Chapter 26: Now is the time when the motherland needs us

The consumption of weapons and ammunition made Wang Lan feel frightened, and the soldiers continued to send the ammunition in the tunnel to the frontline battlefield, and the wounded soldiers stayed in the tunnel, regardless of their own safety, to help the volunteer soldiers fighting on the high ground to press bullets into the magazine.

After personally seeing Xia Yuan's terrifying combat ability, Company Commander Gao specially arranged for a group of soldiers to follow Xia Yuan, carrying two large eight and large eight magazines, and after Xia Yuan emptied a large eight magazine, he quickly handed Xia Yuan the large eight grains with replenished ammunition, which reduced the time for Xia Yuan to press the bullets alone.

"Squad leader, the enemy is attacking again!

The soldiers in the forward position turned around and shouted, and Squad Leader Hu's dark face squirmed, "These dogs of Teniang really don't give us time to breathe!" The old rules, put it closer to fight! Grenades are ready, greet them at any time! ”

After the previous replenishment of ammunition, the fighters moved boxes of grenades and grenades to the forward positions and placed them in trenches to protect them from being hit by enemy shells.

"Xia Yuan, the enemy is coming up again!" The little soldier who followed Xia Yuan was only in his early twenties, and he was already a veteran of the War of Resistance and the War of Liberation, and joined the army at the age of twelve.

The two were digging trenches, and when Xia Yuan asked him to dig trenches, he dug diagonally, so that he could effectively avoid the bombardment.

Hearing his voice, Xia Yuan raised his head, his face with a black face had been roasted by the fire, his lips were chapped, but his eyes were still bright.

"I see it."

He didn't say much, just said in a deep voice.

Put down the shovel in his hand, pick up the gun and aim far away, pull the trigger, the bullet whizzed through the battlefield filled with gunsmoke, piercing the body of a big-headed soldier, the effective range of the Garand rifle is 750 meters, very suitable for long-range sniping, the big-headed soldiers began to dodge in panic.

When one of the big-headed soldiers fell to the ground, the other big-headed soldiers reacted and began to dodge, but before they could see the enemy, the sound of bullets breaking through the air fell into their ranks, and eight bullets instantly wiped out the lives of eight big-headed soldiers!

The counterattack that the big-headed soldiers had just organized was sniped by Xia Yuan, and there were signs of collapse.

In the rear, the US lieutenant immediately realized the existence of snipers in the enemy's position, and quickly asked his superiors to ask their snipers to join the battle and give the enemy effective damage.

Xia Yuan's sniping ability is still very strong, on the one hand, because the constant shooting has greatly improved his gun mastery, and on the other hand, the enemy's attack method is completely based on crowd tactics, which gives him the convenience of sniping routes.

"Good marksmanship!"

In the midst of the artillery fire, squad leader Hu fixed his eyes and shouted loudly.

The other fighters also shouted excitedly: "Fight like this, kill their gang of turtle grandchildren!" ”

The Battle of Shangganling was cruel, and the two sides invested far more than 100,000 troops, but in the same way, if they could give the enemy an effective blow while preserving themselves, this would not be an opportunity to brush up on experience.

In just half a day of fighting, the proficiency of firearms proficiency has increased from 70,000 to 100,000, and the distance has been upgraded, only 900,000 remaining, Xia Yuan's face is not happy with the improvement of proficiency, on the contrary, the whole person has been in a calm state, he keeps shooting, bullets whizzing from the high ground to the American army under the mountain, any big-headed soldier who looks up and wants to observe, is shot and killed by Xia Yuan.

The captain of the big head soldier used the walkie-talkie to call for more intense artillery fire specifically aimed at the volunteer soldiers on the No. 1 position, and the enemy's large-caliber heavy artillery fell on the mountain, like the end of the world, and only a huge smoke could be seen in the sky above the direction of Shangganling.

Under such fierce artillery fire, Xia Yuan was bombed and couldn't raise his head, he could only grow his mouth and squat in the trench that had just been dug, the constant shaking of the ground seemed to be the arrival of an earthquake, and the soil quickly buried him and the little soldier in the trench, I don't know how long it took, as if a century had passed, the enemy's artillery fire above his head gradually weakened, Xia Yuan understood that a new round of enemy attack began.

The new and more fierce offensive of the 'United Nations Army' began, and the enemy pressed up like a flock of sheep, perhaps knowing the fact that there were enemy snipers on the high ground in front of them, and the American army did not have the arrogance of the initial attack, and the continuous attacks were continuously repulsed, and the familiar people around them died one by one, and the enemy's will to fight was being consumed.

Before they could rush to the enemy's position, the familiar sound of gunfire rang out again.

