Chapter 42 The situation faced, the unchangeable situation
Xia Yuan raised his head slightly and looked at the sky shrouded in smoke and dust. With the roar, he saw the enemy's bomber group emerging from the distant sky. The soldiers who were repairing the fortifications also raised their heads and looked into the distance.
In the sky above, above the hazy clouds, planes appeared one after another over Shangganling.
A large number of artillery shells and napalm bombs poured down like rain, accompanied by piercing screams, bursting into brilliant flames on the Shangganling position. From a distance, the flames soared into the sky and enveloped the entire mountain.
There were blazing flames everywhere, and black smoke rose thousands of feet high.
In the US military camp, the soldiers who were having lunch raised their heads and looked at the bombed Shangganling in the distance. Black smoke billowed and spread, and such a spectacular sight could be seen from a distance.
A soldier was eating lunch and said: "I hope we can kill them, so that our attack in the afternoon will be much smoother."
Another soldier drank coffee and said: "Who can say otherwise? There was an enemy with very good marksmanship on the position we attacked today. Our ace sniper team was killed by him alone, and they couldn't even see the enemy's shadow.
Didn’t see it, fuck!”
The big-headed soldier cursed while drinking coffee.
The US military on the opposite side advised: "Calm down, man, maybe he has been killed by our planes and artillery now."
The soldier sighed: "I hope, because our company's attack target this afternoon is still that devil's position. I hope I can still drink coffee with you."
Shangganling was shrouded in a sea of fire, and the soldiers hid in the trenches. The explosion of napalm bombs was accompanied by a torrent of rolling heat waves, exploding on the position like a hurricane, with sand and rocks flying, and the broken limbs that were originally on the ground were instantly destroyed.
ignite.
A heat wave rolled over my face, and the pungent smell of gasoline hit my nose and mouth.
The soldiers lay down in the trench, covering their mouths and noses with their sleeves, watching the rolling flames outside spread to the bunker. Some guns were damaged, roasted by the fire, and quickly damaged. Fortunately, there were still many in the trench.
The guns and ammunition were preserved.
The enemy's wave of bombing was over. Squad Leader Hu hid in the trench and got out. His hair was scorched by a ball of fire. He quickly slapped it with his hands, looked up at the bunker covered in flames, and quickly grabbed the engineer shovel to shovel the sand.
Covering the burning flames, waiting for the flames to be extinguished, he touched a light machine gun with some distress.
"Grandma's gun has been burned out. These foreign devils only want to blow up the corpses of their own people, but they don't even spare the things they produce."
Squad Leader Hu cursed, held the hot sand in his hands, peeled off the bullets inside, blew them with his mouth, wiped them on his body, and placed them in an ammunition box half-covered by the sand in the trench.
Xia Yuan squatted on the ground and took out the grenades and ammunition boxes buried in the sand.
It's getting late, and a new round of enemy offensive will arrive soon.
At about one o'clock, the enemy's offensive really started. The enemies all over the mountains and plains were once again like locusts. A new round of fighting began. This time the battle was even more fierce. After a morning of wartime consumption, all the soldiers of the Volunteer Army in the forward positions were
They were exhausted both physically and mentally, especially as they were covered by rounds of enemy artillery fire. Most of the soldiers died under the cover of dense artillery fire.
Including the No. 1 forward position, more than ten artillery shells fell on the bunker where Xia Yuan and Squad Leader Hu were hiding. After the bombardment, the bunker was basically filled, and the enemy's offensive became more fierce.
While fighting with the enemy with more than half of the casualties, Xia Yuan broke several of the guns he used and needed to constantly replace ammunition.
The enemy attacked again and again, breaking into the forward positions again and again, only to be beaten down by the counterattacks of the soldiers again and again.
Squad Leader Hu was seriously injured in the fight with the enemy. Xia Yuan repeatedly asked him to withdraw from the battle, but Squad Leader Hu flatly refused. Even though his legs were blown off, Platoon Leader Sun still completely blocked the enemy's attack and fired a round.
The bullet is sent into the enemy's body, and the enemy eventually dies together.
As a party member and a volunteer soldier, he had already made such an awareness.
It's just that he didn't expect that this day would come so early. The enemy once again attacked the forward position. He dragged his injured body to fight with the enemy. In the end, he ran out of bullets and grenades, so he used rocks to hit him.
Squad Leader Hu was exhausted and lying on the bunker, still holding the stone in his hand. When he heard the sound of the enemy coming up, he still held on and fought with the enemy.
