He clearly knew that the hope of this company's survival was extremely slim. He even thought that the 9th Company might have been completely destroyed by now - the 9th Company's sniper line on the northwest side of Highland 634 might have collapsed during this period, and Big Nose Peak Mountain The Soviet troops on their legs may have passed the gully long ago. As soon as the latter crossed the gully, the final moment for the destruction of the 9th Company would have arrived! But what he saw in the telescope suddenly surprised him: he was wrong!
The Soviet troops on Big Nose Peak Mountain¡¯s legs still haven¡¯t crossed the gully, and the 9th Company¡¯s sniper line on the east side of the gully is still fighting.
There was sudden gunfire on the east side of heights 632 and 633! Liu Zongsheng withdrew his gaze from the direction of Highland 634 and looked towards the above two highlands again. The gunfire only showed one thing: the 7th and 8th companies were also engaged in fierce defensive battles at the eastern foot and main peak of 632 and 633 Highlands!
Every burst of gunfire that sounded like exploding beans sounded like someone was hitting his already fragile heartstrings with a heavy hammer!
Xiao Qiang and Cui Shian noticed that the impulsive color on the deputy leader's face became brighter. Taking the enemy in the direction of Vulture Ridge to launch a large-scale counterattack on heights 630, 632, and 633 as the dividing line, Liu Zongsheng's spirit has entered a new state. He himself was not aware of this change, but it had already happened: before this moment, even though the 9th company had been surrounded by people on Highland 634 and faced the danger of total destruction, he still had no idea of ??controlling the fate of the entire battalion in the entire 632 Highland area. He did not lose confidence; but after that, a feeling of being unable to control the development of the war situation clearly appeared in his heart, causing great panic deep in his life. This panic is not about myself. When the battle started, his own life was nothing. What made him panic was that the life and death of the hundreds of people in the battalion he had brought here from the mountain stream would be passively handed over to many unknown things on the battlefield that he could not control. factors to dominate. He didn't know how many troops the Soviet army would invest in the entire 632 Highlands. Judging from the current posture, they would definitely not use only one regiment. The Soviet army also understood that in order to capture heights 630, 632, and 633, it must use at least four times the strength of the Chinese army to be effective! Regardless of the 9th company, the 7th and 8th companies can resist the Soviet army four times their size on the positions they hold, but if the Soviet army's strength exceeds this limit. He doesn't have a single reserve of soldiers to use! The Soviet army may also bring them the fate of destruction through another way, that is, occupying the 630 Highlands and inserting westward from the valley between No. 1 Ridge and the 632 Highlands, surrounding them in the 632 Highland area, and then dividing and annihilating them. . The latter possibility did not only exist in his imagination. He had never fully believed in Peng Tao, so he did not dare to fully believe in Peng Tao's troops! Moreover, Peng Tao had just given them the order to defend in the form of a military commander's order, but did not give them an order to retreat without warning. He had to understand in his heart: from now on, his battalion would have to insist on fighting the Soviet army here to the end. The fate of the entire battalion has been decided!
Now even if he wants to withdraw the entire battalion from the 632 Highland area, he can't do it!
Not only was the 9th Company unable to withdraw from Highland 634, the 7th and 8th Companies were also unable to withdraw from the battles at Highlands 632 and 633 at this time! As the supreme commander of this small force. He could only watch helplessly as the entire battalion of officers and soldiers suffered the darkest fate without being able to help them!
But is their situation necessarily so desperate? For a moment, a sad and angry voice in his heart shouted, the current situation of the whole battalion is so desperate, can't you think of any way to help these brothers who were brought to the battlefield by you? "No, I must find a way! I must find a way!" His heart cried unyieldingly.
At this moment, at least one company of Soviet troops emerged from the valley on the southeast side of the highland!
A thick cloud of smoke poured out from the ravine on the south side of Dongsan Highland, filling the gorge between it and Highland 634. This group of Soviet troops coming from the direction of Xilian Mountain has just bypassed the foot of the southeastern side of Highland 634 and is quickly rushing north into the smoke!