In the enemy's position filled with a large amount of gunsmoke, the enemy's snipers reappeared, bullets pierced the bodies of their companions one by one, and fell heavily to the ground, some people were timid, but the supervising team in their rear did not let them go back, just rolled and crawled back to their own position, only to see the white flag on the position waved, and the machine guns of the supervising team opened fire on them head-on. Advancing is also death, retreating is also death, those who are alive and the big soldiers of the 'United Nations Army' in their hands are wailing in despair, and there are desperate cries and shouts everywhere from top to bottom.

It is clear that the enemy is desperate.

In the afternoon, the battle in Shangganling was not over, and Van Vliet, who had just announced a showdown through the Associated Press, received an unprecedented attack on the Shangganling front, and the US Seventh Division and the South Korean Second Division suffered heavy casualties.

In Shangganling, in front are those soldiers who have been beaten, exhausted, and covered with dust, and behind are soldiers in brand new clothes who have just entered the battle, without formation, like locusts all over the mountains and fields, swarming, and foreign devils can be seen everywhere.

On the forward position full of scorched earth and gunsmoke, squad leader Hu stabilized his figure and immediately shouted: "Lao Li, tell the company commander that the enemy is touching again!" ”

Lao Li's swarthy face squirmed: "Grandma's, I thought it had stopped, but I went to call someone!" Lao Hu, you wait, I'll call the company commander! ”

In the tunnel, Company Commander Gao came back alone, and there was no figure of Instructor Lin beside him, the soldiers basically understood what was going on, Wang Lan meticulously counted the ammunition, and took care of the wounded and helped them bandage their wounds.

Lao Li drilled in from the mouth of the tunnel, "Company commander, company commander, the enemy has attacked again, and this time the number of enemies far exceeds the number of previous attacks." ”

The observer has been sacrificed, and Lao Li has to act as an observer.

"Wang Yongmeng, shake the phone of the regiment department!"

Company Commander Gao put down the work at hand, and immediately got up and asked Wang Yongmeng to shake the phone of the regiment headquarters, fortunately, two more detour lines were erected before, which were not damaged by the enemy, and can still be used.

"Regiment commander, the enemy's attack is too fierce, the Ninth Company has suffered heavy casualties, and the enemy has entangled a large number of troops to launch a fierce attack on our army's position, I ask the rear to give artillery reinforcements!"

The commander of the 235th regiment ordered the observer to report the situation on the front line, and the observer said: "Report to the regiment commander, the front is full of smoke and dust, which seriously obstructs the line of sight and makes it impossible to carry out precision strikes!" ”

Looking at Shangganling from the rear, you can hear the whistling of cannonballs in the sky above Shangganling from afar, and the sound of violent explosions constantly echoes between the valleys.

The regiment commander thought seriously and quickly ordered: "Gao Xiangyong!" Take your troops with you! Retreat to the tunnel! Let the enemy climb the mountain! Wait for the enemy to reach the top of the hill, and I will order the artillery to bombard the 597.9 heights! When the bombardment is over, you quickly organize a counteroffensive and retake your positions! ”

Company Commander Gao immediately responded: "Yes!" ”

put down the phone, turned around and ordered Wang Yongmeng: "Immediately notify all the troops on the position to retreat to the tunnel!" Let the enemy occupy the heights and wait until the end of the artillery bombardment of our army, and then organize a counteroffensive! Just go! ”

"Yes!"

Wang Yongmeng's body was relatively thin and weak, and he moved very quickly, running quickly along the slope of the reverse slope, and went to various positions to inform the company commander of the retreat order.

On the surface of the No. 1 position, Xia Yuan came out of the soil, dirty all over his body, he looked around, picked up the soil beside him, and dragged the little soldier out of the soil, "The enemy is coming up, go get me ammunition!" ”

Xia Yuan slapped off the soil on the gun, pulled the trigger on the foreign devils all over the mountains, and the bullet accurately passed through the enemy's body, he picked up the grenade that was almost buried in the soil, pulled it and threw it over, the fragments from the grenade explosion broke in the air, and the American soldiers who climbed the mountain were injured by the scattered shrapnel and died.

There were not many fighters left in the first and second classes on the battlefield, and the other fighters were almost exhausted, but Xia Yuan was still able to resist tenaciously with his strong physical fitness.

Lao Li got out of the tunnel and shouted: "Squad leader, squad leader, company commander let us withdraw to the tunnel!" ”

The bullets on Squad Leader Hu's body have all been exhausted, and next to him is the empty ammunition box, the soldiers are basically exhausted, and they are moving the stones next to them to the enemy who rushed up the mountain, and the stones are rolling down from the mountain, even if they are not as killed as a bullet, but after they hit, they also make the enemy wail for a long time.

