The beacon of youth

Chapter 34o Fighting 36th Division Five Again

The artillery fire fired by the independent brigade was like a burst. The entire Hutishan position was repeatedly covered by shells. The trees and rocks on the mountain were blown down one layer, and the bomb craters were connected one after another. Three consecutive artillery strikes caused heavy losses to the defending Kuomintang 28th Brigade. .Read novels on mobile phones, update synchronously\!{'}

Wang Huo, who was preparing to attack from the front, didn't wait for the artillery fire to end before sending troops up. No one would say anything if he did so, but he certainly didn't send a small troop up before the artillery fire stopped. The effect is good, although it will take a lot of risk.

(It is good to send small troops up to achieve results, but if one fails to master it well and is destroyed by your own artillery fire, it will be a loss. Then the commander will be dealt with by the superior after the war, and it is normal to be dismissed and demoted due to command errors)

Each infantry combat battalion of the current independent brigade has more than 800 people. It is an authentic large infantry battalion. Coupled with the heavy weapons equipped in the battalion, even ordinary regiment-level troops may not be at a disadvantage. .

This time, the two battalions each dispatched a platoon to move up, using the smoke from the shells as a cover to move up. The standard equipment of the independent brigade is nine platoons per battalion, and each platoon has four squads. 20 people, so there are more than 80 people in this upward-moving platoon-level combat force.

Two small troops, each with more than 80 people, under the watchful eyes of the soldiers behind, formed a combat team line, covering each other, and rushed forward.

In the combat battalion of the Independent Brigade, the infantry still used a large number of submachine guns as their main individual weapons. In order to make up for the lack of weapon range at that time, there were several 20-type rifles in each infantry platoon or infantry squad. The standard equipment was [-] rifles per squad. People, two [-]-type rifles and two or four Czech light machine guns, and the rest are submachine guns.

Such weapons and equipment are no problem for street fighting and melee combat, but when the distance is far away, the equipment is slightly insufficient. Li Yong has no good way to solve it for the time being, so he has to wait and see how far the troops develop.

(This problem is also a common problem encountered by our army in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. It was not until the appearance of the Bayi-type automatic rifle that it was successfully resolved. The Bayi-style was finalized in 81. , and now the troops are still in large numbers)

Jumping, moving forward, jumping from one bomb crater to another, approaching bit by bit the mountain that was still being torn by artillery fire, shrapnel and broken stones swished past overhead, the soldiers As if he couldn’t feel all this, he climbed up with hands and feet, and from time to time, the fifth battalion commander Wang Huo’s worried voice came from the walkie-talkie leading the platoon leader: “How is it? How far have you penetrated? Pay attention to the distance , don’t be killed by our shells.”

Just when the two small troops were a few hundred meters away from the top of the mountain, the artillery fire all over the sky suddenly stopped, and the familiar bugle sound of the soldiers came from the foot of the mountain again.

The bugle has been sounded twice in a row, and the troops have not launched an attack, not to mention the officers and soldiers of the 28th Brigade of the Kuomintang who are guarding the position. Even these two small troops of the People's Liberation Army who sneaked up did not know whether this time was real or not. Those who are about to attack, the specific action time can only be grasped by the commanders above the battalion.

The small troops that had rushed to the middle of the mountain heard the sound of bugles from the bottom of the mountain, and some people looked back habitually, and saw countless soldiers emerging from the positions of the fifth and fourth battalions, two infantry battalions, one Thousands of six or seven hundred soldiers, even the fifth battalion commander Wang Huhu and the fourth battalion commander Ning Jinshan also led the troops to charge.

The soldier looking back poked the platoon leader beside him: "Platoon leader, platoon leader, look, this time it's true, comrades are all here."

The platoon leader turned around and took a look, and then shouted excitedly: "Attention, our artillery fire stopped, the enemy will come out to fight immediately, the cover team, the blasting team, rush up, and explode before the enemy reacts, let them They all fly to the sky on earth planes."

The platoon leader is a veteran of the Independent Brigade, and he just returned to the army with the same injury as Wang Huo. To catch up with the expansion of the Independent Brigade, a large number of grassroots commanders are needed. The former veteran was the squad leader, and the squad leader is now the platoon leader. The guy, like Wang Huo, wants to make a great contribution, and then show off in front of others. Now that the opportunity comes, he is still unhappy. As for doing so, the possibility of sacrifice and loss of glory has long been out of the consideration of these veterans, don't be afraid Death is the most basic condition for a grassroots commander of the PLA. If you can't even do this, then don't be the squad leader or platoon leader at all.

Several combat groups rushed out immediately, each soldier carried a five kilogram explosive drug bag, and now is the time for these explosive drug bags to show their power.

