Chapter 13 Chapter Twelve

The remaining wounded and medical and logistical personnel of several companies have departed.They first advance about 300 meters through the tunnel, and then need to pass through an unprotected open-air trench about 500 to 600 meters long and a stream to reach the front trench of the next defensive position. When we were about to follow the rest of the fighters out of the tunnel at the foot of the hill, I tiredly put Lao Liu on a stone beside him for a rest.My physical strength has been exhausted for a long time, and now I feel dizzy. "What's wrong?" the hygienist who regained consciousness asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's just a little exhausted." I replied with a wry smile. "Hold on for a while, and you will reach the opposite position after crossing the stream in front. Look, our people are coming to meet you." The health worker said comfortingly. "This battle is really useless!" Old Liu looked bad, his eyes were not as bright as usual, and with the black gunpowder smoke on his face and the unkempt beard stubble, he looked like a bad old man. It seems that the two retreats in one day have dealt a big blow to Lao Liu's confidence.Not only Lao Liu, the soldiers on the entire defense line today were shocked by the enemy's powerful attack firepower.This is not what the enemy looks like in the impression. Many people fighting here are participating in frontal combat with the enemy's main armored force for the first time.No one, including me, could have imagined that we were so ready to defend the line of defense, but we were so vulnerable to the enemy.After today's battle, we have retreated again and again, and we are the remnants after almost the entire army was wiped out.

"We can't withdraw anymore." Lao Liu said coldly while looking outside. The whistling sound of shells sliding in the sky. "Enemy artillery interception!" Lao Liu pointed weakly outside and said. The three of us looked in the direction Lao Liu was pointing at. The enemy has discovered our actions, and our retreat has become a field of fire.Through the night vision goggles, I saw a few soldiers marching through the open trenches scattered to avoid the enemy's sudden dense artillery blockade. Obviously, the enemy discovered the whereabouts of our troops who did not pay attention to the concealment through drones or other detectors.

Under the almost carpet bombing, the infantry without any effective protection were no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Soon, those who had no time to hide were swallowed up by the artillery fire. "It was discovered by the enemy. Damn it! How could our fire support be suppressed by the devils?" The hygienist's face also turned livid. I quickly raised Lao Liu's arm and turned around to retreat into the tunnel.Other soldiers who hadn't gone far also had to run to the entrance of the tunnel to avoid the artillery fire, and the entrance of the tunnel was in chaos.

"There is no way not to be discovered. Just leaving a small group of troops in front of the position to contain the enemy can only deal with the enemy before the 1970s. What we are now facing is a group equipped with a synthetic aperture radar joint star reconnaissance command aircraft Not to mention the battlefield sensors scattered all over the mountains and the battlefield radars mounted on high places. Without suitable electromagnetic cover, trying to conduct such ground movements is courting death." Jiang Lei leaned on the wall and murmured. "Which company do you belong to? How can you shake the morale of the army here?"

Everyone was taken aback by the harsh reprimand from behind.Looking back, it was the instructor, Lao Mo.Lao Mo supported Wu Ben, the leader of the artillery platoon, with an automatic rifle on his back.Behind him stood several soldiers from the company, including Huang Biao. Seeing that it was the instructor, I turned my head to look at the battle outside in disgust. "Now is not the time to quarrel. I am the commander of the Second Infantry Company. Everyone follows my command." An officer retreating from the tunnel interrupted the instructor's questioning. We now have no chance to safely withdraw to the rear line of defense. The remaining fighters who can still fight are quickly organized into several combat groups by the infantry company commander. The positions are the staggered tunnels here.The wounded and support personnel were housed near the exit of the tunnel near the rear position.

The soldiers fighting with the enemy at the front of the tunnel temporarily withstood the attack, and the sound of gunshots and grenade explosions rang out intermittently.As a reserve team, Lao Liu, Jiang Lei, Cheng Xiaozhu and a dozen others and I squatted beside the tunnel behind the mountain. The enemy's firepower has completely controlled the hill, they have occupied the surface position on the top of the hill, and are now sweeping layer by layer, trying to completely wipe out the Chinese army standing on the mountainside and the tunnel behind the mountain. Through the night vision goggles, I saw that the armored units of the enemy's follow-up echelon, under the cover of long-range artillery fire and helicopter groups, had begun a tentative attack on our rear position.The engineering vehicles dispatched by the enemy are slowly opening up the forward passage, and the fierce artillery fire blasts the blocking position of our army behind to make the mountain red.