Xiao Qiang, who looked there, immediately understood: when the enemies in the direction of Gulph Ridge made a massive counterattack on the 630, 632, and 633 heights, the enemies in the Xilian Mountains also increased the pressure on the Chinese army in the 634 heights. Their efforts to reinforce Highland 634 from the Big Nose Leg were delayed and disintegrated. Just use the new 1st company's troops to bypass the east side of the high ground and attack the 9th company. In an instant, Cui Shian thought: If these Soviet troops are allowed to go around to the northeast and north of Highland 634, they will immediately deal a devastating blow to the 9th Company!
This Soviet army must be stopped! As soon as this idea came up, he forgot everything in the world!
¡°Follow me¡ª¡ª!¡± Cui Shian raised the submachine gun in his hand and shouted in a changed voice. He jumped over the ridgeline first and rushed down the southeastern leg of 633 Highland!
He did not remember Xiao Qiang¡¯s warning to crawl forward. The enemy¡¯s heavy machine guns on the East Third Highlands had to support the infantry¡¯s attack operations. This team has not been found yet. When Cui Shian jumped over the ridge at the bottom of the mountain leg and entered the depression on the northeast side of the 3.634 plateau, what Xiao Qiang was worried about did not happen!
Cui Shian did not stop here, but led his troops directly to bravely meet the Soviet troops pouring from the valley to the southeast! He ran ahead of everyone. First, he crossed a slope that stretched gently from the depression on the northeast side of Highland 634 to the bottom of the valley. There were only a few bushes on the slope and there were no terrain features that could be used. Unable to stop, he continued running south along the canyon and entered a metasequoia forest. . The light in the forest suddenly turned dark, which made him feel very uncomfortable because of his poor eyesight. The ground here is still very flat, and he feels that he should continue to move forward and go to the other end of the forest to snipe the Soviet army!
What happened next was a real encounter. From Chui Shi'an's side, even though he was mentally prepared to actively meet the enemy, he had no intention of suddenly starting a fight with the Soviet army in the woods. In addition, due to his poor eyesight, he could only see the Soviet army clearly when he was very close; For the Soviet army, first the smoke in the valley on the southeast side of the highland, and then the forest, hindered their observation. At that moment, Cui Shian, who was running, and the leading soldiers of the Soviet army saw each other within a distance of more than ten meters. It was too late for both sides to even lie down on the spot. In a hurry, the Soviet army opened fire first, missing Cui Shian, but hitting a long, alarming burst on the trunk of a tree as thick as a bucket. Cui Shi'an also opened fire in his eagerness. He did not see clearly whether the Soviet army was dead. He could only see the opponent's eyes wide open in fear from a bright fire. He was still in a running state. After shooting a burst, his body did not stop behind the tree trunk that was hit by the Soviet army, but was carried to a clearing in the forest ahead by the inertia of the movement. Suddenly, he saw a ball of fire shining at him from behind a tree trunk two meters away. He realized what it was and understood that dodging was impossible, so he didn't dodge. Instead, he used all his strength on the index finger of his right hand that was holding the trigger of the submachine gun, and aimed a dazzling ball of fire at the Soviet army who fired the ball of fire.
"Ta-ta-ta¡ª¡ª!" The gunshots of the two men rang out and were interrupted again. Cui Shi'an first knelt down with one leg weakly, and then slowly fell down on the grass in front of him. Until the last moment of his life, Cui Shian did not forget to pursue the perfection of life.
He went to the battlefield and died for the above goal; when the wings of death finally fanned out the fire of his life, he may understand that his ideal has been partially realized. Ever since he led his team into the woods to meet the Soviet army, even when he realized that death was coming, he did not feel the slightest fear in his heart.
When Cui Shian fell face to face on the grass in the forest. This encounter in the fir forest in the canyon on the east side of Highland 634 has just begun. It lasted until just before dark. There were still sporadic gunshots. Since all Chinese officers and soldiers were killed, people have never figured out the detailed process of the battle. What can be guessed and imagined is that the close proximity between the enemy and ourselves was the main reason for the large number of deaths and no survivors among the combatants. For some time after the war, there was a rumor that there had been hand-to-hand fighting in this battle. The people who used the darkness to clean the battlefield the next night angrily retorted: The hand-to-hand fighting did not happen at all. Cui Shian, the instructor of the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Regiment, said: A platoon of troops sniped at a Soviet force three times their own, saving the 9th company of the battalion from imminent disaster. All of the victims among them fell with their heads and muzzles facing forward. This heroic scene was enough to shock the heavens and make the gods and ghosts weep.
