Chapter 1063 Purgatory in the Fire
The beginning of the shelling was just one by one on the position or exploded around the position.
With the scattered positions of more than 30 shells in the front, after the Black Hawk Arm artillery test fire ended, the positions were no longer bombed one by one, but a piece of shells.
Although the area of the mountain top is not very large, it is hundreds of thousands of square meters and nearly 0.5 square kilometers.
However, under the bombardment of the twelve howitzers, there was a sea of fire everywhere, and gravel and wood flew everywhere in the artillery fire. The terrible wave of air rolled up everything on the surface and smashed it down hard.
The old monkey had no time to argue with Lin Hao about what to do if the opening was not opened. Even though he was depressed and determined to die because of the heavy casualties in the infantry squad, he kept shaking like sitting in the anti-cannon hole of a small boat in the surging sea. The only thing he could do now was to cover his ears with his hands, curl up on the ground and support his elbows to prevent his chest and abdomen from touching the ground.
Otherwise, even if they were lucky and were not hit by the shells, they would be injured by the violent shock caused by the grenade explosion and died quietly. Both of them were considered veterans, and they subconsciously used the most correct way to hide in the anti-cannon hole.
As for whether you can survive, it depends on God.
When the first grenade broke through the sky and exploded, the speed of escape increased by 20% again.
Compared with the mortars that the Kingdom people pursued them, the 105 howitzer with the Death screamed was obviously much more terrifying.
A 4kg mortar shell may take away the lives of one or two people, but an 18kg 105 howitzer can kill a quarter of the running people.
Even though they were 500 meters or 600 meters away from the top of the mountain, the scorching waves caused by the explosion of the cannonballs on the top of the mountain seemed to burn their butts.
Not to mention them, even the three tanks were like frightened rabbits, driving at full speed to run down the mountain. Niu Xiaoyuan and others knew very well that they were swaying when they were pressed against the machine guns of the Kingdom people, because the Kingdom people had no cannons. Even if it was just an infantry cannon, their thin iron armored car would have to be smashed into pieces. The 20mm machine cannons of the Kingdom people on their previous positions have proved that the steel plates of more than 20 mm thick were really fragile.
Not to mention the 105 howitzer. Even if it doesn't hit the front, the air wave can overturn the 15-ton tank.
A grenade that exploded more than 200 meters away from the defeated soldiers once again increased their speed.
Including the duo of Second Lieutenant Fang who was more than 300 meters ahead of them, even though he was 800 meters away from the center of the shelling, the team leader Fang and "dead sooner or later" were still pale.
105 Howitzers destroyed the world and the terrible smoke of gunpowder rose in a row, and the nearest one was just a few hundred meters away.
"Bastard, hurry, hurry, run." Captain Fang completely gave up the dignity of the team leader at this moment, and for the first time he expressed his heart so bluntly to Private Class.
That is, let's go away quickly. If you don't run faster, you will be defeated by Lieutenant Colonel Xu Lei's crazy shelling.
In desperation, the second-class soldier did not support the Shangguan who could save his life, and ran away directly with Lieutenant Fang, who was single-legged, gritted his teeth and bulged his cheeks, his eyes were slightly protruding, and he ran wildly.
He was ahead of the tank squadron that had already driven at full speed, and the more than 100 colleagues who also fled desperately under the pursuit of mortar shells, and ran wildly.
Holding a telescope, he looked at Lieutenant Colonel Xu Lei, who had been completely covered by gunpowder, and no one knew that he was glad because the group of defeated soldiers ran away quickly enough, or because of the scared soldiers' appearance that was extremely angry.
The two wing battlefields became irrelevant because of the sudden changes in the main battlefield. Because of the howitzers fired, the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Black Hawk Army took the initiative to retreat and distance the soldiers to avoid being accidentally injured by their own artillery fire.
Although the distance was still nearly a thousand meters, no one could guarantee that the gun was slightly tilted and the shells would hit here. When the two chief officials of the 66th Regiment on the top of the mountain saw that the Black Hawk Empire retreated on their own initiative and stopped attacking, they went downstairs and retreated the main infantry force on the top of the mountain to the back. The burning wave of air a thousand meters away even Wang Zheng, who had always fought for life and never feared his life, shivered slightly. He was not afraid of death, but it did not mean that he did not cherish the lives of the officers and soldiers under his command. Under the power of such cannons, all courage and strength would turn into pink.
However, the Black Hawk Army artillery was like taking medicine, not caring about both wings at all, and just desperately pouring the shells into the main position of Beizhao Pass. Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes... The bombardment lasted for almost 20 minutes and still did not stop.
The small hill in Beizhao Pass, carrying the position, was trembling in the raging artillery fire. Not to mention the mountain top that was like wind and rain, even in the tunnel halfway up the mountainside 200 meters away from the top, the horse lantern hanging on the top of the pit was shaking constantly, and the dust rustled down was terrifying.
