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Chapter 68 Just forget it when I should
Dusk was already falling outside the window, and Li Yucheng's narration continued.

"Zhao Shi helped me bundle the grenades in groups of two or three behind me. He didn't even raise his gun because his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't aim properly.

He tied me up and threw me away, repelling three probing attacks in a row.

For the last 10 grenades, I asked Zhao Shi to bundle 5 of them into extra large ones.

Then I took out the flare gun and inserted a flare.

When I saw someone approaching again, I fired a flare into the sky.

This flare is famous.

When the fighting started up and down the mountain, we could still get mountain artillery support from the main force of the regiment.

At first, they communicated with the artillery battalion through a walkie-talkie. After the walkie-talkie was broken, they fired a signal bomb into the sky.

The contact signal is set in advance. The first signal bomb will hoist the foot of the mountain, and the second signal bomb will cover the top of the mountain.

After fighting for a long time, the enemy also figured out the pattern. If we fired flares on the mountain, they would follow suit at the bottom of the mountain. Once we fired, they would all be defeated.

Then the signal gun was useless. Of course, I estimate that there should be only a few artillery pieces left in the artillery camp.

Because the heavy artillery shells from the opposite side initially flew over our heads and flew behind us. Needless to say, they must have been heading towards the artillery camp. Later, the heavy artillery also began to bombard the hilltop together. It was probably the artillery camp that was suppressed and could not speak.

I noticed that the rats who started attacking down the mountain yesterday were replaced. The new ones had different uniforms from the 1st Cavalry Division, and the equipment was not nut-standard. Later I found out that they were soldiers from the Kangaroo Battalion.

I didn't know that at the time, I just knew that the new one was not the 1st Cavalry Division.

I thought, since I was new to the battle, if I suddenly set off the signal flare, the slope would be blinded for a while.

I stuck my head out to see clearly. Sure enough, the soldiers below the ridge were lying in the pits to prevent shelling, and the covering machine guns were cut off for half a minute.

When they stood up again and could not climb more than a few meters, I fired another flare into the sky, and most of the kangaroos fell down again.

A few stupid young people who didn't believe in evil and continued to climb up, I directly rewarded them with a 5-ring combination bomb.

The movement was really quite big. From top to bottom, it really looked like the momentum of a 75-meter artillery shell.

Relying on several flares, I delayed for a long time until the last five rounds were thrown out.

Then there was nothing left to do. All he had on hand was a shovel, a pickaxe, and the bayonet on the [-]-gun.

By the way, there is also a bugle that cannot be blown.

When I was sorting out the equipment, I conveniently inserted it into my back waist and brought it along with me.

I actually tried blowing the charge horn, because I heard stories from the consolation group before that friendly troops had successfully blown away the enemy by blowing the charge horn.

Unfortunately, the trumpet was completely broken and could not be blown at all.

When I thought about it later, it was possible that I didn't have the strength to blow.

By the end of the fight, my whole chest, throat, and mouth felt like they were clogged with lumps of stuff. I couldn't cough it up or swallow it, and it was so heavy that I couldn't even straighten my back.

Blowing the trumpet is a strenuous job. If the charge trumpet is blown three times in a row, the trumpeter will have to lie down and follow the charge.

In those years, it was not just three or two trumpeters who blew up their lungs.

So it’s normal that I can’t blow the trumpet, because there’s no one on the mountain who can blow it.

I gave the [-]-gun to Zhao Shi, and with a shovel and a pickaxe in one hand, I waited for the moment when the kangaroos at the bottom of the mountain rushed up the ridge.

If you fight for one, you can make a profit, if you fight for two, you can earn one! "

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Chen Yiming heard this with excitement. He knew that Lao Li did not trade lives with the enemy in the end, so a miracle must have happened at the critical moment.

As a result, the old man got to the point and stopped.

Chen Yiming couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Li, what happened next? Didn't the enemy attack again?"

Li Yucheng recovered from his stunned state and replied, "Yeah, no more attacks.

I stayed on the ridge until dark and no one could be seen. There was no attack or artillery fire on the other side.

The 15th regiment that took over the defense came up in the middle of the night. We followed their regiment's health personnel and retreated in a daze.

The six of us discussed it for a long time in the cave, but we still couldn't figure out why the kangaroos stopped attacking after half the attack, and why the 6st Cavalry Division didn't replace them and continue the attack.

The final result was that we defended the main peak of Tianma Mountain and survived until the moment the mission was completed.

It was a pity that Qian Guitian was unable to dodge the enemy's grenade because of his injury, and fell before dawn. Li Yucheng suddenly asked Chen Yiming, "Didn't you study the opponent's war history? What did they say?" "

Chen Yiming also looked confused, "The combat log of the 1st Cavalry Division only records the Battle of Tianma Mountain until September 9th. This is consistent with what you said about changing the Kangaroo Battalion to attack.

