Chapter 73: Fire at me

"Architecture Observer!Architecture Observer..." I didn't care whether there were snipers in the puppet army staring at us, and turned around and shouted a few times behind me.

"Come!" Soon two artillery observers came up with their walker phones on their backs. In the Volunteer Army, in order to always prepare to cooperate with the artillery, no matter whether they are equipped with artillery, they will bring several artillery observers just in case. I am very glad that these artillery observers did not die in the enemy's bombing.

I pulled the two artillery observers over and pointed to the dense puppet troops lying in front of the position and said, "Import the artillery troops immediately and give those puppet troops a fierce battle!"

"Yes!" The two artillery observers responded and raised the telescope to the position without saying a word. But after a while, they said hesitantly: "The regiment commander... the puppet army is too close to the soldiers' bunkers. From the coordinates in this observation newspaper, it is easy to accidentally blow up the bunkers..."

"How to solve it?" I couldn't wait to ask. I was a layman in the matter of artillery observation, measurement and coordinates. I was anxious and didn't care whether I would miss it. I immediately asked.

"The leader, it is best to go to the bunker to observe!" One of the observers replied: "In this way, the observed coordinates will be more accurate and the accidental explosion and injury will be avoided to the greatest extent!"

"What are you waiting for? Go to the bunker right away..."

"yes!"

"Wait!" The two artillery observers were about to rush down, but Li Pinghe stopped him. He turned to look at me and said, "Captain, look at this battlefield... The puppet army had long used firepower to block the import and exit of the bunkers. Wouldn't it be a death if they were to let them go down like this?"

"Political Commissar, we are not afraid of death! Let's go!"

"Yes! We promise to complete the task!"

Before I could speak, the two artillery observers rushed to ask.

"That's not OK!" Li Pinghe said with a stern face: "Now there are not a few artillery observers left in our regiment. If you sacrifice, who will guide the artillery bombing?"

I was stunned when I heard Li Pinghe's words, thinking that what he said really made sense.

The current situation is very obvious. In order not to allow us to reinforce the soldiers in the bunker, the puppet army had long used machine guns to keep the import and export of the bunkers. The purpose of their doing this was obviously to isolate the bunkers. No matter how strong the firepower of the bunkers was, they would have been exhausted from ammunition and food.

Sending these two artillery observers at this time is like letting them die. It is not a big deal to sacrifice two soldiers. There is no one who can't die when fighting on the battlefield, and the purpose of sending them is to save more soldiers' lives.

But... the artillery observers are a considerable wealth for us. Without the artillery observers, we, the support of artillery outside the door, cannot accurately blow the shells to the enemy! For us, this is almost a question of whether we can defend the 585.2 high ground to achieve the final victory!

"Cancel the order!" I responded helplessly. I was indeed a little anxious just now.

The soldiers around were silent again because the soldiers knew what the "order cancellation" meant to the soldiers in the bunker! Although they now put the puppet army in front of the positions and could not move, what if they waited for their bullets to be exhausted? Or did the puppet army find a loophole in the firepower network? Or did the puppet army successfully build a mortar position?

"Captain!" While the soldiers were worried about their comrades in the bunker, an artillery observer hesitated and said: "Comrade Yu Shuchang of the Communications Company seemed to have been transferred to the bunker with a walkie-talkie. He had worked as an artillery observer before, but he didn't know..."

He didn't finish the following words, but I also knew what it meant, just because I was worried that he had sacrificed.

However, there is a saying that a dead horse is used as a living horse. Now it is better to try this situation than not, so I immediately ordered: "Contact the correspondent Yu Shuchang now!"

"Yes!" The artillery observer immediately called into the walkie-phone microphone: "8251,8251, Tianjin No. 2! 8251,8251, Tianjin No. 2..."

He called three or four times in a row, but there was still no sound in the walkie-talkie. The artillery observer looked at me, then shook his head, and the soldiers couldn't help but sigh.

But just when everyone was not hoping for this, a faint voice suddenly came from the walkie-talkie: "Tianjin No. 2, Tianjin No. 2, I am 8251, I am 8251, please instruct!"

The soldiers all looked at the artillery observers excitedly, but because they were worried that they would affect their call, they all made no sound.

"8251 You are still alive!" the artillery observer raised his microphone excitedly and shouted.

"It's not that easy to die!" Yu Shuchang's excited voice came from the walkie-talkie: "Tianjin No. 2, I always thought I could not shoot machine guns, but I didn't expect that people would shoot anything if they were anxious! I killed dozens of enemies in one breath, mom! I'll show my face when I'm back!"

"8251!" The artillery observer was so excited that his tears almost fell. He grabbed the time and asked, "How is the situation?"

"The casualties are very serious..." The voice on the other side of the microphone became heavy: "There are only three comrades living in our bunker, and they are all injured. Only I can still shoot machine guns and they help load bullets! But please rest assured that as long as we have a breath, we will never let the enemy take a step forward! I am a *** clerk, and I will ensure that I will have a position!"

