Chapter 69: The Puppet Army Fell

In my incredible eyes, under the admiration of the soldiers, the red flag was moving towards the top position of the 522.1 highland in a strange way in the wind and rain. It was said that it was strange because its flagpole was the other leg of the Red Flag Bearer. The Red Flag Bearer has been connected with the Red Flag Bearer, and the Red Flag Bearer is part of the Red Flag Bearer's body. Every time the Red Flag Bearer takes a step forward, we can clearly see the red flag fluttering gently in the wind.

That tremor, trembling in the eyes of every warrior, hurt in the hearts of each of us. Because we all know that it is not only the red flag moving forward, but also the blood and heartbeat of the red flag bearer. It seems to be waving to the soldiers, as if it is guiding the soldiers, and leading the soldiers to bravely rush towards the enemy's position...

Suddenly, a mortar shell landed near the Red Flag Bearer and he fell to the ground again.

I slowly closed my eyes, and felt a little relieved in my heart. He gave me an invisible pressure. I couldn't help but order the soldiers of the 7th Company to rush forward desperately, but I knew that now was not the time to launch a general attack. If we attacked at this time, it would only make our volunteer soldiers squeeze into a group and exposed to the enemy's gun.

Although reason is like this, the bravery of the red flag bearer made me give birth to the *** who killed him again and again, and also made me feel that hiding behind him was a shame, although I knew that this was not the case.

Now that he has fallen, the pressure he puts me has come to an end, and his pain and persistence can also end there. But I soon discovered that I was wrong!

When I opened my eyes again, I was shocked to find that the Red Flag Bearer was still alive. Although I couldn't see him in this sea of ​​corpses and blood, I was still sure of this because the red flag was still moving, moving towards the top of the mountain step by step. It was obvious that the Red Flag Bearer was holding the red flag and climbing the top of the mountain...

I was shocked by his behavior and spirit again. I could not imagine how a person could survive such a dense amount of bullets and shells. I could not imagine what made him have to put the red flag onto the enemy's position. I could not imagine how a person could still continue to move forward after being injured so many times...

What supports the volunteer soldiers to continuously break through human limits?

This question has been kept in my heart since I came to this world, but over the years, I have never found a satisfactory answer. So I can only attribute it to the military spirit of our volunteer soldiers.

The military spirit is endless, and the soldiers are endless. We have such military spirits and such soldiers, what are the fears of fighting in the world!

Looking at the red flag that was still forcing the enemy's top position inch by inch, I could no longer suppress the blood in my chest and roared at the intercom: "Comrades, rush towards the direction of the red flag!"

"Run!"

...

The soldiers jumped up from the hidden place one by one, held their guns and rushed towards the top of the mountain with firm steps!

The gunshots are no longer important, nor are the cannons. With the inspiration of the red flag bearer, all the soldiers were put to death. One thing sounded in their heads, that is, to rush to the enemy's position and find the enemy and kill them all!

The puppet army collapsed under the powerful aura of the volunteers. Even though they were the most elite troops of the puppet army, and even if they were all veterans who had experienced many battles, at this moment, they could not withstand the momentum that our army broke out. They were all frightened, and some even began to flee!

But where can they escape? Behind is the strong attack of the 539th Regiment of the Volunteer Army, and in front are we, who are like wolves and tigers...

The soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain position on the enemy's corpse, and used the rifle in their hands and submachine guns to shoot at the enemy frantically. The bayonets stabbed into the enemy's chest again and again, including those puppet troops who had raised their hands to surrender!

The battle ended without any suspense. After the soldiers captured the 522.1 Highland, they quickly turned their target to the puppet army, which was still fighting against the 539th Regiment on the front slope. The puppet army had already fought very hard against the 539th Regiment. At this time, the back was suddenly attacked by our troops and could not resist it. They collapsed and fled in an instant. The 522.1 Highland quickly fell into our hands. After the 538th Regiment and the 539th Regiment successfully met, the entire highland cheered the soldiers.

I did not attack the front slope with the soldiers, but slowly approached the red flag that had been standing on the enemy's position, and then slowly squatted at the red flag bearer who was lying under the banner.

The mountain wind was blowing beside me, and the red flag was whistling violently above my head. Below it, the red flag bearer firmly fixed the flagpole with his head and body without loosening at all. His eyes were still wide open and staring at the enemy's position, as if he wanted to see how the soldiers defeated the enemy.

Looking at his body, blood and bullet holes were everywhere, his military uniform had become fragments, his legs were gone, and two broken pieces of white bones at the break were particularly dazzling in the light of the flares. Behind him, a blood path that was more than twenty meters long was left...

Twenty meters, this may not be anything to an ordinary person. However, for the red flag bearer who has been injured in many places and has broken his legs, every step is difficult, pain, and tenacity. Blood dyed every inch of land he had climbed through his military uniform. He used all his strength to finally insert the bullet-stained red flag into the top of the mountain position! This is our volunteer soldiers.

