The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 556
"With an independent battalion, I don't have much confidence."

Xia Yuan felt a little pain in his heart. He was full of confidence in himself, but the battlefield is not where you can lead so many people out of the enemy's encirclement with confidence. War is not a child's play. Even he who has been strengthened by the system may not be able to withstand the enemy's bullets. Let alone ordinary fighters.

The first company and the third company were brought out by him himself, and the second company was a veteran of the [-]th regiment. Some people would think that he had selfish intentions if he asked the second company to stay and withdraw the first company and the third company.

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

This way no one is partial.

The second is that when the enemy surrounded him, he didn't have any experience in leading a battalion. If it was just a company, it would be fine, but once there were more people, he would not be sure.

In the world of my regiment leader and my regiment, the expeditionary army was being pursued by the Japanese army, and the gap in strength between the two sides was not as big as it is now. The Japanese army was playing an empty city plan. What the expeditionary army lacked was a soul, and they found it , can enhance their combat effectiveness.

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

They are not short of souls, the gap between the two sides is really too big.

Xia Yuan has never led 600 people in the enemy's encirclement. At any time, he may be bombed by enemy fighter jets, strafed by enemy light and heavy machine guns, and covered by long-range artillery.American tanks and armored vehicles are rampant on the highway.

A battalion of 600 people is a lot, but in the face of absolute fire coverage and strikes, 600 people are nothing.

There will be preparations for blocking warfare, but mobile warfare is completely unprepared. Once encountering the enemy, it will be very cruel.

"Old Yang, our battalion has enough firepower to 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, and the goal is too big , I can’t rush out with them.”

Yang Nanzhen looked at Xia Yuan, "You take them with you, and I will stay."

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

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

"Then can you take a company and annihilate a battalion of the US army?"

"No."

"I can." Xia Yuan looked into Yang Nanzhen's eyes and said, "I can lead the three of you to steal the foreign devils' position, I can lead a company to break out, and I can pull up a strong army by myself. For the machine gun company, I can also pull out the second one, Lao Yang, but I am not sure that I can 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 will come back alive." Xia Yuan pulled him down from the trench and said, "If the [-]th Division wants to disperse and break through, try to run as far as possible into the mountains, don't be afraid of getting lost, and look at the place where the sun rises in the morning , Remember that facing the sun is east, behind you is west, and then counting north and south, left west and right east, it is practical no matter where you are.”

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

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

"There will be a little difference in the direction, but generally speaking, it will not have much impact. Head north, where our volunteers are located."

Xia Yuan told Yang Nanzhen more than once, sighed and said: "We have to separate, the teacher and the others have decided to separate to break through, and we should separate to break through, I will take them to stay and block, you retreat first, it is dark , I will look for you again."

The sun in the distance had already set on the West Mountain, and the sky began to dim. The sky was covered with black clouds, light rain was falling, and there were guns and guns everywhere. A soldier rushed forward from Xia Yuan's side, jumped into the bullet shelter, and held the submachine gun to suppress the pressing enemy.

The soldiers behind kept throwing grenades on the enemy's charging path. With the roaring sound, the American soldiers who rushed up were quickly suppressed.

The enemy's round of attack was repulsed, and the company commanders of the three companies were called to a meeting in the bomb shelter on the reverse slope of the back mountain. Xia Yuan looked at the sky in the distance and said, "I'll make a long story short. The main force of the division has already begun to break through. We must also make good plans. The independent battalion is divided into two units, scattered to break through, the second company and the third company are one, led by Chief of Staff Yang, and set off now. The first company will follow me, and I will lead the team and set off after dark."

The company commander was Wang Chenghui, the former platoon leader of the machine gun company, and also an old comrade. After Xia Yuan finished speaking, he thought for a while and said, "Battle Commander, I agree with your plan."

The second company commander was An Hengrun, the former commander of the sixth company of the [-]th Regiment, and the third company commander was Qi Shan. Both of them had rich experience in fighting, so they refused on the spot.

Qi Shan said: "Let's go together, we can't let the streak go."

An Hengrun said: "Captain Xia, do you still treat us as outsiders! Why did you let Yilian stay? Can't I, Erlian?"

Xia Yuan had long thought of a solution, and said, "Lao An, the soldiers of your second company are all from the [-]th Regiment. Have you had enough food and recovered your physical strength? I brought out the machine gun company." , Before departure, every soldier had enough to eat, and he ran absolutely unambiguously. If you want to stay and block, can you outrun the devil's tank? Don't run halfway, we still need us to rescue you. "

After a pause, he said again: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, it's settled like this. This is an order. I'm giving you an order. I have doubts in my heart. We'll discuss it after the battle is over."

This time, Xia Yuan is determined, they can't do otherwise, they won't take orders.

An Hengrun and Qi Shan looked at each other and could only accept orders.When leaving at the end, Xia Yuan said to Yang Nanzhen: "You must live, and remember my explanation."

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

Wang Huzi was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "Battle Commander, don't worry, Boy Wu and I will protect the Chief of Staff."

"Battalion Commander, Battalion Commander, the enemy is attacking again!" A disgraced soldier rushed down from the position and shouted loudly.

"Go quickly! Don't look back! Catch up with the main force of the master, if possible, protect the master and them!"

Xia Yuan yelled, his face was cold, he clenched the gun in his hand, and turned his head to the soldier rushing down from the position: "Go! Let's go to the position!"

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

"set off!"

Amidst the gunfire behind him, An Hengrun shouted to the soldiers of the second company.

On the battlefield, gunpowder smoke spread for a hundred meters, and black soil flowers bloomed everywhere.

