Chapter 41: At such a huge cost of casualties, you actually told me...

A company of the enemy came up from the right side, and in just twenty minutes, the two ended the attack on the hundred-man number, and the annihilation was not completed, but more than twenty of the enemy fled, leaving a corpse on the position.

Xia Yuan held the gun, stood up from the bunker, and repaired the enemy's corpse that could be seen in his sight from a distance, and then the two cleaned up the battlefield and picked up the weapons and ammunition on the enemy's body.

Xia Yuan killed one of the enemy's lieutenants, took off a watch from his wrist, the surface of the watch was already dirty, and a layer of dust had floated, wiped it with his hand, looked at the time, and raised his head to look at the gray sky.

Squad Leader Hu carried a gun behind him, holding a bunch of guns and ammunition in front of him, came to him and sat down, took out a small biscuit from his pocket with his black palm, broke it and handed it to Xia Yuan, and asked, "What time is it?"

Xia Yuan took the biscuit, ate it in his mouth, and said, "It's eleven o'clock." ”

Squad Leader Hu looked at the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke and muttered: "It's been a morning of fighting, and we hold it." ”

"yes, we've been on the fence all morning."

As he spoke, there was a sharp whistling in the sky, shells bloomed all over the position, and in the patches of black soil, a blood-red color rolled up, and the severed limbs and stumps of the corpses that were smashed by the shells were splashed everywhere, and the mud mixed with blood and soil was a large patch, and a shell fell, the mud disappeared, and a crater appeared, and the position was full of broken limbs, or dried and white intestines, and some were pulled for a long time, in the crater.

Fragments of broken corpses covered almost the entire position.

The number of corpses on the position is very large, especially the corpses of the United Nations troops led by the US army, the largest number, and the large area that fell and rolled up was the corpses of the US army's own people, Xia Yuan looked at such a spectacular scene, and his heart was already numb.

Squad Leader Hu looked at it, and said: "The foreign devil's heart is really ruthless, and the corpses of his own people are blown up." ”

Xia Yuan said: "If you don't bomb it, you can't do it, they won't be able to fight if they don't bomb it, their infantry don't dare to rush, only by seeing the position covered by artillery fire, their soldiers dare to charge forward." ”

Squad Leader Hu turned his head to look at him and said, "It's not that the enemy has developed a dependence on heavy firepower. ”

"Who's to say it isn't."

Xia Yuan thought that he was in the lower corner, in Xinxing, the foreign devils were known for their fierce firepower, but their individual soldier quality was not very high, especially the nature of this war was a war of aggression, and the hearts of the soldiers had some subtle changes, and there would be many soldiers who had anti-war sentiments, and they would be mixed up on the battlefield, what they wanted was to be able to go home alive.

Unlike World War II, which was fought against Japan, it was the Great Patriotic War at that time, and the whole United States was united, and the soldiers' enthusiasm for fighting was very high.

Squad Leader Hu leaned against the trench that had just been dug, listening to the roar in his ears, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.

At this time, in the No. 1 tunnel, Company Commander Feng waited anxiously, and the soldiers in the tunnel quickly ran back, "Company commander, the three observers sent have not returned!" ”

Company Commander Feng's eyes froze, and he listened to the sound of artillery overhead, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

The soldier added: "But at the mouth of the tunnel, we heard the sound of gunfire at the forefront of Position No. 1, sometimes fierce, but sometimes disappeared, and now the cannon is fired, and we can't hear it." ”

"It is estimated that the U.S. military has not yet laid down the position, otherwise they would not have carried out artillery fire on the position, and there are still people in the Ninth Company."

Company Commander Feng looked at his watch, it was already eleven o'clock, more than five hours had passed since the battle in the early morning, and the Ninth Company had withstood the frantic attack of the American army for more than five hours, and the No. 1 position was always firmly held in the hands of the Ninth Company.

"But they estimated that they were running out of ammunition and food, and ordered a platoon of three squads of fighters to support the forward position with blasters, grenades, grenades, bullets and food in the interval between the enemy's artillery fire stopped!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, Company Commander Feng realized that the so-called 'refueling tactics' that Lao Gao said before setting off and the 'refueling tactics' repeated by the regiment commander were a feasible tactic, stationing a small number of troops in the forward positions, effectively giving full play to the individual ability of each soldier, and striking and destroying the enemy's living forces to the greatest extent.

