Chapter 150: Battle at Mapingli (2)

The sound of cannons and gunshots quickly rang, but we did not retreat into the tunnel because these were guns and cannons assisted by the US military. The characteristics of assisted artillery fire are not fierce, but they are highly targeted and bombarded with a large number of infantry soon afterwards, and machine guns usually have firepower suppression. The purpose is to suppress the enemy's firepower with hope, reduce casualties of the existing troops in the charge, and quickly rush into the opponent's defense line to occupy the position.

It should be said that the US military is very suitable for fighting such wars, because the powerful firepower generated by their modern equipment often makes the enemy unable to raise their heads, and then their infantry can easily occupy the opponent's position under the cover of these firepowers, even if the opponent occupies favorable terrain.

The Volunteer Army also suffered a lot of such losses in the early days, because the US military had a large number of machine guns, tank guns, bazooka and Bazukka rocket launchers. The Volunteer Army worked hard to build fortifications on the high ground for a night, but they easily used these weapons to smash them. This not only offset the favorable terrain occupied by the Volunteer Army on the high ground, but also caused great casualties to the Volunteer Army.

But since I used the tactics of the reverse slope on the Korean battlefield in advance, this situation has been greatly improved. No matter how strong the fortifications on the forward slope are, they are just a waste of American ammunition. Not only is it useless to waste energy, it will also increase casualties. However, it will be different if the fortifications are built on the reverse slope, because no matter how powerful the American machine guns and cannons are, they cannot penetrate the fortifications and volunteer soldiers after the entire mountain attacks Zhongshan.

The volunteers knew this, and the Americans knew this, so now the firepower and assists of their machine guns and cannons are completely meaningless. But in order to boost their courage, they still rushed to the 259 Highlands and 273.1 Highlands on both sides of the highway as usual. Then a team of thousands of people divided into two teams and touched the 259 Highlands and 273.1 Highlands.

I led the troops and the wounded to the top of the mountain from the back-slope fortifications. When I poked my head out, I saw groups of American troops carrying various weapons to cover each other.

The so-called wisdom of the masses is infinite. The development of the reverse slope fortifications has reached the present. Many veterans who have fought have integrated their combat experience into the fortifications, allowing them to mature slowly, forming a complete fortification. For example, the layout of mortars, the defense of the enemy on both sides of the front and back, the guard of the ridges, and some dead corners of throwing grenades have been used well. The soldiers even boldly built the first line of defense on the side near the back slope of the mountain. This line of defense, the enemy's machine guns and direct fire cannons cannot pose a threat to the fortifications here and the volunteers hiding in the trenches due to angles, but the soldiers can only attack the enemy who rushed up as long as they emerge and extend their guns. Now we are hiding in the first line of defense on the top of the mountain.

What surprised me was that the US military did not surround us and attack again as I thought.

Cold weapons combat is different from hot weapons combat. The most commonly used tactic in the era of cold weapons is "surrounding three and one", that is, one side of the three sides is empty to allow the enemy to escape. The purpose is to attack the enemy's fighting spirit. Because once all sides are surrounded, the surrounding enemy will make the determination to die to fight the beast. The facts prove that this result is often a loss-win situation. If you only surround three sides and leave a way out for the enemy, the surrounded soldiers will often be unwilling to fight because they have a way to escape. Once the surrounded army retreats, they can pursue them all the way, and finally achieve the greatest battle results at the lowest cost.

But the era of hot weapons is different. One of the most important operations in the era of hot weapons is logistics supply. In the era of cold weapons, you only need a knife and a spear to use it. Even if it is broken, it is broken and held a hoe or a wooden stick to make do with it. However, if there is no ammunition in the era of hot weapons, you can almost have your life to fight with the bullets. Therefore, the "three circumferences and one" in this era will not work. Now the focus is on dividing and surrounding and cutting off the enemy's logistics supply. Once the enemy is surrounded on all sides and cannot break through, the consequences are basically waiting for the ammunition and food to be exhausted, and then either sacrifice or be captured.

So I was wondering, now the US military has a chance to surround us, but they did not do so. Of course, even if they surround us, it would be useless, because there are a lot of supplies hidden in dozens of tunnels in the 307.3 Highlands, but the Americans don’t know this, so why don’t they choose to surround us?

Maybe these Americans didn't take us seriously! I quickly figured out the truth. When this US army was interspersed, they encountered people's army or volunteer soldiers who were not prepared during the retreat and were inadequate ammunition. They were as powerful as entering a nobody along the way. So under this inertial thinking, they naturally thought that defeating the army in front of them was not as easy as eating food. This kind of arrogance made them disdain and were simply wasted time and energy to surround us. They just wanted to fight and break up us quickly and then interspersed to the rear of our army as originally planned to surround more volunteers...

