Chapter 68: Assault on the Qingchuan River Bridge 3
It should be said that the US military guarding the Qingchuan River Bridge was not ready yet and did not have stable defenses. The only simple fortifications made of sandbags were quickly broken through by the 9th Company. Ha Dajiang was the first to rush onto the sandbag fortifications and stood on the sandbags.
On the fortification, from a high position, he shot and killed an American soldier with a "pop--".
Hadajiang held an M1 assault rifle in his hand, with limited lethality. The two pillars rushed up from behind, "ta-da--" He fired fiercely with a Browning light machine gun and broke through the left-wing position to the north. Several American soldiers were a little confused.
Overwhelmed, Erzhu became a living target and fell down with a scream.
Li Zhuo also imitated the two pillars, stood on the sandbag fortification, and fired fiercely at the American soldiers who were running around. "Crack--" the body of an American machine gunner was beaten into a sieve.
The U.S. military is defeated like a mountain. The U.S. military has strong combat capabilities and rich combat experience. But if it is defeated, once it is defeated or surrounded, it will immediately lose its fighting spirit and scatter in all directions.
There is only one army in the world. Even if it runs out of ammunition and food and is surrounded by a heavy siege, it will still fight until the last man.
There are two houses at the head of the Chongchuan River Bridge. One house is backed by the river bank. It has a stone base, red brick walls, and a cement roof. It is very strong. Captain Thompson, the commander of the U.S. Army Bridge on the Chongchuan River, saw that the position was breached.
The remaining dozens of American troops retreated into the house and resisted with the help of the house's solid stone base.
"Da da -" There are seven or eight rooms in the house with its back to the river bank. The windows are low and suitable for use as bunkers. Almost every window has a Browning light machine gun. The attacking team of the Ninth Company was suppressed thirty meters away.
In front of the house, there was an open space without any shelter. In order to avoid casualties, Feng Ren had to order all soldiers to retreat behind the sandbag fortifications.
The sandbag fortification was originally a bunker for the US military, but now it is a fortification for the Ninth Company. The US military was very tenacious and kept shooting. Feng Ren looked at the battlefield situation. Although the US military was very tenacious, it could not escape the situation of being surrounded, so he immediately issued an order.
, three rows of cover, attracting US military firepower, one row, two rows, detouring from both sides.
Lu Chen moved a few sandbags over and used them as simple fortifications. He lay on the sandbags and aimed his Mosin-Nagant rifle at the US military house. It was more than eighty meters away. "Pa--" Lu Chen opened the window towards the eastmost window.
A U.S. soldier who was shooting was shot and fell.
Soon, an American soldier appeared at the window, "Click--" The American soldier was holding a Browning light machine gun. He failed and fired violently. "Pah--" Lu Chen hit the American soldier with one shot.
The helmet was less than 80 meters away. It was almost a head-on shot. The Mosin-Nagant rifle bullet still had a great impact. The bullet penetrated the helmet of the American soldier. The American soldier tilted his head and fell down.
Lu Chen continuously sniped at the eastmost window to cover a row of attacks. Two American soldiers were killed in succession. There was a gap in the eastmost window. "Click-" Li Zhuo knelt down on one knee and picked up Brown.
Ning's light machine gun fired violently, and almost all the bullets entered from the east window.
Jin Wang's thin stature is both a disadvantage and an advantage. His thin stature makes him a small target on the battlefield and he is flexible. Under the cover of Li Zhuo, Jin Wang rolled towards the house guarded by the US military with an explosive pack, less than fifty meters away.
Within a short distance, in more than a minute, Jin Wang rolled to the east wall of the house. Jin Wang leaned the explosive pack against the wall, ignited the fuse, and quickly rolled away.
"Boom -" the explosive pack exploded, the wall on the east side of the house was smashed, smoke billowed, and the roof collapsed in half. The Hada River, two pillars rushed over quickly, and the house was in a mess. Several American soldiers were crushed.
Under the rubble, there were constant groans. Just as Jinwang succeeded in blasting, the second platoon responsible for attacking on the west side also attacked.
The fourth squad leader, Lin Jiangming, set up the grenade and aimed at the westernmost window. Lin Jiangming’s idea was to throw the shell in through the window. “Whoosh——, boom——” The angle of the first shell was too high and it landed on the roof.
The roof was made of cement. Apart from a few pieces of cement splashing, there was no major damage. "Whoosh--boom--" The angle of the second shell was too low. The shell landed in front of the window and raised a puff of smoke. Jin Gui encouraged.
, "It's the squad leader, calm down and give me another shot."
The fourth squad leader Lin Jiangming readjusted the angle of the grenade, stabilized his mind, and threw the shell into the grenade. "Whoosh--boom--" the shell flew in from the window. With the sound of the explosion, an American soldier came out of the house.
The inside flew out, and the windows and walls were smashed. "Ta-ta--" Jin Gui rushed in with a Czech Garev light machine gun.
Captain Thompson took dozens of U.S. soldiers and hid in a house near the river bank. This was originally Thompson's bedroom and command room. Looking at the Chinese army in front of the house, with intensive gunfire and shouts, Thompson became desperate and felt
The situation was over, so he jumped out of the back window with several American soldiers and rolled from the river bank to the Qingchuan River.
As soon as Thompson reached the river surface, there was a violent explosion behind him, and the house was almost blown down. Thompson couldn't care so much anymore and ran quickly to the left bank of the Qingchuan River. A thin layer of ice formed on the surface of the Qingchuan River, "Ka, ka
——" People were running on it, making a sound of breaking into pieces.
Lieutenant Evans, who was following Thompson and was more experienced, lay on the ice and shouted, "Sir, get down, get down, it's dangerous."
With Evans' reminder, Thompson also felt dangerous. If the ice cracked, he would fall into the ice hole and freeze immediately. The river would rush him to nowhere. It would be terrible.
Thompson lay down on the ice, rolled on his hands and feet and fled to the other side. He was extremely embarrassed. Liu Santang and Lu Chen rushed to the river bank and saw several American soldiers crawling on the ice. They picked up Mosin Nagant rifles and shot at them.
, several American troops were very alert and quickly got into the bushes by the river.
Liu Santang unexpectedly discovered that there were US troops stationed at the bridge on the east side of the Qingchuan River Bridge, several grass-green tents, and more than a dozen US soldiers on guard at the bridge. Just now, the two armies were fighting fiercely. If these US troops participated, the outcome would be difficult.
Unexpectedly, Liu Santang didn't understand why these U.S. troops did not save the bridge and watched the fire from the other side of the river.
Liu Santang was right. There were still United Nations troops stationed at the east end of the Qingchuan River Bridge, but they were not American troops, but British troops, with more than a hundred people, mortars, and heavy machine guns.
The commander, Major Ackerman, led a company of British troops. Ackerman was born in an English noble family. He was arrogant and arrogant. The battle on the other side was fierce. Lieutenant Bader asked Ackerman for instructions, "Sir, there is a battle on the other side, Captain Thompson."
It looks like it’s going to be very difficult, why don’t we go over there and provide support?”