Wu Qianli secretly observed the situation of the US troops below, and the experienced soldiers were all ready for battle at this moment.

The soldiers clenched the weapons in their hands, held their breath one by one, and just waited for Wu Qianli to give an order, and they would hit the attacking enemy fiercely.

At this moment, the attacking American troops were completely unaware of the approaching danger, and they continued to climb towards the top of the mountain.

Seeing that there was no movement on the mountain, they were also a little vigilant, and kept shooting and shooting, the purpose of which was to test.

There were no volunteers on the mountain to fight back, although they also vaguely seemed to see a figure swaying on the top of the mountain, but there were not many.

Seeing that the volunteers on the mountain had never counterattacked, the American soldiers thought that there were no soldiers on the mountain, or a small number of troops, and saw that they could not hold their positions, so they took the initiative to retreat.

So these American soldiers continued to boldly advance towards the mountain, and they were getting closer and closer to the top of the mountain.

Wu Qianli saw the opportunity, suddenly raised his submachine gun, aimed at a group of enemies and pulled the trigger, and shouted loudly: "Hit Lao Tzu hard!" ”

"Da Da Da Da~!"

Dense gunfire rang out, and a string of red-hot bullets flew quickly towards the enemy.

The American soldiers were caught off guard and were instantly beaten into a sieve and killed on the spot.

The other fighters, after hearing Wu Qianli's order, also raised their guns one after another, aimed at the enemy and shot desperately.

For a moment, the gunfire was loud, and the bullets rained down on the enemy.

A dense rain of bullets swept by, and the enemy was swept down in an instant.

Then a dozen grenades, snorting black smoke, flew down from the top of the hill and landed in the crowd of enemies.

"Boom~! Rumble~! ”

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and the enemy was immediately turned on their backs, killed and wounded.

Then another round of grenades fell, a dozen of which fell into the crowd of enemies.

Violent explosions rang out incessantly, and the gunfire never stopped.

In a short period of time, more than half of the more than 100 American soldiers who attacked were killed or wounded, because they were too close.

Suddenly attacked, due to the unfavorable geographical location, they could not effectively form a counterattack, resulting in a great loss, so they quickly suffered heavy losses.

After being hit head-on, the American troops were completely defeated, and the surviving American soldiers were so frightened that they did not dare to continue the attack, and one by one they turned their heads and ran down the mountain, just wanting to escape back as soon as possible.

Wu Qianli threw the submachine gun aside, raised the Garand rifle, aimed at the enemies who fled back, and pulled the trigger one after another.

"Bang bang bang~!"

A crisp gunshot rang out, and in less than half a minute, three more fleeing enemies were killed by Wu Qianli.

At this time, the American tanks under the mountain began to concentrate all their strength and shoot in the direction of the top of the mountain.

Shells and bullets rained down one after another, in order to cover the retreat of their troops.

However, most of the American soldiers who attacked this time have remained in this position forever, and only a few have finally fled back.

Seeing that the U.S. troops had fled far away, Wu Qianli hurriedly ordered: "Immediately withdraw to the tunnel in an orderly manner." ”

"Yes!"

The warriors immediately began to pack up their positions and began to retreat in an orderly manner.

Take back all the remaining weapons and ammunition and, most importantly, the wounded comrades, as well as the remains of the fallen comrades.

The remains left on the positions will certainly be completely blown up.

Generally, if you can take it away, you should bring it back to the pit as much as possible, and then find an opportunity to bury your comrades in the future.

Due to the limited conditions, most of the sacrificed soldiers can only be buried on the spot, which is also a matter of no choice.

The soldiers of the Seventh Regiment are also experienced, and their movements are also very fast.

In just a short period of time, all of them withdrew from the pit in an orderly manner.

However, two scouts were left behind to hide in a safe place to observe the situation.

After a while, a piercing whistling sound sounded in the air.

Without hesitation, the two scouts immediately ran towards the mouth of the tunnel.

Then one howitzer shell after another fell on the hilltop position.

"Boom~! Rumble~! ”

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and soon the hilltop position was once again under artillery fire.

On the opposite position, Colonel Will, who was thunderous, pointed to the 435 heights and roared loudly: "Bomb me, keep bombing!" ”

"Send these bastards to hell for me."

The failure of the attack has completely angered this ghost, and now he wants to raze the entire 435 Heights to the ground.

At the same time, this old guy really couldn't understand how the volunteers held out under such a fierce bombardment.

