He looked down and pondered for a moment and decided to wait, he couldn't take any chances, as long as a pair of eyes saw the long figure in a corner of the wall, a sneak attack would be a failure.
The moonlight slowly migrated, the wind blowing from the depths of the grassland blew on the body, and the clouds in the night sky slowly drifted to cover the clear light, the officer immediately seized this opportunity, and his vigorous body quickly rushed out, and the members of the standing team behind him also followed him and trotted into the mountain nest under the cliff.
After a while, the wind and clouds slowly wandered through the night sky, and the clear moonlight sprinkled on the city wall, the officer gently took off his military boots, and the soldiers around him also lightly untied their bulky shoes, the officer bowed deeply to the three soldiers with ropes on their backs, the three soldiers did not answer, but also bowed deeply to the officer, and then began to pounce on the city wall, slowly climbing up.
Wang Bairun was a little depressed, he was scolded by Zheng Dongguo, he took a battalion to climb the eight buildings, the reason why the eight buildings were named eight towers, because there are eight watchtowers in this section of the Great Wall, from the topography of these eight watchtowers are built along the ridge line of the mountain, the terrain is dangerous, no matter from that side of the attack must be attacked from the back, the defender can give major casualties according to the geographical advantage. The most dangerous of the eight watchtowers is the sixth watchtower, this watchtower is lonely and protrudes outward, and the front of the side facing the outside of the pass is a steep cliff, and there is no way to attack, so the battle has started so far, only a few shells have fallen here, and no one has attacked him, but the defenders can carry out fire strikes on the enemy on both flanks through here.
Wang Bairun did not pay attention to the No. 6 watchtower, he arranged a machine gun nest here, transferred a heavy machine gun squad from the regimental machine gun company, and arranged an infantry squad as protection, which was enough, and the terrain here was decided, and it was impossible to capture here.
Then he deployed a company each at Towers 7 and 8 and Towers 3 and 4, which he thought might be used as assault points by the army, and two platoons of the remaining company were placed under the city as reserves, and half of them were placed in Towers No. 5. After making such a departmental arrangement, Wang Bairun thought that it would be impossible for the army to capture Badaolou under any circumstances, unless they blew up the Great Wall.
But the army climbed up from the place where he thought it was most unlikely to be lost, and when the three soldiers climbed up, the soldiers of the No. 6 watchtower were curling their bodies and falling asleep, and the sentry who should be standing guard was also leaning on the middle of the watchtower and burning a fire, and the red flames shone on the faces of the sleeping soldiers, red.
The fourth to climb into the Great Wall was the leading officer, when he came up, all the Chinese soldiers had been killed, the building was full of blood, three soldiers were standing in front of the door on the left and right, their eyes vigilantly staring at the swimming posts walking back and forth on the city wall, fortunately, these mobile posts seemed to be very relieved of the watchtowers.
Soon more than 20 soldiers climbed into the watchtower, the watchtower was suddenly crowded, the excited soldiers couldn't bear it, ready to touch the sentry outside the city wall, the officer stopped them in time, but patiently waited for more people to come up, to the watchtower crowded with more than 30 people, the officer sent two soldiers to change into the military uniform of the [***] team to touch the seventh watchtower.
There was no shelter on the city wall, and the two soldiers simply pretended to relieve themselves, and casually loosened their trouser belts in the corner of the wall, but their eyes were aimed at the swimming sentry, and the sentry glanced at them lightly and turned to leave, and suddenly turned back and called: "Brother, pay attention, there are still people down there." ”
The officer in the watchtower secretly shouted that it was bad, this section of the Great Wall was built along the ridge of the mountain, and the city wall was also bent and undulating, and there was a bend between the watchtowers, and the two soldiers did not notice this, and in order to cover up the line, they made a show not far from the door, and did not notice that the water would flow downward, and they did not expect this sentry to notice this.
The soldier hummed and pulled up his pants and walked down, and the sentry listened to them and didn't pay any attention to them, he turned around and swam to the other head, and when he passed a battlement, he muttered two words to the soldier who was leaning against the battlement, but the soldier took out two cigarettes from his pocket, and the sentry picked up a burning wood from the fire, lowered his head and caught fire, and then handed the lighted cigarette to the soldier, and then threw the stick into the fire, and after the soldier lit the cigarette, he returned the cigarette to the sentry, and the sentry took a big sip, and then swallowed beautifully, Letting the thick nicotine circulate in his lungs and then pop out of his nostrils, he stretched out in satisfaction, then looked up, and...
