The second round of shelling lasted for ten minutes. The earth collapsed and the whole slope was filled with gunpowder smoke. There were craters everywhere. The American artillery shells poured down as if they were free of charge. The whole world seemed to have entered the end of the world, lying on the ground.
In the bunker, the ground shook constantly.
Just when the artillery fire was unleashed, reinforcements from a company of the US Army arrived. This was a tank company of the US Army, with more than ten tanks and a hundred infantrymen. After arriving at the position south of the bridge, they quickly entered combat mode.
With the reinforcements, the U.S. military, which had just retreated, quickly began to counterattack the volunteers.
"Two companies!"
Xia Yuan looked at the US reinforcements in silence, an infantry company and a tank company. These were the US reinforcements to the south of Qiaonan.
In fact, the US military strength at Watergate Bridge is only one tank battalion, but the number of tanks is as many as 70. This does not include cars and armored vehicles. It is estimated that there are about 500 soldiers, and there was already one US military battalion at Watergate Bridge before.
The company's troops were stationed. The US infantry at Watergate Bridge was at least about 700 people. The two reinforcement companies also had more than 200 people, 12 tanks, and were covered by US artillery positions.
And this was only the first seventeen minutes of the battle, and they had to withstand the fierce attack of the US military for twenty-three minutes.
And this is only the first attack.
Xia Yuan tightly held the gun in his hand. While resisting the enemy's fierce fire, he fired the grenade and threw three grenades into the sky above the US military trench. The grenades exploded in the air and shattered shrapnel scattered everywhere.
Yes, several big-headed soldiers died and were injured under the broken shrapnel.
Looking at the intensive artillery fire, this is already the enemy's third round of shelling.
Lieutenant Colonel Ashan from the US military headquarters was holding coffee and sitting on a stool. He kept listening to the information passed by Qiaonan with a smile on his face: "The enemy has not retreated and is still attacking tenaciously. They are really a group of enemies who are not afraid of death.
Order the artillery to block all enemy attack and retreat routes within the next thirty minutes, and order F Company to reinforce Qiaobei. The enemy's desperate attack is probably to confuse us. We must pay attention to the weak Qiaobei to prevent
The enemy launched an attack in the north of the bridge just like last time."
Lieutenant Colonel Ashan never dreamed at this moment that the enemy's real large force was not at Watergate Bridge, but at their command post.
Wu Qianli looked at the flares rising in the distance and the enemy's fierce artillery fire without saying a word.
Lei Gong said: "Under such fierce artillery fire, Xia Yuan and the others can fight two waves, which is already very good. What's more, the US military has sent a large number of reinforcements."
Mei Sheng said solemnly: "We must believe in Xia Yuan!"
Wu Qianli looked at the time from time to time, only to feel that the second hand on the watch was moving extremely slowly. Every second was a huge torment for him, and every minute seemed like a century had passed.
"The enemy's headquarters has moved again!"
With the help of the lingering light of the flares in the distance, they saw on the mountain that some of the US troops in the col were moving towards the Watergate Bridge again.
"Scout the remaining strength of the enemy's troops below. If possible, this time we will not only remove the enemy's headquarters, but also blow up the enemy's artillery positions!" Wu Qianli said quickly.
"yes!!"
Soon, the soldier in charge of reconnaissance came back and said, "Company commander, the enemy still has about one company at the headquarters!"
"A company!"
Wu Qianli's eyes darkened slightly, "Call the platoon leaders to come over for a meeting! Re-formulate the battle plan!"
"Come here for a meeting with the platoon leaders!"
Just when Wu Qianli was re-formulating the battle plan, the US artillery bombing southeast of the Watergate Bridge had been going on for twenty minutes. In such a large-scale bombing, even those who have experienced hundreds of battles can still hear the sound of artillery in the sky.
Veterans who use howling to judge the impact point can no longer avoid US military shells in this way.
This is completely different from the artillery attacks encountered during the Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation Period.
The piercing roar from the sky was everywhere, as if the whole world was surrounded by artillery shells. A soldier huddled in the bunker, and a shell exploded under him. His lower body was directly blown to pieces, leaving only his upper body and blood flowing out.
His intestines were pale white. He held on for his last breath and waited until the soldiers around him arrived. When he opened his mouth, it was filled with blood.
He made a whooshing sound from his mouth, and handed him the grenades and bullets on his body with his blood-covered hands. His loosened hands hung weakly on the ground, and his wide-open eyes lost color.
The soldier held the remaining ammunition with tears in his eyes and looked at the American troops on the bridge with hatred in his eyes.
