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The southern Euphrates battlefield was no less tragic than the left bank of the Tigris front, and the situation was extremely critical because the Anjia Army deployed only three main divisions of the army group and six border defense divisions and garrison divisions adapted from Category B troops. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info (--Net.)

However, it is fortunate that the theater of operations has fully taken into account the difficulty of the operation here, and temporarily strengthened the three rocket artillery brigades, two anti-aircraft artillery brigades, four self-propelled cannon brigades, five ** heavy tank regiments, and two army aviation brigades directly under the jurisdiction of the theater to this line, coupled with the all-weather bombing of the air force, which comprehensively suppressed the German army in terms of firepower.

Fierce fighting broke out from the 12th and lasted until the 20th, when the Germans were about to be cut off from drinking water due to the wear and tear of the water trucks caused by the continuous bombardment of the Anjia Air Force and the use of the troops themselves. Moreover, the continuous fierce battles, resulting in huge ammunition consumption, are no longer enough to support a long front.

In this case, the commander of the German army, Hans. Feng. Marshal Zalmut had to switch to an all-out offensive and focus his attack, and between the two major water sources in the north and south, he finally abandoned the Gud's well, which could almost smell water, and chose to attack the Mulusi well and Akaschat.

On the one hand, the Gudjing is too far into the border line, and there is a hill in the middle, which is a problem for advance and retreat, while the line between Mulusi Well and Akashat is closer to the Syrian border and can come and go freely; On the other hand, Akashat is an important border fortress and material transit point for the Anjia Army, which can be supplied with food and ammunition after taking it, and at the same time, it can threaten the rear flank of the Ghaim Line by rail, making the mission easier.

At this time, due to the lack of water and food, no one had any hope of rushing to Lake Gadisiyah to encircle the northern front as scheduled, and the temporary telephone line to Damascus in the rear had been erected late at night on the 18th, but due to Hitler's order not to retreat, the six armies in charge of the southern battlefield could only be nailed here and launch an attack day and night.

The desert, the Gobi and the plains were so dry, and the sandstorms that could come at any time made every German officer and soldier extremely dirty, and they emitted a foul smell on their bodies. Marshal Zalmut, like most of the generals, now hoped not to make a meritorious deed, but to be ordered to withdraw to the rear, fill his stomach with clear spring water, and then take a hot bath to his heart's content.

Because of this, it is estimated that even the Germans themselves did not realize that the battle had already changed its flavor imperceptibly, and many attacks became window offensives to deal with their superiors, and the intensity of the fighting rapidly decreased.

December 24, 5:30 p.m., Mulusi Well area.

A blood-red remnant sun slowly disappeared on the western horizon, and the eastern sky seemed to be stained with a curtain of blood, showing a palpitating color. (--net.)

In the past 10 days or so, more than 230,000 soldiers have fought on a frontline of more than 100 kilometers from Akashat and Mulusijing to Lutbay, and at least 100,000 people have lost their lives in continuous battles.

As night fell, Lieutenant Yu Ping, commander of the 2nd Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 211th Regiment of the 49th Division, and his company finally took a breath. Taking advantage of this rare truce, the cooking squad brought the meal, which the officers and men ate quickly, and then quietly waited for the next battle to come.

The position of the second company was on a gentle hillside southeast of Muluxijing, and the top was no more than 20 meters above the ground, but it was the commanding height connecting the 500-meter defense line on the left and right.

Such a height, if the line of sight is good, can be smoothly converted into a firepower advantage, and the long-range range of a Type I 75mm recoilless gun even exceeds that of ordinary infantry guns.

The night blocked the view, and it also made the mood of the officers and soldiers of Anjia who had been fighting for a day slowly calm.

"The German devils are really tenacious, I heard that these days they are already killing pack horses and camels, drinking the blood of livestock to quench their thirst!"

