Chapter 4: Destruction of American artillery positions

"The anti-aircraft company fought well! 100 shots! The comrades-in-arms praised in unison, "It's not a weapon system of an era, there's nothing to be proud of." The air defense company commander and instructor said calmly. The air defense company performed well this time, and hurried down to replenish missiles to provide air defense support for the surrounding area of Liutanli; At the same time, the support company engaged in several more false targets, and the special operations detachment sent a platoon to protect the air defense company and the support company, and told the troops to pay attention to sabotage by special agents. Li Weiguo gave the order again.

"Just now the drone flew back and brought back three pieces of information, one is that the US army has an artillery position 15 kilometers away from us, with a total of 8 155mm howitzers and 16 105mm howitzers; The U.S. military also sent another platoon, two tanks, and four armored vehicles to protect the artillery position. Second, it was discovered that a company of the Volunteer Army was rushing to the enemy's artillery position, which should have been the enemy's artillery position. The third is the deployment of the enemy's 5th and 7th regiments in Liutanli. Li Weiguo said. Now we are divided into two groups, one group is led by me; It consisted of four combat vehicles, four tanks, two anti-aircraft vehicles, and a radar vehicle, and the second platoon of the special operations detachment followed. Our task was to immediately rush to the enemy's artillery position 15 kilometers away and cooperate with the volunteer company to destroy the American artillery position. the other group was led by the chief of staff and consisted of six tanks and six combat vehicles; Immediately after the signal was given to destroy the enemy's artillery positions, we launched an attack on the enemy who was trying to break through at Liutanli; Strive to cooperate with the volunteer troops fighting in Liutanli to block back the American troops who are trying to break through. Zhao Kailai explained the tactical arrangements to the company commanders and instructors who rushed to the armored command vehicle for the meeting.

"Now the key is to get to the enemy's artillery position as soon as possible and destroy it, tank cars No. 2, 3, 4, 5, combat vehicles No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and anti-aircraft companies No. 3, 4, radar No. 1 follow the instructors! Let's go! Li Weiguo gave the order to fight. Zhao Kailai shook hands with Li Weiguo and said goodbye, and quickly set off towards the enemy's artillery position with the first group; Li Weiguo led the second group to move to the battlefield in Liutanli in concealment......

When Zhao Kailai led the first group to quickly advance to the enemy's artillery position at a speed of 60 km/h, the 6th Company of the 177th Regiment of the 59th Division of our Volunteer Army was engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy near the enemy's artillery position. As the US army added an infantry platoon, two tanks, and four armored vehicles to defend the artillery position on the morning of the 29th, the battle of the 6th Company was very difficult. The 6th Company first used two mortars to knock out two 105-mm guns of the American army, but the two American tanks immediately opened fire, and our two mortars were damaged by the enemy (two of the six artillery members of the Volunteer Army were also killed); In the face of the strong firepower of the American army, the 6th Company charged the enemy twice without success; The demolition team sacrificed 6 fighters and failed to move the enemy tank. "Dada...... Suddenly, suddenly, ......" The officers and men of the 6th Company led by Lin Di, the commander of the 6th Company, and the instructor Zhang Dongfeng were still fighting fiercely with the enemy, "Company commander, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, and we can't rush over." "It looks like we're going to have to prepare for the worst, strapped up explosives bags and grenades to form death squads; Even if all our six companies are sacrificed, we must blow up the enemy's artillery positions! ”

"Let the 9 squad assault head-on from the enemy's artillery positions, and we will cover." Instructor Zhang Dongfeng suggested, "I agree, Class 9 will start!" "The forest land is decided." Sudden ...... "Under the cover of other comrades of the 6th Company, the soldiers of the 9th squad rushed to the US artillery position, and the four soldiers of the 9th squad put several grenades into the barrels ......of the four 105mm guns; "Boom, boom, boom......" With four huge explosions, four more US artillery pieces were blown up by the volunteers. Da ....... "The embarrassed and angry American troops launched a counterattack against the 9th squad under the cover of two armored vehicles with large-caliber machine guns, "Comrades, even if you die, you will blow up the enemy's artillery!" The 9th squad leader tied up the explosives bag and led the 9th squad soldiers to rush towards other US artillery...... "boom, ......boom, boom" three huge explosions sounded, and the volunteers blew up three 105mm guns of the US army again.......

