Chapter 183: Separate Again
The situation on the side of the 539th Regiment is even worse, the breakthrough is fierce, the order is also very chaotic, in the process of breaking through, the soldiers are not afraid of dying in the battle, the only thing they are afraid of is to be wounded in the breakthrough, the soldiers who can walk will support each other to break through, and the seriously wounded who can't walk ask to leave them weapons or grenades, ready to fight to the death with the enemy, and die together.
It's heart-wrenching to think about that scene.
When they arrived at Eagle Peak, there were only five platoons left in the whole regiment, less than 150 people, and the breakthrough could be described as tragic, but there were also returning stragglers who gathered here at Commander Wang.
At this time, the number of people who broke through the 180th Division, which had been disrupted, reached more than 1,000, and the soldiers of various companies, battalions, and departments were all scattered all over the mountains and fields with honey and wild vegetables, picking leaves to fill their stomachs, and thousands of people were crowded in the ravines.
The main peak of Eagle Peak is called Dutai Peak, they found the enemy defending on the main position of Dutai Peak, and the heavy machine gun can directly threaten the soldiers under the mountain, and the unfortunate things are really one after another.
When I arrived at the foot of the main peak of Eagle Peak, the searchlights on the mountain were aimed at the bottom of me as if it were day, and the flares flickered in mid-air without stopping.
The U.S. troops on the main peak, Dutai Peak, found the volunteer soldiers who were quietly moving at the bottom of the mountain, and they opened fire condescendingly, and the bullets from the heavy machine guns rained down from the mountain, hitting the trunks of the trees, and on the ground, the grass and shrubs trembled, and the broken leaves kept falling from the mountain.
Later, the enemy came from the east, south, and north from the three directions of artillery shells, grenades, and even napalm, constantly falling in the ravine, the ravine and the woods were really bleeding every minute, the deafening explosion and the fire of the gasoline bombs formed a terrible atmosphere, and what was even more terrible was that there were still shells and grenades overhead, and the sharp whistling sound was continuous, and the smoke of gunpowder and thick black smoke wafted out from the ravine, and the pungent smell filled the entire valley.
Even if there is an independent battalion in the back that holds the nameless high ground and is in charge, the independent battalion is not a steel plate after all, and the US troops in all directions are constantly gathering towards Eagle Peak.
"What's going on, where did the gunshots come from!"
"Shout what? Lao Duan is the enemy on the top of the mountain. ”
Division Commander Zheng responded to Deputy Division Commander Duan, and Commander Wang of the 538th Regiment ran in front of Division Commander Zheng, and Division Commander Zheng closed his voice and said, "Lao Wang, you came just in time, you can take a look." ”
After finishing speaking, Division Commander Zheng handed the telescope to Commander Wang, who saw clearly in the telescope that there was probably a platoon of American troops on the top of the main peak, and their heavy machine guns and two mortars kept firing at the bottom of the mountain.
He returned the telescope to Master Zheng, and at this time, Master Zheng said, "How about taking down this Dutai Peak?" I know, you don't have many people now, is there a problem with taking it down? ”
Seeing Lao Wang's hesitation, Division Commander Zheng had the idea of transferring the independent battalion over, and it was most appropriate for the independent battalion to fight such a tough battle.
But listening to the sound, the artillery fire in the rear rumbled non-stop, and the independent battalion also got involved with the US army, and it would not be able to fall out for a while and a half.
Commander Wang hesitated, now it is not the same as before, the most common words he said to the division commander in the past were 'Guarantee to complete the task!' ''Commander, I'll do it right away.'' ''Okay, I'll go!'' ’
But when he thinks about it now, after all, it was in the past, and there were many superior conditions at that time, and now their 538th Regiment still has more than 200 people at most who can fight, so if they attack like this, there will definitely be problems.
However, the order given by the division commander had to be obeyed, and the commander of the regiment Wang hesitated again and again, hesitated for a moment, and said: "No problem, I'll go." ”
Senior Commander Zheng also saw his hesitation, sighed, and said, "Forget it, I'll let Lao Liu of the 540 Regiment fight, there are still more people who belong to him." ”
In the past, there was still a chance of victory without a large number of people and a certain number of enemies, but now even if the number of people is superior, it is useless, the gap in weapons and equipment, coupled with hunger, no water to drink, the body of the fighters is the biggest obstacle to combat effectiveness.