Looking at the retreat route cut off by the enemy, we fell into a long wait.The enemy above patiently controls the commanding heights, gradually compressing the scope of our activities.As the casualties increased, the area we controlled became smaller and smaller. When we entered the battle as the last reserve, the enemy was only six or seven hundred meters away from our resting position. Leaning behind the boulders at the bend in the tunnel, we fired at the outflanking enemy soldiers. The devils are very cunning, they will not rush forward blindly, they just keep shooting from behind, throwing grenades, or cooperate with flamethrowers to suppress our submachine gunners.In order to prevent the spray of the enemy's flamethrower hand, we can only keep shooting.

Under the command of the infantry company commander, the weapons and ammunition of non-combatants, including the wounded and logistics personnel, have already been concentrated. Now only soldiers with excellent shooting skills can be replenished first.Guo Yong played crazy with his machine gun, and even the devils hiding in the hidden compartment beside the corridor would be hit by him with ricochets.He and Lao Liu took alternate covers to fight in and out of the tunnel, dragging the enemy tightly, unable to move forward for a long time.Lao Liu likes to yell while beating, but Guo Yong keeps his mouth shut all the time, but only bares his arms and shows his terrifying chest with a flat-end machine gun and sprints and rolls.

The enemy infantry has advanced to a position less than 500 meters away from us. It is a narrow tunnel corridor, and the two sides are facing each other across the bunker.Without the cover of heavy equipment, the enemy cannot break in for a while. There is still a lack of ammunition, and our firepower points cannot block all intersections.After two hours of stalemate, the defensive circle gradually narrowed, and the enemy's firepower became more and more intensive. My ammunition has long been exhausted, so I can only withdraw and search around for bullets, grenades, or even landmines, etc., but I haven't found even a pistol bullet for a long time.I was so angry that I sat down at the entrance of the tunnel and looked at the second-line defensive position that was almost boiling with the enemy's artillery fire.

"Damn it, there's never enough ammunition, kid. We're better off here. We've got to count the bullets. Shit!" A soldier who stopped next to him cursed angrily. "Who still has bullets in the reserve team? Any bullets will do!" It was Guo Yong who was withdrawn talking, and the light machine gun in his hand was empty. "I still have this." In the darkness, Cheng Xiaozhu timidly handed over the magazine in his hand. "Is there any more?" I leaned forward and asked. "Old Wei, I still have a dozen rounds here, you take them all." Jiang Lei next to him handed over a bloody magazine. "Where did it come from?" I asked. "I found it from the body of a comrade who died. You have good marksmanship, so you can avenge him." Jiang Lei stuffed the magazine into my hand.Jiang Lei was exhausted, and sweat was streaming down his face blackened by gunpowder smoke. Let's leave it all to Guo Yong, the bullets of the squad machine gun and automatic rifle are the same. "Guo Yong, what are you doing?" Seeing Guo Yong rubbing the bullets one by one on the hard stone, Jiang Lei asked in surprise. "Changed to dummies! Both of you come to help and blunt all the bullets!" A few minutes later, all the pointed bullets in a full magazine were changed to Dum bullets. After inserting the magazine, Guo Yong turned his head and went back into the tunnel. There were wounded in need of rescue, and Jiang Lei and I followed Guo Yong into the gunpowder. After Guo Yong joined the battle, the enemy's firepower was quickly suppressed.With the machine gun in his hand, he stood up suddenly while taking advantage of the intervals of the devils' shooting, almost without aiming. Every time Guo Yong shot, a certain moving target was hit. "The devil is on the anti-chemical soldiers! Watch out for the flamethrowers! Get out!" There was an exclamation from the sniper post ahead in the darkness. The enraged devils began to use flamethrowers to shoot under the cover of rifle grenades, and it was impossible to avoid flame attacks in narrow tunnels.We can only retreat steadily to a fork in the road. "Cheng Xiaozhu! Let's go!" The shout of the instructor. Cheng Xiaozhu, who was in charge of suppressing cover at another fork in the road, was injured. Because of his injuries, his movement speed was too slow. He hid alone in the storage room in the shallow and narrow corridor. When he came out, he was hit by shrapnel from the Devil's rifle grenade, and fell to the ground crying. The instructor