Chapter 58: The Battle of Nanling Blockade (10)

  "Yes, Battalion Commander, mission will be accomplished..."

  Soon, with the arrival of reinforcements. Especially with two heavy machine guns on each high ground, the firepower on both high grounds increased several times in an instant. The Shanxi army's attacking formation, which had been advancing continuously just now, stopped one after another in front of this sudden and intense firepower. They were pinned down by this sudden dense firepower network, unable to move, advance or retreat, within 50 meters of the position.

  "Boom, boom, boom..." Following the sound of heavy machine guns, three dull sounds of mortar shells also rang out. Three shells, with a sharp whistling sound, flew up from the artillery position not far behind Zhang Hua, over the heads of the soldiers, and slammed into the Shanxi Army's heavy machine gun position, which was constantly spewing fire tongues.

  "Boom, boom, boom!" Three loud explosions rang out, and the two ill-fated heavy machine guns were instantly engulfed in flames produced by three cannon shells. The machine guns that had just been spewing fire tongues suddenly fell to the ground with a tilt as soon as the explosion sounded. At the same time, more than a dozen Shanxi soldiers crouching beside the heavy machine gun also fell to the ground amidst the explosions, turning into cold corpses or wailing wounded men.

  "Not good, the communist army has mortars, we must relocate immediately... Quick, relocate the heavy machine guns..." Seeing the two heavy machine guns being blown up, the platoon leader of the heavy machine gun was shocked, and still in shock. However, he quickly recovered from the shock. He loudly commanded the heavy machine gunner who was still spitting fire beside him.

  "Boom, boom, boom" Three explosions sounded again. Just as Lian Zhang was about to continue speaking, a shell accurately landed and exploded less than three meters away from him. The shrapnel produced by the explosion instantly riddled Lian Zhang, who was crouching on the ground giving orders, with blood holes. In an instant, Lian Zhang's military uniform was stained red with his own blood, slowly losing consciousness, and fell crookedly into a pool of blood.

  "Ah, Lian Zhang, Lian Zhang.... Brothers, the company commander is dead. The Communist Army has mortars, quick, stop firing, retreat immediately, ...hurry..." Seeing the company commander's death, the deputy commander's heart had a hint of luck and also a hint of excitement, loudly commanding the already somewhat panicked soldiers.

  However, at this time the entire heavy machine gun position had fallen into chaos and was on the verge of collapse under the continuous bombardment of the artillery company. After hearing the order to retreat from the company commander and deputy company commander, they scrambled to their feet, turning the chaos into a rout. As for the heavy machine guns and the officers' orders behind them, they were directly ignored by these fleeing soldiers.

  Without the suppressive fire of the 12 heavy machine guns of the Shanxi-Shaanxi Army, the soldiers on the mountain top, after receiving reinforcements, couldn't help but feel a surge in morale. Each person was firing at the advancing enemy with their fastest speed, pouring bullets into them. Some incredibly strong soldiers even occasionally threw hand grenades at them.

  In an instant, the nearly thousand Jin-Sui soldiers who were in charge of the offensive on the front line, after losing the cover of artillery and heavy machine guns, immediately suffered fire several times denser than before. Watching as soldier after soldier was knocked to the ground by the hail of bullets flying down from the high ground ahead. The soldiers in the back felt fearful and wanted to retreat and escape with their lives. But seeing the disciplinary troops getting closer and closer behind them, each soldier gritted his teeth and continued to launch an almost suicidal attack.

  "Order the artillery company to shift their target immediately, it's up to me to disperse the enemy's commando team..." Seeing the enemy's heavy machine gun position, under the fire of his own three mortar guns, they fled in disorder. Liu Hua's mouth corner revealed a faint smile, and he loudly commanded Vice Instructor Huang Zhengqing behind him.

  "Yes, Battalion Commander..."

  "Woooo... Boom boom boom..." In less than half a minute, the whistling sound of artillery shells pierced the air and reached Zhang Hua's ears. Immediately after the whistling sound passed, three loud explosions erupted. The three rounds of artillery shells, accurately and without error, landed on the enemy guard camp's position.

  Upon hearing the explosion, Zhang Hua hastily picked up the binoculars in his hand. On the defense position of the Jin-Sui army's guard battalion, what was once a dense formation had been blown into three bloody holes by the three exploding shells. More than ten incomplete corpses lay motionless on the ground.

  The remaining soldiers, at the first explosion of the shell, lay flat on the ground in an orderly manner. At this time, the second round of shells from the mortar platoon flew out of the barrel again, and explosions occurred on the guard battalion's position. Several unlucky soldiers turned into cold corpses after the explosion.

  "Commander, please order the brothers to retreat... The Communist army's firepower is too strong, and there are also mortars, quickly order the brothers to retreat! The guard battalion is our 71st division's most elite troops, absolutely cannot suffer any losses. Commander, please give the order!" Seeing his own troops, after losing the cover of heavy machine guns and artillery fire, were being mowed down one by one like wheat under the dense firepower of the special operations battalion. Brigade commander Fang Kehui's heart was bleeding with anxiety, he begged repeatedly to the division commander beside him who had a similarly worried face.

  "Alas... The campaign is long, order the guard battalion to retreat immediately, the remaining troops will take turns covering each other and withdraw from the battlefield..." Seeing his own guard battalion suffering casualties under the Communist army's artillery fire. What's more, two battalions that were tasked with attacking had already suffered nearly a third of their men as casualties. Regiment Commander Yang Yaofang could only let out a deep sigh, issuing the order with a sense of reluctance.

  "Yes, sir." Upon hearing the commander's order, the brigade commander was excited and loudly replied, then quickly rushed towards the battlefield not far away.

  "Company Commander, the enemy's assault team has started to retreat..." Deputy Instructor Huang Zhengqing, who was also holding a telescope and observing the battlefield, saw that the enemy's assault team had lost almost an entire platoon of soldiers under the artillery company's bombardment before starting to retreat. He quickly reminded Company Commander Zhang Hua beside him.

  "Alright, the enemy has finally given in. Notify all commanders on both high grounds to prepare for a counter-charge..." Meanwhile, Zhang Hua, who was also paying attention to the enemy's command team, nodded secretly and loudly ordered Huang Zhengqing beside him.

  "Yes, company commander..." Upon hearing the order, Huang Zhengqing grabbed a submachine gun and rushed towards the position. Just as Huang Zhengqing led nearly a hundred logistics personnel into the position, the Jin-Sui army soldiers who received the retreat order almost simultaneously let out a sigh of relief and began to withdraw in an orderly manner under the command of their officers. However, they did not know that several hundred soldiers on the mountain top were watching their every move with piercing eyes.

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