Chapter Ninety-Eight: Rushing to Repair the River and Fighting Yunju Mountain (8)
The various troops of the devils who participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Einsatzgruppen had already converged, and they blocked the Einsatzgruppen in a desperate situation of Mopan Mountain, which was backed by a big river and within a radius of only a few miles. In the eyes of the devils, this army of more than 300 people may be able to drive them all into the river with a few charges.
The shells fired by the devils kept exploding on the millstone mountain, and some of the members of the Einsatzgruppen team hid in improvised trenches, and some hid behind large rocks or trees, hiding from the dense rain of bullets.
After several years of bloody fighting, every member of the Einsatzgruppen has been fully trained, and they have a strong will to fight and a wealth of combat experience. Although the devil's artillery fire caused some casualties to the troops guarding the position, no one panicked or nervous, and they quickly bandaged the wounds of the wounded brothers. The bodies of the fallen comrades were laid to rest and put into battle again.
The sun was almost overhead, and the battle continued.
Xiao Xiong heard the fierce gunfire on the other side of the mountain, and his heart was anxious. He, Xiong Qiang and the guide had tried to cross the river several times, but when the water of the Xiuhe River flowed through the area of Mopan Mountain, the river became extremely turbulent, the water depth was bottomless, and when it rushed to the side of the mountain, it formed a huge whirlpool, and the river channel was also more than 100 meters wide, and it was impossible to wade through it on foot.
What to do? More than 300 people! Now it's all blocked here, and we have to find a way to cross the river quickly.
"Commander Xiao, what is the surname of the brothers of the Einsatzgruppen? Are there many brothers who can swim? ”
The guide asked suddenly.
"Most people can swim, and maybe some of them don't know how to swim yet. What do you think of if you don't? ”
Xiao Xiong suddenly became excited and hurriedly asked.
The guide pointed to the big beach not far from the lower reaches of Mopan Mountain and said:
"It's only more than 2 miles from Mopan Mountain to the beach, and the water on the beach is not too deep, so you may be able to wade through. If we can swim down the river from here and shore from that beach, we can cross the river. Otherwise, I'll go and find out now. ”
After the guide had finished speaking, he put his gun on the ground and jumped off the rocks by the river. He followed the river downstream, and before long he was on the beach.
Sure enough, he stood in the middle of the river, which was almost up to his neck. Then, I saw him walking across the river, and the further he went, the shallower the river became. After walking about 100 meters, the whole person came out of the water. He turned around and waved excitedly at Xiao Xiong and the others.
Suddenly, a burst of gunfire rang out from across the river, and the guide was startled for a moment, and fell headlong into the water, and the river around him was immediately stained red with the blood that flowed from him.
"Brother!" Xiao Xiong and Xiong Qiang couldn't help but scream. I saw that the river slowly carried the guide's body, slowly flowing downstream.
The two hurried back to their positions in grief. Now, it's only three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's still early before dark. Xiao Xiong discussed with Xiong Qiang on the road, if you want to pass through the river, it is definitely not possible in broad daylight. The devils on the other side must be very tightly blocked, and they can only wait until it gets dark before they think of passing.
I can't remember how many times the devils have attacked, and the position has been blown up beyond recognition by the devils' artillery fire. The trees that used to be dense on the mountain are now only bare trunks.
The southern slope of the mountain is relatively gentle, and it is relatively easy for the devils to attack. I saw that the first of the three positions had been broken through by the devils, and the hillside in front of the position was full of the corpses of the devils.
However, the Einsatzgruppen also suffered heavy casualties, and all the members of the first line of defense have been killed. In the trenches, the sacrificed team members all died with the devils. The corpses of the devils almost filled the trenches.
Xiao Xiong, Gao Qixing, and Xiong Qiang found Zhang Shan and Wang Yantai, and discussed urgently for a while, Xiao Xiong asked Wang Yantai to quickly find dozens of team members with good surnames before dark, and then immediately organize them to set up a commando team, and prepare to cross the river as soon as it gets dark.
Zhang Shan and Wang Yantai immediately returned to their positions.
At this time, the battle became extremely fierce, and the devils had attacked more than 20 times in a row, suffering hundreds of casualties, but they only captured the first line of defense of the Einsatzgruppen. They were annoyed and angry, the officers of the devils brandished their swords to supervise the battle behind, and more than 200 devils launched a group charge frantically under the cover of artillery fire and machine gun fire.
The main defensive battle of the second line of defense is the Hunters led by Liu Junshan. Liu Junshan commanded the team members to hunt down the devil officers who led the devil charge and the devil officers who supervised the battle behind the team, and those devil officers were shot and killed one after another and fell to the ground.
The charge of the devils suddenly became disorderly and disorderly, and under the stubborn resistance of the Einsatzgruppen, the devils suffered heavy casualties, although a small number of devils rushed to the front of the formation, but they were all sniped by the hunters. The rest of the devils turned around and ran back, and the devils' charge was finally repulsed.
