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Chapter 166 The nameless highland has a name (19)

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The battalion commander explained in front of the red flag: "I'm temporarily staying in that bunker," he pointed. "After a while, I'll move to the south and contact you at any time! Chief of Staff, organize the team and storm the 27th!" At this time, a large bunker on the 27th was shooting wildly at the main peak. "Teach Li Heqing to destroy it first!" Li Heqing, a thin, gentle Sichuan native, was nearby.After receiving the order, he took aim calmly and knocked down the grinning monster with one shot. "Attack on the 27th, occupy first, and then search." The battalion commander continued to explain. "According to the original plan, teach the sixth squad to fight the enemy's company headquarters! Teach Li Heqing to destroy those two tanks first, don't teach them to run away!"

The chief of staff led the team to attack the twenty-seventh. The battalion commander turned to Company Commander Li: "Reorganize the team, press down, and attack No. 25! The bunker that the second platoon attacked, and the third platoon searched." Company Commander Li went down, followed closely by the trumpeter. "Okay, young man, you have achieved success!" The company commander praised Xiao Gao.The company commander was very happy: he doubted the tactics for a long time, but he succeeded completely; the chiefs are really knowledgeable!It came up so fast and so neatly, it really looked like a machine!

"Company commander, let's plant the red flag first!" Xiao Gao wanted to show his merit. "It's plugged in together!" The hero's deeds were all in front of him, and the company commander also showed a heroic demeanor. "We plugged it in first!" "Let go of the dim sum, kid! The blood on both flags is the same red!" The little bugler didn't dare to say anything. Battalion Commander He stood in front of the two red flags, overlooking the whole mountain.He couldn't help feeling honored.However, he quickly thought of the actual problem and told the correspondent: "Call a platoon to repair the fortification here! Quickly!" The correspondent ran down in response.

The battalion commander could tell: Number 27 is easier to defend, the front is an open field, our artillery fire can stop the enemy, and the machine gun can seal off the position.The 25th is the only way for the enemy to counterattack. It is high and narrow, so it is not easy for us to attack upwards, and we cannot use more manpower.We must abandon it at an appropriate time and stick to the main peak and No. 27.There must be solid fortifications on the main peak, and they must be repaired before dawn!The enemy will counterattack at dawn, he knows. At this time, Li Heqing overturned one tank with three shells and set the other on fire.

Battalion Commander He smiled.The enemy has been disrupted by us and has lost organizational contact. Otherwise, those tanks, flamethrowers...if all of them have unleashed their firepower, I'm afraid...thinking of this, even the heroes who must win every battle tremble slightly! "It's really like a big hedgehog, every thorn is a machine gun!" He said to himself. He came to the "command post".The small bunkers near it were silent, some were smoking, and some were collapsing. Tan Mingchao had pulled away the enemy's corpse, covered it with an army blanket, and covered up the blood with soil.

"Battalion Commander!" Excitement and nervousness appeared on his delicate face. "The daring grenade is so powerful! Those corpses are sorry, I don't know which arm should match which leg!" "That's the punishment the invaders deserve! Are you afraid?" "No! Don't be afraid!" To prove that he is not afraid, Xiao Tan raised his eyebrows and looked around, "Isn't this place full?" "Full?" The battalion commander smiled. "The enemy hasn't fired yet! Once you fire the cannon, you will shout out your life, and the walker may not even send out the words!"

"There are still people preparing for the garrison point! But I can do it alone, and I am willing to shout my life!" Tan Mingchao sat down close to the door, because the antenna of the walking machine must be placed outside the door. "Correspondent!" the battalion commander called, "Stand at the door, watching the back hillside! Don't move!" Then he said to Xiao Tan: "Report the situation to the battalion command post." He sat next to Xiao Tan. Xiao Tan is proud, and today he sat with the hero battalion commander as he wished, and became the hero's mouthpiece.

