Chapter 22: Retreat

In the afternoon, gunshots suddenly broke out on the defense line that had been silent for several hours, and the sound of cannons was shocking. This time the gunshots were different from the previous attacks launched by the enemy. The previous gunshots always came one after another, intermittent, but this time, dense gunshots burst out on the entire front at the same time.

This made me realize very quickly that the US military had discovered that the main force of the People's Army had retreated.

When the enemy discovered this, they could get at least two information: one is that their strangulation battle had played a role, and the People's Army had insufficient ammunition, otherwise the main force of the People's Army would not have retreated when it had blocked their attack. The other is that on the high ground facing them, there were only a few People's Army responsible for cover tasks, so they could attack with confidence. So with a hurry to prepare for fire, the United Nations Army howled and rushed towards the high ground with rifles.

This time the US military rushed to our high ground. Some people said that the US military always left the credit for themselves and threw the desperate life to the puppet army. Now it seems that this is true. In the past, when fighting fierce wars and hard wars, I didn't see the US military rushing up a few times. Now they thought the enemy's main force had retreated, so they ran ahead with no means.

As for the puppet army? I can understand the helplessness in their hearts. After all, the US military is here to help them fight, and it also provides a lot of military materials for free! If it weren't for the US military, they wouldn't be able to hold on in this war, so they dared to say more about the US military "snatch the credit" now.

At this time, the US military was also very fun. They didn't even care about the formation of scattered soldiers. They carried guns and rushed to the high ground in groups with guns and rushed to the high ground. But they soon found something wrong, because the shells and bullets fired from the enemy's positions showed no sign of insufficient ammunition. When they ran up the top of the mountain with a lucky mentality, they braved the rain of bullets and looked down, and they were stunned - the firepower of the volunteer soldiers on the reverse slope was no less than before.

"Bang bang bang..." A gunshot, dozens of US troops were knocked to the ground by the soldiers' dense firepower without exception. If there was any difference, some of them rolled towards the back slope, while others rolled towards the front slope. Immediately afterwards, a sound of oxhorn sounded, and the soldiers near the top of the mountain threw dozens of grenades to the other side. Although they could not see the enemy in this way, they could form a grenade barrage on the front slope, which could effectively slow down the enemy's charge speed.

After the row of grenades were thrown out, no Americans emerged again. Only twenty minutes from beginning to end, the US military was beaten back in dust, and during these twenty minutes, most of them were delayed walking and climbing the mountain. I think this time their puppet army allies would definitely be secretly happy in their hearts.

Our high ground solved the battle so easily, but the heights stationed by the People's Army were surrounded by dangers. I raised my telescope at the entrance of the tunnel and looked at the People's Army's position. Because their main position is also on the back slope, I can easily see their combat situation here.

The retreat of the large troops caused them to have insufficient troops, or they were worried that insufficient bullets would save bullets, so the firepower was no longer enough to suppress the enemy's charge on the front incline. For the tactics of the reverse incline, insufficient troops and insufficient firepower were fatal, because building fortifications on the back incline can be said to have to give the commanding heights to the enemy. Once the troops on the back incline are insufficient, the puppet army should occupy a large number of people and rushed down with bayonets...

Fortunately, the soldiers left by the People's Army were all veterans who could fight and fight. They were not afraid of facing the enemy that was several times more than themselves. They even picked up bayonets and launched a counterattack at the puppet army. In an instant, there were swords and swords, screams one after another, and blood quickly dyed the entire slope red.

Judging from the skills and courage of bayonets, the soldiers of the People's Army are obviously better than the puppet army. They know that while charging forward, they must also maintain a front line with the soldiers beside them. Just like in ancient times, maintaining the front line means that the soldiers around them will protect your weak flanks and backs. On the other hand, the entire storm formation of those puppet troops is messy. The result of rushing like this is that although the puppet army is large, a puppet army will face two or three People's Army soldiers in some parts of the prominent part.

After all, the People's Army fought guerrilla attacks with the Japanese during World War II. Seeing this, I couldn't help but exclaim. Just like now, even though they were small in numbers and were at an unfavorable low point, they still successfully blocked the puppet army's rush. A flesh-and-blooded front soon formed on the back slope.

Bayonets, buttstocks, fists, teeth... Both sides were using their hands with all their might, and every part of their body killed the other party. Compared to gun battles, such a primitive war is the most cruel and terrifying thing. Although I had experience in such hand-to-hand combat in the past, the so-called authorities were confused. At that time, I was in the war and only thought about how to kill the enemy in front of me. I had never thought about being afraid at all. But now from the perspective of a third party, these people who were in hand-to-hand combat couldn't help but feel chills...

There was a loud bang of "Boom!"