After this round of blocking, the casualties of the second line positions were also very large. Xiao Xiong looked at the time, it was almost five o'clock. Therefore, he ordered to immediately shrink the defensive line, withdraw all the troops to the third line of defense, hurry to strengthen the fortifications, check the guns and ammunition, and prepare for the most brutal battle.
He ordered Wang Yantai to lead the team surnamed Shui to gather behind the mountain immediately. Wang Yantai understood the situation in the team, and he found more than 30 team members to come to the back of the mountain. Xiao Xiong explained to everyone the requirements of their mission. The task of this assault team is to be the first to attack the other side of the Xiu River, eliminate the devils on the opposite bank, occupy the beachhead, and respond to the breakthrough of the follow-up troops.
Xiao Xiong equipped each team member with a long and short gun, five grenades, and 100 bullets. The whole team was also equipped with three light machine guns. This ensures that the assault team has more intense firepower.
The sun was not far from the top of Cloud Mountain, and it was about to get dark. The commandos waited silently for the night to come.
Suddenly, a dense and violent cannon fire rang out on the southern slope of Mopan Mountain, and the sound of gunfire was deafening, and everyone felt the shaking of the mountain.
The devils saw that the sky was about to get dark, but the desperate enemy in front of them was still resisting. So, they organized their men and horses to prepare to strike the final blow at the Einsatzgruppen and destroy them.
Fierce battles began immediately. This time, the devils were in small teams, lined up in columns, and there were almost more than twenty columns. Led by the squad leaders and squadron leaders, they launched a charge.
Under the red sunset, the battle scenes were just as bloody. The devils' charge was not stopped by the fall of the commander, but rushed towards the hill desperately. The front one fell, and the one behind continued to rush up.
The Einsatzgruppen has reached an existential critical moment.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from behind the devil, and the devil Osa, who was standing on a big rock and commanding the battle, fell to the ground with the sound of the gunshot. Before the other devils could figure out what was going on, immediately after, with a series of gunshots, the personnel in the devil's command headquarters were knocked to the ground one by one.
The devil who was on guard quickly turned the muzzle of the gun and fired desperately at the place where the gun rang out. For a while, fierce gunfire also sounded behind the devil.
The devil who was charging suddenly heard a fierce gunfire behind him, and he was stunned for a moment. Thinking that they had been attacked by the enemy, they quickly turned around and ran down the mountain.
The members of the Einsatzgruppen, who were desperately blocking the enemy at the critical moment, were also confused all of a sudden, wondering why the devils who were about to rush in front of them suddenly retreated. However, the team heard the staccato gunfire coming from behind the devils, and the devils attacked the gunshots behind them. However, the gunfire was not fixed in one place, the other side was a shot on the left and a shot on the right, and it was erratic. However, the marksmanship was extremely accurate, and after almost every shot, a devil died.
It was just such a toss, and the sun finally disappeared to the west of Yunshan. It was going to get dark soon.
Xiao Xiong immediately ordered the assault team to set off immediately. Let Gao Qixing organize the team members on the mountain to withdraw quickly.
Wang Yantai personally led the lead and was the first to jump into the icy river. The rest of the team also jumped into the water. They swam quickly downstream along the river.
After a while, in the hazy twilight, I saw that the team members had swam to the beach in the shallow water, and they waved their hands towards Xiao Xiong.
Most of the team members on the mountain were withdrawn, and Xiao Xiong asked the team members with better water surnames, each of whom took a team member who couldn't swim and the wounded, and quickly withdrew.
After a day of fighting, the Einsatzgruppen lost more than half of its personnel, and only about 150 people remained, and at least half of the team members were wounded.
Everyone got into the water in an orderly manner and swam downstream. In the middle of the river, Wang Yantai left two team members to take over the withdrawn team. And Wang Yantai led the rest of the commandos to quietly approach the shore.
On the shore, patrols of devils shuttled back and forth. From time to time, they held flashlights to shine on the river beach, and snow-white pillars of light dangled on the sand.
Wang Yantai and the others took advantage of the moment when the devil patrol left, rushed onto the road, and came to the bottom of the two turrets. They quickly cleared the sentry under the turret and stormed into it. The devils inside spotted them, and after a brief exchange of fire between the two sides, the two turrets were captured by the commandos.
Wang Yantai immediately used a flashlight to send a signal to Xiao Xiong and them in the middle of the river, telling them to hurry ashore. Then he led the commandos to pick up the machine guns of the captured devils and fired at the devils who came from both ends of the road to reinforce them. Under the fierce fire of the commando, the devils were killed and wounded, and hurriedly retreated.
Soon, Xiao Xiong led his troops to immediately cross the road and continue to run towards the mountains in the dark night.
Wang Yantai led the assault team to retreat after repelling several attacks from the devils in a row. Suddenly, I saw more than 10 black shadows rushing towards the river.
While they were wondering, the men shot at the onrushing devils and threw grenades. In the flames of the grenade explosion, Wang Yantai couldn't help but shout:
"Minghua, it's Li Minghua!"