Episode 62 Sniper Flower

The Ming army here heard that there were snipers, and they all hid behind the tanks. In the distance, there was a constant sound of water splashing in the crocodile pond, and many soldiers still didn't know what was going on, and someone quietly asked:

"What is Liu Xiaosheng doing inside?"

The person who understood couldn't bear it, and whispered:

"Liu Xiaosheng has already let Qing Yu beat him to death...... The crocodile is eating him......"

As soon as he said this, the shocking news immediately spread all around, and all the soldiers gritted their teeth and remained silent, listening to the continuous rolling sound in the water, as if Liu Xiaosheng was still alive.

Xu Xiangde exhaled lightly and ordered:

"Throw a grenade in there, and don't let the crocodile eat him again."

"Yes!"

A soldier threw a grenade at him. There was a loud bang in the crocodile pool, setting off a blood-red column of water.

The water was calm, and the tumbling sound was gone. The soldiers' faces were a little bloody, and their hearts felt better.

There are snipers on the other side, and it's hard to even show your head to observe. Although tanks and armored vehicles are not afraid of snipers, it is too much of a loss to advance forward in such an unknown situation.

In the rhinoceros room, the company commander held a telescope and poked his head out of the gap, trying to find out where the sniper was and let the machine gun kill him. But with a muffled "poof", he fell to the ground on his back, his big-brimmed hat rolled aside, the front skull was lifted, and there was a large pool of blood on the ground.

The deputy company commander swooped over, hugged the company commander and shouted sadly:

"Company commander! Captain! …… Captain!!! ”

With a "dang" sound, the deputy company commander also fell to the ground, a hole was pierced in the steel helmet, and blood gushed out.

All the officers and soldiers in the rhinoceros hall stared blankly at the two corpses on the ground, as well as the two-foot square gap in the wall, and they were all shocked.

In an instant, the chief and deputy company commanders were dead. This company of the People's Guard suddenly lost its commander.

The platoon commander of the 1st tank platoon did not dare to show his head in the tank, he looked in the periscope for a long time, and he could not see where the sniper on the opposite side was hiding.

On the opposite side, there is a mound more than ten meters high, which is estimated to be a monkey mountain, with strange rocks, shrubs, and small trees on it. There is also a large house at the top of the hill, which may be a monkey house. No, it's too complicated, and there can be Tibetans anywhere.

He felt that he could not delay any longer, and commanded with his headset:

"Attention all - target, mound ahead, machine-gun covered strafing!"

The machine guns on several tanks and armored vehicles roared, bullets whistled and pounced, and stone chips flew on the rockery opposite, and trees and bushes were beaten with branches, trying to be safe, not wanting to fight the brothers for the sake of the emperor's face. In that case, his Eighth Banner and Fourth Division will be used as cannon fodder for other troops, and the next bigger fruit will not be his.

……

Shi Shengli's battalion command tank also came. The battalion headquarters of the tank battalion was established in the Rhino House. Now the top commander on the scene is Captain Shi Shengli.

Shi Shengli jumped out of the tank, threw his gloves to his entourage, and strode into the rhinoceros pavilion, immediately frowning at the pungent smell of fish. He stared at the two corpses on the ground and said:

"It's all done by the sniper on the other side?"

The frightened officers and soldiers around all nodded their heads.

He asked:

"Which one is the highest rank of infantry here?"

Although more than 2,000 infantry have been deployed nearby, it is relatively chaotic, and the people below have been looking for a long time, and there is only one Xu Xiangde here, with the highest rank, second lieutenant platoon commander.

Shi Shengli looked coldly at this second lieutenant who was about the same age as himself, and said:

"You organize, let the infantry charge."

Xu Xiangde also stared at this prefect who was three levels older than himself, and said coldly:

"Sir, you are asking for the lives of your brothers."

"What do you mean? How can there be no death in war? ”

Xu Xiangde endured the fire and said:

"Sir, you also know that the Qing army must have placed a large number of machine guns in the rear, just waiting for us to charge. Without tanks, the casualties would have been too great. ”

Shi Shengli had never been hit by a subordinate like this, and he became more and more annoyed, but he couldn't help it. After all, this is a suicide order. Shi Shengli took a deep breath and pointed outside with his eyes closed:

"Then you give me a way to get my tank over."

"I've figured it out."

Xu Xiangde said lightly.

……

"Yes, tie it with steel cables, tie it strongly," Shi Shengli arranged for the commander of the car under him, directing them to do manual work, "Don't stay so long, tie it closer." Too heavy? A few more people to help! ”

At the entrance of the museum, a dozen stick boys were shouting trumpets and tying up dead rhinos with steel cables from tanks.

A large rhinoceros weighs five or six tons, is nearly four meters long and nearly two meters wide, pushes it into the artificial river, fills more than half of it, and throws a dozen or so sandbags, and the tank can drive over.

But this requires the rhinoceros to be dragged to the river first. It is not difficult to have tanks to work, the key is to get to the river, and it is up to people to untie and push the dead rhinoceros down the river. Now there are snipers on the other side, and the last step can't be done.

Therefore, the top priority now is to eliminate the Qing army snipers.

Ordinary officers know a common sense that the best way to deal with snipers is to use snipers.

Shi Shengli reported the situation to the headquarters on a field phone and asked for a quick dispatch of excellent snipers. The voice of the high righteousness almost broke the eardrum:

"Isn't the approximate area of the sniper already determined? Then how can it not be shelled? Grind slowly with a sniper, how long will it take! ”

Shi Shengli smiled bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart that I don't know if I can bombard it with cannonballs. He spoke into the microphone and said:

"Report to the group, now the enemy sniper is likely to be on the Monkey Mountain, but the Monkey Pavilion on the top of the mountain is occupied by our people and the Qing army, and it is being fought for! …… So you can't bombard! ”

The other end of the phone was silent, and Gao Dayi hated itchy. It is certainly unrealistic to order the people in the monkey house to be withdrawn. Not to mention whether it can be withdrawn or not, even if it is withdrawn, it means that the entire Monkey Mountain and Monkey Pavilion will be given to the Qing army, and then the Monkey Mountain and Monkey Pavilion will be taken again, and I don't know how long it will take and how many people will die.

Besides, for the sake of a sniper, another ** scale artillery bombardment has to be launched. …… And he has only one person, as long as he lies well and lies in a good place, then even if an artillery division comes to saturate the shelling, it is difficult to say that it can kill him. …… Typical cannon to fight mosquitoes.

Gao Dayi gritted his teeth and said:

"You wait, I'll report to the commander."

……

A light armored car drove in and stopped next to the rhinoceros house. At first glance, this armored car was not the People's Guard sequence, wheeled, very light, about the size of a larger sedan, more than one person tall, with a small turret on its head and a machine gun.

This is an armored reconnaissance vehicle of the High Command.

The door opened, and a figure rushed into the rhinoceros house with its head down.

In the Rhino Pavilion, that is, the headquarters of the tank battalion, Shi Shengli, Xu Xiangde, and all the officers and soldiers stared at this thin figure in surprise.

At most, he is 1.6 meters tall, the hem of the military coat is almost to the heel, and a big steel helmet is stuck in the small head, which is almost stuck to the bridge of the nose. Holding a long canvas bag in his arms, he felt like he was about to be taller than the others.

What's even more strange is that his steel helmet is also wrapped in a layer of canvas, which looks like a big hat.

As soon as the man jumped in, the rhinoceros room was dark, and he didn't seem to be quite comfortable, with his thin chin raised, his eyes squinted, trying to observe everyone in the room from under the steel helmet.