The soldiers' attack on Position No. 1 was finally completely retreated.
In fact, with a loud noise of "Brush~", the collapsed stone wall, carrying tens of thousands of tons of stones and sand, smashed down on the armored convoy of the soldiers.
At the same time.
The soldiers who saw all this had lost their last courage to fight.
Compared to this majestic scene, the weapons in their hands are nothing to mention.
For this reason, the three Sherman tanks began to flee in reverse, directly getting rid of the infantry; and the soldiers who were lying on the ground and shooting at each other got up and ran to the rear desperately.
He did not forget to express his cordial greetings to the crew members of the three Shermans, and expressed his desire to forcibly have sex with the female relatives of the crew members.
Under such a scene, there were still a few officers and sergeants among the soldiers, and they were still shouting hard.
They did this not because they wanted to inspire the soldiers' courage and to continue to fight with Hu Biao and the others.
It's just that these guys who have basically experienced World War II and have rich war experience know that even if they retreat, they can't run away like this, but they need to alternate cover in an orderly manner.
It is a pity that these guys who were originally hiding in the crowd were immediately targeted by the volunteers once their positions were exposed.
After the gunshot was heard, NEO killed a soldier sergeant with blond curly hair cleanly.
Originally I was thinking of finding the next valuable target to start with.
But then I discovered that the few remaining backbones of the soldiers were actually killed by everyone on the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
There is no need for them, people from the modern plane, to talk nonsense. The Volunteer Army soldiers have already killed those sergeants in advance.
After losing these backbone sergeants in the team, the remaining fifty or so soldiers were completely disorganized. Most of them turned around and ran away, while a few simply dropped their weapons and raised their hands.
And these soldiers who raised their hands and surrendered were obviously very wise.
Because those soldiers who fled in panic, with their backs exposed, ran as far as sixty or seventy meters before being beaten to death by everyone on the battlefield one by one.
At the same time, the two anti-tank teams formed by Swordsman and Lang Qing also had the opportunity to take action at this time.
When the soldiers were extremely panicked and could not worry about covering the tanks, the swordsman who was hiding behind a big rock put the thicker super bazooka rocket launcher on his shoulders and popped out his upper body.
Aiming and firing, an 88.9 mm caliber rocket fired and hit the front armor of a Sherman tank.
As for the Super Bazooka's armor-breaking and depth-penetrating ability, it actually reached a figure of 280 mm. Specifically, the swordsman didn't know how much moisture there was.
Anyway, this Sherman tank, which was already somewhat outdated in the 1950s, was turned into a ball of fire on the spot.
Unfortunately, Lang Qing was stuck about a hundred meters away when he fired a rocket at another Sherman.
The warhead flew past the car more than 3 meters away, without even damaging a hair.
No way! After this thing exceeds a hundred meters, the accuracy is purely a joke. Whether it can hit or not depends entirely on God's will.
Brother Langqing, who was also considered a veteran in the team, certainly knew this before he opened fire; but the problem was that if he didn't open fire, the Sherman would have traveled further.
Therefore, we can only take a risk and take a chance.
The result proved that his adventure failed.
After Swordsman and Lang Qing emptied a rocket from the thick tube on their shoulders, Qingtian and Tiedan were currently acting as kumite for them.
But he didn't quickly take out a round of ammunition from the ammunition bag on his body to help reload it.
Then continue your efforts and kill the remaining two Sherman tanks together.
Letting all the armored units of the soldiers be destroyed can be regarded as allowing them to go on the road together as a family, and they can have a neat plan.
On the contrary, after getting up, he desperately ran towards Position No. 1 and ran away desperately.
Why is this? Regarding such doubts, the fourth company commander shouted:
"Comrades, clean up the battlefield quickly; the weapons in the hands of these Western devils are all good ones. They are much better than those bald beauties."
Then, just when the fourth company commander was about to rush out of the position and lead the soldiers to pick up the soldiers' equipment.
Hu Biao quickly grabbed one of his arms and said what he said, which was an answer:
"Company Commander, you must immediately move your comrades to the reverse slope and hide, otherwise the retaliatory artillery bombardment by the soldiers will come soon; who knows, there will also be ground attacks and bombings by aircraft.