Moreover, the attacks of the American troops in other directions also ended in failure, and the nearby hills, under the guard of the volunteers, were as stable as Mount Tai.

The U.S. forces attacked again and again, but they were never able to take these hills, and instead paid a very heavy price.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and Colonel Weir commanded his troops to launch three attacks on Heights 435, all of which ended in failure.

What made this old guy even more angry was that not only did he fail to take the 435 heights, but he lost more than 200 troops in vain.

The thought of such a tragic loss made this ghost man's heart ache.

However, in the face of the stubborn resistance of the volunteers, Colonel Will was already desperate and could only temporarily order the attack to be stopped.

Because he really didn't want to see his soldiers die in vain.

A major next to him asked, "Sir, aren't we going on the offensive again?" ”

Colonel Will said angrily: "There is no point in fighting like this. ”

"I can't let my soldiers die in vain, stop attacking for the time being!"

"Don't attack until you think of an effective way."

“yes sir!”

Colonel Will suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly added, saying: "I kept an eye on the attack on the opposite side, and found that the enemy was immediately shelled, although the infantry did not attack, but the artillery still had to launch artillery shelling irregularly." ”

"Even if you can't occupy the positions of the Chinese army, you can't make these hateful guys feel better."

……

Soon it was getting dark.

Looking at the night outside, Wu Qianli couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "It's finally dark, it seems that the enemy won't attack." ”

"We can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

Mei Sheng said: "Our luck is not bad, the casualties are not too big. ”

As he was talking, Yu Congrong walked over and said, "Regiment commander, I just received instructions from my superiors, and the troops who will take over the defense will arrive tonight." ”

"Hmm!"

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "Lao Mei, the friendly troops will come to take over later, and you can introduce our combat experience to them in detail." ”

"Try to avoid some unnecessary casualties, you can summarize it well, the more detailed the better."

"Yes!"

Mei Sheng hurriedly responded.

The number of battles between the Volunteers and the U.S. Army is relatively small, especially some units, which may not have fought a few battles, and this kind of defensive war has not been fought by all units.

And there is another point, that is, the troops have been fighting for a long time, the casualties are large, and many of them are newly recruited, and these fighters are the most dangerous, because they do not have the slightest experience with the US army.

During this time, the Seventh Regiment was also constantly receiving new recruits, but the backbone of the Seventh Regiment were all veterans from the Battle of Changjin Lake, and they could be regarded as experienced, so they still had a certain advantage in the battle against the US army.

Wu Qianli turned to Yu Congrong and ordered: "You give the order to go down, let the soldiers continue to keep an eye on it, although it is unlikely that the enemy will attack, but we can't be careless, we must stand the last shift." ”

"Yes!"

Yu Congrong hurriedly responded.

Wu Qianli then instructed Pinghe: "Inform the soldiers, prepare to transfer!" ”

"And I give you a mission, you organize people to bring back the sacrificed soldiers and wounded soldiers safely."

"If you are seriously injured, you will be immediately sent to a nearby field hospital for treatment."

"As for the remains of the sacrificed soldiers, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and bury them on the spot."

"Yes!"

Pinghe solemnly assured: "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

After about two hours, the troops finally arrived.

Wu Qianli took the soldiers and began to withdraw from the 435 heights in batches. I returned to the temporary station above.

The next morning, Wu Qianli personally led people to dig more than a dozen pits in a mountain forest and buried the remains of the sacrificed soldiers.

Wu Qianli said: "Loyal bones are buried everywhere in Qingshan, brothers, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and the scenery is not bad, so you can rest here first!" ”

"In the future battle, we will fight for you, and we will kill the American devils for you."

"When we have the conditions in the future, we will definitely come to pick you up and take you home."

The soldiers worked together, and soon all the dozen soldiers were buried, and the tombstones were erected for later search.

After burying the sacrificed comrades, Wu Qianli returned to the garrison with the soldiers, and explained to everyone that they had a good rest in the past two days, recuperated their spirits, and prepared for battle.

Because Wu Qianli knew very well that this battle would definitely last for a long time, they had to be ready to go to the front line at any time.

Within the command of the U.S. military, however, Van Vliet was utterly disappointed.

Van Vliet angrily pointed at the sand table and shouted: "These troops on the front line are just a bunch of waste, they are simply rice buckets, they have been fighting for so long, they can't move forward." ”

"And according to what they reported, their losses are not small."

"How can this be true, I wonder, are those volunteers really that terrible?"

