The 143rd Bloody Expedition to the Border (44) Commander of the Artillery Company (II)

The early morning shelling, the rumbling sound, shook the earth three times, and the positions of our army were immediately full of fire, thick smoke and dust, shrapnel flew in all directions, hitting the pile of stones, and the bowl of big stones also flew up, it was simply an unsightly murderous battlefield.

Finally, an infantry company commander couldn't bear it anymore, he didn't ask the infantry battalion commander for instructions, and rushed down the mountain with a company's troops.

It is better to fight the enemy hand-to-hand than to stay in the trenches and wait for others to blow up, and when a company does this, it often triggers a chain effect, and another infantry company also rushes down under the leadership of the company commander.

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

As the rows of soldiers in front fell to the ground, the last company of the last company, which was about to rush down the hill, stopped descending, and they hid in the anti-artillery hole again and shrank in.

The anti-artillery holes on the position, it is okay to defend against mortars, but when the real field howitzers hit, these caves are useless, and soon the shells that are flying quickly lift the lids.

At this time, the infantry battalion commander was still directing the battle with a walkie-talkie in his own 'base camp' concealment department, perhaps because of the distance, or because his company commander had died, he could no longer command the troops.

"Battalion commander, we can't continue to stay in the position, you have to think of a way," the commander of the machine gun company risked his life to march into the concealment department.

"What about your company's casualties?"

"I can't know what to do, the walkie-talkies of the platoon commanders in each platoon under my command can't be connected, why don't we rush down together?"

"What do you say, instructor?"

"The two companies in front have already gone down, take advantage of this opportunity, let's go down too, let's use them as a reserve for their two companies, maybe there is still a trace of survival," sit and wait, it is better to start fighting, and there is no longer a large army to arrive. Seeing that the enemy's artillery fire was so fierce, it must have been several times more enemy than them coming up, and the real small force had no field artillery.

"Okay," the infantry battalion commander shouted, grabbing the walkie-talkie, "all companies pay attention, all companies pay attention, I order the whole battalion to break through quickly, I order the whole battalion to break through quickly!" ”

The infantry battalion commander and the instructor jumped out of the concealment first, and the sky was already dark. As soon as the soldiers on the battlefield saw the battalion commander rushing out, they all followed the swarm and killed them.

"Rush!"

"Kill!"

The main force of the devils of country Y was still organizing personnel to completely annihilate the two infantry companies that had come down from the position at this time, because the men of the two companies were already very close to them, the field artillery and mortars were no longer usable, and they could only use superior forces to surround them.

There was no artillery bombardment. The two infantry companies, which had already broken away from their positions, were not in a hurry to break out, they took advantage of the terrain and dug bunkers. There is a frame of desperate struggle with the enemy, and the battle is carried out to a state of stalemate.

"Rush, kill! The reserve came up, "as the infantry battalion commander rushed down from the position with a machine-gun company and another infantry company." Everyone was shouting these words, which should be to cheer themselves up.

"Comrades, the battalion commander has come to our aid. Rush! The two company commanders in the standoff each shouted after each throwing a grenade in front of them.

There were not many enemies blocking the people coming down the mountain, and they did not expect that there would be people coming down from the mountain, and after watching the large crowd and the two infantry companies converge, the heavy machine guns of our army also occupied the favorable terrain, and several fire snakes erupted.

The infantry battalion commander did not dare to slack off, there was no time to rest here, and he ordered three companies of men to rush out at all costs.

With all the infantry rushing down the position, the devils of country Y also gathered a large number of troops to move towards the exit, and if they successfully reached the passage, the infantry battalion would not be able to break through at all, because their strength was several times greater than that of the infantry battalion.

Just when the infantry battalion commander saw that the enemy was about to stop him, the sound of our army's artillery sounded from the position, "Knock knock." ”

It turned out that the commander of the artillery company had been hiding in the tunnel of Xu Rongban, and when the artillery fire on the position decreased, he finally came out, and when he saw that all the people in his company had just run out, the infantry battalion commander and the machine gun company were already under the mountain.

"Company commander, what shall we do?" Xu Rong asked loudly.

