"With an independent battalion, I don't have much confidence."
Xia Yuan felt a little painful in his heart. He was full of confidence in himself, but the battlefield is not something you can lead so many people out of the enemy's encirclement with confidence. War is not a child's play, and even he who has been strengthened by the system may not be able to withstand the enemy's bullets.
Let alone an ordinary soldier.
He personally brought out the First Company and the Third Company, and the Second Company was a veteran of the 540th Regiment. If he allowed the Second Company to stay and withdrew the First Company and the Third Company, some people would think that he had selfish motives.
The best way is to have the third company and the second company withdraw together, while the first company stays to block the attack.
This way no one is partial.
The second is that when the enemy is surrounded, he himself has no experience in leading a battalion. If it is just a company, it is actually okay. Once there are more people, he will not be sure.
In the world of My Captain, My Regiment, the expeditionary force is being pursued by the Japanese army. Moreover, the gap in strength between the two sides is not as big as it is now. The Japanese army is just using an empty city strategy. What the expeditionary force lacks is a soul. It has found the soul.
, which can enhance their combat effectiveness.
What do the volunteers lack? Equipment and food. Their souls are the most powerful in the world. They faced the enemy's steel torrent with their flesh and blood and never flinched.
They don't lack souls, the gap between the two sides is really too big.
Xia Yuan had never led five or six hundred men in an enemy encirclement. He might be bombarded by enemy fighter jets, strafed by enemy light and heavy machine guns, and covered by long-range artillery at any time. US tanks and armored vehicles were running rampant on the road.
Five or six hundred men in a battalion is a lot, but in the face of absolute fire coverage and strikes, five or six hundred men are nothing.
You will be prepared for a blocking battle, but you are completely unprepared for a mobile battle. Once you encounter the enemy, it will be very cruel.
"Lao Yang, our battalion has enough firepower. Following the division headquarters, we can help them break out. I want to leave a seedling for the independent battalion." Xia Yuan said in an almost pleading tone: "And there are too many people, and the target is too big.
, I can’t rush out with them.”
Yang Nanzhen looked at Xia Yuan, "You lead them to retreat, I will stay."
"No!" Xia Yuan refused directly and asked him: "Old Yang, can you lead three people to the foreign devils' positions and steal their supplies?"
Yang Nanzhen thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No."
"Then can you destroy a U.S. battalion with one company?"
"cannot."
"I can." Xia Yuan looked into Yang Nanzhen's eyes and said, "I can take the three of you to steal the foreign enemy positions, I can break out with a company, and I can pull up a strong army by myself.
As for the machine gun battery, I can also pull out the second one, Lao Yang, but I am not sure I can break out with a battalion of soldiers."
Yang Nanzhen sighed and was silent for a long time: "Then you must come back alive."
"Don't worry, I will come back alive." Xia Yuan pulled him down from the trench and said: "If the 180th Division wants to break out, try to run into the mountains. Don't be afraid of getting lost. Look at the place where the sun rises in the morning.
, remember that facing the sun is east, behind you is west, and then count up, north, down, south, left, west, right and east, it is practical no matter where you are."
For this reason, Xia Yuan also specially demonstrated it to Yang Nanzhen.
Up, north, down, south, left, west, right, east can also be used in reality.
"There will be a slight gap in the direction, but overall it will have little impact. We are heading towards the north, where our volunteer army's position is."
Xia Yuan warned Yang Nanzhen more than once, and sighed and said: "We have to separate. The division commander and others have decided to break out separately, and we should break out separately. I will lead them to stay to stop the attack. You retreat first. It is getting dark."
, I’ll come find you again.”
The sun in the distance has already set on the Western Mountain, and the sky is beginning to dim. Dark clouds are covering the sky, and light rain is falling. There are gunshots everywhere, and they keep crackling without stopping for a moment.
A soldier rushed forward from Xia Yuan's side, jumped into the bullet hole, and pressed down the enemy with a submachine gun.
The soldiers behind him kept throwing grenades into the path of the enemy's charge. With bursts of roars, the American soldiers who rushed up were quickly suppressed.
The enemy's attack was repulsed, and the company commanders of the three companies were called to a meeting in the anti-slope bomb shelter on the back mountain. Xia Yuan looked at the sky in the distance and said: "To make a story short, the main force of the division has begun to break through. We
We must also make good plans. The independent battalion will be divided into two groups and break out. The second company and the third company will form one team, led by Chief of Staff Yang, and set off now. The first company will follow me and I will lead the team and set off after dark."
