Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

The Japanese once again gathered a large number of troops to attack the Gaoling position. After a series of fierce battles, a platoon of defenders on the Gaoling position had been killed or wounded.

Platoon leader Li Jiangong and the only two remaining soldiers held out for a while, but more and more Japanese attacked, rushing towards the mountain like a tide.

The Japanese's firepower became more and more fierce, and the other two soldiers died one after another.

During the fierce battle, Platoon Leader Li was also seriously injured and fell in the trench, with the area stained red with blood.

At this time, the attacking Japanese soldiers saw that there were no more bullets and grenades being thrown from the mountain, and they shouted excitedly: "Rush up the mountain and occupy the position immediately."

"Give me the rabbit~!"

Under the command of the Japanese officer, a large number of Japanese soldiers screamed and continued to rush upwards desperately.

The seriously injured Platoon Leader Li was dying and lying in the trench unable to move.

The Japanese soldiers rushed up to the position one after another. Platoon Leader Li vaguely saw the Japanese soldiers approaching and decisively detonated the two grenades at his waist.

"Boom~!"

As the loud explosion sounded, the Japanese soldiers who rushed up were caught off guard and were instantly blown to the ground, with many killed or injured.

Captain Wang put down his telescope, sighed helplessly, and said, "It seems that Gaoling has been lost."

Li Guotao gritted his teeth and said, "Then take him back."

At this time, rumbling sounds were heard from the artillery positions of the 10th Army.

"Chirp chirp chirp~!"

With a sharp whistling sound, the shells flew quickly towards the enemy's position.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions were heard, and the Japanese blockade fire points set up on the flanks were blown up into the sky one after another.

The scouts had already scouted out these Japanese fire points in advance and reported them to the artillery.

The 10th Army has relatively few artillery pieces, and artillery shells are quite precious. Good steel must naturally be used where it is needed most, so only after everything is ready will they launch artillery bombardments and carry out precision strikes.

The effect of this shelling was quite good, and most of the enemy's firepower was knocked out.

Captain Wang shouted excitedly: "That's great."

"Concentrate firepower immediately to suppress the enemy's firepower points. Company 2 will immediately provide support in the direction of Gaoling and take Gaoling back for me."

"Notify the artillery positions immediately and have them concentrate their firepower to bombard the main position of Gaoling."

"Yes!"

Under the order of Battalion Commander Wang, the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Company immediately rushed to Gaoling to provide support.

At the same time, on the defenders' positions, light and heavy machine guns concentrated their firepower and began firing fiercely at the enemy's positions.

Li Guotao was lying in a trench, holding up a Type 38 rifle.

Although this gun is not very good, its shooting accuracy is still quite good. And with Li Guotao's current strength, it doesn't really matter what gun he uses.

It's just that this manual rifle somewhat affects Li Guotao's speed.

Li Guotao raised his gun, aimed quickly, and then pulled the trigger decisively.

As a crisp gunshot rang out, a Japanese machine gunner on the Japanese position was shot in the head and killed on the spot.

Li Guotao quickly pulled the bolt and continued shooting. On the distant position, any Japanese machine gunner who showed his head would be killed by Li Guotao with one shot.

With the cooperation of other brothers, the firepower of the enemy positions on the flank was soon completely suppressed.

In this way, these Japanese devils would not be able to prevent the defenders' support troops from reinforcing the Gaoling position.

The second company commander personally led a group of brothers and quickly rushed towards the Gaoling position.

At this time, artillery shells fell one after another on the devastated mountaintop position.

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and the Japanese soldiers who had just rushed onto the position were instantly blown to the ground, with many killed and wounded.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the commander of the 2nd Company and his brothers rushed towards the top of the mountain.

The captain of the 2nd company was also a fierce general, and the morale of his brothers was greatly boosted, and they rushed towards the mountain bravely.

Since the positions on the high ridge were all built by the Japanese facing south, even if the Japanese occupied the positions on the top of the mountain, there were no defensive fortifications to stop the counterattack of the 10th Army.

Coupled with the sudden round of artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers who had just climbed the mountain were also killed and wounded.

While the Japanese were avoiding the artillery fire, the commander of the second company and his brothers rushed directly up the mountain.

At this time, the artillery, which was short of ammunition, also stopped firing.