What stunned me was that at this time, a large group of people in the telescope aperture suddenly burst out with a burst of smoke, countless limbs and organs rose into the air, and blood splashed everywhere like a watermelon scoop. When the smoke spreads in the rain, dozens of people were fighting each other and fighting desperately, it was like being pressed by a giant hand, and no one was standing anymore, and it could even be said that no one was intact... Of course, except for the warriors who were just shocked by the shock waves apart.

This is the power of the tnt explosive pack. I couldn't help but be stunned when I saw this. I thought I was already in an ancient primitive battlefield, but this loud bang immediately made me realize the terror of modern weapons.

Then before I could react from the bloody scene just now, another explosion came from the People's Army's position, and another large piece of corpses and blood stains...

The two armies launched hand-to-hand combat, and the distance between them was very close, so each explosion could always take the lives of dozens of soldiers. There were puppet troops and people's army. Of course, the number of puppet troops was more. The soldiers of the People's Army used this method of exchanging life for life, and desperately exchanged the sacrifice of a few people for the casualties of most enemies...

Then another explosion, this time the puppet army finally couldn't hold on anymore. They screamed as if they saw a devil and turned around and ran away. Some puppet army was even scared and collapsed to the ground with their feet, watching the People's Army's bayonet stab at them!

"The comrades of the People's Army also fought bravely!" Liu Shunyi, who was also observing the situation of the war, said: "But they still can't last long. I hope they can hold on until dark!"

I understand Liu Shunyi's meaning. The People's Army on the high ground next to us can fight so strongly does not mean that the People's Army on the entire line of defense can fight like this. As long as a high ground is broken by the enemy on this eight-kilometer-long defense line, it means that the United Nations army can go around the rear of the line of defense to launch three-sided attacks on the People's Army. At that time, the People's Army's defense line will collapse like dominoes.

If they could stay until dark, then these People's Army soldiers might have a chance to escape with their familiarity with the terrain, otherwise...

At this time, the volunteer soldiers standing on the edge of the line were responsible for observing waved two flags below and told us that the enemy had started attacking again. No need to think, this time it must be the puppet army. The US military knew that we were a tough guy, so they must have thrown this life to the puppet army again.

I took Liu Shunyi to his regiment headquarters without even looking at it. Even if the weather is good, it will be difficult for the US military to break through with aircraft. A US chief of staff looked at the fortifications of the Volunteer Army and lamented? He said: "At this speed, it will take at least twenty years for the US military to reach the Yalu River!"

With the current weather, the US military's air cannot be dispatched, the artillery movement is difficult and the shooting is impossible. In addition, the volunteers' ammunition and food are enough to last until reinforcements arrive. The soldiers also know how to deal with the oil barrel offensive of the puppet army, so I almost ignore the attacks like the United Army now. I am afraid that after the People's Army cannot defend, our weak flanks will be exposed. But this seems inevitable...

"Captain Cui!" As soon as I sat down, Jiang Chunzeng handed over a telegram and said, "The headquarters supports us in the on-site garrison and strictly ordered us to stick to until reinforcements arrive. The headquarters instructed: If our army also retreats, the main force of the People's Army will likely be in the situation of our army during the five battles. When there is no ammunition or food, the consequences will be unimaginable. Commander Wang also specifically instructed: Whether the 60th Army can turn over and whether the 180th Division can be re-established depends on this battle. We must act like a revolutionary soldier!"

"Chief of Staff Jiang!" Deputy Commander Liu raised his concern: "Of course you have to fight, but the difficulties are still in front of you..."

"Well! Are you a comrade of the People's Army..." Jiang Chunzeng couldn't help frowning after hearing this.

"Yes!" I nodded and said, "The situation of the People's Army comrades is not optimistic. The biggest difficulty facing us now is that the flanks will soon be lost, and there will be no advantage of the reverse slope at that time."

"Captain Cui!" Li Xiangming couldn't help but suggest: "I think it's better for us to prepare early and build a new position on our side when the People's Army's position has not yet been lost!"

"It's useless!" I couldn't help but shake my head when I heard this: "We have dug several anti-tank trenches on the side, and mines have been buried in the anti-tank trenches. It's difficult to build a position anymore. And even if a position is built, it is useful. Such a position cannot block the enemy's artillery fire without any scrutiny. The enemy's shells can still cross the position and hit our reverse inclined fortifications without any scruples. At that time, there will be enemy's shells on the side and enemy's attack on the front..."

"Report!" At this time, a correspondent's cry suddenly came from outside the tunnel: "The enemy's tank is here..."

"What's the point of making a fuss about the enemy's tank?" Liu Shunyi couldn't help but curse: "Have you never seen a tank or what? Let's report this too?"

"No..." the correspondent said nervously: "This time the enemy's tank... came from behind!"

"What?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and all of them rushed out of the tunnel with a shout.

