Chapter 56: The Battle of Changde (3)
At this time, the commander of the defending division was now resting in the conference room after a night of tossing.
"Division commander, it's not good, there are communist activities at the south city gate, and the city gate has been blocked." The chief of staff hurried in.
"What, where did the communist army come from?" The division commander stood up at once.
"Division commander, it's not good, the east gate is surrounded by communist troops." The communications staff officer ran in
The division commander sat on the ground all of a sudden, looked at the generals with black circles in front of him and shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, quickly send troops to defend the city, the south gate of the first regiment, the east gate of the second regiment, the north gate of the third regiment, the west gate of the fourth regiment, and the remaining two regiments as reserves." Come on! ”
Soon, the commander of the regiment took nearly 2,000 of his men to climb the city wall and assign tasks.
"Commander, commander, look." The chief of staff hurriedly pulled the regimental commander over and pointed to a hillside two miles away from the city gate.
"My mother, there are so many mountain artillery, report to the division commander quickly." A regimental leader shouted.
"Woo woo woo" suddenly heard the whistling sound of cannonballs, "lie down, conceal boom boom" Ten mountain cannons roared together, and the shells accurately fell on the city wall, exploding a rain of blood. At the same time, the gatehouse on the city walls collapsed with a bang from the explosion of the first round of shells.
After dodging a round of artillery fire, the commander of the regiment took advantage of the gap and immediately hid in the heel of the city wall to avoid the artillery fire. At this time, there was a continuous rain of blood on the city wall, and it passed and came again. "When did the communist army have such fierce artillery fire, hurry, run and report to the division commander to ask for reinforcements, reinforcements." Looking at the scene of being bombed, the head of the regiment said nervously.
At the same time, the east and west city gates also began shelling, but they were all mortars, although so, the dense artillery fire also frightened the two regiment commanders and hurriedly asked the division commander for reinforcements.
"What, the east, west and south gates were attacked by artillery fire at the same time, and the losses were heavy. How can it be? How can it be? The division commander said to himself in disbelief after hearing the shocking news.
"Division Commander, Division Commander" The division commander finally woke up.
"Hurry, send a report to Commander-in-Chief Xue, just say that Changde is attacked by the main force of the communist army, and ask for reinforcements, quickly." The division commander scolded.
"Order the three battalions of the fifth regiment to reinforce three regiments each, go quickly, you must defend me to the death, whoever retreats, I shoot whoever goes, go quickly." After speaking, the division commander closed his eyes and lay there quietly.
"Commander-in-chief, it's not good, something happened." Early in the morning, Xue Yue was woken up, and was about to get angry, but when he saw the panting chief of staff, he endured it.
"What's the matter, it's in a hurry like that." Xue Yue asked unhappily.
"Commander-in-chief, something happened, He Long is attacking Changde County, and now Changde County is in danger,"
"What, how could it be! It's been a trick," Xue Yue patted his head suddenly, "Send a report quickly, order the troops to stick to Changde, we will return to the army immediately, we must hold on." ”
"Also, order the troops to set off now and rush back to Changde, this time we must capture He Long alive in Changde and pass on the order quickly." Xue Yue hurriedly said.
After ten minutes of artillery preparation, the city wall at this time was already unrecognizable, and the commander of the regiment gritted his teeth when he looked at the scene in front of him: "What are you doing in a daze, you are almost ready to fight, the communist army is attacking the city." "Hurry up and organize the remaining soldiers to organize the defense.
"Regiment commander, the casualty report has been counted, we lost more than 200 people killed and seriously injured in the shelling just now, and now we still have more than 1,200 brothers." The chief of staff lowered his head and reported the casualty figures.
"Such a big casualty!" The head of the regiment said in disbelief and shook his head. But he didn't know that even greater casualties were yet to come.
In the ten-minute artillery preparation stage, Luo Wenhua connected the cover of artillery fire with snipers covered with leaves, and successfully established 60 sniper positions about 5 oh meters away from the city wall, and these 60 snipers were Liu Hua's swords for attacking the city this time.
