Chapter 18 Fear
The US military was more cautious than I thought. The soldiers and I waited for more than ten minutes, but still did not see a US military. The so-called speed is the most important thing. If the US military charge last time, it would take only a few minutes to get up, but this time they were nearly ten minutes slowing down.
I think this should be related to their incomprehensible reason why our army did not resist this time! Last time we spent so much effort to defend, but this time there was no one. It would make people feel strange no matter what. The US military is not a fool, and of course they will think of this.
But they just put their unguarded positions and did not rush upwards, which was not a solution. So after a while, a platoon of US troops finally came up carefully in a scattered strait.
This platoon is their scouts, or it can be said to be the troops they use to test. When they don’t know what tricks the enemy is using or suspect that there are traps in front, in order to reduce casualties and reduce risk division, small troops will usually be sent to test in front. Scientific use of troops has always been paid attention to science, and reasonable US troops will naturally be no exception.
In fact, this is indeed a very useful method, because even if we pull the explosive pack buried on the top of the mountain, we will not kill many US troops. But since I already know this, of course I will not do this again.
"Boom..." There was an explosion on the top of the mountain position, which was a grenade thrown by the US scouts. They were worried that there were still soldiers from our army hidden on the top of the mountain position, so they carefully checked every place with grenades and bullets. I think that every time they checked a place, they would report to their comrades through walkie-talkies. Just like what was depicted in movies and TV.
Although some of them had appeared in my scope at this time, I did not shoot. One reason was that I had lost interest in sniping them now. More importantly, it was not the time to start the war.
Until they checked the position on the top of the mountain and pointed their eyes and muzzles at the backscene of our army, I shouted to the soldiers: "Fight!"
The gunshots quickly rang, but they were not dense. The soldiers could see clearly that there were not many enemies in front of them, and the volunteers had always had the habit of saving bullets, so the machine gunners and submachine gunners did not move at all, but the rifles fired for a while. Several US troops who emerged from the front immediately fell into a pool of blood, and the rest of the US troops immediately realized that our army was lying on the back slope, and they all lay on the ground and shouted for reinforcements on walkie-talkies.
People have such weakness. Once they discover a new danger, they will soon forget the crisis under their feet. When the scouts walked up to the top of the mountain, I noticed that they even carefully checked for landmines on the position. If they continued like this, I believe they would soon find the explosive pack we buried. But as soon as we fired, they successfully diverted their sight.
They would be surprised to find that the volunteers had avoided the difficult-to-defend mountain top position and retreated to the backscene to defend, so they no longer had to check and call reinforcements!
This is exactly what I need...
The US military received news of security and knew that the comrades in the top position were being attacked by the enemy, so they did not hesitate anymore and rushed up in groups, and then quickly placed various weapons to the front of the position.
The fierce battle started quickly. Faced with so many enemies, the volunteer soldiers naturally would not save bullets like they did just now. In an instant, gunfire, roar, and explosions quickly became a whole. Both the enemy and us were firing bullets at the other side at the fastest speed, and doing their best to knock the opponent to the ground first.
The enemy occupied the top position condescendingly, and their biggest advantage was that they could easily throw grenades into our position. But the soldiers defending our army on the edges also gave them a headache.
The essence of the reverse slope battle is that the back slope and the edge line are matched with each other. The soldiers guarding the edge line almost move under the enemy's nose. Although their position is very close to the enemy, they are blind spots for the enemy's shooting, and the enemy cannot throw grenades. It is almost like a situation where the volunteer army can defeat the enemy, but the enemy cannot defeat the volunteer army. In addition, the firepower cover of other volunteers on the back slope makes it difficult for the US military to rush down from the top of the mountain to occupy the edge line. This makes the enemy have a geographical advantage, but can only fight evenly with our army.
But soon, the fighter jet that was originally hovering in the sudden burst dived down and joined the battle.
This is a weakness of counter-sloping operations. If our army is guarding the top position, the US fighter jets will be cautious about dropping bombs. Because the top position is narrow, the US pilot may accidentally drop the bombs into the US troops charging towards the top position.
Now our army is defending the backscene surface, in a relatively spacious position, and our army is far away from the US military in order to avoid the distance of the bomb drop. So the US pilots no longer have such concerns. So there were five or six wild horses and pirate fighters dived from the sky with sharp roars, followed by a dense rain of bullets. The machine guns on the fighter planes were straggling at us like poisonous snakes, causing the earth and rocks to fly in front of us. In an instant, many soldiers fell in the pool of blood. Then there were a few loud bangs, and the heavy aviation bombs blew the entire slope, and the pieces of broken soil raised drowned us like waves.