9th Company correspondent Wu Lan was ordered by Cheng Yukun to avoid the rain of bullets flying down from the high ground. After crawling forward to the sniper position of the third row on the northwest side of the highland, Shang Yujun had just calmed down a little from the surging sadness, and raised his head to pay attention to the ongoing battles up and down the highland.
Everything visible in this world - the sky, mountain peaks, valleys, forests, and the dark red sunset in the northwest that sinks to the bottom of the big mountain gorge between No. 1 Ridge and Mount Xilian - are still shrouded in the flames and smoke of the war. They were wet and stained, but since the recent battle, he had not only become accustomed to them. And it doesn¡¯t feel scary at all. His life has transcended all obstacles, including those of life and death, and entered a simple, exciting state. In his consciousness, from the bottom of all war sounds. A symphony with profound emotions has echoed. The melody is heavy, tragic yet magnificent, and the wordless song floating above the main melody is cordial, melodious and bright. The former is a true description of war scenes, while the latter is a song of the living and the dead in the war. It was in this solemn singing that he re-understood what was happening up and down the high ground: Although the Soviet army's high- and low-level dual-purpose machine guns on Big Nose Peak had been using fierce firepower to hit a heavy machine gun on the southern leg of the 631 highland, the latter But together with a light machine gun at the waist on the southwest side of the main peak of Highland 633, they were still carrying out effective attacks on the Soviet troops on the other side of the gully. Obviously, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army on the other side of the gully was defeated. As long as the heavy machine gun of the Chinese army continued to roar, it was impossible for the Soviet army to cross the gully, so he did not really take them to heart. ; and above the high ground, the battle is far from over. Through the diffused scenery on the north slope andThrough the smoke and dust on the northern slope, he saw that the battle was still going on between the first and third trenches. The 1st and 2nd platoons have captured the first trench, and all Soviet troops and firearms have shrunk into the third and final trench. However, the current situations between the enemy and ourselves are different. The Soviet firepower above the high ground was still dense and fierce. A heavy machine gun and another light machine gun located in the middle of the third trench poured down bullets like a wind. Their firepower not only covered the entire northern slope of the high ground. and Dongpo. They also condescendingly controlled the depression at the bottom of the slope and the cliff at the southern end of Highland 633, preventing the 8th Company's firepower from going south from the main peak to the cliff and posing a new threat to them. There is also a light machine gun at the east and west ends of the third trench, screaming crazily. Their targets are concentrated, which are the 1st and 2nd platoons that have occupied the first trench. Interspersed among the firepower of these light and heavy machine guns were numerous automatic rifles and submachine gun firepower points - the huge shadows of the peaks of Mount Xilien were cast diagonally from the northwest to the top of the highlands, blocking out the remaining light of the setting sun and clearly Along the edge of the trench, little tongues of flame erupted from the muzzles of Soviet guns appeared. But in the first trench, he did not see the 1st and 2nd platoons organizing another attack. His heart trembled: Judging from the fact that the Soviet army can shoot down below without interference, the strength of the 1st and 2nd platoons has clearly been exhausted!
The high ground is still in Soviet hands!
At present, their platoon is the only strength left in the company!
The Soviet army above the high ground also suffered a heavy blow, which could not be compared with them. No matter in terms of troops, firearms, or terrain, they still have obvious advantages!
Before dark, the entire company will have its last attack, either to capture Highland 634, or to be completely destroyed in the attack. It is impossible not to have this attack, because the combat mission has not been completed!
It is absurd to hope for final victory. The consolation they can get is that through this final attack, they can prove to others that although they failed, they fulfilled their military duties to the letter!
He had defeated death in a brutal sniper battle this afternoon, but he could not expect to defeat it in the last attack before dark!