Squad Leader Hu turned around, "What's the matter?" Let's withdraw to the pit!? His eyes widened: "What should I do if I withdraw my position?" ”

Lao Li dragged him, "The order of the company commander here!" ”

Squad Leader Hu turned his head to look at the foreign devils who were about to rush up at the bottom of the mountain, and shouted: "Withdraw to the tunnel!" ”

The password was passed by the soldiers, and some of the fighters began to evacuate, and there were still many wounded on the position, which seriously slowed down the retreat of the fighters, and they knew that they were dragging down the squad leader, and the wounded shouted: "Squad leader, we cover you!" Retreat first! ”

Captain Hu scolded: "Cover up a fart!" Lao Li, you come to cover! The others took all the wounded away! ”

Xia Yuan rushed over with a gun and shouted, "You guys go!" I'm here to cover you! ”

He lay down in the bunker formed by the crater, and after emptying the magazine, he shouted while loading, pulled out the empty magazine, pressed the magazine full of bullets into it, raised the gun and pulled the trigger, and the crisp sound accompanied by the bullet that was discharged pierced through the body of the foreign devil, and the fallen enemy rolled down the hillside, and the American troops behind him still swarmed up.

"Let's go!"

Lao Hu shouted.

Enemy shells are whistling, enemy bullets are tearing.

The earth fell from the sky with a clatter, the trenches that had been constructed before were either blown up by cannonballs or covered with rolled up dirt, the bullets whizzed through the overhead and shot into the sky, some of the bullets hit the dirt, shattering the stones, the grass and trees whimpered, there were broken stones everywhere, the broken tree trunks were crooked and stuck in the sad forest, and after the napalm burned, the shrapnel black scorched earth was left behind, and the trees were set on fire.

The smoke and fog covered the entire Shangganling.

Under the enemy's dense shells, squad leader Hu led the few remaining soldiers to carry the seriously wounded on the position down the tunnel, Xia Yuan after killing more than 30 enemies in a row, looked at the still fierce enemy, cursed secretly, and retreated along the shallow trench with his gun in his hand.

The mouth of the tunnel is almost covered with mud, and grabbing a handful of dirt on the ground is shrapnel.

Squad Leader Hu squatted at the mouth of the tunnel, anxiously looking outside, the fog was too thick, and he couldn't see it clearly, Lao Li shouted: "Squad leader, I'll take a look!" ”

A soldier suddenly shouted: "Comrade Xia Yuan is here, Comrade Xia Yuan is here!" ”

Under the bombardment of artillery fire, he was almost blown up by enemy shells several times, and the moment he got into the tunnel, Xia Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and there was no expression on his dark cheeks, but the white teeth mixed with dirt showed his mood at the moment, "Squad leader, deputy squad leader, you guys are fine." ”

"Hurry into the tunnel."

Team Leader Hu patted Xia Yuan on the shoulder.

This was Xia Yuan's first return to the pit after leaving the tunnel, and many soldiers with dirty bandages were sitting on the ground, beside them were boxes of ammunition, and the wounded were pressing bullets into the magazines.

The arrival of Xia Yuan and the others attracted the attention of the soldiers, they raised their heads, their cheeks were full of blood, only those eyes were abnormally orderly, and when they saw a few people coming back, they hurriedly asked, "Comrade, is the position held?" ”

Xia Yuanxin suddenly became dull, the deputy squad leader was silent, and the squad leader Hu walked towards the lounge with a gun on his back, and said, "I'll ask the company commander why he withdraws!" ”

Lao Li said: "Let's go and see it too." ”

Xia Yuan didn't move, he turned his head to look at the eager eyes in the tunnel, and said firmly: "As long as I, Xia Yuan, am not dead!" Position! I will definitely get it back! Rest assured! ”

After speaking, he turned around with the gun on his back and followed the deputy squad leader into the lounge, and as soon as he entered the lounge, he heard the voice of the female comrade, "Company commander, some of the wounded are seriously injured, but they just don't listen, they still have to help load the bullets, you go and persuade them." ”

Company Commander Gao's voice also sounded: "Comrade Wang Lan, just let them do it, if you stop them, they will feel even more uncomfortable!" ”

Wang Lan gritted her teeth and said, "Company commander, they need to rest, I'll stop them!" ”

After speaking, she ran out, Xia Yuan gave way to Wang Lan sideways, and soon heard the words of those wounded in the tunnel under the artillery fire:

"Comrade Wang Lan, the position is our life, the position is gone, what is the meaning of our life?"

"I can't go to the front anymore, but I can still do something for the front line, Comrade Wang Lan, I know my body, but the position is more important than my body!"

"Comrade Wang Lan, you don't need to persuade us anymore, the only thing we can do now is to help the comrades on the front line suppress the bullets, if we can't even do this, then what's the difference between me and the waste? I have long been ready to dedicate my life to the great cause of the construction of the motherland, and now is the time when the motherland needs us! ”