Chapter 22: 305 Highland

Just like last time, Hu Zudi and I, with soldiers from the cold gun troops, mired in the reverse slope position before the enemy occupied the top position.

There is a military taboo, which is to use the same strategy twice at the same location. I lurked on the backscene with the soldiers of the cold gun troops. This seems to be a big taboo, but it is not. The reason is that the terrain of the 649.8 highland is complex and there are many places that can be hidden. There are more than a dozen people hidden in such terrain. Even those Americans know that there are enemies in this area lurking in it.

Unless... they used bombers or incendiary bombs to carpet bomb the back slope of our army!

But let’s not talk about how much ammunition this requires, and it doesn’t seem to have much effect. The reason is that most of our more than a dozen soldiers in the cold gun unit are lurking near the tunnel entrance. Once the situation is found to be wrong, for example, a large number of bombers or fighter planes are flying over, and there is no time to withdraw the tunnel before the enemy can retreat.

I think the US snipers will also think of this, so they will not be so stupid that they use this method to deal with us.

So...what will they use to do this last blow?

I turned my head slightly and looked at the sky. It was only about two hours before dark. What surprised me was that the US military did not seem to be in a hurry to attack. But I think that once they launched an attack, it would inevitably be a thunder attack, because they seemed to have only one chance. Once it was at night, it would be the world of our volunteer army. And I think Eisenhower and many reporters would not be interested in continuing to watch the battle at night, so Van Vree's attack would also lose its meaning.

Are they thinking of a way to deal with our army? Or are they waiting for something?

I have no idea!

Although I am from the modern era and have read a lot of information about the Korean War, I am not a god. I cannot clearly know how each battle develops and what tactics the US military uses to fight!

At this moment, I really have a regret that I only regretted that I would hate the fact that I had used it. If I had known that I would be worried about the upcoming offensive of the US military, and in modern times, I should have thoroughly investigated this battle. Or bring a set of encyclopedias to the war. You should know that those military intelligence that is very valuable to the present!

But no matter how much I think about it, I knew in my heart that there was no medicine for regret in this world, so I calmed down again and observed the movements around me.

There were no enemies on the top of the mountain, and there were not even any corpses of the US military. After the battle just now, the US military sent people to drag the corpses back with white flags. In this battle, the death toll of the US military was equivalent to the previous two battles. According to the observation post report, the US military transported the corpses of three trucks back and forth.

What's different is that most of the corpses in this battle were entirely corpses. The reason is that in the first two battles, most of the US military died at the hands of the first battalion of soldiers. The soldiers were not so sensible. When the battle started, they kept smashing grenades, explosive packs, blasting tubes, etc. into the enemy. Especially in the battle where the US military was buried in the mountaintop position, few of them could leave the entire body.

In the battle I just fought, most of the US troops died at the gun of the Cold Gun Army, so the death was not ugly or tragic. From this point of view, the soldiers of our Cold Gun Army were still very sympathetic!

Just as I was thinking, suddenly the whistling sound of shells came from the sky. Based on my experience on the battlefield for several years, I knew that the number of shells was very large. I was shocked and was about to order the soldiers to return to the tunnel to hide, but when I heard it carefully, I felt that the sound was a little wrong...

The so-called practice makes perfect. After staying on the battlefield for three years, I was used to listening to the American cannons, so I unknowingly practiced the skill of listening to the sound and defending the position. At this moment, I listened to the roar of the shells, and it didn't seem to be coming to us. Moreover, we also knew that the US military was ready to charge on the right slope. If there was still such a large area of ​​bombing at this time, wouldn't it be difficult for me to get along with myself?

Sure enough, the explosion sounded on the 305 Highland behind us. Then there was another roar and roar, and the shells flew behind us in patches across the 649.8 Highland! The shells covered a lot, including the surrounding areas of the 305 Highland and all the highlands close to the 649.8 Highland. It was obvious that the artillery fire was used to block the reinforcements of other highlands to us.

The 305 Height is a small Height directly behind the 649.8 Height, about 500 meters away from the 649.8 Height. Because its terrain is too low and the area is not large, and the strategic location of a second-line highland is not important, we did not build many fortifications on it. Only a platoon of the 540th Regiment was stationed, but unexpectedly it has become a target of bombing by US artillery fire.

But this is not the only thing that surprised me even more. After the US military bombed for more than ten minutes, with a sound of spiral slurry, several helicopters emerged from the horizontal line of the top position. Then, before the soldiers could react, the machine gunners on the helicopter fired rows of bullets at our army with "dadadada..."!