I closed my eyes for him, then slowly stood up and saluted him, and said, "Comrade! You rest in peace! We have fulfilled your last wish and took down the 522.1 Highland!"

The soldiers beside them also saluted the brave red flag bearer.

After a long time, I signaled the health care worker to carry him down and ordered the soldiers to hold the red flag because it was part of the Red Flag Bearer, which was a witness to the bravery and tenacity of the Red Flag Bearer!

"Captain Cui!" With a burst of hearty laughter, Wu Min, the commander of the 539th Regiment, walked quickly to me with several guards.

Looking at the cannon fodder and the almost hoarse voice on his face, you know that he has suffered a lot in this battle.

"You really have you! Commander Cui!" Wu Min held my hand tightly as soon as he came to me and said, "I have heard of your battle results, do you know? Before fighting this battle, Commander Zhang and I both tried our best to compete with your 538th Regiment! But after this fight, we realized that we can't compare to you even by plane! I'm really unacceptable!"

"What is Captain Wu saying?" I also held Captain Wu's hand and said politely: "Our regiment can achieve such a battle result entirely because we are lucky enough to penetrate the enemy's rear! If it were your 539th regiment, I think it would definitely be better than us!"

"Hey!" Wu Min shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know how much we have. It would be amazing just to successfully penetrate into the enemy's hinterland and successfully capture the 585.2 Highland. What's more, it can defeat the famous *** regiment of the puppet army! It's shameful to say that if the troops of your third battalion were not coming to accept us, I think our 539th regiment was still blocked by the puppet army in Jinchengchuan!"

"By the way!" Wu Min quickly changed the subject and asked half-believingly: "I heard that you also sneaked into the headquarters of the puppet army's *** regiment and seized the *** regiment flag... Tell me the truth, is it true?"

"Of course it's true!" I smiled and pointed to the rows of wooden houses in the ravine not far below and said, "No! That's the headquarters of the puppet army, and the battle traces are preserved! This regiment is not a vegetarian. If they had not destroyed their regiment headquarters first and their ammunition and oil depots were not blown up, how could the troops of our two battalions defeat one of their regiments!"

"Tsk tsk..." After listening to my words and looking at the two rows of wooden houses, Wu Min completely believed that it was true. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Only you guys can fight the war like this. If it were us, anything would be enough to show off for a lifetime!"

"Captain Wu is too rewarded!" Wu Min's exaggerated words made me feel a little embarrassed.

In fact, I also know that the 539th Regiment under his command is also a powerful brigade with great military achievements. During the War of Liberation, he wiped out the 248th Regiment of *** US-equipped equipment, setting a 1:50 battlefield record. This record has not been possible for our 60th Army to break through.

"Okay OK! I won't waste time!" We joked for a while, and Wu Min took out his pocket watch to look at the time and said, "I originally wanted to visit the *** regiment headquarters of the puppet army to learn from your valuable experience, but now the puppet army deserters are about to arrive, so we all need to prepare well! This 522.1 highland... do we need our assistance in defense?"

I know what Wu Min means. This 522.1 highland is a highland outside the original plan, but this originally dispensable highland has now become important because the puppet army built roads. At least it is the link between the 538th Regiment and the 539th Regiment. Wu Min means that he is actually asking me if I have enough troops to defend.

"We can deal with it!" I replied, "It's ammunition..."

"I'll help you take it!" Before I finished speaking, Wu Min replied with a smile: "When Battalion Commander Li accepted us, he mentioned that you still had a large amount of ammunition in the rear. When we came, we organized migrant workers to bring it to you!"

"Oh!" I couldn't help but be overjoyed when I heard this, "That's really great thanks to Captain Wu!"

"I'm telling me such a strange thing!" Wu Min pretended to be a little dissatisfied and said, "Be careful that I'm unhappy and swallow your ammunition. It depends on what you're going to deal with the puppet army!"

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers around them all laughed knowingly.

Time is tight, and after the soldiers cleaned the battlefield roughly, they immediately began to build fortifications on the 522.1 high ground.

Among the three battalions of the 538th Regiment, Wang Xin's second battalion served as the main force in the battle with the *** Regiment. Although it defeated the *** Regiment, it lost serious personnel. Hu Biao's first battalion not only served as an assist when fighting the *** Regiment, but also attacked the 522.1 Highland. Although other companies had little casualties, the second company attacking the mountain top position had heavy casualties, and the first battalion fought two consecutive battles and was already scarce. Only Li Weiqiang's third battalion, their mission was to cooperate with the 539th Regiment, and they were stabbed in the back of the puppet army. Moreover, the main force of the 539th Regiment made their casualties not large.

Because the 585.2 highland was the main direction for the puppet army to escape, there was an intersection leading to Huachuan and a ferry for the puppet army to escape south, so I arranged the new force of the Third Battalion to defend with the Second Battalion. The newly captured 522.1 highland was handed over to Hu Biao*** to defend.

