I work as a mercenary in northern Myanmar

The terrain along the Qingshui River is actually quite complex, and the defense of the river bank is definitely not as simple as "a river hits from south to north."

In fact, the concept of "urban area" referred to by Qingshui River is about 30 kilometers near the intersection area of ​​Nu River and Qingshui River (Nanting River), starting from the main urban area of ​​​​Qingshui River and passing through Hoban, Gunong, and Huli. a major residential area.

These three residential areas have relatively narrow river channels, numerous bunkers, and excellent river crossing conditions. This is the focus of the Allied Forces' interception and defense against the Kachin Army.

Similarly, the Kachin Army can basically only launch river crossings at these three points, because other river ranges are not suitable for large-scale beach landing operations due to the poor geographical environment, rugged terrain, and soft river beach texture.

In other words, Peng Deren was able to determine roughly three defensive points from the beginning.

But even so, he still had no way of judging where the opponent would launch its main attack.

Near Huli is the last corner before the Nu River and Qingshui River meet. There are vast sandbars and river center islands, which are conducive to the team establishing defensive fulcrums and suppressing firepower. More importantly, Kachin can directly board the ship in the upper reaches of the Nu River to avoid Possible attacks during boarding.

In theory, this is the most likely location to be chosen for the river crossing.

But the problem is that if they cross the river here, the Kachin army will have to enter the jungle on the south side of the Nujiang-Qingshui River, away from the main road. If they want to attack Qingshui River eastward, they will have to go through another round of trekking and cross Gunong again. The nearby Qingshui River runs from north to south.

The whole road was jungle, and the difficulties they faced while carrying heavy equipment were too great.

As for Gunong and Hoban Hill Bridge?

From a topographic point of view, Gunong is the area where the Nu River and the Qingshui River truly meet. There is a vast flat sandbar nearby, and it has been developed for a long time. There are even cement pavements made by many nearby factories on it, which is fully equipped for attack.

The area near the Xiaoshan Bridge is the narrowest part of the Qingshui River, and the last passing bridge remains. It is undoubtedly the focus of the competition.

Therefore, Peng Deren did not deploy many troops in Huli at the beginning, but focused on defending Gunong and Hoban Xiaoshan Bridge.

But it was obvious that there was an error in his judgment.

It seems that the opponent has no intention of letting heavy equipment cross the river. Instead, it directly relies on the fire suppression advantage established on the other side of the river to send the infantry over, and then quickly crosses the jungle and launches an encirclement and suppression of the Allied forces from west to east!

Once their plan is successfully implemented, the Allied forces will face an extremely passive situation.

beat?

With enemies on both sides, it was already very difficult to defend, not to mention the heavy firepower on the other side. The Allies had no choice at all.

withdraw?

Once withdrawn, Qingshuihe, the last line of defense, will be completely destroyed. What’s even more paradoxical is that you may not even be able to withdraw!

The Allied Forces are good at fighting in the mountains and jungles, so why can’t the Kachin fight?

Once bitten by them, what room for resistance would the Allies have?

Therefore, after seeing the situation clearly, Peng Deren quickly adjusted his deployment and poured all his few "artillery forces" near the M2 armored vehicles that had begun to move on the other side of Hoban!

“Bang—bang—bang—”

The continuous sound of artillery shells ejected continuously, and after a long flight, the artillery shells fell to the ground with a screaming sound.

The Kachin infantry who gathered near the armored vehicles and tried to use "infantry-tank coordination" tactics suffered a big loss. After a round of shelling, all the infantry fled in panic, leaving only a lone M2 in place.

Great work!

"The enemies on the other side of Hoban have fled! Continue to support Gunong and Huli!"

"Hold on! Just hold on and we can win!"

Peng Deren was overjoyed. The mortar team he had finally trained to conduct non-visual shooting finally worked for the first time! ——

But he forgot that the Kachin artillery was no longer the original artillery.

He made one of the most deadly mistakes on the battlefield, but also the easiest mistake for an immature artillery commander to make.

That is, after completing a round of shelling, there was no timely transfer.

Just when he was happily sharing the news of the victory with other lower-level commanders on the front line and trying to boost morale, a terrifying voice suddenly appeared in his ears.

No, not a plane.

It is the unique dull "drumming sound" after a large-caliber artillery shell hits the ground and explodes.

"boom!"

Peng Deren's vision went dark. The huge shock wave blew the earth wall in front of him into pieces, and he was knocked to the ground behind the earth wall!