"It seems that we can't get out, listen to my orders, cover the infantry battalion to rush out, concentrate all mortars, recoilless guns, and hit me at the entrance to the road!" The artillery company was located at the top of the position, most of them were bare-handed, each squad had only three submachine guns, as the saying goes, 'artillery can't be bayonets', where can they rush down, only hope for the infantry battalions, they rush out, which means that they also have the opportunity to respond to the foreign rush down the mountain.

"Hit hard, fire at the crowd," all the artillery fire was concentrated in the direction of the intersection, and suddenly the devils of country Y suffered countless casualties, and they did not dare to approach the intersection.

"Okay, great, the comrades of the artillery company have supported us, everyone will follow me to kill the out," the infantry battalion commander Wan did not expect, his own artillery company also came in handy, under the assault of the three companies, he successfully tore a hole, and he retreated from the path with the machine gun company.

Witnessing the successful assault of the infantry battalion, dozens of people in the artillery company sat down stupidly, on the position, they only had less than thirty guns, and the shells were almost fired, and they were greeted only by the arrival of death.

After the infantry battalion commander who rushed out sorted out the team, he said loudly, "Comrades, we came out with the artillery company, and the people covered us with artillery fire, shouldn't we go back and rescue them!" ”

"Yes, that's right!"

"Well, the machine gun company occupies the favorable terrain, the front passage, kill me back!"

The infantry battalion killed a horse pistol, for the devils of country Y, it was not surprising at all, they had already occupied the road, put sandbags on it, and waited for the infantry battalion to come, looking at more enemies than themselves, the infantry battalion commander had no choice but to shoot at each other, and did not dare to rush forward again.

The commander of the artillery company at the position made a pre-war mobilization to everyone, and said in the end, "The head can be broken, the blood can be shed, and we can't do it as a prisoner, we can't do it, we can't do it by nature, come here." Raise the banner of the 'Three Artillery Company' for me. ”

"Yes," the correspondent is the 'standard-bearer' in the company, and usually this company flag is only picked up with a bamboo pole when it goes out for the expedition and triumph, because they are almost always fighting with others, so they are embarrassed to raise this flag, but now it is different, on the position, only they have a company, and the messenger wearing the company flag ran in front of the company commander and handed the flag to the commander of the artillery company.

"Xu Rong!"

"Here!"

"You give me the banner and plant it at the very top of the position. Remember, the people are in the flag, you can't bring it down to me! ”

"Yes, I promise to complete the task," Xu Rong took the flag, ran to the top of the mountain, found a clear position in the middle, dug the pit with a war shovel, and put the flag inside. Then squeeze it with a stone and fix it.

By the time Xu Rong planted the flag, the entire artillery company had already arrived at their respective combat positions, and he shouted a few times at the artillery company. It meant that he wanted to come down and participate in the battle together, but the commander of the artillery company waved his hand to him, meaning that he should keep the flag watched.

"Battalion commander, look. The banner of the artillery company! "A company commander who was fighting to the death on the road saw the artillery company's flag fluttering at the highest point of the position, and immediately told the infantry battalion commander.

"What a deal. Heavy machine gun, give Lao Tzu a hard beating! The infantry battalion commander shouted hysterically, and during this time, he carried out several attacks, but the opponent's heavy machine guns were suppressed, so that they all hid in bunkers and could not move forward.

As if they had seen something, they arranged for people to block the counterattack of the infantry battalion on the access road, and on the other hand, they organized personnel to launch an attack on the position of the artillery company.

Everything was cruel, the artillery company's shells were finally finished, and each shell really wiped out the slightest enemy, and when a large number of enemies rushed to the position, the soldiers of the artillery company who fell were basically all the soldiers, because their firepower was too weak, and the whole company had a total of more than 30 submachine guns, each with only four grenades, where could they withstand such a fierce attack.

"Don't waste bullets, wait until they're in!" The commander of the artillery company had long run out of pistol bullets, and he pulled out his bayonet from a soldier's gun and prepared for the last battle.

"Company commander, what should I do with this cannon?"