Without thinking, I raised my rifle and aimed at the machine gunner on the helicopter through the telescope. With the "bang..." several gunshots, three shooters fell into a pool of blood without exception. One of them screamed and fell from the plane to the ground. A burst of dust was stirred up in the scorched earth on the top of the mountain.

The soldiers also raised their guns to shoot at the helicopter, but the helicopter was too fast and had a large angle, so the hit rate was not high.

Then, without any defense, helicopters emerged one after another on the left, right, and above our heads, like a group of dragonflies flying over our heads one after another. When passing our position, the machine gunners above naturally had to fire rows of bullets at our position!

Their goal is 305 Heights! I realized this very quickly.

Helicopters are still a new thing at this time. Although the US military can shoot on it, it has no accurate idea because it is very bumpy when flying. Moreover, helicopters of this era have not been bulletproof like modern Apaches. In addition, the disadvantages of large targets and slow speeds compared to fighter jets, once they are aimed at by machine guns on the ground, it is definitely a nightmare. Therefore, the helicopters at this time are mainly responsible for transporting wounded, reconnaissance and transporting troops, and generally do not directly participate in combat.

Now, their mission is obviously to send troops to the 305th Highland behind us.

This is Van Vreet's killer weapon! I looked back at the helicopter group that had just flew over our heads. There were more than twenty aircraft. If each aircraft transported seven or eight people, one company would be transported over this trip. And I also know that this company would never be an ordinary force, but an elite unit of the US military - Rangers!

I have to admit that this is indeed a good idea. We temporarily use artillery fire to block the connection between the 649.8 highland and other highlands, and use helicopters to airlift the elite troops to the 305 highland behind the 649.8 highland. Then we who are defending on the back slope will inevitably face the embarrassing situation of being attacked from both sides.

This reminds me of four battles. The US military used this method to transport a company of rangers to the high ground behind our army to garrison, blocking our army's retreat...

Just as they were thinking, the US troops on the inclined surface began to charge. They obviously cooperated with the Rangers to successfully land in the direction of the 305 Highland, so they chose to launch an attack on our army at this time.

So the previous scene happened again on the position. The US troops rushed to the top of the mountain and set up various weapons at the front of the position to fight with the volunteer soldiers.

Because of the assistance of more than a dozen soldiers from the cold gun troops under Hu Zudi, the enemy could not move forward at all except falling one by one in front of our position.

But I know that this situation will change soon, because an elite enemy unit is snatching the 305th high ground behind us. There is only one platoon of our army on that high ground, so I think it won't take long before their guns will be aimed at our backs!

This thought made my scalp numb. I almost saw the tragic scene of the soldiers lying under the guns of the enemy one by one, and seemed to see Van Vreet's smug smile. Although I had never seen him and didn't know what kind of bird he looked like, it seemed that his laughter was really in my ears...

What should I do? Will it continue like this? Although our army currently has the advantage, anyone knows that this situation cannot last!

Are you summoning artillery bombing? There is a platoon of our army on it. They are still fighting to resist the US attack. They just smash the shells onto the 305 high ground regardless of their life and death. That's no reason!

Waiting for reinforcements? The US military seemed to have expected this a long time ago, using artillery to block the contact between other high grounds and us. Even if other troops are willing to come to reinforce, or can see the crisis, they will be able to reinforce the 305 high ground, but they are afraid that they will be bombed by artillery fire when they arrive!

So we have to rely on ourselves!

If it were in the past, maybe we really had no choice, but now, I have been tricked by the gods to transfer Hu Zudi’s cold gun troops. All the members of this army are sharpshooters who are selected from one in a hundred, so I think there is still a fight.

So I immediately turned around and ordered Hu Zudi, "You are here to command. You just need to take care of the enemies in front and don't care about the back!"

"Yes!" Hu Zudi nodded and responded, and the starting rifle pulled the trigger to the enemy on the top of the mountain position.

Time is tight, so I don’t have to say anything more. I grabbed the rifle and ran towards the No. 2 tunnel of the Cold Gun Army.

"Comrades!" As soon as I entered the tunnel, before my eyes could adapt to the light in the tunnel, I shouted to the soldiers inside: "The situation is very urgent. The enemy has dropped it on the 305 high ground behind us. Our army is facing an enemy from both sides. Now, only we can protect the soldiers' backs. Are you willing to follow me?"

"willing!"

"Captain, please give orders!"

"The mission must be completed!"

...

The soldiers listened to my words and couldn't wait to raise their rifles and stand up!

"Okay!" I nodded with satisfaction. In fact, I had thought about this phenomenon for a long time. If there was any task to be completed by the volunteer soldiers, their first reaction was always affirmed. This is true for ordinary soldiers, let alone these elites from various troops.

