Stick to the Ridge Line (4)
"Skaden, take your bazooka and finish out that shooting hole over there, if you don't kill it, we will be swept down by the Chinese like corn, do you understand?" "I know sir, I'm going to kill it!" Skarden said, picking up Bazooka on his shoulders. "Soldiers, prepare to attack!" The battalion commander of the American army said to his soldiers. "Yes!" U.S. soldiers said.
"Sanhai, do you see if there is a shooting group of the American army there?" Mikai said to Koji. "They're carrying Bazooka!" Xiao Ji also said. "This shooting group is running to the right, what are they trying to do?" "They want to knock out the fire holes in the pit and cover their troops!" "Let's kill it!" Mimi said. "Our mission is to wipe out the remnants of the escaped artillery fire net, and not a single American soldier can be allowed to get close to the ridgeline!" Xiao Ji said. "They can't see such a firing group in their current position, and if we don't make a move, once we let them knock out the fire of the tunnel, it will be difficult to do!" "Alright! I'll fight! Xiao Ji said.
Xiao Ji adjusted the artillery, loaded the shells, and prepared to shoot, at this time Skaden was also ready to shoot, but unfortunately just when he was about to launch, Xiao Ji's shell was fired first, and the shell exploded next to Skaden, and Skaden's group was blown up by the cannonball, but before he died, Skaden still shot Bazooka's *, because of the impact of the shell shock wave, Bazooka shot crookedly, but the explosion of Bazooka* made the Americans think that Skaden's * had destroyed the fire point of the tunnel!
"Go!" The American soldiers rushed forward with a shout, and spontaneously dispersed and rushed in the direction of the ridge. "The enemy is attacking, artillery fire is stopping!" The commander of a battalion shouted as he looked at the rushing American troops with a telescope. The artillery began to fire, and although the artillery fire of a battalion was limited, it was concentrated in an area with a limited ridge line, and the firepower was still okay. The heavy artillery fire began to block the US troops, and the US troops did not expect such fierce artillery fire, and they were stunned for a while. And at this time, the fire in the tunnel also began to shoot, and under the double blow of artillery fire and machine gun fire, the American troops threw down dozens of corpses and began to retreat!
"What's going on?" Cowan didn't expect that the U.S. troops would be beaten back, and hurriedly began to ask the reason. "Our shock troops were assaulted by superior fire from the enemy and lost dozens of people!" The staff officer replied. "Immediately find a way, transfer the tanks, attack from both sides with the South Korean army, our men cover with tanks, we must take the ridge line, otherwise, we will lose! Also, the bombers are required to carpet bomb this area, and the Chinese fire must be suppressed! Cowan said to the staff officer.
"Is there something wrong with this Cowan? A few days ago, we carried out blockade bombing of two roads, but there was no progress, and now we are asking us to carpet bomb this area, we have a lot of support tasks to complete, and we can't just serve one division! The Chief of Staff of the Air Force said after reading Cowen's telegram. So what now? Refuse his request? The staff officer said from the side. Tell him that we can only carry out routine bombing, and we can't send planes specifically for carpet bombing! Said the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
"What? They refused? Cowan was surprised and said, "We've been here for almost a month, and now is a critical period, where could there be a more important task than here?" "The Air Force says they don't have enough resources to bomb this place indiscriminately!" The staff officer said. "We have invested thousands of planes in this war, don't we have the resources to bomb such a place?" Cowan said. "Division commander, you can call General Van Vliet, if he gives the order, it will definitely be different!" The staff officer suggested. "Okay, I'll send a telegram to General Van Vliet right away!" Commander Cowen said, "The success of this battle now lies on this ridge!" ”
"General, your old friend Division Commander Cowen asked the Air Force to carry out a carpet attack on the Chinese position opposite him, but the Air Force refused!" Van Vliet's chief of staff reported to Van Vliet. "I've reported this to me, is the situation there important?" Van Vliet said. "According to the current situation, the Chinese are accumulating supplies and are actively preparing for a counteroffensive here!" Chief of Staff report! "Do the Chinese have the ability to launch a counteroffensive here?" Van Vliet asked. "According to intelligence, the Chinese are actively preparing!" said the chief of staff. "Haven't our planes been bombing that area intensively?" Van Vliet asked. "We bomb all the time, but the Chinese always have a way to send supplies to the front!" said the chief of staff.