However, the military records of Kangaroo Battalion make no mention of offensive operations at all. Their logs only include combat patrols and cover garrisoning.

Checking their casualty records, there were only single-digit deaths in the entire month of September, which does not match the battle history you mentioned.

The field log of the 9th Nut Field Artillery Regiment includes the Battle of Tianma Mountain. Their fire support mission in this area lasted until mid-October, indicating that there were fierce exchanges of fire on the front line.

Anyway, there are many contradictions in the public records of the Nuts, and the first-line offensive operations on the 25th and 26th are unclear.

I suspect that the Kangaroo Battalion that was replaced to attack Tianma Mountain is Xibei goods, that is, the cannon fodder of the Bang Kingdom.

On the side of the Union Army, Nuts, Britannia, Maple Leaf, and Kangaroo all have records of recruiting soldiers from the United States. They are treated equally during combat, but they are not included in casualty statistics.

Has Mr. Li ever seen the appearance of kangaroo soldiers?Or have you heard them talking? "

As soon as Chen Yiming asked, he felt that he was being stupid. If Mr. Li had really seen and heard of it, he wouldn't have been confused for so many years.

"Really? No wonder the attack started but ended that day."

Having said that, it seemed that Li Yucheng was just asking casually and didn't take Chen Yiming's speculation to heart.

Chen Yiming asked weakly, "Mr. Li, what happened next? What happened to the eight of you after we withdrew?"

This time, Li Yucheng was silent for a long time before answering.

"Yao Zhenbiao is missing two fingers, the thumb and index finger of his right hand. He can no longer hold the gun or pull the trigger. He was discharged from the Army with a first-level disability rating.

After returning to China, he was in Northeast China and I was in Guangdong Province. We never saw each other again, and we only communicated with each other a few times.

Deputy Chief Wang was transferred to the rear to rebuild the 9th Company. I never saw him again after we were separated.

After returning to China, I asked someone to inquire about his whereabouts, and finally found out that he had hitched a ride with the division's transportation company, and the man and the vehicle disappeared.

He endured seven days and seven nights of bombings on a palm-sized hill on the front line without losing a single hair on his head. However, when he returned to the rear and got into a big truck, something happened.

In the end, he was determined to be missing. If he had known that this would happen, he might as well have been heroic on Tianma Mountain! "

Li Yucheng said the word "heroic" through gritted teeth, and the sound squeezed out from between his teeth made Chen Yiming feel cold in his heart.

"Both Liu Tie and Lu Wenxiu, who were most seriously injured, survived. Liu Tie was blind and Lu Wenxiu had a disabled shoulder.

One batch of them were discharged from the hospital and the other discharged from the army. After returning to China, I looked for them but could not find them.

At that time, the list of soldiers was very simple, just a name and a hometown address, and that was it. None of them were party members, and there were no organizational records, so there was no news about that one.

Zhang Shulin, who was the least injured, died in the division hospital. The hole in his leg was delayed for too long, causing the wound to become infected, and he did not survive on the operating table.

Zhao Shi's injured eye was saved. After he and Wei Changzheng recovered from their injuries, they were reorganized into the 8th company. They were in our 2nd platoon, and Zhao Shi was still my squad deputy.

Later, in the 489.2 battle, I was the only one left alive in my squad 5.

Wei Changzheng died halfway to the blast point, less than 20 meters in front of me.

Zhao Shi directed the other two groups to make detours, but none of the six people came back. "

Li Yucheng's voice became deeper and deeper, and Chen Yiming had to concentrate to barely hear it clearly.

"After capturing 489.2, I was transferred to the anti-landing force on the east coast of the peninsula. It was said that the superiors wanted to leave a seed for the 'Eight Warriors of Tianma Mountain'.

I stayed there for three months. I didn't fight a single anti-landing battle, but I caught a lot of the spies dropped by air.

Then I returned to China in great glory, covered in red and colorful clothes, commended at the conference, received by the chief, and toured the country.

This is a political task. If I don’t do it, who else can?

Company Commander 9, Deputy Commander Wang, Yao Zhenbiao, and the old squad leader, they are all more qualified than me to receive those honors and to tell the story of those seven days and seven nights.

But it’s me! "

He reached out and pushed forward, sliding the recorder in front of Chen Yiming.

"Let's go. I've said everything I know. I can finally forget everything that needs to be forgotten."

Chen Yiming took the recording pen, stood up and bowed deeply, then turned around and walked out of the study.

Outside the door was a young lady in military uniform who had been standing there for who knows how long.

(End of this chapter)