At this time, the troops attacking No. 27 were blocked by the enemy in a mountain valley, where there were groups of bunkers.Li Heqing jumped into the traffic trench.He has to tackle those bunkers.However, the bazooka is so powerful that it must be fired at least 40 meters away, otherwise it will injure the shooter himself.The bunkers in front of me are only about ten meters apart!How to fight? He took his time to think of a way.Figured it out!On the edge of the trench, he fired six shots in a row, hitting six bunkers!Cannon exit, he jumped into the ditch, unhurt himself!He created a new way of shooting!

The bunker was opened, and Xiao Han, the famous squad leader of the sixth squad, received an order from the chief of staff to lead a combat team to attack the enemy's company headquarters. Squad leader Liu went to find his team. Instructor Yao Ruliang led the second platoon and met Company Commander Li on the way up the main peak.The two agreed to separate first, one on the left and one on the right, attacking while advancing, meeting at the assembly point where the first row met, and attacking No. 25 together. The enemy's platoon headquarters is a large bunker that controls the two main communication trenches.When you come down from the main peak, you must pass through it before you can go to No. 25.Therefore, this bunker attracted many of our fighters.

Instructor Yao wanted to rush over to take command, but he was injured before he arrived.He sat down, covered the wound with his hands, and directed the people who came down from the main peak. Squad Leader Liu saw him and ran over.He has taken six captives and killed a dozen enemies.However, that still can't solve the hatred.The enemy has killed tens of thousands of peaceful people. In Longgang alone, there are more than 3,000 corpses, most of them women and children!Seeing the instructor was injured, his resentment deepened! "Instructor!" He called out and squatted down immediately. "I'll bandage you!"

