Twenty-six: At stake

The second battalion retreated to the small heights, and the commander of the second battalion set up a temporary command post in the cemetery on the small heights. Successive and second companies are ready to fight back with me. Now the death squad is formed. Before he finished his words, the lookout post reported: "The commander of a regiment has brought a command company to support." The commander of the second battalion immediately greeted the report of shame: "Report to the commander, our second battalion will definitely take back the position." ”

The commander of the first regiment said: "Your position cannot be lost, he has a bearing on the victory or defeat of the whole regiment." The devil has just arrived on the high ground and is not familiar with the terrain, so you send a company to attack the devil's flank from the bushes on the side. The other fighters rushed with me from the front. ”

The commander of the second battalion ordered: "The first company and the second company and the first regiment commander counterattacked from the front, and the third company and I were caught off guard by attacking the devils from the side of the high ground." We must take the position back. Prepare for action. A group of leaders shouted: "The devil has not gained a firm foothold in the high ground, and he will resolutely drive the devil down." Brothers, rush. The warrior shouted and rushed to the high ground.

The devil's heavy machine guns fired desperately at the frontal attacking troops, and the frontal troops under the command of the commander of the regiment were so crushed that they could not raise their heads. The commander of a regiment leaned against a ridge to see the warriors crawling on the ground and could not advance, and when one soldier got up, a soldier fell. He was anxious.

The commander of the second battalion led the soldiers of the third company from the bushes to the flank and rear of the devil, and he saw that the devil's attention was focused on the frontal battlefield, and he ordered: "Fight after getting close to the devil." A platoon prepares grenades, on. The soldiers bent down and quietly approached the devils, and when the devils found them too late, the commander of the second battalion shouted: "Fight! "The grenade blew them up.

The commander of the first regiment heard the grenade explosion and judged that the commander of the second battalion had gone up, and he shouted: "Brothers, rush! "The devil's heavy machine gun was dumb under the explosion of grenades. The soldiers of the second battalion generally poured into the high ground. The devils of the highlands retreated. The position was recaptured.

The counterattack organized by the commander of a regiment was successful, and he ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up and prepared for a counterattack by the devils. A soldier hugged the devil's heavy machine gun and shouted: "Sir, this thing is fun to fight devils." It's a pity that there are only two boxes of bullets. The head of the regiment said, "Will it be used?" The fighter said: "I haven't used it, I've seen it and I know how to fight." The head of the regiment said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you." Hit the devil hard. Second Battalion Commander. Send him a machine gunner. ”

A company commander shouted: "Sir, here are two mortars with a dozen shells." We won't use it. The commander of the regiment looked at it excitedly and said, "The chief of staff of the regiment has studied in school, and he understands." Let him teach you after the battle. He said to the commander of the second battalion: "You can set up a heavy machine gun squad and a mortar squad, and there will be no bullets and shells to ask the devils." The fighters laughed together.

The deputy chief of staff of the brigade organized a breakthrough in the position of the third battalion, and they rushed down the high ground to kill the devils, throwing off their armor and desperately retreating. In order to deal with the devil's heavy machine gun behind the tree, the commander of the third battalion ordered the machine gun squad to occupy the cemetery on the right, and they attacked the devil's heavy machine gun from the side. The devil's firepower was suppressed. The fighters rushed up and threw grenades at the devils, who were eliminated and the heavy machine guns blew up.

The deputy chief of staff of the brigade continued to advance in depth with the fighters of the third battalion. Seeing that the breakthrough was about to succeed, the broken warrior shouted: "The devils have come up from behind us." The devils want to surround us. The deputy chief of staff of the brigade turned around and took a closer look and exclaimed: "The general situation is not good, we have been tricked." The commander of the third battalion ordered the troops to break through the encirclement back. Fight and retreat. ”

The devils are very tightly surrounded. The encirclement is getting smaller and smaller. The men of the third battalion and the first battalion and one company were completely exposed to the devils. I can't hold it anymore.

The regimental chief of staff saw clearly at the command post, and he immediately transferred a battalion and a company to meet it. Then he reported to the commander of the regiment: "Report to the regiment commander, the deputy chief of staff of the brigade and the third battalion are surrounded by devils. I have ordered a battalion to send a company to support. "The commander of the first regiment commanded the construction of fortifications in the second battalion and prepared for the devil to counterattack. He only noticed the situation on the third battalion when he received a phone call. He ordered the command company to follow him and pick him up. They rushed over there.

A battalion and a company have already caught fire with the devils. The sudden appearance of a regimental commander and a command company caught the devils even more by surprise, and they had to abandon the encirclement. The deputy chief of staff of the brigade was brought back. The breakout failed again.