I shook the broken soil on my body and drilled out of the pile of soil to look at the volunteer soldiers beside me. Although many soldiers fell in pools of blood, soldiers soon replenished from the tunnel. This is another benefit of reverse inclined combat. The reverse inclined position is very close to the tunnel entrance, and some soldiers are even next to the tunnel entrance. This makes our army very convenient and timely replenish troops.
After calming down a little, I turned my attention to the US position on the top of the mountain. Our army's firepower was temporarily suppressed by fighter planes, and the US troops on the top of the mountain became even more arrogant. Machine guns and bullets kept firing at our positions, and mortars were also fired at our army one after another. I even saw some US troops installing bayonets for their rifles, as if they wanted to wait for the fighter plane to dive another round, so they took advantage of the situation to charge at our army.
Moreover, the second echelon of the US military had already arrived at this time. The mountaintop position was small, and so many American troops gathered on it, making the entire mountaintop position dark like a dense weed. I even sent several US troops to wave flags in the distance proudly. They were showing off to reporters from all over the country who were observing here, and they were telling the reporters that they had successfully seized the enemy's position.
However, they will soon regret these actions.
"Do it!" I lowered my voice and gave orders to Hu Biao who was lying not far from me.
Hu Biao nodded, immediately grabbed the small trumpet hanging around his neck and blew it hard.
With a "beep...", its sharp and harsh horn sound was very obvious even in this battlefield filled with gunfire.
The volunteer soldiers in charge of blasting immediately pulled the rope in their hands, and the soldiers all arranged bayonets to install their rifles. After an explosion, if they didn't take advantage of the situation and rush forward and kill for a while, it would be a waste.
The lead wire of the explosive pack was delayed for a few seconds. During this period, the US military had no idea what was going to happen. They were still arrogantly firing rows of bullets at our army. Some US machine gunners even swept the machine guns while shouting at us...
"Boom! Boom..." With a few loud bangs, several pillars of fire that soared into the sky rose in front of us. Without any warning, the entire mountain top position was covered with smoke and dust. The US army, who were still shooting at our army arrogantly, was blown up in the sky and flew everywhere.
And I think that journalists from all over the world who were observing this direction with high-power telescopes in the distance must have seen this amazing scene, but the matter is not over yet.
I jumped up from my hiding place and shouted: "Comrades! Go!"
The soldiers jumped up from the ground like tigers, holding bayonets and submachine guns rushed towards the enemies on the top of the mountain.
The enemy had been shaken by this sudden explosion. Even if they were not dead, they would be injured, and even if they were not injured, they would be stunned. If they were not dead, they would not be shocked, they would be in a state of chaos for the time being, so our army had not encountered any resistance at all.
The enemy's fighter planes dived down in the sky with a roar, as if they wanted to help their comrades, but then they were helpless to find that they could no longer help. Because the volunteer soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain when they were anxious to react.
Our army's position is only more than 100 meters closest to the top position. Although it is an inclined surface, if it runs fast, it will take only a few dozen seconds.
Once the enemy and us contact, the US fighter jets will be powerless. The machine guns on the US fighter jets are very penetrating, and there are much more US troops on the top positions than the volunteers. Once they open fire, the comrades killed will undoubtedly exceed the enemies killed.
"Kill!" The soldiers yelled and rushed to the top of the mountain.
When I passed through the smoke and dust of the front positions, I found that the top positions were full of American soldiers. Some of them were covered in blood and were out of breath, some were lying on the ground, some were holding their broken limbs and yelling loudly, and some stood up in a daze, as if they wanted to raise their rifles to resist. But all this was futile, because their steps were crooked like drunks, and they couldn't even stand steadily...
The soldiers raised their rifles without hesitation and rushed towards these US troops who had no ability to resist.
This is not a battle, this is a ***!
Maybe some people think we are cruel, maybe some people think we can capture them at this time, and maybe some people think we have actually won the victory of this battle and there is no need to kill them like this again...
But this is the battlefield, a bloody battlefield.
If we don't kill them, they will find a way to kill us! When they have the upper hand, they will not give me any chance, just as they just used fighter jets, machine guns, and mortars to bomb us frantically.
So the blades entered the flesh, screams and groans, and soon they sounded on the position. Blood continued to move forward with the soldiers' progress, and soon dyed the position red, dyed the soldiers' bayonets red, and also dyed the soldiers' faces and military uniforms red...
After rushing to the top of the mountain, I only killed one person!
I don’t know whether to treat this as a kind of honor or a kind of shame!
I can regard it as a kind of glory, because no matter what, killing an enemy on the battlefield is honorable to a warrior. No matter what method or means he uses.
