Chapter 885 Prisoner
The encirclement had already been formed here in Manzanillo, and the intensity of the battle was far higher than Han Lie had predicted. He didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the U.S. military would be so fierce in desperate situations, and the political axe army would also follow suit. The quick strangulation that was originally planned had to be turned into a positional defensive battle, which first consumed the enemy's sharp energy. After all, the real combat power is only five or six hundred in his hands.
There were three directions of attack, and each charge was a company-by-company rush at any cost.
They did not have artillery support, but heavy machine guns and light machine guns did. The Thomson submachine gun of the US army also has fierce firepower, and it is quite threatening when the bullets rain down.
The Browning light machine gun, in particular, roared crisply, and the bullets flew three hundred meters away, trying to suppress the fire on the opposite side.
But the U.S. military clearly miscalculated. All the Huya soldiers and advance army soldiers were very well concealed, only exposing the muzzle of the gun, sniping with accurate sniping, the machine gunner was killed within a second or two of the tongue of fire, and those who charged were all headshots, and they couldn't get close to a hundred meters at all, and at about two hundred meters, when they couldn't shoot accurately, they were killed on the road.
However, with the cooperation of the US military, the Cuban political axe army continued to attack wave after wave, regardless of casualties.
Han Lie had already rushed to the front at this time, he held the binoculars and took a closer look, and couldn't help but smile when he saw the enemy's charge clearly.
"Sample, refueling tactics drain our bullets?"
The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and then he ordered: "Implement the second plan!" The second position is prepared, and the first position is put down, nearly a hundred meters! ”
With his order, the advance soldiers and Huya warriors in the first line of positions slowed down the speed of their shooting, and instead of shooting in the head, they specifically shot the opponent's thigh. but not killed.
The charging enemy suddenly felt a weakening of firepower, the opponent's accuracy was also out of standard, the number of wounded increased, and the number of dead decreased. Although those who were hit in the thigh died if they were not treated in time, at least there is hope for treatment, right?
This gave them hope of crushing the enemy. Waves of attacking troops were assembled at a distance of 300 meters, and they were going to continue to attack.
They didn't know that in the first trench there were thirty Browning light machine guns and ten M1-1917 water-cooled heavy machine guns. These machine guns were not intended to be used at all, because Dong Ku wanted to catch them alive.
Han Lie killed all the people on the sea and on the dock in order to avoid the leakage of information from the shore defense artillery, so that he could continue to ambush the American fleet. The fifth eliminated all the artillery positions, and the soldiers there were afraid of wasting and enduring the guards, not to mention, in the midst of the battle, in case something went wrong. It's troublesome if there's a fire in the backyard, they're too weak now.
And now, the encirclement has been formed, and there is no need to kill them all. Even if it is the US military, there is no need to rush to kill them all, arousing the desperate hearts of the Americans.
In addition, there is a difference between the Eastern and Western cultures, and the US military will be happy to surrender. Even the political axe army is the same. They're not going to die.
Although it will not fight to the death, it is not that it will not fight. The attacks from the three points of the US military continued. Those who fell to the ground and wailed for help were transported backwards after being bandaged by their comrades, and in just ten minutes, a large number of people lay behind. The groans of pain terrified the people behind the attacking positions, and those who could not move and were full of pain and misery. It makes the hearts of the soldiers who have not yet entered the offensive sequence straighten the hairs.
Time passed slowly under the fierce gunfire, and the attack lasted for an hour, and the frontal position never broke through to a hundred meters away. Even the snipers of the US army have difficulty tearing holes in the positions ahead.
Their guns had just fired once, killing the Independence Army fighters in the second line of positions, before they could change places. was hit in the head by a series of bullets, leaving a sniper rifle behind, and died depressed.
And here, the machine gun never had a chance to fire. Semi-automatism alone blocked the enemy's attack.
The recruits, the untrained reserves, lay around each of the advance soldiers, loading them with magazines, changing magazines for guns, and acting as reloaders.
As a result, the fighter could change to a fully loaded gun with just a drop of his hand, and the shooting would not stop at all. There were hundreds of bullet casings piled up around each of them, so that the recruits forgot their fears and occasionally had to peek at them.
They were shooting comfortably, but the U.S. military and the political axe army could no longer hold on. After an hour of charge, the machine gun could not fire at all, and no matter where it hid, before it could be fired, the machine gunner would be killed. Even if you shoot, it's a flash in the pan, and two clicks will be dumb.
As for the charge, an hour is not counted as dead, and the wounded alone are more than a thousand, how can this be fought? On the opposite side, even a quick grab is useless, machine guns and submachine guns are not used, they cannot get close to a hundred meters.
This shows that the pressure on the other party is very light. And it was very humane, their medics who treated the wounded with armbands were never killed, and they were allowed to carry the wounded back to the rear.
At a time when the attack on this side was almost stagnant and the miserable howls made the people lose their fighting spirit, the more than 1,000 attacking artillery positions behind were in a dilemma at this time.
