Chapter 18 The Great Victory of Songmaoling
The dense sound of gunfire from the rear of the position touched the hearts of the forward troops and command posts.
At the critical moment, Zhang Youxia, a regimental talent, said calmly: "The command post is commanded by the political commissar!" 3 companies and 1 platoon, 6 companies and 1 squad, quickly return to the defense, and follow me to eliminate this enemy! After speaking, he picked up the submachine gun and rushed out of the command post with the guards.
The soldiers tried their best to block the charging regiment commander with their bodies, and while pouring a rain of bullets, they suppressed the enemy to the death. A counter-charge of Mount Tai will kill most of the enemy. The remnants of the enemy rushed into the dense forest and fled for their lives in the direction of Heights 647. The warriors pursued and slain the enemy.
The Annan special forces that attacked our artillery positions on the 101st Heights were quickly cleared by us. Of the 7 soldiers in the cooking squad of the 2nd Battalion, 5 were martyred on the spot, and 2 were seriously wounded.
The regiment commander, Zhang Youxia, wore a steel helmet and carried a submachine gun to the sniper position of the cooking squad. All five martyrs died on the way to the charge, and even their posture did not change. The fearlessness of the soldiers in the face of death deeply touched the general of the future republic.
"Order all battalions to strengthen the defense of the frontal junction of the detachment, and no similar situation will occur again!" After ordering the defense gap to be plugged and the ambulance team to carry the seriously wounded away, Zhang Youxia led the officers and soldiers to solemnly salute and pay silent tribute to the five martyrs!
At 8:30 a.m., the enemy's artillery group fired suppressively at the line of our 662.6 highland ridge.
After the artillery fire was extended, with the strength of one company of infantry, they once again pounced on our No. 103 and 662.6 heights. The commander of the 5th Company, Cong Hui, and the instructor Xie Qingqing, commanded calmly, and with the fierce support of our artillery group, they relied on the fortifications to fight fiercely with the enemy for an hour and repelled them. In front of the position, there were 35 enemy corpses.
After a short period of adjustment, the enemy launched 6 attacks on Heights 103 in turn with company-sized forces, all of which were repulsed by 5 companies.
The 6 heights of 634 and 138, which were held by the 4th Company of the 119th Regiment, were a chain connecting the 662.6 heights and the Nala area, and were the key points in our army's defense system. The competition between the enemy and the enemy for these six heights has almost reached a white heat.
At 5:50, the enemy's 876th Regiment deployed on the northeast side of Niukuntang with the strength of a reinforced battalion and launched an assault on the 634th height. Sticking to the 634 heights, the 4th Company and the 2nd Platoon boldly let the enemy go to the front of the first trench, and the platoon commander gave an order, and the whole platoon opened fire with all kinds of firearms at the same time, and the heavy machine guns swept down the charging enemy one by one like a gust of wind. In just 10 minutes, the attack of a company of the enemy was repulsed.
At 7:40, the enemy reorganized the offensive after adjusting its deployment. Regardless of casualties and not rescuing the wounded, the enemy launched a group attack on the scale of a company, and was again hit hard by our 2nd platoon. At 8:20, the enemy carried out a group onslaught with the strength of two companies. The soldiers of the 2nd platoon fought valiantly, and by 10:10 a.m., the enemy was still beaten back for the third time. In front of the position, more than 120 corpses were thrown down.
From 12 o'clock to 15 o'clock, the enemy's last two company-sized assaults were repulsed by our defenders. The 4th Company and 2nd Platoon were firmly nailed to the position like a nail in the 9-hour fierce battle. 152 enemies were killed and more than 120 were seriously wounded.
On these six heights, my defense was fiercely fought. The 4th Company and 1st Platoon, which held on to Heights 138, fought side by side with the 2nd Platoon, and they repelled 8 attacks of the enemy company, killing 62 enemies and wounding 67 enemies. The 634 and 138 heights, from beginning to end, have always been firmly in the hands of my 2nd Company.