The U.S. Army, which had already lost 9 105mm guns and dozens of artillerymen, launched a frantic counterattack against the 6th Company with the support of two tanks and four armored vehicles, and the pressure on the 6th Company was even greater; The tanks of the American army were still 500 meters away from the 6th Company, and the 6th Company of 150 people had already lost 70 people in the fierce battle. "Company commander, there is no time to argue, I will take a platoon to die with the enemy, you take the second platoon and the third platoon to attack from the right flank of the enemy's artillery position, and you will definitely blow up the enemy's remaining artillery!" Zhang Dongfeng said as he instructed a platoon of soldiers to make final preparations; "Lao Zhang...... Follow me in the second and third rows! ......." Lin Di glanced at his old comrades-in-arms, and firmly led the second and third platoons to set off on the right flank of the enemy's artillery position.....

When the 6th Company was preparing for the final battle, Zhao Kailai led the first group of officers and soldiers to a position about 2,000-2,500 meters away from the U.S. artillery position; Zhao Kailai saw in the telescope the situation of the volunteer officers and soldiers preparing for the final decisive battle, "The tank platoon used anti-tank missiles to knock out the enemy's eight 155mm guns first, and the tank platoon knocked out the enemy's tanks and armored vehicles first!" Zhao Kailai ordered. After a few seconds, four tanks and four tanks locked onto their respective targets, "Fire!" Fire! "The tank platoon commander and tank platoon commander gave the order to attack; Eight anti-tank missiles quickly fired at the target with white smoke, and four tanks opened fire on enemy tanks and armored vehicles almost simultaneously......

The artillerymen of the US 155-mm howitzers saw several white rockets pulling white smoke and shooting at them quickly, and before these US troops could react, the huge explosion of the "boom boom ......." blew up the eight 155mm howitzers of the US army into scrap metal, and many US artillerymen went to see their God before they understood what was going on. Almost at the same time, two American tanks and four armored vehicles were hit, and two of them caught fire; Nearly 20 U.S. infantrymen were killed in the explosion and fire. "Report to the colonel, we have encountered a tank, it seems to be a heavy tank provided by Soviet Russia......" A US captain who was reporting was hit by a machine gun bullet from the tank that was fired by "Da Da Da" before he finished speaking. At this time, the tank platoon adjusted the firing target again, and destroyed four more 105-mm guns of the enemy on the march, "The last three 105-mm guns of the enemy should be fired flat!" One of our tank crews reported, "Cars No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 immediately took aim and took out the last of the enemy's artillery!" "The commander of the tank platoon ordered. Tanks No. 103, 104 and 105 adjusted their targets again, and after 5 seconds locked on to the enemy's guns; At the same time, the last three guns of the American army were also ready for flat fire.......

The three tanks and the Americans opened fire almost at ......the same time, and the last three guns of the American army were destroyed, and the artillery of the three guns also went into the sky with the explosion; A 105-mm shell hit the front armor of Tank 103 and exploded with a "pop", and several members of Tank 103 felt shaken (a piece of external reactive armor on the front armor of Tank 103 was damaged by an explosion); Seeing that there was no other impact, they continued to charge forward and continued to fire at the remnants of the American army using accompanying machine guns......

When the eight anti-tank missiles in the tank platoon destroyed the 155-mm howitzers of the US army, the officers and men of the 6th Company, who were preparing for the final decisive battle, were shocked, and then the officers and men of the 6th Company saw that the tanks and armored vehicles of the US troops also went to the sky; "By removing the grenades and explosives, the situation has changed significantly." Lin Di instructed the soldiers. At the time when the forest was talking, there were only three US 105-mm howitzers left, and four tanks and four combat vehicles had bypassed the officers and men of the 6th Company and rushed quickly towards the enemy's artillery position; "Company commander, our tank, I saw the August 1st Army emblem on the tank....." The platoon commander of the 3rd platoon of the 6th company shouted with tears in his eyes;" Now is not the time to cry, blow the trumpet! Comrades, rush! "The officers and men of the 6th Company, under the orders of Lin Land, followed the tanks and combat vehicles to the artillery positions of the American army with the sound of the charge horn.......

Without the support of tanks and armored vehicles, all the artillery has been destroyed; The remaining dozen or so U.S. infantry and dozens of artillery were quickly wiped out under the blows of our tanks, combat vehicles, and more than 120 officers and men, and finally 10 U.S. soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered under the leadership of a U.S. lieutenant (more than 80 people from the 6th company who cooperated with the tank attack did not suffer any more casualties, and 40 people from the special operations detachment also suffered no casualties). "Signal man, signal to the Chief of Staff!" Zhao Kailai said to the signal soldier, "Bang bang bang! "The signalman fired three flares into the air with a flare gun." Comrades, the instructors have cooperated with the volunteer companies to destroy the American artillery positions; Everyone prepared to attack, and first repelled the counterattack of the American army. Li Weiguo issued a combat order to the officers and men of the second group.......