They groped their way down the woods to the hills on either side, and after throwing down hundreds of wounded along the way, they were surrounded.
The sound of guns not killing was constantly heard in the woods, but they could not see where they were. On his side, people keep getting shot, but few die.
Those who were shot were either in the arms or thighs, and the locations where they were injured were not fatal, only a few of them were seriously injured with broken leg bones.
No. 5 personally led the Huya warriors and the elite of the advance army into the jungle with the swimming fish, easily walking around these American troops and political axe troops, the guns with silencers popped, although the sound was not loud, it should have been detected, but this faint sound was muffled by the panicked enemy gunfire.
As long as the attacked U.S. troops and political axe troops were shot, the bullets would knock down a large area of the surrounding leaves, but they didn't know if they were hurting anyone. After advancing less than a kilometer, the two attacking forces were left with less than 300 each, and more than 200 wounded on one side.
Seeing that it was almost over, the Fifth ordered a rapid fire, whether wounded or not, to put a strong pressure on the enemy, and then shouted.
The shouting around the woods made the US army and the political axe army, which were about to collapse, completely lose their fighting spirit, and no one could see it, who were they fighting with? Sooner or later the rhythm of being wiped out.
So, they raised their guns in their hands and shouted surrender.
The oil paint on the face of the five, the camouflage suit and the woods are almost integrated, after making sure that the other party surrendered, there is no bottom in his heart, I don't know why the captain of Lu Dao didn't hurry up and kill him, he wanted to leave all alive, although he carried out the order, but he was worried that these American troops and the Cuban political axe army would come to a suicidal surrender like the Japanese army, causing unnecessary losses, so he just sent a dozen people forward, and ordered them to love you to put the guns together, bandage and treat all the wounded, and take those wounded along the way and walk out of the woods.
When the U.S. military heard that they could enjoy the treatment of prisoners under the Geneva Conventions, they immediately became relaxed, and although they did not talk or laugh, they talked in a whisper, and did not feel the shame of surrendering.
Bandage the hands and feet, treat the wounded, pick up guns and items that have fallen from the bushes, and take them to the storage place of weapons and supplies.
Seeing this scene, Number Five was amazed. He didn't know how these American soldiers were so calm, and he couldn't see any frustration in them, and there were even whispers and jokes.
However, the cooperation of these prisoners was exactly what he needed, and more than 200 were wounded, some were simply bandaged, some were not bandaged, and most of them needed to be supported, so they did not continue to shoot, but used persuasion to surrender.
The U.S. and political axe men helped the wounded out of the woods in an orderly manner and sat on the road, and they didn't really believe that they would not be mistreated until then. For their belongings were seized from their backpacks, but food, cans, and water bottles were left behind.
This shows that the other party is not prepared to abuse them and will really implement the Geneva Conventions.
Number Five looked at the soldiers and said loudly, "You guys! You have become prisoners of our independent army, I promise, you will return to your hometown, see your relatives, as long as you cooperate, you will eat three meals a day, you will eat, do not try to escape, once someone escapes, you will be sitting, not to mention that you will be shot, and the five people around you will also be punished by death. ”
Five's words caused all the soldiers to immediately buzz. They all understood one thing, and that was not to try to escape, they would have a way to live.
Number Five did not talk nonsense, nor did he introduce himself, but asked the general of the Independence Army to come forward and read out the treatment they enjoyed, and although the general was unwilling to think that the enemy had not been killed, he carried out the order.
It's just that he doesn't understand very much, why in what city even kills children, but these soldiers don't kill? Isn't that upside down?
He didn't understand, and the people below didn't understand, but they didn't dare to say anything, because their instructors were too powerful, although they participated in the entire battle, there were actually only hundreds of people who came forward, and they were all as powerful as the instructors.
The prisoners here were done, and all the guns and ammunition were recovered, so that those recruits forgot their doubts and puzzles, and they all handed over the 38 big cover in their hands to the reserves, and replaced them with Garand.
Just as they were just making a move, a dense cannon fire suddenly sounded in front of them, and the roaring explosion made people's hearts tremble, making these prisoners tremble one by one. This is not their cannonball, it is the enemy's. The enemy has such a fierce firepower but it has never been useless, and the sound sounds no less than 200 calibers, or even higher.
In the middle of the shelling, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and broken trees flew everywhere, and a canopy of stone and earth rose into the sky, and there were no corpses in it.
Looking at the area again, it actually covers a considerable area, and that location is where the combined army of the US Army and the Political Axe Army is located.
However, the shells did not fall on the crowd, but on their surroundings and 100 meters away, and even behind them there were shells falling, and the whole was an encirclement of shells.
Obviously, this is not to kill them, this force is to capture them, wound more than 1,000 people with accurate sniping, and then use artillery to crush their last resistance and persuade them to surrender. (To be continued......)