Chapter 58

  August 4th, 6:33 AM, Western Command Headquarters. I and Chief of Staff Zhou stood in front of the map on the wall, discussing while looking at it. Next door was the signal office where Deputy Chief of Staff Lan was receiving the latest intelligence from the frontline at any moment. At this time, the phone on the desk rang, the staff officer walked over to answer it, said a few words and his face changed greatly, hung up the phone and came over to tell me: "Reporting Commander, Kishoregan Port fell half an hour ago, Garrison Commander Wei is building the 2nd line of defense in Kumira."

  I nodded and said: "The 115th Division of the 40th Army performed well, withstood the enemy's attack for 24 hours, I will report to the Military Commission to commend them!"

  The staff officer choked and said: "Of the 115 divisions that withdrew from the battlefield, only 1,023 soldiers were left, more than half of whom were wounded."

  "I changed color and hastily asked: 'What about Master Tong and the others?'"

  The staff officer, with tears streaming down his face, said: "Since Commander Tong was hit by three bullets and sacrificed himself, the entire 115th Division is now being led by a deputy regimental commander. All other leading comrades have been sacrificed."

  "What?" I roared.

  General York, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, was touring the newly occupied city when he came across three children who had died clutching an anti-aircraft machine gun. He stopped in his tracks and exclaimed in shock: "Is the red regime really so charming? How long have they been occupying this place? And yet there are such people who fight to the death, not even sparing their lives! It was like this in Korea, and it's like this here too!"

  "God, I hope we don't end up like in Korea!" Colonel Frank whispered.

  General York sighed and said: "You immediately organize people to bury the warriors of Longwei who died in battle, they are all excellent warriors."

  "Yes, I'll send someone right away."

  Admiral Johnson, a five-star naval officer, yelled in his command center: "Those army pigs! How did they fight? We sent 150 sorties of aircraft to bomb them beforehand and I ordered the warships to shell them for an hour. They still lost so many men. How can I report this to the President? Damn it!"

  "General, aren't we already in control of Inchon? We have a foothold now and can bring in follow-on troops to join the fight. The army in front of us isn't just any ordinary army; we've learned that much from our experience in Korea. And most importantly, we can spend the night at Inchon, can't we?"

  Jonathan puffed heavily on his cigar to calm himself, then said: "Wilson, you're right. I'll send a telegram to Washington at once." He walked personally towards the telegraph room.

  August 4th, Western Front of Siliguri. An officer from the West said to his soldiers: "Brave warriors, I have good news for you. The port city of Gijon has been liberated by our friends, the Green Empire. Now it's our turn to occupy the front line of Siliguri and let them know we're not to be underestimated."

  "Kill, kill."

  A new round of attack has begun, the 45th Division of the 25th Army, Division Commander Shi Tian said to Chief of Staff Zeng Fei: "This time the opposing 32nd Army is full of milk and wants to teach us a lesson!"

  Zeng said: "Last time they 32 army ran faster than rabbits, now of course they want to prove their combat effectiveness."

  Shi Tian said: "Have you found that the weapons of the Xizang army this time are different from last time, and the weapons have obviously advanced a lot. Moreover, the accuracy and density of artillery fire are also different from before."

  Zeng said: "This time, the British also joined the war and were on our side. I think that artillery fire was launched by them, or it was directed by instructors."

  Shi Tian nodded, and at this time, a burst of explosions came from the front. Shi Tian said: "The enemy is attacking again."

  "Alright, 15th charge!"

  The 45th Division, 1st Regiment's position. Soldier Huang Hu was operating his heavy machine gun, he loved the sound of it firing, so powerful! He watched as the Western soldiers were killed by him, excitedly saying: "Let you bunch of bastards know the greatness of me, TNND." As soon as he finished speaking, 3 shells exploded around him. After the explosion, before the smoke had even cleared, the sound of machine gun fire came from within the smoke again. A battalion commander of the Western 32nd Army hid behind a large rock, shouting at his communications officer beside him: "Tell the artillery to fire again, just now didn't take out the front firepower point, don't know how that machine gunner managed to be unscathed?" A while later, another 6 shells were fired towards the machine gun position. After an explosion, the Western soldiers still hadn't stood up to charge forward. Only after a good while of seeing no movement from the machine gun in front did they cheer and shout: "He's dead, he's dead!" The battalion commander picked up his handgun and shouted: "The time for merit has arrived, charge for me!" Under his lead, more than 50 Western soldiers launched a charge. Seeing someone take the lead, soon dozens of other soldiers joined in, quickly growing to over a thousand soldiers charging forward. The Dragon Guard Army's 1st Regiment commander said: "Order the artillery to open fire."

  "Yes."

  The commander of the 3rd battalion shouted: "Quickly go to the position of the 3rd company and see what's going on over there. The enemy is charging from their direction."

  "Yes."

  "Get closer and fire again!" he shouted. Soon after, he yelled "Fire! Give me a hand grenade."

  "Boom!" "Boom!"...

  Huang Hu felt that his whole body was wounded by the explosion, but he got up again and grabbed the machine gun, saying: "Let you charge, all of you go to death!" The machine gun roared again, and the Western soldiers fell down one after another. The company commander walked to Huang Hu's side and said: "Good shot! Good job! Kill them!" At this time, the machine gun stopped making a sound, and Qiu Jiang was stunned for a moment before looking again, only to find that the machine gun had run out of bullets. But Huang Hu was still pulling the trigger with both hands. Qiu Jiang said: "What are you shooting at? Reload!!" But Huang Hu didn't respond, his eyes still staring forward, his hand still pulling the trigger. It wasn't until then that Qiu Jiang realized that Huang Hu had sacrificed himself. Company commander Qiu Jiang shouted: "Huang Hu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

  The 32nd Army headquarters of Xizang. The army commander, Ma Bufang, had just received orders from above, ordering the 32nd Army to capture Xili Guli today. He ordered: "Immediately notify the 17th Division and order them to attack for me. If they can't do it, I'll replace them with the 18th Division."

  "Yes, sir."

  At 23:17 on August 4, flares lit up the sky over the positions of the 45th Division of the 25th Corps in Longweicun, Xiliugou Town, and then shells fell and exploded one after another. The Western Army launched another charge.

  At 6:00 on August 5th, the headquarters of the 25th Army of Longwei State. Commander Yi Qiang said to his staff officer, "Order the 14th Division to take over the position of the 45th Division and let the 45th Division withdraw for rest."

  "Yes."

  At this time, the 32nd Army of Xizang also ordered the 17th Division to withdraw and let the 18th Division continue to attack. The army commander Ma Bufang shouted: "I want to see how many people are with me." He still doesn't know that the enemy in front of him is also an army, if not for the British Third Mixed Brigade and the reorganized Xizang Fifth Division behind him, the 25th Army in front of him would have counterattacked long ago.