African Nationhood

Sarajevo is a basin surrounded by densely forested hills and five peaks.

The entire city of Sarajevo runs east-west, like an irregular long strip (a bit like a spindle) that is wide in the east and narrow in the west.

Nanhua arrived from the direction of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik, Croatia), with Nanhua's main attack surface at the southwest corner of Sarajevo.

This is the southwest end of the city. There is a river in the center of the city that passes through the city.

The Austro-Hungarian defense forces in the city occupied the commanding heights of the city's buildings, set up machine gun fire points, and placed artillery positions on the peaks at the southwest end.

The range of artillery fired from high ground is far longer, and the artillery fire from a high position is more labor-saving.

Due to poor road conditions, the South China Expeditionary Force did not bring heavy artillery. The range of their light mountain artillery and mortars was too close to effectively counterattack the Austro-Hungarian defense forces.

Because the South China Expeditionary Force's aircraft bombing was too powerful, Austria-Hungary also began to deploy anti-aircraft artillery.

Although their anti-aircraft guns were not accurate enough, they could not hold up too many anti-aircraft guns. More than ten aircraft and pilots of the South China Expeditionary Force had been shot down. Most of the pilots died, and those who survived were either captured or missing.

Faced with such a difficult battle situation, Shi Honglian had no choice but to contact Ou Haiwa in the rear and ask him to notify the mainland to transport the monoplane as soon as possible.

Monoplanes can travel faster and carry more bombs than biplanes.

In addition, they are in urgent need of heavy artillery and need to transport 105mm field guns and howitzers.

The road they came over was too narrow, and there was no way they could move away tens of thousands of troops.

After discussion, Shi Honglian and others decided to send troops to disperse and attack several peaks and highlands in the south of the city, and then enter the city with more flowers to occupy the southern part of the city before finding a way to attack the north of the city.

……

The night was dark, and the searchlights on the high castle in the distance illuminated the position as brightly as day.

Kang Duoduo was hiding in the trench, covered in dust, with shells constantly roaring above his head, and every time he landed, bursts of dust would be splashed up.

“Bah, bah~~”

The 2561 regiment led by Kang Duoduo was assigned the combat mission of capturing the two commanding heights of Yellow Fort and White Fort in the southeast corner of the city.

White Fort has sent the 2nd and 3rd Battalions to attack. The battle target of the st Battalion and the direct guard company is the Yellow Fort in front of them.

The Yellow Fort is a stone fortress that was once a commanding height used by the Ottoman Turks to control the city. It is now used as a gun and anti-aircraft position by the Austro-Hungarians.

This stronghold is an irregular octagonal stronghold. The stone walls are smooth and high, so the possibility of climbing up is relatively small.

Except for a mountain road up, there is no other way to attack.

The artillery and heavy machine guns of the Austro-Hungarian defense forces were very powerful, and the surrounding area was bare and unobstructed. To capture this high stone fortress would not only take a lot of effort, but also human lives.

Forty or fifty young lives have been committed here. Kang Duoduo hated it with itch, but there was nothing he could do.

……

Normally, if there is enough time, such a stronghold can be besieged.

The enemy's food and water are limited, so you can rely on time to trap the enemies above to death.

But they have just arrived, and this is the enemy's regional central city. Reinforcements can arrive at any time, so they must fight quickly.

When Kang Duoduo received the mission, the brigade commander told him that he would remove these two strongholds as soon as possible at any cost so that our aircraft could fly in to assist in bombing the enemy fortifications on the other side.

Kang Duoduo could only act according to the order. His regiment had been attacking these two strongholds for two days. It was not only him who was unable to take them, but even his superiors came to urge him.

Kang Duoduo took a breath as he looked at the constantly moving enemies under the searchlights in the distance.

"Huang Jun!"

"arrive."

"I'll give you a chance this time. If you win this stone castle, I'll give you a promotion. I'll give you the chance. It'll all depend on your performance."

When Huang Jun was in West Africa, he was suppressed by Kang Duoduo because he encouraged Kang Duoduo to make mistakes.

