Chapter 61 I dont know how many comrades will die in this smoke.
The third squad won another victory. The fighting enthusiasm of all the soldiers in Tunnel No. 1 was unprecedentedly high. The tunnel was already filled with weapons, equipment and ammunition. Under three consecutive waves of organized attacks, one platoon managed to pay the most.
At the cost of minor injuries to four people, nearly three enemy companies were wiped out and a large amount of weapons and equipment were seized.
On the 19th day of the battle, the soldiers in the tunnel were not depressed, but their morale became increasingly high.
They gathered all the captured guns and ammunition, and hung a series of bullet bags on the wall. Each string of bullet bags was filled with magazines, including disc machine gun magazines. The bullet bags were filled with bullets and placed in the tunnel.
In the ammunition depot, the wounded continued to press bullets for the soldiers fighting on the front line during this period, ensuring that once the enemy came up, they could attack quickly.
At the same time, the internal environment in the tunnel is also improving. The wounded have been moved to the rest room inside the tunnel. Sandbags are also used to build staggered bunkers outside the tunnel. Once the enemy appears at the entrance of the tunnel, the soldiers in the tunnel can quickly attack the tunnel.
The soldiers attacked the enemies outside and built grenade-proof trenches at the entrance of the tunnel.
In addition, the soldiers also used sandbags to block some important places in the tunnel. The enemy was not afraid of canisters of smoke and poison gas in the tunnel. Moreover, Company Commander Dai had contacted the regiment headquarters and requested reinforcements from the regiment headquarters, at least
Send gas masks to every tunnel.
On the 19th day, the surface positions of Shangganling once again fell into an uninterrupted battle. The fighting morale of the soldiers became increasingly high. They asked for battle one after another. Under the leadership of Xia Yuan, they launched a counterattack against the enemy who had not yet established a foothold in Shangganling. In just one morning
, at the cost of sacrificing nearly two squads of soldiers and repelling the fierce attack of three enemy battalions, Shangganling is still firmly in the hands of our army.
Every time the enemy organizes an attack, he has to pay a heavy price. Although our army suffers huge casualties, the fighting will of the soldiers has not weakened at all.
In the afternoon, the enemy, who had not yet given up, once again gathered three battalions of troops to counterattack at positions 1, 8, 2 and 11 in Shangganling.
Heavy artillery, tanks, planes, and anti-aircraft artillery vehicles bombed continuously for three hours. The entire Shangganling was filled with thick smoke. The choking soldiers could not open their eyes. Even the observers could no longer see whether the enemy was attacking. The napalm bombs burned Shangganling into ashes.
A sea of fire, a spectacular sight like a mountain of flames, constantly shook the rear military headquarters, division commanders and soldiers.
During that period of time, there was no daylight in Shangganling, and the scene was like a purgatory on earth, which deeply penetrated the hearts of the soldiers in the rear.
I don’t know how many comrades will die in this smoke.
But, this battle must be won no matter what!
How are the fighting conditions of the frontline soldiers and the conditions of the tunnels? An urgent message is sent from the 235th Regiment to the division headquarters and the military headquarters every moment. In view of the considerable loss of volunteer soldiers on the Shangganling position in the first stage, there is an urgent need to replenish them.
The strength of the troops, especially the 235th Regiment, has been basically exhausted. The Third Corps and the 15th Army have transferred more than 1,200 new soldiers to the 45th Division, plus personnel transferred from the division's agencies and service units to enrich and rebuild the combat company.
In order to solve the problem of frontline ammunition and the transportation of ammunition and materials, the Logistics Department of the Volunteer Army and its second branch provided strong support. In order to complete the transportation tasks of hundreds of thousands of artillery shells and as-consumption and replenishment needed for the follow-up major counterattack, the Army Logistics Department decided to transfer the four
All automobile companies were deployed in the direction of Shangganling. Under the slogan "Everything is for the front line, everything is for victory", the 15th Army deployed three battalions of the 29th Division and a large number of agency personnel to undertake the task of transporting fire lines to and from the 40-kilometer mountain road.
, the 45th Division organized more than 3,000 people, more than 500 livestock, and 40 carriages to participate in the transportation.
Since the major counterattack on the 17th, under the continuous assault and transportation, 30,000 mortar shells alone have been transported up the mountain.
The battle of Shangganling has entered a new stage. Van Fleet, who is red-eyed for gambling, will never give up. In order to win the victory he expects, he is destined to throw out more chips on this less than 4 square kilometers of land and use all his strength.
to maintain his reputation as a 'mountain warfare expert'.
