The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 134: When the Enemy Advances, We Retreat, When the Enemy Retreats, We Fight!

"Company Commander, why do you want us to retreat to the tunnel? Don't you hold on to the position?" Squad Leader Hu found Company Commander Gao.

"Squad leader, the enemy's attack is too fierce, it is difficult for us to defend the position, and the artillery in the rear is also unable to accurately locate because of the thick gunpowder smoke on the position. We only need to let the enemy enter our position, and then let our artillery Just fire at our positions."

Company Commander Gao said patiently: "The ammunition on your bodies is almost exhausted, go replenish it now, and wait until the round of shelling is over, then we will rush out of the tunnel and drive the enemy out of our position in one fell swoop!"

Squad leader Hu's eyes lit up, "Okay! Let them also taste the feeling of being bombarded!"

"Correct!"

Squad leader Hu suddenly remembered something: "Company commander, why didn't you see the instructor?"

The smile on Captain Gao's face disappeared, and he sat silently in front of the box.

The soldiers who came down from the position were also silent.

"Instructor Lin was hit by enemy shells on the way back to the tunnel and died." Company Commander Gao took out a shoe stained with black blood from his arms and held it in his hand. He had worked with Instructor Lin for seven years. It had been eight years, from the Anti-Japanese War to the Liberation War, I was used to Instructor Lin being by my side, but when he left suddenly, Company Commander Gao felt uncomfortable.

He put away his shoes, and his eyes immediately became firm: "In war, there is no sacrifice. There are casualties on our side, and the foreign devils have even more casualties. Squad leader, immediately organize soldiers who can act and replenish ammunition!"

Company Commander Gao glanced across the tunnel: "Where is the second squad leader?"

A soldier from the second squad had a choked voice: "The company commander and the second squad leader also died. He was hit by an enemy shell and broke his lower body. The squad leader didn't tell us that when he saw him, he had already died."

"Where's the deputy monitor?"

"Sacrificed too."

"The second squad leader, like all the soldiers who died, died with honor and greatness! They dedicated their lives to the motherland, and we must always be ready to dedicate to the motherland! Comrades, the more we come to this Time, the more we can't lose the chain!"

Company Commander Gao picked up the gun on the table, "Replenish the ammunition quickly. When Wang Yongmeng returns, we will immediately notify the artillery in the rear to bomb the foreign devils occupying the surface of the position! Once the bombing is over, we will quickly organize a counterattack!"

"Yes!"

Company Commander Gao walked to Xia Yuan's side: "Comrade Xia Yuan, it has been decided by the organization that from today onwards, you will be the monitor of Class Two, do you understand?"

Xia Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he realized and saluted: "Yes!"

The remaining soldiers of the second squad looked at Xia Yuan with admiration in their eyes.

Old Hu happily shouted: "Second squad leader!"

Xia Yuan smiled and said: "Old squad leader, whether I am the second squad leader or not, I am your soldier, and you are still my old squad leader."

"Okay, go and resupply the ammunition."

During the supply of ammunition, Company Commander Gao told the soldiers in the tunnel about the appointment of Comrade Xia Yuan as the monitor of the second squad. The soldiers applauded happily. Ren is more suitable to be the second squad leader than Xia Yuan.

After a fierce battle, there were only five soldiers left in the first squad, and only four in the second squad. Including the company commander and the correspondent, there were only ten fighters left in the No. [-] tunnel that could fight.

After replenishing the ammunition, Company Commander Gao led nine people to give the final combat order in the tunnel.

"After the bombardment is over and the position is captured, everyone carries a box of grenades, bullets, and blasting tubes. The first squad is responsible for sticking to the left side of the forward position, and the second squad is responsible for sticking to the right side of the forward position. No. [-] on the main peak The position has not been lost, and if the pressure on their side is low, they will provide fire reinforcements to our No. [-] position."

Company Commander Gao quickly arranged, "Second Squad Leader."

"Here!" Xia Yuan squatted on the ground.

"You bring two more boxes of grenades. Your ability to drop bombs is the most effective means for us to attack the enemy. The forward position on the right is more prominent, and the enemies you face are much more than those on the left. You are also under great pressure. "

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Go get ready."

Xia Yuan summoned the remaining three fighters of the second squad and assigned them tasks, "Comrade Sun Gong is still staying with me, help me fill the ammunition, you two, each with 50 punches, and a big eight pellets , In other words, the failure rate of 50 punches is too high, don’t force it if you can’t hit it, change it to a big eight, what we have to do is to destroy the enemy’s vitality in large numbers and drive the enemy back!”