"Good comrade!" Li Pinghe couldn't help but answer: "Tell him, I would like to thank you in the name of the whole group. This is your loyalty to the motherland and the party!"

"The political commissar asked me to tell you: Our entire group thanks you, you are loyal to the motherland and the party!"

"I serve the motherland, this is what I deserve!" Yu Shuchang answered very relaxedly, and seemed a little embarrassed in his tone.

This is the manifestation of a typical volunteer soldier, the thought of an ordinary soldier. They always give without hesitation when they need them, but when they praise them, they feel that this is what they should do and should not be praised!

"8521!" The artillery observer saw my gesture, quickly turned his words to the point, and shouted to the walkie-talkie: "Tell you good news. The comrades of the 20th Corps broke through the enemy's position and could provide us with artillery fire support! Now we need you to tell us the exact coordinates!"

"Really? That's great! Kill these bitches...the artillery position position!"

“41.35,129.40!”

...

Then there was a series of numbers reported to each other, and sometimes there was a burst of machine gun sounds in the microphone. It turned out that Yu Shuchang was still shooting the enemy while observing and calculating!

"Three shots test shots!"

Finally, after a while, the artillery observer sent the order to test the artillery position. The artillery comrade was also fast, and it was less than a minute before he issued the order. He heard a few "whimper..." sounds in the air, but because the artillery position was too far away, all three shells were far off.

So the artillery observers reported the correction amount and then conducted a test fire. After repeated several times, the puppet army also understood that this was our army guiding the artillery fire into the target, so someone soon became panicked. They were busy setting up machine guns and mortar positions and obviously had a riot. They all turned around and looked at the sky behind them with concern.

But for some reason, their commander did not order them to retreat. I think this should be due to the increasing time. If our army does not attack upwards because of artillery support, then one thing is certain that these puppet troops will not be able to escape when our 20th Corps breaks through their northern line defense.

From a point of view, their commander's choice was correct. But whether the command was correct or not was one thing, and whether the morale of the puppet army would be shaken is another thing. It is obvious that when the puppet army discovered that our artillery fire test, the impact of the assault teams on the bunkers had been significantly weakened, and some puppet army were busy looking for craters or caves to hide in the positions. I even found that some puppet army was secretly sliding down the inclined surface...

“Woo…”

There was another roar, and two shells were accurately blown into the puppet army group. The artillery observer couldn't help but shouted excitedly: "I hit it! Three rapid shots! Three rapid shots!"

"Boom..." There was a loud noise, and the shells fell on the 585.2 high ground in pieces, and piles of mud and meat paste were raised on the incline of the 585.2 high ground, and then they were mixed together in the air and then thrown down heavily.

The puppet army had a large number of deserters. This time, they had already made plans to capture the high ground in one fell swoop, so they arranged a lot of troops to lay down the front slope. From the bunkers halfway up the mountain, there were at least two battalions, but in this moment they were bombed by shells!

A few minutes later, the explosion stopped. Looking at the front slope, a new layer of crater was piled up on the original crater. The difference is that the puppet army's broken limbs and broken weapons are everywhere inside and outside.

The gunshots were gone and the cannons were gone. Only the puppet troops who were injured by the bomb but did not die on the spot made a sad scream in front of the position. After a while, the screams became weaker and weaker, and in the end there was no sound... Some puppet troops who were not dead or injured only lay on the ground and shivered, not daring to act rashly!

"Good fight!"

"Please ask for merit for the artillery comrades!"

"It is also for Comrade Yu Shuchang to ask for me!"

...

Only then did the soldiers burst into cheers.

"Let all the comrades in the bunker be withdrawn immediately!" I said to the artillery scout with the walkie-talkie on my back.

"Yes!" The artillery observer responded and shouted loudly at the walkie-talkie: "8251, 8251, the regiment commander ordered you to withdraw the position on the top of the mountain, and the regiment commander ordered you to withdraw the position on the top of the mountain!"

"Yes..." The other end of the walkie-talkie responded first, and then hesitated and asked: "Captain, why should we withdraw? The trenches on the top of the mountain were blown away. It is easy for the enemy to attack in broad daylight! We can at least delay the time when we guard this bunker, and it will be easy to drag it until dark, right?"

I snatched the walkie-talkie and said to the microphone: "Don't talk nonsense to me and obey the orders! I'll send comrades from the fourth row to take over the defense!"

"What? The leader... let the comrades from the fourth row come and take us on their behalf?" Yu Shuchang, on the other end of the walkie-talkie, replied: "Captain, I, I have an objection..."

"If you have any opinions, please tell me quickly. After you finish speaking, get back!" I replied impatiently.