At 6:30 a.m., in the direction of Laoshan 1072 Heights, the 149th Regiment of the enemy's 336th Division secretly arrived along Nanga to the east side of Heights 1072 with the strength of one battalion. The 4th Company of our 120th Regiment quickly discovered the enemy's attack attempt, and the acting company commander Long Hongchun commanded the company to fire at the enemy with various firearms while calling for artillery fire to block and shoot at the enemy.
Our artillery group formed a powerful fire network, disrupted the enemy's battle formation, and forced the enemy to brave artillery fire and deploy in advance on the front of heights 1072 and 76. With the support of our artillery group's fierce bombardment, the 4th Company pressed down this enemy after more than 10 minutes of fierce fighting.
However, only half an hour later, the enemy adjusted his deployment and began a new strike. This time, the enemy dispatched a battalion and adopted the tactics of multi-way assault to carry out a sneak attack along the east side of Heights 76 under the cover of dense fog. The 4th Company of our 120th Regiment once again detected the enemy's attempt in time, and while calling for artillery support, it once again killed and wounded the enemy in large numbers with powerful firepower.
The sneak attack failed, the enemy became angry and angry, and turned to a strong attack, but they were all stubbornly repelled by the 4th Company. The position stood still, and at the front of the position, the enemy threw down nearly a hundred corpses.
During the fierce battle in the forward position, another group of enemies quietly infiltrated the depth of the defense of the 4th Company with the help of the cover of dense fog, and reached the place where the cooking squad stored supplies, which was discovered by the cooking squad of our 4th Company. Sun Ruqing, the acting secretary general, whispered a report to the company headquarters on the telephone while leading two cooks to throw grenades at the enemy. The grenade exploded "boom", and the 4th and 7th squads of the 4th company quickly carried out a flanking fire, and the enemy suffered heavy casualties, and only 2 people fled back in confusion.
At 9 o'clock, the enemy, with the strength of two battalions, simultaneously launched a group attack on the northeast side of Heights 1072 and the front of Heights 76. The 120th Regiment quickly discovered the enemy's attempt, and the regimental mortar company quickly launched fire to directly block the fire in the moments before the enemy attack began. The rumbling explosions and the smoke that filled the air completely covered the enemy in an instant, and the offensive attempt was quickly thwarted.
When the violent explosions were over and the smoke had cleared, the front of the highlands was miserable. The two hapless infantry battalions left nearly 200 corpses behind, and the remaining enemy scattered and retreated.
At 12 o'clock, the enemy took advantage of the heavy fog to secretly penetrate the valley on the northeast side of Heights 76 in an attempt to cut off the connection between Heights 76 and Heights 77 in order to coordinate the attack on Heights 1072. The enemy's enterprise was detected in time by the 4th Company of our 120th Regiment, which quickly organized fire to block it. At the same time, the 5th Company actively cooperated on Heights 77 and annihilated most of the enemy's interspersed detachments.
On the east hill of the Bali River, the 141st Regiment of the enemy's 312th Division, with two battalions as the first echelon, launched an attack on the No. 34 high ground at 7:50, and the 6th Company of our 122nd Regiment cleanly beat the enemy back with the support of artillery fire.
At 8:24, the enemy's 141st Regiment and 226th Regiment each attacked the north and south sides of Heights No. 34 and the east side of Vice-Heights No. 34 with the strength of one battalion each, under the cover of artillery fire. At the same time, anti-aircraft machine guns were used to fire fiercely at our heights No. 30 and No. 31, and the mortar battery also fired heavily at our heights of 1175.4.
When the 6th Company of our 122nd Regiment was shelled by the enemy, most of the rest of the company, except for the observers, withdrew into the cat's ear hole to avoid the artillery. As soon as the enemy's artillery fire was ready, he quickly entered the trenches, calmly responded to the battle, and from 9:50 to 11 o'clock, he repelled the enemy's collective charge four times.
Annoyed and embarrassed, the enemy quickly adjusted its offensive deployment, and at 11:40 a.m., the enemy's artillery group launched a rapid artillery attack on our position and fired anti-tank missiles. After that, he launched a fierce attack on our heights 30, 33, 34, and 35 in several ways.