But this time, I'm afraid they will disappoint.

"Don't save bullets! Wait until the enemy gets closer before firing!" I whispered to the warrior beside me. The warrior responded and passed my order one by one.

This is the first time I have to worry about whether the bullets are not enough in war. Instead of destroying the ammunition in the tunnel of 307.3, it is better to let the soldiers hit all of them on the enemy instead of destroying themselves or falling into the hands of the enemy. I think the soldiers understand this truth.

The US military advanced very quickly, and in the blink of an eye it reached a range of 100 meters. It was not until then that they slowed down, and it seemed that they were preparing for their final charge.

"Fight!" The moment they were about to launch a charge, I gave the order and all kinds of weapons in the hands of the volunteers opened fire.

Most of the weapons in the hands of the soldiers were chosen by themselves in the ammunition depot, and they were basically fired continuously, either machine guns or submachine guns. Moreover, the loading capacity of the Soviet-style weapons was astonishingly large, so when they opened fire, the bullet poured towards the US military like raindrops, and only made the earth and stones splashed in front of the position look like a layer of smoke. Before the US military could react, it fell into a pool of blood in pieces.

Then more than a dozen 82mm caliber mortars underground also started to roar. The gunners had already adjusted the units according to the position of the right slope at the beginning of the war. At this time, several rows of shells were fired out, and each shell exploded violently in the US crowd, which made the Americans scream and had no power to fight back.

Especially the anti-tank grenades in the hands of the soldiers, it exerted its powerful power at this time. The anti-tank grenades were not thrown far because of their weight, but now the volunteers are at a high place. Due to the drop, the soldiers can easily throw them into the enemy group. This thing contains more than one pound of tnts, and the explosion is even more powerful than the mortar. With a loud bang, the US troops within a range of more than ten or twenty meters were thrown into the sky.

The US military responded quickly. When they saw that the situation was wrong, they did not wait for the order to retreat like a tide. But the volunteers were unwilling to let them go so easily. Rows of bullets followed them like eyes. The US military running behind fell in rows like harvested wheat until they ran to the corner of the road. The machine guns were still sounding.

Although the range of the submachine guns in the hands of the volunteers was only 200 meters, the range of the Guoliunov heavy machine gun reached one thousand meters, and even the range of the turntable light machine gun was 800 meters. Therefore, the American's body was lined up from the hillside of the highland to the end of the corner of the road. In just one encounter, four or five hundred people were killed and injured. The blood soon dyed the entire position red.

"Happy! It's so good to beat him!" Looking at the enemy's corpses, Hu Zi burst into laughter, and the soldiers all waved their fists and felt confident.

"Enter the tunnel!" As soon as I saw the American retreat, I quickly issued an order and said, "I informed Battalion Commander Li to protect the ammunition with sandbags and don't let the Japanese explode our ammunition supplies!"

"Yes!" the soldiers responded, and soon whispered flags and whispered flags. The wounded carried the wounded, and then quickly retreated into the tunnel along the trench.

The Americans suffered such great losses without any precautions, and they could not bear it for them who always valued human life. They were angry and embarrassed and had to vent their fire.

Sure enough, the shells came one by one after another. After more than half an hour, the sound of the cannon slowly slowed down.

As soon as the cannon stopped, the soldiers hurriedly entered the position. Looking down, the position where there were originally corpses everywhere was already messy. Whether it was corpses or weapons, they were all blown into parts or buried deeply in the soil. The purpose of the Americans doing this may be to prevent us from using weapons and ammunition! But they certainly could not have imagined that this time our ammunition was enough to bring down their entire division here.

What surprised the soldiers was that this time the Americans did not rush up, but saw the US military building trenches on the outer high ground from a distance, pulling barbed wire and burying landmines.

"What are they doing?" Seeing this, Hu Zi couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Will you stop fighting? I haven't had enough time yet!"

"Don't worry, you!" I laughed and said, "They were angry with us! The Americans are all prince soldiers, and their lives are valuable! We killed four or five hundred of them at once. I was not convinced. I surrounded us first and wanted to take us all to revenge!"

"That's good! I'm afraid they won't come!" As Hu Zi said that, he stuffed bullets into the ammunition disk of the turntable machine gun.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" At this time, Cui Zhenyou hugged and ran to me, asking with some concern: "The enemy occupied the high ground around us and laid out wire mesh and mines. The intention was very obvious, to surround us here and prevent us from getting supplies and our ammunition..."

"Don't worry! Comrade Choi!" Hearing the words, Park Chung-sun couldn't help but answer: "Those Americans really want to surround us, but what they couldn't imagine was that this was a supply station. If you see piles of food and ammunition in the tunnel, you wouldn't worry about it!"