"No! Go there quickly!" The instructor pointed to the big bunker blocking the way. "Don't crowd there to attack it! Leave a few people to block it, and the rest will attack No. 25! The company commander is on the right wing!" The instructor's voice was hoarse, his face was pale, but his eyes were bulging. anger. "I..." Squad Leader Liu gritted his teeth, unable to find anything to say. "Go! This is my order! Quickly! Buy time!" Yes, buy time!He himself was fighting to fulfill his responsibilities in the last few minutes of his life.Every second there is the most intense struggle of the will against the pain. He has seen the inevitable death, but he must resist the pain before death, strive for more breaths, and fulfill his responsibilities every minute and every second!He is a Communist! "I will carry out the order!" Squad Leader Liu turned his head away cruelly, and rushed towards the big bunker; there was a voice in his ears that was louder than field artillery grenades—the tragic and hoarse voice of Instructor Yao. The second platoon leader is commanding in front of the bunker.Squad leader Liu conveyed the instructor's order and requested that he lead three people to try to solve the bunker, and the platoon leader led others to detour there.The platoon leader agreed. "Be careful!" the platoon leader instructed, "This bunker has three floors, and there are people on the upper, middle and lower floors!" After the platoon leader left, the four made a plan.They have a light machine gun.Some people advocate: only block it with machine guns, and don't attack inside for the time being. Instructor Yao's voice was still in Squad Leader Liu's ears.The squad leader said: "Destroy it! Destroy it! Our machine guns are blocking it from the outside, and I will go in alone. You two hear my voice, go in; if you can't hear me, don't go in! After everyone goes in, I will guard the middle level and not teach the lower level." You two attack the upper floor, there won’t be many people on the upper floor. You finish the upper floor, and the three of us attack the lower floor together! Agree? OK! I’ll go in!” The squad leader rushed to the bunker. At this moment, Third Brother Wu saw Instructor Yao.The instructor waved to him. "Here you are!" The instructor handed over the two grenades on his body, "Go! Throw these two to the 25th!" After receiving the grenade, Wu Sandi froze there, tears rolling in his big eyes. "Go! Don't be sad..." The instructor had difficulty speaking. "Look, who are those lying there?" Wu Sandi took a look. "enemy!" Struggling, the instructor laughed out loud: "Enemy, one death is one! Go, boy, kill them one more time!" Wu Sandi was speechless, but his mind was not idle.With an idea, he flew down. After finding Shen Kai, he was out of breath. "Yes, I need a stretcher! Carry, carry the instructor!" Then, he ran towards No. 25 like a wild horse. Squad Leader Liu solved the big bunker.In a pile of dead bodies, he found a Chinese.He guessed: This is the lackey of the US imperialists from Taiwan, who eavesdropped on our phone calls for the enemy.He was so angry that he kicked the lackey several times, gritted his teeth and cursed: "Beast! Beast! Beast!" He captured two prisoners, probably the platoon leader and platoon lieutenant, because they were both carrying pistols. .He sent a soldier to deliver the prisoner to the battalion commander.Enemy artillery fire has arrived. Our communication lines on the mountain, along the river, and at the foot of the "Old Bald Mountain" were all severely bombarded.Our transport team and stretcher team were all damaged.Our wires are blown anytime.The wooden bridge over Yigu River was broken.The battle is getting fiercer. Under the flare, "Old Bald Mountain" looked like a cloud of fire mist, flickering bright and dark, high and low, with countless bullets whistling in the middle.The four mountains are also exploding, bursting into flames, emitting smoke, rocks and sand flying, the sky, the mountains, the ground, and the river are all making noises, like tsunamis and landslides; what.However, only air-bombed shells fell on the "Old Bald Mountain".The main peak seems to be on fire and snow. The enemy has concealment, we are on the ground, and the air bombing can not hurt the enemy.Our artillery returned fire, and an artillery battle ensued. At this time, Tan Mingchao was really about to cry out for his life. The enemy's artillery fire was so intense that the bunker was already swinging from side to side like a boat in the wind.He could no longer sit against the wall to avoid shaking the walker—it was in his arms.The cannon shakes the sound waves, making them clear for a while, and dumb for a while.He fixes the machine, he cries out for his life.He yelled at the corner of his mouth, bleeding.Air bombing, the antenna was blown off after a while.He went out under the gunfire, looking for sticks, looking for leather wire, and setting up antennas.After a while, the wooden root was blown off again.He doesn't give in, he doesn't get discouraged.One look at the hero battalion commander, and he has strength; being with the hero means overcoming difficulties.He is thirsty, the water has been drunk, and he is still thirsty!When