"Report to the general, and launch a continuous attack in accordance with the orders of the commander. But we can choose the way to consume the enemy's ammunition and use targeted attacks. The humble position believed that the enemy army had come from afar, and it was a long and rapid march, and there was certainly not much ammunition to carry. The point is that the enemy army does not have ammunition replenishment. As long as the enemy's ammunition is gone, we can break through the enemy's defense line in one go! "It's a good idea, it can both reduce battle damage and confuse the enemy."

The commander of the 82nd Army rejoiced: "Immediately draw up a plan for continuous attacks and convey it to the commander, and our department will resolutely carry out the commander's order and launch a strong attack at any cost." "At a certain position on the front, a lieutenant battalion commander personally operated a heavy machine gun to strafe." Battalion commander, the Yankees changed their style of play, and lo they lay down. "The battalion commander is still shooting and suppressing." Battalion commander, the U.S. troops are withdrawn. The battalion commander stopped shooting and said, "Fuck Yankee, what kind of tactic is this?" It seems that the Yankees are timid. ”

"Battalion commander, the Yankees are up again!" The guard, who served as the deputy shooter, shouted. The battalion commander pulled the trigger again and began firing. The deception of the American army was a great success, and the ammunition of the 5th Division on the left flank was slowly depleted. The chief of staff of the military department said: "Commander, after 22 o'clock, the US troops who were responsible for the left flank attack changed their fighting methods, and the offensive continued unabated, but the number of charges increased. The American soldiers rushed to the front line and retreated, and another wave came up. The 5th Division judged that the U.S. forces were intent on dragging us down. The commander glanced at his watch, and it was already 3 o'clock in the morning.

"No wonder the left flank thunders and rains, ask if the U.S. military still uses this tactic?" The commander felt that there was something wrong with him. Before I knew it, it was dawn, and at this time, an operational staff officer reported: "Report." The 5th Division requested support ammunition? The commander was stunned for a moment and seemed to suddenly realize: "The U.S. military suddenly changed its fighting style, and it turned out to consume our ammunition. The 5th Division was fooled and told them to hold out until noon. Ammunition can be delivered. In addition, the whole army was informed that we would hold out until tomorrow afternoon, when reinforcements could arrive. ”

It was dawn, on the west side of Rock Springs, in the headquarters of the 65th Army Corps of the US Army, all the generals had gloomy faces. Commander Howell sent a telegram more than once, reprimanding him for attacking unfavorably. Launching a strong offensive at any cost is easy to say. There is no artillery cover on their own side, and it is simply a gamble with the lives of soldiers to launch an attack by relying on crowd tactics. But what can I do if I don't gamble? "It was reported that the 195th Division suffered a third of the casualties. They can't attack anymore! "Chief of Staff report." The 196th Division was ordered to pull up, and the attack could not be stopped! ”

"General, the enemy is defended by a division of troops, and the range of their weapons exceeds ours. And the enemy is good at defensive operations. The point is that there is no artillery support. It's hard for us to move forward. Call for air support at dawn, and intensify the aerial bombardment, otherwise our attack will not work. The commander of the 65th Army said angrily with bloodshot eyes: "The three legions on the opposite side have no results under the cover of aircraft, artillery, and tank fighting vehicles, which is simply unbelievable." Immediately send a report to the commander, and our department requested strong air support. ”

At noon, Wilbur and Wright led a squadron of about 40 fighters to the west side of Rock Springs to support the operation. For several days the pilot was extremely tired from continuous combat, and his squadron was shot down by two fighters. However, eight fighters fell, and the combat efficiency became lower and lower. Just this morning. A fighter plane actually dropped a bomb on the heads of its own assault troops. There is no danger in the high-altitude horizontal bombing, the key is that when returning to the airport to land, the pilot is in a trance due to fatigue, and he either lands and runs out or plunges headlong on the runway, causing the plane to explode.

Such a high-intensity air support operation is simply not possible without rich actual combat experience. However, the orders of the headquarters made them more nervous, and mistakes became more frequent. All the pilots did not have time to rest when they returned to the airport, and they took off immediately after filling up their fuel and ammunition, just like a plane with a person. Wilbur flew over the battlefield and saw that there was smoke below, and he couldn't see anything clearly, so he had to order the bomb to be dropped.

Suddenly, a subordinate fighter plane flew straight over, and Wilburda hurriedly pushed the joystick to raise the nose of the plane to dodge. The pilots of the subordinate fighters were also in a hurry, and as a result, the subordinate fighters swept under the belly of the plane, causing a collision. I saw that the tail of my subordinate fighters was hung up, and I watched my subordinate fighters roll down and plant them down. The fighter plane piloted by Wilbur and Wright was scraped a big hole in the belly when it was dodging. He realized that it was not good and hurried back. "Report to the captain, the rear wing tire is missing." Hearing the crew's report, Wilbur's head suddenly became bigger.

Wilbur thought twice and decided to fly the fighter back for a forced landing. There was no problem with his flying skills, the fighter landed smoothly, but there were no tail tires, the tail could only be dragged on the runway, and when the fighter came to a stop, the entire tail was gone. Wilbur and the crew climbed out of the plane, saw the scene of the tail wolf Bèi, and congratulated themselves for the rest of their lives. At this time, a landing fighter plane suddenly rushed out of the runway and rolled continuously outside the runway, breaking the wings and setting everyone on fire. Wilbur and Wright closed their eyes in pain.

