There is still hope that they can occupy the high ground before Soviet reinforcements arrive! Once the reinforcements were allowed to reach the high ground, their company had no choice but to launch a strong attack on the high ground. At that time, the Soviet army was at a commanding height. Not only was it extremely difficult for them to occupy the high ground, but the entire company's situation today would also be unimaginable!
The above thoughts may have only flashed in his mind, but the panic and urgency they brought to him became the main force that determined and promoted his thinking and actions for a period of time in the future. At this time, his command of the battle was still reflexive - not long ago, he asked the entire company to move eastward through the valley to the east side of Hill 633, and then launched an attack southward on Hill 634. The only thing he thought of was the Soviet Army Gaoping on Big Nose Peak. The dual-purpose machine gun posed a threat to the entire company. Unexpectedly, the entire company would also encounter enemy conditions after moving to the east side of Highland 633.
He passed the teams of 3rd and 2nd platoons in the ridge and valley, and rushed to the exit at the east end of the ridge and valley. Only then did he catch a glimpse of the large canyon that cut Vulture Ridge and No. 1 Ridge from northwest to southeast, as well as the east side of the canyon. The Emerald Chrysanthemums line up the East 1, East 2 and East 3 highlands from north to south. The second highland in the East faces the valley between highlands 632 and 633, while the third highland in the East crosses the valley and overlooks a leg of highland 633 extending into the southeastern gorge and the entire highland 634. East 1, East 2, and East 3 Highlands have been using a heavy machine gun to carry out fire attacks on Highlands 629 and 630 at the east end of Ridge No. 1 since early morning. The strange thing is that their team poured out of the ridge valley at their feet. 2. The two heavy machine guns on the East Third Highlands stopped shooting. Cheng Yukun's heart tightened suddenly: the Soviet troops in the East Second and East Three Highlands had discovered them! If they move toward Highland 634 along the open area at the foot of the east side of Highland 633, It is likely to be intercepted by firepower from the Soviet troops on the two highlands mentioned above!
But Deputy Commander Liu¡¯s order must be implemented! If the whole company is stranded in this ridge and valley. They will soon be attacked by Soviet fire from the East Second Highlands! Cheng Yukun's mind became excited and he became impulsive: The whole company must quickly pass through this open area about 800 meters away!
"Pass backwards! The whole company speeds up and runs forward -" He shouted at the team that had slowed down significantly, took the lead out of the valley entrance, followed the path at the foot of the mountain on the east side of 633 Highlands, and started running in the direction of 634 Highlands.
The teams in Platoon 1 and Platoon 2 followed him and ran forward, and the whole company's movement speed accelerated!
From the moment he left the mouth of the valley, Cheng Yukun's throat seemed to be tightly stuck by a hand. Now the entire company is exposed to the guns of the Soviet troops on the East Second and East Three Highlands. The Soviet troops may fire at any time! But the Soviet troops did not fire. The Soviet army was silent, watching helplessly as they approached Heights 634!
There can only be one explanation for why they didn't shoot. This explanation must have something to do with a conspiracy. Cheng Yukun suddenly thought. As soon as this thought flashed in his mind, his steps slowed down. Deputy Company Chang Jiang Yusheng and 2nd Platoon Commander Cheng Fei led 1st Platoon and 2nd Platoon and ran in front of him! But he had no time to think about what the conspiracy was. Cheng Yukun raised his head, and Highland 634 and the steep main peak with four cliffs appeared in front of him without any obstruction. Deputy Company Chang Jiang Yusheng and 2nd Platoon Commander Cheng Fei were faster. They and the 1st Platoon and 2nd Platoon teams had reached the big leg of the mountain extending from Highland 633 to the southeast canyon. Beyond the ridge on the south side of the mountain leg were Highland 633 and 634. A depression at the junction of highlands.
At this moment, Cheng Yukun¡¯s heart suddenly tightened because of the special terrain of Highland 634! Neither the map nor Deputy Commander Liu's order stated in advance that there was such a main peak on Highland 634, but at this moment it was standing high in front of Cheng Yukun!