In addition to the seventh company, the other three companies have also been stationed in each tunnel, and they have dispatched troops to the forward positions little by little with the formation of squads for the forward positions.

The maximum number of volunteers stationed on various positions in Shangganling will not exceed one platoon.

After a morning of continuous fighting, the US troops are tired, and the volunteers stationed in the army are also tired, and the No. 7 pit has entered the pit in advance to fight, as the most advanced position, here is the key care object of the U.S. army, and the No. 11 position and the No. 2 position were recovered by the volunteers last night, and this morning carried out a large-scale attack on these two positions, at 9 o'clock in the morning, the two positions were lost, and the surviving soldiers retreated to the tunnel to continue fighting.

At 11 o'clock, the U.S. troops launched a large-scale attack from the No. 2 position and the garrison on the No. 8 position, and the volunteer soldiers on the No. 8 position rose up to resist, and under the fierce artillery fire of the U.S. troops, they dealt a fierce blow to the surging enemy.

Fighters, whether lightly or badly wounded, fought stubbornly against the enemy in their positions.

Gunsmoke filled the battlefield, covered the sky, and obscured the sun.

With the enemy's fierce artillery fire at the same time, the enemy's infantry organized again, and sent another attack on the No. 1 position, this time the enemy was obviously a little tired, the heavy machine gun on the No. 1 position rang out, the enemy in the front row fell a large piece, and the enemy behind ran away, and on the way to retreat, Xia Yuan and Hu squad leader held the gun and fired continuously, killing a piece of the enemy.

Overlooking Shangganling, there are enemy corpses everywhere, and corpses are scattered all over the large and small hills.

Looking at the enemy who receded like a tide, Xia Yuan and squad leader Hu sat on the ground together, leaned in the trench, and rested quietly.

Reinforcing the forward position was a platoon of three squads of the seventh company, and the leader of the third squad led more than ten soldiers through the enemy's relatively dense artillery fire and came to the No. 1 forward position.

His heart chuckled, and he hurriedly shouted:

"Company Commander Gao! High Company Commander! Is there anyone else! ”

He said to the soldiers beside him: "Quick, quickly find the comrades of the Ninth Company!" ”

The fighters scattered.

Xia Yuan, who had just repelled a wave of enemy attacks, sat on the ground tiredly, blood beads condensed on his fingers, and fell to the ground with a click, his ears moved slightly, he opened his eyes, turned his head and said, "Old squad leader, listen!" ”

Squad Leader Hu opened his eyes, listened carefully, in the midst of the enemy's artillery fire, faintly heard the voice of his own people, he quickly stood up from the trench, turned around and saw a few comrades coming up from the position in the rear, saw the reinforcement Hu squad leader showed excitement on his face, and immediately waved: "We are here!" ”

When the third squad leader saw Squad Leader Hu, he immediately shouted: "They are here!" ”

When the soldiers of the third squad came to the trench full of all kinds of weapons and ammunition, they were already stunned, their bodies were black, their clothes were torn, the cotton that ran out had turned black, and a large number of weapons seized from the American soldiers were piled up next to the two, and even mortar shells.

The third squad leader looked around, and on the forward position, the corpses of the enemy were lying upside down, but there were no other fighters in sight.

He realized something, looked at the two people in front of him with injuries, and his original appearance could no longer be seen on his black faces, and he was in awe in his heart, and saluted: "Lin Shixi, the leader of the third squad of the seventh company and one platoon!" ”

Squad Leader Hu said: "Hu Gui, the first squad leader of the second platoon of the Ninth Company! ”

Xia Yuan said: "Xia Yuan, the second squad leader of the second platoon of the Ninth Company!" ”

After a brief introduction, the leader of the third squad asked the soldiers to start digging bunkers and repairing trenches, "Eat something first, you have worked hard." ”

Team Leader Hu grinned and said, "It's not hard. ”

The third squad leader looked at the dark face of squad leader Hu with a smile, and his heart was very uncomfortable, so he gave the food and water brought from the rear to the two of them, and the two of them ate some to pad their stomachs first, and then ate some later.

"How's it going?" The third shift leader asked.

