Chapter 67: Assault on the Qingchuan River Bridge 2
The Qingchuan River Bridge is nearly two hundred kilometers away from the Yalu River. It is a rear base for the US military. The US military guarding the Qingchuan River Bridge did not build any fortifications. They only piled sandbags around it to form a simple fortification. Thompson, a US military captain, led a company of US troops to garrison Qingchuan.
The bridge head on the west side of Jiangdaqiao.
The war ahead was tense, and the Chinese were counterattacking. Thompson also heard the news and suggested withdrawing across the Chongchuan River and setting up a defense line at the east end of the Chongchuan River Bridge. He was reprimanded by his superiors, who strictly ordered Thompson to hold the west end of the Chongchuan River Bridge and return it.
A large number of US troops need to be evacuated through the Chongchuan River Bridge.
At dusk, Lieutenant Evans reported that a train was approaching along the railway line and heading directly towards the west end of the Qingchuan River Bridge. Captain Thompson hurriedly left his war room. Thompson's war room was actually a bungalow. Thompson
When we arrived near the bridge, we saw a train approaching. The chimney of the locomotive was emitting black smoke, and the train whistled "Woo--".
How could a train appear here? Without receiving instructions from his superiors, Thompson urgently ordered the semaphore soldiers to signal and order the train to stop, otherwise they would shoot.
A U.S. military flagman waved a triangular flag. The flag was red with a dark yellow edge. It was very eye-catching. The U.S. military flagman held the triangular flag high, shook it vigorously from side to side, and then pointed to the right, which meant that he would stop immediately. "
Click, click—" Liang Jianghe ignored the U.S. military's signal, tightly grasped the control handle, and the train rushed towards the Qingchuan River Bridge.
Seeing that the train had no intention of stopping, Thompson judged that there might be Chinese people on the train and immediately ordered to open fire. Two U.S. soldiers set up Browning light machine guns on a simple fortification made of sandbags and fired violently at the train.
"Click, click, click -" The bullet hit the locomotive, causing sparks to fly.
The U.S. military's firepower was so powerful that Liang Jianghe had to pull down the control handle. "Hi--" The train stopped. The soldiers of the Ninth Company quickly jumped off the train and started at the two railway stations. Feng Ren gave the order, "The first row is on the right, the second row is on the right.
Line up on the left, attack immediately, and the battle will be over in an hour."
Feng Ren ordered Liu Santang and Lu Chen, "Santong, Lu Chen, you two have good marksmanship. Climb on top of the train and snipe important targets. Quick!"
After receiving the order, Liu Santang and Lu Chen quickly returned to the train and climbed onto the roof of the locomotive. This area was flat. The roof of the locomotive was four and a half meters high. It was condescending and had a good view. It was 200 meters away from the head of the Qingchuan River Bridge.
"Pa—" Liu Santang fired first. A Mosin-Nagant rifle bullet hit a US machine gunner from a distance of 120 meters. The US machine gunner was lying on the sandbag fortification to shoot. The height of the sandbag fortification was only
With a height of 1.5 meters, Liu Santang was lying on the roof of the locomotive with a height of 4.5 meters. From his commanding height, the US machine gunner became a live target.
"Pa—" Lu Chen opened fire. The target was a US heavy machine gunner. One hundred and fifty meters away, a US heavy machine gunner pulled an American M2 Browning heavy machine gun and ran towards the sandbag fortifications.
The M2 Browning heavy machine gun has a rate of fire of 800 rounds per minute and an effective range of 1,000 meters. Once it enters the battlefield, it will immediately change the battlefield situation. No matter what, it must prevent the actions of the US heavy machine gunners.
A Mosin-Nagant rifle bullet hit the American heavy machine gunner in the chest. The American heavy machine gunner fell to the ground. Another American soldier rushed over, pulled up the American M2 Browning heavy machine gun, and headed west.
The sandbag fortifications on the side rushed away, "Pa--" Lu Chen immediately fired another shot, focusing on the abdomen of the American soldier.
There are still 30 soldiers in the second platoon. It is currently the platoon with the largest number of people in the Ninth Company. The second platoon's attack position is on the left, near the river bank. Jin Gui ordered Lin Jiangming, "Fourth squad leader, you bring one person and guard here. We
Once the attack reaches fifty meters away from the enemy position, you throw artillery shells and bombard the U.S. military position."
Lin Jiangming was good at using grenades, which were a powerful tool for attacking difficult positions. Jin Gui commanded the soldiers to spread out, form a three-by-three attack formation, crawl on the ground, and rush towards the US military position. "Click--" The US military fired wildly, bullets
Flying over Jin Gui's head.
Seizing the moment when the US machine gunner was changing the magazine, Jin Gui jumped up, knelt down on one knee, picked up the Czech Alov light machine gun and fired violently, "Click--" among the American soldiers lying on the sandbag fortifications to shoot.
Play and lie down on the sandbag fortification.
Lin Jiangming set up the grenade and aimed at the US military fortifications. He saw platoon leader Jin Gui leading his brothers to charge towards the US military. The US military fired fiercely and several brothers were shot. Lin Jiangming was anxious and threw artillery shells several times. However, Jin Gui was far away from the US military.
The position is still 70 to 80 meters away. Throwing artillery shells too early will alert the US military.
Sixty meters, fifty meters, forty-five meters, Jingui was only more than forty meters away from the US military position. "Whoosh -" Lin Jiangming threw a shell. The grenade was 180 meters away from the US military position. The shell fell.
On the sandbag fortification, a "bomb" shell exploded, and an American machine gunner was blown away along with several sandbags.
"Boom, boom -" Lin Jiangming threw artillery shells one after another, and the shells exploded before and after the US military's sandbag fortifications. Smoke rose and the US military stopped shooting. Seizing the gap, Jin Gui jumped up and shouted, "Brothers, charge!"
"Picked up the Czech Alev light machine gun and fired fiercely at the US military position. "Click--" Jin Gui was the first to rush towards the enemy position.
At a distance of more than forty meters and within ten seconds, Jin Gui stepped onto the US sandbag fortification and saw a US soldier getting up from the ground, picking up an A1 Garand rifle and rushing toward him, "Dah.
Da——" Jin Gui pulled the trigger of the Czech Alev light machine gun, and the American soldier's body was instantly beaten into a sieve.
Jin Gui fights ghosts and ghosts. He is not as good as Ha Dajiang with bayonets. However, Jin Gui also has his own advantages. He is a fast shooter. He can shoot quickly and rarely tangles with the enemy.
The attack position of Chen Jiushan's platoon was on the right side of the company. There was an open area in front of them, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. The U.S. military had the advantage in firepower. Erzhu and Li Zhuo were on the left and right wings of the platoon. "Click--" The two men
Set up a Browning light machine gun and fire violently at the US military position to cover the entire platoon's attack.
Chen Jiushan's platoon was in a disadvantageous position. In more than ten minutes, it barely moved forward dozens of meters. It was still 70 or 80 meters away from the US military position. Suddenly, smoke rose from the US military's northwest position and shouts shook the sky.
, the second platoon took the lead in breaking through the left wing of the US military position.
"Ta-ta, tap--" After breaking through the US left-wing position, the US troops were in chaos. Chen Jiushan picked up the M1 assault rifle and shouted, "Brothers, charge, we can't lose to Jin Laowei!"
Jin Laowei is Jin Gui's nickname. It was given to Jin Gui by Chen Jiushan behind his back. Jin Gui disliked this nickname the most.