The terrain around the Qingshui River is actually quite complicated, and the defense of the riverbank is definitely not as simple as "a river fights from south to north".

In fact, the concept of the "urban area" of the Qingshui River refers to an area of about 30 kilometers near the confluence of the Nu River and the Qingshui River (Nanting River), from the main urban area of the Qingshui River through the three main residential areas of Huoban, Rolling Lane and Huli.

These three residential areas are relatively narrow in the river, have many bunkers, and have superior conditions for crossing the river, which is the focus of the Allied Army's interception and defense of the Kachin Army.

Similarly, the Kachin army can only launch river crossings at these three points, because in other river areas, due to the poor geographical environment, rugged terrain, and soft texture of the river beaches, they are actually not suitable for large-scale beach-grabbing and landing operations.

In other words, Peng Deren was actually able to determine the approximate three defensive points at the beginning.

But even so, he still has no way to judge where the other party will launch the main attack.

Near Huli is the last corner before the confluence of the Nu and Qingshui rivers, and there are vast sandbars and river islands, which are conducive to the establishment of defensive fulcrums and suppression of firepower, and more importantly, Kachin can directly board ships in the upper reaches of the Nu River, avoiding possible attacks during boarding.

Theoretically, this is the most likely location to be chosen as the place to cross the river.

The problem is that if they cross the river here, the Kachin army will have to enter the jungle on the south side of the Nu-Qingshui River, away from the main road, and attack the Qingshui River eastward, and then cross the Qingshui River, which runs from north to south near Rolling Lane.

The road was all jungle, and with heavy equipment, the difficulties they faced were too great.

As for the rolling lane, the Hoban hill bridge?

From a topographical point of view, Rolling Lane is the area where the Nu River and the Qingshui River really meet, and there is a vast flat sandbar nearby, and it has been developed for a long time, and there are even many cement paved roads made by nearby factories, which are fully equipped for attack.

Near the Xiaoshan Bridge is the narrowest part of the Qingshui River, and the last passage bridge is retained, which is undoubtedly the focus of contention.

Therefore, Peng Deren did not deploy many troops in the house at the beginning, but focused on defending the Rolling Lane and Huoban Xiaoshan Bridge.

But it was clear that he had misjudged.

It seems that the other side does not intend to let the heavy equipment cross the river at all, but directly rely on the fire suppression advantage established on the other side of the river, send the infantry over, and then quickly cross the jungle and launch an encirclement and suppression of the Allied forces from west to east!

Once their plan is executed, the Allies will face an extremely passive situation.

Beat?

In the case of the enemy on the flank, it is already very difficult to defend alone, not to mention the heavy firepower on the opposite bank, the Allied forces have no way at all.

Remove?

Once withdrawn, the last line of defense of the Qingshui River will completely fall, and what is even more paradoxical is that you may not even be able to withdraw!

The Allied forces are good at fighting in the mountains and jungles, can't Kachin fight?

Once bitten by them, what room did the Confederates have to resist?

Therefore, after seeing the situation clearly, Peng Deren also quickly adjusted his deployment, and poured all his few "artillery forces" into the vicinity of the M2 armored vehicles that had begun to move on the other side of the Hoban!

"Bang - bang -—— bang -——"

The sound of cannon shots continued to sound, and after a long flight, the shells fell to the ground with a screeching sound.

The Kachin infantry, who had assembled near the armoured vehicles and tried to play the "infantry-tan" tactic, suffered a heavy loss, and after a round of shelling, all the infantry fled in a hurry, leaving only a lone M2 in place.

Done!

"The enemy on the other side of Khoban has fled! We continue to support rolling, indoor! ”

"Hold on! Hold on and we'll win! ”

Peng Deren was overjoyed, the mortar squad that he had finally trained to conduct non-visual shooting finally played a role for the first time! ——

But he forgot that the Kachin artillery was no longer the original artillery.

He made one of the deadliest mistakes on the battlefield, but the most common for an immature artillery commander.

That is, after completing a round of shelling, the transfer was not carried out in time.

Just as he was happily sharing the news of this victory with other junior commanders on the front line, wanting to boost morale, a terrifying voice suddenly appeared in his ears.

No, not airplanes.

It is the unique dull "drum sound" after the large-caliber shell hits the ground and explodes.

"Boom!"

Peng Deren's eyes went dark, and the huge shock wave directly shattered the earthen wall in front of him, and behind the earthen wall, he was slammed to the ground!

