Chapter 62 Looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst
The casualties were also heavy.
The 538th Regiment itself was seriously lacking in strength, and most of the troops were seriously wounded. At this juncture, Xia Yuan continued to attack the enemy's positions, and Xia Yuan understood that orders were everything.
Shiji has not yet issued an order to move, which means that the 538th Regiment will continue to take on the important task of containing the enemy.
In several consecutive battles, only more than forty people from the sharp knife company of the first battalion were sacrificed. On the 21st, they launched an attack on the US military position. The enemy's ferocious firepower suppressed the charging of the volunteers.
the way.
Xia Yuan led a platoon of combat teams composed of Lao Yang and Wang Xiaoliang to attack the enemy's high ground, with machine gunner Liu Tiezhu serving as fire cover from the rear.
The second and third platoons are responsible for attacking the left and right wings.
Forty people were divided into three groups and attacked the enemy's high ground. About one company of the enemy stood on the high ground.
The only good news is that Major Rohr's reinforced battalion seems to have received other orders and has left its established position. In other words, the departure may include the enemy's heavy artillery positions. Due to the lack of intelligence about the enemy, it can only occupy the enemy's high ground.
, this can only be determined by obtaining accurate information.
The soldiers had been without food for a day. They had no oil or water in their stomachs and were unbearably hungry. Their breakfast was wild vegetables boiled in water, which had no taste.
So when attacking, the soldiers dragged their tired bodies to attack the enemy's high ground.
Xia Yuan took the lead. He understood that he had to lead the three men to break through the enemy's frontal position to reduce the pressure on the troops on the left and right wings. The enemy's firepower in the front was extremely fierce. Several light and heavy machine guns were lined up to form a dense firepower network.
Artillery shells fell one after another on the path of their attack, shattering rubble, rolling up black soil, and causing smoke to cover the sky.
Xia Yuan's face was gray and gray, with only the whites of his eyes particularly conspicuous. He held a big eight pill with a small amount of ammunition, took aim temporarily, and pulled the trigger. The bullets shot past with a whoosh. The enemy's heavy machine gun misfired, and another machine gunner wanted to accept it.
, there was a clang, and a bullet penetrated his helmet.
In front, Lao Yang and Wang Xiaoliang turned their heads and shouted excitedly: "What a great fight!"
The two men picked up submachine guns and fired at the enemy's high ground. Lao Yang jumped out of the bunker first, rolled towards the top of the mountain, and shouted: "Little man, cover!"
After experiencing last night's battle, Wang Xiaoliang has begun to grow up. His tenderness has faded away, and his eyes have become a little more energetic. Facing the enemy's hail of bullets, he dares to fight back bravely. The Thompson submachine gun in his hand keeps firing.
Spray bullets and strafe enemies at the top of the mountain.
Behind the two of them, Xia Yuan was like a guardian angel, firing bullets to kill the foreign Japanese who came to shoot at Lao Yang.
Lao Yang touched the enemy's forward position and threw the grenade in his hand towards the enemy's fire point. The grenade accurately landed in the enemy's fire point. The smoke drifted past. The enemy's fire point was not blinded and there were still intermittent bullets flying.
Pass.
"One more!"
Wang Xiaoliang shouted.
During this period, domestically produced hand grenades were filled with black powder, which were low in power and insufficient in lethality. They were not enough to kill people. They were also nicknamed shock bombs by the US military. As the name suggests, the smoke produced by the explosion was quite shocking. It was really
Not much power.
Unless it explodes next to you, it will not be damaged at all if it is only a few meters away.
On the contrary, the shrapnel splashed after the enemy's grenade explodes is as powerful as bullets, and the splash range can cover several meters.
Seeing that one grenade did not have much impact on the enemy's firepower point, it was not until the second grenade was thrown and the enemy's firepower point stopped spraying flames after the explosion. Upon seeing this, Wang Xiaoliang immediately rushed towards the enemy's high ground.
Then, while moving quickly, he raised the muzzle of his gun and shot at the enemies on the mountain. One by one, American soldiers fell under the muzzle of his gun.
When Lao Yang saw this, he shouted "Awesome", jumped over and jumped into the enemy's trench, and cooperated with Wang Xiaoliang, firing his bow left and right. Xia Yuan pulled the grenade off the enemy's corpse, and after dodging the bullets flying overhead, he immediately fired
Throw the enemy's grenade hard.
The enemy's grenades are very powerful. After an airburst mine explodes, all the enemies in the area will be cleared, and there will be no gunshots.
