This is the second time Xia Yuan has been bombarded, and this kind of bombardment is still within the range of bearing, after all, this level of bombardment, compared with Shangganling, is simply pediatric.

But he still felt as if the end of the world had come, the earth shook, the cannons roared, the shells fell to the ground with a large amount of dirt vented, everywhere there was falling dirt, the whole world was in ashes, and the corpses of American soldiers were also bombed by heavy artillery and mortars.

I couldn't see the fire, I could only see the smoke in the air, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, mixed together, which was extremely pungent and unpleasant.

The fortifications on the earthen slope had been blown up by shells, and the trenches had been blown open.

The sound of the artillery was vented for five or six minutes, and after the shelling stopped, the entire soil slope of the breakthrough was filled with gunsmoke, the ground was covered with shrapnel, broken clothes and severed limbs were everywhere, and no snow was visible, and the soil turned black.

"They're coming!"

Xia Yuan poked his head out of the trench where he was half buried, spit out the sand in his mouth, and shouted loudly.

After not seeing Zhu Weifeng's movement for a long time, Xia Yuan was startled, and while checking the bullets and grenades, he shouted: "Zhu Weifeng!" Zhu Weifeng! How are you!? ”

Zhu Weifeng's intermittent voice came from the dirt slope, "I, I'm fine." There was a hint of weakness in his voice, "I... I'll cover you. ”

Hearing the sound of the heavy machine gun, Xia Yuan was still worried about Zhu Weifeng's physical condition, but when he saw the US troops rushing up, he didn't care so much, he pulled the grenade and threw it over, and the grenade that exploded in the air caused heavy casualties to the US troops.

One by one, the bullets pierced through the bodies of the US troops, and in less than two minutes, more than 20 corpses lay on the way of the US troops' charge

Seeing that the enemy's firepower was so strong, the American troops could not charge it at all, so they turned around and left the wounded and retreated, estimating that the enemy's heavy artillery would bombard them again after a while.

Li Laicai touched it: "Resisted, what about Zhu Weifeng?" ”

Xia Yuan blew the empty magazine, took out the bullet from the bullet bag and pressed it inside, and stopped him and said: "On the top, don't go over first, the enemy has been beaten back, it is estimated that there will be a second round of bombardment in a while, find a cover to hide first." ”

Then he shouted: "Zhu Weifeng, how are you?" ”

Zhu Weifeng's somewhat weak voice came out of the bunker: "It's still holding on, don't worry." ”

"Good!" Xia Yuan nodded heavily: "You hold on, and when the support comes, we will be safe." Brother Cai, sapper shovel, dig a little deeper, and the U.S. artillery will soon hit you. ”

They have to hold on to this small dirt slope in front of them, waiting for reinforcements to arrive, there have been loopholes in the deployment of the US army in Xinxingli, as long as they hold this place steadily, and wait until the reinforcements arrive to expand the results of the battle and help other troops break through the forward positions of the US army, then it is just around the corner to take Xinxingli tonight.

Zhu Weifeng was in charge of fire support, Xia Yuan was in charge of strikes, and Li Laicai was in charge of logistics.

The division of labor between the three was very clear, and in the trenches surrounded by dirt slopes, Xia Yuan relied on the favorable terrain to throw grenades at the forward positions of the US troops within 100 meters of the small dirt slope, and dealt a severe blow to the US troops, and after throwing away more than 20 grenades, the US troops could no longer be seen within a radius of 100 meters on the small dirt slope.

Li Laicai dug the bunker, looked at Xia Yuan's movements, and grinned: "Your bomb throwing skills are really powerful, no worse than the grenadiers of the Japanese devils." ”

Xia Yuan leaned in the bunker, looked at Li Laicai's dark face, and grinned, "It's far away... I..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sharp whistling of cannonballs overhead, followed by the cannonballs falling on the fortifications that had just been dug, and the earth was thrown into the air by the bursting shells, and a new round of shelling came.