Therefore, there are not many platoon commanders at the same level as him who have been promoted to company commander and deputy, and he is still a platoon leader.

Sometimes officers of the same rank would drink and complain together, and Huang Jun could not help but blame his superiors for not having the chance to be promoted.

After finally coming to Europe this time, Huang Jun himself held his breath and wanted to get a promotion opportunity based on his merit.

It's just that the two battles fought before were very easy, and there was no chance of meritorious service at all.

"Now that Commander Kang gives him a chance, he will naturally seize it."

"Yes, Commander, please wait for my good news." After speaking, Huang Jun shouted to his soldiers, "Follow me."

Seeing Huang Jun leave with his men, Kang Duoduo immediately shouted: "Increase the firepower to create opportunities for them."

Kang Duoduo gave an order, and his mountain cannons and mortars began to fire shells at the stone fortress on the hillside.

……

Huang Jun is 25 years old this year and has been a veteran of the army for 7 years. He knows that the enemy's defense is tight, but at night their sight is easily restricted by the lights.

The regiment leader's attack was full of firepower, and the searchlight had to spend more time in the main attack direction. This created opportunities for their commando team.

He and his soldiers quickly blended into the darkness according to the three-three system, paying attention to the trajectory of the searchlight as they ran.

"Stop, lie down!"

As Huang Jun gave the command, all 33 soldiers in the platoon fell down without any hesitation.

The snow-white light shone over, and everyone fell to the ground and pretended to be dead.

Due to their field of vision, enemies on the high platform cannot distinguish objects in the dark. As long as no moving objects are found during the illumination process, they will basically not stop to investigate.

After the searchlight passed, Huang Jun and others began to move, but this time they would no longer run, but instead crawled.

Because the closer to Huangbao, the closer the enemy's observation becomes.

Fortunately, there are some corpses of comrades here to serve as their disguises. Once the searchlight shines over, they can hide from the enemy's detection by lying side by side with the corpses of their comrades.

Of course, this is not 100% effective, because the enemy will shoot corpses from time to time to prevent them from getting closer.

Most of the soldiers who died before were for this reason. Huang Jun and the others were relatively lucky tonight.

It was a bit abnormal that there was no enemy strafing within 1000 meters of Huangbao.

Huang Jun guessed that the enemy's bullets may not be enough, or it may be because the offensive from the regiment leader's side worked and diverted the enemy's attention.

In any case, they are very close to success.

500 meters,
400 meters,
300 meters,
200 meters,
With the last 100 meters left, Huang Jun and the others did not dare to be careless.

"Boom."

What was left behind?
"Grenade, watch out!"

Following this cry, a soldier rushed over regardless of his own safety.

"boom"

The huge explosive force directly knocked away the soldiers who rushed towards him.

Huang Jun's eyes heated up, "Tong Fei!"

At this time, regardless of his sadness, he held the submachine gun and charged upward.

"Da da~"

Not only him, but other soldiers also fired at it.

"Aah~"

Enemies kept falling down from above while howling, and grenades above also kept falling down.

Huang Jun and the others were already red-eyed at this moment. They opened fire mechanically, changed their magazines, and then continued to shoot.

When the soldiers in the distance took advantage of their comrades in the front row to attack and attract firepower, they were not idle and quickly assembled their grenades.

Today's grenades have been replaced with rifled versions, which can hit farther than before, and the firepower is more intense.

More than a dozen grenade tubes, loaded and ready, "Bang~~~"

A series of fires exploded on the enemy's castle, and the screams of the enemies above could be clearly heard.

Huang Jun listened to the enemy's screams and smiled at the corner of his mouth. However, the heartbreaking pain in his chest and abdomen made him realize that he was injured. His head was a little dizzy and his body was a little cold. He wanted to move but his whole body couldn't use the strength.

He couldn't open his mouth, because if he opened his mouth, the hot blood in his chest and abdomen would spurt out.

This situation made him unable to help but open his mouth and shout "kill". After shouting, blood sprayed from the corner of his mouth, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed... (End of this chapter)