"With a separate battalion, I'm not too sure."

Xia Yuan felt a little pain in his heart, he was full of confidence in himself, but the battlefield is not something that you can take so many people out of the enemy's encirclement if you have confidence, war is not child's play, even after being strengthened by the system, he may not be able to withstand the enemy's bullets, let alone ordinary soldiers.

The first company and the third company were brought out by him personally, and the second company was a veteran soldier of the 540 Regiment.

The best way is to let the third company and the second company withdraw together, and the first company stays to fight the block.

In this way, no one is partial.

The second is that when the enemy is surrounded, he himself does not have any experience in leading a battalion, if it is only a company, in fact, it is fine, once there are more people, he is not sure.

In my regimental commander and my regimental world, the expeditionary force is in the pursuit of the Japanese army, and the gap in strength between the two sides is not as big as it is now.

What the volunteers lacked, equipment, food, their souls were the most powerful in the world, and they never flinched in the face of the enemy's steel torrent with flesh and blood.

They don't lack souls, and the gap between the two sides is too big.

Xia Yuan had never led five or six hundred people in the enemy's encirclement, and he could encounter enemy fighter bombardment, enemy light and heavy machine gun strafing, and long-range artillery coverage at any time. Tanks and armored vehicles of the US army are rampant on the road.

Five or six hundred people in a battalion is a lot, but in the face of absolute fire coverage and strikes, five or six hundred people are nothing.

Resistance battles will be prepared, but movement warfare is completely defenseless, and once you encounter the enemy, it will be very cruel.

"Lao Yang, our battalion has enough firepower, follow the division headquarters, and help them break through, I want to leave a seedling for the independent battalion." Xia Yuan said in an almost pleading tone: "And there are too many people, the target is too big, I can't rush out with them." ”

Yang Nanzhen looked at Xia Yuan, "You take them to withdraw, and I stay." ”

"No way!" Xia Yuan directly refused and asked him: "Lao Yang, can you take three people to the foreign devils' position to steal their supplies?" ”

Yang Nanzhen thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Then can you take a company and annihilate a battalion of American troops?"

"I can't."

"I can." Xia Yuan looked at Yang Nanzhen's eyes and said: "I can take the three of you to steal the foreign devil position, I can break out with a company, I can pull up a strong machine gun company by myself, and I can also pull out a second one, Lao Yang, but I am not sure to break out with a battalion of soldiers." ”

Yang Nanzhen sighed and was silent for a long time: "Then you must come back alive." ”

"Don't worry, I'll come back alive." Xia Yuan pulled him down from the trench and said: "If the 180th Division wants to disperse and break through, try to run into the mountains as much as possible, don't be afraid of getting lost, look at the place where the sun rises in the morning, remember that facing the sun is the east, and behind you is the west, and then count the north and south, left and west, right and east, no matter where it is practical." ”

For this reason, Xia Yuan also specially demonstrated it to Yang Nanzhen.

Up, north, down, south, left, west, right, east can also be used in reality.

"There will be a little gap in the direction, but overall it will not have much impact, and we will move towards the north, where we are the positions of our volunteers."

Xia Yuan told Yang Nanzhen more than once, sighed and said: "We have to separate, the division commander and they have already decided to break through separately, and we should break through separately, I will take them to stay and block the attack, you withdraw first, it will be dark, I will go to you again." ”

The sun in the distance has set on the western mountain, the sky is beginning to darken, the sky is covered with black clouds, the light rain is falling tricklingly, there are guns everywhere, crackling and crackling, it has not stopped for a moment, and there are constantly soldiers rushing forward from Xia Yuan's side, jumping into the bomb crater, holding the submachine gun to press down the enemy.

The fighters behind him constantly threw grenades into the path of the enemy's charge, and with bursts of roars, the American soldiers who rushed up were quickly pressed down.

The enemy's attack was repulsed in a round, and the company commanders of the three companies were called to the anti-slope bomb crater in the back mountain for a meeting, Xia Yuan looked at the sky in the distance and said: "I will make a long story short, the main force of the division has begun to break through, we must also make plans, the independent battalion is divided into two units, scattered to break through, the second and third companies are the first way, led by Chief of Staff Yang, and we will set off now." A company followed me, led by me, and set off after dark. ”

The commander of the first company is Wang Chenghui, the platoon commander of the former machine gun company, and he is also an old comrade. ”

The commander of the second company was An Hengrun, the commander of the sixth company of the former 540th Regiment, and the commander of the third company was Qi Shan, both of whom had rich experience in command and combat, and they refused on the spot.