he went out to find leather thread, he saw a water bottle abandoned by the enemy on the ground.Pick it up and see that the kettle is such a small thing, but there are five bullet holes on it! "My boy! What a battle!" He dropped it hastily. When he went out to look for leather thread again, Xiao Tan saw a kettle on an enemy's body.He took the jug down.Opened the lid, smelled it, and it turned out to be wine.I wanted to throw it away, but then I changed my mind: "Take it back to the battalion commander!" He loves the hero battalion commander. "Battalion Commander, wine!" Xiao Tan proudly and respectfully handed out the wine jug.The battalion commander took a look and saw that it belonged to the enemy.He asked, "Taken from the enemy?" Xiao Tan nodded. "Do you hate the enemy?" "hatred!" "Throw it out!" Xiao Tan threw it out, admiring the battalion commander even more in his heart, so he decided to be patient, no longer afraid of thirst! Two captives were brought in.As soon as he came in, the platoon leader quickly took off his watch and presented it to the battalion commander.He came from another world and only knew about buying, selling, bribing, and robbing.He still doesn't know what kind of people the volunteers are. The battalion commander waved his hand.He was in a hurry and could not speak foreign languages.Knowing that it was useless, he told the captives in Chinese: "The Volunteer Army protects every plant and tree in North Korea, and will never take any plant or tree privately! You fight to get rich, and we fight to defend peace!" The platoon leader was delighted to save his watch.In half-understandable North Korean, he said: "America's bad! We are Colombia!" The battalion commander was eager to know how many enemies there were on the mountain, but he couldn't make sense!He blushed. "You can't do without culture! Even foreign languages ​​must be learned!" He said to Xiao Tan. He taught the correspondents to take the captives down. "Tell the third company, I will move to the big bunker of the platoon." The battalion commander told the correspondent. "Erlian's phone is still connected, I will tell them myself." When we arrived at the big bunker, the battalion commander looked at everything in detail, put all the documents in one place, and prepared to take them back.He found a dozen packs packed neatly together.Could it be that the enemy changed defense today?he guessed.Could it be that as soon as those who retreated were about to go down the mountain, we attacked up?right!That's it!Otherwise, how could those tanks not start their engines until we attacked?In this way, there may be twice as many people on the mountain!Those who are going to leave have not yet left, and those who have come up may have already come up! Ever since he went up the mountain, the battalion commander had this feeling: the enemy has more firearms than we estimated!Now, the enemy's strength has doubled again!Without so many enemies, with so many bunkers and firepower, it is already difficult enough to fight, let alone more enemy soldiers!He transferred a continuous shift to help No. 25.The signal goes up and we occupy number twenty. The battalion commander wants to transfer part of the troops on the 27th to reinforce and attack the 25th.But, after thinking about it, he couldn't do that.He expected that when the Colombians on the mountain were almost wiped out, it would be time for American soldiers to come for reinforcements.He must keep the number 27 to meet the enemy's counterattack. He really wanted to go on the 25th to see why he still couldn't take it down.However, as soon as he took a step outside, Xiao Tan hugged his leg. "Battalion Commander, you can't go out! The correspondent will go out to watch for you!" ………… Coming down from the main peak, Wang Junhua saw a wounded person, bandaged one, and then supported or carried them, and placed them in a place where they could hide; he sprinkled marks with white flour to attract the attention of the stretcher team.He also moved all the martyrs to one place to mark them.In a row, he bandaged more than 20 wounded.After finishing everything, he went to No. 25. Before walking very far, he saw the little trumpeter running around looking around, as if he didn't know where to go!He shouted: "Xiao Gao!" Gao Jiabao ran over, grabbed Xiao Wang's hand, and gasped, "Hurry up! The company commander is injured!" The two youths flew down like arrows. After passing the enemy platoon headquarters that we had just dealt with, along the main traffic trench from No. 26 to No. 25, there were bunkers in groups of three or four.After passing these scattered bunkers, you will reach the valley between the two peaks of No. 26 and No. 25.This mountain depression is where our first, second, and third platoons meet.We have to gather here, because there is a pass in the past - there are seventy or eighty bunkers, large and small!But this level, don't even think about attacking the twenty-fifth! After attacking the main peak, each combat team went separately to fight the bunker, and progressed to the 25th while fighting, and they all had to meet at the mountain valley. Company Commander Li took the trumpeter and a correspondent forward to No. 25. He