Among them, it was the enemy's entire reinforced battalion that attacked the 30th height. The 18th Company of the 15th Frontier Regiment of our Frontier Defense, which defended the No. 30 Heights, fought tenaciously for 70 minutes and pushed the attacking enemy back to the line of the No. 41 and No. 42 Heights. At about 15 o'clock, the enemy attacked again in the northeast direction of Heights 30, and the 18th Company of the 15th Frontier Regiment of our Frontier Defense, with the support of artillery fire, once again repelled the enemy at 16:04.
During the eight-hour defensive operation, our 122nd Regiment and 15th Frontier Regiment killed more than 230 enemies and wounded more than 160 enemies. At this point, the Annam army reluctantly stopped its diversionary attack on the position on the east hill of the Bali River and turned to an even more tragic artillery bombardment.
At 14:30 p.m., the front commander of the 14th Army accurately judged that the enemy in the first wave of attacks had basically been crippled by us through a comprehensive analysis of the battlefield situation, and that the "Beiguang Campaign Plan" could no longer be carried out. Determined not to give the enemy a chance to breathe, the commander immediately ordered the 40th Division to carefully organize fire support, recapture the No. 169 and No. 150 guard positions before nightfall, and restore the original defensive posture of the Laoshan Theater.
At 17:20, the 119th Regiment with a howitzer battalion carried out two rapid fire attacks on Heights 169 for 10 minutes, and at the same time, the army forward commanded two battalions of the 122nd Regiment Artillery Group to suppress the enemy in the direction of Hanyang. While our artillery was preparing, the 1st Company of the 119th Regiment, under the leadership of the company commander Sun Chengping, quickly moved to 40 meters of the front of the No. 169 Heights.
As soon as our artillery fire stopped, the enemy hiding in trenches and stone crevices to avoid artillery had no time to show up, and the 1st Company rushed to the high ground. The enemy couldn't parry, and turned his head and fled towards the Qingshui River. The commander of the 2nd platoon, Jin Guag, immediately commanded the machine guns to seize the advantageous terrain and chase and destroy the fleeing enemy with firepower. At this moment, a bullet hit him in the waist, but he continued to direct the battle despite the pain leaning against the stone wall, holding on until I completely recaptured Heights 169.
In this counterattack, the 1st Company killed nearly 100 enemies and captured 3 enemies. Two hours later, the 3rd Company also recaptured Heights 150, killed 36 enemies, captured 1 enemy, and all resumed their original positions.
The battle lasted until 17:25, marked by the recapture of the No. 150 heights by the 1st Battalion and the 3rd Company of the 119th Regiment of our army. The forward garrison of our heroic 14th Army fought fiercely for 14 hours with more than 40,000 enemy attack groups, killing more than 3,700 enemy personnel and wounding more than 10,000 enemy people, thus winning a complete victory in the defensive campaign.
In the battle of July 12, by the evening of the 12th, the Annam army attacked us frantically with the strength of five first-class infantry regiments of the first offensive echelon, and they were completely crushed by us. Due to heavy casualties, the five regiments basically lost their offensive capability. The first wave of the offensive failed miserably, that is, it shook the General Staff of the Annam army, and the enemy's second military district in the Anbei area was no longer able to organize the second echelon into battle.
At this point, the "MB-84" campaign plan, which was carefully planned and painstakingly managed by the General Staff of the Annan Army and the Polar Bear military advisers, was completely bankrupt, and the Laoshan area and the adjacent "riding line point" were still firmly in the hands of our army.
Looking at the "Frontline Battle Situation Report", Yu Songyuan and Lin Tao were shocked and unbelievable. It is hard for you to imagine that this was a major border battle of the division level or above that took place in peacetime, and it was a violent collision of iron and fire!
They looked at the "War Report" and their hearts were particularly heavy. The Khmer war was raging, and Annam took the initiative to provoke a border war with China. For a small country and a weak country, strategically it is a big taboo to fight on two fronts.
The Annam army mobilized two main divisions and a number of subsidiary units, with a total strength of more than 40,000 troops. This is the power of the whole country, and the ambition is bound to win. Regardless of casualties during the attack, it is rare for a battalion or company-sized group attack to be launched in turn on the main peak area of our old mountain, and the enemy has more than 3,700 corpses displayed at the front of our position alone.