Chapter 166 The Iron Wall Encircled (9)
A big problem like the Crazy Legion was placed in front of the two division commanders at the same time.
The joy of survival in a desperate situation has disappeared from the face of the commander of the first cavalry division. His brows were even tighter, biting his lips, his blood-covered eyes slightly closed, thinking in pain. Several commanders, who were also covered in mud and unshaven, with a sense of sweat and soreness on their bodies, were as smelled as poisonous gas bombs, sat around him, silent like a stone Buddha. Of course they knew that there must be a force to stay for cover, otherwise no one would be able to escape, but they rolled back and forth in the gate of hell with blood pools of mud and rolled back and forth several times. They were all exhausted, and they would of course not hesitate when they had no way out.
The battle to the end was to fight to the death with automatic rifles, heavy machine guns, rocket launchers and mortars against the Chinese army rushing up. Anyway, I can't survive anymore, and I have to take you back whatever I say! But now I have the chance to survive, of course they hope that the goddess of luck will favor more of themselves and can survive, and no one wants to die. Staying behind cover will surely die. The rain is getting heavier and he will not be able to cover them for long. No one can guarantee whether the helicopter group will be as smooth as it is now. Everyone wants to escape from this bloody battlefield as soon as possible and go back to the rear to sleep for three days and three nights!
The bloody and flesh were killed and bloody, and the entire division suffered heavy casualties. They were already frightened. They did well enough that no one could demand more. Now, no matter which regiment stayed for cover, it was too cruel for that regiment. Even if the regiment commander was willing, the soldiers under him might not be willing!
There was a muffled thunder sound from afar. The staff reported that the Seventh Mechanized Infantry Division was violently blocked by a motorized infantry division of the Soviet army. Now the two armies have been twisted into a group, and at least three battalions of Soviet troops are quickly interspersing towards the left wing of the Seventh Mechanized Infantry Division. I believe that as time goes by, the number of Soviet troops will only increase. After fighting for so long, the Soviet army has not created a battle example of annihilation of a double-headed eagle division in the ground fighting. The Dahong 1st Division is not counted. It was blown up by shock wave bombs. The Soviet generals must hope to break this record, right? The warlike Slav! The brigade commander of the 187th Airborne Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division was a little anxious and said, "General, we don't have much time left! You must make a decision as soon as possible!"
The division commander was silent for a while and said, "The Ninth Cavalry Regiment and the Artillery Command stay with me to protect the entire division's retreat!" He punched the table with a heavy blow, "After the wounded and other troops retreated across the river, we broke through the ground and fought a bloody path with the support of our brothers. There is nothing rare to be the founding father division!"
Several regiment commanders and brigade commanders were stunned for a moment, and the brigade commander of the First Cavalry Brigade shouted: "Terminal Commander, you can't stay! The enemy will not give the troops with the cutback any chance to retreat!"
The division commander sternly said, "So what!? I still have nearly a hundred tanks and dozens of self-propelled artillery in my hand. As long as I make up my mind to break through, will they stop it?"
The commanders felt uncomfortable. The first cavalry division could not break out when the system was complete. The main force withdrew and the lack of ammunition was even less able to break out. The commander of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment stood up and shouted: "Terminal Commander, you must leave! Now the first cavalry division has suffered the most painful failure since its establishment. If you make any mistakes, the entire division will be finished! Besides, our Ninth Cavalry Regiment won't have the division commander teach him step by step to know how to fight!"
The brigade commander of the Third Brigade said: "Our brigade headquarters and the 9th Cavalry Regiment stay together, and the division headquarters must evacuate immediately!"
The division commander sternly said, "Don't you listen to my orders? Let me go out and take your troops onto the helicopter. The further you go, the better!"
All the regiment commanders and brigade commanders stood up and stammered their necks and shouted: "If the division commander doesn't leave, we won't leave either! No matter how badly defeated, the first cavalry division has never had the tradition of leaving the division headquarters and escaping!"
The roar of propellers came from outside, and the medical helicopter was loaded with wounded people and flew into the distance. The division commander stared at his confidant general and shouted sternly: "Go out! Board the plane now!"
The generals looked at the teacher stubbornly, without any intention of giving in.
The division commander's lips trembled, and slowly stood up. He patted the shoulders of several brigade commanders one by one, his voice trembled slightly: "Thank you, thank you, all of them have been defeated, and they are still willing to share life and death with me, the defeated general! Thank you! But I really can't leave. I am the backbone of the entire division. Once I leave, the entire army should be in chaos! I must stay. You guys go away quickly, take the young men under your command back, and try to take a few back. Our cavalry division has shed too much blood on this battlefield and can't die anymore! Please!"
The commander of the Third Brigade said word by word: "It is because you are the backbone of the entire division that you must leave! We are still waiting for you to lead us out of the shadow of failure, wash away the shame, and make the founding fathers' division stronger! Our division has been crippled, but as long as the division commander is there, we can cheer up soon! Division commander, please, go quickly!" His eyes swept across the faces of his comrades and said: "You go quickly, but remember to leave the ammunition, we have to rely on these ammunition to fight the enemy to the end! Take the commander away, please!" Seeing that the commander still had no intention of leaving, he growled: "Guardian, send the commander to the helicopter!"