hoped to go to the mountain valley first, meet up with the deputy company commander, and plan how to pass the border.He was very happy, because the soldiers were able to attack separately according to the plan and beat the enemy to pieces, proving the superiority of the new tactics.Moreover, he was more cautious than Xiao Gao.It was Xiao Gao's first time on the battlefield, and he had to try the weapon in his hand whenever he had the opportunity.Along the way, every time he saw a bunker, he wanted to go up to it, but was stopped by the company commander.Finally, the company commander snatched the submachine gun that Xiao Gao had picked up on the road: "Kids, don't shoot randomly!" "Company commander, I know how to fight, I have learned it!" Xiao Gao asked for the gun back. "It doesn't work if you have studied it!" After this tactical thinking study, the company commander is still as brave as before, but he is much more stable and alert.At the same time, after reaching the main peak, he realized the power of "Old Bald Mountain".In the past, when he saw one or two bunkers, he could take them down just like a joke.However, here, there are so many bunkers that it is almost impossible to guard against. Bullets can hit from all directions, from the head, the feet, and the middle of the waist!As soon as he lost his mind, he fell into the enemy's plot. The company commander has never been so cautious.He was so cautious that he almost looked down upon himself!Several times, he almost yelled: "Get out and fuck me on the flat ground!" But what's the use of that, the enemy just won't come out, only hurting people secretly in the bunker! Going forward, there is a big bunker in front of you, and you are shooting out.Gao Jiabao wanted to make a move, but was grabbed by the company commander and pulled to the ground.The company commander lay down and looked around, and saw his own people behind him. "Got to kill it, don't teach it to block the people behind!" he said to himself. "I'll go!" Xiao Gao demanded eagerly, "Try me if I can do it!" "Wait!" The company commander looked carefully at the bunker. The gun stopped firing, and the hole of the gun closed the steel plate. "What a funny fire, cunning enemy!" The company commander gritted his teeth and hated. "I have to kill you!" This is not completely willful, the company commander is very afraid that it will suddenly fire again, and the people behind us will suffer.He came up with a good idea: "Little devil, I will shoot, recruit the enemy, and then open the steel plate to fight back. You go to the back and knock on the steel plate of the hole behind the gun. Go! Be careful!" The company commander fired, and the enemy returned fire. Xiao Gao went around to the back and clanged on the steel plate. The enemy fell for the trick: without closing the front steel plate, he went to the back and shot. "Cover me!" the company commander told the correspondent.Then, with a sudden leap, he approached the bunker and threw the grenade into it. The company commander decided to go in and search.He's got to wipe out this bunker that's blocking the way so those behind us can get on. After carefully searching, the company commander rushed forward with the correspondent and Xiao Gao.While advancing, the enemy's cold shot hit the company commander's abdomen.Another shot, wounding the correspondent's leg.The company commander passed out at the time. Seeing that the company commander was injured, Xiao Gao went crazy!He loves the company commander!Picking up the two grenades of the communicator, he rushed forward without any consideration, trying to destroy the enemy who fired coldly.However, the enemy could not be found.He calmed down a bit, decided to rescue the company commander first, ran back quickly, and found someone to bandage the company commander. He met Xiao Wang. The company commander's intestines were punctured.Xiao Gao couldn't help crying.Wang Junhua woke up the company commander. The company commander put his hands on his stomach and tried to sit up, but failed.The first sentence he asked was: "Where are our people?" "They're all attacking the 25th!" Wang Junhua said. "Company Commander, I'll bandage you! I'll take it slow, it won't hurt!" "There's no need to pack it!" The company commander had difficulty speaking. "You two, go and tell the people in the third company that No. 25 must be captured, this is my order!" After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes.After a while, his eyes opened again: "Help me up!" Wang Junhua quickly and accurately bandaged the company commander's abdomen.The company commander pressed his abdomen with his right hand, supported Wang Junhua with his left hand, Gao Jiabao supported his waist, and stood up. The hero looked at the 25th peak, and two tears fell from his eyes: "I failed to complete the task! Good boys, let me go!" The two young men put down the company commander gently, and the company commander was no longer breathing! Wang Junhua looked at the terrain with tears in his eyes, and found a small hole where ammunition was hidden.He hurriedly bandaged the correspondent, sent him into the small hole to sit down, and handed him the gun. "Hold the gun, you are here to