But the injuries on his body were too serious, and he once again repelled the enemy's attack. Captain Hu knew that he didn't have much time, so he took Xia Yuan's hand, looked at Xia Yuan with blurred eyes, and said, "Don't
Cry, you have now become a squad leader and a glorious volunteer soldier, how can you cry?"
He looked at the smoky battlefield and said with great regret and weakness: "It's a pity that I won't be able to see the day when the battle is won. After I left, I was buried in Shangganling. I want to look at Shangganling and see
Until the day when victory comes."
Squad leader Hu seemed to have completed his mission. There was only one third squad soldier left beside him, with tears in his eyes.
The wind blew the gunpowder smoke over Shangganling, stirring it slowly, but it was like a dead pool with no ripples.
The smoke of gunpowder slowly drifted, and Xia Yuan buried Squad Leader Hu and Platoon Leader Sun together. On the top of the hill, Shangganling can be seen.
Such a tug-of-war lasted for a whole day on the No. 1 Shangganling position. After an afternoon of bloody fighting, there was only one soldier left on the right side. The third squad leader also died on the way to the charge. Squad leader Hu was still in good condition.
Yes, the remains of most of the soldiers have not been found, and some only found their shoes.
"There are only three of us left. Even if there are only three of us, we have to withstand the enemy's attack. I am the squad leader here. You just follow my command. How about it?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Facing two soldiers who are younger than himself, Xia Yuan still shows no fear at all. Xia Yuan took a deep breath and looked at the battlefield in the distance.
: "Collect all the weapons and ammunition that can be collected. The more, the better. The more it means, the more beneficial it will be for the next battle!"
"This time we will modify the combat plan and defend to the death. The three of us will never be able to defend against the enemy's ferocious attacks. We can at most be repulsed a few times. However, we will soon die under the enemy's bombardment. This time we will change
Combat strategy.”
Xia Yuan looked down the mountain and said: "The enemy left a large number of corpses on the road to the end, and that location is also a location where enemy artillery rarely bombs. Before the enemy attacks, we hide in the enemy's corpses and wait until the enemy's artillery fires.
After the bombardment is over, we can move to the position to block the attack. In this way, we will spend less time being bombarded by the enemy, which can greatly improve our own survival rate."
The two soldiers nodded.
He added: "And there are also weapons and equipment left by the enemy there. We can touch them and replenish ourselves."
They have basically run out of ammunition and food. Xia Yuan only has three bullets and eight bullets left in his body, plus five bullets left in the magazine. The total number of bullets in the other two soldiers is not enough.
There were more than twenty, the grenades were used up, and the grenades touched from the enemy were used up.
The body that was not touched in time was annihilated by the enemy's artillery fire. The battle to this extent can be said to be quite tragic.
Taking into account the possibility of observers on the enemy's front line, Xia Yuan asked the soldiers to use bomb craters, enemy corpses, and some mountain bulges as cover to carefully move through the front line and explore forward.
Soon, they came across a pile of enemy corpses.
"Captain Xia, all the bullet bags on their bodies were taken away by the enemy." After the young soldier named Sun Jiazheng rummaged through the corpses of the three enemies, he did not find many bullets, especially the bullets on their corpses.
All were touched.
Faced with this situation, Xia Yuandao said: "There are still bullets in his gun. Pull out all the ammunition that can be withdrawn and collect as much as possible. It is impossible that all the ammunition on their bodies has been taken away, only a small part has been taken away."
Sure enough, they soon found a lot of bullet bags and grenades on the enemy's corpses, which gave Sun Jiazheng and Wang Shu, two soldiers of the Seventh Company, a lot of confidence.
Xia Yuan was holding a gun in the rear, covering the two of them. After an afternoon of fighting, they also knew something about this 'Squad Leader Xia'. He was the legendary recruit of the Ninth Company, who had just entered the first unknown highland battle in Shangganling.
, became famous in the first battle. One person sniped more than 70 enemies, covered his comrades in bombing two enemy bunkers, successfully annihilated the Korean army in the unknown highland, and seized a large number of weapons and equipment.
The second time was even more legendary. Only one soldier from the reconnaissance squad wiped out all the U.S. troops on Cangshan Mountain in Xiaganling. However, only two soldiers from the reconnaissance squad were slightly injured, and a large amount of weapons, equipment, and living supplies were seized, and they were directly killed.
Awarded by the entire army, he is a battle hero who has long been famous, and each company calls him the 'Legendary Recruit'!
