Chapter 70: Blasting the Bridge

The more and more deserters of the puppet army gathered, and they became more and more organized. This can be seen from the more and more frequent artillery shells they fired. I believe this is the result of the organization of the puppet army under the command of the officers. After all, after several years of war, the puppet army can be said that it would not be a mob if they just took out a unit.

"The regiment commander, the 522.1 highland was bombarded by puppet troops, and a large number of puppet troops gathered on both sides!"

"Captain Wu called and a large number of puppet troops gathered in the direction of the 551.6 highland, intending to capture the Jinchengchuan Bridge!"

"The division headquarters called, and the soldiers of the 20th Corps were concentrating their superior forces to launch a fierce attack on the puppet army's defense line, and the main force of the puppet army was retreating! Commander Pang ordered us to stop the puppet army!"

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The information was summed up by telegraph soldiers into my hands like snowflakes. Every time I received a telegram, Liu Shunyi would mark the corresponding position on the map, so that I could see all the situation and the development of the battle at a glance.

But now I feel that all this information seems to be meaningless. What we can do now is no longer a choice except to stick to the existing high ground and not allow the enemy to pass. We cannot even mobilize troops and transport ammunition.

The reason is very simple, that is, the enemy has a large number of long-range artillery but we don't.

We are interspersed troops, and the characteristic of interspersed troops is that they must be fast. Therefore, it is impossible for us to advance with long-range artillery. Besides, everyone knows that interspersed troops will be surrounded when they start a war. In this case, we have no time or space to arrange artillery positions. Even if we can arrange them, we have no ability to protect them.

The puppet army obviously knew this very well, so our weaknesses were exposed.

When both sides have artillery, be careful of any party attacking the other party, because the other party is likely to calculate the location of the artillery position based on the ballistics. But now the puppet army knows that we do not have long-range artillery, so when they set up artillery artillery, they unscrupulously bombard us.

There are puppet army deserters bombard the front incline on the north, and the puppet army reinforcements bombard the back incline on the south, so for us who are defending, either side is unsafe.

Although most of the volunteer soldiers hid in fortifications, which can greatly reduce the lethality of enemy artillery, there is no reinforcement between the high ground and the high ground, and even support between different positions in the same high ground will be difficult. Because as long as we go out of the fortifications, we will soon be bombarded by the puppet army.

So our connection with other troops was blocked, which reminded me of the fact that during the Battle of Shangganling, the Americans used artillery fire to block the connection between Shangganling and the rear. The hardship of Shangganling still left an impression in my mind, but now I have encountered a similar situation again. It was like a scar that was not completely healed was revealed again, which caused many memories of me.

I couldn't help but fall into deep thought as I looked at the map on the desktop.

However, the battlefield this time is different from Shangganling. Shangganling has complete and fully functional tunnel fortifications, but we do not. What we have is just tunnel fortifications and cement fortifications built by the puppet army. Although the steel and cement fortifications on the front slope are very strong and can withstand the bombardment of the puppet army, the tunnel fortifications on the back slope are worrying!

Fortunately, the puppet army deserters could not last long this time. Our army was launching a general attack on the puppet army with an overwhelming advantage in the front battlefield. As long as the puppet army's defense collapsed, our mission would be almost completed.

What we need to compare now is actually to see who can last longer.

With a "boom...", a shell was hitting the tunnel where the regiment headquarters was located. After a violent vibration, a large area of ​​earth and rock fell from the top of the tunnel. The tunnel of this regiment headquarters was reinforced by the soldiers. If it was an ordinary tunnel, we might have to buried it alive after this gun.

Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue subconsciously leaned towards me, looking at the top of the tunnel vigilantly, as if they wanted to push me to a safe area in time when a landslide occurred.

"Go! Go out and see the situation!" I grabbed my rifle and walked out of the tunnel.

"Captain!" Liu Shunyi hurriedly stopped him and said, "The enemy is bombarding, it is too dangerous to appear at this time!"

"Isn't it dangerous to stay in the tunnel?" I looked at the earth and rocks that were still falling from above my head, and said with a wry smile: "Now, the safest place may be the battlefield!"

Liu Shunyi didn't know how to answer after I said this, because the current situation is indeed the case.

I didn't say much, and lifted the rifle in my hand and took Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue out of the tunnel.

There were mud everywhere, and the entire high ground was filled with things like gunpowder or water vapor, as if it was covered with a hazy layer of fog around the high ground. This made me

This makes me feel even more like returning to Shangganling. Of course, in addition to the raindrops falling from the sky, it is still "bangbang".

I couldn't help but frown and thought that this shouldn't happen! The smoke of Shangganling was the result of the US military's continuous bombing of day and night for many days. But now the bombing time is only more than an hour...

However, when I think about it, I quickly realized that the smoke produced when the shell explodes on this rainy day is pressed by rainwater to a low point and it is not easy to dissipate. In addition, the heat generated by the shells causes the rainwater to evaporate into water vapor. These water vapor and gun smoke are suspended in the air, and the current situation is here.