anxiously called Cheng Xiaozhu's name, while Guo Yong stepped out to cover the fire regardless of the danger. "Cheng Xiaozhu, come over quickly!" The instructor almost rushed forward, but was grabbed by Huang Biao.The fork on our side was also suppressed by the devils' intensive firepower. To run across, we had to cross a distance of more than ten meters long covered by the devils' firepower. Cheng Xiaozhu slowly moved towards us while crying. My rifle was empty, and I could only stare. Soon!Cheng Xiaozhu has climbed to the corner, and we can see his shadow reflected on the wall of the tunnel in the firelight, followed by the flames chasing up continuously. "Come on! Help me quickly." From behind me, a person jumped up. It's an instructor! He struggled to throw a grenade in the direction of the enemy's suppression. The instructor bent over and ran across the dangerous road quickly, his obese body was so flexible. "Instructor, don't leave me behind." Seeing the instructor, Cheng Xiaozhu was still crying and shouting louder. In the light of the fire, the instructor finally appeared in our field of vision with the help of Cheng Xiaozhu. Can't make it through!The enemy began to suppress fire again. Guo Yong also ran out of bullets, so Huang Biao wailed and looked for the firemen behind him. The reserve team has just been withdrawn, and there is no way to rush over anyway. The instructor, who was about to rush over desperately, was slowed down by Cheng Xiaozhu who was supporting him. He was hit by the devil just two steps away, and the two of them staggered and fell to the ground at the same time. "Instructor! It's dangerous!" I couldn't help shouting loudly, and was about to rush over, but Guo Yong grabbed me. "You fucking court death!" Guo Yong roared in a low voice. The instructor and Cheng Xiaozhu, who rolled and climbed back to the corner of the opposite tunnel, panted heavily.The instructor was hit in several places by the devils, and blood was gurgling from his chest. After lying down for a while, the instructor struggled to stand up with Cheng Xiaozhu again. "Go!" The instructor roared, pushing Cheng Xiaozhu forward suddenly. The high-temperature flames suddenly engulfed the instructor in an instant.The instructor struggled in the flames, screaming in pain. "Instructor!" Cheng Xiaozhu, who found that the instructor was engulfed in flames, tried to go back to rescue him, but a little hesitation also ruined his life. Cheng Xiaozhu was hit by the rain of bullets that passed through the flames like wind. With blood spraying all over his body, Cheng Xiaozhu fell heavily to the ground. After a while, Cheng Xiaozhu, whose hands and feet were twitching slightly, woke up amidst our shouts. The instructor not far from him had been scorched by the high-temperature flames into a short, charred corpse, with puffs of smoke still emitting from his body. Wriggling on the ground, Cheng Xiaozhu slowly struggled to crawl towards the instructor, and soon he also lowered his head. The few soldiers who hid behind the corner and had no ammunition could only watch their comrades die tragically in front of them, powerless. The reserve team finally came up. After suppressing the devils, we only took back the charred body of the instructor and Cheng Xiaozhu, whose body was already full of bullet holes. Silently dragging their bodies, we withdrew again. I carefully wiped the dust on the watch. It is three o'clock in the morning. We have been sticking to the tunnel since ten o'clock last night, and we have survived for four or five hours. In the darkness, two soldiers evacuated with a dying wounded in their arms. The health worker ran up and raised his head after a while: "The company commander has died." The two fighters sat on the ground in despair, holding their helmets in their hands. "The enemy is pressing up! Hit it down!" A soldier in the distance calls for help as he opens fire. "Bullets! Who still has bullets! Grenades are fine too!" "Out of ammo!" A soldier's cry was already crying. Then, more fighters withdrew. Out of ammo. Not far away, two soldiers with some ammunition left in their rifles were desperately resisting the enemy's attack. Stray bullets bounced back and forth on the tunnel wall, bursting out sparks with ear-piercing whistles. "I can't hold on anymore, let's retreat!" Someone shouted in the darkness. retreat?That is also death. "All soldiers follow my command. Put on the bayonet!" An officer stood up. The enemy cannot be rushed over, because there are still nearly a hundred soldiers here, most of whom are wounded. In the darkness, the soldiers loaded their bayonets one after another, the officer took the lead and walked in front of the team, and more and more soldiers joined the ranks of the team preparing to charge. "The