His lungs had been deflated, his black vision due to the lack of blood supply to his heart had left him completely blind, blood was coming out of his ears, and his hearing had been completely lost.

Out of instinct, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to try to push away the bricks that were pressing on him, but the usually extremely easy action was as difficult as moving a mountain for him now.

He had forgotten to breathe – or rather, his body instincts had forgotten to breathe after the blow.

The feeling of death is infinitely imminent, and if one more cannonball falls at this time, he will never have a chance to survive again.

"Boom-"

The second and third-party shells fell as scheduled, but Peng Deren was lucky.

All of these shells missed!

Or did they fall in the direction of the withdrawal of their own artillery positions?

At the same time, a pair of hands picked up the bricks and desperately pulled Peng Deren out of the rubble, and the light finally reappeared in front of Peng Deren's eyes, he coughed violently a few times, and then asked with difficulty:

"What about people? What about the cannon? ”

The adjutant who pulled him out was speechless, and could only drag Peng Deren's armpits and quickly evacuate.

And when Peng Deren looked at the original mortar position, all he saw was a mess of stumps and broken arms.

If you get even 5 meters closer to the shelling, you will never survive

One shot, just one shell!

With just one shell, you can completely destroy your own strongest and only "heavy firepower"!

What kind of terrifying power is this? There are such gunners in Kachin ?!

Peng Deren was even a little desperate, but at this time, the correspondent who arrived brought him even more desperate news.

"I can't hold it in the house!"

"They have two assault boats with anti-aircraft guns on them!"

"We can't fight! There is no way to fight at all! ”

"What about our 107 rockets?"

"Didn't hit the target."

Peng Deren literally spewed out a mouthful of old blood, and although he was prepared for this result, when it actually happened, Peng Deren still felt unacceptable.

"How many rockets are left?"

"The fight near the house has been completed, and there are still 45 rounds left in the roll, but it is too late to transport it, and we are retreating"

This is a major strategic miscalculation, Peng Deren's original idea was that the 107 rocket, which is not highly accurate and mainly relies on dense firepower to hit the range of damage, is more suitable for use in the rolling area, but he didn't expect that what he knew, the other party also knew!

Will the other party rush up against the 107 fire? Is it possible that they are so stupid? ——

If it was really Kachin who was fighting, they could have been so stupid.

But obviously, judging from the current situation, this Kachin army is not so simple!

"Pull back, withdraw to the vicinity of Rolling."

Peng Deren exhaled a breath of turbidity, and his mentality finally stabilized.

At this time, his mind kept flashing those classic cases that he had seen, but unfortunately, none of them could be directly copied.

Since there is no one to refer to, you can only carry it yourself.

"Everyone went back to the hill bridge to set up a defensive zone, and at the same time, moved our guard platoon to the house to change the defense."

"Bring all the rockets, leave them alone with the infantry crossing the river, and aim at the assault boats!"

"If the infantry wants to cross the river, they will cross the river, and when they are all done, we will retreat back to defend."

"Judging from the current situation, their armored troops must cross the river from the small mountain bridge, and we have to find a way to consume their strength."

"Don't blow up the bridge yet, if they blow up the bridge, they will find another route to cross the river, then we will be in big trouble."

"Hang them and don't let them notice the anomaly!"

"Understood!"

The correspondent immediately turned around to convey the order, while the adjutant on the side continued to transfer with Peng Deren, who had finally stood up.

"Has the station been transferred?"

Peng Deren asked.

At such times, it is more important than anything else to maintain smooth communication with the various units, and if the radio station is lost or broken, then there is basically no need to fight this battle.

"It's transferred, and the mobile communication network is still normal, if it really doesn't work, we can use mobile phones to contact."

"That's good"

Before Peng Deren could say half a sentence, he coughed violently again, and by the time he finally transferred to the second command post, he had already collapsed to the ground directly due to vertigo.

At this time, the sound of artillery fire and gunfire did not stop for a minute, even though he knew that his state was already burning his life, Peng Deren had to sit up and look at the battle map that had been rolled out.

"Huli will definitely not be able to hold it, and they will definitely continue to cross the Nu River to surround us."

"The only way they can take is the Golden Pagoda Temple Trail, from where they can directly launch a blow from high to low on our rolling position."

"We have to be faster than them, we must take the Golden Pagoda Temple first!"