In the US front-line command, the chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, the air force unit has lost 4 more fighters, not shot down by the enemy, but due to its own mistakes. Pilots in continuous combat are too tired, and their combat efficiency is not only greatly reduced, but they are also constantly in danger. "I understand the situation of Major Orwell, but this is a critical moment, and air support cannot be stopped for a moment. We are tired, and the enemy is even more tired. The number of Orwell sorties can be smaller, but the number of times we must not be reduced, so that there will always be our fighters in the sky over the battlefield. ”

When night came, on a certain position of the 5th Division, the American attack had just been repulsed, and a captain and company commander said: "Brothers, we are running out of ammunition, we need to save bullets." You see there are fallen American soldiers lying ahead, we must collect the enemy's ammunition and come with me now. After the company commander finished speaking, he jumped out of the trench, and the soldiers followed. The front was covered with dense craters, and the American artillery fire was still bombarding, and soon the soldiers crawled back in twos and threes, their bodies full of guns and ammunition. On the front lines, such scenes are repeated repeatedly.

The chief of staff in the military headquarters said: "Commander, it is now a quarter past 23, and the east flank has repelled 12 attacks by the US army, and the 5th Division is running out of ammunition." Although the soldiers collected a lot of ammunition from the American army, it was far from enough. What if the military department does not have much ammunition in stockpile? The commander said: "The U.S. army is weak in the attack on the west flank, order the 7th Division to support a part of the ammunition, and order the 4th Division to be prepared to put into the left flank defense, which is the key after dawn, and order the 5th Division, be sure to save ammunition, tomorrow is the most critical." ”

"The corps headquarters telegraphed that the 19th Army estimated that it would be felt at dusk tomorrow, and the armored brigade would rush to the battlefield at dusk at the earliest, and I was worried that there would be problems in the battle during the day." The chief of staff was in a heavy mood. "Report, the U.S. forces on the east side are attacking again." The generals immediately looked ahead. On the position of a regiment of the 5th Division, an officer shouted an order: "The regiment commander orders to bayonet and counterattack the American troops, and all the regimental reserves will participate in the battle." "There were only heavy machine guns firing from the position, and a few mortars were roaring. The U.S. military probably realized that the enemy was running out of ammunition, and their morale was greatly boosted.

"Blow the trumpet!" The regimental commander gave the order, and with the loud sound of the charge horn, the soldiers jumped out of the trench and bravely pounced on the American troops in the night. Soon hand-to-hand combat broke out, and hand-to-hand combat began. The bayonets were red, and the American soldiers had seen this formation, and the American soldiers were far behind in their stabbing skills, and soon the American troops retreated like a tide. The two sides fought together, the American artillery did not dare to open fire, and the power of the bayonets of the expeditionary force was a great success. The 5th Division used counter-charge bayonet tactics to leglate the American troops in 2 charges.

As the day dawned, more severe tests came. U.S. fighter planes were dispatched again, and the U.S. offensive was also rising wave after wave. At the U.S. Army Front Command, Commander Howell's eyes were red and swollen, like an angry bull. His voice was hoarse, and his emotions were obviously out of control. Just now, he personally shot to death a division commander of the 75th Army, who was not in a good position, and shouted hoarsely: In the morning, we must break through the enemy's position. "Therefore, the US military is attacking more and more fiercely.

The reason why Howell was so explosive was that the air force reconnaissance found that enemy reinforcements appeared on the south flank, and the strength was about one corps. According to the calculation of the distance, enemy reinforcements arrived on the battlefield at about dusk. Howell was almost desperate, and yesterday he ordered the Denver Guard Division to be transferred to the front in a car, and in view of the fatigue of the 75th and 82nd Corps in continuous combat, he decided to commit a new force to break through the enemy lines before enemy reinforcements arrived on the battlefield. The Denver garrison was scheduled to arrive at 9 a.m., but there was a delay because a section of the railway line was attacked by Indian guerrillas and about 100 meters of steel was stripped of rails. Therefore, the Denver garrison arrived at the front line at about 12 o'clock, which was one of the reasons why Howell was irritable.

Hand-to-hand combat also broke out on the positions of the 6th Division, and the situation was even more treacherous. Especially on the left flank, the defending 5th Division, the battle loss rate has reached half. The military headquarters redeployed about 3,000 troops of the 4th Division into operation, and although the situation was reversed, the shortage of ammunition caused the pressure on the defense to continue to increase. The commander of the army headquarters decisively ordered: "Order the 7th Division to transfer a brigade to support the defense on the east side, and tell all the officers and men of the 5th Division that they are in the position and swear to live and die with the position." Tell all the officers and men that our reinforcements will arrive in the afternoon. ”

Within the commander of the Carson City Expeditionary Force, the situation was similarly tense. Commander He Meng's expression was solemn, and he held the 2nd Army of Rock Springs, fighting fiercely for three days and two nights. After daybreak, the enemy launched another major attack. "501, the greatest pressure on the 2nd Army is the lack of ammunition, and the situation is not optimistic." He Meng said decisively: "Now is the most critical moment, directly give the order to the 2nd Army, the 7th Division on the east side will leave a brigade to defend, and the rest of the troops will be put into the east side to fight." I guess the enemy must have spotted our reinforcements! ”。 (To be continued......)

PS: The battle was tragic and suffocating.