The fighters lay down one after another, and several machine gunners picked up their light machine guns, wanting to wait for it to fly close before firing immediately, but the plane did not fly low, and immediately pulled up the high ground after half of the dive, circled over the 336.8 height, and the dispute was gone, and did not even drop bombs.

The U.S. troops who gave up the heights just now must have run back to report the process of their attack by the Chinese volunteers, the speed was really fast, and not long after the 336.8 heights had just been occupied here, there were immediately American planes coming to reconnoitre.

Everyone became more vigilant, and after the US military planes had reconnoitred the situation on the 336.8 heights, they were sure that the enemy would come to harass them after a while.

Xia Yuan took the soldiers of the third squad and quickly ran to the position of the first company with the ammunition box on his shoulder, put the ammunition box on the ground, and shouted: "After the enemy has reconnoitred, the position may be shelled, everyone pay attention to concealment." ”

Who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, the sound of cannonballs gliding in the air was heard, which was a piercing and sharp whistling, getting closer and closer.

With a bang, a shell fell on the position of the company, and the explosion produced a huge vibration and air wave, almost knocking Tan Zhanbiao and Wang Xiaoliang to their stomachs, Xia Yuan could feel that the American artillery shell contained terrifying energy, and the mountain was shaking with a shell.

Then, the whistling overhead became more and more harsh, and the shouts of the warriors rang out from the position

"Pay attention to concealment, the enemy is shelling!"

"Quick, get hidden!"

Boom, the deafening roar sounded continuously, shaking the soldiers to the ground, six soldiers were killed by shells on the spot, Lei Company Commander saw this and hurriedly stood up: "Everyone quickly hide, the shelling will not be too long, quickly tell the people on the high ground to go down to the halfway up the mountain first, find a place to hide." ”

"Old Lei, get down!"

Instructor Shao looked at the company commander Lei who stood up, the whistling sound above his head became more and more harsh, and he pounced on it with an arrow step, knocking the old thunder into the trench, and with a bang, a shell fell on top of their heads, shrapnel flew everywhere, and the soil fell like a dense rainstorm.

The density of the artillery bombardment is getting bigger and bigger, and some people have not yet reacted, they were blown up by this sudden shell, and the enemy's artillery carried out a higher density of shelling on the 336.8 heights, and the soldiers looked for cover and curled up in the trenches to avoid the shelling of the American army, but the density of the artillery was too great, only the share of the bombardment, there was no power to return fire, the enemy's artillery flew from a long distance, and their mortars could not reach.

The artillery fire continued for a while, and finally stopped, and in front of the first battalion, a group of men came in the dark, and went straight to their positions.

"Lao Yang, Lao Yang, are you okay?"

Xia Yuan looked at the trench, turned around and immediately pulled out Lao Yang who was buried in the soil, Lao Yang spit out the soil in his mouth, and scolded: "This foreign devil's cannon is really powerful, how about it." ”

"The devil is coming!"

Xia Yuan held his gun and looked up at the positions of the second and third platoons, the soldiers had just recovered from the enemy's shelling, and when they saw the American troops rushing up, they were startled, and immediately got up and returned to their original positions to standby.

"Lao Yang, you immediately take someone to deliver the ammunition to Lao Ma and Lao Chen, they need this batch of ammunition."

"Hey!"

Tan Zhanbiao, the leader of the first squad, pulled Wang Xiaoliang: "Little man, let's all go to the position quickly, the enemy will definitely come up soon." ”

The other warriors around were also running towards the position, and when they got closer, they could hear the shouts of the soldiers coming from the position in the distance.

"The enemy is coming, the enemy is coming!"

The fighters in the rear, who had just retreated halfway up the hill to avoid shells, tightened their hearts and quickened their movements, ready to plunge into the battle at any time.

Due to the speed of the enemy, the trench foxholes of the first battalion had not yet been dug, and in such a situation, the soldiers of the first battalion could only line up and temporarily prepare for the blockade, while the machine gunners used the impact point of the enemy's artillery as a machine gun position.

The fighters were ready for battle.

"Platoon commander!"

Tan Zhanbiao ran fast and rushed to where Xia Yuan was, Xia Yuan held his gun and said, "Get ready, the enemy has come up." ”

"Hey!" Tan Zhanbiao's squad was basically wiped out, only one machine gunner and Wang Xiaoliang remained, the casualties of the second and third squads were equally large, and there were only a dozen fighters left in the three squads, and some of these dozen or so people were wounded.