Qi Shan said: "We have to go together, we can't let a series of aftermaths." ”

An Hengrun said: "Camp Commander Xia, do you still treat us as outsiders!" Why do you want the first company to stay, can't I be second in the company? ”

Xia Yuan had already thought of a plan to deal with it, and said: "Lao An, the soldiers of your second company are all from the 540 Regiment, have they eaten enough, and have they recovered their physical strength?" I brought out the cannon company, before leaving, every soldier was well fed, and there was absolutely no ambiguity in running, and I wanted you to stay and block it, can you outrun the devil's tank? Don't run halfway, you still need us to save you. ”

After a pause, he said again: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, it's settled, this is an order, I am giving you an order, I have doubts in my heart, and we will discuss it after the battle is over." ”

This time, Xia Yuan was determined, if he didn't say that, they wouldn't be able to do it, they wouldn't take the order.

An Hengrun and Qi Shan glanced at each other, and could only take orders. When he finally left, Xia Yuan said to Yang Nanzhen: "You must live, and remember my explanation." ”

"Wang Huzi, Wu Liang, you have to protect the chief of staff."

Wang Huzi was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "Battalion commander, don't worry, Wu Xiaozi and I will protect the chief of staff." ”

"Battalion commander, battalion commander, the enemy is fighting again!" A disgraced warrior rushed down from the position and shouted loudly.

"Hurry up! Don't look back! Catch up with the main force of the division, and if you can, protect the division commander and them! ”

Xia Yuan shouted, his face was cold, he clenched the gun in his hand, turned back to the soldier who rushed down from the position, and shouted: "Go!" Let's go to the position! ”

"Let's go!" Yang Nanzhen's face was embarrassed, he knew that he had to make a choice.

"Let's go!"

In the sound of guns behind him, An Hengrun shouted at the soldiers of the second company.

On the position, the smoke spread for a hundred meters, and black earth flowers bloomed everywhere.

Most of the soldiers in the company were the first to break through from behind with Xia Yuan, and when they came here, everyone was full of confidence in Xia Yuan. They always believed that Xia Yuan could take them from the back to the front, and he could still take them to break out.

It was this belief that made the fighters who stayed behind to block the company not have the slightest timidity.

Hao Guangjiu was already a squad leader, and he took the soldiers of his squad to go around to the side of the American devils, and poked hard at the waist of the American devil's attacking troops.

The foreign devils who had just rushed up in front wanted to retreat, but Xia Yuan shouted: "Lao Wang, take someone to rush over for me, don't let them run away." ”

Wang Chenghui, the commander of the first company, heard the battalion commander's voice from a distance and shouted: "If there is anyone who is not panting, charge with me!" ”

The fighters who held their breath came out of the bunker and rushed to the forward position quickly, on the forward position, they changed the submachine guns in their hands and fired at the enemy with the semi-automatic rifles of the American devils, and the American devils who ran down the hill fell to the ground with a grunt, like an upside-down onion, and fell to the ground, and some of the American devils rolled down the mountain.

Xia Yuan quickly emptied the magazine, so that when the American devils retreated, the casualties suddenly increased a lot.

"Lao Wang, take people to clean up the battlefield quickly, we are ready to retreat!"

"Battalion commander, are we not holding back the enemy?" Wang Chenghui had just emptied the magazine and half-squatted on the ground holding the gun.

"Blocking, the second and third companies retreat, the left and right flanks that have lost their cover will soon be taken down by the enemy, the flanks are exposed, and the foreign devils can cut off our retreat route with a little detour, retreat early, and find the high ground to block again!"

Xia Yuan patted him on the shoulder: "Pick up more grenades and bullets, other things are useless." ”

"Yes!"

Divisional main force.

Thousands of people huddled into a deep ditch, moving slowly.

Suddenly, the line in front stopped.

"What's going on?" Deputy Division Commander Duan hurriedly asked.

"Report to the deputy division commander, I can't walk ahead, it's a cliff with broken arms."