But unfortunately, he was fighting the wrong enemy in the wrong place. In the following time, the Volunteer Army opened his eyes again.
Under the enemy's crazy attack on the 19th, the weapons and ammunition in the tunnel were consumed so much that the barrel of the machine gun turned red. The soldiers poured urine on it and continued to fight until the machine gun was broken. The wounded were pressed down continuously.
Bullets are given to the soldiers fighting on the surface.
The accuracy of the rifle was severely damaged. Xia Yuan had replaced more than ten guns and consumed thousands of bullets.
Starting from the morning, Class One, Class Two, and Class Three, under the leadership of Xia Yuan, have been continuously engaged in the battle. Every time they return, there will be fewer people. The soldiers know it in their hearts, but they still fight with their tenacious will.
Holding firm, Xia Yuan already felt that he had reached his limit, but at this moment, he absolutely could not relax.
The enemy's attack was uninterrupted. The more he reached this moment, the more he had to hold on. Dragging his tired body, he told the soldiers in the tunnel his experience in each battle and how many foreign Japanese officers and aircraft he had killed each time.
Gunners, snipers, etc. greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers in the tunnel.
Captain Dai guided the soldiers to modify the environment in the tunnel, especially some wet soil. According to the method taught by Xia Yuan, it was wrapped with a piece of cloth. The two soldiers twisted each other and could wring out a lot of water sources. At this stage,
, the progress of the wells was slow, and the soldiers relied on this method to obtain water. Although the water was turbid, it was still drinkable after being boiled.
There was not enough water in the tunnel, so the soldiers dug out the wet soil from the well and used the method taught by Xia Yuan to get water. There was not a lot of water. Under the conditions of saving, it was still enough for the soldiers in the tunnel. In the ravine
The water intake route has long been blocked by enemy artillery fire, and with the loss of Position Zero again, the fire bunker built by the enemy on Position Zero is enough to cover the water intake route of Tunnel No. 1, and even the route for transporting supplies up the mountain.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Fortunately, the food reserves in the tunnel are relatively sufficient, and only two simple meals a day can basically meet the survival needs of the soldiers.
On the battlefield, the battle became more and more intense. Xia Yuan kept throwing grenades. In the end, his arms became numb and stiff, and he couldn't even lift his strength, so he controlled the machine gun to shoot at the enemy. The machine gun he controlled was very stable and accurate.
The speed was very high, and coupled with the blessing of his own strength, the bullets fired were almost in a line, killing more enemies. For a time, the lieutenants who attacked the devil's position felt desperate, and they even called in despite the possibility of being bombarded by their own artillery fire.
Artillery reinforcements from the rear launched a large-scale bombing campaign on the Shangganling position again.
The result of such bombing is obviously that the opponent's casualties are greater. After all, the volunteers only have one squad of soldiers at the No. 1 position in Shangganling, while the enemy has a battalion. Under such bombing, the enemy is hit by its own artillery shells.
The casualties caused were much higher than those of volunteer soldiers.
Xia Yuan had long been accustomed to the enemy's shelling. As soon as the enemy's shells rang out, he immediately led his team of soldiers to retreat into the previously dug bomb shelter.
After carefully studying the enemy's method of building a fire bunker, Xia Yuan issued the slogan "Learn the enemy" in the tunnel. After brainstorming, he developed several simple and quick ways to dig and avoid bomb craters. After learning the enemy's construction method, he used
Sandbags and wooden planks were used to build bomb shelters, and the effect was extremely significant. The enemy's bombardment ended and our soldiers suffered almost no casualties.
After all, there was only one squad of soldiers on the position, and coupled with the existence of bomb shelters, there were almost no casualties.
After encountering the bombardment of their own artillery, the enemy's morale was reduced to the extreme.
In the last round of attack, Xia Yuan's heavy machine gun suppressed the enemy's ability to lift its head. Although he suffered huge casualties, he repelled the enemy's last attack before sunset, facing the smoke-filled
On the battlefield, only Xia Yuan and three other soldiers stood up from the scorched earth.
The clothes they were wearing were already torn, they were all dirty, and their faces and bodies were more or less scratched. The three soldiers wore bandages on their heads and suffered quite a lot of injuries. This was in the tunnel.
When the battle was at its fiercest, all three platoons of soldiers were basically wiped out, and some of the lightly wounded were sent to fight on the surface.
Xia Yuan looked at the hazy sunset, wiped the blood stains on his face, and said: "On October 19th, the Shangganling offensive and defensive battle ended, and this was just the second phase of the battle. The soldiers who can fight in Tunnel No. 1
Thirteen people were slightly injured, and more than ten were seriously injured."