The commander of the first company is Wang Chenghui, the former first platoon commander of the machine gun company, who is also an old comrade. After Xia Yuan finished speaking, he thought for a moment and said: "Batalion Commander, I agree with your plan."
The second company commander was An Hengrun, the former sixth company commander of the 540th Regiment, and the third company commander was Qi Shan. Both of them had rich experience in combat, so they refused on the spot.
Qishan said: "We have to go together, we can't let the one behind us be interrupted."
An Hengrun said: "Captain Xia, do you still treat us as outsiders? Why do you want the first company to stay when I can't do the second company?"
Xia Yuan had already thought of a response plan and said: "Lao An, the soldiers of your second company are all from the 540th Regiment. Have they eaten enough and recovered their physical strength? I brought out the machine gun company.
, before setting off, every soldier is well fed and can run absolutely unambiguously. I want you to stay and stop them. Can you outrun the Japanese tanks? Don’t run halfway, we still need us to rescue you."
After a pause, he added: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, it's settled. This is an order. I'm giving it to you. If you have any questions in your mind, we can discuss it after the battle."
This time, Xia Yuan was determined. Otherwise, they would not accept the order.
An Hengrun and Qi Shan looked at each other and could only accept the order. When they finally left, Xia Yuan said to Yang Nan: "You must live and remember my instructions."
"Wang Huzi, Wu Liang, you must protect the chief of staff."
Wang Huzi was silent for a while, then raised his head and said: "Batalion Commander, don't worry, Wu Xiaozi and I will protect the Chief of Staff."
"Batalion Commander, Battalion Commander, the enemy is attacking again!" A gray-faced soldier rushed down from the position and shouted loudly.
"Go quickly! Don't look back! Catch up with the main force of the division. If possible, protect the division commander and the others!"
Xia Yuan shouted, his face was cold, he clenched the gun in his hand, turned around and shouted to the soldier who rushed down from the position: "Let's go! Let's go to the position!"
"Let's go!" Yang Nanzhen looked embarrassed. He knew that he had to make a choice.
"Set off!"
Amidst the sound of gunfire behind him, An Hengrun shouted to the soldiers of the second company.
On the battlefield, gunpowder smoke spread for hundreds of meters, and black earthy flowers bloomed everywhere.
Most of the first company were soldiers who initially followed Xia Yuan to break out of the encirclement. After walking here together, everyone was full of confidence in Xia Yuan. They always believed that Xia Yuan could lead them from behind to the front and still lead them to break out of the encirclement.
go out.
It is this belief that makes the soldiers who stayed behind to block the attack not feel timid at all.
Hao Guangjiu was already a squad leader. He led his squad of soldiers around to the side of the Americans and stabbed the American attacking troops in the waist. The soldiers in groups of three and three jumped forward alternately, like sharp knives, fiercely
Stab hard into the enemy's waist.
The foreign devils who had just rushed up in front wanted to retreat, but Xia Yuan shouted: "Old Wang, take the people and rush over to me, don't let them escape."
First company commander Wang Chenghui heard the battalion commander's voice from a distance and shouted: "If anyone is still breathing, charge with me!"
The soldiers who held their breath got out of the bunker and quickly rushed to the forward position. On the forward position, they replaced the submachine guns in their hands and used the American semi-automatic rifles to shoot at the enemy. The American soldiers were running down the mountain.
They fell to the ground, like onions falling upside down, and some of the American soldiers rolled down the mountain.
Xia Yuan quickly emptied the magazine, causing the American soldiers to suffer a lot more casualties as they retreated.
"Old Wang, take your people and clean up the battlefield quickly. We are preparing to retreat!"
"Batalion Commander, are we not going to stop the enemy?" Wang Chenghui had just emptied the magazine and was squatting on the ground holding his gun.
"Block, the second company and the third company retreat one by one. The left and right wings that have lost their cover will soon be captured by the enemy. The flanks will be exposed. The foreign devils can cut off our retreat route with a little detour. We need to retreat early and start again."
Find high ground to block the attack!”
Xia Yuan patted his shoulder: "Pick up more grenades and bullets, other things are useless."
"yes!"
The main force of the division.