The two people who came over looked so awkward, the military uniform seemed to be inappropriate, as if they had never seen it, with a trace of doubt: "Password!" ”
The voice spread far away in the silent night, and the officer in the watchtower couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "Eight Geyalu! He was really not convinced, the middle [***] team had made so many mistakes, why they still didn't succeed, he secretly prayed in his heart, and the two soldiers could immediately adapt to the note. At present, they only occupy one watchtower, once they are discovered, they will inevitably be attacked from both sides, and because of the cliff outside the No. 6 watchtower, it is difficult for the follow-up troops to reinforce it, and they must occupy a section of the city wall to cover the follow-up troops to climb the city.
The soldier muttered something deliberately unclear, and the sentry shouted again: "Stop! Password! As he spoke, he took off his rifle, but the soldier smoking next to him reached out and stopped, "It's okay." But at this moment, the two soldiers who came down couldn't help but move. They drew their pistols from their waists and raised their hands to shoot at the sentry.
The sentry was about to explain to the smoker, when the corner of his eye swept the soldier's movements, and he was quick to push the cigarette, but his body leaned back, and at once it was attached to the opposite wall.
"Bang, bang" The crisp sound of gunfire pierced the night sky, and the army saw that the first two shots missed, and immediately rushed forward, and the soldier with the gun in his hand raised his hand to shoot, and at a distance of less than 20 meters, the soldier who rushed forward was immediately knocked down, but when the sentry pulled the bolt, he was hit.
The smoker didn't have time to take the gun, he jumped hard and pounced on the rushing enemy, the soldier's body flashed, the smoking one pounced, the soldier turned around and was about to shoot, but he felt a strong force knocking him down, he was thrown to the ground by the soldier who woke up behind him, and when he fell to the ground, he saw the officer waving the command knife and a group of soldiers rushing down, he couldn't help but smile with relief.
However, the pace of the officers was not fast, and when the Chinese soldiers sleeping at the foot of the wall were awakened, they saw the chaos rushing towards them, and rushed towards them desperately, and they did not even have time to draw the bayonets on their bodies, so they rushed over with their bare hands.
The bravery of these soldiers delayed the army for less than two minutes, but these two minutes were the crucial two minutes, and in the second half of this section of the wall the soldiers woke up, they took up their weapons, and they opened fire on the army, and they bought more time.
The soldiers of the No. 7 watchtower woke up, and they set up their machine guns at the door as fast as they could, and the flames that spewed out buried the soldiers who were about to rush to the door. The soldiers, who were still fighting bravely in the back, threw several grenades, two of which were thrown into the watchtowers, and the machine-gun fire was interrupted by the explosion. The army immediately charged to Cha, just when they were about to approach the door, there was the sound of a machine gun in the watchtower, the soldiers in front were killed again, the army behind them no longer dodged the bullet fire, they knew that if they did not rush into the watchtower, the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side were bound to rush into the watchtower first, and then it would be more difficult to take the watchtower than to climb to the sky.
The soldiers in front of them picked up their guns and shot desperately, and the soldiers in the back began to throw grenades into the watchtower, and a series of explosions sounded in the watchtower.
"Rush forward! Occupy the watchtowers! "The frenzied shouts of the [***] officer on the opposite side came here through the sound of explosions, although the army did not understand what they were calling, but also knew that it must be related to the watchtower, their attack was more resolute, the commander of the army in the back immediately ordered to set up a grenadier to bombard the opposite side of the watchtower, although the bombardment effect was very poor, but the first can not be taken care of.
"Long live the Emperor!" A soldier frantically jumped up from the ground and rushed down the stairs towards the door, and was knocked down five or six meters from the door, but his action led the entire army, and they swarmed up.
Just as they were about to rush into the door, a wounded Chinese soldier crawled out of the door, his body was full of smoke, his chest and abdomen were full of grenades, and there were seven or eight places on his back and legs and arms that were bleeding.
(To be continued)