Several guards with a tiger-backed and bear-backed waist came over, and regardless of the division commander's kicks and scoldings, they raised him and ran out. The division commander followed, and there were fewer people in the command center. The commander of the Third Brigade hugged the commanders of each brigade one by one, saying he was caring for each other. Everyone's throat seemed to be a ball of cow hair, which was very uncomfortable, his eyes were sore, and he felt like he wanted to cry. I'm afraid there would be no chance to see him again after parting. The commander of the First Brigade said: "Don't be too busy. If you can't hold on, just surrender. The one who fought against us was a famous ace army of the Chinese army. It would not be embarrassing to lose to them when they were at a disadvantage in their equipment technology and quantity!"
The brigade commander of the Third Brigade smiled bitterly: "That's the enemy who will give me the chance to surrender... Don't say so much, go quickly. If you have good luck, see you after the war is over."
The two hugged each other again and said goodbye with tears in their eyes. One went to command the troops to board the plane and evacuate, while the other commanded the troops to gradually shrink the defense line and prepare to defend the dead.
This is their last hug.
After a long silence, the commander of the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division said to the commander of the air assault cluster: "Transfer all the wounded. If there are still helicopters empty, please transport these bodies together."
The commander said: "But the order we received was to remove the living forces and the wounded... General, you should be very clear that what we need now is soldiers who can continue to fight, more than ever!"
The division commander said: "Of course I know it! But I know more clearly that if I retreat by helicopter, I will at least throw down a regiment or even a brigade. I cannot do this! Help us transport the wounded and the bodies away, and we will retreat under the cover of the Air Force!"
The commander said: "General, you are joking about the fate of the entire division!"
The division commander said: "Retreat by helicopter is really a joke on the fate of the entire division! Don't forget that the enemy has a fighter jet that specializes in hunting helicopters. If the bombing of the air force fails to destroy them, the waiting for the retreating troops will be a massacre! Stop talking nonsense, send the wounded and the bodies onto the plane quickly. When you come here again next time, remember to help us transport more assault boats, rubber boats, and lifebuoys are fine!"
The commander could not convince the stubborn old man, and sighed. The commander lifted the wounded and the body in the body bag onto the helicopter. The casualties of the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division were quite scary. There were hundreds of wounded soldiers in the division headquarters alone, many of which were just lifted from the front line, and even the blood was not stopped and they were lifted onto the helicopter without stopping. The wounded screamed in pain when the bumps were slightly bumpy. The nurse comforted repeatedly: "Hold on, hold on, hold on, everything will be fine!" There were more bodies. After loading the wounded, all the transport helicopters were stuffed with body bags, and even the Black Hawks used to act as armed helicopters were loaded with many.
After installing some, they pushed the remains up layer by layer like straw, and in the end they could not even close the cabin door. Of course, it was fine if the helicopter took off normally. I just didn't know what it would be when the soldiers at the base opened the hatch and saw a large number of corpses in bags rolling down with a slam. But no matter what, they still installed most of the remains on the plane. Under the impatient urging of the armed helicopter pilots, these heavy helicopters flew into the air one after another. The soldiers who were left raised their heads and watched the helicopters with red crosses slowly fade away. Apart from envy, there was only blessings left.
The rain was getting heavier. The group of aircraft that had been hovering above the heads of the First Cavalry Division and the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division flew towards the direction where the Seventh Mechanized Infantry Division was located, and threw the undropped bombs onto the Soviet army that were fighting fiercely with the Seventh Mechanized Infantry Division, and then returned. The huge helicopter group had returned. For these air forces who risked the risk of crashing at any time, this mission had been completed. All they had to do now was to go back and rest and wait for the next attack.
However, they laughed a little early.
Seeing the group of locusts flying densely towards the opposite bank of the Dnieper River, Liu Weiping tsk twice and waved at the group of annoying flies, shouting: "Brothers, thank you for your hard work! Let's go to the eighteenth level hell to sleep well for more than ten or twenty years!" As his howls of ghosts and wolves, the engine roared from afar, and more than one hundred turboprop fighters roared heavily, like the strong wind swept across the field, rushing towards the helicopter group!
The commander of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment was commanding the troops to deploy defense lines, but suddenly he was knocked down by a battalion commander and rolled in mud. He was about to get angry. The battalion commander pointed to the sky. When he looked up in confusion, he suddenly froze like a petrified curse. He stared blankly at the group of aircraft that was almost flickering against their scalp, and his hands trembled uncontrollably! He was no stranger to this kind of fighter aircraft equipped with propellers. It was this old but weird fighter aircraft that caused the first division to lose 80% of the helicopters within two days, making the NATO army aviation tremble and did not dare to move on the front line! These devils did not block the helicopters when the helicopters came over, and did not attack when the helicopters were parked on the battlefield and tried hard to install people. Until now, every helicopter except the armed helicopters were stuffed with people, they showed up. Could it be that——
The commander trembled and let out a wild beast-like madman at the fighter plane flying overhead: "Which bastard is it the tactic formulated by?! You are so vicious, aren't you afraid of losing your son and your grandson!!!"
In response to him was the roar that almost thrust people's blood out of his ears.
Chapter completed!