His lungs had been crushed, the black vision caused by insufficient blood supply to the heart made him unable to see anything at all, blood flowed from his ears, and his hearing had been completely lost.

Out of instinct, he subconsciously stretched out his hands to try to push away the bricks that were pressing on him, but the usually easy movements were as difficult as moving mountains for him now.

He had forgotten to breathe - or actually, after the severe injury, his body's instinct had forgotten to breathe.

The feeling of death is infinitely approaching. If another shell falls at this time, he will never have a chance to survive.

"boom--"

The second and third-party shells fell as scheduled, but Peng Deren got lucky.

All these shells missed!

Or did they originally fall in the direction where our artillery positions were evacuated?

At the same time, a pair of hands opened up the bricks and desperately pulled Peng Deren out of the ruins. The light finally reappeared in front of Peng Deren. He coughed violently several times, and then asked with difficulty:

"Where are the people? Where are the cannons?"

The adjutant who pulled him out was speechless and could only drag Peng Deren by his armpits and evacuate quickly.

When Peng Deren looked at the original mortar position, all he saw was a mess of stumps and broken arms.

If he had been even 5 meters closer when the bombardment occurred, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to survive.

One shot, just one shell!

Just one artillery shell completely destroyed our side's strongest and only "heavy firepower"!

What kind of terrifying power is this? Is there such a gunner in Kachin? !

Peng Deren was even a little desperate, but at this time, the correspondent who arrived brought him even more desperate news.

"We can't hold the house any longer!"

"They have two assault boats with anti-aircraft guns!"

"We can't fight! There's no way we can fight!"

"Where are our 107 rockets?"

"Missed target."

Peng Deren literally spat out a mouthful of old blood. Although he was prepared for this result, when it actually happened, Peng Deren still found it unacceptable.

"How many rockets are left?"

"The shooting near Huli has been completed, and there are still 45 rounds in Gunnong, but it is too late to transport them there. We are retreating."

This was a major strategic misjudgment. Peng Deren's original thought was that weapons such as the 107 rocket, which were not very accurate and relied mainly on intensive firepower to deal range damage, were more suitable for use in the Gunong area, but he did not expect that what he knew , the other party also knows!

Will the opponent rush forward despite the 107 fire? Is it possible that they are that stupid? ——

If it was really the Kachin who were fighting, they could really be that stupid.

But obviously, judging from the current situation, this Kachin army is not that simple!

"Retreat, retreat to the vicinity of Gunung."

Peng Deren exhaled a sigh of relief, and his mentality finally became more stable.

At this time, the classic cases he had seen flashed through his mind, but unfortunately, none of them could be applied directly.

Since there is no one to refer to, you can only carry it on your own.

"Everyone returned to Xiaoshanqiao to establish a defensive zone. At the same time, we moved our guard platoon indoors to change defense."

"Bring all the rockets, ignore the infantrymen crossing the river, and aim at the assault boats!"

"If the infantry wants to cross the river, they can cross the river. When they have all finished crossing, we will retreat to defend."

"Judging from the current situation, their armored forces must cross the river from the small mountain bridge. We must find a way to consume their power."

"Don't blow up the bridge yet. If the bridge is blown up and they find another route to cross the river, then we will be in big trouble."

"Hang them, don't let them notice anything unusual!"

"clear!"

The correspondent immediately turned around to convey the order, while the adjutant on the side helped Peng Deren, who finally stood up, to continue moving.

"Did the station move?"

Peng Deren asked.

At this time, maintaining smooth contact with the various units is more important than anything else. If the radio station is lost or broken, then the battle will basically not be fought.

"It's been transferred, and the mobile communication network is still normal. If it doesn't work, we can use mobile phones to contact us."

"That's good"

Before Peng Deren could say a word, he started coughing violently again. By the time he was finally transferred to the second command post, he had collapsed to the ground due to dizziness.

At this time, the sound of artillery fire and gunfire did not stop for a second. Even though he knew that he was burning his life in this state, Peng Deren had to force himself to sit up and look at the battle map that had been laid out.

"Huli can no longer be defended. They will definitely continue to cross the Nu River to surround us."

"The only way they can take is the Golden Pagoda Temple Trail. From here, they can directly launch a high-to-low attack on our Gunong position."

"We have to be faster than them, we must capture the Golden Pagoda Temple first!"