The soldier's words reminded the commander of the artillery company, "There are no shells to do anything to it, all of them will be pushed down the cliff!" ”

"Yes."

Seeing the comrades-in-arms at the front line fall one by one, Xu Rong simply pulled up the company flag, and he stood on the top of the mountain swinging back and forth, hoping that after the reinforcements saw his flag, they could arrive quickly to rescue them.

The truth is ruthless, the comrades of the artillery company who have run out of bullets, when they are about to rush out of the trench to fight the enemy, let the enemy end their fate with bullets.

Seeing his men fall one by one, the commander of the artillery company smiled and said, "Come on, come on, come to me, as long as the flag of the three artillery companies does not fall, Lao Tzu will die without regrets", he looked at Xu Rong who was waving the banner on the top of the mountain, and then rushed to the enemy formation.

The sniper of the devil of country Y had already aimed at Xu Rong, but Xu Rong jumped back and forth to change his position, and the distance was too far, so he was not knocked down by several shots, so the enemy commander increased his troops, and after they cleaned up all the people in the artillery company, Xu Rong and his company flag disappeared on the top of the mountain.

When the infantry battalion commander heard that there were no more guns on the other side of the position, he expected that the dozens of brothers in the artillery company had already died heroically, and he did not dare to hold on to the enemy any longer.

"Withdraw, withdraw!" The discipline of the infantry battalion was still orderly, and under the cover of two companies, one company and the machine-gun company retreated to the second line, and before the enemy could rush up, the machine-gun company occupied the favorable terrain and pressed down the attacking enemy.

After clearing all the positions on the mountain, the devils of country Y thought that no one was alive, so they all withdrew their positions.

"Horn!" With a gunshot, a tall devil from country Y fell in response, and all the devils saw Xu Rong holding a big flag, waving it back and forth, as if he was provoking them.

There was also one person who survived and killed their soldiers, under the command of the officer of country Y, a large group of devils opened fire and ran to the top of the mountain, when they came to the top of the mountain, Xu Rong disappeared again, and they only picked up a half-section of the flagpole.

The search for the whole mountain of the devils of country Y is careful, at this time the sky is already bright, and from time to time I hear the gunshots shot by Xu Rong, it is possible that he is humiliating the enemy, or it may be that his marksmanship is not good, anyway, he has never eliminated the enemy, and the enemy has searched repeatedly, but he has not found him.

As time went on, the enemy didn't have the mind, and they retreated again in order to catch a Xu Rong.

"Hey. I'm here, you guys arrest me! Xu Rong appeared on a pile of stones again, he waved the half-cut flag with his hand, his face was full of blood, most of which were scratched by the stones, but he was not injured on his body, and he was still shouting.

"Horn, horn," several enemy submachine guns fired again, but they still didn't hit him, and by this time he had already jumped into the tunnel. It's moving back and forth.

Xu Rong's bullets had long been gone, no matter how he shouted, he still didn't let the enemy come up and catch him, and the boring Xu Rong climbed to the top of the mountain again, he was like a general, holding a big flag, shouting loudly.

It may be Xu Rong's approach that angered the commander of the Y Army, under his guidance. The field artillery swept in again, and this time it took longer than the time to hit the entire infantry battalion, which made Xu Rong, who had not had time to enter the tunnel to hide, reload, and it was not a single shrapnel. It was all the same, but the company flag in his hand still stuck to it, and waited until the large army came to the position to find him.

"Battalion commander, this kid is still alive." The infantry battalion quickly returned with the large force after dawn, when everyone carried the bodies of their comrades down the mountain. A warrior found Xu Rong on the top of the mountain.

"It's really fake," the infantry battalion commander immediately rushed to the top of the mountain with several company commanders, and when they saw Xu Rong in the dark, covered in blood, and still holding the flag of the 'Three Artillery Company' without a flagpole in his hands, they all stood up and saluted, showing their respect and love for this invincible soldier.

At this time, the large-scale operation, the first commander of the front finger also came to the scene, he saw Xu Rong at the 'a certain front-line medical team', Xu Rong was dying at this time, in order to better treat him, the military doctors proposed not to take out the shrapnel immediately, and sent him to the field hospital as soon as possible.