A soldier's legs were shredded by broken shrapnel, and blood was flowing. He gritted his teeth and tightened his thighs with bandages while trembling.
A soldier was killed on the spot, and the rolled up soil was mixed with blood red.
In such a large-scale bombing, except for the soldiers of the ninth and tenth groups, the soldiers of the other ten combat groups suffered varying degrees of casualties. Even in this case, the groups had lost contact with each other.
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There are dense craters on the entire slope, and the screams of artillery shells are constantly coming from the sky. When they fall on the ground, they explode and roll up the soil. Before the soil of one shell falls, another shell falls, and the ground shakes.
It has never stopped since the beginning.
Along with the shelling, the US tanks adjusted their angles and began to fire down the mountain. US soldiers also began to hide in bunkers and launch attacks on the volunteer soldiers who encountered fierce shelling.
The shelling lasted for twenty minutes and stopped. The smoke-filled battlefield was not even illuminated by the flares in the sky. The frozen-hard stones on the ground were broken and exploded, and some stones were blown into powder.
Such a fierce bombardment destroyed one-third of the ten groups' structures, and this was only half an hour into the war.
"We must withstand it!"
Xia Yuan roared in a hoarse voice. His cheeks were also covered with wounds from stone fragments, and the clothes on his body were scratched. Fortunately, he was not fatally injured.
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Xia Yuan glanced at the time and shouted loudly. The soldier who passed the password passed Xia Yuan's order to each group. He hid in the bunker and threw grenades one by one. The grenades effectively killed and wounded the effective forces of the US military.
The second platoon of volunteer soldiers shot at the enemy with heavy enemy firepower, but U.S. reinforcements had arrived. The enemy had nearly two companies of troops, plus more than ten tanks, and controlled the southeast direction.
Xia Yuan stared at the enemy in the distance, throwing grenades to destroy or seriously injure the enemy, and at the same time triggering the big eight pills. With his powerful shooting ability, he quickly eliminated the enemy's vitality.
At this moment, the US military command headquarters.
At five o'clock, men from the 7th Interleaved Company and the 9th Company began to attack the headquarters.
Pinghe led the sniper squad to quickly seize the high point. They found the U.S. military sentry position, knocked it out, and relied on the strong terrain on the mountain to start pulling the trigger on the U.S. military that could be seen in the mountain col.
Wu Qianli and Yu Congrong led the fire platoon to cover. Wu Qianli grabbed two grenades and rowed down from the mountain. Regardless of the wounds on his body that were cut by stones, he quickly rolled into the bunker, pulled the grenades away, and accurately threw them into the US military's target.
On the firepower point, two firepower points did not even react. With an explosion, the two firepower points were pulled out.
The whistle for their attack was blown at this moment, and the soldiers slid down the mountain and quickly rushed towards the enemy trenches.
Before some of the top American soldiers could react, they were shot dead by volunteer soldiers who rushed over. They walked in groups of three or three through the criss-crossing trenches, constantly searching for the enemy's headquarters and artillery positions.
The Seventh Company was responsible for blowing up the enemy's artillery positions deep inside, while the Ninth Company was responsible for destroying the enemy's headquarters.
Their attack time was only twenty minutes! And these twenty minutes were fought for by Xia Yuan's second platoon.
The headquarters was suddenly attacked by the volunteers, which alerted Lieutenant Colonel Ashan of the headquarters. He put down the coffee in his hand and quickly asked: "Fuck! Why did the enemy appear here!"
In less than five minutes, the 7th and 9th companies had passed through the American trenches and broke through the enemy's forward position on the mountain col.
Pinghe led the sniper squad, giving priority to destroying the enemy's firepower points, followed by other large-scale soldiers.
The entire U.S. military headquarters was instantly in chaos.
Not long ago, Lieutenant Colonel Ashan just sent out two companies. There is only one company of troops here at the headquarters. They are not adapted to night fighting. They are far from the volunteers' opponents in night fighting, especially this kind of
In close combat, the seventh interleaved company is their grandfather!
Under the leadership of Wu Qianli and Yu Congrong, the 7th Intermediate Company was like a sharp knife, thrusting straight into the center of the US military.
The Ninth Company continued to break through the US command post, and left troops to support the Seventh Company to prevent the US Army from making dumplings out of them. However, in this case, the US Army only had one tank company, which was no match for the Seventh Interleaving Company. They would intersperse them.
The attack was carried out to its extreme, with grenades thrown into the American camp one by one, and bullets piercing the bodies of the big soldiers one by one.