If you don’t take action right away, it might be too late later.”
After saying that, Hu Biao shouted from a distance to the swordsman and the other four people who were running back in a hurry:
"Lang Qing, the swordsman, brought these prisoners back together; then NEO and Tiedan stayed behind to act as observation posts."
For a time, Hu Biao's various arrangements showed considerable orderliness.
Upon seeing this, the fourth company commander quickly made a decision in his heart, and solemnly said to Hu Biao and everyone around him:
"Everyone, listen carefully. If I die in the battle later, Commander Ma* will take over the command first, and then the third platoon leader Hu Biao will take over as the company commander and continue to be responsible for commanding the battle~
Now, horse commander*, you take the soldiers down, and I will take a few people to stay on the position to serve as observation posts, otherwise I will be a little worried~"
The reason why I say this is that in the battle just now, the casualties on the No. 1 position were not small.
After all, the opponent had three Sherman tanks, which were always firing with their 105mm tank guns; in addition, the vehicle-mounted machine guns on them almost never stopped.
Just this kind of firepower poses a great threat to the position.
Anyway, in the short battle, the first company suffered more than a dozen casualties, and the fourth company suffered more than twenty casualties.
Among them was Deputy Company Commander Sun, the one in their fourth company who particularly liked eating sweet potatoes.
It is said that before entering Goryeo, Deputy Company Commander Sun, who just had a wife, was hit by a 105mm tank gun, and now even the body cannot be found.
After hastily arranging the observation posts, Hu Biao and the others hurriedly trotted towards the anti-slope position behind the hilltop after winning the first battle.
On the anti-sloping position, the numerous artillery-proof holes that Hu Biao and his colleagues built urgently provided them with the confidence to deal with the indiscriminate bombardment by the soldiers later.
However, under such a so-called victory in the first battle, Hu Biao and others did not feel any joy in their hearts.
The reason is very simple. Such a victory is entirely based on the negligence of the soldiers; when the soldiers become serious, the battle will become more cruel and bloody.
With this understanding, Hu Biao plunged into a small bomb-proof cave, hugged his legs and curled up.
At such a time, he raised his hand and glanced at the watch on his hand, and saw the time on it, which was around 10:31 am.
It means: they still need to hold on to such a hellish position for five and a half hours.
Then in the next second, Hu Biao could faintly hear the sound of artillery shells whizzing past...
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Let's go back a few minutes and turn our attention to the other side of the current three battles, which is the 5th Infantry Cavalry Regiment.
After seeing that the armored troops acting as the vanguard were completely wiped out, and that only a dozen people of C Company, the first battalion that attacked the position, were left, they were captured by the opponent.
The commander of the 5th Infantry Cavalry Regiment, Colonel Cromberts.
In his great depression, he directly hit the telescope in his hand heavily on a command vehicle at hand; immediately, the lens of the telescope was smashed to pieces.
The soldiers and officers around him instinctively turned their heads away, as if they had not seen such a scene.
Colonel Cromberts, whose 5th Cavalry Regiment was actually the reserve force in this GI operation.
The reason for this is that Cromberts has a very bad reputation in the military. He likes to dress weirdly, and even has a big skull painted on his helmet.
In the eyes of his subordinates, he is a man who likes to get promoted and make a fortune and pretend to be mysterious.
In the eyes of his superiors, he is a foolhardy person.
Therefore, in this battle, the specific treatment of the 5th Cavalry Regiment to which this guy belongs is, to put it mildly, a strategic reserve unit that is regarded as the 9th Army.
To put it bluntly, no one in the entire 9th Army wants to see him, and they don't intend to use them. They should stay away to avoid being upset.
Regarding this point, Colonel Crolbert himself is actually quite clear about this.
Fortunately, just when he was deeply depressed because of this incident, a huge turning point came suddenly:
The Ninth Army of the soldiers, as well as a large number of subordinates such as the local chickens and the South Korean puppet army, such a large group of people fell into the ambush of the Volunteer Army; under the bold insertion and separation of many units of the Volunteer Army, the situation was extremely difficult.
Very dangerous.
On the contrary, the 5th Cavalry Regiment of which Cromberts was a member was safer because it was at the end.
And after receiving news that volunteers had appeared on the way back.