The fighter in charge of reconnaissance ran over.

It's really a leaky house that rains overnight, what are you afraid of, what is coming, how far has you gone, and there is a cliff.

Master Zheng was also a little anxious, the foreign devil was chasing after his buttocks, and he was chasing very tightly, so he couldn't delay here, he immediately said: "Let's go, old Duan, let's go over and have a look." ”

They walked to the front and stopped, and a group of warriors stood there, a little closer, their shoes stepping on small stones and still falling into the abyss, and when they looked down, they saw that it was pitch black, and they couldn't see where the bottom was, and they didn't know how high the cliff was.

Master Zheng intuitively judged that this abyss must be more than 100 meters deep, to say the least.

The soldiers looked at Division Commander Zheng with blank eyes, waiting for the division commander to make an idea.

Master Zheng asked, "How many ropes are there?" ”

One of the fighters replied: "Divisional commander, there is only one rope left." ”

Master Zheng sighed and continued: "Everyone unload the leggings, connect them together, and go down one by one, don't worry, we will be safe." ”

So, the first rope was tied to a large stone, and it was thrown down into the abyss, and it stopped when there was still a short section left, and it seemed that the cliff was really not shallow.

The soldiers slid down the rope one after another, it was useless to be afraid at this time, the Americans were behind them, and if they were slow, they would be caught up by the Americans, and the soldiers could only suppress the fear in their hearts, and came to the cliff, holding the rope with both hands and going down.

"Ahh

"Oops!"

There was such a shout from the bottom of the ditch, it must have been an accident when they reached the bottom of the cliff, and when everyone went down, they saw a pile of people, it turned out that the rope was too slippery just now, and it was the first batch of soldiers who dragged the bald lur halfway, and more than a dozen people fell and stepped on the injuries, and they were stacked together.

"Send me down in a while, I can still fight, I'll stay for you to cut off!"

"Minor injuries, out of the way."

"I'll be fine in a while, everyone go first, leave me alone."

The wounded fighters, fearing that they had caused themselves to be a burden to other comrades, said so to them.

They were lifted up, or carried on their backs to break through to the west of the ravine.

Coming down from the cliff, there was a forest in front of it, and there were a lot of shrapnel shells piercing into many tree trunks, which must have been the result of the cold artillery of the American army, and this alloy steel shrapnel flashed in the faint moonlight.

Division Commander Zheng was just about to lead everyone across a stream when the top platoon at the front of the team suddenly heard the sound of 'boom'.

The fighters will not hear it wrong, this must be the sound of the tank tracks.

"Hidden!"

The warriors hid behind their respective tree trunks.

The platoon commander wiped his eyes and carefully identified it, there was a small piece of darkness not far away, and he could see it vaguely just now, but now he could see it clearly, there was a tank turret spinning.

According to the news brought by the US troops in the direction of Eagle Peak, the Chinese army broke through to the northwest along the direction of Eagle Peak, and the final breakthrough location was Shicangli, and Shicangli had long been occupied by the US army, and this tank convoy was driven out of Shicang.

"Division commander, there are enemy tanks in front, about a dozen!"

As soon as the herald finished saying this to Division Commander Zheng, the roar of tank shells was already heard behind him, followed by the sound of 'da-da-da', which was the gunfire of our army's small arms.

The team in charge of the avant-garde is being captured by the enemy too.

At this time, the commander of the 538th Regiment ran over, and Commander Pang was anxious and said: "Division commander, there are still many enemies behind the tank, and I have already let the first battalion hold it in front, which is a bit difficult." ”

Master Zheng said in a deep voice: "Lao Pang, we have no way out, there is only this way, so we can only walk through it." ”

Commander Pang replied: "Okay division commander, I'll go over first." ”

Commander Pang realized the determination of the division commander and was ready to let the 538th Regiment fight another bloody battle to open a way for the main force of the division.

Division Commander Zheng turned around and said to the correspondent Xiao Yi: "Bring the walkie-talkie and pick up the military department!" ”

In the military headquarters of the 60th Army, the commanders and Commander Zheng did not sleep for a night, and each of them had a pair of panda-like black circles on their faces, and they had not rested much for several nights because of the fact that the 180th Division was surrounded.

(End of chapter)