The pressure on Lao Yang and Wang Xiaoliang suddenly decreased, and they immediately rushed forward to occupy the area. Wang Xiaoliang glanced at the enemy's corpse. The military uniform he was wearing was pierced by shrapnel, and his clothes were stained with blood.
"Don't be stunned, pack up the ammunition quickly!"
Lao Yang grabbed a corpse with a Thompson submachine gun placed on the corpse. He took away the bullets from the enemy and put them on himself. He picked up the submachine gun and fired at the enemies who were counterattacking from a distance.
Wang Xiaoliang quickly looked away, pulled down a grenade, fired it and threw it, with a loud bang, killing several enemies.
Xia Yuan occupied a small slope at the rear and constantly emptied his magazines at the enemy who counterattacked. In just a short while, the enemy's counterattacking platoon was driven back by the firepower net composed of the three of them.
They were like nails piercing the enemy's position. The second combat group and the third combat group from the rear immediately came up with reinforcements. After occupying the favorable terrain and forming a battle group with Xia Yuan's three-person combat group,
The battle group spreads out on the enemy's forward position and fires back at the enemy.
The sharp sound of artillery shells fell on the position, and the rolled-up soil was feet high. The deafening roar rolled up the bullets whizzing by overhead. The position was filled with smoke, a scorched picture, and enemy corpses were everywhere. Xia Yuan grabbed
With the bullets on his body empty, he immediately crawled towards the enemy's body, grabbed the submachine gun on the enemy, and fired at the American troops hiding in the bunker in the distance.
Lao Yang and Wang Xiaoliang immediately approached, threw a grenade over, and after killing the American troops at that position, they continued to move forward along the trench.
"Watch your left side!"
While changing the magazine, Xia Yuan observed that a squad of enemies on the enemy's position actually came over from the trench on the left. That trench was the communication trench in the direction of the three rows' attack. The enemy took advantage of this communication trench in an attempt to attack from the left.
Come to double-team them who rush to the forward position.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When a shell fell, Xia Yuan reacted very quickly. After shouting, he quickly jumped into the trench. A roar exploded above his head, and there was a buzzing in his ears.
The sound of falling soil hitting my body became unreal, and the sound of bullets whizzing through my head became illusory.
Xia Yuan shook his head, the ringing in his ears gradually disappeared, and the clear sound of submachine guns on the position continued to ring out. He immediately grabbed the big eight pills, trying to rush to the left to help the soldiers on the position to clear the siege, and met him at a corner.
They bumped into two American soldiers. The two American soldiers never expected that they would meet a disgraced Chinese at the corner. Before they could react, one of the soldiers felt pain in his abdomen. When he lowered his head, he saw that the bayonet had pierced him.
own heart.
The bayonet was drawn out, and the man fell to the ground. His whole body twitched a few times and stopped moving.
Another soldier's eyes widened and he cursed: "Fuck! Fuck!"
He raised his gun and was about to pull the trigger, but he didn't know who he was facing. Xia Yuan's reaction speed had long surpassed that of ordinary people. The soldier's gun-raising action seemed to be slowed down in his eyes.
With one lunge, he grabbed the opponent's gun and pointed it at the sky. Bang bang bang, the bullets grazed Xia Yuan's ears and were all shot into the sky.
Xia Yuan held him down with strong force, pierced the other's throat with his bayonet, got rid of the two of them, immediately took away the magazines from their bodies, replaced the bullets for his emptied rifle, and passed the two who just touched it
The road went around behind the enemy. This enemy had already occupied the terrain and was exchanging fierce fire with Lao Yang and Wang Xiaoliang.
Xia Yuan quickly aimed at the enemy's figure, pulled the trigger, and the bullets shot out.
"move! move!"
His butt was attacked by the Chinese, and the American lieutenant immediately shouted to retreat. A bullet penetrated his head and penetrated the helmet with a clang. His body felt as if he had been whipped by a whip, and he fell heavily to the ground.
Xia Yuan moved quickly with his hands, pulling out the magazine and replacing the magazine. He only completed it at the moment when the enemy turned around, and the bullets were fired out, and bullets penetrated the enemy's body one after another, and he fell heavily to the ground.
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A squad of U.S. troops no longer posed a threat. Xia Yuan led three combat groups of volunteer soldiers and launched a fierce positional battle with the enemy on the position. Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao led the second and third platoons to arrive belatedly.
, when joining the battle, the enemy's resistance was obviously weak. The rear position was captured with only a short charge by our army. As grenades exploded above the enemy's heads, a company of US troops stationed on the high ground
After three hours of fierce fighting between our troops, all the soldiers were wiped out.