enemy is coming!" A soldier, covered in flames, struggled in through the gunpowder smoke, and fell headlong to the ground as soon as he finished speaking. "Damn! All listen to the order, go!" The officer rushed into the burning tunnel with his automatic rifle roaring. Then, dozens of soldiers also shouted with bayonets and followed the officer and rushed into the depths of the tunnel. Seeing my comrades shouting one by one and rushing into the tunnel full of explosions and fireworks, my brain went blank, as if a black-and-white documentary film was staged in front of my eyes, one by one shouted, and then disappeared one by one in the world of fire and smoke inside. I subconsciously stuck the bayonet on, turned around and prepared to walk towards the tunnel where my comrades disappeared. Jiang Lei and Lao Liu next to me had no weapons in their hands, and each of them followed me silently with an engineering shovel they got from nowhere. Thinking that the night vision goggle on my head was in the way, I took it off and planned to throw it away. When I glanced over the window of the lookout post at the entrance of the tunnel, I suddenly saw the moving flames pouring out from both sides of the position behind us. "Reinforcements! Our reinforcements are here!" It was cheers from the depths of the tunnel behind. "Reinforcements? Where? Ah! Where?" Jiang Lei was trembling with joy. I was so excited that I rushed to the lookout. "It's our armored units! Come and see! They are fighting the devils! Our artillery is also firing, all rockets!" Hearing my cheers, Jiang Lei and Lao Liu rushed to the window together. "Quickly, gather the fighters who are still resisting in front, let's withdraw quickly!" Lao Liu grabbed me and ran forward. "Anyone else?" Lao Liu didn't find us who insisted on fighting for a long time, so he started to shout in a low voice. No one is alive. With the help of night vision goggles, I found that the soldiers who fell in all directions in the tunnel were either burned to death by enemy flamethrowers or blown to death by enemy grenades. Everyone was stunned when they saw this scene. This was the group of soldiers who charged the enemy just now. The officer's body was lying in the pile of corpses at the turn of the tunnel. He was probably killed by a devil's grenade, and one of his arms had been blown off. "Brothers, is there anyone alive? Why are they all dead? Why don't you hold on for a while!" Lao Liu sighed, numbly looking at the bodies of the soldiers, hoping to find someone who was still alive. "Huang Biao! Huang Biao, are you still alive? Wake up! Lao Wei, Lao Wei! Huang Biao is still alive, come on!" Jiang Lei finally found a soldier who was still alive. Old Liu also ran over. Huang Biao was fatal, most of the shrapnel from the enemy's small-caliber grenade was blocked by the soldiers in front of him, and the important parts of this kid's body were not hit.As soon as we yelled, Huang Biao, who was stunned, gradually regained consciousness. "Let's go! Let's retreat quickly!" Lao Liu and Jiang Lei set up Huang Biao and rushed to the tunnel behind without caring about carefully checking the injuries. After struggling for a day, we can finally vent our anger.When our group of less than 60 retreating troops took advantage of the gap covered by enemy artillery fire to rush through the uncovered trenches and then waded through the shallow creek due to lack of rain, the soldiers still couldn't help shouting . When I stepped into the creek, I bent down and picked up a handful of river water and poured it on my face. There was a strong garlic smell left by explosives in the water. The counterattack troops of the armored infantry regiment of our division are already fighting with the enemy nearby. There are continuous radial smoke clouds formed by the explosion of interference bombs in the sky. The tanks of both sides are avoiding the laser-guided missiles and laser sights fired by the other side. , They turned on the smoke generators on their car bodies one after another.My infrared night vision device has completely lost its function, and I can't find traces of moving vehicles on the battlefield. Only when they suddenly opened fire and flashed the muzzle light did I notice that it was a moving target.The infantry and infantry fighting vehicles on both sides of the battlefield are trying their best to launch the anti-tank missiles in their hands. The bright red missiles are dotted with the chaotic and dark battlefield, forming a chaotic symphony with the roar of the rockets passing through the air. It has been more than 20 minutes since our armored troops appeared. With the rapid support of powerful rocket launchers, our armored troops once rushed to the vicinity of the original position we were stationed at.It