ebookland Chapter 565: Bloody Battle at Nianzhuang (3)
Chapter 565: Bloody Battle at Nianzhuang (3)
Liu Jin only slept for two hours at night.
Because their company is the spearhead of the attack this time!
When I woke up, it was still dark!
He put on his cotton jacket and sat at the head of the bed.
He took out the pack of New Mulan cigarettes from his pocket, lit one and started smoking. These were also the supplies airdropped last night. Each member of the company was given two packs! He was a heavy smoker and smoked three cigarettes before going to bed!
The moonlight was like frost, and the cold light shone through the mottled window lattices and onto his face.
The war was approaching and the whole garrison was shrouded in a tense atmosphere. Liu Jin had already inspected the terrain. The place they were responsible for attacking was called Wuzhuang. The surrounding terrain was flat and there was no cover. Considering his eight months of military service and his experience of participating in the bloody battle in eastern Henan, his situation could be summed up in four words: a narrow escape from death!
At dawn, the horn of attack will be blown. This battle is related to the life and death of countless people. As the company commander, he shoulders a heavy responsibility. Thinking of the upcoming battle, his heartbeat speeds up involuntarily, and tension and anxiety spread in his heart.
Liu Jin stood up, groped his way to the table, lit a candle, and in the dim candlelight, he picked up a pen and slowly wrote on the paper: "Xiu Lan, when you see this letter, I will no longer be in this world." As soon as he wrote the first sentence, tears blurred his eyes.
Xiulan was his newlywed wife, and her gentle smile and caring eyes seemed to be right in front of him. "My dear, I am sorry that I cannot accompany you in the future. You are still young. If I cannot come back, you can find a good family to remarry and live a good life..." Liu Jin's hands trembled slightly, and his handwriting became a little messy.
Putting down the pen, Liu Jin took a deep breath, and his heart seemed to calm down a lot. He carefully folded the suicide note and put it in his pocket, as if he was cherishing his thoughts and concerns for his relatives.
Suddenly, the wake-up call sounded! The soldiers got up from their warm beds one after another.
Today's breakfast was very rich. The kitchen staff prepared meat buns and millet porridge. Many soldiers couldn't wait to take out the canned luncheon meat they received last night!
Everyone had a good meal!
When the whole company was lined up, Zhang Wei took out another piece of candy and threw it into his mouth. For a farm boy like him, it was the first time in his life to eat candy. Since last night, half of the bag of twenty candies in his pocket was gone!
Li Fengyuan stood in front of the team and carried out the pre-war mobilization as usual. No matter what he said, Zhang Wei did not hear it because there was a buzzing sound in the air again.
The soldiers of the entire company looked up and saw several planes circling in the sky! Then, they heard the battalion's communicator riding a horse running over, shouting loudly with a look of excitement on his face.
"It's our plane! Raise the red flag! Raise the red flag!"
In the team, the flag bearer hurriedly raised the red flag high!
After a while,
In the distance, muffled banging sounds were heard.
The planes began dropping bombs.
Zhang Wei saw that
The company commander and the instructor both picked up their binoculars and watched.
At the same time, he was grinning and laughing!
At this moment, over a dozen villages held by the Kuomintang army, clouds of black smoke rose into the sky!
There were also bursts of gunfire sounds coming from the ground!
In the air, a plane suddenly raised black smoke and plunged towards the ground with a loud bang, which made Zhang Wei's heart skip a beat!
He saw that at the front of the team, the company commander and the instructor had expressions of grief and anger on their faces!
The sound of cannons rang out.
This was a fierce artillery bombardment before our army launched an attack on the enemy troops in the encirclement.
The shelling lasted almost an hour and a half!
At the same time as the shelling, the soldiers of the entire company also set out and walked towards the attack position!
They came to a small forest, where almost all the soldiers in the battalion were gathered, waiting quietly.
Liu Jin looked at the more than 1 kilometer of open land from the woods to Wuzhuang. His face was extremely solemn. At this time, Wuzhuang was constantly emitting columns of smoke and a big fire was burning.
Liu Jin only hoped that a miracle would happen and that the artillery bombardment would wipe out all the enemy forces!
He looked at the instructor Li Fengyuan and found that he also said nothing and had a very ugly expression.
The instructor is the only veteran party member in the company with more than one year of service, and he is also everyone’s big brother! In fact, he is only 21 years old this year!
Liu Jin smoked a cigarette and couldn't help asking,
"Instructor, I really can't understand why we can't do earthwork excavation?"
Li Fengyuan sighed.
"I think the higher-ups want a quick victory! I heard there are more than 10 enemy troops in the encirclement! If we don't fight quickly, we'll be surrounded by the enemy at any time!"
Soon, the battalion signalman came over on horseback and shouted to the company commander,
"Lieutenant Liu, the battalion commander orders your unit to suspend the attack and wait for orders!"
"Yes!"
Somehow, he felt relieved.
"Everyone take a break!"
All the soldiers in the company sat on the ground, some started smoking and some started chatting!
Zhang Wei held his Type 38 rifle and took out some beef jerky to eat while staring at the direction of Wuzhuang. Black smoke was rising from there and the whole village seemed to be shrouded in flames!
The bombers had already flown away after dropping their bombs, but there were still our planes circling in the sky. He saw at least two planes swooping down and strafing the ground from time to time, which suddenly gave Zhang Wei a great sense of security!
Suddenly, from the open area on the right side of the woods, there came the roar of motors.
All the soldiers looked over curiously.
I saw assault guns and armored vehicles driving over and rushing towards the village.
Liu Jin pointed at the charging chariots and said in surprise,
"Look, instructor, no wonder we were asked to stop, it turns out there are tank troops there!"
"Look at the flag, it's the armored troops coming from Dongye!"
In the village, the fire suddenly opened up.
Artillery pieces of all sizes and machine guns fired at the assault guns, tracer bullets flew everywhere, and the air seemed to be filled with fast-flying fireflies.
With a loud bang, an armored vehicle was hit and caught fire. Several soldiers hurriedly jumped off the vehicle and rolled on the ground!
Li Fengyuan and Liu Jin were also watching with horror. All the soldiers in the company held their breath and stared at this fierce battlefield!
Li Fengyuan murmured to himself,
"What would have happened if we had charged ahead just now?"
After three armored vehicles were destroyed,
Four Grizzly assault guns slowly raised their short muzzles under the dense rain of bullets.
Amid the roar of artillery,
Several shells were fired, and several violent explosions occurred in the village again.
With the fierce bombardment of the Grizzly Assault Cannon,
In the village, the intensity of the firepower spray was significantly reduced! Many firepower points were directly silenced!