"Here!" The correspondent seemed to be shocked by our situation, and was stunned for a moment before pointing in the direction of the People's Army's position.

I raised my telescope and looked in that direction. It was indeed a tank. Although there were not many, only two, and they were all "Xiafei" light tanks. There were not many infantrymen around them, and there were only one battalion, but this was enough to show one problem, that is, the People's Army's defense line had been broken through by the enemy.

The subsequent battle situation was indeed as we had thought. Wherever the enemy's tanks went, it was like destroying the people's army's high grounds were attacked one by one. What they had to do seemed very simple. Every time they arrived at a high ground, they would use radio to notify the friendly forces in the front to launch an attack.

At this time, the People's Army stationed on the reverse slope had only two choices. One was to drill out of the tunnel and enter the reverse slope fortification to fight, but in this way, it would undoubtedly face the enemies on both sides of the front and back, especially the two light tanks behind them. At this time, the tanks that were originally thrown to the puppet army by the US military as garbage can now play a big role. As long as the anti-aircraft machine gun on it fired wildly at the People's Army, the People's Army would no longer have any strong resistance.

The second option is not to come out of the tunnel. Although it can avoid the attack of tank troops, the puppet troops coming from the front will soon occupy the reverse slope fortifications, and then use firepower to seal the tunnel entrance, and then... The tunnel of the People's Army was built in a hurry and has little depth, so it is not difficult to imagine what will happen next.

The sound of tank motors rumbling, and anti-aircraft machine guns were firing frantically on the People's Army's positions. The bullet shells jumped out one after another like beans that were sunburned. The puppet troops following the tanks also held various weapons to shoot at the People's Army soldiers.

Due to the inclined surface, the fortifications of the People's Army were high in front and low in the back. The main defense direction was the front and there was basically no obstruction on the back. Therefore, the People's Army, which drilled out of the tunnel to resist, quickly became the targets of the puppet army and fell to the enemy's muzzle one after another. Even the 75mm cannon on the "Xiafei" tank played a great role. Each shot was fired and several People's Army soldiers could be blown away.

The 75mm caliber artillery, even the 82mm caliber mortar in the hands of the volunteers is more powerful than it. This tank can play such a great role now. If the developer is aware of the fountain, he would probably be proud to climb out of the coffin.

The pressure and morale blow brought to the People's Army by this puppet army were incomparable. In just a short while, the puppet army captured three high grounds one after another. The gap in the People's Army's defense line became larger and larger, and the puppet army rushed towards the gap like a flood breaking the dike. This also made the tank unit more and more people, the firepower became stronger and the morale became higher and higher. In the end, they no longer needed the cover of tanks and rushed towards our high ground in groups.

On the other hand, even if they are brave, they have to admit that they are already defeated. Some of them are still hiding in the tunnel and not coming out, some run into the forest before the enemy troops arrive, and some raise their hands.

For a moment, the scene was in chaos in the field of vision of our telescope. The puppet army chased the fleeing People's Army everywhere, or threw grenades and explosives into the tunnel where the People's Army was still hidden, and even pointed the muzzle at the People's Army that had already surrendered...

These puppet troops were already blinded by victory. They rushed towards our high ground without any cover and without any warning, densely packed like floods coming towards us at high tide.

In their eyes, all the high grounds in front of them are the same; in their thinking, now, as long as they go, the troops will soon collapse. But they soon find that they are wrong, and they are very wrong. The price of this mistake is that they will never have a second chance to make mistakes.

"beat!"

When the puppet troops approached our high ground like headless flies, with my order, the soldiers on the 1031, 1211 and 884 pulled the trigger at the target they had already aimed at almost the same time, and in an instant, a dense sound of gunfire sounded on the position.

Although the position of the puppet army is on the weak flank of our army, the weakness of our position is also relative to the artillery of the US military. In addition, the three high grounds in front, middle and back of our army naturally formed cross-fire against these puppet army. These puppet army with only light weapons in their hands broke in blindly, which was not a massacre.

Light machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles attacked the puppet army groups that were still rushing forward, and the mortars were unceremonious and smashed the puppet army, making the puppet army fly in blood and corpses everywhere. They didn't understand until they died that the People's Army's front line seemed to have collapsed, so why would such a strong firepower position suddenly appear...

However, these puppet troops may have escaped and escaped. When they saw that the situation was wrong, they immediately turned around and ran back. Only the two "Xiafei" tanks seemed a little dissatisfied, and slowly drove up because the volunteers did not have long-range anti-tank weapons.

At this time, a strange scene appeared. Because it was blocked by the mountain edges of other high grounds, the turret on the tank turned left and right and could not aim at our army's reverse slope position. Unless it drove to a position very close to our position, and through the gaps between the high ground, it could fire at our army's reverse slope position, but it did not dare to drive the tank to a position as close to our position...
Chapter completed!