It's been a long night

The Davin Hill has been fighting continuously since nightfall, and at about 3:00 a.m. the position of seven hills on the left flank was finally lost and occupied by the American soldiers who rushed up under the black pressure.

The second and third regiments of the 401st Division lost half of their troops, leaving only more than 2,300 people.

"Master Shizao, this really can't be blamed on the negligence of the brothers on the front line, the battlefield is too dark, and when I found those touching it, it was already at a close distance. If there are 13 rings in the hands of the brothers, keep them and destroy all the dogs and things that are not human and ghostly. ”

"According to what you say, then the thirteen rings will be distributed to your regiment in the future, how about it?" The division commander, Colonel Tian Zhen, glared at them angrily, turned his head and commanded Lieutenant Wu Erbao, the artillery liaison officer; "Immediately report to the military headquarters, and contact the field artillery fire of friendly and neighboring divisions, and carry out rapid artillery fire in areas No. 12, 13 and 14 for 10 minutes, and extend the artillery fire after 10 minutes, cover our troops to carry out a counter-attack, and resolutely recapture the position."

"Yes, sir."

Lieutenant Wu Erbao gave a military salute, then hunched over and ran out of the division headquarters, trotted all the way along the trail behind the hills, and arrived at the headquarters of the Third Army after more than 10 minutes, reporting the division commander's request for artillery fire.

By this time

He felt sweating on his body, and the wool coat he was wearing kept warm very well, if it weren't for the extremely cold weather at midnight, it would be beautiful to curl up and hide behind his chest to sleep.

It's a pity that the military order is like a mountain, and no one sleeps tonight.

As soon as the war started, there was no time, and in order to carry out combat missions, sometimes they had to fight continuously for two days or three days, and when they were extremely sleepy, they would squint in the trenches for a while.

It is estimated that after a day of fighting, the soldiers of the second and third regiments were a little slack, and they were caught off guard by the troops and lost their positions.

Wu Erbao is funny when he thinks about it;

Before coming to North America, he never thought that there were black people like charcoal gray in the world, and there were red-haired and yellow-haired people who were all kinds of strange ghosts, which was really an eye-opener.

Compared with these chattering ghosts, Wu Erbao's heart was full of pride as a citizen of the Heavenly Empire with the blood of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and he had a sense of superiority that had nowhere to place.

meanwhile

Like many of his colleagues in the army, he was a loyal and fanatical believer in His Majesty, and he joined the secret society in the army, the Iron Blood, and became an active member of it.

The "Iron and Blood Society" is one of the secret societies in the army, fanatically worshipping His Majesty the King as the only god in the world, especially popular among young officers and many retired veterans, many of the "Iron and Blood Society" backbone and elders are very famous gentry among the people, and they are extremely powerful in the local area.

Breathing in the cold midnight air, Wu Erbao followed a trace of fragrance to the kitchen at the rear of the military headquarters, which was covered with a straw shed, and under the dim kerosene light, there were more than a dozen cauldrons boiling, and the boiled broth was boiling to tempt the appetite.

Lieutenant Wu Erbao immediately stepped forward to greet him with a shy face; "Hey guys, what's steaming here?"

"Ouch, sir, please sit here." A sergeant who was busy at the door of the straw hut immediately stood up and replied warmly; "There is an order from the peak, this soup pot will not be turned off for 24 hours, isn't this going to send broth to the artillery position immediately?"

"What broth?"

"Sir, there is everything in the soup, there is pork, donkey meat, donkey offal, horse meat or something, anyway, what kind of sick and tired animals are sent in logistics, let's make soup, I'll serve you a big bowl of hot one, okay?"

"Hey...... Thanks, man. ”

Wu Erbao took a large bowl full of broth, as well as two pieces of hot dough cakes, and sat at the door of the straw shed to enjoy it.

Just as he had eaten most of the large bowl of broth, he heard the "rumbling" of cannons erupt in the middle of the Dale Hills position, and the scorching shells weaved into a bright net of fire in the night sky, smashing towards areas 12, 13 and 14.

That hilly position, which was the lost position of the 2nd and 3rd Regiments of the 401st Division, was now under heavy artillery fire, and the bright light of the explosion in the night sky was shining, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the enemy who was crying and shouting for his mother could be seen in the distance.

Most of the artillery fire of the Third Army was concentrated on the higher artillery positions in the middle of the Dale Hills, and the bombardment from here was not only accurate, but also fierce.

Lieutenant Wu Erbao was originally an artillery officer, and personally participated in the division of the area around the Dell position, and the distance, elevation, coverage area and other parameters of each area were well understood, and he knew the power of the Colt field gun.

In this round of 10-minute "rapid fire," more than 170 artillery pieces from top to bottom of the army participated in the covered artillery bombardment, and according to the rate of "rapid fire" of 6 rounds per minute, each artillery gun had to fire 60 shells, a total of tens of thousands of shells.

That's enough shells to comb through areas 1213 and 14 three times, blasting all of these into stumps and severed arms, like a bloody slaughterhouse.

The 2nd Regiment and the 3rd Regiment plus the troops attached to the division headquarters could easily regain the lost ground by adopting the tactic of "infantry and artillery coordination."