"Be sure to pay attention to the trenches under you. If you are short, repair them immediately, and dig as obliquely as possible. Don't be afraid of being buried, at least you won't be hit by shells."

The three nodded and squatted on the ground, listening to Xia Yuan's words, nodded again and again.

Squad leader Hu is also making the final arrangements before the battle, to beat down the enemy, regain their positions, and hold on until late at night, so that the enemy will not attack, and the day will be completely over.

Comrade Wang Yongmeng came back soon, and he returned to the tunnel out of breath, "Report to the company commander, the squad and platoon leaders in each position have been notified."

"Okay!" Company Commander Gao stood up, listening to the gradually weakening gunfire above his head, and said: "The foreign devil's guns have spread forward. As long as there is no gunfire overhead, it means that the enemy has occupied the high ground."

In the tunnel, the wounded soldiers were still pressing the bullets, and the seriously wounded had a good rest under the orders of Company Commander Gao.

The enemy's artillery fire has blocked the rear. In order to block the enemy's support to Shangganling, the enemy dispatched [-] planes to bomb and straf the entire rear logistics force of our army.

Xia Yuan has also realized that the transition to tunnel warfare may be earlier than in history, and his own well has not yet dug water, mainly because the internal environment of the tunnel is complicated, mostly rock walls, it is difficult to drill through, and it will take a lot of money. time.

Holding the gun, he sat at the entrance of the tunnel leading to the position, thinking constantly in his heart.

The first and second squads of soldiers gathered here to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking from the tunnel entrance.

Holding the gun in his arms, Lao Hu observed the top of his head with a dark face: "The enemy's shelling has passed."

They were in the tunnel, and they could clearly feel that the dense bombardment above their heads had suddenly weakened a lot, which meant that the enemy's bombardment of the surface of the Shangganling position continued to advance from the enemy's infantry, and the artillery fire extended from the top of their heads to behind them. .

Lao Li held the gun tightly in his arms and said, "The enemy is coming up soon."

In the forward position, the U.S. Army, which had been attacking for a whole morning, finally set foot on the Shangganling, which had been bombarded by artillery fire and could not see any fortifications.

There were no corpses to be seen on the battlefield, and they were basically blown up by artillery fire, and the originally hard rocky surface was also blown into small stones one by one.

The U.S. troops bent down and carefully boarded the front position of the No. [-] position. After confirming that there were no enemies, a large number of U.S. troops quickly attacked, occupied the favorable terrain, and quickly built fortifications. Soon they discovered that our army was in the No. [-] position. Front tunnel.

They threw grenades into the tunnel, and with the sound of a huge explosion, the inside of the tunnel suddenly burst into smoke. When digging the tunnel, a pit was dug downward at the entrance of the tunnel, so that the enemy's grenade thrown in would eventually fall. Into the pit, and will not be thrown into the tunnel.

After a bang of explosions, the U.S. military sent two soldiers to approach the entrance of the tunnel cautiously with guns in their hands.

Wang Yongmeng, who was looking at the entrance of the tunnel, immediately returned fire with his gun. After killing one person, another American soldier shouted and ran out of the tunnel entrance.

"The enemy is coming!"

Wang Yongmeng put away his gun and quickly ran to the rear. Company Commander Gao, who had already been waiting for the majority, immediately picked up the phone on the table and said, "Regimental Commander, the enemy has occupied the surface position of our army and can carry out artillery bombardment." !"

I only heard a "fire" from the phone, followed by shells dragging white tail flames from the volunteer army's rear position across the sky, tearing the sky and falling to Shangganling. The position was blooming, and the U.S. military, which had just occupied Shangganling, was bombarded by the enemy not long ago. Before the bench under their buttocks was warm, they were bombed by the shells and ran backwards.

Wang Yongmeng observed the enemy and immediately told Company Commander Gao the news of the enemy's retreat. Company Commander Gao held the phone and shouted: "Regimental Commander, ask the artillery to extend the cannon forward, we can't let them leave so easily!"

"Order! Tell the artillery to gradually extend the cannon forward, the enemy in Shangganling has already begun to retreat!"

"Yes!"

As the U.S. military retreated from the surface position on Shangganling, our army's artillery fire began to extend forward, chasing the enemy and causing huge casualties to the enemy.

When our army's artillery fire extended over, the volunteer soldiers quickly got out of the tunnel and launched an attack on the US troops remaining in the position.