But this is good, with the cover of these smoke, the actions of our troops will be easier. At least I took Xu Yongwei and others out of the tunnel and would not be discovered by the enemy artillery observers!

With the constant explosions coming from all around and the mud and dirty water, I took Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue along the traffic trench to climb the top of the mountain.

The so-called standing high and seeing far, this area is the highest elevation of the 585.2 highland, and the range you can see is large. Carefully poking out from the trenches and lifting the telescope to look north, I saw that in the rain curtain like a layer of gauze, the puppet army deserters were busy with something! Occasionally, I could see a few tanks vaguely, and I couldn't tell which model it was. In short, in the intense dispatch.

Obviously, they are organizing an offense or preparing for the offense. The puppet army learned from the Americans that they did not prepare artillery fire and did not form a steel defense line in front of them, so they would never launch an attack. Although this kind of fighting is more scientific, or it can be said that it can minimize casualties, it also exposes its own goals to the other party.

Sure enough, the sound of cannons gradually stopped after a while, and then a large number of puppet troops slowly rushed towards our positions under the guidance of seven or eight tanks.

As soon as the cannon stopped, the soldiers entered the position one after another.

Perhaps the telescope I was holding was particularly conspicuous. Li Weiqiang recognized me at a glance, leaned beside me and said, "Captain, how is the situation?"

Li Weiqiang has been following me for a while and I was already accustomed to seeing me on the battlefield, so I didn’t say anything nonsense like putting me in danger.

"Not what?" I looked at the group of puppet troops walking slowly and replied, "I just felt a little strange. These puppet troops were not in a hurry at all... Could it be that our comrades in the 20th Corps were not fighting tight enough!"

"Yes..." Li Weiqiang looked at the group of puppet soldiers who were forcing him at the foot of the mountain, and said strangely: "I think it's strange when you say this. I have never seen someone running for life like this!"

He paused and cursed again: "Don't worry about him! We don't have to worry about them, we'll be right if we don't let them go!"

The fire cover of the puppet army's tanks began soon, and the machine guns and tank guns were fired against the incline of the 585.2 Highland, and the recoil-free cannons and mortars also participated. In an instant, the entire inclined surface was like a pot of mud. If this was not a battlefield full of blood and death, the scene could still be considered beautiful.

The firepower of the puppet army was very fierce. At this time, the US military had already intentionally withdrawn from the battlefield. In order to control the situation as much as possible, they were not stingy with the equipment of the puppet army. However, the solid cement fortifications left by the puppet army on the 585.2 high ground also played a role. Isn't that? Those reinforced concrete fortifications that were several meters thick that could withstand, let alone these machine guns and tank guns. The bullets and shells hit the bunkers as if they were itchy and they had no effect at all.

Looking at this, I felt a little relieved. Just like when we attacked the surface positions of Shangganling, we had to use the lives of the soldiers to use the lives of the soldiers to blow up the bunkers. Now the puppet army also has to taste this kind of taste of dealing with the bunkers. And ironically, what they have to deal with is the bunkers they built themselves.

I counted a little bit and there were about fifteen bunkers on the entire front slope. The puppet army obviously put a lot of effort in building these bunkers. Starting from the hillside, these bunkers were distributed into three lines of defense. Each bunker covered the inclined surface as much as possible and the space at the foot of the mountain. In important positions, two bunkers were built on the left and right sides to form cross firepower, and many bunkers could even cover each other's firepower.

Indeed, this is the strength of the US and the puppet army. It is to build powerful fortifications on the front slope to achieve the most effective use of firepower. It can almost be said that as long as the machine guns and bullets in these bunkers and as long as there are still people in the bunkers, even if there are many people in the puppet army, no matter how many people there are, they cannot capture such a position.

Unless, the puppet army can also use grenades and blasting tubes to plug the shooting holes of the bunkers like volunteer soldiers attacking their bunkers, and use their chests to block the gun holes...

But I believe that the puppet army would not have this courage, because in my sight, the puppet army attacking our high ground had just climbed up a few steps, but was swept by the machine guns of the volunteer soldiers in the bunker, and fled back in shame.

"Bah! I want to go from here with this virtue!" Li Weiqiang looked at the puppet army's bad appearance and breathed a sigh of disdain and said, "Just like this, I'm not afraid of ten times more soldiers!"

This situation was obviously beyond my expectations. At first I thought there would be a *** in front of our position, but I didn't expect it to be this scene.

Don’t the puppet army want to escape? I couldn’t help but wonder, if they fight like this, they will never be able to escape until next year! Looking at the puppet Seventh Division in the south, there was no movement.

"Captain!" At this time, Li Pinghe hurriedly ran to me and reported: "Battleman Hu called, the 522.1 high ground was in a hurry, and they were attacked by the puppet troops in the north. At the same time, the puppet troops on the south bank also used rafts to attack, and their casualties were very serious!"

"What!" I was shocked when I heard this and suddenly realized that the focus of the puppet army's offensive was on the inconspicuous 522.1 highland, and their actions here were just feints to attract our attention.