They took the three-by-three battle formation to its extreme, running through cover and attacking from the flanks. The seventh company penetrated the U.S. camp, which had weak firepower, and took more than ten minutes to break through to the U.S. artillery position.
Wu Qianli held a submachine gun and fired at the U.S. troops behind the heavy artillery. He shouted: "Yu Congrong, lead the people from the flank, Lei Gong! Grab their mortars and artillery shells!"
"Okay!"
Lei Gong shouted: "Wan Li, take the smallest caliber cannonball! Hold as many as you can!"
Wu Wanli ran forward quickly, and under their cover, he ran back holding four mortar shells. The other soldiers in the artillery platoon took the shells, and the mortars took the mortars.
If you don't leave, you will drop a grenade and blow up the cannon directly.
Lei Gong shouted distressedly: "Damn it, my cannon!"
Wu Qianli shouted: "Thunder Lord, why do you feel so bad? You can't take these with you, pick up what you can take away!"
Lei Gong muttered: "I don't know."
Yu Congrong led a platoon with firepower to reach the artillery position from the flank. He fired at the American troops who were hiding behind the cannons. The bullets shot up a stream of blood mist. The combat effectiveness of the American artillery was not strong. In the original surprise attack on the volunteers,
Some gunners didn't even have guns.
Some American troops even raised their hands and surrendered. He Changgui cursed: "Surrender, nm, surrender." After saying that, a string of bullets were fired at them. They were going to retreat later in this kind of night attack, and they would probably leave with the American prisoners.
Don't fall off.
Only on the premise of ensuring a great victory will US military prisoners be retained.
The U.S. artillery position was attacked, which suddenly eased the attack on Xia Yuan's side in the southeast. The cannon overhead suddenly stopped. Xia Yuan was overjoyed: "It must be the company commander and the others! They captured the U.S. artillery position! Better than me.
It went even better than expected!”
He shouted loudly: "Fight back hard!"
Xia Yuan tore off the cloth on his face, bit off the cord of the grenade, and threw it towards the US military position. The grenade exploded above the US military's head, and the broken shrapnel injured the US military.
One after another, the US military discovered that no matter where they were hiding, they could be hit by such airburst mines, but they could not see where the airburst mines were thrown from.
Air blast mines are thrown too far away, and no one can be seen. Often all one can see are grenades that are about to fall in the dark night.
They tried to run, but it was almost too late.
But this has created another situation, that is, more and more American troops are injured and disabled by grenade shrapnel. The number of wounded begins to be reinforced, and they are even unable to participate in subsequent battles. The shrapnel is still in the flesh and blood. If it is not dealt with in time,
However, people will die. The more wounded there are, the fewer the enemy's manpower will be.
As for Xia Yuan and the others, all they have to do is contain them and not attack.
Under such circumstances, the enemy's command post was the first to be unable to withstand the pressure. This enemy force that came out of nowhere was almost at home. The most important point was that the artillery positions were also attacked by them.
Company F in Qiaobei was rushing to the headquarters, but it was too late. The US artillery position had been taken away by the 7th Interpenetrating Company. The artillery platoon had captured a large number of mortars, and those that could not be taken away were taken away by volunteer soldiers.
Destroyed with a grenade.
All the remaining ammunition was bombed, and two US tanks were also bombed. The US military's rear command post suffered heavy losses.
"Take all the wounded soldiers and retreat immediately!"
To the southeast, Xia Yuan had already led his soldiers to retreat toward the iron pipe. He was holding a big ball and fired eight shots at the enemy, five of which penetrated the enemy's head, and three of which hit the enemy's bunker.
The second platoon that withdrew suffered more serious casualties. After Wu Wenxiang counted the wounded and sacrificed soldiers, he said in a deep voice: "Platoon leader, five people died, two were seriously injured, and seven were minor."
"Tell the soldiers that they have done a very good job. Disband the group of uninjured soldiers and reorganize a new combat group. The wounded will rest on the spot. The remaining people will check the weapons and ammunition and prepare to counterattack with me.
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Xia Yuan sat on the ground, refilled the previously emptied bullet clip with bullets and put it in the bullet bag while giving orders.
"yes!"
Wu Wenxiang turned around and started making preparations.
The combat attrition was twelve people, and two slightly wounded people were still able to continue fighting. Wu Wenxiang reorganized the remaining combat groups, and eventually they became seven combat groups. There were no expressions on the dark faces of the soldiers.
, they sat on the ground and checked their weapons, equipment and ammunition.
Wu Wenxiang's dark face trembled, "The ammunition on our body is divided equally. Wait a moment and we will launch a surprise counterattack and try to capture the Watergate Bridge in one fell swoop!"