After the troops of the two battalions rushed to the area forty to sixty meters from the convoy, they could no longer attack, and were completely suppressed in the grass by the dense fire nets of the Soviet troops. The dense rain of bullets of the Soviet army caused thatch and grass blades to fly all over the place, and the grass more than a meter high was quickly cut off as if it had been cut by a sharp giant sickle.

Because the assault troops and the Soviet troops were too close to each other, although the mortars behind had an absolute advantage in firepower, they did not dare to fire again for fear of hurting their own people. This is where the grenade comes in handy, as soldiers on both sides begin to throw grenades at each other.

The Soviet army used the 1914 long-handled grenade, because the explosive power of this grenade was not enough, and it took time to redesign a new type of grenade, which was not the style of the Soviet army.

However, one of the biggest advantages of this long-handled grenade is that it can be thrown at a long distance. Especially in recumbent throwing, the advantage is more pronounced than that of oval grenades.

The oval grenade used by the Fourth Route Army was not only powerful, but also evenly dispersed and lethal, but the throwing distance was closer.

In a grenade battle between the two sides, it doesn't matter how powerful the grenade is, the most important thing is that you have to be able to throw the grenade at the opponent's side first. Therefore, in the process of throwing grenades at each other on both sides, the mountain division suffered a lot.

Since the Soviet troops opposite the second and third battalions had already taken the opportunity to organize a counterattack, the Soviet troops opposite the first battalion, with the help of other Soviet troops, gradually settled down, set up machine guns under the trucks and on both sides of the hull, and began to fire at the first battalion.

However, because the 1st battalion occupies a favorable position, it has the upper hand in the confrontation. In the mutual fire, the sniper of the first battalion continued to shoot the Soviet machine gunners accurately, except for the Soviet machine gunners who hid under the car for a little longer survival, the Soviet machine gun shooters in other positions had to be replaced for a minute or two, or even a few seconds.

If the machine gun shooters of the Soviet troops hiding under the car are not eliminated, the casualties will still be large if the charge is launched.

Shi Zebo asked Wang Dehuan to communicate with him, and ordered the battalion machine gun company and the mortars of his subordinate companies to ignore the Soviet infantry and concentrate their firepower on bombarding Soviet trucks, so that Soviet machine gun shooters had nowhere to hide.

Putting down the phone, Shi Zebo ordered the commander of a company to send two squads to cooperate with the guard platoon to cover the bazooka shooters of the anti-tank platoon and destroy the Soviet trucks one by one.

As the order was given, the mortars and rocket launchers of the first battalion began to concentrate on the Soviet trucks. Hordes of mortar shells continued to fall near Soviet trucks, and trucks were constantly being blown over and damaged.

In order to improve the hit rate, the mortars of the first battalion often aim at one truck at the same time, and after successfully blowing up one truck, they immediately go to the next target. The bazooka shooters, under the cover of the infantry, gradually moved the mortar point from south to north, specifically hitting trucks that were not completely blown up by a battalion of mortars. In the Soviet convoy opposite the first battalion, flames constantly rose.

"Boom!"

A bombed Soviet truck suddenly rose up a large cloud of white mist, and as another mortar shell fell into the car, the compartment board was blown apart in the white fog, and a large amount of white flour dripped out of the compartment.

"Boom!"

When a truck was hit, a raging flame burst into the compartment, and then the flames flowed under the car, igniting the tires, and even the front of the car shone with red tongues of fire, as if the whole truck was burning in flames.

"Boom!" As the fuel tank exploded, the bright flames of the car were thrown away, and as the flames scattered, they quickly ignited the truck next to it. At the same time, a strong smell of alcohol began to spread across the battlefield as the firelight flew away. There is no doubt that the car was loaded with a high number of liquor.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "A deafening explosion rang out one after another.

It was a truck loaded with large-caliber shells that was blown up, and the explosion detonated the shells in the car. The powerful explosion, enveloped in a shock wave of flames mixed with the severed limbs of the Soviet army, overturned all the trucks within 50 meters of it.

The blown trucks were also loaded with ammunition, causing a series of even larger explosions. Like dominoes that have been overturned, Soviet ammunition trucks began to explode one after another, detonating weapons and ammunition from nearby vehicles. Every ammunition truck exploded, and the flying shells, bullets, and grenades killed and wounded the Soviets near the truck.

The officers and men of the Soviet escort unit knew very well which vehicles were loaded with ammunition, and the only consequence of the explosion of each ammunition truck was death. The flames and shrednel flying from the constantly exploding ammunition trucks brought a strong sense of fear and great psychological pressure to the Soviet troops who remained near the ammunition trucks that had not yet been detonated.