However, he still didn't stop. The deputy company commander and 2nd platoon commander in front have led the troops over the last hurdle. Entering the depression at the northeastern foot of Highland 634, the entire company has arrived here. Stopping is absolutely impossible! The Soviet troops on the East 2nd and East 3rd Highlands still didn't fire, and there was no movement on the northeast side of 634 Highlands! He hurried forward for more than ten steps, leading a few people from the company headquarters to follow the whole company over the ridge.
Looking back, I found that the last few soldiers - among them Yu Changgui, a new soldier in the cooking squad who was carrying a marching pot on his back, had also jumped over the edge. Above the high ground and on the East Second and East Three highlands, there were still no gunshots! Cheng Yukun suddenly had a bold idea in his mind: Maybe there were only a dozen Soviet troops on the northwest side of Highland 634.
There are still fierce gunshots there - but not on the north and northeast sides! This thought made him bolder, but it did not weaken the original vigilance in his heart. As soon as he crossed the ridge, his eyes quickly searched the surrounding terrain; whether there were still Soviet troops on the high ground. The company must launch an attack immediately, and he must first find a command post for himself where he can hide. He immediately found this location: at the southernmost end of Highland 633 was a cliff, seven or eight feet high; there were dozens of pebbles lying on the grass below the cliff. The big one is like a house, the small one is like a cow, and they are loosely circled into an irregular circle. At this moment, he thought about the Soviet reinforcements that would appear from the west side of the highland in the direction of Mount Xillian, so he unconsciously took a few more glances at the western half of the pebble circle: the pebbles there were particularly large and arranged in rows. Very tight too?, there are a few pine trees as thick as teacups growing between the cracks in the rocks. It was these trees that looked full of life in the sunshine that made him decide to locate the company command post here!
He only had time to quickly lie down in the circle of pebbles. Gunfire rang out overhead! It originally came from the high ground, and the first string of bullets crackled on the pebbles in front of him. It did not pose a direct threat to his life, but it allowed him to see the scene in the depression ahead through the gaps between the pebbles: several people in the second row The soldiers are preparing to climb to the high ground. Suddenly, he felt as if he was being restrained by a body-fixing method. He froze in various weird postures before falling forward and backward. He had thought that he was brave and fearless since this morning, but at this moment, facing the immediate scene of death, the breathless horror of death made him tremble again!
He buried his head deeply in the underground soil. After several seconds, he was able to calm down a little. He raised his head and looked above the highland. He couldn't help but be shocked: it turned out that there was not only a defensive position and more than a dozen people on the waist of the northwest side of the highland. Soviet Army. There were originally three Soviet defensive lines ambushed on the northeast, north and northwest sides. They were distributed on the waist of the highland, fifty meters above the waist, and on the platform ridge line below the main peak.
From the intensive gunfire, he heard the screams of rifles, submachine guns, and light machine guns. Finally, he found a heavy machine gun at the top of the third defensive position! The fire net formed by them came overwhelmingly, and in the blink of an eye, the entire company was lying at the foot of the mountains on the northeast and north sides of the highland! Only organic units above a company level in the Soviet Army were equipped with heavy machine guns, so he also understood: What they encountered on Highland 634 was a company defending the enemy!
Immediately he could no longer pay attention to the Soviet troops above the high ground. Almost at the same time as the gunshots rang out from the high ground, from the direction of Vulture Ridge, the two heavy machine guns from the East 2nd and 3rd East highlands, which had not launched any sniper fire on them, also started barking wildly. What Cheng Yukun immediately realized was the heavy machine gun on Dongsan Highlands. When he chose the command position just now, he was only concerned about the high ground to the south and the Soviet troops that would appear on the big leg of Big Nose Peak to the west. He did not notice that this pile of pebbles was exactly located on the road that extended diagonally from the 634 Hill and connected the northeastern slope of the high ground with the The lower end of the ridge that bisects the north slope is the highest in the center of the depression. The Soviet heavy machine gun bullets in the East Third Highlands can hit the circle directly. The first string of bullets fell on the ground, and Cheng Yukun's heart was once again filled with the fear of death: As soon as he saw the death of others, the God of Death came to him, without even giving him time to calm down!
He instinctively leaned towards the east side of the pebble circle and huddled under a pebble to avoid the bullets that continued to hit from the direction of Dongsan Highland. But immediately, several more bullets "squeaked" and fell to the ground on the right. The pine and fir trees in the western half of the pebble circle also made a "clicking" sound, and broken branches and leaves fell one after another. Cheng Yukun understood: this hail of bullets came from the legs of Big Nose Peak in the west of the depression!
