Chapter 125 Anti-tank grenade
"Don't move!"
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Soon a large number of volunteer soldiers ran up and seized the guns of the British wounded soldiers, which made me realize that their choice to not shoot at me was right, otherwise I was afraid that they would face a massacre now.
"The first company, the second company stayed behind and quickly built fortifications! The third company and the fourth company withdrew from the position!" I shouted to the soldiers. The experience of fighting with the US military many times told me that when the enemy's positions was captured, it was often the most dangerous time for the volunteers. Because the US military often bombed the positions they had just captured and had not had time to build fortifications, and this often achieved good results. Sometimes, the Volunteer Army killed and injured can completely make up for the losses caused by their failure.
"Yes!" Although many of the soldiers were supplementary soldiers, most of the backbone were veterans who had fought four battles, and they would not understand the truth. As soon as I heard my order, those who should withdraw pulled the troops and turned around and left. Those who should stay jumped into the trenches without saying a word and waved the engineer's shovel and digged. The speed of movement and execution simply made the wounded soldiers of the Gloucester Battalion, who were the British Royal Ace Army, also flashed with surprise in their eyes.
"What's your name?" While digging my own air-raid shelter, I asked the British military doctor beside me intentionally or unintentionally: "You all have shovels!"
"Some sir!" The military doctor seemed to have not rested for a while, his eyes were covered in blood, his beard was covered in fatigue. When he heard me ask, he tried hard to cheer up and answered: "My name is Fieldberry, sir!"
"Very good!" I nodded, "Mr. Berry, do you have a way to walk down the mountain in ten minutes and find a safe place to hide?"
Berry looked back at the twenty or so soldiers behind him who had broken hands and feet, some even unconscious, and then shook his head in embarrassment: "I'm afraid this is difficult to do, sir!"
"Then..." I temporarily stopped the movements in my hand, turned to him and said, "You'd better order the wounded soldiers to dig holes like us to hide. I think your shells will not explode just because you are British!"
After hearing this, Berry seemed to understand something, his face turned pale, and then ran to the wounded soldiers like crazy and shouted: "Pick up your shovels, if you don't want to be blown into pieces, dig a hole like a Chinese to hide!"
After that, I didn't forget to say to me gratefully: "Thank you very much for your reminder, sir!"
I couldn't help but shake my head and smile bitterly. What can I do if I remind them? At the speed of the wounded soldiers digging holes, they were afraid that the shells would come and they could only hide half of their bodies. It is said that today is the "Paladin Day" for the British. I hope their patron saint will appear and do not let American planes drop in the incendiary bombs, otherwise...
"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, Deputy Battalion Commander Cui..." At this time, a communication soldier hugged and ran up to me and shouted: "Battleman Xu asked you to go down, saying that he was going to the regiment headquarters to report the situation!"
"Come on!" I responded, then dug twice on the basically formed air raid shelter, turned around and said to Berry, "Hey, I've given this hole to you!"
"Thank you very much, sir, you are such a good person!" Berry looked at me gratefully, then quickly turned around and ordered: "Xingli, help bring John over!"
I didn't care about the wounded British soldiers, so I followed the correspondent to run down the mountain. When I ran halfway up the mountain, there were bursts of strange roars, and then shells exploded in front of me and brought out pieces of soil. Soon, the enemy's planes also joined the bombing ranks, and the entire mountain suddenly became as lively as boiling water.
It is said that veterans are not afraid of artillery because veterans with experience in fighting can determine the landing point of the bomb based on the roar of the shells, but unfortunately I have not learned this trick yet. Because I have never believed in this trick, I always think that there are strange roars and explosions all over the sky, and my ears are almost deaf and I can't hear it!
But now I can't help but believe it, because every time he falls down or falls down, there are always a few shells around me explode. I can't help but sigh in my heart. It's not easy for me to be a correspondent. None of them are running around in the rain of bullets to convey orders. If they don't practice this kind of skills, they will probably have been "eliminated" long ago.
I followed the correspondent to stop and stopped. Not long after, I got into an air-raid shelter, patted the thick layer of mud and water on my body, rubbed my ears that were buzzing, and walked deep into the air-raid shelter.
"Here... is here!" As soon as I walked into the air raid shelter, I heard the laughter of Captain Chu. At this time, I realized that Xu Feng was already standing next to the cave. There was another person I didn't know. He seemed to be a leader, and he was quite familiar with Captain Chu and Political Commissar Chen Ye.
"Report!" I hurriedly stood beside Xu Feng, saluted and said, "My battalion has successfully captured the 148th highlands and successfully completed the task!"
"Good fight!" Captain Chu nodded and smiled, "Battleman Xu has already said the situation a lot just now. Your method is very good! We were still worried about you just now, but I didn't expect you to capture it!"