In the midst of the approaching terrifying explosions, in the torment of helplessly waiting for the approach of death, the tense nerves of the Soviet soldiers who remained near the ammunition truck to resist finally could not support it, and first a small number of soldiers threw down their guns and got up and turned around and ran. They ran down the riverbank, into the water where they already felt a biting chill, and rushed to the opposite bank.

This is the case on the battlefield, once there is a rout, and it cannot be stopped in time, then the rout will be like a decisive flood, which will soon become uncontrollable and eventually break the embankment.

Between death and survival, only people of the most firm faith can withstand the test, and although there are many such people in the Soviet army, they are definitely not the majority.

The rout began with the Soviet troops hiding near the ammunition trucks, and soon spread to the entire army. In addition to the casualties in the battle, the reinforced battalion of the Soviet army still had more than 500 people, most of whom threw down their guns and fled. The fleeing Soviet troops pushed and squeezed, desperately rushed into the knee-deep river, and ran to the other side of the river, as long as they could run into the woods more than 200 meters away on the opposite bank, this life would be saved.

After the first wave of Soviet troops broke and fled, Shi Zebo sent a charge signal to Wang Dehuan, the deputy battalion commander, and with the loud trumpet sounding, the first battalion also launched a charge.

When Shi Zebo led a company over the burning convoy to the river, the nearly 100-meter-wide river channel was already full of fleeing Soviet troops. This scene is like a herd of horses on the grassland being chased by a herd of hungry wolves, all of them rushing forward, refusing to fall behind and fall into the wolf's mouth.

In the struggle of hundreds of Soviet troops, the water splashed on the river, and from time to time someone slipped or was pushed down and knocked into the river, and before they could stand up again, countless pairs of leather boots would stomp on their bodies, and the fallen Soviet troops would never have a chance to stand up again.

Faced with such a scene, the soldiers who chased to the river were a little overwhelmed for a while.

Shi Zebo was so angry that he stomped his feet and shouted loudly to order the commander of the first company.

"What are you doing? Call me yet! ”

The commander of the first company was a little stunned and said: "Battalion commander, these Soviet weapons have been thrown, as soon as the troops in ambush on the opposite bank open fire, they will surrender, we ......"

The words of the first company commander made Shi Zebo's face turn pale, and he shouted to the first company commander: "Little man Liu, you listen to me, as long as the enemy has not surrendered, then he is still an enemy, whether they have weapons or not, they must be destroyed." If you don't carry out the order again, it will be a battlefield disobedience, and I will kill you first. ”

Only then did the commander of the first company come to his senses and gave a loud order to open fire.

Shi Zebo then viciously commanded the anti-aircraft machine guns and guard platoon that followed, and fired fiercely at the fleeing Soviet troops, reaping the lives of the Soviet troops without hesitation.

At this time, the troops in ambush on the opposite bank also opened fire fiercely, and the Soviet troops who had just stepped on the opposite bank were driven back into the river. Under the intense fire from both sides, the Soviet troops fell into the river in pieces, and the bright red blood quickly dyed this section of the backwater red......

By the time the regiment commander hurried to the river, the three battalions had already begun to clean up the battlefield.

The regiment commander is called Wang Demin, who is in his forties, and he joined the Fourth Route Army in Laiyuan with Shang Zhen's supplementary regiment. It's a pity that he has little culture and loves to drink, so he is still a regiment leader.

Looking at the corpses of the Soviet soldiers floating slowly along the riverbed, Wang Demin turned around and looked at the officers and soldiers of the battalion who were cleaning the battlefield, and asked a little unbearably: "There are no prisoners?" ”

Shi Zebo replied: "Regiment leader, none of Lao Maozi surrendered to me, so there were no prisoners. ”

Wang Demin asked in disbelief: "Didn't your battalion even catch a wounded old man?" ”

Shi Zebo said with a smile: "Commander, it's all because the brothers beat too hard, Lao Maozi was shot several times in the body, and most of them were beaten into sieves, how can there be any live, and Lao Maozi is not beaten with iron." ”

Wang Demin shook his head slightly, and sighed secretly in his heart.

He has been in the army for more than 20 years and has fought countless battles, but this is the first time he has encountered such a battle, which is simply a massacre. Looking downstream along the river, under the setting sun, the surface of the river glowing with dark red waves was full of Soviet corpses, at least four or five hundred. At his age, he is very good at fighting, and his mind to fight is also poor, and he can't bear to kill like this.

Shi Zebo saw Wang Demin's thoughts, approached Wang Demin and whispered: "Regiment commander, when the division commander assigned us a task, he conveyed the words of the commander-in-chief. This is a national war, that is, there is no enemy and no self, and there is no enemy and no enemy. 'How troublesome it is to capture captives and have someone watch them.' ”

Wang Demin glared and said: "You don't use the commander-in-chief and division commander to pressure me, although I am a big boss, but I understand the words of the commander-in-chief, that's not what you kid meant......"

(To be continued)