Liu Lang and Ye Zifei, who were sitting in the tunnel, both looked solemn. Even if this was the case in the tunnel, the situation on the top of the mountain could be imagined. The four soldiers from the second platoon and third squads who were left behind didn't know what was going on.
The telephone line was blown up fifteen minutes ago, and the soldier hiding in the bunker of the front line command center had not sent back the message for fifteen minutes.
Of course, Liu Lang was not worried that the Black Hawk Empire would launch an attack at this time, if they really thought they were immortal Xiaoqiang.
Even the Zhouhui Army, the most powerful infantry and artillery cooperation in this era, was not able to let the infantry charge under such artillery fire. He was just worried about his four soldiers.
In the third squad of infantry, apart from the four wounded soldiers sent back to the rear hospital to rescue, there were only four people left. Two of the four wounded soldiers were injured too seriously. It is still a matter of whether they could survive tonight.
If... then the third infantry squad can basically announce the abolition of the establishment. Just looking at the platoon leader Cen Changqing, who was sitting two meters away from the entrance of the tunnel, could not take anyone to take it and know how distressed he was in his heart.
But Liu Lang also understood the young platoon leader. He just wanted to get closer to his soldiers.
The shelling was just the first step for the Black Hawk Army. 20 minutes later, the guards at the entrance of the tunnel blew a bamboo whistle, which was an air defense alarm.
Amid the rumbling cannons, the roar of enemy aircraft engines in the sky gradually came into Liu Lang's ears.
The Black Hawk Army actually dispatched bombers again, risking being shot down.
Through the observation hole, more than a dozen enemy planes appeared and disappeared in the clouds, and a series of bombs were dropped from the sky.
All three air defense positions hidden in the deep mountains opened fire violently. There were three thousand infantry soldiers in the entire Beizhaoguan area. Even if all air defense positions were destroyed, they had to ensure that the aircraft of the Black Hawk Imperial Army could not drop bombs below one thousand meters, otherwise the losses would be unbearable.
However, the purpose of the enemy aircraft this time was obviously not to compete with the anti-aircraft gun positions of the independent regiment. Without dive bombing, they all dropped the bombs in the direction of the main position of Beizhaoguan in high altitude, and then pulled the head of the aircraft to turn around and leave.
The bomb drop of a height of 1,500 meters basically ensured their safety, but the accuracy was far from being much worse. The twelve enemy planes dropped at least twenty heavy bombs and dozens of bombs, and only two hit the main position of Beizhao Pass. The others either fell into the ravine or were thrown into nearby mountains.
However, those two are terrifying enough.
The power of the 250-pound bomb explosion is that even if you sit in a tunnel more than 200 meters away from the top of the mountain, you will feel the tunnel tremble suddenly, and then it will be dark.
Several horse lanterns hanging on the top of the tunnel swung violently and smashed hard towards the top of the pit, breaking.
If you look down from a high altitude, you can even see through the strong gunpowder, and a large pit with a diameter of five meters appears on the top of the mountain.
The strong machine gun fortification that could almost protect the bombing of 105 howitzers were blown into ruins under the power of 250 pounds of aerial bombs.
The log as thick as an adult's waist is gone, and the 25-mm steel plate that can prevent tank guns from being clamped in a sand and gravel gasoline barrel is still there, but it is like a piece of paper crumpled by force, crumpled and obliquely inserted into the position. However, it is more than fifty meters away from where it once was.
The old monkey's battlefield experience saved four soldiers. Not to mention that hiding inside would cause a blow to ashes, even if he hid in a range of forty meters away from the center of the explosion, he would be shocked to death by the huge energy of the bomb. There is no luck.
The four machine gun fortifications that have been exposed to the eyes of the Black Hawk Artillery Observer's observer are indeed the key targets of howitzers in the Black Hawk Empire Army. The shells falling from the surrounding area are four times as many as those in other locations. In addition to being accidentally hit by a bomb, two are still bombarded by howitzers that have been continuously bombarded for 20 minutes. If time is not spent on repairing, they will definitely not be able to be used anymore.
But miraculously, the old monkey and Lin Hao who were hiding in the cannons at most could only be protected by mountain cannons and cannons were still alive. Although they were covered with a thick layer of mud, like two clay men, they were still blinking cigarettes and breathing.
Luck is really great.
Under such shelling, luck really accounts for the majority of those who can survive.
The bad luck is like a dozen Black Hawks who are dragging in the last. Because they are reluctant to leave their fellow villagers who are unable to move, they run a little slower.
A grenade that was more than 70 meters away from them exploded, and the fierce air waves violently overturned the five or six people who had no time to lie down, but three people were beaten into blood by the whistling stone fragments and shell skins. At the last moment when they were able to escape from the battlefield, they were shot dead on the spot.
There are not many Black Hawk Army remaining. In addition to the wounded who were sent for first aid, there are 160 people standing in front of Colonel Xu Lei, with nearly one squadron.
However, compared with the nearly 400 people of the two squadrons that were aggressively attacking before the war, this stalemate of more than 160 people seemed very shabby.
Chapter completed!