In an instant, he became a favorite in the eyes of his superior, General Mu'a. It's okay if we don't pay attention to this, right? Because General Mu'a still counted on him and his 5th Cavalry Regiment to quickly open a retreat path.
Because of this, it affects the survival of the entire 9th Army and many of its subordinates.
So on the radio at that time, faced with General Moua's instructions, Colonel Cromberts remembered clearly that he patted his chest and promised:
"General, please rest assured that the powerful cavalry on the 5th day will definitely destroy all the volunteer troops blocking the retreat in the shortest possible time and create a way for the entire army to survive.
The boys will definitely be able to retreat safely, and after they have rested, they can kick the volunteers’ butts again.”
Dare to be so awesome and coaxing, mainly because he thought about it, and according to the map, there were no other roads around.
Those volunteer soldiers who can only rely on their legs to march can still outrun the wheels even if they come over mountains and ridges?
Therefore, the volunteer army currently blocking them could only be a small force that had flown over in the past.
Otherwise? This cannot be explained by science at all. In such a weather of 30 to 40 degrees below zero, how can those volunteers who are still wearing cotton shoes march so far in such a short time and in such a harsh environment?
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Impossible, he has never heard of it.
Based on the above, in front of the powerful 5th Infantry Regiment, these small troops blocking them can be completely eliminated with a simple attack.
This is also the biggest reason why the soldiers' entrusting behavior in the first attack was so incredible in the eyes of the volunteer soldiers.
But Colonel Crobberts, all the above beautiful illusions have come to nothing at this moment...
"Damn it, I've looked at the map and asked the liaison officers of the South Korea puppet army. They want me to guarantee that except for this road, there are no roads anywhere else.
Could it be that so many volunteers came out of the ground?"
Colonel Crobberts, who was holding his head in his arms, muttered the above sentence in disbelief.
Then Crobberts thought about the disastrous consequences if he failed to complete the task; suddenly his whole face became distorted in great anger and fear.
He tore off his collar, took off the helmet with a skull on his head, and yelled crazily at his men:
"Immediately notify the artillery unit, fire with all your strength at those two hills, and shoot out all the shells without leaving a single one behind.
Also contact General Mua and tell him there is bad news. We are now blocked on the road by a large volunteer army.
After suffering a unfortunate sneak attack, our 5th Cavalry Regiment now suffered heavy losses.
Therefore, in order to open the road as soon as possible and to eliminate these damn guys, we require the full support of the air force.
In short, I want to wipe out those two damn hills and these damn volunteers~"
After hearing this, a radio station operated by a soldier's communications unit immediately announced the above requirements separately, so as not to move a little slower and irritate the somewhat crazy Colonel Crombots.
After these emergency contacts successfully contacted the target, other relevant troops took action respectively.
First, there are the 5th Cavalry Regiment, a towed artillery battalion with 18 105mm caliber howitzers.
There are also 18 M40 self-propelled howitzers, a self-propelled artillery battalion of this size.
Immediately, they searched for artillery positions in the surrounding area, began to deploy them on the spot, and quickly adjusted the muzzles according to the coordinates provided by the artillery observers in front.
Secondly, after receiving the report, General Mua, faced with the huge crisis that so many people on his side were about to be blocked, encircled and annihilated, he contacted the air force almost without hesitation, and must go out with all his strength to support the battle in the third station.
So, after a few minutes at most, a squadron of aircraft urgently began to take off from several field airports in the rear.
The above sounds like a lot of money, but in fact it all happened in a relatively short period of time.
Especially for the 5th Cavalry Regiment, in the self-propelled howitzer battalion, the process of deploying, adjusting, and firing the 18 155 mm caliber self-propelled artillery pieces was really too fast.
It was only after Hu Biao hid in the bomb-proof cave that he put down his hand.
Three artillery shells, considered to be calibrated, landed on the No. 1 and No. 2 positions one after another. Then there was a slight pause, and then a storm of artillery shells landed on the position.
The volunteers clearly felt the huge difference in firepower between Western and Eastern Japanese soldiers.
Comparatively! They once thought that in terms of firepower, they were already a group of Japanese devils who were formidable.
In front of these Western devils, they are nothing.