"Phew!"
At this moment, a signal flare was launched over the high ground on the east side of Eagle Peak, which was sent by the commander of the 538th Regiment, which meant to tell the division commander that the high ground on the east side had been firmly controlled by us.
Before Master Zheng could say, Commander Wang didn't even say hello, and rushed away.
Looking at the back of Commander Wang, Master Zheng thought to himself, hehe. You old boy reacted so quickly, and it was good that with the cover of fire from the high ground on the east side, there would not be too many casualties in attacking the main peak.
Director Wu, director of the Political Department, and Regiment Commander Wang deployed together, and 30 people led by Wang Hongyun, a security officer of the 539th Regiment, and Lu Laishui, the platoon commander of the guard platoon, made a desperate assault and took the position of the main peak, Dutai Peak.
In this hand-to-hand battle, more than 10 American soldiers were killed in the attack, and the remaining half of the platoon ran away, capturing an American-made bazooka, two 60-millimeter mortars, a Browning machine gun, a walkie-talkie, and even two boxes of canned food.
"You stingy, bazookas and mortars to the cannon battery, walkie-talkies and cans to the division headquarters, we can leave a machine gun and these bullets."
"Yes, I'll send it now."
A soldier obeyed the order of the guard Platoon Lu Laishuo and first ran to the division headquarters with the walkie-talkie he had in hand.
But it didn't take long for the US troops to come and launch an attack on Dutai Peak, and the five platoons of soldiers on the position resisted desperately, and at the cost of huge casualties, they repelled five enemy attacks, but they were still defeated by the enemy, and the main position of Dutai Peak was shrouded and covered by enemy artillery fire.
It didn't take long for Dutai Peak to be occupied by the enemy again.
At this time, in the rear, the first battalion of the 539th Regiment returned to the team, and immediately afterward, many soldiers who broke out of the encirclement came to report.
At this time, Commander Wang also realized that this was all the strength that erupted after the comrades were exhausted, and if they repeatedly fought for the axis with the enemy, and then went to seize the lost positions, it was no longer possible.
The main forces of the division continued to transfer.
"Comrades, work hard, I'm just like you, I haven't had a tooth on the rice and noodles for a few days, this is the life channel that the comrades have played for me with their lives, speed up the march, hurry up!"
"Come on, come on, I'll carry this ammunition box for you, quick!"
On this mountain road, apart from the sound of some fierce cannon guns in the distance, the only thing left was the footsteps of our troops, cheering each other on with the soldiers, and trying to move forward.
But even so, there were still soldiers who were so tired that they were prostration, and the depth of the team suddenly widened far, far away.
Nameless Heights.
The independent battalion single-handedly blocked the frantic attack of the US troops of a regimental combat team, and the US troops launched several attacks on the nameless heights of the independent battalion with the strength of one battalion, and the two sides repeatedly tug-of-war on this high ground. The commander of the American army observed with a telescope rather frightened:
"I didn't expect the Chinese to have such a strong fighting force."
In the midst of successive encirclements, pursuits, and interceptions, the US military was able to clearly realize that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army was gradually decreasing, and this was definitely good news for the US military, because after all, this Chinese army had wasted so much of their energy and time, and the consumption of the US 10 Army was also very huge.
If a regimental-level combat team can enter Eagle Peak, it will be an absolutely devastating blow to the 180th Division, but it is really surprising that they encountered such a fierce resistance from the Chinese army on this nameless height.
"Call for long-range artillery fire to cover the positions of the Chinese, I will blow them to ashes!"
At this time, on the nameless heights, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, there were bullet impact points everywhere, and the hard rocks on the surface of the position were also crushed to ashes under the cover of the enemy's first round of long-range artillery fire, and many soldiers were killed and wounded under the enemy's artillery fire.
Looking at the fleeing enemy, Xia Yuan, who had many combat experience with the US army, quickly realized that the next wave of US troops was likely to use long-range artillery support.
"Leave a squad of fighters in the forward positions, the others quickly retreat to the craters of the anticline!"
Xia Yuan picked up the guns and ammunition dropped by the enemy on the ground, and then shouted, ordering the soldiers to move to the anti-slope behind, he turned around and used his eagle eye to observe the American troops below the mountain, the other party fled very fast, threw off his legs and ran back.
