The second round of shelling lasted for ten minutes, the sky collapsed, the entire slope was filled with gunsmoke, there were craters everywhere, the American artillery shells poured down as if they didn't need money, and the whole world seemed to have entered the end of the world, lying in bunkers, and the shaking of the ground kept coming.

Just when the artillery fire was vented, reinforcements from a company of the US army arrived, which was a tank company of the US army, with more than ten tanks and 100 infantry, and quickly entered the combat state after arriving at the position south of the bridge.

With reinforcements, the U.S. troops, who had just flinched, quickly began to counterattack the volunteers.

"Two companies!"

Xia Yuan looked at the reinforcements of the US army in silence, an infantry company and a tank company, this is the reinforcement of the US army to the south of the bridge.

In fact, the strength of the US army at the Watergate Bridge is only one tank battalion, but the number of tanks is as many as 70, not including cars and armored vehicles, and it is estimated that there are about 500 soldiers, and the Watergate Bridge has been garrisoned by a company of US troops, and the US infantry at the Watergate Bridge is at least about 700 people, and the two companies that have been reinforced also have more than 200 people, 12 tanks, and there are US artillery positions to cover them.

And this was only 17 minutes into the battle, and they had to withstand the fierce attack of the US army for 23 minutes.

And this is only the first offense.

Xia Yuan held the gun in his hand deadly, and when he withstood the enemy's fierce artillery fire, he pulled out the grenade and threw three grenades into the air in succession over the trenches of the American army.

Looking at the intensive artillery fire, this is already the third round of enemy shelling.

Lieutenant Colonel Ashan of the US Army Command held coffee, sat on a stool, and constantly listened to the information transmitted by Qiaonan, with a smile on his face: "The enemy has not retreated, he is still attacking stubbornly, it is really a group of enemies who are not afraid of death, order the artillery to block all the enemy's attack and retreat routes in the next thirty minutes, order F Company to reinforce Qiaobei, the enemy's lifeless attack is likely to confuse us, we must pay attention to the weak Qiaobei, and prevent the enemy from launching an attack in Qiaobei like last time." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Askhan could not have dreamed at this moment that the real large forces of the enemy were not at the Watergate Bridge, but at their command post.

Wu Qianli looked at the flares rising in the distance and the enemy's fierce artillery fire, and said nothing.

Lei Gong said: "Under such fierce artillery fire, Xia Yuan and them can fight two waves, which is already very good." Not to mention the fact that the U.S. military sent a large number of reinforcements. ”

Mei Sheng said in a deep voice: "We have to believe in Xia Yuan!" ”

Wu Qianli looked at the time from time to time, only to feel that the second hand on the watch was turning very slowly, every second was a huge torment for him, and every minute seemed as if a century had passed.

"The enemy's command has moved again!"

With the help of the afterglow of distant flares, they saw part of the American troops in the col moving in the direction of the Watergate Bridge again.

"Reconnoiter the remaining forces of the enemy's forces below, and if we can, this time we will not only pull out the enemy's headquarters, but also blow up the enemy's artillery positions!" Wu Qianli said quickly.

"Yes!

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Soon, the soldier in charge of reconnaissance returned, "Company commander, there is about one more company of the enemy's troops in the command!" ”

"A company!"

Wu Qianli's eyes were slightly downcast, "Call the platoon leaders to come over for a meeting!" Rework your battle plan! ”

"Platoon commanders come over for a meeting!"

Just when Wu Qianli was reformulating the battle plan, the artillery bombardment of the US army in the southeast direction of the Watergate Bridge had lasted for 20 minutes, and in this large-scale bombardment, even the veterans who had experienced a hundred battles and could judge the landing point by the roar of artillery in the sky could no longer evade the US shells in this way.

This is completely different from the shelling during the Anti-Japanese War and the liberation period.

The piercing roar in the sky was everywhere, as if the whole world was surrounded by cannonballs, a warrior huddled in a bunker, a cannonball exploded under him, and the lower half of his body was directly blown up, leaving only the upper body and the intestines that flowed out at once, a miserable white, he forced his last breath until the warrior next to him arrived, a mouth, and the mouth was full of blood.

With a ho-ho sound from his mouth, he handed him the grenades and bullets on his body with his blood-soaked hand, and his released hand hung limply on the ground, his wide eyes losing color.

The soldier clutched the remaining ammunition with tears in his eyes, and looked at the American troops on the bridge with hatred.