"The order goes down. We must defend the Golden Pagoda Temple at all costs and block the enemy's attack there."

"At the same time, we have to stop the enemies at Xiaoshan Bridge from crossing the river. When we can't stop them anymore, we will detonate explosives and blow them up."

"Ahem. Rent a suicide squad to come out and guard the small mountain bridge."

"Tell them that reinforcements are coming soon. As long as they can hold the small mountain bridge for 45 minutes and then blow it up, everyone who comes back will reach the sky in one step!"

"clear."

The adjutant nodded immediately, but then asked:

"It's already reached this point. Even if they can come, is it really still useful?"

"I have no idea."

Peng Deren shook his head and replied:

"But I know at least they will come."

At the same time, in Huli, not far from Hoban, an offensive and defensive battle that was not large-scale but was quite brutal had begun.

Across a river bend that is less than 200 meters wide at its widest point, the fifth brigade of the Kachin Army and all the elites of the second company and guard platoon of the second regiment of the Allied Army have begun a confrontation.

There was a huge difference in firepower between the two sides. The Kachin Army not only had two assault boats responsible for the main attack and suppression, but also an M2 armored vehicle grazing the formation on the river bank.

The Guards Platoon brought 12 RPG-7 and 40-type rockets, but at this time, all the rockets were still in their hands and not a single one was fired.

On the other side of the river, the Kachin Army's machine gun positions have been fully established. Four heavy machine gun fortresses are nailed to the high ground on both sides of the Nu River, covering every corner of the Allied Forces position without blind spots.

The huge pressure has made it almost impossible for the Allied forces to show their heads, and what is even more frightening is that there are even two P51s hovering above their heads!

If it hadn't been for Peng Deren's foresight to deploy his positions in an extremely dispersed formation, the two eyeing aircraft would have swooped down with their own death screams to harvest lives one by one.

The only reason why they didn't take action was that they hadn't found a high-value target yet.

Hiding in the position, the leader of the Guards platoon stretched out the light machine gun from the temporarily dug trench and aimed a round of fire at the other side of the river.

But the bullets he fired were insignificant in the vast skirmish line, and could not even halt the opponent's actions for even a second.

Of course, their target is not those stragglers.

What he really wanted to fight were the two assault boats on the river.

However, their movement speed was too fast, so fast that they could not aim at all, and even if they did aim, it would be impossible to hit.

If he wants to ensure his hit rate, he has only one option.

shorten the distance.

At this time, he was 100 meters away from the river bank and nearly 200 meters away from the assault boat.

If he could reach the river bank, he was confident of hitting at least one assault boat.

But to him, this distance was like a chasm.

Seeing boat after boat of Kachin troops crossing the river from the bend, the platoon leader's eyes became more solemn.

Of course he could run, and if he ran, he would survive.

However, if I really run away, those things that I worked so hard to get will have to be given away to others!

He was unwilling to give in.

At this time, he didn't understand what this emotion meant, but he knew that he wanted to fight with his life.

The platoon leader took a deep breath, and then said to the commander of the second company on the side:

"You lead the team to move west and attract firepower for me."

"I'm going to charge once, close the distance to within 100 meters, and find a way to kill them."

"Give me one minute, one minute is enough."

"In this minute, you fire at full speed!"

"clear."

The company commander nodded solemnly and immediately led the team to move west.

And just after they were in place, the platoon leader threw away the gun in his hand, took two loaded RPG-7 rounds on his back, and climbed out of the trench with a quick step.

He moved along an arc from northeast to southwest at an astonishing speed.

In less than thirty seconds, he had arrived at the water's edge.

He fell into the water without stopping, and then raised the rocket launcher while suffocating.

Everything went smoothly. When aiming at the assault boat that was shuttled back and forth, he even had time to see the shocked look on the face of the Kachin army who had completed the landing.

I guess they didn't expect that they would appear here, right?

The platoon leader quickly pulled the trigger without any hesitation.

The rocket approached rapidly in the direction of the assault boat, but just before hitting it, it missed with a slight deviation.

Not even close.

The platoon leader raised another rocket launcher again, but at this moment, his body suddenly exploded.

The M2 Bushmaster 25mm cannon had already locked onto him, and the shells carrying huge kinetic energy finally caught up with him.

He didn't make a hero.

However, at the moment when his vision completely darkened, he suddenly saw a huge spark exploding from the assault boat on the river.

Did I hit it? !

This was his last thought before he died.