Chapter 488: Flint retreats to the enemy

Silent hills, overturned yellow land, and peaks covered with smoke.

Except for the South Korean soldiers climbing up the mountain, no trace of volunteer soldiers was found on the entire mountain.

It was almost halfway up the mountain, but the volunteers still did not show up.

Could it be that all the volunteers on this mountain were blown up by American planes? However, although the ground was covered with corpses, there were not many volunteer soldiers. Most of the corpses that had not been blown up by the enemy still had the logo of the Third Regiment of the South Korean Capital Division.

"Sir, are you still rushing upward?"

"Do you want to send someone up to reconnaissance first?"

"It feels... so scary..."

This is really a strange mentality. When these South Korean officers and soldiers attacked Jianfeng Ridge, their most worry was that they would be afraid that there would be a strong blockage on the mountain. However, once they climbed halfway up the mountain but still no volunteers appeared, the South Korean officials and losers felt extremely uneasy, and the speed of climbing towards Jianfeng Ridge could not help but slow down.

"What are you afraid of? There are so many of us, are you still afraid that they can eat us all?"

Faced with the questions of the fearful soldiers under his command, the officers of South Korea showed enough courage. Although the volunteer positions in front of them were weird enough, they were still full of luck when they saw so many people coming.

"Will the volunteers put us up and fight like they did when they dealt with those two companies just now?"

However, although the officers of South Korea were very brave, their soldiers did not think so. Everyone saw the two endings of the first wave of tentative rushing up the mountain. Although there were few people in the volunteer army, they dared to put you up and attack you, but instead made you ambush. The gunshots everywhere were enough to make you collapse. Fight with less and more. In the end, the two companies lost more than half. Under such a fatal threat, many South Korean soldiers involuntarily slowed down and tried to delay back and make the idea of ​​running away for a while.

A loud bang suddenly exploded on the peak, alarming all the enemies. After hearing the explosion, all the South Korean soldiers were like crazy, regardless of whether they saw the existence of the volunteer army or not, they attacked the mountain desperately.

"Stop, stop, stop the fuck..."

The strong fear caused all South Korean officers and soldiers to fall into a neurotic panic. Once they discovered the attack from the volunteers, they began to attack desperately. However, after they fought for a long time, several South Korean officers suddenly felt something was wrong and immediately roared at the soldiers around them who had already made an act of running backwards, and finally stopped the crazy shooting of the soldiers.

It was still silent, and there was still no movement on the mountain. After the sudden gunshot, it was suffocating and quiet again, which really made people feel extremely depressed. The South Korean soldiers looked at each other and were at a loss. When they carefully observed, they found that the bodies of two South Korean soldiers were lying in the place where the explosion began.

It is obvious that these are two South Korean soldiers killed by an anti-tank mine. Ordinary infantry mines will not have such great power, but anti-tank mines are different. The power is too great. As long as you encounter someone, you will have to die in despair.

What are you doing? Why did the Volunteers bury all anti-tank mines without using their anti-infantry mines? Is there a minefield ahead?

The officers and soldiers of South Korea were all puzzled. They even wondered if this meant that the volunteers on this mountain had run out of ammunition and food?

However, despite such speculation, no South Korean soldier dared to rush over like this. Who knows if there are still a large number of mines in front of this anti-tank mine? Isn’t it seeking death to use people to step on mines?

"Look up everyone?!"

While hesitating, a South Korean soldier suddenly looked at the mountain in panic and screamed in surprise.

Following the direction of his finger, all the South Korean soldiers were stunned to find that countless stones suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain, rolling out from above the bombed positions. Among the South Korean soldiers who were crying, more than ten stones had already rolled down from the mountain at an extremely fast speed.

"Fire... Be careful of fire..."

The South Korean soldiers at the foot of the mountain shouted, and could not see clearly under the sunlight. However, after the stones began to roll, they found that these rocks were actually surrounded by flames. With the terrifying cry of these South Korean soldiers, these rocks had already roared down.

"Be careful, avoid it!"

"So many stones, help me!"

The mountain at Jianfeng Ridge was dangerous enough, otherwise it would not have been said that the entire mountain would be like a sharp sword. These stones rolled down from the top of the mountain and were driven by potential energy. They rolled down like a train just after only five meters. Facing such huge stones, the South Korean soldiers climbing up the mountain immediately became a mess. Due to the steep mountain, it was not very convenient for these South Korean soldiers to hide. As these huge rocks came with high temperatures, the South Korean soldiers below immediately screamed.

Like bowling, when the huge stones rolled down, the South Korean officers and soldiers in the mountains were simply unavoidable. Soon dozens of people were hit by these huge rocks. The frightened South Korean soldiers retreated unconsciously to the bottom of the mountain with a crying cry. However, no matter how fast they ran, they could not be faster than the quickly rolled down stones. It would be fine if they were hit by the stones, but at most they would die.