Wang Xiaoliang followed closely and crawled to Liu Tiezhu's side, Liu Tiezhu handed him an empty magazine and said, "Little man, hurry up and press the bullet." ”

After so many battles, Liu Tiezhu also saw that Wang Xiaoliang was the kind of comrade who was not suitable for fighting, so it was better to let him suppress the bullets and help himself.

"The enemy is coming, don't show your head, be careful of a bullet swooping through your head." Liu Tiezhu rubbed the machine gun, and did not forget to tease Wang Xiaoliang.

"You show your head, why can't I show my head."

Wang Xiaoliang also raised his head and looked, a group of foreign devils were coming towards their mountain, and he was a little surprised: "Why are these foreign devils so slow." ”

"The enemy's reconnaissance troops, not sure if the shelling just now wiped us out, they are walking so slowly to facilitate observation."

Hearing Liu Tiezhu say this, Wang Xiaoliang stared at the enemy again, and sure enough, this group of people was probably the appearance of a search team of the US army, they walked forward cautiously, and looked at our position, just like Liu Tiezhu said, probably to see if there were any people left after a round of shelling.

Our army is also observing the enemy, not daring to relax at all, the enemy is getting closer and closer, only one kilometer away from the forward position, on the 336.8 heights, the first, second and third companies are next to each other, and many people have been sacrificed along the way, but it does not seem crowded, the order to shoot has not yet been given, but as long as the enemy approaches their position, the soldiers will not hesitate to shoot.

Suddenly, a gunshot broke the silence on the position.

When the enemy approached the position more than 700 meters, the American troops were the first to fire, and it was the crisp sound of Garand semi-automatic rifles, and then two Soviet-made turntable machine guns fired. In an instant, a shuttle of bullets went down, sweeping away several enemies.

The American troops, who were attacked by the volunteers, quickly dispersed their formation, and then continued to rush forward.

On the position, only the machine guns fired, the soldiers still held their breath and did not fire, they had to wait for the enemy to get close before shooting, so that the enemy was hit head-on, even if he fled, it would cause huge casualties, and he could not run.

When the enemy got closer and closer, Xia Yuan aimed at the soldier with a walkie-talkie in the US army, pulled the trigger, and hit the steel helmet with a 'snap' shot and penetrated the enemy's forehead, and the soldier with the walkie-talkie fell to the ground, and then, the rifles and submachine guns of the other soldiers rang out one after another, and the gunfire continued for half a minute, and more and more foreign devils fell, but there were fewer and fewer people standing.

Run, it was too late, the soldiers fired in unison, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, strafing together, a large number of enemies fell, there were few standing, Xia Yuan and Chen Lie killed the last few foreign devils, and the battle was over.

The foreign devils died a lot, our army lightly wounded seven soldiers, and a few stray bullets hit them, and hung up some colors, but fortunately they did not hit the vital parts.

"Repulsed, repulsed."

Wang Xiaoliang shouted happily.

Liu Tiezhu pouted: "What, I haven't played yet, why is it gone." ”

The offensive of the foreign devils is not very strong, and it seems that there are a group of people who are pressed by the black, and there are only one hundred and ten people, a reconnaissance team, and there are many people, but there are not so many fights.

Tan Zhanbiao walked to the two of them and said, "This is the temptation of the devil, it's getting dark, it is estimated that the foreign devil will not come up again, rest and eat." ”

The gunfire was silent, and the search team of the American army did not rush to our position, but was thighed, and the wounded eight wounded were carried to the rear on stretchers, but not just a few of them, the shelling just now caused a lot of losses to the first battalion, and many people's bodies could not be found, and those who were still alive at the scene were seriously injured.

Many people endured the severe pain and did not make a sound, but the wound was too big, the blood flowed straight out, there was no treatment conditions at the scene, the only way for the health soldiers was to use gauze to pierce the bleeding, and the people who were injured by the bullet could not take out the bullet for the time being, and could only use gauze to bandage the wound, and wait for the end of the battle to the rear before surgery.