"Captain!" The other end of the phone was silent for a while, and then Yu Shuchang replied in a calm and firm voice: "I just discussed with the soldiers that most of us were wounded and we didn't agree to let the comrades in the third row sacrifice for us. Our lives are life, and the lives of comrades are life. If we use the lives of our comrades to exchange our lives for us, we can't get over our conscience! Besides, I am a communicator and an artillery observer. It is most suitable for me to stay on the position! Please ask the troupe leader to let us stay!"

"Please ask the leader to let us stay!"

...

The requests from several soldiers came from the other end of the phone, making me stand on the spot. To be honest, Yu Shuchang's request is reasonable and is also the best choice on the battlefield. Because the artillery hiding in the collapsed bunker, the wounded soldiers are almost no different from soldiers with strong limbs. But... I don't know why, I just can't bear to give this order!

Finally, I nodded and agreed to the warriors' request.

"Boom..." The puppet army fired shells again at the 585.2 high ground. Perhaps because of the tight time, they only concentrated the shells in the area where our army's bunkers were located. Then, before the sound of artillery stopped completely, the puppet army at the foot of the mountain shouted loudly and rushed towards the inclined surface.

At this time, they no longer cared about tactics or formations. They just rushed towards the top of the mountain with submachine guns and bayonets. Some even held explosives bags and cluster grenades...

The so-called "dogs are desperate" may be what they look like now!

However, if such a charge had some effect before World War II, it seemed that it would be the only way to seek death in modern wars!

"Call 8251!" I ordered the artillery observer.

"Yes!" The artillery observer responded, raised his microphone and shouted loudly: "8251, 8251, Tianjin No. 2 call..."

After calling a few times without responding, I said to the artillery observer: "Notify the artillery and be prepared to bomb the entire incline!"

The artillery observer couldn't help but hesitate, but gritted his teeth and responded: "Yes!"

Anyone knows what this means. If our army's artillery fire comes, then even if the soldiers in the bunker are stunned, there will be no possibility of surviving!

"Tian... Tianjin No. 2!" At this time, a difficult answer suddenly came from the walkie-talkie: "8251 call! I am the only one living, I am injured and cannot fire a machine gun, but I can also guide the artillery troops to guide the target! The enemies of the two platoons move towards me in four directions from targets No. 2 and No. 4. Please fire the gun!"

The artillery observer looked at me and nodded heavily.

The artillery fire immediately provided support. After a strait of gunfire came up, Yu Shuchang on the intercom shouted: "Okay! Good fight! The enemy fell one by one. Quickly add air bombs and use air bombs to hit them!"

After a while, Yu Shuchang called out again: "Hurry, fire the gun at the right side, target No. 5, and use the Qunbomb!"

"The enemy has fled back, quickly follow the target No. 2 and No. 4 to track and shoot, track and shoot!"

"Stop! The enemy has escaped, thank you comrade artillery..."

Yu Shuchang quickly gave coordinates and directions again and again, mobilized artillery fire to eliminate the enemy, and easily defeated the enemy's attack. When the artillery fire passed, he seemed to have forgotten that he was on the mountainside surrounded by the enemy's troops, and forgot that he was alone in the front slope with thousands of enemies, and shouted happily in the walkie-talkie: "Haha! The enemy was beaten up, and they were screaming..."

At this time, I couldn't tell what I felt. I wanted to lead the troops to attack the puppet soldiers who were still attacking and charging from the side, but I knew I could not do this because there would be no other result except for causing casualties to the troops. I also wanted to ask Yu Shuchang what other requirements, needs or wishes, but I didn't ask in the end, because I knew that Yu Shuchang would not make any requests at this time!

The puppet troops rushed up to the bunker again. This time, they might have tried their best. While bombarding the already broken bunker with shells, they rushed up against their own shells!

Charging while artillery fire was still bombing, this tactic may be more common to the Soviet Union or Volunteer Army soldiers' troops, but it is basically not used for joint ***, because it will inevitably cause some accidental injuries. At this time, the puppet army suddenly made such an amazing move, which surprised us a little.

"8251!8251!" the artillery observer shouted in the microphone.

One minute passed, two points, three points, and five minutes there was no sound in the microphone.

The sound of cannons stopped, and the puppet troops surrounded the bunker in groups. Some puppet troops had even stood on the bunker where Yu Shuchang was. The soldiers lowered their heads, and I took out my pocket watch and looked at the time. At 16:15, I want to remember this moment.

"Tianjin No. 2, Tianjin No. 2..." Unexpectedly, Yu Shuchang's faint voice came from the microphone at this time.

The artillery observer was so surprised that he couldn't speak. After a long time, he answered: "8251, you..."

"I...I'm fine!" Yu Shuchang in the microphone replied in a faint voice: "No. 1, target No. 1..."

"What did you say? Target No. 1 is your bunker!" the artillery observer replied.

"Hurry up! The enemy surrounded my bunker, shoot quickly! Hit hard! Hit my bunker..."

"What?" The artillery observer still couldn't believe what he heard.
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