When the Ming army here heard the sniper, they all hid behind the tanks and lay tightly on the ground. The sound of splashing water kept coming from the crocodile pool in the distance. Many soldiers didn't know what was going on. Someone asked quietly:
"What is Liu Xiaosheng doing inside?"
The person who understood looked unbearable and whispered:
"Liu Xiaosheng has been beaten to death by Qinglu...the crocodile is eating him..."
As soon as he said this, the shocking news spread around. All the soldiers gritted their teeth and remained silent, listening to the constant rolling sound in the water, as if Liu Xiaosheng was still alive.
Xu Xiangde took a breath and ordered:
"Throw a grenade in there and don't let the crocodile eat him again."
"yes!"
A soldier threw a grenade. There was a loud noise in the crocodile pool, and a column of blood-red water rose up.
The water surface was calm, and the rolling sound was gone. The soldiers' faces now had a little color, and they felt a little better.
If there are snipers on the opposite side, it will be difficult to even look out. Although tanks and armored vehicles are not afraid of snipers, it would be too much of a disadvantage to advance forward without knowing the situation.
In the rhinoceros room, the company commander held a telescope and poked his head out of the gap, trying to find out where the sniper was and let the machine gun kill him. But there was a muffled "pop" and he fell to the ground on his back.
, the big-brimmed hat rolled aside, the front of his head was opened, and there was a large pool of blood on the ground.
The deputy company commander rushed over, hugged the company commander and shouted sadly:
"Company Commander! Company Commander!...Company Commander!!!"
With a "dang" sound, the deputy company commander also fell to the ground, with a hole in his helmet and blood gushing out.
All the officers and soldiers in the rhinoceros hall stared blankly at the two corpses on the ground and the two-foot-square gap in the wall, all shocked.
In an instant, both the captain and deputy company commander were dead. The company of the People's Guard suddenly didn't even have a commander.
The platoon leader of the first tank platoon did not dare to show his head in the tank. He looked through the periscope for a long time and could not see where the sniper on the opposite side was hiding.
Opposite there is a mound more than ten meters high, which is probably the Monkey Mountain. It has jagged rocks, bushes, and small trees. There is also a big house on the top of the mountain, which may be the monkey house. No, the situation is too complicated, it could be anywhere
Tibetan.
He felt that he could delay it no longer, so he ordered through the headset:
"Attention to all - target, mound ahead, machine gun coverage and strafing!"
The machine guns of several tanks and armored vehicles roared, bullets roared towards them, stone chips flew across the rockery opposite, trees and bushes were hit, trying to be safe, not wanting to kill all the brothers for the sake of the emperor's face. In that case,
The Fourth Division of the Eight Banners became cannon fodder for other troops, and the bigger fruits that followed were not his.
…
Shi Shengli's battalion command tank also arrived. The tank battalion's headquarters was established in the Rhino Hall. Now the top commander on site is Captain Shi Shengli.
Shi Shengli jumped off the tank, threw his gloves to his entourage, and strode into the rhinoceros house. He immediately frowned at the pungent smell. He stared at the two corpses on the ground and said:
"This was all done by the sniper from the other side?"
The shocked officers and soldiers around them all nodded.
He asked again:
"Who has the highest rank in the infantry here?"
Although more than 2,000 infantrymen have been deployed nearby, it is quite chaotic. The people below have been searching for a long time. There is only one Xu Xiangde with the highest military rank here, second lieutenant platoon leader.
Shi Shengli looked coldly at the second lieutenant who was about the same age as himself and said:
"You organize yourself and let the infantry charge."
Xu Xiangde also stared at this officer who was three levels older than him and said coldly:
"Sir, you are taking the lives of our brothers."
"What do you mean? How can you risk your life in a war?"
Xu Xiangde endured his anger and said:
"Sir, you also know that the Qing army must have deployed a large number of machine guns behind them, just waiting for us to charge. Without tanks, the casualties of our brothers would be too great."
Shi Shengli had never been contradicted by his subordinates like this before, and he became more and more angry, but he held back his anger. After all, this was a suicide order. Shi Shengli took a deep breath, closed his eyes and pointed outside:
"Then you think of a way for me to let the tank pass."
"I've already thought of a way."
Xu Xiangde said lightly.
…
"Yes, tie it up with steel cables and make it strong," Shi Shengli arranged for his vehicle commanders and directed them to do physical work, "Don't leave it so long, tie it closer. Is it too heavy? Bring a few more people to help!"
"
At the entrance of the museum, a dozen young men were shouting slogans and tying up the dead rhino with steel cables from the tank.
A large rhinoceros weighs five to six tons, is nearly four meters long, and is nearly two meters wide. If you push it into an artificial river, most of it will be filled up. If you throw in a dozen sandbags, the tank can drive through.
But this requires dragging the rhinoceros to the river first. With tanks working, this is not difficult. The key is that when you get to the river, you have to rely on people to untie the dead rhinoceros and push it down the river. Now there are snipers on the other side, so the last step cannot be done.
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Therefore, the top priority now is to eliminate Qing army snipers.
General officers know a common sense: the best way to deal with snipers is to use snipers.
Shi Shengli reported the situation to the headquarters using a field phone and requested that excellent snipers be sent quickly. Gao Dayi's voice almost shattered his eardrums:
"Have we not determined the general area of the sniper? Then why can't we use artillery? How long will it take to slowly grind it with the sniper?"
Shi Shengli smiled bitterly in his heart, wondering if he could use cannons to bombard me. He said into the microphone:
"Reporting to the regiment, the enemy snipers are probably on the Monkey Mountain now, but the Monkey House on the top of the mountain is occupied by our people and the Qing army respectively, and they are fighting for it! ... So there is no way to use artillery!"
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and Gao Dayi was itching his teeth with hatred. It would definitely be unrealistic to order the people in the monkey house to evacuate. Not to mention whether the people in the monkey house could be evacuated, even if they were withdrawn, the entire monkey mountain and monkey house would be destroyed.
It was given to the Qing army. When the time comes to capture the Monkey Mountain, I don’t know how long it will take and how many people will die in the Monkey House.
Besides, for a sniper, another round of large-scale artillery bombardment has to be launched...and he only has one person. As long as he lies down well and in the right place, even if an artillery division comes to saturate the artillery bombardment, it is difficult to say that he can be killed.
.......Typical cannon to kill mosquitoes.
Gao Dayi gritted his teeth and said:
"You wait, I will report to the Commander."
…
A light armored vehicle drove in and parked next to the Rhinoceros Hall. At first glance, this armored vehicle did not belong to the People's Guard series. It was wheeled and very light. It was about the same size as a larger car. It was as tall as a person and had the head on it.
There is a small turret equipped with a machine gun.
This is an armored reconnaissance vehicle of the headquarters.
The car door opened, and a figure with his head lowered nimbly rushed into the Rhinoceros Hall.
In the Rhino Hall, which is the tank battalion headquarters, Shi Shengli, Xu Xiangde and all the officers and soldiers stared at this thin figure in surprise.
He was at most 1.6 meters tall. The hem of his military coat almost reached his heels. A large steel helmet stuck on his small head, almost to the bridge of his nose. He was holding a long and large canvas bag in his arms, and he felt almost taller than other people.
What's even stranger is that his helmet is also covered with a layer of canvas, which looks like a big hat.
This man had just jumped in, and the rhinoceros room was completely dark. He didn't seem to be used to it yet. He raised his thin chin, squinted his eyes, and tried hard to observe everyone in the room from under his helmet.