Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

After a fierce artillery preparation, the two hills were plowed by artillery fire again, and the entire battlefield was filled with thick smoke.

Then the five companies of the Volunteer Army rushed into the battlefield again like the roars of dragons and tigers.

The enemies who survived the position naturally fought to the death.

Because the enemy was well prepared, this counterattack was more difficult.

The enemy built dozens of bunkers of various sizes on the mountain. The machine guns in the bunkers aimed at the attacking volunteer soldiers and kept firing at them, blocking the volunteers' attack route and causing heavy casualties to the attacking soldiers.

The volunteers could only organize blasting teams to blow up the enemy's bunkers.

The battle was extremely fierce and the volunteers suffered heavy casualties, but the progress was not smooth.

Lai Fajun, the machine gunner in charge of providing cover, fired frantically at the enemy's bunker with his machine gun.

At this time, a string of bullets swept over, and Lai Fajun quickly dodged to the side, but he was still a little too slow. Not only was the machine gun damaged, but Lai Fajun was also hit by bullets, and blood gushed out of the wound.

Lai Fajun ignored the excruciating pain and rushed forward with a cluster grenade with a roar.

At this time, the two soldiers responsible for the blasting also died one after another. Lai Fajun was wounded many times on the way to the bunker, but he still gritted his teeth and crawled under the bunker.

Lai Fajun took a deep breath and pulled the fuse of the grenade without hesitation. Looking at the sparks coming out of the grenade, Lai Fajun smiled slightly and then used the last of his strength to rush towards the enemy's bunker.

"Boom~!"

A violent explosion sounded, the bunker blocking the Volunteer Army's attack route was destroyed, and Lai Fajun also sacrificed his precious life.

On another position, seeing his comrades falling one after another under the machine gun fire of the enemy's bunker, a 19-year-old soldier Xiaolong rushed out of the bomb crater where he was hiding without hesitation, holding a blasting tube, and rushed towards an enemy bunker with his back bent.

"Da da da~!"

The enemy's bunker was still spewing out tongues of blazing flames and a string of bullets swept over.

Xiaolong lost his balance instantly and fell to the ground. He struggled to turn over and turned his head to see that one of his legs had been completely broken by a heavy machine gun, with blood constantly oozing out from the broken leg.

Xiaolong did not feel any pain, but his face turned pale with fear. At this time, the bullets whizzing past his head and the continuous gunshots made Xiaolong calm down instantly.

Xiaolong gritted his teeth, held on to the blasting tube tightly, dragged his broken leg, and crawled towards the enemy bunker with gritted teeth, with blood all over the ground.

Fortunately, they were not far from the bunker. The exhausted Xiaolong finally crawled to the side of the bunker, then pulled the fuse, gritted his teeth and stuffed the blasting tube into the enemy's bunker.

However, the blasting tube was pushed out a little after it was half inserted, and the enemy inside tried hard to push the blasting tube out.

Seeing that the blasting tube was about to explode and Xiaolong's strength was about to run out, Xiaolong gritted his teeth and used up his last bit of strength to press himself into the blasting tube, using his body to block the blasting tube and pressed into the enemy's bunker.

"Boom~!"

A violent explosion was heard, and Xiaolong and the enemy bunker disappeared together.

At the same time, when attacking the No. 8 position, Deputy Platoon Leader Ouyang of the th Company had his legs blown off. He resolutely detonated the grenade and rolled into the enemy crowd. A violent explosion sounded, and Deputy Platoon Leader Ouyang died together with the enemy. The th Company took advantage of the situation to recapture the No. position.

With the brave fighting of the soldiers, the Volunteer Army finally succeeded in recaptured the main peak position.

But at this time, the troops attacking position No. 0 were blocked, and a reinforced company suffered heavy losses, with only a dozen people left.

The division commander ordered that Position No. 0 must be captured at all costs to prevent the enemy from using it as a base to launch a frenzied counterattack after daybreak.

Chief of Staff Zhang of the Second Battalion, who was in charge of the command, could only lead his troops to continue to attack Position No. 0 and request support from nearby brother units.

