Chen Jiushan was shot and fell to the ground, which made Lu Chen very anxious. Lu Chen quickly climbed to Chen Jiushan's side, shook Chen Jiushan as hard as he could, and shouted, "One row long, one row long, Chen Jiushan!" Chen Jiushan slowly
He slowly stood up, shook his head and asked, "Lu Chen, am I injured?"
Lu Chen looked at Chen Jiushan's body. Except for some sand and leaves, there was no blood or gun muzzle. Lu Chen looked at Chen Jiushan's head again and discovered the problem. Chen Jiushan was wearing a helmet, and there was a bullet stuck on the upper left side of the helmet.
The warhead was lucky. For some unknown reason, the warhead got stuck on the helmet, only a few millimeters away from the back of Chen Jiushan's head.
Lu Chen removed the bullet from his helmet. The bullet was long and slender. Lu Chen shook his head and said, "It's a German 98K sniper rifle bullet. The effective range can reach 800 meters. It can completely penetrate the helmet. What a fluke."
He was not injured, but the bullet got stuck in his helmet. Chen Jiushan rolled on the ground in excitement and shouted, "Lu Chen, I'm not injured, that's great."
Chen Jiushan and Lu Chen got up from the ground. Seeing that the US troops had evacuated, they quickly climbed up the hillside and looked northward along the top of the mountain to find Liu Santang and others.
The top of the mountain is densely wooded, mostly camphor pine and locust trees. There is a thin layer of snow on the ground, leaving a series of clear footprints when walking on it. Chen Jiushan said sarcastically, "The Americans are too impatient to evacuate so quickly."
Let's go, you can find us quickly by looking at the footprints in the snow."
"Platoon leader, platoon leader -" a familiar voice sounded, it was the voice of Erzhu. Lu Chen saw Erzhu jumping to his feet and shouting in a forest on the hillside. Although they were only separated for more than an hour, they suddenly met at the moment of life and death.
, everyone is still very excited.
Liu Santang led everyone to evacuate urgently. Ha Dajiang and Erzhu found Chen Jiushan. Lu Chen did not follow. They wanted to go back to search, but Liu Santang stopped them. "The first platoon leader and Lu Chen are here to cover our evacuation and draw the US troops away."
, retreat quickly, we will wait for them at the front."
Although the northern part of North Korea is a mountainous area, the height of the peaks is not very high. Most of the peaks are between 500 and 600 meters. Liu Santong led people to a hidden forest on a hillside. The hillside is covered with birch trees. It is more than 3,000 meters away from the Qingchuan River Bridge.
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When Liu Santang saw Chen Jiushan and Lu Chen coming back, he felt a stone fall in his heart and asked hurriedly, "You two, are you not injured? The gunshots were so fierce just now that we were worried to death."
Lu Chen shrugged and replied, "I don't think it's okay. I was shot in the head by a long man. Fortunately, I was blessed with great luck. The bullet got stuck in the helmet. It was only a few hairs away from his head."
Chen Jiushan shook his head and said, "What a fluke. The Americans used a 98K sniper rifle, and the bullet hit my helmet. However, Lu Chen has already avenged me. The American sniper who attacked me was hit by Lu Chen. Life or death."
I don’t know.”
Liu Santang and Chen Jiushan discussed, "First platoon leader, we are now on the east bank of the Qingchuan River. What is the next step? We still have to return to the west bank of the Qingchuan River."
Regarding the next step, everyone had the same purpose. They wanted to find a way to return to the west bank of the Chongchuan River and meet up with the company commander and instructor. However, everyone had different opinions on how to return to the east bank of the Chongchuan River and which way to take it. After discussing it for more than an hour, they finally decided to follow the original plan.
We headed back and crossed the river near Jiangxin Island. We had fought with the US military there and the environment was familiar to us.
Chen Jiushan finally issued the order, "We will try to return to the west bank of the Qingchuan River along the original route and meet up with the company commander's instructor. In order to increase concealment, we will operate late at night, cross the highway, go around to Jiangxin Island, and cross the river from there."
It was already noon. From about four o'clock in the morning until noon, for seven or eight hours, everyone had been fighting and they were very tired. The fallen leaves in the woods were thick. The soldiers lay on the fallen leaves and fell asleep quickly. It was still late at night.
There are still more than ten hours left.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Erzhuzi and Jin Wang were in charge of security. They were on guard at the top of the mountain more than fifty meters away from the woods where everyone was resting. Erzhuzi saw that Jin Wang had eight American pineapple grenades hanging all over his body, and said disdainfully, "
Jin Wang, I found that your combat capability has been reduced, and now you are relying on these piecemeal support, which is too exaggerated."
Jin Wang did not agree with Erzhu's statement, "Erzhu, don't be too arrogant. I just carry a Browning light machine gun. I carry eight grenades and have the strongest firepower in the platoon." Lu Chen said
There is a tactical ranking called fire suppression. Fire suppression is an American invention. You have never experienced US military bombing."
Erzhuzi suddenly felt something strange and hurriedly gestured to Jin Wang not to speak. Erzhuzi and Jin Wang threw themselves under a camphor pine tree and looked to the south alertly. Sure enough, there was a problem. Several American soldiers bowed their bodies and
Slowly heading north, we were only 20 meters away from Erzhu and Jinwang. The US military did not find Erzhu and Jinwang.
The U.S. military came for a sneak attack. Erzhu didn't even think about it. "Tah da—" he knelt down on one knee, pulled the trigger of the Browning light machine gun, and fired violently at several U.S. soldiers. Two U.S. soldiers were shot. "Boom—"
Jin Wang threw a grenade, which exploded and an American soldier was blown away.
The distance between the two sides was only twenty meters. Within the range of Jin Wang's grenade throw, Erzhu and Jin Wang took advantage of the smoke from the grenade explosion to quickly roll down the hillside and report to Liu Santang and Chen Jiushan.
Lieutenant Harrison returned angrily and lost several American soldiers, including sniper Sergeant Jim. Major Hall did not blame Harrison. Hall analyzed, "Harrison, a large force of the Chinese Army is ambushing on the west bank of the Qingchuan River.
The one who blocked us on the east bank was only a small force, about twenty people in number. They couldn't run far, and they would definitely have to return to the west bank of the Chongchon River."
Hall's judgment was wrong. Hall had two companies, nearly 300 U.S. soldiers, and two armored vehicles. The ninth company guarding the west side of the Chongchuan River Bridge had lost one-third of its combat force due to consecutive days of fighting.
, now the actual strength of the Ninth Company is less than 80 men. Whether it is firepower or troop strength, Hall has an absolute advantage.
However, Hall had a profound memory of the bravery and tenacity of the Chinese soldiers, and was filled with fear. He did not dare to launch an attack on the west side of the Qingchuan River Bridge, and deliberately made an exaggerated judgment. The two sides formed a confrontation across the Qingchuan River Bridge.
Harrison asked Hall for instructions, "Major Hall, I request to attack again to find this small group of escaped Chinese troops and eliminate them."
Hall agreed to Harrison's request, and Hall told him, "Lieutenant Harrison, this small group of Chinese troops should find a way to return to the west bank of the Qingchuan River. They will not go too far, within two or three kilometers."
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The characteristic of the U.S. military is that it bullies the weak and fears the strong, and only launches attacks when it has an absolute advantage. Hall is afraid of the main force of the Chinese army on the other side, and feels that he can still deal with a small and lagging Chinese army.