The 2nd Company Commander rushed forward while shouting, "Brothers, follow me!"

"Kill these damned little devils."

"Kill~!"

Amid the deafening shouts of killing, the soldiers of the second company rushed to the high ridge position.

Only then did the Japanese react and stood up from all directions, attempting to fight back.

But the brothers of the 2nd Company were also very brave. They had already rushed forward. The soldiers in front, holding submachine guns, fired fiercely at the Japanese.

The brothers behind took the opportunity to throw grenades one after another. As the dense gunfire and explosions continued, the Japanese soldiers on the position were instantly killed or wounded.

Under the leadership of the second company commander, the soldiers charged and fought fiercely all the way, successfully reaching the top of Gaoling Mountain, and quickly wiped out all the remaining enemies on the position.

At this time, there were still a large number of Japanese soldiers climbing up the ladders at the foot of the mountain.

The second company commander immediately shouted loudly: "Brothers, beat them hard."

The soldiers did not dare to delay and immediately raised their guns and fired, while throwing grenades into the outer trench at the foot of the mountain.

As the dense gunfire rang out, more and more Japanese soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

Then, one after another, grenades, emitting black smoke, fell into the trenches at the foot of the mountain.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions continued to sound, and the Japanese were blown to the ground, with many dead or wounded. In an instant, a large number of Japanese soldiers crowded in the trenches fell down again.

Ota Sadamasa saw this scene through the telescope and angrily cursed: "Bagayaka, these damn bastards."

"Organize troops immediately and continue the fierce attack. No matter what, take down these two hills for me."

"Hayi~!"

The Japanese officers present responded in unison.

The battle had reached this point, and Ota Sadamasa was completely enraged. In his rage and humiliation, he just wanted to capture the opponent's position as quickly as possible at all costs, so he ordered his troops to launch a fierce attack at all costs.

After the brothers of the 2nd Company successfully recaptured Gaoling, they immediately restored their positions and organized their brothers to continue defending. The enraged Japanese continued to attack Gaoling and Tingbingshan in rounds.

On the other side of the Tingbing Hill, under the command of Company Commander Zhang Deshen, the fierce attacks of the Japanese were repelled time and time again.

The defenders used their powerful fortifications to inflict heavy damage on the attacking Japanese.

When the fierce battle was in full swing, the Flying Tigers once again sent out planes to help.

One after another, P40 fighter planes swooped down from the sky and fired at the crowd of Japanese devils.

The dense rain of bullets swept through, immediately causing a bloody storm, and the attacking Japanese suffered heavy casualties.

When Ota Sadamasa saw this, he angrily shouted, "Damn it, these damn enemy planes are coming again."

A Japanese officer nearby said, "General, the attacking troops have suffered heavy losses. It is not a good idea to continue fighting like this."

Ota Sadamasa finally regained some consciousness at this time, and quickly ordered: "Order the troops to retreat temporarily."

"Order the anti-aircraft artillery to concentrate all firepower immediately and hit hard to shoot down these damn planes."

"Also, order the artillery unit to continue to concentrate all its firepower to bombard the two small hills in front and the enemy positions in the rear. Bomb these bastards to death."

"Hayi~!"

A Japanese officer nearby responded respectfully and turned to convey the order.

Under the command of Ota Sadamasa, the Japanese immediately concentrated their firepower and began to fight back.

Under the Japanese counterattack, a P40 fighter was suddenly hit by the Japanese anti-aircraft fire. Black smoke rose in the air, it lost control, and fell from the sky.

Fortunately, the plane did not explode, but was forced to land in a rice field between Gaoling and Tingbing Mountain.

Because the ground in the rice field was too soft, the fuselage hit hard backwards during the forced landing, and the joystick hit the pilot's chin directly.

The impact was so strong that four of the driver's teeth were broken, and his lips and chin were all broken, and blood gushed out immediately.

The pilot Chen Xiang was knocked unconscious by the collision. It took him a long time to come to his senses.

Although he was lucky enough to make an emergency landing and the plane did not explode, and although four teeth were knocked out, it was not considered a serious injury.

Chen Xiang gradually came to his senses as the sound of gunfire was heard all around him. He also realized that he was still in danger, and immediately struggled to climb out of the plane.

