Chapter 55: The Battle of Nanling Blockade (7)

  "Commander, with an hour's time, can we break through the Communist army's blocking position?" asked Fang, the division commander, after hearing Commander Yang Yao-fang's order.

  "With just less than a battalion of Communist troops, you think you can stop my elite regiment? Ha! Colonel Fang, order the artillery company directly under the division headquarters to bombard those two hills for ten minutes and let these Communist troops taste the ferocity of our firepower. Then, one regiment will be responsible for one high ground, I give you half an hour, you must take down the two high grounds in front of us." Division Commander Yang Yaofang's mouth corner emitted a cold smile as he loudly commanded.

  "Yes, sir. I will take down the Communist army's position within half an hour." Fang Laozhang replied loudly and turned to pass on combat orders.

  A few minutes later, the 12 mortars of the Travel Department's direct mortar company, under the protection of a battalion of infantry, found a small highland about 100 meters away from the main force and began to build an artillery position. Less than two minutes had passed when two dull sounds of mortar fire rang out on the newly built artillery position.

  "Boom! Boom!" Two shells exploded on two high grounds. Fortunately, the two shells were just test shots and did not cause any harm to the soldiers.

  "Not good, the enemy has started shelling. Leave behind a lookout post, the rest of you. Retreat immediately, quickly, retreat to the artillery cave and the hidden position on the back mountain..."

  In the midst of the commands, except for the observation posts and the soldiers in the two dark forts, the remaining soldiers retreated from their positions under the command of their respective squad leaders. In an instant, the entire high ground was left with only a few scattered lookout posts squatting in individual trenches, and a single empty trench.

  "Boom, boom, boom..." Two minutes later, the 12 mortars of the mortar company, after re-adjusting their coordinates, fired six shells each at the two high grounds... A series of massive explosions erupted on the high grounds, and immediately, the previously peaceful high grounds were covered by the intense artillery fire of the Jin-Sui army.

  Fortunately, the Shanxi Army's mountain artillery battalion did not follow up, and instead used mortars with little power. Although the mortars had a strong killing effect on soldiers, they had little destructive effect on fortified trenches. Unless directly hit, it could only blast out holes in solid trenches.

  At this time, the soldiers of the two companies defending on the high ground were all sitting in the hidden positions behind the mountain, checking their weapons or counting the ammunition on their bodies. Some even sat on the ground, admiring the free fireworks released by the enemy on the high ground. In short, everyone was quietly waiting for the end of the enemy's artillery fire and the arrival of the next battle.

  "Commander Lian, the Shanxi Army has started attacking..." In just a short while, the 10-minute artillery bombardment came to an end. Soon after, voices from the observation posts on the two high grounds were heard.

  Upon hearing the sound, the impatient warriors who had been waiting in the hidden trenches behind the high ground, under the leadership of their respective squad leaders, quickly rushed along the communication trench to the position tens of meters away. When they arrived at the position, the entire high ground, except for the surface which was pockmarked with countless shell craters, the whole trench had only a small section that collapsed due to direct hits, and the rest were intact.

  "Comrades, immediately take your respective combat positions and make preparations for battle. Without my order, no one is allowed to open fire..." A voice came from a high place, it was the deputy regiment commander Guo Chengzhu.

  At this moment, a battalion of Shanxi troops, under the cover of dense fire from 6 heavy machine guns, formed a dense attacking formation and launched their first attack. Perhaps because these Shanxi troops were too confident in their own artillery bombardment, more than 400 people in a battalion, under the command of their respective commanders, rushed towards the top of the mountain with their heads held high and their rifles at the ready, just like victors.

  "It seems that these Shanxi troops still don't know the ferocity of our special task force. Comrades, take aim at them later and let these enemies know the ferocity of our special task force. Without my order, no one can open fire prematurely to expose our target." Seeing the Shanxi army's attacking formation, a confident smile appeared on Guo Chengzhu's face as he loudly commanded the sternly waiting soldiers in the trenches.

  200 meters, the warriors on the high ground were silent. 150 meters, still no movement on the high ground. 100 meters, still quiet and no movement. When his own troops rushed to this point, the leader of the Shanxi Army battalion couldn't help but feel a wave of excitement. Had the Red Army on the high ground really been annihilated in the previous artillery bombardment?

  "Brothers, charge for me... The Red Army on the high ground has been killed by our artillery, whoever is the first to rush up the high ground will be rewarded with five big oceans, kill for me..." Under the encouragement of the battalion commander behind him and the temptation of the ocean, he took a look at the still quiet Red Army position 100 meters away. The courage of the Shanxi Army began to grow slowly, and under the leadership of their respective officers, they started to sprint.

  Until fifty meters away from the heights, there was still no movement on the heights. The Shanxi soldiers who were jogging just now had thoroughly opened up and accelerated their charging pace, all wanting to get those five big white flowers. The soldiers lying in the trenches saw the Shanxi soldiers only 50 meters away from themselves, and almost every person's palms began to sweat due to tension. However, as a commander, Guo Chengzhu was tightly staring at the increasingly close Shanxi soldiers, constantly counting the distance between the two armies, but not issuing the order to open fire.

  "Fire..." Just as the Jin-Sui army was rushing forward, about to approach within 20 meters. Deputy Regimental Commander Guo Chengzhu did not hesitate at all, loudly issuing the order to open fire. At the same time, a submachine gun in his hand also swept out a dense hail of bullets towards the Jin-Sui soldiers who were near at hand.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat..." A dense hail of bullets suddenly appeared in front of the Shanxi soldiers. The soldiers who were charging at the front fell one after another into a pool of blood. Especially the heavy machine gun in the bunker, with its intense flames, was like a scythe harvesting lives, sweeping away soldier after soldier of the Shanxi army to the ground.

  However, although the Jin Sui army soldiers fell one after another in a pool of blood. But seeing the Red Army's position at close range, would the enemy regiment commander be willing to abandon the bodies and retreat? The answer is no, and Guo Chengzhu on the high ground took advantage of this psychology of the enemy, putting the enemy at the extreme limit of the position, killing as many of the enemy's living forces as possible.

  "The machine gunner covered the shooting, suppressing the Communist army's firepower. Brothers, only 20 meters left, charge! Whoever charges up to the Red Army position first will be rewarded with 20 big oceans. Charge...!" The regiment commander did not hesitate and immediately ordered the machine gunners in the troops to start covering fire, while shouting at the remaining troops to continue charging.

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