Lieutenant Yu Ping took out the aluminum kettle and took a pleasant sip. He is 22 years old this year, from Changsha, Hunan, at the end of 37 gave up the opportunity to study at the Southwest Associated University, and put pen to paper from Rong to Syria to apply for the non-commissioned officer school, but the result was not admitted, so he had to apply to stay in Syria to study in high school for free, after more than a year of systematic study, he finally took the examination in August 39, and after graduating last year, he was assigned to the army as a platoon commander, and in August this year he was promoted to company commander with meritorious service.

An Zhiqiang, the second lieutenant platoon of the heavy firepower platoon next to Company Commander Yu, is only 19 years old this year, graduated from the Boy Scout Academy and the Artillery Department of the Non-commissioned Officer School. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, skillfully shook out two of them, handed one to the company commander, and lit one for himself, and answered in his mouth:

"Yes, company commander, the Germans must have had a hard time, and it can be seen from the battles of these days that their stamina is clearly insufficient. However, according to my classmates who were pilots in the Air Force, there seemed to be geologists in the German army who knew the direction of the underground river, and they had dug many wells in the past few days, otherwise they would not have been able to hold on. ”

Taking advantage of the fact that the new round of German attack had not yet launched a counterattack, An Zhiqiang took out a windproof lighter to light a cigarette for the company commander, and then lit it for himself.

"Hehe, it didn't take long for the Germans to dig those wells for our bombers to blow up! Now the Germans dig wells and drink water at night, and during the day they cover the wellheads with tarpaulins and fill them with sand as a camouflage. However, hundreds of thousands of German troops, where is there enough water, and on this boundless ground, our air force can give them a fierce blow at any time, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the Germans who have nothing to hide as living like a year! ”

Lieutenant Yu Ping also had classmates who served as staff officers at the headquarters of the group army, and he was very clear about the movements of the German army.

While the two were chatting, a group of more than 200 officers and men were carrying or carrying wooden boxes and climbing up from the foot of the mountain behind them panting, and the officers and men in the artillery bunkers hurried over to take over.

"Company Commander Yu!"

A second lieutenant officer from the logistics department came over and reported: "This is two bases of ammunition, the follow-up convoy is coming, and a second batch of ammunition will be delivered in three hours, also two bases!" ”

"Thank you, Counselor Zhang!" Yu Ping nodded to the other party, signed his name on the receipt form, and soon the baggage team retreated.

Many people do not understand why an army can easily have tens of thousands of people, but the number of troops available for front-line operations obviously does not match the total number, that is, because many officers and soldiers are responsible for logistics to ensure the attrition of the front, which is difficult to show in World War I.

A quarter of an hour later, a crisp burst of gunfire rang out in front of the position.

At first, sporadic rifle fire, followed by a general-purpose machine gun roaring, Yu Ping and his officers and soldiers quickly entered the bunker used to observe and dodge stray bullets, only to see a few flickering bright spots suddenly rise in the darkness, their speed was not fast, they climbed up to a height of more than 100 meters, and then suddenly burst into dazzling balls of light.

The light emitted when the magnesium powder burned was a miserable white, and the vast wilderness under the balls of light was also reflected in this color for the first time, and the whole world seemed so vast and monotonous!

"Fortunately, this time there are only infantry and no tanks in the attack!"

Yu Ping picked up the binoculars and looked at them, then quickly turned around and shouted, "Four rows!" Medium mortar! South-West direction! Two thousand meters away, one shell each! ”

The calm sound of the command overpowered the sudden concentration of gunfire in front of him.

In the line of sight, the series of points of light generated by the continuous fire of the general-purpose machine gun on the front-line position were like a very slender dark red whip, ruthlessly pumping towards the German infantry exposed to the light of the flares.

In a situation close to daylight, every move of the German army was exposed, and the riflemen on the positions of the Anjia army calmly fired at them, and because of the sharp depletion of ammunition in stock due to the continuous fighting, the officers and men did not dare to fire continuously, so that the gunfire was not dense and continuous.

About thirty seconds later, only two muffled "bang" sounds could be heard from the rear gun emplacement, which was the 82-mm mortar equipped at the platoon level expressing its anger.