But once they were swept by the burning boulders, these South Korean soldiers were in a tragedy. Only then did they realize that the boulders were covered with tank oil. As soon as the boulders swept through them, they immediately lit their clothes. Then these South Korean soldiers immediately fell into a sea of ​​fire. The shrill screams were so creepy that they heard.

However, this was the most desperate thing that made the South Korean soldiers despair. What was even more desperate was that when the rocks rolled over their heads, when South Korean soldiers looked up at the top of the mountain, they suddenly burst into darkness in the sky and smashed them in the head. Subconsciously, they looked at what it was. The South Korean soldiers realized in horror that this was actually a grenade thrown by the volunteers.

"Ah...ah..."

Boom, the sound of screams and explosions immediately sounded, and the mountainside at the top of the peak immediately turned into a hell on earth. South Korean soldiers looked at this collapsed attack in despair. They wanted to avoid these rocks and escape these grenades. They were not gods, so how could they be safe under such an offensive?

Flashes of smoke rolled up halfway up the mountainside of Jianfengling. Soon, these South Korean soldiers fell down a lot, leaving a large area of ​​South Korean soldiers' bodies in the mountains. The South Korean soldiers who were lucky enough to die even rolled down from the top of the mountain. The reality was extremely cruel. Some South Korean soldiers did not even kill the huge rocks or grenades. They fell down the mountain stream and fell to death in panic.

"Run! Drag all the enemies!"

"No one can invade our position!"

Da da da da da da bang bang bang!

At this time, all the soldiers who disappeared from the volunteer army suddenly jumped out. The sound of machine guns and the roar of submachine guns rang across the entire Jianfeng Ridge. What makes people even more frightened is that the charge shouts of the volunteer army came from the mountain. Countless volunteer army soldiers suddenly appeared on Jianfeng Ridge. They held guns and threw grenades and approached the South Korean soldiers like the wind.

What made the South Korean soldiers even more frightened was that in addition to these volunteer soldiers who charged downward, they also heard dozens of banging sniper rifles. The sounds of gunfire were extremely accurate. As long as they saw the South Korean soldier trying to find a hidden place, and then picked up the guns in his hand to attack the volunteers down the mountain, they would find that they would not know where there would be sniper bullets to find them. Once the gunshot sounded, a South Korean officer and soldier would fall down. The gunshot gave people the feeling that it was coming from all directions.

"I...we are surrounded!"

"Escape quickly, the Communist Army is so powerful..."

Yes, these snipers of the volunteer army launched attacks from all directions. Why, when they were stationed on the position, Gao Xiaodong not only asked the soldiers to build defensive positions, but also asked the soldiers to dig air defense bunkers. In fact, it was to set up individual air defense bunkers at various hidden heights on Jianfeng Ridge.

When the enemy's planes bombed, when the enemy's infantry began to rush up, these volunteer snipers even hid in the bunker behind the South Korean soldiers. However, once Gao Xiaodong launched a charge, all the soldiers who were originally hiding in the bunker rushed out. In front were volunteer soldiers who were like dragons coming out of the abyss, and behind were sniper bullets that had nowhere to escape. No matter how many of these South Korean officers and soldiers were, the courage they had just plucked up suddenly turned into ashes. Under the front and back of the volunteer army, these South Korean officers and soldiers became fleeing troops again.

The same tactics will never be used twice, but Gao Xiaodong's endless attack methods made the enemy unable to lift his head, let alone attacking the volunteer soldiers who are rushing towards him.

The snipers of the volunteer army who were behind them gave them no courage to fight, because these volunteer soldiers were all elites of the Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade and the reconnaissance company. Their individual combat skills made it difficult for these South Korean soldiers to catch their shadows. What's more, they are still wearing the military uniforms of South Korean troops, and many South Korean soldiers lost their lives in a daze!

"Chief, this battle is so exciting! The puppet army of South Korea is really vulnerable!"

Lin Yaohai was specially sent by Wen Guofeng to be a correspondent next to Gao Xiaodong. The young man was 22 years old and had a baby face. Seeing that under Gao Xiaodong's command, he beat the enemy's two battalions and jumped up with joy.

"Little guy, you killed a few puppet troops!"

Since he became the director of the Corps, Gao Xiaodong has now enjoyed the treatment of a leader. He has been considered a master-level cadre after all. He asked Lin Yaohai with a smile.

"Report to the chief, I killed three puppet troops, one of which was a captain!"

Lin Yaohai happily raised the sniper rifle in his hand and reported his achievements to Gao Xiaodong with a proud look.

"Okay, keep going!"

Gao Xiaodong praised Lin Yaohairan with a smile and ordered him: "Let the teams shrink all the teams back, and after driving the enemy off the position, don't chase them anymore. Continue to dig bunkers and prepare for the enemy's next attack!"

