Chapter 34: The Mysterious Troops Launch a Surprise Attack (Please collect!)

  The Jinwei soldiers outside the city, who were pressed down by the warriors and couldn't lift their heads, saw the continuous explosions on the city wall under the artillery fire of their own side. Seeing the rear guard team, the black muzzles of the guns, they all showed a fearful expression. Under the shouting of their respective commanders, they crawled up from the ground again, holding their rifles in hand. While praying to the gods, they mechanically took their steps and rushed towards the city wall not far away.

  "Comrades, listen up! We'll fight for a while and then change positions. When the enemy advances, we'll greet them with hand grenades. Take aim at the enemy and fire fiercely!" Seeing the Jin-Sui army crawling on the ground, after suffering more than a dozen casualties, they got up again and charged towards the city wall. Guo Chengzhu loudly commanded the remaining soldiers beside him.

  "Rat-a-tat-a... Boom-boom-boom..." With the order of the chief of staff, the city wall began to shoot out intermittent bullets. However, facing the scattered troops of the Jin-Sui army, these bullets were far from effective in blocking the enemy. In less than a few minutes, a battalion of Jin-Sui soldiers, having paid only a few dozen casualties, charged to within 50 meters of the city wall.

  "Hurry, throw hand grenades..." Seeing the intermittent firepower, it was basically ineffective. The chief of staff immediately thought of the boxes and boxes of hand grenades behind him, and loudly ordered. At the same time, he opened the wooden box of hand grenades, grabbed two, pulled the strings, and threw them out in one go. With the landing of the two hand grenades, two loud explosions exploded among the enemy's formation. Several Jin-Sui army soldiers who were very close to the explosion point let out a miserable cry and fell into the pool of blood.

  "Boom, boom, boom..." The few dozen soldiers left on the city wall followed suit and started throwing hand grenades. In an instant, the attacking formation of the Jin-Sui army was shrouded in smoke from the explosions. When the smoke cleared, dozens of Jin-Sui soldiers lay motionless in a pool of blood. The remaining soldiers were tightly pressed to the ground, firing back with their rifles.

  Just as the two armies were fiercely fighting around the small city wall of Pucheng, Zhang Hua, who was hiding in the hidden pit, was paying close attention to every move on the battlefield. When he saw that the Jinwei army's second wave of attack had completely fallen into a state of chaos, and more importantly, the only guard company left beside the commander had also been transferred to under the city wall, Zhang Hua's mouth corner revealed a smile. Because he knew that now was his best opportunity to launch a counterattack.

  "Comrades, the enemy's first attack has been repelled by the chief of staff, with over 200 casualties on their side. The enemy is now launching its third wave of attacks, and the battle has entered a state of intense fighting. Therefore, this is the best opportunity for our special troops to launch a counterattack." Zhang Hua put down his binoculars, retreated back into the hidden bunker, and came to the side of all the platoon leaders.

  "Old Zhang, you can issue the combat order now! Let's let these Shanxi-Shaanxi troops have a good taste of our special company's prowess today." The instructor said excitedly after hearing Zhang Hua's words.

  "Alright, I won't say more nonsense. Just now, I observed that the enemy's artillery position and heavy machine gun position are together, with about a hundred people. These equipment and ammunition are exactly what we urgently need. So, first of all, we should take down the enemy's artillery position and heavy machine gun position." Zhang Hua nodded and began to issue combat orders.

  "Luoban Chang, He Pai Chang, you two will form an assault group, personally commanded by the instructor. Your mission is to sneak quietly to the rear of the enemy's heavy machine gun position. When the artillery squad's mortar opens fire, immediately launch a surprise attack on the current enemy. Use machine guns and submachine guns to open the way, and try to occupy the enemy's heavy machine gun position in the shortest possible time. Then, immediately turn the muzzle around, use the captured heavy machine gun to sweep the enemy's main position. How about it? You have 50 people, the enemy has more than a hundred, do you have confidence?" Zhang Hua ordered.

  "Report to Commander Lian, guarantee completion of task." The three people said in unison.

  "Alright, from now on, all remaining troops will be personally commanded by me to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's main position." Zhang Hua nodded and continued to give orders.

  "Yes, Company Commander..." The remaining four platoon leaders said in unison.

  "Alright, you have one minute to get ready, and we'll set off immediately after that." Zhang Hua commanded loudly.

  Soon, Zhang Hua led the artillery squad and nearly a hundred remaining soldiers, taking advantage of the terrain to sneak quietly around to within less than 100 meters of the enemy's main position, where they lay in ambush. Meanwhile, the 50 or so men led by the instructor personally were hiding in a patch of tall grass just 50 meters from the enemy's heavy machine gun emplacement, ready to launch a surprise attack at any moment.