The tactic of "infantry and artillery coordination" is being fought more and more, and almost all the officers and men of the Northern Army are familiar with it, including those officers and soldiers of the white servant division, which is a major inexplicable killing move of the army.

The reason why the United States is greedy for old eyes, but cannot learn it, is because there is no advanced Colt artillery to cooperate, and the kind of old-fashioned artillery equipped by the US military does not cover the lethal effect of bombing.

After drinking the broth, his whole body was strong, and Lieutenant Wu Erbao trotted all the way back to the headquarters of the 401st Division, and the division commander Colonel Tian Zhen had already heard the sound of laughter from a distance, and the positions lost by the Second and Third Regiments had been recaptured.

The division headquarters reinforced the more than 1,700 people of the supplementary corps to the second and third regiments, and strictly ordered them to hold their positions and not slack off, otherwise military law would be involved.

After a delay back and forth, it was already more than 4 o'clock in the morning.

The U.S. troops suffered heavy losses from the first blow, and the offensive was temporarily stopped, and it seems that they also knew that they had fought hard all night, and finally fought lonely.

Then it's better to save some effort and wait until dawn before attacking!

Nowadays, the sight on the battlefield is extremely dark, and the US artillery has not surveyed and mapped the battlefield in advance, even if they want to provide fire support, they are also blindly shooting artillery, and it is a pure waste of shells.

At this time

Lieutenant Wu Erbao heard someone exclaim in a low voice; "The water in my heavenly river is dry, what's going on?"

"Really?" Lieutenant Wu Erbao didn't know the military deployment of the corps, so he hurriedly followed several officers to the small river to check.

Sure enough

The river that originally flowed quietly dried up completely, revealing the dark bottom of the river, and only the small puddles left by the stars reflected the moonlight, and the stars were quite beautiful.

This Nima ...... What the hell?

Several young officers were startled when they saw it, and their first reaction was to hurry up and report to the commander, but they were reprimanded, telling the officers not to make a fuss about it, and to shut up when they saw it, and it was forbidden to speculate in the army, and Shangfeng had his own arrangements.

Well, you've got your own arrangements...... It's as if no one knows, isn't it just preparing to yin the American ghost old?

The young officers had speculations in their hearts, and they exchanged their eyebrows and eyebrows with each other, and they were not at all under the heavy pressure of being surrounded by heavy enemy troops, but were full of confidence.

This is the arrogance of a victorious army, which cannot be defeated or smashed even in adversity, as resilient as kraft candy, and as hard as steel.

The 401st Division is a Class B division recruited from the paradise island of New Xi'an, and all the officers and men of the division are long-trained soldiers, who have participated in the war for more than a year, fought more than 60 large and small battles, and have also experienced several supplements, and are now veterans.

More than 46,000 troops of the entire Third Army were used as bait, and the fierce battle was besieged by the US army from all sides for a day and a night, which was the largest loss since the beginning of the war, and the casualties were nearly half.

Calculations show that the losses of the whole army are almost 22,000, and the 506th Division accounts for half, and the other three Chinese divisions account for the other half of the casualty figures.

The 401st Division, to which Lieutenant Wu Erbao belonged, suffered more than 4,000 casualties, and the personnel must be greatly adjusted after the war, and they will be rested and replenished for a long time.

The heaviest casualties were the 506th Division (White Servant Division) of the Fourth Army, which carried out several tail breaking missions during the day, resulting in the annihilation of the entire regiment by the American army, with a total of about 7,130 casualties.

After dark

The position on the right side held by the 506th Division was attacked by the US army continuously, and the overall casualties had exceeded 11,000, so it had to be withdrawn for rest, and the position was taken over by the ace Fire Division (205th Division).

It stands to reason

The 506th Division only had 11,000 people, but after 11,000 casualties, more than 4,000 were withdrawn, plus more than 4,300 wounded, so it seems that the losses are not large.

Lieutenant Wu Erbao and most of the officers of the Third Army knew in their hearts that it was a small trick of the white servant division, who had stuffed four or five thousand white peasants into the baggage regiment.

In dangerous battles, they will be used as cannon fodder and consumed on the first line of the battlefield.

The 506th Division is like this, the 501st Division to which the First Army belongs, the 502nd Division to which the Second Army belongs, and the 503rd Division to which the Third Army belongs all do this.

This big battle came down

The 506th Division (White Servant Division) can be said to be broken, there are only more than 4,000 veterans left in the division, and more than 2,000 people can return if they are injured, and there are still more than 5,000 vacancies in the establishment.

But it's not a big deal, because after this battle there will be a large number of white prisoners, isn't that still a blind selection?

As for the casualties of white cannon fodder, who cares?

In this way, the Fourth Army still has 27,000 troops left, instead of the 23,000 calculated earlier, and the 506th Division buried all the meat under the bowl, and the casualties reported in the end will not be so large.

After being honored, all the Chinese commanders of the 506th Division will be added to the rank of knight, and maybe they will be transferred to the First Division or the B Division to serve as the chief officer, wouldn't everyone be happy?

There is a tradition for the army of the Tang Kingdom to use cannon fodder, and His Majesty used to ...... during the Tang-US War more than 10 years ago. Ahem, I can't say any more.

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