Chapter 34: Bloody Bayonet Fight

  Cheng Feng and Old Li walked into the cave, among the wounded, and everyone looked at Cheng Feng with a heavy expression.

  "Comrades, we have now lost contact with the front line. All tanks and heavy weapons have been destroyed, and there are not many rifles left either. The remaining personnel still have a mission, you must retreat one after another with Lin Yiwu. We will catch up with you quickly after completing our mission."

  The wounded men who witnessed this scene all knew that the company commander and deputy company commander were deceiving themselves, they were going to complete a task there, and by doing so, they would use their deaths to exchange for our lives. So the wounded men said one after another:

  "Commander, you've deceived us, we won't leave."

  "Commander, don't let us retreat, we'd rather die together," a wounded soldier said.

  "Comrade Commander, our 8th Company doesn't have any cowards, I won't leave."

  "Yes. Commander Lian, are you going to let us fight alongside you until the end?" A wounded soldier said, tears streaming down his face.

  A man has tears but doesn't easily shed them, only when he reaches the point of heartbreak! At this scene, Cheng Feng and Old Li's eyes also became moist.

  Calmly and emotionally, he continued to say

  "My brothers, comrades, you have done what a soldier should do, you have completed your mission. Now I order you to withdraw, your safe withdrawal is our top priority. Don't worry, we will see each other alive again."

  "Come on, brothers, if you don't leave, we'll still have to worry about you. Besides, you're also a burden to us here." Old Li said.

  "I don't want to hide anything from you, to be honest, if you want us to come back alive, then you'd better leave quickly, the faster you leave, the more chances we have" Old Li continued.

  Cheng Feng knew that among the eight, Lao Li's face was the biggest. At critical moments, only Lao Li's words could be heard by the soldiers. After Lao Li finished speaking, the wounded men didn't say anything else and quietly lowered their heads, one by one starting to board the cars with their fellow villagers.

  "Goodbye, Commander Li, take care. See you later." Lin Yi came to the front of Cheng Feng and Old Li, stood up straight and saluted them.

  "Go, take advantage of the Indian army's attack hasn't arrived yet, help me take good care of Dr. Yang Jun. And Lin Yi, as soon as you leave this area with electromagnetic interference, immediately contact the Seventh Company and the Forward Command, tell them our situation."

  Cheng Feng did this to let Lin Yi report back to his father that he and the remaining few dozen brothers didn't lose face in front of Hero Eighth Company. After finishing, Cheng Feng bent down and kissed SiSi's face, which hadn't woken up yet, then tightly grasped SiSi's hand.

  "Yes, General, I will definitely complete the task." With that, Lin Yi leaped onto the war chariot.

  The armored vehicle started up and the remaining armored vehicles took on board all the wounded and some elderly villagers who were not convenient to move, and quickly drove away.

  At this time, the sound of "puff puff" propellers in the sky, Chengfeng returned to the position and picked up the binoculars. Not far away, Indian transport planes were transporting ground troops like dumplings. This time they not only brought many infantrymen but also five helicopters that delivered five armored vehicles to the Indian ground forces.

  Lai Yinjun must break through his own defensive position, and Cheng Feng's heart began to tense up.

  Cheng Feng knew very well that his own sacrifice was a small matter, but once this position was lost and the Indian army regained control of this mountain pass, then this attack on Dafang would encounter problems, because the terrain of this mountain pass was far more treacherous than 581.

  Behind our position is a steep cliff and rocky mountain, very suitable for defense. On the Indian side, there are gentle slopes, easy to attack. If the Indian army occupies this place and builds a large number of solid defensive fortifications, what a great price we will have to pay if we launch an attack from the rocky mountain!

  Even if we retake this high ground, it will still cause a lot of trouble for the entire army group, and even the entire corps, in the counterattack campaign launched by Davang. This is also why Dad told himself to defend at all costs.

  The Indian army officers and men who got off the helicopter regrouped and launched a new round of attacks on the area between Chengfeng's squad and the tank company without delaying for a minute.

  The tanks and infantry fighting vehicles opened fire, this time the artillery was not intense but very accurate. Cheng Feng knew that these were Luo Lianzhang's last few rounds of ammunition. The not-so-intense artillery caused casualties to the Indian army and temporarily hindered their attack.

  After Cheng Feng fell to the ground, he thought in his heart "I can block you for one minute, just one minute is fine, as long as Qianqian and the others arrive at the Seventh Company". At this moment, Cheng Feng's only concern was Qianqian, as for himself, it didn't matter whether he lived or died, it had come to this point anyway.

  In an instant, a string of anti-tank projectiles came from the rear of the Indian army's position, clearly aimed at Luo Lianchang and his men's defensive area, with the intention of eliminating their last artillery support.

  As one by one anti-tank guided missiles hit the tank company's circular defense line on the mainland, a sea of flames erupted, followed by the sound of "rumbling" explosions. Chengfeng knew that his remaining tanks were either destroyed or blown up.

  However, he also knew that at this time, Luo Lianchang and others must have already activated the automatic device to operate the tank, so there would be no casualties.

  As the Indian Army's anti-tank guided missile performance came to an end, within Chengfeng's defensive area, tanks and remaining armored vehicles had been destroyed. Now, the only striking weapon left in Chengfeng's hands was the machine gun squad's remaining recoilless guns and 60mm mortars.

  As the enemy approached, in the defensive zone of the position, the tankers and armored soldiers who had fired their cannons picked up infantry weapons from the ground, jumped into the trenches, and prepared to fight with the infantry.

  Cheng Feng glanced around at the soldiers beside him, only to see that they were all biting their lips tightly, their eyes fixed intently on the front. At the forefront of the trenches, almost all the grenades had their covers open, with the fuses pulled out.

  Some warriors who had no grenades now have an extra backpack on their backs, Cheng Feng knew that these were the last explosives left in the regiment, the warriors had already made all the explosives into explosive packs, today everyone was prepared to make the same choice, which is to fight to the death.

  "A warrior beside Katara pulled out a bayonet and attached it to the tip of his gun, followed by a second, third... The sound of "Charge! Charge!" echoed across the battlefield as soldiers in the trenches quietly fixed bayonets onto their guns."

  In the dark of night, these originally black bayonets make people feel a chill down their spine. Cheng Feng feels that he and his comrades are both tragic and great at this moment. The word "death", which normally makes one afraid, now seems to have no effect on him as he is about to experience it personally.

  Being able to march towards the Yellow Springs Road with these comrades full of masculinity is an honor for Cheng Feng.

  "Huh!" Cheng Feng took a deep breath.