A fighter's legs shredded by broken shrapnel, blood flowing, he gritted his teeth, trembled and tightened his thighs with bandages.

One of the fighters was killed instantly, the roll up of dirt mixed with blood red.

In such a large-scale bombardment, the fighters of the ten combat groups, except for the fighters of the ninth and tenth groups, suffered casualties of varying degrees, and even in this case, the groups had lost contact with each other.

On the entire slope, there were dense craters, and the sky was constantly screaming with shells, which fell on the ground and burst into the dirt that rolled up and counted, and before the soil of one shell fell, another shell fell, and the shaking of the ground never stopped from the beginning.

With the shelling, the US tanks adjusted their angles and began to fire their guns down the mountain, and the US soldiers also began to hide in bunkers and launched attacks on the volunteer soldiers who were subjected to fierce artillery bombardment.

The shelling ceased for 20 minutes, and the smoke of the battlefield could not even illuminate the flares in the sky, and the frozen stones on the ground were shattered and exploded, and some of the stones were blown into powder.

With such heavy shelling, a third of the formation of the ten groups was destroyed, and this was only half an hour into the battle.

"You have to hold on!"

Xia Yuan roared in a hoarse voice, his cheeks were also covered with wounds cut by stone shards, and his clothes were torn, but fortunately he was not fatally injured.

"Ten more minutes! Retreat in ten minutes! ”

Xia Yuan glanced at the time and shouted loudly, the soldier who passed the password passed Xia Yuan's order to each group, he hid in the bunker and threw grenades one by one, and the grenades effectively killed and injured the living forces of the American army.

The volunteer fighters of the second platoon fired at the enemy under heavy enemy fire, and the reinforcements of the American army had arrived, and the enemy approached the strength of two companies, plus more than a dozen tanks, and controlled the southeast direction.

Xia Yuan stared at the enemy in the distance, throwing grenades to eliminate or seriously injure the enemy, while pulling the big eight grains, with his powerful shooting ability, quickly eliminating the enemy's living force.

And at the moment, the command of the US military.

At five o'clock, the men of the 7th Interspersed Company and the 9th Company began to attack the headquarters.

Pinghe led the sniper squad to quickly seize the high point, they touched the sentry position of the American troops, knocked them out, and began to pull the trigger on the American troops that could be seen in the col by relying on the strong terrain of the mountain.

Wu Qianli and Yu Congrong led the fire platoon to cover, Wu Qianli grabbed two grenades and slashed down the mountain, regardless of the wound on his body cut by the stone, quickly rolled into the bunker, pulled the grenade apart, and accurately threw it into the fire point of the US army, the two vitality points did not even react, and with an explosion, the two fire points were pulled out.

The whistle belonging to their attack sounded at this moment, and the warriors slid down the hill and quickly rushed towards the enemy trenches.

Before they could react, some of the leading soldiers of the American army were shot and killed by the volunteer soldiers who rushed over, and they walked through the criss-crossed trenches in groups of threes and threes, constantly touching the enemy's headquarters and artillery positions.

The 7th Company was responsible for blowing up artillery positions deep in the enemy, and the 9th Company was responsible for destroying the enemy's headquarters.

They only have twenty minutes to attack! And these twenty minutes were won for them by Xia Yuan's second platoon.

The sudden attack by the U.S. military on the side of the command directly alarmed Lieutenant Colonel Ashan of the command, he put down the coffee in his hand and quickly asked, "Fuck! How could the enemy appear here! ”

In less than five minutes, the 7th and 9th Penetration Companies had already passed through the trenches of the American troops, and the enemy's forward positions on the col on the dirt slopes.

Pinghe led the sniper squad, giving priority to eliminating the enemy's firepower points, followed by other big soldiers.

The entire command of the US army was in chaos in an instant.

Not long ago, Lieutenant Colonel Askhan had just sent out two companies, and there was only one company of troops on the side of the command, and they themselves were not adapted to night battles, and they were far from being the opponents of the volunteers in night battles, especially in this kind of close combat, and the seventh interspersed company was their grandfather!

Under the leadership of Wu Qianli and Yu Congrong, the 7th Interspersed Company was like a sharp knife, piercing straight into the center of the US army.

The Ninth Company continued to break through the command post of the American Army, and left the troops to meet the Seventh Company to prevent the American Army from wrapping them in dumplings, but in this case, the American Army only had one tank company, which was not at all the opponent of the Seventh Interspersed Company.