"Go back to the regiment headquarters!" I turned around and ran away with an order.

He hurried to the regiment headquarters and said to Liu Shunyi who was drawing something on the map: "What's the situation?"

"Captain!" Liu Shunyi pointed to several newly marked lines on the map and said: "According to the telegram sent by Battalion Commander Hu, the puppet army used more than ten ‘Sheerman’ tanks to build a large-scale construction in front of the 522.1 Highland. Not only did it build an artillery position, but it also opened a passage enough for a battalion to enter the battle. Since these actions were carried out secretly during artillery bombing, it was not until they launched an attack on Battalion Commander Hu that they discovered. At the same time, the puppet army on the south bank also began to forcibly cross. Here, there were two floating bridges, and about a regiment of puppet troops were forcibly crossing with leather rafts!"

"Damn it!" I punched hard on the map.

Unexpectedly, the focus of the puppet army's attack was still the 522.1 highland. I should have thought of it long ago that this 522.1 highland was the temporary garrison of the puppet army regiment, and there were no solid reinforced concrete fortifications on it. I only sent Hu Biao and one battalion to garrison it, which undoubtedly became the weakness of our army's defense line.

However, this cannot be said to be my command error. In fact, it is a helpless thing to only let Hu Biao guard the 522.1 high ground. There are no solid fortifications on the 522.1 high ground that can withstand the artillery fire of the puppet army. Once there are too many troops stationed on it, there will be nothing if the puppet army’s artillery fire is blasted!

"Captain!" Li Weiqiang, who followed me in, listened to this situation and suggested: "We will send soldiers to lurk from our hands like we did just now and blow up the puppet army's pontoon bridge! At least it can relieve the pressure on Battalion Commander Hu!"

"No!" Liu Shunyi quickly replied: "We had dived out of the puppet army's encirclement from the water and destroyed the puppet army's regiment headquarters, and then they blew up their two floating bridges without knowing it. The puppet army seemed to have found something now. Many posts were arranged along the river to monitor the river surface, and even the reconnaissance troops found that they put barbed wire into the water..."

Everything can be done, and the puppet army is certainly not fools. We can use the same method to make them suffer heavy casualties!

"How is the situation with Captain Wu?" I asked.

The 522.1 Highland is not far from the control range of the 539th Regiment. If possible, I hope the 539th Regiment can provide reinforcements. But Liu Shunyi's answer quickly disappointed me.

"The situation of Captain Wu is similar to ours!" Liu Shunyi replied helplessly: "They are also restrained by the puppet army and cannot be defeated. Moreover, even if Captain Wu can send reinforcements, he will face the same problems as us and will be intercepted by artillery fire from the puppet army!"

"It seems!" I sighed deeply and said, "Battleman Hu and his team have to rely on themselves! Order Battalion Commander Hu to stay until dark no matter what! When it gets dark, we will send reinforcements to them immediately!"

"Yes!" Liu Shunyi responded and immediately conveyed the order to the telegraph soldier.

The order was issued, but I was not at ease in my heart. Things on the battlefield were not enough to give a dead order, just like a person's head could not match bullets or shells. I believe that the soldiers were brave and they would fight to the last moment, but the gap in reality was obvious...

I want to make plans to lose the 522.1 highland! I quickly realized this and turned my attention to the map again.

522.1 What will the puppet army do after the highlands are lost? It is undoubtedly the puppet army deserters pouring out from here.

So... the floating bridge has become the focus again. If there are so many deserters of the puppet army. If they are transported in batches with leather rafts, they will not be able to transport them even if they are transported for a few days or nights. They will eventually escape from the floating bridge. If I can blow up the floating bridge... Then even if the 522.1 highland is lost, the puppet army will not be able to escape!

But what method should be used to blow up the pontoon bridge?

It is obviously inappropriate to attack from the ground, and the artillery scouts of the puppet army are staring at us! The cannons have already adjusted their orders and are waiting for us to pass.

Then it's still the Northern Han River... But as Liu Shunyi said, the puppet army is already prepared, and we can't lurk under the enemy's nose in broad daylight...

After all, we are all living people, aren’t we? Although the river water is relatively turbid, it is easy to find a person so big in the water in broad daylight!

Wait! We don’t seem to need someone to do this, after all, all we have to do is bomb the bridge!

Thinking of this, I immediately sat up from the chair and said to Liu Shunyi: "Send a telegram to Commander Wu immediately and ask them if they have any extra explosive packs. The control zone is not far from the Beihan River!"

"Yes!" Liu Shunyi heard that he didn't understand what I was going to do, but he still did it.

After a while, he came back with a telegram and reported: "Captain Wu called back, and the explosive packages he brought were all intact. The Jinchengchuan Bridge she controlled was above the Beihan River!"

"Okay!" I nodded and immediately ordered: "Generate power! Calculate the lead length, apply tarp on the explosive bag, tie it with wooden blocks to hang it, and then throw it into the river!"
Chapter completed!