"Our mission is..." After thinking about it, I ordered: "All the soldiers of the cold gun troops are scattered in groups of two *** on the reverse slope position, looking for suitable positions to lurk. We don't have much time, and there is only one platoon of our army on the 305 Highland, and they can't last long. The goal is to all enemies in the 305 position, and we must do everything we can to suppress their firepower! They are not an ordinary force but an elite unit of the US military, and there are very likely also sharpshooters. Comrades must pay attention to changing positions when fighting, and save themselves to better eliminate the enemy! Whether this battle is victorious or failure, whether the comrades in the reverse slope are alive or dead depends on us! Do you have confidence?"

"Yes!" the soldiers replied loudly.

"Set out!" I waved my hand and led the soldiers out of the tunnel.

The soldiers had long had the experience of shooting cold guns with me, so they all knew what to do. There were more than 20 people in the two squads, and as soon as they walked out of the tunnel, they scattered in pairs, and they stood up tacitly and ran to different directions and at different heights.

The purpose of choosing different directions and heights is to aim at the 305 Heights from different directions and levels. This can prevent the enemy from hiding into our shooting dead corners. From this point of view, we know that the soldiers' daily training has not fallen at all. They seem very dispersed now, but the tacit understanding between them makes them look like a whole, like a giant, holding a gun that can shoot bullets from different directions, aiming at the 305 Heights at the 305 Heights at the 305 Heights!

I always acted alone, so I ran to the foot of the mountain with a gun for a while and lurked under a pine tree that had only bare trunks left.

It is not easy to choose this position because of something else, but to find a relatively flat place on the back slope. Most of them are inclined surfaces. If you want to aim at the 305 high ground behind such an inclined surface, it means that I have to lie down on my head and feet...

Lying on myself in this position will not only make me feel very uncomfortable, but it is said that blood flows back to my head for a long time and it will make me dizzy. I don’t want to make myself dizzy before I even start the fight. And more importantly, lying on my head like that will undoubtedly expose my body to the enemy more!

I raised my rifle and looked at the 305 high ground downwards. I estimated that the distance between myself and the target was more than 500 meters. This distance was already within my hit range, but obviously the soldiers could not do this. Because I noticed that they were still jogging at the foot of the mountain. The closer they went down to the 305 high ground, the closer they were to the 305 high ground, that was what they wanted.

All the soldiers knew themselves and knew what range they were from the target to have a higher hit rate, so I needed to pay a little attention to how far they ran down so that they could judge who had better shooting skills.

This guy Yang Zhenshan is good. He and another soldier lurk behind a stone not far from the lower left of me. He solved the problem of slope of inclined surfaces. He was not as lazy as I was to pick up ready-made ones, but took out the engineer shovel and dug a small bunker by himself. He carefully used scorched earth to disguise himself!

To be honest, his actions made me, the former "teacher", ashamed, because I don't know when I started, and I no longer paid attention to these small details. This may be like some soldiers said, as if they fought too much, they gradually became "old fried dough sticks"...

After calming down, I aimed my sight at the 305th Highland.

It is obvious that the US military has not occupied the top position of the 305th Highland, because there are gunfires there, and occasionally you can hear a few grenade explosions, and there are several volunteer soldiers guarding the top position. In the scope, I can clearly see them covered in blood, constantly throwing grenades at the foot of the mountain, constantly pulling the trigger downwards.

It is already quite good for them to defend until this time. Not to mention one platoon against the enemy and one company, just saying that their opponent is the US Rangers is enough to make them proud. What's more, their defense direction was originally direct, but now they have to suddenly face the enemy behind them.

The soldiers fought bravely. I counted it briefly. There were only five people, including the two wounded, but they still stood on the high ground and refused to retreat. The wounded helped press bullets behind them and rotated the grenade safety cover. The three who were not injured took submachine guns at the front toward the foot of the mountain, and the machine guns were fired so loudly...

In fact, they can choose to survive! They know very well that the target of this US commando is not them, so these soldiers just need to hide in the tunnel and then guard the entrance of the tunnel! All the US military needs is to attack our backs on the 305 Highlands, and of course they will not spend time to deal with the volunteer soldiers hiding in the tunnel.

But they did not do this. The reason was that the volunteer soldiers had a high sense of responsibility. They knew very well that if they hid in the tunnel, although they could save their lives, the US military would occupy the 305th Highlands as soon as possible and then attack the comrades in the 649.8th Highlands.

So, they chose to sacrifice themselves and bought a little time for their comrades. It was precisely because of this little time that I arranged the twenty soldiers of the Cold Gun Army!
Chapter completed!