"Company Commander!" Tieniu's eyes suddenly turned red and he said angrily, "You can do it, don't even think about becoming a deserter!"
"Tieniu, listen to me, listen to me..." Xu Chunxi's voice became weaker and weaker, and said, "The battalion commander said before leaving that whether Yaotaigou can hold on until dark is related to Zijing.
Whether the pass can be defended, and whether the Zijin Pass can be defended is closely related to the success of this blitzkrieg..."
Tieniu said: "Company commander, it is precisely because the stakes are so important that you have to hold on. I can't. I can't shoulder the heavy responsibility of commanding the second company. Only you can!"
"Bullshit." Xu Chunxi shook his head and said, "You can do it..."
Before they finished speaking, the two of them heard bursts of crunching sounds.
The two men looked back hurriedly, only to find that the smoke and dust that shrouded the position were very light, and they could clearly see the road ahead and the hillsides on both sides. However, they saw that a dozen black Japanese tanks had already appeared.
Along the road and the gentle hillsides on both sides of the road, it slowly rolled over.
"Holy shit!" Tieniu couldn't help but gasped and shouted, "Tank?!"
"Go quickly!" Xu Chunxi's eyes suddenly became sharp, and she said sternly, "Go quickly!"
"I don't!" Tie Niu's stubbornness came up and said with a pinched neck, "Even if I die, I will die with you, company commander, our independent regiment has always only had heroes who died in battle, not cowards who escaped from battle!
"
"Escape from battle, sister, this is an order!" Xu Chunxi said angrily, "Execute the order!"
Seeing that Xu Chunxi was really angry, Tieniu looked awe-inspiring, and then he could only turn around and walk away with red eyes.
Watching Tieniu's figure disappear into the woods, a sad smile slowly appeared on Xu Chunxi's face, and then he struggled to crawl over, collected more than a dozen grenades from the bodies of his comrades next to him, and then tied the grenades into a bunch.
Then he rolled onto the road with the cluster grenade and quietly waited for the Japanese tanks to arrive.
In the woods ahead, Tieniu was panting and walking towards a row of positions.
Suddenly, Tieniu heard a loud rumbling sound behind him.
"Company Commander!" Tieniu screamed, his eyes immediately dropped, but his speed was even faster, flying across a small ridge and into a row of positions.
…
Bauhinia Ridge.
In the biting wind, He Shuya's figure looked a little thin.
The guard came over and tried to put the cashmere coat on his arm on He Shuya, but He Shuya waved his hand and refused. He Shuya did not deliberately want to abuse himself, but developed a habit of it in the difficult combat environment in the past.
A habit requires a cold environment to keep the brain highly awake.
Only when your mind is clear can you perform high-speed mental operations.
At this moment, He Shuya's mind was running at high speed.
The terrain of Bauhinia Ridge is undoubtedly extremely unfavorable and it is difficult to hold on!
Because the Japs coming from Yixian County have at least two infantry regiments, as well as artillery, tanks, and even aviation assistance, but their second battalion only has light weapons! Not even a heavy artillery, let alone
Tanks and aviation were also unable to provide effective support to Zijingguan because Baotou Airport was too far away.
Under such circumstances, it is obviously impossible to defend blindly!
"Yes, attack!" A look of madness suddenly appeared in He Shuya's eyes, and a flush appeared on his face that was a little blue due to the cold wind. From the bottom of his heart, He Shuya was not an adventurous person, but taking risks
Although he came here, he was far crazier than the average person. This is really like Xu Rui!
He Shuya is indeed Xu Rui’s favorite disciple!
With a calculation in his mind, He Shuya immediately called the first company commander Lin Wei, the third company commander Liu Chen, and the guard platoon leader Wang Dazhu, and began to assign tasks and deploy counterattacks! After Lin Wei and the other three listened, they couldn't believe their ears.
, what is the situation? In such an extremely unfavorable situation, we still need to launch a counterattack?
"What do you mean, company commander? What do you mean, counterattack, counterattack?"
"I'll go, company commander, aren't you? Are you kidding me?"
"Company Commander, this is no joke, this is too risky."
Lin Wei, Liu Chen and Wang Dazhu all had the same reaction.
Seeing Lin Wei and the others like this, He Shuya became more determined to fight back.
Even Lin Wei and the three of them did not expect, let alone the little Japanese on the opposite side, that their second battalion would dare to counterattack at this time. And this has the tactical basis of surprise and unpreparedness as mentioned in Sun Tzu's Art of War.
With this tactical foundation, coupled with sharp command, we are at least 60-70% sure!
After all, the combat effectiveness of their second battalion is second to none in the independent regiment!
Although the Second Battalion did not carry any heavy weapons due to the urgent march this time, this was not a critical battle. The Japs were currently on the offensive and it was absolutely impossible to build any defensive positions. Once they encountered a strong counterattack, they would switch from attack to attack in a hurry.