This round of artillery bombardment is obviously more fierce than the previous round of shelling, and the enemy also knows the importance of this position, if the troops of the Volunteer Army are allowed to tear the hole from here, their defense line will shrink, and the difficulty of holding on will be greatly increased, the position is a game, and every time a position is swallowed, it will be closer and closer to the footsteps of the lost.

The shelling lasted for 10 minutes, and such a small hill was covered by heavy American artillery fire.

In front of the frontal battlefield of the 239th Regiment in the distance, a company commander turned his head to look at the movement coming from the other side, "What's going on over there, why did the artillery of the US Army start bombarding their forward positions?" ”

The company commander walked over quickly, "I just received the news that a three-person combat team of the Seventh Interspersed Company has touched a dirt slope behind the forward position of the US army, and has captured the dirt slope, and the regiment headquarters is mobilizing troops to prepare to attack from the position of that dirt slope, as long as they can hold on, our army can use that position to tear through the enemy's defense line." But it depends on whether they can hold on. ”

The company commander looked at the flickering firelight in the distance and couldn't help frowning: "Three people? Under such fierce artillery attack, even thirty people may not be able to hold it. ”

Lian instructed: "This is really uncertain, do you know the deployment map that the regiment headquarters got during the general attack?" According to the regiment commander, this soldier had single-handedly broken into the U.S. military garrison in Xiajieyu, blowing up the enemy's artillery positions and fuel supplies, and the U.S. troops in Xiajieyu suffered heavy casualties that night. After the war, the first-level combat heroes had no way to run. ”

The company commander's eyes widened, and he said thoughtfully: "No wonder, no wonder they can rush in, but it depends on whether they can hold on, after all, shells don't have eyes." ”

Other companies were also more or less aware of the change in the position of the US artillery bombardment, and as commanders, it was most basic to observe the situation on the battlefield. After receiving the information transmitted by the 7th Interspersed Company, the commander of the 239th Regiment quickly made a countermeasure, transferred back two companies, and cooperated with the 7th Interspersed Company to launch an attack on the target high slope.

The time of the general attack was set for twenty minutes later, because it would take time to mobilize troops, Yu Xingguo, the commander of the 239th Regiment: "Tell the Seventh Interspersed Company that you must let their troops on the small soil slope hold the small soil slope, and the reinforcements of our army will arrive immediately!" ”

When the order of the regiment headquarters was urgently transmitted to the seventh interspersed company, Wu Qianli had been looking at the artillery fire in front of him, and Yu Congrong couldn't help but say: "Company commander, let's go up, with such fierce artillery fire, the three of them can't last long at all." ”

"The U.S. military has noticed that place, and has sent additional troops around the small dirt slope, and the small force cannot be filled, and it must wait for the support to arrive and break through in one fell swoop, and the order from the higher authorities has not yet come down, and it will take time to mobilize."

Wu Qianli's heart was also tormented as if he was sitting on a volcano, these were his soldiers, how could he not know that under such a fierce artillery attack, it was a miracle that the three of them could hold it.

The actions of the three of them were undoubtedly a surprise to the US army, under Xia Yuan's bomb throwing ability, even the US troops around Xiaotupo were repulsed, if Xia Yuan and they can hold on, the inside and outside will definitely be able to tear apart the forward positions of the US army, but it depends on whether they can hold on.

After all, that area is an open field, and it is not possible to send a single reinforcement, and if you rush up, you will be discovered.

The only way is that they attack from the front, and Xia Yuan covers them on the flanks to maximize the role of this nail. Mei Sheng walked over and handed Wu Qianli the order document of the regiment headquarters, "The order of the superiors, you can take a look." ”

"Brother, how many shells do we have?"

Wu Qianli glanced at the documents, retracted his gaze, and turned his head to look at Lei Gong, who was smoking dry cigarettes and had a face of ash and ice slag.

Lei Gong replied: "There are only two mortar shells left. ”

"Mortar shells." Wu Qianli's expression was a little solemn, and he turned his head and said: "Keep the two shells, and help Xia Yuan and them relieve the pressure when the general attack comes, twenty minutes, they will hold on for twenty minutes." ”

He turned his head to Pinghe and Yu Congrong and said, "Yu Congrong, you take a squad of soldiers to harass the US army's position in the front, Pinghe, you take the opportunity to see if you can find a favorable position to snipe Xia Yuan and them, be sure to help them relieve the pressure." ”

"Yes!"