"As long as one person survives, Shangganling will still be firmly in the hands of our army!"
The battle on the surface of Position No. 1 ended. After two days of fighting, the soldiers in Tunnel No. 1 paid huge casualties, but held Position No. 1 firmly in their hands.
Just for Tunnel No. 1, there are three additional companies, and this does not include the situation in other tunnels.
Captain Feng and the instructor of the Seventh Company commanded the battle in Tunnel No. 4. After a day of fighting, in addition to the devil's positions mentioned by the foreign devils, they were still in the hands of our army, including Position No. 11, Position No. 2, Position No. 8, and Position No. 3 on the main peak.
, the No. 0 position under the main peak has been lost. These are very important positions in the position and directly threaten the safety of other positions.
In this situation, even Xia Yuan felt helpless. Even if he turned on his cheats to the maximum, even if he had mastered several master-level skills, he still felt desperate. The energy in his heart, that
The energy of struggle was completely felt by the active fighting mood of the soldiers in the tunnel.
The more sacrifices are made and the greater the casualties, the tighter the soldiers' strength will be, and the higher the fighting mood of the soldiers will be. They are like a spring. The greater the pressure, the more powerful they will be to bounce back.
The bigger it is.
This is an iron army that cannot be defeated or exploded!
The U.S. military would probably have surrendered long ago. The U.S. military has a standard for surrender. It can surrender when there are no bullets, no dry food, communication interruption, and no way to break out. It can even surrender if the team's casualties reach two-thirds.
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Xia Yuan's eyes were firm, guarding Shangganling and holding on to that hope!
Victory must belong to us!
"Company Commander Xia, are you injured?" A lightly wounded soldier saw that Xia Yuan's cheek had been scratched by a bullet, leaving a long blood mark, and sticky blood flowing out of his dark face.
"It's okay, I was scratched by a bullet."
It was thrilling to say the least. If I hadn't had strong reflexes and I was about to take the bullet, I guess the bullet would have penetrated my cheek directly.
Thanks to his good luck, the bullet flew past his cheek.
I didn't feel anything at first. After all, the battle was at its most intense at that time. Even if my cheek was scratched, I didn't feel anything. Now that the battle is over, I still have lingering fear and a dull pain in my cheek when I think about it.
Back in the tunnel, the injured soldiers gathered around them. When they saw the three people carrying a large number of guns and ammunition behind them, they knew that the battle was won. The soldiers' faces showed excited smiles again, but they saw the wounds on Xia Yuan's face.
, the soldiers asked Wang Lan to bandage the ninth company commander.
Wang Lan helped Xia Yuan simply treat the wound with anti-inflammatory drugs and said: "Ninth Company Commander, you are so awesome. You led the soldiers to hold the position again. I admire you."
Xia Yuandao: "Those soldiers who sacrificed their lives are really powerful. I just led them to fight."
He always remembers that if he is alive, he is not a hero, but the person who sacrifices is a hero.
In his mind, in order to win the battle, there were figures of soldiers holding blasting tubes, holding explosive bags, and holding grenades against the enemy soldiers. They walked through the hail of bullets and blew up the enemy bunker but died heroically. Even if they were
Soldiers who were seriously injured but continued to fight against the enemy on the front line.
These people are heroes.
Wang Lan looked at the decrease in the number of people in the tunnel, and the large number of martyrs' remains placed on the edge of the tunnel, and became silent in her heart, especially the remains of those martyrs who died but could not be buried. This may be the only pain in the hearts of the soldiers.
The soldiers in the tunnel were still busy. After two days of fighting, Xia Yuan was physically and mentally tired. After sitting down and closing his eyes for a while, he fell into a deep sleep. A more intense battle was waiting for them next.
"Company Commander Xia is also exhausted. He fought continuously for two days and one night, repelled more than 70 large and small attacks by foreign Japanese, and annihilated thousands of enemies. Let him have a good rest."
Most of the soldiers in the tunnel were injured. The task of fetching water fell on the instructor and Captain Dai. The well did not produce water, but the humidity inside was very high. Put the soil in, and after an hour it would basically turn into mud.
Later, the cook put the cloth inside to absorb it and wring it out. In this way, the efficiency of water collection was greatly improved.
"First get some water for the fighting soldiers. After fighting for a day, their mouths are basically peeling."
It took several hours to get two jugs of water. It was not very efficient, but it was better than nothing. This way they had a stable water source and no longer had to deal with the enemy's machine gun fire and aircraft cannon fire.
Under constant bombing, we risked our lives to get water.