Instructor Shao looked at the wounded on the position and said, "It's already 5:40 in the afternoon, and it's about to get dark, so it is estimated that the enemy will not attack again, but what about tomorrow?" It's hard to say, but I guess there is still a bad battle waiting for us. ”

The regimental headquarters of the 538th Regiment, received the news that the first battalion had passed on to capture the enemy's 336.8 heights, and there was not much joy, the troops went all the way, the casualties were huge, and the situation was complicated and headaches, the commander of the 538th Regiment sighed a few times in succession, did not speak, the regimental chief of staff surnamed Hu, said: "Regiment commander, the troops have been in a state of marching, as soon as they stopped, they didn't take a breath, and immediately put into battle, the physical consumption is too great, the US army will not attack at night, and the arrangement at night is very critical!" ”

The commander of the 538th Regiment surnamed Pang, and he asked: "Lao Hu, how much food is left for the troops?" ”

Chief of Staff Hu said: "Everyone carried seven days' rations, but due to the rush day and night, the enemy came up as soon as they stopped, and there was no time to breathe, and the physical consumption was huge, and they needed to replenish food. ”

Commander Pang said: "In this way, tonight's opportunity is rare, it is rare that the US army did not strike with artillery, so that the troops must overcome difficulties and seize the time to build fortifications, otherwise, as soon as the morning dawns, we will have no chance." ”

He read the report brought by the commander of the first battalion again, and said: "The platoon commander of the first battalion and one company is brave and strategic, and he can fight down the 336.8 heights, and he has made great contributions, and I will report to the division commander immediately!" ”

All the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, including the commanders and fighters of the 538th Regiment, knew in their hearts that today's enemy attack was only a tentative attack, and tomorrow's contest was the key.

The 180th Division pointed out that Division Commander Zheng was engrossed in staring at the positions of the three infantry regiments on the map, and it had been a long time, and the regiments had not yet reported the situation, could it be that there was trouble, or that the attack was frustrated? The series of questions intertwined in his mind, and he threw the last cigarette butt on the ground and stopped smoking, the remnants of the smoke lingering in the command post.

At this time, he received a report from the commander of the 538th Regiment: The 1st Battalion had occupied the 336.8 high ground south of Duwudong, and was under heavy fire from the enemy's artillery.

It should be a happy thing for the first battalion to occupy the 336.8 heights south of Duwudong, but at this moment, the atmosphere of the 180th Division is a little dignified.

Deputy Division Commander Duan frowned, slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "It's too anxious!" What can I do? Lao Wang of the 539th Regiment also reported just now that the enemy north of the Hongchuan River has also retreated, and there is a possibility of retreating again, if we continue to pursue and attack according to the arrangement of our superiors, once surrounded, we will be too dangerous! ”

Division Commander Zheng is also aware of this, and Division Commander Zheng, who has always been known for his calmness, has thought more comprehensively, and now the 180th Division has gone farther and farther away from the friendly and neighboring troops according to the plan, which is too prominent, and as a division commander, he has no right to change the tasks of his superiors, but the orders of his superiors have undoubtedly pushed the 180th Division to a more dangerous position, and this contradictory mood can only be let go for a while, and all units still need him to mobilize and command.

The 2nd Battalion of the 538th Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the 539th Regiment are already searching and advancing in the direction of Xiaozidong and Tongguli, which shows that the situation on the Eastern Front is not ideal; from a conventional point of view, our troops on the Eastern Front currently occupy a huge advantage, and the two corps of the 3rd Corps plus the 179th Division and the 181st Division have joined temporarily.

Thinking of this, Division Commander Zheng said to Deputy Division Commander Duan: "Old Duan, don't be too excited, our 180th Division is not abandoned, now that our goal of containing the enemy has been achieved, the superiors are very satisfied with us, the troops should do more camouflage to deal with the enemy's heavy firepower, and we must also think of more ways." ”

Deputy Division Commander Duan listened to the division commander's words, his heart seemed to be a little more steady, and he stopped talking, he probably felt that he was complaining, and after venting, his heart was much better, and his mind was much calmer than just now.

"The platoon commander of the first battalion and one company of the 538th Regiment is a good talent, when he opened the valley before, I heard the commander of the 538th Regiment mention him, no, the first battalion sent a written report, I was very surprised after reading it, you also see, our army can have such a brave and resourceful soldier, it is really lucky."