"Instructor, immediately gather the troops, pack up the equipment, reinforcements will arrive immediately, this time reinforcements for our two companies, we can't gnaw down, we have to gnaw down!"

"Good!"

Xiaotupo experienced another round of enemy artillery attacks, with the help of artillery fire, the US troops surrounded Xiaotupo from three sides, except for Xia Yuan, there were no US troops in the direction they touched, and US troops appeared in other directions, and US tanks also appeared in the west.

The battlefield was changing, and in just over half an hour, the small dirt slope in front of us became a battleground for the US military and the volunteers.

By taking a small dirt slope, you will be able to threaten the enemy's forward positions and tear through their defenses. If you can't take it, tonight's tough battle will continue for a long time, and when dawn comes, the US planes will arrive, and the situation of the volunteers will be even worse.

Of course, the number of troops drawn out by the US army is not large, only two platoons, about seventy or eighty people. The previous battle also caused heavy casualties to the U.S. troops in Xinxingli, and the main force of the 81st Division of the Volunteer Army joined the battlefield, they needed a large number of troops to fight against the main force of the Volunteer Army, and the number of troops that could be drawn over to attack the small soil slope in front of them was no longer many.

Xia Yuan spit out a mouthful of dirt during the bombardment, quickly observed it with night vision, and shouted to the two: "The number of American troops is about two platoons, Brother Laicai, you are responsible for guarding the east, I'll take a look at the west, Brother Cai..."

didn't hear any movement, turned his head and saw Li Laicai in the trench in the distance lying on the ground with a gun, the cotton clothes on his back were torn and bloody.

"Brother Cai!"

Xia Yuangang crawled over, a new round of shelling arrived, the soil was cathartic, and the earth trembled under the roar of artillery fire, he could only curl up, and when the shelling was over, he ran over to help Li Laicai up, touched his neck, and noticed that Li Laicai's neck was still beating, so he breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't die, but he was fainted.

"Zhu Weifeng, Zhu Weifeng."

When the shells stopped, Xia Yuan was shocked and immediately shouted, and there were intermittent heavy machine gun sounds from the firepower point on the top of the high slope, but Zhu Weifeng's voice could no longer be heard, and he was afraid that he was still holding on to his last breath.

"The U.S. troops in the east were pinned down by Zhu Weifeng, but his condition is estimated to be no better, and I can only rely on myself next."

After a round of shelling, the U.S. army began to launch a fierce attack on his volunteer position, Xia Yuan first settled Li Laicai, and came to the west with all the ammunition, and the U.S. troops in the west followed the tank to the small dirt slope, and after two rounds of shelling, most of the fortifications on the small soil slope were destroyed, and he reached out and grabbed a handful of soil mixed with shrapnel.

The heavy machine gun that sounded at the firing point showed that Zhu Weifeng had not sacrificed yet, and he still had a chance.

Xia Yuan set up the big eight grains, took the lead in striking at the American troops charging in the west, pulled the trigger, and killed a US soldier who was carrying a walkie-talkie and was in charge of observation with one shot, followed by another shot, killing a US military captain.

The American soldiers who died suddenly two GIs quickly lay down in the bunker or hid behind the bunker, they thought they were safe to hide, but the parabolic grenade in the sky landed steadily above their heads and behind the tank, and the dull sound was accompanied by screams, and shrapnel shot out like sharp knives in all directions, easily penetrating the body armor on the US soldiers.

For a time, the US military in the west was in chaos.

At the same time, the US troops in the east had already arrived at the sniper attack at Pinghe, and under the cover of Yu Congrong, they quickly approached the enemy's forward position, and lay down on an anti-slope plane, using the M1 Garand rifle in their hands to snipe the enemy, and in cooperation with Zhu Weifeng, they successfully repelled such a wave of enemy attacks.

The offensive of the American army came and went quickly.