"Yes! Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" Chen Ye sighed, "This is Commander Li of the 187th Division. After he came, we realized that the Gloucester Battalion is not small. The entire 187th Division suffered a day of casualties and had not yet captured the two high grounds in front! We were worried about whether your casualties would be too great. After asking Xu Feng, we found that you had already been defeated by you!"
"Report to the political commissar!" I quickly stood up and said, "There are nearly 300 casualties in our camp. The number of casualties in the enemy has not been counted yet. There are more than 100 people in Dalu, but in the end they were still allowed to escape more than 40!"
"Um!" Chen Ye couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "This Gloucester Battalion is really a tough guy! However, Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, they have a geographical advantage, and it's good to be able to fight like this!"
"It's a pity that your method cannot be used for the second time!" The man called Captain Zhang said with a smile: "Or we can try it too!"
Captain Chu laughed and said, "How about Lao Zhang, do you want us to help you again?"
"Old Chu, what do you mean?" Commander Zhang answered with a look of unyielding defeat: "Do you look down on our 63rd Army or what? I think our 187th Division can't be defeated?"
"I don't mean that either!" Captain Chu seemed to understand what he said wrong at this time, and said embarrassedly: "But this Gloucester Camp is really hard to deal with..."
"Dede..." Captain Zhang smiled and said, "You have already performed a good show, and the rest depends on our 187th Division!"
"Otherwise!" At this time, Political Commissar Chen Ye pushed his glasses and said, "We captured Castle Mountain, and the Gloucester Battalion was actually surrounded by our army. I think the United Nations army will definitely send troops to rescue."
"That's right!" Commander Chu nodded in favor: "During the third battle, a battalion of the British rifle regiment was made by us for covering the Americans. If Gloucester Battalion asked us to make money this time, then the Americans would not be able to explain in front of his allies!"
"Yes!" Commander Zhang also nodded: "The United Nations Army is likely to send troops to rescue. Gloucester Battalion is a very powerful force. They are reluctant to throw it away, both morally and in terms of interests!"
"So!" Political Commissar Chen Ye raised his hand holding a cigarette, drew a circle on the map and said, "Let's divide the work, our regiment will be guarding here and block the enemy's reinforcements. You can rest assured to have dumplings from Gloucester Camp. What do you think, Captain Zhang?"
"Okay! No problem!" Commander Zhang nodded: "I will go back and report to the division commander to further study the combat plan."
He said that, he hurriedly took the guards and left. Chen Ye smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Old Chu, I said you are impatient. This old Zhang's temperament is afraid that he is even more anxious than you, and he will rush back after the enemy has bombed it!"
Captain Chu cut off disapprovingly: "There are no ones who are not impatient in this war. If you can live for three days on the battlefield slowly, you will not be lazy!"
"Hey! You..." Captain Chu said this, Political Commissar Chen Ye refused to agree. He put his waist on his face and pointed at Captain Chu with an angry look and said, "I said Lao Chu, are you cursing me or why?"
"Hey...I'm this..." Captain Chu grabbed his head innocently: "What's wrong with me today? Why are you saying all the wrong things!"
That made the guards laugh so hard that even Xu Feng, who was standing beside me, couldn't help laughing.
But I secretly admired Chen Ye and Commander Chu's analysis just now. They were very accurate. The United Nations Army would indeed send reinforcements to rescue Gloucester Battalion, but what Chen Ye and Commander Chu did not expect was that the United Nations Army attached much importance to Gloucester Battalion far exceeded the two's imagination. Even after hearing that Gloucester Battalion was surrounded, Li Qiwei, the commander of the United Nations Army, immediately flew from the Japanese command center to North Korea, and then he kept calling the commander of the group army, commander and division commander to hold a meeting, personally study and formulate a rescue plan. Finally, based on the situation that did not affect the overall situation of the war, three infantry battalions, including the 10th Battalion of the Philippines, were sent to rescue. Not to mention its advanced equipment, the total force was close to the three regiments of the Volunteer Army, but we only had one regiment to block...
I really want to tell Chen Ye and Chief Chu about this, but when they ask where I know this, how should I answer?
I couldn't help but complain in my heart, but I felt relieved after thinking about it. Are there still comrades from the 63rd Army? If there are so many enemies coming, we can't stand it, they can't sit idly by! This 63rd Army is an iron army that can fight hard. In just over a month of the fifth battle, it took from 27,000 people to the end of the remaining 3,000 people.
Thinking of this, I felt calm, but to be honest, after fighting Gloucester Camp, I realized that the number of enemies is not the biggest problem.
I don’t know why, but now I know that I can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief when I don’t fight Gloucester Camp. It’s unquestionable that Gloucester Camp is a very tough opponent. If I were a master in the martial arts world, I might be ecstatic about finding such an opponent, and I might try my best to compete with him, but unfortunately I am not. I am just an ordinary soldier. Although I don’t care about death, I don’t want to die so much, so I only have happiness in my heart now.
And the Gloucester Camp was destined to be exhausted under the siege of the 63rd Army, and only a handful of people could escape back in the end.