"The order goes down, we must defend the Golden Pagoda Temple at all costs, and block the enemy's attack there."

"At the same time, we have to block the enemy crossing the river at the hill bridge, and when we really can't stop it, we will detonate the explosives and blow it up."

"Ahem. Rent me a death squad to come out and defend the hill bridge. ”

"Tell them that reinforcements are coming soon, as long as they can hold the Xiaoshan Bridge for 45 minutes and then blow up the bridge, they will come back in one step!"

"Understood."

The adjutant nodded immediately, but then asked:

"It's got to this point, even if they can come, is it really useful?"

"I don't know."

Peng Deren shook his head and replied:

"But I know that at least they will come."

At the same time, not far from Hoban, a small but rather tragic offensive and defensive battle has begun.

Across a bend that is less than 200 meters wide at its widest point, the 5th Brigade of the Kachin Army and the 2nd Company of the 2nd Regiment of the Allied Army and all the elite of the Guards Platoon have begun to confront.

The difference in firepower between the two sides was huge, and the Kachin army not only had two assault boats responsible for the main attack, but also an M2 armored vehicle on the river bank.

The Guards Platoon brought 12 RPG-7 and Type 40 rockets, but at this time, all the rockets were still in their hands and not a single shot was fired.

On the other side of the river, the Kachin army's machine-gun positions had been fully established, and four heavy machine-gun forts were nailed to the high ground on both sides of the Nu River, covering every corner of the Allied positions without dead ends.

The huge oppressive force has made it almost impossible for the Allies to show their heads, and what is even more terrifying is that there are even two P51s hovering above their heads!

If it weren't for Peng Deren's foresight to deploy their positions in an extremely dispersed formation, these two planes that were eyeing each other would have swooped down with their own death howls to harvest lives one by one.

The only reason they didn't do it was because they hadn't found a high-value target.

Hiding in the position, the platoon commander of the guards platoon who led the team stretched out his light machine gun from the improvised trench and aimed it at the other side of the river for a round of strafing.

But the bullets he fired were insignificant in the vast stragglers' front, and they couldn't even pause the opposing side's action for even a second.

Of course, they weren't targeting the skirmishers.

What he really wanted to fight were the two assault boats on the river.

However, they move so fast that they can't aim at all, and even if they do, they can't hit.

If he wants to ensure his hit percentage, then he has only one option.

Close the distance.

At this time, he was 100 meters from the river bank and almost 200 meters from the assault boat.

If he could reach the riverbank, he was confident that he would hit at least one assault boat.

But this distance is like a moat for him.

Seeing that boatloads of Kachin troops had crossed the river from the bend, the platoon commander's eyes became more and more solemn.

Of course he can run, and if he runs, he can live.

However, if you really run away, the things you originally desperately got will have to be handed over!

He was not reconciled.

At this time, he didn't understand what this emotion meant, but he knew that he wanted to fight with his life.

The platoon commander took a deep breath, and then said to the commander of the second company on the side:

"You lead the team to the west and draw fire for me."

"I'm going to rush once, close the distance to within 100 meters, and find a way to kill them."

"Give me 1 minute, 1 minute will be enough."

"Within this minute, you're firing at full speed!"

"Understood."

The company commander nodded solemnly, and then immediately led the team to move west.

And just after they were in place, the platoon commander threw away the gun in his hand, carried two RPG-7s that had been reloaded, and climbed out of the trench with a brisk step.

He followed an arc from northeast to southwest with incredible speed.

In less than thirty seconds, he was already at the water's edge.

He threw himself into the water without stopping, and then raised the bazooka in his suffocation.

Everything went well, and as he aimed at the assault boat that was shuttling back and forth, he even had the leisure to see the shocked look on the faces of the Kachin troops who had completed the landing.

I guess they didn't expect to be here, right?

The platoon commander did not hesitate, he quickly pulled the trigger.

The rocket flew in the direction of the assault boat, but when it was about to hit, it missed with a slight deviation.

Almost.

The platoon commander raised another bazooka again, but at this moment, his body suddenly exploded.

The M2's Viper 25mm cannon had already locked on to him, and the shells carrying huge kinetic energy had finally caught up with him.

He didn't make a hero.

However, at the moment when his vision went completely black, he suddenly saw that the assault boat on the river exploded into a huge spark.

I hit?!

It was his last thought before he died.

(End of chapter)