Xia Yuan didn't have much time to rest, rolled out of the bunker, groped towards the corpse of the American soldier, quickly touched the weapons and ammunition on the corpse of the American soldier, until he couldn't stuff it on his body, quickly hid in the bunker, put things in the steel helmet, turned around and came to Li Laicai's side, and checked Li Laicai's situation.

Li Lai woke up, his dirty face with a hint of tiredness, "How long have I been in a coma just now?" ”

Xia Yuan stuffed the anti-inflammatory medicine on his body to him, and said quickly: "It's been a coma for a few minutes, it's still too late, I'm going to check Zhu Weifeng's state, it's really not okay, you can take him to leave the position first after a while." I'll keep it myself. ”

The firing point is arranged on the small dirt slope, which cannot be seen from below, Xia Yuan carried a gun on his back, observed the surroundings, climbed to the top with his hands and feet, the fortifications on the top were basically destroyed, a black figure was lying on the top, the heavy machine gun and the light machine gun were protected by him in his arms, a large amount of blood flowed out of the abdomen, one leg was also blown up in the mold lake, the broken clothes were soaked with blood, and the thigh was just a simple bandage.

"Zhu Weifeng!" Xia Yuan squatted on the ground, put the gun beside him, took out a large number of bandages to strangle his thighs, stretched out his hand and pushed Zhu Weifeng, shouting in his mouth.

"Xia Yuan." Zhu Weifeng could barely see his face, his cheeks had long been blackened by gunpowder smoke, covered with ice slag, his consciousness had already begun to freeze, and his body had become extremely cold due to excessive blood loss, and he asked a little tremblingly: "Have reinforcements arrived?" ”

Xia Yuan shook his head, opened the anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving medicine and handed it to him, and began to help him treat his wounds.

"If we can't hold it, you bring the heavy machine gun down, and I'll cover for you." Zhu Weifeng chewed the medicine dryly, swallowed it forcefully, and said in a weak voice.

"Don't fix those useless ones, I'll let you go back alive."

Xia Yuan tightened with a bandage, and after giving Zhu Weifeng anti-inflammatory drugs, there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky, and the third round of artillery bombardment of the US army came, they did not give up on the dirt slope in front of them, and still wanted to take this position, after a round of shelling, the enemy's tanks and infantry pressed up again, this time they dispatched three tanks, and pressed them from three directions, east, west, and north.

"The enemy is coming up again, you put the grenades, I'll go down first, you just fight from the north, and after I'm done fighting, I'll come over quickly to support you."

Xia Yuan didn't worry about Zhu Weifeng, took off three grenades from his body and stuffed them to him, stared at him again when he left with the gun, turned around and resolutely got off the fire point, and came to the east of the trench below, Li Laicai shook his head, patted the blackened hat on his head, and muttered in his mouth: "This group of dogs is coming up again, don't give up, come, eat the master's gun." ”

Xia Yuan touched it, "Brother Cai!" ”

Li Laicai turned his head and asked, "How is Lao Zhu?" ”

Xia Yuan nodded: "It's okay, I can hold on." He looked at the U.S. troops in front of him, and frowned: "This time I actually sent three tanks directly, I really look up to the three of us, Brother Laicai, I'll leave it to you here, I'm going to the west." ”

Li Laicai blew the bomb magazine and said, "You go over first, I'll leave it to me here, and I guarantee that they won't be able to take a step!" ”

Xia Yuan left him the last few grenades on his body: "The grenades are for you, I touched a few grenades from the corpses of American soldiers in the west." ”

"Okay, take care of yourself."

Li Laicai pressed the bullet into the magazine, put the grenade within reach of his hand, and said without looking back.

Xia Yuan returned to the west, the flares in the sky were still lit, he raised his head and looked, if it weren't for these flares, he would be able to be more comfortable on this battlefield, but after the U.S. military noticed the situation here, it has always maintained the existence of this side of the flares to ensure that the flares on this side will not go out.