seems that the shortened attack distance and the sudden artillery support caught the enemy by surprise.The enemy used to have self-propelled mortars that could launch intelligent top-attack ammunition, but they failed to stop the Chinese counterattack. Dozens of chariots from both sides had already been destroyed on the battlefield, and the fires in the east and west regiments showed that this was once a moving chariot. "Quickly enter the tunnel." A few soldiers in the back position shouted and gestured, calling for our group of troops who had run out of ammunition and food and were scarred to retreat into the tunnel along the trench. "Send the wounded to the infirmary first." Jiang Lei shouted. We helped Huang Biao into the depths of the tunnel. Huang Biao had already woken up, crying out for thirst. When passing by an ammunition storage point, Huang Biao suddenly broke free from our arms and threw himself on an open rifle ammunition box. "Bullets! There are bullets! Look, I have bullets! Instructor, we have ammunition! Woo..." Holding the golden rifle bullets in his hand, Huang Biao burst into tears, and put a lot of them in his pocket while crying. "Huang Biao, get up. What does a big man look like?" Lao Liu saw more and more people gathered around him, so he couldn't help but stepped forward to pull Huang Biao. After blasting away the surrounding soldiers, we managed to stabilize Huang Biao's mood, and we took him into the infirmary.But no matter how the doctor persuaded him, Huang Biao clung to his pocket full of bullets and refused to let go.The doctor had no choice but to make do with cleaning and bandaging his wound. Just as a few of us were squatting on the empty ammunition box to drink water and eat, there was a troop outside taking a roll in the tunnel.Upon inquiry, they were reinforcements preparing to hold on to the recaptured positions. This is the reserve team of the regiment. It originally planned to rush to help us at any time, but it could not be carried out because the contact with the regiment headquarters was interrupted.This batch of troops with only more than 300 people has to defend our bombed fortifications. I don't know if they can hold on until this afternoon. When I came to the exit of the tunnel, I watched the army wade across the river and disappear into the dark night. In the distance, the armored troops of our army are fighting fiercely with the enemy on the top of the hill, and the sky is illuminated red by salvos of rockets from time to time.The artillery fire of the enemy's counterattack gradually intensified, and groups of artillery shells passed over our heads and chased the targets of our army's artillery groups in depth. Looking at it, my eyelids became heavy. "Comrade, don't sleep here." In a daze, I felt someone patting me on the shoulder. Confused, I reached for the gun, intending to kill him.Then I woke up. "The enemy is coming up?" "No." The man replied. "Then let me sleep again!" I haven't had a good night's sleep in days, and I'm so exhausted from today's battle that I can fall asleep just by leaning on a rock. "Look at you tired, come, I'll help you in." Half asleep and half awake, I was dragged into the tunnel by the soldier beside me. "Hey! Wei Hongyi, can you hear me clearly? What? Can't withdraw? Damn it! Listen, the Armored Battalion must leave the battle at 4:30 and leave Area 89. It must arrive at 103 by 5:10." Area No. 1 is hidden. If you can’t withdraw before dawn, it’s all over! Hey! Hey! Damn! No signal!” In a daze, I heard people behind me calling loudly. "Zhang Xiaojiang? Listen, your engineering company started to feint towards areas 75 and 81 at 4:35. What? Not enough camouflaged vehicles? Drive them all out, there won't be a single one left!" "Damn it, what time is it, Zhang Xiaojiang is still bargaining with me!" "Regimental Commander, the division commander is calling!" "Yes, I am Ren Tishi. The reinforcement infantry has arrived at the 89th area position, yes. Commander, but my 85 plus and 100 slides are all over, and only 107 and 82 are left. Yes! Yes! Resolutely complete the task." It's the head of the group. I was shocked and sat up quickly. "Leader, the political commissar is calling and telling you to go back to the regiment headquarters as soon as possible." A soldier asked with a phone in his hand. "Old Chen, oh, I know! But the situation ahead is so tense! I know, I'll be back in a while! Good, good!" The leader put down the phone and let out a long sigh. "Commander Guan, how many reserves has your battalion prepared?" The head of the regiment asked the officer beside him. "Report, there is a reinforced company of 180 people." "Calm down, don't be so nervous. Now the mechanized units of the Northern Front are rushing to our division through National Highway 106, so we must continue to entangle the enemy's assault arrows in theaters 89, 90, and 91. The armored reserve team of the division headquarters We have already broken into the 86 theater, and we have basically restored the line of defense at noon yesterday. But the armored forces should be withdrawn before dawn, so you must keep your position before it gets dark today, and you must also entangle the devils armored forces.  … Well, your battalion didn't lose any troops under the attack of the devil's thermobaric bombs, otherwise I would be a bare regiment leader. Don't be sour, the second regiment has sent two additional companies to help us restore the defensive position in the front of the 89th area .Let the soldiers pay more attention to destroying enemy drones and helicopters. I will go to the 107th Rocket Launcher Company to have a look. You should follow the adjusted plan, and if there is any situation, immediately report to the regiment headquarters." After the leader finished speaking, he took two soldiers with telegraphs on their backs and walked out of the room. When passing by me, the head of the regiment suddenly stopped and asked me: "Young man, why are you lying here? Which company are you from?" I hurriedly stood up: "Report, I am in the first battalion, three companies and three platoons." "Oh, how many people are left in your company?" "Report, less than one class." I answered. "Where's your company commander?" The head of the group leaned forward and looked at me for himself. "There are only two cadres above the platoon in the third company, and the company commander and instructor have long since died." The battalion commander said next to him. "Okay. Take the time to rest. Battalion Commander Guan, go back and reorganize the withdrawn soldiers. We don't have any more reinforcements for you now. By the way, the firepower of the third company going up will call for mortar fire at any time Please pay attention to keep in touch with them.” The leader turned his head and explained. Battalion Commander Guan took a few steps to come to the head of the regiment: "Commander, when will the reinforcements on the two wings of our division arrive? If this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to make it through today." "I'm not very clear. The enemy's electromagnetic suppression on us is really powerful, and the reinforcements can't move as planned. Now the front finger is looking for countermeasures. You still have to pay attention to relying on electromagnetic cover and infantry coordination. I know you are difficult , but no matter what, even if you run out of battalions, you must guard this place for me." The head of the group disappeared into the night after speaking. Seeing that the head of the group had already left, I leaned on the ground, and deep sleep crept into my mind again.But after a while, the enemy's fierce artillery fire woke me up again. "Hey, hello. Is it Sanlian? Yes, I can hear you clearly. Wait a minute." "Battalion Commander, the telephone line has been connected. The third company has arrived at the position and has now exchanged fire with the enemy." A signal soldier replied to the battalion commander. "The third company? I'm the third battalion. What's your situation now? What? The enemy is stuck tight? Try every means to cover the withdrawal of the armored troops. Yes, the enemy helicopters cannot hang the armored troops. It is already 4:4 Ten, you follow the plan, so don’t hesitate to call for artillery support. What? Can’t get in touch? Damn, call again! What time is it! You have to be clear, without the cover of armored troops, the positions of our two regiments cannot hold for two days Yes, yes. Give me all the anti-aircraft missiles in your hands to the sky, yes! Okay, I will report when there is a situation." The battalion commander put down the phone after speaking like a fried bean, walked around the room alone, took two steps, took off the helmet and threw it aside.The tunnel was stuffy and wet, and the battalion commander's forehead was already dripping with sweat. "Notify the cadres of the two companies to come to the meeting next door." After speaking, the battalion commander walked out. When I was woken up again, it was already daylight, and an officer with a loud voice was urging several soldiers to walk out of the tunnel with ammunition boxes. My legs were numb from being pressed by myself while I was sleeping. Holding on to the wall, I walked a few steps with difficulty to move my legs, and it took a long time to recover. Only then did I realize that I was sleeping in the corridor next to the battalion headquarters, but there was still a wooden door on the floor.Soldiers from the battalion communications platoon were calling from the