"Young man, good, I heard about the deeds of your company, you are very heroic, you can still do it at the last moment, you are the god of war on the battlefield, the third artillery company has you, it has not disappeared, we want to rebuild the third artillery company, you are the company commander of the third artillery company in the future, no, it should be called the artillery company, I want to ask the headquarters for your company, give you the honorary title, it will be called the artillery company, you have to live, the commander of the artillery company!"

Gao Yao, a war correspondent at the headquarters, really has a brush, he wrote a long report on the deeds of the 'Divine Artillery Company', and also wrote in the report, "A young soldier who has just completed three years, after the baptism of war, he will definitely become a good company commander, and he is the company commander of the Divine Artillery Company with the honorary title, let us learn from him and pay tribute to him!" ”

Xu Rong met Guo Kaishan in the field hospital, and he was excited when he learned that Guo Kaishan was the third brother of his idol Guo Kaishan.

"Third brother, I also call you third brother, I am the fifth brother who asked me to be a soldier, what do you think of me? Didn't you lose your old Guo family? The military medal on Xu Rong's chest was specially sent by plane from the headquarters, this is a rare military medal, its name is called "honorary title", but it is not a first-class honorary title issued by the headquarters, this is a second-level, the kind that belongs to the nature of a large military region.

"I also saw your deeds from the newspaper, you really deserve to be from City A, give our old family face, good boy, I am really flattered to have your younger brother," Guo Kaishan was also quite excited, the last time he broke into the operating room for Xu Rong, Liu Xuehua was still angry, saying that he had violated discipline and disturbed his work.

"You are the third brother, Guo Kaiqing is the fifth brother, so is there anyone younger than you in your family?"

"I also have a fourth brother and a sixth brother."

"Then they're all older than me, aren't they?"

Guo Kaishan nodded, not knowing what Xu Rong wanted to say.

"You are the third brother, then I am your seventh brother, don't disown me as a brother, Guo Kaixin, my fourth brother and my brother Xu Ming are brothers, there is no difference between them, I am your seventh brother in such a row, okay," Xu Rong's health is getting better quickly, he has already received a notice to report to the 'Northwest Artillery School', and now he is the company commander of the 'Divine Artillery Company', why don't you have to receive some formal training.

"Xu Rong, here's the thing, our troops are not like places, and we don't want to do this," Guo Kaishan naturally wanted to refuse.

"Doctor Liu, can you help me talk about it, let him recognize me?" For many days, Xu Rong also knew that Liu Xuehua and Guo Kaishan had a good relationship, they had been comrades-in-arms for many years, so he wanted him to intercede.

"A big hero is your younger brother, what else do you have to do, I helped him decide this, I'll give you some delicious food in a while, celebrate, and give you the seventh brother candied food," Liu Xuehua is also very happy today, Xu Rong's surgery was done by her, and the Ministry of Health of the headquarters also praised her, saying that she has excellent medical skills, and she also received the title of 'advanced individual medical worker' issued by her superiors, although there are many people who get this certificate, but Liu Xuehua thinks that this is the honor she has earned through hard work, which is much more noble than giving her money.

On the second day after sending Xu Rong away, the "Red Army Division Frontline Medical Team" received an order from the front commander, telling them to be on standby and rush to the front line at any time.

"It's finally time for this day," Guo Kaishan took a deep breath, next to him was Wang Kai, and Wang Kai was also very excited at this time.

Days of work in the field hospital had made the medical staff of the medical team forget their fears, and they were now insensitized by the wounded all day long, performing repetitive surgical procedures.

"Captain Guo, the superior ordered," the new radio soldier of the medical team is a female soldier, she is quite handsome, it turns out that she is from the communication class of the headquarters, and she specially invited Ying to come here.

"Okay, trumpeter, blow the emergency assembly number!"

Blowing the emergency assembly call in the field hospital, this is the first time, Guo Kaishan stood on the open-top jeep, shouting, and Liu Xuehua also stood up, it was also a vernacular, and then the army set off, they rushed to the real battlefield, and they were greeted by the test of death. (To be continued......)