Chapter 624: The Battle of the Siege (6)
"Huh~Huh~~Huh~~~" The young American soldier Dulman clutched his M1 Garand rifle tightly in both hands, gasped for breath and followed the rest of his company to a small dirt slope that looked to be only about ten meters high. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and on the left and right sides of their company were densely packed with soldiers from other companies.
Duerman's company was one of the first attack waves of the entire U.S. night attack force. About two infantry regiments of nearly 5,000 combatants rushed towards the Ming position like a large tide.
Although it has been strictly emphasized at the time of departure, the distance between them must be widened as much as possible to prevent being consumed by the dense fire. However, in this moonless and cold night, most of the officers and soldiers still subconsciously approached their comrades-in-arms under the condition of poor vision.
Almost everyone thought so, so before they knew it, the US officers and soldiers were crowded together, forming a huge dense formation. At this time, once it encounters an intensive firepower attack, its end will inevitably be very tragic.
About one or two hundred meters behind the cluster of the first attack wave were thousands of soldiers of the cluster of the second attack wave. And then the third wave, the fourth wave, and so on. The U.S. commander tried to use such a wave attack to successfully surprise the Ming armored units that did not have a defensive system.
For the U.S. infantry, as long as they can smoothly rush into the armored positions of the Ming army. Tanks and armored vehicles that are not started and do not have personnel to operate will be the best targets. The explosives and anti-tank bazookas they carried would have been enough to deal a fatal blow to the Ming army's armored forces.
At the same time, a large group of senior US front-line commanders were engrossed in observing the battle situation on the front line at an underground semi-sunken artillery observation post a few kilometers away in the rear, praying that their troops would be able to achieve a breakthrough victory under these extremely unfavorable conditions. The hands of the U.S. commanders were all holding their binoculars tightly.
"The fire support platoon stays to build a position!" After rushing up to the small mound, which was not very high, but very narrow, Dulman's company commander whispered orders his fire support platoon to deploy mortars and Point 30 heavy machine guns on the top of the small dirt slope for long-range fire support.
Not only this company, but the other companies that rushed up the small dirt slope made a similar decision, and all deployed their heavy firepower here.
After crossing the dirt slope, Dulman, who continued to bend forward, could already feel the darkness and lack of luster not far ahead, like an invisible giant crouching there, waiting to be devoured, and endless danger came from it. The silence on the other side was unusual.
Not only the ordinary soldier Dulman, but also the experienced officers who led the team found something unusual in this. This kind of silence usually means danger. Some commanders began to subconsciously reduce their speed and spread their officers and men as far apart as possible. But at this moment, there is only so much they can do.
Although the American commanders had always hoped that this night attack would bring down the Ming troops who had relaxed their vigilance by surprise. But in fact, in this environment, especially in such a fierce battlefield, as a well-trained army, it is also an elite armored force. The occurrence of such carelessness in the Ming army is almost minimal.
In a battlefield full of dangers, how could the elite Ming officers and soldiers relax their vigilance against everything on the battlefield? How is it possible to be defenseless against an enemy who is close at hand? If that's really the case, then it is impossible for the Ming army to kill all the way here.
The highly trained Ming armored troops have always been on alert even in the local barracks, let alone on this kind of battlefield at this moment.
Moreover, the US army's offensive this time was so huge, how could the movement and sortie of tens of thousands of horses not attract the attention of the Ming army? Not to mention tens of thousands of heavily armed soldiers, even tens of thousands of ants moving on a large scale will attract the attention of the Ming army scouts. When the U.S. troops gathered and moved before the attack, the Ming scouts had already learned of the situation and reported it in time.
When the U.S. attack formation officially attacked and rushed towards the Ming army on a large scale, the scouts on the front line immediately reported and retreated all the way to maintain long-distance contact with the U.S. troops.
By the time the U.S. night attack troops crossed the marked small dirt slope and rushed towards the main position of the Ming army. The Ming army had already made comprehensive preparations.