room. "Hey, buddy. Is our armor down?" I grabbed an officer who was about to go out and asked. "Which unit do you belong to? How did you come here to inquire?" The officer asked me with a serious and vigilant face. "I was withdrawn from the front line, the first battalion, the second company and the third platoon. I called Wei Bei back. I'm just worried about our troops. Just ask." The officer's expression softened a little: "I heard from the battalion commander that they just arrived at the hidden assembly point and were almost entangled by the enemy and couldn't escape. By the way, the rest of you have been incorporated into the battalion reserve team, haven't you? Hurry up and report back. There are still tough battles to be fought today, and there is a shortage of people everywhere!" "yes!" I looked for Lao Liu and the others along the tunnel, and when I passed an exit, I found a group of soldiers carrying ammunition boxes lying in the trench and shooting outside.I walked over curiously and saw two soldiers firing rockets into the sky with 40 bazookas. "What is this for?" I saw no enemies moving around, so I asked strangely. "Launch smoke jamming bombs to interfere with the reconnaissance of the devil's drone." A soldier said without looking back. I watched in confusion as the rockets exploded one by one in the sky, forming patches of cloud and mist. In the distance, our troops are still firmly guarding the positions that were almost destroyed by the enemy. The hills cannot be seen clearly from us.Black and brown gunpowder smoke drifts slowly along the farmland at the foot of the mountain with the wind. After a while, enemy artillery blocked the start of firing.Shells exploded in clusters on the surface of the position, mud and rocks mixed with shrapnel splashed everywhere, and everyone retreated into the tunnel one after another. I turned around in the long tunnel to find Lao Liu and the others. Our remaining uninjured combatants have been incorporated into the reserve team of the third battalion headquarters. Guo Yong was checking and cleaning the newly issued squad machine gun, while Huang Biao and Lao Liu were pressing bullets into the automatic rifle magazine. "Old Liu, how is your health?" I asked. "It's okay, I was just stunned for a while last night." Lao Liu was still carefully checking the trigger with the emergency light. "By the way, why didn't you see Jiang Lei?" I looked around and didn't see Jiang Lei, so I asked. "That Jiang Lei was transferred to the electronic countermeasures company, and he just left for a while. You should report for duty and get your weapons." Ju Wuzhu looked up and replied, the cook's face was also ugly, it seems that he was almost tortured by the battle yesterday. After a hasty breakfast, the officers and soldiers of our reserve team began to familiarize themselves with the position.Finally, everyone was concentrated in the back of the position to rest.The soldiers in the reserve were made up of the remaining soldiers of the 85mm cannon battery and the 100mm anti-tank gun battery, as well as our retreating infantry. The place where we rest is very close to a mortar position. The anti-infrared reconnaissance camouflage cloth tents on several firing positions outside the artillery position have long been turned into scattered rags under the fierce enemy fire, mixed with soil and scattered. It was everywhere, and even the cloth support frame was bombarded and disappeared.From time to time, the soldiers of the artillery company took advantage of the gaps blocked by the enemy's artillery fire to skillfully set up mortars and fire at the enemy's attacking position, and then quickly packed up the guys and retreated into the tunnel before the enemy suppressed the shooting. A non-commissioned officer kept inputting the latest shooting target parameters obtained from the artillery communicator into the laptop on his lap, and then converted them into shooting parameters, which was quite fast. The fire liaison officers of our forward positions kept calling for artillery support, and the communicators of the mortar company did not stop shouting and talking. The officers and soldiers of the mortar company are desperately looking for free time to launch artillery shells of various specifications into the enemy's attacking team, ordinary grenades, shells with air bomb fuzes, and aerosol-filled bombs that interfere with the firing of enemy helicopters and infantry fighting vehicles. Or special mortar shells for smoke preparations.Although the enemy discovered the activities of our mortar company with artillery radar, the artillery kept firing from several positions in turn, and the enemy had no way to destroy our mortars hiding in the deep tunnels. With the extension of the war, the ammunition inventory