Chapter 88 Supporting Qiu Mingliang’s Seventh Company 4
Chen Jiushan led the first and second squads of soldiers to find the US artillery position. The US artillery position had three 105 howitzers. Chen Jiushan immediately ordered an attack.
A group of soldiers, Mu Guilin and Liu Guanshan, were equipped with Bobosha submachine guns. The two rushed to a place more than 20 meters away from the US artillery position. "Click, click..." they picked up the Bobosa submachine guns and fired fiercely.
Several U.S. artillerymen in the middle were shot one after another at the gun emplacement.
The US military attaches great importance to the training of soldiers, especially the awareness of self-protection. When gunshots and grenade explosions rang out, the first reaction of US soldiers was to lie down. Several US soldiers lay on the ground and did not dare to move, thinking that they could avoid the attack.
Banliang Jianghe led the second squad of soldiers into the US artillery position.
"Da da -" Liang Jianghe looked at the American soldiers lying on the ground. No matter what the situation, they would always add machine guns. The dozen or so U.S. artillery soldiers were unprepared and lay on the ground one after another, almost waiting to be shot. Within a few minutes
They were all wiped out, and the U.S. artillery position was less than 200 meters away from the command post of the battalion commander, Major Thompson.
In his simple command post, Thompson held up a telescope and watched Captain Dennis direct the American soldiers to the Chinese Army position on the top of the mountain. One 105 howitzer shells exploded on the top of the mountain, forming a huge plume of smoke that shot straight into the sky. Thompson was filled with joy.
We are confident that we will soon capture the No. 5 area of the Cheongcheon River.
Suddenly, the artillery stopped firing. Thompson was anxious, how could he stop the artillery fire at such a critical moment? He hurriedly ordered the communications soldier to go over and take a look. The communications soldier had not left Thompson's simple command post. A soldier came in and reported, "Major,
The artillery position was attacked and the situation is critical."
"Ah -" Thompson regretted that the artillery was the key to seizing the No. 5 area of the Qingchuan River. He was actually careless and did not send troops to defend it. The artillery itself had no defense capabilities. If it was attacked, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses. Thompson had to use the reserve team.
"Lieutenant Robert, immediately bring the reserve team to support the artillery position." Thompson ordered.
The Chinese pay attention to tactics in fighting, such as attacking the US artillery positions. The US artillery fire was fierce and the Chinese army was difficult to compete with. The Chinese army's approach was to send small groups of troops to attack the US artillery positions. Seeing the US troops swarming in, Chen Jiushan hurriedly issued an order.
, "Dajiang, brothers, retreat quickly."
Chen Jiushan led the first and second squads to quickly evacuate the U.S. artillery position. Lieutenant Robert led people to the artillery position. The artillery position was terrible. More than a dozen U.S. artillery corpses were lying on the ground, and two wounded soldiers were lying on the ground groaning.
With.
Artillery is a technical arm. Without artillery, the 105 howitzer will lose its effectiveness. "Pursue and attack." Robert was angry and immediately issued a pursuit order.
Chen Jiushan led the first squad and the second squad had just climbed up the hillside when the U.S. troops caught up with them. The two sides met less than fifty meters apart. "Click, bang, bang..." The two sides fired fiercely at each other. Robert led a platoon of US troops.
, there are more than thirty people, and they are also equipped with grenade launchers. Chen Jiushan only has eleven people. In terms of firepower and numbers, Chen Jiushan is at a disadvantage.
Chen Jiushan led the first squad and the second squad fought and retreated, and quickly retreated to the top of the mountain. "Dajiang, let everyone disperse and establish a blocking position in the woods on the east side. This group of American soldiers will compete with each other." Chen Jiushan gave the order.
The terrain on the top of the mountain is wide. If they retreat to the west, it will easily lead the US troops to the 7th company position. To the east is a camphor pine forest, with a thin layer of snow under the trees. Chen Jiushan led the team to withdraw into the camphor pine forest and immediately commanded the dispersal.
, relying on the trunks of camphor pine trees to block the pursuing U.S. troops.
"Pah, pah, pah -" A row of soldiers fired fiercely at the US military. Lieutenant Robert had rich combat experience and a ruthless fighting style. He climbed to the top of the mountain and immediately ordered the soldiers to disperse and threw grenades into the woods to the east. "Boom, boom
——"More than a dozen grenades were fired toward the woods to the east, and immediately the woods were filled with smoke.
As the grenades exploded, Robert directed the US soldiers to attack into the woods to the east. Chen Jiushan, who only had eleven men, was attacked intensively by US grenades. They lay on the ground and did not dare to move. The situation was critical.
"Ta-ta--" Suddenly, intensive gunshots rang out from the side and rear of the US military. Robert directed the US soldiers to attack. The side and rear were exposed. Two US soldiers on Robert's left were shot and fell to the ground screaming. They attacked from the side and rear.
The US Army was from the Second Pillar. Liu Santang arrived with the Third Squadron of the Second Pillar, Lu Chen, and Chen Ninghu, and launched an attack from the rear of the US Army.
Chen Jiushan led ten people to search for the US artillery squad position, and went deep alone. Liu Santang was very worried. When he saw the US military suddenly stopped shelling, knowing that Chen Jiushan had successfully attacked the US artillery position, he decided to lead a team to respond and penetrate one kilometer northeast.
I saw a group of American troops attacking eastward.
Chen Jiushan and his men must have retreated to the east. The US military was pursuing them. Liu Santang immediately ordered to open fire. The US military's sides and rear were exposed, and the target was obvious. "Click..." Erzhu knelt down on one knee, raised his Browning light machine gun and fired fiercely.
Two U.S. soldiers more than thirty meters away were shot and fell to the ground.
Li Zhuo rolled forward more than ten meters to the left, forming an angle with the two pillars. He lay on the ground, set up his Browning light machine gun and fired violently. "Click..." The muzzle of the Browning light machine gun was at a low position.
Two U.S. soldiers were shot in the thigh and lay on the ground wailing.
In jungle combat, injuring one person is more effective than killing one person. If one person is injured, at least one person must rescue him, and two people have lost their combat effectiveness. This idea, although not stated explicitly, has always existed in Li Zhuo's mind.
, it is naturally applied in battle, so Li Zhuo paid great attention to attacking the lower body of American soldiers today.
The Chinese were so cunning that they were almost invisible. Another group of Chinese troops came to Robert's side and behind him. They were attacked on both sides. Robert had difficulty in dealing with them, so he could only order a retreat. He took the American soldiers and the wounded with him and retreated back down the hillside.
Without artillery support, the U.S. military's combat effectiveness quickly declined. Captain Dennis led the team back and discussed countermeasures with Major Thompson. The two discussed it for a while and found no better countermeasures, so they could only evacuate temporarily and make plans later.
The U.S. military retreated. Liu Santang and Chen Jiushan came to the seventh company position. The smoke had not cleared. Some soldiers were treating the wounded. Liu Santang saw the seventh company commander Qiu Mingliang. Qiu Mingliang walked over quickly and hurriedly held Liu Santang's hands and expressed gratitude.
Said, "Auntie, it turns out it was you who attacked the US left wing and the US artillery position and saved us. Thank you!"
Qiu Mingliang's lips were chapped and his face and clothes were darkened by smoke. Liu Santang replied, "As a family, there is no way to express gratitude. We successfully rescued the pilot Chen Ninghu, and we came back just in time for you to be attacked by the US military."