In Huti Mountain, at the command post of the 36th Division of the Kuomintang under the temple on the top of the mountain, the division commander Zhong Song shouted angrily: "They are all **** trash. Hurry up and send an observation post to monitor the actions of the Communist Army. The Communist Army is mihuo us. Maybe this time it will really come up, hurry up."

It has to be said that Zhong Song has enough experience in fighting. Several artillery strikes from the People's Liberation Army made him vaguely guess the intention of the Independent Brigade, but it was still a bit late. It's inevitable.

After several rounds of artillery preparations, the Independent Brigade finally started to attack the 28th Brigade's position. The operations of the first battalion, the second battalion and the third battalion also started. In the words of Li Jiangguo: "What is an auxiliary attack? Whoever goes up first is the hero. Our First Battalion wants to change the auxiliary attack into an assault. Others can think whatever they want."

This kind of thinking is not only his, but Ma Quanyou, the commander of the second battalion, and Ma Chengsheng, the commander of the third battalion, almost think so. What kind of auxiliary attack is not auxiliary attack? The taste of being bullied less and more.

For a long time, the Northwest Field Army used fewer to win more and used inferior weapons and troops to fight against the enemy. This was true when fighting the devils, and it was even more the same when fighting the Kuomintang. It's time, I still have to let go of my anger.

Each of the five infantry battalions of the Independent Brigade has a heavy machine gun platoon and a mortar platoon. With these firepower, several battalion commanders are very confident that they want to fight the enemy on the mountain. The guns cleared the firepower on the mountain at fixed points, and the three infantry battalions put more and more pressure on the mountain.

Under the coercion of the division commander Zhong Song and some middle and senior officers, the soldiers who hid in the artillery holes and dared not come out finally came to the forward position, and when they poked their heads out, they immediately saw the People's Liberation Army The commandos who attacked upwards, these soldiers understood that the People's Liberation Army was really coming up this time.

The officers pulled their necks and shouted: "The communist army is coming up, shoot, hurry up and shoot, if you don't shoot again, I will kill you."

Wei Gang, the battalion commander of the Machine Gun Battalion, was very itchy. Seeing the other troops working in full swing, they had nothing to worry about. None of the tigers meant to use the machine gun battalion.

Dozens of large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, how powerful is this if they are all changed to flat shots?But why don't you call us?Do you want to kill my old Wei?

In fact, Wei Gang was too anxious. The Kuomintang troops on the mountain have been hiding and being bombarded. The only two times they wanted to go out were bombed, and they were devastated. No one was seen. How did Wang Huo use the machine gun battalion? It's also a machine gun, the bullets won't bend, if you shoot a cat in a cave, wouldn't it be a waste of bullets? The phone Wei Gang had been waiting for finally rang: "Old Wei, I am Tiger Wang, are you in a hurry? Now is the time for your battalion to show its performance, beat down all the enemies who dare to attack, ruthlessly hit."

To say that the old soldier Wang Huo is really good, he has excellent commanding ability on the battlefield, and he is also very accurate in grasping the timing. Now is the time when the artillery fire of the independent brigade has stopped and the enemy comes out to fight. At this time, letting the machine gun battalion fire can form a covering firepower continuous xing.

Wei Gang shook off the hat on his head, held an anti-aircraft machine gun himself, and shouted in his mouth: "Comrades—let the enemy know what heavy infantry fire is, and let the Communist Party know what the People's Liberation Army is." The main force, fire—fire."

The anti-aircraft machine gun in Wei Gang's hand slammed backwards, and then a long tongue of flame spewed out from the muzzle, and the ammunition chain held by the deputy shooter beside him flowed with a rush, and the sound of "punch, kick, kick" was heard. It's frightening.

Dozens of tings of anti-aircraft machine guns exploded from the position at the bottom of the mountain. The bullets were so dense that people could not keep their eyes open, forming an airtight cover screen in front of the soldiers of the PLA attacking troops. ,

On the other hand, on the mountain where the Kuomintang defense troops were stationed, the soldiers lay down in the dilapidated trenches, saying that the trenches were a bit shabby, and the artillery strikes for more than an hour had completely changed these so-called trenches. Even if you lie on the ground, you can't stop the bullets, what else can you call a trench.

The sound of large-caliber machine guns firing over made these soldiers feel terrified. Not to mention fighting back, they were smashed to pieces as soon as their heads came out. The tiger is so powerful that it makes people's hands and feet cold.

The difference between anti-aircraft machine gun bullets and ordinary bullets is too big. Ordinary bullets hit the body with a hole. On the arm, the whole arm was blown away, and when it hit the big leg, a big leg disappeared. Under the medical conditions at that time, it was a direct death, but it was even worse when it was hit on the head, with the helmet and the head attached Destroying them all is also death, but this kind of death is too shocking.