"yes!"

After two consecutive victories, the enemy's corpses were left everywhere on the ground. Looking at the dazzling results, Lin Yaohai believed in any order from Gao Xiaodong at this time, and rushed down from the position to convey the latest instructions to Wen Guofeng and Wang Xiaohan in the distance.

"I hope the anti-aircraft artillery troops will arrive soon, otherwise..."

Lin Yaohai excitedly conveyed the latest battle order, but he didn't know that the smile on Gao Xiaodong's face disappeared immediately after he turned around. In fact, although he won two battles, Gao Xiaodong was not happy at all. He even knew that the real cruel battle had not begun.

"If the large army cannot break through the last position of the enemy in time, then we will not be able to defend against so many enemies!"

The soldiers had enough reason to be happy in the face of victory, but Gao Xiaodong was not so optimistic, because only he knew that the factor that really decided to win this battle was not their blocking battle. The decisive blow that could wipe out the entire South Korean capital division in front of him was whether the large force could break through the enemy's final defense as soon as possible, and finally attack the South Korean defeated soldiers behind them with the soldiers of the Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade and the reconnaissance company.

Although it seems from the current situation that the South Korean Capital Division has been closely surrounded by two divisions of the Volunteer Army, in fact, due to the Americans' strong air superiority, even if there are two divisions fighting a South Korean Capital Division underground, Gao Xiaodong also knows that it is impossible to completely solve the South Korean Capital Division.

The reason is very simple, that is, the enemy's air firepower is too fierce. What is even more worrying is that the battle was initiated during the day, and the enemy's planes could support the troops on the ground almost all day long. It can be said that as long as the American military forces guard the South Korean Capital Division on the ground, Gao Xiaodong and others could not launch a decisive attack on the South Korean Capital Division below.

As a combat director, Gao Xiaodong conducted a detailed study of the battle between the two armies since the Volunteer Army entered North Korea. After research, it was found that since the beginning of the Korean War, although the Volunteer Army had achieved certain victories in the first to fourth counterattacks against the enemy, in fact, this victory was actually not worth the loss, because this victory was actually based on the huge casualties of the first four counterattacks.

In the first four battles, the casualties of the Volunteer Army were extremely huge. So what is the main cause of the casualties?

As the combat director of a corps, it is actually very easy to find these information. After the battlefield analysis, Gao Xiaodong was extremely depressed to find that many battles were severely injured and killed. In fact, the most serious casualties were not in the charge of the enemy's battle, nor in the attack and defense of the enemy's positions. More than half of the casualties occurred under the enemy's air raids and artillery bombardment.

The most prominent example is the battle of Dipingli. The Chinese Volunteer Army used eight regiments to attack and defend the 23rd Regiment of Dipingli. The battle lasted for three days and three nights. Logically speaking, in terms of military strength, the eight regiments of the Chinese army fought a regiment of the US army. In the excellent night combat capabilities and field capabilities of the Chinese army, no matter how powerful a regiment of the US army is, it is impossible for a regiment of the US army to defend.

However, the fact is very different from what everyone expected. The forces of eight regiments launched an attack on the enemy regiment. The first thing they had to face was the strong artillery advantage of a regiment of the US regiment. It can be said that the equipment of artillery fire of our army was not as strong as that of a regiment of the US regiment. In this artillery fire battle, the volunteers were absolutely at a disadvantage.

What is even more painful is that whenever the Volunteers paid an extremely heavy price, they were about to occupy the enemy's position, but at dawn that day, the enemy's planes came to support and transported ammunition to the US 23rd Regiment in the defense. So the results of the battle at night became blank, and everything started again. At the same time, once the offensive forces of our Volunteers were exposed during the day, they would be bombarded by the enemy's planes. They could only watch the surrounded enemy rebuild the position, and then they had to face the positions made of reinforced concrete at night.

For three days and three nights, the volunteers of eight regiments could only rest during the day and attack at night. They fought desperately and suffered extremely heavy casualties, but in the end they could not take down Tinpingli. They had to regretfully withdraw from the battle due to unbearable casualties.

In this battle, due to the attacks of enemy aircraft and artillery groups as the main killing, more than 1,830 people were killed or killed in the three regiments of the 40th Army in our volunteer army. Almost all the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 359th Regiment were injured and killed. Many battlefield commanders said that they would not leave the positions covered with his soldiers' bodies when retreating, and were finally dragged down. When they reported the casualties of soldiers to their superiors, they were all in pain because of the huge casualties.

This is the most obvious example, which also caused the Volunteer Army to recognize the real strength comparison of the two armies after five counterattacks, and thus carried out defensive operations. Eight times the enemy's strength, but could not take him down. In the end, he had to pay a price of more than twice the enemy's strength but could not occupy their positions. This is the power of the enemy's aircraft and cannons.
Chapter completed!