Soviet reinforcements from the direction of Xilian Mountain have arrived and are trying to ascend the highland from the northwest side of the highland!
Cheng Yukun will never forget this moment - not the moment when gunfire rang out on the high ground. It was not the moment when the heavy machine guns of the Soviet troops on the East Three Highlands hit him with bullets, but the moment when the Soviet troops in the direction of Xilian Mountain were about to ascend to the 634 Highlands - a kind of trap suddenly arose in his heart. a feeling of. It turned out that when their company moved from the east side of Hill 633 to Hill 634, the Soviet troops on the East Second and East Three Heights did not fire. It was just to let them enter the trap in the depression on the northeast side of Highland 634. It turned out that the Soviet army had long planned to catch them all in this trap! Now he understands what the Soviet army's conspiracy is, but it's too late! Behind us are the cliffs at the southern end of Highland 633. To the west are the Soviet troops in the direction of Mount Xillian and the minefields under the control of Soviet firepower. To the east, the road we walked on is blocked by the heavy machine guns of the Soviet troops on the East Second and East Three Highlands. Fire blockade, there is no way out!
Another burst of bullets screamed and hit the pebble circle. Cheng Yukun subconsciously buried his head and face in the grass and soil, unable to carefully distinguish where they came from. He was going to die among the pebbles, no matter where he went. There will be bullets to find him. But the premonition of death did not make him lie down in the circle of pebbles and wait for death. On the contrary, it made him wake up and cheer up again!
Since there is no retreat, let¡¯s fight. Fight with the fucking red-haired Soviet guy! Either the fish died today or the net broke!
Let the 1st and 2nd platoons launch a strong attack on the high ground, and send the 3rd platoon to the west of the depression to snipe the Soviet reinforcements coming from the direction of Mount Xillian. His heart was desolate, and his thinking and actions were still conditioned reflexes, but he did the right thing: if the Soviet firepower from three directions was allowed to continue to violently attack them. It won't take long for this company to be destroyed! Cheng Yukun raised his head, propped up his upper body with his elbows, crawled towards the gap between the two pebbles in front, and then took out the small speaker. A series of long and short trumpet sounds were used to issue orders to the platoons scattered in the depressions to attack the high ground and snipe the Soviet troops in Xilian Mountain.??
This trumpet was quickly responded to. First, from a stone crevice at the foot of the mountain on the north side of the highland, the figures of Deputy Company Chang Jiang Yusheng and 2nd Platoon Commander Cheng Fei flashed out. They spread out to the left and right, each gesturing to the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd platoons to follow them. Climb up the plateau. At the same time, 3rd platoon leader Shang Yujun also led the 3rd platoon from the depression behind the pebble circle to crawl forward to the west side of the depression under a rain of bullets to meet the Soviet army coming from the direction of Xilian Mountain!
Then the firing of rifles, submachine guns and machine guns rang out from the northeast, north and northwest slopes of the highland! This is the sound of his own troops shooting at the Soviet troops from below! Cheng Yukun's desperate heart was shaken, and his eyes were immediately blurred by tears! He did not believe that the 1st and 2nd platoons could attack the high ground. It is also difficult to believe that Shang Yujun could block the Soviet troops coming from the direction of Xilian Mountain, but after all, these gunshots disturbed the Soviet troops above the high ground and on the legs of Big Nose Peak on the west side of the depression, causing the bullets to rain down in the pebble circle. Noticeably sparse. Cheng Yukun didn't believe that he could escape from the death trap today, but suddenly thought that in the past, his evaluation of the entire company and his own combat command ability was not completely accurate; in any case, when this company requires all When they were destroyed, he, who was born as a division commander, did not sit still and wait for death, and everyone in the company, including him, performed heroically!
Thinking of this, his tears couldn't stop pouring out.