I can also regard it as a shame, not because he has no ability to resist, but because... I am scared!
This is a bit ridiculous to me, because I haven't felt scared on the battlefield for a long time. Even if I face enemies that are several times higher than those on Shangganling, even if I face the enemy's planes, cannons and tanks, and even snipers facing the enemy... At these times, I didn't feel scared. Although I was a little nervous and anxious, I was not afraid!
But... When I stabbed the bayonet into the belly of the US military hiding on the ground, I watched him arch his whole body with the last little strength like a shrimp, watched him grab my rifle with both hands as hard as he wanted to ***, to see his eyes that were staring at dead fish and the blood running out of his mouth... Finally, he relaxed his whole body and lay on the ground without any anger...
At this time, I was scared. It was a kind of fear from the depths of my heart, a kind of fear of seeing the death and despair created by myself, and a kind of fear of feeling the pain of this American soldier who died under my hands!
So, in the subsequent battle, I no longer had the courage to stab the bayonet in my hand at any enemy. In fact, I didn't need to do this, because the warriors who followed me quickly snatched me in front of me and swung the bayonet at the enemy lying on the ground!
When I forced myself out of my fear just now, the battle was over. The battlefield was full of enemies' corpses, and there were bright red pieces everywhere. The strong smell of blood and smoke mixed together and rushed straight into my nose, making people feel nauseous!
In this battle, about two companies of the US military were lying on the top of the mountain forever, and only a few lucky people escaped from the battlefield in time. The soldiers wanted to continue chasing, but were soon stopped by me.
The top position near the back slope of our army is mostly the shooting dead corner of the US military's 902.8 Highlands. This is also the reason why we launched a big shot on the top position, while the US snipers on the 902.8 Highlands are helpless. If we walk a long way forward to chase and kill the fleeing US troops, it will undoubtedly give them a chance to take revenge!
Of course I wouldn't be so stupid as to do this, so I immediately ordered the soldiers to withdraw their back-sloping positions.
"It's so fucking fun!" After returning to the position, Hu Biao happily lit the bayonet in front of me, saying, "Captain Cui, just a few days ago, I stabbed more than a dozen Americans! Look, the bayonets were all bent..."
I looked at the US military plane hovering over my head, and felt something was wrong. I hurriedly ordered: "Leave a few observation posts, and all the soldiers retreat to the tunnel!"
"Yes!" Hu Biao also knew what I was worried about, so he responded and conveyed the order.
As expected, the fighters of the US military might want to regain their face for this crushing defeat, or to avenge the US troops who died under our hands. Before we could withdraw from the tunnel, they dived one after another, fired rows of bullets and dropped bombs. Fortunately, the reverse slope position was not far from the entrance of the tunnel, and the soldiers received orders to withdraw into the tunnel in advance, and did not suffer much casualties before retreating to the tunnel.
"Captain Cui fought well!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Commander!"
"Captain Cui drinks a glass of water!"
As soon as I retreated to the tunnel, Li Pinghe and the soldiers came up. Several people received the guns, those who handed the towels, those who handed the water, and those who handed the water, were like welcoming the heroes who returned to the court to victory.
"Captain Cui!" Liu Shunyi walked up to me and reported, "Team Commander Pang called to praise you just now, saying that your two battles were very clean and beautiful. I hope you can continue to fight this battle like this. He also said that even the spies arranged by the People's Army in the puppet army camp risked their lives to send us telegrams saying that Van Vritte had lost his troops and generals under these two failed attacks, and was already very angry at this time in front of journalists and ***s from various countries!"
"That's not?" Hu Biao, who followed me in, replied from behind, "It's not just that Van Vritte, who dares to fight our Captain Cui, and the enemy who opposes our 538th Regiment, will either be beaten to death by us or make us angry to death!"
With a coaxing sound, Hu Biao's words made the soldiers laugh.
"Van Vreet was so angry that it could be said to be a good thing or a bad thing!" After a while of laughter, Li Pinghe pushed his glasses and continued to say, "It's a good thing! If the enemy commander loses the calm he deserves, he will inevitably make mistakes on the battlefield. Bad things... I think Van Vreet will be desperate and our pressure will be heavier!"
"Political Commissar Li is right!" Liu Shunyi also agreed: "And it is very important that reporters from all over the world are watching the battle in this battle, which forced Van Vritte to hold on. In the end, he had to throw all bets to fight the beasts, so we seem to be in a passive defense, but in fact we are in an active position. As long as we can defend successfully, we can kill the enemy with a large number of vitality while also passing those reporters to a certain extent, and even win the morale of the United Nations!
Chapter completed!