There was an intermittent, gunfire like firecrackers on the other side of the phone, and it was a battalion commander who called, "Chief of Staff Hu, the enemy's artillery fire is very fierce, all of them are large-caliber howitzers, the casualties of the troops are very large, we are now seriously depleted of ammunition, the firepower is not enough, the enemy has broken through to the forward battlefield of our army several times, can you give me another hundred grenades, we can hold the position." ”

105 howitzers, one howitzer can cover an area of dozens of square meters, the howitzer explodes near the fighters, and the air wave generated is definitely not something that the body can bear, ten howitzers can cause huge destructive power, and the enemy's howitzer ammunition is endless, shelling the position, resulting in heavy casualties in a battalion.

Many formed units have been destroyed, and there are only a dozen fighters holding on to the positions, while the enemy has a large number of troops, and with the arrival of reinforcements, the enemy's attack and firepower have become more and more ferocious, not much worse than yesterday's firepower.

After hearing this, Chief of Staff Hu fully understood that the situation in front must be very difficult, and a rare impatience and melancholy appeared on his face, Chief of Staff Hu immediately realized that as a commander, his expression at this moment would have an impact on his subordinates, and immediately restrained himself, calmed himself, and said categorically:

"Okay, no problem, I'll solve it for you right away, but you listen well, the position must not be lost!"

On the other end of the microphone, Battalion Commander Li's tone immediately became more excited, and he said: "Thank you, please rest assured by Chief of Staff Hu, and please also tell the regiment commander that our first battalion will definitely be able to hold the position!" ”

As soon as the phone was cut off, Chief of Staff Hu said to Regiment Commander Pang: "The situation of the first battalion is already very difficult, from the beginning of the battle to the present, only the third battalion has divided a little ammunition from them, but after a few hours of fighting, these ammunition have long been exhausted, and he now wants a hundred grenades." ”

Regiment Commander Pang frowned, now there is no excess ammunition at all, not to mention the 538th Regiment, up to the division headquarters and military warehouses, down to the grassroots companies, the consumption of ammunition and food in the sports war is very large, and this time has only just ended the fourth campaign, and the material storage has declined.

Hardships need to be overcome, the current situation faced by the first battalion, the commanders and fighters of the 538th Regiment are very clear in their hearts, Commander Pang immediately walked up to the herald and said: "Go and gather all the teams directly under the battalion, including the guard squad, quickly, run forward!" ”

"Yes!"

The herald saluted Commander Pang, turned around and ran out of the regiment headquarters.

Commander Pang said to Chief of Staff Hu: "When they arrive in a while, you will unload all the grenades on them and send them to the first battalion." ”

Chief of Staff Hu pondered and said, "Regiment Commander, forget about the guard squad." ”

Head Pang shook his head: "Forget it? No, we are not a division here, why do we need such high guards? The front line needs support, the position is the most important, the most critical, everything is task-oriented, so it was decided. ”

Seeing that Regiment Commander Pang said this, Chief of Staff Hu couldn't say anything more, and immediately walked out of the division headquarters to arrange this matter.

After receiving the order, the comrades of the direct team quickly unloaded all the grenades on their bodies, and some people helped to put the grenades together one by one and put them into the wooden grenade box. After sealing the box, a check showed that there were 300 in total, and there were more than 20 left on the ground, and the direct team took out some people to carry 300 grenades, and immediately rushed towards the position of the first battalion.

300 grenades, more than 200 more than Battalion Commander Li expected, the first time he received the grenades, Battalion Commander Li asked people to send these grenades to the position, the battle on the position was fierce, the US artillery shells bloomed on the position, especially the 105 howitzer, a howitzer fell on the position, like a huge stone falling into the calm lake, instantly set off a stormy wave, the air wave generated by the explosion swept more than ten meters away, and the sand and dust covered the position.

Mainly around the point of impact of the howitzer, it will be swept away by the air waves, and the casualties will be serious.

The enemy's attack was more intense, the ammunition consumption of the fighters on the positions was becoming more and more serious, and some fighters were already running out of ammunition. In a company of positions, the three platoons fell into a bitter battle, Wang Xiaoliang's ammunition was the first to be consumed, the magazine ejected, and then he touched the bullets on his body, and the bullet bag was empty.