Fortunately, he was only slightly injured. Unfortunately, the place where he landed happened to be the focal area of ​​the battle between the two sides. Now that the Japanese stopped the attack, the battle came to a temporary end.

But the plane made an emergency landing here, and both the enemy and us discovered this.

Captain Wang shouted loudly: "Notify all troops immediately and do their best to rescue the pilot."

Li Guotao also discovered that the plane had been shot down, so he quickly ran towards a small hill in front with his gun, ready to provide nearby support.

The platoon led by Chen Jianghe also rushed forward along with Li Guotao.

On the hill where the soldiers were stopped, Company Commander Zhang Deshan waved his arms and shouted, "Run this way! Run this way quickly!"

However, Chen Xiang was stunned by the collision, and because of the noisy surroundings, he could not hear anything. After getting off the plane, he actually staggered towards the Japanese position.

When the brothers on the Tingbing Mountain position saw this scene, they were so anxious that they jumped up and down and continued to shout loudly, but Chen Xiang could not hear them at all.

The brothers of the 2nd Company on the Gaoling position on the other side also shouted loudly, but Chen Xiang didn't hear them at all and continued to run towards the Japanese position.

Company Commander Zhang Deshan on the Tingbing Mountain position shouted, "Follow me, and rescue the pilot no matter what."

"Yes!"

Then Zhang Deshen rushed out of the position with several soldiers and ran towards Chen Xiang.

At this time, the Japanese also discovered Chen Xiang.

A Japanese officer said excitedly: "Yo, here's your chance to make a contribution. Go ahead and capture that enemy pilot."

So, under the leadership of the Japanese officer, a group of Japanese soldiers rushed over with guns, trying to capture the pilot Chen Xiang alive.

After running for a while, Chen Xiang looked up and saw a large group of Japanese soldiers running towards him.

Chen Xiang was startled. Only then did he realize that he was dizzy and had run in the wrong direction.

Isn't this equivalent to door-to-door delivery?

Chen Xiang turned around and ran back in panic. He vaguely heard brother troops shouting in the distance and running towards this side to provide support.

However, because Chen Xiang ran for a distance by himself, he was closer to the Japanese soldiers. Moreover, he was injured, confused, and staggering, and he could not run fast at all.

The Japanese were about to catch up.

At this time, a rumbling sound of artillery suddenly came from our army’s position not far away.

Eight mortars fired at the same time, and shells fell continuously into the crowd of Japanese devils. Violent explosions continued to ring out, instantly blowing the Japanese devils to the ground.

However, the Japanese were determined to capture this pilot and continued to send troops to support him.

Li Guotao finally rushed to the Tingbing Hill position, raised his rifle, and aimed at the Japanese soldiers who were gradually approaching in the distance.

"Bang bang bang~!"

As the crisp sound of gunfire rang out, the Japanese soldiers who had chased after them were shot dead one after another.

At this time, Zhang Deshen and his brothers who were going to support him took advantage of this opportunity and finally succeeded in meeting Chen Xiang.

Zhang Deshen was also extremely brave. He pointed his Czech light machine gun at the Japanese and fired at them.

"Take the pilot and retreat first. I will cover you."

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire rang out, and several Japanese soldiers who were close to them were instantly shot into pieces and killed on the spot.

Zhang Deshen led his brothers, fighting and retreating. One soldier carried Chen Xiang on his back and ran towards their own position.

Li Guotao was also in a distant position, firing his gun continuously.

Eight mortars also continued to fire shells to cover their retreat.

In order to protect the pilot, the defenders paid a certain price. Several soldiers who rushed out were sacrificed, and a lot of ammunition was wasted. Of course, more Japanese devils were also killed.

Although there were some casualties, it was worth it.

Because at that time, our country's pilots were so precious.

Because it is too difficult to train pilots, and our country's air force strength has always been relatively weak. Although it has received strong support from the Allies in recent times and its strength has improved to a certain extent, there is still an urgent shortage of pilots.

Therefore, all front-line troops have received orders that if they encounter a pilot who makes an emergency landing, they must ensure the pilot's safety at all costs.

That's why they tried so hard to protect the pilot. Although it cost a certain price, they finally rescued Chen Xiang.

Li Guotao, who had arrived at the Tingbing Mountain position, also took the opportunity to learn about the situation on the Tingbing Mountain position. (End of this chapter)