Li Qiwei showed a wry smile on his face, and hurriedly comforted: "Old man! That's already the case, don't get too angry. ”

"And ...... These volunteer armies are really difficult to deal with. ”

"Now that they've built a strong line, it's hard for us to take advantage of it."

Van Vliet frowned and asked, "Then what do you say to do?" ”

"What should I do?"

Li Qi pondered for a moment and said: "The matter has come to this point, I'm afraid there is no good way to do it, but to fight a long-term war of attrition with them." ”

"Make full use of our advantages, gradually consume their strength, and look for opportunities in the future."

"After fighting for so long, our troops are already exhausted, and it's time to rest."

"However, we can't let the enemy sit idle, always keep them under pressure, the main force should seize the time to rest, we can also take the opportunity to replenish more troops and supplies, and we can also prepare to launch a larger-scale offensive."

Van Vliet said: "But will Congress really support us to continue fighting? ”

Li Qiwei was slightly stunned for a moment, and glanced at Van Vliet with interest.

Van Vliet explained: "I know that we are soldiers and should not be too involved in political issues, but now this war is no longer just a military issue, it has inevitably involved political issues, so we also have to consider some political factors. ”

Li Qiwei pondered for a moment and said: "At least the Congress has no intention of letting us stop the war now, so we should go all out to fight, as for the future?" I'm not the president, and I don't count! ”

"Let's take one step at a time."

Van Vliet nodded and said, "You're right, let's do our job, and without specific orders, I will do my best to defeat our enemies as soon as possible." ”

Li Qiwei picked up the coffee on the table, smiled and said, "I can only do this first." ”

Van Vliet didn't see it that way, because he naively thought that he could take advantage of this opportunity to completely defeat the volunteers, but now he is still far from his goal, so this old guy is not comfortable.

However, this is already the case, and Van Vliet has no other way but to order the front-line troops to temporarily stop the all-out offensive.

However, the battle is not over, and artillery fire continues on all fronts.

Fighting happens every day, but now the American offensive seems to be perfunctory, and it is not as desperate as before.

More often than not, they just send planes for bombing, shelling with artillery, and that's it.

……

Inside the headquarters of the Volunteer Army.

"Now we can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

Chief of Staff Xie said: "All the troops have already built a defensive line, and the offensive of the United Nations forces has also weakened significantly, and it seems that they have reached the limit and know that they will not be able to break through our defensive line, so they have given up for the time being." ”

'It gives us plenty of time to recuperate, and we need to take advantage of this opportunity and build up strength to fight back.'

"The strength of the U.S. military is far beyond our imagination, but we still have to do everything we can to defeat them."

"We need soldiers now, we need all kinds of material support, and only when we have enough materials can we have the strength to fight back."

As the number of front-line troops increases, so does the need for more and more logistical provisions.

At present, there has been a nationwide upsurge of defending the homeland and defending the country, and all parts of the country are going all out to support the front line.

However, due to various reasons, the logistics on the front line are still full of difficulties, but all departments work together to overcome all difficulties and ensure the war needs of the front line as much as possible.

Chief of Staff Xie said: "The country is also going all out to give us all kinds of support, and if everything is normal, we can quickly accumulate enough materials to launch a large-scale counteroffensive." ”

"The planes of the American devils are very powerful, and we must reduce the losses as much as possible."

"Yes!"

Chief of Staff Xie hurriedly assured: "Please rest assured, I will inform Lao Hong and let them implement it as soon as possible." ”

"This defeat is also a lesson for us."

"We need to learn from our experience and learn from it. Judging from the current situation, if we want to defeat the enemy, we must also change our tactics appropriately. ”

"Change tactics?"

Chief of Staff Xie said thoughtfully: "I'm afraid this is not very easy to do, the enemy is strong, the weapons and equipment are good, and there is air superiority, and now the Li Qiwei and Van Vliet are also old foxes." ”

"The tactics they formulated for our weaknesses were very targeted, and it can even be said that they poked us in the dead end, which is the main reason why we failed to achieve the expected results in these two battles."

"So we also have to find their weaknesses, avoid the real and the false, and pick on his dead holes."

The deputy commander pondered for a moment and said, "Their weakness? What's this? ”

"We can think about this matter slowly, as long as we can figure it out in the next few days."

"I don't believe that they don't have any weaknesses at all, as long as we find their weaknesses and use targeted tactics, we can win."

(End of chapter)