Wang Xiaoliang shouted: "Squad leader, I'm out of bullets." ”

Tan Zhanbiao is fighting fiercely with more than a dozen foreign devils, this group of foreign devils is not blindly charging, knowing that with the help of the impact point on the ground, they are covering each other to attack the position of the volunteers, and the number of volunteer soldiers on their own positions is not much, and under the enemy's orderly attack, the enemy's offensive defense line is slowly advancing.

The pressure on the battalions of the 538th Regiment can be imagined.

Xia Yuan shot at the enemy one by one, and with his own strength, he didn't dare to stick his head out of the enemy in front of him, a distance of 100 meters, for Xia Yuan, doing a gun headshot is as simple as drinking a sip of water, he seems to have reached the level of integration of man and gun, aiming and pulling the trigger, turning around, pulling the trigger, every gunshot represents the death of a life.

This situation was seen by Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao, and with Xia Yuan alone, their pressure was greatly reduced.

"Good fighting, this kind of marksmanship is really good, where to shoot, why haven't I seen Xia Yuan show his shooting talent before."

Instructor Shao changed the magazine and said happily, after this battle, Xia Yuan is likely to be promoted, Xia Yuan has meritorious deeds in the past, and he made a lot of mistakes in acting without authorization during the battle, but now it is not only good, but the combat level has risen sharply.

Company Commander Lei was also very excited and said, "In this way, the pressure on us is a lot less. ”

"It should not be taken lightly, the enemy's artillery is very powerful, and it is quite possible that it will shell our positions."

Instructor Shao kept a cool head: "Fortunately, Xia Yuan knocked out the opponent's walkie-talkie soldiers, which made it impossible for the attacking enemy to call the artillery in the rear. ”

Knowing that the enemy's shells were powerful, Xia Yuan kept staring at the enemy with the walkie-talkie on his back, and gave priority to shooting them, if the enemy's shells fell, the dozen or so of them might be swallowed up in a salvo of the enemy's howitzers.

"The enemy's howitzers are very powerful, and they will not fire blindly, otherwise they will hurt their own people."

Xia Yuan's confidence comes from here, and the facts are similar to what he expected, these ten howitzers of the US army have a fixed shooting target, and they will not shoot blindly, blind shooting is uncontrollable, and it may also fall among their own people.

In this way, large-caliber artillery shells could not hit them, and the threat of small-caliber mortars was not great, and the enemy's offensive was controlled by Xia Yuan, and the offensive suffered by the front was weakening.

The third wave of the enemy's attack retreated, and before they could take a breath, the enemy's attack came up again, which made Xia Yuan chuckle in his heart, in the battle just now, there were not many bullets left on his body, there were still four magazines left in the full battle, and there were five bullets left in the magazines in the magazine, while the enemy's fortifications were more ferocious than one wave.

Mortars and howitzers roared at the same time, and several miles away, several enemy heavy machine guns were strafing from a distance, and the whizzing bullets rained down on the position.

"The enemy has changed tactics!"

Xia Yuan was startled, Eagle Eye launched, he saw the slope on the opposite side, the US army had built a simple fortification there, the heavy machine gun with welded steel plates was mounted on the fire point built with sandbags, the muzzle was slightly raised, the bullet swept, and it fell perfectly on the 336.8 high ground, and the bullets of the heavy machine gun were as dense as raindrops, falling on the position, and the dust burst up and hit the top of the soldiers' heads.

The US army's heavy machine guns have a very long range and a very high rate of fire, so they can shoot at long distances, and there is no need to lift the heavy machine guns to high ground at all.

Company Commander Lei squatted in the trench, and the soil that kept falling on his head kept falling on his head, he stretched out his hand and patted it, and said, "The enemy has really changed its strategy, this is using the machine gun as a cannon." ”

Wang Xiaoliang, who was holding the gun and was checking the number of bullets, raised his head and asked curiously: "Company commander, how can a machine gun be used as a cannon." ”

Liu Tiezhu said: "Stupid, if the machine gun is mounted on the artillery position, it is to treat the machine gun as a cannon." ”

"Company commander, the enemy's mortar position is only two miles away from us, and it is already afternoon, it is almost dark, and it is difficult for the enemy to support two more attacks, I think, when it gets dark, let's go and attack the mortar position of the American army."

Xia Yuan used his eagle eye to observe the machine gun positions built by the enemy a few miles away, and said: "Strive to eliminate the enemy's artillery positions in one pot, and knock out those machine guns by the way." ”

"When the battle is over, I'll go talk to the battalion commander."