"Order a regiment and a battalion to attack, and the second and third battalions will follow 500 meters later." Liu Hua coldly ordered.
"Regiment commander, the communist army has attacked." The chief of staff reminded.
"Hit me, heavy, give me a blow, and I'll avenge my dead brethren." When the Red Army was still 800 meters, the regiment commander gave the order to open fire.
The soldiers of the 1st battalion, hearing the fierce gunfire, immediately lay on the ground and began to crawl forward, thinking that they knew that it was time for the sniper company to attack.
"Bang bang" With the sound of gunshots, the enemy machine gunners fell one by one next to the machine guns, and after a while, the regiment commander could only hear the intermittent machine gun sounds, and the Red Army, which was lying on the ground and crawling forward, was only 400 meters away from the city wall.
"Heavy, shoot, shoot!" The regimental commander shouted anxiously, but there was still no sound.
"Commander, Commander, it's not good, come and see!" The chief of staff hurried over.
"There was a corpse lying in front of each machine gun, and only a few machine gunners were lying under the battlements to avoid bullets, occasionally firing machine guns into the sky.
"How can this be, quick, let the infantry come, quick?" The regiment commander, who didn't have time to think about why, said in a hurry. Immediately a battalion of infantry rushed over, picked up a machine gun and prepared to shoot, the regiment commander watched a soldier take a machine gun, just after a few rounds of ammunition, suddenly fell to the ground, looking around, it was the scene just now, the machine gunner who had just gone up was killed again.
Looking at the communist army getting closer and closer, the regiment commander was anxious, "Hurry up, go on, and I won't shoot you if you don't get up." Under the threat of the regimental commander, the soldiers once again picked up the machine guns and began to shoot, but no one dared to raise their heads, and the accuracy of the machine guns is only known to God.
At this time, the first battalion besieging the city was only a few dozen meters away from the city wall. "Throw a grenade." The enemy commander finally came up with a solution.
Liu Hua, who was standing in the rear, was happy that the troops were approaching the city wall, when suddenly, a black shadow was thrown down from the city wall.
"It's not good, they're throwing grenades, and the battalion will suffer." It was really Liu Hua's words that were right, and with the sound of explosions, dozens of immobile corpses stayed in the place just now.
"! Chen Guangrong, let the mortars move forward and provide fire cover for the troops, hurry. Liu Hua shouted anxiously.
Soon, the mortars were equipped with 12 mortars and began to move towards the front of the position, and in order to achieve accuracy, they began to build positions until they were 800 meters from the city wall.
"Regiment commander, the communist artillery is up." With the reminder of the chief of staff, the regiment commander saw the artillery company that was building a position in the distance. "Not good, order the troops to remove the city walls, leaving a company to continue the blockade." The regimental commander hurriedly ordered to arrive, and was the first to descend the city wall.
Liu Jun, the commander of the first battalion, took the remaining more than 300 people, and suddenly felt that there were many fewer grenades thrown down, and when he looked back, his artillery was building an artillery position. "Trumpeter, blow the trumpet, all of them, charge with me." Liu Jun immediately shouted loudly.
As the trumpet sounded, the soldiers of the first battalion stood up and ran towards the city walls, regardless of the grenades that fell. At the same time, the ladders dragged all the way were also lifted and leaned against the city walls, and the fighters climbed up one by one with submachine guns and fire, one fell down, and the other climbed up.
The role of the sniper at this time was reflected again, constantly firing to cover the soldiers to climb the city wall, and soon, a soldier finally climbed the city wall, he saw the enemy on both sides who kept holding grenades downward, picked up the submachine gun, lay on the ground, and continued to strafe at one side, at this time, another soldier came up, two people covered each other, and kept shooting at the hot enemy on both sides. Finally, a platoon of troops, through this ladder to climb the city wall, under the attack of a platoon, a company of enemy troops on the city wall was quickly dispersed, and the remaining soldiers began to climb the city wall in a steady stream, and the gap became bigger and bigger.
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