"Master Cowen said in the telegram that the Chinese tunnel is like a fish bone stuck in the throat, making us very passive, and Cowen said that if it were not for the Chinese tunnel, we would have launched an attack north of the Five Holy Mountains!" "Since this is the case, then we should take out the Chinese's tunnels as soon as possible, as long as we can launch an attack, we can contain the possible attack of the Chinese!" Van Vliet said. "Then you mean we called the Air Force and asked them to bomb it?" The chief of staff asked. "Yes! Indiscriminate bombing, tell Cowan that as long as the Chinese tunnels can be destroyed and the attack can be launched, all combat units must give support! Van Vliet said.
"Division commander, General Van Vliet has agreed to our indiscriminate attack, and also said that as long as we can eliminate the tunnel and start the attack early, all combat units will support us!" The staff officer told Cowan about Van Vliet's reply: "In half an hour, the Air Force will be carpet bombarded!" "Great, tell the tanks to cooperate with our attacking troops, launch an attack immediately after the bombardment, and be sure to cooperate well and wipe out all the ridged forces of the Chinese!" After the elimination, immediately throw the prepared assault group into it and destroy the Chinese tunnels in one fell swoop! Van Vliet said to the staff officer, "The connection between the front and rear attacks is important, and there can be no gaps!" "Yes!"
"Prepare to drop the bomb!" The U.S. bomber fleet in the air flew to the area demanded by Cowan and carried out carpet bombing under the command of the captain! The U.S. military's carpet bombing refers to the use of a large number of unguided* coverage to bomb a certain area like a carpet on the floor, killing and destroying personnel and equipment in that area, with the intention of achieving a blow to the morale of the other side. Such an attack required a large number of bombers to concentrate and intensively bomb an area.
The U.S. bombers threw down * like raindrops fell densely, in an area below the ridge line was blown up inch by inch, the first is the forward gun position of Anshun, after the US bomber * fell, the front two gun positions were instantly submerged, the two companies covering Anshun because of this kind of bombardment, protection evasion could not be avoided, was killed and wounded, the two companies were almost blown up to the loss, Anshun's gun position after the bombing, only two guns remained, There was only one person left with a gunner who died!
Liu Hai saw the raindrops falling, knowing that this was not going to be easy, and was anxiously looking at the gun emplacement in front of him, he was dragged up by several guards and pressed next to a stone. "It's all lying on the division commander!" The guard squad leader shouted, and several guards around him climbed up, and when * fell, the top two were blown away by the shock wave of the explosion of *, and a huge piece of shrapnel passed through the bodies of the four guards and pierced into the chest of the guard squad leader, and the bottom bangs were fortunately not injured! After the explosion, Liu Hai found that the six guards lying on his body, including the guard squad leader, were all sacrificed so that he was not injured!
"Connect me to the artillery battalion behind!" Bangs watched all six of his guards sacrificed, and his eyes were red! Liu Hai knew that the Americans would definitely attack after the bombing, so the most important thing now was to command the artillery battalion to contain the enemy's attack! "Yes ... Teachers! After the communicator next to him agreed, he began to call the artillery battalion with a walkie-talkie!" Call the artillery battalion, call the artillery battalion! "After the correspondent called a few times, a reply from the artillery battalion came from the walkie-talkie." Teachers... Connected! "After the correspondent handed the walkie-talkie, the walkie-talkie fell to the ground! Liu Hai saw that the walkie-talkie had fallen to the ground, picked it up strangely, turned his head to look at the communicator, and found that the communicator's legs and one forearm had been blown off, leaving only the last arm stretched out to the place where the walkie-talkie fell!
"Artillery battalion, artillery battalion! I'm bangs, I'm bangs! Pay attention to observe that once the enemy's attack begins, you must fire with all your strength and not let the enemy get close to the ridge line! Bangs said into the walkie-talkie. What about your losses? "Report to the division commander, the battalion commander and your guards have been killed, I am the commander of a company, and now I take the initiative to take over the command, our artillery has been blown up six, and now we still have ten guns, and some shells have also been blown up, but for the time being, the task can be completed!" A company commander in the walkie-talkie said. "Okay, you fire with all your might, I'll call for support for you!" Bangs put down the walkie-talkie and began to look around, looking for any guards alive!
"Is there anyone alive?" Bangs shouted around. "Yes!" A voice said in the dirt next to him. Bangs turned his head to see a guard struggling to crawl out of the dirt. Bangs hurriedly crawled over and said that the guard had dug out of the dirt! "Can you still go?" Bangs asked. "I can go!" The guard said. "You go to Wu Fatzi's artillery regiment now, let Wu Fatzi transfer another artillery battalion to support, and then tell Liu Xiaoshan to send an additional battalion over!" Bangs said. "Yes!" The guard agreed, stood up and stumbled out!