As the saying goes, if you move a tree to death, you will move a person to death. This is especially true on a fierce battlefield. If you stay in place, sooner or later you will be slowly consumed by the enemy.
Chen Xinmin, the commander of the reconnaissance company, is a battlefield veteran. He also knows this truth very well. If he continues to stay in the middle of the river when he is currently unable to approach the enemy on the east bank, it is undoubtedly an act of being a living target and giving death to the enemy.
After organizing two charges to no avail, Chen Xinmin changed his strategy and all the remaining boats moved closer to the west bank, allowing the soldiers to go ashore to find cover.
Although doing this can minimize the casualties of the main force, the price...may be to give up the twenty or so men of Li Shuanggui who just landed.
Chen Xinmin felt a little guilty. This was also the result of his negligence in command. He didn't want to passively respond, so he ordered Li Shuanggui's leading platoon to land on the shore. But who knew that the follow-up troops would be difficult to reach the shore under the blockade of Japanese reinforcements. In order to avoid the team's If there are more casualties, we can only take this drastic step to consider the overall situation.
The lower reaches of the Pasen River are not very wide, and the distance between the east and west banks is only about 150 meters. The terrain on the east bank is slightly higher, and the west bank is dense forest. Soldiers on both sides shot at each other across the river, and there was nothing they could do for a while. Can't reach each other.
After fighting for so long, the situation on the other side was more or less clear. The Japanese army on the west bank was about a squadron in strength, with some long-range support firepower such as grenades and heavy machine guns. Fortunately, there were no direct-aimed guns, otherwise the situation would have been even more unfavorable.
Chen Xinmin did not want to give up on Li Shuanggui and others on the east bank. They were still organizing troops to try to cross the river. However, the reconnaissance company did not carry heavy weapons in order to march lightly, and there was a natural barrier like the Pasen River. It is difficult to threaten the Japanese army on the opposite side.
"Old Chen, the situation is not good, the little devils have begun to surround and suppress the vanguard!" the instructor said worriedly.
From the telescope, we can clearly see that some Japanese troops are moving towards the rocks in the shallows. It is obvious that they are ready to eliminate the leading soldiers there.
"Damn it! Those two heavy machine guns on the mountain are at such a tricky angle. There's nothing you can do about it unless you shoot them down." Chen Xinmin cursed loudly. The weapons of his own troops could not reach the machine positions on the opposite side. As soon as the speedboat approached the west bank, it would be attacked by the Japanese. Machine gun crossfire.
"I have contacted the regiment headquarters to apply for air support, but they have just returned to refuel... It is estimated that it will take half an hour to arrive again." Putting down the telescope, the instructor sighed and expressed his helplessness. Unlucky things seemed to make them rush. On.
Chen Xinmin's eyes twitched slightly with a tangled expression, and he stared at the other side with furrowed brows. Reason told him that it would be best to wait for air support to arrive before launching a cross-river attack, but Li Shuanggui and the others would not be able to survive that time. Who can watch helplessly at his compatriots? My comrade-in-arms was shot and killed by the Japanese but he remained indifferent.
"Zizi... a line of calls, please answer when you receive it..."
At this moment, Li Shuanggui's rough voice came from the walkie-talkie, and the signal soldier quickly took it off and handed it over.
"I'm Chen Xinmin, big guy? How's the situation?"
"Zizi... The Japanese are closing in again. I've used up all the smoke bombs here, and my brothers don't have much ammunition... Zizi... I need to let you take cover in a while. I'm going to charge up the mountain!"
Up the hill? Chen Xinmin was very surprised, but he quickly realized that this might be their last chance.
"Order the snipers to keep an eye on the beach. Once the Japanese charge, they will beat me to death. Try to reduce the pressure on the front row!"
"yes!"
Each platoon of the reconnaissance company has a sniper squad, consisting of three snipers equipped with 5.3x sniper G43 rifles and three deputy marksmen. Their marksmanship is outstanding in the army, and they only reach 100% within 300 meters. Only a 90% hit rate can be selected.
Soon...the Japanese troops charging towards the rocky beach saw their terror. Gunshots were heard one after another on the battlefield, and bullets coming from unknown sources were like death's scythes, silently harvesting the charging Japanese soldiers one by one.
Even if there were Japanese soldiers who escaped the sniper blockade and approached the pile of rocks on the shore, they would still be under fire from Li Shuanggui and others.
Almost all the little Japanese who fell to the ground were shot in the upper body, chest and abdomen, and they could not find the enemy's shooting position. The soldiers with a little experience immediately realized that this was the sniper from the other side who was deliberately targeting them, and the number was not low.
The Japanese team responsible for the assault quickly gave up the suicide charge, slowed down the offensive and summoned the grenade team, trying to use grenade launchers to open a breakthrough... However, their enemies did not seem to intend to sit still and wait for death. .
After taking a look at the enemy's heavy machine guns on the mountain, Li Shuanggui secretly calculated in his mind that if he could touch them and knock them out and occupy the high ground, the company commander and instructor would have a chance to approach the east bank. As long as the large force could cross the river and clear up the These hundreds of devils are not easy to capture.
"Concentrate the ammunition and give me two more 792 magazines. Once the company commander's cover arrives, everyone will rush up the mountain with me!"
Li Shuanggui gave the instructions in a low voice, and the remaining fourteen soldiers nodded. Everyone understood that this was their last chance. As long as they could rush up the hillside and successfully capture the Japanese machine gun position, they would survive. Otherwise, everyone would be dead. Gotta die here.
"Platoon commander, we won't bother you. Just leave two grenades for us..."
The two wounded soldiers who were seriously injured choked in low voices. Although the blood had stained their uniforms, the expressions on their faces were so determined.
Li Shuanggui closed his eyes in distress and said nothing. He just silently took off the two fragmentation grenades from his waist, handed them to the two wounded and held his hands together heavily: "Brother... take care!"
bump! bump!
Several low sounds like the firing of artillery shells sounded on the west bank. Several soldiers from the reconnaissance company held grenade-like weapons and fired two rounds in succession towards the east bank.
The curved ballistic trajectory was so obvious that the Japanese thought it was a mortar shell fired by the enemy and hurriedly hid behind a bunker to avoid it.
After the "cannonball" landed, it did not explode as expected, but instead sprayed billowing smoke in a very short period of time.
The SMLE Mk III smoke grenade launcher is modified from the Lee Enfield rifle. The front end is a tubular launch tube, and the rear is the No. 3 Lee Enfield with only the bolt unit and handle left.
The overall appearance is like a grenade barrel on the No. 3 Lao Li sawn into the length of a submachine gun. It is loaded at the front and fired by the blank bullet in the rear bolt. However, it fires smoke grenades, and the firing distance is the longest. Can reach 150 meters.
Some pungent and choking white smoke spread in front, and the Japanese army's sight was once again blocked...
"Walk!"
After briefly identifying the direction, Li Shuanggui gave a loud shout, picked up his rifle and rushed into the smoke first. The soldiers followed him one after another, like fish swimming into muddy water, disappearing in the blink of an eye. Without a trace...
(End of chapter)