The company successfully captured the enemy's position.
Smoke filled the air and scorched earth lay everywhere.
The survivors buried their fallen comrades, and their bodies were buried on this high ground. There was no other way. It was too difficult to take the bodies back.
Several soldiers found some canned meat in the US military position. They swallowed and handed it to Captain Lei. This was one of the few foods they captured. Three boxes of cans were enough for them to eat for a while. Captain Lei
After enduring his hunger, he looked at the soldiers and said:
"Comrades, I know that everyone is hungry and tired now, but we must think about the seriously injured comrades in the rear. They have no food, their stomachs are full of hunger, and they urgently need nutritional supplements. We must send these grains to
Go to the regiment headquarters."
Even though the soldiers were very hungry, they did not go crazy with hunger and still remained rational. These three boxes of canned meat were all canned meat and were rich in nutrients. They were most suitable for supplementing nutrition for the wounded.
The disgraced Wang Xiaoliang said: "Company commander, we listen to you."
After a battle, there were only more than thirty soldiers left in the company. Ma Da was injured and had a bandage on his arm. Chen Lie was okay, but his face was a bit dark. Xia Yuan was as usual, just like Chen Lie, the smoke of gunpowder
Darkened cheeks.
Instructor Shao said: "Tear one apart and let the soldiers have a taste."
Captain Lei hesitated and said patiently: "Instructor Shao, you are also an old comrade. The seized materials must be turned in. If we open the cans privately, we will make a mistake."
Looking at the expressions of the soldiers, Captain Lei couldn't bear it anymore. Army discipline restrained them.
As if he didn't want to embarrass the company commander, a soldier said: "Company commander, we are not hungry. Please hand over the food to the regiment headquarters. Those seriously injured soldiers need nutrition."
After hearing this, other people also agreed: "Yes, company commander, we still have wild vegetables, and we can still eat wild vegetables."
A soldier in the cooking class said: "When the battle is won, I will go back and make pancakes for everyone to eat."
"Hahaha, then I want to eat scallion pancakes."
"No problem, let alone scallion pancakes, I can also make egg pancakes."
The soldiers talked and laughed, forgetting the pain caused by the war. Xia Yuan looked at their faces that were blackened by the war, and he was only moved. This group of people, only in their early twenties, had already shouldered the responsibility of the country.
Responsibility for rise and fall.
He stood up and said: "Comrades, don't worry, there will be canned meat and canned fruit. I will take everyone to seize them when the time comes!"
Each of the soldiers looked at Xia Yuan with bright eyes.
"Platoon commander, is everything you said true?"
"When has a platoon leader ever told a lie?"
"Canned fruit, what is that?"
"Are there apples or bananas in it?"
Xia Yuan squatted on the ground, lit a match, lit a cigarette, and said: "We have apples and bananas, and watermelons, and you know the yellow peach, take a bite, and the juice will fill your mouth all of a sudden.
Sweet, delicious, and delicious!”
The soldiers listened and fantasized about the canned fruit in Xia Yuan's mouth, and kept swallowing their saliva.
The method of looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst is also applicable to modern warfare.
After what Xia Yuan said, many soldiers became more motivated to fight. They all thought that as long as they beat away the foreign devils, they would be able to eat delicious canned fruits. They all looked forward to driving away the foreign devils as soon as possible.
The big man pulled Xia Yuan: "You said canned fruit, is it true?"
"Hahahaha!" Xia Yuan laughed and said, "Of course there is, using a special method to make it, maybe the foreign devils will have it."
After attacking the enemy's position, the first company's ammunition was replenished, and it also captured US mortars and a small amount of artillery shells, bazookas and bazooka shells, as well as a lot of semi-automatic rifles and Thompson submachine gun bullets.
The ammunition on Yuan's body has been increased to 300 rounds, and the food strips hanging around his neck are filled with a lot of ammunition.
Ammunition has been replenished, and according to the orders of their superiors, they will continue to attack forward. Xia Yuan still doesn't know what will be waiting for the soldiers ahead, but he knows that the 180th Division will be surrounded soon.
Walking through the mountains and forests, they came to another hilltop. From a distance, they saw enemy machine gun bunkers rising from the top of the hill. They stood on the top of the hill, overlooking the only way to pass through the highlands.
The soldiers of the first company wore hats with weeds on their heads and hid themselves in the thick grass. Captain Lei looked through the binoculars and frowned.