(At that time, the Volunteer Army had the position of battalion chief of staff.)
The troops began to concentrate their forces and attack position No. 0 fiercely.

During the fierce battle, a battalion communicator named Huang stepped forward and formed a blasting team with two other soldiers. They successfully blew up several enemy bunkers and firepower points.

At this time, the other two soldiers had died one after another, and Xiao Huang was also seriously injured, but the enemy's central firepower point was still constantly spewing flames, suppressing the attacking volunteer soldiers and preventing them from moving forward even a single step.

He continued to crawl forward with his injured body, and finally crawled to the enemy's bunker. Then he took out the last grenade and threw it into the enemy's bunker.

"Boom~!"

A violent explosion was heard, half of the enemy's bunker collapsed, and the enemies inside suffered heavy casualties.

Because the distance was too close, he was also knocked unconscious.

But when the soldiers charged, the remaining enemies in the bunker continued to set up machine guns and fire, blocking the volunteers' attack path.

He was stunned but was soon awakened by the sound of gunfire. After observing the situation, he raised one hand with difficulty and waved to his comrades behind him.

"He's still alive!"

Chief of Staff Zhang was very excited when he saw him raise his hand.

But Instructor Feng of the Sixth Company next to him suddenly reacted and shouted, "He's going to block the bullet hole."

"what?"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly jumped up, opened his arms and used his chest to block the firing American machine gun. He stretched out his hands to tightly grasp the sacks on both sides, and pressed his broad chest against the muzzle of the American machine gun.

A big hole was instantly punched into his body, but because he was holding the sacks on both sides with his hands, his body was still blocking the shooting hole.

In this way, although the bullets can still be fired, the enemies inside can no longer see the situation outside and can only fire blindly.

At this moment, Instructor Feng roared and rushed forward with a machine gun. In a rage, Instructor Feng fired a hundred rounds of bullets at the enemy's bunker, shooting all the enemies inside into sieves before he stopped.

The soldiers took the opportunity to rush forward and occupied position No. 0.

At this moment, the hero's body was still pressed tightly against the enemy's machine gun, and his comrades quickly picked up his body.

It was discovered that his leg was broken and there was a long trail of blood behind him. In addition to a large hole in his abdomen, there were seven bullet holes on his body.

However, not a drop of blood flowed out of the wound, and there was no blood even in front of the bunker. The blood had all flowed out on the road.

One can imagine how much perseverance he relied on in the last moments of his life to climb here with great difficulty and accomplish this earth-shaking feat.

After the war, he was awarded special merit and the title of special hero. He is one of the two special heroes of our army.

After a bloody battle, the volunteers finally succeeded in retaking the position again. The blood of the heroes dyed the entire Shangganling red.

After several days of bloody fighting, the 45th Division suffered heavy casualties. Almost all the companies of the combat troops were destroyed. Even the guard company of the division headquarters was sent to the front line to participate in the battle.

The enemy suffered even greater casualties. In the past few days, the enemy has deployed nearly a hundred companies to launch attacks in turns, and now the average number of people left in these companies is less than 40.

In just a few days of bloody fighting, the enemy suffered nearly 10,000 casualties.

Such heavy casualties gave Major General Jenkins a headache. He called Lieutenant General Van Fleet again and questioned the necessity of continuing the attack.

Lieutenant General Van Fleet said angrily: "We need this victory, both militarily and politically, we need a victory."

"So you have to take those two hills."

Major General Jenkins frowned and said, "Commander, I really don't agree with you. Is it really worth it to pay such heavy casualties just for these two hills?"

Lieutenant General Van Fleet said impatiently: "I have discussed this with Commander Clark. We must win this battle."

At this time, Admiral Clark had replaced Ridgway and became the third commander of the Allied Forces.

However, as the commander of the Allied Forces, he mainly commanded from Japan, just like his predecessors Mac and Ridgway.

The command of the front line was mainly under the charge of Lieutenant General Van Fleet, commander of the Eighth Army.

Lieutenant General Van Fleet said angrily: "From a military point of view, we need to take the Five Sacred Mountains. In this way, the enemy in the direction of the bottom of the Pingkang Valley will have no foothold at all. Then we can easily take over this area."