They brought the three-three battle formation to the extreme, interspersed cover, flank attack, and the 7th Interspersed Company interspersed in the US camp where its own retained firepower was not strong, and it took more than 10 minutes to break through to the US artillery position.

Wu Qianli held a submachine gun to strafe the American troops behind the heavy artillery, and he shouted: "Yu Congrong, take people to touch it from the flank, Lei Gong!" Grab their mortars and shells! ”

"Gotcha!"

Lei Gong shouted: "Wanli, take the shell with the smallest caliber!" Hug as much as you want! ”

Wu Wanli quickly ran forward, and under their cover, he ran back with four mortar shells, and the other soldiers of the artillery platoon took the shells and mortars, and those who couldn't take them dropped a grenade and blew up the artillery.

Lei Gong shouted in distress: "Damn, Lao Tzu's cannon!" ”

Wu Qianli shouted: "Lei Gong, what are you distressed about, you can't take these away, pick up what you can take away!" ”

Lei Gong muttered: "I don't know." ”

Yu Congrong with a platoon of firepower had already touched the artillery position from the flank, and there was a sudden burst of fire at the US troops who were hiding behind the artillery, and the bullets soared up a string of blood mist, the US army's artillery combat effectiveness was not strong, and in the original sudden attack on the volunteers, some gunners did not even have guns.

Some of the U.S. troops even raised their hands to throw their hands, and He Changgui scolded: "Surrender NM and surrender." After saying that, a string of bullets swept over, and they were going to retreat next in this kind of night attack, and it was very likely that they would not be able to leave with the American prisoners.

Only on the premise of ensuring a great victory will American prisoners be retained.

The artillery position of the American army was attacked, which suddenly alleviated the attack on Xia Yuan's side in the southeast, and the artillery above his head suddenly stopped, and Xia Yuan was overjoyed: "It must be the company commander them!" They took the artillery positions of the American army! It went even better than I expected! ”

He shouted, "Shoot me back!" ”

Xia Yuan tore off the strip of cloth on his face, bit off the cable of the grenade, and threw it at the US position, the grenade exploded above the head of the US army, and the broken shrapnel injured the US army.

The airburst thunder was thrown too far away, and no one could be seen, and often only grenades were falling in the dark night.

They wanted to run, almost too late.

But this has created another situation, that is, more and more American troops were wounded and disabled by grenade shrapnel, and the number of wounded began to increase, and they could not even participate in the follow-up battle.

And what Xia Yuan has to do is to contain and not attack.

In such a situation, the enemy's command post was the first to withstand the pressure, this force of enemy troops from nowhere were about to hit the door, the most important point is that the artillery position was also attacked by them, the F company in the north of the bridge was rushing to the headquarters, but it was too late, the artillery position of the US army had been terminated by the seventh interspersed company, the artillery platoon captured a large number of mortars, and those that could not be taken away were destroyed by the volunteer soldiers with a grenade.

All the remaining ammunition was blown up, including two tanks of the American army, and the positions of the American command in the rear suffered heavy losses.

"Take all the wounded soldiers and retreat immediately!"

In the southeast, Xia Yuan had already led the soldiers to begin to retreat in the direction of the iron pipe, he held the big eight grains, fired eight shots at the enemy in a row, five shots pierced the enemy's head, and three shots hit the enemy's bunker.

The casualties of the second platoon that withdrew were relatively serious, and Wu Wenxiang counted the wounded and sacrificed soldiers, and his voice was slightly deep: "Platoon commander, five people were sacrificed, two were seriously injured, and seven were lighter." ”

"Tell the fighters that they have done a very good job, you disband the group of the uninjured fighters on the spot, re-form a new combat group, the wounded rest on the spot, and the rest of the people check the weapons and ammunition, and prepare to counterattack with me!"

Xia Yuan sat on the ground, replenishing the bullet clip that had been emptied earlier and putting it in the bullet bag, while giving orders.

"Yes!"

Wu Wenxiang turned his head and began to prepare.

The combat attrition was twelve, and two lightly wounded were able to continue fighting, Wu Wenxiang reorganized the remaining combat teams, and finally became seven combat groups, and the fighters had no expression on their dark faces, they sat on the ground, checking the weapons and equipment and ammunition on their bodies.

Wu Wenxiang's dark face trembled, "The ammunition on the body is divided equally, wait for a while for our unexpected counterattack, and strive to take the Watergate Bridge in one fell swoop!" ”