Dongdouchuanli Highway is the only road leading to the British position. North Korea is mountainous, but there is this highway from the Economic and Political Government to Seoul. It is lined with a plain belt ranging from hundreds to dozens of meters wide. This road is the Dongdouchuanli Highway, which runs north and south. This plain belt is the world-famous Royal Government Corridor.
All of it is famous worldwide because at the beginning of the Korean War, the US military adviser responsible for training the South Korean army always thought that mountainous areas like North Korea were not suitable for tank combat, and even anti-tank weapons did not equip the South Korean army. However, as soon as the Korean War started, North Korea pioneered dozens of T34 tanks supported by the Soviet Union, and it seemed as if it had entered a deserted state in the corridor of the government. This result not only surprised the US military, but also surprised even the Soviet Union and the People's Army.
Nowadays, we are guarding this government corridor, the 353rd Regiment of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.
I think this is also the reason why the rescue troops sent by the US military include tank battalions and field artillery battalions, including tanks, field artillery, three infantry battalions, and with the support of airplanes in the sky, the lineup of this rescue unit is extremely powerful. I can almost see the US tanks lined up in neat formations, covering a group of infantry breaking through our army's defense line and easily rescued Gloucester.
But we are not the South Korean army of that year, and the US army is not the People's Army of that year.
I lay in the trenches, watching several soldiers bury the last few landmines on the road, and then look at the road that is only 30 meters wide in front of me, and I couldn't help but feel some confidence.
When I was attacking Gloucester Camp just now, I was still hating the muddy roads, but the feng shui took turns. At this moment, the muddy roads became our advantage. The muddy roads may have no effect on tanks, but they can easily defeat the infantry that followed.
Tanks of this era all use gasoline engines. Once the infantry cover is lost, it is not difficult to blow up those tanks, although this is during the day. Because at this time the Volunteers were equipped with Soviet anti-tank grenades and a small number of rocket launchers.
Because our battalion was at the forefront, our superiors assigned us more than fifty anti-tank grenades and two rocket launchers. In order to find out, Hu Zi also made two anti-tank grenades and played with them in his hands.
"Can this thing explode a tank?" Hu Zi looked at this thing and felt a little confused: "I think it's no different from a grenade? It's a little bigger and heavier than our grenade!"
"Huzi, don't underestimate this thing!" I took a grenade and weighed it in my hand. I sighed that it weighed more than two pounds. It seems that this should be a Soviet RPG-43 anti-tank grenade.
Because the Soviet Union was equipped with anti-tank guns and rocket launchers, it threw this anti-tank grenade that had to be thrown at close range to our volunteer army. Since then, this anti-tank grenade has become the most commonly used anti-tank weapon of the volunteer army, and it is even used to blow up bunkers and enemy infantry.
"I don't believe this thing can compare to our explosive pack!" Hu Zi still didn't believe it: "Some of the five-kilogram explosive packs can't even explode the tank, just this thing..."
"Hu Zi, what do you think is the Soviet grenade that works better than ours?"
"That's more to say!" Hu Zi replied without thinking: "Our grenades will be in two halves, even if they are thrown into the enemy pile, they will not be able to kill two. Soviet grenades will be in a large area."
"That's it!" I smiled and raised the anti-tank grenade in my hand and replied, "How can our explosives be compared with others! This thing contains more than one pound of explosives! It's much more useful than our five kilogram explosive pack."
"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui..." At this time, Zhao Yongxin also walked up, and he asked in confusion: "I don't believe that this thing can be used to blow up a tank. What's the point? When we get anti-tank grenades, the boss just said that he would pull out the insurance pin and throw it hard on the tank. I'll think about it! How long will this thing take to explode? If we throw it on the tank, then what else can we explode if it rolls down?"
Khan! After hearing this, I realized that although our troops had changed their clothes, they knew nothing about the equipment on their opponents. But thinking about it, our Forty Army had just fought the fourth battle, and then the fifth battle was fought, and there was no time to understand these Soviet-style equipment.
So I quickly summoned several company commanders to the front and said, "Comrades, you will tell the soldiers later that the anti-tank grenade in our hands is trigger-type, which means that the insurance pen is pulled and thrown onto the tank. It will explode as soon as it touches the tank. So, everyone will throw it wherever they want. But be sure to throw it from twenty meters away, otherwise it will blow itself up. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Everyone responded excitedly.
"Hey, there's this fun!" Hu Zi couldn't help but look at the grenades in someone else's hand, only to regret not asking for more than a few.
"Company Commander Zhao!" Hu Zi laughed dryly and started Zhao Yongxin's idea: "I thought this thing was not easy to use just now, so I didn't get it. We don't even have enough. Can you see if you can..."
"Company Commander Huzi!" Zhao Yongxin laughed: "Who told you to use this thing to exchange for explosive packs just now? Why don't we change it a few more?"
Chapter completed!