Compared with the cannons and howitzers with straight ballistics, the mortar shells run in a high-angle arc trajectory, and the initial velocity of the cannon is also slow, so that it takes twenty seconds for two shells to fall and explode from two kilometers away, by which time the previous flares have been extinguished, so that the two mortar shells burst out in the wilderness with a particularly dazzling orange light.

In the light of the fire, some of the swaying figures disappeared, some of them were injured by the falling shells, and some of them actively fell down to avoid the shelling.

At this moment, the firepower on the positions of the Anjia army was still not too dense, and the Germans took advantage of the darkness to attack again.

Within twenty seconds, a string of flares fell from the sky again, illuminating the earth again.

"1800 meters, one shot each!" Lieutenant Yu Ping shouted again.

"Bang bang—"

The sound sounded like someone had opened two bottles of champagne in celebration of the victory, and before the shells could hit the ground, a sudden flash of fire in the darkness in the distance, an unusual sight was immediately captured by the artillery officers with their expertise and experience.

"It's an infantry gun!"

As soon as An Zhiqiang, the second lieutenant of the heavy fire platoon, shouted out these words, the roar of artillery firing and the strange cry of artillery shells came one after another, this phenomenon can only appear when the combat distance is relatively close, and the two voices are mixed and superimposed, which sounds very harsh.

"Boom, boom—"

Three clean explosions came from the front-line position of the Anjia Army in front, although the officers and soldiers were in the dark trenches, but after continuous fighting, the Germans were already very familiar with the battle line of the Anjia Army, these three guns were fast and accurate, and they all exploded a few meters near the trench, and in the splashing firelight, Yu Ping saw that the exposed general-purpose machine gun bunker was blown up.

Allowing the Germans to continue shelling like this will inevitably lead to a certain attrition of the officers and men of Anjia who dare not retreat into the anti-artillery holes to take refuge.

In this case, Lieutenant Yu Ping and his officers, staring closely at the darkness in the previous shining fire, waited for the second round of shelling from enemy artillery to determine the position of the other side.

At this time, the two mortar shells fired by the 2nd Company fell in a place where the German attacking forces were relatively dense, and several terrible screams were heard again in the night.

Half a minute later, the fire shone again in the darkness, almost without delay, and Yu Lian shouted loudly: "15 to 20 degrees west-south, 5500 to 6000 meters!" ”

"17 degrees west-south, 5,800 meters away!"

Second Lieutenant An Zhiqiang on the side took his professional judgment as the final order, and the volume was significantly higher than that of the company commander, in order to remind the gunners deployed more than ten meters behind him to adjust the two Type I 75 mm recoilless guns of the heavy fire platoon according to this parameter.

Although the German artillery that fired backward was quite accurate, the gunfire on the blocking position of the An Jiajun did not weaken because of this, especially after the dumb fire of the general-purpose machine gun, more than a dozen machine gun positions suddenly appeared, and continued to fire at a short interval, blocking the space within the firing range, and the advancing German infantry fell one by one, and in the flickering light, the speed of the black offensive front moving forward seemed to be very slow.

With the third appearance of German artillery fire, Lieutenant Yu Ping was urged to give the order to return fire.

In the shrill scream, the two recoilless guns opened fire, and after the fine-tuning made by the gun commanders according to their own judgment, the shells almost missed and fell to the place where the fire had previously shone, which made the company commander Yu and his officers both nervous and expectant, and after four or five minutes the German artillery still did not move, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Beautiful, guys!"

Yu Ping did not hesitate to praise himself, and at this time, the gunfire of the German attack on the entire front gradually thinned out, and it was obvious that they had all received similar blows.

With full preparation, it took only more than half an hour for the elite Anjia army to thwart another German attack, and even the 105-mm mountain howitzers and 75-mm infantry guns equipped with heavy fire platoons were not used.

At this point, with the reduction of ammunition, the German offensive became more and more weak, and the reason for the exhaustion and defeat was more out of an attitude of not giving up, and it was perfunctory from top to bottom, and the serious Germans even became slippery.

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