Many recruits who had just left the country to join the war in Korea followed his example.
He is a living hero!
The battle in the afternoon gave the soldiers of the third squad a deeper understanding of this 'legendary recruit'. Every gun he held never missed a shot. Every direction he stood in was covered with enemy corpses.
, he can always refresh their understanding of this legendary recruit's combat level with his powerful posture over and over again.
During this period, the soldiers of the third squad basically regarded him as the soul mission of the Shangganling No. 1 position. With him in the position, they could always easily produce counterattack effects that everyone expected. With him, all the soldiers
Morale is as high as ever, and they can fight the enemy with confidence.
They stepped on the enemy's corpse and came to the bunker where Xia Yuan was.
Wang Shu took off a string of bullet bags hanging on his body and handed them to Xia Yuan: "Squad leader Xia, here, I'll give you some bullets."
Xia Yuan put away his gun, and the three of them divided all the bullets equally after the bunker. The original number of twenty rounds of bullets in three magazines has now increased to seventy rounds, and the number of grenades is very small. Evenly divided, everyone has
Just four grenades.
Xia Yuan placed the bullets on the ground, took out the empty magazines one by one from his pocket, held the bullets in his gauze-wrapped hands and pressed them into the magazines. After pressing eight bullets, he placed them in the bullet bag on his body.
The three of them said nothing and were all packing their things.
Suddenly the scream of enemy shells came from the sky, and they exploded all over the rear positions.
A new round of enemy shelling began.
By this time, it was already sunset.
Xia Yuan looked up at the dusk in the distance, thinking of the enemy's most ferocious attack at dusk yesterday, and said: "The next day is about to end, and the enemy's last wave of attack is about to begin."
He put the stuffed magazine on his body, shook the dirt off the gun, and said: "Get ready, the last bloody battle is about to begin."
Xia Yuan faced the setting sun on the distant mountains. His scarred cheeks had scabs on them and his skin had turned dark. His eyes reflected the smoke, distant mountains and setting sun. Even though he came from the future, even though he controlled the system, he faced such a war.
, human beings are so insignificant.
This is a situation that cannot be changed.
On the second day of the battle at Shangganling, many familiar people disappeared one by one around him. This was a pain that could not be felt in modern society. His heart felt like it had been torn apart over and over again. The pain of practicing martial arts had never been there before.
It made him cry before, but he cried countless times on Shangganling.
Maybe one day I will sacrifice myself, but victory must belong to us, and tomorrow’s sun must belong to the volunteers!
Grabbing the gun in his hand, Xia Yuan quickly arranged the final combat order, "If we hold on to the enemy's last wave of offensive, the battle will be over. The enemy at night will not launch another attack. If we can't hold on, we..."
Sun Jiazheng's dark cheeks and bright eyes said: "Monitor Xia, tell me what to do, and we will listen to you!"
Wang Shu held the gun in his arms. Although he didn't speak, his attitude was already shown by his actions. He pulled the gun bolt, his eyes were firm, and he was ready.
Xia Yuan glanced across the entire battlefield and secretly vowed to hold his position no matter what.
In Tunnel No. 1, Captain Feng paced back and forth anxiously. Seeing Wang Yongmeng running back from the tunnel, he quickly walked up and asked: "How is the situation now?"
Wang Yongmeng panted heavily, with panic on his face, "Company Commander Feng, something serious is going to happen."
Captain Feng took the kettle and said, "Here, drink some water and speak slowly."
Wang Yongmeng took a sip and said: "Captain Feng! Position No. 7 has been lost, Position 11 has been lost, Position 2 has been lost, and Position 8 has been lost. A large number of enemy troops are moving towards Position 1. I can only watch from a distance.
Look, there are a lot of them, at least a battalion of troops!"
"What!"
Captain Feng was shocked.
All the soldiers in the tunnel stood up.
"Company commander, let's go up! The battle has been going on for a day, but we are still sitting in the tunnel, doing nothing!"
"Yes, yes, company commander, just let us go up. Let's fight the enemy! Take back the lost position!"
The soldiers stood up one after another, even those with bandages on their heads and those with minor injuries. They shouted one by one. The enthusiasm for fighting was unprecedentedly high. The higher the soldiers' mood for fighting, the more tortured Captain Feng felt. He gritted his teeth.
, immediately said: "Second row, squad one and squad two resist the incoming troops from the direction of position 8, and squad three reinforces the ninth company at the front of the position!"
"yes!"
Just when the soldiers were about to set off, the phone in the tunnel suddenly rang.