There were several tanks parked on the road, boom, the tank shook suddenly, the dust and smoke began to drift, a shell pierced into the mountain, in an instant, the air wave rolled, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the two soldiers were overturned by the air wave of the cannonball, the hygienist immediately ran forward, found that they were constantly spitting blood in their mouths, and the hygienist's eyes flashed a faint.
"Comrade, hold on!"
The hygienist was reluctant to show it, but held them by the hand and encouraged them.
"Comrade, I, I can't live, tell, tell my mom, I miss him."
The young soldier kept spitting blood out of his mouth, and his internal organs had been shattered by the enemy's shells, and his internal organs were broken, and even if the gods came, they could not save him.
The hygienist's voice trembled a little, and he shouted as he looked at the young soldier who was no longer breathing.
"Let's go!"
Xia Yuan grabbed him.
"Battalion commander, they died." The hygienist's voice trembled a little, and his mind kept haunting the words of the little soldier when he died, his voice trembled uncontrollably, and tears burst out of his eyes at once.
They have experienced too much life and death, especially the hygienist, who has seen too many lives and deaths, and they have long looked down on it, but the soldier's last words made the hygienist's heart tremble a few times.
He also misses his own relatives.
"I know, I know, so we want to inherit their will and protect our country, our relatives and friends." Xia Yuan patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go quickly, we have to live and eliminate more foreign devils." ”
"Go save more fighters and keep them alive."
"Yes, Battalion Commander!" The hygienist took a deep breath and ran away, heading to his position to help more fighters wounded by enemy shelling.
The anti-slope where the fighters hid, the fighters of the separate battalion leaned on the wet mud and quietly waited for the end of the enemy's shelling. The enemy tanks were the first to fire, and the heavy artillery of the American army also let out a deafening roar, as if it was about to tear the entire mountain apart.
"Battalion commander! How's the situation on your end? ”
Yang Nanzhen straightened his hat that was blown over by the air wave lifted on the top of the mountain, and shouted loudly, the sound of the enemy's artillery fire was too loud, and the continuous roar sounded, almost smoothing out the nameless heights.
Xia Yuan leaned and sat in the bomb crater, looked up at the sky, and listened to Yang Nanzhen's voice, he retracted his gaze and shouted: "The situation is normal, what's the situation on your side, do you need support?" ”
"Everything is normal, although the American devils attacked fiercely, can they be fiercer than our soldiers, they didn't hit down a few times, and they bombarded with artillery." Yang Nanzhen sat beside Xia Yuan and shouted happily.
"The shelling is good, this shows that the commanders of the American devils are starting to get anxious, the more anxious they are, the more we can't let them fight, the more they can't beat down, the more anxious they are, and when they are in a hurry, it is easy to mess up." Xia Yuan laughed: "If it's messed up, it's easier for us to fight." ”
"Alright, I know you have a lot of ideas." Yang Nanzhen sighed, looked at the direction of Eagle Peak where the division headquarters retreated, and said, "I don't know what happened to the division commander." ”
"It's not good, we have come this way, we have encountered too many troops that have been scattered, and many soldiers have not been able to raise their strength because of the long-term lack of food, where is the strength to compete for positions with foreign devils, and if they want to defend their positions, they will either make a blow or wait for the opportunity to move."
Xia Yuan calmed his voice, his heart was full of worries, he was worried about a lot of things, the most belonged to himself who changed the fate of the 180th Division, what would greet them next, Xia Yuan had no bottom in his heart.
No matter what will greet the 180th Division next, I will do my best.
When the shelling on the position stopped, the air waves were still rolling, and the gunpowder smoke continued to fill, a dusty soldier slid down the mountain: "Battalion commander, the enemy is coming, and the strength is about two battalions!" ”
"Up!" Xia Yuan spat and put aside the messy thoughts in his mind, "It's really not reassuring to send another battalion of soldiers." ”
"They want to eat us, and they don't stop until they eat us."
Yang Nanzhen's voice was a little cold: "Battalion commander, I'll go over first, you have to pay attention to safety." ”
"Okay, you also pay attention to safety, and let Lao Tzu come back alive!" After Xia Yuan finished speaking, he shouted around: "Brothers, rush with me!" ”