In this way, there are naturally pros and cons, flares can provide sight, and similarly, the US offensive will be exposed to flares, but the US military has tanks and armored vehicles, so there is no need to worry about this. I saw the black barrel in the distance moving, the tank shook the ground, the soil on the ground was shaken, and a shell whistled, hitting the side of the small dirt slope, and the dirt rolled up by the explosion made Xia Yuan, who was in the trench, feel that the whole world was trembling.

Xia Yuan sat in the trench, another shell bombarded the mountain, the whole mountain seemed to crack, the sky and the earth were trembling, the soil was splashing, the American army's infantry and tank coordination were getting closer and closer to the position, on the top of the slope, Zhu Weifeng controlled the heavy machine gun and began to strike at the American troops coming from the north, and Li Laicai also began to shoot the American troops coming from the east.

Xia Yuan was very simple here, took out the grenade, waited until the enemy entered, pulled the grenade, and threw it out one by one, the grenade exploded in the air, and the broken shrapnel formed a large area of damage, and the grenade was thrown out at the same time, accompanied by the suppression of the gun, his marksmanship was very accurate, as soon as the enemy appeared, he was accurately shot by Xia Yuan, and before the enemy arrived at the position, seven or eight people had already died, but the offensive of the American army did not decrease, and he still followed the tank to rush forward.

Xia Yuan touched the grenade, the number of grenades was not much, gritted his teeth, came to open the grenade, and threw it to the rear of the US tank, the grenade exploded in the rear of the tank, and the broken shrapnel flew everywhere, and the US army still advanced against Xia Yuan's blow, but unfortunately they encountered Xia Yuan, after five grenades were thrown in a row, seriously injured a large number of US troops, and when there was only one grenade left on the body, the US army retreated.

However, something desperate arose.

Although the battle on his side was smooth, but the battle in the east and north was not smooth, Zhu Weifeng's heavy machine gun ran out of bullet supplies, and was put aside by him, and he used the big eight points to shoot, the US tank heavy artillery bombarded the slope, the vibration of the ground did not stop from the time the enemy began to charge, a shell accurately fell on the side of the top of the slope, the huge impact pushed him away, half of his body was a lake of flesh and blood, at the last moment, Zhu Weifeng grabbed the heavy machine gun next to him and protected him, the whole person was dying, he pulled the last grenade, Throwing it out with all his might, his body had been blown open by the shell, and his intestines mixed with blood flowed out of his body, and he was lying on the destroyed bunker covered in blood, and the heavy machine gun was firmly protected by him.

The battle on Li Laicai's side was equally difficult, the US tanks effectively covered the big head soldiers, and he did not have Xia Yuan's accurate grenade throwing technology, under the struggle, he was hit by the enemy's bullet in the shoulder, and one leg was also injured by the US army's shell, flesh and blood, Li Laicai held on, looking at the enemy pressing up from the west, it was less than 50 meters away from the trench, and the US troops on his side were also less than 50 meters away from him, once the US troops in the north touched it, they would face the danger of being attacked by the enemy on their backs.

The worst thing is that the American tanks are pressed over, and if the tanks are not disposed of, they will all die here.

At this juncture, Li Laicai tied all the grenades on his body with bandages, held them in his arms, and then took the big eight grains and fired several shots in a row, but there were no bullets, his fingers were inserted into the soil that had been turned over and over, and he climbed up, blood was dripping out of the thighs of the flesh and blood mold lake, one of his legs could no longer stand straight, and the bandage wrapped around his back was also soaked with blood.

"Xia Yuan, I'll blow up a tank for you!"

He grabbed the gun in one hand, felt the wire of the grenade in the other, and stared at the tank in the distance with bloodshot eyes.

Xia Yuan's side had already dropped the grenade from the corpse of the American soldier, and he shot hard with the big eight, but the American army used the tank as a cover and pushed it all the way over, and his heart began to feel hopeless, lacking effective heavy firepower, and there was only one grenade left.

Retreat, or keep fighting?

On the forward position, the tanks of the American army have been exposed, and the black barrels exude a cold glow. Li Laicai held the cluster grenade and prepared to die.

And at this critical juncture, a loud charge sounded behind them.