Lao Hu took the lead, holding a submachine gun, and shot at the foreign devils he could see. He shouted: "Comrades! Come with me! Drive away the foreign devils and regain the position!"

Lao Li and the others rushed out of the tunnel with their guns in their hands and scattered around the No. [-] position. Xia Yuan shot at the foreign devils who could be seen in his sight, and quickly ordered the soldiers of the second squad to touch the bullets on the enemy's body. Don't carry a lot, a rifle, some bullets and some grenades, they don't carry anything other than weapons and ammunition.

Xia Yuan was quickly approaching a foreign devil whose legs had been blown off. The other party clasped his hands and looked at Xia Yuan beggingly, his bloody face begging for mercy, but what greeted him was a cold bullet.

He put away all the guns on the foreign devils, took away the bullet bags and grenades on them, and quickly looked up to the front.

The bombardment of our army has stopped, and the enemy abandoned the No. 30 position and retreated down the mountain at a fast speed, leaving more than [-] corpses on the position.

Company Commander Gao quickly shouted: "According to the plan, build the fortification immediately!"

He found Xia Yuan and planned to guard the right side with the second squad. Xia Yuan said: "Company commander, you are the commander of the whole company, you can't go!"

Gao Lianchang said: "Your second squad itself has a small number of people, and you are facing a lot of pressure. I am here to assist you, and I just formed a combat team with them! Lost the position, you and I can't afford this responsibility!"

He turned his head and said in a tone that could not be refused: "This is an order!"

The right side is a more prominent frontier position, and the slope on the right side is relatively gentle, easy to attack and difficult to defend. The previous second squad was standing here, and it took huge casualties to defend the right side position. Both the deputy squad leader and the squad leader are here sacrifice.

Xia Yuan didn't speak anymore, and immediately led people to build fortifications here. Sun Gong carried five guns, four blasting barrels, and half a box of grenades.

Others basically carried a box of grenades for Xia Yuan. After arriving on the right side, they searched for favorable terrain, used engineering shovels, dug trenches, and the forward position of the construction site. Five people occupied more than 200 square meters of the right forward position. Personal bunkers dug.

Just after they dug the trench, the enemy's shelling came again, and there was a piercing roar in the sky, accompanied by the roar of the aircraft engine.

Xia Yuan squatted in the trench, looking at the sky full of gunpowder smoke, one after another US planes appeared in the sky of Shangganling again, behind them, a new round of enemy shelling arrived, accompanied by continuous roaring, the enemy planes dropped a bomb shells and napalm.

In just a moment, the entire No. [-] position turned into a sea of ​​flames. The two hid in the trench. The shock wave of the napalm bomb explosion above their heads continued to spread, rolling away a large amount of sand and stones, followed by a wave of heat coming from above their heads. , In an instant, the position has been covered by flames.

The flames of the napalm bomb continued to roll, and the black smoke enveloped the sky above Shangganling. It was a clear day, but at this moment in Shangganling, it seemed like the eve of a storm.

The heat wave baked the skin on his cheeks, and the pungent gasoline smell mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke filled his mouth and nose. Xia Yuan covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, crouched in the trench, firmly grasped the gun in his hand, and stretched out his hand to pat off the gunk above his head. Tu, poked his head out cautiously, his sight was basically blocked by thick black smoke, and flames were everywhere in his eyes.

The enemy hadn't attacked yet, and the bombardment was still going on. The soil that had just been shot off the top of the head was buried again after a while. The dug trench had been filled with soil and fragments of shells, submerged to the knees.

"Dig out the grenade!"

Xia Yuan withdrew his gaze, took off the engineer shovel behind him, shoveled away the soil under his body, and consolidated the bunker in front of him. He just groped for the grenade box. Highland rushed up.

"Come up, come up! The enemy is coming up!"

Xia Yuan immediately shouted to Sun Gongdao who was digging a trench beside him, "You dig a trench!"

On the hillside, there are enemy corpses everywhere. I have never seen so many corpses. When the shells exploded, what was rolled up was not soil, but blood-stained soil, soil mixed with internal organs, soil mixed with flesh and blood, Accompanied by the shelling, the enemy stepped on the corpses of their comrades, stepped on the ground stained red and black with blood, and stepped on scattered pieces of meat and internal organs, and launched a fierce attack on the 597.9 Heights.

Xia Yuan had seen such an infiltrating scene before.

This is the cruelty of war.

(End of this chapter)