Most of the companies were soldiers who broke out from behind with Xia Yuan at the beginning. When they came here together, everyone was full of confidence in Xia Yuan.They always believed that Xia Yuan could lead them from the back to the front, and still lead them out.

It was this kind of belief that made the soldiers who stayed behind to fight without the slightest timidity.

Hao Guangjiu was already a squad leader. He led his squad of soldiers around to the side of the American devils, and savagely stabbed at the waist of the attacking troops of the American devils. The soldiers in groups of three and three jumped forward alternately, like sharp knives. Stab hard into the enemy's waist.

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

Wang Chenghui, the company commander, heard the voice of the battalion commander from a distance, and shouted: "Are you still breathing, charge with me!"

The soldiers who took a breath got out of the bunker and rushed to the forward position quickly. On the forward position, they replaced the submachine guns in their hands and shot at the enemy with the semi-automatic rifles of the American devils. The American devils running down the mountain grumbled Some of them fell to the ground, like an upside-down onion, fell to the ground, and some American devils rolled down the mountain.

Xia Yuan quickly emptied the magazine, causing the casualties of the American devils to increase a lot when they retreated.

"Old Wang, take people to clean up the battlefield quickly, we are going to retreat!"

"Battalion Commander, are we not going to stop the enemy?" Wang Chenghui just emptied the magazine and squatted on the ground holding the gun.

"Stop, the second company and the third company retreat one by one. The left and right wings that lost their cover will soon be captured by the enemy. The flanks are exposed. The foreign devils can cut off our retreat route by making a slight detour. Find a high ground to block!"

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

"Yes!"

The main force of the division.

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

Suddenly, the line in front stopped.

"What's going on?" Deputy Teacher Duan asked quickly.

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

The soldiers in charge of the investigation ran over.

It's really leaking house every night rain, what to be afraid of, what to come, how far did you go, and a cliff appeared.

Mr. Zheng was also a little anxious. The foreign devil was chasing after him, and he was chasing very closely. He couldn't delay here. He immediately said, "Come on, old Duan, let's go and have a look."

They walked to the front and stopped. A group of soldiers stood there, getting closer. The pebbles were still falling into the abyss when they stepped on their shoes. When they looked down, what they saw was pitch black, and they could not see the bottom. Wow, I don't even know how high this cliff is.

Mr. Zheng judged intuitively that this abyss must be more than 100 meters deep.

The soldiers looked at Teacher Zheng eagerly, waiting for the teacher to make up his mind.

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

A soldier replied: "Master, there is only one rope left."

Master Zheng sighed, and continued: "Everyone take off 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 big rock, and it was thrown down towards the abyss, and stopped when there was a short distance left. It seems that the cliff is really not shallow.

The soldiers slid down the rope one after another. At this time, it was useless to be afraid. The Americans were behind them. If they slowed down, they would be overtaken by the Americans. The soldiers could only suppress the fear in their hearts and come to the cliff , holding the rope with both hands and going down.

"what!!"

"oops!"

There was such a cry from the bottom of the ditch. Something must have happened at the bottom of the cliff. 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 group of soldiers who dragged it halfway. , more than a dozen people were injured by falls and tramples, and they were stacked together.

"Send me down in a while, I can still fight, I will stay for you to end!"

"Small injury, it's okay."

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

The wounded soldier was afraid that he would hurt other comrades, so he said this to them.

Everyone helped them up, or carried them on their backs and continued to break out to the west of the ravine.

Coming down from the cliff, there is a forest in front of it. There are many shell fragments pierced in on many tree trunks. This must be the result of the US military's cold artillery. This alloy steel shrapnel flickers under the faint moonlight. .

Just as Master Zheng was about to lead everyone across a stream, the leading platoon at the front of the team suddenly heard the sound of 'rumbling'.

The soldiers heard it right, it must be the sound of the tank tracks.

"hidden!"

The soldiers hid behind their respective nearby tree trunks.

The vanguard platoon leader wiped his eyes, and looked forward carefully. There was a small piece of darkness not far away, which he could not see clearly just now, but now he could see clearly that a tank turret was spinning.
This is a US tank and armored convoy, searching for traces of the [-]th Division nearby. According to the news brought by the US military in the direction of Yingfeng, the Chinese army followed the direction of Yingfeng and broke through to the northwest, and finally broke through. The location is Shicangli, and Shicangli has long been occupied by the US military. This tank convoy drove out of Shicangli.

"Master, there are enemy tanks ahead, about a dozen!"

The messenger had just finished saying this to Commander Zheng, the sound of tank shells came from behind the 'boom boom', followed by the sound of 'da da da', which was the sound of our army's light weapons .

The team in charge of the vanguard is being captured with the enemy.

At this time, the head of the [-]th regiment ran over, and head Pang said anxiously, "Master, there are still many enemies behind the tanks. I have let the first battalion stand in front. It is a bit difficult."

Master Zheng said in a deep voice, "Old Pang, we have nowhere to go, but this is the only way we can go. We have to bite the bullet and walk through it."

Commander Pang replied: "Good teacher, I'll go there first."

Regimental Commander Pang realized the determination of the division commander, and prepared to let the [-]th regiment fight another bloody battle to open a way for the main force of the division.

Master Zheng turned around and said to Xiaoyi, the correspondent: "Bring the telephony machine over here, and pick it up from the army!"

In the headquarters of the [-]th Army, the commanders, together with Commander Zheng, did not sleep all night, and each of them had a pair of panda-like dark circles on their faces. They were surrounded by the [-]th Division. , I haven't had much rest for several nights.

(End of this chapter)