of the artillery company has been consumed by more than half.In particular, the special artillery shells were originally in very little stock, and after a few tosses, there were very few, so that the artillery company commander ordered the suspension of the firing of special artillery shells, and reserved them for critical times.But what time is it now?The artillerymen were well aware of the pressure on the infantry in the front positions, but the company commander's orders must be carried out. The whole morning passed like this. At 12:50 noon, the situation changed suddenly, and the communicator sitting by the phone lost contact with the artillery liaison officer at the forward position. The atmosphere in the artillery company suddenly became tense, and everyone watched helplessly as the messenger called over and over again.A black and fat artillery soldier simply stood by holding the shells, staring at the sweating correspondent without blinking. "Contacted, they are still alive!" The correspondent's voice shifted with joy. The soldiers standing beside them with tense faces let out a sigh of relief in unison. "What, fire at you? Hey, hey! Fuck! Three times! Three times!" The correspondent hastily pulled off the headset. The non-commissioned officer with the computer on his lap stood up nervously, and the computer on his lap almost fell to the ground. "Company commander!" The correspondent looked at the company commander eagerly. The artillery company commander stood by the telephone in a daze, at a loss. The voice of the other party was very weak, and it was obvious that a seriously injured person was speaking. "I am the third company here, we are surrounded! I beg...no, I order you, shoot me! Shoot all the shells!" The shouts of soldiers in the forward position rang vaguely from the headset of the telephone on the stone.Soon, the headset of the phone fell silent. There was a frantic call operation, no answer. "Try again, maybe you're still alive!" a soldier asked timidly. "Dead! They're all fucking dead!" The messenger grabbed the soldier by the collar and shouted. In fact, everyone knows very well that the brothers who entered the front hilltop position in the early morning have created a miracle. The troops with less than three reinforced companies can hold on to the almost ruined position for nearly ten hours. What kind of scene should that be? fight! Comrades in front! The artillery company commander issued an order quietly: "Fire the third company's position." About forty minutes later, the enemy approached here. The front of the position had turned into a sea of ​​flames, hot air and gunpowder smoke poured into the tunnel, and the soldiers lying near the entrance of the tunnel coughed loudly. "Quick, everyone put grenades in the magazine of the automatic grenade launcher, and the drum of the machine gun. Uncover all the grenades." Under the greeting of the officer, everyone began to get busy. The soldiers of the reserve team craned their necks to look out as they worked, although there was nothing to see here. Time passed by every minute and every second, and the battle on the surface of the position became fierce. Within two hours, our reserve team joined the battle in batches. The enemy invested more infantry in front of our position, and the devil infantry who got off the infantry fighting vehicle began to compete with us for the position with the fire support of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled artillery. The devil attack helicopters that took turns killing them from the gap in the road hovered close to the ground to support the formation.How many combat helicopters did the devil invest in the direction of our division?How endless. The visibility on the battlefield is really bad, and our anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns cannot effectively destroy the low-altitude targets of the devils.With the continuous support of helicopters and drones, some of our heavy firepower points that were not moving fast enough were destroyed by the devils. Taking advantage of the devil's strafing, I stuck my head out of the trench, and finally a devil's helicopter was shot down in the sky, and it was whirling with smoke and fell to the ground.Seeing this, the other helicopters turned around and left this dangerous combat airspace.Scattered cheers came from all around. Good opportunity, I quickly swung my submachine gun and violently fired at the squirming Devil infantry.在离我不远的地方，一个战士沉着地用自动榴弹发射器进行压制射击，更后面的坑道口里一部激光瞄准具正在逐个制导152榴发射过来的反坦克制导炮弹。 低能见度对我们其实更加有利。在直升机被我军驱逐出战场后，敌人的装甲重火力在远距离上开始无法有效支援步兵，但是这些战车又不敢凭借厚重的装甲冲到我们跟前。看来昨天与我们步兵短兵相接的战斗给他们的装甲突击部队造成了巨大的伤亡，敌人开始吝啬自己终究有限的装甲突击火力。 很快，我们密集的步兵火力在迫击炮火的支援下打退了敌人这轮进攻。 看着战场上散落的敌人坦克和步兵战车的残骸我们却高兴不起来，因为我们的力量也被敌人消耗得差不多了。不知道这样规模的战斗敌人还能发动几场，现在才刚刚是下午三点半。