The deputy chief of staff of the brigade returned to the regimental commander and said: "There is a problem with the breakthrough we chose. We have to find another breakthrough. The head of the regiment scolded anxiously: "Damn, I don't believe that I can't rush out." The deputy chief of staff of the brigade said: "Look carefully and see where the weak point of the devil is." As soon as his words fell, a shell landed and exploded next to him. He was thrown out. A regimental commander rushed over to pick him up and said anxiously, "Sir." How are you and where are the injuries. ”

The hygienist ran this way. The brigade deputy chief of staff sat up for a while and said, "I'm fine, command the troops quickly." ”

The shouts of devils came from the second battalion. The devil's counterattack began. The regimental chief of staff shouted on the phone: "Commander of the first battalion, you transfer the company that has just returned from the third battalion to support the second battalion." The devil must be driven down. "With the support of the first battalion, the devils retreated, and the position of the second battalion was stabilized.

The devil's attack came to an end. There was silence on the ground. The deputy chief of staff of the brigade said: "The devils will attack after taking a breath, and hurry up to strengthen the fortifications." The attack below the devil will be more violent. "The commander of a regiment called and asked about the situation of the various battalions and ordered to hurry up and eat. Fortifications were fortified and prepared to deal with a more fierce attack by the devils.

The meal from the regimental headquarters was delivered. The regimental commander filled a bowl for the brigade deputy chief of staff. He said, "Thank you." "Take it and take a big bite of it. The deputy chief of staff of the brigade said to the commander of the first regiment while eating: "If we continue to fight like this, we will be wiped out." The head of the regiment nodded in agreement as he ate. He said, "I haven't fought enough devils, we have to kill them." After that, I will fight slowly with the devil. The brigade deputy chief of staff said: "We will definitely be able to rush out." ”

They had dinner and watched through the binoculars while discussing the location and time of the breakout. The deputy chief of staff of the brigade said: "The devils want to settle the battle before dark, and we will drag it out until dark anyway." We broke through after dark. The head of the regiment said: "It is dark to break through, and we can quietly go up the back mountain." Give the devil an empty city plan. ”

The deputy chief of staff of the brigade said: "If you have to reconnoiter the back mountain first, the devils will not be undefended on the road behind the mountain surrounded by devils. The commander of the regiment said, "Yes, I will send someone to investigate." ”

Suddenly there was a cannon shot, and they looked at each other in surprise, it was a howitzer. They know what that means. The brigade deputy chief of staff shouted: "Inform the troops to take shelter from the shells." His shouts did not fall, and the shells whistled down on the positions of the 2nd Battalion. Then came the second and third guns, and shells rained down, and the position of the second battalion was in flames.

The commander of the first regiment ordered the first battalion and the third battalion to leave lookout posts, and all of them withdrew from their positions to avoid the shells of the devils. The artillery preparations of the devils were indeed transferred from the position of the second battalion to the position of the third battalion.

The artillery fire of the devils blew up the position of the second battalion and caused heavy losses, and there were casualties of soldiers everywhere. The battalion commander counts the number of people and ammunition. He was anxious to see the heavy casualties of his soldiers. He moved all the Overseers to the front line. Apparently he canceled the attack of the Warlords to organize forces against the devils.

The regimental chief of staff ordered the commander of the first battalion: "Send two platoons to support the second battalion at once." More than half of them suffered casualties, and their numbers were too small to deal with the attack of the devils. ”

The brigade chief of staff looked at the soldiers who were rushing towards the second battalion and said: "We have no way to retreat, let's fight." We must hold out until dark, and when it gets dark, we may be able to rush out. I'll go to the second battalion. ”

The regimental lookout post shouted: "The devils have attacked the second battalion." The head of the regiment hurriedly said, "Sir, you can't go. It's dangerous over there. I'll go. The brigade chief of staff said, "You have run back and forth a few times, so I'll go." The chief of staff of the regiment shouted: "Look! It's too late. The devils have already rushed to the ground. The second battalion is about to run out of support. Two platoons of the 1st battalion have not yet gone up. ”

On the position of the second battalion, devils poured up like a tide of guns, and the soldiers of the second battalion were desperately resisting. Many soldiers jumped out of the trenches and fought with the devils with bayonets. The commander of the first regiment said: "We can't lose it over there, but if we lose the village and the battalion where we live, there will be no more." I'm going to drive the devil down. He ran desperately and shouted: "The command company is on me!" Hold the positions of the 2nd Battalion! (To be continued......)