"On the contrary, if we cannot take the Five Sacred Mountains, even if we counterattack from the direction of the Pingkang Valley and take over this plain area, the enemy can still take advantage of the high ground and launch a counterattack from the direction of the Five Sacred Mountains, posing a certain threat to us."

"So in order to solve this problem, we must first take over the Five Sacred Mountains. The prerequisite for taking over the Five Sacred Mountains is to take over those two tumor-sized hills. Only then can we take over the Five Sacred Mountains."

"Politically, we need a victory to boost the morale of our allies so that they can invest more troops and money to support the war. We can put more pressure on the enemy and gain greater benefits at the negotiation table."

"There is a deeper reason. Now that the election is approaching, our president also needs a victory."

Major General Jenkins couldn't help but frown. According to the information he received, the Chief of Staff, Old Du, had voluntarily withdrawn from the election because of the failure of this war, which caused a serious drop in his support rate.

However, although Duterte has given up the election, the party behind him has not given up, so Duterte still needs a victory to help the candidates of the party behind him win more support.

So there is a certain reason why Van Vleet attacked these two hills so frantically this time.

Van Vleet continued: "These are not issues that you and I need to consider. There is only one thing we need to consider now."

"That is to take those two small hills, and then take the Five Sacred Mountains, and win a beautiful victory."

"Otherwise, we will all pay a heavy price."

"I order you now to launch a counterattack as soon as possible and retake those two hills at all costs."

Major General Jenkins said helplessly: "Okay, I'll do my best."

Lieutenant General Van Fleet said somewhat dissatisfiedly: "You have said this more than once, but every time I heard bad news."

"I hope you can bring me some good news this time."

Major General Jenkins said helplessly: "I didn't expect the enemy's resistance to be so tenacious. They are continuously sending more troops."

"It seems that it is not so easy to win this battle as soon as possible."

"And now our combat troops have suffered heavy losses, and I also need more support."

Lieutenant General Van Fleet said: "Don't worry about this. I will dispatch as many troops as possible to ensure that you win this battle."

Major General Jenkins said: "I hope it can be quick because we are consuming a lot of troops every day."

"I will," said Lieutenant General Van Fleet.

After hanging up the phone, Major General Jenkins sighed helplessly and ordered: "Inform the front-line troops to continue to launch a counterattack, and to launch the counterattack as soon as possible. Give me the shortest time to recapture the position and build fortifications on the position. We must build more fortifications to resist their counterattack."

An enemy captain said: "General, our troops have suffered heavy losses. Now..."

"Shut up!"

Major General Jenkins interrupted him and said angrily: "If you have any objections, you can report directly to the commander, but now we must continue the attack, and attack immediately."

"If the troops are short of manpower, then reorganize the previously defeated troops. Group two, three, or even four companies together and continue to fight."

"Take those two damn hills for me at all costs."

"Yes sir!"

Under the order of Major General Jenkins, the battle of Shangganling just stopped for an hour before it started again.

The enemy once again organized powerful firepower and launched a massive bombardment on the positions of Shangganling. The organized infantry units also quickly moved to the frontline, ready to launch a large-scale counterattack at any time.

After a fierce artillery preparation, the enemy, under the pressure of the supervision team's guns, once again rushed towards the two hills in groups.

The volunteer soldiers on the mountain continued to rely on their positions to attack the attacking enemy from a high position, causing huge casualties to the enemy.

It has to be said that the enemy's attack at all costs was a complete mistake in the use of troops.

The reason why the Volunteer Army insisted on fighting this battle was that such opportunities to gain an advantage were rare.

However, the enemy was forced to resort to this violent attack, hoping to capture the two hills as soon as possible.

Li Guotao looked at the two small hills in the distance, sighed slightly, and said, "Now both sides are killing each other, so we can only continue to fight like this."

"But no matter what, we still have an advantage. The enemy's casualties are much greater than ours."

Wu Qianli said: "Now the soldiers are all very excited and are clamoring to go up and fight the American devils to the death."

Li Guotao said: "Don't worry, this battle has just begun, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." (End of this chapter)