Squad Leader Hu put away the smile on his face and sighed: "You have also seen the current situation, there are only two of us left in the Ninth Company, and the enemy on the left side will repel the attack of the enemy on the left, and the enemy on the right will touch it, the scope of the No. 1 position is larger, and the two of us will definitely not be able to defend it, you have come just in time, the enemy has just been repelled by us, but they will not give up, you will guard the right side, and the two of us will guard the left side." ”

The third squad leader was stunned for a moment: "Then how can it be done, you have been holding on all morning, how can I still let you stick to the left side, in this way, I will let a fighter from a combat group come to assist you and help you share some pressure." ”

He added: "And the current state of the two of you needs to rest even more. ”

Xia Yuan shook his head: "Third squad leader, our physical condition, we know better than anyone else, the enemy attacked all morning, did not take the No. 1 position, the offensive in the afternoon will be even more ferocious, a squad of soldiers, it is difficult to hold on." ”

The third squad leader said, "Comrade Xia Yuan, don't worry, we can't hold it, and there will be troops to replace us!" Whether we can hold it or not, we will do our best! The people are in the position, and the death position is still there! ”

He promised: "Please rest assured that all the commanders and fighters of the Ninth Company! ”

Seeing this, Xia Yuan didn't say anything more, and used his eagle eye to look at the enemy's rear, the tank roared, and constantly fired at the position, and the bullets sprayed by the self-propelled machine gun vehicle formed a long whip and threw it on Shangganling.

The afternoon battle was even harder and more brutal.

The U.S. troops were deflated in the morning, and mobilized in the rear to boost the morale of the soldiers, and the logistics prepared a sumptuous lunch for the soldiers to keep them fed in order to cope with the battle against Shangganling in the afternoon.

The commander of the US Seventh Division kept talking to Van Vleet on the phone, and Van Vleet was furious when he heard the news that the Perfect Seventh Division had suffered heavy casualties and had not yet captured Shangganling, and you must know that this time Van Vleet had already had a showdown with the whole world yesterday, and the Jinhua Offensive would launch an unprecedented offensive against the Volunteer Army.

All the media in the world, everyone's eyes fell on the defensive front of the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army - Jinhua!

From 3:30 a.m. on the 14th, the US 7th Division and the ROK 2nd Division launched an unprecedented attack on Shangganling, with seven battalions of about 5,000 men and 16 artillery battalions launching a fierce attack on the 597.9 and 537.7 heights on a piece of land with an area of less than 3.7 square kilometers and defended by only two companies of our army.

And this, it was already the second day and most of the time had passed, Van Vleet heard the news, the whole person was not good, the US 7th Division and the Han 2nd Division suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and the seven battalions were actually disabled by the enemy, paying such huge casualties, you actually told me that only 537.7 of the enemy was taken, and 597.9 of the enemy was still not captured.

The commander of the U.S. Seventh Division was also very angry at the incompetence of his subordinates, and the seven battalions only got 537.7 in the case of most of the casualties, and in this morning's attack, the 597.9 heights were still firmly in the hands of the volunteers.

Van Vliet asked strangely, the commander of the US Seventh Division could only secretly curse the incompetence of the front-line commander in his heart, and the aircraft, artillery, tanks, machine gun trucks were all used, and seven battalions of troops were also used, but they could not even knock down the two hills of the people.

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When he angrily scolded the battlefield commander for his incompetence, he had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the volunteer army in his heart.

After Van Vliet's call, the commander of the 7th Division of the United States looked at Shangganling, which was once again shrouded in artillery fire and black gunsmoke, and his eyes narrowed slightly with a cigar in his mouth: "In such an environment, they can still repel our attacks so many times, how did they do it?" ”

Shangganling, under the noisy artillery fire, as if the end of the world had come, the trench fortifications that had just been dug were filled in little by little under the continuous fierce shelling of the enemy, and the soldiers buried half of their bodies in the soil, patted their heads, and squad leader Hu leaned out to observe.

"The enemy didn't come up, it doesn't make sense, such a fierce artillery fire, it didn't come up."

Xia Yuan held the gun, pressed the bullets into the magazine one by one, blew some sand that fell on it, and put it in the bullet bag, it was just a morning, and the battle in the afternoon would be more intense, and even now he has the attitude of killing as many foreign devils as he can.

As for when to die, then everything depends on the will of God.

Maybe in the next second, a shell will land in your bunker.

No one can say for sure.