Company Commander Lei patted the dust on his hat, cautiously poked his head out, looked into the distance, and couldn't help but say: "Grandma, these foreign devils are really in a hurry, how long has it been, and they have launched another attack." ”

An artillery shell exploded on the position, and the dust rolled up by the shell rolled with the air wave, Instructor Shao straightened his hat and said: "The enemy just doesn't give us time to breathe, I don't have much ammunition on my body, and your ammunition is estimated to be not much, these foreign devils are afraid that they know the situation we are facing now, and they don't want to give us any time to replenish ammunition, and when our ammunition is exhausted, the enemy will be able to occupy the 336.8 heights." ”

Company Commander Lei said in a calm voice: "We can't let them occupy the position, we must hold the position." ”

"Company commander, I'll go pick up ammunition!"

A soldier held a gun with the butt of the rifle on the ground and volunteered.

"No, it's too dangerous, the enemy is already coming."

Company Commander Lei vetoed the soldier's idea on the spot.

Ma Da ran over with two fighters: "Company commander, company commander, battalion commander sent us ammunition, so many grenades." ”

The three of them were holding grenades in their arms, there were a lot of them, it was estimated that there were dozens, put them on the ground, making a crisp collision sound, these grenades came in time, the grenades and grenades on the bodies of everyone were basically lost, only some bullets remained, the bullets have limitations, once the enemy lies down, it is difficult to shoot, it will cause waste, and it is difficult to suppress the enemy.

Grenades are different, everyone knows Xia Yuan's bomb throwing ability, and these grenades can play a huge role in his hands.

"How's your platoon's ammunition consumption?" Company Commander Lei grabbed two grenades, handed them to Wang Xiaoliang behind him, and asked Ma Da again,

"It's gone, it's by touching the corpses of the enemy, some of the fighters have changed their weapons, and their guns are out of bullets."

Ma Da grinned: "Damn, I didn't even have a chance to touch the corpse this time, the company commander sent you a grenade, can you give us a point, and Lao Chen, the situation over there is not good." ”

"These grenades are the reinforcements that the battalion commander gave us for a company, and what we want is that we distribute them equally."

Instructor Shao said, dividing the grenades into three piles, pointing to two of them, and saying, "Hurry up and send these grenades to the third platoon, they also need this batch of grenades." ”

"Yes!"

Ma Da left in a hurry.

As soon as he left on the front foot, the enemy came up on the back foot, and everyone took the grenades, quickly dispersed, each received two, and there were still thirteen left on the ground, and the commander of the Lei Company gave Xia Yuan a head and said: "You threw it far, and you threw it accurately, these grenades can play a much bigger role in your hands than ours, and they are thrown at a place with many people, and they are thrown accurately." ”

"Please rest assured, the company commander is here, and the enemy can't rush up!"

Xia Yuan held the grenade with a solemn expression.

"Lao Yang, you follow Xia Yuan and be his deputy."

Instructor Shao said again.

"Yes!" Lao Yang nodded, took some grenades from Xia Yuan's arms, and the two of them walked through the traffic trench and ran to the forward position.

"Xia Yuan has a lot of pressure, let the two of them be the first line of defense on the forward position, and in the face of the enemy's fiercest attack, I don't know if I can hold it."

Company Commander Lei said with emotion.

Instructor Shao looked at the backs of the two of them and said, "We have to believe him." ”

There were only more than ten people left on the position, and the next wave of enemy attacks was coming, Xia Yuan thought of a way, and he would stick to the forward position to delay the enemy's attack to the greatest extent, and give Lei Company Commander and them the opportunity to collect ammunition between the forward position and the rear position.

Grenades alone are not enough, grenades will always be lost one day, bullets are also essential, don't look at bullets are inferior to grenades in some aspects, in battle, bullets still play a more important role than grenades, they still need to replenish bullets.

"Take the people, on!"

The enemy's heavy machine gun mounted at a very long distance can carry out long-range fire coverage, but if you want to hit the target accurately, it is almost an impossible thing, after such a distance, there are too many factors to take into account, and the second is accurate, and the bullet will be in flight during the flight, because the wind resistance will also undergo ballistic offset, and I don't know where it will fall.

The enemy machine gunners also understood this, and only through non-stop strafing, maybe a lucky bullet would hit the Chinese.

(End of chapter)