Thousands of people crowded into a deep ditch and moved forward slowly.
"Report to the deputy division commander that there is no way forward. It is a cliff with a broken arm."
The soldier responsible for the investigation ran over.
It was really a leaky house and it was raining all night. What were you afraid of? What could come? After walking a long way, a cliff appeared.
Mr. Zheng was also a little anxious. The foreign devils were chasing behind him, and the pursuit was very tight. He couldn't delay here. He immediately said: "Come on, Old Duan, let's go over and take a look."
They walked to the front and stopped. A group of soldiers stood there. When they came closer, their shoes stepped on pebbles and they fell into the abyss. When they looked down, they saw pitch black and could not see the bottom.
No, I don’t even know how high this cliff is.
Master Zheng intuitively judged that the abyss must be at least more than a hundred meters deep.
The soldiers looked at Master Zheng eagerly, waiting for him to make up his mind.
Master Zheng asked: "How many ropes are there?"
A soldier replied: "Commander, there is only one rope left."
Master Zheng sighed and continued: "Everyone, take off the leggings, connect them together, and slide them down one by one. Don't worry, we will be safe."
So, the first rope was tied to a big rock and thrown down into the abyss. It stopped when there was a short distance left. It seemed that the cliff was really not shallow.
The soldiers slid down the rope one after another. It was useless to be afraid at this time. The Americans were behind them. If they slowed down, they would catch up with them. The soldiers could only suppress the fear in their hearts and came to the cliff.
, grab the rope with both hands and move it down.
"ah!!"
"oops!"
There was such a cry from the bottom of the ditch. Something must have happened when we reached the bottom of the cliff. When everyone went down, they saw a pile of people. It turned out that the rope was too slippery and it was the first batch of soldiers who pulled Tu Lu halfway.
, more than a dozen people were injured by falling and trampling, and they were piled on top of each other.
"Send me down in a moment. I can still fight. I'll stay here to cut off your queenship!"
"Small injury, nothing to worry about."
"I'll be fine in a minute. Everyone, go ahead and leave me alone."
The injured soldier was afraid that he would harm other comrades, so he said to them.
Everyone helped them up, or carried them on their backs to break out to the west of the ravine.
Coming down from the cliff, there is a forest in front of you. Many tree trunks still have a lot of shell shrapnel stuck in them. This must be the result of the US military's cold artillery. This kind of alloy steel shrapnel flashes under the weak moonlight.
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Just as Commander Zheng was about to lead everyone across a small stream, the vanguard platoon at the front of the team suddenly heard a "rumbling" sound.
The soldiers heard it unmistakably. This must be the sound made by the tank tracks.
"hidden!"
The soldiers hid behind tree trunks nearby.
The leader of the vanguard platoon wiped his eyes and looked forward carefully to see a small area of darkness not far away. His vision was blurry just now, but now he could see clearly that there was a tank turret spinning...
This is a U.S. tank and armored convoy, searching for traces of the 180th Division nearby. According to the news brought by the U.S. military in the direction of Yingfeng, the Chinese army broke out northwest along the direction of Yingfeng, and finally broke through.
The location is Shicangli, and Shicangli has long been occupied by the US military. This tank convoy drove out from Shicangli.
"Division Commander, there are enemy tanks ahead, about a dozen!"
As soon as the ordering soldier finished saying this to Commander Zheng, the roar of tank shells could be heard behind him, followed by the sound of "da da da da", which was the sound of our army's small arms gunfire.
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The team in charge of the vanguard is capturing the enemy.
At this time, the commander of the 538th Regiment ran over. Commander Pang looked anxious and said: "Division Commander, there are still many enemies behind the tanks. I have already asked the first battalion to resist them in front. It is a bit difficult."
Master Zheng said in a deep voice: "Old Pang, we have no way to go. This is the only way we can go. We can only go through it bravely."
Commander Pang replied: "Okay, Commander, I'll go over first."
Captain Pang realized the division commander's determination and prepared to let the 538th Regiment fight another bloody battle to open a way for the main force of the division.
Commander Zheng turned around and said to correspondent Xiao Yi: "Bring the walkie-talkie here and pick up the military headquarters!"
In the headquarters of the 60th Army, the commanders and Commander Zheng and the others stayed awake all night, with dark circles like pandas on their faces. They were because of the siege of the 180th Division.