The defender didn't have time to build any defensive positions, so it didn't matter that he didn't have heavy weapons!
If it's just ordinary machine gun firepower, a rocket launcher can destroy it!
This time they were advancing lightly. The second battalion did not bring any heavy weapons, but it did bring rocket launchers!
At that moment, He Shuya said to Wang Dazhu: "Dazhu, your guard platoon is equipped with the most rocket launchers, so this counterattack, your guard platoon will be the main attack!"
"Yes!" Wang Dazhu responded loudly.
Now that He Shuya has made up his mind, as subordinates, they have no choice but to obey the orders.
He Shuya hummed softly and then said: "After the counterattack begins, your guard platoon does not have to worry about anything else. You can just attack forward along the road. You heard clearly. You are attacking along the road instead of along it. That is to say, you are attacking along the road.
Keep a distance of about 500 meters on the road, charge forward in parallel, and be sure not to rush onto the road!"
Wang Dazhu nodded heavily and said loudly: "Understood! Parallel assault!"
He Shuya nodded, then turned to Liu Chen and said: "Liu Zi, the mission of your third company is to protect the guard platoon behind them. After the guard platoon launches a parallel attack, the little devil will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it. If nothing happens, there will definitely be the following.
The reaction is, first, to intercept from the front, second, to squeeze from the side, and third, to outflank from behind.”
After a pause, He Shuya continued: "The Japs intercepted in the front are handed over to the guard platoon. Your third company is responsible for blocking the Japs from the side and behind, ensuring that the guard platoon can concentrate on attacking forward! Then, wait until the guard platoon is destroyed.
After the Japanese transport troops, they immediately launched a general attack from a flank several kilometers long towards the road occupied by the Japanese!"
"Understood!" Liuchen nodded heavily, "We will protect the guards behind the platoon and attack when the time comes."
He Shuya finally turned his attention to Lin Wei and said in a deep voice: "Old Lin, your company's mission is the most important, because the assault of the guard platoon and the flank attack of the third company alone are not enough to completely defeat the Japanese. Only your company can attack from the front all the way.
Only by pushing it flatly can we truly and completely defeat the little devil!"
Lin Weidao: "Don't worry, battalion commander, we will never let you down."
"Very good!" He Shuya nodded and said, "You go back and prepare, and then wait for my signal! When you see three red flares rising into the sky, when will you start a counterattack!"
"Yes!" Lin Wei and the others responded suddenly.
Then, the three of them turned around and went away.
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At this time, on the second platoon position.
Tieniu has assumed the responsibility of company commander and is directing a platoon of officers and soldiers to carry out desperate resistance relying on the highway and the gentle hills and woods on both sides.
The little devil's offensive was very fierce.
At least one large group of Japanese infantry, led by a tank squadron, rolled over along the highway and the shallow hills on both sides of the highway. Where the tank tracks ran over, the vegetation on the hills on both sides was crushed to the ground.
"Whoops!" A rocket dragged a long tail flame and roared down from the ridge in front.
A Type 97 light tank that was driving forward along the hillside was hit in an instant. The rocket penetrated directly through the front armor of the tank and then exploded in the compartment. The air wave generated by the explosion blew away the turret.
The top cover popped open, and then billowing white smoke rolled out from the turret, and there was a faint glow of fire.
"Damn it, I'm going to make you arrogant!" Tieniu waved his fist viciously, then turned around and yelled, "Er Gouzi, rockets, reload quickly! Hurry up!"
I called several times, but there was no answer.
When he looked back, he saw Er Gouzi lying in a pool of blood, and the ammunition box on his back was overturned on the ground, and it was empty. A box of four rockets had been fired.
"What the fuck!" Tieniu cursed, raised his head and roared, "Rockets, who has rockets?"
No one responded. Since they were advancing lightly, the number of rockets carried by each group was not large. The guard platoon would have more rockets, but there was no way to transfer them in the rush.
All the rockets have been used up, but there are still six or seven Japanese tanks left!
At this time, the situation was very passive. Tieniu gritted his teeth and roared: "Communists gather!"
With an order, a row of five Communists gathered in front of Tieniu. There were originally six party members, but Ergouzi had already died just now.
"Grenade!"
Tieniu roared again, and more than thirty grenades were quickly collected and tied into five bundles.
"I'll go first!" Without a moment's hesitation, the oldest Communist Party member rushed forward with a bundle of grenades in his arms, towards the Japs tank rushing at the front, but the little Japs were not stupid either and followed up.
The Japanese infantrymen who were protecting him turned their guns and fired violently at the communist veteran.
The Communist veteran jumped forward, rolled sideways, zigzag, and made various tactical evasive maneuvers. However, the enemy's firepower was too intensive. When he was still ten meters away from the enemy tank, he was finally shot and fell down unwillingly.
"Get up, get up quickly!" Tieniu and all the officers and soldiers in the row shouted in unison.
Miraculously, the veteran Communist Party member actually turned over and sat up.