guard the company commander! Someone must come to carry him in a while!" Then, he turned around and lifted the martyr with Gao Jiabao, and placed it next to the small hole. Gao Jiabao yelled: "Company commander! I'll avenge you!" Then he said to Xiao Wang: "Let's go! You take me to fight, you have experience!" "I will definitely take you with me!" Wang Junhua replied. The enemy was indeed disrupted by us, running and hiding everywhere.Before the two youths had taken a few steps, they encountered three enemies.Wang Junhua yelled: Hit!The grenade went out, killing two and escaping one. The two youths went further and came across a big bunker on the edge of the ditch.Wang Junhua commanded: "If you fire three shots on the edge of the trench, the enemy will fight back at you, and I will rush over!" Gao Jiabao followed suit, and Wang Junhua took the opportunity to roll to the bunker.Listen, there are voices inside.Xiao Gao also rolled over and wanted to go around to the back, just like knocking on the steel plate just now.Xiao Wang grabbed him.Xiao Wang used the splint he was carrying to push away the steel plate that sealed the gun hole in the bunker. Just as the enemy was about to shoot, Xiao Gao's grenade was already inserted.When it was quiet inside, Xiao Gao wanted to go in to search, but was held back by Xiao Wang, afraid that there might be someone alive inside.He had a flashlight, and told Xiao Gao: "I'll shine on this corner, and you're in that corner. If anyone is inside, they will shoot when they see the light, but they can't hit you!" The two went in like that, and there were no living people inside.They dragged out two heavy machine guns and put them outside the door, and the field cleaners would take them away.They picked up their carbines, and each picked up a few grenades and put them in their pockets. Coming out, they saw our platoon of people fighting with the big bunker blocking the way.Xiao Wang taught Xiao Gao to fight, but he rolled forward by himself, because he saw a wounded man not far from the bunker.Rolling to the side of the wounded, he pressed the head of the wounded with one hand, and crawled forward with his back.If the wounded raised his head, he would be shot again.He crawled towards the bunker, the closer he was to the side of the bunker, the less he would teach the bunker's machine guns to fire.Going to the side of the bunker, he bandaged the wounded and placed them under a rocky cliff. A row of soldiers saw them and were very surprised: "Why are you two here?" The two young men told them that the company commander had died.After hearing this, everyone swore together that they would climb up to No. 25 to carry out the will of the company commander!There are still wounded in the same direction as the row just came. Wang Junhua told Xiao Gao: "Wait for me here, don't fight alone, I will bandage the wounded first!" Xiao Wang went to bandage the wounded.After they were all bandaged, he put the seriously injured two in a safe place, and ordered the slightly injured to guard with guns.Then he advised one who was still able to move: "Go down and call for a stretcher, so as not to save them from a second injury!" After such careful arrangements, he came back to find the little bugleman.Down the ditch, and walking on, a shot to the head knocked his hat off.This is the dark fire point that the prisoner Snow said.Fortunately, he is short in stature!He hurried up the ditch. Found the little bugler.Gao Jiabao was not idle while waiting for Xiao Wang. He took thirteen grenades, three grenades, one blasting tube, and three hundred bullets from the wounded.The gun was covered with dust; fearing that it might get in the way, he tore a piece of cloth from his coat and wiped the gun.While wiping the gun, he comforted the wounded: "Take a good rest, the stretcher will come soon!" The two young men were very happy to meet again.On the battlefield, it seemed as if we hadn't seen each other for a long time after being separated for a few minutes.If they hadn't been separated for a while, they might not have noticed each other's appearance.Now, they can't help but look at each other.Gao Jiabao looked at his friend: Wang Junhua's head and face were covered with mud and gun smoke, only the eye and mouth circles were whiter.There were blood spots and blood clots all over his body, his clothes were torn in many places, and only half of his trousers were left—because of lying down and crawling so many times.Xiao Gao told Xiao Wang: "When the company commander was alive, he kept calling us brats. It's true!" "Stop talking nonsense and call!" The two youths took their weapons and attacked forward.While walking, Wang Junhua told Xiao Gao: "Little Gao! If one of us is injured, don't worry about the other, just fight as usual! We are good friends, we can't delay the fight just because we take care of our friends! We are both members of the Youth League! Do you understand what I mean?" The little bugler nodded. "Understood! I agree!" That's it, two youth regiment members bandaged more than 40 wounded, built seven bunkers, seized piles of weapons, wiped out about 60 enemies, and captured a prisoner!
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