"So that's how it is!" Cui Zhenyou couldn't help but feel confident: "It's good to have food and ammunition. It's not a problem to stay here for one day. It seems that the Americans are going to waste their efforts this time."

Upon hearing this, I suddenly thought of a deficit in the arrangement, and frowned and hurriedly recruited Hu Zi to his side. Several people sat in the trenches and held a short meeting.

"Comrades!" I went straight to the topic and said, "The Americans always thought we were short of food and bullets, but this time we were full of food and bullets. We must take advantage of this and let the Americans suffer a few big losses. But we must be careful, the 307.3 highland becomes our fatal hole. If this highland is thrown away, then..."

I don't need to say more about the rest, everyone will soon understand what I mean.

"Don't worry! Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" Only Hu Zi shouted indifferently: "Our three high grounds are so close. If the 307.3 high ground cannot hold on, we can go to reinforce at any time, and our mortars can be shot there, right? It's not that easy to lose!"

"What if the Americans attacked our three high grounds at the same time?" I couldn't help but respond: "Originally, our original idea was that Heights 259 and Heights 273.1 were facing the enemy's firepower, so we put all the main forces on these two high grounds, while Heights 307.3 were mostly wounded, but now it has become our weakness..."

"Send reinforcements to the 307.3 Highland now!" Cui Zhenyou suggested.

"No!" I shook my head and said, "I don't say that the 259th and 273.1th highlands are insufficient. The US military is definitely monitoring us now. Once we have teams leaving our position and moving towards 307.3th highlands, they will soon blockade with artillery fire. There are not many reinforcements that can really reach 307.3th highlands, which is not worth the cost. And we do this, undoubtedly telling the Americans that our weakness is in 307.3th highlands, so that they can strengthen their attack on 307.3th highlands!"

"Now..." Everyone felt it was reasonable when they heard this, and they didn't know what to do for a moment.

"The US military will soon launch an attack on us!" Cui Zhenyou couldn't help but look in the direction of the US military with concern and said: "The Americans used sandbags to build trenches. They built positions very quickly. Once they built a position well, it was when they launched an attack. At that time, they would definitely find that the firepower of the 307.3 Highland was insufficient..."

"Now there is only one way!" After thinking about it, I quickly decided: "I will go to the 307.3 Highlands to see the situation. The 259 and 273.1 Highlands will immediately start to build a tunnel for storing grain and ammunition. We must persist until dark. At that time, the grain and ammunition of the 307.3 Highlands will be scattered to the other two highlands, so as not to cause the loss of the 307.3 Highlands will be wiped out."

"yes!"

"Cui Zhenyou!" I continued to order: "This high ground is left to you to command. You must pay attention to preserving your strength. You cannot let the enemy take a step over the position. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Cui Zhenyou responded, and some unexpected expressions appeared on his face, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at Hu Zi.

I know what he meant. Hu Zi was the company commander and Choi Jung-woo was also the company commander, but I handed over the command to Choi Jung-woo, who is the People's Army, and not to Hu Zi, who is the Volunteer Army. This not only surprised Choi Jung-woo, but also Park Chung-sun and Hu Zi were a little surprised. Especially Hu Zi, he was the least willing to be looked down upon. This time, when he heard my order, he was a little overwhelmed.

"Huzi!" Seeing this, I couldn't help but pat his shoulder and said, "Cooperate with the comrades of the People's Army to fight. If we lose the face of our volunteer army in front of the comrades of the People's Army, then we brothers can't do it! Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Hu Zi saw that I was brother to him, and he felt no depression in his heart. He looked at me and smiled foolishly and agreed.

Seeing this, I felt relieved. Although Cui Zhenyou had been a soldier in the People's Liberation Army for two years, it was not easy for two troops from different countries to form a war together. If I were here, everyone would have nothing to say. But if I left, one would be the company commander of the Volunteer Army and the other was the company commander of the People's Army, no one would be convinced.

But to be fair, Choi Zhenyou is indeed more suitable for command. Hu Zi is too reckless and doesn't care about anything when he kills the enemy. Choi Zhenyou is relatively calm, smart, and has some courage. This can be seen from the fact that he told Lieutenant Colonel Quan to cover up in the rear and bring his own troops back privately.

After shook hands with Hu Zi and others, I walked towards the 307.3 high ground with a rifle. I walked carefully along the traffic trench to the foot of the mountain, but when I passed through the open land more than 200 meters wide between the two high grounds, I was still discovered by the enemy observers. They might think I was a correspondent or something, and suddenly bursts of artillery fire came to me.

Fortunately, I have a relatively large life, and the distance of more than 200 meters is not very long. After walking and stopping a few times, I finally arrived at the 307.3 Highland without any danger.
Chapter completed!