All these ideas appeared in his heart in a simple and intuitive way, and were not clear. Not coherent either, but once they appear. He understood them.
When Ulan panting crawled in front of him, before he spoke, he understood what order the other party gave him.
"3rd Platoon Commander, the company commander asked you to take over from 1st Platoon and 2nd Platoon and launch an attack on the high ground!" Urant said breathlessly.
"Understood!"
He simply answered and sent Urant away. The company commander's correspondent noticed at this moment that the expression on his face was extremely fierce and his eyes were cold. Then, he seemed to have forgotten the enemy threat that still existed on the west side of the gully, and simply stood up from behind the pebbles where he was hiding. He slowly scanned the whole platoon behind the sniper position with the terrifying eyes above, and issued an order: "Attention, whole platoon -! Follow me to attack the high ground! Squad 8 is in front, Squad 9 is behind, and Squad 7 is following me. Come¡ª¡ª!"
He was not unaware that the remnants of the enemy on the west side of the gully could easily kill him, but in a new state of mind where he had no mercy for himself or others, he no longer cared about this matter. Even the sadness that had surged in his chest just now became part of the new fearlessness and strength in his life. This boy standing in the sunset has all the characteristics of what is called a mourning soldier in the art of war: grief and intense emotions, the determination to burn everything, the eager desire to fight, and the expression of looking at death as if it were home. etc. The war simplified the complex content of life, leaving only one thing in his mind: leading the entire platoon to conduct the final attack on Highland 634. This is your duty and your final destiny!
They did not follow the route of 1st Platoon and 2nd Platoon and conduct a frontal attack from the north and northeast sides of the highland. Instead, they followed a bottom-up rain crack ditch on the northwest side of the highland to avoid the clouds gathering on the platform below the main peak. The attention of the Soviet troops in the three trenches quietly reached up and touched it. This Yucrack gully was first discovered by Eighth Squad Leader Gong Wenxuan. Its lower end was half-hidden in the middle of the pebble belt where they used to snipe the Soviet troops on the west side of the gully. It was half a man deep and about five feet wide, with cliffs on both sides. There are lush shrubs and sagebrush growing on it. Just as Shang Yujun gave the order to the entire platoon to attack the high ground, Gong Wenxuan bent down and ran over, pointed to the rain-cracked ditch and gave his advice: "Platoon commander, we'd better not fight head-on. ! I have counted that there are about 30 Soviet troops on the high ground, but there are only 18 of us left. We can¡¯t fight hard! We should touch up from this chasm and act according to the opportunity. It is best to keep touching. Enter the top trench of the Soviet army and catch him by surprise!"
Shang Yujun saw the rain-cracked ditch and immediately understood Gong Wenxuan's suggestion. He had not paid attention to Gong Wenxuan since entering the sniper battle. At this moment, he saw the bloody bandage on the head of the eighth squad leader, his military uniform was torn into strips of cloth, and his two eyes were filled with tears.He was still as bright and energetic as when he was in the mountain stream in the morning, and his facial expression was resolute and heroic, showing that despite the previous battle, his inner determination and passion had not been damaged. Shang Yujun felt a simple excitement in his heart with such a squad leader making the last attack of his life with him.
"Okay, do as you say! Eighth squad leader, take action!" He replied briefly.
As soon as the words left his lips, a string of bullets hit Big Nose Fengshan¡¯s legs, flew ten centimeters away from his eyes, and hit the rocks with a "cracking" sound!
"Hmph, the marksmanship is not accurate!" A contemptuous thought passed through Shang Yujun's mind. He slowly ducked down and dodged another string of bullets that followed. He led the seventh squad and followed Gong Wenxuan's eight Ban entered the rain-cracked ditch.
ps: During the lunch break, I was chatting with my colleagues, and suddenly we talked about houses. I said, "Houses are so expensive now. If I had a piece of land, it would be really prosperous!" He said, "If you had a piece of land, I would immediately I accept you as my godfather!" As soon as I finished speaking, the little girl at the front desk called me: "You have a delivery!" After that, my godson didn't want to talk to me the whole afternoon.