  "Commander Zhao, we're going to set up the artillery position here. The target is the enemy's main position. Once the attack begins, I want you to fire at the fastest speed possible and hit their main position with every shell you've got. Any questions?" Seeing the enemy on the main position still sitting neatly on the ground reorganizing, Zhang Hua crawled up to Commander Zhao Jie and whispered the order.

  "Company Commander, don't worry. It's been almost a year since I last fired a shot. This time, I'll definitely let those white dogs taste the ferocity of our Red Army artillerymen. Let's see if they dare to be arrogant again." Upon hearing Zhang Hua's order and seeing two boxes of 30 rounds of ammunition beside him, Zhao Jie responded with excitement and determination.

  "Alright, very well... Squad Leader Qiu, Squad Leader Yu, Sergeant Wu, now I'll arrange the specific attack formation for our raid on the enemy's main position. The six light machine guns will undoubtedly be at the forefront, followed closely by all the submachine guns, and the riflemen will bring up the rear. Once we start the assault, the light machine guns must provide continuous fire, while the submachine guns behind them should fill in any gaps in firepower at any time. As for the riflemen, their main task is to take out enemies that pose a threat to the machine gunners. At the same time, they will be responsible for receiving prisoners... How's that? Any questions?" Company Commander Zhang Hua ordered his three squad leaders.

  "Commander, this arrangement is absolutely brilliant. This way, our attacking firepower won't be interrupted. And the enemy, under our continuous barrage of various firepowers, will have no time to counterattack. In the end, there's only one outcome: retreat." Second Lieutenant Qiu Ming exclaimed excitedly after hearing Zhang Hua's plan.

  "Alright, since you all agree, now go make arrangements. Two minutes later, the troops will begin their attack." Liu Hua nodded and commanded.

  "Boom... Ahhh..." Suddenly, just as the commander of the Jinwei Army, Li Qian, was carefully observing the progress of his second battalion's attack. A loud explosion occurred on the main position less than 20 meters behind him. Immediately afterwards, a burst of soldiers' mournful cries reached his ears.

  Hearing the explosion and commotion behind him, Captain Li Qian quickly turned around to look in the direction of the blast. He saw that on the main battlefield where soldiers were densely packed, within a radius of five meters from the epicenter of the explosion, more than a dozen soldiers had fallen down, screaming in agony. More importantly, at the center of the explosion site, lay two soldier corpses with their legs blown off.

  "Bastard, where did the shell come from? Artillery company, how could you fire shells into your own position? I'll have the artillery company commander shot!" Regiment Commander Li Qian couldn't help but curse loudly at the sight before him. But just then, another whistling sound reached his ears.

  "Boom..." Another explosion mixed with the cries of several soldiers was heard in his ears.

  "Commissar, that's not the artillery company's shell. It must be the Red Army, yes, it's the Red Army... The Red Army has mortars." Just as the second shell whizzed by and exploded, a battalion staff officer who was waiting for the explosion point hastily said.

  "What, the Red Army's mortar, how is it possible, how can they have... Tick-tock, tick-tock..." Just as enemy army Colonel Li Qian was about to retort. A very familiar loud bugle call interrupted Li Qian's words. The several Shanxi military officers surrounding Colonel Li Qian hastily looked in the direction of the bugle call.

  "Comrades, charge... Rat-a-tat-a-tat..." At this moment, Liu Hua had already led more than 100 soldiers behind him to jump up from the hiding grass and quickly rushed towards the main enemy position that was in a state of chaos. At the same time, the six machine gunners who were at the forefront of the entire team directly hung their light machine guns around their necks and began firing at the dense crowd of Shanxi-Suiyuan soldiers 100 meters away.

  Six machine guns, six tongues of fire, like a sickle, cut down the soldiers of the Shanxi Army in batches 100 meters away. At the same time, a mortar that fired continuously also poured shells into the chaotic position of the Shanxi Army at its fastest speed.

  "The main force of the Red Army has arrived, it must be the main force of the Red Army...". Seeing the dense firepower network, hearing the sky-shaking battle cries and the continuous explosions of mortar shells. The chief of staff, who was closely following behind the enemy army commander, immediately showed a look of horror on his face, and shouted loudly to the team leader Li Qian in front of him, who also had a shocked expression.

  "Damn it, I can see them, quick, order the troops to organize resistance, we must hold off the Red Army's charge. Artillery battalion, order the artillery battalion to immediately conduct firepower suppression, and destroy the Red Army's artillery positions. Heavy machine gun company, immediately conduct suppressive fire, hurry up and pass on the orders." Seeing the Red Army getting closer and closer, Regimental Commander Li Qian also started to panic. He yelled loudly at several staff members who were equally terrified beside him.

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