After giving Hu Biao a few words, when I took the 7th Company back to the 585.2 Highland, the whistling of artillery shells came from the sky. I soon realized that it was the arrival of the puppet army's deserter, because the whistling sound came from the north. The cannons fired from the north were either puppet army deserters or our own troops. But it was obvious that the volunteer soldiers of the 20th Corps must have known that the 585.2 Highland was already in our own hands at this time, so the only ones who were facing us were the puppet army deserters.

And I also heard that the explosions were not dense, and the explosion spots were very chaotic. I guess it was because the puppet army deserters did not bring many artillery to them when they fled in a hurry.

When I ran back to the regiment headquarters with my waist, the sky was getting brighter. But in this rainy season, even dawn was gray, not much different from the evening.

This combat time is well set! If it is common sense, the offensive war initiated actively will not be chosen during the rainy season. The reason is very simple. The rainy season will have many negative effects on the offensive troops. For example, river water rises, landslides hinder traffic, rainwater can easily cause ammunition, weapons to get damp, etc., and even if it is just a "slip road" when attacking the high ground, it will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the troops.

But the volunteers like to choose the rainy season to launch an attack. The reason is also very simple, that is, when it rains, the US plane cannot take off.

Compared with this, all the negative impacts brought to the soldiers by the rainy season are not worth mentioning. Moreover... while the rainy season brings negative impacts to us, it will also affect the puppet army. For example, the puppet army that are fleeing also suffers deeply in the rain.

"Captain Cui, you are finally back!" Li Pinghe couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw me.

"What's wrong?" Looking at Li Pinghe's nervous look, I couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"Don't you know yet?" Li Pinghe replied: "The puppet army deserters arrived twenty minutes ago, and the puppet army reinforcements also arrived. It was the puppet 7th Division, and the entire division was here! I was about to send you a telegram!"

"It's time to come!" I nodded. Calculate the time when the puppet army deserters came, it should be the time when we just captured the 522.1 Highland.

Originally, the puppet army deserters launched a sudden attack on our army at this time, so the situation before us would be very serious, because there was only one battalion with insufficient troops and ammunition on the 585.2 Highlands, and we had just taken the 522.1 Highlands and were unstable. If they launched a raid at this time, we would likely be beaten to the point where we were unable to deal with it.

Then, with the cooperation of the puppet 7th Division located in the south, it is very likely that the puppet army will open a gap in our defense line and let the puppet army escape calmly. No wonder Li Pinghe was anxious like this. He was also a person who had fought for several years, so of course he could clearly see this. But now, we can calmly allocate troops and replenish ammunition.

However, this seems to be no wonder that the puppet army deserters were also stranded dogs who were defeated by the 20th Corps of the Volunteer Army. The almost uninterrupted battle day and night has exhausted them. Of course, we cannot expect them to be as brave as the *** regiment!

But this does not seem to be what I hoped for!

"The enemy's troops are deployed!" I didn't say much and walked to the map immediately.

"The south bank of the Northern Han River is the three regiments of the 7th Puppet Division!" Liu Shunyi pointed to the map and said, "They deployed defenses to build artillery positions in three locations: 551.6, 522.1 and 585.2. It is obvious that they are making preparations. One is to cooperate with the puppet troops besieged by our army to break through, and the other is to prevent our army from crossing the river!"

"Yeah!" I nodded in agreement.

What Liu Shunyi said makes sense, but it is not that easy for the puppet troops on the south bank of the Northern Han River to cooperate with the puppet troops to break through. The biggest difficulty for them is that they cannot block the Northern Han River between us.

Of course, if they want to force the crusade, I will not have any objection. However, it is easy to come and go back. In this situation, the puppet army will not only be completely exposed to our guns during the crossing of the river, but will also face the danger of being surrounded by the volunteers of our 20th Corps and unable to return!

"What about the situation of the puppet army deserters?" I asked casually again.

"This... is not very clear!" Liu Shunyi said in a dilemma: "Our reconnaissance force caught a few tongues, some said it was a regiment, some said it was a division... and the numbers were different! We only know that the puppet army had a certain number of cars, cannons, and some tanks. But the tanks were scattered in the crowded crowd, and it was difficult to organize!"

"Yeah!" I nodded and responded. I have seen the appearance of the puppet army deserters, and now it is still orderly. In the first three battles, we were beaten to the other side and ran towards the other side. They ran around like headless flies. For deserters in this situation, it was really difficult to find out their number.

"Set defense according to the original headquarters!" I pointed to the Beihan River on the map and said: "Add observers along the line of the North Han River or at a high place. Always pay attention to the movements of the puppet army on the south bank of the North Han River to prevent them from building floating bridges and smuggling in the blind spots of our army's observation. Once the floating bridge is discovered, organize mortars to destroy them immediately!"

"Yes!" Liu Shunyi responded, turned around and conveyed the order.
Chapter completed!