"Platoon commander, something doesn't seem right." Duerman seemed to feel something, and whispered to the platoon commander on the side, "The scale of the Ming army is very large, but they are already so close, they actually have no reaction at all?" We didn't even run into an observation post along the way! ”
"Hmm." The platoon commander's heart was also flooded with a sense of danger. After all, let alone an elite regular army, even a National Guard can't even have a guard post in this situation. A dangerous aura has come to the face.
"Are we ......" Dulman's words had just begun, and the rest was already unspeakable. Because only a few hundred meters in front of him, in the dark and silent night, a long series of orange-red signal flares suddenly rose up. When they saw these signal flares lifted into the air, the US officers and soldiers on the front line suddenly tightened their hearts almost at the same time.
Because these American officers and soldiers knew very well that they had been discovered.
A short time after the flare took off, a violent spot of light erupted on the Ming army's position. It wasn't the muzzle flames caused by the intense fire of many artillery pieces, it was the fact that many Ming mortars were firing flares into the night sky.
Countless flares were fired into the sky, and the night was instantly illuminated. Tens of thousands of U.S. attack troops were directly exposed to an open flat field. And with the help of the light of the flares, it can be seen that in the desperate eyes of the American officers and soldiers, rows after rows of Ming tank armored vehicles appeared in front of them.
Hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles form a long dragon of steel that makes people fear. The huge barrels and dense machine gun muzzles were all pointed at the US attack queue at this time.
"It's over." Not only Dulman, but almost all the American officers and soldiers had such a thought in their hearts. They were just infantrymen, and they were only wearing military uniforms, and they couldn't fight against the big thick pipes with black holes. They are not armourers, and they have tank armor for protection. Encountering an armored force of this magnitude at this moment means that they have already been sentenced to death.
The infantry could not defend against the armored forces. There is also no point in confrontation, because there is armor on the opposite side. And there is no way back to escape, because no infantry can outrun the armored troops. The armored forces used gasoline and engines, and the infantry drank air with their legs, and there was simply no way back.
"Boom Boom~~~"
"Knock Knock~~~"
"Zi~~~"
The tanks and armored vehicles of the Ming army rumbled and began to charge at the American infantry. And these tanks and armored vehicles carried various caliber artillery, machine guns and machine guns fired at the American troops almost simultaneously. Patches of U.S. infantry were knocked to the ground.
The American infantry was miserable. The explosives and anti-tank rocket launchers they carried in their hands simply did not reach the armored units of the Ming army. And those rifles and mortar point 30 machine guns supported on the small dirt slopes in the rear did not have much effect on the armored units of the Ming army. He could only watch his troops being slaughtered.
At the same time, on the artillery positions behind the Ming positions, thousands of shells were sent far away to the rear of the American infantry to block the fire after the huge muzzle fire.
It was a brutal, one-sided night battle. The Ming army used a variety of weapons to fire heavily at the dense American positions, while advancing quickly into the chaotic ranks of American troops. The huge hull and solid armor became a nightmare for the American troops, who simply could not resist.
The American troops in the rear tried to retreat, but the dense artillery fire of the Ming army had almost completely blocked the retreat of their troops. No one could escape the sea of steel and explosives and return to their positions in such a situation.
The commander of the US army tried to help the troops at the front. However, the artillery power in his hands could no longer pose an adequate threat to the Ming army. It also makes little sense for armored forces to be sent out at this time. Because after the armored troops rushed through the sea of blocking fire composed of artillery shells, almost one in ten could really reach the battlefield.
In this case, the US commander could only give the order for a total retreat in pain. As for how much the officers and soldiers on the front line can withdraw, it can only be left to fate.
The vehicle-mounted machine guns on the Ming tanks and armored vehicles became a nightmare for the American infantrymen. The machine guns, which were interspersed with a tracer round, sent a dense rain of bullets into the ranks of the U.S. infantry with an ultra-high rate of fire. As long as it is hit, it must be either death or injury.
However, it was not the machine guns that the American infantry feared the most, but the 20-millimeter machine guns equipped with those armored vehicles. A shell of this caliber is simply an indestructible killing weapon, and its rate of fire is very fast. As soon as it hits, the body will be torn to pieces.
In the end, this night raid organized by the US military ended in failure. They paid the price for this close to 30,000 officers and soldiers! (To be continued.) )