When the 9th Company moved toward Highland 634 along the open ground at the foot of the east side of Highland 633, the real reason why the Soviet troops on the East Second and East Third Highlands did not implement fire interception was that at first the Soviet army did not understand that this sudden attack from Highlands 632 and 633 was The true intention of the team emerging from the ridges and valleys between them. Moreover, Vulture Ridge and Xilian Mountain are each a defense area, and they must communicate with each other through a higher-level command agency. Before they report the new situation discovered to the agency and receive clear instructions; It is normal for the army to fail to respond appropriately. The 9th Company took advantage of this time to enter the depression on the northeast side of Highland 634. At this time, the higher-level command organization had given clear instructions to the Soviet troops on the East Second and East Three Highlands. The enemy defenders on the 634th Highland also began to attack the 9th Company under the high ground. The above two highlands invested in this firepower. It became natural to attack and block the road the 9th Company came from.
As for the Soviet troops coming from the direction of Xilian Mountain, they also launched a fire attack from the third direction on the 9th company from the big leg of Big Nose Peak. This was also not due to a pre-planned conspiracy. Since the 9th Company reached the depression in the north and northeast of Highland 634 ahead of this Soviet army, the Soviet army's movement across the gully and onto the high ground from the Big Nose Peak Mountain leg on the west side of the depression had to be placed under its own fire cover. And this very normal tactical measure finally completed the desperate situation of the 9th Company under the 634 Hill.
Cheng Yukun's trumpet sound reached the ears of Jiang Yusheng and Cheng Fei through the dense gunfire, and the two men's faces were pressed against the ground. They looked at each other knowingly. Neither of them said a word, but they had already exchanged thousands of words in their hearts.
The two of them left each other with a smile in the end. This smile is a farewell. It was also encouragement, and then he jumped out of the stone crevice where he was hiding.
There is a small pine tree as thick as a thumb on the slope more than 20 meters ahead on the left.
Jiang Yusheng saw the small pine tree at a glance after jumping over the mountain ridge line that separated the northeastern slope and the northern slope of the highland. In the web of death woven by bullets that crisscrossed the highlands and the Vulture Ridge area. The bullet rain in the direction of Big Nose Peak in the west was blocked by the mountain ridgeline - the branches of this small tree were intact, and the green leaves were still shining with the bright afternoon sunshine, indicating that it was a place where you could lay your own body. The rhyme of "safety island" is to hide one's body. Moreover, the terrain there is open, and you can see what is happening on the entire northeastern slope of the highland from bottom to top.
Jiang Yusheng grasped the body of the submachine gun with his right hand, placed the outside of his left arm on the ground, and rubbed his chin against the grass roots and stone edges on the slope, looking forward with wide eyes. He crept low towards the small pine tree. He felt nervous because on the other side of the mountain ridge line, the gunshots of Cheng Fei and the 2nd Platoon's upward attack had already sounded!
He finally moved with difficulty to the small pine tree. This is a small depression. The mountain in front is bulging, and the Soviet bullets are blocked and unable to hit it. On the left is a strange-shaped rock, which just protects the tree body and crown. Prevent bullets from the direction of East 2 and East 3 Highlands from hitting it. Jiang Yusheng now understands why the 8th Company did not realize that the Soviet troops were ambushing on Highland 634 after occupying Highland 633: The three defensive lines of the Soviet troops on the high ground had been built in an unknown year and month, and then they were allowed to grow up and down randomly. Weeds and shrubs, unless self-exposure, it is difficult for the attacker to use a telescope to spot the opponent in a patch of green. He could see clearly: the first trench on the mountainside was where the Soviet troops had the largest deployment and which currently posed the greatest threat to them. About 80 to 100 meters away from him.
Just in this section on the northeastern side of the highland, two light machine guns and more than 20 automatic rifles and submachine guns fired fiercely downwards, causing the grass and trees on the hillside and the depression at the foot of the mountain to rise into a chaotic and blurred sky several feet high. Green and yellowColorful dust; the second trench located 50 meters above it has weak firepower. There is only one light machine gun, a dozen submachine guns and automatic rifles in this section on the northeast side of the highland; the third trench on the platform ridge below the main peak of the highland More than 100 meters above the second trench, what caught Jiang Yusheng's attention there was not a large number of submachine guns and automatic rifles, but an old-fashioned Maxim heavy machine gun with a particularly shocking sound. However, its current main target is not them at the foot of the mountain, but the southernmost cliff top of Highland 633 in the northwest, making it impossible for the 8th Company to go south there to support them with firepower. Jiang Yusheng reacted quickly in his mind: he should lead the 1st platoon to quickly move towards the first trench of the Soviet army!